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* PaperThinDisguise: George Eliot wants to appear male, and plans to achieve the goal by using a WigDressAccent setup, a persona that's ''oozing'' with bro stereotypes and heavy heaps of SuspiciouslySpecificDenial. Literally ''no one'' is fooled.
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* PaperThinDisguise: George Eliot wants to appear male, and plans to achieve the goal by using a WigDressAccent setup, a persona that's ''oozing'' with bro stereotypes and heavy heaps of SuspiciouslySpecificDenial. Literally ''no one'' is fooled. fooled except for Ernest Hemingway.
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* PoeticSerialKiller: [[spoiler: Most of the authors are murdered in a way that references their work: Mary Shelley by electrocution, Dostoyevsky by axe, Agatha Christie with [[Literature/AndThenThereWereNone 10 stabs from an Indian blade]], and Emily Dickinson "crushed by the feather of loneliness." Subverted by the murders of Louisa May Alcott (whose coughing fit turned out to be unrelated to her death) and George Elliot (who was mistaken for Oscar Wilde).]]
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adorkable cleanup, now it's YMMV. removing misuse and ZCE, and moving appropriate examples to YMMV
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Together, they will invite/kidnap Poe's large circle of famous literary acquaintances in order to dazzle her with his connections and sophistication, thus making Eddie "look like a disfigured orphan who kills small animals for fun". To justify the party, Poe crafts a gothic murder mystery complete with roleplay, imaginary clues and lights that go off before each "victim" is murdered. That fateful evening, a colorful cast assembles: [[ShrinkingViolet Emily Dickinson]], [[MemeticBadass Ernest Hemingway]], [[TheComicallySerious Mary]] [[CreepyAwesome Shelley]], [[GranolaGirl Louisa May Alcott]], [[AgentPeacock Oscar]] [[HeroicComedicSociopath Wilde]], [[PaperThinDisguise George]] [[SamusIsAGirl Eliot]], [[RichBitch Charlotte]] [[ControlFreak Brontë]], [[TheAlcoholic Fyodor]] [[FunnyForeigner Dostoevsky]], [[{{Adorkable}} H. G.]] [[MadScientist Wells]] and [[GenreSavvy Agatha Christie]].
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Together, they will invite/kidnap Poe's large circle of famous literary acquaintances in order to dazzle her with his connections and sophistication, thus making Eddie "look like a disfigured orphan who kills small animals for fun". To justify the party, Poe crafts a gothic murder mystery complete with roleplay, imaginary clues and lights that go off before each "victim" is murdered. That fateful evening, a colorful cast assembles: [[ShrinkingViolet Emily Dickinson]], [[MemeticBadass Ernest Hemingway]], [[TheComicallySerious Mary]] [[CreepyAwesome Shelley]], [[GranolaGirl Louisa May Alcott]], [[AgentPeacock Oscar]] [[HeroicComedicSociopath Wilde]], [[PaperThinDisguise George]] [[SamusIsAGirl Eliot]], [[RichBitch Charlotte]] [[ControlFreak Brontë]], [[TheAlcoholic Fyodor]] [[FunnyForeigner Dostoevsky]], [[{{Adorkable}} H. G.]] [[MadScientist H.G. Wells]] and [[GenreSavvy Agatha Christie]].
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** H.G. Wells is imagined as an {{Adorkable}} ShrinkingViolet nerd simply because he wrote science fiction, while in RealLife he was a brazen womanizer who almost defined the KavorkaMan.
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** H.G. Wells is imagined as an {{Adorkable}} a ShrinkingViolet nerd simply because he wrote science fiction, while in RealLife he was a brazen womanizer who almost defined the KavorkaMan.
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** [[spoiler:Eddie Dantes reveals himself to be the great-grandson of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. The earl's great-grandchildren were generally born in the mid-17th century.]]
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* RedHerring: The name of this trope is lampshaded with Lenore's "red herring soup" (herring cooked in a red pepper and garlic sauce) which multiple times becomes involved in the plot as a way to draw suspicion that immediately turns out to be unfounded:
** Eddie is the first person to take a sip of the soup and collapses immediately afterwards, although H.G. Wells goes on to then dunk his whole face in the soup without ill effect.
** Emily Dickinson is the only person left unchaperoned when the group splits up into pairs (because of the PerceptionFilter surrounding her) and is skulking suspiciously through the kitchen afterwards, but it turns out it was only to taste the soup herself (which she finds to be pretty good).
** Finally [[RuleOfThree just to put a final button on this joke]] in the second-to-last episode Charlotte Brontë screams in terror at Ernest Hemingway brandishing his knife dripping with what she claims is blood, but it turns out it's just because he dropped it in a bowl of soup just before she came in.
** [[spoiler: In a less literal sense of "red herring", Ernest Hemingway seems to have been deliberately set up as one -- it's almost ''too'' obvious he's the killer, with his constant threats of violence, a lingering TraitorShot of him looking very shifty as he's the last one who stays behind when everyone else leaves the vault of corpses, and the fact that he's an obvious {{Foil}} to Poe and rival for Annabel Lee's affections. Indeed, toward the end it feels like Ernest being the killer despite the obviousness of it is a deliberate {{Untwist}}, until it's a ''double''-{{Untwist}} and he's both actually innocent and one of the last survivors.]]
** Eddie is the first person to take a sip of the soup and collapses immediately afterwards, although H.G. Wells goes on to then dunk his whole face in the soup without ill effect.
** Emily Dickinson is the only person left unchaperoned when the group splits up into pairs (because of the PerceptionFilter surrounding her) and is skulking suspiciously through the kitchen afterwards, but it turns out it was only to taste the soup herself (which she finds to be pretty good).
** Finally [[RuleOfThree just to put a final button on this joke]] in the second-to-last episode Charlotte Brontë screams in terror at Ernest Hemingway brandishing his knife dripping with what she claims is blood, but it turns out it's just because he dropped it in a bowl of soup just before she came in.
** [[spoiler: In a less literal sense of "red herring", Ernest Hemingway seems to have been deliberately set up as one -- it's almost ''too'' obvious he's the killer, with his constant threats of violence, a lingering TraitorShot of him looking very shifty as he's the last one who stays behind when everyone else leaves the vault of corpses, and the fact that he's an obvious {{Foil}} to Poe and rival for Annabel Lee's affections. Indeed, toward the end it feels like Ernest being the killer despite the obviousness of it is a deliberate {{Untwist}}, until it's a ''double''-{{Untwist}} and he's both actually innocent and one of the last survivors.]]
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** The biggest outlier is Hemingway -- all the other writers are from the 19th century while Hemingway was born in 1899 and his most famous writing was about World War I. (Agatha Christie is also from the 20th century but she turns out to be a case of [[spoiler: WeHardlyKnewYe.]])
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** The biggest outlier is Hemingway -- all the other writers are from the 19th century century, while Hemingway was born in 1899 and his most famous writing was about World War I. (Agatha Christie is also from the 20th century century, but she turns out to be a case of [[spoiler: WeHardlyKnewYe.]])
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--> You seem to have me confused with some sort of damsel. I understand, I have very soft skin. Now, show me to the billiard room ... or a voting booth !
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--> You seem to have me confused with some sort of damsel. I understand, I have very soft skin. Now, show me to the billiard room ... or a voting booth ! booth!
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* TwoDunIt: [[spoiler: It turns out Charlotte Brontë was the murderer after all, despite spending half the story tied to a chair after being accused of Dostoevsky's murder, because she had an accomplice in the form of her sister Anne. Then after it's pointed out this still doesn't explain the simultaneous deaths of Agatha Christie and George Eliot while Charlotte was still incapacitated, it's revealed they were ''both'' accomplices to the real mastermind ... [[FakingTheDead Eddie Dantes]].]]
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* TwoDunIt: [[spoiler: It turns out Charlotte Brontë was the murderer after all, despite spending half the story being tied to a chair during two of the murders after being accused of Dostoevsky's murder, killing Dostoevsky, because she had an accomplice in the form of her sister Anne. Then after it's pointed out this still doesn't explain the simultaneous deaths of Agatha Christie and George Eliot while Charlotte was still incapacitated, it's revealed they were ''both'' accomplices to the real mastermind ... [[FakingTheDead Eddie Dantes]].]]
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** Special mention has to be given to [[spoiler: Anne Brontë, who knocks Oscar out with her fists, but instead of taking the gun from him and properly finish him off she just leaves him there and walks towards her sister.]]
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** Special mention has to be given to [[spoiler: Anne Brontë, who knocks Oscar out with her fists, but instead of taking the gun from him and properly finish finishing him off off, she just leaves him there and walks towards her sister.]]
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** Ernest Hemingway as well. In Chapter 8 he [[HammerSpace pulls a]] ''[[HammerSpace pint]]'' [[HammerSpace out of his jacket!]]
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** Ernest Hemingway as well. In Chapter 8 8, he [[HammerSpace pulls a]] ''[[HammerSpace pint]]'' [[HammerSpace out of his jacket!]]
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Together, they will invite/kidnap Poe's large circle of famous literary acquaintances in order to dazzle her with his connections and sophistication, thus making Eddie "look like a disfigured orphan that kills animals for fun". To justify the party, Poe crafts a gothic murder mystery complete with roleplay, imaginary clues and lights that go off before each "victim" is murdered. That fateful evening, a colorful cast assembles: [[ShrinkingViolet Emily Dickinson]], [[MemeticBadass Ernest Hemingway]], [[TheComicallySerious Mary]] [[CreepyAwesome Shelley]], [[GranolaGirl Louisa May Alcott]], [[AgentPeacock Oscar]] [[HeroicComedicSociopath Wilde]], [[PaperThinDisguise George]] [[SamusIsAGirl Eliot]], [[RichBitch Charlotte]] [[ControlFreak Brontë]], [[TheAlcoholic Fyodor]] [[FunnyForeigner Dostoevsky]], [[{{Adorkable}} H. G.]] [[MadScientist Wells]] and [[GenreSavvy Agatha Christie]].
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Together, they will invite/kidnap Poe's large circle of famous literary acquaintances in order to dazzle her with his connections and sophistication, thus making Eddie "look like a disfigured orphan that who kills small animals for fun". To justify the party, Poe crafts a gothic murder mystery complete with roleplay, imaginary clues and lights that go off before each "victim" is murdered. That fateful evening, a colorful cast assembles: [[ShrinkingViolet Emily Dickinson]], [[MemeticBadass Ernest Hemingway]], [[TheComicallySerious Mary]] [[CreepyAwesome Shelley]], [[GranolaGirl Louisa May Alcott]], [[AgentPeacock Oscar]] [[HeroicComedicSociopath Wilde]], [[PaperThinDisguise George]] [[SamusIsAGirl Eliot]], [[RichBitch Charlotte]] [[ControlFreak Brontë]], [[TheAlcoholic Fyodor]] [[FunnyForeigner Dostoevsky]], [[{{Adorkable}} H. G.]] [[MadScientist Wells]] and [[GenreSavvy Agatha Christie]].
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** If we're using the Brontës to try to impose a chronology on this show it's worth noting that their brother Branwell died ''before'' Emily, making the scene where Charlotte and Anne [[spoiler: kill Jane Austen to prevent her from revealing his philandering]] even more impossible than it was.
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** If we're using the Brontës to try to impose a chronology on this show show, it's worth noting that their brother Branwell died ''before'' Emily, making the scene where Charlotte and Anne [[spoiler: kill Jane Austen to prevent her from revealing his philandering]] even more impossible than it was.
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-->'''Constable Jim''': We found this on the passenger seat of her car...
-->'''Edgar''' : What's a "car"?[[note]]This is ArtisticLicenseHistory itself, since during his lifetime Poe would've understood a "car" to mean a horse-drawn carriage.[[/note]]
-->'''Edgar''' : What's a "car"?[[note]]This is ArtisticLicenseHistory itself, since during his lifetime Poe would've understood a "car" to mean a horse-drawn carriage.[[/note]]
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-->'''Constable Jim''': Jim:''' We found this on the passenger seat of her car...
-->'''Edgar''' : -->'''Edgar:''' What's a "car"?[[note]]This is ArtisticLicenseHistory itself, since during his lifetime Poe would've understood a "car" to mean a horse-drawn carriage.[[/note]]
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-->'''Charlotte:''' Ugh, she sounds ''poor'' ! Did you write this ? Is this going to take very long ?
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The killers are caught and punished, but most of the cast is dead. The epilogue has Annabel and H.G. return as ghosts, opening the door for them reuniting with Edgar and Lenore, respectively.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The killers are caught and punished, but most of the cast is dead. The epilogue has Annabel and H.G. return as ghosts, opening the door for them reuniting with Edgar and Lenore, respectively.]]
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-->'''Charlotte:''' Ugh, she sounds ''poor'' ! ''poor''! Did you write this ? this? Is this going to take very long ?
long?
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The killers are caught and punished, but most of the cast is dead.The However, the epilogue has Annabel and H.G. return as ghosts, opening the door for them reuniting with Edgar and Lenore, respectively.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The killers are caught and punished, but most of the cast is dead.
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-->'''Oscar:''' Feeling lonely? Make some new ghost friends!
* CampGay: Oscar Wilde
* CampGay: Oscar Wilde
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-->'''Oscar:''' Feeling lonely? Make some new ghost friends!
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* CampGay: OscarWildeWilde.
* CampGay: Oscar
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** The ''actual'' ChekhovsGun turns out to be the "pet rock" Edgar gave Annabel [[spoiler: and then retrieves from her corpse]] as a TragicKeepsake, which he then uses to [[spoiler: kill Dantes in self-defense]].
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** The ''actual'' ChekhovsGun turns out to be the "pet rock" Edgar once gave to Annabel as a birthday present [[spoiler: and then retrieves from her corpse]] corpse as a TragicKeepsake, TragicKeepsake]], which he then uses to [[spoiler: kill Dantes in self-defense]].
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** Charlotte Brontë corrects him: they're supposed to wait out turns to stick their head in the soup.
** George Eliot imagines that this is the beginning of a game -- investigating the nature of the soup.
** George Eliot imagines that this is the beginning of a game -- investigating the nature of the soup.
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** Charlotte Brontë corrects him: they're supposed to wait out their turns to stick their head heads in the soup.
** George Eliot imagines that this is the beginning ofa the game -- investigating the nature of the soup.
** George Eliot imagines that this is the beginning of
-->'''Hemingway:''' Who benefited the most from killing ... ''(picks up Eddie's character card)'' "Virgil, the foul-smelling orangutan"?
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* CrazyJealousGuy: Poe loses no time in being disagreeable to Eddie, and has . . . ''interesting'' ideas about table plans.
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* CrazyJealousGuy: Poe loses no time in being disagreeable to Eddie, and has . . .has ... ''interesting'' ideas about table plans.
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** Emily Dickinson knocks and politely introduces herself, admitting she doesn't leave her room much. Edgar and Lenore barely notice.
** Louisa May Alcott brought weeds for her dish. "You can eat anything if you're desperate enough."
** Louisa May Alcott brought weeds for her dish. "You can eat anything if you're desperate enough."
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** Emily Dickinson knocks and politely introduces herself, admitting she doesn't leave her room much. Edgar and Lenore barely notice.
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** Louisa May Alcott brought weeds for her dish."You "You'll find you can eat anything if you're desperate hungry enough."
** Louisa May Alcott brought weeds for her dish.
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* InformalEulogy: Mary Shelly delivers one after the authors find Louisa May Alcott dead.
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* InformalEulogy: Mary Shelly Shelley delivers one after the authors find Louisa May Alcott dead.
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* {{Pun}}: Poe tries to make one on ''Frankenstein'', as an ice-breaker upon meeting Mary Shelley. She seems unimpressed, but this turns out to be a SubvertedTrope, as she quickly tries to join in the fun with her own joke, to similar (''lame'') results.
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* {{Pun}}: Poe tries to make one on ''Frankenstein'', as an ice-breaker upon meeting Mary Shelley. She seems unimpressed, but this turns out to be a SubvertedTrope, as she then quickly tries to join in the fun with her own joke, to similar (''lame'') results.
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* VillainBall: After the killers are revealed, they proceed to explain how they killed everyone, what they are going to do next and how why they did it in the first place. They also do quite a bit of EvilGloating, which provokes Poe into attacking them.
** Special mention hast to be given to [[spoiler: Anne Brontë, who knocks Oscar out with her fists, but instead of taking the gun from him and properly finish him off she just leaves him there and walks towards her sister.]]
** Special mention hast to be given to [[spoiler: Anne Brontë, who knocks Oscar out with her fists, but instead of taking the gun from him and properly finish him off she just leaves him there and walks towards her sister.]]
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* VillainBall: After the killers are revealed, they proceed to explain how they killed everyone, what they are going to do next and how why they did it in the first place. They also do quite a bit of EvilGloating, which provokes Poe into attacking them.
** Special mentionhast has to be given to [[spoiler: Anne Brontë, who knocks Oscar out with her fists, but instead of taking the gun from him and properly finish him off she just leaves him there and walks towards her sister.]]
** Special mention
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* HammerSpace: Comes and goes as per RuleofFunny. In Chapter 3, H.G. Wells produces [[StringTheory a poster board, stand, and relevant photographs]] offscreen; in Chapter 8, Hemingway pulls [[TheAlcoholic a pint of beer]] out of his jacket. Lampshaded both times, as other characters ask where those items came from. Also, Oscar Wilde always has a change of clothes for every occasion.
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* HammerSpace: Comes and goes as per RuleofFunny.RuleOfFunny. In Chapter 3, H.G. Wells produces [[StringTheory a poster board, stand, and relevant photographs]] offscreen; in Chapter 8, Hemingway pulls [[TheAlcoholic a pint of beer]] out of his jacket. Lampshaded both times, as other characters ask where those items came from. Also, Oscar Wilde always has a change of clothes for every occasion.
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* OverlyLongTitle: The full name of the show, and of the in-universe event, is "Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Invite Only Casual Dinner Party / Gala For Friends Potluck". As a result most fans just call it [[FanNickname Poe Party]]. The original [[https://youtu.be/LLkG7nbl0x8 announcement video]] shows that Poe keeps adding extra words to the invitation despite Lenore's objections.
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* OverlyLongTitle: The full name of the show, and of the in-universe event, is "Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Invite Only Casual Dinner Party / Gala For Friends Potluck". As a result result, most fans just call it [[FanNickname Poe Party]]. The original [[https://youtu.be/LLkG7nbl0x8 announcement video]] shows that Poe keeps adding extra words to the invitation despite Lenore's objections.
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* TenLittleMurderVictims: The primary plot. Edgar Allan Poe invites fellow famous writers to his home, offering them with a fake murder mystery that soon turns all too real. The guests even include Agatha Christie, who runs suspiciously late and misses the first murder [[spoiler:and when she arrives in episode 5, she has also been murdered, with a knife in her back]].
* TwoDunIt: [[spoiler: It turns out Charlotte Brontë was the murderer after all, despite spending half the story tied to a chair after being accused of Dostoevsky's murder, because she had an accomplice in the form of her sister Anne. Then after it's pointed out this still doesn't explain the simultaneous deaths of Agatha Christie and George Eliot while Charlotte was still incapacitated, it's revealed they were ''both'' accomplices to the real mastermind... [[FakingTheDead Eddie Dantes]].]]
* TwoDunIt: [[spoiler: It turns out Charlotte Brontë was the murderer after all, despite spending half the story tied to a chair after being accused of Dostoevsky's murder, because she had an accomplice in the form of her sister Anne. Then after it's pointed out this still doesn't explain the simultaneous deaths of Agatha Christie and George Eliot while Charlotte was still incapacitated, it's revealed they were ''both'' accomplices to the real mastermind... [[FakingTheDead Eddie Dantes]].]]
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* TenLittleMurderVictims: The primary plot. Edgar Allan Poe invites fellow famous writers to his home, offering them with a fake murder mystery that soon turns all too real. The guests even include Agatha Christie, who runs suspiciously late and misses the first murder murder, [[spoiler:and when she arrives in episode 5, she has also been murdered, with a knife in her back]].
* TwoDunIt: [[spoiler: It turns out Charlotte Brontë was the murderer after all, despite spending half the story tied to a chair after being accused of Dostoevsky's murder, because she had an accomplice in the form of her sister Anne. Then after it's pointed out this still doesn't explain the simultaneous deaths of Agatha Christie and George Eliot while Charlotte was still incapacitated, it's revealed they were ''both'' accomplices to the realmastermind...mastermind ... [[FakingTheDead Eddie Dantes]].]]
* TwoDunIt: [[spoiler: It turns out Charlotte Brontë was the murderer after all, despite spending half the story tied to a chair after being accused of Dostoevsky's murder, because she had an accomplice in the form of her sister Anne. Then after it's pointed out this still doesn't explain the simultaneous deaths of Agatha Christie and George Eliot while Charlotte was still incapacitated, it's revealed they were ''both'' accomplices to the real
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* YouMeddlingKids: [[spoiler: Anne Brontë]] drops one of these at the end, blaming the evil plan's failure on [[spoiler: Annabel Lee]], although [[spoiler: her sister Charlotte]] disagrees and blames it on [[spoiler: [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Jane Austen]]]] .
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* YouMeddlingKids: [[spoiler: Anne Brontë]] drops one of these at the end, blaming the evil plan's failure on [[spoiler: Annabel Lee]], although [[spoiler: her sister Charlotte]] disagrees and blames it on [[spoiler: [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Jane Austen]]]] .Austen]]]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The killers are caught and punished, but most of the cast is dead. The epilogue has Annabel and H.G. return as ghosts, opening the door for them reuniting with Edgar and Lenore respectively.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The killers are caught and punished, but most of the cast is dead. The epilogue has Annabel and H.G. return as ghosts, opening the door for them reuniting with Edgar and Lenore Lenore, respectively.]]
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Oscar Wilde after [[spoiler: defeating the Brontë sisters]] with the Wells microwave all the while having a ''gun'' safely tucked in his jacket. He takes a look at it, looks at the camera and declares: "In hindsight I really should have just used this gun!"
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Oscar Wilde after [[spoiler: defeating the Brontë sisters]] with the Wells microwave all the while having a ''gun'' safely tucked in his jacket. He takes a look at it, looks at the camera camera, and declares: "In hindsight hindsight, I really should have just used this gun!"
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* CannotConveySarcasm: In the first episode, Mary Shelley makes the lamest joke possible about her own novel. Through a combination of the joke's stupidity and her dead serious delivery, everyone present misses it or charitably prétends they did.
* CastingGag: Episode 11 reveals [[spoiler: Laura Spencer as Jane Austen, referencing her role as Jane in ''WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries'']]. This is especially noteworthy as she is acting alongside fellow stars Ashley Clements and Mary Kate Wiles
* CastingGag: Episode 11 reveals [[spoiler: Laura Spencer as Jane Austen, referencing her role as Jane in ''WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries'']]. This is especially noteworthy as she is acting alongside fellow stars Ashley Clements and Mary Kate Wiles
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* CannotConveySarcasm: In the first episode, Mary Shelley makes the lamest joke possible about her own novel. Through a combination of the joke's stupidity and her dead serious delivery, everyone present either misses it or charitably prétends pretends they did.
* CastingGag: Episode 11 reveals [[spoiler: Laura Spencer as Jane Austen, referencing her role as Jane in ''WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries'']]. This is especially noteworthy as she is acting alongside fellow stars Ashley Clements and Mary KateWilesWiles.
* CastingGag: Episode 11 reveals [[spoiler: Laura Spencer as Jane Austen, referencing her role as Jane in ''WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries'']]. This is especially noteworthy as she is acting alongside fellow stars Ashley Clements and Mary Kate
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* ChekhovsGun: Literally. In Chapter 11, [[spoiler: Charlotte wields a gun given to her by her lover, Anton Chekhov]]. It's a subversion though, as it has never been established before and when it's fired goes off harmlessly into the ceiling. (Although note that this is also true of the TropeNamer in Theatre/UncleVanya.)
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* ChekhovsGun: Literally. In Chapter 11, [[spoiler: Charlotte wields a gun given to her by her lover, Anton Chekhov]]. It's a subversion subversion, though, as it has never been established before and when it's fired fired, goes off harmlessly into the ceiling. (Although note that this is also true of the TropeNamer in Theatre/UncleVanya.)
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When [[spoiler:Eddie]] is found dead, head plunged in his plate of soup, EVERYONE gets their turn at completely misunderstanding the situation as Poe desperately tries to state that ThisIsReality. Has to be expected for writers.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When [[spoiler:Eddie]] is found dead, head plunged in his plate of soup, EVERYONE ''everyone'' gets their turn at completely misunderstanding the situation as Poe desperately tries to state that ThisIsReality. Has to be expected for writers.
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** George Eliot imagines that this is the beginning of a game… investigating the nature of the soup.
** Louisa May Alcott understands that they should rather investigate the murder… for the murder mystery game. She then proceeds to read her character card, and wait untill this somehow solves the murder mystery.
** Ernest Hemingway thinks everyone has gone mad… the murder mystery game must be solved logically, looking for the motive of the murder.
* ControlFreak: Charlotte Brontë quickly takes control of her character card and makes ''a few'' changes. Has to be expected from a fellow succesful author.
* CostumePorn: One of the main draws of this production, aside from the comedy, along with SceneryPorn (the show was filmed in a gorgeous century home) and even a little FoodPorn (too bad [[ForgetsToEat nobody eats]] the delicious looking roast Lenore made in the first episode opening titles once the murders start).
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Made fun of with Literature/{{Frankenstein}}. Oscar Wilde quotes the SignatureLine [[LargeHam "It's ALIVE!]] when Mary Shelley is [[spoiler: electrocuted]] -- both of these are from [[Film/Frankenstein1931 the movie]] and not her book. Later on he and George Eliot get embroiled in a SeinfeldianConversation over the famous IAmNotShazam dispute over the name of Frankenstein's monster (Eliot corrects Wilde that the monster was not named "Frankenstein" and thinks it might have instead been named "Karen").
* CrazyJealousGuy: Poe loses no time in being disagreeable to Eddie, and has interesting ideas about table plans…
** Louisa May Alcott understands that they should rather investigate the murder… for the murder mystery game. She then proceeds to read her character card, and wait untill this somehow solves the murder mystery.
** Ernest Hemingway thinks everyone has gone mad… the murder mystery game must be solved logically, looking for the motive of the murder.
* ControlFreak: Charlotte Brontë quickly takes control of her character card and makes ''a few'' changes. Has to be expected from a fellow succesful author.
* CostumePorn: One of the main draws of this production, aside from the comedy, along with SceneryPorn (the show was filmed in a gorgeous century home) and even a little FoodPorn (too bad [[ForgetsToEat nobody eats]] the delicious looking roast Lenore made in the first episode opening titles once the murders start).
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Made fun of with Literature/{{Frankenstein}}. Oscar Wilde quotes the SignatureLine [[LargeHam "It's ALIVE!]] when Mary Shelley is [[spoiler: electrocuted]] -- both of these are from [[Film/Frankenstein1931 the movie]] and not her book. Later on he and George Eliot get embroiled in a SeinfeldianConversation over the famous IAmNotShazam dispute over the name of Frankenstein's monster (Eliot corrects Wilde that the monster was not named "Frankenstein" and thinks it might have instead been named "Karen").
* CrazyJealousGuy: Poe loses no time in being disagreeable to Eddie, and has interesting ideas about table plans…
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** George Eliot imagines that this is the beginning of a game… game -- investigating the nature of the soup.
** Louisa May Alcott understands that they should rather investigate themurder… murder -- for the murder mystery game. She then proceeds to read her character card, card and wait untill until this somehow solves the murder mystery.
** Ernest Hemingway thinks everyone has gonemad… mad -- the murder mystery game must be solved logically, looking for the motive of the murder.
* ControlFreak: Charlotte Brontë quickly takes control of her character card and makes ''a few'' changes. Has to be expected from a fellowsuccesful successful author.
* CostumePorn: One of the main draws of this production, aside from the comedy, along with SceneryPorn (the show was filmed in a gorgeous century home) and even a little FoodPorn (too bad [[ForgetsToEat nobody eats]] thedelicious looking delicious-looking roast Lenore made in the first episode opening titles once the murders start).
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Made fun of with Literature/{{Frankenstein}}. Oscar Wilde quotes the SignatureLine [[LargeHam "It's ALIVE!]] when Mary Shelley is [[spoiler: electrocuted]] -- both of these are from [[Film/Frankenstein1931 the movie]] and not her book. Lateron on, he and George Eliot get embroiled in a SeinfeldianConversation over the famous IAmNotShazam dispute over the name of Frankenstein's monster (Eliot corrects Wilde that the monster was not named "Frankenstein" and thinks it might have instead been named "Karen").
* CrazyJealousGuy: Poe loses no time in being disagreeable to Eddie, andhas interesting has . . . ''interesting'' ideas about table plans…plans.
** Louisa May Alcott understands that they should rather investigate the
** Ernest Hemingway thinks everyone has gone
* ControlFreak: Charlotte Brontë quickly takes control of her character card and makes ''a few'' changes. Has to be expected from a fellow
* CostumePorn: One of the main draws of this production, aside from the comedy, along with SceneryPorn (the show was filmed in a gorgeous century home) and even a little FoodPorn (too bad [[ForgetsToEat nobody eats]] the
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Made fun of with Literature/{{Frankenstein}}. Oscar Wilde quotes the SignatureLine [[LargeHam "It's ALIVE!]] when Mary Shelley is [[spoiler: electrocuted]] -- both of these are from [[Film/Frankenstein1931 the movie]] and not her book. Later
* CrazyJealousGuy: Poe loses no time in being disagreeable to Eddie, and
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** The end credits show each actor's name superimposed over a picture of the real historical figure they were playing. Notable because in some cases cases, this had to be fudged -- Guy de Vere, Lenore and Annabel Lee are shown using illustrations of the fictional characters from the real poems, Krishanti is portrayed as the [[TarotMotifs Tarot card The High Priestess]], Eddie Dantes is his ancestor [[spoiler: Edward de Vere]], and Constables Jim and Jimmy are a comic 19th-century illustration of incompetent policemen.
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* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: H.G. Wells and Annabel]].
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* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: H.[[spoiler:H.G. Wells and Annabel]].Annabel, with Lenore and Poe, respectively]].
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** Perhaps most of all, Charlotte Brontë gets a massive HistoricalVillainUpgrade into a flanderized version of one of the protagonists of the romances George Eliot hated so much -- a status-obsessed wealthy AlphaBitch -- when in RealLife Brontë was very much a ShrinkingViolet who was reluctant to emerge from her pseudonym and join the literary social scene due to her impoverished background. (The title character of Literature/JaneEyre was very much an AuthorAvatar.) [[spoiler: And, of course, she also wasn't actually a mass murdering psychopath.]]
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** Perhaps most of all, Charlotte Brontë gets a massive HistoricalVillainUpgrade into a flanderized version of one of the protagonists of the romances George Eliot hated so much -- a status-obsessed wealthy AlphaBitch -- when in RealLife Brontë was very much a ShrinkingViolet who was reluctant to emerge from her pseudonym and join the literary social scene due to her impoverished background. (The title character of Literature/JaneEyre was very much an AuthorAvatar.) [[spoiler: And, [[spoiler:And, of course, she also wasn't actually a mass murdering psychopath.murderer.]]
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Combined with EmbarrassingMiddleName, as Wells declines to reveal what H.G. stands for until [[spoiler:[[DiedinYourArmsTonight he lays dying in Lenore's arms.]]]]
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Combined with EmbarrassingMiddleName, as Wells declines to reveal what H.G. stands for until [[spoiler:[[DiedinYourArmsTonight he lays lies dying in Lenore's arms.]]]]
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-->[[spoiler: '''Lenore:''' …That's a ''terrible'' name.]]
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-->[[spoiler: '''Lenore:''' …That's '''Lenore:''' ... That's a ''terrible'' name.]]
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* EveryoneIsASuspect: As the series continues, it is gradually revealed that almost every guest had a motive to want [[spoiler: Eddie]] dead.
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* EveryoneIsASuspect: As the series continues, it is gradually revealed that almost every guest had a motive to want [[spoiler: Eddie]] [[spoiler:Eddie]] dead.
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* ForgettableCharacter: Everyone (besides Annabel) forgets Emily Dickinson exists. The series itself gets in on the act, with her pushed to the background in many shots. In the introductions to each episode, while other characters (including Agatha Christie [[spoiler: who is killed off as soon as she shows up]]) are introduced with their place card being put down and a picture of their actor, Emily Dickinson is introduced with no picture and her place card being taken away.
* HammerSpace: Comes and goes as per RuleofFunny. In Chapter 3 H.G. Wells produces [[StringTheory a poster board, stand, and relevant photographs]] offscreen; in Chapter 8 Hemingway pulls [[TheAlcoholic a pint of beer]] out of his jacket. Lampshaded both times, as other characters ask where those items came from. Also Oscar Wilde always has a change of clothes for every occasion.
* HammerSpace: Comes and goes as per RuleofFunny. In Chapter 3 H.G. Wells produces [[StringTheory a poster board, stand, and relevant photographs]] offscreen; in Chapter 8 Hemingway pulls [[TheAlcoholic a pint of beer]] out of his jacket. Lampshaded both times, as other characters ask where those items came from. Also Oscar Wilde always has a change of clothes for every occasion.
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* ForgettableCharacter: Everyone (besides Annabel) forgets Emily Dickinson exists. The series itself gets in on the act, with her pushed to the background in many shots. In the introductions to each episode, while other characters (including Agatha Christie [[spoiler: who Christie, [[spoiler:who is killed off as soon as she shows up]]) are introduced with their place card being put down and a picture of their actor, Emily Dickinson is introduced with no picture and her place card being taken away.
* HammerSpace: Comes and goes as per RuleofFunny. In Chapter3 3, H.G. Wells produces [[StringTheory a poster board, stand, and relevant photographs]] offscreen; in Chapter 8 8, Hemingway pulls [[TheAlcoholic a pint of beer]] out of his jacket. Lampshaded both times, as other characters ask where those items came from. Also Also, Oscar Wilde always has a change of clothes for every occasion.
* HammerSpace: Comes and goes as per RuleofFunny. In Chapter
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--> '''Shelly:''' Louisa May Alcott, a spinster through and through, has now reached the ''pinnacle'' of transcendentalism. May she be at one with the Earth, and may she find her peace.
--> '''Wilde:''' [[LampshadeHanging …Well, someone had]] ''[[LampshadeHanging that]]'' [[LampshadeHanging ready to go.]]
--> '''Wilde:''' [[LampshadeHanging …Well, someone had]] ''[[LampshadeHanging that]]'' [[LampshadeHanging ready to go.]]
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--> '''Shelly:''' '''Shelley:''' Louisa May Alcott, a spinster through and through, has now reached the ''pinnacle'' of transcendentalism. May she be at one with the Earth, and may she find her peace.
--> '''Wilde:'''[[LampshadeHanging …Well, [[LampshadeHanging ... Well, someone had]] ''[[LampshadeHanging that]]'' [[LampshadeHanging ready to go.]]
--> '''Wilde:'''
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-->'''Louisa May Alcott:''' You'll find you can eat anything… if you're hungry enough.
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-->'''Louisa May Alcott:''' You'll find you can eat anything… anything ... if you're hungry enough.
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* OfCorpseHesAlive: Poe tries to pretend [[spoiler:H.G]] is just drunk in front of the constables.
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* OfCorpseHesAlive: Poe tries to pretend [[spoiler:H.G]] is just drunk in front of the constables. It doesn't work very well.
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* {{Pun}}: Poe tries to make one on ''Frankenstein'', as an ice-breaker upon meeting Mary Shelley. She seems unimpressed, but this turns out to be a SubvertedTrope, as she quickly tries to join in the fun with her own joke, to similar (LAME) results.
-->'''Edgar:''' I get it, I got it [[{{Beat}} …]] the first time.
-->'''Edgar:''' I get it, I got it [[{{Beat}} …]] the first time.
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* {{Pun}}: Poe tries to make one on ''Frankenstein'', as an ice-breaker upon meeting Mary Shelley. She seems unimpressed, but this turns out to be a SubvertedTrope, as she quickly tries to join in the fun with her own joke, to similar (LAME) (''lame'') results.
-->'''Edgar:''' I get it, I got it[[{{Beat}} …]] [[{{Beat}} ...]] the first time.
-->'''Edgar:''' I get it, I got it
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* ShrinkingViolet: Emily Dickinson is so shy and unconspicuous that she remains invisible to Poe and Lenore untill she speaks up.
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* ShrinkingViolet: Emily Dickinson is so shy and unconspicuous inconspicuous that she remains invisible to Poe and Lenore untill until she speaks up.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Jane Austen's role is comparatively small, but very important as [[spoiler: her death gets the Brontë sisters involved with Eddie.]]
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Jane Austen's role is comparatively small, but very important important, as [[spoiler: her death gets the Brontë sisters involved with Eddie.]]
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-->'''Annabel Lee:''' …Where Lee:''' ... Where did you get those pictures?
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--> You seem to have me confused with some sort of damsel. I understand, I have very soft skin. Now, show me to the billard room… or a voting booth !
--> My character is a duchess… Since I have ''no'' insight into the mind of a woman, I wondered if anyone would be ready to trade ?
* TenLittleMurderVictims: The primary plot. Edgar Allan Poe invites fellow famous writers to his home, offering them with a fake murder mystery that soon turns all to real. The guests even include Agatha Christie, who runs suspiciously late and misses the first murder [[spoiler: and when she arrives in episode 5, she has also been murdered, with a knife in her back]].
--> My character is a duchess… Since I have ''no'' insight into the mind of a woman, I wondered if anyone would be ready to trade ?
* TenLittleMurderVictims: The primary plot. Edgar Allan Poe invites fellow famous writers to his home, offering them with a fake murder mystery that soon turns all to real. The guests even include Agatha Christie, who runs suspiciously late and misses the first murder [[spoiler: and when she arrives in episode 5, she has also been murdered, with a knife in her back]].
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--> You seem to have me confused with some sort of damsel. I understand, I have very soft skin. Now, show me to the billard room… billiard room ... or a voting booth !
--> My character is aduchess… duchess. Since I have ''no'' insight into the mind of a woman, I wondered if anyone would be ready willing to trade ?
for a male character?
* TenLittleMurderVictims: The primary plot. Edgar Allan Poe invites fellow famous writers to his home, offering them with a fake murder mystery that soon turns allto too real. The guests even include Agatha Christie, who runs suspiciously late and misses the first murder [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and when she arrives in episode 5, she has also been murdered, with a knife in her back]].
--> My character is a
* TenLittleMurderVictims: The primary plot. Edgar Allan Poe invites fellow famous writers to his home, offering them with a fake murder mystery that soon turns all
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Together, they will invite/kidnap Poe's large circle of famous litterary acquaintances in order to dazzle her with his connections and sophistication, thus making Eddie "look like a disfigured orphan that kills animals for fun". To justify the party, Poe crafts a gothic murder mystery complete with roleplay, imaginary clues and lights that go off before each "victim" is murdered. That fateful evening, a colorful cast assembles: [[ShrinkingViolet Emily Dickinson]], [[MemeticBadass Ernest Hemingway]], [[TheComicallySerious Mary]] [[CreepyAwesome Shelley]], [[GranolaGirl Louisa May Alcott]], [[AgentPeacock Oscar]] [[HeroicComedicSociopath Wilde]], [[PaperThinDisguise George]] [[SamusIsAGirl Eliot]], [[RichBitch Charlotte]] [[ControlFreak Brontë]], [[TheAlcoholic Fyodor]] [[FunnyForeigner Dostoevsky]], [[{{Adorkable}} H. G.]] [[MadScientist Wells]] and [[GenreSavvy Agatha Christie]].
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Together, they will invite/kidnap Poe's large circle of famous litterary literary acquaintances in order to dazzle her with his connections and sophistication, thus making Eddie "look like a disfigured orphan that kills animals for fun". To justify the party, Poe crafts a gothic murder mystery complete with roleplay, imaginary clues and lights that go off before each "victim" is murdered. That fateful evening, a colorful cast assembles: [[ShrinkingViolet Emily Dickinson]], [[MemeticBadass Ernest Hemingway]], [[TheComicallySerious Mary]] [[CreepyAwesome Shelley]], [[GranolaGirl Louisa May Alcott]], [[AgentPeacock Oscar]] [[HeroicComedicSociopath Wilde]], [[PaperThinDisguise George]] [[SamusIsAGirl Eliot]], [[RichBitch Charlotte]] [[ControlFreak Brontë]], [[TheAlcoholic Fyodor]] [[FunnyForeigner Dostoevsky]], [[{{Adorkable}} H. G.]] [[MadScientist Wells]] and [[GenreSavvy Agatha Christie]].
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* CaptainObvious: Agatha Christie is found dead, with a knife and nine additional holes in her back. Edgar's conclusion:
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* CaptainObvious: Agatha Christie is found dead, with a knife and nine additional holes in her back. Edgar's conclusion:conclusion, [[OverlyLongGag after individually counting all nine stab wounds]]:
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Together, they will invite/kidnap Poe's large circle of famous litterary acquaintances in order to dazzle her with his connections and sophistication, thus making Eddie "look like a disfigured orphan that kills animals for fun". To justify the party, Poe crafts a gothic murder mystery complete with roleplay, imaginary clues and lights that go off before each "victim" is murdered. That fateful evening, a colorful cast assembles: [[ShrinkingViolet Emily Dickinson]], [[MemeticBadass Ernest Hemingway]], [[TheComicallySerious Mary]] [[CreepyAwesome Shelley]], [[GranolaGirl Louisa May Alcott]], [[AgentPeacock Oscar]] [[HeroicComedicSociopath Wilde]], [[PaperThinDisguise George]] [[SamusIsAGirl Eliot]], [[RichBitch Charlotte]] [[ControlFreak Brontë]], [[TheAlcoholic Fyodor]] [[FunnyForeigner Dostoevsky]], [[{{Adorkable}} H. G.]] [[MadScientist Wells]] and Agatha Christie.
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Together, they will invite/kidnap Poe's large circle of famous litterary acquaintances in order to dazzle her with his connections and sophistication, thus making Eddie "look like a disfigured orphan that kills animals for fun". To justify the party, Poe crafts a gothic murder mystery complete with roleplay, imaginary clues and lights that go off before each "victim" is murdered. That fateful evening, a colorful cast assembles: [[ShrinkingViolet Emily Dickinson]], [[MemeticBadass Ernest Hemingway]], [[TheComicallySerious Mary]] [[CreepyAwesome Shelley]], [[GranolaGirl Louisa May Alcott]], [[AgentPeacock Oscar]] [[HeroicComedicSociopath Wilde]], [[PaperThinDisguise George]] [[SamusIsAGirl Eliot]], [[RichBitch Charlotte]] [[ControlFreak Brontë]], [[TheAlcoholic Fyodor]] [[FunnyForeigner Dostoevsky]], [[{{Adorkable}} H. G.]] [[MadScientist Wells]] and [[GenreSavvy Agatha Christie.Christie]].
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** The final credit scroll also reveals that "The Microwave" was, in fact, a credited role, and was in fact played by a real well-known actress (Rachel [=DiPillo=] from Series/JaneTheVirgin), as a BrickJoke punchline for a bonus feature showing the ''entire cast and crew of the show'' auditioning for this role and failing to get it.
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** The final credit scroll also reveals that "The Microwave" was, in fact, a credited role, and was in fact played by a real well-known actress (Rachel [=DiPillo=] from Series/JaneTheVirgin), Series/ChicagoMed), as a BrickJoke punchline for a bonus feature showing the ''entire cast and crew of the show'' auditioning for this role and failing to get it.
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** The illustrations for Lenore and Annabel Lee aren't period illustrations but modern artwork created by famous Gothic illustrator [[http://www.abigaillarson.com/ Abigail Larson]].
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** The end credits show each actor's name superimposed over a picture of the real historical figure they were playing. Notable because in some cases this had to be fudged -- Lenore and Annabel Lee are shown using illustrations of the fictional characters from the real poems, Krishanti is portrayed as the [[TarotMotifs Tarot card The High Priestess]], Eddie Dantes is his ancestor [[spoiler: Edward de Vere]], and Constables Jim and Jimmy are a comic 19th-century illustration of incompetent policemen.
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** The end credits show each actor's name superimposed over a picture of the real historical figure they were playing. Notable because in some cases this had to be fudged -- Guy de Vere, Lenore and Annabel Lee are shown using illustrations of the fictional characters from the real poems, Krishanti is portrayed as the [[TarotMotifs Tarot card The High Priestess]], Eddie Dantes is his ancestor [[spoiler: Edward de Vere]], and Constables Jim and Jimmy are a comic 19th-century illustration of incompetent policemen.
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** Even the basic idea of this show is a glaring anachronism, as Poe happily lampshades in the Kickstarter video, announcing that [[BreakingTheFourthWall according to his research on Wikipedia]] his murder mystery dinner will not only be the best but the ''first'' and ''only'' murder mystery dinner (since the idea of a "murder mystery dinner" was, according to TheOtherWiki, invented in 1981 in RealLife).
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** Even the basic idea of this show is a glaring anachronism, as Poe happily lampshades in the Kickstarter video, announcing that [[BreakingTheFourthWall according to his research on Wikipedia]] his murder mystery dinner will not only be the best but the ''first'' and ''only'' murder mystery dinner (since the idea of a "murder mystery dinner" was, according to TheOtherWiki, Wiki/TheOtherWiki, invented in 1981 in RealLife).
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** Even the basic idea of this show is a glaring anachronism, as Poe happily lampshades in the Kickstarter video, announcing that [[BreakingTheFourthWall according to his research on Wikipedia]] his murder mystery dinner will not only be the best but the ''first'' and ''only'' murder mystery dinner (since the idea of a "murder mystery dinner" was, according to TheOtherWiki, invented in 1981 in RealLife).
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** The final credit scroll also reveals that "The Microwave" was, in fact, a credited role, and was in fact played by a real well-known actress (Rachel DiPillo from Series/JaneTheVirgin), as a BrickJoke punchline for a bonus feature showing the ''entire cast and crew of the show'' auditioning for this role and failing to get it.
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** The final credit scroll also reveals that "The Microwave" was, in fact, a credited role, and was in fact played by a real well-known actress (Rachel DiPillo [=DiPillo=] from Series/JaneTheVirgin), as a BrickJoke punchline for a bonus feature showing the ''entire cast and crew of the show'' auditioning for this role and failing to get it.
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* CreativeClosingCredits: The end credits show each actor's name superimposed over a picture of the real historical figure they were playing. Notable because in some cases this had to be fudged -- Lenore and Annabel Lee are shown using illustrations of the fictional characters from the real poems, Krishanti is portrayed as the [[TarotMotifs Tarot card The High Priestess]], Eddie Dantes is his ancestor [[spoiler: Edward de Vere]], and Constables Jim and Jimmy are a comic 19th-century illustration of incompetent policemen.
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** The end credits show each actor's name superimposed over a picture of the real historical figure they were playing. Notable because in some cases this had to be fudged -- Lenore and Annabel Lee are shown using illustrations of the fictional characters from the real poems, Krishanti is portrayed as the [[TarotMotifs Tarot card The High Priestess]], Eddie Dantes is his ancestor [[spoiler: Edward de Vere]], and Constables Jim and Jimmy are a comic 19th-century illustration of incompetentpolicemen.policemen.
** The final credit scroll also reveals that "The Microwave" was, in fact, a credited role, and was in fact played by a real well-known actress (Rachel DiPillo from Series/JaneTheVirgin), as a BrickJoke punchline for a bonus feature showing the ''entire cast and crew of the show'' auditioning for this role and failing to get it.
** The end credits show each actor's name superimposed over a picture of the real historical figure they were playing. Notable because in some cases this had to be fudged -- Lenore and Annabel Lee are shown using illustrations of the fictional characters from the real poems, Krishanti is portrayed as the [[TarotMotifs Tarot card The High Priestess]], Eddie Dantes is his ancestor [[spoiler: Edward de Vere]], and Constables Jim and Jimmy are a comic 19th-century illustration of incompetent
** The final credit scroll also reveals that "The Microwave" was, in fact, a credited role, and was in fact played by a real well-known actress (Rachel DiPillo from Series/JaneTheVirgin), as a BrickJoke punchline for a bonus feature showing the ''entire cast and crew of the show'' auditioning for this role and failing to get it.
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** It's also notable that Creator/JaneAusten makes a surprise appearance only to be killed off by [[spoiler: the Brontë sisters]] when in RealLife she died before any of them was born.
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** It's also notable that Creator/JaneAusten makes a surprise appearance only to be killed off by [[spoiler: the Brontë sisters]] when in RealLife she died before any of them when Charlotte, the eldest Brontë, was born.one year old.
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** The ''actual'' ChekhovsGun turns out to be the "pet rock" Edgar gave Annabel [[spoiler: and then retrieves from her corpse]] as a TragicKeepsake, which he then uses to [[spoiler: kill Dantes in self-defense]].
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* YouMeddlingKids: [[spoiler: Charlotte Brontë]] drops one of these at the end, blaming the evil plan's failure on [[spoiler: Annabel Lee]], although [[spoiler: her sister Anne]] disagrees and blames it on [[spoiler: [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Jane Austen]]]] .
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* YouMeddlingKids: [[spoiler: Charlotte Anne Brontë]] drops one of these at the end, blaming the evil plan's failure on [[spoiler: Annabel Lee]], although [[spoiler: her sister Anne]] Charlotte]] disagrees and blames it on [[spoiler: [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Jane Austen]]]] .
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* YouMeddlingKids: [[spoiler: Charlotte Brontë]] drops one of these at the end, blaming the evil plan's failure on [[spoiler: Annabel Lee]], although [[spoiler: her sister Anne]] disagrees and blames it on [[spoiler: [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Jane Austen]].
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* YouMeddlingKids: [[spoiler: Charlotte Brontë]] drops one of these at the end, blaming the evil plan's failure on [[spoiler: Annabel Lee]], although [[spoiler: her sister Anne]] disagrees and blames it on [[spoiler: [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Jane Austen]].Austen]]]] .
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** Special mention hast to be given to [[spoiler: Anne Brontë, who knocks Oscar out with her fists, but instead of taking the gun from him and properly finish him off she just leaves him there and walks towards her sister.]]
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** Special mention hast to be given to [[spoiler: Anne Brontë, who knocks Oscar out with her fists, but instead of taking the gun from him and properly finish him off she just leaves him there and walks towards her sister.]]]]
* YouMeddlingKids: [[spoiler: Charlotte Brontë]] drops one of these at the end, blaming the evil plan's failure on [[spoiler: Annabel Lee]], although [[spoiler: her sister Anne]] disagrees and blames it on [[spoiler: [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Jane Austen]].
* YouMeddlingKids: [[spoiler: Charlotte Brontë]] drops one of these at the end, blaming the evil plan's failure on [[spoiler: Annabel Lee]], although [[spoiler: her sister Anne]] disagrees and blames it on [[spoiler: [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Jane Austen]].
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* ChekhovsGun: Literally. In Chapter 11, [[spoiler: Charlotte wields a gun given to her by her lover, Anton Chekhov]]. It's a subversion though, as it has never been established before and also never gets fired.
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* ChekhovsGun: Literally. In Chapter 11, [[spoiler: Charlotte wields a gun given to her by her lover, Anton Chekhov]]. It's a subversion though, as it has never been established before and when it's fired goes off harmlessly into the ceiling. (Although note that this is also never gets fired. true of the TropeNamer in Theatre/UncleVanya.)
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** The biggest outlier is Hemingway -- all the other writers are from the 19th century while Hemingway was born in 1899 and his most famous writing was about World War I. (Agatha Christie is also from the 20th century but she turns out to be a case of [[spoiler: WeHardlyKnewYe.]]
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** The biggest outlier is Hemingway -- all the other writers are from the 19th century while Hemingway was born in 1899 and his most famous writing was about World War I. (Agatha Christie is also from the 20th century but she turns out to be a case of [[spoiler: WeHardlyKnewYe.]]]])
