S10E04 · EP
season 10 ·
Treehouse of Horror IX
written by ? · directed by ?

Episode DNA

22 scenes · 3 threads
absurd 29%violence 16%menacing 12%tense 10%chaotic 8%deadpan 4%threat 4%cheerful 4%secret exposed 4%social rule violation 2%

Story threads over runtime

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0:005:0010:0015:0020:00
B · Terror of Tiny Toon
C · Starship Poopers
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Every scene

22 scenes · our breakdown
1 · Springfield · cold_openHalloween cold open

A spooky Halloween-themed opening sequence plays with thunder and screams.

00:02–00:11
2 · Kwik-E-Mart · act1Smoking at Kwik-E-Mart

Apu catches Homer smoking inside the Kwik-E-Mart and scolds him.

00:11–00:16social_rule_violation
3 · Kwik-E-Mart · act1Snake arrested at Kwik-E-Mart

Chief Wiggum arrests Snake for his third strike, and Snake threatens witnesses.

00:16–00:43threat · violence
4 · TV studio · act1Snake executed on TV

Ed McMahon introduces Snake's execution on a TV show, and Snake is electrocuted.

00:43–03:19violence
5 · Hospital · act1Homer gets hair transplant

Homer receives a hair transplant from Snake's corpse at the hospital.

03:19–03:49deal
6 · Simpson house · act1Homer shows off new hair

Homer returns home and shows his family his new hair transplant.

03:49–04:22
7 · Simpson house · act1Snake's hair possesses Homer

Snake's voice speaks through Homer's hair, revealing he is possessed and kills Apu.

04:22–04:28violence
8 · Moe's Tavern · act1Moe murdered by possessed Homer

Possessed Homer kills Moe at the bar, and news reports the murder.

04:28–06:40violence
9 · Simpson house · act1Homer fights hair to save Bart

Possessed Homer tries to kill Bart, but fights the hair's control to save him.

06:40–08:17violence
10 · Simpson house · act1Hair removed by police

Police arrest Homer, and Wiggum removes the hair with a vacuum, ending the possession.

08:17–08:29violence
13 · Simpson house · act2Marge forbids cartoon and leaves

Marge forbids Bart and Lisa from watching the cartoon and takes the batteries.

08:57–10:07
14 · Simpson house · act2Bart uses plutonium in remote

Bart finds plutonium and uses it to power the remote, zapping them into the cartoon.

10:07–10:30scheme
15 · Itchy and Scratchy cartoon · act2Trapped in violent cartoon

Bart and Lisa are trapped in a violent Itchy and Scratchy cartoon and attacked.

10:30–12:21violence
16 · Itchy and Scratchy cartoon · act2Escape attempt fails

Bart and Lisa try to escape the cartoon but are thwarted by cartoon physics.

12:21–12:41
17 · Simpson house · act2Homer tries to rescue with remote

Homer tries to use the remote to get Bart and Lisa out of the cartoon.

12:41–13:36
18 · Pet store · act2Kids rescued from cartoon

Homer finally presses exit, rescuing Bart and Lisa from the cartoon.

13:36–14:29
19 · Simpson house · act3Maggie shows alien powers

Maggie exhibits strange alien-like behavior, alarming her family.

14:29–16:17
20 · Spaceship · act3Kang reveals he is Maggie's father

Kang receives a transmission from Maggie and decides to visit Earth to claim his daughter.

16:17–17:50secret_exposed
21 · Simpson house · act3Kang visits and claims Maggie

Kang arrives at the Simpsons' house and reveals he is Maggie's father, leading to a custody dispute.

17:50–17:53secret_exposed
22 · TV studio · act3Jerry Springer show custody battle

The custody dispute is settled on The Jerry Springer Show, which ends in chaos.

17:53–21:52violence
23 · TV studio · act3Kang threatens Earth

Kang threatens to destroy Washington if he doesn't get Maggie, but the family escapes.

21:52–21:57threat
24 · TV studio · tagEnding and tag

The episode ends with a space-themed theme song and a final joke about Regis's eyes.

21:57–22:48
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AN
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Lisa Simpson246 episodes · drives 781 scenes
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