Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
** In "A Saucer of Loneliness", Margaret is middle-aged when she receives the message from the FlyingSaucer. In the short story by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon, she was "perhaps seventeen" at the time.
Changed line(s) 86 (click to see context) from:
* 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.
to:
* AlcoholicParent: 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 firsttime.time.
** In "A Saucer of Loneliness", the middle-aged Margaret lives with her alcoholic, emotionally abusive mother who constantly belittles her because she doesn't have a man in her life. She tells Margaret that she should be respectable but her own behavior is anything but. She eventually throws Margaret out of her apartment because of all the negative publicity generated by her refusal to reveal the contents of the message from the FlyingSaucer.
** 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
** In "A Saucer of Loneliness", the middle-aged Margaret lives with her alcoholic, emotionally abusive mother who constantly belittles her because she doesn't have a man in her life. She tells Margaret that she should be respectable but her own behavior is anything but. She eventually throws Margaret out of her apartment because of all the negative publicity generated by her refusal to reveal the contents of the message from the FlyingSaucer.
Changed line(s) 107 (click to see context) from:
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: In "A Message from Charity", Squire Jonas Hacker tells Charity Payne that he [[BurnTheWitch will have her burned at the stake for witchcraft]]. In reality, the most common method of execution for convicted witches in UsefulNotes/TheThirteenAmericanColonies was hanging.
to:
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** In "A Message from Charity", Squire Jonas Hacker tells Charity Payne that he [[BurnTheWitch will have her burned at the stake for witchcraft]]. In reality, the most common method of execution for convicted witches in UsefulNotes/TheThirteenAmericanColonies washanging.hanging.
** In "The Once and Future King", the front page of ''The Commercial Appeal'' gives the date as Monday July 3, 1954. In reality, July 3, 1954 was a Saturday.
** In "A Message from Charity", Squire Jonas Hacker tells Charity Payne that he [[BurnTheWitch will have her burned at the stake for witchcraft]]. In reality, the most common method of execution for convicted witches in UsefulNotes/TheThirteenAmericanColonies was
** In "The Once and Future King", the front page of ''The Commercial Appeal'' gives the date as Monday July 3, 1954. In reality, July 3, 1954 was a Saturday.
** In "The Once and Future King", Gary Pitkin is an ElvisImpersonator from 1986 who [[DeadPersonImpersonation assumed the identity]] of Music/ElvisPresley after accidentally killing him on July 4, 1954. In the 1970s, he tries to convince Sandra, who will be his manager by 1986, that he is simply pretending to be the real King. However, Sandra doesn't believe him. She later comes to think that it was merely another example of Elvis' often strange and eccentric behavior towards the end of his life.
* CelebrityResemblance: In "The Once and Future King", Gary Pitkin is an ElvisImpersonator who bears an uncanny resemblance to the King of RockAndRoll. After he is sent back in time to July 3, 1954, the real Music/ElvisPresley mistakes him for his identical twin brother Jesse, who died at birth and has [[BackFromTheDead seemingly been brought back to life]]. After Elvis is [[InertialImpalement impaled on the neck of Gary's guitar]], Gary [[DeadPersonImpersonation assumes his identity]] and manages to fool everyone except [[ParentsKnowTheirChildren Elvis' mother Gladys]].
* DeadPersonImpersonation: In "The Once and Future King", Gary Pitkin, an ElvisImpersonator from 1986, gets into a fight with the real Music/ElvisPresley on July 4, 1954 as Elvis believes that he is a demon who has been sent to tempt him with evil music. In the struggle, Elvis is [[InertialImpalement killed when he is accidentally impaled on the neck of Gary's broken guitar]]. After burying his body, Gary [[YouWillBeBeethoven assumes Elvis' identity]] and becomes the King of RockAndRoll.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: In "The Once and Future King", Mr. Harris, Music/ElvisPresley's boss at the Crown Electric Company in Memphis, Tennessee, is disgusted that the ElvisImpersonator Gary Pitkin has a picture of a "nigger" on his undershirt. Gary, a time traveler from 1986, is wearing a Music/ChuckBerry T-shirt.
Changed line(s) 259 (click to see context) from:
* DrunkDriver: In "Kentucky Rye", an alcoholic named Bob Spindler and his co-workers celebrate closing a big deal. As ever, Bob has too much to drink and becomes angry when several of his co-workers suggest driving him home or calling him a cab. Instead, he drives drunk, seemingly not for the first time, and runs another car off the road. Bob is injured in the process and seeks refuge in a tavern called the Kentucky Rye. The owner sells him the tavern for $1,600, the last $100 of which is contributed by a strange man. The next morning, Bob wakes up to find the tavern covered in cobwebs and dust. There is no one there except for the strange man. [[spoiler:It turns out that the man is the driver of the other car, who was killed when Bob ran him off the road. Bob himself was killed in the accident and is trapped in the IronicHell of a deserted bar for all eternity.]]
to:
* DrunkDriver: DrunkDriver:
** In "Kentucky Rye", an alcoholic named Bob Spindler and his co-workers celebrate closing a big deal. As ever, Bob has too much to drink and becomes angry when several of his co-workers suggest driving him home or calling him a cab. Instead, he drives drunk, seemingly not for the first time, and runs another car off the road. Bob is injured in the process and seeks refuge in a tavern called the Kentucky Rye. The owner sells him the tavern for $1,600, the last $100 of which is contributed by a strange man. The next morning, Bob wakes up to find the tavern covered in cobwebs and dust. There is no one there except for the strange man. [[spoiler:It turns out that the man is the driver of the other car, who was killed when Bob ran him off the road. Bob himself was killed in the accident and is trapped in the IronicHell of a deserted bar for all eternity.]]]]
** In "The Once and Future King", Gary Pitkin is driven off the road by a drunk driver and crashes his own car as a result. When he wakes up, he finds that he has been transported back in time to Memphis, Tennessee on July 3, 1954.
** In "Kentucky Rye", an alcoholic named Bob Spindler and his co-workers celebrate closing a big deal. As ever, Bob has too much to drink and becomes angry when several of his co-workers suggest driving him home or calling him a cab. Instead, he drives drunk, seemingly not for the first time, and runs another car off the road. Bob is injured in the process and seeks refuge in a tavern called the Kentucky Rye. The owner sells him the tavern for $1,600, the last $100 of which is contributed by a strange man. The next morning, Bob wakes up to find the tavern covered in cobwebs and dust. There is no one there except for the strange man. [[spoiler:It turns out that the man is the driver of the other car, who was killed when Bob ran him off the road. Bob himself was killed in the accident and is trapped in the IronicHell of a deserted bar for all eternity.
** In "The Once and Future King", Gary Pitkin is driven off the road by a drunk driver and crashes his own car as a result. When he wakes up, he finds that he has been transported back in time to Memphis, Tennessee on July 3, 1954.
* ElvisImpersonator: In "The Once and Future King", Gary Pitkin is a very talented Elvis impersonator who is trying to make it as a musician in his own right. He mostly performs for disinterested audiences in seedy hotel lounges and is extremely reluctant to take his act to UsefulNotes/LasVegas as it killed the real Music/ElvisPresley. [[spoiler:He is eventually sent back in time to July 3, 1954 and [[YouWillBeBeethoven takes Elvis' place]] after accidentally killing him.]]
Changed line(s) 317 (click to see context) from:
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet A Little Peace and Quiet]]", while on the phone to her friend Fran, Penny says that it is WorldWarIII in her house as her children are bickering and making a lot of noise. She later ignores the radio and television reports of the deteriorating arms talks between the United States and the Soviet Union. [[spoiler:A nuclear war breaks out shortly afterwards.]]
to:
** In "A Saucer of Loneliness", a small flying saucer comes to Earth in order to deliver a message to an extremely lonely human. The recipient of the message is a middle-aged woman named Margaret.
*{{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet A Little Peace and Quiet]]", while on the phone to her friend Fran, Penny says that it is WorldWarIII in her house as her children are bickering and making a lot of noise. She later ignores the radio and television reports of the deteriorating arms talks between the United States and the Soviet Union. [[spoiler:A nuclear war breaks out shortly afterwards.]]
** In "The Once and Future King", the ElvisImpersonator Gary Pitkin tells his manager Sandra that he may look like Music/ElvisPresley but that doesn't mean that he has to make all of the same mistakes that Elvis did. She says that Elvis once pulled her up on stage and invited her to his dressing room, where he told her that he wasn't the King. [[spoiler:Gary is later sent back in time and [[DeadPersonImpersonation assumes Elvis' identity after accidentally killing him]]. [[YouWillBeBeethoven He proceeds to live out Elvis' life]] and does everything the same way as he remembers. Gary reveals that he isn't the real Elvis to a younger Sandra in the 1970s but [[CassandraTruth she does not believe him]].]]
*
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet A Little Peace and Quiet]]", while on the phone to her friend Fran, Penny says that it is WorldWarIII in her house as her children are bickering and making a lot of noise. She later ignores the radio and television reports of the deteriorating arms talks between the United States and the Soviet Union. [[spoiler:A nuclear war breaks out shortly afterwards.]]
** In "The Once and Future King", the ElvisImpersonator Gary Pitkin tells his manager Sandra that he may look like Music/ElvisPresley but that doesn't mean that he has to make all of the same mistakes that Elvis did. She says that Elvis once pulled her up on stage and invited her to his dressing room, where he told her that he wasn't the King. [[spoiler:Gary is later sent back in time and [[DeadPersonImpersonation assumes Elvis' identity after accidentally killing him]]. [[YouWillBeBeethoven He proceeds to live out Elvis' life]] and does everything the same way as he remembers. Gary reveals that he isn't the real Elvis to a younger Sandra in the 1970s but [[CassandraTruth she does not believe him]].]]
* HatesBeingAlone: In "A Saucer of Loneliness", Margaret is an extremely lonely middle-aged waitress who spent years dreaming about what it would like to be with a man. After so much time, however, she has given up hope that it will ever happen. She lives with her [[AlcoholicParent alcoholic mother]], who cruelly reminds her at every opportunity that she doesn't have a husband and probably never will. Margaret is so unhappy in her life that she often cries herself to sleep. One day while walking near the beach, a FlyingSaucer appears and communicates a message to her telepathically. She is harassed by the media and members of the public to reveal the contents of the message but she refuses to do so as it was private. Margaret eventually [[MessageInABottle places copies of the message in various bottles and throws them into the ocean]]. A man finds one of these bottles and, [[InterruptedSuicide after preventing her from committing suicide]], reveals that he knows that the message was from an alien being who was even lonelier than Margaret.
Changed line(s) 356 (click to see context) from:
* HealingHands: In "Healer", this trope overlaps with HealingFactor. A small-time crook named Jackie Thompson steals a rare stone from a museum and is shot in the process. He soon discovers that it can heal any injury when his wound disappears. The next day, his neighbor Harry Faulk has a heart attack and dies but Jackie manages to heal him using the stone. Realizing that they can make a great deal of money, Jackie (calling himself "Brother John") becomes a FakeFaithHealer and televangelist with Harry as his manager. Jackie enjoys the experience of healing people, including a wheelchair bound girl named Amanda, but Harry is simply in it for the money. A Mexican man named Duende visits after a taping and warns Jackie that the stone, which his people loaned to the museum, is in the wrong hands. When a mob boss named Joseph Rubello for whom Jackie used to work asks Jackie to heal his rapidly spreading lung cancer, Jackie charges him $2 million. Rubello agrees but the stone fails to heal him. Jackie's attempt to heal a deaf boy is similarly unsuccessful. Duende then reveals that the stone only works when it is used selflessly. Immediately afterwards, Jackie's gunshot wound reappears. Harry refuses to use the stone to heal him as he wants all of the money for himself. The deaf boy finds Jackie dying in the alley and heals him. Having learned his lesson, Jackie returns the favor and heals the boy.
to:
* HealingHands: HealingHands:
** In "Healer", this trope overlaps with HealingFactor. A small-time crook named Jackie Thompson steals a rare stone from a museum and is shot in the process. He soon discovers that it can heal any injury when his wound disappears. The next day, his neighbor Harry Faulk has a heart attack and dies but Jackie manages to heal him using the stone. Realizing that they can make a great deal of money, Jackie (calling himself "Brother John") becomes a FakeFaithHealer and televangelist with Harry as his manager. Jackie enjoys the experience of healing people, including a wheelchair bound girl named Amanda, but Harry is simply in it for the money. A Mexican man named Duende visits after a taping and warns Jackie that the stone, which his people loaned to the museum, is in the wrong hands. When a mob boss named Joseph Rubello for whom Jackie used to work asks Jackie to heal his rapidly spreading lung cancer, Jackie charges him $2 million. Rubello agrees but the stone fails to heal him. Jackie's attempt to heal a deaf boy is similarly unsuccessful. Duende then reveals that the stone only works when it is used selflessly. Immediately afterwards, Jackie's gunshot wound reappears. Harry refuses to use the stone to heal him as he wants all of the money for himself. The deaf boy finds Jackie dying in the alley and heals him. Having learned his lesson, Jackie returns the favor and heals the boy.
** In "A Saucer of Loneliness", Margaret is approached by a devoutly religious woman who believes that the FlyingSaucer that communicated a telepathic message to Margaret was sent by {{God}}. The woman is convinced that Margaret received the power to heal and begs her to heal her paralyzed son. Margaret barely manages to get away from her.
** In "Healer", this trope overlaps with HealingFactor. A small-time crook named Jackie Thompson steals a rare stone from a museum and is shot in the process. He soon discovers that it can heal any injury when his wound disappears. The next day, his neighbor Harry Faulk has a heart attack and dies but Jackie manages to heal him using the stone. Realizing that they can make a great deal of money, Jackie (calling himself "Brother John") becomes a FakeFaithHealer and televangelist with Harry as his manager. Jackie enjoys the experience of healing people, including a wheelchair bound girl named Amanda, but Harry is simply in it for the money. A Mexican man named Duende visits after a taping and warns Jackie that the stone, which his people loaned to the museum, is in the wrong hands. When a mob boss named Joseph Rubello for whom Jackie used to work asks Jackie to heal his rapidly spreading lung cancer, Jackie charges him $2 million. Rubello agrees but the stone fails to heal him. Jackie's attempt to heal a deaf boy is similarly unsuccessful. Duende then reveals that the stone only works when it is used selflessly. Immediately afterwards, Jackie's gunshot wound reappears. Harry refuses to use the stone to heal him as he wants all of the money for himself. The deaf boy finds Jackie dying in the alley and heals him. Having learned his lesson, Jackie returns the favor and heals the boy.
** In "A Saucer of Loneliness", Margaret is approached by a devoutly religious woman who believes that the FlyingSaucer that communicated a telepathic message to Margaret was sent by {{God}}. The woman is convinced that Margaret received the power to heal and begs her to heal her paralyzed son. Margaret barely manages to get away from her.
Changed line(s) 395 (click to see context) from:
* 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.
to:
* InterruptedSuicide: 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 theToothFairy.ToothFairy.
** In "A Saucer of Loneliness", Margaret is extremely depressed as she is being continually harassed to reveal the contents of the message given to her by the FlyingSaucer so she tries to drown herself in the sea. However, she is stopped by a man who had been looking for her as he had found the [[MessageInABottle copy of the message that she placed in a bottle]].
** 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
** In "A Saucer of Loneliness", Margaret is extremely depressed as she is being continually harassed to reveal the contents of the message given to her by the FlyingSaucer so she tries to drown herself in the sea. However, she is stopped by a man who had been looking for her as he had found the [[MessageInABottle copy of the message that she placed in a bottle]].
Changed line(s) 436,437 (click to see context) from:
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
to:
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: 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.
** "The Once and Future King" is a reference to the [[Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing Arthurian novel]] by Creator/THWhite.
*LittleGreenMen: 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 thetruth.truth.
** {{Discussed|Trope}} in "A Saucer of Loneliness". Margaret's mother tells her that their neighbors have been looking at them strangely since Margaret's contact with the FlyingSaucer and that they probably think that she is a traitor who is conspiring with little green men.
** "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.
** "The Once and Future King" is a reference to the [[Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing Arthurian novel]] by Creator/THWhite.
*
** 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
** {{Discussed|Trope}} in "A Saucer of Loneliness". Margaret's mother tells her that their neighbors have been looking at them strangely since Margaret's contact with the FlyingSaucer and that they probably think that she is a traitor who is conspiring with little green men.
Changed line(s) 465 (click to see context) from:
* MessageInABottle: "A Saucer of Loneliness"; the small eponymous saucer arrives on Earth and passes on its message to an equally-lonely human.
to:
* MessageInABottle: In "A Saucer of Loneliness"; Loneliness", the small eponymous saucer arrives on Earth and passes on its message to an equally-lonely human.extremely lonely woman named Margaret, who refuses to divulge its contents to anyone. However, she does make several copies of the message and puts them in bottles that she throws into the ocean. A man finds one of them and [[InterruptedSuicide stops her from killing herself]]. He then reveals that he knows what the message said:
--->"There is, in certain living souls, a loneliness unspeakable, so great it must be shared as company is shared by lesser beings. Such a loneliness is mine. And know by this that an immensity is one lonelier than you."
--->"There is, in certain living souls, a loneliness unspeakable, so great it must be shared as company is shared by lesser beings. Such a loneliness is mine. And know by this that an immensity is one lonelier than you."
** In "A Saucer of Loneliness", the protagonist's name is Margaret. She is not named in the short story by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon.
Changed line(s) 500 (click to see context) from:
* NewspaperDating: In "Grace Note", after being transported through time, Rosemarie Miletti picks up a copy of ''The New York Herald'' and learns that it is March 22, 1986, 20 years in her future.
to:
* NewspaperDating: NewspaperDating:
** In "Grace Note", after being transported through time, Rosemarie Miletti picks up a copy of ''The New York Herald'' and learns that it is March 22, 1986, 20 years in herfuture.future.
** In "The Once and Future King", Gary Pitkin realizes that he has gone back in time and is talking to the real Music/ElvisPresley when he finds a copy of ''The Commercial Appeal'' dated Monday July 3, 1954 with a prominent photo of UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower on the front page.
** In "Grace Note", after being transported through time, Rosemarie Miletti picks up a copy of ''The New York Herald'' and learns that it is March 22, 1986, 20 years in her
** In "The Once and Future King", Gary Pitkin realizes that he has gone back in time and is talking to the real Music/ElvisPresley when he finds a copy of ''The Commercial Appeal'' dated Monday July 3, 1954 with a prominent photo of UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower on the front page.
** In "A Saucer of Loneliness", the man on the beach who [[InterruptedSuicide stops Margaret from committing suicide]] is not named.
* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: In "The Once and Future King", Gary Pitkin tells Sandra that the real Music/ElvisPresley's mother Gladys could tell that he wasn't her son after he [[DeadPersonImpersonation assumed his identity]]. He believes the knowledge that Elvis was dead is what ultimately killed her.
* RealPersonCameo: In "The Once and Future King", Music/ElvisPresley's life long best friend Red West plays his boss Mr. Harris of the Crown Electric Company.
Changed line(s) 640 (click to see context) from:
* TakeThat: In "Paladin of the Lost Hour", Gaspar tells Billy Kinetta that he does not want to see a film with Creator/KarenBlack, Sandy Dennis or Creator/MerylStreep as they are always crying and their noses are always red. [[SubvertedTrope However]], he later says that he is willing to make an exception for Streep.
to:
* TakeThat: TakeThat:
** In "Paladin of the Lost Hour", Gaspar tells Billy Kinetta that he does not want to see a film with Creator/KarenBlack, Sandy Dennis or Creator/MerylStreep as they are always crying and their noses are always red. [[SubvertedTrope However]], he later says that he is willing to make an exception forStreep.Streep.
** In "The Once and Future King", the ElvisImpersonator Gary Pitkin does not want to take his act to UsefulNotes/LasVegas as he thinks that it killed Music/ElvisPresley and it is nothing but "showgirls, sluts and sleaze." Gary then tells his manager Sandra that Vegas is good enough for Wayne Newton but not for him.
** In "Paladin of the Lost Hour", Gaspar tells Billy Kinetta that he does not want to see a film with Creator/KarenBlack, Sandy Dennis or Creator/MerylStreep as they are always crying and their noses are always red. [[SubvertedTrope However]], he later says that he is willing to make an exception for
** In "The Once and Future King", the ElvisImpersonator Gary Pitkin does not want to take his act to UsefulNotes/LasVegas as he thinks that it killed Music/ElvisPresley and it is nothing but "showgirls, sluts and sleaze." Gary then tells his manager Sandra that Vegas is good enough for Wayne Newton but not for him.
* ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity: In "The Once and Future King", Music/ElvisPresley mistakes Gary Pitkin, an ElvisImpersonator from 1986 who [[CelebrityResemblance looks just like him]], for his stillborn identical twin brother Jesse who has come BackFromTheDead. Gary allows him to believe this and tries to use the opportunity to convince Elvis that he has a very bright future ahead of him.
** In "A Saucer of Loneliness", Margaret's mother is not named.
Changed line(s) 756 (click to see context) from:
* YouWillBeBeethoven: "Profile in Silver" does this with UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy and "The Once and Future King" with Music/ElvisPresley.
to:
* YouWillBeBeethoven: YouWillBeBeethoven:
** In "Profile inSilver" does this Silver", Professor Joseph Fitzgerald, a time traveler from 2172, switches places with his FamousAncestor UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy and so that he can be assassinated in JFK's place on November 22, 1963.
** In "The Once and FutureKing" King", the ElvisImpersonator Gary Pitkin is sent back in time to Memphis, Tennessee on July 3, 1954 and meets the real Music/ElvisPresley, two days before he is due to perform "That's All Right" for Sam Phillips at Sun Records. The next day, Gary learns that Elvis intends to play "I Love You Because" instead and tries to convince him that he will ruin his chances of a record deal if he does so. However, Elvis begins to suspect that Gary has been sent to tempt him with Music/ElvisPresley.devil's music and attacks him. In the ensuing fight, Elvis is [[InertialImpalement impaled on the neck of Gary's guitar and dies]]. Gary then [[DeadPersonImpersonation assumes his identity]] and performs "That's All Right" for Phillips as history records Elvis did. It turns out that it was Gary posing as Elvis rather than the real Elvis who was destined to become the King of RockAndRoll. However, Gary wonders if Elvis would have made a better King if he had lived.
** In "Profile in
** In "The Once and Future
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 645 (click to see context) from:
* ThereAreNoAdults: In "The Shadow Man", there are no adults except for a brief appearance by Danny Hayes' mother.
to:
* ThereAreNoAdults: In "The Shadow Man", there are no adults except for a brief appearance appearances by the school librarian and Danny Hayes' mother.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 82,85 (click to see context) :
* AlanSmithee:
** Alan Brennert thought that his script "Healer" was so badly acted and directed that he took his name off of the episode. It is credited to Michael Bryant.
** "Paladin of the Lost Hour", which was directed by Gilbert Cates, is credited to Alan Smithee as Cates disliked the manner in which it was edited.
** Creator/RichardMatheson had his name taken off of "Button, Button" as he was displeased with the [[AdaptationalAlternateEnding changed ending of his short story]] made at the insistence of [[ExecutiveMeddling CBS executives]]. It is credited to Logan Swanson.
** Alan Brennert thought that his script "Healer" was so badly acted and directed that he took his name off of the episode. It is credited to Michael Bryant.
** "Paladin of the Lost Hour", which was directed by Gilbert Cates, is credited to Alan Smithee as Cates disliked the manner in which it was edited.
** Creator/RichardMatheson had his name taken off of "Button, Button" as he was displeased with the [[AdaptationalAlternateEnding changed ending of his short story]] made at the insistence of [[ExecutiveMeddling CBS executives]]. It is credited to Logan Swanson.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 691 (click to see context) from:
*** Major Whitmore is named after James Whitmore, who played Sgt. Ben Peterson in ''Film/{{Them}}''. He also played Captain William Benteen in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E118OnThursdayWeLeaveForHome On Thursday We Leave for Home]]".
to:
*** Major Whitmore is named after James Whitmore, who played Sgt. Ben Peterson in ''Film/{{Them}}''. He also played Captain William Benteen in ''The Twilight Zone'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E118OnThursdayWeLeaveForHome On Thursday We Leave for Home]]".
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 426 (click to see context) from:
* LadyOfBlackMagic: {{Subverted|Trope}} in "The Last Defender of Camelot". Lancelot believes that Morgan le Fay is a wicked sorceress but she tells him that her evil reputation has been greatly exaggerated. She claims that, between Myth/{{Merlin}} and [[Literature/LeMorteDarthur Thomas Mallory]], she got some very bad press. Morgan proves herself to be honorable when she fights Merlin in order to protect Lancelot and Tom from his magic. She is mortally wounded in the process and, shortly before she dies, jokes that she hopes to finally get some good press out of it.
to:
* LadyOfBlackMagic: {{Subverted|Trope}} in "The Last Defender of Camelot". Lancelot believes that Morgan le Fay is a wicked sorceress but she tells him that her evil reputation has been greatly exaggerated. She claims that, between Myth/{{Merlin}} and [[Literature/LeMorteDarthur Thomas Mallory]], Malory]], she got some very bad press. Morgan proves herself to be honorable when she fights Merlin in order to protect Lancelot and Tom from his magic. She is mortally wounded in the process and, shortly before she dies, jokes that she hopes to finally get some good press out of it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 98 (click to see context) from:
** In "The Last Defender of Camelot", Tom learns that Myth/{{Merlin}} and [[Myth/KingArthur the rest of the figures from Arthurian mythology]] really existed when he is hired by Morgan le Fay to bring Lancelot to her.
to:
** In "The Last Defender of Camelot", Tom learns that Myth/{{Merlin}} and [[Myth/KingArthur the rest of the figures from Arthurian mythology]] legend]] really existed when he is hired by Morgan le Fay to bring Lancelot to her.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 265 (click to see context) from:
* 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]].
to:
* DutchAngle: DutchAngle:
** In "The Shadow Man", several are used when Eric confronts Danny Hayes in [=MacGyver=] Park and [[spoiler:when the Shadow Man attacks Danny shortlyafterwards]].afterwards]].
** In "A Day in Beaumont", one is used whenever Dr. Kevin Carlson and Faith discover that someone is an InsectoidAlien wearing a HumanDisguise.
** In "The Shadow Man", several are used when Eric confronts Danny Hayes in [=MacGyver=] Park and [[spoiler:when the Shadow Man attacks Danny shortly
** In "A Day in Beaumont", one is used whenever Dr. Kevin Carlson and Faith discover that someone is an InsectoidAlien wearing a HumanDisguise.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 616 (click to see context) :
* ShoutOut:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Moving to its own page.
Deleted line(s) 617,649 (click to see context) :
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet Shatterday]]", Peter Jay Novins' alter ego mentions the novel ''Literature/TheStarRover'' by Creator/JackLondon, which concerns AstralProjection, in attempting to understand why there are now two of him.
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet A Little Peace and Quiet]]", there is a double bill of ''Film/FailSafe'' and ''Film/DrStrangelove'' playing at the cinema [[spoiler: as a nuclear bomb is poised to destroy Penny's town. Both films involve nuclear warfare]].
** In "Chameleon", Gerald Tyson talks very enthusiastically about ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'', describing it as classic '50s paranoia and saying that he always watches it whenever it is on television.
** In "Kentucky Rye", Bob Spindler listens to the Music/RodStewart song "Some Guys Have All the Luck" while [[DrunkDriver driving drunk]].
** In "Little Boy Lost", Carol Shelton and her boyfriend Greg see ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'' at the cinema.
** In "Wish Bank", Janice Hamill's friend Mary Ellen says that the magic lamp that Janice finds at the rummage sale is straight out of ''Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940''.
** In "Ye Gods", Todd Ettinger tells his friend Peter that he is madly in love with a woman whom he has only met briefly and he feels as if he has missed the boat. Peter jokes that he has missed ''Series/TheLoveBoat''.
** In "Paladin of the Lost Hour", Gaspar quotes the line "I'm not afraid of death. I just don't want to be there when it happens" from Creator/WoodyAllen's play ''Death''.
** Also in "Paladin of the Lost Hour", Gaspar refers to the novel ''Literature/LostHorizon'' and the [[Film/LostHorizon film adaptation]] starring Creator/RonaldColman. He compares the High Lama bestowing the responsibility of taking care of Shangri-La on Colman's character Robert Conway to his decision to entrust Billy Kinetta with the lost hour.
** 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.
** In "The Shadow Man", Danny Hayes watches ''Film/TheValleyOfGwangi'' on television.
** 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 ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}''.
*** The young Gus is a fan of Doll Man, the ComicBook/BlueBeetle and the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica and Lash [=LaRue=] [[TheWestern Western films]].
*** The present day Gus reads the short story "Twelve Hours to Live" by Creator/JackWilliamson to his younger self.
** 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".
** "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''.
** In "Gramma", there are several to the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. Georgie finds the Necronomicon from which his grandmother derives her powers. It mentions Cthulhu (which Georgie thinks is a dumb name) and Yog-Sothoth.
** In "Personal Demons", Rockne O'Bannon has written for such shows as ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}'', ''Series/WestinghouseDesiluPlayhouse'', ''Series/TheModSquad'', ''Series/SWAT1975'' and ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard''.
** In "Button, Button", ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' is playing on television while Norma Lewis is waiting for Mr. Steward in her apartment.
** As an AffectionateParody of 1950s science fiction films, "A Day in Beaumont" is filled with references to such films and sci-fi works in general:
*** Dr. Kevin Carlson and Faith witness a FlyingSaucer crash in the desert, as John Putnam (played by Richard Carlson) and Ellen Fields did in ''Film/ItCameFromOuterSpace''.
*** Kevin's watch stops working when the flying saucer crashes. The same thing happened to Dr. Clayton Forrester in ''Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds''.
*** Kevin and Faith see the InsectoidAliens remove large green pods from their ship, which crashed near the Santa Mira mountains. Faith's uncle Ira is later assimilated by the aliens. In ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1956'', Santa Mira is invaded by aliens who grow copies of humans in pods. Becky Driscoll's uncle Ira is among the first victims.
*** H.G. Orson sarcastically asks Kevin if he has seen any giant ants. There is also a hardware store called Johnson's. In ''Film/{{Them}}'', Grampa Johnson is one of the first people killed by the giant ants.
*** The aliens are unable to bend their little fingers while disguised as humans. The same is true of the aliens in ''Series/TheInvaders''.
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet A Little Peace and Quiet]]", there is a double bill of ''Film/FailSafe'' and ''Film/DrStrangelove'' playing at the cinema [[spoiler: as a nuclear bomb is poised to destroy Penny's town. Both films involve nuclear warfare]].
** In "Chameleon", Gerald Tyson talks very enthusiastically about ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'', describing it as classic '50s paranoia and saying that he always watches it whenever it is on television.
** In "Kentucky Rye", Bob Spindler listens to the Music/RodStewart song "Some Guys Have All the Luck" while [[DrunkDriver driving drunk]].
** In "Little Boy Lost", Carol Shelton and her boyfriend Greg see ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'' at the cinema.
** In "Wish Bank", Janice Hamill's friend Mary Ellen says that the magic lamp that Janice finds at the rummage sale is straight out of ''Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940''.
** In "Ye Gods", Todd Ettinger tells his friend Peter that he is madly in love with a woman whom he has only met briefly and he feels as if he has missed the boat. Peter jokes that he has missed ''Series/TheLoveBoat''.
** In "Paladin of the Lost Hour", Gaspar quotes the line "I'm not afraid of death. I just don't want to be there when it happens" from Creator/WoodyAllen's play ''Death''.
** Also in "Paladin of the Lost Hour", Gaspar refers to the novel ''Literature/LostHorizon'' and the [[Film/LostHorizon film adaptation]] starring Creator/RonaldColman. He compares the High Lama bestowing the responsibility of taking care of Shangri-La on Colman's character Robert Conway to his decision to entrust Billy Kinetta with the lost hour.
** 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.
** In "The Shadow Man", Danny Hayes watches ''Film/TheValleyOfGwangi'' on television.
** 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 ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}''.
*** The young Gus is a fan of Doll Man, the ComicBook/BlueBeetle and the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica and Lash [=LaRue=] [[TheWestern Western films]].
*** The present day Gus reads the short story "Twelve Hours to Live" by Creator/JackWilliamson to his younger self.
** 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".
** "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''.
** In "Gramma", there are several to the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. Georgie finds the Necronomicon from which his grandmother derives her powers. It mentions Cthulhu (which Georgie thinks is a dumb name) and Yog-Sothoth.
** In "Personal Demons", Rockne O'Bannon has written for such shows as ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}'', ''Series/WestinghouseDesiluPlayhouse'', ''Series/TheModSquad'', ''Series/SWAT1975'' and ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard''.
** In "Button, Button", ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' is playing on television while Norma Lewis is waiting for Mr. Steward in her apartment.
** As an AffectionateParody of 1950s science fiction films, "A Day in Beaumont" is filled with references to such films and sci-fi works in general:
*** Dr. Kevin Carlson and Faith witness a FlyingSaucer crash in the desert, as John Putnam (played by Richard Carlson) and Ellen Fields did in ''Film/ItCameFromOuterSpace''.
*** Kevin's watch stops working when the flying saucer crashes. The same thing happened to Dr. Clayton Forrester in ''Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds''.
*** Kevin and Faith see the InsectoidAliens remove large green pods from their ship, which crashed near the Santa Mira mountains. Faith's uncle Ira is later assimilated by the aliens. In ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1956'', Santa Mira is invaded by aliens who grow copies of humans in pods. Becky Driscoll's uncle Ira is among the first victims.
*** H.G. Orson sarcastically asks Kevin if he has seen any giant ants. There is also a hardware store called Johnson's. In ''Film/{{Them}}'', Grampa Johnson is one of the first people killed by the giant ants.
*** The aliens are unable to bend their little fingers while disguised as humans. The same is true of the aliens in ''Series/TheInvaders''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 26 (click to see context) from:
* ActorAllusion: In "Personal Demons", Rockne O'Bannon wrote for ''Series/WestinghouseDesiluPlayhouse''. O'Bannon is played by Martin Balsam, who played Dr. Gillespie in the ''Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse'' episode "The Time Element". That episode served as the unofficial pilot of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''.
to:
* ActorAllusion: ActorAllusion:
** In "Personal Demons", Rockne O'Bannon wrote for ''Series/WestinghouseDesiluPlayhouse''. O'Bannon is played by Martin Balsam, who played Dr. Gillespie in the ''Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse'' episode "The Time Element". That episode served as the unofficial pilot of''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''.''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''.
** In "A Day in Beaumont", there are three:
*** Dr. Kevin Carlson pointedly describes the FlyingSaucer that he and his girlfriend Faith saw crashing as "a thing" to Sheriff Haskin. Haskin is played by Kenneth Tobey, who is best known for playing Captain Patrick Hendry in ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld''.
*** H.G. Orson sarcastically refers to "tarantulas as big as houses." Pops is played by John Agar, who played Dr. Matt Hastings in ''Film/{{Tarantula}}''.
*** Orson also refers to the planet Altair IV. Major Whitmore is played by Warren Stevens, who starred as Doc Ostrow, a member of the ''Bellerophon'' crew who visited Altair IV, in ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''.
** In "Personal Demons", Rockne O'Bannon wrote for ''Series/WestinghouseDesiluPlayhouse''. O'Bannon is played by Martin Balsam, who played Dr. Gillespie in the ''Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse'' episode "The Time Element". That episode served as the unofficial pilot of
** In "A Day in Beaumont", there are three:
*** Dr. Kevin Carlson pointedly describes the FlyingSaucer that he and his girlfriend Faith saw crashing as "a thing" to Sheriff Haskin. Haskin is played by Kenneth Tobey, who is best known for playing Captain Patrick Hendry in ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld''.
*** H.G. Orson sarcastically refers to "tarantulas as big as houses." Pops is played by John Agar, who played Dr. Matt Hastings in ''Film/{{Tarantula}}''.
*** Orson also refers to the planet Altair IV. Major Whitmore is played by Warren Stevens, who starred as Doc Ostrow, a member of the ''Bellerophon'' crew who visited Altair IV, in ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''.
* AlienInvasion: In "A Day in Beaumont", Dr. Kevin Carlson and Faith see a FlyingSaucer crash in the desert and immediately assume that its [[InsectoidAliens insectoid crew]] are planning to invade Earth. [[spoiler:It turns out that they are correct but not in the way that they think. It is actually all part of a commando training simulation on Altair IV to prepare troops for a future invasion. Kevin and Faith are themselves aliens who suffered memory loss and came to believe that they were humans.]]
** In "The Last Defender of Camelot", Tom learns that Myth/{{Merlin}} and [[Myth/KingArthur the rest of the figures from Arthurian mythology]] really existed when he is hired by Morgan le Fay to bring Lancelot to her.
Changed line(s) 98 (click to see context) from:
* {{Animorphism}}: In "Ye Gods", Megaera turned Cupid's lover Drusilla into a tree frog as she was angry that Cupid had cheated on her.
to:
* {{Animorphism}}: AnimatedArmor: In "The Last Defender of Camelot", Myth/{{Merlin}} animated a suit of armor to protect him during the 1,000 years that he slept in the cave in Cornwall. After he awakens, Merlin has the Hollow Knight fight Lancelot so that he can [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice]] Tom. Lancelot handily defeats it.
* {{Animorphism}}:
** In "Ye Gods", Megaera turned Cupid's lover Drusilla into a tree frog as she was angry that Cupid had cheated onher.her.
** In "The Last Defender of Camelot", Myth/{{Merlin}} threatens to turn Tom into a goose as he finds him disrespectful but Lancelot stays his hand.
* {{Animorphism}}:
** In "Ye Gods", Megaera turned Cupid's lover Drusilla into a tree frog as she was angry that Cupid had cheated on
** In "The Last Defender of Camelot", Myth/{{Merlin}} threatens to turn Tom into a goose as he finds him disrespectful but Lancelot stays his hand.
** In "The Last Defender of Camelot", Tom is one of three punks hired by Morgan le Fay to bring Lancelot to her. Lancelot later takes Tom as his squire and brings him to the cave in Cornwall to meet the newly awakened Myth/{{Merlin}}. Tom does not appear in the short story by Creator/RogerZelazny. He was added at the insistence of [[ExecutiveMeddling CBS executives]] who thought that ''Twilight Zone'' stories should always feature ordinary people in extraordinary situations.
* ElixirOfLife: In "The Last Defender of Camelot", Myth/{{Merlin}} has Lancelot give him an elixir of life after he awakens from his 1,000 years of sleep so that he can regain his strength. After Merlin removes the enchantment granting Lancelot immortality, Lancelot drinks the rest of the elixir as he has learned caution in his extremely long life and suspected that Merlin might betray him.
* {{EMP}}: In "A Day in Beaumont", Dr. Kevin Carlson's watch stops functioning as soon as the FlyingSaucer crashes in the vicinity. He immediately attributes it to magnetic interference.
* FingerSnapLighter: In "The Last Defender of Camelot", Morgan le Fay snaps her fingers to light her cigarette after Lancelot refuses to do so, telling her that chivalry is dead.
Changed line(s) 302 (click to see context) from:
* FlyingSaucer: In the final scene of "Cold Reading", Nelson Westbrook and the cast of ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'' believe nothing else will materialize in their radio studio as they have reached the end of the script. However, the announcer reads out a promo for the following week's episode in which Dick Noble fights [[AlienInvasion invaders from Mars]]. A flying saucer immediately crashes into the studio.
to:
* FlyingSaucer: FlyingSaucer:
** In the final scene of "Cold Reading", Nelson Westbrook and the cast of ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'' believe nothing else will materialize in their radio studio as they have reached the end of the script. However, the announcer reads out a promo for the following week's episode in which Dick Noble fights [[AlienInvasion invaders from Mars]]. A flying saucer immediately crashes into thestudio.studio.
** In "A Day in Beaumont", Dr. Kevin Carlson and Faith witness a flying saucer crash in Willoughby, five miles outside of Beaumont. Upon investigating, they discover that it belongs to a race of InsectoidAliens.
** In the final scene of "Cold Reading", Nelson Westbrook and the cast of ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'' believe nothing else will materialize in their radio studio as they have reached the end of the script. However, the announcer reads out a promo for the following week's episode in which Dick Noble fights [[AlienInvasion invaders from Mars]]. A flying saucer immediately crashes into the
** In "A Day in Beaumont", Dr. Kevin Carlson and Faith witness a flying saucer crash in Willoughby, five miles outside of Beaumont. Upon investigating, they discover that it belongs to a race of InsectoidAliens.
* GlamourFailure: In "A Day in Beaumont", Dr. Kevin Carlson determines that Sheriff Haskin and Major Whitmore are InsectoidAliens when someone takes their photograph with a flash camera and their true appearance is briefly superimposed over their [[HumanDisguise human disguises]]. He speculates that it has something to do with the light frequency. The aliens are also unable to bend their little fingers when they are in human form.
Changed line(s) 345 (click to see context) from:
* HeroicSacrifice: In "Profile in Silver", Professor Joseph Fitzgerald, a time traveler from 2172, allows himself to be assassinated on November 22, 1963 in place of his FamousAncestor UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, whom he [[TimeTravelEscape sent to his own time to save his life]].
to:
* HeroicSacrifice: HeroicSacrifice:
** In "Profile in Silver", Professor Joseph Fitzgerald, a time traveler from 2172, allows himself to be assassinated on November 22, 1963 in place of his FamousAncestor UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, whom he [[TimeTravelEscape sent to his own time to save hislife]].life]].
** In "The Last Defender of Camelot", Morgan le Fay engages in a magical battle with Myth/{{Merlin}}, knowing that he is far more powerful than her and that she has little prospect of victory. She does so in order to save Lancelot and Tom's lives and to prevent Merlin from taking over the world. Merlin manages to defeat her and she dies shortly afterwards.
** In "Profile in Silver", Professor Joseph Fitzgerald, a time traveler from 2172, allows himself to be assassinated on November 22, 1963 in place of his FamousAncestor UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, whom he [[TimeTravelEscape sent to his own time to save his
** In "The Last Defender of Camelot", Morgan le Fay engages in a magical battle with Myth/{{Merlin}}, knowing that he is far more powerful than her and that she has little prospect of victory. She does so in order to save Lancelot and Tom's lives and to prevent Merlin from taking over the world. Merlin manages to defeat her and she dies shortly afterwards.
Changed line(s) 357 (click to see context) from:
* 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.
to:
* HumanSacrifice: 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 issatisfied.satisfied.
** In "The Last Defender of Camelot", Myth/{{Merlin}} compelled Lancelot to bring Tom to the cave in Cornwall so that he could restore his full powers by sacrificing Tom in the true Stonehenge, which exists in the land between the worlds.
** 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
** In "The Last Defender of Camelot", Myth/{{Merlin}} compelled Lancelot to bring Tom to the cave in Cornwall so that he could restore his full powers by sacrificing Tom in the true Stonehenge, which exists in the land between the worlds.
* InsectoidAliens: In "A Day in Beaumont", Dr. Kevin Carlson and Faith frantically try to warn the authorities that a race of insectoid aliens, whose FlyingSaucer they saw crash, are [[AlienInvasion planning to invade Earth]] in 1955. [[spoiler:Kevin and Faith later discover that [[TomatoInTheMirror they are members of this race themselves]] and that what they think is Earth is really Altair IV. H.G. Orson explains to them that they are taking part in a commando training simulation for their race's planned invasion of Earth and that they are experiencing memory loss]].
* LadyOfBlackMagic: {{Subverted|Trope}} in "The Last Defender of Camelot". Lancelot believes that Morgan le Fay is a wicked sorceress but she tells him that her evil reputation has been greatly exaggerated. She claims that, between Myth/{{Merlin}} and [[Literature/LeMorteDarthur Thomas Mallory]], she got some very bad press. Morgan proves herself to be honorable when she fights Merlin in order to protect Lancelot and Tom from his magic. She is mortally wounded in the process and, shortly before she dies, jokes that she hopes to finally get some good press out of it.
* LatexPerfection: {{Parodied|Trope}} in "A Day in Beaumont". The InsectoidAliens are able to [[HumanDisguise perfectly disguise themselves as humans]] using rubber face masks.
** In "A Day in Beaumont", Dr. Kevin Carlson reports that the FlyingSaucer crashed near [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E30AStopAtWilloughby Willoughby]]. There is also a sign in Pop's diner that reads "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E89ToServeMan It's been a pleasure...serving you]]."
* ParodyAssistance: "A Day in Beaumont" extensively parodies 1950s science fiction films. Four of the guest stars, Warren Stevens, Kenneth Tobey, Jeff Morrow and John Agar, were well known for their roles in such films.
* ThePowerOfLove: {{Parodied|Trope}} in "A Day in Beaumont". Dr. Kevin Carlson makes two over the top declarations of love to his girlfriend Faith, assuring her that the aliens can never take that away from them.
** In "The Last Defender of Camelot", Lancelot appears to be in his 60s but has lived for 1,000 years as a result of a spell cast by Myth/{{Merlin}}. Morgan le Fay is much the same age but she only looks to be in her early 30s.
** As an AffectionateParody of 1950s science fiction films, "A Day in Beaumont" is filled with references to such films and sci-fi works in general:
*** Dr. Kevin Carlson and Faith witness a FlyingSaucer crash in the desert, as John Putnam (played by Richard Carlson) and Ellen Fields did in ''Film/ItCameFromOuterSpace''.
*** Kevin's watch stops working when the flying saucer crashes. The same thing happened to Dr. Clayton Forrester in ''Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds''.
*** Kevin and Faith see the InsectoidAliens remove large green pods from their ship, which crashed near the Santa Mira mountains. Faith's uncle Ira is later assimilated by the aliens. In ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1956'', Santa Mira is invaded by aliens who grow copies of humans in pods. Becky Driscoll's uncle Ira is among the first victims.
*** H.G. Orson sarcastically asks Kevin if he has seen any giant ants. There is also a hardware store called Johnson's. In ''Film/{{Them}}'', Grampa Johnson is one of the first people killed by the giant ants.
*** The aliens are unable to bend their little fingers while disguised as humans. The same is true of the aliens in ''Series/TheInvaders''.
*** Dr. Kevin Carlson and Faith witness a FlyingSaucer crash in the desert, as John Putnam (played by Richard Carlson) and Ellen Fields did in ''Film/ItCameFromOuterSpace''.
*** Kevin's watch stops working when the flying saucer crashes. The same thing happened to Dr. Clayton Forrester in ''Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds''.
*** Kevin and Faith see the InsectoidAliens remove large green pods from their ship, which crashed near the Santa Mira mountains. Faith's uncle Ira is later assimilated by the aliens. In ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1956'', Santa Mira is invaded by aliens who grow copies of humans in pods. Becky Driscoll's uncle Ira is among the first victims.
*** H.G. Orson sarcastically asks Kevin if he has seen any giant ants. There is also a hardware store called Johnson's. In ''Film/{{Them}}'', Grampa Johnson is one of the first people killed by the giant ants.
*** The aliens are unable to bend their little fingers while disguised as humans. The same is true of the aliens in ''Series/TheInvaders''.
** In "The Last Defender of Camelot", Lancelot is the last surviving Knight of the Round Table 1,000 years after the fall of Camelot. He was kept alive for all that time by a spell cast by Myth/{{Merlin}}.
** In "A Day in Beaumont", there are numerous references to actors, writers and directors who worked on science fiction projects:
*** Dr. Kevin Carlson and Faith are named after Richard Carlson and Faith Domergue, who each starred in several 1950s sci-fi films.
*** The town of Beaumont is named after Charles Beaumont, who wrote many episodes of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''.
*** Sheriff Haskin is named after Byron Haskin, who directed ''Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds''.
*** H.G. Orson is named after Creator/HGWells, who wrote the first AlienInvasion story ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'', and Creator/OrsonWelles, who produced the [[Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds (in)famous 1938 radio adaptation]].
*** Major Whitmore is named after James Whitmore, who played Sgt. Ben Peterson in ''Film/{{Them}}''. He also played Captain William Benteen in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E118OnThursdayWeLeaveForHome On Thursday We Leave for Home]]".
*** The InsectoidAliens fire Bradbury rays at Kevin and Faith as they escape. The seminal writer Creator/RayBradbury wrote for both the 1959 and 1985 versions of ''The Twilight Zone''.
*** In the final scene, a young man reports that he saw a FlyingSaucer crash in Matheson, a reference to the profilic author and ''Twilight Zone'' writer Creator/RichardMatheson.
*** Dr. Kevin Carlson and Faith are named after Richard Carlson and Faith Domergue, who each starred in several 1950s sci-fi films.
*** The town of Beaumont is named after Charles Beaumont, who wrote many episodes of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''.
*** Sheriff Haskin is named after Byron Haskin, who directed ''Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds''.
*** H.G. Orson is named after Creator/HGWells, who wrote the first AlienInvasion story ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'', and Creator/OrsonWelles, who produced the [[Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds (in)famous 1938 radio adaptation]].
*** Major Whitmore is named after James Whitmore, who played Sgt. Ben Peterson in ''Film/{{Them}}''. He also played Captain William Benteen in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E118OnThursdayWeLeaveForHome On Thursday We Leave for Home]]".
*** The InsectoidAliens fire Bradbury rays at Kevin and Faith as they escape. The seminal writer Creator/RayBradbury wrote for both the 1959 and 1985 versions of ''The Twilight Zone''.
*** In the final scene, a young man reports that he saw a FlyingSaucer crash in Matheson, a reference to the profilic author and ''Twilight Zone'' writer Creator/RichardMatheson.
* WarIsHell: In "The Last Defender of Camelot", Lancelot was a mercenery-for-hire who traveled the world fighting for UsefulNotes/{{India}} and UsefulNotes/{{China}} (which he still calls Cathay) and in UsefulNotes/TheCrusades. He did so for centuries after Camelot fell but eventually grew weary of all the death and destruction and refused to fight any more. When Myth/{{Merlin}} awakens, Lancelot asks him if even Camelot was worth all of the "blood and widows' tears" that it cost to built.
Changed line(s) 709 (click to see context) from:
* WeirdnessSearchAndRescue: "A Matter of Minutes", the foreman of a group of people 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.
to:
* WeirdnessSearchAndRescue: In "A Matter of Minutes", the foreman of a group of people 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.
Added DiffLines:
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In "The Last Defender of Camelot", Myth/{{Merlin}} seeks to place a king on the throne who will rule the world according to the principles of honor, integrity, morality and chivalry that he and Myth/KingArthur created in Camelot. However, he is willing to [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice]] Tom in order to restore his powers fully. Lancelot warns him that war has changed in the 1,000 years that he slept and there are weapons capable of destroying the entire world. Merlin ignores him, intending to do whatever is necessary to fulfil his grand design. After he kills Morgan le Fay, Lancelot tells Tom not to hate him as he was "just an old man who slept too long and dreamt too hard."
Added DiffLines:
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: In "The Last Defender of Camelot", Lancelot has grown weary of immortality after 1,000 years and tells Morgan le Fay that he would welcome die to put an end to his pain and guilt over betraying Myth/KingArthur through his affair with Guinevere.
Added DiffLines:
** In "The Last Defender of Camelot", Lancelot considers Myth/{{Merlin}} to be his friend from their days at Camelot together 1,000 years earlier. However, Merlin proves himself to be untrustworthy almost as soon as he awakens from his long sleep as he plans to [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice]] Tom and shape the world to his vision.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 52 (click to see context) from:
** In "Shadow Play", the district attorney is Mark Ritchie, Adam Grant's fellow prisoners are Flask, Jimmy and Munoz and the priest who visits him before his execution is Father Grant (as he is his father in the real world). In the [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E62ShadowPlay original episode]], their names are Harry Ritchie, Jiggs, Coley, Phillips and Father Beaman respectively.
to:
** In "Shadow Play", the district attorney is Mark Ritchie, Adam Grant's fellow prisoners are Flask, Jimmy and Munoz and the priest who visits him before his execution is Father Grant (as he is his father in the real world). In the [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E62ShadowPlay original episode]], their names are Harry Henry Ritchie, Jiggs, Coley, Phillips and Father Beaman respectively.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 33 (click to see context) from:
** In "Gramma", there are no details given about Georgie's relationship with his elder brother Buddy. In the short story by Creator/StephenKing, it is mentioned that Buddy regularly bullies Georgie, both physically and verbally. [[spoiler:At the end of the story, Georgie is possessed by their grandmother's spirit and plans his revenge against Buddy for the years of torment.]]
to:
** In "Gramma", there are no details given about Georgie's relationship with his elder brother Buddy. In the short story by Creator/StephenKing, it is mentioned that Buddy [[BigBrotherBully regularly bullies Georgie, both physically and verbally.verbally]]. [[spoiler:At the end of the story, Georgie is possessed by their grandmother's spirit and plans his revenge against Buddy for the years of torment.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
** In "Shadow Play", Adam Grant's defense attorney Erin Jacobs is the first person who begins to suspect that he is telling the truth about their reality being his [[RecurringDreams recurring nightmare]]. In the [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E62ShadowPlay original episode]], the [[GenderFlip equivalent character]] Paul Carson is a newspaper editor.
** In "Shadow Play", the district attorney is Mark Ritchie, Adam Grant's fellow prisoners are Flask, Jimmy and Munoz and the priest who visits him before his execution is Father Grant (as he is his father in the real world). In the [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E62ShadowPlay original episode]], their names are Harry Ritchie, Jiggs, Coley, Phillips and Father Beaman respectively.
* ArtisticLicenseLaw: {{Lampshaded|Trope}} in "Shadow Play". In trying to prove that it is all part of his dream, Adam Grant points out to the district attorney Mark Ritchie that he was convicted and sentenced to death on the same day, which doesn't happen in reality. He is also executed very shortly after his conviction, which is highly unusual in the United States.
Changed line(s) 129 (click to see context) from:
* BittersweetEnding: One in "Healer". [[spoiler: Jackie's partner has [[KarmaHoudini gotten away with stealing the money they were going to split and leaving Jackie for dead]]. But not only has Jackie used the stone one more time to heal a boy's deafness, the boy used the stone to heal Jackie's bullet wound, and the stone has been returned to its rightful owner. Best of all, Jackie has changed for the better.]]
to:
** In "Grace Note", Rosemarie Miletti's beloved younger sister Mary dies of leukemia several days before Rosemarie's birthday. The last thing that she does before she dies is give Rosemarie her birthday present: a locket with Mary's picture.
* BittersweetEnding:One in "Healer". In "Healer", [[spoiler: Jackie's partner has [[KarmaHoudini gotten away with stealing the money they were going to split and leaving Jackie for dead]]. But not only has Jackie used the stone one more time to heal a boy's deafness, the boy used the stone to heal Jackie's bullet wound, and the stone has been returned to its rightful owner. Best of all, Jackie has changed for the better.]]
* BittersweetEnding:
* CaptivityHarmonica: In "Shadow Play", Adam Grant's fellow prisoner Munoz plays the harmonica while Adam is waiting to be hanged.
* CoolBigSis: In "Grace Note", Rosemarie Miletti is the eldest of five children and enjoys strong relationships with all of her siblings, especially Mary who is [[LittlestCancerPatient dying of leukemia]].
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In "Shadow Play", Adam Grant's [[RecurringDreams recurring nightmare]] always ends with him being hanged. In both the short story "Traumerei" by Charles Beaumont and the [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E62ShadowPlay original episode]], he was killed in the electric chair.
Changed line(s) 241 (click to see context) from:
* DreamApocalypse: The remake of "Shadow Play", in which a man is trapped in the same repeating nightmare. It's actually worse in the remake, since it's implied that [[spoiler:unlike the original, where Grant was simply having the same nightmare every night, this is a nightmare Grant has ''yet'' to wake up from]].
to:
* DreamApocalypse: The remake of In "Shadow Play", in which a man is trapped in the same repeating nightmare. district attorney Mark Ritchie and the defense attorney Erin Jacobs become concerned that Adam Grant is telling the truth and they will cease to exist when he is executed as their reality is nothing more than his dream. It's actually worse in the remake, TheRemake, since it's implied that [[spoiler:unlike the original, [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E62ShadowPlay original episode]], where Grant was simply having the same nightmare every night, this is a nightmare Grant has ''yet'' to wake up from]].from]].
* DreamPeople: In "Shadow Play", several of the people in Adam Grant's DeathRow nightmare are drawn from his real life. For instance, the priest Father Grant who visits him before his execution is his father, who has been dead for years in the real world. In the previous iteration of the dream, he was the judge. In the next, he is the foreman of the jury. The district attorney Mark Ritchie's wife Carol, who is eager to see Adam dead, is his sister, who has always hated him. Carol is the only character in the dream whose role never changes. Outside of his own life, he got his fellow prisoner Flask from a bad movie that he once saw.
* DreamPeople: In "Shadow Play", several of the people in Adam Grant's DeathRow nightmare are drawn from his real life. For instance, the priest Father Grant who visits him before his execution is his father, who has been dead for years in the real world. In the previous iteration of the dream, he was the judge. In the next, he is the foreman of the jury. The district attorney Mark Ritchie's wife Carol, who is eager to see Adam dead, is his sister, who has always hated him. Carol is the only character in the dream whose role never changes. Outside of his own life, he got his fellow prisoner Flask from a bad movie that he once saw.
** In "Shadow Play", Adam Grant's defense attorney Erin Jacobs goes to the district attorney Mark Ritchie over her concerns that Adam may be telling the truth about all of them being characters in his [[RecurringDreams recurring nightmare]] about being executed. In the [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E62ShadowPlay original episode]], the matter was first raised by the [[AdaptationalJobChange newspaper editor]] Paul Carson.
Changed line(s) 314 (click to see context) from:
* AGlitchInTheMatrix: In "Dreams for Sale", Jenny is having a lovely picnic in the country with her husband Paul and their twin daughters when she starts to notice unusual things happening. Paul opens the same bottle of champagne twice. After she takes a chicken out of the picnic basket, it suddenly reappears inside of it. Other events begin to repeat themselves such as Paul asking her if she is okay three times in the space of a few seconds. Jenny then wakes up to find herself connected to a Dreamatron, a fully interactive dream machine which had been running the "Country Picnic" simulation for her.
to:
* AGlitchInTheMatrix: AGlitchInTheMatrix:
** In "Dreams for Sale", Jenny is having a lovely picnic in the country with her husband Paul and their twin daughters when she starts to notice unusual things happening. Paul opens the same bottle of champagne twice. After she takes a chicken out of the picnic basket, it suddenly reappears inside of it. Other events begin to repeat themselves such as Paul asking her if she is okay three times in the space of a few seconds. Jenny then wakes up to find herself connected to a Dreamatron, a fully interactive dream machine which had been running the "Country Picnic" simulation for her.
** In "Shadow Play", Adam Grant has had [[RecurringDreams the same nightmare about being executed]] many times so he knows that it is a dream but he notes the tell tale signs to the district attorney Mark Ritchie. Most notably, he was sentenced and is due to be executed on the same day (a Sunday), which would not happen in reality. Although she is a character in the dream herself, Adam's defense attorney Erin Jacobs begins to notice them too. She points out to Ritchie that there were no press or spectators present in the court room during the sentencing even though it was a big murder trial. Later, she discovers that neither Ritchie nor his wife Carol have any idea how long they have been married and don't even remember getting married.
** In "Dreams for Sale", Jenny is having a lovely picnic in the country with her husband Paul and their twin daughters when she starts to notice unusual things happening. Paul opens the same bottle of champagne twice. After she takes a chicken out of the picnic basket, it suddenly reappears inside of it. Other events begin to repeat themselves such as Paul asking her if she is okay three times in the space of a few seconds. Jenny then wakes up to find herself connected to a Dreamatron, a fully interactive dream machine which had been running the "Country Picnic" simulation for her.
** In "Shadow Play", Adam Grant has had [[RecurringDreams the same nightmare about being executed]] many times so he knows that it is a dream but he notes the tell tale signs to the district attorney Mark Ritchie. Most notably, he was sentenced and is due to be executed on the same day (a Sunday), which would not happen in reality. Although she is a character in the dream herself, Adam's defense attorney Erin Jacobs begins to notice them too. She points out to Ritchie that there were no press or spectators present in the court room during the sentencing even though it was a big murder trial. Later, she discovers that neither Ritchie nor his wife Carol have any idea how long they have been married and don't even remember getting married.
* LittlestCancerPatient: In "Grace Note", Mary Miletti, who is in her early teens, is dying of leukemia but she is resigned to her fate. She is more concerned about her elder sister Rosemarie achieving her dream of becoming an opera star than her own impending death. When she sees a shooting star, she [[WishUponAShootingStar selflessly wishes]] for Rosemarie to see the success that she will become in the future.
Changed line(s) 445 (click to see context) from:
* 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]].]]
to:
* MyFutureSelfAndMe: 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 "Grace Note", Rosemarie Miletti, who is from March 1966, is sent 20 years into the future and learns that her dream of becoming an opera star will come true as her future self is performing ''La Traviata'' in the Lincoln Center. Rosemarie does not interact with her older self and [[InvisibleToNormals can't be seen by either her or her younger sister Dorothy]] when she enters her dressing room. However, the older Rosemarie seems to be able to sense her younger self's presence, [[StableTimeLoop possibly because she remembers being her]].
** 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 "Grace Note", Rosemarie Miletti, who is from March 1966, is sent 20 years into the future and learns that her dream of becoming an opera star will come true as her future self is performing ''La Traviata'' in the Lincoln Center. Rosemarie does not interact with her older self and [[InvisibleToNormals can't be seen by either her or her younger sister Dorothy]] when she enters her dressing room. However, the older Rosemarie seems to be able to sense her younger self's presence, [[StableTimeLoop possibly because she remembers being her]].
* NewspaperDating: In "Grace Note", after being transported through time, Rosemarie Miletti picks up a copy of ''The New York Herald'' and learns that it is March 22, 1986, 20 years in her future.
Changed line(s) 532 (click to see context) from:
* RecurringDreams: In "Nightcrawlers", TheVietnamVet Price has a recurring nightmare about his unit, the Nightcrawlers, hunting him as he deserted them while they were under attack by the Viet Cong. Only Price survived. As he has the [[YourMindMakesItReal ability to manifest his thoughts]], the Nightcrawlers appear in the real word and cause havoc whenever he falls asleep.
to:
* RecurringDreams: RecurringDreams:
** In "Nightcrawlers", TheVietnamVet Price has a recurring nightmare about his unit, the Nightcrawlers, hunting him as he deserted them while they were under attack by the Viet Cong. Only Price survived. As he has the [[YourMindMakesItReal ability to manifest his thoughts]], the Nightcrawlers appear in the real word and cause havoc whenever he fallsasleep.asleep.
** In "Shadow Play", Adam Grant suffers a recurring nightmare in which he is convicted of murder and hanged.
** In "Nightcrawlers", TheVietnamVet Price has a recurring nightmare about his unit, the Nightcrawlers, hunting him as he deserted them while they were under attack by the Viet Cong. Only Price survived. As he has the [[YourMindMakesItReal ability to manifest his thoughts]], the Nightcrawlers appear in the real word and cause havoc whenever he falls
** In "Shadow Play", Adam Grant suffers a recurring nightmare in which he is convicted of murder and hanged.
Added DiffLines:
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: In "Shadow Play", two [[DreamPeople characters]] in Adam Grant's [[RecurringDreams recurring nightmare]], Father Grant and Carol Ritchie, are his late father and his sister in the real world. In the [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E62ShadowPlay original episode]], the priest was Father Beaman, an actual priest who died when Adam was ten years old, while it is never said whether or not Carol is based on anyone from Adam's real life.
Added DiffLines:
** In "Grace Note", Dorothy Miletti is played by Gina Marie Vinaccia as a teenager in 1966 and by Catherine Paolone as an adult in 1986.
Added DiffLines:
* WishUponAShootingStar: In "Grace Note", the [[LittlestCancerPatient teenage leukemia patient]] Mary Miletti sees a shooting star and wishes that her elder sister Rosemarie can see that she will one day achieve her dream of being a famous opera star. The next day, after Mary is taken to hospital, Rosemarie is transported 20 years forward in time to March 22, 1986 and sees [[MyFutureSelfAndMe her future self]] performing ''La Traviata'' to a sold out audience in the Lincoln Center.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* OlderThanTheyLook: In "Red Snow", KGB Colonel Ilyanov meets a young woman named Valentina Orlova soon after arriving in the [[TheGulag Siberian gulag]]. When he consults her file, he discovers that she was exiled there by UsefulNotes/JosefStalin in 1936. He later learns that she is a vampire and is in her 80s even though she looks 50 years younger.
Deleted line(s) 531 (click to see context) :
** In "Red Snow", KGB Colonel Ilyanov meets a young woman named Valentina Orlova soon after arriving in the [[TheGulag Siberian gulag]]. When he consults her file, he discovers that she was exiled there by UsefulNotes/JosefStalin in 1936. He later learns that she is a vampire and is in her 80s even though she looks 50 years younger.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* LongLived: In "A Small Talent for War", the alien ambassador's race live for at least several hundred years.
Deleted line(s) 529 (click to see context) :
** In "A Small Talent for War", the alien ambassador's race live for at least several hundred years.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
** In "Devil's Alphabet", the seven members of the Devil's Alphabet Society are Andrew, Brian, Cornelius, Deaver, Eli, Frederick and Grant. In the short story "The Everlasting Club" by Arthur Gray, Alan Dermot, Charles Bellasis, Henry Davenport, Francis Witherington, James Harvey, William Catherston and one unnamed man are the seven members of the titular society. Dermot and Bellasis correspond to Grant and Frank respectively but it is not made clear with respect to the other five.
* BiggerOnTheInside: In "The Library", as soon as she sees all of the books in the titular building, Ellie Pendleton suspects that it must be some kind of trick as the building that she saw from the outside was nowhere near big enough. It soon becomes clear to her that the library is bigger on the inside and that it needs to be in order to house a book corresponding to every living person on Earth.
Changed line(s) 175,176 (click to see context) from:
** "Paladin of the Lost Hour" and "Act Break" do not feature any speaking roles for women.
** No women appear in "Dealer's Choice", "I of Newton", "The Elevator" and "A Game of Pool".
** No women appear in "Dealer's Choice", "I of Newton", "The Elevator" and "A Game of Pool".
to:
** "Paladin of the Lost Hour" and Hour", "Act Break" and "Take My Life...Please!" do not feature any speaking roles for women.
** No women appear in "Dealer's Choice", "I of Newton", "TheElevator" Elevator", "Devil's Alphabet" and "A Game of Pool".
** No women appear in "Dealer's Choice", "I of Newton", "The
* CloseEnoughTimeline: In "Profile in Silver", Professor Joseph Fitzgerald creates an AlternateTimeline when he prevents UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy's assassination. When it becomes clear that the new timeline isn't viable as the world will be destroyed within a century at most, he [[TimeTravelEscape sends JFK forward to 2172]] and allows himself to be killed in the President's place. As far as the rest of the world is concerned, JFK was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
* DrivenToSuicide: In "Devil's Alphabet", Deaver commits suicide by shooting himself after losing everything that he owns in a card game in October 1896. On November 2, his ghost attends the meeting of the Devil's Alphabet Society with the six surviving members because of [[DutyThatTranscendsDeath a bargain that they made at their last meeting before graduation in 1876]]. One year later, Andrew hangs himself from a high ceiling but [[PsychicAssistedSuicide it is unclear how he did so as no chair was found near his body]]. That night, Andrew's ghost appears to Grant at the meeting and Grant likewise hangs himself. On November 2, 1898, Cornelius and Frederick are the last two surviving members of the society as Brian and Eli were killed the previous year. Unable to face what awaits him at that night's meeting, Cornelius shoots himself.
* DutyThatTranscendsDeath: In "Devil's Alphabet", Grant suggests that he and the other six members of the Devil's Alphabet Society meet every year on November 2 whether they are alive or dead. Although he is entirely serious, the others agree to it without much thought as they don't take it seriously. In 1896, the society discovers that they are being held to the occult bargain that they made 20 years earlier. Shortly after [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]], the unseen ghost of Deaver makes his presence at the meeting known by signing his name on the register and drinking the wine poured for him. Over the next two years, five of the other members die from various causes until Frederick is the SoleSurvivor. Frederick proposes to dissolve the society so that the dead may rest. Although Grant initially objects, the motion is passed unanimously.
* ElderAbuse: In "Take My Life...Please!", Billy Diamond, a wealthy stand-up comedian, threw his mother out of his house as he found her annoying. She was forced to move back to her old and poorly maintained house in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} where she died of hypothermia because of the lack of heating.
Changed line(s) 368 (click to see context) from:
** In "Take My Life... Please!", a self-centered comedian who [[WouldHitAGirl beat a prostitute]], threw his mother out into the cold, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking knowingly stole material from a young, starving colleague]] winds up in a hell where he is forced to recount all the most horrible things he has ever done, to an audience that will only laugh at his flaws and crimes, not his act.
to:
** In "Take My Life... Please!", a self-centered comedian named Billy Diamond who [[WouldHitAGirl beat a prostitute]], threw his mother out into the cold, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking knowingly stole material from a young, starving colleague]] winds up in a hell where he is forced to recount all the most horrible things he has ever done, to an audience that will only laugh at his flaws and crimes, not his act.
* MonochromeApparition: In "Devil's Alphabet", the ghosts of the deceased members of the Devil's Alphabet Society are entirely green.
Changed line(s) 455 (click to see context) from:
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: In "Take My Life... Please!", Billy Diamond presents himself as "America's hottest comic" and has audiences "all over the world" going gaga over his acts. In reality, he is an abusive drunk who knowingly and willfully steals the material of struggling upstarts (one of whom actually had him at gunpoint)... which becomes the core of his IronicHell.
to:
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: In "Take My Life... Please!", Billy Diamond presents himself as "America's hottest comic" and has audiences "all over the world" going gaga over his acts. In reality, he is an abusive drunk who knowingly and willfully steals the material of struggling upstarts comedians (one of whom actually had him at gunpoint)... which becomes the core of his IronicHell.
* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: In "Devil's Alphabet", Deaver is the first member of the Devil's Alphabet Society to die when he [[DrivenToSuicide shoots himself]] in October 1896. On November 2, 1897, Andrew hangs himself but [[PsychicAssistedSuicide may have been compelled to do so]]. That night, his ghost attends the meeting of the society and frightens Grant so much that he also hangs himself. After the meeting, the horse pulling Brian and Eli's carriage goes out of control. The carriage then spontaneously catches fire and crashes, killing them both. The next year, Cornelius commits suicide by shooting himself. This leaves Frederick as the [[SoleSurvivor last surviving member]] of the Devil's Alphabet Society. Seeking to bring an end to his deceased friends' torment and spare himself the same fate, Frederick proposes that the society be dissolved and [[DutyThatTranscendsDeath their agreement to meet every year irrespective of death]] be rescinded. The others agree, though reluctantly in Grant's case.
Changed line(s) 464 (click to see context) from:
* 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.
to:
* NumberOfTheBeast: 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.$19.
** In "Take My Life...Please!", Billy Diamond is told by Max, his new agent in {{Hell}}, that he can get (almost) anything that he wants by dialing 666 on the phone in his hotel suite.
** 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
** In "Take My Life...Please!", Billy Diamond is told by Max, his new agent in {{Hell}}, that he can get (almost) anything that he wants by dialing 666 on the phone in his hotel suite.
* PlagiarismInFiction: In "Take My Life...Please!", America's "hottest comic" Billy Diamond stole a routine about a gorilla eating a banana peel from a struggling young comedian named Dave, who approached him for advise. He performs it on the TalkShow ''Larry Gibbon's Hollywood'', unaware that Dave is in the studio audience. As he drives away from the studio after the show, Dave pulls a gun on him from the back seat. He is desperate as he has no money and his wife is pregnant. The two men struggle with the gun and both are killed when the car crashes. Diamond finds himself in an IronicHell where he is forced to tell an extremely amused audience about all of the terrible things that he has done, including stealing Dave's routine.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: {{Implied|Trope}} in "Devil's Alphabet". On November 2, 1897, Andrew hanged himself from a high ceiling in his house. However, there was no chair found in the room so it is a mystery how he reached the rafters. The implication is that he was assisted by the occult forces with which he and the other six members of the Devil's Alphabet Society had unwittingly entered a [[DutyThatTranscendsDeath bargain that transcends death]].
** In "The Library", after Ellie Pendleton admits that she has been altering reality by changing the contents of the books in the library, Gloria returns everything to normal.
* RewritingReality: In "The Library", an aspiring writer named Ellie Pendleton gets a job working at a mysterious private library which is BiggerOnTheInside. It is run by Gloria, who explains to her that each book is an accurate, up-to-date account of the life of a living person. That night, Ellie is annoyed by all of the noise made by her obnoxious neighbor Doug Kelleher and his new live-in girlfriend Carla Hollencamp. At the library the next day, she rewrites Doug's life story so that he is a kind-hearted and extremely dedicated priest. However, she feels guilty because Carla is so miserable at being alone so she uses the opportunity to fix her up with the building's wealthy landlord Edwin [=DeWitt=]. When she returns home, Carla is happy and wearing an expensive fur coat but Edwin is bankrupt from lavishing her with so many presents. Ellie rewrites Edwin's life story so that he is financially stable but she finds that her younger sister Lori is leading a strike against the inflated rent that he charges. The next day, she gives herself and Lori a nice house by the ocean. However, as soon as she arrives at her new home, Ellie learns that Lori drowned after rescuing a little boy from the sea. Devastated, Ellie admits to Gloria what she has been doing and pleads for her help. After chastising her for not realizing that people's lives are interconnected, Gloria shoos her out of the library. She immediately finds Lori alive and well and returned to her original self.
* RewritingReality: In "The Library", an aspiring writer named Ellie Pendleton gets a job working at a mysterious private library which is BiggerOnTheInside. It is run by Gloria, who explains to her that each book is an accurate, up-to-date account of the life of a living person. That night, Ellie is annoyed by all of the noise made by her obnoxious neighbor Doug Kelleher and his new live-in girlfriend Carla Hollencamp. At the library the next day, she rewrites Doug's life story so that he is a kind-hearted and extremely dedicated priest. However, she feels guilty because Carla is so miserable at being alone so she uses the opportunity to fix her up with the building's wealthy landlord Edwin [=DeWitt=]. When she returns home, Carla is happy and wearing an expensive fur coat but Edwin is bankrupt from lavishing her with so many presents. Ellie rewrites Edwin's life story so that he is financially stable but she finds that her younger sister Lori is leading a strike against the inflated rent that he charges. The next day, she gives herself and Lori a nice house by the ocean. However, as soon as she arrives at her new home, Ellie learns that Lori drowned after rescuing a little boy from the sea. Devastated, Ellie admits to Gloria what she has been doing and pleads for her help. After chastising her for not realizing that people's lives are interconnected, Gloria shoos her out of the library. She immediately finds Lori alive and well and returned to her original self.
* RippleEffectProofMemory:
** In "The Library", Ellie Pendleton begins RewritingReality using the books recording the events of people's lives in the library. After that she does so, she is the only person to remember the way things used to be.
* SelflessWish: In "The Leprechaun-Artist", Buddy considers wishes for world peace or a CureForCancer using the wish that he received after he and his friend J.P. and Richie captured the {{Leprechaun}} Shawn [=McGool=]. However, he eventually wishes for XRayVision so that he can see through girls' clothing.
** "Devil's Alphabet" takes place from November 2, 1876 to November 2, 1898. The short story "The Everlasting Club" by Arthur Gray is an account of the activities of the titular society from 1738 to 1766.
Changed line(s) 581 (click to see context) from:
* SoleSurvivor: In "Still Life", the 86-year-old Professor Alex Stottel is the last surviving member of Dr. Levinson's expedition to the Amazon River basin, where they encountered the Curacai, in January 1913. Stottel was a 13-year-old boy at the time.
to:
* SoleSurvivor: SoleSurvivor:
** In "Still Life", the 86-year-old Professor Alex Stottel is the last surviving member of Dr. Levinson's expedition to the Amazon River basin, where they encountered the Curacai, in January 1913. Stottel was a 13-year-old boy at thetime.time.
** In "Devil's Alphabet", Frederick becomes the last surviving member of the Devil's Alphabet Society after Cornelius' suicide on November 2, 1898.
** In "Still Life", the 86-year-old Professor Alex Stottel is the last surviving member of Dr. Levinson's expedition to the Amazon River basin, where they encountered the Curacai, in January 1913. Stottel was a 13-year-old boy at the
** In "Devil's Alphabet", Frederick becomes the last surviving member of the Devil's Alphabet Society after Cornelius' suicide on November 2, 1898.
Added DiffLines:
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In "Devil's Alphabet", Frederick is the only member of the Devil's Alphabet Society to be still alive when [[DutyThatTranscendsDeath their agreement to meet every year on November 2 be they alive or dead]] is rescinded. In the short story "The Everlasting Club" by Arthur Gray, the [[AdaptationNameChange equivalent character]] Charles Bellasis was frightened to death by the ghosts of the other members of the Everlasting Club on November 2, 1766.
Added DiffLines:
* ToughRoom: In "Take My Life...Please!", the stand-up comedian Billy Diamond performs his usual act for a crowd as soon as he arrives in the afterlife but none of them even crack a smile. It soon becomes clear to him that he is in {{Hell}} and [[IronicHell that the only way to make the audience laugh to tell them all of the horrible things that he has done in his life]]. His new agent Max tells him that he has been booked to perform this act for the next two eons, possibly more.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 470 (click to see context) from:
** 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.
to:
** In "The Star", Father Matthew Costigan, a Jesuit priest and an astrophysicist, is close friends with Dr. Chandler, an athiest atheist 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.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 621 (click to see context) from:
** 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.
to:
** In "Her Pilgrim Soul", Nola Granville is played by Anne Twomey as an adult, Betsy Lion as a five-year-old and Danica [=McKellar=] Creator/DanicaMcKellar as a ten-year-old.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 111 (click to see context) from:
* BalancingDeathsBooks: In "Welcome to Winfield", a man, Matt, wakes up after being near-death from a coma. His girlfriend takes him to the titular town of Winfield, where the occupants struck a deal with Chin, an agent of death, to not die (this was ''100 years ago''). But when St. George, the current agent of death, finds Matt, the situation becomes this: either Matt is spared in exchange for Winfield, or ''Winfield'' is spared in exchange for ''Matt''. [[spoiler:After calling Chin, St. George decides to spare both parties.]]
to:
* BalancingDeathsBooks: In "Welcome to Winfield", a man, Matt, Matt Winnaker wakes up after being near-death from a coma. His girlfriend new wife Lori Bodell takes him to the titular town of Winfield, where the occupants struck a deal with Chin, Chin Du Long, an agent of death, to not die (this was ''100 about 100 years ago'').earlier. But when St. George, the current agent of death, finds Matt, the situation becomes this: either Matt is spared in exchange for Winfield, or ''Winfield'' is spared in exchange for ''Matt''. [[spoiler:After calling Chin, St. George decides to spare both parties.]]
Changed line(s) 147 (click to see context) from:
* BrownNote: "Need to Know" features a Horrible Truth that causes insanity in anyone who hears it.
to:
* BrownNote: "Need to Know" features a Horrible Truth an AwfulTruth that causes insanity in anyone who hears it.
Changed line(s) 168 (click to see context) from:
* ChekhovsGun: In "Need to Know", the fact that pretty much everybody in town listens to the same local radio station all the time...
to:
* ChekhovsGun: In "Need to Know", the fact that pretty much everybody in town Loma Valley listens to the same local radio station all the time...time. Professor Jeffrey Potts later goes on the radio to share the meaning of life with his fellow townspeople, causing [[MindVirus everyone who hears the broadcast to go insane]].
* DaywalkingVampire: In "Monsters!", the vampire Emile Francis Benedictson can spend as much time in the sunlight as any human. He tells Toby Michaels that, [[YourVampiresSuck contrary to how they are depicted in monster movies]], vampires are immune to the effects of UsefulNotes/TheSun.
Changed line(s) 216 (click to see context) from:
* 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.
to:
* 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.renovated. They eventually agree that Roger should strangle Ethel.
* DirtyCommunists: In "Red Snow", the vampires in the [[TheGulag Siberian gulag]] hate the Soviet Union and everything that it stands for. They believe that Communism has brought nothing but pain, suffering and death to the Russian people and seek to destroy the USSR for the sake of humans and vampires alike.
Changed line(s) 231 (click to see context) from:
** [[spoiler: "Need to Know:" The insanity spreads throughout the entire town, and will probably end up going world-wide.]]
to:
** [[spoiler: "Need to Know:" Know": The insanity spreads throughout the entire town, and will probably end up going world-wide.]]
Changed line(s) 254 (click to see context) from:
* 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.
to:
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: 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 andwithdrawn.withdrawn.
** In the first scene of "Red Snow", KGB Colonel Ilyanov arrests a young dissident named Ivanovich for [[CulturePolice possessing banned books]] and orders the guards to send him to TheGulag. It turns out that Ivanovich is well known for his contact with Western agents and this is not his first offense. As such, his crimes warranted the death penalty. A high-ranking minister overrules Ilyanov's order and has Ivanovich put to death. Ilyanov is upset when he hears this but does not say anything.
** 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
** In the first scene of "Red Snow", KGB Colonel Ilyanov arrests a young dissident named Ivanovich for [[CulturePolice possessing banned books]] and orders the guards to send him to TheGulag. It turns out that Ivanovich is well known for his contact with Western agents and this is not his first offense. As such, his crimes warranted the death penalty. A high-ranking minister overrules Ilyanov's order and has Ivanovich put to death. Ilyanov is upset when he hears this but does not say anything.
Changed line(s) 306 (click to see context) from:
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: "Need to Know" features a Horrible Truth that causes insanity in anyone who hears it.
to:
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: In "Need to Know" features a Horrible Truth that causes insanity Know", whenever someone in anyone who hears it.Loma Valley, Washington is told the meaning of life by another resident, they instantly go insane.
* TheGulag: In "Red Snow", KGB Colonel Ilyanov is sent to a gulag in Siberia to investigate the mysterious deaths of the local Communist Party secretary Vladimir Borisov and the first KGB investigator Major Yuri Andreev. As soon as Ilyanov arrives, he finds the conditions to be even worse than he imagined as it is wintertime and there is no sunlight from October to April. He later discovers that the townspeople have an arrangement with a group of vampires to protect them from danger and that it was the vampires who killed Borisov and Andreev.
Changed line(s) 332 (click to see context) from:
* HopeSpot: In "Need to Know", Sayers manages to [[spoiler: mash Amanda's radio so that she at least doesn't hear the Horrible Truth that's just been broadcast all over town, but then it turns out she's already had a couple of visitors drop by..]].
to:
* HopeSpot: In "Need to Know", Edward Sayers manages to [[spoiler: mash Amanda's smash Amanda Strickland's radio so that she at least doesn't hear the Horrible Truth AwfulTruth that's just been broadcast all over town, but then it turns out she's already had a couple of visitors drop by..]].
* InsaneEqualsViolent: In "Need to Know", Mrs. Hotchkiss has gone insane after learning the meaning of life from her husband. When the government agent Edward Sayers is questioning her, she tries to attack him with the knife that she had been calmly using to cut a cake a moment earlier. Edward is stunned but manages to fight her off.
* InternalReformist: In "Red Snow", KGB Colonel Ilyanov has spent his entire adult life working within the Soviet system to try and save lives where he can. However, for every person that he saves from execution, two more are killed. Ilyanov eventually agrees to be [[VampireVannabe made a vampire]] so that he can create more and they can destroy the Soviet Union from the inside.
* LaughingMad: In "Need to Know", Jack Henries begins to laugh hysterically when Wiley Whitlow tells him the meaning of life, which causes insanity in anyone who hears it. Jack then breaks into tears just as quickly as he started to laugh.
Changed line(s) 417 (click to see context) from:
* MindVirus: "Need to Know" features a Horrible Truth spreading through a small town via word of mouth.
to:
* MindVirus: In "Need to Know" features a Horrible Truth spreading through a Know", the government agent Edward Sayers is sent to the small town via word of mouth.Loma Valley, Washington to investigate a mysterious outbreak of insanity. With the help of a local woman named Amanda Strickland, he determines that the insanity is spread from person to person like a contagion. He manages to track the contagion to its source: Professor Jeffrey Potts, who has recently returned from UsefulNotes/{{Asia}}. While there, Potts learned the meaning of life. He told his brother Andrew, who was unable to keep it to himself. The meaning of life is seemingly an AwfulTruth which causes anyone who learns it to immediately go insane.
* MyGrandsonMyself: In "Red Snow", the Communist Party secretary Ivan Povin tries to convince KGB Colonel Ilyanov that Valentina Orlova, who appears to be in her 30s, is the daughter of the woman of the same name who was exiled to the [[TheGulag Siberian gulag]] in 1936. However, Ilyanov does not believe him as they are absolutely identical. He discovers that she is a vampire when he finds her feeding on a wolf in the forest that night.
* NeverSuicide: In "Red Snow", KGB Colonel Ilyanov does not believe that Major Yuri Andreev, the previous investigator sent to the [[TheGulag Siberian gulag]], cut his own throat as is generally believed. When he examines Andreev's frozen body, he immediately notices that there is no blood on the wound, indicating that the cut was made after his death. He later learns that Andreev was killed by vampires.
Changed line(s) 467 (click to see context) from:
* 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.
to:
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: OurVampiresAreDifferent:
** In "Monsters!", the vampire Emile Francis Bendictson explains to Toby Michaels that most of what he has learned about [[YourVampiresSuck vampires from the monster movies that he loves so much isincorrect.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 early 80s 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 [[DaywalkingVampire immune to sunlight, 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.mechanism.
** In "Red Snow", the vampires living in the [[TheGulag Siberian gulag]] have fangs, [[VampiresSleepInCoffins sleep in coffins]] and [[WeakenedByTheLight are killed by sunlight]]. However, they are not evil. In exchange for protection during the summer months, they protect the townspeople from any possible source of danger. Aside from thieves and murderers, they never feed on humans. These vampires also [[DirtyCommunists despise the Soviet Union]] for all the suffering that it has caused the Russian people.
** In "Monsters!", the vampire Emile Francis Bendictson explains to Toby Michaels that most of what he has learned about [[YourVampiresSuck vampires from the monster movies that he loves so much is
** In "Red Snow", the vampires living in the [[TheGulag Siberian gulag]] have fangs, [[VampiresSleepInCoffins sleep in coffins]] and [[WeakenedByTheLight are killed by sunlight]]. However, they are not evil. In exchange for protection during the summer months, they protect the townspeople from any possible source of danger. Aside from thieves and murderers, they never feed on humans. These vampires also [[DirtyCommunists despise the Soviet Union]] for all the suffering that it has caused the Russian people.
Added DiffLines:
** In "Red Snow", KGB Colonel Ilyanov meets a young woman named Valentina Orlova soon after arriving in the [[TheGulag Siberian gulag]]. When he consults her file, he discovers that she was exiled there by UsefulNotes/JosefStalin in 1936. He later learns that she is a vampire and is in her 80s even though she looks 50 years younger.
Added DiffLines:
* ThisBearWasFramed: In "Red Snow", the Communist Party secretary Vladimir Borisov was killed by the vampires living in the [[TheGulag Siberian gulag]] in order to protect the townspeople from his brutal excesses. Mayor Titov tells KGB Colonel Ilyanov that Borisov was torn apart by wolves but he later learns the truth.
Added DiffLines:
* VampireVannabe: In "Red Snow", the Communist Party secretary Ivan Povin agreed to become a vampire shortly after arriving in the [[TheGulag Siberian gulag]] because he knew that it would be difficult to survive the harsh conditions otherwise. Although he is initially disgusted by the vampires and fears that they intend to feed on him, KGB Colonel Ilyanov later agrees to be made a vampire himself. Valentina Orlova convinces him that the best way to defeat the Soviet Union is to create further vampires and [[InternalReformist take it down from the inside]].
* VampiresSleepInCoffins: In "Red Snow", Titov, the mayor of the small Siberian town which has become a [[TheGulag gulag]], stores the vampires' coffins in the town's disused, boarded up church. They are empty during the winter months when there is no sunlight from October to April but Titov and others protect the vampires during the summer months when the coffins are occupied during the day. In exchange, the vampires protect the townspeople from dangerous criminals and animals.
* VampiresSleepInCoffins: In "Red Snow", Titov, the mayor of the small Siberian town which has become a [[TheGulag gulag]], stores the vampires' coffins in the town's disused, boarded up church. They are empty during the winter months when there is no sunlight from October to April but Titov and others protect the vampires during the summer months when the coffins are occupied during the day. In exchange, the vampires protect the townspeople from dangerous criminals and animals.
Added DiffLines:
* YourVampiresSuck: In "Monsters!", the vampire Emile Francis Bendictson criticizes the depiction of vampires in the monster movies enjoyed by Toby Michaels because almost everything in them is inaccurate.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: In "Button, Button", Arthur and Norma Lewis are sent a button unit by Mr. Steward who tells them that if they press the button, they will receive $200,000 but someone whom they don't know will die. Norma presses the button over Arthur's objections. Mr. Steward returns the next day and tells them that [[spoiler:the unit will be reprogrammed and given to someone whom they don't know, with the implication being that one of them will die]]. In the short story by Creator/RichardMatheson, [[spoiler:it was Arthur who died when Norma pressed the button. When she challenged Mr. Steward on the matter, he said "Do you really think you knew your husband?]] The change was made at the insistence of [[ExecutiveMeddling CBS executives]], leading Matheson to [[AlanSmithee take his name off the episode]].
* AlternateTimeline: In "Profile in Silver", a time traveling historian from 2172 named Professor Joseph Fitzgerald [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong prevents]] the [[WhoShotJFK assassination]] of his FamousAncestor UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy on November 22, 1963. The resulting change to the timeline leads to the creation of significant time distortions and a temporal rift of unprecedented proportions. Tornadoes appear without warning in Texas as part of the initial attempt to counterbalance the temporal damage. The assassination of UsefulNotes/NikitaKhrushchev results in the new Soviet premier sending in troops to capture West Berlin in an attempt to force the Western powers out of the rest of West Germany. Fitzgerald's wrist computer determines that there is a 77% probability that a [[WorldWarIII nuclear war]] will break out between the United States and the Soviet Union, resulting in the [[PollutedWasteland total annihilation of the biosphere]]. At 12%, the best case scenario is that Western Europe will surrender within six years. Military costs will cause the Soviet economy to collapse, leading the USSR to blackmail the West for food. The subsequent agro-bacterial war will completely destroy the biosphere within a century. The remaining 11% accounts for all other probabilities in which the biosphere is destroyed. From this, Fitzgerald learns that Kennedy's death is a NecessaryFail and that history must be restored to its proper course if humanity is to survive.
** Except for the first scene, "Button, Button" takes place entirely in Arthur and Norma Lewis' apartment.
* TheFutureWillBeBetter: In "Profile in Silver", after admitting that he is a time traveler from 2172, Professor Joseph Fitzgerald tells UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy that his greatest dreams have been fulfilled. By the 22nd Century, humanity has eliminated tyranny, war and poverty and has gone to the stars.
Changed line(s) 317 (click to see context) from:
* HenpeckedHusband: The protagonists of "Button, Button" are a shrewish wife and her down-beaten husband.
to:
* HenpeckedHusband: The protagonists of In "Button, Button" are a shrewish wife Button", Norma Lewis constantly belittles her downtrodden husband Arthur at the simplest provocation and her down-beaten husband.shows him no affection of any kind.
* HeroicSacrifice: In "Profile in Silver", Professor Joseph Fitzgerald, a time traveler from 2172, allows himself to be assassinated on November 22, 1963 in place of his FamousAncestor UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, whom he [[TimeTravelEscape sent to his own time to save his life]].
** Creator/WilliamShakespeare shows up in "Act Break".
** UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy plays an important role in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E20 Profile in Silver]]". UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson, Lee Harvey Oswald, Jacqueline Kennedy and John Connally appear briefly. UsefulNotes/NikitaKhrushchev does not appear on screen but he plays a significant off screen role.
** UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy plays an important role in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E20 Profile in Silver]]". UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson, Lee Harvey Oswald, Jacqueline Kennedy and John Connally appear briefly. UsefulNotes/NikitaKhrushchev does not appear on screen but he plays a significant off screen role.
Deleted line(s) 321,322 (click to see context) :
** UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy and UsefulNotes/NikitaKhrushchev play important roles in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E20 Profile in Silver]]". UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson and John Connally appear briefly.
** Creator/WilliamShakespeare shows up in "Act Break".
** Creator/WilliamShakespeare shows up in "Act Break".
Changed line(s) 324 (click to see context) from:
* {{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.
to:
* {{Hologram}}: {{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.
** In "Profile in Silver", Professor Joseph Fitzgerald intends to record the [[WhoShotJFK assassination]] of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy on his holographic recorder, which is disguised as an ordinary 1963 movie camera. After seeing Lee Harvey Oswald taking aim in the Texas School Book Depository, however, he [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong shouts for JFK and his entourage to take cover and averts the assassination]]. The Secret Service agent Ray Livingston grows suspicious of Fitzgerald, believing him to be a Soviet sleeper agent, and has the camera analyzed by Department of Defense metallurgists. They discover that it is made from an unknown alloy which is harder than steel and impervious to X-Rays. When confronted, Fitzgerald admits that he is a time traveler from the future and shows JFK and Livingston a holographic recording of the Dallas motorcade to prove his story.
** 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.
** In "Profile in Silver", Professor Joseph Fitzgerald intends to record the [[WhoShotJFK assassination]] of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy on his holographic recorder, which is disguised as an ordinary 1963 movie camera. After seeing Lee Harvey Oswald taking aim in the Texas School Book Depository, however, he [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong shouts for JFK and his entourage to take cover and averts the assassination]]. The Secret Service agent Ray Livingston grows suspicious of Fitzgerald, believing him to be a Soviet sleeper agent, and has the camera analyzed by Department of Defense metallurgists. They discover that it is made from an unknown alloy which is harder than steel and impervious to X-Rays. When confronted, Fitzgerald admits that he is a time traveler from the future and shows JFK and Livingston a holographic recording of the Dallas motorcade to prove his story.
Changed line(s) 350 (click to see context) from:
** In "Button, Button", the couple offered the titular button are told that if they press it, they'll receive a large sum of money, but someone they don't know will die. At the end of the episode [[spoiler: they've pressed the button and gotten the money, and are told that the button will now be offered to someone else. They're assured that it will be "someone you don't know"]].
to:
** In "Button, Button", Norma and Arthur Lewis, the couple offered the titular button button, are told that if they press it, they'll receive a large sum of money, but someone they don't know will die. At the end of the episode episode, [[spoiler: they've pressed the button and gotten the money, and are told that the button will now be offered to someone else. They're assured that it will be "someone you don't know"]].
** Mare Winningham, Brad Davis and Basil Hoffman are the only actors to appear in "Button, Button".
Changed line(s) 424 (click to see context) from:
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E20 Profile in Silver]]", the time traveler Professor Joseph Fitzgerald prevents the assassination of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy. Several hours later, the announcement "We will now return to our regular programming" is heard on Creator/{{CBS}}, followed by the theme of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''. This refers to the fact that "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E139NightCall Night Call]]" was originally intended to air on November 22, 1963 but the coverage of the assassination resulted in it being rescheduled. It eventually aired on February 7, 1964.
to:
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E20 Profile in Silver]]", the time traveler Professor Joseph Fitzgerald prevents the assassination of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy. Several hours later, the announcement "We will now return to our regular programming" is heard on Creator/{{CBS}}, followed by the theme of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''. This refers to the fact that "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E139NightCall Night Call]]" was originally intended to air on November 22, 1963 but the coverage of the assassination resulted in it being rescheduled. It eventually aired on February 7, 1964.
** In "Profile in Silver", once history is restored, the Secret Service agent Ray Livingston is the only person from 1963 who remembers the AlternateTimeline in which UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy was not assassinated in Dallas.
Changed line(s) 516 (click to see context) from:
* SchmuckBait: "Button, Button" has a couple being given a button, which if pressed with give them wealth at the cost of killing a complete stranger. [[spoiler:They end up pushing the button, which is then taken away... to be given to a complete stranger.]]
to:
* SadisticChoice: In "Button, Button", Mr. Steward sends a button unit to Arthur and Norma Lewis and tells them that two things will happen if they press the button: they will receive $200,000 tax free and someone whom they don't know will die. The Lewises have several heated discussions on whether or not to press the button. Norma argues that the person killed could be a Chinese peasant or someone with cancer while Arthur counters that it could be a baby. After Arthur goes to bed, Norma presses the button. The next day, Mr. Steward returns for the button unit and [[spoiler:says that it will now be given to someone whom they don't know]].
* SchmuckBait: In "Button,Button" has a couple being Button", Arthur and Norma Lewis are given a button, which if pressed with give them wealth $200,000 at the cost of killing a complete stranger. [[spoiler:They end up pushing the button, which is then taken away... to be given to a complete stranger.]]
* SchmuckBait: In "Button,
Added DiffLines:
** In "Button, Button", ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' is playing on television while Norma Lewis is waiting for Mr. Steward in her apartment.
Added DiffLines:
* TimeTravelEscape: In "Profile in Silver", Professor Joseph Fitzgerald sends UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy forward in time to 2172 instead of letting him be assassinated. With the assistance of the Secret Service agent Ray Livingston, Fitzgerald makes arrangements to [[HeroicSacrifice take Kennedy's place]]. JFK becomes a history lecturer at Harvard in 2172.
Added DiffLines:
* TrackingDevice: In "Profile in Silver", time travelers such as Professor Joseph Fitzgerald and Dr. Kate Wang are issued with homing devices in the form of a ring. When the homing device is separated from the temporal wrist controls worn by the time traveler, the wearer of the ring is automatically returned to their point of departure. Fitzgerald uses this to send UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy [[TimeTravelEscape forward in time to 2172 so that he doesn't have to be assassinated]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
** In "Gramma", there are no details given about Georgie's relationship with his elder brother Buddy. In the short story by Creator/StephenKing, it is mentioned that Buddy regularly bullies Georgie, both physically and verbally. [[spoiler:At the end of the story, Georgie is possessed by their grandmother's spirit and plans his revenge against Buddy for the years of torment.]]
** In "Dead Run", Johnny Davis decides to help the wrongfully condemned people whom he had been transporting to {{Hell}} only one day after taking the job. In the short story by Greg Bear, he is on the job for two years before his conscience gets the best of him and he begins to help the damned escape to {{Heaven}}.
** In "Dead Run", Johnny Davis decides to help the wrongfully condemned people whom he had been transporting to {{Hell}} only one day after taking the job. In the short story by Greg Bear, he is on the job for two years before his conscience gets the best of him and he begins to help the damned escape to {{Heaven}}.
** In "Dead Run", the former member of the CelestialBureaucracy who has himself been condemned to {{Hell}} is named Gary Frick. In the short story by Greg Bear, his name is Charlie Frick.
** "Dead Run" omits two supporting characters from the short story by Greg Bear: a young hitchhiker named Bill and his recently deceased girlfriend Sherill, whom Bill manages to [[RescuedFromTheUnderworld rescue from Hell]].
Changed line(s) 61 (click to see context) from:
** "Cold Reading" is an affectionate parody of Old-time Radio, which was popular in the United States from the 1930s to the early 1960s.
to:
** "Cold Reading" is an affectionate parody of Old-time Radio, which was popular in the United States from the 1930s to the early 1960s.1950s.
Changed line(s) 76 (click to see context) from:
** In "Cold Reading", Milo Trent replaces Earl Sedgewick, who usually plays the title character's younger brother Timmy in ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'', as he has reportedly taken ill. The writer Nelson Westbrook's assistant Carla makes a drinking gesture to Milo, indicating that Sedgewick is too drunk to record his part.
to:
** In "Cold Reading", Milo Trent replaces Earl Sedgewick, who usually plays the title character's younger brother Timmy in ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'', as he has reportedly taken ill. The writer Nelson Westbrook's assistant Carla makes a drinking gesture to at Milo, indicating that Sedgewick is too drunk to record his part.
Changed line(s) 136 (click to see context) from:
* BreatherEpisode: "Wish Bank" is a light-hearted, comedic episode which immediately preceded the violent, horror-themed "Nightcrawlers".
to:
* BreatherEpisode: BreatherEpisode:
** "Wish Bank" is a light-hearted, comedic episode which immediately preceded the violent, horror-themed"Nightcrawlers"."Nightcrawlers".
** "The Leprechaun-Artist" is a comedic episode about three teenage boys who find a {{Leprechaun}}. It immediately preceded "Dead Run", a very dark episode about souls who have been wrongfully sent to {{Hell}}.
* BroadcastLive: InUniverse in "Cold Reading". The UBS radio series ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'' is broadcast live. Milo Trent is horrified that Nelson Westbrook has completely rewritten the script and that he and the other actors won't have any time to rehearse it before it goes to air.
** "Wish Bank" is a light-hearted, comedic episode which immediately preceded the violent, horror-themed
** "The Leprechaun-Artist" is a comedic episode about three teenage boys who find a {{Leprechaun}}. It immediately preceded "Dead Run", a very dark episode about souls who have been wrongfully sent to {{Hell}}.
* BroadcastLive: InUniverse in "Cold Reading". The UBS radio series ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'' is broadcast live. Milo Trent is horrified that Nelson Westbrook has completely rewritten the script and that he and the other actors won't have any time to rehearse it before it goes to air.
** In "Dead Run", Johnny Davis learns of the job transporting condemned souls to {{Hell}} from his fellow trucker Pete, who shows him the ropes. Pete does not appear in the short story by Greg Bear as Johnny has already been doing the job for two years.
** InUniverse in "Cold Reading". The brave, stalwart and honorable title character of the UBS radio series ''Dick Noble, African Explorer''.
** In "Dead Run", the protagonist is named Johnny Davis. His surname is not given in the short story by Greg Bear.
Deleted line(s) 433 (click to see context) :
** In "The Uncle Devil Show", Joey's parents are not named.
** In "Dead Run", the Dispatcher, who has recently taken over the CelestialBureaucracy, wears an extremely expensive looking suit during his meeting with Johnny Davis.
Changed line(s) 615 (click to see context) from:
* UnnamedParent: In "The Leprechaun-Artist", Buddy, J.P. and Richie's parents aren't named.
to:
* UnnamedParent: UnnamedParent:
** In "The Uncle Devil Show", Joey's parents are not named.
** In "The Leprechaun-Artist", Buddy, J.P. and Richie's parents aren't named.
** In "The Uncle Devil Show", Joey's parents are not named.
** In "The Leprechaun-Artist", Buddy, J.P. and Richie's parents aren't named.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* AfterlifeExpress: In "Dead Run", truckers such as Johnny Davis and Pete drive the condemned to {{Hell}} in semi-trailer trucks, though seemingly only condemned Americans. According to Pete, trains are used in UsefulNotes/{{India}} and UsefulNotes/{{China}}, tramlines in UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} and old buses in UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}}.
** In "The Leprechaun-Artist", three teenage boys named Buddy, Richie and J.P. discover that {{Leprechaun}}s are real when they capture one named Shawn [=McGool=] and he is forced to grant them ThreeWishes.
* CelestialBureaucracy: In "Dead Run", Johnny Davis begins working as a truck driver transporting condemned souls to {{Hell}}. Within hours, he discovers that many of the damned don't deserve to be there. For instance, one woman was too self-centered in life, one man only saw the dirt in life and not the beauty and another was an atheist. After the souls riot, Johnny is brought to meet the Dispatcher, who has the final say on who is sent to Hell because [[{{God}} the Boss]] abdicated responsibility long ago. The Dispatcher explains to Johnny and he is instituting "time honored [[Literature/TheBible Biblical]] standards" in holding the departed souls to a high standard. He sees it as his duty to combat the "secular, intellectual propaganda" of the modern age and ensure that pornographers, heathens, atheists, humanists and others receive the punishment that they deserve. Johnny is disgusted and helps a [[DraftDodging draft dodger]], a junkie, a librarian who fought against [[CulturePolice banned books being removed from the shelves]] and a young gay man escape to {{Heaven}}.
* CirclesOfHell: In "Dead Run", newly condemned souls arrive in the Outer Circles of {{Hell}} and are eventually brought to its center where they are to spend all eternity. The CelestialBureaucracy doesn't particularly care whether the damned suffer as long as they are kept somewhere they can't hurt others.
* DraftDodging: In "Dead Run", a man who dodged the draft and crossed the border to UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar is sent to {{Hell}} by the fundamentalist Dispatcher who has recently taken over the CelestialBureaucracy.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: In "Dead Run", the trucker Johnny Davis is a reckless driver who has gotten into four accidents in two years and can no longer get any insurance company to take a risk on him. His fellow trucker Pete gets him a job as one of the truckers who drive the condemned to {{Hell}}.
Changed line(s) 334 (click to see context) from:
* IronicEcho: In "Button, Button", the couple offered the titular button are told that if they press it, they'll receive a large sum of money, but someone they don't know will die. At the end of the episode [[spoiler: they've pressed the button and gotten the money, and are told that the button will now be offered to someone else. They're assured that it will be "someone you don't know"]].
to:
* IronicEcho: IronicEcho:
** In "Dead Run", the Dispatcher tells Johnny Davis that he is applying "time honored [[Literature/TheBible Biblical]] standards" in condemning people to {{Hell}} for minor transgessions. After helping four such people escape to {{Heaven}}, Johnny recalls the story of UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} journeying to Hell between the Crucifixion and the Resurrection to give the damned another chance and explains that he is using his own time honored Biblical standards.
** In "Button, Button", the couple offered the titular button are told that if they press it, they'll receive a large sum of money, but someone they don't know will die. At the end of the episode [[spoiler: they've pressed the button and gotten the money, and are told that the button will now be offered to someone else. They're assured that it will be "someone you don't know"]].
** In "Dead Run", the Dispatcher tells Johnny Davis that he is applying "time honored [[Literature/TheBible Biblical]] standards" in condemning people to {{Hell}} for minor transgessions. After helping four such people escape to {{Heaven}}, Johnny recalls the story of UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} journeying to Hell between the Crucifixion and the Resurrection to give the damned another chance and explains that he is using his own time honored Biblical standards.
** In "Button, Button", the couple offered the titular button are told that if they press it, they'll receive a large sum of money, but someone they don't know will die. At the end of the episode [[spoiler: they've pressed the button and gotten the money, and are told that the button will now be offered to someone else. They're assured that it will be "someone you don't know"]].
* {{Leprechaun}}:
** In "The Little People of Killany Woods", Liam O'Shaughnessy initially mistakes the LittleGreenMen who have landed in Killany Woods to repair their ship for the Little People.
** In "The Leprechaun-Artist", a Leprechaun named Shawn [=McGool=] is taking a vacation in the United States when he is spotted by Buddy, J.P. and Richie. After they capture him, he has to grant them ThreeWishes.
** In "The Little People of Killany Woods", Liam O'Shaughnessy initially mistakes the LittleGreenMen who have landed in Killany Woods to repair their ship for the Little People.
** In "The Leprechaun-Artist", a Leprechaun named Shawn [=McGool=] is taking a vacation in the United States when he is spotted by Buddy, J.P. and Richie. After they capture him, he has to grant them ThreeWishes.
* MundaneAfterlife: In "Dead Run", the center of {{Hell}} is a dark, violent industrial complex. It is surrounded by the Outer Circles, which are indistinguishable from ordinary countryside.
Changed line(s) 453 (click to see context) from:
* PlayingWithFire: In "Gramma", it is mentioned that the title character used her powers to burn down several of her neighbors' houses.
to:
* PlayingWithFire: PlayingWithFire:
** In "Gramma", it is mentioned that the title character used her powers to burn down several of her neighbors'houses.houses.
** In "Dead Run", the demons who guard the condemned in {{Hell}} can light cigarettes by pressing them into the palms of their hands.
** In "Gramma", it is mentioned that the title character used her powers to burn down several of her neighbors'
** In "Dead Run", the demons who guard the condemned in {{Hell}} can light cigarettes by pressing them into the palms of their hands.
Changed line(s) 482 (click to see context) from:
* ReroutedFromHeaven: In the episode "Dead Run", a truck driver takes a job delivering dead souls to {{Hell}}. However, the people he's delivering there seem way too nice to deserve damnation. It turns out the new CelestialBureaucracy that has taken over is using an overly-literal fundamentalist interpretation of Literature/TheBible, mainly due to them being paper-pushing {{Obstructive Bureaucrat}}s, rather than actual malevolence.
to:
* ReroutedFromHeaven: In the episode "Dead Run", a truck driver named Johnny Davis takes a job delivering dead souls to {{Hell}}. However, most of the people that he's delivering there don't seem way too nice to deserve have done anything that warrants damnation. It turns out the new CelestialBureaucracy that has taken over is using an overly-literal fundamentalist interpretation of Literature/TheBible, mainly due to them being paper-pushing {{Obstructive Bureaucrat}}s, rather than actual malevolence.
Changed line(s) 485 (click to see context) from:
** The eponymous individual in "The Leprechaun-Artist" pushes one at the end of the episode.
to:
** The eponymous individual in In "The Leprechaun-Artist" pushes one at Leprechaun-Artist", the end of {{Leprechaun}} Shawn [=McGool=] reverses Richie's wish which resulted in him and his friends Buddy and J.P. receiving a car that was "really hot" as in stolen. As a result, the episode.police have no memory of any car theft.
Added DiffLines:
** In "The Leprechaun-Artist", the {{Leprechaun}} Shawn [=McGool=] grants Buddy, J.P. and Richie three wishes - one a piece - after they capture him. However, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor none of them turn out according to plan]]. Buddy wishes for XRayVision so that he can see girls' underwear but he can't control his new power and sees internal organs and skulls. [=McGool=] reverses the wish after he determines that Buddy has learned his lesson. J.P. wishes for all of their parents to do exactly what they tell them. The boys soon learn that [=McGool=] has once again tricked them by granting their wish too literally. When J.P. orders his mother to make pizza for the three of them, he has to tell her to perform every step in the preparation from taking the pizza out of the box. [=McGool=] likewise reverses this wish. Richie wishes for a "really hot" car with a driver with a mind of his own. While they are enjoying their new stretch limo, they are chased by the police. The driver, given that he has a mind of his own, refuses their instructions to stop and gets into a car chase. When the police catch up with them, the three boys are arrested as the limo was hot as in stolen. [=McGool=] again reverses the wish and the police have no memory of the car theft.
Added DiffLines:
* UnnamedParent: In "The Leprechaun-Artist", Buddy, J.P. and Richie's parents aren't named.
* VanityLicensePlate: In "The Leprechaun-Artist", the "really hot" car that the {{Leprechaun}} Shawn [=McGool=] conjures up for Buddy, J.P. and Richie for their [[ThreeWishes third and final wish]] has the license plate "Third Wish."
* VanityLicensePlate: In "The Leprechaun-Artist", the "really hot" car that the {{Leprechaun}} Shawn [=McGool=] conjures up for Buddy, J.P. and Richie for their [[ThreeWishes third and final wish]] has the license plate "Third Wish."
Added DiffLines:
* XRayVision: In "The Leprechaun-Artist", after he and his friends J.P. and Richie capture a {{Leprechaun}} named Shawn [=McGool=], Buddy wishes for X-Ray vision so that he can see through girls' clothes. His power starts working the next morning and he is initially able to see under his female classmates' clothes to their underwear. However, after a few seconds of concentrating on one girl, he sees her internal organs and faints in shock. When J.P. and Richie come to his aid, he can see their skulls. [=McGool=], who brands Buddy a "little deviant," eventually removes the wish when it becomes clear to him that Buddy has learned his lesson.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* BlandNameProduct: In "Cold Reading", ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'' is sponsored by the cereal Krisp-O-Meal, which is based on Corn Flakes.
Changed line(s) 261 (click to see context) from:
** In "Cold Reading", there are two. ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'' is broadcast on the radio network Unified Broadcasting System (UBS), a reference to [[Creator/{{CBS}} Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)]] which broadcast ''The Twilight Zone''. ''Dick Noble'' is sponsored by the cereal Krisp-O-Meal, which is based on Corn Flakes.
to:
** In "Cold Reading", there are two. ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'' is broadcast on the radio network Unified Broadcasting System (UBS), a reference to [[Creator/{{CBS}} Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)]] which broadcast ''The Twilight Zone''. ''Dick Noble'' is sponsored by the cereal Krisp-O-Meal, which is based on Corn Flakes. Zone''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* SoleSurvivor: In "Still Life", the 86-year-old Professor Alex Stottel is the last surviving member of Dr. Levinson's expedition to the Amazon River basin, where they encountered the Curacai, in January 1913. Stottel was a 13-year-old boy at the time.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 26 (click to see context) from:
* ActorAllusion: In "Personal Demons", Rockne O'Bannon wrote for ''Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse''. O'Bannon is played by Martin Balsam, who played Dr. Gillespie in the ''Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse'' episode "The Time Element". That episode served as the unofficial pilot of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''.
to:
* ActorAllusion: In "Personal Demons", Rockne O'Bannon wrote for ''Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse''.''Series/WestinghouseDesiluPlayhouse''. O'Bannon is played by Martin Balsam, who played Dr. Gillespie in the ''Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse'' episode "The Time Element". That episode served as the unofficial pilot of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''.
Changed line(s) 530 (click to see context) from:
** In "Personal Demons", Rockne O'Bannon has written for such shows as ''Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse'', ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}'', ''Series/SWAT1975'' and ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard''.
to:
** In "Personal Demons", Rockne O'Bannon has written for such shows as ''Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse'', ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}'', ''Series/WestinghouseDesiluPlayhouse'', ''Series/TheModSquad'', ''Series/SWAT1975'' and ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 108 (click to see context) from:
** "Cold Reading": An egotistical old-time radio director named Nelson Westbrook rhetorically wishes that all the sound effects from his current jungle-adventure program ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'' came from something real. Unfortunately, he is indeed holding a real voodoo relic as he does so. HilarityEnsues as a vulture, monkeys and African tribesmen appear in the studio as soon as the lines referencing them are read. A thunderstorm even breaks out indoors. Through some very quick rewrites, Westbrook manages to avoid a plane crash, an elephant stampede and an earthquake but a FlyingSaucer crashes in the studio when the promo for the following week's episode is read by the announcer.
to:
** "Cold Reading": An egotistical old-time radio director named Nelson Westbrook rhetorically wishes that all the sound effects from his current jungle-adventure program ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'' came from something real. Unfortunately, he is indeed holding a real voodoo relic as he does so. HilarityEnsues as a vulture, monkeys and African tribesmen appear in the studio as soon as the lines referencing them are read.actors perform the script. A thunderstorm even breaks out indoors. Through some very quick rewrites, Westbrook manages to avoid a plane crash, an elephant stampede and an earthquake but a FlyingSaucer crashes in the studio when the promo for the following week's episode is read by the announcer.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* BigEntrance: In "Cold Reading", the LargeHam radio writer and director Nelson Westbrook arrives at the UBS Radio Center in an ambulance with the sirens blaring. As soon as the ambulance stops, he jumps out of the back of it without a moment's hesitation.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 330 (click to see context) from:
* InvisibleToNormals: In "Personal Demons", Rockne O'Bannon is the only person who can see the strange, hooded creatures that have following him everywhere that he goes and destroyed his car and apartment.
to:
* InvisibleToNormals: In "Personal Demons", Rockne O'Bannon is the only person who can see the strange, hooded creatures that have been following him everywhere that he goes and destroyed his car and apartment.
Changed line(s) 569 (click to see context) from:
* TimeStandsStill: In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet A Little Peace and Quiet]]", a stressed housewife named Penny finds a gold pendant shaped like a sundial. After wearing it for about a day, she discovers that it freezes time when she says "shut up" and resumes the normal flow of time when she says "start talking." However, it only works when she is wearing the pendant. She abuses this privilege for several days until [[spoiler:a nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union breaks out.[[labelnote:*]]It's never explicitly stated, but it's at this point that Penny realizes the true purpose of her amulet: Freezing time to get the government **officials together and forcing them to "start talking" about nuclear disarmament.[[/labelnote]]Penny is able to freeze time just seconds before her hometown is destroyed by a nuclear missile.]]
to:
* TimeStandsStill: In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet A Little Peace and Quiet]]", a stressed housewife named Penny finds a gold pendant shaped like a sundial. After wearing it for about a day, she discovers that it freezes time when she says "shut up" and resumes the normal flow of time when she says "start talking." However, it only works when she is wearing the pendant. She abuses this privilege for several days until [[spoiler:a nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union breaks out.[[labelnote:*]]It's never explicitly stated, but it's at this point that Penny realizes the true purpose of her amulet: Freezing time to get the government **officials officials together and forcing them to "start talking" about nuclear disarmament.[[/labelnote]]Penny is able to freeze time just seconds before her hometown is destroyed by a nuclear missile.]]
Changed line(s) 577 (click to see context) from:
* TomeOfEldritchLore: In "Gramma", Georgie finds the Necronomicon from which his grandmother, a powerful witch, derives her power. It contains several references to [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu and Yog-Sothoth]].
to:
* TomeOfEldritchLore: In "Gramma", Georgie finds the Necronomicon from which his grandmother, a powerful witch, derives gets her power. It contains several references to [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu and Yog-Sothoth]].
Changed line(s) 615 (click to see context) from:
** "Personal Demons" is one to "Literature/TheElvesAndTheCobbler". The hooded creatures appear to Rockne O'Bannon iso that he can cure his WritersBlock by writing a story about them.
to:
** "Personal Demons" is one to "Literature/TheElvesAndTheCobbler". The hooded creatures appear to Rockne O'Bannon iso so that he can cure his WritersBlock by writing a story about them.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
** In "Gramma", Dr. Arlinder's number is 555-3502.
* ActorAllusion: In "Personal Demons", Rockne O'Bannon wrote for ''Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse''. O'Bannon is played by Martin Balsam, who played Dr. Gillespie in the ''Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse'' episode "The Time Element". That episode served as the unofficial pilot of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''.
Changed line(s) 58 (click to see context) from:
* AffectionateParody: "A Day in Beaumont" is an affectionate parody of AlienInvasion films of UsefulNotes/TheFifties.
to:
* AffectionateParody: AffectionateParody:
** "Cold Reading" is an affectionate parody of Old-time Radio, which was popular in the United States from the 1930s to the early 1960s.
** "A Day in Beaumont" is an affectionate parody of AlienInvasion films of UsefulNotes/TheFifties.
** "Cold Reading" is an affectionate parody of Old-time Radio, which was popular in the United States from the 1930s to the early 1960s.
** "A Day in Beaumont" is an affectionate parody of AlienInvasion films of UsefulNotes/TheFifties.
Changed line(s) 69 (click to see context) from:
* 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.
to:
* TheAlcoholic: 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.
** In "Cold Reading", Milo Trent replaces Earl Sedgewick, who usually plays the title character's younger brother Timmy in ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'', as he has reportedly taken ill. The writer Nelson Westbrook's assistant Carla makes a drinking gesture to Milo, indicating that Sedgewick is too drunk to record his part.
** 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.
** In "Cold Reading", Milo Trent replaces Earl Sedgewick, who usually plays the title character's younger brother Timmy in ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'', as he has reportedly taken ill. The writer Nelson Westbrook's assistant Carla makes a drinking gesture to Milo, indicating that Sedgewick is too drunk to record his part.
Changed line(s) 91 (click to see context) from:
** "Personal Demons" tells the story of a writer named Rockne S. O'Bannon, dealing with a severe case of writer's block. It was written by... Rockne S. O'Bannon.
to:
** "Personal Demons" tells the story of a writer named Rockne S. O'Bannon, dealing with a severe case of writer's block. It was written by... Rockne S. O'Bannon. While the fictional O'Bannon was in his 60s and had been writing for 30 years, the real O'Bannon was only 31 when the episode was made.
* BadBadActing: In "Cold Reading", Jack Holland, who plays the title character in ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'', constantly struggles with his lines and the other actors have to cover for him as the series is broadcast live. He mispronounces words such as "azure" and "tut" on air. When his co-star Marilyn Cavendish, who plays Dick's GirlFriday Millicent, helps him with the pronunciation of the former, he breaks character and thanks her. Unlike both Marilyn and the novice actor Milo Trent, he is completely unable to improvise when the things mentioned in the script begin appearing in the studio.
Changed line(s) 101 (click to see context) from:
** "Cold Reading": An egotistical old-time radio director rhetorically wishes that all the sound effects from his current jungle-adventure program came from something real. Unfortunately, he is indeed holding a real voodoo relic as he does so. HilarityEnsues.
to:
** "Cold Reading": An egotistical old-time radio director named Nelson Westbrook rhetorically wishes that all the sound effects from his current jungle-adventure program ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'' came from something real. Unfortunately, he is indeed holding a real voodoo relic as he does so. HilarityEnsues.HilarityEnsues as a vulture, monkeys and African tribesmen appear in the studio as soon as the lines referencing them are read. A thunderstorm even breaks out indoors. Through some very quick rewrites, Westbrook manages to avoid a plane crash, an elephant stampede and an earthquake but a FlyingSaucer crashes in the studio when the promo for the following week's episode is read by the announcer.
* BlackMagic: In "Cold Reading", Sol acquired a real voodoo artifact for the radio writer and director Nelson Westbrook, who always insists on his dramas being as realistic as possible. Westbrook dismisses it as nothing but a dime store novelty. He then says that if he had one wish, it would be that every sound effect in his latest script for ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'' would come from something real. His wish comes true and [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor proves to be more than he bargained for]].
** All of "Gramma" takes place in Georgie's house.
* CrossCastRole: In "Gramma", Georgie's grandmother is played by Frederick Long.
Changed line(s) 228 (click to see context) from:
* EvilOldFolks: "Gramma", where a young boy has to spend a night watching over his monstrous bed-ridden witch-grandmother.
to:
* EvilOldFolks: In "Gramma", where a young boy named Georgie has to spend a night watching over his monstrous bed-ridden witch-grandmother.
* {{Expy}}: In "Cold Reading", the UBS radio adventure series ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'' is based on ''Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy'', which ran on Creator/{{CBS}} and later Creator/{{NBC}} and Creator/{{ABC}} [[LongRunners from 1933 to 1951]]. In the final scene, it is mentioned that next week's episode will pit Dick Noble against [[AlienInvasion invaders]] from UsefulNotes/{{Mars}}, a reference to Creator/OrsonWelles' 1938 [[Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds radio adaptation]] of ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds''.
Changed line(s) 247 (click to see context) from:
* FictionalCounterpart: In "Wish Bank", the Department of Magical Venues, an infuriating VastBureaucracy, is a {{Parody}} of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
to:
* FictionalCounterpart: FictionalCounterpart:
** In "Wish Bank", the Department of Magical Venues, an infuriating VastBureaucracy, is a {{Parody}} of the Department of MotorVehicles.Vehicles.
** In "Cold Reading", there are two. ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'' is broadcast on the radio network Unified Broadcasting System (UBS), a reference to [[Creator/{{CBS}} Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)]] which broadcast ''The Twilight Zone''. ''Dick Noble'' is sponsored by the cereal Krisp-O-Meal, which is based on Corn Flakes.
** In "Wish Bank", the Department of Magical Venues, an infuriating VastBureaucracy, is a {{Parody}} of the Department of Motor
** In "Cold Reading", there are two. ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'' is broadcast on the radio network Unified Broadcasting System (UBS), a reference to [[Creator/{{CBS}} Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)]] which broadcast ''The Twilight Zone''. ''Dick Noble'' is sponsored by the cereal Krisp-O-Meal, which is based on Corn Flakes.
* FlyingSaucer: In the final scene of "Cold Reading", Nelson Westbrook and the cast of ''Dick Noble, African Explorer'' believe nothing else will materialize in their radio studio as they have reached the end of the script. However, the announcer reads out a promo for the following week's episode in which Dick Noble fights [[AlienInvasion invaders from Mars]]. A flying saucer immediately crashes into the studio.
Changed line(s) 254 (click to see context) from:
* FromBadToWorse: The situation in the radio studio in "Cold Reading" as all the jungle-themed adventure-show perils come to actual life; the director has to desperately re-write the show while in progress to head off even worse disasters, including an elephant stampede, an earthquake and a plane crash.
to:
* FromBadToWorse: The situation in the radio studio in "Cold Reading" as all the jungle-themed adventure-show perils come to actual life; the director Nelson Westbrook has to desperately re-write the show while in progress to head off even worse disasters, including an elephant stampede, an earthquake and a plane crash.
Changed line(s) 274 (click to see context) from:
* GrandTheftMe: "Gramma", where a young boy has his body stolen by his monstrous bed-ridden witch-grandmother.
to:
* GrandTheftMe: In "Gramma", where a young boy named Georgie has his body stolen by his monstrous bed-ridden witch-grandmother.
* GripingAboutGremlins: In "Personal Demons", Rockne O'Bannon sees strange, hooded creatures all around him but can't convince his agent Brian, his friend Herman Gold or anyone else of their existence because they're InvisibleToNormals.
* InnerMonologue: In "Gramma", Georgie's inner monologue is heard throughout the episode.
* InvisibleToNormals: In "Personal Demons", Rockne O'Bannon is the only person who can see the strange, hooded creatures that have following him everywhere that he goes and destroyed his car and apartment.
** Barret Oliver, Darlanne Fluegel and Frederick Long are the only actors to appear on screen in "Gramma". For the majority of the running time, Oliver is by himself.
** In "Gramma", the title character is never named.
* PlayingWithFire: In "Gramma", it is mentioned that the title character used her powers to burn down several of her neighbors' houses.
Changed line(s) 455 (click to see context) from:
* RedEyesTakeWarning: In "I of Newton", the demon reveals his red eyes to Sam when he removes his sunglasses.
to:
* RedEyesTakeWarning: RedEyesTakeWarning:
** In "I of Newton", the demon reveals his red eyes to Sam when he removes hissunglasses.sunglasses.
** In "Gramma", the title character, an extremely powerful witch, has glowing red eyes. Her grandson Georgie is even more terrified of her than he was before when he sees them. After Gramma [[GrandTheftMe takes over Georgie's body]], he exhibits the same red eyes.
** In "I of Newton", the demon reveals his red eyes to Sam when he removes his
** In "Gramma", the title character, an extremely powerful witch, has glowing red eyes. Her grandson Georgie is even more terrified of her than he was before when he sees them. After Gramma [[GrandTheftMe takes over Georgie's body]], he exhibits the same red eyes.
** In "Gramma", there are several to the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. Georgie finds the Necronomicon from which his grandmother derives her powers. It mentions Cthulhu (which Georgie thinks is a dumb name) and Yog-Sothoth.
** In "Personal Demons", Rockne O'Bannon has written for such shows as ''Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse'', ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}'', ''Series/SWAT1975'' and ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard''.
** In "Personal Demons", Rockne O'Bannon has written for such shows as ''Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse'', ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}'', ''Series/SWAT1975'' and ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard''.
Changed line(s) 545 (click to see context) from:
* TimeStandsStill: In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet A Little Peace and Quiet]]", a stressed housewife named Penny finds a gold pendant shaped like a sundial. After wearing it for about a day, she discovers that it freezes time when she says "shut up" and resumes the normal flow of time when she says "start talking." However, it only works when she is wearing the pendant. She abuses this privilege for several days until [[spoiler:a nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union breaks out.[[labelnote:*]]It's never explicitly stated, but it's at this point that Penny realizes the true purpose of her amulet: Freezing time to get the government officials together and forcing them to "start talking" about nuclear disarmament.[[/labelnote]]Penny is able to freeze time just seconds before her hometown is destroyed by a nuclear missile.]]
to:
* TimeStandsStill: In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E1ShatterdayALittlePeaceAndQuiet A Little Peace and Quiet]]", a stressed housewife named Penny finds a gold pendant shaped like a sundial. After wearing it for about a day, she discovers that it freezes time when she says "shut up" and resumes the normal flow of time when she says "start talking." However, it only works when she is wearing the pendant. She abuses this privilege for several days until [[spoiler:a nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union breaks out.[[labelnote:*]]It's never explicitly stated, but it's at this point that Penny realizes the true purpose of her amulet: Freezing time to get the government officials **officials together and forcing them to "start talking" about nuclear disarmament.[[/labelnote]]Penny is able to freeze time just seconds before her hometown is destroyed by a nuclear missile.]]
* TomeOfEldritchLore: In "Gramma", Georgie finds the Necronomicon from which his grandmother, a powerful witch, derives her power. It contains several references to [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu and Yog-Sothoth]].
** In "Cold Reading", there is a sign for Crocker Bank. James Crocker was the series' supervising producer and wrote five episodes.
Changed line(s) 587 (click to see context) from:
* 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.
to:
* WholePlotReference: 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 seesher.her.
** "Personal Demons" is one to "Literature/TheElvesAndTheCobbler". The hooded creatures appear to Rockne O'Bannon iso that he can cure his WritersBlock by writing a story about them.
** "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
** "Personal Demons" is one to "Literature/TheElvesAndTheCobbler". The hooded creatures appear to Rockne O'Bannon iso that he can cure his WritersBlock by writing a story about them.
Added DiffLines:
* WritersBlock: In "Personal Demons", the veteran television writer Rockne O'Bannon is suffering from severe writer's block. He admits to his friend and neighbor Herman Gold that he has not had an original idea in 20 years. Shortly afterwards, he begins seeing strange, hooded creatures everywhere he goes [[InvisibleToNormals that no one else can see]]. When he finally confronts them, they tell Rockne to write about them and he will never see them again. As soon as he starts typing, they begin to disappear.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* AfterTheEnd: In "Quarantine", Matthew Foreman is awakened from [[HumanPopsicle suspended animation]] in 2347, 304 years after a [[WorldWarIII devastating nuclear war]] wiped out 80% of the world's population.
