List of The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes

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Treehouse of Horror , also known as The Simpsons Halloween Specials, is a series of Halloween-themed episodes of the animated sitcom The Simpsons , each consisting of three separate, self-contained segments. These segments usually involve the family in some horror, science fiction, or supernatural setting and always take place outside the normal continuity of the show. Therefore, they are considered non-canon.

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The original "Treehouse of Horror" episode aired on October 25, 1990, and was inspired by EC Comics Horror tales. [1] From "Treehouse of Horror" (1990) to "X" (1999), every episode has aired in the week preceding or on October 31; "II" and "X" are both the only episodes to air on Halloween. Between "XI" (2000) to "XIX" (2008) and "XXI" (2010), due to Fox's contract with Major League Baseball's World Series, episodes had originally aired in November. [2] "XX" (2009) and each Treehouse of Horror episode since "XXII" (2011) has aired in October, with the exception of season thirty two's "XXXI" (2020), which was originally scheduled for October 18, but was postponed to November 1 due to the 2020 NLCS reaching game 7. This was the first time since "XXI" that a Treehouse of Horror episode aired in November. The same thing happened with season thirty-five's "XXXIV" (2023), which aired on November 5.

The first 13 Treehouse of Horror episodes had all three segments written by different writers and in some cases there was a fourth writer that wrote the opening and wraparound segments. [3] The original episode even had three different directors. [4] Starting with season fifteen's "XIV" (2003), only one writer was credited as having written a Treehouse of Horror episode, and the trend has continued through season thirty-three's "XXXII" (2021). [5] [6] [7] [8] Season thirty-four's "XXXIII" (2022) went back to the earlier motion of having different writers for each segment.

As of 2023, there are thirty-four Treehouse of Horror episodes, with one airing every year. The 34th season marked the first time two Treehouse of Horror specials were aired, with one episode being a single story ("Not It") and another featuring three segments ("Treehouse of Horror XXXIII"). [9] The 31st season included a Thanksgiving-themed spinoff, "Thanksgiving of Horror". They are known for being more violent than an average Simpsons episode and contain several different trademarks, including the alien characters Kang and Kodos who have appeared in every episode. Quite often the segments will parody well-known movies, books, radio shows, and television shows. The Twilight Zone has been parodied quite often, and has served as the inspiration for numerous segments. [10]

Episodes

InstallmentSeasonNo. in seasonNo. in showSegmentsParody of [lower-alpha 1] Directed byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
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I 2 316"Bad Dream House" Poltergeist and The Amityville Horror [11] Wes Archer John Swartzwelder October 25, 19907F04
"Hungry are the Damned""To Serve Man" [12] [13] : 8:10-8:23  Rich Moore Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky
"The Raven""The Raven" [14] [15] David Silverman Sam Simon & Edgar Allan Poe
II 3 742"The Monkey's Paw""The Monkey's Paw" and "A Small Talent for War" [16] Jim Reardon Al Jean, Mike Reiss
Jeff Martin, George Meyer
Sam Simon, John Swartzwelder		October 31, 19918F02
"The Bart Zone""It's a Good Life" [17]
"If I Only Had a Brain" Frankenstein [17]
III 4 564"Clown Without Pity""Living Doll", [12] [13] : 3:46-3:48, 4:24-4:30  Child's Play , [18] Trilogy of Terror , [13] : 3:52-3:54, 5:03-5:11  Gremlins , [13] : 3:54-3:56  Vaudeville "that's bad" / "that's good" routine, [13] : 4:06-4:20  Love, American Style , [13] : 4:59-5:01  and Cape Fear; [13] : 7:00-7:08  title is a parody of "Town Without Pity" [13] : 3:32-3:41 Carlos BaezaAl Jean & Mike Reiss
Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky
Sam Simon, Jon Vitti 		October 29, 19929F04
"King Homer"King Kong (original for animation and '77 version for script) [13] : 8:50-8:58, 11:40-11:51, 12:55-13:20  [14] [15]
"Dial 'Z' for Zombies" Return of the Living Dead [19] [ failed verification ], Night of the Living Dead [12] [13] : 18:04-18:10, 19:12-20:00 , and Pet Sematary ; [12] a brief segment parodies Waldo [13] : 17:52-17:54 
IV 5 586"Wraparounds" Night Gallery [20] David Silverman Conan O'Brien [21] October 28, 19931F04
"The Devil and Homer Simpson""The Devil and Daniel Webster" [12] Greg Daniels & Dan McGrath [22]
"Terror at 5½ Feet""Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" (episode of The Twilight Zone ) [11] [15] Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein [23]
"Bart Simpson's Dracula" Bram Stoker's Dracula [20] Bill Canterbury [24]
V 6 6109"The Shinning" The Shining [11] [25] [15] Jim Reardon Bob Kushell [26] October 30, 19942F03
"Time and Punishment""A Sound of Thunder" [12] Greg Daniels & Dan McGrath [27]
"Nightmare Cafeteria" Soylent Green [11] David X. Cohen [28]
VI 7 6134"Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores"— Bob Anderson John Swartzwelder [29] October 29, 19953F04
"Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace" A Nightmare on Elm Street [11] [15] Steve Tompkins [29]
"Homer3""Little Girl Lost" [12] David X. Cohen [30]
VII 8 1154"The Thing and I" The Hunchback of Notre-Dame , Basket Case and Dead Ringers [15] Mike B. Anderson Ken Keeler [31] October 27, 19964F02
"The Genesis Tub""The Little People" [12] Dan Greaney [32]
"Citizen Kang" 1996 U.S. presidential election [15] David X. Cohen [33]
VIII 9 4182"The HΩmega Man" The Omega Man [11] Mark Kirkland Mike Scully [34] October 26, 19975F02
"Fly vs. Fly" The Fly [35] David X. Cohen [36]
"Easy-Bake Coven"— Ned Goldreyer [34]
IX 10 4207"Hell Toupée""Hell Toupee" ( Amazing Stories ) [37] Steven Dean Moore Donick Cary [38] October 25, 1998AABF01
"The Terror of Tiny Toon" Stay Tuned [39] Larry Doyle [40]
"Starship Poopers"—David X. Cohen [41]
X 11 4230"I Know What You Diddily-Iddily-Did" I Know What You Did Last Summer [11] [15] Pete Michels Donick Cary [42] October 31, 1999BABF01
"Desperately Xeeking Xena" Fantastic Four [35] Tim Long [43]
"Life's a Glitch, Then You Die" Year 2000 problem Ron Hauge [44]
XI 12 1249"G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad"— Matthew Nastuk Rob LaZebnik [45] November 1, 2000BABF21
"Scary Tales Can Come True" Grimms' Fairy Tales , [17] specifically Hansel and Gretel and Goldilocks And The Three Bears [15] John Frink & Don Payne [46]
"Night of the Dolphin" The Day of the Dolphin , [11] The Birds [11] [15] and Jaws [15] Carolyn Omine [47]
XII 13 1270"Hex and the City" Sex and the City and Thinner [15] Jim Reardon Joel H. Cohen November 6, 2001CABF19
"House of Whacks" 2001: A Space Odyssey and Demon Seed [18] [15] John Frink & Don Payne
"Wiz Kids" Harry Potter [14] [15] Carolyn Omine
XIII 14 1292"Send in the Clones" Multiplicity [48] and "Send in the Clowns" [25] David Silverman Marc Wilmore November 3, 2002DABF19
"The Fright to Creep and Scare Harms"— Brian Kelley
"The Island of Dr. Hibbert" The Island of Doctor Moreau [11] Kevin Curran
XIV 15 1314"Reaper Madness" Grim Reaper [15] Steven Dean MooreJohn SwartzwelderNovember 2, 2003EABF21
"Frinkenstein"Frankenstein [14]
"Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off""A Kind of a Stopwatch" [17]
XV 16 1336"The Ned Zone" The Dead Zone [14] [25] David Silverman Bill Odenkirk November 7, 2004FABF23
"Four Beheadings and a Funeral" From Hell and Sherlock Holmes [17]
"In the Belly of the Boss" Fantastic Voyage [17]
XVI 17 4360"B.I. Bartificial Intelligence" A.I. Artificial Intelligence [17] David Silverman Marc Wilmore November 6, 2005GABF17
"Survival of the Fattest""The Most Dangerous Game" [17] and "survival of the fittest" [25]
"I've Grown a Costume on Your Face""The Masks" [49]
XVII 18 4382"Married to the Blob" The Blob [50] David Silverman
Matthew Faughnan 		Peter Gaffney November 5, 2006HABF17
"You Gotta Know When to Golem" The Golem [51]
"The Day the Earth Looked Stupid" The War of the Worlds [14]
XVIII 19 5405"E.T., Go Home" E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial [35] Chuck Sheetz Marc Wilmore November 4, 2007JABF16
"Mr. & Mrs. Simpson" Mr. & Mrs. Smith [35]
"Heck House"—
XIX 20 4424"Untitled Robot Parody" Transformers [14] Bob Anderson Matt Warburton November 2, 2008KABF16
"How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising" Mad Men (intro) [52] [53] and Celebrity advertising [54]
"It's the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse" It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown [14]
XX 21 4445"Dial 'M' for Murder or Press '#' to Return to Main Menu" Strangers on a Train [12] [15] and Dial 'M' for Murder [25] Mike B. Anderson
Matthew Schofield		 Daniel Chun October 18, 2009LABF14
"Don't Have a Cow, Mankind" 28 Days Later , I Am Legend [11] and Children of Men [35]
"There's No Business Like Moe Business" Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [14]
XXI 22 4468"War and Pieces" Jumanji [14] Bob AndersonJoel H. CohenNovember 7, 2010MABF16
"Master and Cadaver" Dead Calm [17]
"Tweenlight" Twilight [14] [15]
XXII 23 3489"The Diving Bell and Butterball" The Diving Bell and the Butterfly [35] Matthew Faughnan Carolyn Omine October 30, 2011NABF19
"Dial D for Diddly" Dexter [35]
"In the Na'Vi" Avatar [35]
XXIII 24 2510"The Greatest Story Ever Holed"—Steven Dean Moore David Mandel & Brian Kelley October 7, 2012PABF17
"Un-normal Activity" Paranormal Activity [17] [15]
"Bart & Homer's Excellent Adventure" Back to the Future [35]
XXIV 25 2532"Oh the Places You'll D'oh" The Cat in the Hat [17] Rob Oliver Jeff Westbrook October 6, 2013RABF16
"Dead and Shoulders" The Thing with Two Heads [55]
"Freaks no Geeks" Freaks [12]
XXV 26 4556"School is Hell"— Matthew Faughnan Stephanie Gillis October 19, 2014SABF21
"A Clockwork Yellow" A Clockwork Orange [14] [25]
"The Others" The Others [56] [15]
XXVI 27 5579"Wanted: Dead, Then Alive"—Steven Dean MooreJoel H. CohenOctober 25, 2015TABF18
"Homerzilla" Godzilla [35]
"Telepaths of Glory" Chronicle [35]
XXVII 28 4600"Dry Hard" The Hunger Games and Mad Max: Fury Road [14] Steven Dean MooreJoel H. CohenOctober 16, 2016VABF16
"BFF R.I.P"—
"Moefinger" Goldfinger and Kingsman: The Secret Service [14]
XXVIII 29 4622"The Sweets Hereafter" Sausage Party [57] Timothy BaileyJohn FrinkOctober 22, 2017WABF18
"The Exor-Sis" The Exorcist [57]
"Coralisa" Coraline [57]
"Mmm... Homer" Survivor Type [57]
XXIX 30 4643"Intrusion of the Pod-Y Switchers" Invasion of the Body Snatchers [58] Matthew Faughnan Joel H. CohenOctober 21, 2018XABF16
"Multiplisa-ty" Split [58]
"Geriatric Park" Jurassic Park [58]
XXX 31 4666Prologue The Omen [59] Timothy Bailey J. Stewart Burns October 20, 2019YABF18
"Danger Things" Stranger Things [59]
"Heaven Swipes Right" Heaven Can Wait [59]
"When Hairy Met Slimy" The Shape of Water [59]
XXXI 32 4688"Toy Gory" Toy Story [60] Steven Dean MooreJulia PrescottNovember 1, 2020ZABF17
"Into the Homerverse" Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse [60]
"Be Nine, Rewind" Russian Doll [60]
XXXII 33 3709"Barti" Bambi [61] Matthew Faughnan John FrinkOctober 10, 2021QABF16
"Bong Joon Ho’s 'This Side of Parasite'" Parasite [61]
"Nightmare on Elm Tree"—
"Poetic Interlude" (aka "The Telltale Bart")Artwork of Edward Gorey [61]
"Dead Ringer" The Ring and TikTok [61]
Not It 34 5733"Treehouse of Horror Presents: Not It" It and It Chapter Two [9] Steven Dean Moore Cesar Mazariegos October 23, 2022UABF17
"Not It: Part Two"
XXXIII 6734"The Pookadook" The Babadook [62] Rob OliverCarolyn OmineOctober 30, 2022UABF18
"Death Tome" Death Note [62] Ryan Koh
"Simpsons World" Westworld [62] Matt Selman
XXXIV 35 5755"Wild Barts Can't Be Token" Snowpiercer and non-fungible tokens [63] Rob OliverJeff Westbrook [64] November 5, 2023OABF17 [65]
"Ei8ht" Seven and The Silence of the Lambs [63] Jessica Conrad [64]
"Lout Break" Outbreak [63] Dan Vebber [64]
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Notes

  1. ↑ Properties are only listed if a significant portion of the segment's plot is a parody, and has been cited by the show creators or a review published by a reliable source. Excluded are title-only references and brief jokes.
  2. ↑ Pending results of the 2024 World Series. November 3 is a reserve date in case of a Game 6 or 7 postponement.

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