Treehouse of Horror XXI Capsule Submission

S22E04 Treehouse of Horror XXIliveNov 7, 2010, 9:49 PM ET2 hours after the credits3 posts by 3 posters
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Joe Klemm

S P O I L E R

S P A C E

DYN's

-the alien in Frink's stomach when he passes through the x-ray?

Refs.

The Office -Opening features a spoof of the show's opening

War and Peace -First story title

Jumanji, Zathura -Board game that comes to life, with the players needing to finish the game in order to return things to normal

The Last Airbender -The Last Chairbender

Monopoly -Milhouse playing as a thimble -Guy riding in on Pennsylvania Railroad

KerPlunk -Contraption Rod and Tod are stuck in

Mystery Date -Mystery Dude

Clue -Col. Ketchup

The Game of Life -Bart using a car game piece in this game as a weapon

Master and Commader -Second story title

Dead Calm -Second story plot

A Clockwork Orange -Maggie acting like Alex at the end of the second story

Twilight -Story plot -Daniel Ratcliffe (Harry Potter) as Edmund a la Robert Pattinson (Cedric Diggory, a character in the fourth Hary Potter film) as Edward -Edmund and Lisa jumping tree to tree -Milhouse as Jacob

Yogi Bear -Bear with picnic basket containing human head

The Room -"You're tearing me apart!"

Jersey Shore -Rick "Snooki" Polizzi

FF Fun:

Clips in the DVR bit after Bart and Homer's fight: -Bones ad -Bart and Milhouse Playing Wii -Bart and Milhouse playing Hangman -So You Think You Can Dance ad -Marge with Hugh Laurie's character -Glee ad -Deer in woods -Homer as vampire bat

Vampires at Dracula-La Land:

-Dracula (Coppola version) -Nosferatu -Blacula -Selene (Underworld) -Grandpa Munster -Boobarella -Count Chocula -The Count (Sesame Street)

Goofs

-The Q piece is Scrabble costs 10 points, not 11 points.

Comments

META-HUMOR: Homer suggests "A Recipe for Disaster" as a title for the second story.

-Joe Klemm

Aaron HirshbergJoe Klemm

It was Ranger Smith's head. And, it was a pic-a-nic basket!!!

Mr. Museum

Bruce GomesJoe Klemm

I'm always taking notes but rarely post them, but the first segment inspired me to proceed...

On Sun, 7 Nov 2010 18:49:37 -0800 (PST), Joe Klemm wrote:

"Bank error in your favor" Oriental Avenue

vs. Colonel Mustard, of course. Accused by Marge of killing someone in the parlor (vs. ballroom, billiard room, conservatory, dining room, hall, kitchen, library, lounge, study) ..with a letter opener (vs. candlestick, knife, lead pipe, revolver, rope or wrench)

...and the appearance of their classic spinner.

and... R is 1 not 2 I is 1 not 3 P is 3 not 5 ..and they obviously aren't round tiles.

Other classic games seen.. Connect 4 -- although entire "board" seen had 3 x 3 holes Hi Ho Cherry-O -- unless some has another explanation for giant cherries Cootie -- the bug that ran across Wheel of Fortune

Poker chips / roulette gaming table and the appearance of jacks and dominoes throughout.

Lots of legos appearing throughout. Given their size should we at least call them Duplos?

Tops that come menacingly across remind me of Battling Tops.

Battleboat -- Wasn't it great seeing a red peg come crashing down on the boat? (Although one hit doth not sink any ship) -- Actual Battleship boards always seem to have numbers along top and letters down the left side, vs. Battleboat which had numbers on left and letters on bottom.

The following games that appeared in this episode all have Simpsons versions;

The Game of Life Monopoly (includnig, ironically, a THOH version!) Scrabble Clue (and Cluedo) Chess Wheel of Fortune

Bruce Gomes