Treehouse of Horror VI
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"Treehouse of Horror VI" is the sixth episode of The Simpsons' seventh season, as well as the sixth Hallowe'en episode. The episode aired on October 29, 1995.
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Episode details
Production Number: 3F04
Original Air Date: October 29, 1995
Writers: Scary John Swartzwelder, Steve Tombkins, and David S. Cohen
Director: Bedlam Bob Anderson
Couch Gag: The family droops down from the ceiling with their heads in nooses. Each member drops down one at a time.
Guest Voices: Paul Anka as Himself, Dennis Bailey as Man on Street, Ron Brooks as Man on Street, Trish Doolan as Woman on Street, and Marsha Waterbury as Woman on Street
Opening Sequence
Krusty is the Headless Horseman from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, holding his laughing head, and hurling it at the camera, which makes "The Simpsons Halloween Special VI" appear on screen.
Synopsis
Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores
When Homer goes to Lard Lad Donuts to get a "Colossal Donut", he denounces their advertising, and in a bad atmosphere, giant advertising statues come to life to terrorize Springfield. Lisa goes to an ad agency, and an executive suggests not to look at the monsters. He tries to write a song, but suggests it would actually sound better coming out of Paul Anka, who does a song with Lisa. The citizens of Springfield do not look at the monsters, who lose their powers and become lifeless.
Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace
Bart has a nightmare that Groundskeeper Willie is out to kill him. He is slashed with a rake, and the other people at Springfield Elementary School also say they were terrorized by Willie in their nightmares. When the students do a test, Martin falls asleep and is killed by Willie. Martin dies in class, and Bart and Lisa tell Marge about the monster. She says that Willie was killed in an explosion in the bottom of the school, and Willie said he would scare the children in their dreams. Bart decides that he's going to go to sleep and dream of fighting Willie. Bart appears in his dream and he attempts to get Willie, which can also transform into other things. He turns into a bagpipe spider and gets Bart and Lisa, who enters his nightmare. But when there's a vent in the spider, Maggie uses her pacifier to seal the vent, causing Willie to explode, and Bart and Lisa hope they are free of Willie forever.
Homer3
When Homer desperately tries to avoid Patty and Selma during a visit, he hides behind a bookcase and stumbles upon a gateway to the third dimension. Homer is stuck in there, and many people try to get Homer out of the dimension with little success. The dimension collapses, and Homer ends up in an even scarier place: the real world.
This segment spoofs the Little Girl Lost episode of The Twilight Zone. The term "bulgy" which Homer uses to describe the third dimension, has been reused in The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour, a crossover co-written by Butch Hartman, who is known to be a fan of the Simpsons.
Trivia
- This is the first live-action sequence in a Simpsons episode.
- The company that did the animation for "Homer3", Pacific Data Images, went on to make the animation for Antz and the Shrek movies years later. Also, this segment was in the IMAX 3D film 20th Century Fox (Future Film).
- The live-action scenes were reportedly filmed in Sherman Oaks, California.
Quotes
- Homer: Mmmmm.... unprocessed fishsticks.
- Marge: (telling a flashback story) It all started on the thirteenth hour, of the thirteenth day, of the thirteenth month. We were all there to discuss the misprinted calendars the school had purchased.
Homer: (shivering) Ohhhh, lousy Smarch weather! - Homer: Oh, there's so much I don't know about astrophysics. I wish I'd read that book by that wheelchair guy.
- Homer: (upon entering the new universe) Ooh, erotic cakes!
- Dr. Hibbert: Homer, this is your physician, Dr. Julius Hibbert. Can you tell us what it's like in there?
Homer: Uh, it's like, uh... Did anybody see the movie Tron?
Dr. Hibbert: No.
Lisa: No.
Marge: No.
Chief Wiggum: No.
Bart: No.
Patty: No.
Chief Wiggum: No.
Ned Flanders: No.
Selma: No.
Professor Frink: No.
Reverend Lovejoy: No.
Chief Wiggum: Yes. I mean, uh, I mean, no. - Frink: This is a 2d dimensional shape known as a square.
Wiggum: Slow down, egghead!
Frink: But, if we extend the square along the hypothetical Z-axis, thus forming a cube or a Frinkahedron, in honour of its creator.
