In common with all previous "Treehouse of Horror" episodes, the program is made up of three self-contained stories; "Untitled Robot Parody", "How to Get Ahead in Dead-vertising" and "It's the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse". The first story is a parody of the 2007 movie Transformers. In the second story, Homer Simpson is persuaded to murder several celebrities so that their images can be used for free in commercials. The final story is a parody of the 1966 Halloween TV special It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.