Editing Treehouse of Horror IX (section)

==Production==
[[File:Regis Philbin at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg|right|upright|thumb|[[Regis Philbin]] guest starred as himself in a live-action sequence in "Terror of Tiny Toon".]]
Much like the other ''Treehouse of Horror'' episodes up to that point, the segments of "Treehouse of Horror IX" were credited to different writers. "Hell Toupée" was written by [[Donick Cary]].<ref name="Cary">Cary, Donick (2007). Commentary for "Treehouse of Horror IX", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Tenth Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> "Terror of Tiny Toon" was written by [[Larry Doyle (writer)|Larry Doyle]].<ref name="Hauge">Hauge, Ron (2007). Commentary for "Treehouse of Horror IX", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Tenth Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> "Starship Poopers" was written by [[David X. Cohen]] and, until [[The Simpsons season 32|season 32]]'s "[[Podcast News]]", was the last writing credit he ever received for the show.<ref name="Cohen">Cohen, David X. (2007). Commentary for "Treehouse of Horror IX", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Tenth Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> The episode continues the ''Treehouse of Horror'' tradition of having the credits re-written as "scary names". Cohen's executive producer credit is "David 'Watch Futurama' Cohen" in a reference to the show ''[[Futurama]]'', created by Cohen and [[Matt Groening]], which premiered 5 months later.<ref name="Cohen"/>

Much of the animation in the first segment, "Hell Toupée", was worked on by assistant director [[Chris Clements (animation director)|Chris Clements]].<ref name="Moore"/> Moe's death scene was originally more violent, but it was toned down at the request of [[Mike Scully]].<ref name="Moore"/>

The title of the second segment, "The Terror of Tiny Toon", is a reference of the [[Cartoon series|Animated television series]] ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', as well as the movie ''[[The Terror of Tiny Town]]''. The animators looked forward to working on this segment because they were fans of Itchy & Scratchy.<ref name="Moore"/> Poochie from the ''Simpsons'' episode "[[The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]" makes a cameo during this segment.<ref name="Cohen"/>

The title of the third segment, "Starship Poopers", is a reference to the film ''[[Starship Troopers]]''.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/episodeguide/season10/page3.shtml |title=Cult - The Simpsons: Season Ten Episode Guide - Treehouse of Horror IX |publisher=BBC |access-date=2010-08-28}}</ref> During this segment, there is a shot of sound waves emanating from Springfield. At one point, there is a shot of North America and it appears that [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfield]] is located in [[Louisiana]].<ref name="Scully">Scully, Mike (2007). Commentary for "Treehouse of Horror IX", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Tenth Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> The mystery of the location of Springfield is a running joke in ''The Simpsons'', and a number of fans assumed that Louisiana was where the family lived.<ref name="Scully"/> However, the animators had drawn the waves so that they were coming from the center of the screen, and they never intended to have them emanate from a specific location.<ref name="Moore"/> In one scene, Marge is abducted by Kang and Kodos, who [[lasso]] her then pull her into the ship. According to Cohen, it is a running gag that Kang and Kodos' abduction methods are never the same.<ref name="Cohen"/> Maggie has a line at the end of the episode, where she sounds like Kang; she was voiced by Kang's usual voice actor [[Harry Shearer]].<ref name="Cary"/>

The couch gag features [[Freddy Krueger]] from the ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)|Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' series and [[Jason Voorhees]] from the ''[[Friday the 13th (franchise)|Friday the 13th]]'' series.<ref name="book"/> Freddy is voiced by [[Robert Englund]], who portrayed the character in eight films. Three talk show hosts appear in the episode: in "The Terror of Tiny Toon", Bart, Lisa, Itchy, and Scratchy accidentally visit ''[[Live with Regis and Kathie Lee]]'' in a live-action segment featuring [[Regis Philbin]] and [[Kathie Lee Gifford]] and directed by [[Donick Cary]];<ref name="Cary"/> while in "Starship Poopers", the Simpson family and Kang appear on ''[[The Jerry Springer Show]]'', with host [[Jerry Springer]] voicing himself; his lines were recorded by [[Julie Thacker]].<ref name="Scully"/><ref name="book">{{cite book |last=Gimple |first=Scott M. |author2=Matt Groening |author2-link=Matt Groening |title=[[The Simpsons Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family ...Continued]] |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |date=December 1, 1999 |isbn=978-0-06-098763-3 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/simpsonsforeverc00groe/page/50 50&ndash;51] }}</ref> The theme music used for ''[[The Jerry Springer Show]]'' is the Mr Sparkle theme from "[[In Marge We Trust]]". For the ''Regis and Kathie Lee'' sequence, the soup splash was created by dropping an item into the pot, then adding the animated characters over it.<ref name="Moore">Moore, Steven Dean (2007). Commentary for "Treehouse of Horror IX", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Tenth Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> The taping of this scene took longer than expected, so a broadcast of [[WABC-TV]]'s ''Eyewitness News'' that was to take place (the show was, and continues to be, taped at the facilities of WABC in New York, where it originated in 1983) had to be moved to another studio.<ref name="Moore"/>