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* DidNotGetTheGirl: One of the unhappy results of Jackie's poor choices. There was a time when Jackie had a working relationship with Jainey Reardon. But instead of settling down with her, he chose to continue working for street gangs and was sent to jail before long. By the time he did his time, Jainey had already moved away and married someone else.
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: One of the unhappy results of Jackie's poor choices. There was a time when Jackie had a working relationship with Jainey Reardon. But instead of settling down with her, he chose to continue working for street gangs and was sent to jail before long. By the time he did his time, was released, Jainey had already moved away and married someone else.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In the beginning, George ridicules that Jackie's going to get guts tonighttonight if he's going to kill the bartender by 2 am. At the end of the episode, Jackie (or rather "''John''") has guts, just enough to stand up to George and send him running.
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* CoolOldGuy:CoolOldGuy: While nameless and off-screen through the whole episode, the old barkeeper who stands up to George and his gang is essentially this. Heck, the whole reason George wants Jackie to kill him is solely because he could potentially inspire others to stand up for themselves.
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* TheLostLenore: Jainey Reardon is a not-dead variation of this. (See DidNotGetTheGirl).
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* NeverMyFault: Jackie laments how his life has been one long up-hill climb with nothing to show for it. First he was dared as a child by some boys to steal from a teacher, then was later sent to a reform school when he shoplifted, was sent to jail after disobeying his parole officer, then lost his girlfriend to another man when he got sent to prison ''again''. His reflection is the first to point out that a great deal of this was a result of his ''own'' poor life choices.
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* HappyEnding: Rare for a Twilight Zone episode, Jackie..er John Rhoades takes the helm, stands up to George, and turns the corner into his new life.
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* DareToBeBadass: The reflection calls out Jackie on his lackluster, lazy, criminal lifestyle, and tells him can be better than what he has been.
-->'''Reflection''': Jackie! Jackie let me out! I wanna take over! I gotta take over! I want a decent job, some friends!
-->'''Jackie''': I got a job! I got friends! I got everything I want!
-->'''Reflection''': You got nothin'! You got nothin' but pain inside! You got no friends! You got nothin'! You ARE nothin! It's time to BE something!
-->'''Reflection''': Jackie! Jackie let me out! I wanna take over! I gotta take over! I want a decent job, some friends!
-->'''Jackie''': I got a job! I got friends! I got everything I want!
-->'''Reflection''': You got nothin'! You got nothin' but pain inside! You got no friends! You got nothin'! You ARE nothin! It's time to BE something!
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: A hotel room at 4 dollars a night would be a great deal and sound rather shifty in modern times, but back then 4 dollars had the spending value as about 31 dollars as of 2015.
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* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack: For the whole episode. At the end, he takes over.
* TheSlacker: Jackie's reflection alleges that much of Jackie's trouble is his own fault.
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At 2:30, George comes back to the hotel room and yells at Jackie for not doing the job, then threatens him with a gun. George asks, "Whattaya gotta say for yourself, ''Crumb''?" Jackie answers, "I resign! You can have your gun back plus the following." He casually knocks the gun out of George's hand, then beats him up and throws him out of the room. He calls the desk clerk and checks out, referring to himself as "''John'' Rhoades". He looks into a mirror, and it is revealed that Jackie and the reflection have switched places. John tells Jackie that he is going out into the world and finally making something out of their life.
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At 2:30, George comes back to the hotel room and yells at Jackie for not doing the job, then threatens him with a gun. George asks, "Whattaya gotta say for yourself, ''Crumb''?" Jackie answers, "I resign! You can have your gun back plus the following." He casually knocks the gun out of George's hand, then beats him up and throws him out of the room. He calls the desk clerk and checks out, referring to himself as "''John'' Rhoades". He looks into a mirror, mirror and it is revealed that Jackie and the reflection have switched places. John tells Jackie that he is going out into the world and finally making something out of their life.
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* DeathOfPersonality: John switches places with Jackie and leaves to make something of their life. This is one of the rare times that this trope is played for a HappyEnding.
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* DeathOfPersonality: in a manner of speaking. One of the only times this is part of a HappyEnding.
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* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Jackie tries to light one, only to find he has no matches. His reflection, on the other hand, does.
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* MortonsFork: Jackie thinks his situation is this -- either he doesn't kill the bartender, and gets killed by George, or he does and gets killed by the police.
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* TookALevelInBoss: Jackie -- er, ''John'' -- at the end of the episode.
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* TookALevelInBoss: Jackie -- er, ''John'' -- at the end of the episode.
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Jackie nervously considers the gun, and eventually decides he has no choice. Suddenly, his reflection starts talking and moving on its own. The reflection mocks Jackie and says he's tried of him being a total loser. Jackie was an unassertive coward his whole life, which led to him joining a gang instead of graduating and getting a real job. The reflection then laments about how Jackie blew his chance to be with a girl named Janie Reardon. The reflection says if Jackie doesn't stand up and quit the gang, all he will ever be is a lackey, and he will eventually be killed.
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Jackie nervously considers the gun, and eventually decides he has no choice. Suddenly, his reflection starts talking and moving on its own. The reflection mocks Jackie and says he's tried tired of him being a total loser. Jackie was an unassertive coward his whole life, which led to him joining a gang instead of graduating and getting a real job. The reflection then laments about how Jackie blew his chance to be with a girl named Janie Reardon. The reflection says if Jackie doesn't stand up and quit the gang, all he will ever be is a lackey, and he will eventually be killed.
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->'''Creator/RodSerling''': This is Mr. Jackie Rhoades, age thirty-four, and where some men leave a mark of their lives as a record of their fragmentary existence on Earth, this man leaves a blot, a dirty, discolored blemish to document a cheap and undistinguished sojourn amongst his betters. What you're about to watch in this room is a strange, mortal combat between a man and himself, for in just a moment Mr. Jackie Rhoades, whose life has been given over to fighting adversaries, will find his most formidable opponent in a cheap hotel room that is in reality the outskirts of the Twilight Zone.
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->'''Creator/RodSerling''': This is Mr. Jackie Rhoades, age thirty-four, and where some men leave a mark of their lives as a record of their fragmentary existence on Earth, this man leaves a blot, a dirty, discolored blemish to document a cheap and undistinguished sojourn amongst his betters. What you're about to watch in this room is a strange, mortal combat between a man and himself, for in just a moment moment, Mr. Jackie Rhoades, whose life has been given over to fighting adversaries, will find his most formidable opponent in a cheap hotel room that is in reality the outskirts of the The Twilight Zone.
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->'''Creator/RodSerling''': Exit Mr. John Rhoades, formerly a reflection in a mirror, a fragment of someone else's conscience, a wishful thinker made out of glass, but now made out of flesh and on his way to join the company of men. Mr. John Rhoades, with one foot through the door and one foot out of the Twilight Zone.
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->'''Creator/RodSerling''': Exit Mr. John Rhoades, formerly a reflection in a mirror, a fragment of someone else's conscience, a wishful thinker made out of glass, but now made out of flesh and on his way to join the company of men. Mr. John Rhoades, with one foot through the door and one foot out of the The Twilight Zone.
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[[caption-width-right:300:Left to right: John Rhoades and Jackie Rhoades.]]
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->'''Creator/RodSerling''': Exit Mr. John Rhoades, formerly a reflection in a mirror, a fragment of someone else's conscience, a wishful thinker made out of glass, but now made out of flesh and on his way to join the company of men. Mr. John Rhoades, with one foot through the door and one foot out of the Twilight Zone.Zone.
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everywhere. The reflection gets larger and larger...
At 2:30, George comes back to the hotel room and yells at Jackie for not doing the job, then threatens him with a gun. George asks, "Whattaya gotta say for yourself, ''Crumb''?" Jackie answers, "I resign! You can have your gun back plus the following." He casually knocks the gun out of George's hand, then beats him up and throws him out of the room. He calls the desk clerk and checks out, referring to himself as "''John'' Rhoades". He looks into a mirror, and it is revealed that Jackie and the reflection have switched places. John tells Jackie that he is going out into the world and finally making something out of their life.
At 2:30, George comes back to the hotel room and yells at Jackie for not doing the job, then threatens him with a gun. George asks, "Whattaya gotta say for yourself, ''Crumb''?" Jackie answers, "I resign! You can have your gun back plus the following." He casually knocks the gun out of George's hand, then beats him up and throws him out of the room. He calls the desk clerk and checks out, referring to himself as "''John'' Rhoades". He looks into a mirror, and it is revealed that Jackie and the reflection have switched places. John tells Jackie that he is going out into the world and finally making something out of their life.
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Jackie nervously considers the gun, and eventually decides he has no choice. Suddenly, his reflection starts talking and moving on its own. The reflection mocks Jackie and says he's tried of him being a total loser. Jackie was an unassertive coward his whole life, which led to him joining a gang instead of graduating and getting a real job. The reflection then laments about how Jackie blew his chance to be with a girl named Janie Reardon. The reflection says if Jackie doesn't stand up and quit the gang, all he will ever be is a lackey, and he will eventually be killed.
Jackie can't muster up the courage to quit, so the reflection says he is taking over. Terrified, Jackie rips the mirror off the wall and tries to escape, but finds more mirrors everywhere
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->'''Creator/RodSerling''': This is Mr. Jackie Rhoades, age thirty-four, and where some men leave a mark of their lives as a record of their fragmentary existence on Earth, this man leaves a blot, a dirty, discolored blemish to document a cheap and undistinguished sojourn amongst his betters. What you're about to watch in this room is a strange, mortal combat between a man and himself, for in just a moment Mr. Jackie Rhoades, whose life has been given over to fighting adversaries, will find his most formidable opponent in a cheap hotel room that is in reality the outskirts of the Twilight Zone.
Jackie Rhoades (Joe Mantell), a cowardly, insecure gangster, waits in his hotel room for his boss George. George (William D. Gordon) enters. After mocking Jackie several times, George hands Jackie a gun and orders him to kill a bartender who won't pay George protection money. Jackie says he's never killed anybody in his life and he's scared, but George angrily tells him to do the job by 2:00 or else he will come back and kill him. George leaves.
->'''Creator/RodSerling''': Exit Mr. John Rhoades, formerly a reflection in a mirror, a fragment of someone else's conscience, a wishful thinker made out of glass, but now made out of flesh and on his way to join the company of men. Mr. John Rhoades, with one foot through the door and one foot out of the Twilight Zone.
Jackie Rhoades (Joe Mantell), a cowardly, insecure gangster, waits in his hotel room for his boss George. George (William D. Gordon) enters. After mocking Jackie several times, George hands Jackie a gun and orders him to kill a bartender who won't pay George protection money. Jackie says he's never killed anybody in his life and he's scared, but George angrily tells him to do the job by 2:00 or else he will come back and kill him. George leaves.
->'''Creator/RodSerling''': Exit Mr. John Rhoades, formerly a reflection in a mirror, a fragment of someone else's conscience, a wishful thinker made out of glass, but now made out of flesh and on his way to join the company of men. Mr. John Rhoades, with one foot through the door and one foot out of the Twilight Zone.
