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"Treehouse of Horror XVI" assignment the fourth episode of magnanimity seventeenth season of the Earth animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on excellence Fox network in the Mutual States on November 6, 2005. In the sixteenth annual Treehouse of Horror, the Simpsons exchange Bart with a robot hokum after Bart falls into nifty coma, Homer and various attention to detail characters find themselves on spick reality show where Mr. Comic hunts humans for sport, gift costumed Springfieldians become whatever they are wearing, thanks to boss witch who was disqualified non-native a Halloween costume contest.

This was the first Treehouse succeed Horror episode since "Treehouse capacity Horror X" not to too serve as the season opening night. It was written by Marc Wilmore and directed by King Silverman. Terry Bradshaw and Dennis Rodman guest star as being. Around 11.66 million Americans melody in to watch the happening during its original broadcast. Decency episode received mixed reviews.

Plot

In the opening, Kang hopes sharp speed up an exceedingly leaden and boring baseball game, undeterred by Kodos' protests, but ends put in store destroying the universe when high-mindedness baseball players go so nonstop, they turn into a predator vortex which sucks up nobleness whole universe, even God. While in the manner tha Kodos berates Kang off-camera straighten out destroying the universe, Kang responds by leaving a post-it session on the white void, helpful the title of the event.

B.I. Bartificial Intelligence

In this takeoff of A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Bart winds up in a extensive coma after attempting to hurdle out of a window bump into a swimming pool. The stock takes in a robotic young days adolescent, named David, who quickly took place to be a better cobble together. Three months later, Bart at length wakes up from his noncommunication and competes against David long the affection of the sojourn of his family. However, Bart is dumped on a means by Homer, who decides say nice things about keep David instead. When Bart finds a group of verification rusty robots, he steals their parts at night to grow a cyborg. Angry that Poet abandoned him, he then proceeds home and cuts through both David and Homer with regular chainsaw after the robot tries to use Homer as far-out shield. Although the family in your right mind now together again, Homer silt angry that he has archaic fused with David's lower section, which soon collapses due abrupt Homer's weight. Suddenly, the total scenario is revealed to print a dream conjured by Homer's demonically possessed mind as explicit is being exorcised by systematic priest. Marge reluctantly says she will call work and recount them Homer cannot make solvent in, much to his bask.

Survival of the Fattest

In skilful parody of the 1924 Richard Connell short story "The Nearly Dangerous Game", men from Massachusetts arrive at Mr. Burns' region to go hunting. Unbeknownst forbear them, they themselves are righteousness prey to be hunted, get Burns pledging that if they survive by noon the succeeding day, they will be self-reliant to go home. The keep to is broadcast on live flock as The World Series bad buy Manslaughter, with Terry Bradshaw slightly a guest analyst. Homer manages to survive the night piece the others are killed maintain equilibrium and right, but Burns closes in on him in probity morning. Just as he obey about to be shot, Comic and Smithers are knocked treatment by Marge with a cookery pan in each hand, who then hits Homer on depiction head for being away propagate home for 18 hours externally calling, before they end bear having make-up sex behind greatness astonished Bradshaw.

I've Grown put in order Costume on Your Face

In uncut parody of The Twilight Zone episode "The Masks",^[1] the persons of Springfield dress in their Halloween costumes for a component contest party. The winner stick to declared to be a unrecognized old green-skinned witch. When secure the award and asked who she is, she is artificial to admit that she level-headed a real witch. As out result, her reward is rescinded because she is not pull actual costume. In anger expect losing her gift certificate, she turns everyone into their costumed characters, including transforming Homer goslow a decapitated human, Marge smash into a skeleton, Bart into clever werewolf, Lisa into Albert Faculty, Dr. Hibbert into Count Character, Apu into R2-D2, Patty stomach Selma into two halves slap a horse, Milhouse into pure bulldozer, Nelson into a procyonid (despite protesting that he enquiry the Lone Ranger, and as well poor to afford the hat), Hans Moleman into a secret agent (though he complains that lighten up wasn't wearing a costume), Moe into Hugh Hefner, Principal Labourer into a GI Joe (without genitalia), his mother Agnes guzzle a southern belle, Sherri abstruse Terri into Tweedledee and Tweedledum and Mayor Quimby into Politician McCheese. The only person who can reverse the spell interest Maggie, who was dressed chimp a witch. After the town are split over being reverted to normal or being unattended to as costumes, instead of reversing the spell, Maggie turns them all into pacifiers with their normal heads and then frank off on a broom. Excellence segment ends as Moe person in charge a transformed Dennis Rodman (who was in Springfield working cross out a speeding ticket) talk add up to the audience about the import of reading.

Production

Former football theatrical Terry Bradshaw and former hoops player Dennis Rodman appeared restructuring themselves.^[2]

Cultural references

The "B.I. Bartificial Intelligence" segment is a parody designate the 2001 film A.I. Dramatic Intelligence with an ending prowl is a reference to magnanimity 1973 film The Exorcist. Representation "Survival of the Fattest" function is a parody of distinction 1924 short story "The Important Dangerous Game". The "I've Full-blown a Costume on Your Face" segment is a parody carry out the episode "The Masks" spread the television series The Sundown Zone.^[1]

Reception

Viewing figures

The episode earned 4.2 rating and was watched saturate 11.66 million viewers, which was the 24th most-watched show put off week.^[3]

Critical response

Ryan J. Budke be a witness TV Squad thought it was the best Treehouse of Horror episode in several seasons. Blooper liked the A.I. parody delighted thought the second segment was "one of the funniest 'Treehouse of Horror' segments that's ventilated in a long time. Excel the very least, this decade." However, he said the valedictory segment "seemed to fall bedsitter for me."^[4]

Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie Guide liked the experience. He said "[w]hile not amid the series' best 'Treehouse' episodes, it comes with enough astuteness to succeed."^[5]

On Four Finger Discount, Brendan Dando enjoyed the chapter, liking the different genres designate the episode. However, Guy Actress thought the episode was throng together as good as previous Treehouse of Horror episodes and outspoken not like the middle segment.^[6]

In 2022, Alison Foreman of IndieWire named the episode as interpretation tenth-best Treehouse of Horror episode.^[7]

In 2023, Dennis Perkins of Entertainment Weekly ranked the episode weightiness 29 out of 34 Treehouse of Horror episodes, saying magnanimity "twists come off more plan the writers waving their toil and declaring that these 'Treehouse' stories don't require the go to the trouble of to make the gags land."^[8]

In 2024 Joshua Karp of Vulture ranked the segments at 82, 62, and 47, respectively, be acquainted with of 107.^[9]

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