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Married couple Della and Richard aren't having the best of luck financially as they approach the date of their tenth wedding anniversary. Alan, Richard's best friend and the couple's former best man, has invited them to spend their anniversary at his cabin in the mountains. Richard, meanwhile, thinks that his wife is planning, or is currently having, an affair with Alan, likely being the reason he invited them to his place, and it certainly doesn't help that nearly everything Alan and Della say is taken the wrong way. As Richard slowly descends into lunacy over his inferior state and his wife's supposed infidelity, he decides to turn to his own methods of fixing the problem.
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Married couple Della and Richard (Creator/RuthDeSosa and Gavan O'Herlihy) aren't having the best of luck financially as they approach the date of their tenth wedding anniversary. Alan, Alan (Paul Lieber), Richard's best friend and the couple's former best man, has invited them to spend their anniversary at his cabin in the mountains. Richard, meanwhile, thinks that his wife is planning, or is currently having, an affair with Alan, likely being the reason he invited them to his place, and it certainly doesn't help that nearly everything Alan and Della say is taken the wrong way. As Richard slowly descends into lunacy over his inferior state and his wife's supposed infidelity, he decides to turn to his own methods of fixing the problem.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: If Alan and Della just came clean to Richard, and ''not'' spent the episode idiotically flirting in front of him, the unfortunate tragedy could've easily been avoided.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: If Alan and Della just came clean to Richard, and ''not'' spent the episode idiotically flirting in front of him, the unfortunate tragedy could've could have easily been avoided.
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* TragicVillain: Richard, driven to murder because by how his friend and wife idiotically appeared to flirt with one another. He was already feeling inferior compared to Alan, but their supposed affair was the breaking point.
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* TragicVillain: Richard, driven to murder because by of how his friend and wife idiotically appeared to flirt with one another. He was already feeling inferior compared to Alan, but their supposed affair was the breaking point.
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* WhamShot: When the SurpriseParty is revealed in the CruelTwistEnding, we see a banner that reads, "Happy Anniversary, Richard! '''''[[WhamLine You’re Going to Be a Daddy!]]'''''"
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* WhamShot: When the SurpriseParty is revealed in the CruelTwistEnding, we see a banner that reads, "Happy Anniversary, Richard! '''''[[WhamLine You’re You're Going to Be a Daddy!]]'''''"
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->'''Crypt Keeper:''' ''(acting as a DJ, speaking into a microphone)'' Hello, party animals. Are you ready to bop till you drop? ''Dead'', that is. ''(cackles)'' Tonight, I've chosen a fiendish little tale from my hold of moldy oldies. We've been invited to an anniversary celebration of holy ''deadlock''. You know, to love and to ''perish''; for richer, for ''horror''; in sickness and in ''stealth''; till death do us part. ''(laughs)'' This is one anniversary the husband '''will never forget!'''
Married couple Della and Richard, who aren't having the best of luck financially, are approaching their tenth wedding anniversary. Alan, Richard's best friend the couple's former best man, arrives at the couple's apartment and invites them to spend their anniversary at his cabin. Richard, meanwhile, thinks his wife is planning, or is currently having an affair with Alan, hence the reason he invited them to his place, and it certainly doesn't help that nearly everything they say comes out the wrong way. As Richard slowly descends into lunacy over his inferior state compared to his friend, he decides to turn to his own methods of fixing the problem.
Married couple Della and Richard, who aren't having the best of luck financially, are approaching their tenth wedding anniversary. Alan, Richard's best friend the couple's former best man, arrives at the couple's apartment and invites them to spend their anniversary at his cabin. Richard, meanwhile, thinks his wife is planning, or is currently having an affair with Alan, hence the reason he invited them to his place, and it certainly doesn't help that nearly everything they say comes out the wrong way. As Richard slowly descends into lunacy over his inferior state compared to his friend, he decides to turn to his own methods of fixing the problem.
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->'''Crypt Keeper:''' ''(acting (''acting as a DJ, speaking into a microphone)'' microphone'') Hello, party animals. Are you ready to bop till you drop? ''Dead'', that is. ''(cackles)'' (''cackles'') Tonight, I've chosen a fiendish little tale from my hold of moldy oldies. We've been invited to an anniversary celebration of holy ''deadlock''. ''dead''lock. You know, to love and to ''perish''; for richer, for ''horror''; in sickness and in ''stealth''; till 'til death do us part. ''(laughs)'' (''cackles'') This is one anniversary anniversary... the husband '''will never forget!'''
Married couple Della andRichard, who Richard aren't having the best of luck financially, are approaching financially as they approach the date of their tenth wedding anniversary. Alan, Richard's best friend and the couple's former best man, arrives at the couple's apartment and invites has invited them to spend their anniversary at his cabin. cabin in the mountains. Richard, meanwhile, thinks that his wife is planning, or is currently having having, an affair with Alan, hence likely being the reason he invited them to his place, and it certainly doesn't help that nearly everything they Alan and Della say comes out is taken the wrong way. As Richard slowly descends into lunacy over his inferior state compared to and his friend, wife's supposed infidelity, he decides to turn to his own methods of fixing the problem.
Married couple Della and
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* AllForNothing: After Richard kills Alan and Della, he comes across a surprise party where he learns that the latter was pregnant, not only revealing that he was wrong about everything, but he just murdered his unborn child.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Richard grows to resent Alan after being forced to move into his house, seeing him as a better provider to Della than he could ever be.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Averted, actually. Despite her stupidity regarding Alan, Della genuinely loves her husband and wishes that he'd stop belittling himself.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Had Alan and Della just come clean to Richard, and also not idiotically flirted in front of him, then the unfortunate tragedy could've easily been avoided.
* CruelTwistEnding: Easily one of the ''cruelest'' in the entire series. Thanks to a misunderstanding and his own paranoia, Richard has murdered his best friend, his wife, and ''his unborn child''.
* DeathOfAChild: Richard and Della's unborn baby, by Richard.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The "Three" in the story's title may not relate to Richard, Della, and Alan, but the former two and their unborn child.
* FlatCharacter: Alan and Della are primarily characterized as idiots who appear to blatantly flirt with one another.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** The opening scene has Richard lamenting about how he can't give his wife children.
** Della does not drink alcohol for the entire episode.
** Della also is seen wearing bigger clothes, including a fur coat Richard buys for her.
* GracefulLoser: Similar to Della in the above-mentioned AwfulWeddedLife, Alan admits that he regrets not being able to steal Della away from Richard when he had the chance, but he playfully accepts his failure and decides to move forward with his life... or what life he has left, anyway.
* GreenEyedMonster: Richard grows insanely jealous of Alan for being richer than he could ever be, as well as the fact that he thinks he and Della are having an affair.
* ILoveTheDead: Richard drags his wife's corpse back to the cabin with the intention of making love to it.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Richard grows to resent Alan after being forced to move into his house, seeing him as a better provider to Della than he could ever be.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Averted, actually. Despite her stupidity regarding Alan, Della genuinely loves her husband and wishes that he'd stop belittling himself.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Had Alan and Della just come clean to Richard, and also not idiotically flirted in front of him, then the unfortunate tragedy could've easily been avoided.
* CruelTwistEnding: Easily one of the ''cruelest'' in the entire series. Thanks to a misunderstanding and his own paranoia, Richard has murdered his best friend, his wife, and ''his unborn child''.
* DeathOfAChild: Richard and Della's unborn baby, by Richard.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The "Three" in the story's title may not relate to Richard, Della, and Alan, but the former two and their unborn child.
* FlatCharacter: Alan and Della are primarily characterized as idiots who appear to blatantly flirt with one another.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** The opening scene has Richard lamenting about how he can't give his wife children.
** Della does not drink alcohol for the entire episode.
** Della also is seen wearing bigger clothes, including a fur coat Richard buys for her.
* GracefulLoser: Similar to Della in the above-mentioned AwfulWeddedLife, Alan admits that he regrets not being able to steal Della away from Richard when he had the chance, but he playfully accepts his failure and decides to move forward with his life... or what life he has left, anyway.
* GreenEyedMonster: Richard grows insanely jealous of Alan for being richer than he could ever be, as well as the fact that he thinks he and Della are having an affair.
* ILoveTheDead: Richard drags his wife's corpse back to the cabin with the intention of making love to it.
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* AllForNothing: After Richard kills Alan and Della, he comes across a surprise party where he learns that the latter Della was pregnant, not only revealing that he was wrong about everything, but everything and murdered his best friend and wife for no reason, he just also murdered his unborn child.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Richard grows to resent Alan after being forced to move into hishouse, cabin, seeing him as a better provider to Della than he could ever be.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Averted, actually. Despite her stupidity regardingAlan, the Alan situation, Della genuinely loves her husband Richard and wishes that he'd stop belittling himself.
himself so much.
* BondOneLiner: When confronted on where Alan is, Richard tells Della that he's "hanging around somewhere".
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot:Had If Alan and Della just come came clean to Richard, and also not ''not'' spent the episode idiotically flirted flirting in front of him, then the unfortunate tragedy could've easily been avoided.
* CruelTwistEnding: Easily one of the ''cruelest'' in the entire series. Thanks to a misunderstanding and hisown growing paranoia, Richard has murdered ends the episode murdering his best friend, his wife, and ''his unborn child''.
* DeathOfAChild: Richard and Della's unborn baby, byRichard.
Richard himself.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The "Three" in the story's titlemay not doesn't just relate to Richard, Della, and Alan, but the former two and their unborn child.
* FlatCharacter: Alan and Della are primarily characterized as idiots who appearto blatantly flirt as though they're flirting with one another.
another constantly.
*{{Foreshadowing}}:
{{Foreshadowing}}: Hints to Della's surprise pregnancy are present throughout the episode:
** The opening scene has Richard lamenting about howhe can't he's been unable to give his wife children.
** Delladoes not doesn't drink any alcohol for the entire episode.
**Della She's also is seen wearing bigger clothes, including a fur coat Richard Alan buys for her.
** Alan also calls Della about telling Richard the truth about a certain something, hinting at the surprise party.
* GracefulLoser: Similar to Della in the above-mentioned AwfulWeddedLife, Alan admits that heregrets does regret not being able to steal Della away from Richard when he had the chance, but he playfully accepts his failure the couple's relationship and decides to move forward with his own life... or what life he has left, anyway.
* GreenEyedMonster: Richard grows insanely jealous of Alan for being richer and better for Della than he could ever be, as well as the fact that he thinkshe and Della the pair are having an affair.
* ILoveTheDead: Richard dragshis wife's Della's corpse back to the cabin with the intention of making love to it.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Richard grows to resent Alan after being forced to move into his
* AwfulWeddedLife: Averted, actually. Despite her stupidity regarding
* BondOneLiner: When confronted on where Alan is, Richard tells Della that he's "hanging around somewhere".
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot:
* CruelTwistEnding: Easily one of the ''cruelest'' in the entire series. Thanks to a misunderstanding and his
* DeathOfAChild: Richard and Della's unborn baby, by
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The "Three" in the story's title
* FlatCharacter: Alan and Della are primarily characterized as idiots who appear
*
** The opening scene has Richard lamenting about how
** Della
**
** Alan also calls Della about telling Richard the truth about a certain something, hinting at the surprise party.
* GracefulLoser: Similar to Della in the above-mentioned AwfulWeddedLife, Alan admits that he
* GreenEyedMonster: Richard grows insanely jealous of Alan for being richer and better for Della than he could ever be, as well as the fact that he thinks
* ILoveTheDead: Richard drags
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* ImperiledInPregnancy: Poor Della. She could've saved her child if she and Alan weren't being too stupidly intimate.
* LoserProtagonist: Richard, who tried to sell insurance and was since reduced to a bartender, views himself as a pathetic failure who isn't worthy of a woman like Della.
* LoserProtagonist: Richard, who tried to sell insurance and was since reduced to a bartender, views himself as a pathetic failure who isn't worthy of a woman like Della.
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* ImperiledInPregnancy: Poor Della. She The woman could've saved herself and her child if she and Alan weren't being too stupidly intimate.
* LoserProtagonist: Richard, who tried tosell go into insurance and was since reduced to a an out-of-work bartender, views himself as a pathetic failure who isn't worthy of a woman like Della.
* LoserProtagonist: Richard, who tried to
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Though Richard doesn't say these words, you can tell he's thinking them at the end, after everything that's happened.
* NiceGuy: Despite having a previous attraction to Della, Alan accepts her marriage to Richard, having been the best man at their wedding and offering to let them move into his cabin 10 years later, vowing to give them an anniversary they'll never forget.
* NotHelpingYourCase: Alan insistently buying Della a fur coat, filling the couple's new home with flowers and expensive treasures, and then revealing that he's been in love with her since he and Richard were in high school and regrets not making the first move, doesn't help him stay alive in the slightest.
* SanitySlippage: Already feeling like a colossal failure of a husband compared to Alan, Richard slowly descends into insanity when Alan and Della appear to act as though they're having an affair with one another, to the point where he murders both of them in cold blood.
* ShoutOut: Alan's cabin is the same cabin from ''Film/TheGreatOutdoors''.
* SurpriseParty: Richard blindly stumbles into one as he's dragging Della's corpse into the cabin.
* ThatCameOutWrong: To establish how insensitively idiotic Alan and Della are, everything they tell Richard about the other (such as Alan telling Richard that he's lucky to have her when he's been in love with her since high school) comes off as poorly-phrased, giving Richard incentive that his theories may be correct.
* TooDumbToLive: Alan and Della blatantly and insensitively act like they've got the hots for one another, and always do so in front of Richard, fueling his suspicions that his wife is cheating on him. They also continue to withhold the truth of why they decided to bring Richard to the cabin from him, ''even when they realize he's about to kill them''.
** Then, when Della realizes that Richard has killed Alan and that she's next, she runs ''upstairs'' instead of out of the cabin! To further add to the stupidity, she could have easily run back to the cabin where Richard would have discovered the truth.
* TragicVillain: Richard, considering how he was driven to murder simply because of how idiotically his friend and wife appeared to flirt with one another.
* WhamShot: When the SurpriseParty is revealed as the twist, we then see what makes it a CruelTwistEnding: a banner that reads, "Happy Anniversary Richard! '''''[[WhamLine You’re Going To Be A Daddy!]]'''''"
* NiceGuy: Despite having a previous attraction to Della, Alan accepts her marriage to Richard, having been the best man at their wedding and offering to let them move into his cabin 10 years later, vowing to give them an anniversary they'll never forget.
* NotHelpingYourCase: Alan insistently buying Della a fur coat, filling the couple's new home with flowers and expensive treasures, and then revealing that he's been in love with her since he and Richard were in high school and regrets not making the first move, doesn't help him stay alive in the slightest.
* SanitySlippage: Already feeling like a colossal failure of a husband compared to Alan, Richard slowly descends into insanity when Alan and Della appear to act as though they're having an affair with one another, to the point where he murders both of them in cold blood.
* ShoutOut: Alan's cabin is the same cabin from ''Film/TheGreatOutdoors''.
* SurpriseParty: Richard blindly stumbles into one as he's dragging Della's corpse into the cabin.
* ThatCameOutWrong: To establish how insensitively idiotic Alan and Della are, everything they tell Richard about the other (such as Alan telling Richard that he's lucky to have her when he's been in love with her since high school) comes off as poorly-phrased, giving Richard incentive that his theories may be correct.
* TooDumbToLive: Alan and Della blatantly and insensitively act like they've got the hots for one another, and always do so in front of Richard, fueling his suspicions that his wife is cheating on him. They also continue to withhold the truth of why they decided to bring Richard to the cabin from him, ''even when they realize he's about to kill them''.
** Then, when Della realizes that Richard has killed Alan and that she's next, she runs ''upstairs'' instead of out of the cabin! To further add to the stupidity, she could have easily run back to the cabin where Richard would have discovered the truth.
* TragicVillain: Richard, considering how he was driven to murder simply because of how idiotically his friend and wife appeared to flirt with one another.
* WhamShot: When the SurpriseParty is revealed as the twist, we then see what makes it a CruelTwistEnding: a banner that reads, "Happy Anniversary Richard! '''''[[WhamLine You’re Going To Be A Daddy!]]'''''"
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Though Richard doesn't say these words, you can tell he's thinking them at the end, after everything that's happened.
* NiceGuy: Despite having a previous attraction to Della, Alan accepts hermarriage to relationship with Richard, having been the best man at their wedding and offering to let them move into his cabin 10 years later, vowing to give them an anniversary they'll never forget.
* NotHelpingYourCase: Alan insistentlybuying buys Della a fur coat, filling fills the couple's new home with flowers and expensive treasures, jewels, and then revealing reveals that he's been in love with her since he and Richard were in high school and regrets not making the first move, move. Shoving all of these things in the increasingly-insane Richard's face doesn't help him stay alive in the slightest.
* SanitySlippage: Already feeling like a colossal failureof a husband compared to Alan, Richard slowly descends into insanity when Alan and Della appear to act as though they're having an affair with one another, affair, to the point where he murders both of them (and his own unborn child) in cold blood.
* ShoutOut: Alan's cabin is the samecabin one Chester and his family vacationed in from ''Film/TheGreatOutdoors''.
* SurpriseParty: Richard blindly stumbles into one as he's dragging Della's corpse into thecabin.
cabin, where he learns too late that he killed his own child.
* ThatCameOutWrong: To establish howinsensitively idiotic idiotically insensitive Alan and Della are, everything they tell Richard about the other (such as Alan telling Richard that he's lucky to have her when he's been in love with her since high school) school and regrets not making his move first) comes off as poorly-phrased, giving Richard incentive that his theories may be correct.
true.
*TooDumbToLive: TooDumbToLive:
** The whole episode, Alan and Della blatantlyand insensitively act like they've got the hots for one another, and another. They always do so in front of Richard, fueling his suspicions that his wife is cheating on him. They also him, and continue to withhold the truth of why they decided to bring Richard to the cabin from him, ''even even when they realize he's ''he's about to kill them''.
** Then, when Dellarealizes discovers that Richard has killed Alan and that she's next, she runs ''upstairs'' instead of out of the cabin! cabin. To further add to the stupidity, she could have easily run back to the cabin cabin, where Richard would have discovered the truth.
* TragicVillain: Richard,considering how he was driven to murder simply because of by how idiotically his friend and wife idiotically appeared to flirt with one another.
another. He was already feeling inferior compared to Alan, but their supposed affair was the breaking point.
* WhamShot: When the SurpriseParty is revealedas in the twist, CruelTwistEnding, we then see what makes it a CruelTwistEnding: a banner that reads, "Happy Anniversary Anniversary, Richard! '''''[[WhamLine You’re Going To to Be A a Daddy!]]'''''"
* NiceGuy: Despite having a previous attraction to Della, Alan accepts her
* NotHelpingYourCase: Alan insistently
* SanitySlippage: Already feeling like a colossal failure
* ShoutOut: Alan's cabin is the same
* SurpriseParty: Richard blindly stumbles into one as he's dragging Della's corpse into the
* ThatCameOutWrong: To establish how
*
** The whole episode, Alan and Della blatantly
** Then, when Della
* TragicVillain: Richard,
* WhamShot: When the SurpriseParty is revealed
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->'''Crypt Keeper:''' ''(wearing a party hat and surrounded by balloons; blows into a noisemaker; then throws some confetti)'' That's what I call ''dragging your wife'' to a party! I guess Richard was the guest of ''horror'', after all. Just goes to show you what can happen when you let your imagination run away with you. ''(raises a toast)'' Here's to your ''bad'' health. See you next time, boys and ghouls! ''(cackles)''
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->'''Crypt Keeper:''' ''(wearing (''wearing a party hat and surrounded by balloons; blows into a noisemaker; noisemaker, then throws some confetti)'' confetti'') That's what I call ''dragging your wife'' to a party! I guess Richard was the guest of ''horror'', after all. Just goes to show you what can happen when you let your imagination run away with you. ''(raises (''raises a toast)'' toast'') Here's to your ''bad'' health. See you next time, boys and ghouls! ''(cackles)''(''cackles'')
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A couple spends their tenth wedding anniversary at the best man's cabin. But the husband, Richard, thinks his wife Della and the best man, Alan, are having an affair.
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A couple spends their tenth wedding anniversary at the best man's cabin. But the husband, Richard, thinks his wife Della and the best man, Alan, are having an affair.
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->'''Crypt Keeper:''' ''(acting as a DJ, speaking into a microphone)'' Hello, party animals. Are you ready to bop till you drop? ''Dead'', that is. ''(cackles)'' Tonight, I've chosen a fiendish little tale from my hold of moldy oldies. We've been invited to an anniversary celebration of holy ''deadlock''. You know, to love and to ''perish''; for richer, for ''horror''; in sickness and in ''stealth''; till death do us part. ''(laughs)'' This is one anniversary the husband '''will never forget!'''
Married couple
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Had Alan and Della just come clean to Richard then the unfortunate tragedy could've been avoided.
* CruelTwistEnding: Easily one of the ''cruelest'' in the entire series. Thanks to a misunderstanding and his paranoia, Richard has murdered his best friend, his wife and ''his unborn child''.
* CruelTwistEnding: Easily one of the ''cruelest'' in the entire series. Thanks to a misunderstanding and his paranoia, Richard has murdered his best friend, his wife and ''his unborn child''.
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* AllForNothing: After Richard kills Alan and Della, he comes across a surprise party where he learns that the latter was pregnant, not only revealing that he was wrong about everything, but he just murdered his unborn child.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Richard grows to resent Alan after being forced to move into his house, seeing him as a better provider to Della than he could ever be.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Averted, actually. Despite her stupidity regarding Alan, Della genuinely loves her husband and wishes that he'd stop belittling himself.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Had Alan and Della just come clean toRichard Richard, and also not idiotically flirted in front of him, then the unfortunate tragedy could've easily been avoided.
* CruelTwistEnding: Easily one of the ''cruelest'' in the entire series. Thanks to a misunderstanding and his own paranoia, Richard has murdered his best friend, hiswife wife, and ''his unborn child''.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Richard grows to resent Alan after being forced to move into his house, seeing him as a better provider to Della than he could ever be.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Averted, actually. Despite her stupidity regarding Alan, Della genuinely loves her husband and wishes that he'd stop belittling himself.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Had Alan and Della just come clean to
* CruelTwistEnding: Easily one of the ''cruelest'' in the entire series. Thanks to a misunderstanding and his own paranoia, Richard has murdered his best friend, his
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The "Three" in the story's title may not relate to Richard, Della, and Alan, but the former two and their unborn child.
* FlatCharacter: Alan and Della are primarily characterized as idiots who appear to blatantly flirt with one another.
* FlatCharacter: Alan and Della are primarily characterized as idiots who appear to blatantly flirt with one another.
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** Richard lamenting about how he can't give his wife children.
** Della not drinking alcohol for the entire episode.
** Della wearing bigger clothes.
* ImperiledInPregnancy: Poor Della.
* LoveTriangle: Richard/Della/Alan. Or so Richard thinks...
* MistakenForCheating: What kicks off the plot.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Though Richard doesn't say these words, you can tell he's thinking them at the end.
* SurpriseParty: The twist.
* TooDumbToLive: Alan and Della continue to withhold the truth from Richard, ''even when they realize he's about to kill them''. Plus Della runs ''upstairs'' instead of out of the cabin! To further add to the stupidity, she could have easily run back to their cabin where Richard would have discovered the truth.
* WhamShot: When the SurpriseParty is revealed as the twist, we then see what makes it a CruelTwistEnding: a banner that reads, "Happy Anniversary Richard! '''''[[WhamLine You’re Going To Be A Daddy]]'''''!"
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** Della not drinking alcohol for the entire episode.
** Della wearing bigger clothes.
* ImperiledInPregnancy: Poor Della.
* LoveTriangle: Richard/Della/Alan. Or so Richard thinks...
* MistakenForCheating: What kicks off the plot.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Though Richard doesn't say these words, you can tell he's thinking them at the end.
* SurpriseParty: The twist.
* TooDumbToLive: Alan and Della continue to withhold the truth from Richard, ''even when they realize he's about to kill them''. Plus Della runs ''upstairs'' instead of out of the cabin! To further add to the stupidity, she could have easily run back to their cabin where Richard would have discovered the truth.
* WhamShot: When the SurpriseParty is revealed as the twist, we then see what makes it a CruelTwistEnding: a banner that reads, "Happy Anniversary Richard! '''''[[WhamLine You’re Going To Be A Daddy]]'''''!"
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** The opening scene has Richard lamenting about how he can't give his wife children.
** Della does notdrinking drink alcohol for the entire episode.
** Della also is seen wearing biggerclothes.
clothes, including a fur coat Richard buys for her.
* GracefulLoser: Similar to Della in the above-mentioned AwfulWeddedLife, Alan admits that he regrets not being able to steal Della away from Richard when he had the chance, but he playfully accepts his failure and decides to move forward with his life... or what life he has left, anyway.
* GreenEyedMonster: Richard grows insanely jealous of Alan for being richer than he could ever be, as well as the fact that he thinks he and Della are having an affair.
* ILoveTheDead: Richard drags his wife's corpse back to the cabin with the intention of making love to it.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Alan is killed when Richard shoots him through the stomach with a crossbow.
* ImperiledInPregnancy: Poor Della. She could've saved her child if she and Alan weren't being too stupidly intimate.
* LoserProtagonist: Richard, who tried to sell insurance and was since reduced to a bartender, views himself as a pathetic failure who isn't worthy of a woman like Della.
* LoveTriangle:Richard/Della/Alan.One between Richard, Della, and Alan. Or so Richard thinks...
* MistakenForCheating: What kicksoff off, and continues to drive, the plot.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Though Richard doesn't say these words, you can tell he's thinking them at theend.
end, after everything that's happened.
* NiceGuy: Despite having a previous attraction to Della, Alan accepts her marriage to Richard, having been the best man at their wedding and offering to let them move into his cabin 10 years later, vowing to give them an anniversary they'll never forget.
* NotHelpingYourCase: Alan insistently buying Della a fur coat, filling the couple's new home with flowers and expensive treasures, and then revealing that he's been in love with her since he and Richard were in high school and regrets not making the first move, doesn't help him stay alive in the slightest.
* SanitySlippage: Already feeling like a colossal failure of a husband compared to Alan, Richard slowly descends into insanity when Alan and Della appear to act as though they're having an affair with one another, to the point where he murders both of them in cold blood.
* ShoutOut: Alan's cabin is the same cabin from ''Film/TheGreatOutdoors''.
* SurpriseParty:The twist.
Richard blindly stumbles into one as he's dragging Della's corpse into the cabin.
* ThatCameOutWrong: To establish how insensitively idiotic Alan and Della are, everything they tell Richard about the other (such as Alan telling Richard that he's lucky to have her when he's been in love with her since high school) comes off as poorly-phrased, giving Richard incentive that his theories may be correct.
* TooDumbToLive: Alan and Della blatantly and insensitively act like they've got the hots for one another, and always do so in front of Richard, fueling his suspicions that his wife is cheating on him. They also continue to withhold the truth of why they decided to bring Richard to the cabin fromRichard, him, ''even when they realize he's about to kill them''. Plus them''.
** Then, when Della realizes that Richard has killed Alan and that she's next, she runs ''upstairs'' instead of out of the cabin! To further add to the stupidity, she could have easily run back totheir the cabin where Richard would have discovered the truth.
* TragicVillain: Richard, considering how he was driven to murder simply because of how idiotically his friend and wife appeared to flirt with one another.
* WhamShot: When the SurpriseParty is revealed as the twist, we then see what makes it a CruelTwistEnding: a banner that reads, "Happy Anniversary Richard! '''''[[WhamLine You’re Going To Be ADaddy]]'''''!"
----Daddy!]]'''''"
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->'''Crypt Keeper:''' ''(wearing a party hat and surrounded by balloons; blows into a noisemaker; then throws some confetti)'' That's what I call ''dragging your wife'' to a party! I guess Richard was the guest of ''horror'', after all. Just goes to show you what can happen when you let your imagination run away with you. ''(raises a toast)'' Here's to your ''bad'' health. See you next time, boys and ghouls! ''(cackles)''
** Della does not
** Della also is seen wearing bigger
* GracefulLoser: Similar to Della in the above-mentioned AwfulWeddedLife, Alan admits that he regrets not being able to steal Della away from Richard when he had the chance, but he playfully accepts his failure and decides to move forward with his life... or what life he has left, anyway.
* GreenEyedMonster: Richard grows insanely jealous of Alan for being richer than he could ever be, as well as the fact that he thinks he and Della are having an affair.
* ILoveTheDead: Richard drags his wife's corpse back to the cabin with the intention of making love to it.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Alan is killed when Richard shoots him through the stomach with a crossbow.
* ImperiledInPregnancy: Poor Della. She could've saved her child if she and Alan weren't being too stupidly intimate.
* LoserProtagonist: Richard, who tried to sell insurance and was since reduced to a bartender, views himself as a pathetic failure who isn't worthy of a woman like Della.
* LoveTriangle:
* MistakenForCheating: What kicks
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Though Richard doesn't say these words, you can tell he's thinking them at the
* NiceGuy: Despite having a previous attraction to Della, Alan accepts her marriage to Richard, having been the best man at their wedding and offering to let them move into his cabin 10 years later, vowing to give them an anniversary they'll never forget.
* NotHelpingYourCase: Alan insistently buying Della a fur coat, filling the couple's new home with flowers and expensive treasures, and then revealing that he's been in love with her since he and Richard were in high school and regrets not making the first move, doesn't help him stay alive in the slightest.
* SanitySlippage: Already feeling like a colossal failure of a husband compared to Alan, Richard slowly descends into insanity when Alan and Della appear to act as though they're having an affair with one another, to the point where he murders both of them in cold blood.
* ShoutOut: Alan's cabin is the same cabin from ''Film/TheGreatOutdoors''.
* SurpriseParty:
* ThatCameOutWrong: To establish how insensitively idiotic Alan and Della are, everything they tell Richard about the other (such as Alan telling Richard that he's lucky to have her when he's been in love with her since high school) comes off as poorly-phrased, giving Richard incentive that his theories may be correct.
* TooDumbToLive: Alan and Della blatantly and insensitively act like they've got the hots for one another, and always do so in front of Richard, fueling his suspicions that his wife is cheating on him. They also continue to withhold the truth of why they decided to bring Richard to the cabin from
** Then, when Della realizes that Richard has killed Alan and that she's next, she runs ''upstairs'' instead of out of the cabin! To further add to the stupidity, she could have easily run back to
* TragicVillain: Richard, considering how he was driven to murder simply because of how idiotically his friend and wife appeared to flirt with one another.
* WhamShot: When the SurpriseParty is revealed as the twist, we then see what makes it a CruelTwistEnding: a banner that reads, "Happy Anniversary Richard! '''''[[WhamLine You’re Going To Be A
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->'''Crypt Keeper:''' ''(wearing a party hat and surrounded by balloons; blows into a noisemaker; then throws some confetti)'' That's what I call ''dragging your wife'' to a party! I guess Richard was the guest of ''horror'', after all. Just goes to show you what can happen when you let your imagination run away with you. ''(raises a toast)'' Here's to your ''bad'' health. See you next time, boys and ghouls! ''(cackles)''
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