History YMMV / TheSimpsonsS32E4TreehouseOfHorrorXXXI

** Was Milhouse actually in on the toys' revenge against Bart, or was he trying to butter them up by spinelessly agreeing with everything they were doing in order to get Puppy Goo Goo to return to him? After all, him just condemning Bart to death with zero hesitations seems very out-of-character for him. Could he have just been coming over to convince Puppy Goo Goo to come back, and felt the need to point out Bart's mistreatment of him while he was there?

* HilariousInHindsight: The Disney princess version of Homer, given the segment is inspired from WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse. Two years later, in ComicBook/EdgeOfSpiderVerse2022, Spinstress aka Princess Petra is a canon Disney princess version of Spider-man, from a parallel universe.

** Was Milhouse actually in on the toys' revenge against Bart, or was he trying to butter them up by spinelessly agreeing with everything they were doing in order to get Puppy Goo Goo to return to him? After all, him just condemning Bart to death with zero hesitations seems very out-of-character for him. The still at the end of the short shows him reclaiming Puppy Goo Goo, much to his chagrin, which could either mean the former, and Milhouse just isn't bothered that the boy who he deems "[treated him] bad" is gone, or it's the latter, and Milhouse just [[SkewedPriorities needs to get his priorities in order]].
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In "Into the Homer-verse", there's one scene where Noir Homer [[OffWithHisHead decapitates Ned Flanders]] via [[BoomHeadshot a bullet to the head]], with Ned's head saying "I forgive you..." as it goes sailing off. This is his only appearance in the entire episode, and it's never mentioned again.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: For ''Toy Gory'', did Bart nuke his Radioactive Man action figure in the microwave on purpose, or was it an accident? Sure, he's presented as being destructive with his toys, but only ever with old ones. Radioactive Man is not only his hero, but a toy he had also received just recently. The show goes out of its way to have Homer come in and draw Bart away from the microwave to watch something out the window, which could mean Bart was trying to simulate a dangerous environment for Radioactive Man to overcome, and would have otherwise switched the microwave off after a few seconds.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: For ''Toy Gory'', Did Bart nuke his Radioactive Man action figure in the microwave on purpose, or was it an accident? Sure, he's presented as being destructive with his toys, but only ever with old ones. Radioactive Man is not only his hero, but a toy he had also received just recently. The show goes out of its way to have Homer come in and draw Bart away from the microwave to watch something out the window, which could mean Bart was trying to simulate a dangerous environment for Radioactive Man to overcome, and would have otherwise switched the microwave off after a few seconds.

* HilariousInHindsight: The Disney princess version of Homer, given the segment is inspired from WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse. As two years later, in ComicBook/EdgeOfSpiderVerse2022, Spinstress aka Princess Petra is a canon Disney princess version of Spider-man, from a parallel universe.

* HilariousInHindsight: The Disney princess version of Homer, as two years later, in ComicBook/EdgeOfSpiderVerse2022, Spinstress aka Princess Petra is a canon Disney princess version of Spider-man, from a parallel universe.

* HarsherInHindsight: The episode, having been planned to air around Halloween 2020 just before the scheduled and heavily anticipated Presidential election following the controversial presidency of Creator/DonaldTrump satirizes the then-upcoming election as resulting in a sci-fi-inspired dystopia by the next Inauguration Day (January 20, 2021) parallels the 2021 Capitol attack wherein Trump supporters stormed
the US Capitol building to disrupt the electoral college vote count, an incident unprecedented in American history.

* HarsherInHindsight: The episode, having been planned to air around Halloween 2020 just before the scheduled and heavily anticipated Presidential election following the controversial presidency of Creator/DonaldTrump satirizes the then-upcoming election as resulting in a sci-fi-inspired dystopia by the next Inauguration Day (January 20, 2021) parallels the 2021 Capitol attack wherein Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol building to disrupt the electoral college vote count, an incident unprecedented in American history.

** Radioactive Man. He was excited to have, as he puts it, "a sweet and kind boy of [his] own", only for Krusty to quickly burst his bubble and warn him Bart is ''not'' that boy, with his remorseless destruction of his toys (and presumably Lisa's as well, judging from the Malibu Stacy we've seen). He also apparantly fell in love with a CymbalBangingMonkey and they got married, but whatever relationship they could have had was short-lived as none of the toys could save Radioactive Man from Bart's destructive antics.

** ''The entire Simpson family'' at the end of Toy Gory. Bart may have been destructive with his toys, but he definitely didn't deserve to be killed and fashioned into a twisted emulation of a toy, since he's never been murderous, and was probably telling the truth about how he wouldn't have mistreated his toys if he'd known they were alive. And his family ''definitely'' didn't deserve to lose their only son/brother and be left to cry over him at Dr. Hibbert's.

* TheWoobie: Radioactive Man. He was excited to have, as he puts it, "a sweet and kind boy of [his] own", only for Krusty to quickly burst his bubble and warn him Bart is ''not'' that boy, with his remorseless destruction of his toys (and presumably Lisa's as well, judging from the Malibu Stacy we've seen). He also apparantly fell in love with a CymbalBangingMonkey and they got married, but whatever relationship they could have had was short-lived as none of the toys could save Radioactive Man from Bart's destructive antics.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Disney Princess Homer and Maleficent Burns.

* WereStillRelevantDammit: Much like [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS31E4TreehouseOfHorrorXXX last year's Halloween special]] (which parodied ''Series/StrangerThings'' and ''Film/TheShapeOfWater'', also featuring a parody of the finger snap scene from ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''), the segments parodying ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', the ''Franchise/ToyStory'' films, and ''Series/RussianDoll'' smack of this. The opening with Homer voting for the next president can also count as this due in part to the list of Trump's offenses that scrolls across the screen being a couple of years old at that point.

* TheWoobie: Radioactive Man. He was excited to have, as he puts it, "a sweet and kind boy of [his] own", only for Krusty to quickly burst his bubble and warn him Bart is ''not'' that boy, with his remorseless destruction of his toys (and presumably Lisa's as well, judging from the Malibu Stacy we've seen). He also apparantly fell in love with a CymbalBangingMonkey and they got married, but whatever relationship they could have had was short-lived as none of the toys could save Radioactive Man from Bart's destructive antics (which, considering [[{{Fanboy}} how much Bart loves Radioactive Man]], [[OutOfCharacter doesn't make any sense]]).

%% ZCE * EnsembleDarkhorse: Disney Princess Homer and Maleficent Burns.

* TheWoobie: Radioactive Man. He was excited to have, as he puts it, "a sweet and kind boy of [his] own", only for Krusty to quickly burst his bubble and warn him Bart is ''not'' that boy, with his remorseless destruction of his toys (and presumably Lisa's as well, judging from the Malibu Stacy we've seen). He also apparantly found love with a CymbalBangingMonkey, but whatever relationship they could have had was short-lived as none of the toys could save Radioactive Man from Bart's destructive antics (which, considering [[{{Fanboy}} how much Bart loves Radioactive Man]], [[OutOfCharacter doesn't make any sense]]).

* WinBackTheCrowd: This isn't the [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E1TreehouseOfHorrorXIII first]], or even the [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E2TreehouseOfHorrorXXIII second]], or arguably even the [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E4TreehouseOfHorrorXXV third]], time a Halloween story revolved around multiple versions of Homer, but this one makes use of it to explore what Homer would be like in other animation genres.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Disney Princess Homer and Maleficent Burns.
* HilariousInHindsight: There were plans to produce a Fox promo with [[https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/lisa-simpson-disney-princess-fox-promo-1203176488/ Lisa becoming a Disney Princess]]. It fell through, but we did get the next best thing: ''Homer'' as a Disney Princess.

* WinBackTheCrowd: This isn't the [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E1TreehouseOfHorrorXIII first]], or even the [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E2TreehouseOfHorrorXXIII second]], or arguably even the [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E4TreehouseOfHorrorXXV third]], time a Halloween story revolved around multiple versions of Homer, but this one makes use of it to explore what Homer would be like in other animation genres.
* WTHCastingAgency: Even though they announced the recastings of Carl and Bumblebee Man, Dr. Hibbert, a Black character, is still played by the Caucasian Creator/HarryShearer. Could be justified in that it was made before the recastings and the fact that Harry Shearer objects to the decision of having the white voice actors not play non-white characters anymore. Later episodes have Dr. Hibbert voiced by Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson.

* WTHCastingAgency: Even though they announced the recastings of Carl and Bumblebee Man, Dr. Hibbert, a Black character, is still played by the Caucasian Creator/HarryShearer. Could be justified in that it was made before the recastings and the fact that Harry Shearer objects to the decision of having the white voice actors not play non-white characters anymore.

* HilariousInHindsight:
** There were plans to produce a Fox promo with [[https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/lisa-simpson-disney-princess-fox-promo-1203176488/ Lisa becoming a Disney Princess]]. It fell through, but we did get the next best thing: ''Homer'' as a Disney Princess.

** The opening sequence where Homer forgets to vote and Springfield becomes a [[BadFuture dystopian disaster]] by January 2021 as a result turns hilariously outdated considering that UsefulNotes/JoeBiden won the election ''a few days'' after this episode aired and became president in January 2021.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In "Into the Homer-verse", there's one scene where Noir Homer [[OffWithHisHead decapitates Ned Flanders]] via a [[BoomHeadshot a bullet to the head]], with Ned's head saying "I forgive you..." as it goes sailing off. This is his only appearance in the entire episode, and it's never mentioned again.

* BigLippedAligatorMoment: In "Into the Homer-verse", there's one scene where Noir Homer [[OffWithHisHead decapitates Ned Flanders]] via a [[BoomHeadshot a bullet to the head]], with Ned's head saying "I forgive you..." as it goes sailing off. This is his only appearance in the entire episode, and it's never mentioned again.

* WereStillRelevantDammit: Much like [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS31E4TreehouseOfHorrorXXX last year's Halloween special]] (which parodied ''Series/StrangerThings'' and ''Film/TheShapeOfWater'', also featuring a parody of the finger snap scene from ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''), the segments parodying ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', the ''Toy Story'' films, and ''Series/RussianDoll'' smack of this. The opening with Homer voting for the next president can also count as this due in part to the list of Trump's offenses that scrolls across the screen being a couple of years old at that point.

** The opening sequence where Homer votes and Springfield becomes a [[BadFuture dystopian disaster]] by January 2021 turns hilariously outdated considering that UsefulNotes/JoeBiden won the election ''a few days'' after this episode aired and became president in January 2021.

** The opening sequence where Springfield becomes a [[BadFuture dystopian disaster]] by January 2021 turns hilariously outdated considering that UsefulNotes/JoeBiden won the election ''a few days'' after this episode and became president in January 2021.