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* GoodIsNotNice: Fletcher is easily the morally superior of the two, but he's very stern and short tempered himself
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* GoodIsNotNice: Fletcher is easily the morally superior of the two, but he's very stern and short tempered himselfhimself. Justified, having Craig as a co-pilot. Though he apologizes to the Little People and plead that they don't hold the human race accountable for Craig's actions.
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* {{Irony}}: The giant spacemen wonder if there's any other "little people" but have no time to look as they've repaired their ship and are leaving.
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* {{Irony}}: The giant spacemen wonder if there's any other "little people" but have no time to look as they've repaired they're repairing their ship and are leaving.leave.
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* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: The alien who killed Craig crushed him by accident while curiously trying to pick him up. He apologizes.
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* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: The alien who killed Craig crushed him by accident while curiously trying to pick him up. He apologizes.felt bad for it.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Fletcher and Craig can't stand each other, but Fletcher at least tries to put that aside so they can both get home.
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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Craig has no problem bullying and terrorizing the little people. Fletcher, meanwhile, averts it by denouncing Craig's actions and sincerely apologizing for what's happened.
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* TheUnreveal: We never get to see what the little aliens actually look like.
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* SanitySlippage: Craig's sanity deteriorates as soon as he meets the little people, spiralling into a full blown [[AGodAmI God]] complex.
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* IResembleThatRemark: After Fletcher rightfully tells Craig that he's out of his gourd, [[DisproportionateRetribution Craig tries to shoot him]].
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* AssholeVictim: Peter Craig.
* HereWeGoAgain: Subverted. After Craig dies, one of the giants wonders if there are other tiny aliens around. However, instead of looking for them, he joins his partner in getting to work repairing their ship.
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* ShoutOut: This plot was parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E1TreehouseOfHorrorVII Treehouse Of Horror VII]]''.
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* ShoutOut: This plot was parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E1TreehouseOfHorrorVII "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E1TreehouseOfHorrorVII Treehouse Of Horror VII]]''. VII]]".
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* ShoutOut: This plot was parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E1TreehouseOfHorrorVII Treehouse Of Horror VII]]''.
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** Craig compares the Little People creating the statue to the Lilliputians [[GulliverTieUp tying up Gulliver.]] He gets killed by two Brobdingnagian-like aliens.
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** Craig compares the Little People creating the statue to the Lilliputians [[GulliverTieUp [[GulliverTieDown tying up Gulliver.]] He gets killed by two Brobdingnagian-like aliens.
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* {{Lilliputian}}: Duh.
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* {{Lilliputian}}: {{Lilliputians}}: Duh.
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!!Trivia
* Joe Maross also appears in "The Midnight Sun"
* Claude Akins also appears in "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street".
* Joe Maross also appears in "The Midnight Sun"
* Claude Akins also appears in "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street".
* HumanAliens: The giant spacemen.
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* MustMakeAmends: Fletcher begging the little people for forgiveness for what Craig did to them, in hopes that they forgive the human race as a whole.
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* MustMakeAmends: Fletcher begging the little people for forgiveness for what Craig did to them, in hopes that they they'll forgive the human race as a whole.whole.
* SquareCubeLaw: Apparently, the giant aliens have never heard of it.
* SquareCubeLaw: Apparently, the giant aliens have never heard of it.
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* VillainousBreakdown: In his final moments, Craig is left futilely screaming at the giant aliens to go away, that he is the god, not them. Which ends with him screaming in pain as one of them accidentally killed him.
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* VillainousBreakdown: In his final moments, Craig is left futilely screaming at the giant aliens to go away, that he is the god, not them. Which ends with him screaming in pain as one of them accidentally killed kills him.
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* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: The alien who killed Craig crushed him by accident while curiously trying to pick him up. He apologizes.
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* TheDevil: What Fletcher accuses Craig of being rather than [[AGodAmI a god.]]
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* ToppledStatue: the little people topple it on Craig's body, just for further emphasis.
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* ToppledStatue: the The little people topple it on Craig's body, just for further emphasis.
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* {{Irony}}: The giant spacemen wonders if there's any other "little people" but have no time to look as they're about to leave.
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* {{Irony}}: The giant spacemen wonders if there's any other "little people" but have no time to look as they're about to leave.they've repaired their ship and leaving.
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* {{Irony}}: The giant spacemen wonders if there's any other "little people" but have to time to look as they're about to leave.
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* {{Irony}}: The giant spacemen wonders if there's any other "little people" but have to time to look as they're about to leave.
* ShutUpKirk: Craig fires a stray bullet when Fletcher [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tells him he's really lost it]].
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* VillainousBreakdown: In his final moments, Craig is left futilely screaming at the giant aliens to go away, that he is the god, not them.
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* VillainousBreakdown: In his final moments, Craig is left futilely screaming at the giant aliens to go away, that he is the god, not them. Which ends with him screaming in pain as one of them accidentally killed him.
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* Joe Maross also appears in ''The Midnight Sun''.
* Claude Akins also appears in ''The Monsters are Due on Maple Street''.
* Claude Akins also appears in ''The Monsters are Due on Maple Street''.
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* Joe Maross also appears in ''The "The Midnight Sun''.
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* Claude Akins also appears in''The "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street''.
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!!Trivia
* Joe Maross also appears in ''The Midnight Sun''.
* Claude Akins also appears in ''The Monsters are Due on Maple Street''.
* Joe Maross also appears in ''The Midnight Sun''.
* Claude Akins also appears in ''The Monsters are Due on Maple Street''.
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[[caption-width-right:300:Fletcher beholds the Little People's statue of Craig.]]
[[caption-width-right:300:Fletcher beholds the Little People's statue of Craig.]]
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Astronauts William Fletcher and Peter Craig, each of whom happens to be the chief thorn in the other's side, set down in a canyon on another planet to repair their ship. While scouting around, Craig finds a city populated by people no bigger than ants.
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Astronauts William Fletcher (Claude Akins) and Peter Craig, Craig (Joe Maross), each of whom happens to be the chief thorn in the other's side, set down in a canyon on another planet to repair their ship. While scouting around, Craig finds a city populated by people no bigger than ants.
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* VillainProtagonist: Peter Craig.
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* VillainProtagonist: Peter Craig.Craig.
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* AGodAmI: Craig.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Craig was a giant to the Little People, then he meets people who are giants to ''him''.
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* AGodAmI: Peter Craig.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Peter Craig was a giant to the Little People, then he meets people who are giants to ''him''.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Peter Craig was a giant to the Little People, then he meets people who are giants to ''him''.
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* AGodAmI: Craig.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Craig was a giant to the Little People, then he meets people who are giants to ''him''.
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* HumansAreCthulhu: Tiny aliens (smaller than ants) worship Peter Craig
Craig, who discovers (and later mistreats) them.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Peter Craig gets killed by two giant spacemen in the end.
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->'''Creator/RodSerling''': The time is the space age, the place is a barren landscape of a rock-walled canyon that lies millions of miles from the planet Earth. The cast of characters? You've met them: William Fletcher, commander of the spaceship; his co-pilot, Peter Craig. The other characters who inhabit this place you may never see, but they're there, as these two gentlemen will soon find out. Because they're about to partake in a little exploration into that gray, shaded area in space and time that's known as The Twilight Zone.
Astronauts William Fletcher and Peter Craig, each of whom happens to be the chief thorn in the other's side, set down in a canyon on another planet to repair their ship. While scouting around, Craig finds a city populated by people no bigger than ants.
He begins terrorizing the population by crushing three of their buildings (Fletcher interferes with his destruction), proclaiming himself a god; although Fletcher said that the people are no different than we are, Craig believes that they've "been created in his image", even going so far as forcing them to build a life-size statue of him. Fletcher comes to inform him the repairs are done and they can depart, but Craig pulls a gun on him and orders Fletcher to leave him alone; there's no room for two gods.
Fletcher leaves disgustedly and, immediately, another ship lands. Two spacemen, big as mountains, emerge (they're repairing their ship). One of them picks Craig up and accidentally crushes him. The Little People rejoice at the death of their bullying "god", pulling the statue of Craig down, on top of his lifeless body.
->'''Creator/RodSerling''': The case of navigator Peter Craig, a victim of a delusion. In this case, the dream dies a little harder than the man. A small exercise in space psychology that you can try on for size in The Twilight Zone.
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*HumansAreCthulhuHumansAreCthulhu: Peter Craig
* LaserGuidedKarma: Peter Craig
Astronauts William Fletcher and Peter Craig, each of whom happens to be the chief thorn in the other's side, set down in a canyon on another planet to repair their ship. While scouting around, Craig finds a city populated by people no bigger than ants.
He begins terrorizing the population by crushing three of their buildings (Fletcher interferes with his destruction), proclaiming himself a god; although Fletcher said that the people are no different than we are, Craig believes that they've "been created in his image", even going so far as forcing them to build a life-size statue of him. Fletcher comes to inform him the repairs are done and they can depart, but Craig pulls a gun on him and orders Fletcher to leave him alone; there's no room for two gods.
Fletcher leaves disgustedly and, immediately, another ship lands. Two spacemen, big as mountains, emerge (they're repairing their ship). One of them picks Craig up and accidentally crushes him. The Little People rejoice at the death of their bullying "god", pulling the statue of Craig down, on top of his lifeless body.
->'''Creator/RodSerling''': The case of navigator Peter Craig, a victim of a delusion. In this case, the dream dies a little harder than the man. A small exercise in space psychology that you can try on for size in The Twilight Zone.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Peter Craig
