History Recap / AmericanHorrorStoriesS1E1S1E2RubberWoman

* AssholeVictim: Maya and her friends as well as Adam the contractor.

{{Troubled teen}} Scarlett (Creator/SierraMcCormick) and her [[HasTwoMommies two dads]], Michael (Creator/MattBomer) and Troy (Gavin Creel), move into the infamous [[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse "Murder House"]] with the intention of renovating it into a tourist attraction.

* HasTwoMommies: Gender-inversion: Scarlett has two dads, Michael and Troy.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Scarlett has one of these while thinking about Maya.

* KillEmAll: Only Scarlett and her friend Shanti are the only major characters still alive at the conclusion (for a given definition of “alive” of course).

{{Troubled teen}} Scarlett (Creator/SierraMcCormick) and her [[HasTwoDaddies two dads]], Michael (Creator/MattBomer) and Troy (Gavin Creel), move into the infamous [[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse "Murder House"]] with the intention of renovating it into a tourist attraction.

* AffirmativeActionLegacy: A dark example. Scarlett finds the rubber suit upon moving into the Murder House and takes on the identity of Rubber Woman, following in Tate's example. She eventually uses this persona to become a VigilanteWoman.

* BlackGirlDiesFirst: Dr. Grant, the therapist working with Scarlett and her dads, is the first character to meet their demise.

* HasTwoDaddies: Scarlett has two dads, Michael and Troy.

* VigilanteWoman: After she moves out of the Murder House, Scarlett uses the rubber suit to exact revenge on people like Ruby's uncle.

{{Troubled teen}} Scarlett (Sierra [=McCormick=]) and her [[HasTwoDaddies two dads]], Michael (Creator/MattBomer) and Troy (Gavin Creel), move into the infamous [[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse "Murder House"]] with the intention of renovating it into a tourist attraction.

* BlackEyesOfCrazy: Scarlett's eyes turn pitch black the second time she puts on the rubber suit, and from that point forward are black whenever she wears the mask.

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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Scarlett has one of these while thinking about Maya.

* ContinuityNod: Ben Harman is alluded to as the "other" therapist occupying the Murder House.

* AffirmativeActionLegacy: A dark example. Scarlett finds the rubber suit upon moving into the Murder House and takes on the identity of Rubber Woman, following in Tate's example. [[spoiler:She eventually uses this persona to become a VigilanteWoman]].
* AntiVillain: Scarlett is a sympathetic figure, even after [[spoiler:killing four of her classmates and nearly stabbing one of her dads to death in a "prank" gone wrong]].
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Maya and her friends as well as Adam the contractor]].
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Scarlett survives and leaves the Murder House before it's too late, but her dads are both dead and she's unable to be with Ruby. Luckily for them, the ghosts are able to form a new family unit, while the lack of financial pressure to renovate the house brings Michael and Troy back together, and Scarlett finds the time to return occasionally]].
* BlackGirlDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Dr. Grant, the therapist working with Scarlett and her dads, is the first character to meet their demise]].

* CallBack: The scene in which [[spoiler:Michael and Troy realize they're dead]] mirrors [[spoiler:Violet coming to the same realization in ''Murder House'', running into an endless loop when they try to exit the house]].

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Michael and Troy are dead without realizing it until it's too late]].

* DepravedBisexual: Adam the [[spoiler: murderous]] contractor doesn't self-identify as queer, but that doesn't stop him from coming onto both Michael and Troy and crudely requesting "ass and mouth privileges" from them.
* DistaffCounterpart: Scarlett becomes this to Tate. Both are {{troubled teen}}s with [[{{Sadist}} a penchant for violence]] (and [[DressedAllInRubber rubber suits]]) who live in the Murder House and terrorize innocents. [[spoiler:In Scarlett's case, however, she manages to live long enough to leave the house before dying in it]].
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Scarlett threatens suicide to Maya and her friends after they humiliate her on the internet, but it's unclear if she actually intended to go through with it or merely used it to draw them over to the Murder House with the intention of killing them]].

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Ruby allows Scarlett to leave the Murder House so she can live a happy life on her own despite already having killed her dads to keep her there]].
* IncompatibleOrientation: [[spoiler:Maya tricks Scarlett into thinking her attraction is mutual]].
* IronicEcho: [[spoiler:The fate of the family is an inversion of the Harmons in ''Murder House''. Whereas Violet unknowingly died in that season, here it's Michael and Troy, while Scarlett manages to leave the house where Ben failed to do so]].

* PoliceAreUseless: Actually averted, unlike in ''Murder House''. [[spoiler:The police almost immediately trace the murders of Maya and her friends to Scarlett the morning after their murders through their smartphones]].

* TheSymbiote: [[spoiler:The rubber suit is implied to have this effect on whoever wears it, which was never said to be the case in ''Murder House''. Scarlett's eyes can be seen going black for a brief moment when she's inside it]].
* VigilanteWoman: [[spoiler:After she moves out of the Murder House, Scarlett uses the rubber suit to exact revenge on people like Ruby's uncle]].
* VillainProtagonist: Scarlett becomes this.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Scarlett survives and leaves the Murder House before it's too late, but her dads are both dead and she's unable to be with Maya. Luckily for them, the ghosts are able to form a new family unit, while the lack of financial pressure to renovate the house brings Michael and Troy back together, and Scarlett finds the time to return occasionally]].

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Maya allows Scarlett to leave the Murder House so she can live a happy life on her own despite already having killed her dads to keep her there]].