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Fridge Brilliance

  • In "Trick or Treat", you notice that the monsters that confront Mr. Hackles are in the exact same order as the children who trick-or-treated him. The first one was a witch, just like Bessie. The second was a pirate, just like one of the twin trick-or-treaters. The final was a devil, just like Timothy's costume.
  • In "The Last Car", all of the passengers are dead, and stuck in the limbo that is the car. Each, however, seems to have the ability to alter one aspect of this reality at any time: the child can change his toys and outfit, the old woman's knitting project changes at her whim, and the old man can pull any food out of his lunch sack.
  • In "Word Processor of the Gods", Richard's Imagine Spot reflects his worry that his wife would be distraught that he "deleted" Seth. But in reality, not only does she not remember their son, it's apparent she never wanted kids in the first place. Richard possibly projected that his selfish wife wanted children as he did, and it was the only thing he thought he liked about her. But once it was obvious they didn't even share that in common, Richard finds it easier to change his reality even further.
  • "A New Lease on Life" has one of the maintenance men accidentally drop the protagonist's microwave. However, not only does one learn it wasn't an accident, but it becomes brilliant when one realizes the apartment is a living creature that feeds on its tenants' leftovers. Of course, he would "accidentally" drop it: a microwave would only serve to foster the tenant's habit of heating food only for themselves.
  • In "Choice of Dreams", Corelli is uneasy about the scientist using a needle on him. Given he's a drug lord, it's no surprise he'd be paranoid that the scientist would try to use drugs on him, and get him hooked.
  • In "Strange Love", one has to wonder: How can an indestructible vampire hurt her leg? Then Fridge Brilliance kicks in: breaking one's leg technically is the act of doing just that, hurting yourself. So the only thing that can break a vampire's leg is the vampire themselves!

Fridge Horror

  • The twist of "The Devil's Advocate" is that Mandrake had committed suicide, the man found dead in his car that he mentions, in the beginning, being him. But remember that during his Motive Rant he mentions that his wife is in a coma. Considering that he's dead, she will probably be too.

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