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** This was even lampshaded in one special when the episode aired passed the Halloween holiday with Krang and Krodos stating it was near Christmas time.

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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Creator/{{Fox}} has been generally unable to schedule these episodes within the week before Halloween since buying the rights to the [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} World Series]] in 1996.

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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Creator/{{Fox}} has been generally unable to schedule these episodes within the week before Halloween since buying the exclusive rights to the [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} World Series]] in 1996.2001.

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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Creator/{{Fox}} has been generally unable to schedule these episodes within the actual week of Halloween since buying the rights to the [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} World Series]] in 1996.

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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Creator/{{Fox}} has been generally unable to schedule these episodes within the actual week of before Halloween since buying the rights to the [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} World Series]] in 1996.

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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Creator/{{Fox}} has been unable to schedule these episodes within the actual week of Halloween since buying the rights to the [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} World Series]] in 1996.

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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Creator/{{Fox}} has been generally unable to schedule these episodes within the actual week of Halloween since buying the rights to the [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} World Series]] in 1996.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Creator/{{Fox}} has been unable to schedule these episodes within the actual week of Halloween since buying the rights to the [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} World Series]] in 1996.
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* CompleteMonster: A few of the Simpsons characters become these- depending on the segment involved... Some examples include the entire Springfield Elementary staff (save [[ButtMonkey Willie]]) in "Nightmare Cafeteria", and Kang & Kodos when they're not being so LaughablyEvil (such as in "Citizen Kang" of ''Treehouse of Horror VII'').
** ''Treehouse of Horror XX'' features an 'unusual' case in the Hitchcock parody- Bart comes off as one due to his cold-blooded murder, attempts pressuring Lisa to [[CrossingTheLineTwice murder Miss Krapabbel]]... Lisa then ''attempts'' to kill him to stop his murders- but throws away the knife Bart used to kill Skinner, when he argues that they're NotSoDifferent after all... [[spoiler: She then ends up killing him anyway- when this knife actually falls and impales Bart between the eyes. And the ending ''implies'' that she's just as ''much'' of a cold-blooded killer as he was.]]
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* WereStillRelevantDammit: The post-SeasonalRot episodes stopped being scary and are instead just parodies of relatively new movies/shows.

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* WereStillRelevantDammit: The post-SeasonalRot episodes stopped ''stopped'' being scary and are instead just parodies of relatively new movies/shows.'relatively new' movies and tv shows.
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* CompleteMonster: A few of the Simpsons characters become these- depending on the segment involved... Some examples include the entire Springfield Elementary staff (save [[ButtMonkey Willie]]) in "Nightmare Cafeteria", Kang & Kodos when they're not being so LaughablyEvil (such as in "Citizen Kang" of ''Treehouse of Horror VII''), and the rather amoral businessmen that paid [[BigBad Homer]] to actually ''kill'' celebrities in ''Treehouse of Horror XIX'' segment "How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising".

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* CompleteMonster: A few of the Simpsons characters become these- depending on the segment involved... Some examples include the entire Springfield Elementary staff (save [[ButtMonkey Willie]]) in "Nightmare Cafeteria", and Kang & Kodos when they're not being so LaughablyEvil (such as in "Citizen Kang" of ''Treehouse of Horror VII''), and the rather amoral businessmen that paid [[BigBad Homer]] to actually ''kill'' celebrities in ''Treehouse of Horror XIX'' segment "How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising".VII'').

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: in spades. The episodes [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this in order to trigger the murders in each segment. See IdiotBall in the main page.



** ''Treehouse of Horror III'' to ''Treehouse of Horror X'' featured several ''disturbing'' CouchGag sequences including the Simpsons family appearing as skeletons, mismatched Frankenstein-esque monsters, and open-eyed hanging victims ([[RefugeInAudacity with Maggie still sucking her pacifier]]).

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** ''Treehouse of Horror III'' to ''Treehouse of Horror X'' featured several ''disturbing'' CouchGag sequences including sequences, including: the Simpsons family appearing as skeletons, skeletons[[hottip:*: Treehouse Of Horror III, also used as official promotional artwork for Treehouse Of Horror II]]; erupting from the ground as zombies[[hottip:*: Treehouse Of Horror IV]]; mismatched Frankenstein-esque monsters, and monsters [[hottip:*: Treehouse Of Horror V; this one serves as a SelfParody to another CouchGag where normal Simpson family members have mismatched body parts, but while in that one they correct the mistakes, in this one they screw it up even more]]; open-eyed hanging victims ([[RefugeInAudacity with Maggie still sucking her pacifier]]).pacifier]])[[hottip:*: Treehouse Of Horror VI; this one comes ''right after'' a HeadlessHorseman Krusty throws his own head at the screen, with the resulting blood splatter spelling out the title card]]; TheGrimReaper sitting on the couch, and the family members dropping dead one after another (and on each other) as they rush to the couch[[hottip:*: Treehouse Of Horror VII; here, after this happens, the reaper [[RefugeInAudacity leans his feet on Homer's corpse]]; the family getting electrocuted to death by an [[RefugeInAudacity "electric couch"]][[hottip:*: Treehouse Of Horror VIII]]; the family ''actually never making it to the living room'' due to [[{{Deconstruction}} screwing up the timing of the opening]][[hottip:*: Treehouse Of Horror IX; it could be argued that Marge and Maggie don't actually die, but even then, they would find [[BolivianArmyEnding Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhes waiting for them.]]; and a GrandFinale of sorts for the couch gags with a ContinuityCavalcade[[hottip:*: Treehouse Of Horror X; said cavalcade consisting of Homer-in-the-box (THOH II), Alien-Maggie (THOH IX), Half-TheFly Bart and Witch-Marge (both from THOH VIII) where the Alien Maggie incinerates the OddOneOut, Lisa "as an axe victim", as soon as the latter [[FridgeLogic questions what aliens have to do with Halloween]].
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* UglyCute: The blue Gremlin at first... until the [[NightmareFuel ending.]]

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* UglyCute: The blue Gremlin at first... until the [[NightmareFuel ending.]]]]
* WereStillRelevantDammit: The post-SeasonalRot episodes stopped being scary and are instead just parodies of relatively new movies/shows.
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** ''Treehouse of Horror III'' to ''Treehouse of Horror IX'' featured several ''disturbing'' CouchGag sequences including the Simpsons family appearing as skeletons, mismatched Frankenstein-esque monsters, and open-eyed hanging victims ([[RefugeInAudacity with Maggie still sucking her pacifier]]).

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** ''Treehouse of Horror III'' to ''Treehouse of Horror IX'' X'' featured several ''disturbing'' CouchGag sequences including the Simpsons family appearing as skeletons, mismatched Frankenstein-esque monsters, and open-eyed hanging victims ([[RefugeInAudacity with Maggie still sucking her pacifier]]).

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* CompleteMonster: A few of the Simpsons characters become these- depending on the segment involved... Some examples include the entire Springfield Elementary staff (save [[ButtMonkey Willie]]) in "Nightmare Cafeteria", Kang & Kodos when they're not being so LaughablyEvil (such as in "Citizen Kang" of ''Treehouse of Horror VII''), and the rather amoral businessmen that paid Homer to actually ''kill'' celebrities in ''Treehouse of Horror XIX'' segment "How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising".

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* CompleteMonster: A few of the Simpsons characters become these- depending on the segment involved... Some examples include the entire Springfield Elementary staff (save [[ButtMonkey Willie]]) in "Nightmare Cafeteria", Kang & Kodos when they're not being so LaughablyEvil (such as in "Citizen Kang" of ''Treehouse of Horror VII''), and the rather amoral businessmen that paid Homer [[BigBad Homer]] to actually ''kill'' celebrities in ''Treehouse of Horror XIX'' segment "How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising".


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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Ned teaches one to Bart, Lisa, Milhouse and Nelson about the seven deadly sins in ''Treehouse of Horror XVIII''.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Some of the monsters such as Count Burns, Devil Flanders, and King Homer. An unusual example is Krusty in vampire getup from ''Treehouse of Horror IX'' who, despite not really playing a role in the segment, has been seen in TreehouseOfHorror merchandise and media.
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* CompleteMonster: A few of the Simpsons characters become these- depending on the segment involved. Some examples include the entire Springfield Elementary staff (save [[ButtMonkey Willie]]) in "Nightmare Cafeteria", Kang & Kodos when they're not being so LaughablyEvil (such as in "Citizen Kang" of ''Treehouse of Horror VII''), and the rather amoral businessmen that paid Homer to actually ''kill'' celebrities in ''Treehouse of Horror XIX'' segment "How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising".
** ''Treehouse of Horror XX'' features an 'unusual' case in the Hitchcock parody. Bart comes off as one due to his cold-blooded murder, attempts pressuring Lisa to [[CrossingTheLineTwice murder Miss Krapabbel]]... Lisa then ''attempts'' to kill him to stop his murders- but throws away the knife Bart used to kill Skinner, when he argues that they're NotSoDifferent after all. [[spoiler: She ends up killing him anyway when the knife actually falls and impales Bart between the eyes. And the ending ''implies'' that she's just as much of a cold-blooded killer as he was.]]

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* CompleteMonster: A few of the Simpsons characters become these- depending on the segment involved.involved... Some examples include the entire Springfield Elementary staff (save [[ButtMonkey Willie]]) in "Nightmare Cafeteria", Kang & Kodos when they're not being so LaughablyEvil (such as in "Citizen Kang" of ''Treehouse of Horror VII''), and the rather amoral businessmen that paid Homer to actually ''kill'' celebrities in ''Treehouse of Horror XIX'' segment "How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising".
** ''Treehouse of Horror XX'' features an 'unusual' case in the Hitchcock parody. parody- Bart comes off as one due to his cold-blooded murder, attempts pressuring Lisa to [[CrossingTheLineTwice murder Miss Krapabbel]]... Lisa then ''attempts'' to kill him to stop his murders- but throws away the knife Bart used to kill Skinner, when he argues that they're NotSoDifferent after all. all... [[spoiler: She then ends up killing him anyway anyway- when the this knife actually falls and impales Bart between the eyes. And the ending ''implies'' that she's just as much ''much'' of a cold-blooded killer as he was.]]



** The Gremlin's first appearance in ''Treehouse of Horror IV'' "Nightmare at 5 1/2 Feet" with a wide SlasherSmile and WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises.

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** The Gremlin's first appearance in ''Treehouse of Horror IV'' "Nightmare at 5 1/2 Feet" with green fur, a wide SlasherSmile and WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises.
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* CompleteMonster: A few of the Simpsons characters become these depending on the segment. Some examples include the entire Springfield Elementary staff (save [[ButtMonkey Willie]]) in "Nightmare Cafeteria", Kang & Kodos when they're not LaughablyEvil (such as in "Citizen Kang" of ''Treehouse of Horror VII''), and the amoral businessmen that pay Homer to kill celebrities in ''Treehouse of Horror XIX'' segment "How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising".
** ''Treehouse of Horror XX'' features an unusual case in the Hitchcock parody. Bart comes off as one due to his cold-blooded murder and attempts pressuring Lisa to kill Krapabbel. She attempts to kill him to stop his murders but throws away the knife he used to kill Skinner when he argues they're NotSoDifferent. [[spoiler: She ends up killing him anyway when the knife falls and impales Bart between the eyes. And the ending implies that she's just as much of a coldblooded killer as he was.]]
* NightmareFuel: Some of the shorts are ''really'' scary such as ''[[ImAHumanitarian Nightmare Cafeteria]]'' and ''[[BlackComedy There's No Business Like Moe's Business]]'' for starters.
** The Gremlin's first appearance in ''Treehouse of Horror IV'' "Nightmare at 5 1/2 Feet" with SlasherSmile and WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises.
** ''Treehouse of Horror III'' to ''Treehouse of Horror IX'' featured several disturbing CouchGag sequences including the Simpsons family appearing as skeletons, mismatched Frankenstein-esque monsters, and open-eyed hanging victims ([[RefugeInAudacity with Maggie still sucking her pacifier]]).

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* CompleteMonster: A few of the Simpsons characters become these these- depending on the segment. segment involved. Some examples include the entire Springfield Elementary staff (save [[ButtMonkey Willie]]) in "Nightmare Cafeteria", Kang & Kodos when they're not being so LaughablyEvil (such as in "Citizen Kang" of ''Treehouse of Horror VII''), and the rather amoral businessmen that pay paid Homer to kill actually ''kill'' celebrities in ''Treehouse of Horror XIX'' segment "How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising".
** ''Treehouse of Horror XX'' features an unusual 'unusual' case in the Hitchcock parody. Bart comes off as one due to his cold-blooded murder and murder, attempts pressuring Lisa to kill Krapabbel. She attempts [[CrossingTheLineTwice murder Miss Krapabbel]]... Lisa then ''attempts'' to kill him to stop his murders murders- but throws away the knife he Bart used to kill Skinner Skinner, when he argues that they're NotSoDifferent. NotSoDifferent after all. [[spoiler: She ends up killing him anyway when the knife actually falls and impales Bart between the eyes. And the ending implies ''implies'' that she's just as much of a coldblooded cold-blooded killer as he was.]]
* NightmareFuel: Some of the shorts are ''really'' '''really''' scary such as ''[[ImAHumanitarian Nightmare Cafeteria]]'' and ''[[BlackComedy There's No Business Like Moe's Business]]'' for starters.
** The Gremlin's first appearance in ''Treehouse of Horror IV'' "Nightmare at 5 1/2 Feet" with a wide SlasherSmile and WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises.
** ''Treehouse of Horror III'' to ''Treehouse of Horror IX'' featured several disturbing ''disturbing'' CouchGag sequences including the Simpsons family appearing as skeletons, mismatched Frankenstein-esque monsters, and open-eyed hanging victims ([[RefugeInAudacity with Maggie still sucking her pacifier]]).
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** Lisa becomes this in ''Treehouse of Horror XX'', when she tries to ''[[spoiler: murder her own brother, Bart]]''.

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** Lisa becomes this in ''Treehouse of Horror XX'', when she tries XX'' features an unusual case in the Hitchcock parody. Bart comes off as one due to ''[[spoiler: his cold-blooded murder her own brother, Bart]]''.and attempts pressuring Lisa to kill Krapabbel. She attempts to kill him to stop his murders but throws away the knife he used to kill Skinner when he argues they're NotSoDifferent. [[spoiler: She ends up killing him anyway when the knife falls and impales Bart between the eyes. And the ending implies that she's just as much of a coldblooded killer as he was.]]

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* CompleteMonster: A few of the Simpsons characters become these depending on the segment. Some examples include the entire Springfield Elementary staff (save [[ButtMonkey Willie]]) in "Nightmare Cafeteria", Kang & Kodos when they're not LaughablyEvil (such as in "Citizen Kang" of ''Treehouse of Horror VII'', and the amoral businessmen that pay Homer to kill celebrities in ''Treehouse of Horror XIX'' segment "How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising".

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* CompleteMonster: A few of the Simpsons characters become these depending on the segment. Some examples include the entire Springfield Elementary staff (save [[ButtMonkey Willie]]) in "Nightmare Cafeteria", Kang & Kodos when they're not LaughablyEvil (such as in "Citizen Kang" of ''Treehouse of Horror VII'', VII''), and the amoral businessmen that pay Homer to kill celebrities in ''Treehouse of Horror XIX'' segment "How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising".


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** The Gremlin's first appearance in ''Treehouse of Horror IV'' "Nightmare at 5 1/2 Feet" with SlasherSmile and WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises.
** ''Treehouse of Horror III'' to ''Treehouse of Horror IX'' featured several disturbing CouchGag sequences including the Simpsons family appearing as skeletons, mismatched Frankenstein-esque monsters, and open-eyed hanging victims ([[RefugeInAudacity with Maggie still sucking her pacifier]]).
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* CompleteMonster: A few of the Simpsons characters become these depending on the segment. Some examples include the entire Springfield Elementary staff (save Willie) in "Nightmare Cafeteria", Kang & Kodos when they're not LaughablyEvil (such as in "Citizen Kang" of ''Treehouse of Horror VII'', and the amoral businessmen that pay Homer to kill celebrities in ''Treehouse of Horror XIX'' segment "How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising".

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* CompleteMonster: A few of the Simpsons characters become these depending on the segment. Some examples include the entire Springfield Elementary staff (save Willie) [[ButtMonkey Willie]]) in "Nightmare Cafeteria", Kang & Kodos when they're not LaughablyEvil (such as in "Citizen Kang" of ''Treehouse of Horror VII'', and the amoral businessmen that pay Homer to kill celebrities in ''Treehouse of Horror XIX'' segment "How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising".

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* CompleteMonster: Lisa becomes this in ''Treehouse of Horror XX'', when she tries to ''[[spoiler: murder her own brother, Bart]]''.
-->Maude Flanders: She's murdered her own brother!
-->Lenny: And she's trying to dump the body in the harbor!
-->Otto: Well, duh...
-->Sideshow Mel: And as a grim finale, she intends to drown that poor caged baby!
-->Lisa: Oh, what's happening? Where am I?
-->Helen Lovejoy: And she's on drugs!

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* CompleteMonster: A few of the Simpsons characters become these depending on the segment. Some examples include the entire Springfield Elementary staff (save Willie) in "Nightmare Cafeteria", Kang & Kodos when they're not LaughablyEvil (such as in "Citizen Kang" of ''Treehouse of Horror VII'', and the amoral businessmen that pay Homer to kill celebrities in ''Treehouse of Horror XIX'' segment "How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising".
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Lisa becomes this in ''Treehouse of Horror XX'', when she tries to ''[[spoiler: murder her own brother, Bart]]''.
-->Maude Flanders: She's murdered her own brother!
-->Lenny: And she's trying to dump the body in the harbor!
-->Otto: Well, duh...
-->Sideshow Mel: And as a grim finale, she intends to drown that poor caged baby!
-->Lisa: Oh, what's happening? Where am I?
-->Helen Lovejoy: And she's on drugs!
Bart]]''.
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* CompleteMonster: Lisa in ''Treehouse of Horror XX'', when she tries to ''[[spoiler: murder her own brother, Bart]]''.

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* CompleteMonster: Lisa becomes this in ''Treehouse of Horror XX'', when she tries to ''[[spoiler: murder her own brother, Bart]]''.
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-->Maude Flanders: She's murdered her own brother!
-->Lenny: And she's trying to dump the body in the harbor!
-->Otto: Well, duh...
-->Sideshow Mel: And as a grim finale, she intends to drown that poor caged baby!
-->Lisa: Oh, what's happening? Where am I?
-->Helen Lovejoy: And she's on drugs!
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* CompleteMonster: Lisa in ''Treehouse of Horror XX, when she tries to ''[[spoiler: murder her own brother, Bart]]''.

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* CompleteMonster: Lisa in ''Treehouse of Horror XX, XX'', when she tries to ''[[spoiler: murder her own brother, Bart]]''.
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* CompleteMonster: Lisa in ''Treehouse of Horror XX, when she tries to ''[[spoiler: murder her own brother, Bart]].''

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* CompleteMonster: Lisa in ''Treehouse of Horror XX, when she tries to ''[[spoiler: murder her own brother, Bart]].''
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* CompleteMonster: Lisa in ''Treehouse of Horror XX, when she tries to [[spoiler: ''murder her own brother, Bart'']].

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* CompleteMonster: Lisa in ''Treehouse of Horror XX, when she tries to [[spoiler: ''murder ''[[spoiler: murder her own brother, Bart'']].
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* CompleteMonster: Lisa in ''Treehouse of Horror XX, when she tries to [[spoiler: ''murder her own brother, Bart'']].
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* UglyCute: The blue Gremlin at first... until the [[AccidentalNightmareFuel ending.]]

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* UglyCute: The blue Gremlin at first... until the [[AccidentalNightmareFuel [[NightmareFuel ending.]]
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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Some of the shorts are ''really'' scary such as ''[[ImAHumanitarian Nightmare Cafeteria]]'' and ''[[BlackComedy There's No Business Like Moe's Business]]'' for starters.

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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: NightmareFuel: Some of the shorts are ''really'' scary such as ''[[ImAHumanitarian Nightmare Cafeteria]]'' and ''[[BlackComedy There's No Business Like Moe's Business]]'' for starters.
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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Some of the shorts are ''really'' scary such as ''[[ImAHumanitarian Nightmare Cafeteria]]'' and ''[[BlackComedy There's No Business Like Moe's Business]]'' for starters.

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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Some of the shorts are ''really'' scary such as ''[[ImAHumanitarian Nightmare Cafeteria]]'' and ''[[BlackComedy There's No Business Like Moe's Business]]'' for starters.starters.
* UglyCute: The blue Gremlin at first... until the [[AccidentalNightmareFuel ending.]]
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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Some of the shorts are ''really'' scary such as ''[[ImAHumanitarian Nightmare Cafeteria]]'' and ''[[BlackComedy There's No Business Like Moe's Business]]'' for starters.

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