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# "Time Out" (Directed by Creator/JohnLandis): A bigot is taught a fantastic lesson as he finds himself traveling through time and hunted down for being a minority (a Jew in UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, a black man living in the DeepSouth during the 1950s, and a Vietnamese man during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar).

This film became infamous for a ghastly accident that took the life of Creator/VicMorrow and two child actors named My-Ca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen. The script for "Time Out" called for a scene in which Morrow's character is supposed to be carrying two Vietnamese children across a river to safety during an American bombing raid in Vietnam. Director John Landis was shooting late at night, violating child labor laws, and ignoring the helicopter pilot's concerns about flying so close to the ground and so close to explosive detonations. The cameras rolled anyway, and the explosive charges meant to simulate bombs caused the helicopter to crash, crushing Chen under its landing skid and causing the rotor to decapitate Morrow and Le. Landis was later tried and acquitted on charges of involuntary manslaughter. The 2020 documentary series ''Cursed Films'' shows the actual, uncensored footage of the incident and its direct aftermath.

* EyePop: When John removes the cover from his window, the gremlin is behind it, which makes him do this briefly. Not coincidentally, the segment's director is Creator/GeorgeMiller, who famously used a similar effect near the end of ''Film/MadMax'' for the Toecutter's demise.

* EyePop: When John removes the cover from his window, the gremlin is behind it, which makes him do this briefly.

# Prologue: "Something Scary" (Directed by Creator/JohnLandis): Two men discuss old television shows.

* MythologyGag: Helen tells Walter Paisley that she is going to [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E30AStopAtWilloughby Willoughby]] and that she is from [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E5WalkingDistance Homewood]]. Walter tells her that it looks like she missed a turnoff at [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S4E14OfLateIThinkOfCliffordville Cliffordville]].

* ImmuneToBullets: As noted, the Gremlin physically shrugs off Valentine shooting it with the aforementioned gun, though it appears to be a bit pissed off.

* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: Anthony frees his "family" presumably sending them to someplace nice and is talked down from going full SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum by wishing away himself, Helen and the whole house. The short ends with Helen and Anthony driving away together, happy and hopeful for the future.

* AmbiguousEnding: John Valentine's fate is ultimately left unresolved. At a promotional event for his autobiography John Lithgow commented that in response to the ambulance driver's question "Do you want to see something scary?" he would just have replied "No" whereupon the driver would have simply shrugged and driven him to the hospital.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight / WeirdnessCensor: Nobody else on John's side of the plane ever notices the gremlin doing its mischief.