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Tag: Treehouse of Horror I
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“We offered you paradise. You would’ve experienced emotions a hundred times greater than what you call love, and a thousand times greater than what you call fun. You would’ve been treated like gods, and lived forever in beauty. But, now, because of your distrustful nature, that can never be.” – Kang “For a superior race they really rub it in.” – Marge Simpson
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“They are all against you, Bart. You must kill them all. They all must die.” – House “Are you my conscience?” – Bart Simpson “I-…yes, I am.” – House Happy birthday Nancy Cartwright!
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“You . . . you speak English?” – Marge Simpson “I am actually speaking Rigellian. By an astonishing coincidence both of our languages are exactly the same.” – Kang
Reading Digest: Old Time Treehouse of Horror Edition
“Oh, no, Marge! Come on, please!” – Homer Simpson “Homer, I’m not sleeping with the lights on. They’re just children’s stories. They can’t hurt you.” – Marge Simpson Owing almost as much to the Tapped Out game as to the broadcast of last week’s episode, the internet had lots of Treehouse of Horror lists, articles and arguments this week. As per usual, where Zombie Simpsons does make an appearance, it’s mostly because it’s being compared unfavorably to The Simpsons. So there are lots of people who agree with us this week, plus the usual assortment of usage and fan made…
Animation Alley: Treehouse of Horror
From the start, the annual Treehouse of Horror specials were incredibly ambitious, this notion of departing from the “normal” world of the show proper into this fantasy realm where aliens, zombies and other ghoulish creatures could roam free, and anything was possible. The doors were open to do anything, and this was reflected not just in the writing, but in the animation as well. Whether it be attempting a more dramatic, suspenseful feel, or emulating the style of a horror movie parody, the Halloween shows were always a joy to look at. So, in the holiday spirit, Animation Alley has…
Reading Digest: Halloween Traditions Edition
“Hello, everyone. You know, Halloween is a very strange holiday. Personally, I don’t understand it. Kids worshipping ghosts, pretending to be devils, things on TV that are completely inappropriate for younger viewers, things like the following half-hour. Nothing seems to bother my kids, but tonight’s show, which I totally wash my hands of, is really scary. So if you have sensitive children, maybe you should tuck them in to bed early tonight instead of writing us angry letters tomorrow. Thanks for your attention.” – Marge Simpson As you’d expect, we’ve got lots of great Halloween links this week, including multiple…
Compare & Contrast: Haunted Houses
“Why are you trying to scare us? Are you trying to keep us from getting close to you? Maybe even loving you?” – Lisa Simpson “Leave me alone.” – Haunted House It is a measure of just how flat out tired Zombie Simpsons is that they can do four different segments for their Halloween episode and have literally not a single one be something they haven’t done before. Fake apocalypse? Did that way back in Season 11. Mysterious gateway to another dimension? Season 7. Time travel with alternate timelines? Season 6, baby. The most repetitive of the four was the…
Reading Digest: A Tale of Two Cultural Uses
“You know what would’ve been scarier than nothing?” – Bart Simpson “What?” – Lisa Simpson “Anything!” – Bart Simpson It’s a shorter than average Reading Digest this week because two different Simpsons related things were clogging the tubes. The first is the release of this new John Cusack movie where he plays Edgar Allen Poe and has to solve mysteries. The second is the use of songs from Hot Chip and Animal Collective in last week’s Zombie Simpsons. In the case of the movie, I lost count of the number of reviews that mentioned “Treehouse of Horror”; and in the…
Compare & Contrast: Halloween vs. Bad & Baseless Storytelling
“Fine, then you tell one scarier.” – Lisa Simpson “Flashlight please.” – Bart Simpson Ever since its beginning, the Treehouse of Horror series has depended on parodying, satirizing, and outright stealing from movies, television shows, and other stories. When The Simpsons was still itself that meant taking familiar ideas, themes and stories and remaking them in the style, language and irony of Springfield. That sounds simple, but it’s an extremely delicate process. They had to inject enough original ideas and twists to keep things from feeling stale or rehashed, while at the same time not changing the original source material…
Reading Digest: “The Raven” Edition
“Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!” – Homer Simpson This week we’ve got four different links mentioning the final segment of “Treehouse of Horror”. Some people are mentioning it as part of television history, other’s are using it for lesser purposes like educating children. In addition to that we’ve got some non-IGN synergy, lots of Halloween related YouTube, and a couple of cool Simpsons Halloween costumes. Enjoy. Come along, Bort! – This is Smooth Charlie’s Click of the Week. It’s a fine job, both by Universal Studios for wasting precious retail…
Quote of the Day (Updated)
“I’m not going to live in a house of evil just to save a few dollars.” – Marge Simpson “Don’t be so stubborn. We’re not talking about a few dollars, we’re talking about a few thousand dollars!” – Homer Simpson Happy 20th anniversary to “Treehouse of Horror”! At least, I think today is the 20th anniversary. Wikipedia, IMDb, TV.com and even SNPP all have it as October 25th, not the 24th. In 1990, October 25th was a Thursday, so that makes sense. However, epguides has it as October 24th, 1990, which was a Wednesday. Curious, I dug out the booklet…
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“On this cable system we receive over one million channels from the furthest reaches of the galaxy.” – Kang “Do you get HBO?” – Bart Simpson “No, that would cost extra.” – Kang
Nameless Here Forevermore
“Lisa that wasn’t scary, not even for a poem.” – Bart Simpson My favorite tag to use on this site is the “Fan Made” one. I love nothing more than seeing the different ways talented people use Simpsons to create cool stuff. Sometimes it’s just some little drawing somebody did on their computer, sometimes it’s epically awesome. Today we have a painting (or should I say paintings) that are way on the “epically awesome” side of the scale. Behold the real life Marge as Lenore painting: The Dead Homer Society accepts no liability if your monitor just exploded from “triumph…
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“There were monsters on that ship, and truly we were them.” – Lisa Simpson “Lisa, see what we mean when we say you’re too smart for your own good?” – Marge Simpson
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“Look, I know that to you we Simpsons are a lower order of life. We face that prejudice every day of our lives.” – Lisa Simpson Image from Wikipedia.
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“It’s an ancient Indian burial ground… ” -Lisa Simpson “Man, this place has got everything!” – Bart Simpson
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Image used under Creative Commons license from Flicker user kevindooley. “For your information I’m about to read you a classic tale of terror by Edgar Allan Poe.” – Lisa Simpson “Wait a minute, that’s a school book.” – Bart Simpson “Don’t worry Bart, you won’t learn anything.” – Lisa Simpson
Serak Is Sad
“Well, if you wanted to make Serak the Preparer cry, mission accomplished.” – Kang Do you have $30 dollars you don’t need? How about $60? Want a pair of 6-inch Kang and Kodos dolls? They come out next month, so start saving your pennies. Here’s the kicker though, they come “blind boxed”, which means you don’t know which one you’re going to get. Question: if you order two are you guaranteed one of each? They aren’t officially for sale yet so I couldn’t find an answer on the website. Are they greedy enough to make you keep ordering? Do the…
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“Well, it was written in 1845, maybe people were easier to scare back then.” – Lisa Simpson “Oh yeah, like when you look at Friday the 13th part one, it’s pretty tame by today’s standards.” – Bart Simpson