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* TheAgeless: In "Welcome to Winfield", the people of Winfield stopped aging in the late 19th Century after TheGrimReaper Chin Du Long grew to like them and arranged to spare them from death.
* TheArk: In "Quarantine", after [[WorldWarIII nuclear war]] broke out in 2043, the United States launched a spacecraft containing 1,000 politicans and military figures into space. It returns to Earth in 2347. Due to the effects of TimeDilation, only five to ten years have passed for the crew. Sarah and the other members of the {{Commune}} used [[HumansArePsychicInTheFuture their psychic powers]] to fool Matthew Foreman into thinking that the ship was a meteor that was going to destroy Earth's entire ecosystem. They tried to get him to destroy it using the [[KillSat remaining particle beam satellites]] that he created prior to [[HumanPopsicle being frozen]] in 2023 as they did not want the cycle of war to start all over again. When Matthew discovers the truth, he attempts to stop the satellite from firing but Sarah stops him by sabotaging the computer and the ship is destroyed.
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* AstralProjection: {{Discussed|Trope}} in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet Shatterday]]". Peter Jay Novins' alter ego claims that he is the real Novins and that the other one is a piece of him that wandered off while he was sleeping because of astral projection.
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* AstralProjection: AstralProjection:
** {{Discussed|Trope}} in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet Shatterday]]". Peter Jay Novins' alter ego claims that he is the real Novins and that the other one is a piece of him that wandered off while he was sleeping because of astralprojection.projection.
** In "Quarantine", Sarah and the other members of the {{Commune}} have the ability to astrally project themselves to anywhere in the universe that they choose, including inhospitable planets which ships could have never visited. Irene uses her [[HumansArePsychicInTheFuture psychic powers]] on Matthew Foreman and takes his mind on a trip around UsefulNotes/TheSolarSystem.
** {{Discussed|Trope}} in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet Shatterday]]". Peter Jay Novins' alter ego claims that he is the real Novins and that the other one is a piece of him that wandered off while he was sleeping because of astral
** In "Quarantine", Sarah and the other members of the {{Commune}} have the ability to astrally project themselves to anywhere in the universe that they choose, including inhospitable planets which ships could have never visited. Irene uses her [[HumansArePsychicInTheFuture psychic powers]] on Matthew Foreman and takes his mind on a trip around UsefulNotes/TheSolarSystem.
* BioAugmentation: In "Quarantine", the survivors of the [[WorldWarIII nuclear war]] of 2043 began using genetic engineering to [[HumansArePsychicInTheFuture give themselves psychic powers]] as [[{{Technophobia}} they no longer trusted technology]]. By 2347, all life on Earth exists in harmony as part of a biological gestalt. Their computers are a form of OrganicTechnology created by genetically engineering chimpanzees and orangutans through increasing their intelligence by a factor of 20. Each augmented ape performs a specific function. All available knowledge is stored in their brains and accessible to anyone who requires it. Telepathic humans make contact with the apes at an early age and give them the choice of either living a normal life or becoming part of the collective computer brain.
* {{Commune}}: In "Quarantine", after being revived from [[HumanPopsicle cryo-stasis]], Matthew Foreman finds himself in what appears to be a small, primitive farming community in 2347. He later learns that although they have abandoned all forms of machinery, they are far from primitive as they use BioAugmentation to improve both themselves and the world around them.
* DeadlyEuphemism: In "Welcome to Winfield", TheGrimReaper Griffin St. George tells the people of Winfield that he is in the reclamation business. After a while, they realize that he means the reclamation of souls. He later says that he has come for Matt Winnaker because his number is up and it is his time.
* DepopulationBomb: In "Quarantine", a nuclear holocaust occurred in 2043 when each side fired six missiles at the other. 80% of the world's population were wiped out and all of the major cities were destroyed. By 2347, Earth has a population of only 200,000.
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* DontFearTheReaper: "Rendezvous in a Dark Place" plays with this in that Barbara [=LeMay=] ''doesn't'' fear Death, she actually finds beauty in it. But Death isn't interested in her...
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* DontFearTheReaper: DontFearTheReaper:
** In "Welcome to Winfield", TheGrimReaper Chin Du Long decided to spare the people of Winfield from death as he took a liking to them. His successor Griffin St. George is an impatient, officious and often rude bureaucrat but far from evil. He eventually decides to let Matt Winnaker go but tells the townspeople that no one lives forever and that he will be back for them...in a century or so.
** "Rendezvous in a Dark Place" plays with this in that Barbara [=LeMay=] ''doesn't'' fear Death, she actually finds beauty in it. But Death isn't interested in her...
** In "Welcome to Winfield", TheGrimReaper Chin Du Long decided to spare the people of Winfield from death as he took a liking to them. His successor Griffin St. George is an impatient, officious and often rude bureaucrat but far from evil. He eventually decides to let Matt Winnaker go but tells the townspeople that no one lives forever and that he will be back for them...in a century or so.
** "Rendezvous in a Dark Place" plays with this in that Barbara [=LeMay=] ''doesn't'' fear Death, she actually finds beauty in it. But Death isn't interested in her...
* EmpathicHealer: In "Quarantine", John uses his ability to absorb another person's pain on Matthew Foreman during the surgery to remove his cancerous tissues.
* FateWorseThanDeath: In "Welcome to Winfield", TheGrimReaper Griffin St. George tells the people of Winfield that [[{{God}} his boss]] is not the easiest guy in the world to work for and that things can still hurt you after you're dead.
* FlyingCar: At the end of "Welcome to Winfield", TheGrimReaper Griffin St. George's car rises above the ground and he flies back to HeavenAbove.
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** "Welcome to Winfield" has "agents of death", in particular St. George (dressed in all white) and Chen (the previous agent who St. George succeeded).
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** "Welcome to Winfield" has "agents of death", in particular Griffin St. George (dressed in all white) and Chen Chin Du Long (the previous agent who St. George succeeded).
* {{Intangibility}}: In "Quarantine", Sarah has the ability to phase her hand through any solid object. She uses this power to remove Matthew Foreman's cancerous tissues after he is revived from [[HumanPopsicle cryo-stasis]].
* KillSat: In "Quarantine", Matthew Foreman designed a series of particle beam satellites for the American government before he entered [[HumanPopsicle suspended animation]] in 2023. Sarah and the other members of the {{Commune}} ask him to use one of the surviving satellites to destroy a meteor that is rapidly approaching Earth. However, it turns out that they are deceiving him using their [[HumansArePsychicInTheFuture psychic powers]]. They actually want him to destroy [[TheArk an American spacecraft containing 1,000 politicians and military figures]] for whom only five or ten years have passed since the [[WorldWarIII nuclear war]] of 2043 because of TimeDilation.
* LuddWasRight: In "Quarantine", 80% of Earth's population were killed in the [[WorldWarIII nuclear war]] of 2043 and the survivors made the decision to rid themselves of all forms of advanced machinery out of fear that it would happen again. However, they still use genetic engineering in order to achieve BioAugmentation.
** In "Welcome to Winfield", Weldon appears to be about 80 but will soon celebrate his 150th birthday. Most of the other residents of Winfield are also over 100 years old but look much younger. According to the closing narration, the median age of the townspeople is 112.
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* SharpDressedMan: In "The Burning Man", the [[CreepyChild strange boy]] whom Doug and Aunt Neva pick up is wearing a very expensive looking white suit.
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** In "The Burning Man", the [[CreepyChild strange boy]] whom Doug and Aunt Neva pick up is wearing a very expensive looking whitesuit.suit.
** In "Welcome to Winfield", TheGrimReaper Griffin St. George wears a white suit with matching shoes.
** In "The Burning Man", the [[CreepyChild strange boy]] whom Doug and Aunt Neva pick up is wearing a very expensive looking white
** In "Welcome to Winfield", TheGrimReaper Griffin St. George wears a white suit with matching shoes.
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* SummoningRitual: In "Ye Gods", Todd Ettinger uses a spell provided by Bacchus to summon Megaera, one of the Furies, to his apartment in order to convince her to take back together with Cupid.
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* SummoningRitual: In "Ye Gods", Todd Ettinger uses a spell provided by Bacchus to summon Megaera, one of the Furies, to his apartment in order to convince her to take get back together with Cupid.
* TakeMeInstead: In "Welcome to Winfield", the people of Winfield plead for TheGrimReaper Griffin St. George to take them instead of Matt Winnaker as most of them are over 100 and Matt is only 20. However, Matt will have none of it and asks St. George to take him. Eventually, St. George decides to let them all go.
* {{Technophobia}}: In "Quarantine", the survivors of WorldWarIII of 2043 came to distrust and despise technology because nuclear weapons had wiped out 80% of the world's population. They abandoned machines in favor of improving humanity through [[BioAugmentation genetic engineering]] and achieving harmony with the natural world.
* TimeDilation: In "Quarantine", although 304 years have passed on Earth, Joshua estimates that it has only been five or ten years for the 1,000 people aboard the American spacecraft launched during the [[WorldWarIII nuclear war]] in 2043.
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** In "Quarantine", Matthew Foreman entered [[HumanPopsicle suspended animation]] on June 18, 2023.
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** In "Quarantine", Matthew Foreman entered [[HumanPopsicle suspended animation]] on June 18, 2023.2023 in the hope that his cancer could be cured in the future. After being revived in 2347, he learns that 80% of Earth's population were wiped out in a [[WorldWarIII nuclear war]] in 2043.
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* WeatherManipulation: In "Welcome to Winfield", TheGrimReaper Griffin St. George has the power to create thunder and lightning. He first uses this ability to try and coerce the people of Winfield into telling him where Matt Winnaker is and later to get their attention when they plead with him to [[TakeMeInstead take them instead]].
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** In "Quarantine", 80% of the world's population was wiped out in a nuclear war in 2043. The authorities of the time considered it a limited engagement as only six missiles were fired by each side.
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* GenderFlip: In "Dead Woman's Shoes", Maddie Duncan is possessed by the spirit of a murdered woman named Susan Montgomery when she puts on her expensive high heels. In the original episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E83DeadMansShoes Dead Man's Shoes]]", the murdered gangster Dane's personality takes control of a homeless man named Nate Bledsoe when he puts on his two-tone black and white shoes.
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* GenderFlip: GenderFlip:
** In "Dead Woman's Shoes", Maddie Duncan is possessed by the spirit of a murdered woman named Susan Montgomery when she puts on her expensive high heels. In the original episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E83DeadMansShoes Dead Man's Shoes]]", the murdered gangster Dane's personality takes control of a homeless man named Nate Bledsoe when he puts on his two-tone black and whiteshoes.shoes.
** In "To See the Invisible Man", Mitchell Chaplin meets an invisible woman who refuses to talk to him during his own sentence of invisibility. He later acknowledges her presence once he has completed his sentence. In the short story by Creator/RobertSilverberg, the other invisible person was a man.
** In "Dead Woman's Shoes", Maddie Duncan is possessed by the spirit of a murdered woman named Susan Montgomery when she puts on her expensive high heels. In the original episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E83DeadMansShoes Dead Man's Shoes]]", the murdered gangster Dane's personality takes control of a homeless man named Nate Bledsoe when he puts on his two-tone black and white
** In "To See the Invisible Man", Mitchell Chaplin meets an invisible woman who refuses to talk to him during his own sentence of invisibility. He later acknowledges her presence once he has completed his sentence. In the short story by Creator/RobertSilverberg, the other invisible person was a man.
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** {{Lampshaded|Trope}} in "Paladin of the Lost Hour". Gaspar tells Billy Kinetta that he shares with name with one of TheThreeWiseMen, the magi who saw the StarOfBethlehem and visited the newborn Jesus. He adds that Gaspar means master of the treasure, keeper of the secrets, paladin of the palace. Gaspar later explains that he is the latest in a long line of guardians of the lost hour going back to Pope Gregory XIII's adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1582.
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** {{Lampshaded|Trope}} in "Paladin of the Lost Hour". Gaspar tells Billy Kinetta that he shares with name with one of TheThreeWiseMen, the magi who saw the StarOfBethlehem and visited the newborn Jesus.UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}. He adds that Gaspar means master of the treasure, keeper of the secrets, paladin of the palace. Gaspar later explains that he is the latest in a long line of guardians of the lost hour going back to Pope Gregory XIII's adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1582.
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* NapoleonDelusion: In "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium", David Wong tells Mrs. Whitford that he met twelve people who claimed to be the Second Coming of {{Jesus}} and one who claimed to the reincarnation of the High Priest of Lemuria during his three year search for the Lost and Found Emporium.
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** In "To See the Invisible Man", the names of the man sentenced to a year of invisibility and the blind man who briefly talks to him are Mitchell Chaplin and Bennett Gershe respectively. In the short story by Creator/RobertSilverberg, their names are not given.
* NapoleonDelusion: In "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium", David Wong tells Mrs. Whitford that he met twelve people who claimed to be the Second Coming of{{Jesus}} UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} and one who claimed to the reincarnation of the High Priest of Lemuria during his three year search for the Lost and Found Emporium.
* NapoleonDelusion: In "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium", David Wong tells Mrs. Whitford that he met twelve people who claimed to be the Second Coming of
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* SuperStrength: In "Teacher's Aide", Miss Peters develops super strength after she is possessed by the spirit of a gargoyle. After a gang member named Trojan tells her that he comes to school to see her legs, she lifts him up by his trousers and throws him against the wall. Later, she catches another student hitting and kicking his locker and shoves him up against it, telling him that he should respect the school as it is older than his grandmother. When another gang member named Wizard turns on his boom box at full volume during class, she tears it apart with her bare hands and physically throws him out of class when he tries to attack her. The rest of the students are much more attentive after that.
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* SuperStrength: SuperStrength:
** In "Teacher's Aide", Miss Peters develops super strength after she is possessed by the spirit of a gargoyle. After a gang member named Trojan tells her that he comes to school to see her legs, she lifts him up by his trousers and throws him against the wall. Later, she catches another student hitting and kicking his locker and shoves him up against it, telling him that he should respect the school as it is older than his grandmother. When another gang member named Wizard turns on his boom box at full volume during class, she tears it apart with her bare hands and physically throws him out of class when he tries to attack her. The rest of the students are much more attentive afterthat.that.
** In "Monsters!", the vampire Emile Francis Bendictson uses his super strength to lift up his car so that he can clean underneath it when he thinks that no one is looking. However, Toby Michaels, who had been spying on him, sees the whole thing.
** In "Teacher's Aide", Miss Peters develops super strength after she is possessed by the spirit of a gargoyle. After a gang member named Trojan tells her that he comes to school to see her legs, she lifts him up by his trousers and throws him against the wall. Later, she catches another student hitting and kicking his locker and shoves him up against it, telling him that he should respect the school as it is older than his grandmother. When another gang member named Wizard turns on his boom box at full volume during class, she tears it apart with her bare hands and physically throws him out of class when he tries to attack her. The rest of the students are much more attentive after
** In "Monsters!", the vampire Emile Francis Bendictson uses his super strength to lift up his car so that he can clean underneath it when he thinks that no one is looking. However, Toby Michaels, who had been spying on him, sees the whole thing.
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** In "A Small Talent for War", aliens show up before the United Nations and announce that humanity is just one of many races they've seeded across the galaxy. They've come to judge Earth and are extremely disappointed with the level of belligerence they find, remarking that the human race has [[TitleDrop a small talent for war]] (it helps to remember that this episode originally aired during the Cold War)--if they can't improve in twenty-four hours, the aliens will blow up the whole planet. Every nation in the world immediately drops its conflicts, and representatives work around the clock, coming up with a comprehensive blueprint for total nuclear disarmament and world peace just before the deadline. The alien in charge of the experiment reads the plan [[spoiler:and starts laughing. He specifically said that his race was unhappy with humanity's level of belligerence and small talent for war--but he didn't specify ''why'' they were unhappy. Turns out that they're a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy species of incredibly proud warriors]], and the human race isn't warlike ''enough'' for them. Cue the EarthShatteringKaboom.]]
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** In "A Small Talent for War", aliens show up before the United Nations and announce that humanity is just one of many races they've seeded across the galaxy. They've come to judge Earth and are extremely disappointed with the level of belligerence they find, remarking that the human race has [[TitleDrop a small talent for war]] (it helps to remember that this episode originally aired during the Cold War)--if war]]. If they can't improve in twenty-four hours, the aliens will blow up the whole planet. Every nation in the world immediately drops its conflicts, and representatives work around the clock, coming up with a comprehensive blueprint for total nuclear disarmament and world peace just before the deadline. The alien in charge of the experiment reads the plan [[spoiler:and starts laughing. He specifically said that his race was unhappy with humanity's level of belligerence and small talent for war--but he didn't specify ''why'' they were unhappy. Turns out that they're a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy species of incredibly proud warriors]], and the human race isn't warlike ''enough'' for them. Cue the EarthShatteringKaboom.]]
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* HumanAliens: "A Small Talent for War" features a race who sowed humanity on Earth in the distant past, and so, yes, we look like punier versions of them.
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* HumanAliens: "A Small Talent for War" features a race who sowed humanity on Earth in the distant past, and so, yes, we so humans look like punier versions of them.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: In "To See The Invisible Man", Mitchell Chaplin sentenced to one year of invisibility. He manages to chat with a blind man named Bennett Gershe for a while, before the man is told that the stranger talking to him is 'invisible' and he shouldn't be talking to him or even acknowledging his presence. When alerted to this, Gershe mutters "Damn you!"
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* ItsAllAboutMe: In "To See The Invisible Man", Mitchell Chaplin sentenced to one year of invisibility. He manages to chat with a blind man named Bennett Gershe for a while, before the man Gershe is told that the stranger talking to him is 'invisible' and he shouldn't be talking to him or even acknowledging his presence. When alerted to this, Gershe mutters "Damn you!"
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* NapoleonDelusion: In "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium", David Wong tells Mrs. Whitford that he met twelve people who claimed to be the Second Coming of Jesus and one who claimed to the reincarnation of the High Priest of Lemuria during his three year search for the Lost and Found Emporium.
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* NapoleonDelusion: In "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium", David Wong tells Mrs. Whitford that he met twelve people who claimed to be the Second Coming of Jesus {{Jesus}} and one who claimed to the reincarnation of the High Priest of Lemuria during his three year search for the Lost and Found Emporium.
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* AllMythsAreTrue: In "Ye Gods", Todd Ettinger discovers that Cupid, Megaera, Bacchus, Jupiter and all of the other gods and demigods of Myth/ClassicalMythology really exist.
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* AllMythsAreTrue: AlliterativeName: In "Tooth and Consequences", the protagonist's name is Dr. Myron Mandel.
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** In "Ye Gods", Todd Ettinger discovers that Cupid, Megaera, Bacchus, Jupiter and all of the other gods and demigods of Myth/ClassicalMythology reallyexist.exist.
** In "Tooth and Consequences", Dr. Myron Mandel learns that the ToothFairy really exists when he appears in his office and grants his wish to be respected and loved by his patients.
* AllMythsAreTrue:
** In "Ye Gods", Todd Ettinger discovers that Cupid, Megaera, Bacchus, Jupiter and all of the other gods and demigods of Myth/ClassicalMythology really
** In "Tooth and Consequences", Dr. Myron Mandel learns that the ToothFairy really exists when he appears in his office and grants his wish to be respected and loved by his patients.
** In "Tooth and Consequences", Dr. Myron Mandel is a severely depressed dentist who hates his job. He wishes that an attractive patient named Lydia Bixby will fall madly in love with him and that his other patients will respect him and look forward to their appointments. The ToothFairy grants his wish but Myron is soon just as miserable as he was before, if not more so. He doesn't have a moment's peace as his patients hound him at every turn and Lydia's love for him is suffocating. Myron eventually runs away and hops a freight train.
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* BlindAndTheBeast: In "To See the Invisible Man", the only person to be kind to Mitchell during his punishment is a blind man who cannot see the implant telling others to ignore him. Subverted when the blind man is then told of Mitchell's status, after which he angrily curses Mitchell and leaves him.
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* BlindAndTheBeast: In "To See the Invisible Man", the only person to be kind to Mitchell Chaplin during his punishment is a blind man named Bennett Gershe who cannot see the implant telling others to ignore him. Subverted when the blind man Gershe is then told of Mitchell's status, after which he angrily curses Mitchell and leaves him.
** "The Elevator" takes place in and around Roger and Will's father's factory.
* CanisMajor: In "The Elevator", Roger and Will find a dead dog that ate their father's super food and became a giant. It was killed by something larger which they later discover was a GiantSpider.
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** No women appear in "Dealer's Choice" and "I of Newton".
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** No women appear in "Dealer's Choice" and Choice", "I of Newton".Newton", "The Elevator" and "A Game of Pool".
** In the final scene of "The Elevator", a GiantSpider grabs Roger and Will with its pedipalps as the elevator rises to the top. After several seconds, the brothers' screams stop. A flashlight drops to the floor and its lens breaks as blood drips down.
* DumbBlonde: In "Tooth and Consequences", Dr. Myron Mandel tells the blonde and beautiful Lydia Bixby that he is going to kill himself and to have a nice day. Her only reaction is to wish him a nice day too.
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** "To See the Invisible Man", possibly; the protagonist undergoes a lengthy government-mandated CoolAndUnusualPunishment aimed at correcting his morality rather than due to a specific crime, and there are enforcement drones buzzing around everywhere, but the society as a whole seems peaceful and prosperous.
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** "To See the Invisible Man", possibly; the protagonist Mitchell Chaplin undergoes a lengthy government-mandated CoolAndUnusualPunishment aimed at correcting his morality rather than due to a specific crime, and there are enforcement drones buzzing around everywhere, but the society as a whole seems peaceful and prosperous.
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* GiantSpider: One of them appears at the end of "The Elevator".
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* GiantSpider: One of them appears at the end of In "The Elevator".Elevator", a spider ate the super food developed by Roger and Will's father in order to solve world hunger. It then killed the smaller but still giant [[MegaNeko cat]] and [[CanisMajor dog]] and possibly the [[RodentsOfUnusualSize giant rats]]. When Roger and Will call the elevator in their father's factory, the giant spider grabs them with its pedipalps and kills them.
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* InvisibleJerkass: In "To See the Invisible Man", Mitchell Chaplin is punished by being given a mark on his forehead that means others have to ignore him and act as if he was not there. He initially does things like walking into a women's change room, but then... see Irony below.
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* InterruptedSuicide: In "Tooth and Consequences", the severely depressed dentist Dr. Myron Mandel is about to hang himself from the light fixture in his office when an attractive patient named Lydia Bixby enters looking for her lost hairbrush. Feeling as if he has nothing to lose, Myron asks Lydia out but she turns him down as she usually dates lawyers and pilots. After she leaves, Myron tries to hang himself again but the light fixture breaks. He falls into the arms of the ToothFairy.
* InvisibleJerkass: In "To See the Invisible Man", Mitchell Chaplin is punished by being given a mark on his forehead that means others have to ignore him and act as if he was not there. He initially does things like walking into a women'schange jacuzzi room, but then... see Irony below.
* InvisibleJerkass: In "To See the Invisible Man", Mitchell Chaplin is punished by being given a mark on his forehead that means others have to ignore him and act as if he was not there. He initially does things like walking into a women's
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* {{Irony}}: "To See The Invisible Man". The main character is sentenced to a year of invisibility (where others are to shun him or face being shunned themselves) for the crime of 'coldness', yet he and others are forced to be 'cold' towards the 'invisibles'. [[spoiler: In the end he defies this and [[CryIntoChest comforts]] an 'invisible' woman with whom he had attempted to interact while under punishment.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: In "To See The Invisible Man", a character is sentenced to one year of invisibility. He manages to chat with a blind man for awhile, before the man is told that the stranger talking to him is 'invisible' and he shouldn't be talking to him or even acknowledging his presence. When alerted to this, the blind man mutters something in the vein of "Damn you!"
* ItsAllAboutMe: In "To See The Invisible Man", a character is sentenced to one year of invisibility. He manages to chat with a blind man for awhile, before the man is told that the stranger talking to him is 'invisible' and he shouldn't be talking to him or even acknowledging his presence. When alerted to this, the blind man mutters something in the vein of "Damn you!"
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* {{Irony}}: In "To See The Invisible Man". The main character Man", Mitchell Chaplin is sentenced to a year of invisibility (where others are to shun him or face being shunned themselves) for the crime of 'coldness', yet he and others are forced to be 'cold' towards the 'invisibles'. [[spoiler: In the end he defies this and [[CryIntoChest comforts]] an 'invisible' woman with whom he had attempted to interact while under punishment.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: In "To See The Invisible Man",a character is Mitchell Chaplin sentenced to one year of invisibility. He manages to chat with a blind man named Bennett Gershe for awhile, a while, before the man is told that the stranger talking to him is 'invisible' and he shouldn't be talking to him or even acknowledging his presence. When alerted to this, the blind man Gershe mutters something in the vein of "Damn you!"
* ItsAllAboutMe: In "To See The Invisible Man",
* ALessonLearnedTooWell: In "To See the Invisible Man", the state sentences Mitchell Chaplin to a year of invisibility for the crime of coldness because he is not emotionally open with his family or co-workers. Mitchell initially relishes the opportunity to do anything that he wants with no repercussions as [[SilentTreatment everyone must ignore him or face the same punishment themselves]]. However, the incredible loneliness eventually gets to him and he longs for ordinary human interaction. Six months into his sentence, he begs an invisible woman to talk to him but she refuses as she does not want her own sentence to be increased. Four months after his punishment has ended, the same woman approaches Mitchell and pleads with him to acknowledge her existence and ease her suffering. While Mitchell is initially reluctant, he soon hugs the woman and assures her that she is not invisible and that he cares about her. His own experience of invisibility taught him how difficult it is and led him to comfort another person in pain instead of ignoring her.
* MechaMooks: In "To See the Invisible Man", floating security bots monitor Mitchell Chaplin and other invisible people to ensure that no one violates Citizen's Law 24824 and interacts with them.
* MegaNeko: In "The Elevator", Roger and Will find a dead house cat that grew as large as a lion or tiger after eating the super food created by their father to solve world hunger. They are concerned because it was clearly killed by something larger, which turns out to be a GiantSpider.
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* MinimalistCast: Sherman Hemsley and Ron Glass are the only actors to appear in "I of Newton".
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** Sherman Hemsley and Ron Glass are the only actors to appear in "I ofNewton".Newton".
** Stephen Geoffreys, Robert Prescott, Brandon Bluhm and Douglas Emerson are the only actors to appear in "The Elevator". The latter two only appear very briefly in one scene.
** Sherman Hemsley and Ron Glass are the only actors to appear in "I of
** Stephen Geoffreys, Robert Prescott, Brandon Bluhm and Douglas Emerson are the only actors to appear in "The Elevator". The latter two only appear very briefly in one scene.
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** "Tooth and Consequences" is a pun on ''Series/TruthOrConsequences''.
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* RodentsOfUnusualSize: In "The Elevator", Roger and Will learn that their father's super food causes extreme growth when they find several dead giant rats in his factory, each bigger than the one before. They later find a [[MegaNeko giant cat]], [[CanisMajor giant dog]] and a GiantSpider.
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* SilentTreatment: In "To See the Invisible Man", Mitchell Chaplin is convicted of the crime of coldness towards others and is sentenced to a year of invisibility. He is forced to wear an implant on his forehead that alerts people that they are to ignore him and pretend not to see him no matter what. If they engage with him in any way, they are violating Citizen's Law 24824 which carries the penalty of at least one year of invisibility. Invisible people who speak to each other have another year added to their sentences.
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* ToothFairy: In "Tooth and Consequences", the Tooth Fairy appears in Dr. Myron Mandel's office after his failed suicide attempt and offers to give him anything that he wants. Myron wishes to be liked and respected by his patients and for Lydia Bixby to fall madly in love with him. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor The constant adulation soon proves to be too much for Myron]] and he hops a freight train. He meets five homeless men who turn out to be former dentists who had their own run-ins with the Tooth Fairy. Myron learns that he was just a pawn in the Tooth Fairy's scheme to get dentists out of the way so that he will have more business.
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* VideoPhone: In "To See the Invisible Man", Mitchell Chaplin calls [=MedEm=] over a video phone in order to receive medical assistance after being hit by a car. The nurse immediately hangs up when she sees the invisibility implant on Mitchell's forehead.
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*** When Gus Rosenthal tells his younger self that he writes films, the young Gus asks him if he wrote ''Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940'' or ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}''.
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*** When Gus Rosenthal tells his younger self that he writes films, the young Gus asks him if he wrote ''Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940'' or ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}''.''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}''.
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* AffablyEvil: In "A Small Talent for War", the alien ambassador calmly tells the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations Security Council that his people intend to destroy all life on Earth in 24 hours as they are disappointed with the small talent for war that humanity displays. The next day, he returns to find that the United Nations has negotiating a lasting global peace and unilateral disarmanent [[spoiler:and promptly begins laughing hysterically. The ambassador explains that his people breed warriors and that humans have proven to be insufficient for their requirements since they desire peace above all else. He thanks the Security Council for "a most amusing day" and their "delightful sense of the absurd." Before Earth is destroyed by his people's armada, his parting comment refers to the last words of Creator/EdmundGwenn: "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard."]]
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* AffablyEvil: In "A Small Talent for War", the alien ambassador calmly tells the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations Security Council that his people intend to destroy all life on Earth in 24 hours as they are disappointed with the small talent for war that humanity displays. The next day, he returns to find that the United Nations has negotiating a lasting global peace and unilateral disarmanent [[spoiler:and promptly begins laughing hysterically. The ambassador explains that his people [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy breed warriors warriors]] and that humans have proven to be insufficient for their requirements since they desire peace above all else. He thanks the Security Council for "a most amusing day" and their "delightful sense of the absurd." Before Earth is destroyed by his people's armada, his parting comment refers to the last words of Creator/EdmundGwenn: "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard."]]
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** In "A Small Talent for War", aliens show up before the United Nations and announce that humanity is just one of many races they've seeded across the galaxy. They've come to judge Earth and are extremely disappointed with the level of belligerence they find, remarking that the human race has [[TitleDrop a small talent for war]] (it helps to remember that this episode originally aired during the Cold War)--if they can't improve in twenty-four hours, the aliens will blow up the whole planet. Every nation in the world immediately drops its conflicts, and representatives work around the clock, coming up with a comprehensive blueprint for total nuclear disarmament and world peace just before the deadline. The alien in charge of the experiment reads the plan, and starts laughing. He specifically said that his race was unhappy with humanity's level of belligerence and small talent for war--but he didn't specify ''why'' they were unhappy. Turns out that they're a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy species of incredibly proud warriors]], and the human race isn't warlike ''enough'' for them. Cue the EarthShatteringKaboom.
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** In "A Small Talent for War", aliens show up before the United Nations and announce that humanity is just one of many races they've seeded across the galaxy. They've come to judge Earth and are extremely disappointed with the level of belligerence they find, remarking that the human race has [[TitleDrop a small talent for war]] (it helps to remember that this episode originally aired during the Cold War)--if they can't improve in twenty-four hours, the aliens will blow up the whole planet. Every nation in the world immediately drops its conflicts, and representatives work around the clock, coming up with a comprehensive blueprint for total nuclear disarmament and world peace just before the deadline. The alien in charge of the experiment reads the plan, and plan [[spoiler:and starts laughing. He specifically said that his race was unhappy with humanity's level of belligerence and small talent for war--but he didn't specify ''why'' they were unhappy. Turns out that they're a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy species of incredibly proud warriors]], and the human race isn't warlike ''enough'' for them. Cue the EarthShatteringKaboom.]]
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* {{Panspermia}}: In "A Small Talent for War", the alien ambassador explains to the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations Security Council that Earth is one of several thousand planets that his people seeded with life and where they sped up evolution two million years ago. They have deemed the experiment on Earth to be a failure due to the small talent for war that humanity displays. [[spoiler:The Security Council doesn't realize until the next day that the aliens breed warriors to fight for them across the galaxy and that humanity's talent for war is too small to be of any use to them.]]
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* {{Panspermia}}: In "A Small Talent for War", the alien ambassador explains to the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations Security Council that Earth is one of several thousand planets that his people seeded with life and where they sped up evolution two million years ago. They have deemed the experiment on Earth to be a failure due to the small talent for war that humanity displays. [[spoiler:The Security Council doesn't realize until the next day that the aliens [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy breed warriors warriors]] to fight for them across the galaxy and that humanity's talent for war is too small to be of any use to them.]]
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* ProveIAmNotBluffing: In "A Small Talent for War", the Soviet ambassador to the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations expresses doubt that the aliens have the power to destroy all life on Earth. The alien ambassador tells him to keep watching the skies. Several minutes later, the British ambassador receives a message from the Royal Observatory in Greenwich that Halley's Comet has disappeared, having been destroyed by the aliens.
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* AdaptationalJobChange: In "The Misfortune Cookie", Harry Folger is a CausticCritic who loves writing scathing reviews of restaurants, whether they deserve it or not. In the short story by Charles E. Fritch, his occupation is not given.
* AdaptationDeviation: "Dead Woman's Shoes" is only loosely adapted from the original episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E83DeadMansShoes Dead Man's Shoes]]". In the original, the spirit of the murdered gangster Dane takes over the body of the homeless man Nate Bledsoe when he puts on his shoes in order to exact revenge on his treacherous partner Bernie Dagget. In TheRemake, the spirit of the murdered socialite Susan Montgomery takes over the body of the shy, withdrawn woman Maddie Duncan when she puts on her shoes in order to exact revenge on her husband Kyle.
* AdaptationDeviation: "Dead Woman's Shoes" is only loosely adapted from the original episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E83DeadMansShoes Dead Man's Shoes]]". In the original, the spirit of the murdered gangster Dane takes over the body of the homeless man Nate Bledsoe when he puts on his shoes in order to exact revenge on his treacherous partner Bernie Dagget. In TheRemake, the spirit of the murdered socialite Susan Montgomery takes over the body of the shy, withdrawn woman Maddie Duncan when she puts on her shoes in order to exact revenge on her husband Kyle.
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* AdaptationalJobChange: AdaptationalJobChange:
** In "The Misfortune Cookie", Harry Folger is a CausticCritic who loves writing scathing reviews of restaurants, whether they deserve it or not. In the short story by Charles E. Fritch, his occupation is not given.
** In "A Matter of Minutes", Michael Wright works in an office. In the short story "Yesterday Was Monday" by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon, the [[AdaptationNameChange equivalent character]] Harry Wright is a car mechanic.
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** "Dead Woman's Shoes" is only loosely adapted from the original episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E83DeadMansShoes Dead Man's Shoes]]". In the original, the spirit of the murdered gangster Dane takes over the body of the homeless man Nate Bledsoe when he puts on his shoes in order to exact revenge on his treacherous partner Bernie Dagget. In TheRemake, the spirit of the murdered socialite Susan Montgomery takes over the body of the shy, withdrawn woman Maddie Duncan when she puts on her shoes in order to exact revenge on her husbandKyle.Kyle.
** "A Matter of Minutes" differs somewhat from the short story "Yesterday Was Monday" by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon in its presentation of time. In the episode, every minute exists as a separate world that must be constructed and subsequently torn down once that minute has elapsed. In the short story, the workers construct days rather than individual minutes. Each day is referred to as an act which forms part of a larger play. People are considered actors who play their roles on a stage, a reference to the "All the world's a stage" monologue from ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt''. The entire project is overseen by a producer.
** In "The Misfortune Cookie", Harry Folger is a CausticCritic who loves writing scathing reviews of restaurants, whether they deserve it or not. In the short story by Charles E. Fritch, his occupation is not given.
** In "A Matter of Minutes", Michael Wright works in an office. In the short story "Yesterday Was Monday" by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon, the [[AdaptationNameChange equivalent character]] Harry Wright is a car mechanic.
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** "Dead Woman's Shoes" is only loosely adapted from the original episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E83DeadMansShoes Dead Man's Shoes]]". In the original, the spirit of the murdered gangster Dane takes over the body of the homeless man Nate Bledsoe when he puts on his shoes in order to exact revenge on his treacherous partner Bernie Dagget. In TheRemake, the spirit of the murdered socialite Susan Montgomery takes over the body of the shy, withdrawn woman Maddie Duncan when she puts on her shoes in order to exact revenge on her husband
** "A Matter of Minutes" differs somewhat from the short story "Yesterday Was Monday" by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon in its presentation of time. In the episode, every minute exists as a separate world that must be constructed and subsequently torn down once that minute has elapsed. In the short story, the workers construct days rather than individual minutes. Each day is referred to as an act which forms part of a larger play. People are considered actors who play their roles on a stage, a reference to the "All the world's a stage" monologue from ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt''. The entire project is overseen by a producer.
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* AdaptationNameChange: In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet Shatterday]]", Peter Jay Novins' alter ego does not have any other name to distinguish him from the original Novins. In the short story by Creator/HarlanEllison, the original Novins decides to call him "Jay."
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** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet Shatterday]]", Peter Jay Novins' alter ego does not have any other name to distinguish him from the original Novins. In the short story by Creator/HarlanEllison, the original Novins decides to call him "Jay.""
** In "A Matter of Minutes", the protagonist's name is Michael Wright. In the short story "Yesterday Was Monday" by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon, his name is Harry Wright.
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet Shatterday]]", Peter Jay Novins' alter ego does not have any other name to distinguish him from the original Novins. In the short story by Creator/HarlanEllison, the original Novins decides to call him "Jay.
** In "A Matter of Minutes", the protagonist's name is Michael Wright. In the short story "Yesterday Was Monday" by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon, his name is Harry Wright.
** "A Matter of Minutes" omits Gurrah, the supervisor of [[PurgatoryAndLimbo Limbo]], a major supporting character in the short story "Yesterday Was Monday" by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon.
* AffablyEvil: In "A Small Talent for War", the alien ambassador calmly tells the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations Security Council that his people intend to destroy all life on Earth in 24 hours as they are disappointed with the small talent for war that humanity displays. The next day, he returns to find that the United Nations has negotiating a lasting global peace and unilateral disarmanent [[spoiler:and promptly begins laughing hysterically. The ambassador explains that his people breed warriors and that humans have proven to be insufficient for their requirements since they desire peace above all else. He thanks the Security Council for "a most amusing day" and their "delightful sense of the absurd." Before Earth is destroyed by his people's armada, his parting comment refers to the last words of Creator/EdmundGwenn: "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard."]]
** In "Monsters!", Toby Michaels' father regularly calls him "Ace."
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* AliensAreBastards: The aliens in "A Small Talent for War".
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* AliensAreBastards: The aliens in In "A Small Talent for War".War", [[spoiler:all life on Earth is destroyed by the alien race that [[{{Panspermia}} seeded life on the planet]] two million years ago as humanity's talent for war is too small for their needs]].
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* TheBlank: The faceless blue construction workers in "A Matter of Minutes".
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* TheBlank: The In "A Matter of Minutes", every minute is built by faceless blue construction workers in who are seemingly incapable of speech.
* BlankWhiteVoid: In "A Matter ofMinutes".Minutes", Michael and Maureen Wright attempt to use their neighbor Cliff Turner's phone but when they enter his family home, they find nothing but a featureless white void. The same thing happens later when they run down an alley. The supervisor explains to them that he and his workers did not bother to construct the family home or the alley when building the minute 11:37am on April 27, 1986 as no one is supposed to see either during that time.
* BlankWhiteVoid: In "A Matter of
** "A Small Talent for War" takes place entirely in a meeting room in the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations Headquarters.
** In "A Matter of Minutes", both Michael Wright and his wife Maureen become trapped in a minute that is still under construction. In the short story "Yesterday Was Monday" by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon, it is only [[AdaptationNameChange Harry Wright]].
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* CompositeCharacter: In "Nightcrawlers", the Big Bob's diner patrons Ray and Lindy have a son named Ricky. In the short story by Robert [=McCammon=], they have two unnamed children, a boy and a girl.
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** In "Nightcrawlers", the Big Bob's diner patrons Ray and Lindy have a son named Ricky. In the short story by Robert [=McCammon=], they have two unnamed children, a boy and agirl.girl.
** In "A Matter of Minutes", the unnamed supervisor is a composite of the supervisor Iridel and the producer from the short story "Yesterday Was Monday" by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon.
** In "Nightcrawlers", the Big Bob's diner patrons Ray and Lindy have a son named Ricky. In the short story by Robert [=McCammon=], they have two unnamed children, a boy and a
** In "A Matter of Minutes", the unnamed supervisor is a composite of the supervisor Iridel and the producer from the short story "Yesterday Was Monday" by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon.
** In "A Small Talent for War", this is seen on a large scale. [[spoiler:In the final scene, the alien ambassador summons his people's armada to destroy all life on Earth as it is apparent that humanity's small talent for war will be of no use to them in their wars across the galaxy.]]
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** The Wrights find the blue wrench thrown at them in a phone booth in "A Matter of Minutes".
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** The Wrights In "A Matter of Minutes", Michael and Maureen Wright find the blue wrench thrown at them in a phone booth in "A Matter booth. It belongs to one of Minutes".the [[TheBlank faceless laborers]] who construct every minute as a separate world.
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* JustOneSecondOutOfSync: Or rather, ''between'' time, in "A Matter of Minutes".
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* JustOneSecondOutOfSync: Or rather, ''between'' time, A variation in "A Matter of Minutes".Minutes". On April 27, 1986, Michael and Maureen Wright are awakened by the sounds of construction. Their alarm clock says that it is 11:37am but Michael's watch reads 7:05am. They hear what they assume to be burglers downstairs but find that [[TheBlank faceless workers]] are replacing all of the furniture and belongings with identical copies. Shortly afterwards, they are discovered by these workers' supervisor. He explains to them that every minute is its own separate world that must be constructed and then demolished once it has passed. Michael and Maureen have accidentally stumbled into 11:37am, which is still under construction.
** In "A Small Talent for War", Mr. Fraser, the US ambassador to the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations, is the only character given a name.
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* OddFriendship: In "The Star", Father Matthew Costigan, a Jesuit priest and an astrophysicist, is close friends with Dr. Chandler, an athiest physician and one of his shipmates aboard the survey ship ''Magellan''. They frequently have polite discussions about whether {{God}} is responsible for the beauty of the universe or whether it is merely random.
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** In "The Star", Father Matthew Costigan, a Jesuit priest and an astrophysicist, is close friends with Dr. Chandler, an athiest physician and one of his shipmates aboard the survey ship ''Magellan''. They frequently have polite discussions about whether {{God}} is responsible for the beauty of the universe or whether it is merely random.
** In "Monsters!", a young monster movie fan named Toby Michaels becomes friends with a 158-year-old vampire named Emile Francis Bendictson, who has just moved next door.
** In "The Star", Father Matthew Costigan, a Jesuit priest and an astrophysicist, is close friends with Dr. Chandler, an athiest physician and one of his shipmates aboard the survey ship ''Magellan''. They frequently have polite discussions about whether {{God}} is responsible for the beauty of the universe or whether it is merely random.
** In "Monsters!", a young monster movie fan named Toby Michaels becomes friends with a 158-year-old vampire named Emile Francis Bendictson, who has just moved next door.
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* OntologicalMystery: "A Matter of Minutes" opens with a couple, Michael and Maureen Wright, waking up to the sound of blue blank-faced workers loading stuff into their house, along with every other house in the neighborhood. This winds up being a short mystery, however, since after they wind up stumbling across a WhiteVoidRoom, they meet a man dressed in orange who explains that they are essentially backstage time itself, seeing one particular minute being made. And now, he doesn't want them to leave...
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* OntologicalMystery: "A Matter of Minutes" opens with a couple, Michael and Maureen Wright, waking up to the sound of blue blank-faced workers loading stuff into their house, along with every other house in the neighborhood. This winds up being a short mystery, however, since after they wind up stumbling across a WhiteVoidRoom, BlankWhiteVoid, they meet a man dressed in orange who explains that they are essentially backstage time itself, seeing one particular minute being made. And now, he doesn't want them to leave...
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: In "Monsters!", the vampire Emile Francis Bendictson explains to Toby Michaels that most of what he has learned about vampires from the monster movies that he loves so much is incorrect. Becoming a vampire is more like contracting a disease than dying and returning as TheUndead. It also doesn't mean that an infected person is granted eternal life and stops aging altogether. Mr. Benedictson became a vampire at 11 years old and appears to be in his 70s in 1986, 147 years after he was infected. He is not evil but simply a kind old man who has returned to his native Mill Valley to die. Vampires are also immune to sunlight, garlic and the cross. Most significantly, there is something in a vampire's biology that activates a recessive gene in ordinary humans when in close proximity, causing them to mutate into monsters who destroy vampires. It acts as a genetic defense mechanism.
* {{Panspermia}}: In "A Small Talent for War", the alien ambassador explains to the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations Security Council that Earth is one of several thousand planets that his people seeded with life and where they sped up evolution two million years ago. They have deemed the experiment on Earth to be a failure due to the small talent for war that humanity displays. [[spoiler:The Security Council doesn't realize until the next day that the aliens breed warriors to fight for them across the galaxy and that humanity's talent for war is too small to be of any use to them.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld:
** In "Monsters!", Emile Francis Bendictson appears to be in his 70s but is actually a 158-year-old vampire.
** In "A Small Talent for War", the alien ambassador's race live for at least several hundred years.
** In "Monsters!", Emile Francis Bendictson appears to be in his 70s but is actually a 158-year-old vampire.
** In "A Small Talent for War", the alien ambassador's race live for at least several hundred years.
** "Monsters!" has several to monster movies as Toby Michaels and his father are big fans:
*** Toby has posters of ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1925'', ''Film/Dracula1931'' and ''Film/TheMummy1932'' and a mask of Stripe from ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' in his room.
*** Toby and his father discuss ''Film/TheCrawlingEye'' and ''Film/TheTrollenbergTerror''.
*** Toby tells Emile Francis Bendictson that he has seen every Film/HammerHorror film at least six times.
*** Toby's father tells him to keep watching the skies, a reference to the last line of ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld''. The same line is quoted by the alien ambassador in "A Small Talent for War".
** In "A Small Talent for War", the appearance of the alien ambassador is based on that of Klaatu from ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951''.
** Also in "A Small Talent for War", [[spoiler:[[EarthShatteringKaboom before his people destroy Earth]]]], the alien ambassador quotes the last words of the "fine Earth actor" Creator/EdmundGwenn: "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard."
** In "A Matter of Minutes", Michael and June Wright hide from the [[TheBlank faceless workers]] in a cinema playing ''Film/TimeBandits''.
*** Toby has posters of ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1925'', ''Film/Dracula1931'' and ''Film/TheMummy1932'' and a mask of Stripe from ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' in his room.
*** Toby and his father discuss ''Film/TheCrawlingEye'' and ''Film/TheTrollenbergTerror''.
*** Toby tells Emile Francis Bendictson that he has seen every Film/HammerHorror film at least six times.
*** Toby's father tells him to keep watching the skies, a reference to the last line of ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld''. The same line is quoted by the alien ambassador in "A Small Talent for War".
** In "A Small Talent for War", the appearance of the alien ambassador is based on that of Klaatu from ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951''.
** Also in "A Small Talent for War", [[spoiler:[[EarthShatteringKaboom before his people destroy Earth]]]], the alien ambassador quotes the last words of the "fine Earth actor" Creator/EdmundGwenn: "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard."
** In "A Matter of Minutes", Michael and June Wright hide from the [[TheBlank faceless workers]] in a cinema playing ''Film/TimeBandits''.
* SuicideByCop: In "Monsters!", the vampire Emile Francis Bendictson never stayed anywhere too long for fear of activating the recessive gene that turns ordinary humans into vampire-killing monsters. After traveling the world for almost 150 years, he returns to his home town of Mill Valley so that he can die where he was born. Several days after his arrival, many of the townspeople turn into monsters and kill him in a very brutal fashion. Benedictson was [[ICannotSelfTerminate either willing or unable to kill himself]].
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* WeirdnessSearchAndRescue: In the short "A Matter of Minutes", the foreman of a group of people (played by Adolph Caesar) takes time to explain to a couple who end up 'outside time' how time really works, even showing them an animated computer graphic prepared for such an event.
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* WeirdnessSearchAndRescue: In the short "A Matter of Minutes", the foreman of a group of people (played by Adolph Caesar) takes time to explain to a couple who end up 'outside time' how time really works, even showing them an animated computer graphic prepared for such an event.
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* FunctionalMagic: In "The Uncle Devil Show", the title character teaches Joey how to perform actual magic through the ''Tim Ferret and Friends'' video. Joey is able to make cockroaches come out of a vase (though he meant for flowers to appear), give his poodle Ben [[ExtraEyes four eyes]], give his [[ParentalObliviousness oblivious parents]] the heads of a lizard and a wolf, create a fantasy world and turn his toy dinosaur Binky into a real TyrannosaurusRex.
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* FunctionalMagic: In "The Uncle Devil Show", the title character teaches Joey how to perform actual magic through the ''Tim Ferret and Friends'' video. Joey is able to make cockroaches come out of a vase (though he meant for flowers to appear), give his poodle Ben [[ExtraEyes four eyes]], give his [[ParentalObliviousness oblivious parents]] the heads of a lizard and a wolf, create a fantasy world and turn his toy dinosaur Binky into a real TyrannosaurusRex.
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** In "Still Life", Daniel Arnold discovers a Kodak 100 camera in an antique trunk that he bought at an auction. After he develops the photos, he finds that they are of a ''Magazine/NationalGeographic'' expedition to the Amazon River basin in January 1913. Daniel's friend Professor Alex Stottel, the last surviving member of the expedition, tells him that they barely escaped with their lives as the Curacai tribe believed that creating an image of them steals their souls. It turns out that the Curacai were correct and that Daniel developing the photos released them. The Curacai attack Daniel and his wife Becky but he manages to steal their souls again by taking photos of them.
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** In "Still Life", Daniel Arnold discovers a Kodak 100 camera in an antique trunk that he bought at an auction. After he develops the photos, he finds that they are of a ''Magazine/NationalGeographic'' expedition to the Amazon River basin in January 1913. Daniel's friend Professor Alex Stottel, the last surviving member of the expedition, tells him that they barely escaped with their lives as the Curacai tribe believed that creating an image of them steals stole their souls. It turns out that the Curacai were correct and that Daniel developing the photos released them. The Curacai attack Daniel and his wife Becky but he manages to steal trap their souls again by taking photos of them.
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* MisfortuneCookie: In "The Misfortune Cookie", the CausticCritic Harry Folger begins receiving [[PropheciesAreAlwaysRight fortune cookies with extremely accurate predictions]] when he visits Mr. Lee's Chinese Cuisine. They are initially favorable but turn darker as time goes on. The first says "A grand reward awaits you just around the corner." As he is leaving the restaurant, a bank robber who has just stolen $100,000 in diamonds runs into him, allowing the police to catch him. The bank manager gives him $1,000 as a reward. The second fortune cookie says "April arrives today bringing romance." Harry dismisses its prediction as it is September but he later meets a woman who asks him for directions. When they arrange a date, she tells him that her name is April Hamilton. On his third visit to the restaurant, Harry's fortune cookie says "You're going to die." He is furious and storms out but immediately experiences severe hunger. He eats at restaurant after restaurant but his hunger is insatiable. He then receives a fourth and final cookie which says "You're dead," revealing that he is trapped in an IronicHell.
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* MisfortuneCookie: In "The Misfortune Cookie", the CausticCritic Harry Folger begins receiving [[PropheciesAreAlwaysRight fortune cookies with extremely accurate predictions]] when he visits Mr. Lee's Chinese Cuisine. They are initially favorable but turn darker as time goes on. The first says "A grand reward awaits you just around the corner." As he is leaving the restaurant, a bank robber who has just stolen $100,000 in diamonds runs into him, allowing the police to catch him. The bank manager gives him $1,000 as a reward. The second fortune cookie says "April arrives today bringing romance." Harry dismisses its prediction as it is September but he September. He later meets a woman who asks him for directions. When they arrange a date, she tells him that her name is April Hamilton. On his third visit to the restaurant, Harry's fortune cookie says "You're going to die." He is furious and storms out but immediately experiences severe hunger. He eats at restaurant after restaurant but his hunger is insatiable. He then receives a fourth and final cookie which says "You're dead," revealing that he is trapped in an IronicHell.
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* AdaptationalJobChange: In "The Misfortune Cookie", Harry Folger is a CausticCritic who loves writing scathing reviews of restaurants, whether they deserve it or not. In the short story by Charles E. Fritch, his occupation is not given.
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** The original "Misfortune "The Misfortune Cookie" was goes into more detail about the kind of person that Harry Folger is than the short story by Charles E. Fritch. In the episode, Harry is a short-short story.CausticCritic and ImmoralJournalist who loves to write terrible reviews of restaurants so that they will be closed down. Whenever this happens, he adds another matchbook to a model graveyard on his desk. In the short story, Harry is [[YourCheatingHeart cheating on his wife]] with his old flame Cynthia Peters but nothing else is revealed about his personality and his profession is not given.
** "The Misfortune Cookie", an adaptation of the short story by Charles E. Fritch, omits Harry Folger's lover Cynthia Peters, his wife and Cynthia's husband.
* AlchemyIsMagic: In "The Little People of Killany Woods", it is MagicByAnyOtherName. The LittleGreenMen give Liam O'Shaughnessy triangular gold pieces to buy supplies with which they can repair their damaged ship. He tells O'Dell that the gold will not last in the hands of a sinner, which he passes along to Mike Mulvaney. The gold piece that Mulvaney later forces Liam to give him turns to lead soon afterwards.
** "The Misfortune Cookie" features the supporting characters of Harry Folger's editor Max, the eponymous owner of Mr. Lee's Chinese Cuisine and April Hamilton, whom Harry briefly dates. None of them appear in the short story by Charles E. Fritch.
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* CassandraTruth: In "The Burning Man", Doug and Aunt Neva pick up a dirty, disheveled man while driving through Kansas. He immediately begins ranting and raving about people who are born evil, telling Doug and Aunt Neva that they should be wary of genetic evil. He compares such people to seventeen year locusts and warns that they [[ImAHumanitarian eat people]] "fried, cooked, boiled and parboiled." Aunt Neva has finally had enough of his wild stories and throws him out of her car. That night, the two of them pick up a [[CreepyChild strange boy in a white suit]] who claims to have been left behind after a town picnic. After making the car stop, the boy asks Doug and Aunt Neva, "Have you ever wondered if there was such a thing as genetic evil in the world?" The headlights of the car then go out, implying that he is going to kill Doug and Aunt Neva.
* CausticCritic: Harry Folger in "The MisfortuneCookie."
* CausticCritic: Harry Folger in "The MisfortuneCookie."
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** In "The Burning Man", Doug and Aunt Neva pick up a dirty, disheveled man while driving through Kansas. He immediately begins ranting and raving about people who are born evil, telling Doug and Aunt Neva that they should be wary of genetic evil. He compares such people to seventeen year locusts and warns that they [[ImAHumanitarian eat people]] "fried, cooked, boiled and parboiled." Aunt Neva has finally had enough of his wild stories and throws him out of her car. That night, the two of them pick up a [[CreepyChild strange boy in a white suit]] who claims to have been left behind after a town picnic. After making the car stop, the boy asks Doug and Aunt Neva, "Have you ever wondered if there was such a thing as genetic evil in the world?" The headlights of the car then go out, implying that he is going to kill Doug and Aunt Neva.
** In "The Little People of Killany Woods", no one in Kelly's pub believes Liam O'Shaughnessy when he says that he has seen {{Leprechaun}}s under a giant toadstool in Killany Woods. When he follows Liam to the woods in the hope of getting more gold, Mike Mulvaney discovers that the little people are actually aliens and that the toadstool is their spaceship. He returns to Kelly's to tell the townspeople what he saw but none of them believe him.
* CausticCritic: In "The Misfortune Cookie", Harry Folger is a cruel and obnoxious food critic who takes delight in"The MisfortuneCookie."writing bad reviews about restaurants. When his editor Max accuses him of trashing these restaurants, he [[InsistentTerminology claims that he is exposing them]]. He collects matchbooks from restaurants which have been closed because of his reviews, of which he has about 20, and places them in a model graveyard.
** In "The Burning Man", Doug and Aunt Neva pick up a dirty, disheveled man while driving through Kansas. He immediately begins ranting and raving about people who are born evil, telling Doug and Aunt Neva that they should be wary of genetic evil. He compares such people to seventeen year locusts and warns that they [[ImAHumanitarian eat people]] "fried, cooked, boiled and parboiled." Aunt Neva has finally had enough of his wild stories and throws him out of her car. That night, the two of them pick up a [[CreepyChild strange boy in a white suit]] who claims to have been left behind after a town picnic. After making the car stop, the boy asks Doug and Aunt Neva, "Have you ever wondered if there was such a thing as genetic evil in the world?" The headlights of the car then go out, implying that he is going to kill Doug and Aunt Neva.
** In "The Little People of Killany Woods", no one in Kelly's pub believes Liam O'Shaughnessy when he says that he has seen {{Leprechaun}}s under a giant toadstool in Killany Woods. When he follows Liam to the woods in the hope of getting more gold, Mike Mulvaney discovers that the little people are actually aliens and that the toadstool is their spaceship. He returns to Kelly's to tell the townspeople what he saw but none of them believe him.
* CausticCritic: In "The Misfortune Cookie", Harry Folger is a cruel and obnoxious food critic who takes delight in
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* HauntedTechnology: In "Her Pilgrim Soul", Nola Granville's (benevolent) spirit briefly possesses a hologram-projection system.
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** In "Her Pilgrim Soul", Nola Granville's (benevolent) spirit briefly possesses a hologram-projectionsystem.system.
** In "Still Life", Daniel Arnold discovers a Kodak 100 camera in an antique trunk that he bought at an auction. After he develops the photos, he finds that they are of a ''Magazine/NationalGeographic'' expedition to the Amazon River basin in January 1913. Daniel's friend Professor Alex Stottel, the last surviving member of the expedition, tells him that they barely escaped with their lives as the Curacai tribe believed that creating an image of them steals their souls. It turns out that the Curacai were correct and that Daniel developing the photos released them. The Curacai attack Daniel and his wife Becky but he manages to steal their souls again by taking photos of them.
** In "Her Pilgrim Soul", Nola Granville's (benevolent) spirit briefly possesses a hologram-projection
** In "Still Life", Daniel Arnold discovers a Kodak 100 camera in an antique trunk that he bought at an auction. After he develops the photos, he finds that they are of a ''Magazine/NationalGeographic'' expedition to the Amazon River basin in January 1913. Daniel's friend Professor Alex Stottel, the last surviving member of the expedition, tells him that they barely escaped with their lives as the Curacai tribe believed that creating an image of them steals their souls. It turns out that the Curacai were correct and that Daniel developing the photos released them. The Curacai attack Daniel and his wife Becky but he manages to steal their souls again by taking photos of them.
* ImmoralJournalist: In "The Misfortune Cookie", the CausticCritic Harry Folger enjoys having restaurants shut down with his scathing reviews. He is shown to be an extremely unethical journalist when he begins writing a negative review of Mr. Lee's Chinese Cuisine before he visits it. He gives it the title "If you love your Pekingese, don't ask for a doggie bag." When he does later visit it, he orders a great deal of food but demands to be brought his check without touching any of it. His bad review of the restaurant is published in the next day's paper, causing Mr. Lee to lose many of his customers.
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** "The Misfortune Cookie" features a cruel food critic and a Chinese restaurant whose fortunes turn out to come true. After receiving the fortune "You're Going To Die", he storms out and finds himself surrounded by Chinese restaurants, but perpetually hungry. Eventually, he receives another fortune: "You're Dead".
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** In "The Misfortune Cookie" features Cookie", a [[CausticCritic cruel food critic and critic]] named Harry Folger frequents a Chinese restaurant restaurant, Mr. Lee's Chinese Cuisine, whose fortunes turn out to come true. After receiving the fortune "You're Going To Die", he storms out and finds himself surrounded by Chinese restaurants, but perpetually hungry. Eventually, he receives another fortune: "You're Dead".
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* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: In "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium", the titular shop is magical and the entrance changes location. Some people stumble on it while others have to commit years of diligent effort to track it down. David Wong finds it in the backroom of a porn shop in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco after three years of searching, Mrs. Whitford finds it in Fort Lauderdale and an elderly man simply found himself there after a doctor's appointment. The emporium contains lost hopes, dreams, chances and attributes that people seek to regain. David Wong is searching for his compassion, Melinda for her sense of humor, Mrs. Whitford for lost time and the elderly man for the respect of his children. Each lost attribute appears in a glowing ball, which everyone except the intended recipient can see, and takes the form of a physical object or animal. The recipients must follow the instructions on the label to benefit from it.
* LittleGreenMen: In "The Little People of Killany Woods", Liam O'Shaughnessy sees several three foot tall green aliens in Killany Woods. Their size and color, as well as their toadstool-shaped ship, causes him to [[TotallyNotAWerewolf mistake them]] for {{Leprechaun}}s but he eventually learns the truth.
* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: In "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium", the titular shop is magical and the entrance changes location. Some people stumble on it while others have to commit years of diligent effort to track it down. David Wong finds it in the backroom of a porn shop in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco after three years of searching, Mrs. Whitford finds it in Fort Lauderdale and an elderly man simply found himself there after a doctor's appointment. The emporium contains lost hopes, dreams, chances and attributes that people seek to regain. David Wong is searching for his compassion, Melinda for her sense of humor, Mrs. Whitford for lost time and the elderly man for the respect of his children. Each lost attribute appears in a glowing ball, which everyone except the intended recipient can see, and takes the form of a physical object or animal. The recipients must follow the instructions on the label to benefit from it.
* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: In "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium", the titular shop is magical and the entrance changes location. Some people stumble on it while others have to commit years of diligent effort to track it down. David Wong finds it in the backroom of a porn shop in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco after three years of searching, Mrs. Whitford finds it in Fort Lauderdale and an elderly man simply found himself there after a doctor's appointment. The emporium contains lost hopes, dreams, chances and attributes that people seek to regain. David Wong is searching for his compassion, Melinda for her sense of humor, Mrs. Whitford for lost time and the elderly man for the respect of his children. Each lost attribute appears in a glowing ball, which everyone except the intended recipient can see, and takes the form of a physical object or animal. The recipients must follow the instructions on the label to benefit from it.
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* MisfortuneCookie: And that was the exact title of the episode!
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* MisfortuneCookie: And In "The Misfortune Cookie", the CausticCritic Harry Folger begins receiving [[PropheciesAreAlwaysRight fortune cookies with extremely accurate predictions]] when he visits Mr. Lee's Chinese Cuisine. They are initially favorable but turn darker as time goes on. The first says "A grand reward awaits you just around the corner." As he is leaving the restaurant, a bank robber who has just stolen $100,000 in diamonds runs into him, allowing the police to catch him. The bank manager gives him $1,000 as a reward. The second fortune cookie says "April arrives today bringing romance." Harry dismisses its prediction as it is September but he later meets a woman who asks him for directions. When they arrange a date, she tells him that was her name is April Hamilton. On his third visit to the exact title of the episode!restaurant, Harry's fortune cookie says "You're going to die." He is furious and storms out but immediately experiences severe hunger. He eats at restaurant after restaurant but his hunger is insatiable. He then receives a fourth and final cookie which says "You're dead," revealing that he is trapped in an IronicHell.
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* {{Oireland}}: In "The Little People of Killany Woods", Liam O'Shaughnessy is a lazy, shiftless Irishman with a well-deserved reputation for telling [[TallTale tall tales]], which he invariably does at the pub Kelly's. The mean-spirited and boorish Mike Mulvaney, another heavy drinker, is angered by Liam's stories of having seen {{Leprechaun}}s in Killany Woods - which turn out to be [[LittleGreenMen aliens]] - and [[FightingIrish throws him out of the pub head first]].
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* StayWithTheAliens: In "The Little People of Killany Woods", Liam O'Shaughnessy decides to go with the LittleGreenMen after their ship is repaired instead of remaining in UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}}, where he is the laughing stock of his town. According to the closing narration, he brings shamrocks with him and plants them on the aliens' home planet, which humanity will find when it explores space in the future.
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* TotallyNotAWerewolf: In "The Little People of Killany Woods", Liam O'Shaughnessy claims that he has seen {{Leprechaun}}s in Killany Woods. Mike Mulvaney later learns that they are [[LittleGreenMen three foot tall green aliens]] from a distant galaxy who enlisted Liam's help to repair their ship, which is shaped like a toadstool.
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** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet Shatterday]]", Peter Jay Novins' phone number is Klondike 5-6189.
** In "Her Pilgrim Soul", the Draytons' phone number is 555-1689.
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* FiveFiveFive:
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet Shatterday]]", Peter Jay Novins' phone number is Klondike 5-6189.
** In "Her Pilgrim Soul", the Draytons' phone number is 555-1689.
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** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet Shatterday]]", Peter Jay Novins' phone number is Klondike 5-6189.
** In "Her Pilgrim Soul", the Draytons' phone number is 555-1689.
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet Shatterday]]", Peter Jay Novins' phone number is Klondike 5-6189.
** In "Her Pilgrim Soul", the Draytons' phone number is 555-1689.
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* DrinkOrder: In "Dead Man's Shoes", Kyle Montgomery realizes that Maddie Duncan, who is possessed by the spirit of his late wife Susan, is not just a crank caller when she sarcastically offers to fix him a Manhattan just the way that he likes it.
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* TheRemake: Several episodes from the original series were remade, including "Dead Man's Shoes" ({{Gender Flip}}ped as "Dead Women's Shoes") [[spoiler: and this time it's implied the ghost succeeds]], "Night of the Meek" being played more as a comedy, "Shadow Play" having the implication that [[spoiler:it's ''not'' a reoccuring nightmare, but rather an ''ongoing'' nightmare]], "The After Hours" being played more as horror, and "A Game of Pool" using George Clayton Johnson's original script [[spoiler:and its original ending, where the challenger loses]]... without informing Johnson, which he did ''did not'' appreciate.
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* TheRemake: Several episodes from the original series were remade, including "Dead Man's Shoes" ({{Gender Flip}}ped as "Dead Women's Shoes") [[spoiler: and this time it's implied the ghost succeeds]], "Night of the Meek" being played more as a comedy, "Shadow Play" having the implication that [[spoiler:it's ''not'' a reoccuring nightmare, but rather an ''ongoing'' nightmare]], "The After Hours" being played more as horror, and "A Game of Pool" using George Clayton Johnson's original script [[spoiler:and its original ending, where the challenger loses]]... without informing Johnson, which he did ''did not'' ''not'' appreciate.
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* HollywoodAtheist: {{Averted}} in "The Star", based on the story by Creator/ArthurCClarke, which has an atheist named Chandler who's friendly with a Jesuit priest, Matthew Costigan, and they seem to have frequent polite debates on God's existence. Both are scientists on a space ship which picks up a signal from an ancient civilization whose star had gone supernova thousands of years ago. Chandler questions how God could do this to an entire species. When Costigan discovers that the light of the supernova is what was seen as the Star of Bethlehem, Costigan has a {{crisis of faith}} at the idea these kind, peaceful aliens were sacrificed to herald Christ's birth. Chandler, however, apologizes for his prior criticism, seeing him distraught. He then shows Costigan a last message that the aliens left, saying not to mourn for them because they had lived full, rich, happy lives, a sentiment they both find uplifting. This is a kinder ending than the original story, in which the priest despairs at what he's learned, with no message from the aliens to save his faith.
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* HollywoodAtheist: {{Averted}} in "The Star", based on the story by Creator/ArthurCClarke, which has an atheist named Chandler who's friendly with a Jesuit priest, Matthew Costigan, and they seem to have frequent polite debates on God's existence. Both are scientists on a space ship which picks up a signal from an ancient civilization whose star had gone supernova thousands of years ago. Chandler questions how God could do this to an entire species. When Costigan discovers that the light of the supernova is what was seen as the Star of Bethlehem, StarOfBethlehem, Costigan has a {{crisis of faith}} at the idea these kind, peaceful aliens were sacrificed to herald Christ's birth. Chandler, however, apologizes for his prior criticism, seeing him distraught. He then shows Costigan a last message that the aliens left, saying not to mourn for them because they had lived full, rich, happy lives, a sentiment they both find uplifting. This is a kinder ending than the original story, in which the priest despairs at what he's learned, with no message from the aliens to save his faith.
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* KarmicJackpot: In "But Can She Type?", the underappreciated and overworked secretary Karen Billings is accidentally transported to an AlternateUniverse in which being a secretary is considered incredibly glamorous.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E47TheNightOfTheMeek Night of the Meek]]", Mr. Dundee is considerably more unpleasant than his officious counterpart from the original episode. In TheRemake, he berates an employee because a junior salesman accidentally sold the custom made fur coat that he intended to give his wife for Christmas and demands that both of them be in his office at 9 o'clock on Christmas Day. This version of Dundee clearly hates Christmas and sees it merely as an opportunity to make money. When another employee wishes him Merry Christmas, he pointedly says "Good night." As he leaves his store on Christmas Eve, he even kicks a tree. Most significantly, this Dundee is a racist. He comments that it would not surprise him in the least if Henderson, an African-American security guard, helped Henry Corwin to sneak the allegedly stolen merchandise out of his store. His expression and Henderson's reaction make it clear that it was intended as a racist remark.
* TheAlcoholic: In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E47TheNightOfTheMeek Night of the Meek]]", the [[MallSanta department store Santa]] Henry Corwin is a chronic alcoholic. After the store owner Mr. Dundee fires him for showing up late and falling over drunk in front of the customers, he blames him for ruining Christmas for the children who wanted to see SantaClaus. Henry angrily tells Dundee that the children in his store will get everything that they want for Christmas but there are other children who can't enjoy Christmas as their families are struggling to put food on the table. He drinks so that he can forget about how miserable the world is for a while.
* AlternateUniverse: In "But Can She Type?", a beleagured and overworked secretary named Karen Billings, who is verbally abused by her boss Burt Nelson at every opportunity, is accidentally sent to a parallel universe by a malfunctioning photocopier. She soon discovers that being a secretary is the most glamorous and exciting job in existence in this universe. At a party, other guests are enthralled by her stories about her job and a highly paid fashion model tells her that her dream job is to be a secretary. Karen eventually decides to move to this universe permanently after Burt once again berates her. She accepts Edward Rehnquist's offer to organize his company's UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} office and is driven to the airport in a limousine.
* BecomingTheCostume: In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E47TheNightOfTheMeek Night of the Meek]]", the MallSanta Henry Corwin becomes the [[SantaClaus real thing]], leaving for the North Pole on his sleigh to get a start on next year's Christmas.
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E47TheNightOfTheMeek Night of the Meek]]", the Dundee's security guard Henderson is Henry Corwin's OnlyFriend and helps him to distribute the presents from his magic Santa sack. He does not appear in the original episode.
** In "The Star", the commanding officer of the survey ship ''Magellan'' is Captain Durant. She does not appear in the short story by Creator/ArthurCClarke.
** In "The Star", the commanding officer of the survey ship ''Magellan'' is Captain Durant. She does not appear in the short story by Creator/ArthurCClarke.
* ChristmasEpisode:
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E47TheNightOfTheMeek Night of the Meek]]", an [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]] MallSanta named Henry Corwin finds a magic sack that can produce any gift that a person asks for on Christmas Eve.
** In "But Can She Type?", an underappreciated secretary named Karen Billings is transported to an AlternateUniverse in which being a secretary is considered highly glamorous shortly before Christmas.
** In "The Star", the survey ship ''Magellan'' discovers the records of a long dead civilization on Christmas Day. Father Matthew Costigan points out that, because of relativity, the ship is the only place in the universe where it is Christmas.
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E47TheNightOfTheMeek Night of the Meek]]", an [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]] MallSanta named Henry Corwin finds a magic sack that can produce any gift that a person asks for on Christmas Eve.
** In "But Can She Type?", an underappreciated secretary named Karen Billings is transported to an AlternateUniverse in which being a secretary is considered highly glamorous shortly before Christmas.
** In "The Star", the survey ship ''Magellan'' discovers the records of a long dead civilization on Christmas Day. Father Matthew Costigan points out that, because of relativity, the ship is the only place in the universe where it is Christmas.
* ContinuityNod: In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E47TheNightOfTheMeek Night of the Meek]]", a news report states that the ''Tim Ferret and Friends'' line of educational videos is selling extremely well at Christmas. In "The Uncle Devil Show", Joey learned how to [[FunctionalMagic perform real magic]] from one of these videos.
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* FiveFiveFive: In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet Shatterday]]", Peter Jay Novins' phone number is Klondike 5-6189.
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** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet Shatterday]]", Peter Jay Novins' phone number is Klondike5-6189.5-6189.
** In "Her Pilgrim Soul", the Draytons' phone number is 555-1689.
* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: In "The Star", the survey ship ''Magellan'' discovers a vault on the outermost planet of a solar system which was destroyed by its sun going nova in 3120 BCE. It was created by a civilization that lived on one of the other planets in order to preserve their history, scientific knowledge, art, literature and music. They did this so that their legacy could survive even if they themselves could not.
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet Shatterday]]", Peter Jay Novins' phone number is Klondike
** In "Her Pilgrim Soul", the Draytons' phone number is 555-1689.
* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: In "The Star", the survey ship ''Magellan'' discovers a vault on the outermost planet of a solar system which was destroyed by its sun going nova in 3120 BCE. It was created by a civilization that lived on one of the other planets in order to preserve their history, scientific knowledge, art, literature and music. They did this so that their legacy could survive even if they themselves could not.
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* LighterAndSofter: "The Star", an adaptation of the short story of the same title. The ending in the original had a priest in despair after finding out how an advanced and peaceful civilization perished, but the adaptation reverses the originally nihilist ending when the astrophysicist with him shows him a poem that this civilization should not be grieved for, as they were peaceful and joyful, but to grieve for those still in the dark.
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* LighterAndSofter: "The Star", an adaptation of the short story of the same title. title by Creator/ArthurCClarke. The ending in the original had a priest in despair after finding out how an advanced and peaceful civilization perished, but the adaptation reverses the originally nihilist ending when the astrophysicist with him Dr. Chandler shows him [[NamedByTheAdaptation Father Matthew Costigan]] a poem that this civilization should not be grieved for, as they were peaceful and joyful, but to grieve for those still in the dark.
** In "The Star", the protagonist's name is Father Matthew Costigan. He is unnamed in the short story by Creator/ArthurCClarke.
* OddFriendship: In "The Star", Father Matthew Costigan, a Jesuit priest and an astrophysicist, is close friends with Dr. Chandler, an athiest physician and one of his shipmates aboard the survey ship ''Magellan''. They frequently have polite discussions about whether {{God}} is responsible for the beauty of the universe or whether it is merely random.
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* PluckyOfficeGirl: Karen Billings, played by Pam Dawber in "But Can She Type", who stumbles on a way to switch to a parallel universe where secretaries are treated like supermodels.
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* PluckyOfficeGirl: Karen Billings, played by Pam Dawber in In "But Can She Type", who Type?", a much-abused secretary named Karen Billings stumbles on a way to switch to a parallel universe where secretaries are treated like supermodels.
* PrettyInMink: In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E47TheNightOfTheMeek Night of the Meek]]", Mr. Dundee had a fur coat custom made for his wife for Christmas. He is furious when a junior salesman accidentally sells it. Henry Corwin later pulls the coat out of his magic Santa sank and gives it to Dundee.
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* SettingUpdate: In "A Message from Charity", Peter Wood's native time is 1985. In the short story by William M. Lee, it is 1965.
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** In "A Message from Charity", Peter Wood's native time is 1985. In the short story by William M. Lee, it is1965.1965.
** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E47TheNightOfTheMeek Night of the Meek]]" takes place on Christmas Eve 1985 and features an unflattering depiction of yuppies in the store owner Mr. Dundee. The original episode takes place on Christmas Eve 1960.
** In "A Message from Charity", Peter Wood's native time is 1985. In the short story by William M. Lee, it is
** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E47TheNightOfTheMeek Night of the Meek]]" takes place on Christmas Eve 1985 and features an unflattering depiction of yuppies in the store owner Mr. Dundee. The original episode takes place on Christmas Eve 1960.
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* StarOfBethlehem: In "The Star", based on a story by Creator/ArthurCClarke, it's discovered by a Jesuit priest and scientist that this was actually a supernova long ago, which wiped out an entire species of peaceful aliens. The fact troubles him deeply.
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* StarOfBethlehem: In "The Star", based on a story by Creator/ArthurCClarke, it's discovered by a Jesuit priest and scientist astrophysicist named Father Matthew Costigan that this was actually a supernova long ago, in 3120 BCE, which wiped out an entire species of peaceful aliens. The fact troubles him deeply.
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* {{Tuckerization}}: In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", Jack Wheeldon is named after a boy who [[TheBully bullied]] Creator/HarlanEllison while he was growing up/
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** In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", Jack Wheeldon is named after a boy who [[TheBully bullied]] Creator/HarlanEllison while he was growingup/up.
** In "The Star", the survey ship ''Magellan'' is named after the 16th Century explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
** In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", Jack Wheeldon is named after a boy who [[TheBully bullied]] Creator/HarlanEllison while he was growing
** In "The Star", the survey ship ''Magellan'' is named after the 16th Century explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: In "I of Newton", the demon reveals his red eyes to Sam when he removes his sunglasses.
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* WholePlotReference: "Her Pilgrim Soul" is one to ''Film/PortraitOfJennie''. Dr. Kevin Drayton falls in love with the spirit of the long dead Nola Granville, who grows older every time that he sees her.
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** In "The Shadow Man", Danny Hayes' friend Peter frequently refers to him as "[[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Sherlock]]."
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* AbusiveParents:
** In "Children's Zoo", the four-year-old Debbie Cunningham's parents Sheila and Martin are frequently verbally and emotionally abusive towards her. Her mother yells at her without the slightest provocation, her father ignores her and the two of them spend most of their time arguing with each other with no regard for the effect that it is having on Debbie. This leads Debbie to trade her parents in for a new pair at the [[PeopleZoo Children's Zoo]].
** In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", Gus Rosenthal's father Lou hits him with his belt to punish him for [[FiveFingerDiscount shoplifting]] a comic book, which he has done several times before. However, Lou hates himself for doing it and breaks down in tears as soon as Gus leaves the room. His wife Sarita tries to console him by saying that it is the only way that Gus will learn.
** In "Children's Zoo", the four-year-old Debbie Cunningham's parents Sheila and Martin are frequently verbally and emotionally abusive towards her. Her mother yells at her without the slightest provocation, her father ignores her and the two of them spend most of their time arguing with each other with no regard for the effect that it is having on Debbie. This leads Debbie to trade her parents in for a new pair at the [[PeopleZoo Children's Zoo]].
** In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", Gus Rosenthal's father Lou hits him with his belt to punish him for [[FiveFingerDiscount shoplifting]] a comic book, which he has done several times before. However, Lou hates himself for doing it and breaks down in tears as soon as Gus leaves the room. His wife Sarita tries to console him by saying that it is the only way that Gus will learn.
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* AbusiveParents:
**AbusiveParents: In "Children's Zoo", the four-year-old Debbie Cunningham's parents Sheila and Martin are frequently verbally and emotionally abusive towards her. Her mother yells at her without the slightest provocation, her father ignores her and the two of them spend most of their time arguing with each other with no regard for the effect that it is having on Debbie. This leads Debbie to trade her parents in for a new pair at the [[PeopleZoo Children's Zoo]].
** In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", Gus Rosenthal's father Lou hits him with his belt to punish him for [[FiveFingerDiscount shoplifting]] a comic book, which he has done several times before. However, Lou hates himself for doing it and breaks down in tears as soon as Gus leaves the room. His wife Sarita tries to console him by saying that it is the only way that Gus will learn.Zoo]].
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** In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", Gus Rosenthal's father Lou hits him with his belt to punish him for [[FiveFingerDiscount shoplifting]] a comic book, which he has done several times before. However, Lou hates himself for doing it and breaks down in tears as soon as Gus leaves the room. His wife Sarita tries to console him by saying that it is the only way that Gus will learn.
* AlcoholicParent: In "Her Pilgrim Soul", Dr. Kevin Drayton tells Nola Granville that his wife Carol's mother was an alcoholic and that she wants to have children so that she can be the kind of mother that she never had herself. Hearing about Nola's difficult childhood with her FantasyForbiddingFather allows Kevin to understand how Carol feels for the first time.
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* AlternateHistory: In "Extra Innings", an up-and-coming baseball player named Monty Hanks died in 1909, two years into his career, after getting hit in the face with a pitch. However, thanks to a magic baseball card, Ed Hamner (who ''also'' played baseball, until he got injured) actually winds up preventing his death. What's more, after [[spoiler:the card is torn up at the end, keeping Ed in Monty's body]], he went on to have a long and successful career.
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* AlternateHistory: AlternateHistory:
** In "I of Newton", the demon tells Sam that he can show him UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}} if UsefulNotes/NaziGermany had won UsefulNotes/WorldWarII or a 21st Century UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} if UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat had lived to a ripe old age.
** In "Extra Innings", an up-and-coming baseball player named Monty Hanks died in 1909, two years into his career, after getting hit in the face with a pitch. However, thanks to a magic baseball card, Ed Hamner (who ''also'' played baseball, until he got injured) actually winds up preventing his death. What's more, after [[spoiler:the card is torn up at the end, keeping Ed in Monty's body]], he went on to have a long and successful career.
** In "I of Newton", the demon tells Sam that he can show him UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}} if UsefulNotes/NaziGermany had won UsefulNotes/WorldWarII or a 21st Century UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} if UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat had lived to a ripe old age.
** In "Extra Innings", an up-and-coming baseball player named Monty Hanks died in 1909, two years into his career, after getting hit in the face with a pitch. However, thanks to a magic baseball card, Ed Hamner (who ''also'' played baseball, until he got injured) actually winds up preventing his death. What's more, after [[spoiler:the card is torn up at the end, keeping Ed in Monty's body]], he went on to have a long and successful career.
** "I of Newton" takes place entirely in Sam's classroom.
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* DeathByChildbirth: In "A Message from Charity", Charity Payne's mother died while giving birth to her.
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* DeathByChildbirth: DeathByChildbirth:
** In "A Message from Charity", Charity Payne's mother died while giving birth toher.her.
** In "Her Pilgrim Soul", [[spoiler:Nola Granville died in childbirth in March 1943 after she had a miscarriage caused by the malformation in her uterus]].
** In "A Message from Charity", Charity Payne's mother died while giving birth to
** In "Her Pilgrim Soul", [[spoiler:Nola Granville died in childbirth in March 1943 after she had a miscarriage caused by the malformation in her uterus]].
* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", Gus Rosenthal's father Lou hits him with his belt to punish him for [[FiveFingerDiscount shoplifting]] a comic book, which he has done several times before. However, Lou hates himself for doing it and breaks down in tears as soon as Gus leaves the room. His wife Sarita tries to console him by saying that it is the only way that Gus will learn.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: In "Her Pilgrim Soul", Nola Granville's father actively discouraged her from reading literature and discussing or even thinking about politics. Whenever she tried to discuss these topics with him, he merely looked at her and told her that she was beautiful, implying that she should not bother with such things as she is a woman. He disowned and disinherited her when she decided to pursue poetry as a career and married a Jewish lawyer named Robert Goldstone.
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* FantasyKeepsake: The Wrights find the blue wrench thrown at them in a phone booth in "A Matter of Minutes".
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* FantasyKeepsake: FantasyKeepsake:
** In "I of Newton", the demon's sunglasses remain behind after he is defeated and is sent away. Sam immediately throws them in the trash.
** The Wrights find the blue wrench thrown at them in a phone booth in "A Matter of Minutes".
** In "I of Newton", the demon's sunglasses remain behind after he is defeated and is sent away. Sam immediately throws them in the trash.
** The Wrights find the blue wrench thrown at them in a phone booth in "A Matter of Minutes".
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Not quite the background, but a lot of the humor in "I of Newton" comes from the demon's ever-changing FunTShirt.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Not quite the background, but a lot of the humor in "I of Newton" comes from the demon's ever-changing FunTShirt.FunTShirt: "Hell is a Summer Festival," "Hell is a City Much Like Newark," "Over 2,000,000,000 Served," "Gehenna: More Than a Place, a Way of Life" and "Let's Do Damnation."
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* HauntedTechnology: "Her Pilgrim Soul" has a woman's (benevolent) spirit briefly possess a hologram-projection system.
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* HauntedTechnology: In "Her Pilgrim Soul" has a woman's Soul", Nola Granville's (benevolent) spirit briefly possess possesses a hologram-projection system.
* {{Hologram}}: In "Her Pilgrim Soul", Dr. Kevin Drayton and his assistant Daniel Gaddis have developed a holographic projector for Holotechnics, Inc. It has the ability to create objects such as a ball and a chessboard as well as a projection of UsefulNotes/TheSolarSystem. Nola Granville's soul enters the projector and creates a holographic image of her from a fetus to old age over the course of five days.
* InvisibleWall: In "I of Newton", the demon creates an invisible wall so that Sam can't escape his classroom.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: "Her Pilgrim Soul" is a reference to a line from the poem "When You Are Old" by Creator/WilliamButlerYeats. Dr. Kevin Drayton reads the relevant passage from the poem to Nola Granville as they are both fans of Yeats' work. Another quotation from "When You Are Old" is included in the closing narration.
** In "Her Pilgrim Soul", Dr. Kevin Drayton, whose marriage to Carol is failing, falls in love with Nola Granville, whose soul occupies the holographic projector that he created. [[spoiler:It turns out that Kevin is the {{Reincarnation}} of Nola's husband Robert Goldstone and that Nola appeared to Kevin in order to provide closure for the grief that Robert suffered when she [[DeathByChildbirth died in childbirth]].]]
* MinimalistCast: Sherman Hemsley and Ron Glass are the only actors to appear in "I of Newton".
* TheOmnipotent: In "I of Newton", the demon boasts about the seemingly limitless scope of his powers. He can travel to the Andromeda galaxy and back in a microsecond, make two electrons occupy the same quantum state, has access to every piece of recorded information in multiple universes and can visit [[AlternateHistory alternate histories]]. Sam manages to defeat him by setting him an impossible task: [[spoiler:he tells him to get lost.]]
* {{Reincarnation}}: In "Her Pilgrim Soul", [[spoiler:Dr. Kevin Drayton is the reincarnation of Nola Granville's husband Robert Goldstone. Her soul appeared to Kevin in the holographic projector that he created so that they could live out the full life together that they were denied when she [[DeathByChildbirth died in childbirth]] in March 1943. Robert carried his grief at losing her over into his next life as Kevin, whose fear of experiencing the same kind of loss once again led him to distance himself from his wife Carol. The closure that Nola provides Kevin allows him to reconcile with Carol.]]
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*** The young Gus is a fan of Doll Man, the ComicBook/BlueBeetle and the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica.
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*** The young Gus is a fan of Doll Man, the ComicBook/BlueBeetle and the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica.ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica and Lash [=LaRue=] [[TheWestern Western films]].
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** In "I of Newton", the demon says "You mention [[Creator/DanteAlighieri Dante]] to most people these days and they ask you how you liked ''Film/{{Gremlins}}''. Creator/JoeDante directed the ''Film/TwilightZoneTheMovie'' segment "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E73ItsAGoodLife It's a Good Life]]" and "The Shadow Man".
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* {{Workaholic}}: In "Her Pilgrim Soul", Dr. Kevin Drayton has been working obsessively to perfect his holographic projector for three years to the detriment of his marriage to Carol. She wants to start a family but their marriage is in the process of failing as she and Kevin barely even see each other anymore. [[spoiler:Kevin later learns from Nola Granville that he is the {{Reincarnation}} of her husband Robert Goldstone and that he inherited Robert's fear of loving someone after Nola [[DeathByChildbirth died in childbirth]]. This fear led him to act coldly towards Carol.]]
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* AbusiveParents: In "Children's Zoo", the four-year-old Debbie Cunningham's parents Sheila and Martin are frequently verbally and emotionally abusive towards her. Her mother yells at her without the slightest provocation, her father ignores her and the two of them spend most of their time arguing with each other with no regard for the effect that it is having on Debbie. This leads Debbie to trade her parents in for a new pair at the [[PeopleZoo Children's Zoo]].
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* AbusiveParents: AbusiveParents:
** In "Children's Zoo", the four-year-old Debbie Cunningham's parents Sheila and Martin are frequently verbally and emotionally abusive towards her. Her mother yells at her without the slightest provocation, her father ignores her and the two of them spend most of their time arguing with each other with no regard for the effect that it is having on Debbie. This leads Debbie to trade her parents in for a new pair at the [[PeopleZoo Children'sZoo]].Zoo]].
** In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", Gus Rosenthal's father Lou hits him with his belt to punish him for [[FiveFingerDiscount shoplifting]] a comic book, which he has done several times before. However, Lou hates himself for doing it and breaks down in tears as soon as Gus leaves the room. His wife Sarita tries to console him by saying that it is the only way that Gus will learn.
** In "Children's Zoo", the four-year-old Debbie Cunningham's parents Sheila and Martin are frequently verbally and emotionally abusive towards her. Her mother yells at her without the slightest provocation, her father ignores her and the two of them spend most of their time arguing with each other with no regard for the effect that it is having on Debbie. This leads Debbie to trade her parents in for a new pair at the [[PeopleZoo Children's
** In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", Gus Rosenthal's father Lou hits him with his belt to punish him for [[FiveFingerDiscount shoplifting]] a comic book, which he has done several times before. However, Lou hates himself for doing it and breaks down in tears as soon as Gus leaves the room. His wife Sarita tries to console him by saying that it is the only way that Gus will learn.
** In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", Gus Rosenthal had a difficult relationship with his father Lou growing up and regretted never telling him that he loved him before he died when Gus was in his teens. In the short story by Creator/HarlanEllison, Gus' relationship with both of his parents was even more difficult. He was sent to a military school at seven years old because of his poor behavior and ran away from home when he was thirteen.
** "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty" places greater emphasis on Gus Rosenthal's poor relationship with his father Lou than the short story by Creator/HarlanEllison. In the episode, the present day Gus meets Lou twice after he is sent back in time. On the second occasion, he reveals that he has always regretted never telling his father how much he loved him. For his part, Lou confesses that he has never been able to get through to Gus, though he loves him very much. In the short story, the older Gus and his father never come face to face and nothing is revealed of their relationship other than it being difficult.
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* AgeLift: In the 1967 short story "A Message from Charity" by William M. Lee, Charity Payne is 11 years old in 1700 when she begins communicating with the 16-year-old Peter Wood in the present. In the adaptation, she is several years older. Although her age is not stated, she is seemingly closer to Peter's age. This change was made because the episode places more emphasis on Charity and Peter being each other's first love than the original story. There is also the scene in which Squire Jonas Hacker [[AttemptedRape attempts to rape]] Charity after claiming that she needed to disrobe so that he could check her for the [[MarkOfTheBeast mark of a witch]], which is toned down in the episode compared to the short story. She manages to fight him off in both versions.
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* AgeLift: AgeLift:
** In the 1967 short story "A Message from Charity" by William M. Lee, Charity Payne is 11 years old in 1700 when she begins communicating with the 16-year-old Peter Wood in the present. In the adaptation, she is several years older. Although her age is not stated, she is seemingly closer to Peter's age. This change was made because the episode places more emphasis on Charity and Peter being each other's first love than the original story. There is also the scene in which Squire Jonas Hacker [[AttemptedRape attempts to rape]] Charity after claiming that she needed to disrobe so that he could check her for the [[MarkOfTheBeast mark of a witch]], which is toned down in the episode compared to the short story. She manages to fight him off in bothversions.versions.
** In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", the younger Gus Rosenthal is ten or eleven when [[MyFutureSelfAndMe he meets his future self]]. In the short story by Creator/HarlanEllison, he is seven years old.
** In the 1967 short story "A Message from Charity" by William M. Lee, Charity Payne is 11 years old in 1700 when she begins communicating with the 16-year-old Peter Wood in the present. In the adaptation, she is several years older. Although her age is not stated, she is seemingly closer to Peter's age. This change was made because the episode places more emphasis on Charity and Peter being each other's first love than the original story. There is also the scene in which Squire Jonas Hacker [[AttemptedRape attempts to rape]] Charity after claiming that she needed to disrobe so that he could check her for the [[MarkOfTheBeast mark of a witch]], which is toned down in the episode compared to the short story. She manages to fight him off in both
** In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", the younger Gus Rosenthal is ten or eleven when [[MyFutureSelfAndMe he meets his future self]]. In the short story by Creator/HarlanEllison, he is seven years old.
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* CanonForeigner: In "A Message from Charity", Peter Wood has a younger brother named Bobby. In the short story by William M. Lee, he is an only child.
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* CanonForeigner: CanonForeigner:
** In "A Message from Charity", Peter Wood has a younger brother named Bobby. In the short story by William M. Lee, he is an onlychild.child.
** In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", Gus Rosenthal sleeps with a fan of his whom he met after he delivered a lecture on writing. She does not appear in the short story by Creator/HarlanEllison.
* CargoCult: In "The Beacon", the people of Mellweather have worshipped a lighthouse called the Beacon for 200 years. They believe that it is controlled by the spirit of their collective ancestor Seth Janes.
** In "A Message from Charity", Peter Wood has a younger brother named Bobby. In the short story by William M. Lee, he is an only
** In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", Gus Rosenthal sleeps with a fan of his whom he met after he delivered a lecture on writing. She does not appear in the short story by Creator/HarlanEllison.
* CargoCult: In "The Beacon", the people of Mellweather have worshipped a lighthouse called the Beacon for 200 years. They believe that it is controlled by the spirit of their collective ancestor Seth Janes.
* DeadlyClosingCredits:
** {{Implied|Trope}} in "The Burning Man". In the final scene, the lights of Doug and Aunt Neva's car go out after the [[CreepyChild strange boy in the white suit]] asks them if they had ever wondered if there was such a thing as genetic evil.
** At the end of "The Beacon", Dr. Dennis Barrows is swarmed by the people of Mellweather so that he can be the HumanSacrifice that the Beacon demands.
** {{Implied|Trope}} in "The Burning Man". In the final scene, the lights of Doug and Aunt Neva's car go out after the [[CreepyChild strange boy in the white suit]] asks them if they had ever wondered if there was such a thing as genetic evil.
** At the end of "The Beacon", Dr. Dennis Barrows is swarmed by the people of Mellweather so that he can be the HumanSacrifice that the Beacon demands.
* FiveFingerDiscount: In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", the young Gus Rosenthal often stole comic books and toy soldiers, leading his father Lou to [[AbusiveParents hit him with his belt]] to teach him a lesson. Even so, he was going to steal another toy soldier the next day but stopped when he noticed his older self looking at him.
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* GangOfBullies: In "The Shadow Man", several boys, led by Eric, ambush Danny Hayes on his way home. They frighten him by wearing monster costumes and carrying plastic chainsaw toys as he has the reputation of being the biggest chicken in Willow Creek.
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* GangOfBullies: GangOfBullies:
** In "The Shadow Man", several boys, led by Eric, ambush Danny Hayes on his way home. They frighten him by wearing monster costumes and carrying plastic chainsaw toys as he has the reputation of being the biggest chicken in Willow Creek.
** In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", the young Gus Rosenthal is chased by a gang of bullies led by Jack Wheeldon but he literally runs into his future self and the bullies immediately leave as they think that the older Gus might be a G-man. Later, the bullies attack the young Gus when he is on the swings and begin to beat him up until the present day Gus intervenes.
** In "The Shadow Man", several boys, led by Eric, ambush Danny Hayes on his way home. They frighten him by wearing monster costumes and carrying plastic chainsaw toys as he has the reputation of being the biggest chicken in Willow Creek.
** In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", the young Gus Rosenthal is chased by a gang of bullies led by Jack Wheeldon but he literally runs into his future self and the bullies immediately leave as they think that the older Gus might be a G-man. Later, the bullies attack the young Gus when he is on the swings and begin to beat him up until the present day Gus intervenes.
* HumanSacrifice: In "The Beacon", the people of Mellweather believe that a lighthouse called the Beacon chooses one of them to be sacrificed every year. If the chosen one does not die, [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident an "accident"]] is arranged to ensure that the Beacon is satisfied.
* InbredAndEvil: In "The Beacon", the inhabitants of the small town of Mellweather are all descended from a prominent citizen named Seth Janes who lived in the 18th Century. They believe that his spirit guides the Beacon, a lighthouse that seemingly chooses a HumanSacrifice every year, and that they must keep their bloodlines strong in order to serve him. After Dr. Dennis Barrows saves the intended victim, a little girl named Katie, he is killed by the townspeople in order to placate Seth.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: In "The Beacon", it is never made clear whether the Beacon is truly controlled by the spirit of Seth Janes as the people of Mellweather believe or whether it is simply an old lighthouse with a faulty mechanism as suggested by Dr. Dennis Barrows.
* MyFutureSelfAndMe: In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", Gus Rosenthal is transported back in time to the 1940s and befriends his past self. The young Gus never finds out that Harry Rosenthal, a writer from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles conducting research for a new story, is himself from the future. However, he comes to view him as a surrogate father who, unlike his actual father Lou, plays with him and reads him stories. The young Gus is very upset when "Mr. Rosenthal" tells him that he has to leave as it makes him feel unloved and abandoned. He tells his future self that he will be successful one day and will spit in his face and beat him up. [[spoiler:When the boy runs away, the older Gus remembers that he made his vow to become successful after [[StableTimeLoop Mr. Rosenthal left and never came back]].]]
** In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", Gus Rosenthal's parents' names are Lou and Sarita. In the short story by Creator/HarlanEllison, their first names are not revealed.
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* PartingWordsRegret: In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", Gus Rosenthal visits his old hometown and finds himself in the past. During that time, he meets his father. Not telling who he is, he tells him how his father is always angry but never got the chance to tell him that he loved him.
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* PartingWordsRegret: In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", Gus Rosenthal visits his old hometown and finds himself in the past. During that time, he meets his father. father Lou. Not telling him who he is, he tells him how says that his father is was always angry but and he never got the chance to tell him that he loved him.
** In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", there are several:
*** When Gus Rosenthal tells his younger self that he writes films, the young Gus asks him if he wrote ''Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940'' or ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}''.
*** The young Gus is a fan of Doll Man, the ComicBook/BlueBeetle and the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica.
*** The present day Gus reads the short story "Twelve Hours to Live" by Creator/JackWilliamson to his younger self.
*** When Gus Rosenthal tells his younger self that he writes films, the young Gus asks him if he wrote ''Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940'' or ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}''.
*** The young Gus is a fan of Doll Man, the ComicBook/BlueBeetle and the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica.
*** The present day Gus reads the short story "Twelve Hours to Live" by Creator/JackWilliamson to his younger self.
* TemporalSickness: In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", Gus Rosenthal begins feeling weak soon after he is transported back in time to the 1940s. After several days, he realizes that he has to return to his own time or he will die.
* TimeShiftedActor:
** In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", there are two examples:
*** Gus Rosenthal is played by Peter Riegert as an adult and Chris Hebert as a child.
*** Jack Wheeldon is played by Biff Yeager as an adult and Gary Karp as a child.
** In "Her Pilgrim Soul", Nola Granville is played by Anne Twomey as an adult, Betsy Lion as a five-year-old and Danica [=McKellar=] as a ten-year-old.
** In "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty", there are two examples:
*** Gus Rosenthal is played by Peter Riegert as an adult and Chris Hebert as a child.
*** Jack Wheeldon is played by Biff Yeager as an adult and Gary Karp as a child.
** In "Her Pilgrim Soul", Nola Granville is played by Anne Twomey as an adult, Betsy Lion as a five-year-old and Danica [=McKellar=] as a ten-year-old.
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* TownWithADarkSecret: "The Beacon" depicts a doctor stumbling into a small town protected by an enigmatic lighthouse [[spoiler: that demands a human sacrifice for its services]].
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* TownWithADarkSecret: In "The Beacon" depicts a doctor stumbling Beacon", Dr. Dennis Barrows stumbles into a small town called Mellweather which is protected by an enigmatic lighthouse [[spoiler: that [[spoiler:that demands a human sacrifice HumanSacrifice for its services]].
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: In "The Shadow Man", Eric enjoys bullying Danny Hayes and has every intention of beating him to a pulp after Danny challenges him to a fight in [=MacGyver=] Park. However, when he sees the Shadow Man, who has already put several people in hospital, he tells Danny to run before he runs away himself.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: EveryoneHasStandards: In "The Shadow Man", Eric enjoys bullying Danny Hayes and has every intention of beating him to a pulp after Danny challenges him to a fight in [=MacGyver=] Park. However, when he sees the Shadow Man, who has already put several people in hospital, he tells Danny to run before he runs away himself.
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* ExtraEyes: In "The Uncle Devil Show", Joey uses the magic that he learns from the ''Tim Ferret and Friends'' video to give his pet poodle Ben four eyes.
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* FunctionalMagic: In "The Uncle Devil Show", the title character teaches Joey how to perform actual magic through the ''Tim Ferret and Friends'' video. Joey is able to make cockroaches come out of a vase (though he meant for flowers to appear), give his [[ParentalObliviousness oblivious parents]] the heads of a lizard and a wolf, create a fantasy world and turn his toy dinosaur Binky into a real TyrannosaurusRex.
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* FunctionalMagic: In "The Uncle Devil Show", the title character teaches Joey how to perform actual magic through the ''Tim Ferret and Friends'' video. Joey is able to make cockroaches come out of a vase (though he meant for flowers to appear), give his poodle Ben [[ExtraEyes four eyes]], give his [[ParentalObliviousness oblivious parents]] the heads of a lizard and a wolf, create a fantasy world and turn his toy dinosaur Binky into a real TyrannosaurusRex.
* ThereAreNoAdults: In "The Shadow Man", there are no adults except for a brief appearance by Danny Hayes' mother.
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* YourCheatingHeart: In "Children's Zoo", Sheila Cunningham suspects, with good reason, that her husband Martin is cheating on her but he continually denies it. In his car, she finds proof: cigarette butts with lipstick on them. When they arrive at the Children's Zoo with their daughter Debbie, Martin starts hitting on the attendant Melody.
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* YourCheatingHeart: YourCheatingHeart:
** In "Children's Zoo", Sheila Cunningham suspects, with good reason, that her husband Martin is cheating on her but he continually denies it. In his car, she finds proof: cigarette butts with lipstick on them. When they arrive at the Children's Zoo with their daughter Debbie, Martin starts hitting on the attendantMelody.Melody.
** In "Ye Gods", Cupid cheated on Megaera with a mortal woman named Drusilla. As a result, Megaera broke up with him and [[{{Animorphism}} turned Drusilla into a tree frog]].
** In "Children's Zoo", Sheila Cunningham suspects, with good reason, that her husband Martin is cheating on her but he continually denies it. In his car, she finds proof: cigarette butts with lipstick on them. When they arrive at the Children's Zoo with their daughter Debbie, Martin starts hitting on the attendant
** In "Ye Gods", Cupid cheated on Megaera with a mortal woman named Drusilla. As a result, Megaera broke up with him and [[{{Animorphism}} turned Drusilla into a tree frog]].
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** In "The Shadow Man", Danny Hayes' friend Peter frequently refers to him as "[[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Sherlock]]."
* BinarySuns: In "The Uncle Devil Show", Joey creates a fantasy world with two suns by following Uncle Devil's instructions on the ''Tim Ferret and Friends'' video. When his mother tells him to come inside before the sun goes down, he asks her which one.
** "The Uncle Devil Show" takes place entirely in Joey's living room and kitchen.
** In "Opening Day", the director Creator/JohnMilius plays a party guest who tries to sexually harass Sally Wilkerson.
* DutchAngle: In "The Shadow Man", several are used when Eric confronts Danny Hayes in [=MacGyver=] Park and [[spoiler:when the Shadow Man attacks Danny shortly afterwards]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In "The Shadow Man", Eric enjoys bullying Danny Hayes and has every intention of beating him to a pulp after Danny challenges him to a fight in [=MacGyver=] Park. However, when he sees the Shadow Man, who has already put several people in hospital, he tells Danny to run before he runs away himself.
* FalseFriend: In "The Shadow Man", Danny Hayes knows that the Shadow Man will never hurt him as the person under whose bed he sleeps. His apparent bravery in going over to Lianna Ames' house at night earns him many false friends, including Lianna and various popular students who used to either ignore him or make fun of him. In the process, Danny ignores Peter, [[OnlyFriend his one true friend]], and takes no action to prevent the Shadow Man from hurting anyone else.
* FunctionalMagic: In "The Uncle Devil Show", the title character teaches Joey how to perform actual magic through the ''Tim Ferret and Friends'' video. Joey is able to make cockroaches come out of a vase (though he meant for flowers to appear), give his [[ParentalObliviousness oblivious parents]] the heads of a lizard and a wolf, create a fantasy world and turn his toy dinosaur Binky into a real TyrannosaurusRex.
* GangOfBullies: In "The Shadow Man", several boys, led by Eric, ambush Danny Hayes on his way home. They frighten him by wearing monster costumes and carrying plastic chainsaw toys as he has the reputation of being the biggest chicken in Willow Creek.
* HuntingAccident: In "Opening Day", Joe Farrell reluctantly goes along with his lover Sally Wilkerson's plan to kill her husband Carl by making it look as he was killed while duck hunting. After Carl is killed, the police believe that it was simply an accident. Joe returns to what used to be the Wilkerson house to find that it is the previous day and that he is now Sally's husband. When Carl takes him on the same hunting trip, Joe becomes concerned that he is going to be killed and falls into the water. He refuses Carl's attempts to help him and dies.
* LaserGuidedKarma:
** In "The Shadow Man", Danny Hayes does nothing to stop the Shadow Man from attacking innocent people as he is reveling in the popularity that his supposed bravery has earned him. [[spoiler:When he challenges Eric to a fight in [=MacGyver=] Park, he is attacked by the Shadow Man from under someone else's bed.]]
** In "Opening Day", Joe Farrell arranges for Carl Wilkerson to die in a HuntingAccident so that he and Carl's wife Sally can be together. He then finds that he and Carl have changed places and fears that Carl now plans to kill him in the same way. When they go duck hunting, Joe falls into the water and dies after refusing Carl's genuine efforts to save him.
** In "The Shadow Man", Danny Hayes does nothing to stop the Shadow Man from attacking innocent people as he is reveling in the popularity that his supposed bravery has earned him. [[spoiler:When he challenges Eric to a fight in [=MacGyver=] Park, he is attacked by the Shadow Man from under someone else's bed.]]
** In "Opening Day", Joe Farrell arranges for Carl Wilkerson to die in a HuntingAccident so that he and Carl's wife Sally can be together. He then finds that he and Carl have changed places and fears that Carl now plans to kill him in the same way. When they go duck hunting, Joe falls into the water and dies after refusing Carl's genuine efforts to save him.
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* LivingShadow: The murderous titular entity in "The Shadow Man".
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* LivingShadow: The murderous titular entity in In "The Shadow Man".Man", the titular entity is a living shadow that lives under Danny Hayes' bed. It has no features of any kind and resembles the silhouette of a man in a hat and trenchcoat.
* LoveTriangle:
** In "The Shadow Man", Danny Hayes has a crush on Lianna Ames, the most popular girl at Willow Creek Junior High School. However, she is dating Eric, a member of the swim team who frequently bullies Danny.
** In "Opening Day", Sally Wilkerson, who is married to Carl, is having an affair with their golf instructor Joe Farrell. During a duck hunt, she has Joe arrange for Carl to be killed in a HuntingAccident so that the two of them can be together. When Joe does so, he finds that he and Carl have swapped places. He is now Sally's husband while Carl is her lover, whom he thinks is trying to kill him.
** In "The Shadow Man", Danny Hayes has a crush on Lianna Ames, the most popular girl at Willow Creek Junior High School. However, she is dating Eric, a member of the swim team who frequently bullies Danny.
** In "Opening Day", Sally Wilkerson, who is married to Carl, is having an affair with their golf instructor Joe Farrell. During a duck hunt, she has Joe arrange for Carl to be killed in a HuntingAccident so that the two of them can be together. When Joe does so, he finds that he and Carl have swapped places. He is now Sally's husband while Carl is her lover, whom he thinks is trying to kill him.
** In "The Uncle Devil Show", Joey's parents are not named.
* OnlyFriend: In "The Shadow Man", Peter is Danny Hayes' only friend. The other students at Willow Creek Junior High School bully him or ignore him, at least until they learn of his apparent bravery in going out after dark when the Shadow Man is on the prowl.
* ParentalObliviousness: In "The Uncle Devil Show", Joey's parents are entirely oblivious to him using the spells that he has learned from his ''Tim Ferret and Friends'' video to change the world around him, including giving them the heads of a lizard and a wolf.
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* RippleEffectIndicator: A variation in "Little Boy Lost". [[spoiler:Kenny is the son that Carol Shelton would have had in the potential future where she stayed in the US and married her boyfriend Greg instead of going abroad on a photography assignment. When she decides to take the assignment, Kenny disappears from the photos that Carol took at the zoo.]]
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* RippleEffectIndicator: RippleEffectIndicator:
** A variation in "Little Boy Lost". [[spoiler:Kenny is the son that Carol Shelton would have had in the potential future where she stayed in the US and married her boyfriend Greg instead of going abroad on a photography assignment. When she decides to take the assignment, Kenny disappears from the photos that Carol took at the zoo.]]]]
** Another variation in "Opening Day". After Joe Farrell kills his love rival Carl Wilkerson in a HuntingAccident, Carl's image in a photograph of him and his wife Sally is replaced by one of Joe as he has become her husband. The next day, Joe himself drowns as he thinks that Carl is trying to kill him. The photo then reverts to its original state.
** A variation in "Little Boy Lost". [[spoiler:Kenny is the son that Carol Shelton would have had in the potential future where she stayed in the US and married her boyfriend Greg instead of going abroad on a photography assignment. When she decides to take the assignment, Kenny disappears from the photos that Carol took at the zoo.
** Another variation in "Opening Day". After Joe Farrell kills his love rival Carl Wilkerson in a HuntingAccident, Carl's image in a photograph of him and his wife Sally is replaced by one of Joe as he has become her husband. The next day, Joe himself drowns as he thinks that Carl is trying to kill him. The photo then reverts to its original state.
** In "The Shadow Man", Danny Hayes watches ''Film/TheValleyOfGwangi'' on television.
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* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: In "The Shadow Man", the murderous titular entity takes up residence under a boy's bed and offers him immunity to his/its attacks. Only it turns out [[spoiler:there's more than one of them...]] ''[[spoiler:[[AmbiguousEnding Maybe...]]]]''
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* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: In "The Shadow Man", the murderous titular entity takes up residence under a boy's Danny Hayes' bed and offers him immunity to his/its attacks. Only it turns out [[spoiler:there's more than one of them...]] ''[[spoiler:[[AmbiguousEnding Maybe...]]]]''
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* WouldHurtAChild: In "Examination Day", [[spoiler:the totalitarian government gives tests that identify [[ChildProdigy child prodigies]]--who are then killed before they can grow up to question or threaten the power structure.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: WouldHurtAChild:
** In "Examination Day", [[spoiler:the totalitarian government gives tests that identify [[ChildProdigy child prodigies]]--who are then killed before they can grow up to question or threaten the power structure.]]
** In "The Shadow Man", the titular entity attacks several of Danny Hayes' classmates at Willow Creek Junior High School, including Mark, Wendy and Chip Murphy. [[spoiler:In the final scene, Danny is himself attacked by a Shadow Man who lives under someone else's bed.]]
** In "Examination Day", [[spoiler:the totalitarian government gives tests that identify [[ChildProdigy child prodigies]]--who are then killed before they can grow up to question or threaten the power structure.]]
** In "The Shadow Man", the titular entity attacks several of Danny Hayes' classmates at Willow Creek Junior High School, including Mark, Wendy and Chip Murphy. [[spoiler:In the final scene, Danny is himself attacked by a Shadow Man who lives under someone else's bed.]]
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* FeetFirstIntroduction: In "Dead Woman's Shoes", the first that the audience sees of Maddie Duncan is her feet as she walks to the thrift store where she works. She continually steps out of people's way as she does so. The camera pans to reveal her face when she arrives in the store.
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* UnfinishedBusiness: In "If She Dies", Paul Marano speculates that soul of Sarah, who died of tuberculois decades earlier, has not moved onto {{Heaven}} yet as {{God}} wants her to save the life of his comatose daughter Cathy.
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* UnfinishedBusiness: In "If She Dies", Paul Marano speculates that the soul of Sarah, who died of tuberculois decades earlier, has not moved onto {{Heaven}} yet as {{God}} wants her to save the life of his comatose daughter Cathy.
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** In "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium", David Wong decides to assume management of the Lost and Found Emporium after he finds his compassion. In the short story by William F. Wu, he had already been running the emporium for several months before he regained his compassion.
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* RaceLift: In "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium", the elderly man who lost the respect of his children in white. In the short story by William F. Wu, he is Chinese.
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* AdaptationDeviation: "Dead Woman's Shoes" is only loosely adapted from the original episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E83DeadMansShoes Dead Man's Shoes]]". In the original, the spirit of the murdered gangster Dane takes over the body of the homeless man Nate Bledsoe when he puts on his shoes in order to exact revenge on his treacherous partner Bernie Dagget. In TheRemake, the spirit of the murdered socialite Susan Montgomery takes over the body of the shy, withdrawn woman Maddie Duncan when she puts on her shoes in order to exact revenge on her husband Kyle.
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* AffectionateNickname: In "Paladin of the Lost Hour", Billy Kinetta refers to Gaspar as "Dad" before he learns his name. He continues to call him that as a sign of affection after they get to know each other.
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* AffectionateNickname: AffectionateNickname:
** In "Paladin of the Lost Hour", Billy Kinetta refers to Gaspar as "Dad" before he learns his name. He continues to call him that as a sign of affection after they get to know eachother.other.
** In "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium", Melinda calls David Wong "Brown Eyes" after she regains her sense of humor. He never actually tells her his name on screen.
** In "Paladin of the Lost Hour", Billy Kinetta refers to Gaspar as "Dad" before he learns his name. He continues to call him that as a sign of affection after they get to know each
** In "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium", Melinda calls David Wong "Brown Eyes" after she regains her sense of humor. He never actually tells her his name on screen.
* AllThereInTheManual: In "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium", Melinda and Mrs. Whitford's names are never mentioned. They come from the script and, in the latter case, the short story by William F. Wu.
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* ClothesMakeTheManiac: In "Dead Woman's Shoes", a shy woman tries on a pair of haunted high heels at a thrift store that make her assertive, self-confident—and send her on a murderous mission.
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* ClothesMakeTheManiac: In "Dead Woman's Shoes", a shy woman named Maddie Duncan tries on a pair of haunted high heels at a thrift store that make her assertive, self-confident—and send her on a murderous mission.mission to kill Kyle Montgomery.
* {{Determinator}}: In "Dead Woman's Shoes", Susan Montgomery is determined to seek revenge on her husband Kyle for murdering her. Her spirit survives in her shoes, which allows her to take over the body of whoever puts them on. [[spoiler:Although Susan fails to kill Kyle while in control of Maddie Duncan, she later succeeds in doing so after a maid finds them in the trash and puts them on.]]
* DomesticAbuse: In "Dead Woman's Shoes", Kyle Montgomery physically abused his wife Susan on a regular basis and eventually pushed her off the balcony to her death. He later claimed that [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident it was an accident]]. When Susan's spirit takes over Maddie Duncan's body and returns to confront Kyle, he hits her once again.
* DomesticAbuse: In "Dead Woman's Shoes", Kyle Montgomery physically abused his wife Susan on a regular basis and eventually pushed her off the balcony to her death. He later claimed that [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident it was an accident]]. When Susan's spirit takes over Maddie Duncan's body and returns to confront Kyle, he hits her once again.
* DrinkOrder: In "Dead Man's Shoes", Kyle Montgomery realizes that Maddie Duncan, who is possessed by the spirit of his late wife Susan, is not just a crank caller when she sarcastically offers to fix him a Manhattan just the way that he likes it.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In "Dead Woman's Shoes", Maddie Duncan's first scene involves her walking down the street and immediately stepping out of the way of everyone in her path without saying a word, indicating that she is very shy, mousy and withdrawn.
* GenderFlip: In "Dead Woman's Shoes", Maddie Duncan is possessed by the spirit of a murdered woman named Susan Montgomery when she puts on her expensive high heels. In the original episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E83DeadMansShoes Dead Man's Shoes]]", the murdered gangster Dane's personality takes control of a homeless man named Nate Bledsoe when he puts on his two-tone black and white shoes.
* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: In "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium", the title character David Wong is rude, obnoxious, self-centered and condescending. He is completely disinterested when Mrs. Whitford tells that she is in search of lost time. When the mice that she believes represent this lost time scatter, she breaks down in tears on the floor. David is entirely unsympathetic and makes no effort to help her. He similarly mistreats an elderly man who wants to regain his children's respect. When Melinda confronts him about his callous behavior, he admits that he is looking for his compassion, which he gradually lost because of the racism that he and other Asian-Americans have to suffer on a daily basis. After David helps her to find her sense of humor, Melinda is able to locate his compassion as well as his integrity and the details of his happiest childhood memory, a family picnic. David [[JerkassRealization realizes all of the mistakes that he has made]] and decides to take over the management of the Lost and Found Emporium with Melinda's help. The two of them then help Mrs. Whitford and the elderly man find what they are looking over.
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* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium" is a magical shop, the entrance to which teleports around; some people stumble on it, others have to commit years of diligent effort to track it down.
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* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: In "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium" Emporium", the titular shop is a magical shop, and the entrance to which teleports around; some changes location. Some people stumble on it, it while others have to commit years of diligent effort to track it down.down. David Wong finds it in the backroom of a porn shop in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco after three years of searching, Mrs. Whitford finds it in Fort Lauderdale and an elderly man simply found himself there after a doctor's appointment. The emporium contains lost hopes, dreams, chances and attributes that people seek to regain. David Wong is searching for his compassion, Melinda for her sense of humor, Mrs. Whitford for lost time and the elderly man for the respect of his children. Each lost attribute appears in a glowing ball, which everyone except the intended recipient can see, and takes the form of a physical object or animal. The recipients must follow the instructions on the label to benefit from it.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: In "Dead Woman's Shoes", Kyle Montgomery murdered his wife Susan by pushing her off a balcony. He later told the police that it was an accident and she fell to her death because she was drunk.
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: In "Dead Man's Shoes", while possessing Maddie Duncan's body, Susan Montgomery sees her own reflection in the mirror instead of Maddie's.
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: In "Examination Day", Dickie Jordan's parents are named Richard, Sr. and Ruth. In the short story by Henry Slesar, their first names are not given.
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: NamedByTheAdaptation:
** In "Examination Day", Dickie Jordan's parents are named Richard, Sr. and Ruth. In the short story by Henry Slesar, their first names are notgiven.given.
** In "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium", the young woman whom David Wong meets in the emporium is named Melinda, [[AllThereInTheManual at least in the script]]. In the short story by William F. Wu, she is not named.
* NapoleonDelusion: In "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium", David Wong tells Mrs. Whitford that he met twelve people who claimed to be the Second Coming of Jesus and one who claimed to the reincarnation of the High Priest of Lemuria during his three year search for the Lost and Found Emporium.
** In "Examination Day", Dickie Jordan's parents are named Richard, Sr. and Ruth. In the short story by Henry Slesar, their first names are not
** In "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium", the young woman whom David Wong meets in the emporium is named Melinda, [[AllThereInTheManual at least in the script]]. In the short story by William F. Wu, she is not named.
* NapoleonDelusion: In "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium", David Wong tells Mrs. Whitford that he met twelve people who claimed to be the Second Coming of Jesus and one who claimed to the reincarnation of the High Priest of Lemuria during his three year search for the Lost and Found Emporium.
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* NiceShoes: In "Dead Woman's Shoes", Susan Montgomery wore an expensive pair of black high heels before she was murdered by her husband Kyle. When Maddie Duncan puts them on, Susan's personality takes control of her body. [[spoiler:At the end of the episode, the same thing happens to a maid who finds the discarded shoes in the trash. Picking up the gun that Maddie had also discarded, Susan (in the maid's body) enters the Montgomery house and shoots Kyle.]]
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** In "Dead Woman's Shoes", Susan Montgomery (in Maddie Duncan's body) jokingly tells her husband Kyle that she is the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Wicked Witch of the East and that next time he should drop a house on her]] if he wants her death to be final.
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* BottleEpisode: "Nightcrawlers" takes place entirely in and around Big Bob's diner. (Although there are so many special effects, it probably wasn't exactly cheap to produce.)
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* BottleEpisode: BottleEpisode:
** "Nightcrawlers" takes place entirely in and around Big Bob's diner. (Although there are so many special effects, it probably wasn't exactly cheap to produce.))
** "Dealer's Choice" takes place entirely in Pete's living room and kitchen.
** "Nightcrawlers" takes place entirely in and around Big Bob's diner. (Although there are so many special effects, it probably wasn't exactly cheap to produce.
** "Dealer's Choice" takes place entirely in Pete's living room and kitchen.
* CassandraTruth: In "The Burning Man", Doug and Aunt Neva pick up a dirty, disheveled man while driving through Kansas. He immediately begins ranting and raving about people who are born evil, telling Doug and Aunt Neva that they should be wary of genetic evil. He compares such people to seventeen year locusts and warns that they [[ImAHumanitarian eat people]] "fried, cooked, boiled and parboiled." Aunt Neva has finally had enough of his wild stories and throws him out of her car. That night, the two of them pick up a [[CreepyChild strange boy in a white suit]] who claims to have been left behind after a town picnic. After making the car stop, the boy asks Doug and Aunt Neva, "Have you ever wondered if there was such a thing as genetic evil in the world?" The headlights of the car then go out, implying that he is going to kill Doug and Aunt Neva.
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* ChromosomeCasting: "Paladin of the Lost Hour" does not feature any speaking roles for women.
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* ChromosomeCasting: ChessWithDeath: In "Dealer's Choice", Pete, Jake and Tony correctly deduce that Nick, who has taken Norman's place at their regular poker game, is the Devil and that he is here for one of them. Nick suggests that they make a game of it: whoever picks the highest card "wins" and gets to go with him. Tony picks an eight, Jake picks a seven and the unfortunate Pete picks a jack. Tony suggests that Pete and Nick play a game of one-on-one, all or nothing. Nick agrees and tries to put up $18 ([[NumberOfTheBeast three sixes]]) but instead puts up $19 at Pete's insistence. As it is dealer's choice, Pete chooses a game of lowball, where the lower hand wins and players don't want matching cards. Being the Devil, Nick has been getting three sixes in every hand. Pete gets four fives and Nick gets three sixes, meaning that Pete loses. However, Marty, who is too innocent for the Devil to trick, reveals that Nick's Tarot death card is in fact a fourth six. After been caught out, Nick leaves empty handed, though not before filling Pete's empty kitchen with food and beer.
* ChromosomeCasting:
** "Paladin of the Lost Hour"does and "Act Break" do not feature any speaking roles for women.women.
** No women appear in "Dealer's Choice" and "I of Newton".
* ChromosomeCasting:
** "Paladin of the Lost Hour"
** No women appear in "Dealer's Choice" and "I of Newton".
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In "Dealer's Choice", the extremely innocent and not very bright Marty describes ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'' (which he incorrectly calls ''Streetcar Called Desire'') as a great movie all about poker.
* CreepyChild: In "The Burning Man", Doug and Aunt Neva pick up a strange boy in a white suit while driving through Kansas. They soon discover that he is the genetic evil whom their earlier passenger, a seemingly crazed, disheveled man, warned them about. It is implied that the boy kills them.
* DestinationDefenestration: {{Discussed|Trope}} in "Act Break". Maury Winkler and Harry are writing a play in which an English aristocrat named Roger kills a woman named Ethel but they can't decide how he should do it. Harry suggests throwing her out the window. When Maury says that people don't die from being thrown out of first story windows, Harry thinks that she should fall into a swimming pool that is being revonated. They eventually agree that Roger should strangle Ethel.
* HeatWave: In "The Burning Man", Kansas is experiencing its hottest July in 16 or 17 years in 1936.
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* MeaningfulName: {{Lampshaded|Trope}} in "Paladin of the Lost Hour". Gaspar tells Billy Kinetta that he shares with name with one of TheThreeWiseMen, the magi who saw the StarOfBethlehem and visited the newborn Jesus. He adds that Gaspar means master of the treasure, keeper of the secrets, paladin of the palace. Gaspar later explains that he is the latest in a long line of guardians of the lost hour going back to Pope Gregory XIII's adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1582.
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** {{Lampshaded|Trope}} in "Paladin of the Lost Hour". Gaspar tells Billy Kinetta that he shares with name with one of TheThreeWiseMen, the magi who saw the StarOfBethlehem and visited the newborn Jesus. He adds that Gaspar means master of the treasure, keeper of the secrets, paladin of the palace. Gaspar later explains that he is the latest in a long line of guardians of the lost hour going back to Pope Gregory XIII's adoption of the Gregorian calendar in1582.1582.
** In "Dealer's Choice", the Devil [[LouisCypher uses the name "Nick"]] when he plays poker with Pete, Jake, Tony and Marty. Old Nick is a common nickname for the Devil.
** {{Lampshaded|Trope}} in "Paladin of the Lost Hour". Gaspar tells Billy Kinetta that he shares with name with one of TheThreeWiseMen, the magi who saw the StarOfBethlehem and visited the newborn Jesus. He adds that Gaspar means master of the treasure, keeper of the secrets, paladin of the palace. Gaspar later explains that he is the latest in a long line of guardians of the lost hour going back to Pope Gregory XIII's adoption of the Gregorian calendar in
** In "Dealer's Choice", the Devil [[LouisCypher uses the name "Nick"]] when he plays poker with Pete, Jake, Tony and Marty. Old Nick is a common nickname for the Devil.
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* NoNameGiven: In "Ye Gods", the woman with whom Todd Ettinger falls in love after being struck by Cupid's arrow (four times) is never named.
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** In "Ye Gods", the woman with whom Todd Ettinger falls in love after being struck by Cupid's arrow (four times) is never named.
** In "Paladin of the Lost Hour", the Marine who killed saving Billy Kinetta from a Viet Cong ambush during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar is never named.
** In "The Burning Man", neither the disheveled man who rants about evil nor the [[CreepyChild strange boy in the white suit]] are named.
** In "Ye Gods", the woman with whom Todd Ettinger falls in love after being struck by Cupid's arrow (four times) is never named.
** In "Paladin of the Lost Hour", the Marine who killed saving Billy Kinetta from a Viet Cong ambush during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar is never named.
** In "The Burning Man", neither the disheveled man who rants about evil nor the [[CreepyChild strange boy in the white suit]] are named.
* NumberOfTheBeast: In "Dealer's Choice", Pete, Jake and Tony find it odd that Nick, who is filling in for their regular player Norman, always gets three sixes in every hand of poker. They come to the conclusion that he is the Devil. Later when Nick agrees to [[ChessWithDeath play one hand for Pete's immortal soul]], he puts up $18, which Jake points out is 6 + 6 + 6. Peter insists that he instead put up $19.
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* PlaceWorseThanDeath: [[RunningGag At least two episodes]] make jokes about [[UsefulNotes/NewJersey Newark, New Jersey]] being like Hell.
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* PlaceWorseThanDeath: [[RunningGag At least two episodes]] Both "Dealer's Choice" and "I of Newton"]] make jokes about [[UsefulNotes/NewJersey Newark, New Jersey]] (specifically Newark in the latter case) being like Hell.{{Hell}}.
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* SpoilerTitle: The title of "Dreams for Sale" makes it obvious that the idyllic country picnic experienced by Jenny is not real.
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* SpoilerTitle: The title of "Dreams for Sale" makes it obvious that SharpDressedMan: In "The Burning Man", the idyllic country picnic experienced by Jenny [[CreepyChild strange boy]] whom Doug and Aunt Neva pick up is not real.wearing a very expensive looking white suit.
* SpoilerTitle: The title of "Dreams for Sale" makes it obvious that the idyllic country picnic experienced by Jenny is not real.
* StealthPun: In "Dealer's Choice", Pete plays a game of one-on-one with Nick, who is in actuality the Devil, [[ChessWithDeath for his immortal soul]]. In the closing narration, it is pointed out that he did not heed the old saying "[[DealWithTheDevil Never deal with the Devil]]".
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* ThreeWishes: In "Wish Bank", Janice Hamill finds a magic lamp at a rummage sale. When she rubs it, she is transported to the Department of Magical Venues and is told by the broker Mr. Brent that she has three wishes. She wishes for $10,000,000, to look ten years younger and for her ex-husband Craig to suffer from moderate sexual dysfunction for a year and a half. Mr. Brent warns Janice that the first wish will turn out fine but that the second will not turn out as expected and she will almost certainly have to use the third wish to undo the first two. Eventually, Janice is so frustrated at the Department of Magical Venues being a VastBureaucracy that [[ResetButton she wishes that she never found the lamp in the first place]].
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** In "Wish Bank", Janice Hamill finds a magic lamp at a rummage sale. When she rubs it, she is transported to the Department of Magical Venues and is told by the broker Mr. Brent that she has three wishes. She wishes for $10,000,000, to look ten years younger and for her ex-husband Craig to suffer from moderate sexual dysfunction for a year and a half. Mr. Brent warns Janice that the first wish will turn out fine but that the second will not turn out as expected and she will almost certainly have to use the third wish to undo the first two. Eventually, Janice is so frustrated at the Department of Magical Venues being a VastBureaucracy that [[ResetButton she wishes that she never found the lamp in the first place]].
** {{Discussed|Trope}} in "Act Break". After Harry has a heart attack, he gives the amulet that he received from monks in Burma to his partner Maury Winkler and tells him that everyone gets one wish. He asks Murray to use his wish to bring him back to life. Maury laments that he doesn't get three wishes, which is the standard deal. Instead of saving Harry's life, he wishes to work with the greatest playwright in the world and is transported back in time to Creator/WilliamShakespeare's house in Elizabethan England.
** In "Wish Bank", Janice Hamill finds a magic lamp at a rummage sale. When she rubs it, she is transported to the Department of Magical Venues and is told by the broker Mr. Brent that she has three wishes. She wishes for $10,000,000, to look ten years younger and for her ex-husband Craig to suffer from moderate sexual dysfunction for a year and a half. Mr. Brent warns Janice that the first wish will turn out fine but that the second will not turn out as expected and she will almost certainly have to use the third wish to undo the first two. Eventually, Janice is so frustrated at the Department of Magical Venues being a VastBureaucracy that [[ResetButton she wishes that she never found the lamp in the first place]].
** {{Discussed|Trope}} in "Act Break". After Harry has a heart attack, he gives the amulet that he received from monks in Burma to his partner Maury Winkler and tells him that everyone gets one wish. He asks Murray to use his wish to bring him back to life. Maury laments that he doesn't get three wishes, which is the standard deal. Instead of saving Harry's life, he wishes to work with the greatest playwright in the world and is transported back in time to Creator/WilliamShakespeare's house in Elizabethan England.
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* WritersSuck: In "Act Break", Maury Winkler and Harry are a pair of middle-aged writers who have written 17 unsuccessful plays in 22 years. Each one took six months to a year to write but most of them closed after only one night and none of them got anywhere near Broadway. They are two months behind on the rent for their filthy, cramped office and the landlord is threatening to throw them out.
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: In "Paladin of the Lost Hour", there is a more than thirty year age gap between Gaspar and Billy Kinetta but they quickly become very close friends.
