In "I Know What You Diddily-Iddly-Did" the Simpsons fear they have killed Ned Flanders. "Desperately Xeeking Xena" satirizes superheroes of yore with "Stretch Dude" Bart and "Clobber Girl" Lisa. And "Life's A Glitch, Then You Die" depicts the upcoming horror of Y2K.
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“Treehouse Of Horror X” ranks #39 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 86.0 — Elite. The episode packs 57 scored jokes at 2.7 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.2 on impact, with Homer landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Comic Book Guy: Well, whenever you notice something like that, a wizard did it
Homer: And I'll go skinny-dipping in that lake... where the sexy teens were killed a hundred years ago tonight
Homer Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: Remember me as I am- filled with murderous rage!
Homer Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Homer: Who's gonna clean up all those jets?
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist All Jokes — 57 analyzed
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Kang: He had to borrow a human brain
Kang Absurdist Character Comedy Homer: I still can't believe we escaped from those horrible vampires. But it was worth it to get back our Super Sugar Crisp cereal
Homer Absurdist Misdirection Homer: # Guess I forgot to put the fog lights in #
Homer Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Marge: He's definitely dead! Oh, my God. We killed Ned Flanders
Marge Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Marge: You mean you killed Ned Flanders
Marge Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer: And if anyone asks you, just say that you are not dead
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: [ Imitating Ned ] Hi, Maude. Diddly. I've been having fun with my pal Homer. Diddly
Homer Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Homer as Ned: But when I do die, I don't want any autopsies
Homer: [ Imitating Ned ] Hey, Maude. I'm home. Uh-oh! I think I'm having a heart attack!
Homer Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Homer: When I think about Ned, I can't help but remember the look on his face when Marge drove over-
Homer Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Homer: Anyway, in conclusion, a man cannot be forced to testify against his wife
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Homer: Hey. We just got away with murder. And it was so easy!
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Homer: You know, I've never liked that little wiener Milhouse
Homer Character Comedy Escalation Moe: Oh! Hey, Homer. It's Moe. I must have dialed the wrong number
Moe Misdirection Character Comedy Homer: And I'll go skinny-dipping in that lake... where the sexy teens were killed a hundred years ago tonight
Homer Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Ned: You can't kill the undead, silly
Ned Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Homer: # Guess I forgot to put the fog lights in #
Homer Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: Hey, foamy. I want the news, not the weather
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Homer: Eyes bigger than your stomach, eh, wolfie?
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Police Officer: Hey, you know, we got feelings too, Chief
Lisa · Bart: I don't think the real Radioactive Man wears a plastic smock with a picture of himself on it. He would on Halloween
Lisa Bart Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential Principal Skinner: She's been crushed. And so have the hopes of our Mathletics team
Bart: I must only use this power to annoy
Bart Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential Comic Book Guy: Well, whenever you notice something like that, a wizard did it
Lucy Lawless · Comic Book Guy: Wizard. Ah, for glavin out loud.
The Collector: Oh, please. I'm not insane. I simply wish to take you back to my lair and make you my bride
The Collector: It was fired only once.. to keep William Shatner from making another album
The Collector: Obi-Wan. Iron Man. Mr. Mxyzptlk. And, of course, Big Papa Smurf
Lucy Lawless: Come here, you. Xena needs "xex."
Bart: What do you think I've been trying to do?
Bart Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement The Collector: You removed it from its original packaging! It's no longer a collectible!
The Collector: Must end life in classic Lorne Greene pose... from Battle star Galactica. Best... death... ever!
Bart · Lucy Lawless: Wait a minute. Xena can't fly. I told you. I'm not Xena. I'm Lucy Lawless
Band Members: We're not White snake, dude. We're Poison. I thought we were Quiet Riot. It says here we're Ratt
Dick Clark: Man alive! What a stinko thousand years. Blimp wrecks. Teenagers.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Homer: That can't be true, honey. If it were, I'd be terrified
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm TV Host: We want to thank Dixie brand mayonnaise. Whoo, Lordy, what a mayonnaise!
Homer: Who's gonna clean up all those jets?
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Homer: Well, those ivory-tower eggheads have screwed us again
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Homer: Hey. This milk's broken. It's got a computer chip in it
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Marge: I resisted these for 35 years. Why did I wear them today?
Marge Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Bart: But I was gonna loot you a present
Marge · Bart: I don't want you looting. But I was gonna loot you a present.
Homer: Wonders, Lisa? Or blunders?
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Homer: Implied, Lisa? Or implode?
Homer Wordplay/Pun Escalation Krusty: Nectar. Nectar. I need to drink my weight in nectar
Krusty Physical/Slapstick Absurdist Homer: I can still hear his voice on the wind
Homer Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Homer: Certainly. I am... the, uh, piano genius from the movie Shine. Uh, Shiny McShine
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Homer: Remember me as I am- filled with murderous rage!
Homer Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Tom Arnold: And I could've, 'cause I'm a big guy, and I'm good with knots
Homer · Pauly Shore: The sun? That's the hottest place on Earth. Gonna work on my "tannage," buddy
Homer · Rosie O'Donnell: Oh, no. Rosie O'Donnell! Come on, everybody! Sing along!
Lisa · Homer: Don't worry, Dad. We'll be dead in five minutes. Not fast enough!
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