History Recap / TheSimpsonsS4E5TreehouseOfHorrorIII

** [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E126LivingDoll "My name is Krusty, and I love you very much." and "I'm Krusty the Klown and I don't like you."]]

** Raising the dead apparently requires wearing a copy of MichaelJackson's ''Thriller'' album on your head.

** And frogurt with toppings containing potassium benzoate (that's bad)

** Smithers' line in "King Homer": "I think women and seamen don't mix." (Mr. Burns replies that they all know what ''he'' thinks.)

* PerversePuppet: The killer Krusty doll.

Grampa bases his story on an old movie: '''"King Homer"''' is an AffectionateParody of 1933's ''Film/KingKong''. Mr. Burns and his crew, plus token woman Marge, set out to find a fabled giant ape, who proves to be real. When King Homer is brought in chains to New York City, his Broadway debut proves less than stellar, as does his subsequent rampage through the city. But true love conquers all as he and Marge get married.

* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: When zombie Sideshow Mel attacks Krusty on the air, a technical difficulties title card (featuring a drawing of a drunk crewmember) pops up for a few moments.

* HowDidYouKnowIDidnt: see NotAZombie below.
* KingKongClimb: King Homer attempts to climb the Empire State Building, but only makes it up a few feet before he collapses from exhaustion while the pilots circle around the top and decide to refuel.

** The opening is given in the same style as ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents''.

-->'''Tribe Leader''' (''in tribal language''): The blue-haired woman will make a good sacrifice

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** Homer sings the Oscar Meyer bologna jingle, replacing his name with Oscar Meyer's.

The Simpsons family hold a Halloween party and tell scary stories.

Grampa bases his story on an old movie: '''"King Homer"''' is an AffectionateParody of 1933's ''KingKong''. Mr. Burns and his crew, plus token woman Marge, set out to find a fabled giant ape, who proves to be real. When King Homer is brought in chains to New York City, his Broadway debut proves less than stellar, as does his subsequent rampage through the city. But true love conquers all as he and Marge get married.

Finally, Bart's '''"Dial 'Z' for Zombies"''' starts with him, having been assigned to redo his book report after he did a presentation on an ABC book, discovering a spellbook in the occult section of the school library. At the same time, Lisa is observing the anniversary of Snowball I's death, and she and Bart decide to use a spell from the book to bring the cat back to life. At the pet cemetery, the neighbor of a traditional one, the plan backfires when Bart accidentally uses a spell that brings ''humans'' back from the dead. Soon, Springfield is overrun by zombies, and the Simpson family undertakes a perilous journey back to Springfield Elementary to find the spell that will [[Main/{{Earthbound}} return them to the dust of the Earth]]. Once it's cast, the zombies are no more, leaving the family to render themselves similarly mindless by focusing on the boob tube.

* BerserkBoardBarricade: The family board up the windows in this manner, but when Marge asks Homer if he's boarded up the front door, he absent-mindedly mentions that he hasn't.

* KingKongClimb: King Homer attempts to climb the Empire State Building, but only makes it up a few feet before he collapses from exhaustion while the pilots circle around the top and decide to refuel.

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Grampa bases his story on an old movie: '''"King Homer"''' is an AffectionateParody of 1933's ''KingKong''. Mr. Burns and his crew, plus token woman Marge, set out to find a fabled giant ape, who proves to be real -- and played by Homer. When King Homer is brought to New York City, his Broadway debut proves less than stellar, as does his subsequent rampage through the city. But true love conquers as he and Marge get married.

* BringMyBrownPants: Bart says he has "a story so scary you'll wet your pants". Granpa tells him he already did.

* EvilLaugh: Kang and Kodos' cameo appearance. They laugh at the thought of humanity being overrun by zombies. Bart also gets one for raising the dead.

* BringMyBrownPants: Bart says he has a story so scary you'll wet your pants. Grandpa tells him he already did.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The "King Homer" segment.

Finally, Bart's '''"Dial 'Z' for Zombies"''' starts with him, having been assigned to redo his book report after he did a presentation on an ABC book, discovering a spellbook in the occult section of the school library. At the same time, Lisa is observing the anniversary of Snowball I's death, and she and Bart decide to use a spell from the book to bring the cat back to life. At the pet cemetery, which neighbors a traditional one, the plan backfires when Bart accidentally uses a spell that brings ''humans'' back from the dead. Soon, Springfield is overrun by zombies, and the Simpson family undertakes a perilous journey back to Springfield Elementary to find the spell that will [[Main/{{Earthbound}} return them to the dust of the Earth]]. Once it's cast, the zombies are no more, leaving the family to render themselves similarly mindless by focusing on the boob tube.

Finally, Bart's '''"Dial 'Z' for Zombies"''' starts with Bart, having been assigned to redo his book report after he did a presentation on an ABC book, discovering a spellbook in the occult section of the school library. At the same time, Lisa is observing the anniversary of Snowball I's death, and she and Bart decide to use a spell from the book to bring the cat back to life. At the pet cemetery, which adjoins a more traditional one, the plan backfires when Bart accidentally uses a spell that brings ''humans'' back from the dead. Soon, Springfield is overrun by zombies, and the Simpson family undertakes a perilous journey back to Springfield Elementary to find the spell that will [[Main/{{Earthbound}} return them to the dust of the Earth]]. Once it's cast, the zombies are no more, leaving the family to render themselves similarly mindless by focusing on the boob tube.

Finally, Bart's '''"Dial Z for Zombies"''' starts with Bart, having been assigned to redo his book report after he did a presentation on an ABC book, discovering a spellbook in the occult section of the school library. At the same time, Lisa is observing the anniversary of Snowball I's death, and she and Bart decide to use a spell from the book to bring the cat back to life. At the pet cemetery, which adjoins a more traditional one, the plan backfires when Bart accidentally uses a spell that brings ''humans'' back from the dead. Soon, Springfield is overrun by zombies, and the Simpson family undertakes a perilous journey back to Springfield Elementary to find the spell that will [[Main/{{Earthbound}} return them to the dust of the Earth]]. Once it's cast, the zombies are no more, leaving the family to render themselves similarly mindless by focusing on the boob tube.

Lisa presents "Clown Without Pity", a parody of ''TheTwilightZone'''s "Living Doll" in particular and the killer-doll genre in general. When Homer forgets to get Bart a present on his birthday, he hurriedly buys a talking Krusty doll -- from the local House of Evil. When Bart unwraps the present, Grampa shouts "That doll is ''evil'', I tells ya. Evil! Eeeeeeviillll!!!" (Marge notes that he said the same thing about all of the presents.) Soon, Grampa's prophecy comes true and the doll comes to life and targets Homer when the others aren't around. When Marge finally catches the killer Krusty in the act, she contacts the toy company and they send a repairman. He reveals that the doll was set to Evil rather than Good, and with a flip of the switch, Homer now has a grumpy servant waiting on him hand and foot.

Grampa bases his story on an old movie: "King Homer" is an AffectionateParody of 1933's ''KingKong''. Mr. Burns and his crew, plus token woman Marge, set out to find a fabled giant ape, who proves to be real -- and played by Homer. When King Homer is brought to New York City, his Broadway debut proves less than stellar, as does his subsequent rampage through the city. But true love conquers as he and Marge get married.

Finally, Bart's "Dial Z for Zombies" starts with Bart, having been assigned to redo his book report after he did a presentation on an ABC book, discovering a spellbook in the occult section of the school library. At the same time, Lisa is observing the anniversary of Snowball I's death, and she and Bart decide to use a spell from the book to bring the cat back to life. At the pet cemetery, which adjoins a more traditional one, the plan backfires when Bart accidentally uses a spell that brings ''humans'' back from the dead. Soon, Springfield is overrun by zombies, and the Simpson family undertakes a perilous journey back to Springfield Elementary to find the spell that will [[Main/{{Earthbound}} return them to the dust of the Earth]]. Once it's cast, the zombies are no more, leaving the family to render themselves similarly mindless by focusing on the boob tube.

** The Krusty doll [[CapeFear belts himself to the bottom of the car]].

* EvilLaugh: Kang and Kodos' cameo appearance. They laugh at the thought of humanity being overrun by zombies.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Bart intones brand name condoms for a magic spell ("Trojan, Ramses, Magnum, Shiek!") to get the town's zombies back to their graves.

* HalloweenEpisode

** Smithers' line in "King Homer": "I think women and seamen don't mix." Mr. Burns says they ''all'' know what he thinks.

* EvilLaugh: Kang and Kodos' appearance. They laugh at the thought of humanity being overrun by zombies.

** Smithers' line in "King Homer": "I think women and seamen don't mix."

* ZombieApocalypse
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* ProperlyParanoid: Grampa in the first segment.

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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The "King Homer" segment and the long segment.

* TheOperatorsMustBeCrazy: Marge tries to let the toy company know a Krusty Doll is attempting to drown her husband as she speaks. She holds and gets a song about how much fun it is to be clown.
* PerversePuppet: Homer buys a Krusty the Clown doll that turns out to be evil.

** [[Series/LoveAmericanStyle Cheesy music plays and a heart shape frames]] the Krusty doll with Malibu Stacy.

-->'''Mr. Burns''': Aaaaaaaaah... he's saying... ummmmm... we wouldn't dream of sacrificing the blue-haired woman

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The Simpsons family hold a Halloween party and tell scary stories. Lisa tells a story about a boy and his doll. Inside the story, Homer forgets to give Bart a present on his birthday and hurries and buys a Krusty doll from the House of Evil. When Bart unwraps the present, Grampa shouts "That doll is ''evil'', I tells ya. Evil! Eeeeeeviillll!!!" Marge notes that he said the same thing about all of the presents. Soon, Grampa's prophecy comes true and the doll targets Homer.

Grampa tells the next story from an old movie he watched, an AffectionateParody of ''KingKong''. The final story, "Dial Z for Zombies" starts with Bart and Lisa trying to bring their family cat back from the dead. The plan backfires when Bart accidentally uses the spell for bringing the humans back from the dead instead of the pets.

!Tropes:

* PretendWereDead: Homer spots Barney eating an arm and exclaims "Barney, you're a zombie too!" to which Barney replies "Naah, but when in Rome..."

* ZombieApocalypse

The Simpsons family hold a Halloween party and tell scary stories. Lisa tells a story about a boy and his doll. Inside the story, Homer forgets to give Bart a present on his birthday and gets one from the House of Evil.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The "King Homer" segment and the long segment.