History VideoGame / TheSimpsonsNightOfTheLivingTreehouseOfHorror

** "Plan 9 From Outer Springfield" combines the plots of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E5TreehouseOfHorrorIII Dial 'Z' for Zombies]]" and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E4TreehouseOfHorrorVIII The H?mega Man]]." In the first short, the protagonists were Bart and Lisa, while the latter one had Homer. In "Plan 9," however the protagonist is Marge.

* ZombieApocalypse: "Plan 9 From Outer Springfield," a combination of the plots of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E5TreehouseOfHorrorIII Dial 'Z' for Zombies]]" and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E4TreehouseOfHorrorVIII The Homega Man]]" sees the entirety of Springfield become zombies except for the Simpsons. Playing as Marge, the player needs to make it back to the Simpsons' house blasting zombies and fighting bosses based off of zombie versions of Apu, Moe, Principal Skinner, and Krusty the Clown along the way.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Each level has the player take control of a different Simpson family member. Homer is the only Simpson to be playable in multiple levels, and even then he has a different appearance each time: normal Homer in "Vlad All Over", robot Homer in "If I Only Had a Body" and King Homer in "King Homer".

* ThemeTuneCameo: Three different 8-bit versions of ''The Simpsons'' theme are used as background music for "Bad Dream House"/"King Homer," "Plan 9 From Outer Springfield," and "If I Only Had a Body."

* PowerUpFood: Collecting donuts restores lost health.

* VampireEpisode: The fourth level, "Vlad All Over" is based on the ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E5TreehouseOfHorrorIV Treehouse of Horror IV]]'' episode segment, "Bart Simpson's Dracula". In this level, Homer must seek and defeat the vampire Mr. Burns in his castle.

** The first level's boss is [[Disney/{{Fantasia}} an anthropomorphic broomstick]].

''The Simpsons: Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror'' was a ''WesternAnimation/{{Simpsons}}''-themed video game created in 2001 by Fox Interactive, Software Creations, and Creator/{{THQ}} Inc. for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor based off of the show's ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' {{Halloween Episode}}s.

* ShoutOut: Homer's robot body in "If I Only Had a Body" resembles [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]]'s body.

''The Simpsons: Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror'' was a ''WesternAnimation/{{Simpsons}}''-themed video game created in 2001 by Fox Interactive, Software Creations, and [=THQ=] Inc. for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor based off of the show's WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror {{Halloween Episode}}s.

* BalefulPolymorph: The second level, "Flying Tonight" has Maggie take up Bart's role in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E4TreehouseOfHorrorVIII Fly vs Fly]]."

* PuzzleBoss: Unlike the other bosses in the game[[note]]The broomstick in the attic of "Bad Dream House," Apu, Moe, Skinner and Krusty in "Plan 9 From Outer Springfield," and the military biplane in "King Homer"[[/note]], Vampire Mr. Burns in "Vlad All Over" doesn't have a health meter to drain to defeat him. Instead, Homer has to jump on the curtains in Burns' basement coffin room, opening them up and letting sunlight into the room, gradually forcing Burns into the corner upon which Homer opens the final curtain, bring sunlight down onto Burns and disintegrating him.

''The Simpsons: Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror'' was a ''WesternAnimation/{{Simpsons}}''-themed video game created in 2001 by Fox Interactive, Software Creations, and [=THQ=] Inc. for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor based off of the show's WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror {{Halloween Special}}s.

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* ZombieApocalypse: "Plan 9 From Outer Springfield," a combination of the plots of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E5TreehouseOfHorrorIII Dial 'Z' for Zombies]]" and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E4TreehouseOfHorrorVIII The Homega Man]]" sees the entirety of Springfield become zombies except for the Simpsons. Playing as Marge, the player needs to make it back to the Simpsons' house blasting zombies and fighting bosses based off of zombie versions of Apu, Moe, Principal Skinner, and Krusty the Clown.

''The Simpsons: Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror'' was a ''WesternAnimation/{{Simpsons}}''-themed video game created in 2001 by Fox Interactive, Software Creations, and [=THQ=] Inc. for the Game Boy Color based off of the show's WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror {{Halloween Special}}s.

It's Halloween night, and the Simpsons are telling ghost stories in Bart's treehouse. When Homer's pathetic attempt at telling a scary story ends up boring the entire family to sleep, they find themselves having an out of body experience, landing in the world of the Treehouse of Horror, where every day is Halloween. The only way to escape is to get to the top of the tree, which is accomplished by making it through the levels of the game, each one based off of a classic ''[=TOH=]'' segment.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E6TreehouseOfHorrorV Treehouse of Horror V]]'s "Nightmare Cafeteria" segment, Willie tried to save the Springfield Elementary kids from being eaten by the teachers and staff ([[RunningGag and ended up with his third axe to the back of the special for his troubles]]). In the level based of the short, he's part of the staff actively hunting down Lisa.

* KingKongClimb: Given that the final level is "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E5TreehouseOfHorrorIII King Homer]]," this trope is obviously coming. And unlike in the actual episode, Homer makes it to the top this time.
* PuzzleBoss: Unlike the other bosses in the game[[note]]The broomstick in the attic of "Bad Dream House," Apu, Moe, Skinner and Krusty in "Plan 9 From Outer Springfield," and the military biplane in "King Homer"[[/note]], Vampire Mr. Burns in "Vlad All Over" doesn't have a health meter to drain to defeat him. Instead, Homer has to jump on the curtains in Burns' basement coffin room, opening them up and letting sunlight into the room, gradually forcing Burns into the corner upon which Homer opens the final curtain, bring sunlight down onto Burns and disintegrating him.

* ZombieApocalypse: "Plan 9 From Outer Springfield," a combination of the plots of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E5TreehouseOfHorrorIII Dial 'Z' for Zombies]]" and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E4TreehouseOfHorrorVIII The Homega Man]]" sees the entirety of Springfield become zombies except for the Simpsons. Playing as Marge, the player needs to make it back to the Simpsons' house blasting zombies and fighting bosses based off of zombie versions of Apu, Moe, Principal Skinner, and Krusty the Clown.