The Simpsons to Parody Twilight

Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry Potter in the Harry Potter movies, is said to lend his voice for the hit animated series, The Simpsons.  Not just any episode either: he’ll appear in one part of next year’s “Treehouse of Horror XXI” triptych, the series’ yearly Halloween special, that is the most popular part of the series.  Do you want to know what some some of the plot details are?  Well, in his appearance, Daniel will play Edmund, a boy vampire whom Lisa falls for.  Unfortunately for the Twilight-crossed lovers, Homer and Dracula (Edmund’s dear, old dad), don’t approve of the union, and they endeavor to put a stop to it, which can only have hilarious results.  (Obviously not a direct spoof of the Twilight plot).

The Simpsons has thus far left Stephenie Meyer’s vampire series alone, but Harry Potter has been targeted before.  One of the segments in “Treehouse of Horror XII,” titled “Wiz Kids,” saw Lisa and Bart attending Springwart’s School of Magickry, where they team up with Harry Potter (not voiced by Radcliffe) to fight Burns in teh guise of the evil Lord Montymort.  This was a very funny episode

“Twilight” has remained untouched until now, however, due to the fact that the phenomenon triggered in large part by the the movie’s release is only a year old.  On average it takes roughly nine months to product an episode of “The Simpsons”, so which will explain why they are only starting on the series now.

I’m quite keen to see a Harry Potter-meets-Twilight on The Simpsons.  I wonder if we’ll see some reference to Cederic Diggory or Robert Pattinson’s participation in both franchises??? mmm

Thanks to The Leaky Cauldron for the tip