"Treehouse of Horror XVI" | |
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Promotional image for the episode.
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Episode no. | 360 |
Directed by | David Silverman |
Written by | Marc Wilmore |
Showrunner(s) | Al Jean |
Production code | GABF17 |
Original air date | November 6, 2005 |
Guest appearance(s) | |
Terry Bradshaw as himself |
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Season 17 episodes
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Terry Bradshaw as himself
Dennis Rodman as himself
"Treehouse of Horror XVI" is the fourth episode of the seventeenth season of The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 6, 2005. In the sixteenth annual Treehouse of Horror, the Simpsons replace Bart with a robot son after Bart falls into a coma, Homer and various other male characters find themselves on a reality show where Mr. Burns hunts humans for sport, and costumed Springfieldians become whatever they are wearing, thanks to a witch who was disqualified from a Halloween costume contest. It was written by Marc Wilmore and directed by David Silverman.Terry Bradshaw and Dennis Rodman guest star as themselves. Around 11.63 million Americans tuned in to watch the episode during its original broadcast.
In the opening, Kang hopes to speed up an exceedingly slow and boring baseball game, but ends up destroying the universe.
Bart winds up in a coma after attempting to jump out of a window into a swimming pool. The family takes in a robotic boy, named David, who quickly proves to be a better son. Bart wakes up from his coma and competes against David for the affection of the family. However, Bart is dumped on a road by Homer. When Bart finds a group of old robots, he steals their parts and becomes a cyborg. He returns home, saws David in half with a chainsaw, and does the same to Homer. Although the family is now together again, Homer is angry that he has to be fused with David's lower half. Suddenly, the whole scenario is revealed to be a dream conjured by Homer's demonically possessed mind as he is being exorcised.