While carving pumpkins, Bart takes a knife and etches a smile into Homer's pants. Homer responds by choking Bart, and Bart puts a flaming pumpkin on Homer's head. Professor John Frink then welcomes the audience and warns them of the content of the show, presenting a digital cable remote control to fast forward through the scary stuff. But after accidentally fast forwarding to the end of the special, and exposing spoilers, a shameful Frink uses the remote on himself and fast forwards his life until he is turned to a pile of dust. One of the monsters Frink created makes a reference to The Office, and remembers his days working at "Monster Mifflin".