History Recap / CreepshowS1E1AllHallowsEve

* RetroactiveRecognition: InUniverse. We are introduced to the Golden Dragons on what is revealed to be the night they track down and kill the last surviving person involved in their murder. We gradually learn from Ralph Collins that the Dragons had already done away with they had already killed the first four involved the past four years ago.

** Mrs. Collins asks Binky if he's the one in the devil costume, to which he sarcastically retorts that he's [[Film/{{Halloween}} Michael Meyers.]]

A prologue has the Creep carving Jack o' Lanterns as a TV set behind him broadcasts ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'',, when he hears the doorbell ring. The trick-or-treater at the door calls the Creep an asshole offscreen, prompting the ghoul to brutally attack him with his knife. The Creep reenters the room and decorates the pumpkin he was carving with his victim's severed eyes and teeth.

A prologue has the Creep carving Jack o' Lanterns as a TV set behind him broadcasts ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead'', when he hears the doorbell ring. The trick-or-treater at the door calls the Creep an asshole offscreen, prompting the ghoul to brutally attack him with his knife. The Creep reenters the room and decorates the pumpkin he was carving with his victim's severed eyes and teeth.

* AdaptationalHeroism / AdaptationalVillainy: In the original comic story, Skeeter is killed when a group of kids leave what is implied to a flaming bag of poop on his and Pete's doorstep, which accidentally burns down the house with the boy inside it. In revenge, Pete's ghost along with his friends murder the kids responsible. In the final scene the friends burn alive a very young kid who just tagged along. In the television episode, a group of teenagers burn down a treehouse, knowing that the group of friends are inside, but (apparently) unaware that the door was jammed from the damp weather, killing everyone inside. The final scene involves the ghosts getting their revenge on someone who's very much an Asshole Victim as opposed to the little kid in the original story.

* AdapatationalHeroism / AdaptationalVillainy: In the original comic story, Skeeter is killed when a group of kids leave what is implied to a flaming bag of poop on his and Pete's doorstep, which accidentally burns down the house with the boy inside it. In revenge, Pete's ghost along with his friends murder the kids responsible. In the final scene the friends burn alive a very young kid who just tagged along. In the television episode, a group of teenagers burn down a treehouse, knowing that the group of friends are inside, but (apparently) unaware that the door was jammed from the damp weather, killing everyone inside. The final scene involves the ghosts getting their revenge on someone who's very much an Asshole Victim as opposed to the little kid in the original story.

* AdapatationalHero / AdaptationalVillain: In the original comic story, Skeeter is killed when a group of kids leave what is implied to a flaming bag of poop on his and Pete's doorstep, which accidentally burns down the house with the boy inside it. In revenge, Pete's ghost along with his friends murder the kids responsible. In the final scene the friends burn alive a very young kid who just tagged along. In the television episode, a group of teenagers burn down a treehouse, knowing that the group of friends are inside, but (apparently) unaware that the door was jammed from the damp weather, killing everyone inside. The final scene involves the ghosts getting their revenge on someone who's very much an Asshole Victim as opposed to the little kid in the original story.

* AdapationalHero / Adaptational Villain: In the original comic story, Skeeter is killed when a group of kids leave what is implied to a flaming bag of poop on his and Pete's doorstep, which accidentally burns down the house with the boy inside it. In revenge, Pete's ghost along with his friends murder the kids responsible. In the final scene the friends burn alive a very young kid who just tagged along. In the television episode, a group of teenagers burn down a treehouse, knowing that the group of friends are inside, but (apparently) unaware that the door was jammed from the damp weather, killing everyone inside. The final scene involves the ghosts getting their revenge on someone who's very much an Asshole Victim as opposed to the little kid in the original story.

* AssholeVictim. Eddie, who ended up killing the Golden Dragons by setting the tree that their treehouse was built in on fire (not knowing that the door was stuck shut) as a twisted prank. When they capture him and prepare to set ''him'' on fire, he insists that no one was supposed to get hurt that day and [[DirtyCoward blames his friends for starting the whole thing.]] The Dragons naturally don't believe him, since his friends all said the same thing when they were in his position.
** Binky and Bobby, though perhaps only retroactively. Both of them sadistically lord their power and actions over the families of Smithville, particularly those of the teenagers they already killed. Binky cares little for the lingering consequences of their actions, and Bobby sneers at Pete about how little he cares for the young and confused Skeeter's ongoing reluctance to do any of this ritualistic murder.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Pete is shown to be a very good brother to Skeeter, gently pressuring him into accompanying them on their last trick-or-treating trip, comforting the boy when he misses the brothers' parents, and gives the boy a hug when their mission of vengeance comes to an end.
* BigEater: Binky, as far as the rest of the Dragons are concerned.

* TheCameo: A posthumous example. Creator/GeorgeRomero's silhouette can be seen shutting the blinds of a house as the Golden Dragons drag Eddie away.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: It's hinted several times (and ultimately revealed in the ending) that Pete and Jill were developing a romantic attraction to one another, which would ultimately never come to pass because of their deaths.

* DeadpanSnarker: All the Dragons bar Skeeter are effective snarkers.

* DirtyCoward: Eddie, who accidentally killed the Golden Dragons, and has spent the last few years hiding behind his mother in fear of their ghostly retribution.

* ForTheEvulz: From what we see in the flashback, Eddie and his friends pulled off the prank that got the Golden Dragons killed partly because they thought the Dragons were losers, and partly that it would also be funny.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: In life, the Golden Dragons were a group of childhood friends who would spend hours playing tabletop [=RPGs=] in their treehouse. Ever since they were killed and ultimately returned as ghosts, they've spent several years roaming the streets of Smithville, hunting down and killing the teenagers responsible for their deaths, while driving their heartbroken parents into borderline mental breakdowns.
* HalloweenEpisode: Naturally, considering that the episode is set on Halloween.

* JerkAss: Eddie. Five years ago, he was a one-dimensional bully who accidentally killed five children in a prank gone wrong, solely because he thought it would be funny. In the present, he sees the ramifications of what he's done and is justifiably terrified, but doesn't once apologize for it, instead [[NeverMyFault pinning the blame on his dead friends.]]

* KickTheDog: Binky and Bobby are known to mock and belittle the parents of the teenagers who killed them and their friends, knowing that they are powerless to do anything about it.
* MonochromePast: The flashback of the Golden Dragons' deaths.

* RetroactiveRecognition: InUniverse. We are introduced to the Golden Dragons on what is revealed to be the night they track down and kill the last surviving person involved in their murder. We gradually learn from Ralph Collins that the Dragons had already done away with the other four people many years ago.

* SplashOfColor: The only source of color in the Golden Dragons' flashback is the fire of Eddie's match.

* TooOldToTrickOrTreat: Lampshaded by Bobby, who reminds his friends that they're well past the normal age limit to go trick-or-treating, and thus giving a small hint about their true intentions. Skeeter also initially refuses to accompany his brother and his friends on their "route" because he himself feels that he's getting too old to trick-or-treat. It's only thanks to some kindly encouragement by his older brother that the boy joins the Dragons.

* TragicVillain: The Golden Dragons do act pretty wickedly towards the adults of Smithville, and they have burned several people to death over the years, but it's mainly because the adults they torment are the parents of the teenagers who ended up burning ''them'' to death, who they themselves burned alive as revenge. When they aren't in the presence of adults (or busy ribbing on each other), they're a group of sad and tired children who only want to move on to their eternal rest. It gets even worse for Pete, since he and Jill were in a developing relationship that was tragically cut short, and he and his younger brother only got to know each other for a few years.
* TrueCompanions: Even with all their jokes, insults, and mockery towards one another, the Golden Dragons show themselves to be a pretty tight-knit group of friends, both in life and in death.

* UnfinishedBusiness: The Dragons are kept in the mortal plane because of their plans to systematically hunt down and burn the teenagers who accidentally killed them.

* YourCostumeNeedsWork: Bobby's costume consists solely of a skeleton hoodie. Binky calls him out for wearing the same costume every year, even asking if he's considered washing the thing.

* CaptainObviousReveal: The overt hints that the Dragons drop during their dialogue, including the fact that they say they have to "stick to the rules" and this will be "the last time" they'll be meeting in this manner, can make it clear to a number of viewers that they're the ghosts of murdered children avenging their deaths.

** TheChick: Jill.

* RetroactiveRecognition: We are introduced to the Golden Dragons on what is revealed to be the night they track down and kill the last surviving person involved in their murder. We gradually learn from Ralph Collins that the Dragons had already done away with the other four people many years ago.