"The Simpsons" Treehouse of Horror XXI (2010)

Director:

Bob Anderson

Writers:

Matt Groening (creator)
James L. Brooks (developer) ...
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TV Series:

"The Simpsons" (1989)

Original Air Date:

7 November 2010 (Season 22, Episode 4)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family

Plot:

A Satanic board game causes other popular board games to come to life, Homer and Marge rescue a possible killer and let him on their boat, and a parody of "Twilight" where Lisa falls for a young vampire.

Plot Keywords:

Board Game | Vampire | Second Honeymoon | 2d Animation | Segway

Cast

Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson / Kodos / Sideshow Mel / Operation Man / Colonel Ketchup / Crazy Es / Grampa Simpson / Man in Suit on Albatross / Krusty the Clown / Count Dracula (voice) (as Dan Crypt-Ellaneta)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson / Selma Bouvier (voice) (as Jucifer Kavner)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson / Todd Flanders (voice) (as NecroNance)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson (voice) (as Middle Seat/Stand-Up/Coach)
Hank Azaria	...	Comic Book Guy / Chief Wiggum / Moe Szyslak / Apu / Professor Frink / Lou / Frankenstein / Funopoly Man / Count von Count (voice) (as 'Eh let's go with yank my area again')
Harry Shearer	...	Kang / Otto Mann / Mr. Burns (voice) (as Harry 'I'll Dance on my Grave' Shearer)
Hugh Laurie	...	Roger (voice) (as Hugh 'Struck by a' Lorry)
Daniel Radcliffe	...	Edmund (voice) (as Daniel Ratfink)
Pamela Hayden	...	Milhouse Van Houten / Rod Flanders (voice) (as Pamela 'Bloodladen' Hayden)
Tress MacNeille	...	(voice) (credit only) (as Teratoid Macinhilist)
Russi Taylor	...	Martin Prince (voice) (as The Rotting Ruins of Russi)
Karl Wiedergott	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Directed by
Bob Anderson		(as Sponge Bob Anderson Pants)

Writing credits
Matt Groening		(creator)
James L. Brooks		(developer) &
Matt Groening		(developer) &
Sam Simon		(developer)
Joel H. Cohen		(written by) (as As Predicted Joel Cohen Just Died)

Produced by
Larina Adamson	....	supervising producer (as Machete LJA)
Dominique Braud	....	post-production co-producer (as Ol' Dirty Domi)
James L. Brooks	....	executive producer (as James 'I'm Scared in Real Life' Brooks)
J. Stewart Burns	....	co-executive producer (as J. Disco Stu Mr. Burns)
Dan Castellaneta	....	consulting producer (as Dan Crypt-Ellaneta)
Richard Chung	....	animation co-producer (as The 'Los Boy)
Joel H. Cohen	....	co-executive producer (as Joel Cohen Will Die in 187 Seconds)
Kevin Curran	....	co-executive producer (as DJ Deathly Towers)
Jaspreet Dhillon	....	animation associate producer
Alexander Duke	....	associate producer (as Groomzilla)
John Frink	....	executive producer (as Nosferinktu)
Jay Fukuto	....	executive producer: Film Roman (as Baron von Fukuto)
Tom Gammill	....	producer (as Dr. Gammill)
Dan Greaney	....	producer (as The Picture of Dorian Greaney)
Matt Groening	....	executive producer (as Bat Groening)
Ron Hauge	....	co-executive producer (as Ron 'Avatard' Hauge)
Al Jean	....	executive producer (as Al Jazeena)
Brian J. Kaufman	....	associate producer (as Brian Freakin' James)
Brian Kelley	....	co-executive producer (as Brian Killed Me)
Tom Klein	....	animation producer (as Tomb Klein)
Rob LaZebnik	....	co-executive producer (as Raw Bloodshednik)
Tim Long	....	consulting producer (as Spine-Tingling Tim Long)
Ian Maxtone-Graham	....	executive producer (as I'll Axe Bones, Man)
David Mirkin	....	producer (as Demonstrative Dave Mirkin)
Felicia Nalivansky	....	associate producer (as Ferovious Felicia vs Frankie Fibroid)
Bill Odenkirk	....	co-executive producer (as Bloodhammer Odenkirk)
Carolyn Omine	....	consulting producer (as Plan Omine From Outer Space)
Don Payne	....	consulting producer (as Disinterred Don Payne)
Bonita Pietila	....	producer (as Bonnie Story XXI in 2D)
Rick Polizzi	....	animation post producer (as Rick 'Snooki' Polizzi)
Michael Price	....	co-executive producer (as The Last Chairbender)
Max Pross	....	producer (as Mr. Pross)
Richard Raynis	....	producer (as A Clone of Richard Raynis)
Mike Reiss	....	producer (as Mice Reek)
Andrea Romero	....	animation producer (as Andrea Bone Marrow)
Richard Sakai	....	producer (as Richard Wayne Sakai)
Mike Scully	....	producer (as Mike Skullduggery)
Matt Selman	....	executive producer (as Scary Hat Selman)
David Silverman	....	consulting producer (as David Thriller Man)
Sam Simon	....	executive producer (as Sam 'Sayonara' Simon)
Denise Sirkot	....	producer (as One Louboutin in the Grave Sirkot)
Matt Warburton	....	co-executive producer (as RT @MCWarburton #boo!)
Jeff Westbrook	....	co-executive producer (as Demonically Possessedbrook)
Marc Wilmore	....	co-executive producer (as I'm Hackin' Up, Hackin' Up!)

Original Music by
Alf Clausen

Film Editing by
Don Barrozo		(as Don Bizarro)

Casting by
Bonita Pietila		(as Eat Prey Kill)

Production Management
Peter Gave	....	animation production manager
Trista H. Navarro	....	animation production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matthew Schofield	....	assistant director

Art Department
Martin Archer	....	storyboard artist
Darrel Bowen	....	prop designer
Kevin Moore	....	prop designer
Stephen A. Reis	....	storyboard artist (as Stephen Reis)
Matthew Schofield	....	storyboard artist
Jefferson R. Weekley	....	prop designer

Sound Department
Ron Evans	....	production mixer
Terry Greene	....	sound editor: dialogue (as Di Vampire Greene)
Tim Lauber	....	sound recordist
Mark Linden	....	sound re-recording mixer (as 'Mark of the Wolf' Linden)
Bobby Mackston	....	sound editor: dialogue (as Bobby 'The Scary Mook' Mackston)
Norm MacLeod	....	sound editor: dialogue (as Norman 'Bates' MacLeod)
Tara Paul	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Terror Paul)
Travis Powers	....	sound effects editor (as Blood Sucking Travis Powers)
Billy Theriot	....	adr mixer

Visual Effects by
Brent M. Bowen	....	visual effects artist
Rosanna Lyons	....	effects layout artist
Brice Mallier	....	effects layout artist

Animation Department
Elizabeth Ableson	....	animation design production coordinator
Taylor Allen	....	animation digital production coordinator
Jung A. Anderson	....	lead character layout artist
Robyn Anderson	....	lip sync artist
Will Anderson	....	animation production accountant
Deanna Asato	....	animation production design supervisor
Norman Auble	....	character layout artist
Eli Balser	....	color designer
Ashley Bamburg	....	animation digital production assistant
Matt Battle	....	animation design production coordinator
Mike Battle	....	assistant color designer
Sean Batton	....	animation production assistant
Karen Bauer	....	color design supervisor
William Bemiller	....	animation checker
John Berman	....	background layout artist
Lynna Blankenship	....	background designer
Robert Brunette	....	animation production coordinator
Amanda Byrnes	....	animation production coordinator (as Amanda Byrnes-Higgs)
Oscar Cervantes	....	storyboard revisionist
Ryan Cheetham	....	background layout artist
Andy Chen	....	background layout artist
Liz Climo	....	storyboard revisionist
Sean Coons	....	background designer
Desiree E. Craig	....	animation production associate
Gabriel DeFrancesco	....	retake director
Lejon Douroux	....	animation digital production assistant
Luis Escobar	....	character layout artist
Jess Espanola	....	character layout artist
Jake Flores	....	animation production assistant
Matt Groening	....	character designer
Jabu Henderson	....	background layout artist
Derek Higgs	....	animation production design manger
Sam Ho	....	background layout artist
Nikki Isordia	....	animation production assistant
Eric Keyes	....	character designer
Soo An Kim	....	lead character layout artist
T.J. Kim	....	background designer (as TJ Kim)
Eric Koenig	....	character layout artist
Adam Kuhlman	....	additional timer
Eric Lara	....	lead character layout artist
Davy Lauterbach	....	lead character layout artist
Esther H. Lee	....	animation checker
Grant Lee	....	character layout artist
Anne Legge	....	color designer
John Liu	....	background layout artist
Hugh MacDonald	....	background designer
Juanito Madrid	....	character layout artist (as Tom Madrid Jr.)
Michael Mahan	....	animation post-production supervisor (as Michael G. Mahan)
Dima Malanitchev	....	color design director
John Mathot	....	storyboard revisionist
Steve Mills	....	digital retakes
Beth S. Morris	....	digital retakes
Mike Morris	....	character layout artist
Kevin Newman	....	character designer (as Kevin M. Newman)
Tuan Nguyen	....	character layout artist
Rob Oliver	....	technical director
Anna Pagan	....	animation production associate
Debbie Peterson	....	background designer
Mike Pettengill	....	lead background layout artist
Steve Pilapil	....	background layout artist
Silvia Pompei	....	character layout artist
Alex Que	....	lead character layout artist
Sean Patrick Rielly	....	animation production coordinator
Jeremy Robinson	....	character layout artist
Fill Marc Sagadraca	....	character layout artist
Rick Salonga	....	character layout artist
Dean Scammahorn	....	background designer
Mark Scheib	....	animatic editor
Matthew Schofield	....	character designer
Nelson Shin	....	overseas animation director
Sam Simon	....	character designer
Larry Smith	....	additional timer
Ralph Sosa	....	character layout artist
Shane Sowell	....	storyboard revisions
Brooks Stonestreet	....	animation production assistant
Matt Torres	....	animation production assistant
Rebecca Totman	....	animation production coordinator
Erick Tran	....	storyboard revisionist
Erika Isabel Vega	....	scene planner
Rene Vega	....	lead background layout artist
Eric Vesbit	....	animation database coordinator
Lisa S. Waggoner	....	assistant color designer
Laurie Wetzler	....	track reader
Natasha Wicke	....	character layout artist (as Natasha Presler-Wicke)
Lance Wilder	....	background designer
Angela Wixtrom	....	animation production assistant

Editorial Department
Larry Field	....	digital intermediate colorist
Kurtis Kunsak	....	assistant editor
Joe Saunders	....	post-production assistant (as Joe Slaughters)
Sabrina Steinglass	....	account manager

Music Department
Alf Clausen	....	orchestrator
Scott Clausen	....	orchestrator
Danny Elfman	....	composer: theme (as Dan of the Dead)
Dell Hake	....	conductor
Dell Hake	....	orchestrator
Chris Ledesma	....	music editor
Rick Riccio	....	music mixer

Other crew
Josh Bornstein	....	assistant: Mr. Brooks
James L. Brooks	....	executive creative consultant (as James 'I'm Scared in Real Life' Brooks)
Colin Contreary	....	assistant: Mr. Jean
N. Vyolet Diaz	....	assistant: Mr. Groening
Valentina Garza	....	executive story editor (as My Bloody Valentina)
Matt Groening	....	creative consultant (as Bat Groening)
Sergio Guerra	....	assistant to producers
Eliza Hooper	....	assistant to producers
Louise Jaffe	....	script supervisor
Mindi Lee	....	assistant to producers
Richard Lorenzana	....	production accountant
Matt Marshall	....	assistant to producers
Samuel Mason	....	IT support
Charles McCaskill	....	executive director of IT
Jesse D. Miller	....	assistant production coordinator (as Jesse 'Mannywood' Miller)
Michael D. Mitchell	....	assistant to producers
Andrea Schell	....	assistant to producers
Lisa Walder	....	assistant: Mr. Brooks

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Matt Groening		creator

Film Editing by
Tim Long

Art Department
Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh	....	storyboard artist (multiple episodes)
Chris Reccardi	....	storyboard artist (1992-1993)
Lance Wilder	....	design supervisor (1989-)

Sound Department
Alek Bromke	....	voiceover recording assistant
Colin Cooper	....	voiceover recordist
Colette Dahanne	....	adr mixer
Jesse Dodd	....	adr recordist (as Jesse K-D. Dodd)
Yuri Gorbachow	....	adr recordist (1991)
Louise Jaffe	....	sound mixer
Conner Moore	....	adr recordist
Roger Morris	....	adr mixer
John Rotondi	....	sound engineer: Y4
Eric Shemkovitz	....	adr recordist

Visual Effects by
Simon de Jong	....	visual effects
Adam Howard	....	digital compositor
Steven J. Scott	....	digital compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Ron Eisenberg	....	still photographer

Animation Department
Julie Forte	....	animator
Erick Geisler	....	background color key (season 1)
Aimee Major	....	character layout artist (2004-2005)
Ted Mathot	....	character layout artist (1994-1995)
Nollan Obena	....	character layout artist
William Powloski	....	animator
Anthony Ho Wong	....	character layout artist

Casting Department
Jenifer Newman	....	casting assistant (1994-1995)

Editorial Department
Patrick Buchanan	....	color timer
Geoffrey Mark	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Frank Bennett	....	orchestrator
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Jason Lloyd	....	scoring assistant
Don Nemitz	....	orchestrator
Gregory Prechel	....	orchestrator
John Rodd	....	orchestral scoring recordist
John Rotondi	....	scoring engineer: Y4
Tom Steel	....	scoring assistant
Damon Tedesco	....	scoring assistant

Other crew
Greg Camilleri	....	executive assistant to vice president of production
Michael Gerard	....	retakes
Lawrence Jonas	....	assistant to producer
Kian Kaul	....	assistant to writer
Ani Martirossians	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Gracie Films
• 20th Century Fox Television

Distributors

• Fox Network (2010) (USA) (TV)
• Viasat 6 (2012) (Hungary) (TV)

Other Companies

• 19 Entertainment  stills:"So You Think You Can Dance"
• Akom Production Company  overseas production (as Akom Production Co.)
• Dick Clark Productions  stills:"So You Think You Can Dance"
• Film Roman Productions  animation production (as Film Roman)
• LaserPacific  post-production facilities
• Point.360  digital mastering
• Sony Pictures Studios  post-production sound services (as Sony Pictures Studio)
• Twentieth Century Fox Television  stills:"Bones" & "Glee"

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby (Dolby Surround)

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Company:

Gracie Films

Trivia:

"Classic board games" that "are fun and safe", according to Marge: Taffy Land (Candy Land), Drops and Risers (Chutes and Ladders), Consternation (Concentration), Ravenous Ravenous Rhinos (Hungry Hungry Hippos), Mouse Catch (Mouse Trap), Battleboat (Battleship), Funopoly (Monopoly), Crate of Apes (Barrel of Monkeys), Yahtzu (Yahtzee), and Tiddlywonks (Tiddlywinks).

Goofs:

Plot holes: In "Tweenlight", Dracula mentions that when Lisa becomes a vampire she'll be immortal, so Edmund is too since his father said "you'll both be eight forever". However he later says to Homer that he remembered Edmund from a baby, sleeping in the daytime and checking he was still not breathing. How then can Edmund be a vampire from a baby if a vampire doesn't age?

Quotes:

Lisa Simpson:My boyfriend will be here. Remember not to be yourselves.
Homer Simpson:I know, I know. Don't serve anything with garlic, don't try to stab him in the heart with a stake, don't ask him if he knows Frankenstein, it's racist somehow.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Dead Calm (1989)

Great THOH,Tweenlight best of the night,

Treehouse Of Horror 21 is a great Simpsons episode,guest starring Hugh Laurie and Daniel Radcliffe.

In War and Pieces,Marge wants Bart and Milhouse to stop playing all their video games so they decide to give board games a go,but after playing a possessed board game all the other ones come to life.

in Master And Cadaver,Marge and Homer go on a boat for a second honeymoon and find a stranded man (Hugh Laurie) who ran off a boat after nearly getting murdered by the host while the rest of them got killed,but Marge and Homer start to believe that he is the true murderer and is trying to kill them too.

Then in Tweenlight,Lisa meets a new kid at school called Edmund who is a vampire,and the two fall in love,but the two fathers aren't happy about it.

next up there should be a Tweenlight saga:blue moon.