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* {{Alternate History}}: "The Boy Who Cried Martian" imagines what would happen if an actual alien invasion took place at the same time as [[Creator/OrsonWelles Orson Welles's]] infamous [[Radio/WaroftheWorlds War of the Worlds]] broadcast.

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* {{Alternate History}}: "The Boy Who Cried Martian" imagines what would happen if an actual alien invasion took place at the same time as [[Creator/OrsonWelles Orson Welles's]] infamous [[Radio/WaroftheWorlds ''[[Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds1938 War of the Worlds]] Worlds]]'' broadcast.

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* {{Book Ends}}: "Irreconcilable Differences" begins and ends with Amy and Calvin visiting in prison.

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* {{Book Ends}}: BookEnds: "Irreconcilable Differences" begins and ends with Amy and Calvin visiting in prison.



* {{He Who Fights Monsters}}: "Imperfect Storm" ends with an unusual example of this when [[spoiler: the storm chaser becomes a storm.]]

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* {{He Who Fights Monsters}}: HeWhoFightsMonsters: "Imperfect Storm" ends with an unusual example of this when [[spoiler: the storm chaser becomes a storm.]]



* {{No Celebrities Were Harmed}}: The Angel from "Our Better Angels" DEFINITELY isn't a thinly veiled {{Potshot}} at [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump anyone in particular.]]

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* {{No Celebrities Were Harmed}}: Harmed}}:
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The Angel from "Our Better Angels" DEFINITELY isn't a thinly veiled {{Potshot}} TakeThat at [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump anyone in particular.]]



* {{Shout Out}}: "A Thing For Machines" features a pair of robots named [[Series/SesameStreet Bert and Ernie]].

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* {{Shout Out}}: ShoutOut: "A Thing For Machines" features a pair of robots named [[Series/SesameStreet Bert and Ernie]].
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* {{Baleful Polymorph}}: [[spoiler: Those who the Rainbow Magic Kittens deem unworthy end up transformed into parrots.]]


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* ForcedTransformation: [[spoiler: Those who the Rainbow Magic Kittens deem unworthy end up transformed into parrots.]]

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** "The Clowning" is a direct sequel to "Coulrophobia," which had ended on a {{Cliffhanger}}.
* {{Clap Your Hands If You Believe}}: Newswoman Connie gets her power from her viewers [[spoiler: and they don't want to let her go.]]



* {{Grand Theft Me}}: "Locked In," [[spoiler: though the victims are brain dead.]]
* {{Haunted Technology}}: The titular "Host In The Machine" Connie Ambrose haunts a news station and only appears in broadcast form.
* {{He Who Fights Monsters}}: "Imperfect Storm" is an unusual example of this when [[spoiler: the storm chaser becomes a storm.]]

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* {{Grand Theft Me}}: "Locked In," [[spoiler: though the victims are brain dead.dead and don't mind much.]]
* {{Haunted Technology}}: The Connie Ambrose, the titular "Host In The Machine" Connie Ambrose haunts a Machine," is trapped in her news station and only appears in broadcast form.
form. [[spoiler: Morgan takes over at the end of the episode.]]
* {{He Who Fights Monsters}}: "Imperfect Storm" is ends with an unusual example of this when [[spoiler: the storm chaser becomes a storm.]]



* {{Mundane Fantastic}}: The characters might find their situations unusual, but they rarely bat an eye at the explanations.

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* {{Mundane Fantastic}}: The characters might find their situations unusual, unusual and express some confusion, but they rarely bat an eye at the outlandish explanations.



* {{No Celebrities Were Harmed}}: The Angel from "Our Better Angels" DEFINITELY isn't a thinly veiled {{Take That!}} at [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump anyone in particular.]]

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* {{No Celebrities Were Harmed}}: The Angel from "Our Better Angels" DEFINITELY isn't a thinly veiled {{Take That!}} {{Potshot}} at [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump anyone in particular.]]
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* Sheriff Rowland and Deputy Dillard make an appearance in an episode of [[Podcast/ReturnHome Return Home]]

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* ** Sheriff Rowland and Deputy Dillard make an appearance in an episode of [[Podcast/ReturnHome Return Home]]

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->''"Sit back, open your ears, and hold on tight. Because you're about to take a quick detour...through Uncanny County."''

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->''"Sit ->''"You’re riding alone on a moonlit, but starless night. You just missed your exit, and now there’s only one way back home. Sit back, open your ears, and hold on tight. Because you're about to take a quick detour...through Uncanny County."''


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* {{Apocalypse Cult}}: The Clown Worshipers from "The Clowning"


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* {{Be Careful What You Wish For}}: Outright stated in "Homecoming Queen Of The Damned" and "Wish You Were Here"


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* {{Creepy Child}}: Tyler in "The Clowning" is obsessed with clowns...


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* {{Dogged Nice Guy}}: Topher in "Homecoming Queen Of The Damned," [[spoiler: though it crosses over into {{Entitled To Have You}} territory by the end of the episode, which he lampshades.]]


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* {{He Who Fights Monsters}}: "Imperfect Storm" is an unusual example of this when [[spoiler: the storm chaser becomes a storm.]]


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* {{Non Ironic Clown}}: Susan Pasternak is an award winning birthday clown, though she gives up on it after the events of "Coulrophobia." Dana from "The Clowning" as well.
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* {{Crossover}}: The station from [[Podcast/KingFallsAM]] plays a minor role in "Home Is Where The Spice Is"
* Sheriff Rowland and Deputy Dillard make an appearance in an episode of [[Podcast/ReturnHome]]

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* {{Crossover}}: The station from [[Podcast/KingFallsAM]] [[Podcast/KingFallsAM King Falls AM]] plays a minor role in "Home Is Where The Spice Is"
* Sheriff Rowland and Deputy Dillard make an appearance in an episode of [[Podcast/ReturnHome]][[Podcast/ReturnHome Return Home]]

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* {{Crossover}}: The station from [[Podcast/KingFallsAM]] plays a minor role in "Home Is Where The Spice Is"
* Sheriff Rowland and Deputy Dillard make an appearance in an episode of [[Podcast/ReturnHome]]



* {{Replacement Goldfish}}: [[spoiler: Sally replaces the entire town of Junction Falls with robots [[TheseusShipParadox piece by piece.]]

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* {{Replacement Goldfish}}: [[spoiler: Sally replaces the entire town of Junction Falls with robots [[TheseusShipParadox piece by piece.]]]]]]



* {{Soul-Crushing Desk Job}}: "Wellness" centers around one, [[spoiler: literally.]]

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* {{Soul-Crushing {{Soul Crushing Desk Job}}: "Wellness" centers around one, [[spoiler: literally.]]

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* {{Our Time Machine Is Different}}: The alarm clock in The Ridgeway Motel lets people revisit significant life events... [[TimeIsDangerous once.]]



* {{Ret Gone}}: [[spoiler: During "The Ridgeway Motel" Larry accidentally erases his niece from existence.]]



* {{Soul Crushing Desk-Job}}: "Wellness" centers around one, [[spoiler: literally.]]

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* {{Soul Crushing Desk-Job}}: {{Soul-Crushing Desk Job}}: "Wellness" centers around one, [[spoiler: literally.]]



* UncannyValley: The show is named after this trope.

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* UncannyValley: The show is named after this trope.{{Time Travel Episode}}: "The Ridgeway Motel"
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* {{Body Horror}}: In "Coulrophobia" [[spoiler: a man is twisted up like a balloon animal.]]
* {{Book Ends}}: "Irreconcilable Differences" begins and ends with Amy and Calvin visiting in prison.



* {{Color Blind Confusion}}: Sheriff Rowland warns Deputy Dillard not to open any gray filing cabinets. [[SealedEvilInACan The cabinet in question is actually green.]]



* {{Defrosting The Ice Queen}}: "Lockup, Lockdown" implies that [[spoiler: Jake may be warming up to Calvin]]



* {{Flat Earth Atheist}}: Despite everything that happens in Uncanny County, people for some reason find aliens hard to believe.

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* {{Flat Earth Atheist}}: Despite everything that happens in Uncanny County, people for some reason find aliens hard to believe.believe during "Wichita Starman."



* {{No Celebrities Were Harmed}}: The Angel from "Our Better Angels" DEFINITELY isn't a thinly veiled {{Take That!}} at [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump anyone in particular.]]
** The episode description for "Home Is Where The Spice Is" reads:
--->[[BlandNameProduct Any similarity to any person or coffee company living, dead, or simply delicious, is purely coincidental.]]



* {{Replacement Goldfish}}: [[spoiler: Sally replaces the entire town of Junction Falls with robots [[TheseusShipParadox piece by piece.]]



* {{Soul Crushing Desk-Job}}: "Wellness" centers around one, [[spoiler: literally.]]



* {{Sweet Home Alabama}}: The whole series has shades of this.




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* {{Villain Love Song}}: "Let The Music Capture You"
* {{Where Are They Now}}: The "Tales From A Distance" dispatches offer a brief update on some characters from the first two seasons and how they're dealing with [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic the COVID-19 pandemic.]]
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* {{Bury Your Gays}}: Zig-Zagged in "Locked Inside" and [[spoiler: "Host and the Machine,"]] which sees both couples reunite even after one member is functionally dead.

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'''''Uncanny County''''' is a comedy {{Anthology}} podcast by Todd Faulkner and Alison Crane that began in 2016. The stories center around the lives of the people living in the titular Uncanny County, and the strange occurrences that befall them, with hefty doses of {{Magical Realism}} and {{Black Comedy}}.

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'''''Uncanny County''''' is a comedy {{Anthology}} podcast by Todd Faulkner and Alison Crane that began in 2016. The stories center around the lives of the people living in the titular Uncanny County, and the strange occurrences that befall them, with hefty doses of {{Magical Realism}} and Realism}}, {{Black Comedy}}.Comedy}}, and [[FantasyAmericana Southwestern charm]].



* {{Alternate History}}: "The Boy Who Cried Martian" imagines what would happen if an actual alien invasion took place at the same time as [[Creator/OrsonWelles Orson Welles's]] infamous [[Radio/WaroftheWorlds War of the Worlds]] broadcast.



* {{Deus ex Machina}}: "Eleventh Hour" reveals that there are characters whose job it is to dole these out.

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* {{Deus ex Machina}}: "Eleventh Hour" reveals that there are centers around characters whose job it is to dole these out.


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* {{Punny Name}}: The stripper who radios orders in to the Deus Ex Machinas is coincidentally named Destiny.
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* {{Shout Out}}: "A Thing For Machines" features a pair of robots named [[Sesame Street Bert and Ernie]].

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* {{Shout Out}}: "A Thing For Machines" features a pair of robots named [[Sesame Street [[Series/SesameStreet Bert and Ernie]].
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* {{Shout Out}}: "A Thing For Machines" features a pair of robots named [[SesameStreet Bert and Ernie]]Bert and Ernie.

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* {{Shout Out}}: "A Thing For Machines" features a pair of robots named [[SesameStreet [[Sesame Street Bert and Ernie]]Bert and Ernie.Ernie]].
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* {{An Aesop}}: Most episodes have a moral, which the the narrator will helpfully lampshade at the start and end of the episode.


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* {{The Bluebeard}}: "The Ballad Of Bobby Blue" is a {{Whole Plot Reference}} to the original story of Bluebeard.


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* {{The Evils of Free Will}}: Debated in "Home Is Where The Spice Is"


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* {{Hive Mind}}: [[spoiler: The Spice]], though its true intentions aren't clear.


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* {{Conjoined Twins}}: [[spoiler: Amy/Jake]] take it {{Up To Eleven}}


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* {{Split Personality}}: [[spoiler: Amy/Jake]] thanks to an extreme case of [[spoiler:{{Conjoined Twins}}]]
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* {{Grand Theft Me}}: "Locked In," [[spoiler: though the victims don't are brain dead]]

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* {{Grand Theft Me}}: "Locked In," [[spoiler: though the victims don't are brain dead]]dead.]]

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* {{Beware The Mind Reader}}: "Locked Inside" features a psychic nurse [[spoiler: who keeps his brain dead patients alive against their will so he can steal their assets and play around in their memories.]]



* {{Elemental Embodiment}}: "Burnin' For You" and "Imperfect Storm" both feature these.



* {{Grand Theft Me}}: "Locked In"

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* {{Grand Theft Me}}: "Locked In" In," [[spoiler: though the victims don't are brain dead]]
* {{Haunted Technology}}: The titular "Host In The Machine" Connie Ambrose haunts a news station and only appears in broadcast form.



* {{Running Gag}}: It's '''''always''''' the deputy's first day.

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* {{Running Gag}}: It's '''''always''''' ''always'' the deputy's first day.
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* {{Fountain of Youth}}: Well, a bathtub.
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* {{Radio Play}}: The whole show technically, but "The Boy Who Cried Martian" specifically references Orson Wells's {{The War Of The Worlds}}.

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->''"Sit back, open your ears, and hold on tight. Because you're about to take a quick detour...through Uncanny County."''



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* {{Radio Play}}: The whole show technically, but "The Boy Who Cried Martian" specifically references Orson Wells's {{The War Of The Worlds}}.
* {{Robot Master}}: Sally in "A Thing For Machines," and by the end of the episode, [[spoiler: Hal.]]




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* {{Unwitting Instigator Of Doom}}: Ted's attempt to overcome his fear of clowns [[spoiler: accidentally opens a portal to the clown dimension.]]
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'''''Uncanny County''''' is a comedy {{Anthology}} podcast by Todd Faulkner and Alison Crane that began in 2016. The stories center around the lives of the people living in the titular Uncanny County, and the strange occurrences that befall them, with hefty doses of {{Magical Realism}} and {{Black Comedy}}.

There have been two seasons with a third incoming.





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* {{Baleful Polymorph}}: [[spoiler: Those who the Rainbow Magic Kittens deem unworthy end up transformed into parrots.]]
* {{Callback}}: References to other episodes are peppered throughout Season One
* {{Conjoined Twins}}: [[spoiler: Amy/Jake]] take it {{Up To Eleven}}
* {{Christmas Episode}}: Three of them.
* {{Deus ex Machina}}: "Eleventh Hour" reveals that there are characters whose job it is to dole these out.
* {{Fantastically Indifferent}}: Everyone in the county to some degree, but Sheriff Rowland in particular has seen it all.
* {{Flat Earth Atheist}}: Despite everything that happens in Uncanny County, people for some reason find aliens hard to believe.
* {{Grand Theft Me}}: "Locked In"
* {{Monster Clown}}: "Coulrophobia" concerns [[spoiler: an entire alternate dimension of these.]]
* {{Mundane Fantastic}}: The characters might find their situations unusual, but they rarely bat an eye at the explanations.
* {{My Beloved Smother}}: The mom in "Mother Loves You" loves her kids so much [[spoiler: she becomes a vampire so she can watch them forever.]]
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* {{Running Gag}}: It's '''''always''''' the deputy's first day.

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