History Recap / TheSimpsonsS20E4TreehouseOfHorrorXIX

* HypocriticalHumor: The giant talking pumpkin finds the idea of a giant, talking turkey preposterous.
** Also, the fact that the said giant talking pumpkin goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge over people carving up other pumpkins, yet thinks nothing of yellow pumpkins being cut up.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Nelson, while bullying Milhouse for his belief in the Grand Pumpkin, used "gay" to mock him.

* LogoJoke: Instead of the usual terrified scream and organ music, the Grace Films jingle is now redone in a jazz piano style, in true ''Peanuts'' fasion.

** One of the Krusty-themed murals in the daycare features [[WesternAnimation/Cinderella Cinderella with her Prince Charming]].

** Homer in the second segment. When the ''Series/MadMen'' expies show up and offer him money to kill more celebrities, upon using the money as a fan, he tries to pry more money out of them by saying he was hot. After they do give him more, he then whines that he's ''too cold'' and gives the extra cash back.

* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Tom Turkey talks like this (after all, he also dresses like a Puritan).

-->'''Nelson''': (as he's getting eaten by the Grand Pumpkin) I'd rather die than hate!

* PetTheDog: Bart apologetically tells Milhouse that he only made up the Grand Pumpkin to mess with him. Milhouse, of course, refuses to believe him.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Nelson is appalled when he finds out that the Grand Pumpkin is racist towards pumpkins of different colors.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Nelson condemns the Gran Pumpkin's racism but earlier in the segment, Nelson himself used "gay" as an insult.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Nelson condemns the Gran Pumpkin's racism but earlier in the segment, Nelson himself used "gay" as an insult

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Nelson, while bullying Milhouse for his belief in the Grand Pumpkin, used "gay" to mock Milhouse.

* BigWhat: The Grand Pumpkin's reaction to Milhouse saying pumpkin bread is made of pumpkins, not for pumpkins.

* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: The angel celebrities succeed in killing Homer, but Homer gets the last laugh since by the time they return, since Homer, who also went to Heaven, takes the key to the pearly gates and locks them out before they can come through.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Nelson condemns the Gran Pumpkin's racism but earlier in the segment, Nelson himself used "gay" as an insult.
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: The angel celebrities succeed in killing Homer, but Homer gets the last laugh since by the time they return, since Homer, who also went to Heaven, takes the key to the pearly gates and locks them out before they can come through.

** "It's The Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse":
*** The Grand Pumpkin puking after discovering that people eat/carve pumpkins for Halloween.
*** The Grand Pumpkin dismissing Nelson's threat to carve a yellow pumpkin and being called a racist for it.
*** The Grand Pumpkin's death at the hands of Tom Turkey.

** "How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising": All of the {{Family Unfriendly Death}}s are removed (Prince getting stabbed with his guitar is cut completely, Krusty getting jettisoned into a wood chipper is edited to remove the actual death itself, and Homer getting shot in the head by Krusty is replaced with a fade to white).

* OnlySaneWoman: Lisa in "It's the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse". Aside from her DisproportionateRetribution above, at least she knows that telling a giant talking turkey that people eat turkeys is a bad idea, and tries to cover Bart's mouth when he thoughtlessly goes into detail on people prepare turkeys for Thanksgiving.

* BigNo: The Grand Pumpkin does this when he sees Homer starting to carve a pumpkin.

*** The Grand Pumpkin puking after being told that people eat and carve pumpkins for Halloween.

* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Milhouse's innocent belief in the Grand Pumpkin is what creates him. Lisa utilizes it to create Tom the Turkey to stop the Grand Pumpkin.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Lisa punches out Milhouse for waking her up as a dress rehearsal to seeing the Grand Pumpkin. She then goes to the party in progress. Unlike Sally, who missed out on all the Halloween festivities, Lisa got to enjoy some of the fun.

* GoneHorriblyWrong: Milhouse's immense belief manages to create the Grand Pumpkin and Lisa's belief creates Tom Turkey, but unfortunately both of them are driven to KillAllHumans once they respectively learn that their kind gets eaten and/or carved.
* HarmlessVillain: The Grand Pumpkin is ultimately revealed as one. While he terrifies the kids and eats people, he has no working digestive tract. When Tom Turkey blows a hole in him, it reveals [[EatenAlive everyone he ate is fine]], just covered in pumpkin juices.

* HereWeGoAgain: After the Grand Pumpkin is killed, Bart tells Tom the Turkey about eating turkeys at Thanksgiving, resulting in him going on a rampage of his own.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Nelson condemns the Gran Pumpkin's racism -- yet earlier in the segment, Nelson himself used "gay" as an insult.
* HypocriticalHumor: The giant, talking pumpkin finds the idea of a giant, talking turkey preposterous.
** Also, the fact that the said giant, talking pumpkin goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge over people carving up other pumpkins, yet thinks nothing of yellow pumpkins being cut up.

** The Grand Pumpkin is not wrong to point out that while the humans are having fun, they're cutting up and cooking his people.

-->'''Skinner''': Is there a particular part of my brain you're looking for or...?

* OnlySaneWoman: Lisa in "It's the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse". Aside from her DisproportionateRetribution above, at least she knows that telling a giant talking turkey that people eat turkeys is a bad idea, and tries to cover Bart's mouth when he thoughtlessly goes into detail on preparing the cooked turkey.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: With the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse brings him to life with childlike belief. It turns out that a pumpkin head... is just a pumpkin head and lacks digestive organs. Thus, the people it eats are perfectly fine, if traumatized.

** Bart and Milhouse in the ''Peanuts'' parody. First Milhouse feeds the Grand Pumpkin pumpkin bread, then tells him it's made ''from'' pumpkins, not ''for'' pumpkins, then he suggests that Tom Turkey could carve the Thanksgiving turkey. When a bewildered Tom asks if they really ''eat'' turkeys, Bart proceeds to go into details about stuffing them. Guess what happens.

** "How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising": All of the deaths listed in the FamilyUnfriendlyDeath entry below are removed (Prince getting stabbed with his guitar is cut completely, Krusty getting jettisoned into a wood chipper is edited to remove the actual death itself, and Homer getting shot in the head by Krusty is replaced with a fade to white).

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Nelson is appalled when he finds out that the Grand Pumpkin is racist.

* FantasticRacism: The ''Grand'' Pumpkin cares nothing about yellow pumpkins being carved, going as far as to proudly admitting that he and all other pumpkins are racist but [[AtLeastIAdmitIt at least he admits it]].

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Both the Grand Pumpkin and Tom Turkey if you think about it. They each start off as friendly and heroic, but once they each learn that their kind gets eaten and/or carved, they both go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.

** Bart and Milhouse in the ''Peanuts'' parody. First Milhouse feeds the Grand Pumpkin pumpkin bread, then tells him it's made from pumpkins, not ''for'' pumpkins, then he suggests that Tom Turkey could carve the Thanksgiving turkey. When a bewildered Tom asks if they ''eat'' turkeys, Bart proceeds to go into details about stuffing them. Guess what happens.

* TheUnintelligible: {{Subverted|Trope}}. At first, it seemed the adults in the ''Peanuts'' parody would be this like in the real ''Peanuts'' specials, but the only adult sounding like that was Marge while playing the trombone. (In a way, the gag doesn't really work, because Homer had already appeared in full view during the opening sequence, acting like Snoopy.)

* RealityEnsues: With the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse brings him to life with childlike belief. It turns out that a pumpkin head... is just a pumpkin head and lacks digestive organs. Thus, the people it eats are perfectly fine, if traumatized.

* FantasticRacism: The ''Grand'' Pumpkin cares nothing about yellow pumpkins being carved, going as far as to proudly admitting that he and all other pumpkins are racist but [[AtLeastIAdmitIt orange ones admit their racism]].

* FamousLastWords: "Pumpkin segregation forever."