I was saying “BOO!” (Urns.)
"The Diving Bell and the Butterball"
Episode: "Treehouse of Horror XXII"
Year: 2011
A parody of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly feels tasteless — and worse, not seasonally appropriate. In recent years, too many "Treehouse of Horror" entries have focused more on movie parodies and less on Halloween. And this segment, an endless fart joke that gets even worse with a weak Spider-Man twist, is nearly unwatchable.
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"In the Na'vi"
Episode: "Treehouse of Horror XXII"
Year: 2011
From the same episode as "The Diving Bell and the Butterball" comes another movie parody that's only slightly more competent. And while Bart and Milhouse do make great Rigellians in this send-up of Avatar, it's neither funny nor engaging. Plus, the subplot about Bart getting an alien pregnant is actively uncomfortable. He's 10!
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"Untitled Robot Parody"
Episode: "Treehouse of Horror XIX"
Year: 2008
The Simpsons takes on Transformers — again, not a horror franchise! Not only that, but Transformers is a bad franchise, and this segment does little to comment on the crappy movies themselves, instead focusing on mind-numbing robot battles and visual gags, only one of which (the crying nacho cheese machine) is memorable.
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"Reaper Madness"
Episode: "Treehouse of Horror XIV"
Year: 2003
There are few criticisms more damning to an episode of The Simpsons than "Family Guy did it first." But in this case, it did! And better. There are some good moments of Homer as Death, indiscriminately killing people because of course he would, but there's also Homer outrunning God on a motorcycle and Death chasing Bart while Benny Hill music plays. Yikes.
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