Notes for MABF16 (Treehouse of Horror XXI)

S22E04 Treehouse of Horror XXIliveNov 7, 2010, 8:55 PM ET54 minutes after the credits2 posts by 2 posters
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Matt Garvey

I liked the first segment (board games) - oddly it reminded me of the "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off" segment in EABF21. The other two didn't really do it for me... the Hugh Laurie one took a while to get to the point, and I don't care enough for vampires and Twilight and whatnot. But they weren't terrible, I guess.

DYN: ...Kang appears, but Kodos doesn't? ...the three stories mostly split up the family members (Bart, Homer/ Marge, Lisa)? ...there are some old style tombstones, sort of, in the opening (A. Ghost and I.M. Dead)? ...there is actually a Glee commercial in tonight's episode (as shown at the start)? I didn't see one for Bones. ...both guest stars (in separate segments) are British?

Previous episode stuff JABF16: old style content warnings sort of repeated GABF12: Frink's intro with TiVo MABF03: Wilhelm scream used several times in a video game (also, here, in Gracie logo instead of TOH scream) JABF10: Realistic avatars and unexpected Springfielders in online video games AABF07, BABF07, DABF01: Silly board games no one would want to play 3F04: Giant board game characters like giant ads 3F22: Mystery Date 5F19: Homer as Yogi Bear appears (in "tweenlight") BABF04: Ned without moustache 1F04: vampires and whatnot (also visual similarity in opening to Bart's Night Gallery)

On board games I know they were all knockoffs of existing games, but I wonder if the "goofs" shown here were intentional or just justifiable because they're not the real games... such as the intermittently buzzing Operation, the Slinky that works on flat land (come on), and Bart not seeming to know that blanks in Scrabble don't score points.

Meta Lisa points out that her "beautiful" eyes are just dots in circles.

Canned sound effects In addition to the (not in-universe) use of the Wilhelm scream again, I heard that really obvious metal crunch sound twice in a row with the first two vehicles Daniel Radcliffe's character stops. (Or maybe it was two different but really obvious ones.) Intentional?

Brett A. PasternackMatt Garvey

I thought they were, actually. The only thing I actually liked was the political correctness stuff in the Twilight parody. ("I can't ask him if he knows Frankenstein, it's racist somehow." and Lisa's plans.) Another minor chuckle here or there, but that's about it.

Selma DID open the door twice, so I would assume she saw them both.

But even more so:

FABF21: Bart goes through a bunch of parody board games, including Ravenous Ravenous Rhinos.

Were any others reused from that segment?