History Recap / TheSimpsonsS2E3TreehouseOfHorror

** Among the names in the Indian burial ground, the visible ones are Hiawatha, Cochise, UsefulNotes/{{Pocahontas}}, Sitting Bull, Geronimo, [[Radio/TheLoneRanger Tonto]], Crazy Horse, Not-So-Crazy Horse, Sacajawea and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Mahatma Gandhi]]. Also note that both Hiawatha and Tonto are fictional Native Americans.

The beginning of an annual ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' tradition! It begins with Marge [[ContentWarnings giving a warning to viewers]], in a parody of ''Film/{{Frankenstein|1931}}'' (1931). Then the episode proper opens with Homer out trick-or-treating on Halloween night, disguised as a ghost, when he notices that Bart, Lisa and Maggie are up in the treehouse, with Bart and Lisa attempting to scare each other with their own [[GhostStory horror stories]], and he decides to listen in. Noteworthy as the ''[[ArtifactTitle only]]'' "Treehouse of Horror" episode [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin that actually has a treehouse setting]]. It's also noteworthy for being the first episode composed by Alf Clausen, who continued to compose for the show for ''27 years''.

'''Bart:''' ''(sarcastically)'' Yeah, way to go, Lisa.\\
'''Homer''' ''(angrily)'' Nice work, Lisa.

* ShadyRealEstateRealtor: Subverted. The realtor who sold Homer the haunted house mentioned repeatedly (six times, overall) that the place was built on top of an IndianBurialGround. [[FatIdiot Homer]] (who calls the realtor angrily when he discovers said burial ground) just didn't paid attention.

* AdaptationExpansion: "The Raven" adds a scene where the protagonist actually tries making the raven leave by force, tearing apart his study in the process, but fails.

-->'''Homer''': ... [[TranquilFury (quietly)]] ]''Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door.''

* ValuesDissonance: InUniverse--after Bart scoffs at the "The Raven" poem's ''supposed'' scariness, Lisa suggests that maybe people were easier to scare at the time it was written[[note]]"The Raven" was written back in 1845[[/note]]. Hearing this, Bart compares it to [[Film/FridayThe13th1980 the original "Friday the 13th,"]] describing it as being "pretty tame by today's standards [for a horror movie]."

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The "Bad Dream House" turns this trope UpToEleven by ''[[DrivenToSuicide dissolving itself]]'' just to get out of dealing with the Simpson family.

** Kang and Kodos here are NotEvilJustMisunderstood, simply wanting to be hospitable to the Simpsons. All subsequent appearances portray them as malicious beings bent on world domination.

* AdultFear: "The Raven". The kids aren't scared, but Homer ''is''. After all, he does have a Lenore (Marge) to lose.

* DidYouThinkICantFeel: Serak the Preparer is deeply hurt by the Simpson's allegations and bursts out "You are not the only beings who have emotions, you know."

* InstantWristwatch: A variant with Kang. His dome helmet suddenly has an opening hatch when he needs to blow away the space dust on the book cover, and it disappears again as soon as he's done.

* EveryoneHasStandards: The aliens are disgusted by the Simpsons making pigs of themselves. The Simpsons thought the aliens wanted them to eat ''all'' the food they've been cooking for them.

* EveryoneHasStandards: The aliens are disgusted by the Simpsons making pigs of themselves. The Simpsons thought the aliens wanted them to eat all the food they've made for them.

Episode - 7F04\\
First Aired - 10/25/1990

* EveryoneHasStandards: The aliens are disgusted by the Simpsons making pigs of themselves. The Simpsons thought the aliens wanted them to eat all the food they've made.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The family blames Lisa for missing a chance for happiness on another planet by believing the aliens were evil. She believes they're right, [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters to a point]].

** The names of Kang, Kodos and Serak are all shout outs to names of ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' characters.

* {{Zeerust}}: {{Lampshaded}} when Kang and Kodos brag about their electronic rendition of tennis. The family laughs it's just ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}''(Homer even claims that he and Marge were playing that game prior to when they got married).

* ValuesDissonance: InUniverse--after Bart scoffs at the "The Raven" poem's ''supposed'' scariness, Lisa suggests that maybe people were easier at the time it was written[[note]]"The Raven" was written back in 1845[[/note]]. Hearing this, Bart compares it to [[Film/FridayThe13th1980 the original "Friday the 13th,"]] describing it as being "pretty tame by today's standards [for a horror movie]."

* ValuesDissonance: InUniverse--after Bart scoffs at the "The Raven" poem's ''supposed'' scariness, Lisa suggests that maybe people were easier at the time it was written[[note]]"The Raven" was written back in 1845[[/note]]. Hearing this, Bart compares it to ''[[Film/FridayThe13th1980 the original Friday the 13th]], claiming that "it's pretty tame by today's standards [for a horror movie]."

* {{Zeerust}}: {{Lampshaded}} when Kang and Kodos brag about their electronic rendition of tennis. The family laughs it's just ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}''.

** Homer tells Bart!Raven "Take thy beam from out my heart, and take the form from off my door!" , with the bird saying "Nevermore" in response. When Homer repeats the line and gets the same response, he tries to physically get rid of it, to no avail.