S03E07 · EP
season 3 ·
Treehouse of Horror II
written by ? · directed by ?

Episode DNA

23 scenes · 3 threads
absurd 28%menacing 9%humiliation 7%chaotic 7%violence 7%threat 5%deadpan 5%tender 5%coincidence 4%escalation 4%

Story threads over runtime

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0:005:0010:0015:0020:00
A · Monkey's Paw Wishes
B · Bart's Mind Reading
C · Homer's Robot Body
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Every scene

23 scenes · our breakdown
1 · Television studio · cold_openHalloween Host Intro

Krusty the Clown warns parents about the scary episode.

00:03–00:55lie · threat
2 ▸ 00:55
2 · Simpson house front porch · act1Trick or Treaters

The Simpson kids get candy and Homer is egged.

00:55–02:14petty_grievance · humiliation
3 ▸ 02:14
3 · Simpson house living room · act1Nightmare Warning

Homer warns kids about nightmares after eating candy.

02:14–02:22escalation · threat
4 ▸ 02:22
4 · Mysterious shop · act1Monkey's Paw Purchase

Homer buys a cursed monkey's paw from a shopkeeper.

02:22–03:00deal · secret_exposed
5 · Simpson house living room · act1First Wishes Backfire

Maggie's wish for a new pacifier backfires comically.

03:00–03:52coincidence · escalation
6 ▸ 03:52
6 · Fancy restaurant · act1Fame and Fortune

The Simpsons become rich and famous, but it turns annoying.

03:52–05:24escalation · humiliation
7 ▸ 05:24
7 · Simpson house living room · act1World Peace Wish

Lisa wishes for world peace, leading to alien invasion.

05:24–05:37misunderstanding · coincidence
8 ▸ 05:37
8 · Simpson house living room · act1Alien Invasion Defeated

Ned Flanders uses the paw to defeat the aliens.

05:37–06:24coincidence · comeuppance
9 · Bart's bedroom · act1Lisa Wakes Up

Lisa wakes from her nightmare and asks to sleep with Bart.

06:24–08:31
10 · Springfield streets · act2Bart's Mind Reading

Bart has the power to read minds and punish unhappy thoughts.

08:31–08:48secret_exposed · threat
11 · Simpson house kitchen · act2Bart Transforms Homer

Bart turns Homer into a jack-in-the-box for being boring.

08:48–09:03humiliation · violence
12 · School bus · act2School Bus Chaos

Bart takes over the school bus and terrifies the kids.

09:03–09:13threat · violence
14 ▸ 11:34
14 · Springfield Elementary and Moe's Tavern · act2Bart Controls Everyone

Bart forces the town to sing and humiliate themselves.

11:34–12:09humiliation · social_rule_violation
15 ▸ 12:09
15 · Simpson house living room · act2Football Field Goal

Bart turns a field goal into a fat bald guy.

12:09–13:10coincidence
16 ▸ 13:10
16 · Springfield Elementary · act2Bart's Reign of Terror

Bart keeps everyone awake for 346 hours and is attacked.

13:10–14:05violence · threat
17 · Springfield Elementary hallway · act2Principal Skinner Intervenes

Skinner tells Homer to spend quality time with Bart.

14:05–14:17interrogation · confession
18 · Baseball field · act2Father-Son Bonding

Homer and Bart bond, and Bart restores Homer's body.

14:17–14:57confession
19 · Simpson house master bedroom · act2Bart Wakes Up

Bart wakes from his nightmare and joins his parents.

14:57–15:03
20 · Springfield Nuclear Power Plant · act3Homer Fired

Homer is fired by Mr. Burns for sleeping on the job.

15:03–17:24humiliation · threat
21 · Power plant laboratory · act3Robot Body Creation

Burns builds a robot body and needs a human brain.

17:24–19:18violence · humiliation
22 · Cemetery and laboratory · act3Brain Transplant

Burns retrieves Homer's brain and puts it in the robot.

19:18–19:28violence
23 ▸ 19:28
23 · Power plant and Simpson house · act3Robot Rampage

The robot Homer goes on a rampage and Burns is injured.

19:28–21:46violence · escalation
24 ▸ 21:46
24 · Simpson house master bedroom · act3Two-Headed Homer

Burns grafts his head onto Homer's body.

21:46–22:02humiliation
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In this episode

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Krusty the Clown64 episodes · drives 180 scenes
HS
Homer Simpson371 episodes · drives 4177 scenes
BS
Bart Simpson282 episodes · drives 1371 scenes
LS
Lisa Simpson246 episodes · drives 781 scenes
MS
Marge Simpson237 episodes · drives 977 scenes
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Maggie Simpson61 episodes · drives 14 scenes
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Ned Flanders118 episodes · drives 169 scenes
OM
Otto Mann22 episodes · drives 24 scenes