The Pookadook

The contents of this article or section are considered to be non-canon and therefore may not have actually happened or existed.

For other uses of "The Pookadook", see The Pookadook.

The Pookadook

Character Information Status: Non-canon Occupation: Demon First appearance: "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" Voiced by: Julie Kavner

The Pookadook is a demon that is summoned by reading the book of the same name.

History

When Marge went to read Maggie a bedtime story, The Pookadook kept showing up. Marge then decided to read Maggie the book, but it turned out to be very scary to both Marge and Maggie. Marge stopped reading the book and put Maggie to bed. That night, Marge heard Maggie screaming on the baby monitor. She ran into Maggie's room and found that the book had somehow made it into Maggie's crib. She ripped the book up and threw it away. The next day, the doorbell rung. Marge opened the door to find that the book had been put together again and was on the doorstep. Marge threw the book on the barbecue and burned it. One of the pages came out of the book as she did so. The page said that Marge would burn the book, which is what the Pookadook wanted. The Pookadook then possessed Marge after it emerged from the burning book.

The Pookadook, now in possession of Marge's body, wanted to kill Maggie. As it tried to do so, Homer and Bart interrupted it. The Pookadook then sent the rest of the family to "sleep with the fishes", which was an overnight stay at the aquarium. When Maggie was left alone with The Pookadook, Maggie managed to escape and ran away. The Pookadook gave chase to Maggie into the basement, where Maggie managed to knock it unconscious after it tripped on a crayon. Maggie then tied the demon up and tried to get through to her mother by using memories. When these all fail, due to Marge feeling resentment from the way her family acted towards her. Maggie managed to get away again, but was hanging from the stairs. Unable to pull herself up, Maggie let go and fell into Marge's arms. As The Pookadook got ready to kill Maggie, Maggie touched Marge's cheek. This got through to Marge and she coughed up The Pookadook. Marge then used the outdoor vacuum cleaner to suck The Pookadook up, trapping it.

Behind the Laughter

The Pookadook is a parody of The Babadook from the 2014 film of the same name.

Appearances

• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" (The Pookadook)

Treehouse of Horror characters

All episodes Rigellians (Kang • Kodos) Treehouse of Horror Evil House • Lenore • Removalist • The Raven • The Raven narrator • Serak the Preparer Treehouse of Horror II Colonel • Ed McMahon • Monkey paw seller Treehouse of Horror III King Homer • Evil shopkeeper • Evil Krusty Doll • Joe • Zombies (Sue Dokes • Albert Einstein • Jay Kogan • John Smith • John Smith • William Shakespeare • George Washington • Walodor) Treehouse of Horror IV Benedict Arnold • Blackbeard • John Wilkes Booth • Lizzie Borden • Count Burns • Demon technician • John Dillinger • Flanders the Devil • Gremlin • Grim Reaper • Model Donut • Richard Nixon • Philadelphia Flyers • Skeleton judge • Zombies Treehouse of Horror V Mister Peabody • Sherman • Jason Voorhees Treehouse of Horror VI Paul Anka Treehouse of Horror VII Pigeon-Rat • Hugo Simpson • Bill Watson Treehouse of Horror VIII Fox Censor • Edgar Winter • Johnny Winter • Zombies Treehouse of Horror IX Ed McMahon • The Jerry Springer Show audience member • Jerry Springer • Jason Voorhees Treehouse of Horror X Tom Arnold • Sugar Bear • Yasmine Bleeth • Dick Clark • Clobber Girl • The Collector • Tonya Harding • Michael Jordan • Lucy Lawless/Xena • Courtney Love • Rosie O'Donnell • Dan Quayle • Jeri Ryan • Laura Schlessinger • Al Sharpton • Stretch Dude Treehouse of Horror XI Bear family • George Cauldron • Goldilocks • St. Peter • Rapunzel • King Snorky • Suzanne • Troll Treehouse of Horror XII Apple vendor • Baby-puppy vendor • Pierce Brosnan • Cholera woman • Katie Couric • Drunken prince • Frog Prince • Gypsy • Handsome prince • Hobgoblin • Installer robots • Leprechaun • Lord Montymort • Harry Potter • Salesbot • Slithers • Ultrahouse 3000 • Yoda Treehouse of Horror XIII Hammock man • Homer's clones (Peter Griffin) • Zombies • (Billy the Kid • Kaiser Wilhelm II) Treehouse of Horror XIV Jethro Bodine* • Oscar De La Hoya • Jonathan Frink, Sr. • Jennifer Garner • Patty Hearst • Dudley Herschbach • Irving • The Jackson 5 • Grim Reaper Treehouse of Horror XV Dr. Bartley • C. Ebenezer Burns • Mao • Peter Pan • Eliza Simpson • Simon Stoolowitz • Inspector Wiggum Treehouse of Horror XVI Cyborg Bart • Terry Bradshaw • David • Dorothy • Dennis Rodman • Roger • Witch Treehouse of Horror XVII Female Golem • Female teenager • German man • Male Golem • Phil McGraw • Nathan Newley Orchestra • Space Marshmallow • Orson Welles Treehouse of Horror XVIII Flanders the Devil • Government agent • Jim Halterman Treehouse of Horror XIX Bestimus Muchos • Carnage Destructicus • Grand Pumpkin • Melody • Sedan bot • Sex toy • Snooze • Rip Taylor • Three-Way • Tom Turkey Treehouse of Horror XX Amenhotep • Count Dracula • Countess Dracula • Frankenstein's Monster • Julienstein • She-Wolf • Werewolf • Womenhet • Hubert Wong • Muncher Zombies Treehouse of Horror XXI Count Dracula • Edmund • Colonel Ketchup • Roger • Count von Count Treehouse of Horror XXII 911 dispatcher • Flanders the Devil • Kamala • Aleksey Fyodorovich Karamazov* • Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov* • Rigellian queen Treehouse of Horror XXIII Black hole aliens • Mayans (Crazy iguana lady • Mayan gods • Mayan Homer • Mayan Marge • Mayan priest • Mayan scientist) • Moe-looking Satan • United Federation of Homers Through History (Pope Homer) • Barty Ziff • Lisa Ziff • Maggie Ziff • Marge Ziff Treehouse of Horror XXIV Bee Man of Bumble • Bore-Ax • Ray Bradbury • Brundlefly • Edward C. Burke • Mr. Burnsum • The Creeper • The Fat In The Hat • The Happy Harlequin • Hellboy • The Human Donkey • The Illustrated Man • Jumbo • Krusty Korral • H. P. Lovecraft • Marguerite • Richard Matheson • The Terrifying Callback Treehouse of Horror XXV Warren Beatty • Carlton • Dum • Dum's wife • Morgan Freeman • James Franco • Hellroads principals • Hellroads student • Hellroads student • Hellroads student • Hellroads student • Hellroads teacher • Jeffistopheles • Stanley Kubrick • Leonard Lawrence • Leonard • Lisafer • Moog • New gang • Bill O'Reilly • Shmoo • Beelzebart Simpson • Taylor Swift • Luther Vandross • Noah Webster • West End Wiseguys Treehouse of Horror XXVI Steve Treehouse of Horror XXVII High Ball • Rachel Cohen • Homish • Peta • Pita • Jerry and Larry Mackleberry • Ms. Mancuso-Gluckman • Sergeant Sausage • Steely Dan (Donald Fagen) Treehouse of Horror XXVIII Mario Batali • Father Ben • Kenneth Humphries • Pazuzu Treehouse of Horror XXIX Grand Pumpkin • Luci • Neutrino • Phloem • Herb Tannenbaum • Xylem Treehouse of Horror XXX Amphibian Man • Demogorgon • St. Greeter Treehouse of Horror XXXI Stretch Arm-Long • Homer Barbera • William Cage • Phil Connors • Frog Prince • Gretel • Hansel • Anime Homer • Disney Princess Homer • Noir Homer • Pixel Homer • Jack-in-the-Box • Krusty Doll • Ben Mankiewicz • Radioactive Man action figure • Jane Russell • Noir Smithers • Headless Malibu Stacy • Roger Stone Treehouse of Horror XXXII Audrey II • Barti • Living treehouse • Mopey Mary • Mighty oak leader • Tree Rollins • Treebeard Treehouse of Horror XXXIII Steve Johnson • The Pookadook • Tofu Treehouse of Horror XXXIV Ana Gram • Rob Gronkowski • Kylie Jenner • Satoshi Nakamoto Treehouse of Horror XXXV Blue Monster • Mrs. Butterworth • Denim • Facebookzilla • Four Chan Saurus • La Muerte • Lenny Leonard, Sr. • Randall Leonard • Mecha-Reddit • Red Monster • Ro-gan • Xibalba

The Simpsons characters

The Simpsons and relatives Jacqueline Bouvier • Patty Bouvier • Selma Bouvier • Abraham Simpson • Bart Simpson (Bartman • El Barto) • Homer Simpson • Lisa Simpson • Maggie Simpson • Marge Simpson • Mona Simpson Jub-Jub • Plopper • Santa's Little Helper • Snowball II Around Springfield Kumiko Albertson • Ms. Albright • Jasper Beardley • Benjamin • Blue-haired lawyer • Shauna Chalmers • Comic Book Guy • Crazy Cat Lady • Larry Dalrymple • Doug • Eddie • Maude Flanders • Ned Flanders • Julio Franco • Jonathan Frink • Gary • Alice Glick • Barney Gumble • Gil Gunderson • Constance Harm • Bernice Hibbert • Julius Hibbert • Julius Hibbert's daughter • Julius Hibbert's oldest son • Lionel Hutz • Jacques • "Just stamp the ticket" man • Princess Kashmir • Hyman Krustofsky • Akira Kurosawa • Cookie Kwan • Grady Little • Lou • Helen Lovejoy • Jessica Lovejoy • Timothy Lovejoy, Jr. • Barry Mackleberry • Jerri Mackleberry • Jack Marley • Horatio McCallister • Milo • Hans Moleman • Marvin Monroe • Eddie Muntz • Mrs. Muntz • Bleeding Gums Murphy • Lindsey Naegle • Nahasapeemapetilon octuplets (Anoop • Gheet • Nabendu • Poonam • Pria • Sandeep • Sashi • Uma) • Apu Nahasapeemapetilon • Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon • Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon • Old Jewish man • Ruth Powers • Gareth Prince • Gloria Prince • Joe Quimby (Mayor Quimby's body guards) • Martha Quimby • Raphael • Luigi Risotto • Nick Riviera • Sam • Gerald Samson • Agnes Skinner • Roy Snyder • Spuckler children (Dubya • Whitney) • Brandine Spuckler • Cletus Spuckler • Squeaky-voiced teen • Strawberry • Disco Stu • Moe Szyslak • Kirk Van Houten • Luann Van Houten • Clancy Wiggum • Sarah Wiggum • Yes Guy • Artie Ziff Celebrities Bill and Marty • Booberella • Kent Brockman • Bumblebee Man • Scott Christian • Duffman • Matt Groening • Krusty the Clown • Lurleen Lumpkin • Troy McClure • Sideshow Mel • Roger Meyers, Jr. • Arnie Pye • Pyro • Dave Shutton • Jebediah Springfield • Miss Springfield • Drederick Tatum • Mr. Teeny • Rainier Wolfcastle (McBain) Springfield Elementary School faculty and students Chuck Berger • Black weasel • Wendell Borton • Gary Chalmers • Lewis Clark • Database • Lunchlady Dora • E-mail • Rod Flanders • Todd Flanders • Ham • JJ Hibbert • Elizabeth Hoover • Sophie Jensen • Jimbo Jones • Edna Krabappel • Coach Krupt • Dewey Largo • Sherri Mackleberry • Terri Mackleberry • Otto Mann • Audrey McConnell • Nelson Muntz • Nell Nicholson • Brunella Pommelhorst • Janey Powell • Martin Prince • J. Loren Pryor • Report Card • Richard • Dolph Shapiro • Becky Shorter • Nina Skalka • Seymour Skinner • Cosine Tangent • Allison Taylor • Milhouse Van Houten • Wanda • Ralph Wiggum • Groundskeeper Willie • Hubert Wong • Yellow weasel • Jaffee Ziswhisky • Üter Zörker • Kearney Zzyzwicz Blond-haired boy with glasses • Brown-haired boy • Buck-toothed boy • Buck-toothed girl • Girl with glasses • Lewis look-alike • Long haired girl Springfield Nuclear Power Plant Blinky • Charles Montgomery Burns (The Hounds) • Carl Carlson • Charlie • Lenny Leonard • Waylon Smithers, Jr. • Smitty Villains Sideshow Bob • Frankie the Squealer • Herman Hermann • Snake Jailbird • Kang Johnson • Kodos Johnson • Legs • Louie • The Rich Texan • Hank Scorpio • Johnny Tightlips • Fat Tony Other characters Capital City Goofball • Jesus Christ • Santa Claus • Devil • Fallout Boy • Itchy • God • Leprechaun • Richard Nixon • Poochie • Radioactive Man • Scratchy Families The Simpsons • The Bouviers • The Flanderses • The Hibberts • The Krustofskys • The Lovejoys • The Spucklers • The Van Houtens • The Wiggums • The Muntzes Miscellaneous Doppelgängers • Fictional characters • LGBT characters • Animals • Deceased characters • Crossover characters • One-time characters • Recurring characters • Non-canon characters