"Reaper Madness" - Death becomes Homer and our hero must learn to reap what he sows (and pull a fast one on the almighty). "Frinkenstein" - Soon to be Nobel-prize winning Professor Frink reanimates his father for some gruesome body parts-swapping. "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off" - A parody of Clockstoppers, starring Bart and Milhouse.
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“Treehouse Of Horror Xiv” ranks #282 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 78.2 — Elite. The episode packs 61 scored jokes at 3.7 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.5 on impact, with Bart landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Grim Reaper · Homer: I AM DEATH. - Death? We don't want any.
Frink · Frink Sr.: Now, we had to replace several vital organs with machinery, but that doesn't make you any less of a man. - Except you have no penis.
Bart: Please don't take me! Take Milhouse! We all know there's no happy ending there.
Bart Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Homer: I might occasionally kill out of anger, or to illustrate a point. But I am not a Grim Reaper...
Homer Escalation Character Comedy Mob: Come, let us kill them before learning of the magical secret which they possess!
Mob Setup/Punchline Absurdist All Jokes — 61 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Bart: Good grief, This candy's terrible. Circus peanuts, raisins, nicotine gum, a library card...
Bart Observational Escalation Lisa · Bart: You got all the good stuff! - And yet and I'm still not satisfied.
Unknown character: You thieving hussy!
Homer: Eat fire! Punks! What the... I'm still cold.
Homer Physical/Slapstick Escalation Kang/Kodos: Pathetic humans! They are showing a halloween episode... in November!
Kang/Kodos Meta/Self-Referential Observational ★ Rewatch Kang/Kodos: Oh, still thinking about halloween. We've already got our christmas decorations up.
Grim Reaper · Homer: I AM DEATH. - Death? We don't want any.
Marge · Bart: Bart! Run like a wind(pronounced as waind)! - Mom. It's wind.
Marge: Well, I only read it in books.
Marge Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Bart: Please don't take me! Take Milhouse! We all know there's no happy ending there.
Bart Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Lisa · Homer: Does this mean I'll never cancel the Jim Belushi show? - I guess so. - NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Frankie the Squealer: If I know I'll tell you, I swear! I'd better call my wife, tell her I'll be late.
Fat Tony: If I knew this would take so long, I'd put on a TV.
Pizza Delivery Guy · Fat Tony: Pizza! There's money on the counter. No tip. - Are you miserable bastard? - That's why I'm up there.
Homer: You were a busboy in the restaurant of life. Clearing away the oldies and the sickies and the chokies.
Homer Wordplay/Pun Escalation Homer: And you made NASCAR racing exciting.
Homer Observational Dark/Subversive Homer: Check it out! I finally found a dead guy's clothes that fits me!
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Homer: I might occasionally kill out of anger, or to illustrate a point. But I am not a Grim Reaper...
Homer Escalation Character Comedy Jasper: Where's doug? Never mind. I'm death now. I liked doug.
Jasper Escalation Character Comedy Lisa: My dad's job takes into all parts of the community. He performs a valuable service. But it's often misunderstood. Like a vulture or the flesh eating maggot.
Lisa Escalation Misdirection Homer: Pardon me. Coming through. Rest in peace. You're dead. Take a dirt nap. Meet the worms.
Homer Escalation Wordplay/Pun Homer: Ok. Who am I giving the finger to today?
Homer Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Homer · Patty: This isn't Marge. This is her fat sister. Selma. - It's Patty. Chump!
Frink: The Nobel Prize? Finally! So it's for what? My whole deal?
Frink Character Comedy Escalation Frink: If I say no, do I still win?
Frink Character Comedy Absurdist Frink: They must've awarded me for my invention of a hammer with a screw driver on the other end. It's convenient.
Frink Observational Character Comedy Nobel Committee: It was a slow year. Yes.
Frink: Mother used to say we get along like positrons and anti-nutrinos. Yeah, I'm geek.
Frink: he was one of those Heman scientists who work on the atom bomb by day and slept with Marilyn Monroe by night and sold secrets to the Russians at lunch.
Young Frink: I get seesick taking a shower! Clean, but nauseous!
Frink Sr.: You've disgraced the name of John Nerdelbaum Frink.
Frink · Nobel Committee: Does shark do that? Yes. He was testing out a new blood-based suntan lotion.
Frink: You know now that I have my hammer-screw-driver, I could reanimate him, without the needless switching of tools.
Frink Callback Character Comedy Callback Nobel Committee: Well, that's always tedious. Annoying!
Frink · Frink Sr.: Now, we had to replace several vital organs with machinery, but that doesn't make you any less of a man. - Except you have no penis.
Nobel Committee: It's a lot like the 20th, except everybody's afraid and the stock market is much lower.
Ned Flanders: Well I did finish first in the walk for the cure, of homosexuality!
Ned Flanders: Confucious? And Milton Berle? Boy I have been barking up the wrong tree!
Comic Book Guy: Mother always said: 'A curvy spine is the double roller coaster.'
Frink Sr. · Comic Book Guy: Comic book guy's ass won't fit in couch. - You may keep my posterior, just please return the Jaba the Butt tattoo.
Jennifer Garner · Dr. Herschbach: You know Dr. Herschbach, our jobs are actually not that different. - I disagree.
Frink Sr.: I'm here to accept the Nobel Prize for stupid.
Frink Sr.: You all have such big hearts and such big brains with large juicy dripping with knowledge heads!
Dr. Herschbach: And I thought Halle Berry went nuts during her acceptance speech.
Frink Sr.: Muffins are suprisingly high in calories. The pyramids were actually built by Sears.
Dr. Herschbach: This is more violent than the hip-hop worlds.
Dr. Herschbach: I disagree!
Frink Sr.: I maybe a soul, but I'm hungry. Can you throw in a little mazzard. Maybe a nice pizza pit(?)
Frink Sr. · Frink: That's a good shwandler - Oh, I waited so long to hear you say that. What dose it mean, is it dirty?
Bart: Superman vs Patty Hearst. Evel Knievel jumps the Jackson 5. Batman and Rhoda.
Bart: Wow, she looks like a background character in a Hanna-Barbera cartoon.
Bart Observational Visual Gag Lisa · Bart: Do you realize what this means? - Yeah, but you say it first!
Lisa · Bart: Lets get really far ahead on our homework! Wait till the other kids see we're already on the RED unit of Adventures In Reading.
Principal Skinner: Due to budget cuts, music class will now have a two drink minimum.
Mob: Come, let us kill them before learning of the magical secret which they possess!
Mob Setup/Punchline Absurdist Bart: Yeah, but you say it first.
Bart Callback Running Gag Callback Milhouse · Bart: I'm gonna play naked basketball. - No, you are not.
Milhouse: Yeah, I thought I'd be happier if my parents back together. But it kind of hollow.
Bart: Yeah. And I can't run too fast after 15 years of eating nothing but gummy worms. I'm gonna quit tomorrow, I swear.
Bart Escalation Character Comedy Homer · Lisa: Like why is my nose jammed full of army men. Oh, come on! Don't you get it? Bart stopped time with his magic stopwatch.
Lisa: Jealous much? Why can't I tinker with the fabric of existence?
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