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|guests= [[Hugh Laurie]] as {{ap|Roger|Treehouse of Horror XXI}}<br>[[Daniel Radcliffe]] as [[Edmund]]
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|writer=[[Joel H. Cohen]]
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|director=[[Bob Anderson]]
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|specialGuestVoices = [[Daniel Radcliffe|Daniel Ratfink]] as [[Edmund]]<br>[[Hugh Laurie|Hugh "Struck by A" Lorry]] as [[Roger (Treehouse of Horror XXI)|Roger]]
 
 
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'''Treehouse of Horror XXI''' is the twenty-first [[Treehouse of Horror Series|Treehouse of Horror]] episode and the fourth of [[season 22]]. For this episode [[Alf Clausen]] was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)".<ref name=mainpage>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/simpsons|title=The Simpsons|work=Emmys.com|publisher=Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|accessdate=2011-07-14}}</ref>
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"'''Treehouse of Horror XXI'''" is the fourth episode of [[Season 22|broadcast season 22]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the four hundred sixty-eighth episode overall. It is also the twenty-first installment in the [[Treehouse of Horror series|''Treehouse of Horror'' series]] and consists of three parts. It originally aired on November 7, [[2010]]. The episode was written by [[Joel H. Cohen]] and directed by [[Bob Anderson]]. It guest stars [[Hugh Laurie]] as {{ap|Roger|Treehouse of Horror XXI}} and [[Daniel Radcliffe]] as [[Edmund]].
  
==Synopsis==
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== Synopsis ==
A satanic board game causes other popular board games to come to life, Homer and Marge rescue a possible killer and let him on their boat, and a parody of "Twilight" where Lisa falls for a young vampire.
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{{Synopsis|In "War and Pieces", [[Bart]] and [[Milhouse]] discover a [[Satan's Path|board game]] that traps them in a life-or-death board game. In "Master and Cadaver", [[Marge]] and [[Homer]] go on a second honeymoon on [[Rent-A-Dream|a sailboat]] and rescue a mysterious castaway named {{ap|Roger|Treehouse of Horror XXI}}. In "Tweenlight", [[Lisa]] falls in love with a vampire named [[Edmund]].}}
  
 
== Plot ==
 
== Plot ==
=== Introduction ===
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=== Opening Sequence ===
 
Bart and Homer are carving pumpkins and Bart slices a smile into Homer's pants. Homer chokes him, so Bart puts a flaming pumpkin on his head. Professor Frink then introduces the show, giving a warning about the content and telling those concerned to skip forward. He skips forward too far and says he has ruined the show. He points the remote at himself until he dies and turns to dust. This blows away to say "Treehouse of Horror XXI". The monster picks up the remote and mentions The Office. This leads to a parody of the opening, set in the monsters work place.
 
Bart and Homer are carving pumpkins and Bart slices a smile into Homer's pants. Homer chokes him, so Bart puts a flaming pumpkin on his head. Professor Frink then introduces the show, giving a warning about the content and telling those concerned to skip forward. He skips forward too far and says he has ruined the show. He points the remote at himself until he dies and turns to dust. This blows away to say "Treehouse of Horror XXI". The monster picks up the remote and mentions The Office. This leads to a parody of the opening, set in the monsters work place.
  
 
=== War and Pieces ===
 
=== War and Pieces ===
[[File:War and Pieces.jpg|left|thumb|War and Pieces title card]]
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[[File:War and Pieces.png|left|thumb|War and Pieces title card]]
 
Marge, worried about the effects of excessively violent video games, encourages Bart and Milhouse to give the wholesome, classic board games in the attic a shot. The best friends discover a board game called Satan's Path. Upon playing it, it causes all the games to come to life and alter reality as the two must beat all the games' challenges to restore everything to normal.
 
Marge, worried about the effects of excessively violent video games, encourages Bart and Milhouse to give the wholesome, classic board games in the attic a shot. The best friends discover a board game called Satan's Path. Upon playing it, it causes all the games to come to life and alter reality as the two must beat all the games' challenges to restore everything to normal.
 
Marge, worried about Bart playing violent video games, encourages him and Milhouse to play the boardgames in the attic. They discover a game called [[Satan's Path]] and play it, causing all the board games to come to life in a different reality. They have to complete the games to win, which results in a game of Mouse Catch.
 
  
 
=== Master and Cadaver ===
 
=== Master and Cadaver ===
[[File:Master and Cadaver.jpg|thumb|left|Master and Cadaver title card]]
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[[File:Master and Cadaver.png|thumb|left|Master and Cadaver title card]]
Homer and Marge set sail on a second honeymoon, but is interrupted by a castaway, who they rescue. [[Roger (Treehouse of Horror XXI)|Roger]] was a chef on the Albatross who was knocked out after trying to prevent an attempted poisoning on the ship. Convinced that Roger poisoned the passengers and plotting to murder them after seeing a dead shark with a recently made pie pan in its mouth, Homer and Marge take matters into their own hands as they seemingly killed Roger and knock his body overboard. However, finding the Albatross, they realized Roger was telling the truth. Roger appears again and Homer then kills Roger, and the surviving bankers, which shocks Marge who eats the poisoned pie.  
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Homer and Marge set sail on a second honeymoon, but is interrupted by a castaway, who they rescue. {{ap|Roger|Treehouse of Horror XXI}} was a chef on the Albatross who was knocked out after trying to prevent an attempted poisoning on the ship. Convinced that Roger poisoned the passengers and plotting to murder them after seeing a dead shark with a recently made pie pan in its mouth, Homer and Marge take matters into their own hands as they seemingly killed Roger and knock his body overboard. However, finding the Albatross, they realized Roger was telling the truth. Roger appears again and Homer then kills Roger, and the surviving bankers, which shocks Marge who eats the poisoned pie.  
 
It would all turn out to be Maggie's imagination.
 
It would all turn out to be Maggie's imagination.
  
 
=== Tweenlight ===
 
=== Tweenlight ===
[[Lisa Simpson]] falls in love with a vampire named [[Edmund]]. After Edmund reveals that he is a vampire, Lisa invites him round for dinner. [[Homer]] and [[Count Dracula]] embarrass them to the point that they run away to [[Dracula-la Land]]. After Homer and Dracula find them, Dracula and Edmund try to force Lisa to become a vampire and Homer gets in the way. His high blood cholesterol kills the vampires. Homer then turns into a fat bat and tries to fly away, falling to his death as he is too fat to fly.
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[[Lisa Simpson]] falls in love with a vampire named [[Edmund]]. After Edmund reveals that he is a vampire, Lisa invites him round for dinner. [[Homer]] and {{ap|Count Dracula|monster}} embarrass them to the point that they run away to [[Dracula-la Land]]. After Homer and Dracula find them, Dracula and Edmund try to force Lisa to become a vampire and Homer gets in the way. His high blood cholesterol kills the vampires. Homer then turns into a fat bat and tries to fly away, falling to his death as he is too fat to fly.
  
== Production ==
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== Production ==
Daniel Radcliffe, the main star of the Harry Potter franchise, guest starred in the third segment which parodies the Twilight novels and movies. Radcliffe said that he is a fan of the show and guest starring is "a huge honour". Hugh Laurie guest starred in a segment that parodies Dead Calm.
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The episode aired November 7, 2010.
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== Reception ==
 
== Reception ==
The episode was up 23% in viewership compared with the previous episode, "[[MoneyBART]]", which aired October 10.
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Composer [[Alf Clausen]] was nominated for a {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series}} in the {{W|63rd Primetime Emmy Awards}} for "Treehouse of Horror XXI". However, it lost to "John Muir in the New World" from ''{{W|American Masters}}''.<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2011/outstanding-music-composition-for-a-series-original-dramatic-score Television Academy - "Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) - 2011"]</ref>
 
 
The episode received mixed-to-negative reviews. ''Us Weekly'' said: "the three oddball tales run from mildly amusing to flat-out inspired. In one goofy vignette, Homer and a bikini-wearing Marge pluck a scary mystery man from the sea. However, watching Lisa crush on a brooding vampire in a dead-on poke at Twilight is the hilarious treat here."
 
  
''USA Today'' said about the episode: "It is possible that The Simpsons has worn out the Treehouse franchise. The three instalments just seem to be reaching for jokes that aren't there, and falling in the attempt. As you'd hope from The Simpsons, the segments all boast a few clever moments that will make you smile if not laugh. But they're not scary, they're not particularly funny, and outside of some tepid Twilight jokes, they're no longer even trying to be real parodies of the original stories."
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Director [[Bob Anderson]] was nominated for an {{W|Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production|Annie Award for Directing in a Television Production}}, but lost to ''{{W|Kung Fu Panda Holiday}}''.<ref name="Annie2010">[https://web.archive.org/web/20111216232924/http://annieawards.org/legacy38th.html The Annie Awards - "38th Annual Annie Nominations"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 14:13, October 24, 2025

Season 22 Episode
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"Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life" 469
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"Treehouse of Horror XXI"
"Treehouse of Horror XXII" XXII
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Donut Homer.png This THOH is considered non-canon and the events featured do not relate to the series and therefore may not have actually happened/existed.

The reason behind this decision is: The episode is part of the Treehouse of Horror series.

If you dispute this, please bring it up on the episode's talk page.

"They should call this one recipe for murder."
Homer
"What do you mean "this one?""
Marge
"Nevermind."
―Homer


"Treehouse of Horror XXI"
Treehouse of Horror XXI poster.png
Episode Information
Episode number: 468
Season number: S22 E4
Production code: MABF16
Original airdate: November 7, 2010
Guest star(s): Hugh Laurie as Roger
Daniel Radcliffe as Edmund
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: Joel H. Cohen
Directed by: Bob Anderson

"Treehouse of Horror XXI" is the fourth episode of broadcast season 22 of The Simpsons and the four hundred sixty-eighth episode overall. It is also the twenty-first installment in the Treehouse of Horror series and consists of three parts. It originally aired on November 7, 2010. The episode was written by Joel H. Cohen and directed by Bob Anderson. It guest stars Hugh Laurie as Roger and Daniel Radcliffe as Edmund.

Synopsis[edit]

In "War and Pieces", Bart and Milhouse discover a board game that traps them in a life-or-death board game. In "Master and Cadaver", Marge and Homer go on a second honeymoon on a sailboat and rescue a mysterious castaway named Roger. In "Tweenlight", Lisa falls in love with a vampire named Edmund.

Plot[edit]

Opening Sequence[edit]

Bart and Homer are carving pumpkins and Bart slices a smile into Homer's pants. Homer chokes him, so Bart puts a flaming pumpkin on his head. Professor Frink then introduces the show, giving a warning about the content and telling those concerned to skip forward. He skips forward too far and says he has ruined the show. He points the remote at himself until he dies and turns to dust. This blows away to say "Treehouse of Horror XXI". The monster picks up the remote and mentions The Office. This leads to a parody of the opening, set in the monsters work place.

War and Pieces[edit]

War and Pieces title card

Marge, worried about the effects of excessively violent video games, encourages Bart and Milhouse to give the wholesome, classic board games in the attic a shot. The best friends discover a board game called Satan's Path. Upon playing it, it causes all the games to come to life and alter reality as the two must beat all the games' challenges to restore everything to normal.

Master and Cadaver[edit]

Master and Cadaver title card

Homer and Marge set sail on a second honeymoon, but is interrupted by a castaway, who they rescue. Roger was a chef on the Albatross who was knocked out after trying to prevent an attempted poisoning on the ship. Convinced that Roger poisoned the passengers and plotting to murder them after seeing a dead shark with a recently made pie pan in its mouth, Homer and Marge take matters into their own hands as they seemingly killed Roger and knock his body overboard. However, finding the Albatross, they realized Roger was telling the truth. Roger appears again and Homer then kills Roger, and the surviving bankers, which shocks Marge who eats the poisoned pie. It would all turn out to be Maggie's imagination.

Tweenlight[edit]

Lisa Simpson falls in love with a vampire named Edmund. After Edmund reveals that he is a vampire, Lisa invites him round for dinner. Homer and Count Dracula embarrass them to the point that they run away to Dracula-la Land. After Homer and Dracula find them, Dracula and Edmund try to force Lisa to become a vampire and Homer gets in the way. His high blood cholesterol kills the vampires. Homer then turns into a fat bat and tries to fly away, falling to his death as he is too fat to fly.

Production[edit]

Reception[edit]

Composer Alf Clausen was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series in the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards for "Treehouse of Horror XXI". However, it lost to "John Muir in the New World" from American Masters.[1]

Director Bob Anderson was nominated for an Annie Award for Directing in a Television Production, but lost to Kung Fu Panda Holiday.[2]

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References[edit]


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