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  • Actor-Shared Background: Neil Patrick Harris as Chester, a magician, which he actually is in real life.
  • Disabled Character, Disabled Actor: Legless Suzie, Paul, Ma Petite and Meep all share their conditions with their actors.
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  • Lying Creator: Pre release materials described Edward Mordrake as "A dark tormentor from Ethel's past who is hell bent on revenge." Edward's only connection to Ethel is that he killed one of her fellow performers, and the two never encountered each other directly. Edward himself is very polite, and only kills people and drags them to Hell because it's the only way his second face will give him any peace.
  • Off-the-Shelf FX: The cymbal monkey in the opening credits is a Spirit Halloween prop known as Monkey Chimes.
  • Playing Against Type: Jamie Brewer takes her first stab at a purely villainous role in the franchise, as Chester's Split Personality, Marjorie.
  • What Could Have Been: Episode 9 was originally titled "The Fat Lady Sings," and promotional material for the episode featured Ima holding a guitar. This suggests that Ima originally would have had a musical number.

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