season 34 episode "One Angry Lisa" where the rug becomes a vortex and eats the Simpson family, before they come out of Homer's mouth and Homer belches after the rug flips over. Robot Chicken The couch gag for the season 24 episode "The Fabulous Faker Boy", which aired on May 12, 2013, was stop-motion animated by Seth Green's Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, which also works on the television series Robot Chicken. Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro directed the 3-minute opening sequence for the season 25 episode "Treehouse of Horror XXIV", aired on October 6, 2013, which contained numerous references to horror and science fiction, including his own films. Sylvain Chomet The couch gag for the season 25 episode "Diggs", which aired on March 9, 2014, was directed by Sylvain Chomet. It depicts the family running to the couch until the lights go off. Marge leaves to fix the fuse, and when the lights go up, the characters are drawn Triplets of Belleville-style and everything has a French aesthetic to it. Bart plays with a do-it-yourself foie gras kit, Lisa plays an accordion, Marge cries out, "Maggie? Où est Maggie?" and Homer gets up and eats a snail off the TV, oblivious that Maggie is stuck between his butt cheeks. Michał Socha The couch gag for the season 25 episode "What to Expect When Bart's Expecting", which aired on April 27, 2014, was directed by Michał Socha. It depicts the family taking a nightmarish trip through Homer's body, eventually settling on a couch formed from his brain. Don Hertzfeldt The couch gag for the season 26 episode "Clown in the Dumps", which aired on September 28, 2014, was animated by the Academy Award-nominated surrealist animator Don Hertzfeldt, who was recommended to the show by Mike B. Anderson. It depicts Homer using a time-traveling remote control to regress to his original 1987 character model from The Tracey Ullman Show then accidentally going into a distant future incarnation of the show called The Sampsans where he and his family have evolved into grotesque, mindless, catchphrase-spouting mutants, which also say to 'buy their merchandise'. Homer (now named 'Homar') sees a window, triggering memories of when the show was more pure and genuine, and where in one of the three flashbacks, Marge says 'Still love you Homar'. Homer feels sad when he returns to the bastardized world he lives in. Al Jean deemed it "crazier