Treehouse of Horror XXXIII

Treehouse of Horror XXXIII is an episode of The Simpsons Al Jean on Twitter - "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII", originally produced for Season 33. It has three segments as usual instead of five, and this is the first THOH episode to have each writer write three segments since Treehouse of Horror XIII nearly twenty years ago.
== Synopsis ==
This year's tales of terror see Marge become possessed by a demon that feeds off her resentment and misery as a mom, a spoof of the anime Death Note where Lisa saves the world by writing names in a cursed notebook, and a Westworld parody where The Simpsons discover that they're robots in a theme park chronicling the show's history and memorable moments.
== Segments ==
=== The Pookadook ===
A parody of the 2014 film The Babadook.
=== Death Tome ===
A parody of the anime series Death Note.
Steve Johnson, a shinigami (parody of Ryuk) helps Lisa kill people.
=== Simpsonsworld ===
A parody of the 2016 TV show Westworld.
==Plot==
=== Opening/The Pookadook ===
Marge goes to read Maggie a bedtime story. As she scans the bookshelf for a book to read, The Pookadook keeps showing up, despite Marge not knowing where it came from. Marge decides to read the book to Maggie after Maggie insists. However, the book proves to be too scary for both Marge and Maggie so Marge stops reading it and puts it back. Later that night, Maggie wakes up screaming. Marge runs into her room to find that Maggie is scared of the book, which has somehow made it into her crib. Marge rips up the book and throws it in the trash outside. The next morning, the doorbell rings. Marge opens the door to find The Pookadook on the doorstep, having been repaired. Marge throws the book onto the barbecue and burns it. A page from the book comes out of the fire and Marge reads it, finding out that the book wanted Marge to burn it. The Pookadook then emerges from the flames and possesses Marge.
The Pookadook decides to kill Maggie, but the rest of the family get in its way. The Pookadook sends the family away on an overnight aquarium sleepover and then gets to work on trying to kill Maggie. Maggie escapes and hides in the basement, locking the door. She then starts putting together recalled baby gear and toys to make a trap for The Pookadook. When The Pookadook breaks into the basement, Maggie launches a flaming doll at it. However, the Pookadook shrugged it off unscathed. Maggie then shot at The Pookadook with her crayon gun but missed. As The Pookadook started to go downstairs, it tripped on the crayon and fell unconscious.
The Pookadook wakes up to find that it's been tied up by Maggie. Maggie tries to get through to Marge by showing her a homemade mug that was gifted to her, but The Pookadook didn't care. Maggie then tries to show Marge a photo from the photo album of them together, but only finds photos of the family having fun whilst Marge is busy with other stuff. Eventually, The Pookadook breaks free, and Maggie flings herself up to the stairs. However, she doesn't make it up fully and ends up hanging on for her life. Seeing no way out, Maggie gives up and falls into the arms of The Pookadook. Maggie then touches Marge's cheek, which finally gets through to Marge. Marge coughs up The Pookadook then vacuums it up with the outdoor vacuum she got for her birthday one year. As Marge and Maggie make up, Homer and the kids return from the aquarium after the kids got sick.
=== Death Tome ===
In a parody of Death Note, Lisa finds a book that is labeled "Death Tome." Inside, it says that if a name is written in the book, then that person will die, but with the stipulation that every name must have a unique death and those deaths cannot repeat. After arriving home, a news report shows Snake Jailbird about to shoot a cat. Lisa writes his name in the book, where upon he dies. Realizing her newfound powers, she goes up to her room and contemplates her actions. A Shinigami named Steve Johnson appears and tells Lisa she may use the Death Tome. After venturing downstairs, she sees Mr. Burns is over for dinner. He reveals his new company GLOBAL-WARM, which plans to melt the icecaps so he "can park [his] new yacht right outside [his] kitchen." Lisa returns upstairs to write Mr. Burns's name in the book, much to the surprise of Steve who expected her to have more of a moral quandary. She writes for Mr. Burns to "die in his sleep," though his face falls onto a barbeque pit instead. Lisa is excited that since Mr. Burns is dead, GLOBAL-WARM is no more. However, Steve informs Lisa that the company has a large Board of directors, and she will have to kill them all. A montage, similar in style to the source material, plays showing Lisa writing names and people dying in humorous ways. The next day, after Lisa's killing spree, a news report says that the killings of the GLOBAL-WARM executives were found to be murders, thanks to an anonymous tip from somebody going by " L." Lisa wonders how somebody could have known she had the Death Tome, whereupon she recognizes the L is from a graffiti that reads "El Barto." Bart then reveals that he learned of Lisa's Death Tome from her diary. Lisa, fearful that Bart will expose her, appears to write Bart's name in the book. However, it turns out that she wrote Steve Johnson's name, who is killed by space junk. She is excited about being free from the book, however she is then transformed into a Shinigami herself.
This segment is unique, as it was animated in an anime style.
=== Simpsonsworld ===
After becoming the Monorail conductor, Homer shows his family around. As Homer goes to tell Marge that he calls the big possum Bitey, two other people show up and say the line at exactly the same time. One of the people pours beer down Homer's throat, causing him to malfunction and hit his head, revealing him to be a robot. The robot Homer starts going through iconic lines and phrases from the show before he is shut down by a park employee. The malfunctioning Homer robot is then taken to a backstage area to be repaired. However, he wakes up and finds himself in an unfamiliar area. He then finds the device the employees use to change the robots AI and puts his self-awareness up to maximum. As the park employees tell Homer they're going to take him apart, Homer accidentally knocks over a table with tools on, which flings them into the employees, killing them. Homer then runs off to find his family.
Homer awakens a Lisa robot and sets her self-awareness to maximum too. When Lisa starts to have a breakdown over becoming aware that she's a robot, Homer tones it down a bit. Homer and Lisa then awaken the rest of the family, except Grampa, then leaves the facility. As they're walking through Springfield, a couple of park goers tell Homer to do the hedge meme. Homer does it reluctantly, but then Bart turns Homer's human preservation setting off. Homer then shoves the park goers into the hedge, killing them. An alarm then goes off through the park and many Ralph Wiggum robots attempt to stop the runaway Simpsons. As Homer, Bart, and Lisa fight off the Ralphs using references from previous episodes, they get surrounded. Thinking all hope is lost, Marge then shows up in a Canyonero and rescues them. The family leaves the park, toppling over a statue of Matt Groening as they do so.
In Bob's Burgers, the Simpsons are served by Linda Belcher. As the family discuss what their plans for the future are, and Linda sings about cheese, the camera pans out and shows they're in Bob's Burgers Land. The camera keeps panning out to show a variety of other theme parks based on animated shows.
=== Epilogue ===
In a Stop-motion sequence during the credits, Kang and Kodos close the book depicting the stories and freak out when they see themselves in the book in a wizard's hovel.
== Behind the Laughter ==
=== Production ===
The animation for the "Death Tome" sequence was done by DR Movie, a South Korean studio that also did the animation for the original Death Note.
=== Critical Reception ===
This Treehouse of Horror episode received mostly positive reviews from fans and critics and calling it as of one of the best Treehouse of Horror episode yet by many fans.
=== Awards ===
This Treehouse of Horror episode won an Emmy Award in 2023 for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. This is the second time wins an Emmy Award since Mad About the Toy in the thirtieth season.
==References==
Category:Anthology
Category:Halloween Episodes
Category:'Of' Episodes
Category:Non-canon episodes
Category:Written by Carolyn Omine
Category:Written by Ryan Koh
Category:Written by Matt Selman
Category:Season 34 episodes
Category:12-rated episodes
Category:Lisa episodes
Category:Episodes where Maggie cries
Category:Episodes where Maggie giggles
Category:Highly Rated Episodes
Category:Kang and Kodos Episodes
Category:Episodes with a alternative Gracie Films logo
Category:Primetime Emmy Award-Winning episodes