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See also [[Halloween Special]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* ''[[Home Improvement (TV)|Home Improvement]]'' did tons, maybe one every single year, often involving the Taylors throwing a Halloween party, Tim inventing new extra-spooky Halloween decorations, impromptu scary prank competions, etc. Highlights of the series.
* ''[[Newhart]]'' had a Halloween episode in which all the residents of Stratford (except Dick Loudon, [[Only Sane Man|natch]]) become convinced that an [[The War of the Worlds|alien invasion]] is imminent.
* Even ''[[
* The ''[[Benson]]'' episode "The Stranger" has the governor's mansion visited by a "Mr. G. Reaper" on a stormy Halloween night.
* ''[[Freaks and Geeks]]'' managed to squeeze one of these into its short run.
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* ''[[That 70s Show (TV)|That 70s Show]]'''s Halloween episode was an [[Alfred Hitchcock]] homage.
** They had another where the gang visits their old and run-down elementary school, with Fez dressed as none other then 1960's Batman.
* ''[[The Office (TV)|The Office]]'' (NBC series) has had three episodes set on Halloween. The first episode had Michael having to fire an employee (he had waited until Halloween because firing employee is a scary thought for him). The second had Dwight, Kevin and Creed [[
* ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]'''s Halloween episode has Melinda investigating a headless horseman.
* In the ''[[Bones (TV)|Bones]]'' episode "Mummy in the Maze," Brennan, Booth, and [[The Lab Rat|"Squints"]] work to solve the murder of a girl left in a Halloween maze while getting ready for a Halloween party. Costumes include the captain of the Titanic, a cow (well, the back end of one), [[Catwoman (Comic Book)|Catwoman]], and Cher. Brennan and Booth end up catching the bad guy while dressed as [[Wonder Woman]] and a Squint, respectively.
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* In a season three episode of ''[[Veronica Mars]]'', Logan and Veronica go to a Halloween party dressed as Jack and Meg White of the White Stripes. Their costumes, however, are pretty lame.
* The second season of ''[[Glee (TV)|Glee]]'' had one of these, with a ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Film)|Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' theme.
* ''[[The Bill]]'' had a Halloween episode with the cops on stake-out swapping ghost stories from their past careers, each of which [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane|could have had a rational explanation]], until [[Agent Scully|DS Stanton]] [[Skepticism Failure|encountered a definite ghost]].
* ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]''
** Season 1 had Annie hosting a Dia Del Muertos party. Notable for Abed's Batman costume/voice.
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* ''[[Boy Meets World (TV)|Boy Meets World]]'' had one in season two where Cory thinks he's been bitten by a werewolf and one in season five where Jack dates a girl who claims to be a witch. Another episode, "Boys II Mensa" from season one, had a Halloween-themed B plot.
* In the ''[[Small Wonder]]'' episode "Haunted House" (1987), the Lawsons think a ghost has invaded their house after the electricity goes out, so they call a pair of bungling ghost hunters named Dickens and Fenster. No one seems to be aware that an electrified Vicki is responsible.
* ''[[Hawaii Five
* The last episode of ''[[Dead Like Me]]'' which featured a [[Serial Killer]].
* ''[[Dinosaurs]]'' had an episode which originally aired on October 31 where Robbie, stuck home babysitting Baby, told a scary story about becoming a [[Our Werewolves Are Different|were-caveman]]. This scared Baby so much he was going to tell on Robbie unless he was given candy. Since there was none in the house Robbie took Baby next door to ask for some.
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** 2006: Anime (also set in the hand-drawn universe)
* [[Nicktoons Tales]] has the [[Darker and Edgier|dark]] ''Nicktoons Tales of Terror'' episode. It has the main trio (A.D.S., Timmy, and ZIM) tell scary stories ala Simpsons' Treehouse Of Horror format.
* ''[[Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff]]'' has [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=023.jpg one]. True to [[Stylistic Suck|tradition]], it was written and published on ''[[Delayed Reaction|Christmas Day 2010]]''. {{spoiler|It later received a [[Call Back]] in ''[[Homestuck]]'' when [[Team Mom|Kanaya]] [[Our Vampires Are Different|"died"]]. [[Dude, Not Funny|Not everyone thought this was appropriate.]]}}
* The ''[[Keiki (Webcomic)|Keiki]]'' comic "Beefer Madness" became a Halloween special about halfway through, because the cartoonist didn't have time to write a whole new story.
* ''[[Mulberry (Webcomic)|Mulberry]]'' had the title character hunt a zombie in "Franken-Berry", and later, pull some frightening pranks on her rival in "Let's Scare Mary Roach To Death".
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* As mentioned above, ''[[The Simpsons]]''' annual "[[Treehouse of Horror]]" episodes, which are anthologies containing [[Three Shorts|three short stories]] with a horror theme ([[Played for Laughs]], of course). Oddly enough, for the last decade or so most of these have premiered ''after'' Halloween, due to [[FOX]]'s World Series coverage pre-empting its Sunday prime time lineup at the end of October each yaer.
* The original [[Woody Woodpecker]] Show got a Halloween Special called ''Spook-A-Nanny''. It's included as an extra on the first Woody Woodpecker And Friends DVD collection, [[So Bad
* [[Donald Duck]] starred in a bunch of shorts with a semi-scary atmosphere, such as ''Donald Duck and the Gorilla'', ''Donald's Lucky Day'', and ''Duck Pimples'', but the true Halloween episode is fans' favorite ''Trick or Treat'', where Donald's [[Jerkass|assholish]] treatment of his nephews leads to a witch helping the boys to get the best of their uncle.
* ''Mickey's House of Villains'' could be considered a Halloween episode of ''[[House of Mouse]]''. There, the Disney animated villains kick all of the good guys out of the House and rename it the House of Villains. Jafar gets Mickey's job as the master of ceremonies, while Captain Hook and Hades get Donald and Goofy's jobs as chief assistants. The rest is your usual HOM stuff, with showing scary shorts instead of the usual upbeat ones.
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*** The Amazing World of Gumball "The Poltergeist"
* [[Kick Buttowski]] had the [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming|predictably named]] "Kick Or Treat", where Kick accepts a challenge from Kendall to go trick-treating at the scary [[Old Dark House]] across the street. Turns out the house is {{spoiler|owned by a nice old lady who loves Halloween so much that she went completely overboard with the special effects.}}
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E4 Luna Eclipsed|Luna Eclipsed]]" where the ponies celebrate the day as [[You Mean Xmas|"Nightmare Night"]] and a certain literal [[Ensemble Darkhorse/My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic|Ensemble]] [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|Darkhorse]] shows up, being determined to change her frightening public image she made [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E1 Mare in The Moon|back in]] [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E2 Elements of Harmony|the past]]. At first, it wasn't really working out all that well for her, {{spoiler|and it goes to the point where she ends up decreeing the cancellation of Nightmare Night forever}}! However, {{spoiler|Luna eventually learns that the young ponies actually ''like'' being scared by her, and she declares that Nightmare Night's back on}}.
* [[The Backyardigans (Animation)|The Backyardigans]] episode Scared Of You is this in all but name.
* ''[[WITCH (Animation)|WITCH]]'' had "W is for Witch", in which the girls were able to [[For Halloween I Am Going As Myself|get away using their Guardian identities in public]] in order to capture Nerissa. However, thanks to the series' serial storyline, when Toon Disney [[Executive Meddling|elected to air this during a Halloween-themed marathon]], it was shown ''earlier'' than it was supposed to, effectively spoiling viewers to a number of future plot points.
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