History Recap / TheSimpsonsS9E4TreehouseOfHorrorVIII

He indulges in all the town's leftover pleasures (such as watching a David Spade/Chris Farley movie in an abandoned theater, sitting in his boss's office [DeletedScene only], and dancing naked in church) until a mob of Springfieldians mutated by the bomb (including Moe, Dr. Hibbert, Principal Skinner, Chief Wiggum, Krusty, and Sideshow Mel) and plot to kill him to get rid of the mistakes of the past for a better future. A car chase through town ensues, and Homer winds up back at his own house to discover his family alive and well -- the house's multiple coats of lead paint created "the perfect bomb shelter." The mutants are touched by the reunion and Marge suggests the two groups can be friends -- but it's a ruse to ensure the mutants' guards are down, as she and the kids promptly kill the mutants with shotguns. "Now ''that's'' the Marge I married!" exclaims the impressed Homer.

He indulges in all the town's leftover pleasures until a mob of Springfieldians mutated by the bomb (including Moe, Dr. Hibbert, etc.) arrive to make a meal of him. A car chase through town ensues, and Homer winds up back at his own house to discover his family alive and well -- the house's multiple coats of lead paint created "the perfect bomb shelter." The mutants are touched by the reunion and Marge suggests the two groups can be friends -- but it's a ruse to ensure the mutants' guards are down, as she and the kids promptly kill the mutants with shotguns. "Now ''that's'' the Marge I married!" exclaims the impressed Homer.

The annual ThreeShorts HalloweenEpisode starts with [[MeaningfulName Fox Censor, the FOX network censor,]] editing this year's Halloween special to a TV-G rating (removing all the NBC-style sexual innuendo and CBS-style action violence), but the TV rating bug fights back by stabbing Censor until it reaches TV-666.

A parody of ''TheCrucible''. In 17th-century Springfield, Marge is accused of witchcraft. She pleads innocent, and it's decided to toss her off of a cliff to reveal the truth -- if she's innocent, she'll fall to her death, if she's guilty, she'll be able to magically escape. As it turns out, she ''is'' a WickedWitch, and flies off on her broomstick to her family and the townsfolk's horror. At their mountain hideaway, Marge reunites with her sisters/fellow witches Patty and Selma, and soon they head out to find some delicious kids to eat.

The annual ThreeShorts HalloweenEpisode starts with Fox Censor, the FOX censor, editing this year's Halloween special to a TV-G rating (removing all the NBC-style sexual innuendo and CBS-style action violence), but the TV rating bug fights back by stabbing the censor until it reaches TV-666.

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: When Marge told her sisters about being exposed as a witch, one of them commented that it meant she finally left "Durwood", to which Marge corrects her about Homer's name. But they don't care, of course.

* TheUnfavourite: Homer to Lisa in ''Easy-Bake Coven''; he even goes as far as to [[{{OffingTheOffspring}} accuse her of witchcraft]] just because [[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} she told him he was egging their own house]].

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: When Marge told her sisters about being exposed as a witch, one of them commented that it meant she finally left "Durwood", to which Marge corrects her about Homer's name.

The Flanders family finds themselves a target of the witches' intent, but before the threesome can haul off Rod and Todd, Ned and Maude offer them ''gingerbread'' kids instead. The witches find the cookies sufficiently tasty and spare the Flanders children, wishing they hadn't filled up on kids at their previous stops. According to Captain [=McAllister=], placating witches with treats was the origin of trick-or-treating, and the following year kids all over town happily go door-to-door for goodies. Homer, on the other hand, decides to egg a house -- which Lisa points out is his own. So he accuses ''her'' of being a witch and a mob promptly runs her out of town.

* {{MAD}}: The title "Fly vs Fly" is a parody of Mad Magazine's "Spy vs. Spy", written in the ''Spy'' logo font.

* BodyHorror: The effects of Bart crossing into the matter transporter with the fly's head on his body.
** Ditto for the mutants in "The Homega Man," who appear to be rotting. Wiggum at one point says that it "really brings a tear to your eyesocket" just before his eyeball falls out.

The annual ThreeShorts HalloweenEpisode starts with a Fox censor trying to ensure that it goes out with a proper rating...but said rating "bug" in the corner of the screen comes to life to stab him, progressively raising the rating to TV-666.

A parody of ''TheOmegaMan'' (aka the second movie adaptation of ''I Am Legend''). France threatens to destroy Springfield in response to a "frog legs" joke Mayor Quimby made, and Marge convinces Homer to look into getting a proper bomb shelter just in case. As it turns out, while he's inside one to examine it, the French see their threat through with a neutron bomb, and he emerges to discover he's apparently the last man in Springfield.

* BodyHorror: The effects of Bart crossing into the matter transporter with the fly's head on his body, as well as the hybrid featuring Snowball II and Santa's Little Helper's rear ends.

In 17th-century Springfield, Marge is accused of witchcraft. She pleads innocent, and it's decided to toss her off of a cliff to reveal the truth -- if she's innocent, she'll fall to her death, if she's guilty, she'll be able to magically escape. As it turns out, she ''is'' a WickedWitch, and flies off on her broomstick to her family and the townsfolk's horror. At their mountain hideaway, Marge reunites with her sisters/fellow witches Patty and Selma, and soon they head out to find some delicious kids to eat.

* BodyHorror: The effects of Bart crossing into the matter transporter with the fly's head on his body, also the hybrid featuring Snowball and Santa's Little Helper's rear ends

A parody of ''TheOmegaMan'' (aka the second movie adaptation of ''I Am Legend''). France threatens to nuke Springfield in response to a "frog legs" joke Mayor Quimby made, and Marge convinces Homer to look into getting a proper bomb shelter just in case. As it turns out, while he's inside one to examine it, the French see their threat through, and he emerges to discover he's apparently the last man in Springfield.

* WickedWitch: Maude, Patty, and Selma in "Easy-Bake Coven".

A parody of both TheFifties and TheEighties versions of ''TheFly''. The Simpson family attends Professor Frink's garage sale and Homer winds up buying a matter transporter. He promptly puts its two pods to good (to him, anyway) use and forbids Bart from tyring it out for himself. In the middle of the night Bart tries to send Santa's Little Helper through it; instead both it and Snowball II go through at once. When Bart sees the result -- two hybrids, one combining dog and cat front ends and one combining dog and cat rears ("Ewwww, you can be Lisa's!") he's intrigued by what would happen if he and an ordinary housefly buzzing past went through together...