History Recap / TheHauntingHour

#"Poof de Fromage": In this light-hearted (yet very [[IncrediblyLamePun cheesy]]) episode, Bobby and his family are chosen to house a French exchange student named Jean-Louis, but the exchange student's bizarre behavior and late-night calls to the mothership all point to signs that Jean-Louis is an exchange student from another planet, but is Jean-Louis out to destroy Earthlings or is there a more sinister alien bent on annihilating mankind? And why would it be hiding in Bobby's kitchen pantry?

#"[[Recap/The HauntingHourE12AfraidOfClowns Afraid of Clowns"]]

#"Afraid of Clowns": It's every cuolrophobic's nightmare when Chris is being stalked by clowns from a freaky circus that just came into town, but is Chris just anxious over his upcoming 13th birthday or do the clowns have something sinister in store?

#"I'm Not Martin": It's a tale of mistaken identity, missing limbs, and time travel when a boy named Sean (played by Creator/Sean iambrone, who voices Jeff the square-headed kid on the Creator/CartoonNetwork show ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}'') is sent to the hospital for a tonsillectomy and finds himself back in 1952, where the staff thinks he's a boy named Martin Charles who needs his rotting foot removed.

#"I'm Not Martin": It's a tale of mistaken identity, missing limbs, and time travel when a boy named Sean (played by Sean Giambrone, who voices Jeff the square-headed kid on the Creator/CartoonNetwork show ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}'') is sent to the hospital for a tonsillectomy and finds himself back in 1952, where the staff thinks he's a boy named Martin Charles who needs his rotting foot removed.

#"I'm Not Martin": It's a tale of mistaken identity, missing limbs, and time travel when a boy named Sean (played by Sean Giambrone, who voices Jeff the square-headed kid on the Creator/CartoonNetwork show ''{{Clarence}}'') is sent to the hospital for a tonsillectomy and finds himself back in 1952, where the staff thinks he's a boy named Martin Charles who needs his rotting foot removed.

#"Coat Rack Cowboy": After his father creates a coat rack out of the old tree in their backyard, Ethan and his brother, Brett, find themselves back in the days of the Wild West, where an outlaw named Mad Dog [=McCoy=], who was hanged for killing the town sheriff, challenges the boy to a showdown at high noon.

#"Mrs. Worthington": Nate is a young artist who's being bullied by his sister, Molly, so he draws up an evil old woman named Miss Worthington (played by Margot Kidder), who comes over with a bag of sadistic punishments and black magic to set Molly straight.

#"The Golem"[[note]]another two-part episode[[/note]]: When Jeremy's great-grandmother, Nadia, dies, she leaves Jeremy her ashes and orders to return to her Russian village and spread them, but the villagers (who have been living in fear of the Golem they created to fend off German soldiers in WorldWarII) believe that Jeremy's sister, Bonnie, is Nadia (who looks young because she used witchcraft to keep herself young forever) and plan to have her murdered to keep the Golem from tormenting them.

#"I'm Not Martin": It's a tale of mistaken identity, missing limbs, and time travel when a boy named Sean (played by Sean Giambrone, who voices Jeff the square-headed kid on the CartoonNetwork show ''{{Clarence}}'') is sent to the hospital for a tonsillectomy and finds himself back in 1952, where the staff thinks he's a boy named Martin Charles who needs his rotting foot removed.

#"Long Live Rock and Roll" (f.k.a "Doom Metal"): Holden is a boy with a garage band, but no talent when it comes to playing lead guitar, so when Sir Maestro, a Keith Richards-esque former rock star[[note]]who left the music business because [[EvenEvilHasStandards "they're the real evil..."]] and they turned him into a bitter, overly-competitive has-been[[/note]]-turned-music shop owner offers him 50% off a golden electric guitar that was the first guitar for such legendary rock stars as Jerry Garcia from The Grateful Dead, JimiHendrix, and KurtCobain from Nirvana, Holden takes it -- only to learn that Sir Maestro wants more than cash for his wares and that Holden's friends have been tempted with similar offers.

#"The Perfect Brother": Nobody's perfect, but try telling Josh and Matt's parents that, especially their mother, who only cares about perfection and will settle for nothing less. And when Matt begins acting weird, Josh's mother takes him to a strange warehouse where there is no difference between man and machine. Can Josh save his brother from being scrapped?

#"Sick": Reality and imagination get very blurred in this tale of a sick boy named Alex, who is forced to stay home and stay in his room... But he disobeys his mom and discovers that his whole house is surrounded by plastic, plus the overly-cheery morning talk-show hosts on TV are still warning Alex that his own mother is in cahoots with government agents to destroy the place to get rid of the monster that infected him. Can Alex save himself- or is it all just a fever dream of his?

#"Near Mint Condition": Ted is a geek obsessed with buying vintage toys online, and discovers his habit may be costing him more than what he has in his bank account when he buys Mangler, a rare robotic teddy bear from a MerchandiseDriven 1980s action cartoon (that plays out like a cross between ''The Care Bears'' and ''Transformers'') connected with a string of maimings and murders.
#"Argh V": China Anne [=McClain=] (from The Disney Channel's ''A.N.T Farm'') stars as a responsible girl named Sam, whose irresponsible parents' latest impulse buy (an RV) takes them on a terrifying road trip when Sam discovers that the RV is haunted by its previous owners.
#"Lotsa Luck": With the help of his Irish mother's family spell book, an unlucky kid named Greg traps a leprechaun named Seamus (who has been after his mother's side of the family ever since her grandfather made a deal with him years ago) and shakes him down for good luck, but learns too late that, in order to obtain good luck, someone around him (namely his father) has to be unlucky.

#"Ghostly Stare": Lauren and Mark visit a cemetery that's about to be moved to make room for a mini-mall -- and learn that it's not a good idea to disturb the dead.

#"Sick": Reality and imagination get very blurred in this tale of a sick boy named Alex who is forced to stay home and stay in his room, but he disobeys his mom and discovers that his house is surrounded by plastic and the overly-cheery morning talk show hosts on TV are warning Alex that his mother is in cahoots with government agents to destroy the place to get rid of a monster that infected him. Can Alex save himself or is it all just a fever dream?

#"Lights Out": After watching a crummy paranormal reality show, three kids decide to create their own ghost-hunting show. Their first site: an abandoned mental hospital said to be haunted by an evil surgeon who punished his patients with late-night operations (and continues to do so even after death).

#"Headshot": In this homage to/modern-day retelling of ''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray'', a teen ice cream shop worker named Gracie Wilde leaps at the chance to enter Teen-Teen magazine's Prettiest Face contest, but spending time with her photographer, Cassandra, may be turning her into something she's not -- and costing her something vital.

#"Goodwill Toward Men": In this, the second ChristmasEpisode (and the SeriesFinale), Missy is a rich girl who, despite her parents' and older brother's selfish view of the world, actually cares about those who are less fortunate than herself -- and it gets put to the test when a Christmas gift from the recently-fired gardener curses Missy and her family to a life where they're the poor and downtrodden while the gardener and his family are rich and greedy.

#"Goodwill Toward Men": In this, the second ChristmasEpisode (and the SeriesFinale), Missy is a rich girl who, despite her parents' and older brother's selfish view of the world, actually cares about those who are less fortunate than she. When she receives a Christmas angel from the son of the recently-fired gardener who works for her family, the angel comes to life and curses her family to live in a world where they're poor, homeless, and anonymous. Can Missy show her family the spirit of giving and break the spell?

#"Long Live Rock and Roll" (f.k.a "Doom Metal"): Holden is a boy with a garage band, but no talent when it comes to playing lead guitar, so when Sir Maestro, a Keith Richards-esque former rock star[[note]]who left the music business because [[EvenEvilHasStandards "they're the real evil..."]][[/note]]-turned-music shop owner offers him 50% off a golden electric guitar that was the first guitar for such legendary rock stars as JimiHendrix and KurtCobain, Holden takes it -- only to learn that Sir Maestro wants more than cash for his wares and that Holden's friends have been tempted with similar offers.

''Series/TheHauntingHour'' is a Canadian-American half-hour horror anthology series adapted from R.L. Stine's ''The Haunting Hour'' and ''The Nightmare Hour'' anthology books (though most of the episodes aren't based on either of them and play out as ''Goosebumps'' stories with a dark side to them[[note]]"Scarecrow," "Brush With Madness," and "My Imaginary Friend" are pretty much DarkerAndEdgier takes on "The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight," "Attack of the Mutant" and "My Best Friend is Invisible" respectively[[/note]] or are based on legends and myths[[note]]"The Weeping Woman," "Red Eye," "A Creature Was Stirring," "Pool Shark," "Terrible Love," "Argh V," and "Lotsa Luck"[[/note]] or classic literature[[note]]"Headshot" and "Bad Feng Shui" are based on ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' and ''The Joy Luck Club'', respectively[[/note]]). The series started on October 29, 2010 with the two-part episode, "Really You," but the actual series started on Christmas (December 25) of 2010 with "A Creature Was Stirring."

This show has now completed its fourth season (or, more accurately, the second half of season three, as the episodes from "Seance" to "Uncle Howee" have been produced for the third season, but in America and Canada, aired as season four episodes. Children's and family cable networks in Israel, Brazil, and some Spanish-speaking countries air season three as one entire season instead of splitting them in half). Currently, the show has finished its fourth season (or fifth, if you think season three was broken into two parts) starting on October 2014 and ending in November 2014. Because of The Hub's transformation into Discovery Family, the show has been taken off the channel's schedule and will not have any more new episodes.

This show has now completed its fourth season (or, more accurately, the second half of season three, as the episodes from "Seance" to "Uncle Howee" have been produced for the third season, but in America and Canada, aired as season four episodes. Children's and family cable networks in Israel, Brazil, and some Spanish-speaking countries air season three as one entire season instead of splitting them in half). Currently, the show has been renewed for a fourth season (or fifth, if you think season three was broken into two parts), coming October 2014.

#"Goodwill Toward Men": In this, the second ChristmasEpisode, Missy is a rich girl who, despite her parents and older brother's selfish view of the world, actually cares about those who are less fortunate than she. When she receives a Christmas angel from the son of the recently-fired gardener who works for her family, the angel comes to life and curses her family to live in a world where they're poor, homeless, and anonymous. Can Missy show her family the spirit of giving and break the spell?

#"Goodwill Toward Men": In this, the second ChristmasEpisode, Missy is a rich girl, who, unlike her parents and older brother, isn't selfish and actually cares about the hired help. But, despite her good intentions, the angel statue she's given as a gift curses her and her family into being poor and homeless while the gardener's family live the rich life. Can Missy show her family the spirit of giving and break the spell?

#"Goodwill Toward Men": In this, the second ChristmasEpisode, Missy is a rich girl, who, unlike her parents, isn't selfish and actually cares about the hired help. But, despite her good intentions, the angel statue she's given as a gift curses her and her family into being poor and homeless while the gardener's family live the rich life. Can Missy show her family the spirit of giving and break the spell?

#"Goodwill Toward Men": In the second ChristmasEpisode, Missy, a rich girl who actually cares about the hired help around her house (as opposed to her parents and brother), receives an angel statue from Pete (the gardener's son) that curses her family into losing everything and living like working-class people.

#"Goodwill Toward Men": In the second ChristmasEpisode, Missy and her family receive a strange gift that ends up haunting their house.

''Series/TheHauntingHour'' is a Canadian-American half-hour horror anthology series adapted from R.L. Stine's ''The Haunting Hour'' and ''The Nightmare Hour'' anthology books (though most of the episodes aren't based on either of them and play out as ''Goosebumps'' stories with a dark side to them[[note]]"Scarecrow," "Brush With Madness," and "My Imaginary Friend" are pretty much DarkerAndEdgier takes on "The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight," "Attack of the Mutant" and "My Best Friend is Invisible" respectively[[/note]] or are based on legends and myths[[note]]"The Weeping Woman," "Red Eye," "A Creature Was Stirring," "Pool Shark," and "Terrible Love"[[/note]] or classic literature[[note]]"Headshot" and "Bad Feng Shui" are based on ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' and ''The Joy Luck Club'', respectively[[/note]]). The series started on October 29, 2010 with the two-part episode, "Really You," but the actual series started on Christmas (December 25) of 2010 with "A Creature Was Stirring."

#"Near Mint Condition": Ted is a geek obsessed with buying vintage toys online, and discovers his habit may be costing him more than what he has in his bank account when he buys Mangler, a rare robotic teddy bear from a MerchandiseDriven 1980s action cartoon connected with a string of maimings and murders.

#"Spores": While hiking through the woods of a national park (thanks to his overly-competitive father), Melvin's family gets picked off one by one by a strange cloud of spores that turns its victims into mindless, fungal mutants.

#"Spores": While hiking through the woods of a national park, Melvin's mother goes missing and his father comes back a mindless zombie thanks to a spore cloud that turns its victims into fungal mutants.

#"Near Mint Condition": Ted is obsessed with buying vintage toys online, and discovers his habit may be costing him more than what he has in his bank account when he buys Mangler, a robotic teddy bear from a MerchandiseDriven 1980s action cartoon that was recalled for killing and maiming its owners.
#"Argh V": China Anne [=McClain=] (from The Disney Channel's ''A.N.T Farm'') stars as a responsible girl named Sam, whose irresponsible parents' latest impulse buy (an RV) takes them on a terrifying road trip when Sam discovers that the RV is haunted by its previous owners, who died when a truck ran them off the road.

#"Spores": While on a hike in the woods (set up by his overly-competitive father), Melvin's family becomes infected by a strange species of mushrooms that turn people into fungal mutants.

#"Lotsa Luck": With the help of his Irish immigrant mother's family spell book, an unlucky kid named Greg traps a leprechaun named Seamus (who has been after his mother's side of the family ever since her grandfather made a deal with him years ago) and shakes him down for good luck, but learns too late that, in order to obtain good luck, someone around him (namely his father) has to be unlucky.
#"Spores": While on a hike in the woods, Melvin's family becomes infected by a strange species of mushrooms that turn people into fungal mutants.

#"Lotsa Luck": With the help of his Irish immigrant mother's family spell book, an unlucky kid named Shaun traps a leprechaun named Seamus (who has been after his mother's side of the family ever since her grandfather made a deal with him years ago) and shakes him down for good luck, but learns too late that, in order to obtain good luck, someone around him has to be unlucky.

#"Mrs. Worthington": Nate is a young artist who's being bullied by his sister, Molly, so he draws up an evil old woman named Miss Worthington (played by Margot Kidder), who comes over with a bag of punishments and black magic to set Molly straight.

#"Near Mint Condition": Ted is obsessed with buying collectible toys online, and discovers his habit may be costing him more than what he has in his bank account when he buys Mangler, a robotic teddy bear from a MerchandiseDriven 1980s action cartoon that was recalled for killing and maiming its owners.

#"Lotsa Luck": With the help of his Irish immigrant mother's family spell book, an unlucky kid named Shaun traps a leprechaun named Seamus (who has been after his mother's side of the family ever since her grandfather made a deal with him years ago) and shakes him down for wishes, but discovers that, in order for him to be lucky, someone else has to be unlucky.