History Recap / TheSimpsonsS16E1TreehouseOfHorrorXV

-->'''Lou''': [[LampshadeHanging What does that mean?]]

* ChekhovsGun: In "Four Beheadings and a Funeral", Marge presents Inspector Wiggum an eel pie which he eats for himself. After the recent murder, Eliza smells the dagger and discovers a scent of eel pie.

** During the ''Four Beheadings and a Funeral'' segment, Lou and Eddie arrest [[{{WesternAnimation/PeterPan}} Peter Pan]].

Eddie: E ai, ee. (He’s right, Chief)

** During the ''Four Beheadings and a Funeral'' segment, Lou and Eddie arrest [[{{WesternAnimation/PeterPan Peter Pan]].

-->'''Eddie''': [[LampshadeHanging What does that mean?]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: While Mr. Burns points to Homer when giving his description, he doesn’t actually identify him as the buyer, hinting that Homer is not the real killer.

* HatedByAll: Homer in "The Ned Zone", apparently. When Ned says that he just had a vision of him killing Homer, Bart responds with "In this neighbourhood, who hasn't?"

* IAmAHumanitarian: In "In the Belly of the Boss", Homer eats several of Mr. Burns' ribs.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Ned's pleas for Homer to not destroy Springfield.
-->'''Ned:''' Homer, do not press the core destruct button!\\
'''Transmitted into the booth:''' Homer, (Static) press (Static) Destruct button!\\
''(Homer glances at the button, shrugs at Ned, and gets up to press the button)''\\
'''Ned:''' Don't do it! Don't do it! You'll kill everyone!\\
'''Transmitted:''' (Static) Do it! (Static) Do it! (Static) Kill everyone!

! Four Beheadings and a Funeral

! In The Belly of the Boss

The Simpsons - and Burns - go to a restaurant, where Homer complains he cannot eat since there is no hole available, but Burns is confident they will eventually solve the problem and leads him into a dance to the tune of "I've Got You Under My Skin", with characters from the entire episode joining.

-->'''Mr. Burns:''' Well... That hurt like hell.

-->'''Ned''': Oh, you stupid, son of a--\\

** When the "Treehouse of Horror XV" title screen comes up, the "XV" is hammered into the steel plate by Kodos, a la the Mark VII Limited logo.

** Marge believed that Homer blew up the town just to get out of cleaning the garage.

* TakeThat: When Ned Flanders predicted that Creator/RosieODonnell's new musical would close after three performances, he commented he didn't need his power to see that.

! The Ned Zone

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Ned's vision of Moleman's death causes him to drop Moleman to said death.

* TooDumbToLive: Granted, most people wouldn't listen to a man talking about seeing the future. However it is taken UpToEleven when Homer doesn't even pause for thought when he thinks Ned is telling him to press the core destruct button. Not even when Ned tells him, even through the static interferance that it will kill everyone.