Treehouse of Horror XXXIV

Treehouse of Horror XXXIV is a Season 35 episode of The Simpsons, originally produced for Season 34.
==Synopsis==
This year's shocking tales include: Marge entering the blockchain to save Bart from becoming an NFT; a spoof of Se7en and Silence of the Lambs where, years after the events of "Cape Feare", a grown-up Lisa consults Sideshow Bob to help her find a serial killer, and a spoof of pandemic horror movies like Contagion and Outbreak (along with some real-world parallels to the COVID-19 pandemic) where Homer becomes patient zero to a virus that turns Springfield into a city of fat, lazy, moronic slobs.
==Plot==
===Wild Barts Can't Be Token===
Mayor Quimby announces that the art museum is closed forever, and all art will be sold as NFTs. Homer and Bart sneak into the empty museum and find the device that turns real-life art into NFTs. Homer tries to put the iconic boat painting into the machine, only for Bart to enter and moon. Suddenly, Bart gets sold online and is now lost from the real world. Homer screams in terror when he finds out and screams even louder when his price was shown to be $1,500,000. Homer tells Marge about the situation, for her to also be terrified. Then, mysterious hooded figures tell Marge that she must enter the blockchain. Marge then decides to go in, with the key as a back door to the cryptographic protocol. Marge enters the car of the cheapest NFTs. One of the NFTs reveals to Marge that they are in a train speeding forever through the loveless icy world. The train is powered by FOMO (fear of missing out). Currently, Marge costs $8.02. One of the NFTs says that Bart is in the front car, and Marge tries to open the door, only for it to be locked. Marge pulls so hard that she falls backwards and accidentally kills an egg NFT. This added her original value and the value of that egg NFT. After killing it, she goes to the next car with the cat NFTs. Marge removes her red pearl necklace and uses it to kill the NFTs, until moving to the next car. The next car, which is the one where most, if not all, the Art Museum artworks reside. She then goes to the Itchy and Scratchy car, and lets their lasers kill each other. She then faces a golden Poochie, which is a diamond Marge uses to cut a hole in the window to blow it and the other NFTs outside. Meanwhile, in the real world, Homer and Lisa are tracking Marge's progress. Milhouse is seen entering to get digitized, when Chief Wiggum enters to put his child there too. Ralph and Milhouse merge into 1 NFT named Ralphouse. Now, with Marge being ten million dollars, she enters the final car, where Bart is located. Bart is seen on the throne, using Ape NFTs as slaves. Bart tells her that he likes being an NFT, while in the real world, Mr. Burns wants Bart for one hundred million dollars. Marge opens the exit and Homer sells at the same time; leaving Bart rescued, while Homer is now his replacement and the one sold to Mr. Burns. 
===Ei8ht===
The episode starts with the scene from Cape Feare. Before finishing the song, Sideshow Bob wondered if his singing was to keep Bart alive. While tied up, Lisa watches her brother being murdered. Fast forward to the present, Lisa is at a university, explaining the dark side of serial killing. She is now a criminal psychologist, and Nelson is now a police officer. Officer Muntz tells Lisa to solve a murder case. The three other bullies are now Police officers. 
===Lout Break===
Homer eats a donut near the turbine room, which is not allowed. While complaining, he drops the donut at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and it rolls, accumulating radioactive elements and dirt, until he finally eats it. While near Ned, he burps a green cloud with his DNA. At a Mass, Ned finally gets the final side effects, turning into Homer. Ned then complains about why he is at Church when football is on. This virus spreads quickly, soon affecting almost everyone in Springfield. The news shows the doofi spreading. While reporting the news, Mr. Largo burps at Kent Brockman and he turns into Homer too. The three children were immediately evacuated.
==Behind the Laughter==
===Reception===
This Treehouse of Horror episode received mixed reviews. The segments "Wild Barts Can't Be Token" and "Lout Break" received negative reviews from critics, while "Ei8ht" received positive reviews.
==References==
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