# Simpsons Halloween Madness - Round 2

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-halloween-madness-round-2/467482>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 11, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-halloween-madness-round-2/467482 "2008-10-11T16:23:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-halloween-madness-round-2/467482/1 "2008-10-11T16:23:37Z")

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Sad to see Eazy Bake Coven, one of my favorite sequences (and one of the few that’s unmistakably Halloween) go down, but you can’t win em all.

Round 2 closes Tuesday night.  
**Act 1** Bracket:

1. The Shinning (5)  
vs 8. The Thing & I (7)

2. Clown Without Pity (3)  
vs 7. Send in the Clones (13)

3. The Devil and Homer Simpson (4)  
vs 11. Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores (6)

4. Bad Dream House (1)  
vs 5. The Monkey’s Paw (2)  
\*\*Act 2 \*\*Bracket:

5. Time & Punishment (5)  
vs 9. Bart’s Good Life (2)

6. Terror at 5½ Feet (4)  
vs 7. Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace (6)

7. King Homer Kong (3)  
vs 11. The Genesis Tub (7)

8. Hungry Are The Damned (1)  
vs 5. Fly Vs Fly (8)  
\*\*Act 3 \*\*Bracket:

9. Dial Z For Zombie (3)  
vs 9. Citizen Kang (7)

10. Bart Simpson’s Dracula (4)  
vs. 7. Nightmare Cafeteria (5)

11. Homer^3 (6)  
vs 6. The Raven (1)

12. If I Only Had a Brain (2)  
vs 12. Life’s a Glitch, Then You Die (10)  
**Bumper** Bracket:

13. Halloween Party on Evergreen Terrace (3)  
vs 8. The Frankenstein “don’t let your kids watch” intros (1-2)

14. Gruesome Opening Sequence Parody (9)  
vs 10. The FOX Censor (8)

15. the ACTUAL Treehouse of Horor (1)  
vs 6. Night Gallery (4)

16. The Springfield Cementery (1-5)  
vs 5. The Munsters Opening (11)

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-halloween-madness-round-2/467482/2 "2008-10-12T06:18:32Z")

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**Act 1** Bracket:

1. The Shinning (5)
2. Clown Without Pity (3)
3. Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores (6)  
vs 5. The Monkey’s Paw (2)

\*\*Act 2 \*\*Bracket:  
9. Bart’s Good Life (2)  
7. Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace (6)  
3. King Homer Kong (3)  
5. Fly Vs Fly (8)

\*\*Act 3 \*\*Bracket:

1. Dial Z For Zombie (3)
2. Bart Simpson’s Dracula (4)
3. Homer^3 (6)
4. If I Only Had a Brain (2)

**Bumper** Bracket:  
8. The Frankenstein “don’t let your kids watch” intros (1-2)  
10. The FOX Censor (8)  
6. Night Gallery (4)  
4. The Springfield Cementery (1-5)

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-halloween-madness-round-2/467482/3 "2008-10-12T06:39:15Z")

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**Act 1** Bracket:

1. The Shinning (5)
2. Clown Without Pity (3)
3. The Devil and Homer Simpson (4)
4. The Monkey’s Paw (2)

\*\*Act 2 \*\*Bracket:

1. Time & Punishment (5)
2. Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace (6)
3. King Homer Kong (3)
4. Hungry Are The Damned (1)

\*\*Act 3 \*\*Bracket:

1. Dial Z For Zombie (3)
2. Bart Simpson’s Dracula (4)
3. The Raven (1)
4. If I Only Had a Brain (2)

**Bumper** Bracket:  
8. The Frankenstein “don’t let your kids watch” intros (1-2)  
2. Gruesome Opening Sequence Parody (9)  
6. Night Gallery (4)  
4. The Springfield Cementery (1-5)

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-halloween-madness-round-2/467482/4 "2008-10-12T07:42:39Z")

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I just realized I made a mistake in my voting- I wanted to vote “Time and Punishment” over “Bart’s Good Life.” Both good segments, but time-traveling toaster always wins out over jack-in-the-box dad.

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-halloween-madness-round-2/467482/5 "2008-10-13T00:25:44Z")

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**Act 1** Bracket:

1. The Shinning (5)

2. Clown Without Pity (3)

3. The Devil and Homer Simpson (4)

4. Bad Dream House (1)  
\*\*Act 2 \*\*Bracket:

5. Time & Punishment (5)

6. Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace (6)

7. The Genesis Tub (7)

8. Hungry Are The Damned (1)  
\*\*Act 3 \*\*Bracket:

9. Dial Z For Zombie (3)

10. Nightmare Cafeteria (5)

11. Homer^3 (6)

12. If I Only Had a Brain (2)  
**Bumper** Bracket:

13. Halloween Party on Evergreen Terrace (3)

14. The FOX Censor (8)

15. Night Gallery (4)

16. The Springfield Cementery (1-5)

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-halloween-madness-round-2/467482/6 "2008-10-13T01:26:51Z")

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**Act 1** Bracket:

1. The Shinning (5)

2. Clown Without Pity (3)

3. The Devil and Homer Simpson (4)

4. Bad Dream House (1)  
\*\*Act 2 \*\*Bracket:

5. Time & Punishment (5)

6. Terror at 5½ Feet (4)

7. King Homer Kong (3)

8. Fly Vs Fly (8)  
\*\*Act 3 \*\*Bracket:

9. Citizen Kang (7)

10. Nightmare Cafeteria (5)

11. The Raven (1)

12. If I Only Had a Brain (2)  
**Bumper** Bracket:

13. Halloween Party on Evergreen Terrace (3)

14. The FOX Censor (8)

15. Night Gallery (4)

16. The Springfield Cementery (1-5)

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**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-halloween-madness-round-2/467482/7 "2008-10-13T03:09:22Z")

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**Act 1** Bracket:

1. The Shinning (5)
2. Clown Without Pity (3)
3. The Devil and Homer Simpson (4)
4. The Monkey’s Paw (2)

\*\*Act 2 \*\*Bracket:

1. Time & Punishment (5)
2. Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace (6)
3. The Genesis Tub (7)
4. Hungry Are The Damned (1)

\*\*Act 3 \*\*Bracket:  
9. Citizen Kang (7)  
2. Bart Simpson’s Dracula (4)  
6. The Raven (1)  
4. If I Only Had a Brain (2)

**A POX ON THEE** for making me choose between “Homer^3” and “The Raven”!!! :mad:

**Bumper** Bracket:

1. Halloween Party on Evergreen Terrace (3)
2. The FOX Censor (8)
3. Night Gallery (4)
4. The Springfield Cementery (1-5)

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**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-halloween-madness-round-2/467482/8 "2008-10-13T17:57:26Z")

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**Act 1** Bracket:

1. The Shinning (5)

2. Clown Without Pity (3)

3. Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores (6)

4. Bad Dream House (1)  
**Act 2** Bracket:

5. Time & Punishment (5)

6. Terror at 5½ Feet (4)

7. The Genesis Tub (7)

8. Hungry Are The Damned (1)  
**Act 3** Bracket:

9. Dial Z For Zombie (3)

10. Nightmare Cafeteria (5)

11. Homer^3 (6)

12. If I Only Had a Brain (2)  
**Bumper** Bracket:

13. The Frankenstein “don’t let your kids watch” intros (1-2)

14. Gruesome Opening Sequence Parody (9)

15. Night Gallery (4)

16. The Springfield Cemetery (1-5)

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**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-halloween-madness-round-2/467482/9 "2008-10-13T18:59:08Z")

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Act 1 Bracket:

1. The Shinning (5)

2. Send in the Clones (13)

3. Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores (6)

4. The Monkey’s Paw (2)  
Act 2 Bracket:

5. Time & Punishment (5)

6. Terror at 5½ Feet (4)

7. King Homer Kong (3)

8. Hungry Are The Damned (1)

Act 3 Bracket:

1. Citizen Kang (7)

2. Nightmare Cafeteria (5)

3. Homer^3 (6)

4. If I Only Had a Brain (2)  
Bumper Bracket:

5. Halloween Party on Evergreen Terrace (3)

6. Gruesome Opening Sequence Parody (9)

7. the ACTUAL Treehouse of Horor (1)

8. The Springfield Cementery (1-5)

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**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-halloween-madness-round-2/467482/10 "2008-10-14T05:29:55Z")

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Act 1 Bracket:

1. The Shinning (5)
2. Clown Without Pity (3)
3. The Devil and Homer Simpson (4)  
vs 5. The Monkey’s Paw (2)  
Act 2 Bracket:  
vs 9. Bart’s Good Life (2)
4. Terror at 5½ Feet (4)
5. King Homer Kong (3)
6. Hungry Are The Damned (1)  
Act 3 Bracket:  
vs 9. Citizen Kang (7)  
vs. 7. Nightmare Cafeteria (5)  
vs 6. The Raven (1)
7. If I Only Had a Brain (2)  
Bumper Bracket:  
vs 8. The Frankenstein “don’t let your kids watch” intros (1-2)  
vs 10. The FOX Censor (8)
8. the ACTUAL Treehouse of Horor (1)  
vs 5. The Munsters Opening (11)

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**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-halloween-madness-round-2/467482/11 "2008-10-15T14:59:34Z")

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Lots of ties this round, in which case the higher seed (aka my pre-cast vote as the better segment) takes the win.

Act 1 Bracket:

1. \*\*The Shinning (5) \*\*- 8  
vs 8. The Thing & I (7)

2. **Clown Without Pity (3)** - 7  
vs 7. Send in the Clones (13) - 1

3. **The Devil and Homer Simpson (4)** - 5  
vs 11. Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores (6) - 3

4. Bad Dream House (1) - 3  
vs 5. **The Monkey’s Paw (2)** - 5  
Act 2 Bracket:

5. **Time & Punishment (5)** - 7  
vs 9. Bart’s Good Life (2) - 1

6. **Terror at 5½ Feet (4)** - 4  
vs 7. Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace (6) - 4

7. \*\*King Homer Kong (3) \*\*- 5  
vs 11. The Genesis Tub (7) - 3

8. \*\*Hungry Are The Damned (1) \*\*- 6  
vs 5. Fly Vs Fly (8) - 2  
Act 3 Bracket:

9. **Dial Z For Zombie (3)** - 4  
vs 9. Citizen Kang (7) - 4

10. Bart Simpson’s Dracula (4) - 3  
vs. 7. **Nightmare Cafeteria (5)** - 5

11. Homer^3 (6) - 4  
vs 6. **The Raven (1)** - 4

12. **If I Only Had a Brain (2)** - 8  
vs 12. Life’s a Glitch, Then You Die (10)  
Bumper Bracket:

13. **Halloween Party on Evergreen Terrace (3)** - 4  
vs 8. The Frankenstein “don’t let your kids watch” intros (1-2) - 4

14. Gruesome Opening Sequence Parody (9) - 3  
vs 10. \*\*The FOX Censor (8) \*\*- 5

15. the ACTUAL Treehouse of Horor (1) - 2  
vs 6. **Night Gallery (4)** - 6

16. **The Springfield Cementery (1-5)** - 7  
vs 5. The Munsters Opening (11) - 1
