History Recap / TheSimpsonsS25E2TreehouseOfHorrorXXIV

-->'''Moe:''' Anyone here from New Jersey? (Woman raises her hand) Yeah, I'll be swinging by there next week. (Woman screams and runs away)

* MurderTheHypotenuse: Homer/Strongman intends to kill Moe after he's married Marge/Marguerite so he can claim Moe's emerald wedding ring and pawn it for a supposed better life. Played with, as it's shown that he doesn't really care about Marguerite but treats her a lot like a trophy wife.

** Many legends of the genre appear, such as Creator/StephenKing scrawling "[[Literature/TheShining All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy]]" on the walls of Bart's classroom, Ray Bradbury tattooing a muscular man ("The Illustrated Man"), and Creator/HPLovecraft [[DidYouJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu literally having tea with one of Cthulhu's tentacles]].

* TooDumbToLive: Bart gets decapitated when he ties the string to his box kite around his throat. Even worse, he's flying this kite in the area around an airport.

** Fan favorite Arnie Pye (in the Sky) briefly appears in "Dead and Shoulders" when his helicopter hits Bart's box kite and decapitates him.

* ToonPhysics: Bart survives being decapitated, yet Skinner gets decapitated in Treehouse of Horror XX. However, regular science would Bart should've died the same way, but [[BlackComedy are writers serious going to bother]].

The ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' special of 2013, ''Treehouse of Horror XXIV'' features a notable opening sequence from Creator/GuillermoDelToro with many a ShoutOut to horror media over the years. In "Oh, The Places You'll D'oh," Homer is the mischievous "Fat in the Hat" in a violent, bizarre parody of Dr. Seuss's works; "Dead and Shoulders" sees Bart as a head living on Lisa's body after an ill-fated kite incident; and in "Freaks No Geeks" (a parody of the 1930s horror film ''Film/{{Freaks}}''), Moe, Marge, and Homer are circus freaks in a strange love triangle.

** This installment of "Treehouse of Horror" isn't as bloody as most of the recent episodes, which is why the episode is rated TV-PG for offensive language (L) and violence (V) in America.

* CallBack: Bart's head on Selma's body is reused in "Freaks No Geeks" as a member of Burnsum and Bailey's Freak Show. Lampshaded when Burnsum refers to him/her as the "Horrifying CallBack".

* EatenAlive: Milhouse and Lard Lad in the intro

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Lard Lad comes to life and starts destroying everything around him (like he did in ''Treehouse of Horror VI'') in the intro. However, his rampage is cut short when Chief Wiggum, a Cyclops, devours him alive.

* ShoutOut: MANY in the opening sequence. Many legends of the genre appear, such as Creator/StephenKing scrawling "[[Literature/TheShining All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy]]" on the walls of Bart's classroom, Ray Bradbury tattooing a muscular man ("The Illustrated Man"), and Creator/HPLovecraft [[DidYouJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu literally having tea with one of Cthulhu's tentacles]].
** Of course, Del Toro fits in Shout Outs to his films ''Film/{{Hellboy}}'' (Groundskeeper Willie as Hellboy) and ''Film/PansLabyrinth'' (Mr. Burns as the Pale Man and Lisa as Ofelia in the ending sequence).
** Selma with Bart's head attached sing the first four lines of James Taylor and Carly Simon's "Mockingbird".

** Also the intro where Bart runs from Stephen King in ''Literature/TheShining'' sequence, remembering "The Shinning" from ''Treehouse of Horror V".

* FateWorseThanDeath: The Fat in the Hat spares Apu, deciding that forcing him to spend time with Manjula and the Octuplets is a much worse fate.

* KickTheSonOfBitch: Lard Lad comes to life and starts destroying everything around him (again) in the intro. However, his rampage is cut short when Chief Wiggum, a Cyclops, devours him alive.

* FateWorseThanDeath: The Fat in the Hat spares Apu, deciding that forcing him to spend time with Manjula and the Octuplets is a much more worse fate.

** Kang and Kodos make their usual cameos as some of Burnsum's freaks.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Fat in the Hat is a murderous lunatic, but the idea of having Mike Meyers play him in a movie adaptation is, to him, worse than going to Hell.
* FateWorseThanDeath: The Fat in the Hat spares Apu, deciding that forcing him to spend time with Manjula is a much more worse fate.

* ShoutOut: MANY in the opening sequence. Many legends of the genre appear, such as Creator/StephenKing scrawling "[[Literature/TheShining All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy]]" all over Springfield Elementary's walls, Ray Bradbury tattooing a muscular man ("The Illustrated Man"), and Creator/HPLovecraft [[DidYouJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu literally having tea with one of Cthulhu's tentacles]].

* [[SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer Sir-Not-Appearing-On-This-Poster]]: Aside from one promotional shot of the Simpson children in typical Seussian fashions, "Oh, The Places You'll D'oh!" and its characters (such as The Fat in the Hat) are absent from promotional material such as the poster.
* SlasherSmile: Particularly from The Fat in the Hat and Stephen King in the opening
* TakeThat: The Fat in the Hat trashes [[Literature/TheLorax The Borax]] for selling out, referencing the controversy around [[WesternAnimation/TheLorax the film adaptation]]. Also before dying, The Fat in the Hat states he'll tolerate hellfire, [[Film/TheCatInTheHat but not being played by]] Mike Meyers.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Fat in the Hat is a murderous lunatic, but he is disgusted by the notion of Mike Meyers playing him.

* ShoutOut: MANY in the opening sequence. Many legends of the genre appear, such as Creator/StephenKing scrawling "[[Literature/TheShining All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy]]" all over Springfield Elementary's walls and Creator/HPLovecraft [[DidYouJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu literally having tea with one of Cthulhu's tentacles]].

* KarmicDeath: During The Fat in the Hat's mayhem, he kills and skins Moe's character. Using his own umbrella against him, he's skinned and shown as a new rug on their floor.

** Kang and Kodos make their usual ToH cameos as some of Burnsum's freaks.
* CatsAreMean: Homer as The Fat in the Hat, a psychopathic Cat in the Hat knockoff

* OffWithHisHead: Bart is decapitated and has to have his head sewn onto Lisa's body to survive. HilarityEnsues.

* TarAndFeathers: Homer/Strongman's fate in "Freaks No Geeks"

* YouMonster: When Strongman outright states his intentions, Marguerite responds that while Moe may be ugly on the outside, Strongman is the real monster on the inside.

* SepiaTone: Used in "Freaks No Geeks" to capture that 1930s style

* WholePlotReference: Dr. Seuss works (particularly ''Literature/TheCatInTheHat'') and ''Film/{{Freaks}}''

* TakeThat: The Fat in the Hat trashes [[Literature/TheLorax The Borax]] for selling out, referencing the controversy around [[WesternAnimation/TheLorax the film adaptation]]. Also before dying, The Fat in the Hat states he'll tolerate hellfire, [[Film/TheCatInTheHat but not being played by]] Creator/MikeMeyers.

* CallBack: Bart's head being sewn onto someone else's body (this time upon Selma's shoulder) is reused in "Freaks No Geeks" as a member of Burnsum and Bailey's Freak Show. Lampshaded when Burnsum refers to him/her as the "Horrifying CallBack".

* [[SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer Sir-Not-Appearing-On-This-Poster]]: Aside from one promotional shot of the Simpson children in typical Seussian fashions, "Oh The Places You'll D'oh" is absent from promotional material such as the poster.
* WholePlotReference: Dr. Seuss works and ''Film/{{Freaks}}''

!!''Treehouse of Horror XXIV'' Contains Examples of:

* ShoutOut: MANY in the opening sequence. Many legends of the genre appear, such as Creator/Stephen King scrawling "[[Literature/TheShining All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy]]" all over Springfield Elementary's walls and Creator/HPLovecraft [[DidYouJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu literally having tea with one of Cthulhu's tentacles]].

* ShoutOut: MANY in the opening sequence