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The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror V

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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. Add a recap »

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Writers:: David X. Cohen Dan McGrath Greg Daniels Bob Kushell

Director:: Jim Reardon

Stars:: Julie Kavner (Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier); Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson); Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, and others); Hank Azaria (Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Lou, and others); Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, and others); Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and others)

Recurring Role:: Marcia Wallace (Edna Krabappel); Doris Grau (Lunchlady Doris); Pamela Hayden (Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones, and others); Russi Taylor (Martin Prince, Sherri, Terri and others)

Guest Star:: James Earl Jones (Maggie Simpson)

In "The Shinning" segment, Homer can be seen drinking a beverage called "Red Rum" which spells "Murder" backwards. At the same scene, you can see Maggie assembling blocks that spells the same thing. edit »
Willie dies by an ax in all three segments. edit »
Goof: In "Nightmare Cafeteria", when Principal Skinner is cornering Bart, Lisa, and Milhouse, he is shown from the back wearing an apron, but in the next scene, he is talking to Bart, and it is gone. Then he reaches out of nowhere behind him and ties it again. edit »

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 »
In �Nightmare Cafeteria,� originally Bart and Lisa went to both their parents instead of just Marge. After they tell them what's happening, Homer goes on a long speech about how he has made recipes on how to cook Milhouse. But it got cut and as a result Homer does not appear in the final segment. edit »
In the �Time and Punishment� segment when we see all the different houses, (a shoe, the house underwater, and the Flintstone�s house) originally one of them was the Simpsons� home made entirely out of squirrels. An animator painstakingly drew the Simpsons' home exterior made of tiny squirrels only to have the shot cut from the episode. edit »

(Bart, Lisa, and Milhouse are being chased by ravenous teachers when Groundskeeper Willie comes.)
Groundskeeper Willie: Hold on, kids! I'm coming to rescue the lot of ya!
(Principal Skinner sneaks up behind him and strikes him with an ax, killing him for the third time.)
Groundskeeper Willie: Oh, I'm bad at this. edit »
(After Bart wakes up from his nightmare.)
Marge: Relax, honey. You were just having a crazy nightmare. You're back with your family now where there's nothing to be afraid of, except that fog that turns people inside out.
(The fog starts coming in through cracks in the window.)
Homer: Uh-oh, it's seeping in. Stupid, cheap weather stripping! edit »
Principal Skinner: (To Bart) I'm going to enjoy devouring you, Simpson. I think I'll start as you've so often suggested by...eating your shorts! edit »
Marge: Good morning, dear.
Homer: (Grabbing Marge) What's my name? What color is the sky? What of donuts? What?! For the love of God, tell me!
Marge: Homer! The sky is blue, donuts are plentiful, Friday is TGIF night on ABC. What's gotten into you?
Homer: Nothing... nothing at all. Let's just eat.
(Homer then sees that everyone is eating by flinging their tongues out like lizards.)
Homer: (Shrugs) Eh, close enough. edit »
Homer: Hmm, fabulous house, well-behaved kids, sisters-in-law dead, luxury sedan� Woo hoo! I hit the jackpot. Marge, dear, would you kindly pass me a donut?
Marge: Donut? What's a donut?
Homer: Aah! Aah!
(Homer runs back to the basement and activates his time machine. As he does, donuts begins to fall from the sky.)
Marge: Oh, it's raining again. edit »

Homer: The first non-Brazilian to travel through time.
Homer was referring to Carlos Castaneda, a Brazilian who wrote about his chemical-induced "time-travel adventures" about twenty years ago in a set of books from the late 60's, early 70's. edit »
Terminator 2: Judgment Day / Time Bandits
There is a scene in which we can see the floor morphing into a television screen. This is a reference to scenes in the films Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Time Bandits. edit »
Segment Title: "The Shinning"
This is a parody of the classic Steven King novel The Shining, which was later made into a movie starring Jack Nicholson. The Shining is about a man who gets "cabin fever" while on vacation with his family and goes mad with an axe. edit »
Segment Title: "Time and Punishment"
This title is a parody of the novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. edit »
A Sound of Thunder
"Time and Punishment" is based on a Ray Bradbury short story called "A Sound of Thunder." edit »

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Treehouse of Horror V
The Bottom Line: "Another great installment"
The Shinning: IN the parody of the movie Homer gets crazy in a mansion. Time and Punishment: Homer builds a toaster that goes back in time Nightmare Cafeteria: Bart learns that the teachers are cannibals ...Continue »
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