History Recap / TalesFromTheCryptS3E11SplitSecond

* ABirthdayNotABreak: The Crypt Keeper cuts into his producer on his birthday, giving him "the final cut" as a present.

->'''Crypt Keeper:''' (''(pops into frame wearing a hard hat)'' Mmmmm! Now, that's what I call "sushi roll". I guess Liz was right. A good man ''is'' hard to find... especially after he's been chopped into so many pieces! ''(cackles)'' Well, kiddies, I've got a little chopping to do of my own. ''(the camera zooms out to reveal a man gagged and strapped to a log)'' It's my producer's birthday. He's always wanted final ''cut'', and that's exactly what he's getting! ''(cackles maniacally and begins cutting the log, causing the producer to writhe in agony)''

* GoldDigger: Downplayed. According to Liz, Steve boasted that he had a good amount of money when he proposed. Though liking the idea of being taken care of, her narration indicates she had a "What the hell?" flippancy to the proposal rather than immediately seeing dollar signs.

* BoundAndGagged: Twice near the end of the episode. Steve and Liz are given this treatment and placed inside hollowed-out logs. After the story ends, the producer of the show is given the same treatment by the Crypt Keeper, including being stuffed inside a hollowed-out log as well.

Lumber camp manager Steve Dixon stops a waitress named Liz Kelly from being harassed and marries her on the same night. Things go well until Liz shows up in a skimpy outfit in front of Dixon's workers, which makes him become violently jealous. A new lumberjack named Ted shows up looking for work and instantly gets the attention of Liz, despite being married to the violent Dixon.

* AllergicToRoutine: Liz. She gets bored of her marriage incredibly quickly. When Ted comes looking for work, she decides that the cure for her boredom has arrived, and proceeds to seduce him despite being married.
* AssholeVictim: Steve and Liz. They both are BoundAndGagged inside hollowed-out logs, as the now blind Ted cuts the logs with a chainsaw.
* AxCrazy: Steve Dixon. He's verbally and physically abusive to his workers once he marries Liz. He attacked Artie for making a crack at Liz for being a tramp in her past to the point where Snazz had to pull him off of Artie, and later beats up Ted after catching him sleeping with Liz and using an axe to blind him permanently. What's worse, one of his men says that Steve was "a helluva guy" before he got married.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Liz wanted to find a cure from boredom her entire life. When she's about to be cut she narrates that guys finally found it.
* BedroomAdulteryScene: Dixon catches Ted and Liz in bed after Liz seduces Ted.
* BenevolentBoss: Dixon starts out as this. When environmentalists' protest got in the way of current operations, he relocated to the north side of the mountain rather than lay off any workers. He's also quite chummy with the workers before they see and react to Liz.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Artie and Snazz. They put up with Steve's abuse, but once he blinds Ted, they take him at knife and gunpoint for their tournament.

** Dixon stops Banjo from forcing himself on Liz.
** Dixon accuses Artie of sleeping with Liz and grabs him. Due to what had happened the last time, Snazz immediately intervenes by admitting he was the one who made the joke that got Dixon all riled up in the first place.
* BloodSplatteredInnocents: Ted fills this trope as he unknowingly saws a hollowed out log with a bound and gagged Dixon inside it. The other lumberjacks get blood on them also as they cheer Ted on.
* BoundAndGagged: Twice near the end of the episode. Dixon and Liz are treated this way inside hollowed-out logs, and, after the story arc ends, the producer of the show is given the same treatment by the Cryptkeeper, including being stuffed inside a hollowed-out log as well.
* TheCameo: The wraparound segment at the end features the producer of the show, BoundAndGagged to a giant log on his birthday, as the Cryptkeeper cuts into him with a chainsaw to give him a "final cut".
* DisproportionateRetribution: Artie laughed at Snazz's joke about Liz giving blowjobs for a nickel. Overhearing it but getting wrong who said it, Dixon responds by assaulting Artie and putting a knife in the guy's mouth.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Dixon's workers yell out catcalls and wolf whistles when when Liz walks in their meeting in skimpy clothing. It makes Dixon snap at both them and Liz.
* EyeScream: Dixon's attack on Ted after [[BedroomAdulteryScene he sees Ted in bed with Liz]] renders Ted blind.
* ForTheEvulz: Liz is a loose lush who has slept with many men without second thought largely because she's constantly bored. In her opinion, there's nothing in the world worse than boredom. She purposely seduces Ted, knowing full well how jealous and possessive Dixon can get. When [[BedroomAdulteryScene Dixon catches Ted and Liz in bed]], she falsely accuses Ted of rape, which leads to Dixon beating him with an axe and rendering him blind. Liz doesn't really feel any remorse for the situation she caused, which, again, she did solely because she was bored.
* GoldDigger: Downplayed. According to Liz, Dixon boasted that he had a good bit of money when he proposed. Though liking the idea of being taken care of, her narration indicates she had a "What the hell?" flippancy to the proposal rather than immediately seeing dollar signs.
* IdiotBall: Ted sleeps with his boss' wife, knowing full well that he's unhinged over her, especially in his cabin, where he can easily walk right in.
* {{Irony}}: Dixon doesn't want any women around the workers except his wife. He comments that women cause trouble in places like this. Later on in the episode, guess who ends up causing all the trouble.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Dixon's not exactly wrong to be concerned about Liz being around the men, given how she was immediately greeted with a WolfWhistle and derided as a slut. Of course, he immediately takes it too far by attacking Artie (who simply laughed at a comment that Snazz had made). He gets even worse from there.
* LackOfEmpathy: Liz observes the workers helping Ted work the equipment after he's been blinded. Rather than express any sympathy or remorse for a situation she helped cause, Liz finds this strange and thinks the workers have nothing better to do.
* MrFanservice: Ted has a lean and muscular physique, which he uses to speedily cut a log in two with only an axe. This catches Liz's attention, and she decides to seduce him despite being married to the jealous Dixon. Being played by Creator/BillyWirth certainly helped.
* MyGirlIsNotASlut: After we see Dixon flip out over a joke made about her sexual history, Liz's narration reflects on this trope.
-->'''Liz:''' What is it about men? When they want you the first time, they don't care what anybody thinks of you, but as soon as they think of you as theirs, they want you to be as pure as the fucking Madonna.
* NervesOfSteel: When Dixon shows up at the bar angrily insisting someone's been sleeping with his wife, Snazz is the only one standing up to him. Everyone else is too scared to (although you can't really blame them for that).
* OhCrap: After cutting the supposed tree trunk amid cheers, Ted has this expression during a close-up, as he's apparently realized what actually happened. He gets over the shock, though.
* ReallyGetsAround: Liz's reputation in the area, to the point Snazz quips that Dixon must be in to sloppy seconds. Liz herself acknowledges how she was with a lot of Dixon's men before she married him.
* SanitySlippage: Dixon immediately flips out in response to the men's reactions to Liz. While trying to reason with Dixon at the bar, Snazz says he was a great guy before getting married and warns that Liz is driving him off the deep end.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Dixon and Liz only get together because he saved her from Banjo, a bar patron who wasn't taking no for an answer.
* TemptingFate: During her narration, Liz admitted she thought she'd actually be happy after getting married to Dixon and settling down at his house. It doesn't take long for her boredom to resurface.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In the opening scene, Dixon intervenes when Banjo won't stop bothering Liz, even when at risk of getting knifed for his trouble. He gets substantially worse immediately after getting married.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Liz unnecessarily flirts with Ted, leading to their later infidelity and driving Dixon to become abusive to his workers, Ted being blinded, and her and Dixon's eventual deaths.
* WhamShot: Blood suddenly gushing from a supposed tree trunk. We then see Dixon BoundAndGagged.
* WhatTheHellHero: Snazz berating Dixon at the bar and telling him he's going crazy.
* WrongGenreSavvy: When Dixon discovers a work glove and realizes Liz has been sleeping with one of the men, the first suspect is Artie, due to the joke he had laughed at earlier.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Liz wanted to find a cure from boredom her entire life. When she's about to be cut she narrates that guys finally find it.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Liz wanted to find a cure from boredom her entire life. When she's about to be cut she said that guys finally find it.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Liz unnecessarily flirts with Ted, leading to their later infidelity and driving Dixon to become abusive to his workers, Ted being blinded, and her and Dixon's eventual deaths.

* AssholeVictim: Steve and Liz. They both are bound and gagged inside of hollowed out logs, as the now blind Ted cuts the logs with a chainsaw.

* TheCameo: The wraparound segment at the end features the producer of the show, bound and gagged to a giant log on his birthday, as the Cryptkeeper cuts into him with a chainsaw to give him a "final cut".

* ForTheEvulz: Liz is a loose lush who has slept with many men without second thought largely because she's constantly bored. In her opinion, there's nothing in the world worse than boredom. She purposely seduces Ted, knowing full well how jealous and possessive Dixon can get. When Dixon catches Ted and Liz in bed, she falsely accuses Ted of rape, which leads to Dixon beating him with an axe and rendering him blind. Liz doesn't really feel any remorse for the situation she caused, which, again, she did solely because she was bored.

* BloodSplatteredInnocents: Ted gets this trope as he unknowingly saws a hollowed out log with a bound and gagged Dixon inside it. The other lumberjacks get blood on them also as they cheer Ted on.

* {{Idiot Ball}}: Ted why sleep with your boss wife knowing he's unhinged over her, and especially in his cabin he can easily walk in
* {{Irony}}: Dixon doesn't want any women around the workers except his wife. He comments that women cause trouble in places like this. And later on in the episode guess who causes trouble.

* {{Unwitting Instigator of Doom}}: Liz unnecessary flirting & infidelity drove Dixon to be mean & violent to his workers, Ted being blinded & eventually her & Dixon deaths.

* AxCrazy: Steve Dixon. He's verbally and physically abusive to his workers once he marries Liz. He attacked Artie for making a crack at Liz for being a tramp in her past to the point where Snazz had to pull him off of Artie. Beats up Ted after catching him sleeping with Liz and using an axe to blind him permanently. What's worse, one of his men says that Steve was "a helluva guy" before he got married.

Lumber camp manager Steve Dixon stops a waitress named Liz Kelly from being harassed and marries her on the same night. Things go well until Liz shows up in a skimpy outfit in front of Dixon's workers, which makes become violently jealous. A new lumberjack named Ted shows up looking for work and instantly gets the attention of Liz, despite being married to the violent Dixon.

* {{Unwitting Instigator of Doom}}: Liz unnecessary flirting & infidelity drove Dixon to be a jerkass, Ted being blinded & eventually her & Dixon deaths.

* {{Irony}}: Dixon doesn't want any women around the workers except his wife. He comments that women cause trouble in places like this.

* {{Idiot Ball}}: Ted why sleep with your boss wife knowing he's unhinged over her, and now you can't see.

* MrFanservice: Ted has a lean and muscular physique, which he uses to speedily cut a log in two with only an axe. This catches Liz's attention, and she decides to seduce him despite being married to the jealous Dixon. Being played by Creator/BillyWirth certainly helped.

* AxCrazy: Steve Dixon. He's verbally and physically abusive to his workers once he marries Liz. He attacked Artie for making a crack at Liz for being a tramp in her past to the point where Snags had to pull him off of Artie. Beats up Ted after catching him sleeping with Liz and using an axe to blind him permanently. What's worse, one of his men says that Steve was "a helluva guy" before he got married.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Artie and Snags. They put up with Steve's abuse, but once he blinds Ted, they take him at knife and gunpoint for their tournament.

* AxCrazy: Steve Dixon. He's verbally and physically abusive to his workers once he marries Liz. He attacked Artie for making a where Snags had to pull him off of Artie. Beats up Ted after catching him sleeping with Liz and using an axe to blind him permanently. What's worse, one of his men says that Steve was "a helluva guy" before he got married.

Steve Dixon stops an harassment of a waitress named Liz Kelly and marries her in the same night. Things are going well until Liz shows up in a skimpy clothing in front of Dixon Workers which makes him angry. A man named Ted shows up looking for work and instantly gets the attention of Liz despite being married to Dixon which will complicate things.

* {{Allergic to Routine}}: Liz Kelly. She gets bored of her marriage as she narrates the story. When Ted comes looking for employment, she decides her cure for boredom shows up. And seduces Ted.

* {{Asshole Victim}}: Steve Dixon & Liz Kelly. They both are bounded & gagged inside of Logs where a permanently blind Ted can't see or hear as he cuts the logs with a chainsaw.

* {{Ax Crazy}}:Steve Dixon.Verbally and physically abusive to his workers once he married Liz. He attacked Artie where Snags had to pull him off of Artie. Beats up Ted after catching him sleeping with Liz and using an axe to blind him permanently.

* {{Beware The Nice Ones}}: Artie & Snags. They put up with Dixon abuse, but once he blinded Ted they take him at knife & gunpoint for their tornaument.

* {{Blood-Splattered Innocents}}: Ted gets this as he unknowingly saw a log with a gagged Dixon in it. The other lumberjacks get blood on them also as they cheer Ted on.

* {{ The Cameo}}: At the wraparound segment at the end the producer of the show is tied up on his birthday as the Cryptkeeper cuts into him with a
chainsaw.

* {{Distracted by the Sexy}}: Dixon workers when when Liz walks in their meeting in skrimpy clothing which some of them whistle. It makes Dixon irate at them & Liz.

* {{For the Evulz}}: Liz purposely seduces Ted knowingly how jealous & possessive Dixon can get. When Dixon catches Ted & Liz in bed she falsely accuse Ted of rape which led to a beating that blinded Ted. In the aftermath Liz doesn't feel any remorse for the situation she cause.

{{Irony}}: Dixon doesn't want any women around the workers except his wife. He comments women cause trouble in a place like this.

{{Mr Fanservice}}: Ted has a lean and muscular physique due to chopping logs with a hatchet. This catches Liz attention. Also the character is played by Billy Wirth

{{Mr Fanservice}}: Ted has a lean and muscular physique due to chopping logs with a hatchet. This catches Liz attention. Also the character is played by Billy wirth

{{Irony}}: Dixon doesn't want any women around the workers except his wife. He comments women cause trouble in a place like this.

* {{For the Evulz}}: Liz purposely seduces Ted knowingly how jealous & possessive Dixon can get. When Dixon catches Ted & Liz in bed she falsely accuse Ted of rape which led to a beating that blinded Ted. In the aftermath Liz doesn't feel any remorse for the situation she cause.

* {{For the Evulz}}: Liz purposely seduces Ted knowingly how jealous & possessive Dixon can get. When Dixon catches Ted & Liz in bed she falsely accuse Ted of rape which led to a beating the blinded Ted. In the aftermath Liz doesn't feel any remorse for the situation she cause.

* {{Distracted by the Sexy}}: Dixon workers when when Liz walks in their meeting in skrimpy clothing which some of them whistle. It makes Dixon irate at them & Liz.

* {{Beware The Nice Ones}}: Artie & Snags. They put up with Dixon abuse, but once he blinded Ted they take him at knife & gunpoint for their tornaument.