# Guillermo del Toro's Simpsons opener **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328 "2013-10-04T05:20:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328/1 "2013-10-04T05:20:04Z")
Guillermo del Toro directed the three minute title opener for the upcoming Treehouse of Horror episode of _The Simpsons_. It’s brilliant. Check it out. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CtgYY7dhTyE/maxresdefault.jpg "The Simpsons | Treehouse Of Horror XXIV Couch Gag By Guillermo Del Toro") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtgYY7dhTyE) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328/2 "2013-10-04T11:13:19Z")
I’ve not watched Simpsons for a while but I do try not to miss the Halloween specials. This one promisses to be particularly good. Directed by [Guillermo del Toro](http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/10/guillermo-del-toro-simpsons/). ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328/3 "2013-10-04T11:33:58Z")
That looked expensive. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328/4 "2013-10-04T11:50:50Z")
Nice job. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328/5 "2013-10-04T12:00:11Z")
I love the bit with all the Phantoms - with the Phantom of the Paradise in Largo’s place. (Also how many of his own movies he slipped in - I caught Pacific Rim, Hellboy, Blade II, and 2 separate Pan’s Labrynth…I’m sure there were more that I missed, too.) ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328/6 "2013-10-04T12:08:02Z")
It was a surprise to see myself in there. Where’s my check? ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328/7 "2013-10-04T14:43:10Z")
Was Maggie driving the car from [The Car](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075809/)? I love that movie! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328/8 "2013-10-04T15:09:05Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > I love the bit with all the Phantoms - with the Phantom of the Paradise in Largo’s place. > > (Also how many of his own movies he slipped in - I caught Pacific Rim, Hellboy, Blade II, and 2 separate Pan’s Labrynth…I’m sure there were more that I missed, too.) The scarab from **Chronos** in the checkout line, followed by the baby as the insect from\*\* Mimic\*\* ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328/9 "2013-10-04T15:16:16Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > I love the bit with all the Phantoms - with the Phantom of the Paradise in Largo’s place. > > (Also how many of his own movies he slipped in - I caught Pacific Rim, Hellboy, Blade II, and 2 separate Pan’s Labrynth…I’m sure there were more that I missed, too.) I was pleased to see Phantom of the Paradise. I recognized Lon Chaney’s Phantom of the Opera and The Phantom from comics, but who are the middle two? What is Marge a reference to? Oh, Mimic? I didn’t realize GDT was the director. What is the creature that writes “El Muerto” ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328/10 "2013-10-04T15:39:06Z")
Don’t forget Cthulhu! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328/11 "2013-10-04T15:47:53Z")
The authors Bart was skateboarding by…I recognized Poe, of course, and Ray Bradbury working on the Illustrated Man (literally), but who were the others? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328/12 "2013-10-04T15:55:53Z")
> [@Hermione](#): > > The authors Bart was skateboarding by…I recognized Poe, of course, and Ray Bradbury working on the Illustrated Man (literally), but who were the others? H.P. Lovecraft sharing tea with his creation, Cthulhu, and Richard Matheson standing next to one of the creatures from\* The Omega Man\*, which was based on his novel _I am Legend_. Nice to see Matheson in the line up. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328/13 "2013-10-04T15:57:43Z")
was that Stephen king in Bart’s homeroom? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328/14 "2013-10-04T15:59:05Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > was that Stephen king in Bart’s homeroom? I believe so. ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328/15 "2013-10-04T16:02:53Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > Don’t forget Cthulhu! 😃 So, after skating down Cthulhu’s tentacle Bart goes past: Guy drinking tea with Cthulhu - who is this? Is that supposed to be Lovecraft? Edgar Allen Poe Ray Bradbury The Illustrated Man Guy in beret - who is this? Matthias from Omega Man (I think) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328/16 "2013-10-04T16:06:45Z")
^^^three posts up,\*\* LateComer\*\*. ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328/17 "2013-10-04T16:09:33Z")
> [@LateComer](#): > > So, after skating down Cthulhu’s tentacle Bart goes past: > > Guy drinking tea with Cthulhu - who is this? Is that supposed to be Lovecraft? > Edgar Allen Poe > Ray Bradbury > The Illustrated Man > Guy in beret - who is this? > Matthias from Omega Man (I think) Answered already I see. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328/18 "2013-10-04T16:12:12Z")
> [@LateComer](#): > > Answered already I see. Thanks. If you like modern horror, Matheson’s story anthologies are really worth checking out. He is not nearly as well known as he should be, considering how influential he was. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328/19 "2013-10-04T16:18:12Z")
Was there any significance to Stephen King writing on the classroom door? ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328/20 "2013-10-04T16:24:16Z")
Hah! Rod Serling, the robot from Lost in Space, and the outline of Alfred Hitchcock’s head. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillermo-del-toros-simpsons-opener/670328.md?page=2)