Treehouse of Horror XIV

"Treehouse of Horror XIV"
The Simpsons episode
Promotional art for the first segment featuring Homer as Death
Episode no.	314
Directed by	Steven Dean Moore
Written by	John Swartzwelder
Showrunner(s)	Al Jean
Production code	EABF21
Original air date	November 2, 2003
Commentary	Al Jean Ian Maxtone-Graham Matt Selman Michael Price Tom Gammill Max Pross Matt Warburton Steven Dean Moore Mike B. Anderson David Silverman (animator)
Guest appearance(s)
Jerry Lewis as Professor Frink Sr. Dudley Herschbach as himself Jennifer Garner as herself Oscar de la Hoya as himself
Season 15 episodes November 2, 2003 – May 23, 2004 "Treehouse of Horror XIV" "My Mother the Carjacker" "The President Wore Pearls" "The Regina Monologues" "The Fat and the Furriest" "Today I Am a Clown" "'Tis the Fifteenth Season" "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays" "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot" "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife" "Margical History Tour" "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore" "Smart & Smarter" "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner" "Co-Dependents' Day" "The Wandering Juvie" "My Big Fat Geek Wedding" "Catch 'Em If You Can" "Simple Simpson" "The Way We Weren't" "Bart-Mangled Banner" "Fraudcast News"
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Jerry Lewis as Professor Frink Sr.
Dudley Herschbach as himself
Jennifer Garner as herself
Oscar de la Hoya as himself

"Treehouse of Horror XIV" is the first episode of The Simpsons' fifteenth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 2, 2003. In the fourteenth annual Treehouse of Horror episode, Homer takes on the role of the Grim Reaper ("Reaper Madness"), Professor Frink creates a Frankenstein-version of his deceased father ("Frinkenstein") and Bart and Milhouse obtain a time-stopping watch ("Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off"). It was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Steven Dean Moore. It guest stars Jerry Lewis as Professor John Frink Sr., and Jennifer Garner, Dudley Herschbach, and Oscar de la Hoya as themselves. The episode was nominated for the 2004 Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore).

Bart and Lisa, dressed as Charlie Brown and Lucy van Pelt from the Peanuts series, discuss their Halloween treats, and Lisa claims that hers are better than Bart's. The two then fight violently until Homer intervenes and orders them to stop fighting. He throws a burning log at them, but misses and hits Grampa, though he complains "I'm still cold". Homer gets Bart and Lisa rolled up in the rug and starts to "beat the lumps". A gun-wielding Marge intervenes and says that she does not approve of Homer's parenting techniques, and shoots him. Homer's blood splatters on a nearby wall, and spells "Treehouse of Horror XIV". Meanwhile, from their spaceship, the two aliens Kang and Kodos criticize the Simpson family for airing a Halloween special in November, as they are already set up for Christmas.