On Halloween, the souls of the Simpson family are trapped in a tree, and each family member must defeat their own nightmare to escape, each of which is based on a segment of the "Treehouse of Horror" Halloween specials in _"Simpsons, The" (1989)_. Halloween episodes。 每一集开播之前最期待片头,每一季开播前最期待万圣节特辑,不知道这算不算是The Simpsons粉丝的共性。 万圣节特辑从1990年开始,至今已有21集,通常由三个毫无关联却同样荒诞、诡谲、黑暗、调侃的故事组成,一般按照恐怖、科幻、灵异的顺序进行。各种引用、借喻、反讽、解构都在万圣节特辑里被发挥到极致,诗歌、小说、绘画、音乐、戏剧、电影、漫画(当然还有电视剧,虽然主要是Twilight Zone),一切艺术形式在这里都被征引和重构,将各种类型的美国文化炖煮在一起,目眩神迷。