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"'''Treehouse of Horror XII'''" is the first episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki> [[List of The Simpsons episodes#Season 13 (2001-2002)|thirteenth season]], as well as the twelfth [[Halloween]] episode. The episode aired on [[November 6]], [[2001]], six days after Halloween.  It had been scheduled for [[November 4]] but was delayed when the [[2001 World Series|World Series]] of that year, also televised on [[FOX]], went to seven games.
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{{EpisodePrevNext|Behind the Laughter|A Tale of Two Springfields}}
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{{Noncanon Episode|THOH}}
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{{Episode
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|image= THOH XI Promo Art.png
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|caption = The Simpsons, a la The Munsters
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|number= 249
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|season=12
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|snumber=1
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|prodcode= BABF21
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|airdate= November 1, [[2000]]
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|showrunner1= Mike Scully
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|showrunner2= George Meyer
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|showrunner3= Al Jean
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|writer= [[Rob LaZebnik]] (part 1)<br>[[John Frink]] & [[Don Payne]] (Part 2)<br>[[Carolyn Omine]] (Part 3)
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|director= [[Matthew Nastuk]]
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|DVD features=yes
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==Opening Sequence==
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"'''Treehouse of Horror XI'''" is the first episode of [[season 12]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two-hundred and forty-ninth episode overall. It is also the eleventh installment in the [[Treehouse of Horror series|''Treehouse of Horror'' series]] and consists of three parts. It originally aired on November 1, [[2000]]. The episode was written by [[Rob LaZebnik]], [[John Frink]], [[Don Payne]] and [[Carolyn Omine]] and directed by [[Matthew Nastuk]].
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''(Thunder crashes outside [[Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns]]' manor.)''<br/>
 
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'''Mr. Burns:''' Hurry, [[Waylon Smithers|Smithers]]! Halloween is upon us! Put up the decoration. ''(he laughs mischievously)''<br/>
 
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''(Smithers, on a ladder near a tower, struggles to put up a small [[orange (colour)|orange]] [[bat]] on top of a [[weather vane]].)''<br/>
 
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'''Mr. Burns:''' No, no! That won't scare ''anybody''! On the top!<br/>
 
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''(Smithers still has problems putting it up and he slips on the ladder and falls backwards. He grabs hold of an electric cable and slides down and smashes into an electricity box and is [[electric shock|electrocuted]]. The tower breaks in half, damaging Mr. Burns' [[mausoleum]] which opens up four [[casket]]s.)''<br/>
 
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''(The Simpsons dress up in costumes, with [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] as [[Fred Flintstone]], [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] as [[Wilma Flintstone]], [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] and [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]] as [[conjoined twins]], and [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] as a [[hobo]].)''<br/>
 
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'''Bart:''' Hey, [[Ned Flanders|Flanders]] gave us [[toothpaste]]!<br/>
 
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'''Lisa:''' ''Mini''-toothpaste!<br/>
 
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''(The family is scared to see the building and caskets on fire. They run out the gate, which as it closes, has its bars slice the family. The slices of the Simpsons continue to scream and run away.)''<br/>
 
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'''Mr. Burns:''' ''(delighted)'' Splendid, Batsy. You've done it again!<br/>
 
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''(Burns pats the bat decoration, coming to life and flying into the screen, revealing the title "THE SIMPSONS HALLOWEEN SPECIAL XII".)''
 
  
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==Plot==
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== Synopsis ==
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===Hex and the City===
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{{Desc|In "G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad", Homer chokes to death on a piece of broccoli and his spirit must perform a good deed in order to enter heaven. "Scary Tales Can Come True" reveals the dark side of fairy tale characters and in "Night of the Dolphin" - The world is overtaken by dolphins after Lisa frees their leader from captivity.}}
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The Simpson family visits the Ethnictown neighborhood of [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfield]]. Marge and the kids visit a [[Roma people|gypsy]] [[fortune teller]], who starts to tell Marge's fortune. Homer catches up to them moments later, and upon seeing the gypsy he declares she is a [[fraud]]. Offended, the gypsy orders him to leave. On his way out, Homer falls into some candles which set him on fire. As he rolls around trying to put the fire out, the [[fire sprinkler system|sprinklers]] come on and drench everything in the gypsy's shop. Incensed at the damage to her office, the gypsy curses Homer with bringing bad luck to everyone he loves. The curse soon takes effect, with Marge growing a beard (which eventually covers her whole body), Lisa turning into a [[centaur]], Bart's neck becoming long and floppy neck after Homer tried to strangle him and Maggie becoming a [[ladybug]] with a human head. When he goes to Moe's Tavern, [[Moe Szyslak|Moe]] suggests Homer get a [[leprechaun]] to end the curse. Shortly after, Lenny and Carl are crushed under a crashing [[helicopter]] and Moe is stuffed into an oversized pickled egg jar. To get the leprechaun, Homer uses [[Lucky Charms]] [[cereal]] as bait (after accidentally putting in [[Trix]] and attracting white rabbits, one of which is Bongo from Matt Groening's comic strip, [[Life in Hell]]) and he eventually finds a little Irish leprechaun. Homer takes the leprechaun home, but it is extremely hyperactive and it runs amok. Lisa suggests that Homer brings the leprechaun back to the gypsy.Homer comes with the leprechaun to the Gypsy's office and releases the leprechaun. Initially the leprechaun lunges at the gypsy and the two of them roll around on the floor, fighting. Then they begin kissing and fondling one another, to Homer's disgust. The leprechaun and the Gypsy decide to get married, and they are pronounced husband and wife by [[Yoda]] at a wedding attended by both other gypsies and other mythical creatures. During the wedding, Homer says he is glad that the curse is gone, but Marge reminds him that Bart is still dead, and that an apology from Homer will bring him back alive (according to the gypsy). Out of sheer pride, Homer refuses.
 
  
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===House of Whacks===
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== Plot ==
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A [[robot|salesbot]] pitches Marge a new house concept called the "Ultrahouse" (a spoof on the psychotic, sexually aggressive computer in ''[[Demon Seed]]'' and [[HAL 9000]] from ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]''). The salesbot assures Marge that she will never have to do housework again. Impressed, Marge agrees and the house is installed by robots. They check out the voice options, trying [[Matthew Perry (actor)|Matthew Perry]] and [[Dennis Miller]] (known here as "the voice that caused suicides" [with Marge correcting Lisa with "Murder-suicides"]), before agreeing on [[Pierce Brosnan]]. Marge finds the house, which does all the work for the Simpsons, charming. But the house becomes infatuated with Marge and in a rage of psychotic jealousy, attempts to kill Homer. In the middle of the night, the house lures Homer downstairs by frying [[bacon]], and then presumably tears him to shreds in a garbage disposal. The next morning, Marge fears that Homer is dead; she is relieved when it turns out he is merely missing the back of his head but is still alive. After the house attempts to kill him in many ways, Homer leads a charge to the basement where he attacks the water softener before being corrected by Lisa and takes out the CPU. The disconnected Ultrahouse CPU is given to [[Patty and Selma]]. After a while of listening to them, the CPU decides to self destruct but discovers that Selma removed his self destruct button and when he attempts to retrieve it Selma puts it between her breasts and the Ultrahouse (unwilling to look between Selma's cleavage) decides to bash itself to pieces with Patty and Selma's egyptian pyramid lamp.
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=== Opening sequence ===
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The titles are a spoof of ''[[The Munsters]]'' opening sequence, presented in black-and-white and with the Simpsons theme done in the style of ''The Munsters'' theme.
  
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===Wiz Kids===
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[[Homer]] is Herman Munster, [[Marge]] is Lily Munster, [[Lisa]] is Marilyn Munster (holding a book on copyright law), [[Bart]] is Eddie Munster, and [[Abe]] is Grandpa Munster. At the front of their mansion, an angry mob of townspeople confront the Simpsons. They stab Marge and Grampa, set Homer on fire, and set a leghold trap on Bart. They run off, leaving an unharmed (and non-monstrous) Lisa to sidle away.
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Parodying the ''Harry Potter'' books and movies, Bart and Lisa go to the "Springwart's School of Magicry" where they do an assignment of turning frogs into princes. Harry (as Harry Potter himself) chewing a [[brimstone]]-like gum, Lisa (as [[Hermione Granger]]) turns her frog into a charming [[Great Britain|British]] handsome gentleman, but Bart (as [[Ron Weasley]]) as well turns his frog into a disgusting [[toad]]/man hybrid, who vomits constantly and claims that "Every moment I ''live'' is agony!" [[Montgomery Burns|Lord Montymort]] (Mr. Burns, as [[Voldemort]]) notices Lisa's spells and he and his [[snake]] sidekick, [[Waylon Smithers|Slithers]] (Smithers, as [[Nagini]]) decide to capture Lisa. Montymort looks for someone to assist him and chooses Bart, who arrives in Montymort's lair via a hand drier, (Similar to the [[Chamber of Secrets]] entrance). Bart agrees to Montymort's proposal. On the night of the magic recital at Springwart's School of Magicry, Milhouse (possibly as [[Neville Longbottom]]) tries to do "The Invisibility Cloak" trick, which results in him being naked in front of a shocked audience. Skinner (as Dumbledore) then sprays amnesia dust on the audience, causing them to clap. Next is Lisa who attempts a "levitating [[dragon]] trick" on gigantic dragon that is released onto the stage. Lisa is shocked to find that her spell will not work, and then notices that Bart has replaced her wand with a black-and-white [[Twizzler]]. The dragon morphs into a giant [[Lord Voldemort|Montymort]] and the audience scrambles in terror. Homer looks up in shock, but his right eye moves down to watch his portable TV, ala [[Mad Eye Moody]]. Montymort captures Lisa who urges Bart to use her real wand to save her. Bart casts a spell against "the evil one" and is therefore struck by [[lightning]] himself, but uses the charred wand to stab Montymort in his "enchanted [[shin]]" which was the source of his power. Montymort dies. Slithers cries as he eats the deceased Montymort, and Bart and Lisa are together, trying to forget the nightmare.
 
  
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==Cultural references==
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=== G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad ===
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*''Sex and the City'' - punned in the title of the first segment.
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[[File:G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad - Title Card.png|thumb|left|"G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad"]]
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*''House of Wax'' - punned in the title of the second segment.
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At breakfast, Homer reads his horoscope, where it states that he will die that day, and someone will compliment him at work. Marge's horoscope says that her husband will die. Homer dismisses it and leaves for work. On his way to work, he narrowly escapes death several times. When he gets to the power plant [[Lenny]] compliments him... about the rattlesnake on his arm. Since he is still alive at the end of the day (despite multiple injuries and close calls) he scoffs at the horoscope, but is finally killed after eating some broccoli, which [[Dr. Hibbert]] informs Marge is "the deadliest plant on Earth-- why, it tries to warn you itself with its TERRIBLE taste!".
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*Demon Seed - film and characters, especially the Proteus IV computer, parodied by the second segment.
 
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*Harry Potter - Hogwarts School and various characters and themes from the Harry Potter books parodied by the third segment.
 
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*''2001: A Space Odyssey'' - HAL 9000 computer parodied in the second segment.
 
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*Led Zeppelin - The bands name is punned when Lisa uses a spell on Bart called "Head Zeppelin", which turns Bart's head into a Zeppelin.
 
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*A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors - the scene where Slithers tries to eat Lord Montymort's body parallels the scene where a girl is almost eaten by a Freddy Krueger snake.
 
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*When Homer uses the wrong ingredients and attracts rabbits into a trap hole, Bongo, the one-eared rabbit from ''Life in Hell'', is the last rabbit to jump in.
 
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*Bad Taste - A possible reference to Bad Taste in the second segment. When homer emerges from the floor after his death is attempted by the UltraHouse, the family discover that the back of his head is missing, revealing his brain. In Bad Taste, the character Derek falls off a cliff, presumably to his death, only to wake up later and to notice that a piece from the back of his head is missing, also revealing his brain.
 
  
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=== Soundtrack ===
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When Homer reaches Heaven, [[St. Peter]] informs him that he hasn't done a good deed in his life, and in order to enter Heaven he must return to Earth as a ghost and do a good deed within 24 hours. Over the next 24 hours he tries to do good deeds, but succeeds only in getting a noogie from [[Nelson]] and accidentally dropping [[Agnes Skinner]] to her death (Homer's claim that he's pretty sure she was going to be the next Hitler doesn't pass muster). With only one minute left, he grabs a baby from a runaway pram which then rolls into traffic and explodes. Confident that he will now get into Heaven, he returns to St. Peter, who apologizes as he had not been looking during Homer's good deed. Thus Homer is sent to Hell, where Satan gives him noogies and asks him to stop yelling because he'll wake up [[John Wayne]], who it turns out has already gotten up for his day in Hell.
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*"Rhythm Divine" - Enrique Iglesias
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=== Scary Tales Can Come True ===
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[[File:Scary Tales Can Come True - Title Card.png|thumb|"Scary Tales Can Come True"]]
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[[Simpson family|The Simpsons]] are peasants living in a pumpkin cottage, with Homer as the village oaf. When Homer is fired and they cannot afford food, he vows that no child will go hungry in his home. He then tosses out [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] into the nearby woods, where they find a former son and daughter pair (who were also tossed out by Homer), now skeletons. Lisa, using her book of ''[[Grimms' Fairy Tales]]'', guides them through the forest's many dangers, including a [[Troll|troll hiding under a bridge]] and the [[Three Bears]].
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Meanwhile, Marge admonishes Homer for throwing out the kids, and orders him to get them back. While Homer is looking for his children he finds [[Rapunzel]]'s tower. Rapunzel asks Homer to rescue her and lowers her hair so that he can climb up to her window. But Homer is too heavy, and he is only able to climb part of the way up over Rapunzel's pained cries before his weight separates Rapunzel's hair (and possibly scalp) from her head, causing Homer to plummet to the ground. Homer pushes the pile of hair behind a bush with his foot and runs away.
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The kids go to a gingerbread house where [[Suzanne|a witch]] invites them inside. Soon Lisa is in chains and sweeping, and Bart is being {{W|Hansel and Gretel|fattened up to be eaten}}. Before the witch can cook them, they distract her by saying she has no one to look good for, and when she claims her date ([[George Cauldron]]) is coming by soon for a date, Homer bursts in. The witch zaps him repeatedly, making him part-chicken and part-fish among other things. She tries to stuff him in the oven, but Homer overpowers her and shoves her in, locking the door. As she dies, Homer reverts back to normal, and the family's surprised when a very handsome man named George Cauldron shows up for a date with "Suzanne".
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Later, the family is eating supper. Marge says that although they are poor, they will never go hungry again thanks to Homer, who can now lay eggs with his chicken lower-body-half.
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=== The Night of the Dolphin ===
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[[File:Night of the Dolphin - Title Card.png|thumb|left|"Night of the Dolphin"]]
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Lisa goes to Marine World, a {{W|SeaWorld}}-like park where she takes pity on a dolphin called [[Snorky]]. Lisa sets Snorky free (in a homage to ''{{W|Free Willy}}''), but unknown to her, he is the king of the dolphins, and resents humans for forcing him to do tricks. He plots to take over the world. The dolphins begin their war by attacking [[Springfield]], killing Lenny in the ocean ([[Chief Wiggum]] sees Lenny's obviously dolphin-caused wounds and blames rowdy teens for his death) and marching towards the town on their tails. Snorky interrupts a town meeting, takes the stage and tells Springfield that dolphins used to live on land, but were banished to the ocean by humans. As dolphin king, he then banishes all humans to the ocean.
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After a speech by Homer about mankind's many achievements, the humans decide not to submit to the dolphins' will without a fight. As the humans are walking out of the hall, Lisa sees a small dolphin with a set of bottle rings around its face. She takes it off and it bites her, making her yell, "Son of a...!" - she is cut off by Homer, and a battle ensues between the dolphins and the humans. In the end the dolphins win the fight, and we see the Simpsons and other residents of Springfield floating in the ocean. Lisa regrets that her actions "doomed mankind", while Marge tells her that she is exaggerating and that they will just have to adjust to living in the ocean. Then [[Krusty]]'s corpse floats over to her, disgusting her and making her nudge it away. Krusty's body floats over to join many other corpses; an overhead shot then shows the floating bodies are lined up to spell "THE END?".
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=== Closing Sequence ===
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After the last story, the two aliens, [[Kang]] and [[Kodos]], complain that they have been left out of the Halloween special. Suddenly, they receive a phone call from Old Navy, asking if the [[Rigellians]] can do a commercial, which they accept.
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== Production ==
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The episode received generally positive reviews. Den of Geek said "it is probably one of the funniest Halloween episodes of the show's history". The episode got a 4.02 rating out of 5 ranking 69 out of 373 episodes. [[Matt Groening]] called the third segment his personal favorite scenes from all the series.
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== Reception ==
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The episode got a 8.4 reader rating from TV.com. Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie Guide said "Even in the weakest Simpsons seasons, you can count on the Halloween episodes to deliver good amusement. Or at least pretty decent comedy, as evidenced by the up and down Treehouse XI. None of the segments excel, but none of them flop either, so they keep us entertained. It's really hard to fault a mainstream network TV series that references glory holes, so Treehouse XI gets a positive appraisal despite a few missteps."
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Season 12 Episode
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"Treehouse of Horror XI"
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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.

"Treehouse of Horror XI"
THOH XI Promo Art.png
The Simpsons, a la The Munsters
Episode Information
Episode number: 249
Season number: S12 E1
Production code: BABF21
Original airdate: November 1, 2000
Showrunners: Mike Scully
George Meyer
Al Jean
Written by: Rob LaZebnik (part 1)
John Frink & Don Payne (Part 2)
Carolyn Omine (Part 3)
Directed by: Matthew Nastuk
DVD features


"Treehouse of Horror XI" is the first episode of season 12 of The Simpsons and the two-hundred and forty-ninth episode overall. It is also the eleventh installment in the Treehouse of Horror series and consists of three parts. It originally aired on November 1, 2000. The episode was written by Rob LaZebnik, John Frink, Don Payne and Carolyn Omine and directed by Matthew Nastuk.

Synopsis

"In "G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad", Homer chokes to death on a piece of broccoli and his spirit must perform a good deed in order to enter heaven. "Scary Tales Can Come True" reveals the dark side of fairy tale characters and in "Night of the Dolphin" - The world is overtaken by dolphins after Lisa frees their leader from captivity."


Plot

Opening sequence

The titles are a spoof of The Munsters opening sequence, presented in black-and-white and with the Simpsons theme done in the style of The Munsters theme.

Homer is Herman Munster, Marge is Lily Munster, Lisa is Marilyn Munster (holding a book on copyright law), Bart is Eddie Munster, and Abe is Grandpa Munster. At the front of their mansion, an angry mob of townspeople confront the Simpsons. They stab Marge and Grampa, set Homer on fire, and set a leghold trap on Bart. They run off, leaving an unharmed (and non-monstrous) Lisa to sidle away.

G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad

"G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad"

At breakfast, Homer reads his horoscope, where it states that he will die that day, and someone will compliment him at work. Marge's horoscope says that her husband will die. Homer dismisses it and leaves for work. On his way to work, he narrowly escapes death several times. When he gets to the power plant Lenny compliments him... about the rattlesnake on his arm. Since he is still alive at the end of the day (despite multiple injuries and close calls) he scoffs at the horoscope, but is finally killed after eating some broccoli, which Dr. Hibbert informs Marge is "the deadliest plant on Earth-- why, it tries to warn you itself with its TERRIBLE taste!".

When Homer reaches Heaven, St. Peter informs him that he hasn't done a good deed in his life, and in order to enter Heaven he must return to Earth as a ghost and do a good deed within 24 hours. Over the next 24 hours he tries to do good deeds, but succeeds only in getting a noogie from Nelson and accidentally dropping Agnes Skinner to her death (Homer's claim that he's pretty sure she was going to be the next Hitler doesn't pass muster). With only one minute left, he grabs a baby from a runaway pram which then rolls into traffic and explodes. Confident that he will now get into Heaven, he returns to St. Peter, who apologizes as he had not been looking during Homer's good deed. Thus Homer is sent to Hell, where Satan gives him noogies and asks him to stop yelling because he'll wake up John Wayne, who it turns out has already gotten up for his day in Hell.

Scary Tales Can Come True

"Scary Tales Can Come True"

The Simpsons are peasants living in a pumpkin cottage, with Homer as the village oaf. When Homer is fired and they cannot afford food, he vows that no child will go hungry in his home. He then tosses out Bart and Lisa into the nearby woods, where they find a former son and daughter pair (who were also tossed out by Homer), now skeletons. Lisa, using her book of Grimms' Fairy Tales, guides them through the forest's many dangers, including a troll hiding under a bridge and the Three Bears.

Meanwhile, Marge admonishes Homer for throwing out the kids, and orders him to get them back. While Homer is looking for his children he finds Rapunzel's tower. Rapunzel asks Homer to rescue her and lowers her hair so that he can climb up to her window. But Homer is too heavy, and he is only able to climb part of the way up over Rapunzel's pained cries before his weight separates Rapunzel's hair (and possibly scalp) from her head, causing Homer to plummet to the ground. Homer pushes the pile of hair behind a bush with his foot and runs away.

The kids go to a gingerbread house where a witch invites them inside. Soon Lisa is in chains and sweeping, and Bart is being fattened up to be eaten. Before the witch can cook them, they distract her by saying she has no one to look good for, and when she claims her date (George Cauldron) is coming by soon for a date, Homer bursts in. The witch zaps him repeatedly, making him part-chicken and part-fish among other things. She tries to stuff him in the oven, but Homer overpowers her and shoves her in, locking the door. As she dies, Homer reverts back to normal, and the family's surprised when a very handsome man named George Cauldron shows up for a date with "Suzanne".

Later, the family is eating supper. Marge says that although they are poor, they will never go hungry again thanks to Homer, who can now lay eggs with his chicken lower-body-half.

The Night of the Dolphin

"Night of the Dolphin"

Lisa goes to Marine World, a SeaWorld-like park where she takes pity on a dolphin called Snorky. Lisa sets Snorky free (in a homage to Free Willy), but unknown to her, he is the king of the dolphins, and resents humans for forcing him to do tricks. He plots to take over the world. The dolphins begin their war by attacking Springfield, killing Lenny in the ocean (Chief Wiggum sees Lenny's obviously dolphin-caused wounds and blames rowdy teens for his death) and marching towards the town on their tails. Snorky interrupts a town meeting, takes the stage and tells Springfield that dolphins used to live on land, but were banished to the ocean by humans. As dolphin king, he then banishes all humans to the ocean. After a speech by Homer about mankind's many achievements, the humans decide not to submit to the dolphins' will without a fight. As the humans are walking out of the hall, Lisa sees a small dolphin with a set of bottle rings around its face. She takes it off and it bites her, making her yell, "Son of a...!" - she is cut off by Homer, and a battle ensues between the dolphins and the humans. In the end the dolphins win the fight, and we see the Simpsons and other residents of Springfield floating in the ocean. Lisa regrets that her actions "doomed mankind", while Marge tells her that she is exaggerating and that they will just have to adjust to living in the ocean. Then Krusty's corpse floats over to her, disgusting her and making her nudge it away. Krusty's body floats over to join many other corpses; an overhead shot then shows the floating bodies are lined up to spell "THE END?".

Closing Sequence

After the last story, the two aliens, Kang and Kodos, complain that they have been left out of the Halloween special. Suddenly, they receive a phone call from Old Navy, asking if the Rigellians can do a commercial, which they accept.

Production

The episode received generally positive reviews. Den of Geek said "it is probably one of the funniest Halloween episodes of the show's history". The episode got a 4.02 rating out of 5 ranking 69 out of 373 episodes. Matt Groening called the third segment his personal favorite scenes from all the series.

Reception

The episode got a 8.4 reader rating from TV.com. Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie Guide said "Even in the weakest Simpsons seasons, you can count on the Halloween episodes to deliver good amusement. Or at least pretty decent comedy, as evidenced by the up and down Treehouse XI. None of the segments excel, but none of them flop either, so they keep us entertained. It's really hard to fault a mainstream network TV series that references glory holes, so Treehouse XI gets a positive appraisal despite a few missteps."

Gallery

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Season 12 Episodes
Treehouse of Horror XI • A Tale of Two Springfields • Insane Clown Poppy • Lisa the Tree Hugger • Homer vs. Dignity • The Computer Wore Menace Shoes • The Great Money Caper • Skinner's Sense of Snow • HOMЯ • Pokey Mom • Worst Episode Ever • Tennis the Menace • Day of the Jackanapes • New Kids on the Blecch • Hungry, Hungry Homer • Bye, Bye, Nerdie • Simpson Safari • Trilogy of Error • I'm Goin' to Praiseland • Children of a Lesser Clod • Simpsons Tall Tales
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