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Template:EpisodeHD "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" is the five hundred and thirty-second episode of The Simpsons, the second episode of the twenty-fifth season and the twenty-fourth installment in the Treehouse of Horror series.

Synopsis

In “Oh The Places You’ll D’oh,” the first of three spine-tingling stories, Homer rides around Springfield wreaking havoc as “The Fat in The Hat” in a rhyming Dr. Seuss-ian tale. In “Dead and Shoulders,” Bart is beheaded during a kite accident, his head is attached to Lisa’s body and they must live together as one. The final terrifying tale, “Freaks no Geeks,” features Mr. Burns’ traveling circus, The Burnsum and Bailey Circus, which has stopped in Springfieldland in the 1930s. Trapeze artist Marge and Strong Man Homer are performers and things go awry when circus freak Moe starts to make advances towards Marge.^[1]

Plot

Act I: "Oh The Places You’ll D’oh"

Three young kids (Bart,Lisa and Maggie) are home with the mumps while Marge is going to a costume party dressed as Catwoman (unbeknownst to her, every other woman in Springfield -and to a lesser extent, Comic Book Guy-is going as Catwoman. The kids are bored, but The Fat In The Hat(Homer) gives them mumps-stopping shots and takes them out for candy, but ends up causing chaos inculding robbing Apu, blowing up Mr. Burns' house, killing Moe and making a pile of bodies. That's when the kids realize they must escape this madman, and they hop on a three-humped gumbammel(Barney) then a Krusty cow (Krusty)that gets beheaded by Sideshow Bob and then fly home on a large bee (Bumblebee Man) but The Fat In The Hat is there and says he will be their new dad, but before he can finish, maggie stabs him with his umbrella . The Fat in The Hat's last words are: "I'm afraid of nothing, not even hellfires. Just please, don't ever let me be played by Mike Myers."and the kids get their candy after a night of chaos.

Act II: "Dead and Shoulders"

Bart and Millhouse fly their kites in an airport, but Millhouse goes to the hospital and with no where to tie his kite Bart ties his kite around his neck. He gets beheaded by Arnie Pye's helicopter. He then wakes up with his head on Lisa and she still controls her body. She makes Bart's life boring until they go and get therapy and get used to being stuck together. Later Bart finds out when Lisa is asleep he is in control he makes several tries to get rid of her head until they both get beheaded in a saw mill. They both wake up with Lisa stuck to Krusty, Bart with Selma and Dr. Nick with Dr. Hibbert.

Act III: "Freaks no Geeks"

The final terrifying tale, features Mr. Burns’ traveling circus, The Burnsum and Bailey Circus, which has stopped in Springfieldland in the 1930s. Trapeze artist Marge and Strong Man Homer are performers and things go awry when circus freak Moe starts to make advances towards Marge. Eventually, Marge leaves Homer for Moe, and Homer is tarred & feathered from the waist-down, being presented as a new freakshow attraction, "The World's Strongest Duck". Later, it is shown in a newspaper that the 'duck' (Homer) died a few years later.

Production

The couch gag was directed by Guillermo del Toro. The extended titles featured a lot of homages to horror flicks, including Guillermo del Toro's own Hellboy and Pan's Labyrinth.^[2]

According to Al Jean in an interview on September 28, 2012, this episode was already completed by then and includes "a very violent world resembling Dr. Seuss', and also the movie Freaks."^[3]

Gallery

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External links

Couch gag for the episode at YouTube
"Together as One" clip at YouTube
"Barnsum and Bailey" clip at YouTube

References

view • talk • edit • past Treehouse of Horror series
I • II • III • IV • V • VI • VII • VIII • IX • X • XI • XII • XIII • XIV • XV • XVI • XVII • XVIII • XIX • XX • XXI • XXII • XXIII • XXIV • XXV • XXVI • XXVII • XXVIII • XXIX • XXX • XXXI • XXXII • XXXIII • XXXIV • XXXV • XXXVI
Halloween themed episodes
Halloween of Horror • Thanksgiving of Horror
Self-contained stories:
Not It • Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes

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Homerland • Treehouse of Horror XXIV • Four Regrettings and a Funeral • YOLO • Labor Pains • The Kid Is All Right • Yellow Subterfuge • White Christmas Blues • Steal This Episode • Married to the Blob • Specs and the City • Diggs • The Man Who Grew Too Much • The Winter of His Content • The War of Art • You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee • Luca$ • Days of Future Future • What to Expect When Bart's Expecting • Brick Like Me • Pay Pal • The Yellow Badge of Cowardge

[1] SpoilerTV.com - The Simpsons - Episode 25.02 - Treehouse of Horror XXIV - Press Release

[2] Cinema Blend - "The Simpsons 2013 Comic-Con Panel Live Blog"

[3] Comicbookresources.com - Simpsons’ Al Jean On Season 24, ‘Treehouse’ and the Show’s End

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