History Recap / TheTwilightZone2019S1E9TheBlueScorpion

* BaitAndSwitch: In a meeting with Anna and her lawyer to discuss the divorce, Storck says he doesn't need his own lawyer because he has "a friend" who will help "make all of [his] troubles disappear." He reaches into his backpack (where the Blue Scorpion is) and pulls out... his laptop.

** InvisibleToNormals: The name on the bullet can only be seen by one person, such as the owner of the Blue Scorpion. Everyone else sees a regular 9mm bullet.

* HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs: After a stressful day, Storck gets a vision where he is visited by Eulogio Cienfuegos, the gun's creator. Eulogio explains the Blue Scorpion simpl;y wants to "help end [his] troubles." It's even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Jeff who realizes it's a hallucination.

-->'''Storck:''' "Listen, no one will love the Blue Scorpion more than me... I have no interest in selling the Blue Scorpion."\\
'''Bob:''' "Mr. Storck--"\\
'''Storck:''' "Never call me again, understand?"\\
'''Bob:''' "Sir, I'm begging you, please don't hang up--"\\
'''Storck:''' "Because I will ''never'' sell him."

** It is unlikely the shooting range would allow Jeff to use their facilities after he starts showboating. It is questionable if they would even allow him access after his incoherent talk at the counter.

* EmpathicWeapon: The Blue Scorpion. It supposedly loves its owner and only asks to be kept in light, and it becomes ''very'' upset when Jeff talks about selling it. Its grip on the owner is only broken when the MarkedBullet kills someone with its name.

** EvilWeapon: Played with. The Blue Scorpion grows into an obsession for Storck, but it is unclear if the temptation to fire it is from the weapon or the stress of Storck's personal problems.

* EmpathicWeapon: The Blue Scorpion. It supposedly loves its owner and only asks to be kept in light. Its grip on the owner is only broken when the MarkedBullet kills someone with its name.

* {{Exposition}}: One of Storck's students ask about changing her thesis topic, leading to an exchange about Animalism and Anthropomorphism.

* HippieParents: Jeff's father, Otis.

* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Played with; proper gun discipline is discussed and basic safety precautions are followed, but some blatantly incorrect moments still occur:

Following the death of his dad, an anthropology professor finds a gun called the Blue Scorpion, which is about to become his most personal research project.

* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Played with; proper gun discipline is discussed, but some blatantly incorrect moments still occur:

* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Played with; proper gun discipline is used throughout the episode, though Jeff Storck does become a bit cavalier with the Blue Scorpion at times.

* EmpathicWeapon: The Blue Scorpion. It supposedly loves its owner and only asks to be kept in light. Its grip on the owner is only broken when the someone named on the MarkedBullet is killed.

* TheEndOrIsIt: After Jeffery is free from the gun's influence he throws it in the lake hoping no one can use it again, but unbeknownst to him two boys who are just fishing found it washed ashore.
* EmpathicWeapon: The Blue Scorpion. It supposedly loves its owner and only asks to be kept in light. Its grip on the owner is only broken when the owner kills someone whose name is on the bullet.

* ContrivedCoincidence: After he discovers the Blue Scorpion and its MarkedBullet, nearly everyone Storck meets is named "Jeff" -- including various students on campus, his wife's divorce lawyer, the man at the shooting range, and a dog running across a field.

* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Played with; proper gun discipline is used throughout the episode, though Jeff Stork does become a bit cavalier with the Blue Scorpion at times.
* ContrivedCoincidence: After he discovers the Blue Scorpion and its MarkedBullet, nearly everyone Stork meets is named "Jeff" -- including various students on campus, his wife's divorce lawyer, the man at the shooting range, and a dog running across a field.
** The gun dealer Stork talks to about selling the Blue Scorpion is named "Bob Jeff".

-->'''Stork:''' "No! No! You don't get to take my dad's bass! Are you fuck-- How can you even try?"\\

** EvilWeapon: Played with. The Blue Scorpion grows into an obsession for Stork, but it is unclear if the temptation to fire it is from the weapon or Stork's personal problems.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Once professor Stock discovers the MarkedBullet with "Jeff" on it, nearly ''everyone'' he meets is named Jeff.

* EvilWeapon: The Blue Scorpion. It creates a MarkedBullet with a name on it, and attracts beings with the same name across the owner's path. Its grip on the owner is only broken when the owner kills someone whose name is on the bullet.

Following the death of his dad, an anthropology professor finds the re-emergence of a gun called the Blue Scorpion which is about to become his most personal research project.

* EvilWeapon: The Blue Scorpion, it creates a MarkedBullet (Of the user names) and draws many being (humans, animal) with the same name to tempt them into using it (Either on themselves or someone else). And it won't let go of the user (mentally) till it kills the one whose name is on the bullet.
* MacGuffinTitle: The gun's name the Blue Scorpion is considered as one, especially when a picture of the scorpion is shown on its grip.
* OneSteveLimit: Whoo boy, averted. Once the MarkedBullet with "Jeff" on it is revealed, ''everyone'' seems to be named Jeff.

* [[OneSteveLimit One Jeff Limit]]: Whoo boy, averted. Once the MarkedBullet with "Jeff" on it is revealed, ''everyone'' seems to be named Jeff.

* EvilWeapon: The Blue Scorpion, it creates a MarkedBullet (Of the user names) and draws many being (humans, animal) with the same name to tempt them into using it. And it won't let go of the user till it kills the one whose name is on the bullet.
* MacGuffinTitle : The gun's name the Blue Scorpion is considered as one, especially when a picture of the scorpion is shown on its grip.

* EvilWeapon: The Blue Scorpion, it creates a MarkedBullet (Of the user names) and draws many being (humans, animal) with the same name to tempt them into using it.

* EvilWeapon: The Blue Scorpion, it creates a Marked Bullet (Of the user names) and draws many being (humans, animal) with the same name to tempt them into using it.

->'''Jordan Peele''':Here sits Professor Jeffery Mingus Storck, a man who holds a doctorate in anthropology, but possesses little true knowledge of himself.Today, Professor Storck is surrounded by the many familiar artifacts that shaped his father's life, and the one unknown object that ended it.As a scientist, he's about to embark on his darkest research project yet.His conclusion will lie somewhere between the barrel of a gun and the outer regions of The Twilight Zone.

MacGuffinTitle : The gun's name the blue scorpion is considered as one especially when a picture of the scorpion is shown on its grip

TheEndOrIsIt: After Jeffery is free from the gun's influence he throws it in the lake hoping no one can use it again,But unknown to him two boys who are just fishing found it washed ashore.

->'''Jordan Peele''':Human beings have a funny way of treating things like people.But today, they'll learn that as long as objects are valued more than lives tragedy will forever be manufactured here in The Twilight Zone.