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background: #f0e3a2; border:2px solid #e9d677;"> <tr> <td align="center"> 688<br>"<b>Treehouse of Horror XXXI</b>" </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="33%" style="background: #f0e3a2; border:2px solid #e9d677; border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -moz-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 0px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; -khtml-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -o-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px;"> <table align="right" style="width:100%; background: #f0e3a2; border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -moz-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 0px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; -khtml-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -o-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px;"> <tr> <td align="left"> <a href="/wiki/The_7_Beer_Itch" title="The 7 Beer Itch">"The 7 Beer Itch"</a> </td> <td align="right"> 689 </td> <td align="left"> <a href="/wiki/The_7_Beer_Itch" title="The 7 Beer Itch">→</a> </td></tr></table> </td></tr></table> <table align="center" style="width:99%; margin: 5px;"> <tr align="center"> <td width="33%" style="background: #f0e3a2; border:2px solid #e9d677; border-radius: 10px 0px 0px 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px 0px 0px 10px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 0px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 10px; -khtml-border-radius: 10px 0px 0px 10px; -o-border-radius: 10px 0px 0px 10px;"> <table align="right" style="width:100%; background: #f0e3a2; border-radius: 10px 0px 0px 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px 0px 0px 10px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 0px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 10px; -khtml-border-radius: 10px 0px 0px 10px; -o-border-radius: 10px 0px 0px 10px;"> <tr> <td align="right"> <a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XXX" title="Treehouse of Horror XXX">←</a> </td> <td align="right"> XXX </td> <td align="right"> <a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XXX" title="Treehouse of Horror XXX">"Treehouse of Horror XXX"</a> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="33%" style="background: #f0e3a2"> <table align="center" style="width:100%; background: #f0e3a2; border:2px solid #e9d677;"> <tr> <td align="center"> XXXI<br>"<b>Treehouse of Horror XXXI</b>" </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="33%" style="background: #f0e3a2; border:2px solid #e9d677; border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -moz-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 0px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; -khtml-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -o-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px;"> <table align="right" style="width:100%; background: #f0e3a2; border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -moz-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 0px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; -khtml-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -o-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px;"> <tr> <td align="left"> <a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XXXII" title="Treehouse of Horror XXXII">"Treehouse of Horror XXXII"</a> </td> <td align="right"> XXXII </td> <td align="left"> <a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XXXII" title="Treehouse of Horror XXXII">→</a> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="33%"> </td> <td width="33%" style="background: #f0e3a2; border-radius: 0px 0px 10px 10px; -moz-border-radius: 0px 0px 10px 10px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 0px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 0px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 10px; -khtml-border-radius: 0px 0px 10px 10px; -o-border-radius: 0px 0px 10px 10px;"> <table align="center" style="background: #f0e3a2; width:100%; border:2px solid #e9d677; border-radius: 0px 0px 10px 10px; -moz-border-radius: 0px 0px 10px 10px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 0px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 0px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 10px; -khtml-border-radius: 0px 0px 10px 10px; -o-border-radius: 0px 0px 10px 10px;"> <tr> <td align="center"> <b><a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_series" title="Treehouse of Horror series">Treehouse of Horror Episode</a></b> </td></tr></table> </td></tr></table> <p><br /> </p> <table align="center" width="50%" style="background: #f0e3a2; padding: 2px; border:5px solid #e9d677; border-top-left-radius: 5px; width: 100% -moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;; border-radius: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -khtml-border-radius: 10px; -icab-border-radius: 10px; -o-border-radius: 10px;;"> <tr> <td><img alt="Donut Homer.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/5/57/Donut_Homer.png/100px-Donut_Homer.png" width="100" height="75" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/5/57/Donut_Homer.png/150px-Donut_Homer.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/5/57/Donut_Homer.png/200px-Donut_Homer.png 2x" /> </td> <td><span class="plainlinks"><b>This THOH is considered <a href="/wiki/Wikisimpsons:Non-Canon" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikisimpsons:Non-Canon">non-canon</a> and the events featured do not relate to the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">series</a> and therefore may not have actually happened/existed.</b> <p><b>The reason behind this decision is:</b> The episode is part of the <a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_series" title="Treehouse of Horror series"><i>Treehouse of Horror</i> series</a>. </p><p><small>If you dispute this, please bring it up on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Treehouse_of_Horror_XXXI" title="Talk:Treehouse of Horror XXXI">episode's talk page</a>.</small></span> </p> </td></tr></table> <p><br /> </p> <dl><dd><i>This article is about the episode. For other uses of "Treehouse of Horror XXXI", see <a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XXXI_(disambiguation)" title="Treehouse of Horror XXXI (disambiguation)">Treehouse of Horror XXXI (disambiguation)</a>.</i></dd></dl> <div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:38px; top:17%;" class="metadata" id="featured-star"><img alt="This article is written in a real-world perspective." src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/7/71/Real-world.png/37px-Real-world.png" title="This article is written in a real-world perspective." width="37" height="37" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/7/71/Real-world.png 1.5x" /></div> <table align="right" style="background: #f0e3a2; border:2px solid #e9d677; width: 19%; border-top-left-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;; border-radius: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -khtml-border-radius: 10px; -icab-border-radius: 10px; -o-border-radius: 10px;;"> <tr> <td align="center"> <b><big>"Treehouse of Horror XXXI"</big></b> <table align="center" style="background: #e9d677; border-radius: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -khtml-border-radius: 10px; -icab-border-radius: 10px; -o-border-radius: 10px;;"> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#f4eabd;"> <a href="/wiki/File:Treehouse_of_Horror_XXXI_promo_4.png" class="image"><img alt="Treehouse of Horror XXXI promo 4.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/2/29/Treehouse_of_Horror_XXXI_promo_4.png/250px-Treehouse_of_Horror_XXXI_promo_4.png" width="250" height="141" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/2/29/Treehouse_of_Horror_XXXI_promo_4.png/375px-Treehouse_of_Horror_XXXI_promo_4.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/2/29/Treehouse_of_Horror_XXXI_promo_4.png/500px-Treehouse_of_Horror_XXXI_promo_4.png 2x" /></a><br/> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e9d677; border-radius: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -khtml-border-radius: 10px; -icab-border-radius: 10px; -o-border-radius: 10px;;" align="center"> <b>Episode Information</b> <table align="center" style="background: #FFFDF0; width: 100%; border-radius: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -khtml-border-radius: 10px; -icab-border-radius: 10px; -o-border-radius: 10px;"> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px"> Episode number: </th> <td> 688 </td></tr> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> Season number: </th> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Season_32" title="Season 32">S32</a> E4 </td></tr> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> Production code: </th> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> ZABF17 </td></tr> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> Original airdate: </th> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Flag of Canada.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_Canada.png/25px-Flag_of_Canada.png" width="25" height="13" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_Canada.png/38px-Flag_of_Canada.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_Canada.png/50px-Flag_of_Canada.png 2x" /></a> October 18, 2020<br><a href="/wiki/USA" title="United States of America"><img alt="United States of America" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/d/de/Flag_of_the_United_States.png/25px-Flag_of_the_United_States.png" width="25" height="13" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/d/de/Flag_of_the_United_States.png/38px-Flag_of_the_United_States.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/d/de/Flag_of_the_United_States.png/50px-Flag_of_the_United_States.png 2x" /></a> November 1, <a href="/wiki/2020" title="2020">2020</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/List_of_guest_stars" title="List of guest stars">Guest star(s)</a>: </th> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Mankiewicz" title="Ben Mankiewicz">Ben Mankiewicz</a> as <a href="/wiki/Ben_Mankiewicz_(character)" title="Ben Mankiewicz (character)">himself</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/List_of_showrunners" title="List of showrunners">Showrunner</a>: </th> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Al_Jean" title="Al Jean">Al Jean</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> Written by: </th> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Julia_Prescott" title="Julia Prescott">Julia Prescott</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> Directed by: </th> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Steven_Dean_Moore" title="Steven Dean Moore">Steven Dean Moore</a> </td></tr> </table> </td></tr></table> <p><br /> <b>"Treehouse of Horror XXXI"</b> is the fourth episode of <a href="/wiki/Season_32" title="Season 32">season 32</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> and the six-hundred and eighty-eighth episode overall. It is also the thirty-first installment in the annual <a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_series" title="Treehouse of Horror series"><i>Treehouse of Horror</i> series</a>. It originally aired on October 18, <a href="/wiki/2020" title="2020">2020</a> in Canada and on November 1, 2020 in the USA. The episode was written by <a href="/wiki/Julia_Prescott" title="Julia Prescott">Julia Prescott</a> and directed by <a href="/wiki/Steven_Dean_Moore" title="Steven Dean Moore">Steven Dean Moore</a>. It guest stars <a href="/wiki/Ben_Mankiewicz" title="Ben Mankiewicz">Ben Mankiewicz</a> as <a href="/wiki/Ben_Mankiewicz_(character)" title="Ben Mankiewicz (character)">himself</a>. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc"><div id="toctitle" class="toctitle"><h2>Contents</h2></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Synopsis"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Synopsis</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Plot"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Plot</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Opening_segment"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Opening segment</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Toy_Gory"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Toy Gory</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Into_the_Homer-verse"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Into the Homer-verse</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Be_Nine.2C_Rewind"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Be Nine, Rewind</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Gallery"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Gallery</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Production"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Production</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Promo_videos"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Promo videos</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Synopsis">Synopsis</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Treehouse_of_Horror_XXXI&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Synopsis">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <dl><dd><span>"<i>Don't miss the annual terror-themed trilogy, including a frightening look at the 2020 election, parodies of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Pixar">Pixar</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_Into_the_Spider-Verse" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse">Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse</a> and a ninth birthday <a href="/wiki/Lisa" class="mw-redirect" title="Lisa">Lisa</a> just can't get over.</i>"</span></dd></dl> <p><br /> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Plot">Plot</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Treehouse_of_Horror_XXXI&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Plot">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Opening_segment">Opening segment</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Treehouse_of_Horror_XXXI&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Opening segment">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>It's election day in Springfield, and people are voting at <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Elementary_School" title="Springfield Elementary School">Springfield Elementary</a>. <a href="/wiki/Marge" class="mw-redirect" title="Marge">Marge</a> is calling <a href="/wiki/Homer" class="mw-redirect" title="Homer">Homer</a> to his duty to vote, while he's on his hammock. Homer gets into the cabin, trying to decide, when <a href="/wiki/Lisa" class="mw-redirect" title="Lisa">Lisa</a> appears, making him think about all that happened on <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>'s period of presidency, but he just dreamed of voting, and one year after, the whole city is burning, and Homer is standing on his house armed. While <a href="/wiki/Hans_Moleman" title="Hans Moleman">Hans Moleman</a> gets ambushed by a robot, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse">Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse</a> appear over the city. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Toy_Gory">Toy Gory</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Treehouse_of_Horror_XXXI&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Toy Gory">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Marge asks <a href="/wiki/Bart" class="mw-redirect" title="Bart">Bart</a> if he's boxing his toys to sell for charity, and Bart says he's saying good bye to them, but Bart has other plans: he destroys them in many possible ways, between explosions and distortions. When he is done, Marge gives him a <a href="/wiki/Radioactive_Man_(character)" title="Radioactive Man (character)">Radioactive Man</a> toy. </p><p>When Bart leaves the new toy alone, he comes to life, and <a href="/wiki/Krusty" class="mw-redirect" title="Krusty">Krusty</a>'s doll shows him what happened to all the other toys. Bart then plays with both, putting Radioactive Man in a microwave, destroying it. The other toys reunite to form a plan to revenge him after a funeral in his honor. </p><p>The toys drag Bart out of the door and in a room, where they reveal themselves to be alive and kill him, using plastic surgery done by Dr. <a href="/wiki/Malibu_Stacy" title="Malibu Stacy">Malibu Stacy</a>. They transformed him into a toy and left him at the tree in front of the house, where <a href="/wiki/Lisa" class="mw-redirect" title="Lisa">Lisa</a> finds him. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Simpson_family" title="Simpson family">family</a> brings him at <a href="/wiki/Dr._Julius_Hibbert,_M.D._Family_Practice" title="Dr. Julius Hibbert, M.D. Family Practice">Dr. Hibbert's Studio</a>, where he shows them how they converted him. This marked his end, as now toys are the ones playing with his lifeless body, forever. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Into_the_Homer-verse">Into the Homer-verse</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Treehouse_of_Horror_XXXI&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Into the Homer-verse">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>It's <a href="/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween">Halloween</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Power_Plant" class="mw-redirect" title="Power Plant">Power Plant</a> and Marge calls Homer to bring the candies home, however he ate them all at work. In a search for more, he ends up in a secret room for high clearance people only. </p><p>Homer finds a machine in it, but when it doesn't accept his quarter in the USB port, he tackles it, making it explode, and from it, multiple Homers appear, from different universes. Next on <a href="/wiki/Channel_6_News" title="Channel 6 News">Channel 6 News</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kent_Brockman" title="Kent Brockman">Kent Brockman</a> shows various results of the 6 Homers in town. </p><p>Marge opens a can of <a href="/wiki/Duff_Beer" title="Duff Beer">Duff Beer</a> to bring them home, and Lisa explains with a song how Homer opened a hole in the space-time continuum. When Bart jokes around him, Homer tries to strangle him, only to find himself transforming into more Homers. </p><p>Lisa realizes what's happening and how the situation could turn tragic, so she tells the Homer to recreate the explosion that brought them here to fix it, but <a href="/wiki/Mr._Burns" class="mw-redirect" title="Mr. Burns">Mr. Burns</a> stops them, saying they'd be the ultimate form of cheap undocumented labor, with a vomiting frog as prize for it. </p><p>The Homer refuses, so Burns bring out his and <a href="/wiki/Smithers" class="mw-redirect" title="Smithers">Smithers</a> alternates and a fight begins, leaving the Homers dead, but when Burns discovers in Smithers Noir's universe he's Smithers' assistant, Burns sends them back into the machine. In the end Marge is left with Homer Noir, the only one she wanted, but he transforms into Green cat Homer and escapes. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Be_Nine.2C_Rewind">Be Nine, Rewind</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Treehouse_of_Horror_XXXI&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Be Nine, Rewind">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>It's Lisa's 9th birthday, half way to adulthood. When she comes down to the party, <a href="/wiki/Sherri" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherri">Sherri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Terri" class="mw-redirect" title="Terri">Terri</a> makes her realize it's a party for losers, and asks for somebody to kill her, when a car comes through the window hitting her. </p><p>But she suddenly wakes up back in her room, and relives the last few minutes again, having her change fate by placing <a href="/wiki/Milhouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Milhouse">Milhouse</a> in front of the car, driven by <a href="/wiki/Gil" class="mw-redirect" title="Gil">Gil</a>, doing his driving test with <a href="/wiki/Patty" class="mw-redirect" title="Patty">Patty</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Nelson" class="mw-redirect" title="Nelson">Nelson</a> grabs her arm and brings her under <a href="/wiki/Bart%27s_treehouse" title="Bart's treehouse">Bart's treehouse</a>, when they get crushed by it. She wakes up again at the start, getting angry and saying she can solve it, but that causes the roof to fall on her, killing her again. She this time knocks on her desk softly, but knocks the mirror on herself. </p><p>On the next return, Nelson reveals himself to be a returner too, but he falls in a woodchipper when trying to high-five her. She kills herself too upon realizing she needs to return so Nelson could live but he tells her too late that there's an alternative. </p><p>More deaths happen, by being burnt by the cake's candles, to stabbing themselves with the knife, and then crushed by the air conditioner. They find out that the only way to solve the loop is to get help from <a href="/wiki/Comic_Book_Guy" title="Comic Book Guy">Comic Book Guy</a>. 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