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* MagicalSpeciesTransformation: For her curse, Lisa is transformed into a Centaur.
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* GetOut: the fortune teller says this to Homer because he thinks she’s a fraud, when in reality she’s the real deal.
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Homer is cursed by a gypsy, the Simpsons get an automated house that falls for Marge and tries to kill Homer, and Bart and Lisa learn the art of ''Franchise/HarryPotter''-style wizardry at Springwarts Elementary.

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Homer is cursed by a gypsy, fortune-teller, the Simpsons get an automated house that falls for Marge and tries to kill Homer, and Bart and Lisa learn the art of ''Franchise/HarryPotter''-style wizardry at Springwarts Elementary.



* AesopCollateralDamage: {{Parodied|Trope}}. The gypsy curses Homer to bring bad luck to everyone around him. This backfires however, as the fact [[LackOfEmpathy nothing bad happens to him specifically means it doesn't faze]] his StubbornMule tendencies.

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* AesopCollateralDamage: {{Parodied|Trope}}. The gypsy fortune-teller curses Homer to bring bad luck to everyone around him. This backfires however, as the fact [[LackOfEmpathy nothing bad happens to him specifically means it doesn't faze]] his StubbornMule tendencies.



** [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]] appears officiating the Leprechaun and Gypsy's wedding.

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** [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]] appears officiating the Leprechaun and Gypsy's the Fortune-Teller's wedding.



* TheDragAlong: While at the Gypsy and Leprechaun's wedding, Kang asks Kodos why he dragged him there, seeing as he didn't know any of the guests.

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* TheDragAlong: While at the Gypsy Fortune-Teller and Leprechaun's wedding, Kang asks Kodos why he dragged him there, seeing as he didn't know any of the guests.



* GypsyCurse: After Homer destroys the Gypsy's office she curses him that he will give bad luck to everyone he loves. Although by the end of the episode apparently the Gypsy was willing to undo the curse if Homer just apologised, which Homer decides not to do.

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* GypsyCurse: After Homer destroys the Gypsy's Fortune-Teller's office she curses him that he will give bad luck to everyone he loves. Although by the end of the episode apparently the Gypsy Fortune-Teller was willing to undo the curse if Homer just apologised, which Homer decides not to do.



* InterspeciesRomance: At the end of the first short the Leprechaun and the Gypsy get married and invite all of their mythical friends, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the Simpson family]], to the ceremony.

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* InterspeciesRomance: At the end of the first short the Leprechaun and the Gypsy Fortune-Teller get married and invite all of their mythical friends, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the Simpson family]], to the ceremony.



* MisplacedRetribution: In response to Homer destroying her office, the gypsy put a curse on Homer that punished everyone around him instead of Homer himself.

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* MisplacedRetribution: In response to Homer destroying her office, the gypsy fortune-teller put a curse on Homer that punished everyone around him instead of Homer himself.



** Homer's reaction to seeing the Gypsy and the Leprechaun make out.

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** Homer's reaction to seeing the Gypsy Fortune-Teller and the Leprechaun make out.

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* AesopCollateralDamage: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]]. The gypsy curses Homer to bring bad luck to everyone around him. This backfires however, as the fact [[LackOfEmpathy nothing bad happens to him specifically means it doesn't faze]] his StubbornMule tendencies.

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* AesopCollateralDamage: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]].{{Parodied|Trope}}. The gypsy curses Homer to bring bad luck to everyone around him. This backfires however, as the fact [[LackOfEmpathy nothing bad happens to him specifically means it doesn't faze]] his StubbornMule tendencies.



* BaitAndSwitch: Mixed in with ComicallyMissingThePoint, when Homer jokes to the Ultra House about only over his dead body could man or machine steal Marge away from him and then walks away, the latter quips back "'Or machine', eh?" and [[EvilLaugh laughs menacingly]] at the thought...only for Homer to quickly pop back in and say "Yep, a machine!"



* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. The Computer House's AI asks what kind of robot it'd be if it let Marge do any work. Contrary to what Marge assumed, the question wasn't rhetorical.

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* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]].{{Inverted|Trope}}. The Computer House's AI asks what kind of robot it'd be if it let Marge do any work. Contrary to what Marge assumed, the question wasn't rhetorical.rhetorical.
** Combined with ComicallyMissingThePoint, when Homer drunkenly remarks that if he died, Marge would be "completely free, for man or machine!" and walks off. The house says "Machine, eh..?" and [[EvilLaugh laughs menacingly]] at the thought...only for Homer to suddenly reappear and say "Yep, a machine!"
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* NotWearingPantsDream: Milhouse's stage trick is to wrap a cloak around himself, which once removed is meant to show he's turned invisible, but it only succeeds in making his clothes disappear. He cries "It's just like my dream!" and runs off the stage in embarrassment.

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* TheDogAteMyHomework: A variant. Krabappel asks Bart "Did you study your spellbook last night, or did your fairy god mother die again?", implying this is the wizard school equivalent.



** The third short is an obvious homage to ''Literature/HarryPotter'' as, aside from the cameo by Harry himself, Lord Montymort is a parody of Lord Voldemort.

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** The third short is an obvious homage to parody of ''Literature/HarryPotter'' as, aside from the cameo by Harry himself, there's Lord Montymort is a parody of Lord Voldemort.(Lord Voldemort) and Springwarts (Hogwarts).

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* AesopCollateralDamage: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]]. The gypsy curses Homer to bring bad luck to everyone around him. This backfires however, as the fact [[ItsAllAboutMe nothing bad happens]] [[KarmaHoudini to him specifically]] [[LackOfEmpathy means it doesn't faze]] his StubbornMule tendencies.

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* AesopCollateralDamage: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]]. The gypsy curses Homer to bring bad luck to everyone around him. This backfires however, as the fact [[ItsAllAboutMe nothing bad happens]] [[KarmaHoudini to him specifically]] [[LackOfEmpathy nothing bad happens to him specifically means it doesn't faze]] his StubbornMule tendencies.



* AndIMustScream: The mutated frog thing that Bart created in class vomits every few seconds and seems to be in constant pain:

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* AndIMustScream: AndIMustScream:
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The mutated frog thing that Bart created in class vomits every few seconds and seems to be in constant pain:



** This is mitigated in the post-credits scene where it's revealed he throws up a lot because he's just drunk.



* BodyHorror:
** When Homer escapes from being trapped in the Computer House's walls, it's revealed that the back of his head has been ripped away, exposing part of his brain.
** The frog summoned by Bart.

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* BodyHorror:
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BodyHorror: When Homer escapes from being trapped in the Computer House's walls, it's revealed that the back of his head has been ripped away, exposing part of his brain.
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* AesopCollateralDamage: Parodied. The gypsy curses Homer to bring bad luck to everyone around him. This backfires however, as the fact [[ItsAllAboutMe nothing bad happens]] [[KarmaHoudini to him specifically]] [[LackOfEmpathy means it doesn't faze]] his StubbornMule tendencies.

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* AesopCollateralDamage: Parodied.[[ParodiedTrope Parodied]]. The gypsy curses Homer to bring bad luck to everyone around him. This backfires however, as the fact [[ItsAllAboutMe nothing bad happens]] [[KarmaHoudini to him specifically]] [[LackOfEmpathy means it doesn't faze]] his StubbornMule tendencies.

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* TheCameo: Franchise/HarryPotter (only he was voiced by Creator/TressMacNeille, not Daniel Radcliffe). Also, [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]] was the one to officiate the Leprechaun and Gypsy's wedding, which is also where Kang and Kodos make their [[OncePerEpisode obligatory appearance]].

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* TheCameo: TheCameo:
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Franchise/HarryPotter (only he was voiced by Creator/TressMacNeille, not Daniel Radcliffe). Also, Radcliffe).
** [[ComicStrip/LifeInHell Bongo]] can be seen amongst the many Trix Rabbits that jump into Homer's leprechaun trap when he initially uses Trix as bait instead of Lucky Charms.
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[[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]] was the one to officiate appears officiating the Leprechaun and Gypsy's wedding, which wedding.
** The aforementioned wedding
is also where Kang and Kodos make their [[OncePerEpisode obligatory appearance]].
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* TheCameo: Franchise/HarryPotter (only he was voiced by Creator/TressMacNeille, not Daniel Radcliffe). Also, [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]] was the one to officiate the Leprechaun and Gypsy's wedding.

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* TheCameo: Franchise/HarryPotter (only he was voiced by Creator/TressMacNeille, not Daniel Radcliffe). Also, [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]] was the one to officiate the Leprechaun and Gypsy's wedding.wedding, which is also where Kang and Kodos make their [[OncePerEpisode obligatory appearance]].
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** The Creator/MatthewPerry voice asking "Could I ''be'' any more of a house?"

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** The Creator/MatthewPerry voice asking "Could I ''be'' "[[Series/{{Friends}} Could I]] ''[[Series/{{Friends}} be]]'' [[Series/{{Friends}} any more of a house?"house?]]"
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'''Original air date:''' 11/6/2001

'''Production code:''' CABF-19
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* StopHittingYourself: Variant. Nelson forces Milhouse to zap himself with his own wand, making his head randomly morph ("Stop zapping yourself!").
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* AdvertisedExtra: The poster up there makes it seem like Franchise/HarryPotter would be more involved in the third story. Instead, he's just TheCameo.
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* TheLastofTheseIsNotLiketheOthers: The list of critters caught in Homer's leprechaun trap include an Imp, fairy, pixie, hobgoblin ("That's HOBgoblin". "Sorry".); nymph, naiad, woodsprite, and Katie Couric.

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* TheLastofTheseIsNotLiketheOthers: TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The list of critters caught in Homer's leprechaun trap include an Imp, imp, fairy, pixie, hobgoblin goblin ("That's HOBgoblin". "Sorry".); [=HOBgoblin=]" "Sorry"), nymph, naiad, woodsprite, wood sprite, and Katie Couric.
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* DisneyDeath: Homer (in a rare move for the otherwise slaughter-happy ''Treehouse'' series) survives his encounter with the Ultrahouse after it seemingly shreds him alive.


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* FateWorseThanDeath: The Ultrahouse is forced to service Patty and Selma, and finds the job so horrible it wants to self-terminate.
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* TheLastofTheseIsNotLiketheOthers: The list of critters caught in Homer's leprechaun trap include an Imp, fairy, pixie, hobgoblin ("That's HOBgoblin". "Sorry".); nymph, naiad, woodsprite, and Katie Couric.
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* {{Yandere}}: Pierce the robot became infatuated with Marge and resorts to murdering Homer, and when he thinks that he successfully killed Homer, he then replaces all the pictures of Homer with images of himself. When Marge is obviously terrified of the revelation, Pierce offers her a stress pill then offers to shoot a dart into her "elegant swan like neck" when she refuses.

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* {{Yandere}}: Pierce the robot became infatuated with Marge and resorts to murdering Homer, and when he thinks that he successfully killed Homer, he then replaces all the pictures of Homer with images of himself. When Marge is obviously terrified of the revelation, Pierce offers her a stress pill then offers to shoot a dart into her "elegant swan like neck" when she refuses.refuses.
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This is, to date, the last "Treehouse of Horror" episode to be officially titled "The Simpsons Halloween Special".


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* EndOfAnAge: This is, to date, the last "Treehouse of Horror" episode to be officially titled "The Simpsons Halloween Special".
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: The frog creatur that Bart creates throws up constantly.

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* VomitIndiscretionShot: The frog creatur creature that Bart creates throws up constantly.
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** The frog creature that Bart creates begs Bart to kill him and end his agony.


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* VomitIndiscretionShot: The frog creatur that Bart creates throws up constantly.
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* TheDragAlong: While at the Gypsy and Leprechaun's wedding, Kang asks Kudos why he dragged him there, seeing as he didn't know any of the guests.

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* TheDragAlong: While at the Gypsy and Leprechaun's wedding, Kang asks Kudos Kodos why he dragged him there, seeing as he didn't know any of the guests.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Mixed in with ComicallyMissingThePoint, when Homer jokes to the Ultra House about only over his dead body could man or machine steal Marge away from him and then walks away, the latter quips back "'Or machine', eh?" and [[EvilLaugh laughs menacingly]] at the thought...only for Homer to pop back in and nonchalantly says "Yeah, or machine."

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* BaitAndSwitch: Mixed in with ComicallyMissingThePoint, when Homer jokes to the Ultra House about only over his dead body could man or machine steal Marge away from him and then walks away, the latter quips back "'Or machine', eh?" and [[EvilLaugh laughs menacingly]] at the thought...only for Homer to quickly pop back in and nonchalantly says "Yeah, or machine."say "Yep, a machine!"
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** Lord Montymort imprisons victims in his Wailing Wall, where they'e reduced to heads that, well, wail.

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** Lord Montymort imprisons victims in his Wailing Wall, where they'e they're reduced to heads that, well, wail.



** The FortuneTeller is later seen using a hair-dryer to re-shrink the heads.

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** The FortuneTeller is later seen using a hair-dryer hair dryer to re-shrink the heads.
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* MadeOfBologna: In the cold open when the Simpsons get sliced by Burns' estate gate their insides are simply a paler yellow than their skin.
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* WizardingSchool: Springwarts obviously.
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** Bart suggests using Pierce Bronson's voice because he's Franchise/JamesBond. Marge goes along with it because he was also in ''Series/RemingtonSteele''.

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** Bart suggests using Pierce Bronson's Brosnan's voice because he's Franchise/JamesBond. Marge goes along with it because he was also in ''Series/RemingtonSteele''.



* BaitAndSwitch: Mixed in with ComicallyMissingThePoint, when Homer jokes to the Ultra House about only over his dead body could man or machine steal Marge away from him and then walks away, the latter quips back "'Or machine', eh?" and [[EvilLaugh laughs menancingly]] at the thought...only for Homer to pop back in and nonchalantly says "Yeah, or machine."

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* BaitAndSwitch: Mixed in with ComicallyMissingThePoint, when Homer jokes to the Ultra House about only over his dead body could man or machine steal Marge away from him and then walks away, the latter quips back "'Or machine', eh?" and [[EvilLaugh laughs menancingly]] menacingly]] at the thought...only for Homer to pop back in and nonchalantly says "Yeah, or machine."



** The third short is an obvious homage to ''Literature/HarryPotter'' as, aside from the cameo by Harry himself, Lord Montymort is parody of Lord Voldemort.

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** The third short is an obvious homage to ''Literature/HarryPotter'' as, aside from the cameo by Harry himself, Lord Montymort is a parody of Lord Voldemort.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The Dennis Miller impression was so convincing that someone felt the need to include a special credit specifying that Creator/DanCastellanata was doing an impression.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The Dennis Miller impression was so convincing that someone felt the need to include a special credit specifying that Creator/DanCastellanata Creator/DanCastellaneta was doing an impression.



** The second story is a combination of two sci-fi movies, ''Film/DemonSeed'' (a story of a sentient house falling in love with a human woman) and ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' (the general look of the computer's terminal as well as its defeat are both references to HAL 9000'').

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** The second story is a combination of two sci-fi movies, ''Film/DemonSeed'' (a story of a sentient house falling in love with a human woman) and ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' (the general look of the computer's terminal as well as its defeat are both references to HAL 9000'').9000).
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The Dennis Miller impression was so convincing that someone felt the need to include a special credit specifying that Creator/DanCastellanata was doing an impression.
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-->'''Mutated Frog''': Every moment I live is agony (Throws up).

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-->'''Mutated Frog''': Please kill me. Every moment I live is agony (Throws up).''(Throws up)''.

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