Treehouse of Horror IX

"**Treehouse of Horror IX**"
"Treehouse of Horror IX"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	Season 10; Episode 4
Directed by	Steven Dean Moore
Written by	"Hell Toupée":; Donick Cary; "The Terror of Tiny Toon":; Larry Doyle; "Starship Poopers":; David X. Cohen
Production code	AABF01
Original air date	October 25, 1998
Guest appearances
	Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger; Ed McMahon as himself; Jerry Springer as himself; Regis Philbin as himself (live-action sequence); Kathie Lee Gifford as herself (live-action sequence);
Episode features
Chalkboard gag	Bart paints "The Simpsons Halloween Special IX" on the board with a blood-soaked brush.
Couch gag	The family never makes it to the living room; Bart slips while skateboarding and hits his head, Lisa gets catapulted into the roof of the garage after tripping over Bart while cycling, and Homer gets run down by Marge's car. In the living room, Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees are on the couch wondering where the Simpsons are.
Commentary	Matt Groening; Mike Scully; George Meyer; Ron Hauge; David X. Cohen; Donick Cary; Steven Dean Moore
Episode chronology
← Previous; "Bart the Mother"	Next →; "When You Dish Upon a Star"
	The Simpsons season 10
	List of episodes

"Treehouse of Horror IX", titled onscreen as "The Simpsons Halloween Special IX", is the fourth episode of the tenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on Fox in the United States on October 25, 1998. It is the ninth Treehouse of Horror episode, and, like the other "Treehouse of Horror" episodes, contains three self-contained segments: In "Hell Toupée", Homer gets a hair transplant and is possessed by the spirit of an executed criminal; in "The Terror of Tiny Toon", Bart and Lisa are trapped in a special, extremely violent episode of The Itchy & Scratchy Show; and in "Starship Poopers", Marge reveals that Maggie is the product of a one-night stand with the alien Kang.

"Treehouse of Horror IX" was written by Donick Cary, Larry Doyle and David X. Cohen, and directed by Steven Dean Moore. "Terror of Tiny Toon" includes a live-action segment starring Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford. Jerry Springer and Ed McMahon also appear in the episode, voicing themselves, with Robert Englund vocally reprising the role of Freddy Krueger from the Nightmare on Elm Street series. The episode also features Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th series,^[2] while various characters visit the talk shows Live with Regis and Kathie Lee and The Jerry Springer Show.

In its original airing on Fox, the episode had an 8.6 Nielsen rating. In 1999, composer Alf Clausen was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for his work on the episode.

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