"Treehouse of Horror XI" is the first episode of The Simpsons' twelfth season, as well as the eleventh Halloween episode.
The episode first aired on November 1, 2000, beginning a practice of the Halloween episodes debuting after the holiday itself due to the Fox network's World Series coverage. This was also the first Simpsons episode to have mixed-case closed captioning. However, in 2009, Treehouse of Horror XX recently aired on October 18, the ...
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"Treehouse of Horror XI" is the first episode of The Simpsons' twelfth season, as well as the eleventh Halloween episode.
The episode first aired on November 1, 2000, beginning a practice of the Halloween episodes debuting after the holiday itself due to the Fox network's World Series coverage. This was also the first Simpsons episode to have mixed-case closed captioning. However, in 2009, Treehouse of Horror XX recently aired on October 18, the 1st time since Treehouse of Horror X that a Simpsons Halloween episode aired in October.
The opening sequence is done as a spoof of The Munsters, with Homer as Herman Munster, Marge as Lily Munster, Lisa as Marilyn Munster with a book on copyright law, Bart as Eddie Munster, and Abe as Grandpa Munster. At the front of their mansion, an angry mob of townspeople attack the Munster Simpsons, leaving Lisa (the only one who's human) unharmed.
At breakfast, Homer reads his horoscope (Taurus), where it states that he will die that day, and someone...
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