Which Victorian villain is parodied in the "Treehouse of Horror XX" episode of The Simpsons?
Treehouse of Horror XX "Treehouse of Horror XX" is the fourth episode of "The Simpsons"' twenty-first season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 18, 2009. This is the twentieth "Treehouse of Horror" installment, containing three self-contained stories: In "Dial "M" for Murder or Press "#" to Return to Main Menu", Lisa is forced into a Hitchcockian murder scheme by Bart; in "Don't Have a Cow, Mankind", Springfield is once again overrun by zombies thanks to Krusty Burger's latest sandwich; and in the "Sweeney Todd" parody, "There's No Business Like Moe Business", Moe the bartender bleeds Homer dry to create the perfect microbrewed beer. An estimated 8.59 million viewers tuned in to watch the episode.
Quilp Daniel Quilp is one of the main antagonists in the novel "The Old Curiosity Shop" by Charles Dickens, written in 1840. Quilp is a vicious, ill-tempered and grotesque dwarf and is the villain of the story. Quilp is as near that Dickens ever came to creating a monster. Actors who have portrayed him include Anthony Newley, Patrick Troughton and Toby Jones.