"The Simpsons" Treehouse of Horror VII (1996)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Mike B. Anderson

Writers:

Matt Groening (creator)
James L. Brooks (developer) ...

TV Series:

"The Simpsons" (1989)

Original Air Date:

27 October 1996 (Season 8, Episode 1)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

Bart discovers his Siamese twin Hugo in the attic. Then, Lisa becomes a god after she accidentally creates life in a science fair project. Finally, Kang and Kodos plot to conquer the planet disguised as Bill Clinton and Bob Dole.

Plot Keywords:

Siamese Twins | Evil Twin | Conjoined Twins | Halloween | Halloween Spoof

Cast

Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson (voice)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson (voice)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson / Hugo (voice)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson (voice) (as The Reaper)
Hank Azaria	...	Frink / Bill Watson / "Why do bad things happen to good people?" / "She'll want socks, too!" / I believe I'll vote for a third party candidate" (voice)
Harry Shearer	...	Dr. Hibbert / Tiny Man / "Why am I so fat!" / Skinner / Kang / Kodos / Bob Dole / Kent Brockman / Announcer for Dole (voice)
Phil Hartman	...	Bill Clinton (voice)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Goofs:

Continuity: When Clinton and Dole are in the glass tubes the height of the metal rings on the tubes changes in different views. From the front they are high enough to cover their groin areas but from behind they are low enough to show their buttocks.

Quotes:

Lisa Simpson: Oh my God! I've created life!
Marge Simpson: Lisa, breakfast! We're having waffles!
Lisa Simpson: Ooh, waffles!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "South Park: The Simpsons Already Did It (#6.7)" (2002)

****/**** Brilliant Halloween Special, Mocks both Religion & Politics!

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Three tremendous segments in this Halloween Special Episode. In the first part, Bart discovers he has an identical evil twin in the house attic. The second part has Lisa accidentally creating life and being declared God. Bart is declared Satan by the people created by Lisa. Its a sharp attack on religion that doesn't pull its punches.

The final segment is the best with space aliens Kang and Kodos kidnapping Clinton and Dole before the presidential election and taking their place.

There is a great line by Kang (who resembles Clinton) as he tells the crowd in an election debate "We must move forward... not backwards, not to the side, not forwards, but always whirling, whirling, whirling towards freedom."

This episode contains moments of classic horror, borrowing from films like 'Basketcase'. More importantly, its razor sharp satire singes religion and politics.

Overall: ****/**** Halloween special, terrific attack on Politics and Religion