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* AdaptationDecay: Jessica's mystery novel got turned into a sexy slasher film when Lydecker muscled his way onto the project, to the dismay of not only Jessica, but also the screenwriter, who protested the changes and got fired.
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* AdaptationDecay: Jessica's mystery novel got turned into a sexy slasher film when Lydecker muscled his way onto the project, to the dismay of not only Jessica, but also the screenwriter, who protested the changes and got fired. As it turns out, Lydecker only bought the rights because he wanted to use the name.
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* MustMakeAmends: After losing her temper at Lydecker only to discover later that she was wrong, Jessica decides she needs to find him and apologize in person--which is how she finds his body.
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* ReadTheFinePrint: Jessica did ''not'' do this with her initial publishing contract, which means she unknowingly signed away any right she had to interfere with an adaptation of her work. Naturally, she kicks herself for this when she finds out.
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BludgeonedToDeath: Jerry was killed by being struck on the head with a large metal urn.
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* BludgeonedToDeath: Jerry was killed by being struck on the head with a large metal urn.
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BludgeonedToDeath: Jerry was killed by being struck on the head with a large metal urn.
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* TakeThat: The episode does not have very nice things to say about 80's slasher movies or book-to-film adaptations.
* TapOnTheHead: Jerry was killed by being struck on the head with a large metal urn.
* TapOnTheHead: Jerry was killed by being struck on the head with a large metal urn.
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* TakeThat: The episode does not have very nice things to say about 80's slasher movies or book-to-film adaptations.
* TapOnTheHead: Jerry was killed by being struck on the head with a large metal urn.adaptations.
* TapOnTheHead: Jerry was killed by being struck on the head with a large metal urn.
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** Lydecker's secretary was present when she told Lydecker she'd do whatever it took to stop him from making the movie, and heard Jessica say later that what she had to do (that is, apologize) needed to be done in person. She later accuses Jessica of murder.
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** Lydecker's secretary was present when she Jessica told Lydecker she'd do whatever it took to stop him from making the movie, and heard Jessica her say later that what she had to do (that is, apologize) needed to be done in person. She later accuses Jessica of murder.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: The murder weapon was a metal urn.
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* TheShowMustGoOn: Ross Hayley, the director and (after Lydecker's death) producer of ''The Corpse Danced at Midnight'', needed to finish the movie and make its debut a success no matter what because he had heavy debts to pay. That's why he stole the gold button from the scene of Lydecker's death--[[BlackMail because it pointed to Eve as the murderer and he needed her to finish the movie]].
* TakeThat: The episode does not have very nice things to say about 80's slasher movies or book-to-film adaptations.
* TakeThat: The episode does not have very nice things to say about 80's slasher movies or book-to-film adaptations.
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* TheShowMustGoOn: Ross Hayley, the director and (after Lydecker's death) producer of ''The Corpse Danced at Midnight'', needed to finish the movie and make its debut a success no matter what because he had heavy debts to pay. That's why he stole the gold button from the scene of Lydecker's death--[[BlackMail death and wiped the fingerprints off the murder weapon--[[BlackMail because it pointed to Eve as the murderer and he needed her to finish the movie]].
* TakeThat: The episode does not have very nice things to say about 80's slasher movies or book-to-filmadaptations.adaptations.
* TapOnTheHead: Jerry was killed by being struck on the head with a large metal urn.
* TakeThat: The episode does not have very nice things to say about 80's slasher movies or book-to-film
* TapOnTheHead: Jerry was killed by being struck on the head with a large metal urn.
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* TheShowMustGoOn: Ross Hayley, the director and (after Lydecker's death) producer or ''The Corpse Danced at Midnight'', needed to finish the movie and make its debut a success no matter what because he had heavy debts to pay. That's why he stole the gold button from the scene of Lydecker's death--[[BlackMail because it pointed to Eve as the murderer and he needed her to finish the movie]].
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* TheShowMustGoOn: Ross Hayley, the director and (after Lydecker's death) producer or of ''The Corpse Danced at Midnight'', needed to finish the movie and make its debut a success no matter what because he had heavy debts to pay. That's why he stole the gold button from the scene of Lydecker's death--[[BlackMail because it pointed to Eve as the murderer and he needed her to finish the movie]].
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* HeReallyCanAct: Jessica was temporarily thrown by Eve's drunk act upon their first meeting and tells her later that she gets less credit than she deserves as an actress.
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* HeReallyCanAct: SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: InUniverse; Jessica was temporarily thrown by Eve's drunk act upon their first meeting and tells her later that she gets less credit than she deserves as an actress.actress.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Neither of Eve Crystal's boyfriends are willing to do much for her. She lampshades it at the end of the episode, lamenting that she knows how to pick them.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Neither of Eve Crystal's boyfriends are willing to do much for her. She lampshades it at the end of the episode, lamenting that she knows how to pick them.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Eve didn't want to be amovie star, but she was so in love with Jerry Lydecker that she'd do anything he asked.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Eve didn't want to be amovie a movie star, but she was so in love with Jerry Lydecker that she'd do anything he asked.asked. It didn't work out well for her.
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* TheShowMustGoOn: Ross Hayley, the director and (after Lydecker's death) producer or ''The Corpse Danced...'', needed the movie to get made and be a success no matter what because he had heavy debts to pay. That's why he stole the gold button from the scene of Lydecker's death--because it pointed to Eve as the murderer and he needed her to finish the movie.
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* TheShowMustGoOn: Ross Hayley, the director and (after Lydecker's death) producer or ''The Corpse Danced...'', Danced at Midnight'', needed to finish the movie to get made and be make its debut a success no matter what because he had heavy debts to pay. That's why he stole the gold button from the scene of Lydecker's death--because death--[[BlackMail because it pointed to Eve as the murderer and he needed her to finish the movie.movie]].
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* HeReallyCanAct: Jessica was temporarily thrown by Eve's drunk act upon their first meeting and tells her later that she gets less credit than she deserves as an actress.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Eve didn't want to be amovie star, but she was so in love with Jerry Lydecker that she'd do anything he asked.
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* MistakenForMurderer: Lydecker's secretary was present when she told Lydecker she'd do whatever it took to stop him from making the movie, and heard Jessica say later that what she had to do (that is, apologize) needed to be done in person. She later accuses Jessica of murder.
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* MistakenForMurderer: MistakenForMurderer:
** Lydecker's secretary was present when she told Lydecker she'd do whatever it took to stop him from making the movie, and heard Jessica say later that what she had to do (that is, apologize) needed to be done in person. She later accuses Jessica ofmurder.murder.
** After Ross Hayley is proven to have taken the gold button from the scene of Lydecker's death, he's arrested for murder, but Jessica realizes the button actually comes from a costume ''Eve'' borrowed.
** Lydecker's secretary was present when she told Lydecker she'd do whatever it took to stop him from making the movie, and heard Jessica say later that what she had to do (that is, apologize) needed to be done in person. She later accuses Jessica of
** After Ross Hayley is proven to have taken the gold button from the scene of Lydecker's death, he's arrested for murder, but Jessica realizes the button actually comes from a costume ''Eve'' borrowed.
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* TheShowMustGoOn: Ross Hayley, the director and (after Lydecker's death) producer or ''The Corpse Danced...'', needed the movie to get made and be a success no matter what because he had heavy debts to pay. That's why he stole the gold button from the scene of Lydecker's death--because it pointed to Eve as the murderer and he needed her to finish the movie.
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* AdapatationDecay: Jessica's mystery novel got turned into a sexy slasher film when Lydecker muscled his way onto the project, to the dismay of not only Jessica, but also the screenwriter, who protested the changes and got fired.
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* AdapatationDecay: AdaptationDecay: Jessica's mystery novel got turned into a sexy slasher film when Lydecker muscled his way onto the project, to the dismay of not only Jessica, but also the screenwriter, who protested the changes and got fired.
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* AdapatationDecay: Jessica's mystery novel got turned into a sexy slasher film when Lydecker muscled his way onto the project, to the dismay of not only Jessica, but also the screenwriter, who protested the changes and got fired.
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* MistakenForMurderer: Lydecker's secretary was present when she told Lydecker she'd do whatever it took to stop him from making the movie, and heard Jessica say later that what she had to do (that is, apologize) needed to be done in person. She later accuses Jessica of murder.
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* CastingCouch: InUniverse; Lydecker was forcing Eve Crystal, the female lead, into a relationship with him for career benefits and lost his temper when it became clear she was falling for her costar. He intended to cut the young man from the production and Eve killed him during a fight they had.
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* TakeThat: The episode does not have very nice things to say about 80's slasher movies or book-to-film adaptations.
* YourCheatingHeart: Lydecker was forcing Eve Crystal, the female lead, into a relationship with him for career benefits and lost his temper when it became clear she was falling for her costar. He intended to cut the young man from the production and Eve killed him during a fight they had.
* YourCheatingHeart: Lydecker was forcing Eve Crystal, the female lead, into a relationship with him for career benefits and lost his temper when it became clear she was falling for her costar. He intended to cut the young man from the production and Eve killed him during a fight they had.
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* TakeThat: The episode does not have very nice things to say about 80's slasher movies or book-to-film adaptations. \n* YourCheatingHeart: Lydecker was forcing Eve Crystal, the female lead, into a relationship with him for career benefits and lost his temper when it became clear she was falling for her costar. He intended to cut the young man from the production and Eve killed him during a fight they had.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Jessica understandably hates what Lydecker has done to her work, and promises to fight him. However, after learning she legally did sign away the rights to prevent the film, she goes to apologize, telling the secretary that she must settle her business with the producer in person. Unfortunately, that happens to be the day Lydecker turns up dead, temporarily making Jessica a suspect.
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* LessDisturbingInContext: The first line of the episode has Jessica deciding she's going to use a bayonet after all instead of another weapon she had briefly considered...in her story, of course.
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* LessDisturbingInContext: InUniverse. The first line of the episode has Jessica deciding she's going to use a bayonet after all instead of another weapon she had briefly considered...in her story, of course.
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Jessica is scandalized when she realizes that the upcoming movie ''The Corpse Danced at Midnight'' is a sex-saturated, gory horror film entirely separate from her novel. She flies to Hollywood to protest the picture, but the situation quickly takes a turn for the worse when the producer, Jerry Lydecker, turns up dead on the set.
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* GenderFlip: One of the characters in Jessica's novel was changed from a pre-adolescent boy to a teenage girl to give the movie some sexy moments.
* InNameOnly: ''The Corpse Danced at Midnight'' doesn't resemble Jessica's novel much at all. In fact, the producer explicitly admits that he chose the story only for its name.
* LessDisturbingInContext: The first line of the episode has Jessica deciding she's going to use a bayonet after all instead of another weapon she had briefly considered...in her story, of course.
* MysteriousMiddleInitial: Jessica reveals that the "B" stands for "Beatrice."
* ShoutOut: The title refers to the song "Hooray for Hollywood."
* YourCheatingHeart: Lydecker was forcing Eve Crystal, the female lead, into a relationship with him for career benefits and lost his temper when it became clear she was falling for her costar. He intended to cut the young man from the production and Eve killed him during a fight they had.
!!This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
* GenderFlip: One of the characters in Jessica's novel was changed from a pre-adolescent boy to a teenage girl to give the movie some sexy moments.
* InNameOnly: ''The Corpse Danced at Midnight'' doesn't resemble Jessica's novel much at all. In fact, the producer explicitly admits that he chose the story only for its name.
* LessDisturbingInContext: The first line of the episode has Jessica deciding she's going to use a bayonet after all instead of another weapon she had briefly considered...in her story, of course.
* MysteriousMiddleInitial: Jessica reveals that the "B" stands for "Beatrice."
* ShoutOut: The title refers to the song "Hooray for Hollywood."
* YourCheatingHeart: Lydecker was forcing Eve Crystal, the female lead, into a relationship with him for career benefits and lost his temper when it became clear she was falling for her costar. He intended to cut the young man from the production and Eve killed him during a fight they had.
