Treehouse of Horror VII
The Simpsons, season 8, episode 1. First aired October 27, 1996. 132 moments of about ten seconds each: open one for its frame, what happens and what's said.
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About the episode
Three Halloween stories unfold. Bart learns he has a conjoined twin, Hugo, kept chained in the attic and fed fish heads, and Lisa's tooth-in-cola science project spawns a tiny civilization that worships her as its god. In the last tale, the aliens Kang and Kodos abduct Bill Clinton and Bob Dole and pose as the two candidates to win the 1996 presidential election.
- Written by
- Ken Keeler; Dan Greaney; David X. Cohen
- Directed by
- Mike B. Anderson
- Guest stars
- Phil Hartman as Bill Clinton
- Couch gag
- Grim Reaper
- Production code
- 4F02
The synopsis is our own. Credits and guest stars from Wikipedia and the Simpsons wiki.
Every moment
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Homer sits at a kitchen table carving a jack-o'-lantern while a small pumpkin sits beside it, with a purple…
0:00–0:13 -
A skeletal Grim Reaper in a black robe, who is not a regular, sits on a red couch in a living room…
0:13–0:24 -
Bart walks down a purple-walled upstairs hallway with a blue railing while Lisa peeks out…
“Did you hear that part?”
0:24–0:36 -
Lisa and Bart stand in a purple hallway, with Lisa's eyes crossed and Bart glancing sideways as they look…
“Did you hear that part?”
0:36–0:47 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa, Maggie and Bart sit around the blue-clothed kitchen table, with Maggie in her high chair…
“Did you guys hear something moving around in the attic last night?”
0:47–0:50 -
Homer Simpson and Marge Simpson sit side by side at the kitchen table with bowls of cereal in front of them
“Attic? Oh, that's silly.”
0:50–1:03 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa and Bart are in a pink kitchen, where Homer stands at an open green refrigerator…
“Fish head, fish head, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo.”
1:03–1:16 -
Homer leans toward a small inset panel of orange-carpeted stairs where Bart in his orange shirt and Lisa…
1:16–1:30 -
Bart lies wide-eyed under a purple blanket in his blue bedroom, which has a shelf of toys, a hanging airplane…
“What's up there? Is it a monster? We have to know.”
1:30–1:39 -
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie sit around the blue kitchen table in the purple kitchen…
“I worked my butt off to feed you four kids, and all you do it...”
1:39–1:52 -
Homer, Bart and Lisa stand in the living room near a wooden cabinet, with Maggie peeking out…
“No, go ahead. Does something happen to nosy kids who ask questions?”
1:52–2:05 -
Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson start sprawled on a rug beneath an open attic hatch with a wooden ladder…
2:05–2:17 -
Bart, Lisa and baby Maggie are in a dim attic full of stacked copies of the purple book…
“The unsold copies of Dad's autobiography.”
2:17–2:27 -
Maggie, Bart and Lisa Simpson hurry across a dim attic with wooden floors and tattered curtains…
2:27–2:37 -
Lisa, Maggie and Bart stand together in a pink hallway beside three blue-and-white vases, staring…
“You think it's safe?”
2:37–2:51 -
Maggie, Lisa and Bart stand together in the first frame, with Maggie on the left waving her arms, Lisa…
“Mom, Dad, we saw something idiotic again, we saw something idiotic again!”
2:51–3:03 -
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie stand together in a dim attic, with Homer holding a golf club beside dog…
“Oh, my God, Marge, it's escaped.”
3:03–3:09 -
Marge is on the phone in a pink room, first as a hand dials the teal phone on a purple table beside a lamp
“Yes, Doctor, it's what we've always feared.”
3:09–3:21 -
Marge with her tall blue beehive, Bart in his orange shirt, and Lisa with her star-shaped spiky hair and red…
“I'm afraid we haven't been entirely honest with you, Bart.”
3:21–3:28 -
Homer Simpson stands in the pink living room with Lisa Simpson on the left, Bart Simpson in his orange shirt…
“So I have two brothers?”
3:28–3:38 -
Carl stands in a pink room with Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa gathered around him, with Homer in a white shirt…
“A monstrous irregularity.”
3:38–3:50 -
Lisa stands beside a tall Black man in a white lab coat and teal tie in a pink room with a staircase…
“I believe they prefer to be called conjoined twins.”
3:50–4:03 -
Marge lies in a hospital bed beside an IV stand while a doctor in a white coat with a stethoscope, who has…
“But unfortunately, one of them was pure evil.”
4:03–4:17 -
A man with a large afro, white lab coat, stethoscope and purple tie stands in a laboratory with glassware…
“A routine soul smear confirmed the presence of pure evil.”
4:17–4:27 -
Homer and Marge are in a hospital room with green tiled walls where a doctor with a large afro, white coat…
“But what to do with poor Hugo?”
4:27–4:36 -
Bart Simpson lies on his back on a lavender bed wearing only a white diaper with a pin, his hands clasped…
“But what to do with poor Hugo?”
4:36–4:42 -
Homer, Marge holding baby Maggie, Bart, and Lisa stand in a pink hallway with a purple staircase and a large…
“The child was an outcast. So we did the only humane thing.”
4:42–4:51 -
Bart Simpson stands in a pink room facing a large figure in a white shirt and blue pants whose arm dominates…
“You expect me to believe all this? If any of it was true,”
4:51–4:57 -
In a pink living room with a staircase, a framed portrait, and a coat rack, Homer stands gesturing…
“We've got to find Hugo.”
4:57–5:04 -
Homer, Marge, Bart, Maggie, a Black man in a white coat and Lisa stand in the pink hallway by the purple…
“I'll start with Radio Shack. Right.”
5:04–5:12 -
Bart is at a window looking out at a blue fence, his hand pressed against the sill
“You're here, aren't you?”
5:12–5:20 -
Bart Simpson stands nervously in a pink hallway beside a dark doorway and a blue curtain while a dark…
“You're here, aren't you?”
5:20–5:31 -
Bart Simpson is spread-eagled and tied by the wrists and ankles with ropes to a green mat on a wooden floor…
5:31–5:34 -
Bart lies shirtless in blue shorts, his wrists and ankles tied with rope to a green table in a wooden attic…
“You're crazy!”
5:34–5:46 -
A spiky-haired boy lies bound with rope on a green table while another spiky-haired boy in a torn red shirt…
“But you'll kill both of us. No, it's easy.”
5:46–5:58 -
Bart stands over another Bart, who lies bound with rope on a green table in a wooden shed with a birdcage…
“Well, let's get started.”
5:58–6:05 -
Bart stands in a wood-panelled attic holding a ball of multicolored yarn and knitting needles, while a man…
“Ho, ho, ho.”
6:05–6:17 -
Bart stands in a wood-paneled attic looking sideways, then Lisa flails her arms near a green table where Bart…
“We think we saw Hugo at the airport. He was boarding a plane to Switzerland.”
6:17–6:29 -
Lisa, Homer, and Marge gather around Bart, who lies on the wooden floor of an attic-like room with purple…
“You know,”
6:29–6:39 -
A yellow-skinned figure lies on a wooden table in a log-walled room, wearing a torn red shirt and blue pants…
“Hugo's scar is on the wrong side.”
6:39–6:51 -
Homer, Marge and Lisa stand over Bart, who lies on the attic floor with his head on a white pillow…
“Oh, don't look so shocked.”
6:51–7:01 -
A bald, dark-haired man in a white lab coat, purple shirt and teal tie stands against a wooden wall, resting…
“But I think there's a way to set everything right.”
7:01–7:12 -
Bart chews on a brown piece of food with his eyes shut at the dinner table, then sits with a napkin tucked…
“Mom, Hugo's eating his napkin.”
7:12–7:25 -
Lisa appears first in her bedroom and later holds up a small white tooth between her fingers while another…
“You finish your fish heads, then we'll talk.”
7:25–7:37 -
Lisa Simpson sits at a pink desk in her bedroom beside a science display board titled…
“Science has already proven the dangers of smoking, alcohol, and Chinese food,”
7:37–7:47 -
Bart and Lisa are in their pink bedroom beside a purple music stand, a red door, and a green FEST poster…
“Hey, Lise, check out my science project.”
7:47–7:58 -
Lisa grimaces in her bedroom beside a pink dresser holding a tooth chart and a bowl, then lies asleep in bed…
“Ow!”
7:58–8:10 -
Lisa Simpson starts in bed under a blue blanket, then looks up wide-eyed and carries a white bowl of brown…
“Oh boy!”
8:10–8:21 -
Lisa peers into a microscope marked 10x, then grips a higher-power lens labeled 100x as the view changes
“Hmm, looks about the same. Um... uh...”
8:21–8:33 -
Lisa Simpson is shown in her pink bedroom wearing a teal top, first holding a grey-blue tube-shaped object…
“My God!”
8:33–8:44 -
Homer, Bart, Lisa and Marge gather in the Simpsons' purple-cabinetted kitchen around a blue-clothed table…
“Hey, these aren't waffles. These are just square pancakes.”
8:44–8:57 -
Lisa Simpson leans over a microscope on a pink table in her bedroom, peering through the eyepiece…
“So, how are my little Stone Age tub dwellers?”
8:57–9:11 -
Lisa stands at a microscope in her pink bedroom, lit brightly and grinning as she looks at its dish
“I've created Lutherans.”
9:11–9:23 -
No recognizable regulars appear; only tiny indistinct figures are visible in a pink, futuristic city seen…
“Wow, it's almost like seeing into the future.”
9:23–9:26 -
Bart and Lisa are in a bedroom beside a bookshelf and a microscope on a purple table
“Hey, what is this, Goo? You trying to grow a friend?”
9:26–9:33 -
Bart and Lisa are in Lisa's pink room beside blue shelves, a microscope and a purple table
“Whoops, my finger slipped.”
9:33–9:40 -
Lisa Simpson bends over a grey microscope in her pink bedroom, eyes squinting at the eyepiece as she peers in
“Oh, my poor little guys. That bard is so rude.”
9:40–9:51 -
Bart sleeps under a green blanket in a blue bedroom while a small purple alien with antennae sits…
9:51–10:02 -
No recognizable Simpsons regulars appear; the scene shows small red-eyed flying robotic probes with white…
10:02–10:13 -
Bart lies asleep in his blue bedroom under a green blanket, with a framed photo, an alarm clock, and a model…
“What the heck?”
10:13–10:19 -
Bart Simpson lies in bed under a blue blanket against a blue headboard, eyes wide and mouth open
“What the heck?”
10:19–10:32 -
Lisa Simpson and Bart Simpson face off in a dim, bluish bedroom and hallway
“Your micro jerks attacked me! Well, you practically destroyed their whole world.”
10:32–10:44 -
A scowling boy with spiky hair in a green shirt appears in close-up, then a girl with spiky yellow hair…
“Sooner or later, you'll let your guard down and then flush.”
10:44–10:56 -
A small yellow-skinned girl with spiky hair in a blue dress sits on a large red-and-white throne with a red…
“It worked! The debigulator worked!”
10:56–11:07 -
Lisa sits on a large white throne with red cushions as it is carried down a red carpet past a vast crowd…
“Hail Lisa!”
11:07–11:19 -
A purple-skinned, blue-bearded robed figure in a gold cloak, who looks a lot like Mr. Burns' type of build…
“We have listened to you speak since the dawn of time, O Creator.”
11:19–11:29 -
A young girl with spiky yellow hair in a teal dress and a bearded elder in a long gold robe…
“But of course. You look down on us from heaven.”
11:29–11:40 -
Lisa Simpson sits on a red throne in a teal dress and points while a blue-skinned, bearded man in a golden…
“The devil? What devil? The one you call Bart.”
11:40–11:53 -
Lisa Simpson sits on a large white and red throne, wearing her blue dress and teal shoes, while a bearded…
“I must say, we find that quite perplexing.”
11:53–11:59 -
A packed crowd of nearly identical, blank-faced people with blue hair and matching green robes fills…
“Uh, God?”
11:59–12:12 -
Lisa Simpson sits on a large white throne with red cushions and gold tassels in a stone hall, wearing a teal…
“Listen, I can take care of everything.”
12:12–12:18 -
Lisa Simpson sits on a large white throne with a red cushion on a red carpet, wearing a blue dress…
“Unshrink you? Well, that would require some sort of a re-bigulator,”
12:18–12:26 -
Lisa Simpson sits on a large white and red throne with her arms crossed and a sulky expression, dressed…
“But, ah, but not at you, oh holiest of gods,”
12:26–12:34 -
A crowd of bald, green-robed figures fills a vast arena while a stooped figure stands on a red platform…
“it hurts me. Look, the destroyer, he returns.”
12:34–12:46 -
Principal Skinner stands at a science fair table in a school gym and gestures while speaking to Bart Simpson…
“First-rate work, Bart.”
12:46–12:57 -
Sideshow Bob tips a purple lump from a tray into a wheeled grey trash can in a classroom, while Milhouse…
“Principal Skinner, wait! I created the universe!”
12:57–13:11 -
A crowd of wide-eyed, purple-skinned people with blue hair, dressed in green and yellow robes, stands packed…
“Shouldn't you people be groveling?”
13:11–13:20 -
Homer and Marge sit back together in a small wooden rowboat on a calm lake at dusk
“Ah, the old fishing hole.”
13:20–13:33 -
Homer Simpson sits in a small wooden rowboat on a lake, first lounging back with eyes closed and then leaning…
“So peaceful and relaxing. Doesn't even matter if I catch a single fish.”
13:33–13:45 -
Homer drifts alone in a small rowboat on a lake, then gazes upward at a blue flying saucer with red lights…
“Who's a son of a...”
13:45–13:57 -
Homer Simpson first appears beneath a blue flying saucer with a green dome over a pink sky, then dangles…
“Oh, my God.”
13:57–14:08 -
Homer Simpson kneels on a round purple-lit stage while two green one-eyed aliens, Kang and Kodos, dangle…
“We are travelers from a certain nearby ring,”
14:08–14:18 -
Homer stands in a round purple chamber between two green tentacled aliens with single large eyes that hang…
“I suppose you want to probe me.”
14:18–14:29 -
Homer Simpson stands in the middle of a red-lit circular spaceship cabin between two green tentacled aliens…
“This is our mission of conquest.”
14:29–14:42 -
Homer Simpson stands in a purple, circular room with red wooden walls as he talks and gestures…
“Except, um, there's this election next week, so after that it might not be him anymore.”
14:42–14:55 -
Homer stands watching two green, tentacled aliens strapped into hanging harnesses in a red-walled room…
“Hmm.”
14:55–15:09 -
A yellow-skinned man in a blue suit and black tie, unnamed and standing over a nighttime city, is shown…
“Bob Dole doesn't need this.”
15:09–15:20 -
Two men stand on a purple spaceship deck, where a man in a blue suit gestures toward an older man in a light…
“What the hell is this? Some kind of tube?”
15:20–15:31 -
Two green, one-eyed tentacled aliens with toothy grins and drool stand in a purple control room, and a nude…
“Well, thanks for taking care of the oil for me.”
15:31–15:44 -
Homer stands at a control console in a pink, purple alien spaceship cockpit, while a green one-eyed alien…
“Oh, no.”
15:44–15:52 -
Homer Simpson sits in a dark pod lined with red and purple panels, pressing buttons and gazing wide-eyed…
“Oh, no.”
15:52–16:05 -
Homer Simpson stands in a red-walled booth beside a control panel as a large mechanical robotic arm hangs…
“No, no, no! What are you spraying me with?”
16:05–16:10 -
Homer stands on a puddle in a red-walled spaceship corridor, facing a thin man in a blue suit beside a large…
“So no one will believe your story.”
16:10–16:23 -
Kent Brockman sits at a desk in a studio, holding a stack of white papers in both hands in front of a teal…
“America flips a coin.”
16:23–16:32 -
Marge Simpson stands at a kitchen counter holding a towel and a plate, and she raises a cup toward her mouth…
“I am Clinton.”
16:32–16:44 -
Homer Simpson stands at the kitchen table with Marge, Bart, Lisa and baby Maggie in her high chair…
“March, march.”
16:44–16:55 -
Homer stands in the family kitchen pointing toward a small television on the counter, where a group of people…
“That's one of the creatures.”
16:55–16:57 -
A tall, dark-haired man in a blue suit and black tie stands outdoors before a brick factory with smokestacks…
“Senator Dole, why should people vote for you instead of President Clinton?”
16:57–17:05 -
A dark-haired man in a blue suit and tie speaks into a microphone in front of a brick factory…
“Either way, your planet is doomed.”
17:05–17:13 -
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie sit at a blue table in a purple-walled room; Homer scowls and speaks…
“These candidates make me want to vomit in terror.”
17:13–17:24 -
A yellow-skinned man with dark hair, a white cap, a blue suit and black tie stands behind an orange podium…
“Abortions for all.”
17:24–17:35 -
A man in a blue suit, black tie and white cap stands behind a wooden podium with microphones at an outdoor…
“Hmm.”
17:35–17:43 -
Two men in suits, a dark-haired man in a blue suit and a grey-haired man in a brown suit with a blue tie…
“Fooling these Earth voters is easier than expected.”
17:43–17:55 -
Three men in suits stand outside a vehicle with partial lettering reading "DEMOC..." and "NATION..."…
“Uh, Mr. President, sir, people are becoming a bit confused.”
17:55–18:04 -
Three men in dark suits walk along a narrow street lined with pink and purple awnings and a brick building…
“We are merely exchanging long protein strings.”
18:04–18:16 -
Lisa stands near the front of a crowd of Springfield residents waiting on the steps of a domed blue hall…
“My fellow Americans, as a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball.”
18:16–18:18 -
A grey-haired man in a grey suit and blue tie speaks at a wooden podium on a stage with red curtains…
“My fellow Americans, as a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball.”
18:18–18:27 -
A grey-haired man in a dark suit and blue tie, who matches no named regular, stands behind a wooden podium…
“But tonight I say we must move forward, not backward,”
18:27–18:37 -
Bart, Lisa, Marge and baby Maggie sit among a cheering, hand-waving crowd in a packed hall with a red curtain
“Stop!”
18:37–18:49 -
Marge with her tall blue beehive, Lisa in her red dress, and Maggie with her pacifier and blue bow sit among…
“You heard me! They're alien replicons from beyond the moon!”
18:49–18:59 -
Homer Simpson lies sprawled on a blue walkway outside a columned building while a dark-haired man in a blue…
“Don't forget your stinking flag.”
18:59–19:12 -
Homer Simpson stands at a red control panel in a lab, first raising one arm to press or pull a lever…
“Hold on, guys. I'll help you.”
19:12–19:20 -
Homer Simpson stands between two naked yellow men in clear tubes on circular pedestals inside a red…
“Oh, no.”
19:20–19:32 -
Homer Simpson stands at a control panel inside a spacecraft with a dark blue star-filled view of trees…
“I'm Homer Simpson, sir, and I'm going to get you back to Washington before it's too late.”
19:32–19:42 -
Two nude men stand side by side in a purple, pod-like chamber lit by red lights and hung with thin wires
“Partisan politics are tearing our country apart.”
19:42–19:54 -
Homer Simpson stands at a control console under a starry window, watching two nude men with a shirtless…
“Friend, you got a deal.”
19:54–20:05 -
Homer stands at a control console in a pink-and-purple chamber with starry walls
“Oh!”
20:05–20:15 -
Homer lies sprawled face-down across a dark blue console dotted with blinking blue lights, then the scene…
“What have I done? What am I doing? What will I do?”
20:15–20:25 -
A dark-haired, stout man in a blue suit with a "Vote for Dole" button stands at a wooden podium…
“Tomorrow, when you are sealed in the voting cubicle, vote for me, Senator Keh...”
20:25–20:36 -
Two men in suits stand at wooden podiums before a columned building with wide steps: a dark-haired man…
“which will eliminate the need for a violent bloodbath.”
20:36–20:47 -
Homer runs down the steps of a columned building in a panic, then stands on a stage between two wooden…
“America, take a good look at your beloved candidates.”
20:47–20:59 -
Two green, one-eyed aliens with spotted heads, seated behind wooden podiums on a columned stage draped…
“It's true.”
20:59–21:10 -
Homer Simpson stands on a stage between two large green alien creatures with bulging eyes, toothy mouths…
“Well, I believe I'll vote for a third-party candidate.”
21:10–21:22 -
A grey-haired man in a blue suit and red tie gestures in a crowd that includes a woman in a purple dress…
“All hail President Kane!”
21:22–21:33 -
Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa, all chained together and dressed in ragged clothes, toil on a waterfront…
“Hmm.”
21:33–21:44 -
Marge Simpson and Homer are joined by chains and metal collars at a construction site
“I don't understand why we have to build a ray gun to aim at a planet I never even heard”
21:44–21:54 -
No characters appear in this sequence; it is a black credits screen with green lettering
21:54–22:03 -
A black screen with green stylized credit text that changes in sequence
22:03–22:12 -
A black end-credit screen with green text
“Thank you.”
22:12–22:21 -
A black closing credits sequence with green text on a black background
22:21–22:30 -
This is the black end-credit roll of The Simpsons episode #4F02 with green text on a black background
22:30–22:39 -
Silhouetted audience members, including one with a large bushy hairdo in the foreground, sit in rows of seats…
22:39–22:50
Who's in it
Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Moe Szyslak, Milhouse Van Houten, Principal Skinner, Lenny Leonard, Carl Carlson, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Mrs. Krabappel, Dr. Hibbert, Kent Brockman, Martin Prince, Ralph Wiggum, Groundskeeper Willie, Lewis Clark, Wendell Borton, Richard, Miss Hoover, Snowball II, Kirk Van Houten, Janey Powell, Luann Van Houten, Dewey Largo, Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon, Just Stamp the Ticket Man, Sherri and Terri, Kang, Kodos, Bill Clinton, Grim Reaper, Doug, Ringo Starr, Clinton Staffer, Bob Dole, Hugo Simpson II, Jonathan Frink, Jr, Man, Pigeon-Rat, Religious Leader
Everyone who appears in it, from the Simpsons wiki. Every character