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"'''Treehouse of Horror XXV'''" is the fourth episode of [[season 26]] and the 25th installment in the [[Treehouse of Horror series]]. It aired on October 19, [[2014]].<ref name="date">[https://twitter.com/TheSimpsons/status/493080239002484736 The Simpsons Official Twitter]</ref>
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"'''Treehouse of Horror XXV'''" is the fourth episode of [[Season 26|broadcast season 26]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the five hundred fifty-sixth episode overall. It is also the twenty-fifth installment in the [[Treehouse of Horror series|''Treehouse of Horror'' series]] and consists of three parts. It originally aired on October 19, [[2014]]. The episode was written by [[Stephanie Gillis]] and directed by [[Matthew Faughnan]]. It guest stars [[John Ratzenberger]] as Pixar [[Homer Simpson]].
  
 
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{{Desc|On the annual spooktacular Halloween special, [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] are transported to a demon-filled alternate universe after Bart reads a set of Aramaic symbols he finds on the underside of his desk; [[Moe]]'s "Clockwork Orange"-style gang is disrupted when Dum ([[Homer]]) falls for a girl ([[Marge]]) who wants him to give up the thug life; and, in a parody of ''{{W|The Others (2001 film)|The Others}}'', the [[Simpson family]] are haunted by a family of ghosts, which turn out the be the family from the [[The Simpsons shorts|shorts]], who were murdered and buried in the house.<ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/09/10/simpsons-tracey-ullman-show-treehouse-of-horror/ Entertainment Weekly – "A 'Simpsons' crossover with... 'The Simpsons'?"]</ref><ref>[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20140923fox18/#ixzz3EDw5OmRR Listings – SIMPSONS, THE on FOX | TheFutonCritic.com]</ref> One of the segments is titled "School is Hell".<ref name="Gaiman segment">[http://deadline.com/2014/09/simpsons-al-jean-26th-season-premiere-character-killed-off-coy-836298/ Deadline – 'Simpsons' EP Al Jean On Character's Death In 26th Season Premiere: "When We Kill 'Em, They Stay Dead"]</ref>}}
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{{Synopsis|In "School Is Hell", [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] are transported to a demon-filled alternate universe where Bart excels at his new school. In "A Clockwork Yellow", [[Moog]]'s gang is disrupted when [[Dum]] ([[Homer]]) falls for [[Dum's wife|a girl]] ([[Marge]]) who wants him to give up the thug life. Finally, in "The Others", the [[Simpson family]] are haunted by a family of ghosts, which turn out to be the family from the [[The Simpsons shorts|shorts]], who were murdered and buried in the house.}}
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== Plot ==
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=== Opening sequence ===
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[[Kang]] and [[Kodos]] announce the twenty-fifth annual "Treehouse of Horror" episode, with special guests [[Jennifer Lawrence]], [[Warren Beatty]], [[John Travolta]], [[Clint Eastwood]], [[George Clooney]], [[Prince]], [[Taylor Swift]], [[Sean Penn]], [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Helen Mirren]], [[Morgan Freeman]], [[James Franco]], [[Kanye West]], and [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]. All the mentioned celebrities are then shown in pieces on a board that spells out "Treehouse of Horror XXV". Travolta, who is still alive, goes "Why?!" before his head is destroyed by a laser and Kang and Kodos laugh.
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=== School Is Hell ===
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[[File:School is Hell.png|thumb|left]]
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[[Bart]] is serving detention after filling the sandbox with concrete and spreading a rumor that the lunch lady would be serving lunch naked. While he is bored alone in class, Bart starts playing with the desks, using them like dominoes. He then notices a strange desk with runes carved into it. Touching one of the runes causes fire to burst out of the desk, almost burning him. Bart then gets [[Lisa]] to try and get her to burn herself and to help translate what the runes say. Lisa uses her ''[[iRunes]]'' app and Bart reads the translation, "He who reads this rune translation will be taken to damnation." A demonic hand then bursts out of the desk and brings them to [[Hellroads]] in [[Hell]], transforming them into [[Beelzebart]] and [[Lisafer]].
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As Beelzebart and Lisafer are shown around the school by {{ap|Hellroads student|1|a student}}, Lisafer is mocked by some mean girls. When Lisa retorts to their mocking, they invite her to hang out with them. Meanwhile, Beelzebart is caught without a Hell pass by the [[Hellroads principals|principals]] and is taken to a lesson. Beelzebart impresses [[Hellroads teacher|the teacher]] by coming up with creative torture methods. The praise he receives leads to him wanting to enroll in the school. Meanwhile, Lisafer finds a way to get home, and she gets Beelzebart and the two of them teleport into [[Mr. Burns]]' office.
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At home, Bart tells his parents that he wants to enroll in Hellroads. They are concerned about the school, but seeing Bart's excitement about the school, they decide to let him enroll. Beelzebart excels at his classes, becoming a straight-A student. For the final exam, [[Homer]] offers himself up to be tortured by Beelzebart as a way of showing his support. At the graduation ceremony, Beelzebart graduates top of the class.
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=== A Clockwork Yellow ===
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[[File:A Clockwork Yellow.png|thumb|right]]
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[[Moog]] narrates about his life as the leader of the [[Glugs]], a [[London]] gang that is composed of himself, [[Dum]], {{ap|Carlton|Treehouse of Horror XXV}}, and {{ap|Leonard|Treehouse of Horror XXV}}. The four of them often fight with the [[West End Wiseguys]] and then cap off their nights with a "little of the ol' in-out," going in and out of the [[UKwik-E-Mart]]. The gang had a good thing going until Dum fell in love with [[Dum's wife|a woman]] who he met in a record store. His new girlfriend then makes him quit the Glug life and he becomes a beefeater for the [[Tower of London]]. The gang then disbands, with Leonard and Carlton throwing Moog out of [[Big Ben]]. Moog then becomes a bartender.
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Years later, a [[new gang]] break into Moog's apartment, using the same techniques that the Glugs had years ago. After Moog is attacked by them, he gets in contact with Dum again, who is now married with [[Maggie Simpson|a child]]. Dum's wife is against him rejoining the gang, but he goes against her wishes. As Moog and Dum walk in the streets, they are stopped by Leonard and Carlton, who are now police officers. They decide to rejoin the gang for one last job. The gang then puts jobs in a hat and pulls out "home invasion." They decide to attack [[Mr. Burns]]' mansion and upon entering, they find that Burns is holding an erotic masquerade party. The gang decides to start attacking the guests, but the number of them overwhelms the gang. As Moog is getting attacked, he narrates that he is beaten, bruised, couldn't score at an orgy, but he is happy.
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=== The Others ===
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[[File:The Others.png|thumb|left]]
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Homer is washing his face in the morning when he sees "Help Me" written on the bathroom mirror in blood. He responds by writing "No!!!" on the mirror in toothpaste. When he goes downstairs, Marge tells him that someone had made frosty chocolate milkshakes and left them in the kitchen, while Lisa tells him that the TV is stuck playing ''[[Married... with Children]]'' on all stations. That night, Homer and Marge are trying to sleep, but they keep hearing voices. [[Grampa]] then appears in bed with them, so Marge goes to make up the couch for him. While she's out of the room, Homer feels Marge starting to get frisky with him. The bed then starts to levitate, scaring Homer. The family then comes together to try and bring the ghosts out. When Grampa turns off the lights, the ghosts of ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' Simpsons appear.
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The Simpsons quickly realize that these are old versions of themselves. The ghost Marge starts to flirt with Homer, while the ghost Homer tries to strangle ghost Bart, but can't. Marge begins to get jealous of ghost Marge because of the attention Homer is showing her, so she decides to kill herself in the oven so she can become a ghost too. Both Marge ghosts then surprise Homer in the bath and the ghost Homer kills Homer by hitting him over the head repeatedly with a toaster until he drowns. When Lisa brings up to Bart that she and him are now in charge and they'll have to split the chores, Bart jumps out the window. Not wanting to be left alone, Lisa jumps out the window and falls to her death. Bart, however, had just jumped to the tree. Lisa then kills Bart by shooting an acorn into his mouth with his slingshot. The bodies of Bart, Lisa, and [[Maggie]] are then carried away by [[Willie]], however Bart and Lisa have no idea how Maggie even died.
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As the two families begin fighting, Dr. [[Marvin Monroe]] shows up, explaining that he's in some form of limbo which means he can't go through walls all the way. He then convinces them to stop fighting. The two Homers and Marges make up with their respective partners and Lisa then wonders if other versions of them could show up. A CGI version of the family then moves into the house, followed by an anime-style family, and several other versions of different art styles.
  
 
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On January 24, [[2014]], [[David Silverman]] confirmed on [[Twitter]] that he was working on a segment of the episode.<ref name="Silverman">[https://twitter.com/tubatron/status/426511235815710721 Twitter - David Silverman]</ref>
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A clip from "A Clockwork Yellow" was first shown at the [[2014]] [[San Diego Comic-Con]].<ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/07/26/sdcc-14-the-simpsons-treehouse-of-horror-doing-clockwork-orange-weird-al-to-perform-songs-from-the-show-more IGN - "SDCC 14: The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror Doing Clockwork Orange, Weird Al to Perform Songs from the Show, More"]</ref> Showrunner [[Al Jean]] spoke about the cast using their old voices for the Simpson family in "The Others". Jean said, "It was really funny to get the interplay and for the actors to see the voice evolution."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141216104609/http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/09/10/simpsons-tracey-ullman-show-treehouse-of-horror/ Entertainment Weekly - "A 'Simpsons' crossover with... 'The Simpsons'?"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>
  
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There will be a parody of {{W|Stanley Kubrick}}'s ''{{W|Eyes Wide Shut}}''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/460600653924945920 Al Jean's Twitter post]</ref> One of the segments is titled "A Clockwork Yellow".<ref>[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/s195/the-simpsons/blog/a586642/the-simpsons-comic-con-2014-live-blog-celebrating-25-years.html#~oL8UYCQjG6hHtj Digital Spy - "The Simpsons: Comic-Con 2014 live blog - Celebrating 25 years"]</ref> The segment "School is Hell" is inspired by the work of British comic book author [[Neil Gaiman]].<ref name="Gaiman segment"/>
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Sound dubbing for the episode took place on September 23.<ref>[https://twitter.com/stevie_gillis/status/514587532663607296 Stephanie Gillis Twitter]</ref>
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Sound dubbing took place on September 23.<ref>[https://twitter.com/stevie_gillis/status/514587532663607296 Stephanie Gillis Twitter]</ref>
 
  
 
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== Reception ==
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In its original airing, "Treehouse of Horror XXV" was watched by 7.64 million viewers.<ref>[https://seat42f.com/tv-ratings-for-10192014/ Seat42F - "TV Ratings For 10/19/2014"]</ref>
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Dennis Perkins of ''{{W|The A.V. Club}}'' gave the episode a B rating. Perkins praised the visuals of "School Is Hell," in particular the designs of the students. Perkins thought that "The Others" was the weakest of the three segments, feeling that it relied too much on "worn-out old motifs."<ref>[https://www.avclub.com/the-simpsons-treehouse-of-horror-xxv-1798182025 The A.V. Club - "The Simpsons: “Treehouse Of Horror XXV”"]</ref>
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"Treehouse of Horror XXV" was nominated for a {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}} in the {{W|67th Primetime Emmy Awards}}. However, it lost to ''{{W|Over the Garden Wall}}''.<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2015/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2015"]</ref>
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As of September [[2025]], "Treehouse of Horror XXV" has a 7.6 rating on {{W|IMDb}}.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3552792/ IMDb - "Treehouse of Horror XXV"]</ref>
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== In other languages ==
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== References ==
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Latest revision as of 17:04, October 15, 2025

Season 26 Episode
← 555 "Super Franchise Me"
556
"Treehouse of Horror XXV"
"Opposites A-Frack" 557 →
← XXIV "Treehouse of Horror XXIV"
XXV
"Treehouse of Horror XXV"
"Treehouse of Horror XXVI" XXVI →
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.


This article is about the episode. For other uses of "Treehouse of Horror XXV", see Treehouse of Horror XXV (disambiguation).


"Treehouse of Horror XXV"
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Episode Information
Episode number: 556
Season number: S26 E4
Production code: SABF21
Original airdate: October 19, 2014
Guest star(s): John Ratzenberger as Pixar Homer Simpson
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: Stephanie Gillis
Directed by: Matthew Faughnan

"Treehouse of Horror XXV" is the fourth episode of broadcast season 26 of The Simpsons and the five hundred fifty-sixth episode overall. It is also the twenty-fifth installment in the Treehouse of Horror series and consists of three parts. It originally aired on October 19, 2014. The episode was written by Stephanie Gillis and directed by Matthew Faughnan. It guest stars John Ratzenberger as Pixar Homer Simpson.

Summary[edit]

In "School Is Hell", Bart and Lisa are transported to a demon-filled alternate universe where Bart excels at his new school. In "A Clockwork Yellow", Moog's gang is disrupted when Dum (Homer) falls for a girl (Marge) who wants him to give up the thug life. Finally, in "The Others", the Simpson family are haunted by a family of ghosts, which turn out to be the family from the shorts, who were murdered and buried in the house.

Plot[edit]

Opening sequence[edit]

Kang and Kodos announce the twenty-fifth annual "Treehouse of Horror" episode, with special guests Jennifer Lawrence, Warren Beatty, John Travolta, Clint Eastwood, George Clooney, Prince, Taylor Swift, Sean Penn, Bruce Springsteen, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, James Franco, Kanye West, and Leonardo DiCaprio. All the mentioned celebrities are then shown in pieces on a board that spells out "Treehouse of Horror XXV". Travolta, who is still alive, goes "Why?!" before his head is destroyed by a laser and Kang and Kodos laugh.

School Is Hell[edit]

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Bart is serving detention after filling the sandbox with concrete and spreading a rumor that the lunch lady would be serving lunch naked. While he is bored alone in class, Bart starts playing with the desks, using them like dominoes. He then notices a strange desk with runes carved into it. Touching one of the runes causes fire to burst out of the desk, almost burning him. Bart then gets Lisa to try and get her to burn herself and to help translate what the runes say. Lisa uses her iRunes app and Bart reads the translation, "He who reads this rune translation will be taken to damnation." A demonic hand then bursts out of the desk and brings them to Hellroads in Hell, transforming them into Beelzebart and Lisafer.

As Beelzebart and Lisafer are shown around the school by a student, Lisafer is mocked by some mean girls. When Lisa retorts to their mocking, they invite her to hang out with them. Meanwhile, Beelzebart is caught without a Hell pass by the principals and is taken to a lesson. Beelzebart impresses the teacher by coming up with creative torture methods. The praise he receives leads to him wanting to enroll in the school. Meanwhile, Lisafer finds a way to get home, and she gets Beelzebart and the two of them teleport into Mr. Burns' office.

At home, Bart tells his parents that he wants to enroll in Hellroads. They are concerned about the school, but seeing Bart's excitement about the school, they decide to let him enroll. Beelzebart excels at his classes, becoming a straight-A student. For the final exam, Homer offers himself up to be tortured by Beelzebart as a way of showing his support. At the graduation ceremony, Beelzebart graduates top of the class.

A Clockwork Yellow[edit]

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Moog narrates about his life as the leader of the Glugs, a London gang that is composed of himself, Dum, Carlton, and Leonard. The four of them often fight with the West End Wiseguys and then cap off their nights with a "little of the ol' in-out," going in and out of the UKwik-E-Mart. The gang had a good thing going until Dum fell in love with a woman who he met in a record store. His new girlfriend then makes him quit the Glug life and he becomes a beefeater for the Tower of London. The gang then disbands, with Leonard and Carlton throwing Moog out of Big Ben. Moog then becomes a bartender.

Years later, a new gang break into Moog's apartment, using the same techniques that the Glugs had years ago. After Moog is attacked by them, he gets in contact with Dum again, who is now married with a child. Dum's wife is against him rejoining the gang, but he goes against her wishes. As Moog and Dum walk in the streets, they are stopped by Leonard and Carlton, who are now police officers. They decide to rejoin the gang for one last job. The gang then puts jobs in a hat and pulls out "home invasion." They decide to attack Mr. Burns' mansion and upon entering, they find that Burns is holding an erotic masquerade party. The gang decides to start attacking the guests, but the number of them overwhelms the gang. As Moog is getting attacked, he narrates that he is beaten, bruised, couldn't score at an orgy, but he is happy.

The Others[edit]

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Homer is washing his face in the morning when he sees "Help Me" written on the bathroom mirror in blood. He responds by writing "No!!!" on the mirror in toothpaste. When he goes downstairs, Marge tells him that someone had made frosty chocolate milkshakes and left them in the kitchen, while Lisa tells him that the TV is stuck playing Married... with Children on all stations. That night, Homer and Marge are trying to sleep, but they keep hearing voices. Grampa then appears in bed with them, so Marge goes to make up the couch for him. While she's out of the room, Homer feels Marge starting to get frisky with him. The bed then starts to levitate, scaring Homer. The family then comes together to try and bring the ghosts out. When Grampa turns off the lights, the ghosts of The Tracey Ullman Show Simpsons appear.

The Simpsons quickly realize that these are old versions of themselves. The ghost Marge starts to flirt with Homer, while the ghost Homer tries to strangle ghost Bart, but can't. Marge begins to get jealous of ghost Marge because of the attention Homer is showing her, so she decides to kill herself in the oven so she can become a ghost too. Both Marge ghosts then surprise Homer in the bath and the ghost Homer kills Homer by hitting him over the head repeatedly with a toaster until he drowns. When Lisa brings up to Bart that she and him are now in charge and they'll have to split the chores, Bart jumps out the window. Not wanting to be left alone, Lisa jumps out the window and falls to her death. Bart, however, had just jumped to the tree. Lisa then kills Bart by shooting an acorn into his mouth with his slingshot. The bodies of Bart, Lisa, and Maggie are then carried away by Willie, however Bart and Lisa have no idea how Maggie even died.

As the two families begin fighting, Dr. Marvin Monroe shows up, explaining that he's in some form of limbo which means he can't go through walls all the way. He then convinces them to stop fighting. The two Homers and Marges make up with their respective partners and Lisa then wonders if other versions of them could show up. A CGI version of the family then moves into the house, followed by an anime-style family, and several other versions of different art styles.

Production[edit]

A clip from "A Clockwork Yellow" was first shown at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con.[1] Showrunner Al Jean spoke about the cast using their old voices for the Simpson family in "The Others". Jean said, "It was really funny to get the interplay and for the actors to see the voice evolution."[2]

Sound dubbing for the episode took place on September 23.[3]

  • Script cover for the Episode

  • Script for the Episode

  • A scene from sound dubbing

Reception[edit]

In its original airing, "Treehouse of Horror XXV" was watched by 7.64 million viewers.[4]

Dennis Perkins of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B rating. Perkins praised the visuals of "School Is Hell," in particular the designs of the students. Perkins thought that "The Others" was the weakest of the three segments, feeling that it relied too much on "worn-out old motifs."[5]

"Treehouse of Horror XXV" was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program in the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards. However, it lost to Over the Garden Wall.[6]

As of September 2025, "Treehouse of Horror XXV" has a 7.6 rating on IMDb.[7]

In other languages[edit]

Language Name Translation
Germany.png Deutsch "Hölle, Tod und Geister" Hell, death and ghosts
Spain flag.png Español "La Casa Árbol del Terror XXV" The Treehouse of Terror XXV
Hispanic America.gif Español "La Casita del Horror XXV" The House of Horror XXV
France.png Français "Simpson Horror Show XXV" Simpson Horror Show XXV
Flag of Quebec.svg.png Français "Spécial d'Halloween XXV" Halloween Special XXV
Italy Flag.png Italiano "La paura fa novanta XXV" Fear makes ninety XXV
Brasil Flag.png Português "A Casa da Árvore dos Horrores - Parte XXV" Treehouse of Horrors - Part XXV

International airdates[edit]

Country Date Channel Note
Hispanic America.gif Latin America April 26, 2015[8] Fox Latin America

Gallery[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ IGN - "SDCC 14: The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror Doing Clockwork Orange, Weird Al to Perform Songs from the Show, More"
  2. ↑ Entertainment Weekly - "A 'Simpsons' crossover with... 'The Simpsons'?" (archived on Wayback Machine)
  3. ↑ Stephanie Gillis Twitter
  4. ↑ Seat42F - "TV Ratings For 10/19/2014"
  5. ↑ The A.V. Club - "The Simpsons: “Treehouse Of Horror XXV”"
  6. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2015"
  7. ↑ IMDb - "Treehouse of Horror XXV"
  8. ↑ Este domingo Fox estrena la nueva temporada de Los Simpson


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