In common with most previous Halloween-themed episodes of The Simpsons, "Treehouse of Horror XXVI" is made up of three self-contained stories. The first one, "Wanted: Dead, Then Alive", is a variation on the Frankenstein story. The second, "Homerzilla", is a parody of the 1954 Japanese film Godzilla and its 1998 and 2014 American remakes. The third one, "Telepaths of Glory", is a parody of the American 2012 found footage science fiction movie Chronicle. The events of the episode are not considered to form part of the continuity of the regular Simpsons universe. The episode's opening was animated by John Kricfalusi, the creator of Ren and Stimpy.