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For the continuing series of Halloween specials, see Treehouse of Horror Series.

"Treehouse of Horror"

Episode Information

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Episode also known as The Simpsons Halloween Special. This episode is the first out of 12 Halloween specials to be named "The Simpsons Halloween Special" in Treehouse of Horror it was "The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror" and by Treehouse of Horror XIV it was simply "Treehouse of Horror".

Opening sequence

In a parody of the original Frankenstein film, Marge warns viewers that the following program (The Simpsons) may give their children nightmares, so she suggests the adults to "tuck your children into bed tonight instead of writing us angry letters tomorrow". However, the viewers ignore her, and let their children watch it anyway.

Plot

Wraparound

When Homer Simpson comes back from trick-or-treating, he notices Bart and Lisa are telling ghost stories. He climbs up and listens while Bart comments on Lisa's first story. Bart starts telling his own story called:

Bad Dream House

The Simpsons move into a new home at a great price. Lisa & Marge are scared there is an evil presence lurking in the house, though Homer says there's nothing to worry about despite there being a vortex in the kitchen, Bart being strangled by the China, the house threatening the family to leave, & being thrown up to the ceiling. When everyone tries to settle in to sleep, the house brainwashes everybody to kill each other. When they stop what they're doing, thanks to Marge not being brainwashed, the house threatens that they will die horribly. Marge ends up angrily telling the house to shut up, and after a few moments, it complies. Marge then explains that since they are living in the house, the house is going to have to accept this. The house asks them to leave for a moment as

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it decides what to do. It determines it would rather die than live with the Simpsons, and implodes into nothingness.

Hungry are the Damned

The Simpsons are having a barbecue until an alien ship abducts them. When they arrive on the ship, they meet Kang & Kodos & an unnamed alien & Serak the preparer, who treat the Simpsons extremely well by giving them countless amounts of food to hold them over until the great feast at Rigel 4. Lisa becomes suspicious & thus, one night, wanders around the ship & heads into the kitchen when Serak leaves. She mistakes the book "How To Cook For Forty Humans" as "How To Cook Humans" & accuses the Rigelians. They are angered at the Simpsons & they are sent back home to live the life of not gods, but normal human beings.

The Raven

A Simpson's version of the Edgar Allan Poe tale, "The Raven", in which Homer is the main character, Lisa & Maggie are angels, Marge is the lost Lenore, & Bart is none other then the Raven.

As the episode comes to a close, Bart & Lisa ponder on the story before going to bed, not knowing Homer was freaked out by all of the stories. Everybody goes to bed, but Homer has trouble sleeping that night, as he decides he hates Halloween when he hears the Raven outside.

Appearences

Characters

Simpson family

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Marjorie Bouvier Simpson
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Homer Jay Simpson
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Lisa Marie Simpson
Bartholomew Jojo Simpson
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Margaret Simpson

Moving men and enchanted property

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Evil House and Moving Man (only appearances)

Aliens

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Kang/Kodos (first appearances)
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Serak (only appearance)

Vehicles

Kang & Kodos owned

UFO

Locations

Residential

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742 Evergreen Terrace
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Evil House (only appearance)

Trivia

This is the only Treehouse of Horror episode to take place in Bart's treehouse.
The tombstones at the beginning read from first to last, and left to right, in all caps: Ezekiel Simpson; Ishmael Simpson; Cornelius V. Simpson; Garfield; The Grateful Dead; Casper, the friendly boy; Elvis; Your name here; Paul McCartney; and disco.
"Bad Dream House" parodies a number of haunted house films. The opening image of the house shows that one side resembles the house from "The Amityville Horror" house. Much of the plot follows the events of the film "Poltergeist," such as a scary tree outside Lisa's bedroom, and the implosion of the house at the end.
Bart, as the raven, knocks several Edgar Allan Poe stories off the bookshelf, including "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Tell-Tale Heart", and "The Purloined Letter".
The book "To Serve Forty Humans" is a reference to a Twilight Zone episode where aliens greet humans with a book which translated means "To Serve Man." However, in the Twilight Zone episode, the aliens do actually intend to eat humans.
Edgar Allan Poe is credited as a writer for this episode.
This is the only halloween episode with the normal Gracie Films logo sequence; from Treehouse of Horror II it features a pipe organ playing its jingle, and Treehouse of Horror IV onwards, a scream replaces "shh".
This is the only Treehouse of Horror in which Kang and Kodos don't (tried to) conquer Earth.

← Season 1 Season 2 Episodes Season 3 →
Bart Gets an "F" • Simpson and Delilah • Treehouse of Horror • Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish • Dancin' Homer • Dead Putting Society • Bart vs. Thanksgiving • Bart the Daredevil • Itchy & Scratchy & Marge • Bart Gets Hit by a Car • One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish • The Way We Was • Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment • Principal Charming • Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? • Bart's Dog Gets an "F" • Old Money • Brush with Greatness • Lisa's Substitute • The War of the Simpsons • Three Men and a Comic Book • Blood Feud

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