This year's Halloween story sees The Simpsons as "The Munsters" (with everyone except Lisa getting killed), Homer as a wandering spirit on the hunt for a good deed in "G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad," Bart and Lisa as peasants in a fairy tale forest in "Scary Tales Can Come True," and Lisa inadvertently dooming mankind by rescuing a dolphin in "Night of the Dolphin."
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“Treehouse Of Horror Xi” ranks #99 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 83.0 — Elite. The episode packs 57 scored jokes at 3.4 per minute, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.8 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
Homer: Nah, he'll get tired of bitin' in an hour or so. Snakes- nature's quitters.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: Don't worry. No child will ever starve in my home. So long, kids!
Homer Misdirection ★ Rewatch Homer: Almost. Just give her another 20 minutes.
Homer Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Snorky: We were trying to get out. It's cold, it's wet. Every morning I wake up phlegmy.
News anchor: Gray, bottlenosed, intelligent Italians.
All Jokes — 57 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Marge · Homer: Why don't you read Cathy? She's hilarious. / Eh, too much baggage.
Marge: Taurus: Today you will die. And you may get a compliment from an attractive coworker!
Lenny: That sounds unusually specific for a horoscope.
Lenny Observational Deadpan/Understatement Marge: Today your husband will die!
Marge Escalation Running Gag Homer: Don't hurt me, horoscope. I'm afraid-
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Homer: Ow! Oh! Paper cut! Paper cut!
Homer Physical/Slapstick Irony/Sarcasm Homer: Missed me! Stupid horoscope.
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Homer Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Lenny: That is one handsome rattlesnake you got bitin' your arm there.
Lenny Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Homer: Nah, he'll get tired of bitin' in an hour or so. Snakes- nature's quitters.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: Nothing happened except for the pickax in my head, the rattlesnake bite and the testicle thing.
Homer Escalation Deadpan/Understatement Grim Reaper: Another broccoli-related death.
Grim Reaper: One of the deadliest plants on earth. Why, it tries to warn you itself with its terrible taste.
Grim Reaper: Sure is easy when they're stiff like this. And very sad.
Homer: Got to heaven before you, Flanders!
Saint Peter: I don't see a single good deed next to your name.
Homer: I'm sorry. I didn't get the number of hours or good deeds.
Marge: What the hell was I thinking?
Marge Character Comedy Callback Homer: You were wrong. Dead wrong.
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Homer: Whoa, whoa, whoa. I'm just trying to get in. I'm not running for Jesus.
Homer Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Old Lady: People can see up my bustle!
Homer: Uh-oh. I'm pretty sure she was gonna be the next Hitler.
Kids: Your dad is dead / Mine's just in jail
Homer: Stop that crying! Man, you're annoying!
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Saint Peter: No. You're thinking of Santa Claus.
John Wayne: I'm already up.
Lisa: But these fairy tales take me away from the harsh reality of peasant life.
Lisa Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Homer: Who's up for a merry jig?
Homer Character Comedy Visual Gag Marge: Why are the oafs always the first to go?
Marge Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Lisa: Maybe you could be a dunce, Father.
Homer: I was born an oaf and I'll die an oaf.
Homer Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: Don't worry. No child will ever starve in my home. So long, kids!
Homer Misdirection ★ Rewatch Homer: Say 'hi' to your other brother and sister.
Lisa: Face it. They're not great parents.
Lisa Deadpan/Understatement Observational Troll: Aw, geez. I came on too strong again. Oh, I'm so desperately lonely.
Troll Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bart: Well, this doesn't take a genius.
Bart Observational ★ Rewatch Goldilocks: That bed was just right!
Marge: We could've sold them!
Bart · Lisa: Ah, she seems nice. I'm gonna go with my gut and trust her. You're probably right.
Bart: Eh. What are you gonna do?
Bart Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Lisa: Well, at least stop basting yourself.
Lisa Absurdist Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Witch: Uh, George... Cauldron.
Lisa: Maybe he can fix me up with Ed Ladle.
Witch: Oh, that's a load-bearing candy cane, you clumsy oaf!
Witch Absurdist Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: Almost. Just give her another 20 minutes.
Homer Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: Alcohol and night swimming. It's a winning combination.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Homer: You're dolphins- the clowns of the sea.
Homer Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Chief Wiggum: This looks like the work of rowdy teens. Lou, cancel the prom.
News anchor: Gray, bottlenosed, intelligent Italians.
Homer: Intelligent Italians? Something's wrong.
Mayor Quimby: We're all frightened and horny.
Snorky: Snorky... talk... man.
Snorky Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Snorky: We were trying to get out. It's cold, it's wet. Every morning I wake up phlegmy.
Lisa: Don't forget we invented computers, leg warmers, bendy straws, peel-and-eat shrimp, the glory hole and the pudding cup.
Homer: Well, you gotta hand it to those dolphins. They just wanted it more.
Homer Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kang: Can you believe it, Kodos? They left us out of the Halloween show!
Kang Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kodos: Do we want to do a commercial for something called 'Old Navy'?
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