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* As good as "The Tale of the Dead Man's Float" is, it's a little hard to take the name "Clorice" seriously.
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* As good as "The Tale of the Dead Man's Float" is, it's a little hard to take the name "Clorice" seriously. Made worse by the fact that the character is a swimmer, meaning her name being so similar to the pool-cleaning chemical "chlorine" comes across just a little too cutesy.
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The show had some because of its cheap production values and inconsistent acting.
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* Meggie in "The Tale Of The Secret Admirer" is supposed to be plain-looking but [[HollywoodHomely aside from the sweaters/shirts she wears she's anything but]].
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Up To Eleven is a defunct trope
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* "The Tale of the Chameleons". The ending. In theory, it plays TheBadGuyWins trope [[UpToEleven to offensive levels]]. But in reality, the already far-fetched plot premise was an obvious excuse [[MakingUseOfTheTwin to guest star the Mowry twins]].
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* "The Tale of the Chameleons". The ending. In theory, it plays TheBadGuyWins trope [[UpToEleven to offensive levels]].levels. But in reality, the already far-fetched plot premise was an obvious excuse [[MakingUseOfTheTwin to guest star the Mowry twins]].
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* Another moment was in an episode where a bunch of kids were kidnapped onto an alien spacecraft and forced to eat a horrible alien food product... which was clearly lime-flavoured jello in a bowl.
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* Another moment was in an episode "The Tale of the Closet Keepers" where a bunch of kids were kidnapped onto an alien spacecraft and forced to eat a horrible alien food product... which was clearly lime-flavoured jello in a bowl.bowl.
* "The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner" has the protagonist's obnoxious and lazy parents claimed as the titular villain's first victims. This is shown by them acting almost exactly the same, except with sunken eyes and drooling slime. They're later seen greeting the neighbours, which is meant to imply they'll meet the same fate, but in context doesn't look that suspicious.
** The climax is presented within the pages of a comic book where the protagonist has drawn himself as a particularly dorky looking superhero.
* "The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner" has the protagonist's obnoxious and lazy parents claimed as the titular villain's first victims. This is shown by them acting almost exactly the same, except with sunken eyes and drooling slime. They're later seen greeting the neighbours, which is meant to imply they'll meet the same fate, but in context doesn't look that suspicious.
** The climax is presented within the pages of a comic book where the protagonist has drawn himself as a particularly dorky looking superhero.
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** Generally speaking, setting a fantasy story - let alone one based around pinball - in a shopping mall is a lot more creative than it is scary.
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** Generally speaking, setting a fantasy story - let alone one based around pinball - in a shopping mall is a lot more creative than it is quite creative, but not very scary.
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* Any time the Midnight Society is visibly shaken by a story has the potential to fall flat if the story isn't on the darker side. Notable examples include "The Tale of the Pinball Wizard," which has some of the goofiest imagery in the series, and "The Tale of the Final Wish" where the villain is played by Bobcat Goldthwait.
** The latter is even told specifically by Kristen to show the darker side of fairy tales. While the kids describe some genuinely gruesome details of Grimm's Fairy Tales, nothing of the sort happens in the episode, making it seem like Kristen missed her own point.
** The latter is even told specifically by Kristen to show the darker side of fairy tales. While the kids describe some genuinely gruesome details of Grimm's Fairy Tales, nothing of the sort happens in the episode, making it seem like Kristen missed her own point.
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* While the other game characters in "The Tale of the Pinball Wizard" are all based off fantasy archetypes, the zombies are for some reason dressed as business men. Worse still, they're the first enemies encountered, making the fairy tale theme unclear until later.
** Generally speaking, setting a fantasy story - let alone one based around pinball - in a shopping mall is a lot more creative than it is scary.
** Generally speaking, setting a fantasy story - let alone one based around pinball - in a shopping mall is a lot more creative than it is scary.
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* While the shadow people in "The Tale of the Super Specs" are mostly prime ParanoiaFuel, at one point we're treated to the ominous sight of them... playing basket ball.
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* While the shadow people in "The Tale of the Super Specs" are mostly prime ParanoiaFuel, at one point we're treated to the ominous sight of them... playing basket ball.basketball.
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* While the shadow people in "The Tale of the Super Specs" are mostly prime ParanoiaFuel, at one point we're treated to the ominous sight of them... playing basket ball.
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* As good as "The Tale of the Dead Man's Float" is, it's a little hard to take the name "Clorice" seriously.
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* "The Tale of the Chameleons". The ending. In theory, it plays {{The Bad Guy Wins}} trope [[UpToEleven to offensive levels]]. But in reality, the already far-fetched plot premise was an obvious excuse [[MakingUseOfTheTwin to guest star the Mowry twins]].
* It's hard to take an episode titled "The Tale of Jake the Snake" seriously. It's sounds more like the title of an educational preschool cartoon rather than a scary story. That or an episode about and starring [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]], which smacks of missed opportunity. The BigBad of said episode also looks ridiculous with his luminous teeth.
* It's hard to take an episode titled "The Tale of Jake the Snake" seriously. It's sounds more like the title of an educational preschool cartoon rather than a scary story. That or an episode about and starring [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]], which smacks of missed opportunity. The BigBad of said episode also looks ridiculous with his luminous teeth.
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* "The Tale of the Chameleons". The ending. In theory, it plays {{The Bad Guy Wins}} TheBadGuyWins trope [[UpToEleven to offensive levels]]. But in reality, the already far-fetched plot premise was an obvious excuse [[MakingUseOfTheTwin to guest star the Mowry twins]].
* It's hard to take an episode titled "The Tale of Jake the Snake" seriously.It's It sounds more like the title of an educational preschool cartoon rather than a scary story. That or an episode about and starring [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]], which smacks of missed opportunity. The BigBad of said episode also looks ridiculous with his luminous teeth.
* It's hard to take an episode titled "The Tale of Jake the Snake" seriously.
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* "The Tale of the Chameleons". The ending. In theory, it plays {{The Bad Guy Wins}} trope [[UpToEleven to offensive levels]]. But in reality, the already far-fetched plot premise [[CaptainObvious was an obvious excuse]] [[MakingUseOfTheTwin to guest star the Mowry twins]].
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* "The Tale of the Chameleons". The ending. In theory, it plays {{The Bad Guy Wins}} trope [[UpToEleven to offensive levels]]. But in reality, the already far-fetched plot premise [[CaptainObvious was an obvious excuse]] excuse [[MakingUseOfTheTwin to guest star the Mowry twins]].
