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* SarcasticConfession: When asked how she can afford this condo, Scarlett says she became a contract assassin. It's unclear if the realtor actually believes her or not.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: A variation as they're already dead but as the house burns, the spirits except Ruby are ready for whatever fate awaits them.
* MercyKill: How the inhabitants of the house (except Ruby) see Rory burning down the place to free their spirits. They stop Ruby from trying to kill Rory as "nothingness is better than this."
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Michelle wanted to know how the Murder House worked. She gets it by being murdered and thus stuck in there.
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A couple (Noah Cyrus and Adam Hagenbuch) dares to spend the night in one of the most infamous haunted houses.

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A couple (Noah Cyrus (Music/NoahCyrus and Adam Hagenbuch) dares to spend the night in one of the most infamous haunted houses.
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* BeyondRedemption: Ben mentions that, despite trying to counsel Tate after everything the latter had done, Tate is "just as [[AxCrazy bananas]] as he's always been."
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* DecoyProtagonist: Connie and Dylan are set up as the episode's lead characters in the opening few minutes, before it's revealed that the events of the episode are a video game being (respectively) designed and played by the ''real'' protagonists, Michelle and Rory. Despite the many iterations the game goes through over the course of the episode, Connie and Dylan are never seen again.

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* DecoyProtagonist: Connie and Dylan are set up as the episode's lead characters in the opening few minutes, before it's revealed that the events of the episode they just experienced are taking place in a video game being (respectively) designed and played by the ''real'' protagonists, Michelle and Rory. Despite the many iterations the game goes through over the course of the episode, Connie and Dylan are never seen again.
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* CelebrityParadox: {{Invoked}} when Michelle encounters Ben Harmon in the Murder House, and mistakes him for Creator/DylanMcDermott doing a bit to amuse fans of the show on Halloween.

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* CelebrityParadox: {{Invoked}} when Michelle encounters Ben Harmon in the Murder House, and mistakes him for Creator/DylanMcDermott doing a bit to amuse fans of the show on for Halloween.
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* CelebrityParadox: {{Invoked}} when Michelle encounters Ben Harmon in the Murder House, and mistakes him for Creator/DylanMcDermott doing a bit to amuse fans of the show on Halloween.
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* ShowWithinAShow: Or "officially-licensed-video-game-spin-off with in a show". Which in itself is recursive, as the events of the episode itself then turn out to have actually taken place in the video game after it was extensively re-written. [[MindScrew Or something.]]

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* ShowWithinAShow: Or "officially-licensed-video-game-spin-off "unofficial-video-game-spin-off with in a show". Which in itself is recursive, as the events of the episode itself then turn out to have actually taken place in the video game after it was extensively re-written. [[MindScrew Or something.]]
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* ShoutOut: Connie and Dylan are named in honour of Creator/ConnieBritton and Creator/DylanMcDermott, who played central couple Ben and Vivian Harmon in ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse''. Since in this episode the TV show exists in-universe, this is likely a Shout Out in the fictional video game as well as in the actual episode.

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* ShoutOut: Connie and Dylan are named in honour of Creator/ConnieBritton and Creator/DylanMcDermott, who played central couple Ben and Vivian Harmon in ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse''. Since in this episode the TV show exists in-universe, this is likely intended as a Shout Out in the fictional video game as well as in the actual episode.
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** Also, in the universe of this episode (and seemingly this episode alone), ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'' exists as a TV show and its actors are at least somewhat recognisable. (Although Michelle blanks on Creator/DylanMcDermott's name when she encounters Ben Harmon in the Murder House. [[MindScrew Not that you can really blame her.]])
* ShoutOut: Connie and Dylan are named in honour of Creator/ConnieBritton and Creator/DylanMcDermott, who played central couple Ben and Vivian Harmon in ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse''. Since in this episode the TV show exists in-universe, this is likely a Shout Out in the fictional video game as well as in the actual episode.
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* ShowWithinAShow: Or "officially-licensed-video-game-spin-off with in a show". Which in itself is recursive, as the events of the episode itself then turn out to have actually taken place in the video game after it was extensively re-written. [[MindScrew Or something.]]

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* ShowWithinAShow: Or "officially-licensed-video-game-spin-off with in a show". Which in itself is recursive, as the events of the episode itself then turn out to have actually taken place in the video game after it was extensively re-written. [[MindScrew Or something.]]]]
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!! "Game Over"
!!! '''Directed by:''' Liz Friedlander
!!! '''Written by:''' Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk

A couple (Noah Cyrus and Adam Hagenbuch) dares to spend the night in one of the most infamous haunted houses.

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!! "Game Over" contains examples of:
* DecoyProtagonist: Connie and Dylan are set up as the episode's lead characters in the opening few minutes, before it's revealed that the events of the episode are a video game being (respectively) designed and played by the ''real'' protagonists, Michelle and Rory. Despite the many iterations the game goes through over the course of the episode, Connie and Dylan are never seen again.
* ShowWithinAShow: Or "officially-licensed-video-game-spin-off with in a show". Which in itself is recursive, as the events of the episode itself then turn out to have actually taken place in the video game after it was extensively re-written. [[MindScrew Or something.]]

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