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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
=== Opening sequence === | === Opening sequence === | ||
| − | + | In a parody of ''[[The Munsters]]'', [[Homer]] is Herman Munster, [[Marge]] is Lily Munster, [[Lisa]] is Marilyn Munster (holding a book on copyright law), [[Bart]] is Eddie Munster, and [[Grampa]] is Grandpa Munster. In front of their mansion, an angry mob of townspeople confront the Simpsons. They stab Marge and Grampa, set Homer on fire, and set a leghold trap on Bart. They run off, leaving an unharmed Lisa to sidle away. | |
| − | [[ | + | === G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad === |
| + | [[File:G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad - Title Card.png|thumb|left]] | ||
| + | At breakfast, Homer reads his horoscope in the newspaper, which tells him that he will die that day. Marge reads her horoscope, which says that her husband will die. While Marge is scared about this, Homer doesn't care as he's not superstitious. As he mocks the newspaper, he gets a paper cut. Homer then gets in the car to drive to work, and the tree next to their drive almost falls on the car. As Homer drives to work, the [[Planet Hollywood]] globe falls after being knocked off with a wrecking ball, crushing half the car but leaving Homer unharmed. Undeterred by this, Homer continues driving, with a pickaxe flying out of the truck in front and hitting him in the head. However, since he's still alive, he keeps going, still thinking there was nothing to the horoscope. Homer finally turns up to work, albeit with a rattlesnake attached to his arm. Homer makes it through his work day and gets home, where he has his evening meal with the family. Homer tries to leave his broccoli, but Marge makes him eat it. As he does, he chokes on the broccoli and dies. | ||
| − | + | Homer's ghost gets to [[Heaven]] but [[St. Peter]] refuses him entry because he hasn't done a single good deed in his life. He gives Homer twenty-four hours to perform a good deed to get into Heaven and sends him back to Earth as a ghost. Homer goes to see Marge and tells her about needing to perform a good deed. Marge tries to give him a list of chores, but he chooses not to do them. He then flies around town and sees [[Agnes Skinner]] trying to cross the road. Before some Boy Scouts can help her across, Homer picks her up and tries to fly her across the road. However, she struggles against him and Homer drops her, killing her. Looking around for a different good deed, Homer sees [[Nelson]] bullying Bart and tries to stop him, but Nelson starts bullying Homer instead. | |
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| − | + | With only an hour left before his deadline, Homer feels dejected about not being able to perform a good deed. As he sits on the steps of the [[Springfield County Court House]], a baby stroller rolls down the steps. The baby's crying annoys Homer, so he picks up the baby to try and quiet it, saving the baby from rolling into the road where a car hits the now empty stroller. Homer gives the baby back to the mother before he floats up to Heaven again, happy that he performed his good deed. However, St. Peter tells Homer that he wasn't watching, so sends him to [[Hell]] anyway. When Homer gets there, the [[Devil]] starts bullying Homer. When Homer starts screaming and crying, the Devil tells him to be quiet else he'll wake up [[John Wayne]]. John Wayne comes out and says that he was already up. | |
=== Scary Tales Can Come True === | === Scary Tales Can Come True === | ||
| − | [[File:Scary Tales Can Come True - Title Card.png|thumb | + | [[File:Scary Tales Can Come True - Title Card.png|thumb]] |
| − | + | In a fairytale land, the Simpsons are peasants living in a [[Pumpkin House]]. Homer comes home and tells his family that he lost his job as an oaf. Marge asks how they will feed the children, and Homer says that no child will starve in his house. Homer then throws Bart and Lisa out into the [[Deep Dark Woods]] and tells them to say hi to their other brother and sister, with them seeing skeletons that resemble themselves. As Bart and Lisa walk through the woods, Lisa pulls out her copy of ''[[Grimms' Fairy Tales]]'' as everything in the forest is from a fairytale. She stops Bart from crossing a bridge because there's a {{ap|Troll|Treehouse of Horror XI}} beneath it. The Troll jumps out and scares Bart and Lisa, but then reveals that he's just lonely. Bart and Lisa then come to a house and knock, but don't get an answer. They let themselves in, where Bart finds three bowls of porridge. After eating the first two by mixing them together, Lisa realizes that it's the [[Three Bears' House]]. At that moment, [[Papa Bear]], [[Mama Bear]], and [[Baby Bear]] come home, so Bart and Lisa hide behind the door before running out the house, putting a chair under the door handle to stop the bears from following them. Lisa then wonders where [[Goldilocks]] was. Goldilocks wakes up from a nap in the house and sees the bears, but she can't escape because the chair was put in the way, so the bears kill her. | |
| − | + | Homer returns home and Marge is angry to find that Homer threw the kids into the woods, so she tells him to go and get them back. Homer wanders into the woods and finds {{ap|Rapunzel|Treehouse of Horror XI}}'s tower, but accidentally pulls her hair and scalp off by trying to climb her hair. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa find their way to the {{Gingerbread House}}. [[Suzanne]] the witch invites them in for candy, which both kids agree to. Suzanne then chains Bart and Lisa up and feeds Bart desserts to fatten him up as Lisa cleans the house. When Bart and Lisa question why she needs to clean the house, she claims to have a boyfriend named George. She looks around and sees her cauldron, then tells them his surname is Cauldron. Bart and Lisa laugh, thinking she made up her boyfriend. Suzanne tries to put Lisa into the oven in retaliation, but Homer eats through the wall at that moment. Suzanne and Homer fight, with Suzanne casting magic to turn his hands into brooms, head into a fish with donkey ears, and his lower body into that of a chicken. After a struggle, the doorbell rings, distracting Suzanne. Homer then throws her into the oven and locks it shut. When she dies, most of his cursed body parts change back to normal. At that moment, [[George Cauldron]] walks into the house and asks if Suzanne is ready for their date. Homer tells him she'll be twenty minutes and turns the oven up. | |
| − | + | Homer, Bart, and Lisa return home, where they have a meal together. While they are still poor, Homer kept his chicken lower half, so he can lay eggs which the family eat. Bart asks for seconds, so Homer gets up to lay another egg. | |
| − | + | === The Night of the Dolphin === | |
| + | [[File:Night of the Dolphin - Title Card.png|thumb|left]] | ||
| + | At [[Marine World]], [[Snorky]] is performing in a show. When his trainer asks for a volunteer to frolic with Snorky, the audience charges his tank to get in and swim with the dolphin. Lisa sees Snorky in distress and feels sorry for him. After everybody leaves the tank to go see the lobsters before they are cooked, Snorky points Lisa toward the gate to the sea. Lisa opens the gate and frees Snorky, with Snorky hitting her in the face as he jumps over the rocks. In the sea, Snorky meets up with fellow dolphins, who reveal that Snorky is their king, and they plan their revenge attack on humans for keeping him in captivity. | ||
| − | + | That night, [[Lenny]] is swimming in the sea when he is surrounded by dolphins and killed. His body washes up on [[Springfield Beach]], where [[Chief Wiggum]] attributes his death to teens. [[Captain McCallister]] watches this before he is killed by the dolphins too. That night, the dolphins march into [[Springfield]] to attack humanity. When Homer goes to [[Krusty Burger]], he finds the [[Squeaky-Voiced Teen]] at the window, but he's being held up by a dolphin and his head falls off into Homer's lap. Soon, ''[[Channel 6 News]]'' is reporting on the dolphins until the dolphins attack. [[Kent Brockman]] then changes his broadcast to blame the attacks on Italians instead, but he whispers to the audience that the dolphins are behind it. Brockman is then killed by the dolphins. | |
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| − | + | A town meeting is called to discuss the dolphin problem. During the meeting, Snorky enters the [[Town Hall]] and takes to the podium. After speaking in short sentences, he clears his throat and starts talking properly. He tells the people that eons ago, dolphins used to live on land until humanity forced them into the sea. There, they suffered for millions of years. He then tells the Springfielders that humanity will be banished to the sea and dolphins will retake the land. As the Springfielders leave the Town Hall, they see the dolphins watching them. They decide to fight back but are easily defeated by the dolphins and thrown into the sea to live the rest of their lives. | |
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| − | + | In space, [[Kang]] and [[Kodos]] watch the events unfold and complain about not being invited to take part in the Halloween special. Their phone rings and they answer it to find that it's an advertiser asking them if they want to record a commercial for {{W|Old Navy}}, which they agree to. | |
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This THOH is considered non-canon and the events featured do not relate to the series and therefore may not have actually happened/existed there.
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. |
"Treehouse of Horror XI"
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Episode Information
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"Treehouse of Horror XI" is the first episode of broadcast season 12 of The Simpsons and the two hundred forty-ninth episode overall. It is also the eleventh installment in the Treehouse of Horror series and consists of three parts. It originally aired on November 1, 2000. The episode was written by Rob LaZebnik, John Frink, Don Payne and Carolyn Omine and directed by Matthew Nastuk.
Contents
Synopsis
- In "G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad", Homer chokes to death on a piece of broccoli and his ghost must perform a good deed in order to enter Heaven. In "Scary Tales Can Come True", the Simpsons live in a Pumpkin House in the enchanted forest, and in "Night of the Dolphin", the world is overtaken by dolphins after Lisa frees their leader from captivity.
Plot
Opening sequence
In a parody of The Munsters, Homer is Herman Munster, Marge is Lily Munster, Lisa is Marilyn Munster (holding a book on copyright law), Bart is Eddie Munster, and Grampa is Grandpa Munster. In front of their mansion, an angry mob of townspeople confront the Simpsons. They stab Marge and Grampa, set Homer on fire, and set a leghold trap on Bart. They run off, leaving an unharmed Lisa to sidle away.
G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad
At breakfast, Homer reads his horoscope in the newspaper, which tells him that he will die that day. Marge reads her horoscope, which says that her husband will die. While Marge is scared about this, Homer doesn't care as he's not superstitious. As he mocks the newspaper, he gets a paper cut. Homer then gets in the car to drive to work, and the tree next to their drive almost falls on the car. As Homer drives to work, the Planet Hollywood globe falls after being knocked off with a wrecking ball, crushing half the car but leaving Homer unharmed. Undeterred by this, Homer continues driving, with a pickaxe flying out of the truck in front and hitting him in the head. However, since he's still alive, he keeps going, still thinking there was nothing to the horoscope. Homer finally turns up to work, albeit with a rattlesnake attached to his arm. Homer makes it through his work day and gets home, where he has his evening meal with the family. Homer tries to leave his broccoli, but Marge makes him eat it. As he does, he chokes on the broccoli and dies.
Homer's ghost gets to Heaven but St. Peter refuses him entry because he hasn't done a single good deed in his life. He gives Homer twenty-four hours to perform a good deed to get into Heaven and sends him back to Earth as a ghost. Homer goes to see Marge and tells her about needing to perform a good deed. Marge tries to give him a list of chores, but he chooses not to do them. He then flies around town and sees Agnes Skinner trying to cross the road. Before some Boy Scouts can help her across, Homer picks her up and tries to fly her across the road. However, she struggles against him and Homer drops her, killing her. Looking around for a different good deed, Homer sees Nelson bullying Bart and tries to stop him, but Nelson starts bullying Homer instead.
With only an hour left before his deadline, Homer feels dejected about not being able to perform a good deed. As he sits on the steps of the Springfield County Court House, a baby stroller rolls down the steps. The baby's crying annoys Homer, so he picks up the baby to try and quiet it, saving the baby from rolling into the road where a car hits the now empty stroller. Homer gives the baby back to the mother before he floats up to Heaven again, happy that he performed his good deed. However, St. Peter tells Homer that he wasn't watching, so sends him to Hell anyway. When Homer gets there, the Devil starts bullying Homer. When Homer starts screaming and crying, the Devil tells him to be quiet else he'll wake up John Wayne. John Wayne comes out and says that he was already up.
Scary Tales Can Come True
In a fairytale land, the Simpsons are peasants living in a Pumpkin House. Homer comes home and tells his family that he lost his job as an oaf. Marge asks how they will feed the children, and Homer says that no child will starve in his house. Homer then throws Bart and Lisa out into the Deep Dark Woods and tells them to say hi to their other brother and sister, with them seeing skeletons that resemble themselves. As Bart and Lisa walk through the woods, Lisa pulls out her copy of Grimms' Fairy Tales as everything in the forest is from a fairytale. She stops Bart from crossing a bridge because there's a Troll beneath it. The Troll jumps out and scares Bart and Lisa, but then reveals that he's just lonely. Bart and Lisa then come to a house and knock, but don't get an answer. They let themselves in, where Bart finds three bowls of porridge. After eating the first two by mixing them together, Lisa realizes that it's the Three Bears' House. At that moment, Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Baby Bear come home, so Bart and Lisa hide behind the door before running out the house, putting a chair under the door handle to stop the bears from following them. Lisa then wonders where Goldilocks was. Goldilocks wakes up from a nap in the house and sees the bears, but she can't escape because the chair was put in the way, so the bears kill her.
Homer returns home and Marge is angry to find that Homer threw the kids into the woods, so she tells him to go and get them back. Homer wanders into the woods and finds Rapunzel's tower, but accidentally pulls her hair and scalp off by trying to climb her hair. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa find their way to the Gingerbread House. Suzanne the witch invites them in for candy, which both kids agree to. Suzanne then chains Bart and Lisa up and feeds Bart desserts to fatten him up as Lisa cleans the house. When Bart and Lisa question why she needs to clean the house, she claims to have a boyfriend named George. She looks around and sees her cauldron, then tells them his surname is Cauldron. Bart and Lisa laugh, thinking she made up her boyfriend. Suzanne tries to put Lisa into the oven in retaliation, but Homer eats through the wall at that moment. Suzanne and Homer fight, with Suzanne casting magic to turn his hands into brooms, head into a fish with donkey ears, and his lower body into that of a chicken. After a struggle, the doorbell rings, distracting Suzanne. Homer then throws her into the oven and locks it shut. When she dies, most of his cursed body parts change back to normal. At that moment, George Cauldron walks into the house and asks if Suzanne is ready for their date. Homer tells him she'll be twenty minutes and turns the oven up.
Homer, Bart, and Lisa return home, where they have a meal together. While they are still poor, Homer kept his chicken lower half, so he can lay eggs which the family eat. Bart asks for seconds, so Homer gets up to lay another egg.
The Night of the Dolphin
At Marine World, Snorky is performing in a show. When his trainer asks for a volunteer to frolic with Snorky, the audience charges his tank to get in and swim with the dolphin. Lisa sees Snorky in distress and feels sorry for him. After everybody leaves the tank to go see the lobsters before they are cooked, Snorky points Lisa toward the gate to the sea. Lisa opens the gate and frees Snorky, with Snorky hitting her in the face as he jumps over the rocks. In the sea, Snorky meets up with fellow dolphins, who reveal that Snorky is their king, and they plan their revenge attack on humans for keeping him in captivity.
That night, Lenny is swimming in the sea when he is surrounded by dolphins and killed. His body washes up on Springfield Beach, where Chief Wiggum attributes his death to teens. Captain McCallister watches this before he is killed by the dolphins too. That night, the dolphins march into Springfield to attack humanity. When Homer goes to Krusty Burger, he finds the Squeaky-Voiced Teen at the window, but he's being held up by a dolphin and his head falls off into Homer's lap. Soon, Channel 6 News is reporting on the dolphins until the dolphins attack. Kent Brockman then changes his broadcast to blame the attacks on Italians instead, but he whispers to the audience that the dolphins are behind it. Brockman is then killed by the dolphins.
A town meeting is called to discuss the dolphin problem. During the meeting, Snorky enters the Town Hall and takes to the podium. After speaking in short sentences, he clears his throat and starts talking properly. He tells the people that eons ago, dolphins used to live on land until humanity forced them into the sea. There, they suffered for millions of years. He then tells the Springfielders that humanity will be banished to the sea and dolphins will retake the land. As the Springfielders leave the Town Hall, they see the dolphins watching them. They decide to fight back but are easily defeated by the dolphins and thrown into the sea to live the rest of their lives.
In space, Kang and Kodos watch the events unfold and complain about not being invited to take part in the Halloween special. Their phone rings and they answer it to find that it's an advertiser asking them if they want to record a commercial for Old Navy, which they agree to.
Production
The episode received generally positive reviews. Den of Geek said "it is probably one of the funniest Halloween episodes of the show's history". The episode got a 4.02 rating out of 5 ranking 69 out of 373 episodes. Matt Groening called the third segment his personal favorite scenes from all the series.
Reception
The episode got a 8.4 reader rating from TV.com. Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie Guide said "Even in the weakest Simpsons seasons, you can count on the Halloween episodes to deliver good amusement. Or at least pretty decent comedy, as evidenced by the up and down Treehouse XI. None of the segments excel, but none of them flop either, so they keep us entertained. It's really hard to fault a mainstream network TV series that references glory holes, so Treehouse XI gets a positive appraisal despite a few missteps."
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- Non-canon episodes
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- Episodes showrun by George Meyer
- Episodes showrun by Al Jean
- Treehouse of Horror
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- Season 12
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- Episodes written by Rob LaZebnik
- Episodes written by John Frink
- Episodes written by Don Payne
- Episodes written by Carolyn Omine
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