The series' 18th Halloween show features three vignettes that parody movies: one that spoofs "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"; one that sends up "E.T."; and one that parodies "Se7en."
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“Treehouse Of Horror Xviii” ranks #428 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 74.6 — Great. The episode packs 75 scored jokes at 5.2 per minute, averaging 6.6 on craft and 6.1 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
Marge · Homer: Okay, you're already eating it, but don't finish it. Okay, you finished it, but don't ask for... Seconds, please.
Bart: 'Trick or Treat' isn't just some phrase you chant mindlessly like The Lord's Prayer. It's an oral contract!
Bart Observational Character Comedy Ned Flanders: Please, Lord, grant me the power to psychologically torture them into loving you.
Marge: Now all I have to do is think of a clever line before I pull the trigger. Oh, that's a perfect one. But I don't need to say it out loud 'cause I'm by myself.
Marge Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kodos · Homer: seven billion body bags... Can I hammer that? No. Can I weld that? No! Can I tighten the... I said no!
All Jokes — 75 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Narrator: Hello. Remember Halloween? It was last week. But here at the Simpson house, we're still celebrating.
Narrator Observational Meta/Self-Referential Narrator: Excuse me. Now, our first gory story is... Oh, for crying out loud!
Narrator: No fair. Can't anyone just watch the show they're watching?
Narrator Meta/Self-Referential Observational Homer Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Marge: Crème brulée! Or, in English: Burnt cream!
Marge Wordplay/Pun Observational Marge · Homer: Bart, go out to the shed and get some more butane! ...butane this.
Bart: What's that unearthly glow? The only sensible thing to do is explore it on my own.
Bart · Kodos: Is that your space name? No, you hit me in my 700 testicles.
Kodos: My friends and I came in peace to find your vulnerabilities and, um, shore them up with more peace. Yes.
Kodos Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Bart · Kodos: Is that a ray gun? No, it's a... deodorant applicator.
Bart: Smells like a summer breeze.
Bart Callback Absurdist Callback Bart: Jim Halterman bobblehead doll. He's a local car dealer.
Bart Observational Character Comedy Kodos: do all humans have such weak necks or just the one you call 'Jim Halterman'?
Kodos Callback Observational Callback Kodos: I only hope those scientists leave me my mouth, so I may spread my message of peace through song. Peace... Peace, peace, peace From space.
Kodos Character Comedy Absurdist Kodos · Homer: seven billion body bags... Can I hammer that? No. Can I weld that? No! Can I tighten the... I said no!
Homer: I'm helping! I'm helping!
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Lisa: They were in yesterday's New York Times.
Lisa Observational Dark/Subversive Kodos · Other Aliens: We will cook them, we will eat them 'Cause that's the way to treat them...
Homer: Now, how about the neck of my butt?
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy Homer: Someone's taking the highway to the danger zone.
Homer: Why am I getting words in edgewise?
Homer Observational Character Comedy Kodos: It's because I'm Jewish.
Homer: I got a plan to save your space doggy.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Homer: Oh, I'm not decent. Let me throw something on.
Homer Visual Gag Character Comedy Homer · Government Agent: Can I help you, gentlemen? Uh, we know it's you, Mr. Simpson.
Homer: Ha! You missed 'em. Bart and our alien friend are hundreds of miles away by now.
Homer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Kodos: More of me to love.
Government Agent: The South shall rise again.
Kodos: Well done, Columbo. That's right. We watch Columbo. It's on during rain-outs of gleep-glop games.
Kodos: Foolish biped. It's not a phone. It's a space portal. Our shock troops will teleport in and eat everyone's heads
Kodos Misdirection Escalation Bart: They're gonna let us kill one!
Bart Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Homer · Lisa: I guess you should judge a book by its cover. Definitely, especially if you count the inside flap as part of the cover. It usually gives you a great idea of what the book's about.
Kodos · Homer: Actually, I'm still alive, so technically, it's vivisection. No one likes a know-it-all.
Marge: The problem is you don't share my interest in not being with you.
Marge: Why does he always bring up my weight?
Marge Character Comedy Observational Homer · Marge: I'm going to, uh... Midnight Monkey Madness at the zoo. Well, I won't be home, either. I'm, um... flipping over wheelbarrows in case it rains.
Homer · Marge: Have fun at your crazy-sounding thing. And you have fun at your preposterous event.
Marge: Now all I have to do is think of a clever line before I pull the trigger. Oh, that's a perfect one. But I don't need to say it out loud 'cause I'm by myself.
Marge Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Marge: Out of my way, mystery skank!
Homer: Marge is a professional assassin!
Marge: You just can't get Russian gangster blood out. Must be something they eat.
Marge Observational Dark/Subversive Marge · Homer: A blender cozy. How was your Midnight Monkey Madness?
Homer: I turned over so many wheelbarrows... Wait. That was your thing.
Homer Callback Character Comedy Callback Marge · Homer: It's poison! Whatever you do, don't eat it. Okay, you're already eating it, but don't finish it. Okay, you finished it, but don't ask for... Seconds, please.
Marge · Homer: Okay, you're already eating it, but don't finish it. Okay, you finished it, but don't ask for... Seconds, please.
Boss · Homer: You moron! Just kill her! I'll kill her after dessert!
Homer · Marge: How could you not tell me you were an assassin? How could you not tell me? I told you 20 times! You never listen!
Homer: Well, they're not as pretty as you, Marge.
Homer: I just get to keep whatever's in the guy's wallet.
Homer: I was out getting drunk, then killing people!
Homer Character Comedy Escalation Marge · Homer: That's my favorite couch! Why do you think I'm kicking it?
Marge · Homer: Stop it! That's my favorite couch! Why do you think I'm kicking it?
Bart · Lisa: Are you guys fighting over us? Whatever we did, we're sorry.
Marge: Great! Now they're going to have tummy aches tomorrow. And where will 'Super Dad' be then? At your funeral.
Marge · Homer: Oh, that was so hot! I love watching you do other guys! Mmm, I'd like to see you do a guy sometime.
Police Officer · Homer: I would have taken a bribe. Oh, that was so hot! I love watching you do other guys!
Marge: killing people together has really spiced things up in the bedroom.
Principal Skinner: Think of me on Pizza Fridays.
Agnes Skinner: I got your candy right here.
Bart: 'Trick or Treat' isn't just some phrase you chant mindlessly like The Lord's Prayer. It's an oral contract!
Bart Observational Character Comedy Nelson: Can't talk. Lighting poo.
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Bart Wordplay/Pun Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Ned Flanders: I've got something that will scare the H-E-double sippy straws out of them.
Bart · Lisa · Homer: I fed your fish. You overfed them! You're the worst one of all!
Bart · Nelson: Sin gets us something? Awesome! I was just in it for the sin.
Ned Flanders · Bart: Welcome to Heck House! You're about to discover what a life of sin will get you! Sin gets us something? Awesome! I was just in it for the sin.
Nelson: He died as he lived--like a dork.
Ned · Devil · Milhouse: May I have a clean American newspaper, please, no 'Doonesbury'? Wouldn't you rather have a bikini magazine? I guess a little peek won't hurt me. No! He died as he lived--like a dork.
Ned Flanders: Please, Lord, grant me the power to psychologically torture them into loving you.
Homer: Oh, why did I take pride in my child's accomplishments?
Homer: I thought I was killed by that magic spaghetti!
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy Unknown character: Oh, how I envy the crotchless.
Homer: Oh, how I envy the crotchless.
Apu · Comic Book Guy: I keep telling you: I'm Hindu! I regret... nothing.
Narrator: I just want to say that for watching this network, you're all going to hell! And that includes FX, Fox Sports, and our newest Devil's portal, The Wall Street Journal.
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