The Simpsons: 10 Best Ever Treehouse Of Horror Stories

By Tom Nicholson /

1. Citizen Kang (Treehouse of Horror VII)

Another of the rare occasions when the Treehouse of Horror got satirical, Citizen Kang is a searing indictment of the reductive nature of a two-party political system (€œIt makes no difference which one of us you vote for.

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Either way, your planet is doomed. DOOMED!€), the empty sloganeering of election season (€œWe must go forward, not backward. Upward, not downward. And always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom€), and the transparent populism of the career politician (€œAbortions for some, miniature American flags for others€).

It really comes to something when, faced with a choice of voting for one of two aliens with despotic designs on taking over Earth and enslaving the population, most people would still turn their noses up at voting for a third party candidate. Poor old Ross Perot, he gets no luck.

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