The intro directed by Guillermo del Toro for XXIV.When she asks what aliens have to do with Halloween, Maggie yells "Silence!" She then pulls out a ray gun and disintegrates her. The only exception is Lisa, who has an axe in her head. Homer is a jack-in-the-box from "Treehouse Of Horror II"'s "Bart's Nightmare", Marge is a witch from "Treehouse Of Horror VIII"'s "Easy Bake Coven" (but with normal skin instead of green skin), Maggie is in her half-alien form from "Treehouse Of Horror IX"'s "Starship Poopers", and Bart has a fly's head from "Treehouse Of Horror VIII"'s "Fly vs. The family is shown in guises from past Halloween specials as they watch Kang and Kodos' intro.Freddy wonders where they are, but Jason takes it in stride and switches on the TV. After the Halloween opening where nearly all of the family is dead, Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees are shown sitting on the couch waiting for the family to show up.Metal helmets fall on their heads, and they are shackled in before they're given the chair (in this case, couch). The reaper uses Homer, who dies last, as a footrest. As the family rush in, they fall over dead, one atop another. This one comes right after a Headless Horseman Krusty throws his own head at the screen, with the resulting blood splatter spelling out the title card.note It's also of note that past broadcasts in syndication of the episode found this to be so scary/inappropriate, that they would edit the couch gag out completely. The family drop down from the ceiling one by one in nooses, Maggie included (as seen above).The family run in as ghouls with severely mismatched body parts.The family burst out of the floor as zombies and sit on the couch.As a small Shout-Out, Marge has a white streak in her hair, like the Bride of Frankenstein. The family runs to the couch as skeletons.The annual Treehouse of Horror Halloween Special of The Simpsons, while mostly Played for Laughs, still has had its fair share of disturbing images, horrifying scenarios and Downer Endings over the years.
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