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Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, said the episode included many notable sequences and was "probably the best" Treehouse of Horror episode.
XX" (2009) and each Treehouse of Horror episode since "XXII" (2011) has aired in October, with the exception of season 32's "XXXI" (2020), which was originally scheduled for October 18, but was postponed to November 1 due to the 2020 NLCS reaching game 7. This was the first time since "XXI" that a Treehouse of Horror episode aired in November.
Treehouse of Horror episodes typically consist of four parts: an opening and Halloween-themed version of the credits, followed by three segments.These segments usually have a horror, science fiction or fantasy theme and quite often are parodies of films, novels, plays, television shows, Twilight Zone episodes, or old issues of EC Comics.
A clip from the episode was shown during The Simpsons panel at Comic-con @ Home. [4] An extended clip was released during an interview with showrunner Al Jean. [8] The segment "Toy Gory", was animated entirely in CGI, which marks the first time the series has used that animation style since "Treehouse of Horror VI" in 1995. [9]
More and more I find myself wondering if the series would be better off switching to an hour-long format or, better yet, devoting the entire special to one story." [4] “Treehouse of Horror XXIX” scored a 1.3 rating with a 6 share and was watched by 2.95 million viewers, making “The Simpsons” Fox’s highest rated show of the night. [5]
The "King Homer" segment is one of Matt Groening's all-time favorite stories from the Treehouse of Horror series. [4] Al Jean was also quite worried about this segment because it was the longest running black-and-white segment they had ever aired, and he thought that some people might be concerned that their televisions were broken. [ 2 ]
Kurland praised the following sequence's plot structure as "the only horror-centric" part of the episode, but felt it was unfitting for a return of Sideshow Bob to the show. Kurland said that Treehouse of Horror series already has a recurring " 'multiple Homer' concept", therefore making "Lout Break" overdone. [9]
"Treehouse of Horror", or "The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror", is the third episode of the second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on October 25, 1990. [1] The episode was inspired by 1950s horror comics, and begins with a disclaimer that it may be too scary for ...