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"Treehouse of Horror XVI" was the fourth episode of the seventeenth season of The Simpsons, as well as the sixteenth Halloween episode. The episode aired six days after Halloween.

This is one of several Simpsons episodes which are considered anthology episodes that features mini-stories.

Plot

Opening segment

In the opening, using an accelerator-beam, Kang and Kodos hope to speed up a World Series baseball game to air The Simpsons. Things later go sour, and the baseball stadium is drawn in to a specific point where the gravity is high. Afterwards the stadiums' surroundings are drawn into this point and then the whole city of Springfield, then Earth's oceans, the whole Earth, the solar system, numerous galaxies and finally God is drawn into this singularity, a form of a Big Crunch. Kodos says to Kang, "Smooth move, space-lax! You've destroyed the totality of existence." Kang replies, "It will be fine. I'll just leave a note." The note is yellow and says: "Treehouse of Horror XVI" in blood.

B.I.: Bartificial Intelligence

Bart ends up in a coma after attempting to jump from the roof to the swimming pool at Spinster Arms Apartments. In an effort to cope with the loss of their boy, the family takes in a robotic boy, named David, who quickly proves to be a better son. Later, Bart is found to be alive, however the two boys soon try to compete for their families love. Marge grows concerned with the boys rivalry, Homer comforts her and says he'll fix it. Of course instead of getting rid of the better robot son Homer decides to dump Bart in the woods. Bart soon comes across a band of defunct robots, harvesting their parts to become a powerful cyborg, He returns home to seek his revenge on David, and in the end, he cuts both Homer and David in half. Eventually, Homer, who no longer has his legs, now has to be fused with David's legs.  In the end it is revealed that it was all a dream induced by Homer's Demonic Possession.  A priest comes and splashes water on Homer who begins to preform the exorcist movements and music, and climbs up on the ceiling.  The episode ends as Homer lunges, drooling, at the camera. 

Survival of the Fattest

In a parody of The Most Dangerous Game Homer, Lenny, Carl, and the rest of the gang come to Mr. Burns' mansion to go hunting. Unbeknownst to them, they are the prey to be hunted by Burns. After his lawyer writes something that "should work in just about every courtroom" (and is then shot by Burns), he gives everyone five minutes vantage, but even so he manages to kill almost everyone, some of who climbed a tree but were launched into the air by Homer, and shot by Burns (except for Moe, who dies because of being splat by a dead Chief Wiggum). While the Simpson family watch the hunt on TV, the survivors hide in a forest, in which Professor Frink is eaten by Homer and everyone but him is shot by Burns' attack helicopter. Homer manages to survive the night as his friends are killed, and he uses Barney's dead body so Burns thinks he is Homer. He falls from a tree and Burns is ready to shoot at him, but just as he is about to do it, he and Smithers are both knocked out with frying pans by Marge, who then hits Homer for being away from home for eighteen hours and not calling. The segment ends with two reporters showing Homer and Marge making love behind them.

I've Grown a Costume on Your Face

The citizens of Springfield dress in their Halloween costumes for a costume contest. A wicked witch also entered, and won. But after revealing that she isn't wearing a costume, and is really a witch, she is disqualified and her prize is taken away. In revenge, she turns everyone into the actual characters that their costumes are. All of the citizens have problems with their appearances, including the Simpsons: Homer's head falls off, Marge turns into a skeleton, Bart into a wolf-man, Lisa into Albert Einstein and Maggie into a witch (as they were all dressed like that). Lisa tries to discover how to reverse the spell, then she realizes Maggie is now a witch and she can do it. The citizens come to their house, some saying they like their appearance and abilities, and some saying they want to be back to normal. Maggie gets confused, so she eventually turns the people of Springfield into pacifiers with their normal heads and goes away on her broomstick. Moe then tells the audience he hopes they have enjoyed this episode as much as the Koreans doing the animation. Dennis Rodman (also as a pacifier) comes and says he is working off a speeding ticket.

Broadcasting Information

USA/Canada

• 1st Airdate: Sunday, November 6, 2005
• 2nd Airdate: Sunday, February 5, 2006

UK

• 1st Airdate: Sunday, December 18, 2005
• 2nd Airdate: Friday, December 23, 2005 (Encore Screening)
• 3rd Airdate: Saturday, April 22, 2006
• 4th Airdate: Tuesday, June 6, 2006
• 5th Airdate: Friday, August 4, 2006
• 6th Airdate: Saturday, August 26, 2006

Australia

• 1st Airdate: Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Brazil

• 1st Airdate: Sunday, August 6, 2006