History Recap / TheSimpsonsS4E5TreehouseOfHorrorIII

* ArtisticLicense: One of the zombies whom Homer encounters is UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein. In actuality, Einstein was cremated after his passing and his ashes were scattered, so he wouldn't have a body that would reanimated as a zombie.

** The "murderous doll" plot is specifically based on the ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E126LivingDoll Living Doll]]", hence the lines "My name is Krusty, and I love you very much" and "I'm Krusty the Klown and I don't like you." It also contains elements of ''Film/TrilogyOfTerror'' and ''Film/ChildsPlay''.

** Mr. Burns attempts to throw a gas bomb at King Homer that landed only a few inches away, gassing himself instead.

* KillerGorilla: Several people fall victim to King Homer's insatiable appetite, including Lenny, Smithers, Shirley Temple and Marge's father.

* OpeningShoutOut: In "Dial 'Z' For Zombie", [[https://frinkiac.com/video/S04E05/M0OTTdE-8Wy4-0OutjU2yluvGVU=.gif the introductory shot of the Springfield Pet Cemetary]] is similar to [[https://frinkiac.com/video/S02E03/y2S6XU48c5cBcX3vFwe2dScHSjo=.gif the opening titles shot of the Springfield Cemetary used in the first 5 "Treehouse Of Horror" specials]].

* ArtisticLicense: One of the zombies whom Homer encounters is UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein. In actuality, Einstein was cremated after his passing, so he wouldn't have a body that would theoretically come back as a zombie.

It's Bart's birthday, and Homer (as always) has forgotten to get a gift on time, so he hurries to a bazaar/fro-yo parlor called "House of Evil", where he finds a talking Krusty doll and buys it in spite of the shopkeeper warning him about the doll having an horrible curse. Then Grampa exclaims he sees evil in the doll which later threatens to kill him out of the blue, but Homer brushes off these concerns until the thing almost harpoons him while bathing.

* ToTheBatnoun: After Lisa realizes the library may have another book to reverse the spell, Homer shouts, "To the book depository!"

* KingOfTheDinosaurs: King Homer makes his first appearance battling a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', choking it in much the same way Homer does to Bart. And then the natives sound a gong which distracts him, giving the dinosaur a chance to bite his arm.

* NotAZombie:
-->'''Bart:''' Dad, you killed the zombie Flanders!\\
'''Homer:''' [[HowDidYouKnowIDidnt He was a zombie?]]
** This has been said to be Creator/MattGroening's favorite line of the entire series.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Abe is quick to dramatically announce that the Krusty doll Homer bought for Bart is "evil." Marge then tells him that he said this about all Bart's birthday presents and he admits that he just wants attention.

'''Ms. Krabappel:''' Bart, you mean to tell me you read a book intended for preschoolers?\\

* {{Foreshadowing}}: After seeing a naked Homer run by, Patty remarks "There goes the last lingering thread of my heterosexuality." Several later episodes, despite the "[=ToH=]" episodes being acknowledged as non-canon, would make reference to Patty being a lesbian ("Bart After Dark" has her as one of the customers of the Maison Derriere[[note]]which has female burlesque dancers[[/note]] and "Jaws Wired Shut" has her (and Smithers) in the "Staying In The Closet Float") and "There's Something About Marrying" would have her come out as a lesbian.

--->'''Patty''': [[FanDisservice There goes the last lingering threads of my heterosexuality!]]

** Mr. Burns claims that King Homer's career is over because Al Jolson's was too when he ran amok at the Winter Garden and climbed the Chrysler Building, which made Jolson impervious to getting arrested.

** Mr. Burns' line in "King Homer" about how Al Jolson ran amuck at the Winter Garden and climbed the Chrysler Building, which inexplicably ended with him not being impervious to getting arrested. How and why did he run amuck and what happened specifically that ended with him getting away with it?

--> Wow, look at the size of that platform!

* TheDollEpisode: Homer gets Bart a cursed Krusty doll from a Chinese man's curio shop filled with cursed and weird objects from around the world.

Episode ‐ 9F04\\
First Aired - 10/29/1992

"Treehouse of Horror III" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. In their third "HalloweenEpisode", the Simpson family have a party with Bart and Lisa's friends and tell scary stories, including the tale of a possessed Krusty doll that goes after Homer, a Simpsonized parody of the classic 1933 "beauty-meets-beast" monster film ''Film/{{King Kong|1933}}'', and Bart causes a ZombieApocalypse thanks to a strange library book.

"Treehouse of Horror III" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. In their third "HalloweenEpisode", the Simpson family have a party with Bart and Lisa's friends and tell scary stories, including the tale of a possessed Krusty doll that goes after Homer, a Simpsonized parody of the classic 1943 "beauty-meets-beast" monster film ''Film/{{King Kong|1933}}'', and Bart causes a ZombieApocalypse thanks to a strange library book.