History Recap / AreYouAfraidOfTheDarkSeason2TheTaleOfLocker22

* TheBully: Two of them, who pick on Julie just because she's an exchange student. They tease him more when Chris spilled about her seeing ghosts.

* ScrewDestiny: Intervention by Julie and Chris successfully rearrange history to exclude the fatal accident.

As Kristen ends, the others appraise the tale with appreciative sixties idioms - or, in Frank’s case, attempt to.

Speculation thrives as to how Kristen, who dresses thematically for her stories, will do so tonight. In the clearing, she appears garbed as a hippie. To an amused David and Kiki, she respectively hands a pair of sunglasses and peace medallion. Tonight, Kristen’s tale will supernaturally invert the old saying: “those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, she calls it “The Tale of Locker 22”.

To a cluttered hall recess, Mr. Shaffner shows newly arrived French transfer student Julie Dufaux to locker 22. She uneasily ponders its seclusion. Mr. Shaffner will stand for no complaints.

In chemistry, Julie accidentally drops a glass bottle. As the class disperse, Chris helps her clear up, and offers to show her the way to her next class. She gratefully accepts. As she makes to follow him, she sees, across the room, a lone, previously absent girl, anachronistically garbed in sixties fashions. Julie turns to Chris, and looks back to find the girl to have vanished.

In the canteen, taunting of Julie by Donny and Fritz rouses the two to a food fight. Mr Shaffner commands a halt, and gets some yoghurt in the face. Seeing Julie sheltered on the floor, Mr Shaffner takes her to be involved.

Back at locker 22, Julie turns from her locker to see, watching her from behind, the girl from chemistry. Julie protests at being sneaked up on, and the girl de-materialises. On the way home, Chris consoles her about the food fight. She hesitantly confides her suspicion of having seen a ghost. On Chris’s involuntary amusement, she wearily walks off.

In bed that night, Julie’s phone rings. A youthful voice, with mock spookiness, threatens a haunting. At school the next day, she angrily blames Chris for starting gossip.

As an abandoned old necklace falls from Julie’s locker, Donny and Fritz visit with more derisive merriment. Julie storms off through the bustling corridor, and once again sees the vanishing sixties girl, who silently gestures to her own, similar necklace. Julie puts on hers.

With a brilliant flash of light, the faded walls of the corridor are revealed to have reverted to a bright shade of yellow, arrayed with flyers. The bustle of students has been replaced with a different crowd, dressed in headbands, ponchos, and such like. A yellowish glow tints the scene. A nearby girl addresses Julie as Candy, and compliments her beads. Perplexed, Julie returns to her locker, to find it emblazoned with a flower-shaped sticker and the name Candy. A younger, mustachioed Mr Shaffner addresses Julie as Ms Warren, and urges haste. Julie removes the necklace, and with a flash, the recess reverts to its dim, cluttered state. On the locker door, Julie notices a faded, flower-shaped indentation.

She finds Chris, who explains he only repeated her story because a distant acquaintance claimed seriously the school to be haunted. To her locker, Julie leads Chris, and puts on the necklace. With a flash, the two find themselves in the corridor as it was in the sixties. The girl from before once more addresses Julie as Candy, and happily mentions acquisition of Music/TheWhiteAlbum. The younger Mr. Shaffner again addresses Julie as Ms Warren, and sternly indicates her appointment with a delayed chemistry project. Julie removes the necklace.

Back in the present, Chris checks registration records for the year of the release of Music/TheWhiteAlbum, 1968, and finds the name Candy Warren, of locker 22. In a yearbook, they find a head shot of the spectral girl, captioned with the epitaph “1951-1968...Friends Forever”.

While Julie secretly revisits the necklace, Chris consults Mr. Rider, who confirms a tragic accident in 1968: in the chemistry lab, Candy Warren was killed in an explosion while doing an experiment.

A frantic Chris runs to Julie’s locker, but she’s gone. Candy appears behind him. With a silent nod, she confirms Julie to be back in 1968. He entreats her to stop the fatal experiment. With a blaze of light, she vanishes, and sends Chris to 1968.

With a nearby candle, Julie re-attempts to light the Bunsen burner. Just in time, Chris arrives, calls out to her, douses the dropped candle. A fuming Mr Shaffner arrives in demand of explanation. Chris shows him the rotted gas pipe and tells him that Candy could have died had he not come and rescue her. Mr Shaffner meekly lauds Chris’s intervention, as does Candy, now revealed to be seated in place of Julie.

-->'''Mr. Shaffner:''' ([[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Stunned]]) I don't know what to say.
-->'''Chris:''' (Disgustedly) I'd say [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech you're in the wrong line of work]].

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Candy's haunting seems to seek rearrangement of past events to prevent her death.

To a cluttered hall recess, Mr Shaffner shows newly arrived French transfer student Julie Dufaux to locker 22. She uneasily ponders its seclusion. Mr Shaffner will stand for no complaints.

She finds Chris, who explains he only repeated her story because a distant acquaintance claimed seriously the school to be haunted. To her locker, Julie leads Chris, and puts on the necklace. With a flash, the two find themselves in the corridor as it was in the sixties. The girl from before once more addresses Julie as Candy, and happily mentions acquisition of Music/TheWhiteAlbum. The younger Mr Shaffner again addresses Julie as Ms Warren, and sternly indicates her appointment with a delayed chemistry project. Julie removes the necklace.

While Julie secretly revisits the necklace, Chris consults Mr Rider, who confirms a tragic accident in 1968: in the chemistry lab, Candy Warren was killed in an explosion while doing an experiment.

In the 1968 chemistry lab, Julie joins Mr Shaffner. To a gas tap, he fixes a Bunsen burner - whose pipe is severely damaged. Mr Shaffner, still believing Julie to be Candy, gruffly re-explains the task, and leaves her to it.

Back in the present, Chris and Julie hug in relief. A strangely-familiar looking teacher asks what they’re doing here so late. Chris explains to have been helping with Julie’s stuck locker. The teacher smilingly recalls similar trouble with that very locker, and introduces herself to Julie as assistant principal Ms Warren - Candy Warren.

* TheBully: Two of them, who pick on Julie just because she's an exchange student.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Chris disrupts Mr Shaffner’s bluster by citing the lethally damaged gas pipe. The following quote hammers home that Shaffner has had this wake up call coming for a long time.

-->'''Chris:''' (Disgustedly) I'd say [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You're in the wrong line of work]].

* NeverMyFault: Quite poignantly [[AvertedTrope averted]] with Mr Shaffner’s stunned realization that the damaged gas pipe could have killed Candy/Julie if Chris didn't stop the experiment in time.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Candy’s haunting seems to seek rearrangement of past events to prevent her death.

* CallingTheOldManOut: Chris disrupts Mr Shaffner’s bluster by citing the lethally damaged gas pipe.

** Very much averted with genial Mr Rider.
* NeverMyFault: Quite poignantly [[AvertedTrope averted]] with Mr Shaffner’s stunned realization that the damaged gas pipe could have killed him and Candy if Julie didn't stop him in time.

* DeanBitterman: Mr Shaffner is quite dour and irascible.

* ShoutOut: Fritz mockingly calls Julie a [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Ghostbuster]].

While Julie secretly revisits the necklace, Chris consults Mr Rider, who confirms a tragic accident in 1968: in the chemistry lab, Candy Warren was killed in an explosion.

In the 1968 chemistry lab, Julie joins Mr Shaffner. To a gas tap, he fixes a Bunsen burner - whose pipe is damaged. Mr Shaffner, still believing Julie to be Candy, gruffly re-explains the task, and leaves her to it.

With a nearby candle, Julie re-attempts to light the Bunsen burner. Just in time, Chris arrives, calls out to her, douses the dropped candle. A fuming Mr Shaffner arrives in demand of explanation. Chris shows him the rotted gas pipe. Mr Shaffner meekly lauds Chris’s intervention, as does Candy, now revealed to be seated in place of Julie.

* AlternateTimeline: Intervention in the past to save Candy’s life causes a present where Candy is alive, and works as a teacher.

* NeverMyFault: Quite poignantly [[AvertedTrope averted]] with Mr Shaffner’s stunned realisation of the near-fatality.

* AlternateTimeline: [[spoiler: Intervention in the past to save Candy’s life]] causes a present where [[spoiler: Candy is alive, and works as a teacher]].

* CallingTheOldManOut: Chris disrupts Mr Shaffner’s bluster by [[spoiler: citing the lethally damaged gas pipe]].
* CaughtInTheRipple: Only Julie and Chris seem to notice the effects of [[spoiler: having altered history to save a life]].

* NeverMyFault: Quite poignantly [[AvertedTrope averted]] with [[spoiler: Mr Shaffner’s stunned realisation of the near-fatality]].
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Candy's ghost, via her necklace, is able to bring living people across time to the day of her death, enabling them to [[spoiler: alter history by prevention of her death]].
* ScrewDestiny: Intervention by Julie and Chris [[spoiler: successfully rearrange history to exclude the fatal accident]].
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Candy’s haunting seems to seek [[spoiler: rearrangement of past events to prevent her death]].

In the canteen, taunting of Julie by Donny and Fritz rouses the two to a [[{{Foodfight!}} food fight]]. Mr Shaffner commands a halt, and gets some yoghurt in the face. Seeing Julie sheltered on the floor, Mr Shaffner takes her to be involved.

** A sixties student fondly mentions the [[Music/TheBeatles]]’ Music/TheWhiteAlbum.

** A sixties student fondly mentions the [[Music/TheBeatles]]’ TheWhiteAlbum.

** A sixties student fondly mentions the [[Music/TheBeatles]]’ [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum White Album]].

* AlternativeTimeLine: [[spoiler: Intervention in the past to save Candy’s life]] causes a present where [[spoiler: Candy is alive, and works as a teacher]].

* CaughtInTheRippleEffect: Only Julie and Chris seem to notice the effects of [[spoiler: having altered history to save a life]].

In chemistry, Julie accidentally drops a glass bottle. As the class disperse, Chris helps her clear up, and offers to show her the way to her next class. She gratefully accepts. As she makes to follow him, she sees, across the room, a lone, previously absent girl, anachronistically garbed in [[Main/The60s sixties]] fashions. Julie turns to Chris, and looks back to find the girl to have vanished.

In the canteen, taunting of Julie by Donny and Fritz rouses the two to a [[{{Foodfight!}} food fight]]. Mr Shaffner commands desistance, and gets some yoghurt in the face. Seeing Julie sheltered on the floor, Mr Shaffner takes her to be involved.

Back at locker 22, Julie turns from her locker to see, watching her from behind, the girl from chemistry. Julie protests at being snuck up on, and the girl dematerialises. On the way home, Chris consoles her about the food fight. She hesitantly confides her suspicion of having seen a ghost. On Chris’s involuntary amusement, she wearily walks off.

Back in the present, Chris checks registration records for the year of the release of Music/TheWhiteAlbum, 1968, and finds the name Candy Warren, of locker 22. In a yearbook, they find a headshot of the spectral girl, captioned with the epitaph “1951-1968...Friends Forever”.

** A sixties student fondly mentions the [[Music/TheBeatles]]’ [[Music/TheWhite Album White Album]].