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%% * BizarroEpisode: The entire plot of the episode "The Man in the Mirror"!
%%* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: The end of "Wicked Game." And this subtly badass line:
%%-->'''Cynthia Keener:''' You'd be amazed how much the human constitution can withstand.
* {{Narm}}: Quite a bit in the later years. Even in the series finale, where [[spoiler:Allison dies abruptly of old age while eating pea soup.]]

** The episode "Dead Meat". There is a rather gratuitous scene of a man eating a bacon sandwich which squeals every time he takes a bite.

* SeasonalRot: In later years it started using "And it was all a dream" as a twist a good deal too many times. It also started re-using other twists from previous episodes, though that is not to say that there were not still good ones, like "Time Keeps on Slippin'"

** Someone involved in the writing process for "Dead Meat" was absolutely a vegan. There is a rather gratuitous scene of a man eating a bacon sandwich which squeals every time he takes a bite.

* SeasonalRot: In later years it starts using "And it was all a dream" as a twist a good deal too many times. It also starts re-using other twists from previous episodes, though that is not to say that there were not still good ones, like "Time Keeps on Slippin'"
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The show sometimes features wacky plots and comedic moments that could appeal to a younger audience, but it still features pretty horrific crimes committed by depraved perpetrators. As of 2019, Australian re-runs feature frequent advertisements aimed at distressed young viewers who can call a helpline--despite the fact that most seasons of the show are classified for mature audiences only.

** Creator/JenniferLawrence played a murder victim in "Mother's Little Helper" and then, in the next season, played young Allison in "But for the Grace of God."

** In "The Devil Inside", [[spoiler:the ghosts of the people that could not be saved because Allison's stalker was interfering with her dreams (because he thought that she was doing the Devil's work) going after the stalker's ghost.]] Allison's faith in her dreams is renewed; the implication being, if they do not come from the Devil, whose else could the dreams be coming from?

** Someone involved in the writing process for "Dead Meat" was absolutely a vegan. There's a rather gratuitous scene of a man eating a bacon sandwich which squeals every time he takes a bite.
** In "The Devil Inside", [[spoiler: the ghosts of the dead victims that couldn't be saved because Allison's stalker was interfering with her dreams (because he thought she was doing the Devil's work) going after the stalker's ghost.]] Allison's faith in her dreams is renewed; the implication being, if they don't come from the devil, whose else could the dreams be coming from?

%%* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: The end of "Wicked Game". And this subtly badass line:

** Creator/JennetteMcCurdy in the first-season episode "Coded."

** A season 2 episode has Allison helping a young woman played by a teenaged Creator/EmmaStone.
** Creator/JenniferLawrence played a murder victim in "Mother's Little Helper" and then, in the next season, played young Allison in an episode.
** Creator/LilyRabe had one of her first major roles as [[spoiler:the murderous girlfriend posing as a victim]] in the two-part episode "Wicked Game", three years prior to her role in ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory''. (Creator/SarahDrew also played the missing girl in the same pair).
* SeasonalRot
** In later years it starts using "And it was all a dream" as a twist a good deal too many times. It also starts re-using other twists from previous episodes.
** Also averted from an episode-to-episode perspective. "Time Keeps on Slippin'" from the "sixth" season is a fan favorite and considered one of the best episodes of the series.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The show sometimes features wacky plots and comedic moments that could appeal to a younger audience, but it still features pretty horrific crimes committed by perpetrators. As of 2019, Australian re-runs features frequent advertisements aimed at distressed young viewers who can call a helpline- despite the fact that most seasons of the show is classified for mature audiences only.

* NightmareFuel: Allison gets most of her visions in nightmares...
** In "The Devil Inside", a man claiming to be doing God's work by screwing up Allison's visions, uses an extreme version of this (to be [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment redundant]]) as a last resort to stop her from foiling his plans.
** In the episode ''Will The Real Fred Rovick Please Stand Up?'' the end moment when Mallory Kessinger changes from the ultra-hot Ellen Hollman to [[{{Squick}} a man in a bikini]]. Possibly NightmareFuelStationAttendant material, for those who think it's that way.

%%* TearJerker: The series finale.

* HarsherInHindsight: One episode guest starred David Carradine as a spirit that ''looked'' like David Carradine ([[CelebrityParadox who apparently is also an actor in this universe]]). It obviously couldn't be Carradine's ghost since, as Allison states more than once, David Carradine was still alive. Three years after the episode aired, David Carradine died during an auto-erotic asphyxiation accident.

* BizarroEpisode: The entire plot of the episode "The Man in the Mirror"!

* RetroactiveRecognition: A season 2 episode has Allison helping a young woman played by a teenaged Creator/EmmaStone.

* EarWorm: In the beginning of the Season 2 episode "The Song Remains the Same", Allison hears ''"I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor'' [[TerribleTicking playing loudly in her head]], repeating itself until it subtly guides her to [[spoiler: the iPod of a missing college student who was listening to the song before her abduction]].

* OnlySaneMan: Joe - his wife has these crazy dreams, to which he generally makes reasonable suggestions, only to have them ignored.

* HarsherInHindsight: The episode guest starring David Carradine where he played a spirit that ''looked'' like David Carradine ([[CelebrityParadox who apparently is also an actor in this universe]]). It obviously couldn't be Carradine's ghost since, as Allison states more than once, David Carradine was still alive. Three years after the episode aired, David Carradine died during an auto-erotic asphyxiation accident.

** WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The show sometimes features wacky plots and comedic moments that could appeal to a younger audience, but it still features pretty horrific crimes committed by perpetrators. As of 2019, Australian re-runs features frequent advertisements aimed at distressed young viewers who can call a helpline- despite the fact that most seasons of the show is classified for mature audiences only.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Someone involved in the writing process for Dead Meat was absolutely a vegan. There's a rather gratuitous scene of a man eating a bacon sandwich which squeals every time he takes a bite.
** In "The Devil Inside": [[spoiler: The ghosts of the dead victims that couldn't be saved because Allison's stalker was interfering with her dreams (because he thought she was doing the Devil's work) going after the stalker's ghost.]] Allison's faith in her dreams is renewed; the implication being, if they don't come from the devil, whose else could the dreams be coming from?

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The end of "Wicked Game". And this subtly badass line:
-->'''Cynthia Keener:''' You'd be amazed how much the human constitution can withstand.

* TearJerker: The series finale.