Treehouse of Horror II
- Episode aired Oct 31, 1991
- TV-14
- 30m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
4.2K
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The Simpson family receives a severed monkey's paw which can grant wishes, Bart gains magical powers which he uses to turn Homer into a Jack-in-the-box, and Mr. Burns uses Homer's brain to c... Read allThe Simpson family receives a severed monkey's paw which can grant wishes, Bart gains magical powers which he uses to turn Homer into a Jack-in-the-box, and Mr. Burns uses Homer's brain to create a robot.The Simpson family receives a severed monkey's paw which can grant wishes, Bart gains magical powers which he uses to turn Homer into a Jack-in-the-box, and Mr. Burns uses Homer's brain to create a robot.
Dan Castellaneta
- Homer Simpson
- (voice)
- (as Diabolical Dan Castellaneta)
- …
Julie Kavner
- Marge Simpson
- (voice)
- (as Ghoulie Julie Kavner)
Nancy Cartwright
- Bart Simpson
- (voice)
- (as Nefarious Nancy Cartwright)
- …
Yeardley Smith
- Lisa Simpson
- (voice)
- (as Yowling Yeardley Smith)
Hank Azaria
- Moe Szyslak
- (voice)
- (as Hellacious Hank Azaria)
- …
Harry Shearer
- Montgomery Burns
- (voice)
- (as Howlific Harry Shearer)
- …
Maggie Roswell
- Helen Lovejoy
- (voice)
- (as Mummified Maggie Roswell)
- …
Marcia Wallace
- Edna Krabappel
- (voice)
- (as Macabre Marcia Wallace)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis was the first Treehouse of Horror episode to have actually been broadcast on Halloween. This would not happen again until Treehouse of Horror X (1999) in Season 11.
- GoofsWhen the Moroccan salesman tries to warn Homer Simpson, saying "You'll be sorry", his lips don't move.
- Alternate versionsIn the Disney+ version, the end credits music plays over the "Next Week On The Simpsons" coda.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Simpsons: Homer Defined (1991)
- SoundtracksGet Together
(uncredited)
by Donal Mooney
Featured review
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This is the second "Treehouse of Horror" which is just as good as the first in my opinion but best of all having this second entry permanently marked a once-a-year tradition in the series. All three tales are a lot of fun and two of them are honorable mentions in my personal list of favorites "Treehouse of Horror" tales.
First one is a parody (and one of my honorable mentions) on "The Monkey's Paw", believe it or not this segment is how I heard about that old folklore story. And of course, if you know that story and "The Simpsons" it's not surprising when things go sideways faster than anyone can make a single wish. There are just so many memorable moments and jokes, however there is one thing about the tale that is a slight inconsistence. The paw grants a single user four wishes but four of the "Simpsons" only use one wish when technically each of them have three more left; so why the heck didn't any of them use anymore then let alone Marge is the only one that never got a wish which makes her have four wishes.
I don't know maybe the paw was on Party use mode, but now that's out of the way there are a lot of memorable moments. From Bart wish we see it's for the family to be "Rich and Famous". Really like how it's a bit of a comedic satire about the flipside of the concept as we see unfortunately, they become too famous, much like DC and Marvel comics right now; it sort of goes with the old saying too much of a good thing or anything isn't healthy.
Lisa makes her wish which doesn't seem like a bad deal at first but unfortunately has made all of Earth defenseless against Alien Invaders that really aren't much of a challenge at all. It's just funny that the aliens are just using the simplest of weapons instead of the usual laser gun fair. It also satires on pacifism showing that it doesn't always work.
Then Homer blows his wish on just the simplest thing ever a sandwich. This is funny because it's sort of a turn on a common cliché in these stories where wishes are involved, usually the person would wish for everything to be as it was or right in some way. Seriously, this guy couldn't of just made a sandwich on his own or even just gone to a "Subway" or any other sandwich shop, man talk about lazy but once again shows Homer never thinks long term. What cracks me up is what happens once he takes a bite, the results you'll just have to see for yourself.
Second segment is a parody on "The Twilight Zone" episode "It's a Good Life" here we see Bart have absolute power. It's just funny and a tad spooky where Bart has God like abilities and of course knowing Bart very little to no good comes of it. I really like there is change that happens latter in the tale as it makes me wonder if Bart deep down desires this.
The third which is my other honorable mention is a parody on "Frankenstein" This one is interesting as it's Burns and Smithers that are the main characters and "The Simpsons" are second string. Not a whole lot to this one, if you know the story you can easily guess where it's all going. Really like the design of the robot who ironically looks just like Homer but metallic and supersized; in a way that robot sort of foreshadows Bender from the show "Futurama".
However, what carries this segment for me is Burns whom is just at his best really like this blackly funny joke when he just whacks Homer in the sack several times to make sure Homer is what's they assume he is dead which he isn't, though with those whacks I'm surprised Homer isn't. Another blackly funny joke is when Burns scoops out the brain with an ice cream scoop and wears it pretending to be "Davy Crocket". Of course, we get a kicker of a twist ending and final minutes added as the topping which kind of fooled me a little as a kid.
So come to this old tree and pick out it's tasty fruit and happy Halloween.
Rating: 4 stars.
First one is a parody (and one of my honorable mentions) on "The Monkey's Paw", believe it or not this segment is how I heard about that old folklore story. And of course, if you know that story and "The Simpsons" it's not surprising when things go sideways faster than anyone can make a single wish. There are just so many memorable moments and jokes, however there is one thing about the tale that is a slight inconsistence. The paw grants a single user four wishes but four of the "Simpsons" only use one wish when technically each of them have three more left; so why the heck didn't any of them use anymore then let alone Marge is the only one that never got a wish which makes her have four wishes.
I don't know maybe the paw was on Party use mode, but now that's out of the way there are a lot of memorable moments. From Bart wish we see it's for the family to be "Rich and Famous". Really like how it's a bit of a comedic satire about the flipside of the concept as we see unfortunately, they become too famous, much like DC and Marvel comics right now; it sort of goes with the old saying too much of a good thing or anything isn't healthy.
Lisa makes her wish which doesn't seem like a bad deal at first but unfortunately has made all of Earth defenseless against Alien Invaders that really aren't much of a challenge at all. It's just funny that the aliens are just using the simplest of weapons instead of the usual laser gun fair. It also satires on pacifism showing that it doesn't always work.
Then Homer blows his wish on just the simplest thing ever a sandwich. This is funny because it's sort of a turn on a common cliché in these stories where wishes are involved, usually the person would wish for everything to be as it was or right in some way. Seriously, this guy couldn't of just made a sandwich on his own or even just gone to a "Subway" or any other sandwich shop, man talk about lazy but once again shows Homer never thinks long term. What cracks me up is what happens once he takes a bite, the results you'll just have to see for yourself.
Second segment is a parody on "The Twilight Zone" episode "It's a Good Life" here we see Bart have absolute power. It's just funny and a tad spooky where Bart has God like abilities and of course knowing Bart very little to no good comes of it. I really like there is change that happens latter in the tale as it makes me wonder if Bart deep down desires this.
The third which is my other honorable mention is a parody on "Frankenstein" This one is interesting as it's Burns and Smithers that are the main characters and "The Simpsons" are second string. Not a whole lot to this one, if you know the story you can easily guess where it's all going. Really like the design of the robot who ironically looks just like Homer but metallic and supersized; in a way that robot sort of foreshadows Bender from the show "Futurama".
However, what carries this segment for me is Burns whom is just at his best really like this blackly funny joke when he just whacks Homer in the sack several times to make sure Homer is what's they assume he is dead which he isn't, though with those whacks I'm surprised Homer isn't. Another blackly funny joke is when Burns scoops out the brain with an ice cream scoop and wears it pretending to be "Davy Crocket". Of course, we get a kicker of a twist ending and final minutes added as the topping which kind of fooled me a little as a kid.
So come to this old tree and pick out it's tasty fruit and happy Halloween.
Rating: 4 stars.
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