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The Simpsons Halloween Episodes are an annual tradition in which there is a special Halloween episode consisting of three separate, self-contained pieces. These pieces usually involve the family in some horror, science fiction, or supernatural setting; they always take place outside the normal continuity of the show (and are therefore considered to be non-canon), and completely abandon any pretense of being realistic. Screenshot from Treehouse of Horror IV This is a screenshot of a copyrighted movie or television program. ...
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Treehouse of Horror IV is the fifth episode of The Simpsons fifth season, first aired on October 28, 1993. ...
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Regular Simpsons characters play humorous special roles, occasionally being killed in gruesome ways by zombies, monsters, or even each other. Groundskeeper Willie has died many times in the Treehouse of Horror episodes, mostly by being stuck in the back with an axe, impaled by a sharp object, burned by a furnace and even once by a dolphin. Homer and Maggie have killed Willie a number of times. In "Treehouse of Horror V", for example, he was axed in the back in all three segments: by Homer in the first act, by Maggie in the second, and by Principal Skinner in the third. In all three situations, he was coming to the rescue of a character who was facing imminent doom, saying, "I'm comin' to rescue the lot of you." After being axed the third time, he says, "Oh...I'm bad at this..." Treehouse of Horror V is the sixth episode of The Simpsons sixth season, which originally aired October 30, 1994. ...
The Halloween episodes also regularly parody many classic horror and science fiction films such as The Shining, these Halloween segments frequently spoof episodes of The Twilight Zone such as "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", "To Serve Man", "Living Doll", "It's a Good Life", "A Kind of a Stopwatch" and "Little Girl Lost". For other uses of this term, see Shining. ...
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Title Originally, the name of the Halloween episodes was The Simpsons Halloween Special, (and followed by the roman numerals for the sequels) but was later changed to Treehouse of Horror after the twelfth Halloween episode.
Origins According to DVD commentary, the reason why the episodes are non-canon is a trade-off for the writers. Writing three 7-minute segments was just too taxing for the writers, so it was proposed that they could do anything without worrying about continuity to appease them.
The yearly Halloween special was named "Treehouse of Horror" because the original special depicted the Simpson children in their treehouse telling scary stories to one another. In later years the series dropped the framing device of characters telling stories, but kept the Treehouse title. This article refers to the first Treehouse of Horror episode. ...
In a section of "Treehouse of Horror VI" called "Homer³," Homer and Bart go into a three-dimensional world, which Homer likens to Tron, created by Pacific Data Images, a computer animation company. This segment from the Halloween episode was also used as a segment of a film shown in the IMAX 3D film Cyberworld. This was the first and one of the few times The Simpsons have strayed from their traditional 2D animation, and the longest, as other moments consisted of live action couch gags or short claymation or CGI television and film parodies. Other Treehouse segment name parodies include "Citizen Kang", "The Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace", "The Thing and I", "Hex and the City" "House of Whacks", "I've Grown a Costume On Your Face", "The Shinning" and "Reaper Madness". Treehouse of Horror VI is the sixth episode of The Simpsons seventh season, as well as the sixth Halloween episode. ...
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Traditions For several years the characters broke the fourth wall and introduced their pieces directly to the audience. In "Treehouse of Horror II" the writers decided to give the cast and crew of the show scary names in the opening and closing credits (like "Mad Matt Groening" and "James Hell Brooks"). This also became a tradition, and has been done in every Halloween episode since except XII, and XIII. The names have changed in subsequent seasons. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Treehouse of Horror II (onscreen: The Simpsons Halloween Special II) is the seventh episode of The Simpsons third season, the second Simpsons Halloween episode, and the first Halloween episode where names in the closing credits were replaced by spooky name parodies. ...
Another mainstay of the Halloween shows is the appearance of the two space aliens Kang and Kodos, introduced in the second segment of the first "Treehouse of Horror." However they are not always important to any story in the special; starting with "Treehouse of Horror III" they began appearing just to keep up the tradition. While they have had significant parts in other "Treehouse of Horror" episodes, they often only appear in the middle of a totally different story-for example, a story about zombies attacking the town will suddenly turn to them in space, watching the events and laughing maniacally at the Earthlings' suffering, before switching back to the actual story. In later years they would sometimes appear at either the beginning or end of the episode, outside of any of the stories; for example, one year they appeared between the last segment and the credits wondering why The Simpsons producers hadn't called them to be in the episode. Soon they get a call offering them to be on a commercial for something called "Old Navy". The existence of alien beings (intelligent extraterrestrial life) has been one of the enduring themes of science fiction. ...
Kang and Kodos are fictional characters from the animated television series The Simpsons. ...
Treehouse of Horror III (on-screen title: The Simpsons Halloween Special III) is the fifth episode of The Simpsons fourth season, and the third Simpsons Halloween episode. ...
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From the second halloween episode, the Gracie Films music at the end is replaced with a pipe organ version. From the fourth halloween episode a scream was added as well. From the sixth halloween episode at the end the pipe organ version is replaced with an oboe version. From the seventh halloween episode the Gracie Films theme was echoed. But in the fifteenth halloween episode at the end the pipe organ version was still played, but the scream was replaced. The woman's scream changed to Homer's scream. From the fourteenth halloween episode the Gracie Films music with a pipe organ version was almost played the half of it was mute. Gracie Films logo Gracie Films is an American film and television production company, created by James L. Brooks in 1986. ...
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Also, at the start of Treehouse of Horror I, II, IV and V Marge comes out with a message urging parents not to let their children watch the program as they will suffer from nightmares; however, she gives up, saying how no one ever listens to her. This was abandoned in later seasons because the length of each episode has been reduced significantly since first few seasons and because by then the writers were sure that everyone was aware that the shows are scary.[1]
Recent years Although the Treehouse series is meant to be seen on Halloween, in recent years new installments have premiered after Halloween. This is due to Fox's current contract with Major League Baseball's World Series. If the Series does not go the full seven games, Fox usually airs the previous season's Treehouse episode on the Sunday before Halloween (or if Sunday happens to fall on Halloween). However, it has been known on many occasions for new shows to premiere on the West Coast only in time for Halloween regardless of how long the World Series lasts. It gets the full national premiere, of course, as scheduled in November, after Halloween. Another reason for the late airing is that during November, Nielsen Media Research conducts one of its four annual sweeps months - in recent years, the annual Treehouse of Horror episodes tend to draw some of the highest ratings of the season to which it belongs. MLB and Major Leagues redirect here. ...
For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ...
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FOX's arrangement with Major League Baseball was made fun of in the opening sequence for "Treehouse of Horror XVI". Kang, frustrated that the episode is being delayed by a World Series baseball game, decides to "fast forward" the game, but overdoes it, sucking the Earth, the universe, and everything else (including God) into nothingness. He then leaves a sticky note, which shows the title. Another joke about the programming of Halloween episodes in November appears in "Treehouse of Horror XIV", where Kang looks at a TV Guide and says, "A Halloween special? In November? We've already got our Christmas decorations up!" The camera then cuts to a shot of the fireplace with Christmas decorations, complete with multi-legged stockings and alien reindeer, scattered about. Treehouse of Horror XVI is the fourth episode of the seventeenth season of The Simpsons, as well as the sixteenth Halloween episode. ...
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Comics Series In 1995, Matt Groening's Bongo Comics Group, a company specializing in Simpsons-based publications, began a series of comic book adaptations of the Treehouse of Horror series. These annual editions are released in September each year, and as of September 2007 there will be thirteen issues available. Originally, guest writers from other comic book companies were invited to submit scripts to Bongo, where the comics themselves would then be drawn by Bongo staff. Beginning with #5 (1999), the "guests" were allowed to submit both stories and art, wherein at the most Bongo would only supply the lettering and colorings of the stories [however, there are few cases of this rule being broken; ie, "The Catastrophe on Substitute Springfields" (#7, 2001) and "The Legend of Batterface" (#10, 2004). This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
External links - Top 10 Treehouse of Horror Segments on IGN.com
- Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #13 Comic Preview on ComicsAlliance.com
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