Springfield is the setting for parodies of Charlie Brown, It's the Great Pumpkin and Michael Bay's Transformers as Homer's vote on election day is misread by a renegade machine.
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“Treehouse Of Horror Xix” ranks #223 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 79.6 — Elite. The episode packs 52 scored jokes at 3.7 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.5 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
Milhouse: I believe in the Grand Pumpkin, almighty gourd, who was crustified over Pontius Pie-plate, and ascended into oven. He will come again to judge the filling and the bread ...
Grand Pumpkin · Milhouse: Oh, how delightful-- bread made especially for pumpkins. Actually, it's made from pumpkins.
Homer: This doesn't happen in America! Maybe Ohio! But not in America!
Homer Observational Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Homer: Well ... I'm no drunk driving.
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Lisa · Grand Pumpkin: You're a racist! All pumpkins are racist. The difference is I admit it!
All Jokes — 52 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Homer: Hello, I'd like to vote for president, governor, and anything that will take money away from our parks and libraries.
Homer Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Homer · Poll Worker: Oh! I can't fit in the booth! Use the double-wide.
Homer · Voting Machine: One vote for McCain. No, I want to vote for Obama. Two votes for McCain. Come on. It's time for a change! Three votes for McCain. No! No! No! Six votes for McCain.
Homer: This doesn't happen in America! Maybe Ohio! But not in America!
Homer Observational Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Homer: Montreal Expos jersey. Somber String. Jacks, no ball.
Homer Observational Absurdist Homer: And a Slunky ... 'IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING'
Homer Observational Absurdist ★ Rewatch Homer: Oh, I wouldn't give these to my worst enemy, ... which happens to be Lisa.
Homer Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Toy Truck: Girls don't like trucks! Come back when you're something else!
Bart: Merry Christmas, Dad. We bought you three more minutes of oxygen.
Bart Dark/Subversive Absurdist Lisa: I don't know how you could top last year's gift: a box of your burps.
Lisa Callback Character Comedy Callback Transformers: Snooze! Threeway! Melody!
Transformer: Wait a minute. We're missing Sex-Toy.
Sex-Toy · Other Transformer: Where have you been? Where haven't I been?
Homer: Well, the toaster's never lied to me before.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Homer: Finally a boxing day that lives up to its name.
Homer Wordplay/Pun Observational Alien Robot: It is a good planet to settle things on.
Homer: Stop it! Stop it! Look, you have made the nacho machine cry.
Homer Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Robot · Homer · Robot: That does not compute. Really?! It computes a little.
Carnage Destructicus · Bestimus Mucho: You know I, I... I don't remember. Neither do I.
Robot · Marge: And now that we are not fighting each other, we can team up to enslave your planet. That's great! Because working together, you can ... Oh ...
Homer · Lisa: Okay, who's the idiot who taught them what foosball was? I thought they might enjoy it.
Marge: Okay, Maggie, we'll be back in three hours. Or longer if something happens to us.
Marge Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Signage: CRAZY ETHEL'S DAY CARE CENTER where your child learns to trust strangers
Krusty: Hey, hey, kids! Your old pal Krusty's gonna teach you five new words: Unlicensed use of my image.
Krusty Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Krusty: Entertain the troops? No way! What have they ever done for me?!
Krusty Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Homer: Well ... I'm no drunk driving.
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Prince: Oh, my God, you finally did it. You mixed Buzz Cola with the smooth, rich taste of lemon.
Prince Setup/Punchline Character Comedy John Wayne: Sounds ... like ... quite ... a ... deal ... pilgrim! I hate ... trans ... action ... fees!
George Washington: That ad implies that Mr. Lincoln and I are... betraying familiarities!
John Wayne: Put a sock in it, mushmouth!
Homer: Great party, Homer! Murdering Kate Winslet paid for that chocolate fountain.
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Dead Gangster: Ah, you ripped me off. See? No, I didn't. See! You're gonna pay for what you done. See!
Krusty: I always thought I'd die of hepatitis ... C.
Krusty Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer · Rip Taylor: Rip Taylor? You're not even dead! Someone needs to check my apartment.
Homer: Well, your wife likes it.
Celebrity: It's a mix of voodoo and Methodist.
Lisa · Marge: What did you say, Mom? Nothing. I'm practicing my trombone.
Milhouse: I believe in the Grand Pumpkin, almighty gourd, who was crustified over Pontius Pie-plate, and ascended into oven. He will come again to judge the filling and the bread ...
Nelson: You are such a stupid moron! It makes people want to punch you! The Grand Pumpkin's superga-ay! Punch, punch, punch, punch, wedgie!
Nelson Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Bart: More Granny Smiths for me.
Bart Character Comedy Observational Milhouse: You owe me restitution!
Grand Pumpkin · Milhouse: Oh, how delightful-- bread made especially for pumpkins. Actually, it's made from pumpkins.
Grand Pumpkin: I'm gonna give you crossed eyes like you might see on an idiot, a stupid triangle nose and a big mouth full of the ugliest shaped teeth there are ... square.
Grand Pumpkin · Party-goer: Oh, God! Everywhere I look-- pumpkin atrocities!! Care for a pumpkin seed? You roast the unborn?
Grand Pumpkin: You roast the unborn?
Lisa · Grand Pumpkin: You're a racist! All pumpkins are racist. The difference is I admit it!
Milhouse: No. Who is he and what's his origin story?
Milhouse Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential Lisa: Um ... well, Tom is a magical turkey who gave the pilgrims the technology to put buckles on their hats.
Lisa Absurdist Setup/Punchline Grand Pumpkin: A giant talking turkey? Preposterous!
Tom Turkey · Homer: You eat turkeys?! Oh, yeah. It's delicious! Especially when we take stuffing and shove it up the turkey's ... Revenge!!!!
Narrator/Character: Looks like those kids found the true spirit of Halloween. Or Thanksgiving. Or whatever.
Marge: And for those of you who feel like we've trampled on a beloved children's classic, I encourage you to write to the following address.
Marge Meta/Self-Referential Setup/Punchline Top Episodes — The Simpsons
