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* AlwaysABiggerFish: "The Baby-Sitter" features "Them", a mysterious force that lurks in the house where the Mitchell family lives, but they have a special protection ritual that, done once a night, keeps "Them" from harming the person who does it. [[spoiler: When the titular babysitter is confronted and chased down the hall by a burglar one night, he fails to do the ritual, and "They" attack and eliminate him.]]

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* AlwaysABiggerFish: "The Baby-Sitter" features "Them", a mysterious force that lurks in the house where the Mitchell family lives, but they have a special protection ritual that, done once a night, keeps "Them" from harming the person who does it. [[spoiler: When Hillary the titular babysitter is confronted and chased down the hall by a burglar one night, he fails to do the ritual, and "They" attack and eliminate him.]]



* BenevolentAbomination: "Them," a group of spirits that inhabits the Mitchell house in "The Baby-Sitter," is a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example. While They ''can'' be dangerous, They're also easily kept at bay with a simple warding spell and won't dare harm anyone who performs it properly ("Once a night and you're all right"). [[spoiler: The Them end up saving the life of the titular babysitter and her charges when a burglar breaks in and fails to perform the spell.]]

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* BenevolentAbomination: "Them," a group of spirits that inhabits the Mitchell house in "The Baby-Sitter," is a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example. While They ''can'' be dangerous, They're also easily kept at bay with a simple warding spell and won't dare harm anyone who performs it properly ("Once a night and you're all right"). [[spoiler: The Them end up saving the life of Hillary, the titular babysitter babysitter, and her charges when a burglar breaks in and fails to perform the spell.]]



* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: While "The Baby-Sitter" features a mysterious group of spirits known only as "Them," the ''real'' danger is [[spoiler: a perfectly mundane man in a mask who breaks into the house on Halloween night with the intention of killing the baby-sitter and her young charges. Thankfully, the Them come to the rescue when the masked man fails to perform the proper warding spell.]]

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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: While "The Baby-Sitter" features a mysterious group of spirits known only as "Them," the ''real'' danger is [[spoiler: a perfectly mundane man in a mask who breaks into the house on Halloween night with the intention of killing the baby-sitter Hillary and her young charges. Thankfully, the Them come to the rescue when the masked man fails to perform the proper warding spell.]]



* IOweYouMyLife: At the end of "The Baby-Sitter," [[spoiler: "Them"--a group of mysterious spirits that inhabit the house where the Mitchells live--devour a burglar alive when he fails to perform the protection spell that keeps Them at bay. The titular babysitter, who did perform the ritual, thinks to herself that from now on, she'll be sure to avoid telling a bedtime story that They don't like, as she owes Them a considerable favor for saving her life.]]

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* IOweYouMyLife: At the end of "The Baby-Sitter," [[spoiler: "Them"--a group of mysterious spirits that inhabit the house where the Mitchells live--devour a burglar alive when he fails to perform the protection spell that keeps Them at bay. The titular Hillary the babysitter, who did perform the ritual, thinks to herself that from now on, she'll be sure to avoid telling a bedtime story that They don't like, as she owes Them a considerable favor for saving her life.]]

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