Treehouse of Horror II
"Treehouse of Horror II"
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Episode Information
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Marge's Warning:
"Hello everyone. Before lasts years halloween show. I warned you not to let your children watch. But you did anyway. Hmm. well, this year's episode is even worse;it's scarier and more violent and I think they snuck in some bad language, too. so, please tuck in your children and...Well, if you didn't listen to me the last time, you're not going to now. Enjoy the show."
One of two Halloween specials to actually air on October 31st, Treehouse of Horror X was the other one.
This is one of several Simpsons episodes which are considered anthology episodes that features mini-stories.
Plot
When Homer, Lisa, Bart come back from Trick-or-Treating, they get a load of candy. Marge tells them not to eat too much or they'll get nightmares. They all scoff at her, but they do have nightmares.
- Lisa's Nightmare: The Simpsons visit Morroco where Homer buys a mysterious monkey's paw that grants wishes but with great misfortune. Once back home, the family begins to wish upon the paw. Maggie wishes for a golden pacifier, and Bart wishes for the family to be rich and famous. The drawback is that a public backlash grows around the Simpsons when they appear on everything from T-shirts to billboards for mammogram tests. Lisa wishes for world peace, but when Kang and Kodos see that the Earth is vulnerable, and conquer it, enslaving humanity. Homer then wishes for a turkey sandwich, which he claims is a wish that can't backfire. The sandwich appears to be perfect...except the turkey is a little dry. This 'abnormality' causes Homer to fly into a rage, before throwing the monkey's paw away. When Ned Flanders sees Homer throwing it out, Homer offers the paw to him, assuming that wishes with misfortunes will soon plague his neighbor. However, Ned's first wish (to get rid of the aliens), frees the human race and he's considered a hero. Shortly afterward, he wishes for his home to become a castle, as Homer seethingly watches.
- Bart's Nightmare: Bart is a boy who's able to bend reality with his mind and he will turn anyone who thinks badly about him into a creature. Marge tells Homer Bart's out of control and Homer goes to him. Bart then turns him into a jack-in-the-box. They start to spend quality time and Bart becomes less mean and turns Homer back to normal. Then Homer kisses Bart and Bart wakes up, horrified.
- Homer's Nightmare: Homer is fired from his job and he becomes a grave digger. He falls asleep in an open grave. Mr. Burns and Smithers think he's dead and take him to their lab to take out his brain and put it in a robot. The robot then acts like Homer when Mr. Burns expected the ultimate worker, they return the brain (Smithers convinces him to do so), The robot falls on Mr. Burns and crushes him and his head is sewed to Homer's body. Homer wakes up and realizes that Mr. Burns' head is actually sewed on him.
Quotes
- Marge: "Homer, where'd you get the monkey's paw?"
- Homer: "I got it from the stand...over..there."
{points to a gust of wind blowing sand}
- Homer: "Oh, wait. It's over there."
- Kodos: They constructed a board with a nail in it, but they won't stop there, the'll construct bigger boards with bigger nails, and then thell construct a board with a nail in it so large, it will destroy them all..."
