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3	Season 31 Episode 4
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5	Original airdate: October 20, 2019
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7	The 30th Treehouse of Horror features a demon Maggie, a mission to rescue Milhouse from another dimension, dead-Homer's spirit trying on some new bodies for size and Selma finally finding love in an unlikely place - the alien in the basement.
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9	!!Tropes
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11	!!Opening sequence
12	* CallBack: This isn't the first time that [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS29E4TreehouseOfHorrorXXVIII Maggie was shown using demonic powers]]. (Though in the aforementioned example, Maggie's powers were justified because she was under Pazuzu's influence).
13	* DrivenToSuicide: Jimbo, Shauna, and Kearney hang themselves because of Maggie.
14	* ExorcistHead: Maggie makes her stuffed animals' heads twist around.
15	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Demon Maggie uses her powers to tear apart the church, causing falling spires to impale Ned, Homer and Marge, spelling out the "X X X" in this year's TOH.
16	* IronicDeath: Strangled by his own stethoscope, stuffed into a baby incubator and flash-fried...not Dr. Hibbert's best day at the office.
17	* {{Irony}}: Ned said he was going to have to dig three graves, implying it would be Maggie and his slacker-transformed sons, only for him, Homer and Marge to end up dead after Demon Maggie goes on a rampage.
18	* LaserGuidedKarma: Homer trades his secondborn son for Maggie ignoring that she's evil. She would later kill him and Marge.
19	* NumberOfTheBeast: Ned shows the Simpsons the "Mark of the Beast" on Maggie's head -- a WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse-shaped birthmark. He then realizes he was showing them the wrong mark, and shows them a 666 on her head. At the end of the sequence, the full mark is revealed to read "Episode 666 (or 667 if Fox rescheduled)". Doubles as BitingTheHandHumor.
20	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Maggie's eyes glow red when showing her demonic nature.
21	* SdrawkcabName: Homer puts a [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Nemo]] poster in Maggie's room. When he looks in the mirror, he sees the character's name spelled as "Omen". He replaces it with a poster for [[Franchise/{{Cars}} Racecar]], and when he sees it in the mirror, he shouts "Aah, palindrome!"
22	* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Maggie isn’t the biological child of Homer and Marge, but one they adopted after Homer ignored her obviously demonic presence.
23	* WantedASonInstead: InvertedTrope. Marge gives birth to a boy, much to Homer's disappointment since he fears him growing into another Bart. This prompts him to exchange the baby for Maggie, despite Dr. Hibbert warning him "she tested positive for evil". After Maggie kills Dr. Hibbert, Homer responds with, "Still better than a boy."
24	* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/TheOmen1976''.
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26	!!Danger Things
27	* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Downplayed. While it's definitely meant to be the 80s, the cultural references are from throughout the decade, leaving Chief Wiggum [[LampshadeHanging to ask what year it's supposed to be]].
28	* ChalkOutline: After Milhouse is abducted, the police make outlines of his inhaler and [[BringMyBrownPants the massive pee stream he left behind]].
29	* MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The "Over-Under" has the early ''Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow'' versions of Bart and Lisa.
30	* MythologyGag: The arcade machine Bart plays is called ''[[VideoGame/TheSimpsonsBartVsTheSpaceMutants Space Mutants]]''.
31	* ReferenceOverdosed: To TheEighties -- everything from the VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial Atari game to New Coke.
32	* ShallowParody: Lampshaded, with Comic Book Guy noting that someone didn’t watch much of season 3 of Series/StrangerThings before writing the segment.
33	* WholePlotReference: To ''Series/StrangerThings''.
34	* WomenAreWiser: [[ExaggeratedTrope To the point they]] [[NinetyPercentOfYourBrain develop psychic powers]] the boys lack, apparently.
35	--> '''Lisa:''' Girls are afraid to use them because then we're called "unfeminine". We needlessly lost a lot of good witches in Salem.
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37	!!Heaven Swipes Right
38	* DeathOfAChild: After Homer takes over Moe's body, it turns out that Moe is now in Maggie's body, which only means that Maggie died at some point so Moe can live in her body.
39	* DisneyOwnsThisTrope: Heaven was bought out by Google.
40	* TheCameo: One of the prospective bodies Homer looks at is [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Professor Farnsworth]].
41	* FormerlyFit: Homer is reincarnated in the body of a football player, which Marge is excited about. Unfortunately, the following morning, Homer has eaten so much the body is now as fat as the original Homer; to top it off, he instantly loses his hair, leaving him as bald as original Homer as well.
42	* HighTechHeaven: After been bought out by Google, heaven is full of smart electronics now.
43	* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/HeavenCanWait1978''.
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45	!!When Hairy Met Slimy
46	* BizarreAlienSexes: Kodos hooks up with lesbian Patty, claiming that they have thirty sexual identities.
47	* ElectiveMute: The other cleaning lady (who's supposed to be the one to fall for an alien) turns out to be this because she can't stand talking to Selma.
48	* GrievousHarmWithABody: When he's caught escaping, Kang bites off Smithers' head and spits it at Burns, dazing him enough for Kang, Selma and Homer to get away.
49	* InterspeciesRomance: Between Selma Bouvier and Kang.
50	* NoSell: Zig-zagged. Burns seemingly survives a finger snap from Kang's [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Infinity]] [[Film/AvengersEndgame Gauntlet]] knock-off, only to be knocked out/killed by a thrown can.
51	* OffscreenTeleportation: Selma calls Homer to help her free Kang with the prospect of her moving to another galaxy. Homer immediately appears next to her.
52	* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The title is a pun on ''Film/WhenHarryMetSally''.
53	* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/TheShapeOfWater''.
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55	!!End Credits

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