I think this might be my first Worst list I've ever done on the channel. After I gushed about Season 33, The Simpsons was due for one of these 😛

The main issue with Tree House of Horrors is that they are now such direct parodies that there is no room for subversion. The old Tree House of Horrors did parody right-you did not have to know the source material to enjoy it.

(Hans Moleman voice) “I remember Master & Cadaver”

While I'm not a fan of "Untitled Robot Parody", it is the most recent Simpson episode with a funny line that stuck with me. Homer: Hmm. Is there something different about the kitchen? Toaster transforms into the word "No" Homer: Well, the toaster's never lied to me before.

Honestly, the Homer eating himself segment is so visceral to me, it’s one of my favorites because it creeps me the hell out. I know it’s bad writing but good god is it disturbing

You know what would have worked for the Stranger Things parody? The Simpsons debut _in_ the 80s. They should have harkened the style of the episode back to the first series. The same character models, backgrounds, etc. It would have added a nice dimension and possibly more fodder for parody. Especially as a real 80s show lampooning one *trying* to be 80's.

To be fair to Wiz Kids, luckily stumbling into the solution is something Harry was known to do in the early books. I saw the Enchanted Shin as an amusing enough heightened parody of that trope.

I genuinely appreciate that you can write a "negative" view on all of these things but still remain informative and just as entertaining.

I always wondered why they just straight up put Harry Potter in their Harry Potter parody. That explanation actually makes sense.

The ‘Krusty in wood chipper’ moment was a pretty gnarly death scene.

Halloween Segments always had one that wasnt as good as the others but it was usually not by much. As time went on however it became harder to say which segment was worse in a halloween special since they lost a lot of scariness and a lot of interest.

I love Four Beheadings and a Funeral if for no other reason than the last line delivery. “Daddy I had the craziest dream” “Ralphie, you’re stiiiiiill in it” Always get a laugh out of me

Correction: The part in Homerzilla "making fun of Godzilla 2000", wasn't making fun of Godzilla 2000, it was poking fun at Godzilla 1998, the American remake that's often panned for barely being a Godzilla movie. Godzilla 2000 was the first in the Millennium era made by Toho, the original Japanese creators/owners of Godzilla. Also I love the Gamera cameo in that segment.

Actually Simpsons has done a decent Apple joke: "Eat up, Martha."

The one thing I love about in the Belly of the Boss is Mr. Burns hysterically understated "well. That hurt like hell."

Dang, I had no clue Wiz Kids predated the Harry Potter movies, even by just a little bit.

A complete history of Shelbyville please

A fully negative Simpsons video from you? Fascinating!

Smithers being a snake named Slithers lives in my head rent free.

I really enjoy Wizz Kids, but something interesting is that I never knew it actually predated the first movie, so as a kid I was always confused as to how their Harry Potter parody barely resembled the films I'd seen.

I honestly enjoyed the Harry Potter segment. It wasn’t as heavily parodied in media at that point in time so I think it was more novel the year it came out. Thanks to that segment, I now say “ohhh my enchanted shin” every time I whack it on the coffee table

It’s fitting that Telepaths of Glory has a compelling first half and a boring second half, because Chronicle has a really solid first two acts and then completely falls apart in the final act when it tries to do the whole OTT superhero battle in a city and makes the stakes way too big. I blame Max Landis.

I agree with the top spot. I also think it might be a good idea to include the season/year of release when you show the episode's title just for more information for the viewer

the spider verse parody should've been about each tree house of horror takes place in an alternate universe, like the actual cannon simpsons traveling the universe, its universe just happens to be a tree house of horror.

“Trees are not scary” is something the writers should’ve learned from The Happening. Edit: This whole video I was going “wait which one was that” at the titles, and then after seeing the screenshots I was like “oh yeah I remember that one”, since I binged them all last year. This was a nice reminder that these segments existed without me having to actually watch them all again.

I don't really follow Simpsons anymore but I always come back to this channel. The editing in these videos are so good

You know how you can automatically tell that the Harry Potter episode is a parody of the book and not the film? No movie uniforms. Because as fans of the books should know, there are no red and yellow ties or Gryffindor symbols on their robes. They are solid black (or here, solid red). They wear hats too although even the books seemed to forget this after a while.

I love the jokes in the main series where Bart is shown to have psychic powers, but then the two times they give people psychic powers it's lisa? I guess Bart did have the premonition of the bus crash, and got to be the monster in the "good life" parody, but still....

The white blood cell dancing with Maggie was the cutest/best part of that fantastic voyage segment

Agree about Homerzilla, way too confused about what it’s trying to be. On a fanboy level, my biggest gripe with that segment is that they didn’t do the most obvious thing ever and have Homerzilla battle King Homer. Would it be blatant, nonsensical fanservice? Yes. But the show has been on 30+ years and the least they can do is pander to my nostalgia

I remember I liked the circus freak segment back in the day. Kang and Kodos has a great cameo in that one. It felt natural instead of them being awkwardly thrown in somewhere for the sake of it.

I really enjoy “Master and Cadaver,” I will admit that part of my fondness is because I’m a sucker for nautical tales, so any creepy stories on the high seas automatically have my interest. On top of that, I think the story does a good job showing why Homer and Marge are suspicious while also showing the guy’s overall innocence. It sets a mood and right now is the closest thing we get to a Ghost Ship story on the show. I guess the “Mutiny on the Bounty” sketch does this a little, but this segment is better at covering the overall vibe once Homer and Marge step onto that other ship. I think it all being in Maggie’s imagination is a bit of a fake-out, but it is fun to consider why Maggie’s imagination would go so dark. I don’t like the Clockwork Orange stuff though, especially since they do a longer parody of it only a season or so later.

Trees can be scary, the Wizard of oz had a very creepy forest, but it doesn't work well when they are being more active. They work best as an addition not the main attraction

I would love a critical analysis of the non-Halloween anthology episodes. For a few years there, they did at least one every season, but I don't think they've done one in at least a decade at this point. Some of them were really good, and I got the feeling the writers were finding it harder and harder to stretch stories out to a full 22 minutes, so they leaned into anthologies to give themselves a break. Then... they stopped.

TheRealJims: Trees aren’t scary. Me: *eyes the first Evil Dead and Poltergeist warily*

As a huge fan of Transformers, I can say it felt really lame. Just about anything good that was done better elsewhere, like with bit with the sex toy robot was done better on Robot Chicken. Plus, the bit where the robots don't know why they're fighting seems pretty dumb since that's something that's always been a big thing. Both sides have major ideological differences with the Decepticons wanting to conquer and expand while Autobots want peaceful coexistence with resources also being a major part of their conflict. This is something that has been around since day 1 with the franchise. Still, I prefer this over the crappy bit from another episode the Simpsons did with "Transclownomorphs". As for Diving Bell and the Butterball, I found the Spider-Man part made it worse. It had pretty much no build up and felt tacked on because the episode ran short. Not to mention that the jab at Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark felt more like it was at the expense of the various members of the production that got seriously injured rather than at the show itself. If I'm in the mood for something taking a shot at Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, I'll stick to South Park's version.

The top pick always makes me smile but for a silly reason. In the Star Trek episode "The Menagerie" Captain Pike is paralysed and can only communicate by beeping. Everyone acts as though he cannot ask for anything. Yet this Simpsons segment shows how, relatively, easy it would be.

Geriatric Park was already a Naked Gun joke too. Not that the show needs to do anything original, but seeing a giant old dude crush somebody with his walker was funnier to me than elderly dinosaurs.

I'm a die hard transformers fan, and you're 100% right about " untitled robot parody" the writers of that episode didnt know anything about what they were parodying and as a result its joyless and unfunny

My biggest problem with most modern Treehouse of Horror segments is that they’ll parody anything without even considering if the thing they’re doing a parody of is even remotely related to Halloween. Even the least interesting classic Treehouse segments were always on theme, but Avatar, Transformers, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith (among others) aren’t exactly movies I would associate with Halloween.

I like the Tweenlight segment. I'm a fan of classic monsters and liked Draculas involvement.

My friend absolutely hates the one where Homer eats himself. Surprised that one was missing from your list.

Another awesome list! I would love to see a list ranking some of the intros to THoH episodes. I feel like they get overlooked a lot but there are so many iconic ones!

I actually really enjoy Wiz Kids. As a kid I hated it because I was a big Harry Potter fan but I sort of appreciate that this like is more a vague genre parody and shows an alternate reality version of Springfield. In fact the only joke I don’t really like is the one with Harry Potter lol. It also is a good episode for Bart character writing wise he’s got some good lines in there

Homer eating himself messed with my brain. It was the only time I considered turning the show off. I’ve seen every episode, but that’s the only one I will never watch again.

THOH is starting to just feel like a bunch of big sketches with barely anything to do with Halloween anymore.

Typical modern Simpsons Halloween joke: Step 1: Character gets killed or fatally injured. Step 2: Said character or another character says something mundane about it. Step 3: Writers hope someone in the world thinks it's funny.

For me, the poodle is a reference to a book series starting with the first book, 100% wolf. The main character is a werewolf who on his first turn, wasn’t a wolf but a poodle. Not sure though, it’s a niche book

All great picks but the Mr. & Mrs Smith parody is a must have on any bad THOH segments!

the best part about #19 is the "what does gooble goo mean?" followed by "we dont know. gooble goo!"

#20 unlocked the memory of 'Immigration of the Body Snatchers' from the 'Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror: Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo' comic I had as a kid...

You should do a Simpsons Mysteries about Maggie Simpson and her potential for evil. The show has often hinted how smart she is, even at just one year old. Or how Halloween specials will portray her as straight up evil sometimes. It would make for a good Halloween special on top of this treehouse of horror vid

Believe it or not, Master and Cadaver will always be one of the most prominent Simpsons episodes in my mind. It was one of, if not the first episodes that I ever saw. It was a heavily edited video on KZfaq around 2012ish, with distorted, sped up audio making everybody sound like one of the Chipmunks. I'm pretty sure the beginning was cut off as well. I still remember a line "my employer tried to inject it with poison" or something like that. Also, the radio nipple binoculars joke. It really stuck with me, and I clicked on the next video, which was the Fruit-Batman episode. I found it hilarious, and went down the rabbit hole. I have been a fan ever since, despite nobody else in my family liking it. :)

Moe has no sizzle? Guess he's got a sizzle-lack.

i've been waiting for this! love the spooky videos hope to see more

My least favourite is the cannibalism one, but I understand it's pretty personal. There's just something so horrific and nauseating about it conceptually that I can't stand it. It's not the fun or interesting kind of disturbing and there are no jokes good enough to make it worth withstanding, it's just really gross and I kind of want to throw up just thinking about it.

I swear Gainax staff watched "Untitled Robot Parody" since an episode of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt "Trans-homers" hits many of the same beats, even the same ending twist.

Surprised Multip-Lisaty didn’t make it on here, the only joke in that entire segment is Lisa talking in different accents

Commenting as I'm watching so you may address this later, but spot on commentary for 4 beheadings. I was initially upset by the pick for the list, my nostalgia greatly influencing my mood. But your comment on it being more of an anthology feel was so on the nose that it made me agree fully with your criticisms. Love the videos. Love hearing other people talk about something that means so much to me. Thank you!

thank u for taking the time to write up the captions, they’re very helpful :)

Geriatric Park? Oh, you have got to be kidding sir. First you think of an idea that has already been done. Then you give it a title that nobody could possibly like. Didn't you think this through...it was on the bestseller list for eighteen months! Every magazine cover had... one of the most popular movies of all time, sir! What were you thinking? I mean, thank you, come again.

5:00 I think Rip Taylor's joke is pretty funny. You're not dead! Somebody better check my apartment! Woohooweehee

Pre-watch: praying the diving bell one comes first. Godawful. Post-watch: NAILED IT!

Love this video! Are there any Halloween segments that you think could do with a longer segment/full episode?

Yes when it comes down to the Simpson Treehouse Horrors you have a lot of hits but you must confirm there has been misses.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who hated the "Transplant" joke in Nightmare on Elm Tree Boo indeed my friend

with regards to dry hard you articulated my thoughts on it when i first watched it perfectly.

AS a kid I adored the golem story! I love the concept and still do today.

You know, I'm surprised Wiz Kids made it so high up. Maybe it's nostalgia talking from my own harry potter phase. But it felt like a decently creative kids magic segment. I think it coming out before the movies actually strengthened it too. I mean look at how many movie parodies made it on this list because they couldn't make them funny enough, at least it didn't just start quoting Philosopher's Stone at us. Instead we get "let's turn Springfield elementary into hogwarts and see what we can come up with." Though yeah enchanted shin is pretty dumb.

The Split parody and autocannibalism ones definitely deserve to be on here.

I love the editing on this!

Good list, a couple of the teens-era ones I dont mind as much as you. I definitely saw number 1 coming a mile away

“It’s time to rip em a new asshole” I always lol so hard when he hard curses

As someone who didn't even like the actual Parasite movie, watching an incredibly shallow "parody" (if you can even call it that) of it that just ends in a random massacre was not thrilling at all. Not even for the novelty of seeing the Simpsons in the setting of a film I liked, since I didnt even like it to begin with. Not to mention the obvious question: Why did they even do a parody of Parasite? it's the same thing I asked myself during the Kingsman and Hunger Games parodies. None of those movies are scary. Not even a little bit. So why even do a parody of them for a HALLOWEEN episode? Just to be topical, that's why. They should have, if at all, reserved them for just regular anthology episodes. I mean, they probably just added the bloody killings in them to justify it being in a halloween episode. However, when they did the "Bartman Begins" segment in "Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times", they also added a lot of unnecessary blood and murder in that, so it's not even a good excuse to begin with. The "Geriatric Park" segment should have been higher, honestly. I wanted a Jurassic Park parody for years, and when we finally get it, it's just that? Thinking about it, it's kinda like a poorly done version of "Dial Z for Zombies", in terms of basic layout and structure. Imagine if that episode spent more than half of its run time just doing setup before we get any zombie action, and then have it wrap up with like 2 minutes left. If they promise us dinosaur carnage, they should have actual dinosaur carnage for the majority of it. Such a disappointment of a good setup. Oh, and not to forget, Naked Gun did the "Geriatric Park"-joke first. And better. "Freaks no Geeks" should not have been on the list, in my opinion. I think it's quite an underrated segment that does a good job capturing the old timey style of the time period and has so many fun designs for the different freaks. The callback to the previous segment with Bart still stuck to Selmas body was honestly really clever. The whole thing kinda reminds me of "The Island of Dr. Hibbert", where it's largely a style over substance kinda segment. That one has a more rushed and disappointing ending though, where Homer just randomly gives up and willingly becomes an animal. Here, the ending is at least inspired by the actual ending from "Freaks" and even though the How I met your mother gag is kinda dated, it does actually get a laugh out of me.

Great top 20! Treehouse of Horror is usually incredible but when it's bad it's horrible. I mostly agree with your list but I'd add on "Mmmm Homer" too

I literally guessed your #1 immediately, purely because I knew it was so bad there is no way it would miss a top 20 worst Treehouse of Horror segments list.

Honestly, Simon Stoolowitz is probably now one of my new favorite Simpsons characters so thanks for showing me it.

always giving the fans what we want! keep up the great work

"ive got you under my skin" and "goodmorning sunshine" always pop up randomly in my memory. I love when Burns sings

I'm no Transformers fan but I generally enjoy that segment! "Bestimus Mucho" and "It computes a little" gets a laugh out of me every time

A lot of placements on this list I don't agree with, but I think you were spot on with the points you made. Good job!

When I was in Junior High, I found Master and Cadaver to be an incredibly memorable segment, purely due to the fact that I thought Marge looked unusually hot in that bikini. So take that for what it's worth, I suppose

This kinda proves how great the TOHs generally are. Many of these are alright at least and Wiz Kids and Golem certainly don't belong on this list at all.

I really enjoyed the music choice for this one

Wasn't Geriatric Park in the Naked Gun 33⅓?

Guess you can say the number 1 spot ran out of gas in its attempts to be a halloween episode

When it comes to great Simpsons moments, you are spoiled for choice. When it comes to terrible Simpsons moments, you are also spoiled for choice, moreso.

Wouldn't Lord Voldemont be a better joke?

The Mario Batali one is my most hated treehouse of horror segment. It was also my most hated celebrity appearance in the show for a long time until the musk who fell to earth happened.

I always loved Wiz Kids, but you have brought me over to your way of thinking momentarily. It is definitely not a good parody of Harry Potter at all, but i still think it stands on its own as a pretty decent treehouse segment just because of the jokes and the novelty of it. One thing though, is that the part where Smithers eats Mr Burns is so hilarious to me that might just cloud my judgement.

I've never seen any of these, but I do kinda like that judging by the one of the stills you showed, when they wanted a kaiju battle they went for gamera.

I didn’t like the segment where Homer was paralyzed after being bitten by a spider. That’s the #1 reason why I’m terrified of spiders: they bite. 🕷

I remember watching all the treehouse of horror episodes last year, and when I watched the "In the Na'vi" segment, I hot up from my seat and turned it off because I was really grossed out by the alien stuff. Worst segment imo

Haven’t seen the whole thing yet but that Spiderman one where Homer farts the entire time better be #1 Edit: good.

Did a rewatch of all the tree house of horrors then started the new ones we hadn't seen with some mates. The decline was noticeable but The Diving Bell is when it got so bad we just straight up stopped

I love Wiz Kids and Four Beheadings and a Funeral and I like You Gotta Know When to Gollum. Agree with most of the others though.

The number one was a lock from the start. I have to say, though, I really like Master and Cadaver! Maybe it's just not being familiar with the source material, but I found it legitimately tense and intriguing. As it all comes out at the end, yes, it falls down a lot, but I enjoyed the first half enough to still remember it fondly. Also agreed on how bad the decision was to make the Hunger Games segment abruptly switch into a Mad Max parody, but I do actually like both Homish and the ending. The former just seems like a good place to fit your Homer, within a side of some fun trope commentary, and the latter always gets me for some reason. I don't know, screw the audience plus nihilism doesn't seem like a winning formula, but it just works for me. You've hit the nail on the head with the Harry Potter stuff, though. Just a waste of a potentially rich source material.

Honestly the Mr & Mrs Smith Parody and the Parasite one killed me not only because they’re not really Halloween appropriate but because they actually could have worked if they were premises for regular full length Simpson episodes

While I didn't care for "Tweenlight," I'll admit the "by jumping" line gets me every time.

The Harry Potter one should not have been on there, or at least not that high. Also, where is that terrible Mr and Ms Smith parody that has nothing to do with Halloween?