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-> '''Creator/RodSerling''': Confidential personnel file on Salvadore Ross. Personality: a volatile mixture of fury and frustration. Distinguishing physical characteristic: a badly broken hand, which will require emergency treatment at the nearest hospital. Ambition: shows great determination towards self-improvement. Estimate of potential success: a sure bet for a listing in Who's Who in the Twilight Zone.
Salvadore Ross (Don Gordon) is as our narrator described. He has a huge chip on his shoulder and an even bigger sense of entitlement. This young man favors a woman named Leah Maitland (Gail Kobe), who breaks it off with Ross because of his personality. He breaks his hand in the ensuing tantrum, and goes to a hospital.
As the bedridden Ross fumes, he overhears the elderly patient next to him (J. Pat O'Malley) coughing loudly. Ross sarcastically asks if he could trade his broken hand for the old man's illness. The old man jokingly accepts, and they both sleep.
The next morning, Ross has a cold, while the senior has a broken hand. The old man begs Ross to reverse this (at his age, the hand wouldn't heal properly), but Ross dismisses him.
Leaving the hospital behind, Ross quickly figures out that he has the supernatural power to trade anything as long as the other trader agrees to it. Deciding to use this to impress Leah, he trades other guys for things like money, youth and even intellect.
Leah rejects him again, explaining that for all of his self-improvement, he's still the same heartless old bastard he's always been. She negatively compares him to her wheelchair-bound father (Vaughn Taylor), which inspires him to visit the old man.
Ross confronts Mr. Maitland, who also disapproves of his pursuit of Leah. After the two express their mutual hatred, Ross tells the old man that he has a business proposition for him.
The next day, Salvadore Ross is a changed man; he's become thoughtful, warm and gentle. Now in a happy relationship with Leah, Ross goes to Maitland to ask his permission to marry her. Maitland tells him no. When Ross asks him to show compassion, Maitland retorts that he sold that to him yesterday. He then blows Ross away with a gun.
-> '''Creator/RodSerling''': The Salvadore Ross program for self-improvement. The all-in-one, sure-fire success course that lets you lick the bully, learn the language, dance the tango and anything else you want to do. Or think you want to do. Money-back guarantee. Offer limited to... the Twilight Zone.
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!!The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Tropes:
* AdaptationalJobChange: In the short story by Henry Slesar, Ross initially works at a bottling plant while Leah is doing a teacher training course. In the television adaptation, Ross initially does odd jobs for the multi-millionaire Mr. Halpert while Leah is a social worker.
* AdaptedOut: The television adaptation does not include the bald bartender Phil who trades $112 for Ross' full head of hair, the homeless man who trades his hair to Ross for a place to sleep and Mr. Halpert's chauffeur Jan who trades access to Halpert for Ross' skills at pool.
* ChekhovsGun: Ross mocks Mr. Maitland for displaying his collection of guns on the wall of his apartment as he was injured in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. After trading his compassion to Ross for $100,000, Mr. Maitland shoots him with one of those guns.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Salvadore Ross buys the compassion of Leah's father, and fails to realize that he thereby made the father as compassionless as he used to be.
* HeelFaceTurn: Subverted, it seems Salvadore Ross went through one, turns out he just bought Leah's father's compassion.
* IWasJustJoking: Salvadore Ross' roommate when he realizes that the swap actually went through leaving him with a broken hand. And, since he spent the whole night sleeping on it without a cast, the roommate's hand will probably remain deformed.
* {{Jerkass}}: Salvadore Ross all the way through. He's rude, condescending and uncaring. While he seeks self-improvement, it's only to feed his ego and get what he wants.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Salvadore Ross' own deal goes bad when he buys the compassion of Leah's father and is killed by him.
* LovingAShadow: Ross admits that he [[WantingIsBetterThanHaving pursued Leah for selfish reasons]]. He does eventually realize he loves Leah but by then it's too late for him.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: In the short story, Albert does not have a surname. In the television adaptation, it is given as Rowe.
* PhysicalAttributeSwap: Ross can trade ages with people. One of his trades is exchanging his youth with a wealthy man's old age in return for one million dollars. He makes a series of trades with other men, paying them $1,000 for trading him a year of their youth in exchange for a year of his old age, and is soon young again.
* SemanticSuperpower: Ross can buy and trade anything, as long as the other trader agrees. He can even trade abstract concepts like social status and education level.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the short story, Mr. Maitland recently had a severe stroke and is expected to only live another few months, possibly weeks. In the television adaptation, he is wheelchair bound but is otherwise in good health.
* VillainProtagonist: Ross is a self-serving, hostile lout with a bit of a sadistic streak, and here we are watching his story unfold.
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-> '''Creator/RodSerling''': Confidential personnel file on Salvadore Ross. Personality: a volatile mixture of fury and frustration. Distinguishing physical characteristic: a badly broken hand, which will require emergency treatment at the nearest hospital. Ambition: shows great determination towards self-improvement. Estimate of potential success: a sure bet for a listing in Who's Who in the Twilight Zone.
Salvadore Ross (Don Gordon) is as our narrator described. He has a huge chip on his shoulder and an even bigger sense of entitlement. This young man favors a woman named Leah Maitland (Gail Kobe), who breaks it off with Ross because of his personality. He breaks his hand in the ensuing tantrum, and goes to a hospital.
As the bedridden Ross fumes, he overhears the elderly patient next to him (J. Pat O'Malley) coughing loudly. Ross sarcastically asks if he could trade his broken hand for the old man's illness. The old man jokingly accepts, and they both sleep.
The next morning, Ross has a cold, while the senior has a broken hand. The old man begs Ross to reverse this (at his age, the hand wouldn't heal properly), but Ross dismisses him.
Leaving the hospital behind, Ross quickly figures out that he has the supernatural power to trade anything as long as the other trader agrees to it. Deciding to use this to impress Leah, he trades other guys for things like money, youth and even intellect.
Leah rejects him again, explaining that for all of his self-improvement, he's still the same heartless old bastard he's always been. She negatively compares him to her wheelchair-bound father (Vaughn Taylor), which inspires him to visit the old man.
Ross confronts Mr. Maitland, who also disapproves of his pursuit of Leah. After the two express their mutual hatred, Ross tells the old man that he has a business proposition for him.
The next day, Salvadore Ross is a changed man; he's become thoughtful, warm and gentle. Now in a happy relationship with Leah, Ross goes to Maitland to ask his permission to marry her. Maitland tells him no. When Ross asks him to show compassion, Maitland retorts that he sold that to him yesterday. He then blows Ross away with a gun.
-> '''Creator/RodSerling''': The Salvadore Ross program for self-improvement. The all-in-one, sure-fire success course that lets you lick the bully, learn the language, dance the tango and anything else you want to do. Or think you want to do. Money-back guarantee. Offer limited to... the Twilight Zone.
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!!The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Tropes:
* AdaptationalJobChange: In the short story by Henry Slesar, Ross initially works at a bottling plant while Leah is doing a teacher training course. In the television adaptation, Ross initially does odd jobs for the multi-millionaire Mr. Halpert while Leah is a social worker.
* AdaptedOut: The television adaptation does not include the bald bartender Phil who trades $112 for Ross' full head of hair, the homeless man who trades his hair to Ross for a place to sleep and Mr. Halpert's chauffeur Jan who trades access to Halpert for Ross' skills at pool.
* ChekhovsGun: Ross mocks Mr. Maitland for displaying his collection of guns on the wall of his apartment as he was injured in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. After trading his compassion to Ross for $100,000, Mr. Maitland shoots him with one of those guns.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Salvadore Ross buys the compassion of Leah's father, and fails to realize that he thereby made the father as compassionless as he used to be.
* HeelFaceTurn: Subverted, it seems Salvadore Ross went through one, turns out he just bought Leah's father's compassion.
* IWasJustJoking: Salvadore Ross' roommate when he realizes that the swap actually went through leaving him with a broken hand. And, since he spent the whole night sleeping on it without a cast, the roommate's hand will probably remain deformed.
* {{Jerkass}}: Salvadore Ross all the way through. He's rude, condescending and uncaring. While he seeks self-improvement, it's only to feed his ego and get what he wants.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Salvadore Ross' own deal goes bad when he buys the compassion of Leah's father and is killed by him.
* LovingAShadow: Ross admits that he [[WantingIsBetterThanHaving pursued Leah for selfish reasons]]. He does eventually realize he loves Leah but by then it's too late for him.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: In the short story, Albert does not have a surname. In the television adaptation, it is given as Rowe.
* PhysicalAttributeSwap: Ross can trade ages with people. One of his trades is exchanging his youth with a wealthy man's old age in return for one million dollars. He makes a series of trades with other men, paying them $1,000 for trading him a year of their youth in exchange for a year of his old age, and is soon young again.
* SemanticSuperpower: Ross can buy and trade anything, as long as the other trader agrees. He can even trade abstract concepts like social status and education level.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the short story, Mr. Maitland recently had a severe stroke and is expected to only live another few months, possibly weeks. In the television adaptation, he is wheelchair bound but is otherwise in good health.
* VillainProtagonist: Ross is a self-serving, hostile lout with a bit of a sadistic streak, and here we are watching his story unfold.
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-> '''Creator/RodSerling''': Confidential personnel file on Salvadore Ross. Personality: a volatile mixture of fury and frustration. Distinguishing physical characteristic: a badly broken hand, which will require emergency treatment at the nearest hospital. Ambition: shows great determination towards self-improvement. Estimate of potential success: a sure bet for a listing in Who's Who in the Twilight Zone.
Salvadore Ross (Don Gordon) is as our narrator described. He has a huge chip on his shoulder and an even bigger sense of entitlement. This young man favors a woman named Leah Maitland (Gail Kobe), who breaks it off with Ross because of his personality. He breaks his hand in the ensuing tantrum, and goes to a hospital.
As the bedridden Ross fumes, he overhears the elderly patient next to him (J. Pat O'Malley) coughing loudly. Ross sarcastically asks if he could trade his broken hand for the old man's illness. The old man jokingly accepts, and they both sleep.
The next morning, Ross has a cold, while the senior has a broken hand. The old man begs Ross to reverse this (at his age, the hand wouldn't heal properly), but Ross dismisses him.
Leaving the hospital behind, Ross quickly figures out that he has the supernatural power to trade anything as long as the other trader agrees to it. Deciding to use this to impress Leah, he trades other guys for things like money, youth and even intellect.
Leah rejects him again, explaining that for all of his self-improvement, he's still the same heartless old bastard he's always been. She negatively compares him to her wheelchair-bound father (Vaughn Taylor), which inspires him to visit the old man.
Ross confronts Mr. Maitland, who also disapproves of his pursuit of Leah. After the two express their mutual hatred, Ross tells the old man that he has a business proposition for him.
The next day, Salvadore Ross is a changed man; he's become thoughtful, warm and gentle. Now in a happy relationship with Leah, Ross goes to Maitland to ask his permission to marry her. Maitland tells him no. When Ross asks him to show compassion, Maitland retorts that he sold that to him yesterday. He then blows Ross away with a gun.
-> '''Creator/RodSerling''': The Salvadore Ross program for self-improvement. The all-in-one, sure-fire success course that lets you lick the bully, learn the language, dance the tango and anything else you want to do. Or think you want to do. Money-back guarantee. Offer limited to... the Twilight Zone.
----
!!The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Tropes:
* AdaptationalJobChange: In the short story by Henry Slesar, Ross initially works at a bottling plant while Leah is doing a teacher training course. In the television adaptation, Ross initially does odd jobs for the multi-millionaire Mr. Halpert while Leah is a social worker.
* AdaptedOut: The television adaptation does not include the bald bartender Phil who trades $112 for Ross' full head of hair, the homeless man who trades his hair to Ross for a place to sleep and Mr. Halpert's chauffeur Jan who trades access to Halpert for Ross' skills at pool.
* ChekhovsGun: Ross mocks Mr. Maitland for displaying his collection of guns on the wall of his apartment as he was injured in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. After trading his compassion to Ross for $100,000, Mr. Maitland shoots him with one of those guns.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Salvadore Ross buys the compassion of Leah's father, and fails to realize that he thereby made the father as compassionless as he used to be.
* HeelFaceTurn: Subverted, it seems Salvadore Ross went through one, turns out he just bought Leah's father's compassion.
* IWasJustJoking: Salvadore Ross' roommate when he realizes that the swap actually went through leaving him with a broken hand. And, since he spent the whole night sleeping on it without a cast, the roommate's hand will probably remain deformed.
* {{Jerkass}}: Salvadore Ross all the way through. He's rude, condescending and uncaring. While he seeks self-improvement, it's only to feed his ego and get what he wants.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Salvadore Ross' own deal goes bad when he buys the compassion of Leah's father and is killed by him.
* LovingAShadow: Ross admits that he [[WantingIsBetterThanHaving pursued Leah for selfish reasons]]. He does eventually realize he loves Leah but by then it's too late for him.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: In the short story, Albert does not have a surname. In the television adaptation, it is given as Rowe.
* PhysicalAttributeSwap: Ross can trade ages with people. One of his trades is exchanging his youth with a wealthy man's old age in return for one million dollars. He makes a series of trades with other men, paying them $1,000 for trading him a year of their youth in exchange for a year of his old age, and is soon young again.
* SemanticSuperpower: Ross can buy and trade anything, as long as the other trader agrees. He can even trade abstract concepts like social status and education level.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the short story, Mr. Maitland recently had a severe stroke and is expected to only live another few months, possibly weeks. In the television adaptation, he is wheelchair bound but is otherwise in good health.
* VillainProtagonist: Ross is a self-serving, hostile lout with a bit of a sadistic streak, and here we are watching his story unfold.
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Salvadore Ross is as our narrator described. He has a huge chip on his shoulder and an even bigger sense of entitlement. This young man favors a woman named Leah Maitland, who breaks it off with Ross because of his personality. He breaks his hand in the ensuing tantrum, and goes to a hospital.
As the bedridden Ross fumes, he overhears the elderly patient next to him coughing loudly. Ross sarcastically asks if he could trade his broken hand for the old man's illness. The old man jokingly accepts, and they both sleep.
As the bedridden Ross fumes, he overhears the elderly patient next to him coughing loudly. Ross sarcastically asks if he could trade his broken hand for the old man's illness. The old man jokingly accepts, and they both sleep.
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Salvadore Ross (Don Gordon) is as our narrator described. He has a huge chip on his shoulder and an even bigger sense of entitlement. This young man favors a woman named Leah Maitland, Maitland (Gail Kobe), who breaks it off with Ross because of his personality. He breaks his hand in the ensuing tantrum, and goes to a hospital.
As the bedridden Ross fumes, he overhears the elderly patient next to him (J. Pat O'Malley) coughing loudly. Ross sarcastically asks if he could trade his broken hand for the old man's illness. The old man jokingly accepts, and they both sleep.
As the bedridden Ross fumes, he overhears the elderly patient next to him (J. Pat O'Malley) coughing loudly. Ross sarcastically asks if he could trade his broken hand for the old man's illness. The old man jokingly accepts, and they both sleep.
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Leah rejects him again, explaining that for all of his self-improvement, he's still the same heartless old bastard he's always been. She negatively compares him to her father, which inspires him to visit the old man.
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Leah rejects him again, explaining that for all of his self-improvement, he's still the same heartless old bastard he's always been. She negatively compares him to her father, wheelchair-bound father (Vaughn Taylor), which inspires him to visit the old man.
-> '''Creator/RodSerling''': The Salvadore Ross program for self-improvement. The all-in-one, sure-fire success course that lets you lick the bully, learn the language, dance the tango and anything else you want to do. Or think you want to do. Money-back guarantee. Offer limited to... the Twilight Zone.
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-> '''Creator/RodSerling''': The Salvadore Ross program for self-improvement. The all-in-one, sure-fire success course that lets you lick the bully, learn the language, dance the tango and anything else you want to do. Or think you want to do. Money-back guarantee. Offer limited to... the Twilight Zone.
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* SemanticSuperpower: Ross can buy and trade anything, as long as the other trader agrees. He can even trade abstract concepts like [[FountainOfYouth age]], social status and education level.
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* PhysicalAttributeSwap: Ross can trade ages with people. One of his trades is exchanging his youth with a wealthy man's old age in return for one million dollars. He makes a series of trades with other men, paying them $1,000 for trading him a year of their youth in exchange for a year of his old age, and is soon young again.
* SemanticSuperpower: Ross can buy and trade anything, as long as the other trader agrees. He can even trade abstract concepts like[[FountainOfYouth age]], social status and education level.
* SemanticSuperpower: Ross can buy and trade anything, as long as the other trader agrees. He can even trade abstract concepts like
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* AdaptedOut: The television adaptation does not include the bald bartender Phil who trades $112 for Ross' full head of hair, the homeless man who trades his hair to Ross for a place to sleep or Mr. Halpert's chauffeur Jan who trades access to Halpert for Ross' skills at pool.
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* AdaptedOut: The television adaptation does not include the bald bartender Phil who trades $112 for Ross' full head of hair, the homeless man who trades his hair to Ross for a place to sleep or and Mr. Halpert's chauffeur Jan who trades access to Halpert for Ross' skills at pool.
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* ChekhovsGun: Ross mocks Mr. Maitland for displaying his collection of guns on the wall of his apartment as he was injured in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. [[spoiler:After trading his compassion to Ross for $100,000, Mr. Maitland shoots him with one of those guns.]]
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Salvadore Ross [[spoiler: buys the compassion of Leah's father, and fails to realize that he thereby made the father as compassionless as he used to be.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: Subverted, it seems Salvadore Ross went through one, [[spoiler: turns out he just bought Leah's father's compassion]].
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Salvadore Ross [[spoiler: buys the compassion of Leah's father, and fails to realize that he thereby made the father as compassionless as he used to be.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: Subverted, it seems Salvadore Ross went through one, [[spoiler: turns out he just bought Leah's father's compassion]].
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* ChekhovsGun: Ross mocks Mr. Maitland for displaying his collection of guns on the wall of his apartment as he was injured in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. [[spoiler:After After trading his compassion to Ross for $100,000, Mr. Maitland shoots him with one of those guns.]]
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Salvadore Ross[[spoiler: buys the compassion of Leah's father, and fails to realize that he thereby made the father as compassionless as he used to be.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: Subverted, it seems Salvadore Ross went through one,[[spoiler: turns out he just bought Leah's father's compassion]].compassion.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Salvadore Ross
* HeelFaceTurn: Subverted, it seems Salvadore Ross went through one,
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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Salvadore Ross' own deal goes bad when he buys the compassion of Leah's father and is killed by him]]
* LovingAShadow: Ross admits that he [[WantingIsBetterThanHaving pursued Leah for selfish reasons]]. He does eventually realize he loves Leah [[spoiler: but by then it's too late for him]].
* LovingAShadow: Ross admits that he [[WantingIsBetterThanHaving pursued Leah for selfish reasons]]. He does eventually realize he loves Leah [[spoiler: but by then it's too late for him]].
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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Salvadore Ross' own deal goes bad when he buys the compassion of Leah's father and is killed by him]]
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* LovingAShadow: Ross admits that he [[WantingIsBetterThanHaving pursued Leah for selfish reasons]]. He does eventually realize he loves Leah[[spoiler: but by then it's too late for him]].him.
* LovingAShadow: Ross admits that he [[WantingIsBetterThanHaving pursued Leah for selfish reasons]]. He does eventually realize he loves Leah
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* SemanticSuperpower: Ross can buy and trade anything, as long as the other trader agrees. By this we mean he can even trade abstract concepts like [[FountainOfYouth age]], social status and education level.
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* SemanticSuperpower: Ross can buy and trade anything, as long as the other trader agrees. By this we mean he He can even trade abstract concepts like [[FountainOfYouth age]], social status and education level.
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* AdaptationalJobChange: In the short story by Henry Slesar, Ross initially works at a bottling plant while Leah is doing a teacher training course. In the television adaptation, Ross initially does odd jobs for the multi-millionaire Mr. Halpert while Leah is a social worker.
* AdaptedOut: The television adaptation does not include the bald bartender Phil who trades $112 for Ross' full head of hair, the homeless man who trades his hair to Ross for a place to sleep or Mr. Halpert's chauffeur Jan who trades access to Halpert for Ross' skills at pool.
* ChekhovsGun: Ross mocks Mr. Maitland for displaying his collection of guns on the wall of his apartment as he was injured in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. [[spoiler:After trading his compassion to Ross for $100,000, Mr. Maitland shoots him with one of those guns.]]
* AdaptedOut: The television adaptation does not include the bald bartender Phil who trades $112 for Ross' full head of hair, the homeless man who trades his hair to Ross for a place to sleep or Mr. Halpert's chauffeur Jan who trades access to Halpert for Ross' skills at pool.
* ChekhovsGun: Ross mocks Mr. Maitland for displaying his collection of guns on the wall of his apartment as he was injured in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. [[spoiler:After trading his compassion to Ross for $100,000, Mr. Maitland shoots him with one of those guns.]]
* NamedByTheAdaptation: In the short story, Albert does not have a surname. In the television adaptation, it is given as Rowe.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the short story, Mr. Maitland recently had a severe stroke and is expected to only live another few months, possibly weeks. In the television adaptation, he is wheelchair bound but is otherwise in good health.
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-> '''Rod Serling''': The Salvadore Ross program for self-improvement. The all-in-one, sure-fire success course that lets you lick the bully, learn the language, dance the tango and anything else you want to do. Or think you want to do. Money-back guarantee. Offer limited to... the Twilight Zone.
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-> '''Rod Serling''': '''Creator/RodSerling''': The Salvadore Ross program for self-improvement. The all-in-one, sure-fire success course that lets you lick the bully, learn the language, dance the tango and anything else you want to do. Or think you want to do. Money-back guarantee. Offer limited to... the Twilight Zone.
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* IWasJoking: Salvadore Ross' roommate when he realizes that the swap actually went through leaving him with a broken hand.
** And, since he spent the whole night sleeping on it without a cast, the roommate's hand will probably remain deformed.
** And, since he spent the whole night sleeping on it without a cast, the roommate's hand will probably remain deformed.
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* IWasJoking: IWasJustJoking: Salvadore Ross' roommate when he realizes that the swap actually went through leaving him with a broken hand.
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Salvadore Ross is as our narrator described. He has a huge chip on his shoulder and an even bigger sense of entitlement. This young man favors an old flame named Leah Maitland, who broke it off with Ross because of his foul personality. Ross tries to rekindle things with Leah again, and when she rejects him, he breaks his hand in the ensuing tantrum.
At the hospital, he encounters an elderly patient with a cold. Ross sarcastically asks if he could trade his broken hand for the old man's illness, the old man jokingly accepts...
...and the next morning, it happens. Ross has a cold, the senior has a broken hand.
Ross quickly figures out his new power. As long as he can get another person to agree on it, he can make ''any'' kind of trade. Deciding to use this to impress Leah, he trades other guys for things like money, youth and even intellect.
Leah rejects him ''again'', explaining that while he may have improved himself in many respects, he's still a callous jerk. She negatively compares him to her father, which inspires him to visit the old man for a business deal...
At the hospital, he encounters an elderly patient with a cold. Ross sarcastically asks if he could trade his broken hand for the old man's illness, the old man jokingly accepts...
...and the next morning, it happens. Ross has a cold, the senior has a broken hand.
Ross quickly figures out his new power. As long as he can get another person to agree on it, he can make ''any'' kind of trade. Deciding to use this to impress Leah, he trades other guys for things like money, youth and even intellect.
Leah rejects him ''again'', explaining that while he may have improved himself in many respects, he's still a callous jerk. She negatively compares him to her father, which inspires him to visit the old man for a business deal...
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Salvadore Ross is as our narrator described. He has a huge chip on his shoulder and an even bigger sense of entitlement. This young man favors an old flame a woman named Leah Maitland, who broke breaks it off with Ross because of his foul personality. Ross tries to rekindle things with Leah again, and when she rejects him, he He breaks his hand in the ensuing tantrum.
Attantrum, and goes to a hospital.
As thehospital, bedridden Ross fumes, he encounters an overhears the elderly patient with a cold. next to him coughing loudly. Ross sarcastically asks if he could trade his broken hand for the old man's illness, the illness. The old man jokingly accepts...
...accepts, and the they both sleep.
The next morning,it happens. Ross has a cold, while the senior has a broken hand.
hand. The old man begs Ross to reverse this (at his age, the hand wouldn't heal properly), but Ross dismisses him.
Leaving the hospital behind, Ross quickly figures outhis new power. As that he has the supernatural power to trade anything as long as he can get another person the other trader agrees to agree on it, he can make ''any'' kind of trade.it. Deciding to use this to impress Leah, he trades other guys for things like money, youth and even intellect.
Leah rejects him''again'', again, explaining that while he may have improved himself in many respects, for all of his self-improvement, he's still a callous jerk. the same heartless old bastard he's always been. She negatively compares him to her father, which inspires him to visit the old man.
Ross confronts Mr. Maitland, who also disapproves of his pursuit of Leah. After the two express their mutual hatred, Ross tells the old manfor that he has a business deal...
proposition for him.
The next day, Salvadore Ross is a changed man; he's become thoughtful, warm and gentle. Now in a happy relationship with Leah, Ross goes to Maitland to ask his permission to marry her. Maitland tells him no. When Ross asks him to show compassion, Maitland retorts that he sold that to him yesterday. He then blows Ross away with a gun.
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Leaving the hospital behind, Ross quickly figures out
Leah rejects him
Ross confronts Mr. Maitland, who also disapproves of his pursuit of Leah. After the two express their mutual hatred, Ross tells the old man
The next day, Salvadore Ross is a changed man; he's become thoughtful, warm and gentle. Now in a happy relationship with Leah, Ross goes to Maitland to ask his permission to marry her. Maitland tells him no. When Ross asks him to show compassion, Maitland retorts that he sold that to him yesterday. He then blows Ross away with a gun.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Salvadore Ross [[spoiler: buys the compassion of Leah's father, and not until the end realizes that he thereby made the father as compassionless as he used to be.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: Subverted, it seems Salvadore Ross went through one, [[spoiler: turns out he just bought Leah's father's compassion]]
* IWasJoking: Salvadore Ross' roommate when he realizes that the swap actually went through leaving him with a broken hand
* HeelFaceTurn: Subverted, it seems Salvadore Ross went through one, [[spoiler: turns out he just bought Leah's father's compassion]]
* IWasJoking: Salvadore Ross' roommate when he realizes that the swap actually went through leaving him with a broken hand
to:
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Salvadore Ross [[spoiler: buys the compassion of Leah's father, and not until the end realizes fails to realize that he thereby made the father as compassionless as he used to be.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: Subverted, it seems Salvadore Ross went through one, [[spoiler: turns out he just bought Leah's father'scompassion]]
compassion]].
* IWasJoking: Salvadore Ross' roommate when he realizes that the swap actually went through leaving him with a brokenhandhand.
* HeelFaceTurn: Subverted, it seems Salvadore Ross went through one, [[spoiler: turns out he just bought Leah's father's
* IWasJoking: Salvadore Ross' roommate when he realizes that the swap actually went through leaving him with a broken
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* LovingAShadow: Salvadore Ross admits that he [[WantingIsBetterThanHaving pursued Leah for selfish reasons]]. He does eventually realize he loves Leah [[spoiler: but by then it's too late for him]].
* SemanticSuperpower: Salvadore Ross can buy and trade anything, as long as the other trader agrees...and we mean he can even trade abstract concepts like [[FountainOfYouth age]], social status and education level.
* VillainProtagonist: Salvadore Ross
* SemanticSuperpower: Salvadore Ross can buy and trade anything, as long as the other trader agrees...and we mean he can even trade abstract concepts like [[FountainOfYouth age]], social status and education level.
* VillainProtagonist: Salvadore Ross
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* LovingAShadow: Salvadore Ross admits that he [[WantingIsBetterThanHaving pursued Leah for selfish reasons]]. He does eventually realize he loves Leah [[spoiler: but by then it's too late for him]].
* SemanticSuperpower:Salvadore Ross can buy and trade anything, as long as the other trader agrees...and agrees. By this we mean he can even trade abstract concepts like [[FountainOfYouth age]], social status and education level.
* VillainProtagonist:Salvadore Ross
Ross is a self-serving, hostile lout with a bit of a sadistic streak, and here we are watching his story unfold.
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-> '''Creator/RodSerling''': Confidential personnel file on Salvadore Ross. Personality: a volatile mixture of fury and frustration. Distinguishing physical characteristic: a badly broken hand, which will require emergency treatment at the nearest hospital. Ambition: shows great determination towards self-improvement. Estimate of potential success: a sure bet for a listing in Who's Who in the Twilight Zone.
Salvadore Ross is as our narrator described. He has a huge chip on his shoulder and an even bigger sense of entitlement. This young man favors an old flame named Leah Maitland, who broke it off with Ross because of his foul personality. Ross tries to rekindle things with Leah again, and when she rejects him, he breaks his hand in the ensuing tantrum.
At the hospital, he encounters an elderly patient with a cold. Ross sarcastically asks if he could trade his broken hand for the old man's illness, the old man jokingly accepts...
...and the next morning, it happens. Ross has a cold, the senior has a broken hand.
Ross quickly figures out his new power. As long as he can get another person to agree on it, he can make ''any'' kind of trade. Deciding to use this to impress Leah, he trades other guys for things like money, youth and even intellect.
Leah rejects him ''again'', explaining that while he may have improved himself in many respects, he's still a callous jerk. She negatively compares him to her father, which inspires him to visit the old man for a business deal...
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Salvadore Ross is as our narrator described. He has a huge chip on his shoulder and an even bigger sense of entitlement. This young man favors an old flame named Leah Maitland, who broke it off with Ross because of his foul personality. Ross tries to rekindle things with Leah again, and when she rejects him, he breaks his hand in the ensuing tantrum.
At the hospital, he encounters an elderly patient with a cold. Ross sarcastically asks if he could trade his broken hand for the old man's illness, the old man jokingly accepts...
...and the next morning, it happens. Ross has a cold, the senior has a broken hand.
Ross quickly figures out his new power. As long as he can get another person to agree on it, he can make ''any'' kind of trade. Deciding to use this to impress Leah, he trades other guys for things like money, youth and even intellect.
Leah rejects him ''again'', explaining that while he may have improved himself in many respects, he's still a callous jerk. She negatively compares him to her father, which inspires him to visit the old man for a business deal...
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Salvadore Ross [[spoiler: buys the compassion of his Leah's father, and not until the end realizes that he thereby made the father as compassionless as he used to be.]]
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Salvadore Ross [[spoiler: buys the compassion of his Leah's father, and not until the end realizes that he thereby made the father as compassionless as he used to be.]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: Salvadore Ross all the way through
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* {{Jerkass}}: Salvadore Ross all the way throughthrough. He's rude, condescending and uncaring. While he seeks self-improvement, it's only to feed his ego and get what he wants.
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* LovingAShadow: Salvadore Ross admits to this, though he does eventually realize he does love Leah.
* VillainProtagonist: Salvadore Ross
* VillainProtagonist: Salvadore Ross
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* LovingAShadow: Salvadore Ross admits to this, though that he [[WantingIsBetterThanHaving pursued Leah for selfish reasons]]. He does eventually realize he does love Leah.
loves Leah [[spoiler: but by then it's too late for him]].
* SemanticSuperpower: Salvadore Ross can buy and trade anything, as long as the other trader agrees...and we mean he can even trade abstract concepts like [[FountainOfYouth age]], social status and education level.
* VillainProtagonist: SalvadoreRossRoss
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-> '''Rod Serling''': The Salvadore Ross program for self-improvement. The all-in-one, sure-fire success course that lets you lick the bully, learn the language, dance the tango and anything else you want to do. Or think you want to do. Money-back guarantee. Offer limited to... the Twilight Zone.
* SemanticSuperpower: Salvadore Ross can buy and trade anything, as long as the other trader agrees...and we mean he can even trade abstract concepts like [[FountainOfYouth age]], social status and education level.
* VillainProtagonist: Salvadore
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-> '''Rod Serling''': The Salvadore Ross program for self-improvement. The all-in-one, sure-fire success course that lets you lick the bully, learn the language, dance the tango and anything else you want to do. Or think you want to do. Money-back guarantee. Offer limited to... the Twilight Zone.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Salvadore Ross [[spoiler: buys the compassion of his Leah's father, and not until the end realizes that he thereby made the father as compassionless as he used to be.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: Subverted, it seems Salvadore Ross went through one, [[spoiler: turns out he just bought Leah's father's compassion]]
* IWasJoking: Salvadore Ross' roommate when he realizes that the swap actually went through leaving him with a broken hand
* {{Jerkass}}: Salvadore Ross all the way through
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Salvadore Ross' own deal goes bad when he buys the compassion of Leah's father and is killed by him]]
* LovingAShadow: Salvadore Ross admits to this, though he does eventually realize he does love Leah.
* VillainProtagonist: Salvadore Ross
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Salvadore Ross [[spoiler: buys the compassion of his Leah's father, and not until the end realizes that he thereby made the father as compassionless as he used to be.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: Subverted, it seems Salvadore Ross went through one, [[spoiler: turns out he just bought Leah's father's compassion]]
* IWasJoking: Salvadore Ross' roommate when he realizes that the swap actually went through leaving him with a broken hand
* {{Jerkass}}: Salvadore Ross all the way through
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Salvadore Ross' own deal goes bad when he buys the compassion of Leah's father and is killed by him]]
* LovingAShadow: Salvadore Ross admits to this, though he does eventually realize he does love Leah.
* VillainProtagonist: Salvadore Ross
