About 6.70 million people watched the episode when it was first broadcast. Jason Hughs of TV Squad feels that the episode's story comes from Seth MacFarlane's parents saying that he is too old to go trick-or-treating. This happens to Cleveland Junior in the episode. Hughs loved the part with Cleveland helping Junior throw eggs at the bullies, then saying "he was on his own" after that. Emily VanDerWerff from "The A.V. Club" liked the story of Cleveland Junior being too old for trick-or-treating but not old enough for dressing up for Halloween. She thought the rest of the episode was boring.