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* WeightWoe: The woman in "Nesslessness" is so insecure about her weight that she only ate celery and ended up weighing ''negative pounds'', [[spoiler:possibly because her mom was fattening her up to eat her as part of a deal with Satan]]

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* WeightWoe: The woman in "Nesslessness" is so insecure about her weight that she only ate celery and ended up weighing ''negative pounds'', [[spoiler:possibly pounds''. [[spoiler:The reason for her weight insecurity is possibly because her mom was fattening her up to eat her as part of a deal with Satan]]
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* SoundOnlyDeath: In "Tow and Shell", [[spoiler: A woman pauly's father was having an affair with, Mr. Darpi and the mother of a girl wearing a cat sweater all die in horrific ways that we can only hear through the seashell.]]

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* SoundOnlyDeath: In "Tow and Shell", [[spoiler: A woman pauly's Paulie's father was having an affair with, Mr. Darpi and the mother of a girl wearing a cat sweater all die in horrific ways that we can only hear through the seashell.]]



* WeightWoe: The woman in "Nesslessness" is so insecure about her weight that she only ate celery and ended up weighing ''negative pounds'', [[possibly because her mom was fattening her up to eat her as part of a deal with Satan]]

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* WeightWoe: The woman in "Nesslessness" is so insecure about her weight that she only ate celery and ended up weighing ''negative pounds'', [[possibly [[spoiler:possibly because her mom was fattening her up to eat her as part of a deal with Satan]]
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* WeightWoe: The woman in "Nesslessness" is so insecure about her weight that she only ate celery and ended up weighing ''negative pounds'', [[possibly because her mom was fattening her up to eat her as part of a deal with Satan]]
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'''The Shivering Truth''' is a 2018 stop-motion horror/comedy anthology/sketch series created for Creator/AdultSwim by PFFR, the minds behind ''Series/TheHeartSheHoller'', ''Series/WonderShowzen'' and ''WesternAnimation/XavierRenegadeAngel''. If you've seen anything from PFFR, then you'll know exactly what to expect.

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'''The Shivering Truth''' is a 2018 stop-motion horror/comedy anthology/sketch series created for Creator/AdultSwim by PFFR, Creator/{{PFFR}}, the minds behind ''Series/TheHeartSheHoller'', ''Series/WonderShowzen'' and ''WesternAnimation/XavierRenegadeAngel''. If you've seen anything from PFFR, then you'll know exactly what to expect.
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'''The Shivering Truth''' is a 2018 stop-motion horror/comedy anthology/sketch series created for Creator/AdultSwim by PFFR, the minds behind ''Series/TheHeartSheHoller'', ''Series/WonderShowzen'' and ''WesternAnimation/XavierRenegadeAngel''.

If you've seen anything from PFFR, then you'll know exactly what to expect. On June 26, 2022, Toonami co-creator Jason [=DeMarco=] [[https://twitter.com/Clarknova1/status/1541162828312231944 revealed in a Twitter Q&A]] that the series has been either quietly canceled or in production limbo, after its Season 2 airing in 2020.

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'''The Shivering Truth''' is a 2018 stop-motion horror/comedy anthology/sketch series created for Creator/AdultSwim by PFFR, the minds behind ''Series/TheHeartSheHoller'', ''Series/WonderShowzen'' and ''WesternAnimation/XavierRenegadeAngel''. If you've seen anything from PFFR, then you'll know exactly what to expect.

If you've seen anything from PFFR, then you'll know exactly what to expect. On June 26, 2022, Toonami co-creator Jason [=DeMarco=] [[https://twitter.com/Clarknova1/status/1541162828312231944 revealed in a Twitter Q&A]] that the series has been either quietly canceled or in production limbo, after its Season 2 airing in 2020.
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* MundaneUtility: When it is discovered that prayer works, people the world over hold those who have faith hostage and force them to pray their demands into reality. Those demands are usually different types of sandwich orders, and the usage of the prayer as a flying taxi.

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* ScrewYourself: Dougie has sex with his mirror reflection after being fired from his job. It's... bizzare to say the least.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Jam}}'', a similar mesh of horror-comedy (with emphasis on horror) segments from comedian Creator/ChrisMorris.

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* ScrewYourself: Dougie has sex with his mirror reflection after being fired from his job. It's... bizzare bizarre to say the least.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Jam}}'', a similar mesh of horror-comedy (with emphasis on horror) segments from comedian Creator/ChrisMorris.
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* DerangedAnimation: Goodness gracious, ''[[UpToEleven yes.]]''

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* DerangedAnimation: Goodness gracious, ''[[UpToEleven yes.]]''''yes.''



* SurrealHorror: '''[[UpToEleven SWEET LORD ALMIGHTY.]]'''

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* SurrealHorror: '''[[UpToEleven SWEET '''SWEET LORD ALMIGHTY.]]''''''
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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process

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* UncannyValley: The puppets that are used in the series have realistic looking-skin but cartoonish proportions otherwise and look quite creepy as a result. Considering [[SurrealHorror what type]] of [[HorrorComedy series this is]], this is probably deliberate.
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If you've seen anything from PFFR, then you'll know exactly what to expect. On June 26, 2022, Toonami co-creator Jason [=DeMarco=] [[https://twitter.com/Clarknova1/status/1541162828312231944 revealed in a Twitter Q&A]] that the series has been quietly canceled, after its Season 2 airing in 2020.

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If you've seen anything from PFFR, then you'll know exactly what to expect. On June 26, 2022, Toonami co-creator Jason [=DeMarco=] [[https://twitter.com/Clarknova1/status/1541162828312231944 revealed in a Twitter Q&A]] that the series has been either quietly canceled, canceled or in production limbo, after its Season 2 airing in 2020.
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If you've seen anything from PFFR, then you'll know exactly what to expect.

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If you've seen anything from PFFR, then you'll know exactly what to expect.
expect. On June 26, 2022, Toonami co-creator Jason [=DeMarco=] [[https://twitter.com/Clarknova1/status/1541162828312231944 revealed in a Twitter Q&A]] that the series has been quietly canceled, after its Season 2 airing in 2020.
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* SuicideByPills: A man repeatedly tries to kill himself and every attempt ends up not only as a BungledSuicide, but also causes ''good'' things to happen. When he tries to off himself by ingesting multiple drugs, he ends up making himself healthier than ever and his blood becomes a potential component for a CureForCancer.
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* FoulCafeteriaFood: The pilot episode has the lunch lady [[{{Squick}} use a blind girl's welt to make cafeteria food]]. May we remind you, this is the ''pilot''.
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* SecretTestofCharacter: The aforementioned MentalAffair was part of a psychic training operation meant to prepare the drill sergeant for war… somehow.

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* SecretTestofCharacter: SecretTestOfCharacter: The aforementioned MentalAffair was part of a psychic training operation meant to prepare the drill sergeant for war… somehow.

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* MindScrew: Basically the entire show.

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* MindScrew: Basically the entire show. When the opening scene of the first episode involves a man removing a giant hot dog, cutting it open, and revealing several ants, you know you're in for a wild ride.


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--> "A doctor's sacred mission is to do everything in his power to not lose his job."
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[ItMakesSenseInContext After a terrorist and a severed head form a comedy duo,]] during a set the head asks the following:
--> “Why does your faith glorify hate?”


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** A particularly memorable example happens in "Fowl Flow", where a man slowly sprouts two extra arms from his nipples.


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* FacialHorror: In "Fowl Flow", Violet becomes so beautiful, that her face is covered by beauty marks.


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* GoingPostal: Attempted by Dougie, but is told off by his boss for being too loud. He runs home, crying.


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* MatchCut: Often used to link otherwise unrelated scenes together. A particularly horrific example happens in “The Nurple Rainbow”,[[spoiler:where Dougie wakes from a dream where his mirror cracks, only for his face to be cracked in the exact same way]].


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* PaintingTheMedium: In “Fowl Flow”, whenever the Insecurities are on screen, the screen oscillates between a red filter and the normal image.[[spoiler: This is until violet enters the frame near the end, unaffected by the filter.]]


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* SecretTestofCharacter: The aforementioned MentalAffair was part of a psychic training operation meant to prepare the drill sergeant for war… somehow.
* ScrewYourself: Dougie has sex with his mirror reflection after being fired from his job. It's... bizzare to say the least.


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** In "The Magmafying Past," a boy gets his arm bitten by a flea, and he starts scratching it. As he scratches it more and more, a church made of flesh forms on his arm, eventually consuming him entirely.
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Rewatching the episode, it turned out I misremembered the events.


* SoundOnlyDeath: In "Tow and Shell", [[spoiler: Pauly's Mother, Mr. Darpi and the mother of a girl wearing a cat sweater all die in horrific ways that we can only hear through the seashell.]]

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* SoundOnlyDeath: In "Tow and Shell", [[spoiler: Pauly's Mother, A woman pauly's father was having an affair with, Mr. Darpi and the mother of a girl wearing a cat sweater all die in horrific ways that we can only hear through the seashell.]]
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* SoundOnlyDeath: In "Tow and Shell", [[spoiler: Pauly's Mother, Mr. Darpi and the mother of a girl wearing a cat sweater all die in horrific ways that we can only hear through the seashell.]]
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* BottleEpisode: Aside from the intro, "Tow and Shell" takes place entirely within a classroom.
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* OverlyLongGag: In "Constadeath", A man has a condition in which he dies (and reincarnates with an animal's head) every few seconds. During a conversation with his wife, she demands to speak to her real husband. He obliges by forcefully reincarnating until he becomes human again. Unfornately, this isn't enough time, so he does it again and again, each bit of the conversation only a few seconds.
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* HorrorComedy: Balanced. Season 1 leans slightly more towards comedy while Season 2 leans slightly more towards horror.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Jam}}'', a similar mesh of horror-comedy segments from comedian Creator/ChrisMorris.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Jam}}'', a similar mesh of horror-comedy (with emphasis on horror) segments from comedian Creator/ChrisMorris.
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* BlackComedy: Tons.

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* BlackComedy: Tons.While the show is very disturbing, it usually incorporates plenty of this along the same time.
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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: A comedic and extremely weird example in "The Diff" when a geek is split in half vertically, one half being a macho alpha while the other retains his original meek demeanor, and the two go on to live their own lives, both utterly paranoid that the other half is having a better life. They eventually find peace within Eban's cross-eyed gaze, that makes it look like they're together again in his vision.

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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: A comedic and extremely weird example in "The Diff" when a geek is split in half vertically, one half being a macho alpha while the other retains his original meek demeanor, and the two go on to live their own lives, both utterly paranoid that the other half is having a better life. They eventually find peace within Eban's cross-eyed gaze, gaze that makes it look like they're together again in his vision.

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'''The Shivering Truth''' is a 2018 stop-motion horror/comedy anthology created for Creator/AdultSwim by PFFR, the minds behind ''Series/TheHeartSheHoller'', ''Series/WonderShowzen'' and ''WesternAnimation/XavierRenegadeAngel''.

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'''The Shivering Truth''' is a 2018 stop-motion horror/comedy anthology anthology/sketch series created for Creator/AdultSwim by PFFR, the minds behind ''Series/TheHeartSheHoller'', ''Series/WonderShowzen'' and ''WesternAnimation/XavierRenegadeAngel''.
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* CouchGag: Often of the not so pleasant variety. Every episode (except for "Tow and Shell") has a variation of the title card in which something often happens to the mask that serves as the symbol of the series, ranging from turning into a cross-shaped steak to giving birth to a miniature version of itself.

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* CouchGag: Often of the not so pleasant variety. Every episode (except for "Tow and Shell") has a variation of the title card in which something often happens to the mask that serves as the symbol of the series, ranging from turning into a cross-shaped steak to giving birth to a miniature version of itself. This even occurs at the end of the intro of "Nesslessness" where the pile of guts and gore that the girl finds herself buried under takes the form of the mask.



* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: A woman trying to give a homeless woman a sandwich gets sent to Hell because it had mayo on it. Thankfully the woman is able to [[OutGambitted out-gambit]] the demon and gets out alive (but eventually at the cost of her child becoming a corn-on-a-cob as a result of keeping up a charade of wanting to eat her child to keep the demon away).

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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: A woman trying to give a homeless woman a sandwich gets sent to Hell because it had mayo on it. Thankfully the woman is able to [[OutGambitted out-gambit]] the demon and gets out alive (but eventually at the cost of her child becoming a corn-on-a-cob as a result of her keeping up a charade of wanting to eat her child to keep the demon away).
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-->'''Narrator:''' "Now that he was rich, he was free to live life to the fullest possible... (teacher's car crashes off-screen) uh-oh. Oh."
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: A woman trying to give a homeless woman a sandwich gets sent to Hell because it had mayo on it. Thankfully the woman is able to [[OutGambitted out-gambit]] the demon and gets out alive.

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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: A woman trying to give a homeless woman a sandwich gets sent to Hell because it had mayo on it. Thankfully the woman is able to [[OutGambitted out-gambit]] the demon and gets out alive.alive (but eventually at the cost of her child becoming a corn-on-a-cob as a result of keeping up a charade of wanting to eat her child to keep the demon away).
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* CouchGag: Often of the not so pleasant variety. Every episode (except for the fifth one) has a variation of the title card in which something often happens to the mask that serves as the symbol of the series, ranging from turning into a cross-shaped steak to giving birth to a miniature version of itself.

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* CouchGag: Often of the not so pleasant variety. Every episode (except for the fifth one) "Tow and Shell") has a variation of the title card in which something often happens to the mask that serves as the symbol of the series, ranging from turning into a cross-shaped steak to giving birth to a miniature version of itself.
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* CouchGag: Often of the not so pleasant variety. Every episode (except for the fifth one) has a variation of the title card in which something often happens to the mask, ranging from turning into a cross-shaped steak to giving birth to a miniature version of itself.

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* CouchGag: Often of the not so pleasant variety. Every episode (except for the fifth one) has a variation of the title card in which something often happens to the mask, mask that serves as the symbol of the series, ranging from turning into a cross-shaped steak to giving birth to a miniature version of itself.



* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Almost all the background music in the show is classical pieces from the Romantic Era. It just makes the whole thing even more unsettling, honestly.

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* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Almost all the background music in the show is classical pieces from the Romantic Era. It just makes the whole thing even more unsettling, honestly. The show's title theme is itself an excerpt of "Suspension" by Lotic, while the ending theme uses variations on the ballad "Long Lankin".

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