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* AnAesop: Don't take a chance with electricity.
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The film can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoL3MjllVSs here]].
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* DarkerAndEdgier: This was the successor to the ''Play Safe'' PIF from the previous decade and considerably much darker, given that out of all the electrocutions we see, only one victim is confirmed to have survived.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: This was the successor to the ''Play Safe'' ''Film/PlaySafe'' PIF from the previous decade and considerably much darker, given that out of all the electrocutions we see, only one victim is confirmed to have survived.
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** Darren, as a result of his own ignorance, fails to heed Andy's warnings or listen to Mr. Jones' lecture and consequently gets himself and his brother killed.

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** Darren, as a result of his own ignorance, fails to heed Andy's warnings or listen to Mr. Jones' lecture and consequently gets himself and his brother killed.killed.

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** The gang who chase Darren, Tom and Andy on their way to school, if it hadn't been for them, the threesome would never have been anywhere the power station, let alone discovered there was a football in there.

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** The gang who chase Darren, Tom and Andy on their way to school, if it hadn't been for them, the threesome would never have been anywhere near the power station, let alone discovered there was a football in there.
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A 1988 Electrical safety film made by the Independent Business Television Limited for the Electricity Council. It was shown in schools and edited into some of the ''Play Safe/Don't Take a Chance with Electricity'' series of PIFs for television broadcast.

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A 1988 Electrical safety film made by the Independent Business Television Limited for the Electricity Council. It was shown in schools and edited into some of the ''Play Safe/Don't Take a Chance with Electricity'' series of PIFs public information films for television broadcast.



* AndIMustScream: Mr. Jones' descriptions of the victims in the clips after they were electrocuted

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* AndIMustScream: Mr. Jones' descriptions of the victims in the clips after they were electrocutedelectrocuted.



** Averted with Darren, Tom and the victims of the ''Badminton'', ''Building'' and ''Kite'' clips.

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** Averted with Darren, Tom Tom, and the victims of the ''Badminton'', ''Building'' and ''Kite'' clips.



** The climax basically recycles the plot of the ''Frisbee'' segment of the ''Play Safe'' PIF, except this time, it's with a football and both siblings are boys and they both get killed.

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** The climax basically recycles the plot of the ''Frisbee'' segment of the ''Play Safe'' PIF, except this time, it's with a football and football, both siblings are boys boys, and they both get killed.

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* ShoutOut: The climax basically recycles the plot of the ''Frisbee'' segment of the ''Play Safe'' PIF, except this time, it's with a football and both siblings are boys and get killed.

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The climax basically recycles the plot of the ''Frisbee'' segment of the ''Play Safe'' PIF, except this time, it's with a football and both siblings are boys and they both get killed.killed.
** The clips shown in Mr. Jones' lecture include an updated version of the ''Kite'' segment.



** The film is basically an updated version of ''Play Safe'' and includes the ''Tent Pole'' segment from that series.

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** The film is basically an updated version of ''Play Safe'' and includes the ''Tent Pole'' segment from that series.film.

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