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9.0 Superb
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Air Date

Sunday October 27, 1996

Production Code

4F02

Episode Summary

The Thing and I
Homer and Marge warn the children not to go up into the attic. Of course they do and there they discover Bart's Siamese twin, who plans to sew them back together.

The Genesis Tub
Lisa's science experiment becomes a quickly-developing micro-universe, where she is thought of as God and Bart is the devil.

Citizen Kang
Homer is abducted by Kang and Kodos. The aliens take Homer to Washington where they replace Clinton and Dole just in time for the election. Homer tries to explain the truth, but no one believes him.

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    8.5 Great

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    in this ep of the simpsons show its the annual tree house of horror speical to begin the 8th season. and so its like the ones that have come before it . and so in the first story they discover a evil twin living in the attic and its barts twin hugo thing is at the end it turns out to be bart as the evil twin and he eats fish heads. and the second story lisa creates a civilzation for a contest and it comes to life and they worship her and bart her brother is the evil in the civilization . and the third story krodos and kane become the president of the united states after they take the bodys of bob dole and they also take the body of bill clinton and homer saw and they sprayed him with bear and they thought he was drunk but he todl the truth .this was a good tree house of horror

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    10 Perfect

    Treehouse of Horror VII hide show

    The Thing and I- Bart learns he has an evil twin named Hugo. He tries to sew them together, but at the end, it is revealed our Bart is the true evil twin {shocker!}. Grade- B+

    The Genesis Tub- Lisa creates her own society, who see her as a God, with Bart as the devil. Grade- C+/B-

    Citizen Kang- Kang and Kodos run for President. In the end, Kang wins, and so all of Earth are the aliens slaves. Grade- about a B+

    Overall, pretty good show, first was best, third was second, then last. Overall grade for the whole thin: B+/A-

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    10 Perfect

    Bart has a twin, Lisa creates another society, and Alieans enslave the Earth. hide show

    The Thing And I: Homer and Marge tell the kids that Bart has an evil siamese twin brother named Hugo who had been separated from Bart at birth and kept in the attic where he cannot cause any harm. 5/5

    The Genesis Tub: Lisa conducts a science experiment in which a tooth is combined with soda. But when static electricity ends up in the tub, Lisa awakens to find the tooth has evolved into a tiny society. 4/5

    Citizen Kang: Kang and Kodos interrogate Homer about the Earth's leaders. When they learn of an upcoming election, the aliens kidnap Bob Dole and Bill Clinton and pose as them for the remainder of the campaign. 5/5

    Overall- 14/15 or A+

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    9 Superb

    Three great stories of horror hide show

    Oh Yeah! this three house of horror special has to be amongst the top 3 ever. The humor in this special makes you think that it is not a very horrible situation but in reality if you think about it and remove the jokes, these are rather horrible things that you wouldn't want to happen to you. The first segment is the weakest one but it is still very enjoyable. I love the pidgeon-rat created by evil Bart.

    The second segment is amore or less a copy of a Twilight ZOne episodeand it is still very good. I really like the secen in whcih the spaceships go and attack Bart (the camera shot is really cool).

    And the third segment is just hilarious with many jokes about those hated...politicians. A great episode wih great jokes.

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    10 Perfect

    Conteder for best Halloween special hide show

    In this year's spooky series of Halloween stories, Bart discovers that he has a special new sibling, Lisa discovers that she is a God to a race of tiny people, and the American people discover that Bill Clinton and Bob Dole are actually aliens Kang and Kodos. In the first segment, Bart investigates noises from the attic and learns that his formerly conjoined twin, Hugo, is locked up there. Hugo is a wild, fish head-eating savage who was locked away because Dr. Hibbert determined that he was evil at birth. When Hugo captures Bart and tries to sew himself back together with his brother, it's up to the doctor to save the good twin. But can he tell for sure which is which? In the second tale, Lisa generates microscopic life inside a plastic tub that quickly evolves into a full-blown species of tiny humans. The tiny people consider Lisa their God. In the final story, Kang and Kodos beam Homer aboard the spacecraft and ask him who the President is. Homer thinks it might be Bill Clinton…or is it Bob Dole? Kang and Kodos beam Clinton and Dole aboard, assume the identities, and both run for President. Homer makes it his mission to expose the two false candidates.

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  • In "The Thing And I," we learn Bart has a Siamese twin. They were connected on their sides, with Bart on the left and Hugo on the right. Now Bart has a hideous scar on the right side of his body, which Bart never saw before. []
  • We learn that Kodos is female, Kang's sister. []
  • By tracking the phoning, Dr. Hibbert's phone number is 636-425455. []
More Trivia
  • In 2006, IGN.com voted "Citizen Kang" as the seventh best segment of the Treehouse of Horror episodes. []
  • In 2006, this episode was ranked #7 in Matt Groening's list of top 10 episodes of all time. []
  • The ska band I Voted For Kodos got their name from this episode. []
More Notes
  • (Talking to Lisa in "The Genesis Tub")
    Bart: Hey what is this goo? Are you trying to build a friend? []
  • (From "The Genesis Tub")
    Principal Skinner: This mini universe you've created is even more impressive then Martin's milk carton ukulele.
    (Shot of Martin in background in a grass skirt playing the ukulele.) []
  • (From "The Thing and I")
    Dr Hibbert: That means the evil twin is and always has been...Bart.
    (They all turn around and stare at Bart.)
    Bart: Oh, don't look so shocked. []
More Quotes
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
    The corpses of the real Dole and Clinton drift into space like the body of Frank Poole from the 1968 Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey. []
  • Cocoon
    In "Citizen Kang," Homer being abducted in a fishing boat is a sly nod to the classic 1985 film Cocoon. []
  • Microcosmic God: The "Genesis Tub" story is more of a reference to Theodore Sturgeon's classic short story, rather than Rod Serling's "The Little People." In Sturgeon's tale a scientist creates life, in the form of fast-evolving little people who refer to him as the Creator and come to worship him. There is no creation in the Serling story; the astronauts just happen upon the civilization and there is no evidence of the rapid evolution of the tiny civilization. It seems just like 20th century earth culture. Sturgeon's story was published in 1941 and was probably an influence on Serling's tale. []
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