History Series / TalesFromTheDarkside

* TheLostLenore: The Mummy in "The Grave Robbers" had a crush on a girl in his past, but he [[CannotSpitItOut never admitted his feelings for her]] before [[TragicMonster becoming the cursed guardian of the tomb]]. [[{{Jerkass}} Harold]] [[KickTheDog mocks him]] for it, but his girlfriend takes pity on him. [[spoiler: The mummy gets over it when he escapes from the tomb and moves on with [[KickTheSonOfABitch Harold's girlfriend]].]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Timmy's stepdad from "Monster in My Room."]] If there is a character the show doesn't want you to feel sympathy towards, when they get whats coming to 'em, then they usually fall under this category.

** "Baker's Dozen". Henry winds up being [[spoiler:''crushed to death'']] when his wife [[spoiler:crumples up the last cookie[[note]]The cookies essentially act as voodoo dolls: whatever happens to the cookie happens to the person you want affected[[/note]] Ruby Cuzzins gave him, assuming it's from a mistress]], and Ruby ''once again'' [[spoiler:turns her assistant, Aloysius, into a rat]]... But, due to Aloysius [[spoiler:stealing a cookie from the titular baker's dozen made for Henry, he at least [[KickTheSonOfABitch has something to eat]][[note]]Remember: ''[[ChekhovsLecture whatever happens to the cookie happens to the person you want affected...]]''[[/note]]]].

* KickTheSonOfABitch: The VillainProtagonist that loses to the BigBad will usually get this. Perhaps the greatest moment on the show would be the ending to "The Grave Robbers". [[spoiler: The mummy outsmarts the grave robbers in a poker match by ''counting the cards the whole time'' and ObfuscatingStupidity. Then, the mummy tricks Harold, the evil grave robber, into taking his place as the cursed mummy of the tomb while the mummy escapes from his Hell. For bonus points, the mummy ''steals his girlfriend'' since she reminded him of TheLostLenore from his past.]]

* NeckSnap: [[spoiler: How Tina murders her cousin Nicholas while under "The Casavin Curse."]]

* GutturalGrowler: The {{jerkass}} reporter in "The Circus" speaks in a really deep voice.

* EvilOldFolks: [[spoiler: The couple in "Anniversary Dinner"]] act kind and caring, but they [[spoiler: [[ImAHumanitarian eat people]].]]

** The thirteenth cookie from the titular "Baker's Dozen".

** Doubles as a DoubleMeaningTitle: In "Baker's Dozen", when Aloysius gives Hogan the gingerbread cookies, he's confused since Cuzzins' Dozens only sells twelve types of cookies, and he's never seen gingerbread men be sold; Aloysius mentions [[TitleDrop that it's a baker's dozen;]] Ruby Cuzzins doesn't include the gingerbread men on the menu. [[spoiler:But then you get to the end of the episode, and learn that Aloysius also meant he had taken ''13 cookies'' from Ruby...]]

After a one-off {{pilot}} aired in 1983, the series was picked up for FirstRunSyndication from 1984 to 1988. In 1990, ''Film/TalesFromTheDarksideTheMovie'' was released.

* AnthropomorphicFood: "Love Hungry".

* NamesTheSame: InUniverse. Aside from [[CassandraTruth the obvious issue]], none of the cops believe Roberts' story in "Everybody Needs a Little Love" [[spoiler:because the name Curtis gave the mannequin is the same name as his real wife, Estelle]].

** [[spoiler:The mannequin, Estelle,]] in "Everybody Needs a Little Love" manages to [[spoiler:pin Roberts for the death of Curtis, and post-humorously pinned ''Curtis'' for the death of his wife, [[NamesTheSame Estelle]].]]

* HornyDevils: The demon in "Let the Games Begin"