History Recap / TheSimpsonsS12E1TreehouseOfHorrorXI

* HelpingGrannyCrossTheStreet: Homer (as a ghost) tries to carry an old woman across the street to get into Heaven, but ends up dropping Principal Skinner's mom in the street.

-->'''Homer:''' [[TemptingFate Well, I'll be damned]].\\

* ForcedTransformation: Homer in the second story gets transformed by the wicked witch into a fish-headed chicken with broom for wings. After killing her, he is altered back, except for his lower half which can conviniently ''lay eggs''.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The dolphins are this in the third story, especially after their king is freed, who then declares war on humans. Calling them evil might be debatable considering it was ''[[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humans]]'' that caused them to suffer for thousands of centuries, though they are depicted as murderous and don't give two shits against attacking nice humans such as the one who saved their king in the first place.

** In the first act, ''broccoli'' is portrayed as extremely toxic. This is PlayedForLaughs, of course.

** In the first act, ''broccoli'' is portrayed as extremely toxic.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In the third act, dolphins have no trouble moving on land (by TailfinWalking) and are not worried about dehydration or sunburn. Justified since the dolphins' backstory establishes that they actually used to live in the surface by the time of humanity was around, which leads to...

* SmallTaxonomyPools: The dolphins in "Night of the Dolphin" are all bottlenose dolphins. No other species are shown.

* BalefulPolymorph: Homer in the second story gets transformed by the wicked witch into a fish-headed chicken with broom for wings. After killing her, he is altered back, except for his lower half which can conviniently ''lay eggs''.

* AbusiveParents: Homer and Marge in the second story. Homer throws the kids away and Marge berates him for doing that instead of ''selling'' them.

* YankTheDogsChain: Homer manages to do one good deed, only to go to Hell for missing the deadline, [[WhatAnIdiot since St. Peter wasn't paying attention and didn't see it]].

* LosingYourHead: The first half of the Sea Captain’s fate. The second half is a humiliating impersonation courtesy of a dolphin.

* DisgustingVegetarianFood: Discussed by Hibbert in "G-G-G-Ghost D-D-D-Dad" after Homer dies from eating the broccoli, calling it a [[KillerPlant deadly plant]] even going so far as to tell Marge that it warns people with its terrible taste.

* StrangelySpecificHoroscope: Homer's horoscope says that he will die today. Lisa lampshades the trope by saying it's unusually specific. Worried, Marge looks at her horoscope, which says that her husband will die! Oddly, Homer focuses on the second part of his horoscope which says that an attractive coworker may compliment him, and he immediately thinks of his friend Lenny.

->'''Homer:''' [[TemptingFate Well, I'll be damned]].\\

In ''Scary Tales Can Come True'', Homer [[FalseReassurance told his children]] no child would starve in his home. Cut to the next scene with him ditching them at the forest.

** In ''G-G-G-Ghost D-D-D-Dad'', Homer is denied entry into Main/{{Heaven}} by St. Peter (despite saving Bart from Nelson and svaing a baby from death), which prompts him to deliver this gem:

** In ''Scary Tales Can Come True'', Homer [[FalseReassurance told his children]] no child would starve in his home. Cut to the next scene with him ditching them at the forest.

* ExactWords: In the second story, Homer [[FalseReassurance told his children]] no child would starve in his home. Cut to the next scene with him ditching them at the forest.