Treehouse of Horror II

Season 3, Episode 7, Aired
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After eating piles and piles of Halloween candy, Bart, Lisa and Homer have nightmares that haunt them all night.
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''The Monkey's Paw
''Lisa dreams that the family goes on a trip to Morocco and buys a cursed monkey paw that grants its owner four wishes. By wishing for world peace, Lisa accidentally paves the way for an alien invasion by Kang and Kodos, who enslave the human race.
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''The Bart Zone
''Bart's dream, in which he has the power to read minds and affect a person with his thoughts, which seems like a wonderful dream for him at first. But eventually, he realizes he has used his powers for evil and repents.
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''If I Only Had A Brain
''Homer dreams that Mr. Burns steals his brain for a giant robot he's building. Due to an accident, Mr. Smithers is forced to sew Mr. Burns' head onto Homer's body. Then he wakes up. It was all a dream, or was it? When he looks in the mirror, Burns' head is still attached to his.moreless
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  • Julie Kavner

    Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier

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    Harry Shearer

    Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, and others

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    Hank Azaria

    Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Lou, and others

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  • My 350th review will be this THOH episode.

    9.5
    "Superb"
    By jmbsonic555, Oct 17, 2011 Report Abuse
    After eating piles and piles of Halloween candy, Bart, Lisa and Homer have nightmares that haunt them all night. The Monkey's Paw Lisa dreams that the family goes on a trip to Morocco and buys a cursed monkey paw that grants its owner four wishes. By wishing for world peace, Lisa accidentally paves the way for an alien invasion by Kang and Kodos, who enslave the human race. 10 out of 10
     The Bart Zone Bart's dream, in which he has the power to read minds and affect a person with his thoughts, which seems like a wonderful dream for him at first. But eventually, he realizes he has used his powers for evil and repents.
    10 out of 10 If I Only Had A Brain Homer dreams that Mr. Burns steals his brain for a giant robot he's building. Due to an accident, Mr. Smithers is forced to sew Mr. Burns' head onto Homer's body. Then he wakes up. It was all a dream, or was it? When he looks in the mirror, Burns' head is still attached to his.
    8.5 out of 10

    FINAL SCORE: 9.5 out of 10moreless

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  • The Simpsons continues its annual Halloween tradition with the second installment of the "Treehouse of Horror" series.

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    By meathead704, Sep 21, 2011 Report Abuse
    While it is not as good as the first episode of "Treehouse of Horror" (That will always be the best episode I'm sure) this episode is terrific and definitely worth watching. One thing The Simpsons has always done well in its twenty seasons is parody. That certainly shows here with the excellent parody of one of the best episodes of the classic series The Twilight Zone. From the hysterical scene at Dr. Monroe's office ("I'm not nodding. It's the air conditioning.") to the segment's very clever conclusion, it's great fun to watch. The final segment is just as good. Terrific.moreless

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  • this was a really good tree house of horror

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    By cube2k8, May 15, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this halloween anual speical by the simpsons there happens to be a monkey paw that grants wishes nad causes mad things to happen in springfield like falling prey to sadistic space aliens and bart gets powers and turns homer into a jack in the box and causes other mischif.and mr burns starts to work on a robot and builds it but the only thing he needs a brain so he goes searching and finds homers brain and they take it and put it into the robot but the only thing is the robot now becomes as lazy as homer simpson was. this was a classic horror specialmoreless

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  • THOH II

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    By futuramarama, Jan 10, 2010 Report Abuse
    After eating too much candy, the Simpsons have nightmares:

    Lisa's Nightmare- Homer gets a monkey's paw that grants wishes but of course, all the wishes backfire, especially when aliens come to conquer Earth.

    Bart's Nightmare- Bart has weird supernatural powers that can harm others if they are not happy.

    Homer's Nightmare- Mr. Burns puts Homer's brain in a robot, but in the end the robot turns out to be as lazy as Homer, perhaps even more lazy.

    One of my favorite early THOH's, I love all the segments and there are some really funny lines throughout. My order of preference is Bart's Nightmare, Homer's, and then Lisa'smoreless

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  • A Halloween Special classic as usual, not to be missed!

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    By AdrenalinDragon, May 17, 2008 Report Abuse
    I like this Treehouse Of Horror alot, because it has alot of really good jokes and funny quotes. Not only that, but all of the stories/dreams are great fun. The build up is that Homer, Bart, and Lisa eat loads of candy and it gives them nightmares and a really bad night. All of the stories are top quality.

    The Monkey's Paw
    Grade: B

    This one's pretty good. This is Lisa's dream. Not the strongest one though but still very good. The story is simple, yet it has alot of small but funny jokes and some of the wishes come out with funny moments (e.g Homer's "The Turkey's a little dry!" comment). Overall, good story.

    The story is that The Simpsons go to Morocco and they buy this Monkey Paw. This is no ordinary paw however. It allows them to grant four wishes which don't always fulfil what they want. Everything goes fine until Lisa wishes for world peace which causes the aliens (Kang and Kodus) to take over Earth, who then enslave the human race.

    The Bart Zone
    Grade: A

    This one's very funny. This is Bart's dream. It probably has the biggest jokes out of the three but I like this one simply because of the way everyone is scared and frightened of Bart's mind. The story however, is a bit lackluster and ends rather suddenly and predictable. However, the jokes make up for this one, and it's a nice take on an old Twilight Zone episode.

    The story is about a boy who can cause things to happen with his mind. That person is Bart Simpson. He can read minds and everyone has to be happy to him to avoid the consequences. However, when Homer tries to attack Bart he turns him into a Jack-In-A-Box. After having some quality time with each other, Bart and Homer know longer hate each other. Homer requests Bart to turn him back to his normal self, and Bart turns him back.

    If Only I Had A Brain
    Grade: A*

    This is my favourite, simply because it has the cleverest jokes and the best story out of the three. This is Homer's dream. Mr Burns and Smithers are just fantastic in this one, and Homer's mind inside a robot which replicates him is just hilarious with all the quotes he comes out with (Mmm Sprinkles!). There's also a rather unexpecting twist at the end and this is just a superb Halloween story overall.

    The story is about Homer getting a new job as a gravedigger and he falls asleep. Smithers takes his body to the lab and takes out his brain. Mr Burns' new robot needs a brain to work, so they put in Homer's brain and it starts functioning. However, the robot turns out to be a disaster and rather annoying (e.g keeps eating and looking for donuts) and Mr Burns wants the machine to stop.
    As Homer's brain returns to his body, Mr Burns knocks over the robot onto him and it crushes his body. Mr Burns tells Smithers to get some surgical tools... but then Homer wakes up and finds out that Mr Burns' head was sewn to his neck!

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    This is a fantastic Halloween Special and you can't miss it out! Plenty of jokes and great memorable moments (e.g waking up from the dreams, who wakes up like that lol!) this is one of those specials you can't miss! One of my favourites as well. A must see, I'd recommend it!moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • While reading the classifieds to find a job for Homer, Lisa comes across a job that requires experience using an ultrasonic lithotripter. This is a real device, it is used to break up kidney stones. Edit
    • The small print on the box of Krusty cereal says "Only sugar has more sugar". Edit
    • When Kang and Kodos' ship crushes the Jebediah Springfield statue, its head noticeably falls off. This is a possible reference to episode 1-8, "The Telltale Head." Edit

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    • On the DVD commentary for this episode, Matt Groening says that the scenes in "The Monkey's Paw" in which the public grows weary of The Simpsons fame and fortune was an attempt to head off the real-life backlash the was brewing at the time over the over-exposure of The Simpsons both in the press and in their merchandise. Edit
    • This episode was nominated for two 1992 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special and for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series. Edit
    • This is the first Halloween Special to actually air on Halloween. Edit

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    • Kang and Kodos: People of Earth! We come to you in the spirit of hostility and menace! Edit
    • Kang and Kodos: Your superior intellect is no match for our puny weapons! Edit
    • Kodos: It looks like the Earthlings won. Kang: Did they? Right now they have a board with a nail in it. But they won't stop there. Soon they will make bigger boards with bigger nails until they make a board with a nail in it so big it will destroy them all! Edit

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    • 1967 Anti-Smoking PSA The montage in which Bart and Jack-in-the-Box Homer are spending time together is a reference to a 1967 anti-smoking ad. Edit
    • The Thing With Two Heads The finale involving Mr. Burns head being grafted onto Homer's body is reminiscent of the 1972 horror comedy The Thing With Two Heads starring Rosie Grier as a man who wakes up with Ray Milland's head sewn onto his shoulder. Edit
    • Invasion of the Body Snatchers Jasper being turned into a dog is a parody of a similar occurrence in the 1956 fim Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Edit

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