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Hellraiser is a British-American horror franchise created by Clive Barker, beginning with the film Hellraiser in 1987, based on Barker’s 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart. The franchise is known for its Cenobites, especially Pinhead, and has expanded into multiple films, comics, novels, and other media.

References to Hellraiser in The Simpsons

Television episodes

Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
6	109	"Treehouse of Horror V"	Among Moe's gang of "ghouls" is Pinhead.
15	314	"Treehouse of Horror XIV"	Pamela Hayden is credited as "Hellraiser Hayden."
18	382	"Treehouse of Horror XVII"	Larina Jean Adamson is credited as "Pinhead Adamson."
18	398	"Stop, or My Dog Will Shoot!"	In Bart's vision, Santa's Little Helper becomes a dog version of RoboCop and shoots down a giant, living math book, Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th and Pinhead from Hellraiser.
23	487	"The Falcon and the D'ohman"	In one of Wayne Slater's flashbacks, which shows some of the training he went through as a CIA agent, he fights a number of different characters including Pinhead.
32	688	"Treehouse of Horror XXXI"	In Homer's imagination, Kearney Zzyzwicz is dressed as Pinhead.
33	709	"Treehouse of Horror XXXII"	Evil characters in Burns family tree include Pinhead.
33	710	"The Wayz We Were"	The Moes in the mirror include parodies of Pinhead.
37	793	"Treehouse of Horror XXXVI"	Scott Muller is credited as "Heckraiser," a reference to the Hellraiser franchise.

Comics

Picture	Comic issue	Story name	Reference
The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror
	The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Fun-Filled Frightfest	Ned Flanders's Halloweenie House!	The videos that the Flanders family have include Heavenraiser, a parody of Hellraiser.
	The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Hoodoo Voodoo Brouhaha	Comic Book Guy's Best Costumes Ever - Part 4	Comic Book Guy dressed up as Pinhead for Chiller Con, 1994.
	The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror 19	Monster Mash-Up	Krusty's monster form is a mixture of a The Mummy and Pinhead from Hellraiser.
Bongo Comics Free-For-All
	Bongo Comics Free-For-All 2012		Comic Book Guy dressed up as Pinhead.

Games

Picture	Game	Reference
	The Simpsons: Tapped Out	Questline: Night-Night-Nightmare. And I've gotta rescue "Dude from 'One Direction' Who Got Guitar Picks Pushed into Face Hellraiser-Style!"
	Questline: Fission Impossible. You'd better stick with Puppy Goo-Goo and Headless Hellraiser instead of my sister.

Twitter

Account	Date	Tweet
ComicBookGuy	October 29, 2011	Last year on Halloween I went as Pinhead from "Hellraiser" and tripped over my skirt. I was pulling nails out of my sinuses til Easter.

External links

Hellraiser at Wikipedia

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