A mini dive into The Simpsons’ Halloween special episode #666 where Lisa plays Eleven from Stranger Things
Leave it to The Simpsons to remain on top of all that is trending on television. For its 666th episode – which ironically (or perhaps not so) dropped on Halloween in 2019 – the show took on hit stream series, Stranger Things.
The poster above parodied Season One of Stranger Things and featured Lisa as Eleven (complete with shaved head and bloodied nose), Bart as Mike, Nelson as Dustin, Martin as Lucas, Millhouse as Will Byers, and Chief Wiggum as Hopper. Homer also appeared in the episode’s poster art, looking like he’s totally freaked out by it all.
Oddly enough, the episode also paid homage to the cinematic hit ‘The Shape of Water’ with Simpsons favourite Selma Bouvier wrapped in the tentacles of Kang or Kodos, while there also appeared to be nods to ‘The Omen’ in this bumper spooky episode.
The episode was cleverly subtitled Danger Things and, yes, it was set in the 1980s, complete with synth music making up the soundtrack, and plenty of product placement (“Mmmm, cheese…”).
Alas, instead of the ‘Upside Down’, the Simpsons’ spookier half of the world was dubbed the ‘Over Under’.
Well worth tracking this episode down on stream channels (try
You can watch The Simpsons Stranger Things “Upside Down” parody episode on Disney+ or if watching on traditional cable TV, the episode originally aired on the Fox Network.
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