The Simpsons
Treehouse of Horror XXI
TV Flash files “Treehouse of Horror XXI” as hour 468 of 802 in the TV Flash guide — The Simpsons (1989–present) on Fox, season 22, episode 4, aired 2010-11-07, 30 min.
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This leaf is S22E04: listed hour 468 of 802 in the The Simpsons guide, hour 4 of 22 in season 22. It aired 2010-11-07 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Money Bart” (S22E03). Next is “Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life” (S22E05). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Beware of ouija boards, vampires and unexpected guests in the 21st annual installment of the "Treehouse of Horror." In "War and Pieces," the first of three spine-tingling tales, Marge, worried about the effects of excessively violent video games, encourages Bart and Milhouse to give wholesome, classic board games a shot. The best friends discover that board games aren't boring after all when they find themselves playing a real-life game in which they must beat all the challenges before they are allowed to return to home. The supernatural spells continue in "Tweenlight," when Lisa becomes smitten with a mysterious new student, Edmund, who also happens to be a vampire. When a romance blossoms, the young lovers run away to Dracula-la Land, leaving Homer to come to Lisa's rescue. In the final frightening fable, "Master and Cadaver," Homer and Marge set sail on a romantic second honeymoon, but are interrupted when they rescue Roger, a castaway who escaped an attempted poisoning on his ship. Convinced that Roger is sabotaging their getaway and plotting a murder of his own, Homer and Marge take matters into their own hands.
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Where does Treehouse of Horror XXI sit in the The Simpsons guide?
S22E04 is listed hour 468 of 802 — hour 4 of 22 in season 22, season 22 episode 4.
When did The Simpsons S22E04 air?
Treehouse of Horror XXI aired 2010-11-07 and is listed at 30 minutes.
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Start with the 1989 Christmas premiere, then a handful of golden-age hours from seasons four through eight. Treat the rest as a library, not a novel.
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Watch it as a living joke encyclopedia, not a series you owe from pilot to present. The early years still teach how American satire learned to reset weekly; the later catalog is optional weather. You already speak Springfield. This is how the grammar got written.
The first image is a couch, and then it is not. The Simpsons treats the opening gag as a weekly contract: we will reset the living room, and we will still find a new joke about the country that owns it. Fox put a yellow family on Sunday nights in 1989 after the Tracey Ullman shorts, and the half-hour that followed did not merely popularize adult animation. It installed a shared vocabulary. People who stopped watching still speak Springfield.
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