Treehouse of Horror XXXI

"Treehouse of Horror XXXI"
The Simpsons episode
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Episode no.Season 32
Episode 4
Directed bySteven Dean Moore
Written byJulia Prescott
Featured music"Flight of the Bumblebee" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
"Gotta Get Up" by Harry Nilsson
Production codeZABF17
Original air dateNovember 1, 2020 (2020-11-01)
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"Treehouse of Horror XXXI" is the fourth episode of the thirty-second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 688th episode overall as well as the thirty-first "Treehouse of Horror" episode. It aired in the United States on Fox on November 1, 2020.[1] The episode was directed by Steven Dean Moore,[2] and written by Julia Prescott.[3]

The episode is made up of four segments: "2020 Election," "Toy Gory" (a parody of the Toy Story franchise), "Into the Homerverse" (a parody of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), and "Be Nine, Rewind" (a parody of time loop stories, whose title parodies Be Kind, Rewind).[4] Ben Mankiewicz guest-stars in the episode as himself.[1] It also received generally positive reviews, and was watched live in the United States by 4.93 million viewers.

  1. ^ a b "(SI-3117) "Treehouse of Horror XXXI"". The Futon Critic. October 20, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  2. ^ Jean, Al [@AlJean] (September 26, 2019). "Steve Moore" (Tweet). Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Jean, Al [@AlJean] (September 26, 2019). "@juliaprescott" (Tweet). Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Hickson, Colin (July 30, 2020). "The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror Clip Turns Homer Into a Disney Princess and Yogi Bear". CBR. Retrieved August 22, 2020.