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"'''Treehouse of Horror XVI'''" was the fourth episode of the seventeenth season of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', as well as the sixteenth [[Halloween]] episode. The episode aired six days after Halloween.
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"'''Treehouse of Horror XVI'''" is the fourth episode of [[season 17]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the three-hundred and sixtieth episode overall. It is also the sixteenth installment in the [[Treehouse of Horror series|''Treehouse of Horror'' series]] and consists of three parts. It originally aired on November 6, [[2005]]. The episode was written by [[Marc Wilmore]] and directed by [[David Silverman]]. It guest stars [[Dennis Rodman]] as {{Ch|Dennis Rodman|himself}} and [[Terry Bradshaw]] as {{Ch|Terry Bradshaw|himself}}.
  
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This is one of several Simpsons episodes which are considered [[anthology episodes]] that features mini-stories.
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== Synopsis ==
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{{Desc|In "B.I.: Bartificial Intelligence", the family replaces [[Bart]], who is in coma, with a robot son, but when Bart wakes up he wants revenge on the robot. In "Survival of the Fattest", [[Mr. Burns]] invites many of the townspeople to go hunting, but Mr Burns plans hunting the townspeople. In the end [[Homer]] is the last one alive, but for how long? In "I've Grown a Costume on Your Face", a witch turns everyone in [[Springfield]] into their costumed characters, and [[Maggie]], being dressed as a witch and therefore becoming a witch herself, is the only one who can break the spell.}}
  
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== Synopsis ==
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== Plot ==
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=== Opening segment ===
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=== Opening sequence ===
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In the opening, using an accelerator-beam, [[Kang and Kodos]] hope to speed up a World Series baseball game to air ''The Simpsons''. Things later go sour, and the baseball stadium is drawn in to a specific point where the gravity is high. Afterwards the stadiums' surroundings are drawn into this point and then the whole city of Springfield, then Earth's oceans, the whole Earth, the solar system, numerous galaxies and finally [[God]] is drawn into this singularity, a form of a Big Crunch. Kodos says to Kang, "Smooth move, space-lax! You've destroyed the totality of existence." Kang replies, "It will be fine. I'll just leave a note." The note is yellow says: "Treehouse of Horror XVI" in blood.
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In the opening, using an accelerator-beam called the Accele-Ray, [[Kang]] and [[Kodos]] hope to speed up a World Series baseball game to air ''The Simpsons Halloween Special''. Things later go sour when Kang makes the baseball game go too fast, causing the baseball stadium to be suck in to a specific point where the gravity is high. Afterwards the stadiums' surroundings are sucked into this point and then the whole city of Springfield, then Earth's oceans, the whole planet Earth, the solar system, the Milky Way, numerous galaxies and finally [[God]] is sucked into this singularity, a form of the {{W|Big Crunch}}. Kodos says to Kang, "Smooth move, space-lax! You've destroyed the totality of existence." Kang replies, "It will be fine. I'll just leave a note." The note is yellow and says: "Treehouse of Horror XVI" in blood.
  
 
=== B.I.: Bartificial Intelligence ===
 
=== B.I.: Bartificial Intelligence ===
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In a parody of the film ''A.I.: Artificial Intelligence'', [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] ends up in a coma after attempting to jump from the roof to the swimming pool at Spinster Arms Apartments. In an effort to cope with the loss of their boy, the family takes in a robotic boy, named David, who quickly proves to be a better son. Later, Bart is found to be alive, However the two boys soon try to compete for their families love. Marge grows concerned with the boys rivalry, Homer comforts her and says he'll fix it.&nbsp;Of course instead of getting rid of the better robot son&nbsp;Homer&nbsp;decides to dump Bart in the woods. Bart soon comes across a band of defunt robots, harvasting their parts to become a powerful cyborg,&nbsp;He returns home to seek his revenge on David, and in the end, he cuts both [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] and David in half. Eventually, Homer, who no longer has his legs, now has to be fused with David's legs.&nbsp; In the end it is revealed it was all a dream induced by [[Demonic Possession]].&nbsp; A priest comes and splashes water on [[Homer]] who begins to preform the exorcist movements and music, and climbs up on the ceiling.&nbsp; The episode ends as Homer lunges, drooling, at the camera.&nbsp;
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[[Bart]] ends up in a coma after attempting to jump from the roof to the swimming pool at [[Spinster Arms Apartments]]. In an effort to cope with the loss of their boy, the family takes in a robotic boy, named {{ap|David|Treehouse of Horror XVI}}, who quickly proves to be a better son. Later, Bart is found to be alive, however the two boys soon try to compete for their families love. [[Marge]] grows concerned with the boys rivalry, [[Homer]] comforts her and says he'll fix it. Of course instead of getting rid of the better robot son Homer decides to dump Bart in the woods. Bart soon comes across a band of defunct robots, harvesting their parts to become a powerful cyborg, He returns home to seek his revenge on David, and in the end, he cuts both Homer and David in half. Eventually, Homer, who no longer has his legs, now has to be fused with David's legs. In the end it is revealed that it was all a dream induced by Homer's Demonic Possession, in a parody of 'The Exorcist'. A priest comes and splashes holy water on Homer who begins to perform the exorcist movements and music, and climbs up on the ceiling. Marge calls the plant to tell them that Homer won't be able to come in today, and Homer exclaims "Whoo-hoo!" and collapses on the bed, relaxed, but with his head still turned around backwards.
  
 
=== Survival of the Fattest ===
 
=== Survival of the Fattest ===
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In a parody of The Most Dangerous Game; [[Homer Simpson|Homer]], [[Lenny Leonard|Lenny]], [[Carl Carlson|Carl]], and the rest of the gang come to [[Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns']] mansion to go hunting. Unbeknownst to them, they are the prey to be hunted. Homer manages to survive the night as his friends are killed, but Burns closes in on him. Just as he is about to shoot, Burns and [[Waylon Smithers|Smithers]] are both knocked out with frying pans by Marge, who then hits Homer for being away from home for eighteen hours and not calling.
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[[File:TV Guide (Treehouse of Horror XVI).png|thumb|Survival of the Fattest TV Guide]]
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[[Homer]] and other citizens of Springfield receive a letter from [[Mr. Burns]] to come to his mansion to go hunting. Homer goes, despite his family's warnings. Unbeknownst to them, they are the prey to be hunted by Burns. After his [[Blue-haired lawyer|lawyer]] writes something that "should work in just about every courtroom" (and is then shot by Burns), he gives everyone five minutes advantage, but even so he manages to kill almost everyone, some of who climbed a tree but were launched into the air by Homer, and shot by Burns (except for [[Moe]], who dies because of being splat by a dead [[Chief Wiggum]]). While the Simpson family watch the hunt on TV, the survivors hide in a forest, in which [[Professor Frink]] is eaten by Homer and everyone but him is shot by Burns' attack helicopter. Homer manages to survive the night as his friends are killed, and he uses [[Barney]]'s dead body so Burns thinks he is Homer. He falls from a tree and Burns is ready to shoot at him, but just as he is about to do it, he and [[Smithers]] are both knocked out with frying pans by Marge, who then hits Homer for being away from home for eighteen hours and not calling. The segment ends with two reporters showing Homer and Marge making love behind them.
  
 
=== I've Grown a Costume on Your Face ===
 
=== I've Grown a Costume on Your Face ===
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The citizens of Springfield dress in their Halloween costumes for a costume contest. A wicked witch also entered, and won. But after revealing that she isn't wearing a costume, and is really a witch, she is disqualified and her prize is taken away, and in revenge, turns everyone into the actual characters that their costumes are. The only person who can reverse the spell is Maggie, who was actually dressed as a witch, and now really is one. Unfortunately, Maggie turns the people of Springfield, including guest star Dennis Rodman, into pacifiers with their normal heads.
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[[File:Springfield Dummies.png|thumb|left|Everyone as pacifiers]]
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The citizens of Springfield dress in their Halloween costumes for a costume contest. A wicked {{ap|Witch|Treehouse of Horror XVI}} also entered, and won. But after revealing that she isn't wearing a costume, and is really a witch, she is disqualified and her prize is taken away. In revenge, she turns everyone into the actual characters that their costumes are. All of the citizens have problems with their appearances, including the Simpsons: [[Homer]]'s head falls off, [[Marge]] turns into a skeleton (But with her own Human head), [[Bart]] into a werewolf, [[Lisa]] into [[Albert Einstein]] and [[Maggie]] into a witch (as they were all dressed like that). Lisa tries to discover how to reverse the spell, then she realizes Maggie is now a witch and she can do it. The citizens come to their house, some saying they like their appearance and abilities, and some saying they want to be back to normal. Maggie gets confused, so she eventually turns the people of Springfield into pacifiers with their normal heads and goes away on her broomstick. Moe then tells the audience he hopes they have enjoyed this episode as much as the Koreans doing the animation. Dennis Rodman (also as a pacifier) comes and says he is working off a speeding ticket. Maggie comes back and casts another spell and the credits appear, presumably changing everyone back to normal.
  
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== Trivia ==
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== Production ==
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*The episode is very similar to the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' episode "Halloween", in which most of the residents of Sunnydale don cursed costumes that transform them into what they are dressed as. It is also similar to the classic ''Twilight Zone'' episode ''The Masks'' in which four greedy heirs are turned into monsters by the hideous masks each wears at their benefactor's behest, Halloweentown, and ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'' Halloween special ("Scary GodParents") in which Timmy wishes that everybody's Halloween costumes were real. The episode is also similar to an issue of the [[Simpson Comic]] [[Bartman]], in which an Itchy and Scratchy brought to life through alien technology create a nuclear explosion which turns the Simpsons into costumed superheroes.
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**[[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]]: Albert Einstein
 
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**[[Marge Simpson|Marge]]: a skeleton
 
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**[[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]]: a witch
 
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**[[Martin Prince|Martin]]: Oberon, king of the fairies, from ''A Midsummer's Night Dream''
 
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**[[Groundskeeper Willie|Willie]]: a bug spray can
 
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**[[Homer Simpson|Homer]]: a decapitated man
 
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**[[Hans Moleman]]: a mole, even though he didn't dress as one
 
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**[[Bart Simpson|Bart]]: werewolf
 
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**[[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon|Apu]]: [[R2-D2]]
 
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**[[Julius Hibbert|Dr. Hibbert]]: Dracula (Mistaken for Blacula by Mayor Quimby)
 
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**[[Milhouse Van Houten|Milhouse]]: a bulldozer
 
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**[[Ned Flanders|Ned]]: a flower (which looks somewhat like Bob the Angry Flower)
 
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**[[Nelson Muntz|Nelson]]: the Lone Ranger, but everyone (including the witch) thinks he is a raccoon
 
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**[[Joe Quimby|Mayor Quimby]]: Mayor McCheese
 
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**[[Abraham Simpson|Grandpa]]: a gorilla
 
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**[[Sideshow Mel]]: Spider-Man
 
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**[[Clancy Wiggum|Wiggum]]: Jared Fogle
 
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**[[Captain Horatio McCallister|Sea Captain]]: Poseidon (he played Poseidon in "[[Tales from the Public Domain]]")
 
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**[[Lenny Leonard|Lenny]]: prison inmate
 
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**[[Carl Carlson|Carl]]: mummy
 
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**[[Seymour Skinner|Skinner]]: G.I. Joe
 
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**[[Agnes Skinner|Agnes]]: Southern belle
 
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**[[Patty]]: horse's rear
 
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**[[Selma]]: horse's head
 
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**[[Gil]]: a ghost
 
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**[[Barney Gumble|Barney]]: Frankenstein's monster
 
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**[[Moe Szyslak|Moe]]: Hugh Hefner
 
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**[[Disco Stu]]: Steve Martin
 
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**[[Jasper Beardley|Jasper]]: Scarecrow from ''The Wizard of Oz''
 
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**[[Professor Frink]]: caveman
 
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==Death Toll (Survival of the Fattest)==
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These are the people who Burns massacres in the segment "Survival of the Fattest." The deaths are in chronological order.
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File:Treehouse xvi title.png|Title card
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File:Bartificial Intelligence.png|B.I.: Bartificial Intelligence
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**Comic Book Guy- Shot after refusing to run.
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**Blue Haired Lawyer- Killed after defending Burns.
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**Krusty the Clown- Shot once by Burns, only to begin to tell a joke. He is then shot multiple more times through the chest to keep him from finishing.
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**Julius Hibbert- Flung from a tree by Homer, and then became the first to be shot out of the air by Burns.
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**Moe Syzlak- After hitting 6 people and killing them instantly, Burns misses Moe, who was flung through the air, only for Moe to be impaled on a weathervane, and after surviving, he is crushed by Wiggum.
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**Groundskeeper Willie- Shot and killed during the flyby, dying at the exact same time as Mel and Plute.
 
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*The title "I've Grown a Costume to your Face" is a reference to the song "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" from ''My Fair Lady''. It is also an allusion to a song that Bart and Sideshow Bob sing in Bart's room in the episode "[[The Great Louse Detective]]", Season 14.
 
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*In the beginning segment, [[Kang and Kodos]] wonder if by speeding up time, maybe the Chicago Cubs can actually win the World Series. As of 2005, it has been 97 years since that club's last World Series title, and 60 years since their last Series appearance.
 
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*'''Sports Announcer:''' It's the sixth game in the world series, and the current highlights is a cloud shaped like a giraffe that floated by during the rain delay. And look at that. The batter just called time out again! Let's look in the stands with the player's wives. Oh what do you know! They're talking on cell phones. No doubt complaining about the good life.<br />'''Kang:''' This is the most boring game in all the universe!<br />'''Kodos:''' And with all those steroids they take they look like freaks!<br />'''Both:''' Freaks! Freaks! Freaks! (''A small minuture version of Kodos' head appears on Kodos' neck)''<br />'''Mini Kodos:''' Freaks! Freaks! ''(Kodos bites it off and eats it.)''
 
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*'''Kang:''' The boredom is excruciating! Fire the Accele-Ray!<br />''(the flying saucer then fires the Accele-Ray at Earth, which causes the game to go faster)''<br />'''Announcer:''' Strike out, left field. And some kind of Accele-Ray has bathed the stadium in an eerie green glow.<br />'''Kang:''' It's still boring! Faster!<br />'''Kodos:''' But the fabric of the universe itself may shatter!<br />'''Kang:''' Good! Only then could the Cubs will finally win! (Kodos makes the Accele-Ray go faster)
 
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*'''Bart-tron:''' Time to destroy the one who did this to me!<br />'''David:''' To get me, you will have to go through your fath...<br />''(David holds up Homer...and Bart slices them both)''<br />'''Homer (After being cut in half):''' Oh, those were my good pants!
 
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*'''Lisa:''' Don't accept this invitation dad. Hunting is cruel!<br />'''Homer:''' Lisa, animals don't feel death. That was proven by the scientists at Black Angus!<br />'''Bart:''' No fair! Dad gets to kill wild animals, but I shoot one bird and I have to go to a psychiatrist!<br />'''Marge:''' He still thinks that hobo was a bird.
 
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*'''Burns:''' Now, since I am so kind, I will give you a five minutes' head-start. You may commence running!<br />'''Comic Book Guy:''' Five minutes of running? Just shoot me now! ''(Burns does so)''<br />'''Burns:''' Well, that broke the ice. Whoever lives to noon tomorrow shall win his freedom!<br />'''Pasty-faced Lawyer:''' Excuse me. What gives you the right to do this?<br />'''Burns:''' You tell me. You are my lawyer.<br />'''Lawyer:''' Well, you are zoned for hunting and you claim killing humans is part of your religion. I think I can write something up. ''(cut to the Lawyer on a typewriter)'' There. This should work in just about any courtroom.<br />'''Burns:''' Excellent. ''(kills the lawyer)''
 
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*'''Mayor Quimby (to the witch):''' Now, which one of our beloved regulars are you? Lindsey Naegle? Helen Lovejoy? Old Jewish Man?<br />'''Old Jewish Man:''' No, I'm here. I'm dressed as my brother Irving. Everyday I miss him.<br />'''Witch:''' Well, this is kind of awkward, because I'm not wearing a costume. I'm a real witch! ''(Everybody gasps)''<br />'''Carl:''' Wait a minute. That's cheating!<br />'''Sideshow Mel:''' Burn her! ''(Pauses)'' ...gift certificate!
 
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Latest revision as of 17:32, August 30, 2024

Season 17 Episode
← 359 "Milhouse of Sand and Fog"
360
"Treehouse of Horror XVI"
"Marge's Son Poisoning" 361 →
← XV "Treehouse of Horror XV"
XVI
"Treehouse of Horror XVI"
"Treehouse of Horror XVII" XVII →
Treehouse of Horror Episode


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.

"Dad, you're not a robot. You're just posessed by the Devil."
―Lisa Simpson[src]
"Treehouse of Horror XVI"
Treehouse of Horror XVI poster.png
Episode Information
Episode number: 360
Season number: S17 E4
Production code: GABF17
Original airdate: November 6, 2005
Guest star(s): Dennis Rodman as himself
Terry Bradshaw as himself
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: Marc Wilmore
Directed by: David Silverman


"Treehouse of Horror XVI" is the fourth episode of season 17 of The Simpsons and the three-hundred and sixtieth episode overall. It is also the sixteenth installment in the Treehouse of Horror series and consists of three parts. It originally aired on November 6, 2005. The episode was written by Marc Wilmore and directed by David Silverman. It guest stars Dennis Rodman as himself and Terry Bradshaw as himself.

Synopsis[edit]

"In "B.I.: Bartificial Intelligence", the family replaces Bart, who is in coma, with a robot son, but when Bart wakes up he wants revenge on the robot. In "Survival of the Fattest", Mr. Burns invites many of the townspeople to go hunting, but Mr Burns plans hunting the townspeople. In the end Homer is the last one alive, but for how long? In "I've Grown a Costume on Your Face", a witch turns everyone in Springfield into their costumed characters, and Maggie, being dressed as a witch and therefore becoming a witch herself, is the only one who can break the spell."


Plot[edit]

Opening sequence[edit]

In the opening, using an accelerator-beam called the Accele-Ray, Kang and Kodos hope to speed up a World Series baseball game to air The Simpsons Halloween Special. Things later go sour when Kang makes the baseball game go too fast, causing the baseball stadium to be suck in to a specific point where the gravity is high. Afterwards the stadiums' surroundings are sucked into this point and then the whole city of Springfield, then Earth's oceans, the whole planet Earth, the solar system, the Milky Way, numerous galaxies and finally God is sucked into this singularity, a form of the Big Crunch. Kodos says to Kang, "Smooth move, space-lax! You've destroyed the totality of existence." Kang replies, "It will be fine. I'll just leave a note." The note is yellow and says: "Treehouse of Horror XVI" in blood.

B.I.: Bartificial Intelligence[edit]

Bart ends up in a coma after attempting to jump from the roof to the swimming pool at Spinster Arms Apartments. In an effort to cope with the loss of their boy, the family takes in a robotic boy, named David, who quickly proves to be a better son. Later, Bart is found to be alive, however the two boys soon try to compete for their families love. Marge grows concerned with the boys rivalry, Homer comforts her and says he'll fix it. Of course instead of getting rid of the better robot son Homer decides to dump Bart in the woods. Bart soon comes across a band of defunct robots, harvesting their parts to become a powerful cyborg, He returns home to seek his revenge on David, and in the end, he cuts both Homer and David in half. Eventually, Homer, who no longer has his legs, now has to be fused with David's legs. In the end it is revealed that it was all a dream induced by Homer's Demonic Possession, in a parody of 'The Exorcist'. A priest comes and splashes holy water on Homer who begins to perform the exorcist movements and music, and climbs up on the ceiling. Marge calls the plant to tell them that Homer won't be able to come in today, and Homer exclaims "Whoo-hoo!" and collapses on the bed, relaxed, but with his head still turned around backwards.

Survival of the Fattest[edit]

Survival of the Fattest TV Guide

Homer and other citizens of Springfield receive a letter from Mr. Burns to come to his mansion to go hunting. Homer goes, despite his family's warnings. Unbeknownst to them, they are the prey to be hunted by Burns. After his lawyer writes something that "should work in just about every courtroom" (and is then shot by Burns), he gives everyone five minutes advantage, but even so he manages to kill almost everyone, some of who climbed a tree but were launched into the air by Homer, and shot by Burns (except for Moe, who dies because of being splat by a dead Chief Wiggum). While the Simpson family watch the hunt on TV, the survivors hide in a forest, in which Professor Frink is eaten by Homer and everyone but him is shot by Burns' attack helicopter. Homer manages to survive the night as his friends are killed, and he uses Barney's dead body so Burns thinks he is Homer. He falls from a tree and Burns is ready to shoot at him, but just as he is about to do it, he and Smithers are both knocked out with frying pans by Marge, who then hits Homer for being away from home for eighteen hours and not calling. The segment ends with two reporters showing Homer and Marge making love behind them.

I've Grown a Costume on Your Face[edit]

Everyone as pacifiers

The citizens of Springfield dress in their Halloween costumes for a costume contest. A wicked Witch also entered, and won. But after revealing that she isn't wearing a costume, and is really a witch, she is disqualified and her prize is taken away. In revenge, she turns everyone into the actual characters that their costumes are. All of the citizens have problems with their appearances, including the Simpsons: Homer's head falls off, Marge turns into a skeleton (But with her own Human head), Bart into a werewolf, Lisa into Albert Einstein and Maggie into a witch (as they were all dressed like that). Lisa tries to discover how to reverse the spell, then she realizes Maggie is now a witch and she can do it. The citizens come to their house, some saying they like their appearance and abilities, and some saying they want to be back to normal. Maggie gets confused, so she eventually turns the people of Springfield into pacifiers with their normal heads and goes away on her broomstick. Moe then tells the audience he hopes they have enjoyed this episode as much as the Koreans doing the animation. Dennis Rodman (also as a pacifier) comes and says he is working off a speeding ticket. Maggie comes back and casts another spell and the credits appear, presumably changing everyone back to normal.

Production[edit]

  • GABF17 Script.jpg

Promotional images[edit]

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  • Title card

  • B.I.: Bartificial Intelligence

  • Survival of the Fattest

  • I've Grown a Costume on Your Face

International airdates[edit]

Country Date Channel Note
Flag of Australia.png Australia February 28, 2006
Brazil flag.png Brazil August 6, 2006
800px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png United Kingdom December 18, 2005 Channel 4


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Season 17 Episodes
The Bonfire of the Manatees • The Girl Who Slept Too Little • Milhouse of Sand and Fog • Treehouse of Horror XVI • Marge's Son Poisoning • See Homer Run • The Last of the Red Hat Mamas • The Italian Bob • Simpsons Christmas Stories • Homer's Paternity Coot • We're on the Road to D'ohwhere • My Fair Laddy • The Seemingly Never-Ending Story • Bart Has Two Mommies • Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife • Million-Dollar Abie • Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore • The Wettest Stories Ever Told • Girls Just Want to Have Sums • Regarding Margie • The Monkey Suit • Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play
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