The scariest Simpsons Halloween show yet, featuring an opening by Guillermo Del Toro.
WAR
29
Wins Above Replacement
“Treehouse Of Horror Xxiv” ranks #439 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 74.4 — Great. The episode packs 45 scored jokes at 2.7 per minute, averaging 6.8 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
Homer: She also acquired it on her deathbed. That was a very busy deathbed.
Homer Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Comic Book Guy: I am so sick and tired of people assuming that the human snail is, in some way, slow.
Narrator: The Fat in the Hat!
Narrator Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: I'm frightened of nothing, not even hellfires. Just don't let me ever be played by Mike Myers.
Homer Meta/Self-Referential Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Moe · Homer: I am the Borax. I speak for the woods. But I've plastered my likeness on consumer goods. Sellout!
Moe Homer Setup/Punchline Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 45 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Homer Running Gag Character Comedy Narrator: 'Twas Halloween night, with the kids door-to-dooring, and all over town the blood sugar was soaring.
Narrator Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Narrator: But the Simpson abode was deep down in the dumps, 'cause from little to bigger, the kids had the mumps.
Marge: Now, I'm off to a party, my outfit is chic. It's a Catwoman costume, I'm sure is unique.
Marge Irony/Sarcasm Observational Homer: Wait a second-- it's Halloween?
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist Kids: Can we have some candy? Just one M&M.
Kids Character Comedy Escalation Narrator: The Fat in the Hat!
Narrator Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: I'll save Halloween for you three grumpy tots. Just stick out your rumps for some mump-stumping shots!
Homer Wordplay/Pun Absurdist ★ Rewatch Lisa: And you should be dead, you're so wrinkled and gray!
Lisa Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Grampa: I'll give you the business, you yellow sea cow!
Grampa Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Homer: I... uh, I knew there was something I left off my list.
Homer Reaction Beat Character Comedy Moe · Homer: I am the Borax. I speak for the woods. But I've plastered my likeness on consumer goods. Sellout!
Moe Homer Setup/Punchline Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Mr. Burns: Who buzzed the buzzard? Don't pester the rich. I don't hand out candy, you son of a Gritch.
Mr. Burns Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bart: Enough with the lessons! This isn't a school!
Bart Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Moe: I don't got no candy, I only serve beer. And who said that you could bring minors in here?
Moe Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Barney: And you just pissed off the wrong fat, furry drunk!
Barney Character Comedy Escalation Lisa: This is supposed to be a children's story!
Lisa Meta/Self-Referential Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Apu Reaction Beat Escalation Homer: I'm frightened of nothing, not even hellfires. Just don't let me ever be played by Mike Myers.
Homer Meta/Self-Referential Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Marge Reaction Beat Character Comedy Bart: Hey, if they get on an airbus, they know they're taking their chances.
Bart Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Homer: I don't know what that means, I have a digital watch!
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Air Traffic Controller: Homina, homina, homina. Over.
News Reporter: I'm seeing a 12-car pileup, a naked rooftop cookout, and... Oh, my God! A box kite!
Bart · Lisa: I'm alive! All patched up! End of story. Actually, there's a little more.
Bart: Strangle me out of this, Fatso.
Bart Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Homer: Man cave! Everyone's welcome to my man cave!
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Teacher: Derivative and repetitive! F-minus.
Bart: It's like looking down a Canadian tunnel.
Bart Observational Absurdist ★ Rewatch Psychiatrist: Well, that's for lettuce.
Homer: Should've chopped off Bart's head long ago.
Homer Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Lisa: 'Cause in a head-to-head battle, the one with the most brains wins!
Lisa Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bart · Lisa: ♪ Mock... Yeah. ♪ Ing... Yeah.
Krusty: Seriously, folks, I really think we should stop this Hitler guy.
Krusty Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Moe: So, uh, anyone here from New Jersey? I'm goin' there next week.
Moe Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Comic Book Guy: I am so sick and tired of people assuming that the human snail is, in some way, slow.
Marge: I, too, am a freak. One eye is blue, and the other a pale brown.
Marge Character Comedy Visual Gag Moe: Of all the kisses I have ever gotten in my life, that was the first.
Moe Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Homer: She also acquired it on her deathbed. That was a very busy deathbed.
Homer Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Homer: What do you know? I am gathering moss!
Homer Wordplay/Pun Observational Freaks: What the hell does 'gooble goo' mean? We don't know! Gooble goo!
Freaks Meta/Self-Referential Absurdist ★ Rewatch character: This is exactly why circus attendance is plummeting!
Homer: This is exactly why circus attendance is plummeting!
Homer Observational Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Homer: And that, kids, is how I met your mother.
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