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What is the best Halloween TV special of all time?

by YPB Team

Animated classics that air every October sit here beside sitcom episodes people rewatch instead of horror films.

  1. Treehouse of Horror — ranked #11
    Treehouse of Horror
    The Simpsons' annual three-story Halloween anthology, running since 1990 and endlessly imitated.
  2. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown — ranked #22
    It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
    The 1966 Peanuts special in which Linus waits all night in the pumpkin patch.
  3. Garfield's Halloween Adventure — ranked #33
    Garfield's Halloween Adventure
    The 1985 special where Garfield and Odie trick-or-treat their way into a pirate ghost story.
  4. Disney's Halloween Treat — ranked #44
    Disney's Halloween Treat
    The 1982 clip-show special that terrified a generation with Disney's scariest animated moments.
  5. Mickey's House of Villains — ranked #55
    Mickey's House of Villains
    The 2001 special in which Disney's villains take over the House of Mouse for Halloween night.
  6. The Halloween Tree — ranked #66
    The Halloween Tree
    Ray Bradbury's 1993 animated special tracing Halloween's history with Leonard Nimoy narrating.
  7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Halloween — ranked #77
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Halloween
    The season 2 episode where costumes turn the Sunnydale gang into whatever they dressed as.
  8. Community: Epidemiology — ranked #88
    Community: Epidemiology
    Greendale's Halloween dance turns into a zombie outbreak set to ABBA.
  9. Toy Story of Terror! — ranked #99
    Toy Story of Terror!
    The 2013 Pixar Halloween special that strands the toys in a roadside motel.

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Comments

It's the Great Pumpkin was made once, in 1966. Treehouse of Horror is a format instead, once a season since 1990, and XXXIII won an Emmy in 2023: https://youpick.best/articles/the-simpsons-ranked-many-ways

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