Which Victorian villain is parodied in the "Treehouse of Horror XX" episode of The Simpsons?
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Treehouse of Horror XX "Treehouse of Horror XX" is the fourth episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> twenty-first season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 18, 2009. This is the twentieth "Treehouse of Horror" installment, containing three self-contained stories: In "Dial "M" for Murder or Press "#" to Return to Main Menu", Lisa is forced into a Hitchcockian murder scheme by Bart; in "Don't Have a Cow, Mankind", Springfield is once again overrun by zombies thanks to Krusty Burger's latest sandwich; and in the "Sweeney Todd" parody, "There's No Business Like Moe Business", Moe the bartender bleeds Homer dry to create the perfect microbrewed beer. An estimated 8.59 million viewers tuned in to watch the episode.
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Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the Victorian penny dreadful "The String of Pearls" (1846–47).
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Quilp Daniel Quilp is one of the main antagonists in the novel "The Old Curiosity Shop" by Charles Dickens, written in 1840. Quilp is a vicious, ill-tempered and grotesque dwarf and is the villain of the story. Quilp is as near that Dickens ever came to creating a monster. Actors who have portrayed him include Anthony Newley, Patrick Troughton and Toby Jones.
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Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive Things titled variants on Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive (a pun on Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde") include:
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David Xanatos David Xanatos is a fictional character and one of the primary antagonists of the Disney animated television series "Gargoyles". In the series, he is the founder, owner and CEO of Xanatos Enterprises and a member of the Illuminati. Xanatos was voiced by (and his design inspired by) ""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Jonathan Frakes.
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Treehouse of Horror XXII "Treehouse of Horror XXII" is the third episode of the twenty-third season and the twenty-second Halloween episode of the American animated sitcom "The Simpsons". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 30, 2011. The episode is part of the "Treehouse of Horror" series, which is an episode divided into three separate stories and an opening that is a parody of scary or Halloween themed stories. This episode's stories were primarily spoofs of the French film "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", the television series "Dexter", and the American film "Avatar". The opening was a parody of the autobiographical film "127 Hours", in which the subject Aron Ralston loses an arm.
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Two Bad Neighbors "Two Bad Neighbors" is the thirteenth episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> seventh season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 14, 1996. In the episode, George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States, voiced in the episode by Harry Shearer, moves into the house across the street from the Simpson family.
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Victorian Undead Victorian Undead is a series of comics about Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson dealing with the supernatural. The first series "Victorian Undead: Sherlock Holmes vs. Zombies" is a six-issue American comic book limited series published by Wildstorm. The series was written by Ian Edginton, with art by Davide Fabbri. The story is set in Victorian England and follows Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson in the midst of a zombie outbreak. It was followed by "Victorian Undead Special: Sherlock Holmes vs. Jekyll/Hyde" (one issue) and a second series "Victorian Undead: Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula" (five issues), which sees Holmes and Watson helping to track down the title character (Count Dracula) before he kills Queen Victoria.
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Hop-Frog "Hop-Frog" (originally "Hop-Frog; Or, the Eight Chained Ourangoutangs") is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1849. The title character, a person with dwarfism taken from his homeland, becomes the jester of a king particularly fond of practical jokes. Taking revenge on the king and his cabinet for the king's striking his friend and fellow dwarf Trippetta, he dresses the king and his cabinet as orangutans for a masquerade. In front of the king's guests, Hop-Frog murders them all by setting their costumes on fire before escaping with Trippetta.
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Lemon of Troy "Lemon of Troy" is the 24th episode of "The Simpsons"' sixth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 14, 1995. In the episode, the children of Springfield wage war on Shelbyville after their beloved lemon tree is stolen from them by Shelbyville children.
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Lurch (The Addams Family) Lurch (whose first name is unknown) is a fictional character created by American cartoonist Charles Addams as a manservant to The Addams Family. In the original television series, Lurch was played by Ted Cassidy, who used the famous catchphrase, "You rang?" (a similar phrase was the trademark of the character Maynard G. Krebs in "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis").
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Days of Future Future "Days of Future Future" is the eighteenth episode of the 25th season of the American animated sitcom "The Simpsons", and the 548th episode of the series. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 13, 2014. It was written by J. Stewart Burns and directed by Bob Anderson. The episode is a sequel to "Future-Drama" and a continuation of "Holidays of Future Passed", set 30 years from the present. In this futuristic installment, Bart goes to a clinic to rid himself of his feelings for his ex-wife Jenda (who is now dating a xenomorph-like alien named Jerry), Lisa must choose whether or not to cure her zombie husband Milhouse after he gets bitten by a homeless zombie, and Marge (after putting up with years of Homer dying and being cloned back to life by Professor Frink) loads Homer onto a flatscreen monitor and throws him out of the house.
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In the Name of the Grandfather "In the Name of the Grandfather" is the fourteenth episode of the twentieth season of "The Simpsons". It first aired on Sky1 on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2009 and aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 22, 2009. It was the first episode of the show to premiere in Europe before airing on Fox. In the episode, the Simpsons buy a new hot tub and spend so much time relaxing in it that they neglect Abraham "Grampa" Simpson. Homer decides to make it up to Grampa by helping him do one thing he wants to do. Grampa reminisces about O'Flanagan's pub in Ireland where he once had the best night of his life so the Simpsons travel there. Marge, Bart and Lisa visit various Irish landmarks while Homer and Grampa buy O'Flanagan's during a night of binge drinking and soon discover that pubs are no longer popular in Ireland.
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Treehouse of Horror XXV "Treehouse of Horror XXV" is the fourth episode of the 26th season of "The Simpsons", the 25th episode in the "Treehouse of Horror" series of Halloween specials, and the 556th episode overall. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 19, 2014.
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Funeral for a Fiend "Funeral for a Fiend" is the eighth episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> nineteenth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 25, 2007. It was written by Michael Price and was directed by Rob Oliver. It features Kelsey Grammer in his tenth appearance as Sideshow Bob, as well as David Hyde Pierce in his second appearance as Cecil Terwilliger. John Mahoney makes his first appearance as Dr. Robert Terwilliger, Sr., the father of Bob and Cecil. Keith Olbermann also makes a guest appearance as himself.
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The Mansion Family "The Mansion Family" is the twelfth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated sitcom "The Simpsons". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 23, 2000, and was watched in around 11.3 million homes during the broadcast. In the episode, Mr. Burns goes to the Mayo Clinic for a check-up after being declared the oldest man in Springfield at an awards ceremony. He leaves the Simpson family to house-sit his mansion for him. When Homer throws a party on Burns' private yacht in international waters, the party goers are captured by Chinese pirates.
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Cruella de Vil Cruella de Vil (spelled de Vil in the novel, spelled De Vil by Disney) is a character who appeared in Dodie Smith's 1956 novel "The Hundred and One Dalmatians", Disney's animated film adaptations "101 Dalmatians" and "", and Disney's live-action film adaptations "101 Dalmatians" and "102 Dalmatians" as the main antagonist.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Barrie Roberts which pits Sherlock Holmes against an anarchist who is bombing trains.
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Henry Crawford Henry Crawford is one of the main characters in Jane Austen's 1814 novel, Mansfield Park. He is depicted as a man who endeavours always to amuse himself, and at the end is proven to be a reprobate.
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King of the Hill (The Simpsons) "King of the Hill" is the twenty-third episode in the ninth season of the American animated television series "The Simpsons". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 3, 1998. It was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Steven Dean Moore, and guest stars Brendan Fraser and Steven Weber. The episode sees Homer trying to climb a large mountain to impress Bart after he humiliates him at a church picnic with his lack of fitness.
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Frenchy the Clown Frenchy the Clown is the title character in "National Lampoon"'s "Evil Clown Comics", which ran in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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Lenny and Carl Lenford "Lenny" Leonard (or Leonard "Lenny" Lenford) and Carlton "Carl" Carlson are two supporting characters in the Fox animated series "The Simpsons", voiced by Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria, respectively. They are best friends of Homer Simpson and work with him at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Lenny and Carl are rarely seen apart and have a close relationship. Each possesses a master's degree in nuclear physics, but are often portrayed as blue-collar working men.