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->'''Rod Serling:''' Ancient folk saying: "You can catch the Devil, but you can't hold him long." Ask Brother Jerome. Ask David Ellington. They know, and they'll go on knowing to the end of their days and beyond--in the Twilight Zone.

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->'''Rod Serling:''' Ancient folk saying: "You can catch the Devil, but you can't hold him long." Ask Brother Jerome. Ask David Ellington. They know, and they'll go on knowing to the end of their days and beyond--in the Twilight Zone.Zone.

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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Ellington manages to capture Satan and lock him in a closet deacades after he freed him.

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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Ellington manages to capture Satan and lock him in a closet deacades decades after he freed him.
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->'''Creator/RodSerling''': The prostrate form of Mr. David Ellington, scholar, seeker of truth and, regrettably, finder of truth. A man who will shortly arise from his exhaustion to confront a problem that has tormented mankind since the beginning of time. A man who knocked on a door seeking sanctuary and found instead the outer edges of the Twilight Zone.

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->'''Creator/RodSerling''': ->'''Creator/RodSerling:''' The prostrate form of Mr. David Ellington, scholar, seeker of truth and, regrettably, finder of truth. A man who will shortly arise from his exhaustion to confront a problem that has tormented mankind since the beginning of time. A man who knocked on a door seeking sanctuary and found instead the outer edges of the Twilight Zone.



->'''Rod Serling''': Ancient folk saying: "You can catch the Devil, but you can't hold him long." Ask Brother Jerome. Ask David Ellington. They know, and they'll go on knowing to the end of their days and beyond--in the Twilight Zone.

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->'''Rod Serling''': Serling:''' Ancient folk saying: "You can catch the Devil, but you can't hold him long." Ask Brother Jerome. Ask David Ellington. They know, and they'll go on knowing to the end of their days and beyond--in the Twilight Zone.
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* AdaptationDeviation: In the short story "Literature/TheHowlingMan" by Charles Beamount, David Ellington was uncertain for years whether he had truly released the Devil as the monksclaimed. All doubt is eliminated when he sees photographs of "the carpenter from Braunau am Inn" in the newspapers and his invasion of UsefulNotes/{{Poland}} plunges the world into [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII war]]. Although it is not specifically stated, the implication is that the Devil assumed the identity of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, who was born in Braunau am Inn, UsefulNotes/{{Austria}}. The brothers eventually recapture the Devil and imprison him in the monastery once again. In the television adaptation by Beaumont himself, David immediately realizes both the truth and his mistake when the prisoner transforms himself into a traditional depiction of Main/{{Satan}} and vanishes before his eyes. Many years later, Ellington captures the Devil, but his housekeeper stupidly releases him. Furthermore, the television adaptation gives the monastery's location as simply Central Europe, whereas the short story specifically states that it is in UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}. The short story also does not include the Staff of Truth.

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* AdaptationDeviation: In the short story "Literature/TheHowlingMan" by Charles Beamount, David Ellington was uncertain for years whether he had truly released the Devil as the monksclaimed.monks claimed. All doubt is eliminated when he sees photographs of "the carpenter from Braunau am Inn" in the newspapers and his invasion of UsefulNotes/{{Poland}} plunges the world into [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII war]]. Although it is not specifically stated, the implication is that the Devil assumed the identity of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, who was born in Braunau am Inn, UsefulNotes/{{Austria}}. The brothers eventually recapture the Devil and imprison him in the monastery once again. In the television adaptation by Beaumont himself, David immediately realizes both the truth and his mistake when the prisoner transforms himself into a traditional depiction of Main/{{Satan}} and vanishes before his eyes. Many years later, Ellington captures the Devil, but his housekeeper stupidly releases him. Furthermore, the television adaptation gives the monastery's location as simply Central Europe, whereas the short story specifically states that it is in UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}. The short story also does not include the Staff of Truth.

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