History Recap / TalesFromTheCryptS1E3DigThatCatHesRealGone

* AssholeVictim: Even if he did feel ''kinda'' bad for killing the doctor. Ulrich definitely got what he deserved in the end for his greed.
* BuriedAlive: Ulric's last death involves him being buried alive for 12 hours: from midnight to midday. It is only as he finishes [[BreakingTheFourthWall narrating his story to the audience]] does he realise that he has made a fatal miscalculation, and he only has 8 lives, not nine. He starts pounding on the coffin lid, but there is no one to hear him.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: The episode ends with Ulric (after being BuriedAlive as part of his last ever stunt) bemusing on how, after that, he's going to be set for life while also sadly remarking on the fate of the cat that the gland he was given came from. Said fate being that it died, meaning it '''lost a life'''. Cue Ulric realizing all too late that he only had ''8'' lives, not 9... and that he's going to die ''permanently'' in his last stunt.

* KarmaHoudini: Carly got the money she stole and is living a comfortable life.

* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Obviously, the nine lives treatment is best put to use in show business. It's not like there are any aging billionaires out there who would pay through the nose for a guarantee that they'd survive their next nine heart attacks. And of course, the military would have no interest in soldiers that you had to kill nine times before they died. No, sideshows, that's where it's at.
* TooDumbToLive: If Ulric wasn't so blinded by greed he could've at least kept the scientist alive. That way, once the remaining lives are running out, he would just get The Scientist to experiment on another cat to gain extra more lives.
* VillainProtagonist: Ulric is not the kind of main character to root for in this film, given how he's willing to kill for the sake of making a profit.

** Well, he did need to prove the operation worked. Probably would've gone to the government/underworld with the science if Ulric hadn't killed him.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: The episode ends with Ulric (after being BuriedAlive as part of his last ever stunt) bemusing on how, after that, he's going to be set for life while also sadly remarking on the fate of the cat that the gland he was given came from. Said fate being that it died. Meaning it '''lost a life'''. Cue Ulric realizing all too late that he only had ''8'' lives, not 9... and that he's going to die ''permanently'' in his last stunt.

Then, in a horrible FridgeLogic realization, he remembers that the cat's death used up one of its nine lives - leaving him with only ''eight'' after the gland transplant. Having died seven times (shooting, drowning, hanging, car crash, electrocution, crossbow, stabbing), he is down to his last life and will not revive. He frantically pounds on the coffin lid and screams to be let out, but no one can hear him. The last two workers to leave the tent hear only the meowing of a stray cat as Ulric suffocates to death.

* OhCrap: Ulric, by the episode's end, when he does the math and realizes he doesn't have anymore lives left.

* VillainProtagonist: Ulric is not the kind of main character to root for in this film. Given how he's willing to kill for the sake of making a profit.

At a carnival sideshow, a barker presents Ulric the Undying, a performer who will be BuriedAlive for several hours and then dug up. He will be dead, but will come back to life. After he is buried, Ulric speaks to the viewer, saying he will be dead, but he won't stay that way.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: The episode ends with Ulric (after being BuriedAlive as part of his last ever stunt) bemusing on how, after that, he's going to be set for life while also sadly remarking on the fate of the cat that the gland he was given came from. Said fate being that it died. Meaning it '''lost a life'''. Cue Ulric realizing he only had 8 lives, not 9... and that he's going to die ''permanently'' in his last stunt.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisIf: If Ulric wasn't so blinded by greed he could've at least kept the scientist alive. That way, once the remaining lives are running out, he would just get The Scientist to experiment on another cat to gain extra more lives.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: The episode ends with Ulric (after being BuriedAlive as part of his last ever stunt) bemusing on how, after that, he's going to be set for live while also sadly remarking on the fate of the cat that the gland he was given came from. Said fate being that it died. Meaning it '''lost a life'''. Cue Ulric realizing he only had 8 lives, not 9... and that he's going to die ''permanently'' in his last stunt.

* OhCrap: Ulric, by the episode's end, when he does the math and realizes he doesn't have anymore live left.

When Carly stabs Ulric to death and steals all his money, Ulric blackmails the sideshow barker into letting him have all the profits from his last show, the live burial shown at the start of the episode. Once in the coffin, he reflects on his career as the Undying, thinking that this show will set him up for life and wishing that Manfred's cat hadn't had to die in order to make it possible.

* OhCrap: Ulric, by the episode's end, when he does [[FridgeLogic the math]] and realizes he doesn't have anymore live left.

* OhCrap: Ulric, [[spoiler: by the episode's end, when he does [[FridgeLogic the math]] and realizes he doesn't have anymore live left.]]

Then, in a horrible FridgeLogic realization, he remembers that the cat's death used up one of its nine lives - leaving him with only ''eight'' after the gland transplant. Having died seven times (shooting, drowning, hanging, car crash, electrocution, crossbow, stabbing), he is down to his last life and will not revive. He frantically pounds on the coffin lid and screams to be let out, but no one can hear him. The last two workers to leave the tent hear only the meowing of a stray cat as Ulric suffocates to death.

The scene switches to a flashback of Ulric living in an alleyway, broke and alone. A MadScientist, Dr. Emil Manfred, offers him a large sum of money if he will agree to a little experiment. Desperate, he agrees. Manfred explains that he has found the gland in a cat's brain that [[CatsHaveNineLives gives it nine lives]]. He now intends to graft that gland into a human subject's brain. Ulric wakes from the operation to find it was successful, at the expense of a kitten's life. Manfred shoots and kills him as a final test, and Ulric revives almost instantly.

The scene switches to a flashback where Ulric is living in an alleyway, broke and alone. A MadScientist, Dr. Emil Manfred, offers him a large sum of money if he will agree to a little experiment. Desperate, he agrees. Manfred explains that he has found the gland in a cat's brain that [[CatsHaveNineLives gives it nine lives]]. He now intends to graft that gland into a human subject's brain. Ulric wakes from the operation to find it was successful, at the expense of a kitten's life. Manfred shoots and kills him as a final test, and Ulric revives almost instantly.

At a sideshow carnival, a barker presents Ulric the Undying, a performer who will be BuriedAlive for several hours and then dug up. He will be dead, but will come back to life. After he is buried, Ulric speaks to the viewer, saying he will be dead, but he won't stay that way.

The scene switches to a flashback where Ulric is living in an alleyway, broke and alone. A MadScientist offers him a large sum of money if he will agree to a little experiment. Desperate, he agrees. The scientist explains that he has found the gland in a cat's brain that [[CatsHaveNineLives gives it nine lives]]. He now intends to graft that gland onto his brain. Ulric wakes from the operation to find it was successful, at the expense of a kitten's life. To test the theory, the scientist shoots him, and he revives almost immediately.

The scientist needs more money to continue his experiments, and since [[CutLexLuthorACheck there seems to be no university banging down its doors to get such an advance in medical science]], he convinces Ulric to become a sideshow freak to raise the funds. First he's put in a DrowningPit and kept in there for a full hour. When the pit is drained, he remains motionless for a few minutes, but comes back as advertised. This gets the attention of a showgirl named Carly that begins to date him. He then spends his next life getting hanged in front of a crowd.

The act brings in money, more than enough for Ulric and the scientist, but Ulric isn't satisfied splitting the profits, and thus uses his next life to cause a car crash, killing both of them. Of course, Ulric comes right back to life and is unsuspected. For his next act, he is electrocuted to death, but fails to return immediately, only jumping back to life seconds before he was to be dissected by a morgue worker.

For his next act, Ulric acts as a target for wealthy people to pay to shoot at him. He gets an arrow through his heart and dies once again, and once again fails to return right away. Wisely, he made arrangements with Carly to bribe officials to let her keep his body until he revives.

Ulric now has quite a nest egg saved, but soon after Carly stabs him to death and takes everything, leaving him with nothing. Desperate to make money off his last life, he blackmails the carnival worker into giving him all one hundred percent of the profits for his final act, being buried alive.

As he lays in his grave, he reminisces back on all the events of the episode, thinking he's going to be set for life, and it's all thanks to the cat that gave him the gland. He feels kind of bad that it had to die to give him everything.

And then, a horrible wave of FridgeLogic washes over him: the cat had to die once in order to give him the gland. He's on his ninth life, not his eighth...

He desperately bangs against the coffin, begging to be released. But by then, the workers have finished and don't hear him, leaving him to suffocate.

At a sideshow carnival, a barker presents Ulrich the Undying, a performer who will be BuriedAlive for several hours and then dug up. He will be dead, but will come back to life. After he is buried, Ulrich speaks to the viewer, saying he will be dead, but he won't stay that way.

The scene switches to a flashback where Ulrich is living in an alleyway, broke and alone. A MadScientist offers him a large sum of money if he will agree to a little experiment. Desperate, he agrees. The scientist explains that he has found the gland in a cat's brain that [[CatsHaveNineLives gives it nine lives]]. He now intends to graft that gland onto his brain. Ulrich wakes from the operation to find it was successful, at the expense of a kitten's life. To test the theory, the scientist shoots him, and he revives almost immediately.

The scientist needs more money to continue his experiments, and since [[CutLexLuthorACheck there seems to be no university banging down its doors to get such an advance in medical science]], he convinces Ulrich to become a sideshow freak to raise the funds. First he's put in a DrowningPit and kept in there for a full hour. When the pit is drained, he remains motionless for a few minutes, but comes back as advertised. This gets the attention of a showgirl named Carly that begins to date him. He then spends his next life getting hanged in front of a crowd.

The act brings in money, more than enough for Ulrich and the scientist, but Ulrich isn't satisfied splitting the profits, and thus uses his next life to cause a car crash, killing both of them. Of course, Ulrich comes right back to life and is unsuspected. For his next act, he is electrocuted to death, but fails to return immediately, only jumping back to life seconds before he was to be dissected by a morgue worker.

For his next act, Ulrich acts as a target for wealthy people to pay to shoot at him. He gets an arrow through his heart and dies once again, and once again fails to return right away. Wisely, he made arrangements with Carly to bribe officials to let her keep his body until he revives.

Ulrich now has quite a nest egg saved, but soon after Carly stabs him to death and takes everything, leaving him with nothing. Desperate to make money off his last life, he blackmails the carnival worker into giving him all one hundred percent of the profits for his final act, being buried alive.

The scientist needs more money to continue his experiments, and since [[CutLexLuthorACheck there seems to be no university banging down its doors to get such an advance in medical science]], he convinces Ulrich to become a sideshow freak to raise the funds. First he's put in a DrowningPit and kept in there for a full hour. When the pit he's drained, he remains motionless for a few minutes, but comes back as advertised. This gets the attention of a showgirl named Carly that begins to date him. He then spends his next life getting hanged in front of a crowd.

The scene switches to a flashback where Ulrich is living in an allyway, broke and alone. A MadScientist offers him a large sum of money if he will agree to a little experiment. Desperate, he agrees. The scientist explains that he has found the gland in a cat's brain that [[CatsHaveNineLives gives it nine lives]]. He now intends to graft that gland onto his brain. Ulrich wakes from the operation to find it was succesful, at the expense of a kittens life. To test the theory, the scientist shoots him, and he revives almost immediately.

He despretely bangs against the coffin, begging to be released. But by then, the workers have finished and don't hear him, leaving him to suffocate.

He despretly bangs against the coffin, begging to be released. But by then, the workers have finished and don't hear him, leaving him to suffocate.

The scene switches to a flashback where Ulrich is living in an allyway, broke and alone. A MadScientist offers him a large sum of money if he will agree to a little experiment. Desperate, he agrees. The scientist explains that he has found the gland in a cat's brain that [[CatsHaveNineLives gives it nine lives]]. He now intends to graft that gland onto his brain. Ulrich wakes from the operation to find it was succesful, at the expense of a kittens life. To test the theory, the scientist shoots him, and he revives almost immediatly.

The act brings in money, more than enough for Ulrich and the scientist, but Ulrich isn't satisfied splitting the profits, and thus uses his next life to cause a car crash, killing both of them. Of course, Ulrich comes right back to life and is unsuspected. For his next act, he is electrocuted to death, but fails to return immediatly, only jumping back to life seconds before he was to be dissected by a morgue worker.

As he lays in his grave, he reminices back on all the events of the episode, thinking he's going to be set for life, and it's all thanks to the cat that gave him the gland. He feels kind of bad that it had to die to give him everything.

And then, a horrible wave of FridgeLogic washes over him: the cat had to die once in order to give him the gland. He's on his ninth life...