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Top 10 Best Treehouse of Horror Episodes


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watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 treehouse
of horror segments directing crazy Maj
why don’t you take a stress go don’t
like poser for this list we’re looking
at the funniest and most memorable
segments from The Simpsons series of
Halloween episodes I’m not gonna let a
few hoop jumping tuna butchers push me
around Oh
number 10 dial Z for zombies yeah right
there’s a picture zombies it’s not
uncommon for Bart’s mischief to cause
trouble for the residents of Springfield
but among his most troublesome moments
is the time he accidentally resurrects
the town’s dead the show’s large cast of
characters is played to hilarity here as
we see how various Springfield citizens
react to the zombies from groundskeeper
Willy’s apathy to Ned Flanders
politeness mind if I chew your ear Oh
dad you killed the zombie Flanders you
was a zombie
Kang and kodos even make a cameo to
laugh at the humans plate it’s all about
the characters in this segment even the
reanimated corpses of George Washington
Einstein and Shakespeare wait why would
any of them be buried in Springfield
show’s over Shakespeare
is this the end of samba Shakespeare
number nine the thing and I
The Simpsons have been on the air since
1989 so the writers were bound to resort
to an evil twin plot twist eventually
but what to do with pork you go too
crazy for Boys Town too much of a boy
for crazy town the child was an outcast
so we did the only humane thing we
changed you go up in the attic like an
animal and fed him a bucket of fish
heads once a week as it turns out Bart
was born with a conjoined twin and homer
and Marge have been keeping him hidden
in the Attic all these years subsisting
on a diet of fish heads
Hugo’s actually one of the series best
one episode characters thanks to some
fine voice work by Nancy Cartwright I
went mad after they tours apart but I’ll
be sane
once I saw us back together in fact he
even took the top spot on watch mojos
list of TV evil twins ultimately this
treehouse of horror segment comes to a
close with a brilliant twist Bart was
actually the evil twin all along come to
think of it does that really surprise
anyone oh don’t look so shocked
number 8 Homer cubed I’ll take my
chances in a mystery wall though it may
look pretty dated now the
three-dimensional computer animation in
this segment was revolutionary in 1995
in addition to the graphics the premise
of this segment is extremely memorable
it follows Homer as he stumbles upon the
fabled third dimension behind his
bookshelf it’s filled with Easter eggs
including the library and pond from the
video game Myst
and a code that spells out Frank rules
oh my god you black hole baby junkie to
oblivion are going to be nothing and
what’s gonna be coming on the other side
I don’t know
I’ll save you dad the final moments when
Bart fails to save Homer and he ends up
in our world is one of the series few
forays into live-action but it’s likely
the cleverest oh my God look at it
number seven the devil and Homer Simpson
so you like donuts a hmm well have all
the donuts in the world homers fatal
flaw will always be his love of donuts
do you have a donut or not coming up yes
sign here careful hot kid when he sells
his soul for one it’s up to the rest of
the family to save him from the devil
who appears in the form of Ned a year
wide behind won’t save you this time
hey Barney Hey but just because Flanders
is the Prince of Darkness doesn’t mean
he’s any less charmed Italy arming the
devil in Homer Simpson is certainly one
of the more horrific segments in the
show’s history but it actually has a
surprisingly sweet ending in which Marge
saves Homer with the power of love sorta
we’ve heard enough
Your Honor we find that homeless Simpson
soul is legally the property of Marge
Simpson and not of the devil no he still
pays a hefty though delicious price when
his head is transformed into a donut hmm
Homer stop picking at it oh but I’m so
sweet and tasty hmm
number six The Raven while I pondered
weak and weary over many a quaint and
curious volume of Forgotten lore Edgar
Allan Poe is likely the most
high-profile guest writer ever to have
inadvertently written for The Simpsons
and it’s a testament to the show’s comic
genius that it can make the work of this
dark poet hilarious the silken sad
uncertain rustling of each purple
curtain thrilled me
filled me with fantastic terrors never
felt before with Bart taking on the role
of the titular Raven and Homer as the
unnamed protagonist The Simpsons
adaptation of The Raven takes a few
artistic liberties while still being
highly respectful of the source material
pushed above my chamber door perched
upon a bust of Pallas just above my
chamber door perched and sat and nothing
more a fantastic guest spot from James
Earl Jones completes the scene which has
since become a classic and helped get
many students interested in poetry Poe
will be funnier than this Nevermore tell
me tell me what thy lordly name is on
the night’s Plutonian Shore quoth the
Raven my show number five nightmare on
Evergreen Terrace
what telecare acquaintance this parody
of a Nightmare on Elm Street sees
groundskeeper Willie donning Freddy
Krueger’s iconic outfit and attacking
the students of Springfield Elementary
in their dreams
Willie vowed vengeance against the
parents of Springfield after he was
burned to a crisp during a PTA meeting
on one cold day in smarsh please help me
Willie please mr. Van Houten has a floor
pairing Lisa and Bart together always
proves to be a recipe for a fun episode
and it doesn’t get more fun than
watching them take down a hot-headed
Scottish serial killer son but of course
it’s Maggie who ultimately saves the day
with her trusty pacifier but not before
Willie can get in one last scare be ya
ha ha yeah um yeah
stop I left my gun on the seat number
four clown without pity take this object
but beware
it carries a terrible curse whoo that’s
bad this segment taps into one of
mankind’s most common fears cursed
frozen yogurt the toppings contain
potassium benzoate that’s bad can I go
now
Krusty gives Chucky a run for his money
in the evil doll department when the
killer Krusty dog comes to life and
threatens to murder Homer
this one is full of memorable quotes
like grandpa shouting that all of Bart’s
presents are evil and homers assertion
that he’s being mocked by a small
appliance the dog trying to kill me the
toasters been laughing at the segments
resolution epitomizes the show’s
brilliant but simple humor as the doll
setting was set to evil instead of good
all along hey it’s a smarter ending than
most modern horror movies yep is your
problem someone set this thing to evil
number three time and punishment
inspired by ray bradbury short story a
sound of thunder this segment isn’t the
scariest of the series but it’s filled
to the brim with pop-culture references
and one-liners look at that I’m the
first non Brazilian person to travel
backwards through time correction Homer
build a second Homer just can’t seem to
get his hand out of the toaster which
causes him to travel to prehistoric
times and alter the course of history
just as his father warned him not to on
his wedding day
didn’t you ever travel back in time
don’t step on anything
once again painting Flanders as an
amiable villain is a dynamic choice as
our homers various reactions to the
altered realities
go away hey what the hell is a geek
Flanders doing on TV
tragically he misses out on a world
where it rains donuts James Earl Jones
returns to cameo as Maggie but beyond
that there’s just so much to love about
this segment what’s got into you
nothing nothing at all let’s just eat
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yes close enough number two citizen Kang
don’t eat beak I have a wife and kids
eat them silence political satire and
Halloween come together perfectly
in this smart examination of the 1996
election that still holds weight today
what’s happening is it noon already Kang
and kodos decide to take the places of
then President Bill Clinton and
presidential hopeful Bob Dole in the
hopes of taking the highest office in
the land the greatest part of this is
how easily the two aliens are able to
woo voters with their nonsense but is
that really any different than real-life
politics it makes no difference which
one of us you vote for either way your
planet is doomed doomed it reaches the
height of its satirical excellence when
the pair is revealed to be aliens but
Kang is ultimately elected because it’s
a two-party system seems like that may
not have been the right choice though I
don’t understand why we have to build a
ray gun to aim on a planet I never even
heard oh don’t blame me I voted for
kodos before we unveil our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
wait a minute I can take care of
everything all you have to do is
unshrink me I’m trade you well that
would require some sort of a re big you
later which is a concept so ridiculous
it makes me want to laugh out loud and
Jordan but
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mom stop according to this it says Bart
mixed up his DNA with the flies number
one the shinning so what’ll it be Helmut
boom give me a beer
Naz not unless you kill your family no
not the shining do you want to get sued
treehouse of horror has always been one
of the best sources of horror parody and
this segment exemplifies that when the
family is isolated in a remote mountain
hotel without TV or beer
Homer sums up the situation best no TV
and no beer make home or something
something Oh crazy don’t mind if I do
the icing on the cake is the first in a
series of gags that recur throughout the
three segments of treehouse of horror 5
where Willie tries to save the day but
is axed in the back all right
Looney show me what you got hurt is that
the best you could do
oh my a respectful homage to Stanley
Kubrick’s work it’s almost as iconic as
its source material this is The Simpsons
at its scariest and smartest get rid of
it come on dirty kid yeah do you agree
with our list what’s your favorite
segment from treehouse of horror oh if
we did my life
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