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|originalAirdate= October 18, [[2015]]
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|specialGuestVoices= [[Nick Kroll]] as Lem <br>[[Blake Anderson]] as Dickie
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|Written By= [[Carolyn Omine]]
|Directed By= [[Mike B. Anderson]]
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"'''Halloween of Horror'''" is the 4th episode of [[season 27]]. It aired on October 18, [[2015]]. It's a canon episode taking place at Halloween, showing what actually happens to the family at the time of the year.

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|When [[Lisa]] becomes scared at the [[Krustyland]] Halloween Horror Night, [[Homer]] is forced to take down his Everscream Terrors decorations. Halloween pop-up employees seek vengeance on Homer for causing them to lose their jobs, and rob his house while Homer and Lisa hide out in the attic. Homer and Lisa light up their stored holiday decorations to attract attention and stand up to the intruders.}}
== Plot ==
The day before Halloween, [[Homer]] completelly decorated his house, calling it "Everscream Terrors", but [[Homer]] stored the plastic skeletons too close to the furnace, so he decided to take it's remainings back to the Halloween pop-up store. On their way to the store, [[Lisa]] and [[Bart]] commented about how excited they are about the upcoming [[Krustyland]] Halloween Horror.

At the shop, [[Apu]] (who chose a halloween joke name: A-Boo) gets angry at three lazy pop-up employees who are sleeping on their job, telling them to go back to work. But one of them gave [[Homer]] a deal, where if he buy him one "Señor Skeleton", a dancing mexican skeleton, he would give [[Homer]] three of them for free. [[Homer]] accepts it and talks about the deal to [[Apu]], who promply fired the bad workers. They then promised revenge on [[Homer]], saying he'll be real sorry for getting them fired.

Later, [[Homer]] takes the kids to the Halloween Horror, but it ends up scaring [[Lisa]], who asked her dad to go back home, but because the tickets were too expensive and he and [[Bart]] were enjoying the park, [[Homer]] decided she should only think that all of that isn't real and stay on the park. This didn't help at all, and [[Lisa]] ends up getting lost on the park and traumatized to a point where the employees had to shut down the park.

At school, [[Lisa]]'s trauma made her scared even from the simplest halloween figures, such as paper zombies and bats. She then hides inside a locker, only to be rescued later by [[Marge]]. Back home, [[Marge]] realizes [[Lisa]]'s problem and tells [[Homer]] they should shut down Everscream Terrors (as [[Lisa]] is scared to the point of getting help from Tailee, a plastic animal tail), making both [[Homer]] and [[Bart]] upset. In order to reconcile with [[Bart]], [[Marge]] takes him and [[Maggie]] to the best Block Party in Springfield, leaving [[Lisa]] and [[Homer]] alone.

At home, [[Homer]] is visited by the three ex-pop-up employees. where they started playing mind games with him. [[Homer]] then realizes they're being stalked by said employees while trying to keep [[Lisa]] calm during halloween. Meanwhile at the block party, [[Marge]] discovers that it is for residents only, as last year's party was wrecked by visitors. [[Bart]] gets even more upset because he has "missed halloween".

Back at [[742 Evergreen Terrace]], [[Homer]] tries to lock the house, not realizing that the three employees are already inside. He tries to take [[Lisa]] to the [[744 Evergreen Terrace|Flanders' House]], but she runs back inside to get Tailee, the only thing that kept her calm during halloween. [[Homer]] rushes to save her, only for them to get face to face with the home invaders. [[Homer]] and [[Lisa]] then rush to hide at the attic while the ex-employees are looking for them.

But things aren't that great to [[Marge]], [[Bart]] and [[Maggie]]'s Halloween. As it is too late, all the kids are asleep, and it's time for the grown-up Halloween, (which is when grown ups dress up in costumes to get drunk), so [[Marge]] decides to take the kids back home. At the [[742 Evergreen Terrace|Simpsons' House]], [[Homer]] calms down [[Lisa]], and they decide to use the Everscream Terror decorations as a help signal, but they accidentally activate the Señor Skeletons, giving away their location to the invaders.

[[Homer]] climbs onto the roof to light up the remaining 4th of July fireworks, but the wind extinguishes the matches. [[Lisa]] then remembers that Tailee is made of polyester and will burn pretty easily, so [[Homer]] burns Tailee to light the fireworks to atract people's attention, and use the lights to ask for help. The home invaders are then arrested almost immediately and [[Homer]] builds Everscream Terrace back so the whole town can enjoy it.

== Production ==
[[Carl Zealer]], who won a competition to get animated into the show,<ref>[http://teamcoco.com/video/simpsons-contest-winner?playlist=x;eyJ0b3RhbCI6MTAsInR5cGUiOiJyZWxhdGVkIiwiaWQiOjg4OTM0fQ  Team Coco - "Announcing "The Simpsons" Walk-On Contest Winner"]</ref> made an appearance at the Halloween Horror Night at [[Krustyland]].

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== Reception ==
The episode was watched by 3.69 million viewers.<ref>[http://www.spoilertv.com/2015/10/final-adjusted-tv-ratings-for-sunday_20.html SpoilerTV.com]</ref>

== Gallery ==
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== Promo Videos ==
*{{Youtube|G96MfSSEwPI|Guest Starring Blake Anderson and Nick Kroll}}
*{{Youtube|WULhU_UagiA|Stalked}}
*{{Youtube|3ji6riPrbHA|Lost}}
*{{Youtube|Kd_tIn2xsLc|Pretend}}

== References ==
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{{Season 27}}
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[[Category:Season 27]]
[[Category:2015]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Mike B. Anderson]]
[[Category:Episodes written by Carolyn Omine]]
[[Category:Homer episodes]]
[[Category:Lisa episodes]]