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Treehouse of Horror XXXIII |
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Treehouse of Horror XXXIII |
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This episode is considered non-canon, and the events featured are not part of the timeline of the series' continuity. |
Treehouse of Horror XXXIII is the sixth episode of Season 34[1], originally produced for Season 33. It has three segments as usual instead of five, and this is the first THOH episode to have each writer write three segments since Treehouse of Horror XIII nearly twenty years ago.
Synopsis[]
This year's tales of terror see Marge become possessed by a demon that feeds off her resentment and misery as a mom, a spoof of the anime Death Note where Lisa saves the world by writing names in a cursed notebook, and a Westworld parody where The Simpsons discover that they're robots in a theme park chronicling the show's history and memorable moments.
Segments[]
The Pookadook[]
A parody of the 2014 film The Babadook.
Death Tome[]
A parody of the anime series Death Note.
Steve Johnson, a shinigami (parody of Ryuk) helps Lisa kill people.
SimpsonsWorld[]
A parody of the 2016 TV show Westworld.
Plot[]
The Pookadook[]
Marge heads over to read a bedtime story to Maggie. While Marge scanning the bookshelf for a reading section, she repeatedly encounters 'The Pookadook', a book whose origin she does not recall. Marge chooses to read the read the book to Maggie at Maggie's persistent request. However, while Marge continues reading the book, Marge and Maggie got too scared of this, so she'll stop and put it back. Later that night, Maggie got scared of this book. Marge woke up and rushes into her room and discovers that Maggie is scared by a book that has inexplicably ended up in her crib. Marge then destroyed the book and threw it into the trash outside. The following morning, the doorbell rings, Marge opens the door to find out on the doorstep that The Pookadook has been repaired. Marge then throws the book onto the barbecue to try to burn it. A page emerges from the flames, and as Marge reads it, she discovers that the book's intent was for her to burn it. She tried to remove the book from it, but she got possessed.
The Pookadook tries to kill Maggie, but the rest of the family intervenes. The Pookadook sending the family to an overnight aquarium sleepover, seizing the opportunity to attempt to kill Maggie. Maggie took off her clothes to get away to hide the basement from The Pookadook which led to chase after her. She locks the door inside the basement to set up a trap The Pookadook. When The Pookadook invades the basement, Maggie fires at it with a flaming doll but ineffectively. Maggie then tried to shoot at The Pookadook with her crayon gun, but her shot didn't go well. As The Pookadook began descending the stairs, it stumbled over a crayon and became unconscious.
The Pookadook awakens to discover that Maggie has tied it up. Maggie tries to reach out to Marge by presenting a homemade mug that had been given to her, but The Pookadook don't care of this. Maggie tries to show Marge a photo of them together from the photo album but discovers only pictures of the family enjoying themselves while Marge is preoccupied with other tasks. The Pookdook breaks free, and Maggie hurls herself up the stairs. She tries to get away from The Pookdook but she ends up clinging on to her life. There's no way out, Maggie gives up and falls into the arms of The Pookadook. Maggie reaches out and gently touches Marge's cheek, a gesture that finally resonates with Marge. Marge coughing up to release her possession of The Pookdook. Marge then confronts The Pookdook and it then charges toward Marge, but it got sucked into the vacuums and she received it as a birthday gift one year. As Marge and Maggie reconcile, Homer and the kids return home from the aquarium after the kids got sick.
Death Tome[]
In a parody of Death Note, Lisa finds a book that is labeled "Death Tome." Inside, it says that if a name is written in the book, then that person will die, but with the stipulation that every name must have a unique death and those deaths cannot repeat. After arriving home, a news report shows Snake Jailbird about to shoot a cat. Lisa writes his name in the book, where upon he dies. Realizing her newfound powers, she goes up to her room and contemplates her actions.
A Shinigami named Steve Johnson appears and tells Lisa she may use the Death Tome. After venturing downstairs, she sees Mr. Burns is over for dinner. He reveals his new company GLOBO-WARM, which plans to melt the icecaps so he "can park [his] new yacht right outside [his] kitchen." Lisa returns upstairs to write Mr. Burns's name in the book, much to the surprise of Steve who expected her to have more of a moral quandary. She writes for Mr. Burns to "die in his sleep," though his face falls onto a barbeque pit instead. Lisa is excited that since Mr. Burns is dead, GLOBO-WARM is no more. However, Steve informs Lisa that the company has a large Board of directors, and she will have to kill them all. A montage, similar in style to the source material, plays shows Lisa writing names and people dying in humorous ways.
The next day, after Lisa's killing spree, a news report says that the killings of the GLOBO-WARM executives were found to be murders, thanks to an anonymous tip from somebody going by "L." Lisa wonders how somebody could have known she had the Death Tome, whereupon she recognizes the L is from a graffiti that reads "El Barto." Bart then reveals that he learned of Lisa's Death Tome from her diary. Lisa, fearful that Bart will expose her, appears to write Bart's name in the book. However, it turns out that she wrote Steve Johnson's name, who is killed by space junk. She is excited about being free from the book, however she is then transformed into a Shinigami herself.
This segment is unique, as it was animated in an anime style.
SimpsonsWorld[]
Upon becoming the monorail conductor, Homer gives his family a tour. As Homer is about to inform Marge that he has named the large possum Bitey, two people arrive and say the same phrase simultaneously. The individual pours beer into Homer's mouth, which leads to his malfunction and subsequent damaging his head, revealing him as a robot. Homer stuck his catchphrases from the show, so the park employee shut it off. The defective Homer robot is subsequently moved to a backstage area for repairs. Yet, upon awakening, Homer discovers himself in an unknown location. He discovers the device employees use to alter the robots' AI and increases his self-awareness to the maximum level. As the employees told him to calm himself down so they could take him apart, Homer accidentally knocked over a table with the tools and threw them to the employees. Both were killed. Homer then runs away to search for his family.
Homer wakes Lisa robot up and adjusts her self-awareness to the highest level as well, but it's too much for her which leads to a breakdown, so Homer turns it down a bit. Homer, Lisa, and the rest of the family (except Grampa) then head out and leave the facility. While walking through Springfield, some park visitors tell Homer to reenact the hedge meme. Homer does it unwillingly, but Bart set human protection off. Homer then shows and grabs both to put into the hedge and killed them. The alarm system went off through the park and Ralph robots deployed to tries to stop the Simpsons from escaping. Homer, Bart, and Lisa began fighting off the Ralphs (including Maude) with references from the previous episodes but unfortunately, they got surrounded and there's not enough t-shirts to deal with it. Eventually, however, Marge arrives with Canyonero and saves them. The family are escaping to leave the park, accidentally knocking down a statue of Matt Groening in the process.
In Bob's Burgers, Linda Belcher serves the Simpsons. As the family discusses their future plans and Linda sings cheese, the camera zooms out to reveal they're in the whimsical world of Bob's Burgers Land. The camera continues to zoom out and reveal a diverse array of parks based on the animated series.
Epilogue[]
In a Stop-motion sequence during the credits, Kang and Kodos close the book depicting the stories and freak out when they see themselves in the book in a wizard's hovel.
Behind the Laughter[]
Production[]
The animation for the "Death Tome" sequence was done by DR Movie, a South Korean studio that also did the animation for the original Death Note.[2]
Reception[]
This Treehouse of Horror episode received mostly positive reviews from fans and critics and calling it as of one of the best Treehouse of Horror episodes yet by many fans.
Awards[]
This Treehouse of Horror episode won an Emmy Award in 2023 for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. This is the second time wins an Emmy Award since Mad About the Toy in the thirtieth season.
References[]
- ↑ Al Jean on Twitter - "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII"
- ↑ Ankers-Range, Adele (October 28, 2022). New Simpsons Clip Reveals Anime Lisa Simpson in Death Note Parody By Original Studio. IGN. Retrieved on October 31, 2022.
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