Season

3

Production Code

8F02

Broadcast Index

S03E07

Episode Number

42

Airdate

31 October 1991

Writer

Atrocious Al Jean
Morbid Mike Reiss
Jittery Jeff Martin
Gasping George Meyer
Slithering Sam Simon
Spooky John Swartzwelder

Director

Jim Rondo Reardon

Executive Producer

Al Jean
Mike Reiss

DVD Commentary

Matt Groening
Al Jean
Dan Castellaneta
Jeff Martin
Jim Reardon

Editor

Gary M. Gadsdon

Plot After eating too much candy, Homer, Bart and Lisa start to have nightmares. <br /><br />LISA'S NIGHTMARE: Lisa dreams that Homer buys a monkey's paw that will grant 4 wishes. Maggie wishes for a new pacifier, Bart for the Simpsons to be rich and famous, Lisa for world peace and Homer for turkey sandwich. Soon Kang and Kodos arrive to conquer Earth. Just as Homer throws out the Monkey's paw he gives it to Flanders who wishes them gone, Moe retaliates with a board with a nail in it. <br />  <br />BART'S NIGHTMARE: Bart dreams that he has supernatural powers. Which he uses to cause mischief and has the whole town of Springfield under his control, when Homer goes to bash Bart's head in with a chair, Bart turns him into a Jack-in-the-box. Homer then starts spending more time Bart, and Bart then gives Homer's body back.<br />  <br />HOMER'S NIGHTMARE: Homer dreams that Mr. Burns fires him and Homer has to take a grave digging job. Mr. Burns then puts Homer's brain inside a robot. But the robot just becomes as lazy as Homer was. When Mr. Burns' body is crushed by the robot, Smithers has to transplant Mr. Burns's head onto Homer's body.