Presented for your consideration: Springfield. An average little town,
with a not-so-average monster.
[townsfolk wander around with nervous smiles, saying, `Happy happy!']
The people of Springfield have to make sure they think happy thoughts
and say happy things. Because this particular monster can read minds.
and if displeased, can turn people into grotesque walking terrors.
-- Welcome to... `The Bart Zone' in "Treehouse of Horror
II"