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"'Treehouse of Horror XX" is the fourth episode of The Simpsons twenty-first season. The episode first aired on October 18, 2009 on Fox. The twentieth Treehouse of Horror episode, it contains three self-contained segments. An estimated 8.59 million viewers tuned in to watch the episode.

Opening Sequence

Monsters come to life, and they're bullied by Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney. They buy costumes at a shop and put them on. Then they go to the Simpson house. They meet and fall in love with women at the party. Then their wives come in and they're mad at them. The wives are furious at Homer, so they tear off his head and it falls in the punchbowl.(Unhappy Ending)

Dial 'M' for Murder

bart from a school for nightmares.lisa i do'n kill but killed bart.

Don't Have a Cow, Mankind

homer,marge,bart,lisa,maggie, and apu on the attck the zombes. now do done from you

at Moe's Tavern soon i beer from homer. but be killed from homer

Closing Sequence

At the end everybody in the episode sings the theme song on the stage used in No Business Like Moe Business with these lyrics: "We hope you have enjoyed this years Halloween Show, Treehouse of Horror, number XX!"(Happy Ending)

Airdate in Australia

It was aired on the 3 November in Australia on channel 10.  

Cultural References

The first segment is a pastiche of numerous Alfred Hitchcock films. The main plot derives from Strangers on a Train, where two men plot to kill off each others' enemies, while other elements of North By Northwest, Vertigo and other Hitchcock movies are included. Hitchcock himself is shown in a brief cameo stepping out of a bus (as he did in the title sequence of North By Northwest).

The second segment is a parody of both 28 Days Later and Children of Man, in that a plague of pseudo zombies are ravaging the world, and that a child holds the key to mankind's salvation and must be protected at all costs. It could also be a slight parody of the horror-comedy movie Zombieland, since both epidemics started via a contaminated burger.

The third segment does not completely parody any existing work, but instead seems to be a diegetic play staged by Marge, Moe and Homer for the consumption fo the denizens of Springfield.

References

the third segment is a parody of the broadway musical/movie Sweeney Todd

Goofs

• In the second segment, when Bart and Homer initially step outside and Homer blows their cover, Kirk Van Houten is seen in the back right of the muncher mob breaking down the front door to try to get to the Simpsons.  Yet, when they make it to the safe zone, Mr. Van Houten is clearly seen in the front of the crowd before the Simpsons push themselves through.  While it may be a goof, it could also be someone similar to him, though the physical features are astonishingly alike.

Trivia

• This is the first episode since Treehouse of Horror X to air in October
• The segment, Don't Have a Cow Mankind, is the second time Springfield has been over run by zombies (the first being Treehouse of Horror III)
• At the end of the second segment, Homer still hasn't been changed back to normal
• The ending song is the first time the main theme has been used for a song sung by the Simpsons