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* InsaneTrollLogic: Stan decides to make his haunted house outmatch Buckle's is to bring in ''actual serial killers'', despite how dangerous that actually is.

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* InsaneTrollLogic: Stan decides to make his haunted house outmatch Buckle's is to bring by bringing in ''actual serial killers'', despite how dangerous that actually is.
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-->'''Francine:''' ''I honestly don’t know how I got out of there. The upstairs hallway spiraled into a black hole, the weather kept changing, and I was a child again…''

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-->'''Francine:''' ''I I honestly don’t know how I got out of there. The upstairs hallway spiraled into a black hole, the weather kept changing, and I was a child again…''again…

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--->'''Roger:''' ''There’s a lot of history in these jeans. Pam Anderson was wearing these and she found out she had all four hepatitises…hepatiti?''

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--->'''Roger:''' -->'''Roger:''' ''There’s a lot of history in these jeans. Pam Anderson was wearing these and she found out she had all four hepatitises…hepatiti?''



--->'''Stan & Francine:''' ''Scariest haunted house on the block, '''witches'''!''

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--->'''Stan -->'''Stan & Francine:''' ''Scariest haunted house on the block, '''witches'''!''



** Stan thought it would be a [[SarcasmMode good idea]] to have five serial killers (imprisoned mind you) into his home just so he can upstage Buckle with a scarier haunted house. Unsurprisingly, everything goes to hell.
** Roger thought it would be [[SarcasmMode even more brilliant]] to free the serial killers! Just because he believed Francine is right that they’re not scary behind glass like sharks in aquariums, but out in the ocean with them...
*** [[LampshadeHanging Klaus calls him out on this]] and Roger laments [[DidntThinkThisThrough he never thinks things through.]]
** Stan cries outside a window to warn his neighbors to call the police since the serial killers are on the loose in his home, how to the neighbors respond? Coming over to see them! Sure they think it’s AllPartOfTheShow, but shouldn’t one take it into serious consideration while Stan warns everyone he’s serious so they’ll all die should they come inside his home? NOPE, the neighbors nonchalantly express their excitement of meeting the freed serial killers! Even Stan calls them morons.

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** Stan thought it would be a [[SarcasmMode good idea]] decides to have five ''real'' serial killers (imprisoned (imprisoned, mind you) into his home just so he can upstage Buckle with a scarier haunted house. Unsurprisingly, everything goes to hell.
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** Roger thought it would be [[SarcasmMode even more brilliant]] then decides to free ''free the serial killers! Just because killers'' just so he believed Francine is right that they’re not scary behind glass like sharks in aquariums, but out in the ocean with them...
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could make them more scary. [[LampshadeHanging Klaus calls him out on this]] and this]], to which Roger laments that [[DidntThinkThisThrough he never thinks things through.]]
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** Stan cries outside a window to warn his neighbors to call the police since the serial killers are on the loose in his home, how to the neighbors respond? Coming which they respond by ''coming over to see them! Sure they think it’s AllPartOfTheShow, but shouldn’t one take it into serious consideration while Stan warns everyone he’s serious so they’ll all die should they come inside his home? NOPE, the neighbors nonchalantly express their excitement of meeting the freed serial killers! them''. Even Stan calls them morons.



--->'''Stan:''' ''Head for the woods, it’s always safe there!''

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--->'''Stan:''' ''Head Head for the woods, it’s woods. [[TemptingFate It’s always safe there!''there!]]
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After years of hosting the scariest haunted house in the neighborhood, Stan finds himself outdone by Buckle. So he decides to pull in five of the most dangerous serial murderers in death row. Meanwhile Steve and Akiko go trick-or-treating, with Steve promising an over-protective Toshi that he will return her by sundown.

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After years of hosting the scariest haunted house in the neighborhood, Stan finds himself outdone by Buckle. So he decides to pull in five of the most dangerous serial murderers in on death row. Meanwhile Steve and Akiko go trick-or-treating, with Steve promising an over-protective Toshi that he will return her by sundown.

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** [[LampshadeHanging Klaus calls him out on this]] and Roger laments [[DidntThinkThisThrough he never thinks things through.]]

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** *** [[LampshadeHanging Klaus calls him out on this]] and Roger laments [[DidntThinkThisThrough he never thinks things through.]] ]]
** Stan cries outside a window to warn his neighbors to call the police since the serial killers are on the loose in his home, how to the neighbors respond? Coming over to see them! Sure they think it’s AllPartOfTheShow, but shouldn’t one take it into serious consideration while Stan warns everyone he’s serious so they’ll all die should they come inside his home? NOPE, the neighbors nonchalantly express their excitement of meeting the freed serial killers! Even Stan calls them morons.
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* TakeOurWordForIt: We only see the outside of Buckle's haunted house, and from what Francine describes of the interior, it's ''intense''.
-->'''Francine:''' I honestly don't know how I got out of there. The upstairs hallway spiraled into a black hole and the weather kept changing and then I was a child again.

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* TooDumbToLive: Stan, Francine, and Roger go to the woods to hide from the serial killers.

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* TooDumbToLive: TooDumbToLive:
** Stan thought it would be a [[SarcasmMode good idea]] to have five serial killers (imprisoned mind you) into his home just so he can upstage Buckle with a scarier haunted house. Unsurprisingly, everything goes to hell.
** Roger thought it would be [[SarcasmMode even more brilliant]] to free the serial killers! Just because he believed Francine is right that they’re not scary behind glass like sharks in aquariums, but out in the ocean with them...
** [[LampshadeHanging Klaus calls him out on this]] and Roger laments [[DidntThinkThisThrough he never thinks things through.]]
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Stan, Francine, and Roger go to the woods to hide from the serial killers.

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* BringMyBrownPants: Francine actually looks forward to wetting her pants out of fear each Halloween.
* CarloadOfCoolKids: A jeep full of loud kids drives by while Steve and his friends are out trick-or-treating and they throw an egg at him.
* CuttingBackToReality: Steve tries to use his Go-Bot suit as a method to escape Toshi and even has a whole transformation sequence, until it cuts back to show he’s just been awkwardly standing still with his eyes closed.



* EldritchLocation: Francine describes Buckle’s haunted house as this:
-->'''Francine:''' ''I honestly don’t know how I got out of there. The upstairs hallway spiraled into a black hole, the weather kept changing, and I was a child again…''
* FakeKillScare: Stan and Francine think Buckle gets killed by being crushed by his garage door, but really it’s just a Halloween prank.



* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Toshi cuts two of the serial killers in half with his katana, one horizontally and one vertically.
* HalloweenEpisode
* HypocriticalHumor: Stan says that sexy Halloween costumes are played out before walking out in a sexy Cowardly Lion costume.



* JumpScare: Stan uses a devil-like mask to scare Steve out of his Dream Sequence of him getting private tennis lessons from Maria Sharapova. He gets so scared that he jumps out the second story window.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Toshi becomes an unstoppable samurai when Steve takes his sister Akiko out trick-or-treating. He chases Steve down after he fails to bring her back by sundown.
* PerplexingPlurals: Roger struggles with this as he’s trying to squeeze into some tight pants.
--->'''Roger:''' ''There’s a lot of history in these jeans. Pam Anderson was wearing these and she found out she had all four hepatitises…hepatiti?''
* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: A reference to the musical, ''[[Film/TheBestLittleWhorehouseInTexas The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas]]''.
* SerialKiller: Stan brings five of them to his house to make his haunted house scarier than his neighbor’s.



* ShoutOut: The kids’ Halloween costumes…except for Snot who’s just wearing his gym clothes:
** Steve as a ''[[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Transformer]]'' (well, technically a Go-Bot, but still).
** Barry as Jonah Hill from ''[[Film/{{Superbad}} Superbad]]''.
** Akiko as Chun Li from ''[[Franchise/StreetFighter Street Fighter]]''.
** Doug as Gizmo from ''[[Franchise/{{Gremlins}} Gremlins]]''.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch:
--->'''Stan & Francine:''' ''Scariest haunted house on the block, '''witches'''!''
* TooDumbToLive: Stan, Francine, and Roger go to the woods to hide from the serial killers.
--->'''Stan:''' ''Head for the woods, it’s always safe there!''



** Roger setting the killers free ''inside the house'', forcing everyone to take cover.

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** Roger setting the killers free ''inside the house'', forcing everyone to take cover.cover.
* WantedPoster: Toshi works fast. By the time Steve and Akiko get to the next house to trick or treat, he’s already made and distributed wanted posters with their pictures on them.
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** Stan brings in ''real'' serial killers to terrify Francine without considering the fact that (A) the killers aren't so terrifying ''imprisoned'' and (B) this could potentially put everyone's lives at risk.

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** Stan brings in ''real'' serial killers to terrify Francine without considering the fact that (A) the killers aren't so as terrifying ''imprisoned'' and (B) this could potentially put everyone's lives at risk.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough:
** Stan brings in ''real'' serial killers to terrify Francine without considering the fact that (A) the killers aren't so terrifying ''imprisoned'' and (B) this could potentially put everyone's lives at risk.
** Roger decides to ''release the killers'' to help Stan make his haunted house more authentic, which naturally leads to ''major'' trouble.
--->'''Roger:''' [[LampshadeHanging I never think things through.]]


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* InsaneTrollLogic: Stan decides to make his haunted house outmatch Buckle's is to bring in ''actual serial killers'', despite how dangerous that actually is.
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After years of hosting the scariest haunted house in the neighborhood, Stan finds himself outdone by Buckle, so he decides to pull in five of the most dangerous serial murderers in the area.

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After years of hosting the scariest haunted house in the neighborhood, Stan finds himself outdone by Buckle, so Buckle. So he decides to pull in five of the most dangerous serial murderers in the area.death row. Meanwhile Steve and Akiko go trick-or-treating, with Steve promising an over-protective Toshi that he will return her by sundown.
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* GadgeteerGenius: Buckle uses all of his skills as a former Disney imagineer to create a truly spectacular haunted house. Apparently, he was let go because he refused to make his designs more family-friendly.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Stan tells Francine that he only went with using serial killers because he felt betrayed by her saying Buckle's haunted house was scarier than his. When Francine says this is all her fault, Stan agrees with her.
* ShaggyDogStory: Steve spends his entire storyline trying to get together with Toshi's sister Akiko, while they both avoid Toshi's overprotective wrath. Once they talk Toshi down, Akiko thanks Steve because now she can date... Doug, a nine year old who happens to be a great dancer.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Toshi turns this UpToEleven when Steve takes his sister Akiko out trick-or-treating. He chases Steve down after failing to bring her back by sundown.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: Toshi turns becomes this UpToEleven when Steve takes his sister Akiko out trick-or-treating. He chases Steve down after failing to bring her back by sundown.
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** Roger letting the killers loose in the house, forcing everyone to take cover.

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** Roger letting setting the killers loose in free ''inside the house, house'', forcing everyone to take cover.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Toshi turns this UpToEleven when Steve takes his sister Akiko out trick-or-treating. He chases Steve down after failing to keep a promise.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: Toshi turns this UpToEleven when Steve takes his sister Akiko out trick-or-treating. He chases Steve down after failing to keep a promise.bring her back by sundown.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Toshi turns this UpToEleven when Steve takes his sister Akiko out trick-or-treating.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: Toshi turns this UpToEleven when Steve takes his sister Akiko out trick-or-treating. He chases Steve down after failing to keep a promise.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Toshi turns this UpToEleven when Steve takes his sister Akiko out trick-or-treating.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: Toshi turns this UpToEleven when Steve takes his sister Akiko out trick-or-treating.trick-or-treating.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom:
** Stan bringing in five serial killers just to spruce up his haunted house.
** Roger letting the killers loose in the house, forcing everyone to take cover.
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'''Original air date:''' 11/7/2010

After years of hosting the scariest haunted house in the neighborhood, Stan finds himself outdone by Buckle, so he decides to pull in five of the most dangerous serial murderers in the area.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Toshi turns this UpToEleven when Steve takes his sister Akiko out trick-or-treating.

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