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School is Hell
Bart is in detention again for his various pranks, all by himself. Trying to pass the time, he comes across a dust-covered desk with runes on it. He gets Lisa to help decipher the runes, which state that those who read it get sent to hell. Upon reading those words, well, the two are snatched and brought to hell, specifically a school in hell. Bart comes to find out that the school is actually perfect for him as he learns how to torture and manipulate matters in the shadows. Lisa eventually finds a way out, but afterwards Bart pleads with his parents to go to the school in hell instead. The two agree after consulting the school's two-headed principal, and Bart quickly finds himself on the path to success. He even aces his final exam: torturing Homer, who in his decapitated state is overjoyed when Bart graduates.
Individual Score: +0.5
A Clockwork Yellow
I'm assuming its a full-blown parody of A Clockwork Orange, not having seen the source material. Anyway, a hooligan gang consisting of versions of Moe, Lenny, Carl and Homer are forced to break up when Homer fall in love with a version of Marge and settles down. Years later, a now meek Moe finds himself under attack by a younger hooligan group, and he yearns for the past. He visits Homer who agrees to go on one last run alongside Lenny and Carl - who happen to be policemen. The four agree to do a home invasion and raids the Burns Manor, but rush into a very odd costume party. Burns sics his guests on the four and a brawl ensues featuring several Stanley Kubrick references, which is Moe's happiest moment in years. Its not Kubrick's, who dislikes how the bit turned out in an editing room.
Individual Score: -0.1 (yes, minus)
The Others
The Simpson house seems to be haunted, especially with blood writing and mysterious frosty chocolate milkshakes and endless Married with Children. The family lures out the source, and out comes the ghosts of the Simpson family circa 1987, complete with animations and differently pitched voices! Ghost Marge finds herself attracted to modern Homer, as he is nowhere near as strict as ghost Homer. Modern Marge finds herself jealous over Homer's newfound ghost-lust, and kills herself to get Homer to notice her again. With two ghost Marges over him, Homer is suddenly attacked and killed by his ghost self. Hijinks cause Bart and Lisa to die, whose bodies along with a dead Maggie are dragged away by a hungry Willie. As the two sides begin to bicker, and limbo-resident Dr. Marvin Monroe doing little to salvage the situation, the two Marges force modern Homer to choose between them. While Homer likes that 1987 Marge is willing to put up with him, modern Marge has, and Homer picks modern Marge on that merit. The next morning, as the two families eat breakfast, modern Lisa worries that if two different Simpsons could exists, what could stop marketing companies from making millions more. Quickly, other versions of the Simpsons family arrive at the house.
Individual Score: +0.7
Quick Review
A new low in Treehouse of Horror.
The first segment was a slow starter but it picked up at the end. The final segment, the nostalgia callback that it was, had its moments and it was pretty decent overall. The Clockwork Yellow bit, which I guess which just an homage to everything Stanley Kubrick (?), I did not find funny at all. I have come to realize that I abhor episodes that are just nothing more than references (see: Married to the Blob from last season), and this segment was nothing but. It also hurt that, not being a Kubrick fan at all, I didn't even get most of the references, and the funniest joke in the bit was comic book guy noting he is no longer able to keep up with the references. The middle segment alone ruined this episode. The worst bit in Treehouse of Horror history makes this the worst Treehouse of Horror in history.
Final Score: 6.1
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