Treehouse of Horror XXII (The Simpsons)
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Treehouse of Horror XXII is the third episode of the 23rd season of The Simpsons and the 22nd episode in the Treehouse of Horror series.
Plot
Intro
Marge tasks Homer with donating the Halloween candy to the Salvation Army, but he ends up attempting to steal all of it for himself.
The Diving Bell and the Butterball
After Homer gets bitten by a spider, he figures out that he can fart at will, and uses it as a form of communication.
Dial D for Diddily
Ned Flanders becomes a vigilante and goes after Mr. Burns, Snake Jailbird, Sideshow Bob, Patty, and Selma when he believes that God is telling him to.
In the Na'vi
This parody of Avatar sees Bart and Milhouse become Rigellians and go to Rigel 7 to retrieve a chemical called Hilarium.
Why It's Horrific
- The main problem with this Treehouse of Horror episode is that almost none of the segments are scary or funny.
- The entirety of the first segment is all about a paralyzed Homer attempting to communicate via farting, which is both gross and incredibly underwhelming. This is the main joke they tell throughout and it lands into the territory of unfunny attempts at humor.
- Speaking of which, the ending of that segment abruptly turns into a Spider-Man parody where Homer (who is still paralyzed) farts out webs to stop criminals after being bitten by another spider.
- While the second segment was good, its ending is insulting and offensive to Catholic viewers and fans of Maude Flanders.
- The third segment is a parody of Avatar, despite that film no longer being relevant by the time the episode was released. It's also pointless to make this parody particularly because such a film isn't even a horror film to begin with.
- Numerous unfunny jokes and lines are scattered throughout the episode.
- "Now you're having sex with Uncle Tree!"
- Homer farts at Lisa to make her stop reading to him.
- "They say no two ass webs are the same."
- In the Rigellian language, there aren't any words for "yours" or "mine". This one just doesn't work, especially since the very first Treehouse of Horror established that English and Rigellian are the same.
- The third segment is rendered utterly pointless by the fact that Kang and Kodos were willing to give the humans Hilarium anyway.
- Bart and Kamala had sex with each other.
- To make matters worse, Kamala reveals that she also had sex with Milhouse.
- Despite the episode being rated TV-PG, the episode has inappropriate moments such as Bart and Kamala having sex with each other, which could fit better for a TV-14 (TV-MA to a lesser extent) rating or another show such as Family Guy or American Dad!.
Redeeming Qualities
- Since it is a Treehouse of Horror episode, of course none of this was canon.
- The opening sequence with Homer driving off with the kids' Halloween candy was pretty funny, especially when he accidentally bites the wrong arm off and discovers that the candy bag is full of vegetables, while Bart and Lisa took the real candy bag.
- Despite the ending, the second segment "Dial D for Diddily", which involves Ned Flanders being tricked by Homer into killing the latter's enemies was a bit better than the other two because it is not only scary but has funny moments like when Patty and Selma are killed in a Looney Tunes-Inspired gag by Ned Flanders. Not to mention that it introduced a unique concept that is properly executed that is Homer tricking Ned Flanders into killing any people he dislikes as God.
- The first segment does have a good concept of how Homer needed to communicate with anyone after being paralyzed but just poorly executed due to the flaws mentioned above.
- The tradition of naming Rigellian beings after Star Trek characters continues, with Kamala being named after the titular character in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Perfect Mate".
Reception
Even though this episode has a 6.4 rating on IMDb,[1] it was generally not very well-received amongst fans and critics.[2] It is usually considered by many fans to be one of, if not, the worst Treehouse of Horror episodes so far.[3][4] On NoHomers.net it's placed the 18th worst episode on their 2011 list.[5]
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