Treehouse of Horror V

Season 6, Episode 6, Aired
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The Shinning''The family becomes caretakers of an estate in the mountains owned by Mr. Burns, where he cuts the cable and takes out all beer, which leads Homer to insanity.''''Time and Punishment''Homer fixes the toaster and it becomes a time machine. While visiting the past, he kills a bug, which affects the future in a big way. When he tries to fix the timeline, he breaks it again. He ends up trying numerous times until he settles on his family eating with frog-like tongues.''''Nightmare Cafeteria''Principal Skinner finds a solution to his overcrowding problem and the quality of meat in the cafeteria: eating the students.moreless
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  • One of the best Treehouse of Horror episodes, yet one of the most disturbing.

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    By geoff-uk123, Oct 26, 2011 Report Abuse
    Like alot of people have said, this is one of the best Treehouse of Horror episodes ever, yet also one of the bloodiest. The segments are well-written and also funny in some parts.

    The first segment, "The Shinning" is a parody of "The Shining". Basically, the family has been chosen to be the caretakers for Mr Burn's lodge. However, Mr Burns cuts off the TV and beer supply, causing Homer to go insane and try to kill the rest of the family. This is a really funny and well-written segment. The parodies are top-notch and the scene of Homer freaking out is genius.

    In "Time and Punishment", my favourite segment of the episode, Homer ends up turning his toaster into a time machine after trying to fix it. However, he ends up doing things that have drastic changes in the future, such as Flanders being the ruler of the world and donuts falling from the sky. Homer is doing all he can to try and fix the future with no luck. Overall, a very funny and entertaining segment.

    The final segment "Nightmare Cafeteria" is probably the weakest of the 3, but it's also probably the most disturbing. The cannibalistic school staff are killing students and serving them in the school cafeteria in order to solve a problem of detention room over-crowding and lack of food. The very disturbing part is near the end where Bart, Lisa and Milhouse are cornered above an over-sized blender.

    This episode is also funny because of a running gag that occurs where Groundskeeper Willie is axed in the back once in each segment. The episode ends where "Nightmare Cafeteria" all turns out to be Bart's nightmare. Then some fog ends up turning the family's internal organs inside out, followed with them doing a dance-number.

    Overall, if you're a fan of the Treehouse of Horror series and haven't seen this, then I highly recommend that you do. It's simply one of the best.moreless

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  • perfect

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    By futuramarama, Aug 19, 2011 Report Abuse
    what i liked (the shinning)- the parody of the shining, willie being killed, "Hi David, I'm Grampa", the ending, "If everyone is dead when we come back, I owe you a coke", etc.
    what i liked (Time and Punishment)- maggie talking and killing willie, the ending, ned being leader in one of the worlds, "I wish I wish i hadn't killed that fish", etc.
    what i liked (Nightmare Cafetaria)- Sloppy Jimbo, Uterbraten, the ending with them inside out, the darker tone to it than other stories, etc.
    great THOH and easily one of the best, if not the best. A+moreless

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  • this was a good tree house of horror

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    By cube2k8, Dec 11, 2010 Report Abuse
    in the simpsons daily halloween special it starts out with three stories like normal and the first one starts out with mr burns inives the simpsons family to stay at the estate but thing is homer realizes there is no cable and no bear so homer goes insane wantes to kill his family. and the second story homwer atteps to repair a toaster but makes a time maching that makes things come in back luck for him when he sees to many things that go in wrong ways. and the third story the shcool cafiter is low on meat and so they are pileing up in dententions and then the pricebul says lets start to eat the kids for school lunches this was a good epmoreless

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  • Probably the best Treehouse of Horror.

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    By Sami5118, Dec 11, 2010 Report Abuse
    The Shinning

    The family becomes caretakers of an estate in the mountains owned by Mr. Burns, where he cuts the cable and takes out all beer, which leads Homer to insanity.


    Time and Punishment

    Homer fixes the toaster and it becomes a time machine. While visiting the past, he kills a bug, which affects the future in a big way. When he tries to fix the timeline, he breaks it again. He ends up trying numerous times until he settles on his family eating with frog-like tongues.


    Nightmare Cafeteria

    Principal Skinner finds a solution to his overcrowding problem and the quality of meat in the cafeteria: eating the students. Favorite quote: "No tv and no beer make Homer go crazy!"moreless

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  • Not my kind of stuff, the other treehouses were better. My review is this and the summary is the review. I know its kinda weird but I had to little words for my review and to many for my summary so thats whymoreless

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    By miloutje, Oct 22, 2010 Report Abuse
    The Shinning
    The Simpsons go to Mr. Burns' mansion in the mountains to become its caretakers. While there, Groundskeeper Willie discovers that Bart has the power to read his thoughts and that if Homer goes insane, he should use this to call him. Mr. Burns cuts off the television and beer supply before he leaves, believing that this will ensure hard work from the family. This however sends Homer insane and he begins chasing the family with an axe. Bart uses his powers to call Willie, but Homer kills him by stabbing him in the back. Homer chases his family outside into the snow. Just as he is about to strike them, Lisa picks up a television in the snow and shows it to him. With access to television again, Homer's insanity gradually fades. The family sits in the snow to watch with him and eventually freeze.

    Time and Punishment
    While trying to fix a broken toaster, Homer accidentally turns it into a time machine. It transports him to prehistoric times where he realizes that if he affects anything in the past, he could cause changes in the future. He kills a mosquito before returning to the present and finds a dystopia where Ned Flanders is now a world dictator. Homer travels back in time again to try to set things right. However, he accidentally kills a fish, and after returning to the present he finds Bart and Lisa are giants. He then infects the dinosaurs with a cold virus and wipes them out. He is initially pleased with the results in the present; Bart is polite, the family is wealthy and Patty and Selma are dead. However, he is horrified to find that Marge does not know what a donut is (although when he leaves, it is revealed that in this world it rains donuts). In another world, Willie tries to help Homer, but is killed by a talking Maggie. After several more trips back and forth in time, Homer eventually arrives in a reality that appears normal. However, he finds that humans eat with frog-like prehensile tongues, but decides it is close enough.

    Nightmare Cafeteria
    Principal Skinner is worried that the detention hall is becoming overcrowded and Lunchlady Doris is being forced to serve Grade F meat in the cafeteria. Skinner discovers a common solution to both problems: eating misbehaving children. The first student such is Jimbo Jones who is served as "Sloppy Jimbos". ter is then sent to detention and made into a German meal called "terbraten". Bart and Lisa figure out what the teachers are doing, but one by one, the kids are gradually eaten away. Eventually Bart, Lisa and Milhouse are the only students left and they decide to escape. Skinner and the other teachers corner them on a ledge above a giant blender. Willie tries to save them, but skinner kills him. Milhouse, Bart and Lisa fall into the blender. Bart wakes up to find this was all a dream, but a mysterious fog seeps in through the window, turning the family inside out.moreless

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    • Music from this episode "One" from A Chorus Line (During the end credits, the Simpsons and Willie sing this song.) Edit
    • Only the Simpsons and Groundskeeper Willie, who dies by ax every time, appeared in all 3 segments. Edit
    • In "Nightmare Cafeteria", the machine that chops up Bart, Lisa, & Milhouse is a Hamilton Beech Student Chopper. Edit

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    • This episode was nominated for a 1995 Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore). Edit
    • List of the Halloween names used by the staff on this episode: MORBID MATT GROENING JAMES HELL BROOKS MATT "GRAVE-ROBBIN" GROENING SAM "SAYONARA" SIMON RO-DAN CASTELLANETA JOOOOOOLIE KAVNER NANCY HEART-FRIGHT GRAVE-YEARDLEY SMITH THE SHAWS-HANK AZARIA Edit
    • Blackboard Joke: none Couch Gag: Simpson zombies all run to the couch. Each of them have different body parts of another member of their family. When they get on the couch, they trade heads. Edit

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    • (In the Teachers' Cafeteria) Mrs. Krabappel: Mmm, mmm, mmm. This sandwich tastes so young and impudent, heh heh. Seymour, what's with the good grub? Principal Skinner: Mmm, well perhaps I ought to let you folks in on a secret! Do you remember me telling Jimbo Jones that I would "make something of him" one day? Mrs. Krabappel: (gasps) Are you saying you killed Jimbo, processed his carcass and served him for lunch? (Skinner points at his nose) Mrs. Krabappel: Ha! Edit
    • (Marge spots a typewriter) Marge: What he's typed will be a window into his madness. "Feelin' fine." Well, that's a relief. (A bolt of lighting reveals writing on the walls stating: NO TV AND NO BEER MAKE HOMER GO CRAZY.) Marge: Hmmm, this is less encouraging. (Homer appears, scaring Marge, and turns on a light.) Homer: So, what do you think Marge? All I need is a title. I was thinking on the lines of "No TV and No Beer Make Homer" something something. Marge: Go crazy? Homer: Don't mind if I do! (Goes insane) Edit
    • (Homer attacks a room with an axe) Homer: Heeeere's Johnny! (Camera pulls back to reveal empty room) Homer: D'oh! (chops into another room) Daaaaavid Letterman! Grampa: Hi David, I'm Grampa. Homer: D'oh! (Homer chops another door holding a stopwatch) Homer: I'm Mike Wallace, I'm Morley Safer, and I'm Ed Bradley. All this and Andy Rooney tonight on 60 Minutes! Family: Aaaahhhh! Edit

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    • The Wall In the "Nightmare Cafeteria" segment, teachers putting kids in a giant blender is very similar to the music video for "The Wall" by Pink Floyd with teachers putting kids in a giant mincer. Edit
    • 1984 In the "Time and Punishment" segment people who dissent are "reeducated" just like those in the classic George Orwell novel 1984. Edit
    • The Outer Limits Bart's voice over before title sequence is a reference to the opening of the 1960's sci-fi television program The Outer Limits. Edit

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