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| Is his fleshy body within the machinery or has it become the machine? We'll never know. |
Kang and Kodos speed up a painfully slow baseball game to ensure the episode starts in time (with disastrous results!, hyuck)
B.I.: Bartificial Intelligence
Bart falls into a coma after he fails to jump into a pool several stories up. Dr. Hibbert notes Bart won't ever wake up from it (in which he can keep billing his parents), and suggest Homer and Marge replace Bart with a robot son. They do, and it turns out the robot boy is a wonderful son and brother that really takes care of his family. Soon, though, Bart does recover from his coma, only to find his replacement is better at everything than he is. Discreetly, Homer dumps Bart off in a forest so that there won't be any more friction between him and the robot. Bart then wanders into a tribe of discarded robots, who have to power down at night. He takes advantage of this and steals their parts late at night. The next day, Bart returns home as a hulking mass of machinery, threatening to split his robot brother in two. The robot tries to stop Bart by putting Homer inbetween, but Bart slices through both of them anyway. Homer survives by using the robot boy's tiny undersection to replace his, but it turns out it was all a dream by Homer, who is possessed by a demon.
Individual Score: +0.8
Survival of the Fattest
Mr. Burns invites several men across town for a 'hunting party', with a sinister motive. Turns out, Burns plans to hunt all of them for sport, noting that any man that lives through noon tomorrow will be allowed their freedom, and its all perfectly legal and televised (with Terry Bradshaw commentating). Homer continues to evade Burns through the night, inadvertently sending several other men to their deaths. Soon, Homer is the last man left just as noon is approaching, but is cornered by Burns. However, both Burns and Smithers are knocked out by Marge, who had been seeing this spectacle on TV. The two reunite and have sex right there, in front of Bradshaw.
Individual Score: +0.7
I've Grown a Costume on Your Face
Its Halloween in Springfield and nearly the entire town is wearing a costume for a contest. The award goes to someone in a convincing witch costume, and she wins a 'gift certificate' to the Kwik-E-Mart. However, its learned that she is an actual witch, and so because she's technically not in costume her prize is rescinded. Angered, the witch gets revenge by turning the entire town into whatever costume they were wearing. Marge becomes a skeleton, Bart a werewolf, Sideshow Mel into Spider-Man and so on. Lisa, who is now Einstein, tries to think of a way to reverse the spell when she realizes that Maggie, who has become a witch, can reverse the spell herself. However, several Springfielders have come to like their newfound forms and refuse to change. Maggie becomes confused and decides to turn everyone into pacifiers instead. With this year's installment at an end, pacifier Moe along with pacifier Dennis Rodman helps the audience understand the plight of illiterate adults.
Individual Score: +0.8
Quick Review
Well, this wasn't a bad Treehouse of Horror like XV or XIII, but it wasn't a great one either like the rest. All three segments were passable but none of them were shining moments of quality. The final segment seemed like the one with the most potential but it ended rather quickly.
Final Score: 7.4
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