History Recap / TheSimpsonsS7E6TreehouseOfHorrorVI

* TheEndOrIsIt: Subverted in "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace": Right after Lisa says that [[[[SequelHook that she thinks that Willie will come back]]... he does. But now that he no longer is in the dream world, [[VillainDecay he's a whole lot less threatening]] to a comically humiliating degree; after a few seconds of making scary faces, he remembers that he left his gun on the bus he arrived at the Simpsons house on, and he has to run back and get it, losing a shoe as he does.

* TheEndOrIsIt: Lisa thinks that Willie will come back... And he does. Subverted in that he left his gun on the bus he arrived at the Simpsons house on, and he has to run back and get it.

* TheEndOrIsIt: Subverted in "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace": Right after Lisa says [[SequelHook that she doesn't thinks Willie is gone for good]] Willie walks up to them and makes scary faces--but now that he no longer is in the dream world, [[VillainDecay he's a whole lot less threatening]] to a comically humiliating degree.

! Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores

! Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace

! Homer³[[note]]Homer Cubed[[/note]]

* AluminiumChristmasTrees: If you look closely, you can see that the misprinted calendar gives the month of "Smarch" 28 days. There really is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Calendar 13-month calendar]], with 28 days in each month.

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: "Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores" ends with Kent Brockman warning viewers that "the next advertisement you see could destroy your house and eat your family!" And then...
-->'''Homer''': ''(leans into frame)'' We'll be right back. ''([[{{Troll}} Malicious grin]])''

** While Kent is gives a news report on the giant advertisements destroying the city when the giant icon of himself comes to life behind him and climbs up the building he's on to grab him.

* EnemyRisingFromBehind:

* QuicksandSucks: Bart soaks a sandbox and covers it with mowed grass, then tricks Willie into heading towards him, making Willie sink into it. Unfortunately, this only temporarily stops Willie, who returns as a bagpipe spider

'''Original air date:''' 3F04

'''Production code:''' 10/29/1995

Episode - 3F04\\
First Aired - 10/29/1995

** Martin really shouldn't have fallen asleep after completing his test, as it costs him his life.
** If the parents had bothered to pay 12$ for a doorknob repair, got the fire extinguishers filled, or did something to help instead of letting Willie burn to death so they could complain about school menus, he probably wouldn't have sought revenge from beyond the grave.

* AluminiumChristmasTrees:
** If you look closely, you can see that the misprinted calendar gives the month of "Smarch" 28 days. There really is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Calendar 13-month calendar]], with 28 days in each month.
** Before [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII 2005]], a lot of fans thought Homer had made up the film ''TRON'' because everyone else said [[TakeThat they didn't see it]].

-->'''Homer:''' "Oh, lousy Smarch weather."
* AbandonedPlayground: Bart battles Willy at night in a foreboding, nightmare playground which is empty until the battle.

* AlternateUniverse: The infamous third short, "Homer³", shows Homer entering another dimension, which collapses and leaves him stuck in another universe, namely ours.

-->'''Homer''': (leans into frame) We'll be right back. ([[{{Troll}} Malicious grin]])

* {{Jerkass}}: Nelson's reaction to Martin being killed in his dreams by Willie? ''[[CatchPhrase Ha-ha!]]''

* KickTheDog: Marge convinces Homer to return the giant doughnut to the Lard Lad in order to end the destruction. Lard Lad gets back his doughnut, smiles at it contently, and then KICKS THEIR DOG INTO THE NEXT STATE and walks away down the street smashing the roofs of every house with his giant doughnut along the way.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** In "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace", Bart and Lisa try to stay awake so Willie (playing a Freddy Kruger {{expy}}) won't get them in their dreams, but know it's impossible. Bart volunteers to go into his dreams to combat him while Lisa stays awake to wake him if he runs into trouble. When he does and calls for Lisa to wake him, Lisa appears in his dream to do so. Bart points out the obvious problem there, which Lisa claims she was just resting her eyes before realizing her mistake.
** In "Homer³", Homer ends up in a literal 3rd Dimension realm and accidentally causes a black hole. Bart tries to save him but they're on the opposite ends of the hole with Bart telling Homer he'll have to jump. Thing is, the hole is way too big for that idea to even be possible and sure enough when Homer attempts it, he promptly falls into it being nowhere near close enough for Bart to grab him.

* ToServeMan: In "Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores", a giant peanut mascot (an obvious {{Expy}} of Planter's Mr. Peanut) cracks open a car and eats the people inside. The camera then pans down to show lots of other wrecked cars in the street implying that the giant peanut mascot had been snacking on other unfortunate victims.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: It happens ''three times in the same episode'':

* AluminiumChristmasTrees: Too examples.

* AluminiumChristmasTrees: If you look closely, you can see that the misprinted calendar gives the month of "Smarch" 28 days. There really is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Calendar 13-month calendar]], with 28 days in each month.

* ShapeshifterSwanSong: Happens to Willie when he gets stuck in quicksand, taking on different forms as he struggles to get out. Subverted however, as he manages to emerge from the pet in a spider-bagpipe form.

* ArtShift: "Homer³" contains probably the most notable example in Simpsons history, with Homer (and later, Bart) being depicted in CG animation for the first time courtesy of a pre-''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' [[Creator/DreamworksAnimation Pacific Data Images]]. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Homer lampshades how expensive it was.]]

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: PlayedForLaughs. When Homer tries to flee from Patty and Selma, he lifts the carpet, only to see Santa's Little Helper and Snowball hiding underneath the nevertheless totally flat surface.

* DigeticVisualEffects: Frink announces Homer has fallen into "The Third Dimension!" and the room goes dark. We then see that Lisa accidentally leaned on the light switch.

* AluminiumChristmasTrees:
** If you look closely, you can see that the misprinted calendar gives the month of "Smarch" 28 days. There really is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Calendar 13-month calendar]], with 28 days in each month.
** When Homer is trapped in the Third Dimension, he asks everyone if they saw the movie ''Film/{{Tron}}''; no one did[[note]]except for Chief Wiggum, though he quickly denies it[[/note]]. This caused many fans to believe that Homer made up the film until the release of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' over a decade later, which includes a world based on the film, and then ''Film/TronLegacy'' in 2010, which caught many ''Simpsons'' fans by surprise.

* AmbiguousSyntax: A sign on the thermostat says: "Do not touch - Willie." Homer reads it as "Do not touch Willie", says "Good advice!" and turns up the thermotat.