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* AnimatedEpisode: The episode "Family Dog," which also stands out in that it has no fantasy or horror elements. It was later spun off into its own show, ''WesternAnimation/FamilyDog''.
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* PopCultureSymbology: The episode ''Go To The Head Of The Class'' features a necromantic spell hidden on lyrics of Michael Jackson's ''Thriller'' - in order to hear it, you need to play an LP of the song backwards.

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* PopCultureSymbology: The episode ''Go To The "Go to the Head Of The Class'' of the Class" features a necromantic spell hidden on in the lyrics of Michael Jackson's ''Thriller'' - Music/MichaelJackson's ''Music/{{Thriller}}'' – in order to hear it, you need to play an LP of the song backwards.



* RetGone: The ultimate fate of 5-year-old Jonah Kelley in ''What If...?''. Ignored by his self-absorbed parents, Jonah soon becomes literally invisible to them along with having his possessions slowly disappear. [[spoiler:In the end, a man (implied to be his guardian angel) reveals he no longer exists but will be reborn as a baby to a loving family that actually wants him.]]

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* RetGone: The ultimate fate of 5-year-old Jonah Kelley in ''What "What If...?''.?". Ignored by his self-absorbed parents, Jonah soon becomes literally invisible to them along with having his possessions slowly disappear. [[spoiler:In the end, a man (implied to be his guardian angel) reveals he no longer exists but will be reborn as a baby to a loving family that actually wants him.]]



* SadistTeacher: B.O. Beanes in ''Go To The Head Of The Class'' has a truly psychotic obsession with student (and [[TheHero protagonist]]) Peter Brandt, seeking to give him extremely harsh punishments at the drop of a hat for any damn reason. The original idea of the voodoo spell was to brainwash Beanes into being nicer but since it [[GoneHorriblyWrong went horribly wrong]] it only made him even ''more'' psychotic. [[spoiler:And he's got the rest of the school year -- if not the rest of his undead life -- to make Brandt's life [[FateWorseThanDeath an everlasting living hell]].]]

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* SadistTeacher: B.O. Beanes in ''Go To The "Go to the Head Of The Class'' of the Class" has a truly psychotic obsession with student (and [[TheHero protagonist]]) Peter Brandt, seeking to give him extremely harsh punishments at the drop of a hat for any damn reason. The original idea of the voodoo spell was to brainwash Beanes into being nicer but since it [[GoneHorriblyWrong went horribly wrong]] it only made him even ''more'' psychotic. [[spoiler:And he's got the rest of the school year -- if not the rest of his undead life -- to make Brandt's life [[FateWorseThanDeath an everlasting living hell]].]]



* TerrifyingPetStoreRat: The large lizards in ''The Sitter'' that Jennifer uses to scare the two unruly boys are a green iguana and a savanna monitor, both completely harmless and usually docile animals often sold in pet shops (perhaps justified in-universe since the two boys probably don't know this).

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* TerrifyingPetStoreRat: The large lizards in ''The Sitter'' "The Sitter" that Jennifer uses to scare the two unruly boys are a green iguana and a savanna monitor, both completely harmless and usually docile animals often sold in pet shops (perhaps justified in-universe since the two boys probably don't know this).
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Despite all this, the series didn't do that well in the ratings. It lasted from September 1985 to April 1987 for a total of [[ShortRunner 45 episodes in two seasons]]. Still, a {{revival}} [[http://deadline.com/2015/10/amazing-stories-remake-bryan-fuller-nbc-universal-tv-1201592586/ was announced in 2015]], and aired exclusively on UsefulNotes/{{Apple|Macintosh}}'s streaming service Creator/AppleTVPlus [[Series/AmazingStories2020 on March 2020]].

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Despite all this, the series didn't do that well in the ratings. It lasted from September 1985 to April 1987 for a total of [[ShortRunner 45 episodes in two seasons]]. Still, a {{revival}} [[http://deadline.com/2015/10/amazing-stories-remake-bryan-fuller-nbc-universal-tv-1201592586/ was announced in 2015]], and aired exclusively on UsefulNotes/{{Apple|Macintosh}}'s Platform/{{Apple|Macintosh}}'s streaming service Creator/AppleTVPlus [[Series/AmazingStories2020 on March 2020]].
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''Amazing Stories'' is a 1980s TV series produced by Creator/StevenSpielberg for Creator/{{NBC}}. This GenreAnthology series is similar to ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone'', although with a distinctly larger proportion of happy endings. The show had very impressive visual effects at the time. Of course, given Spielberg's involvement, ''that's'' not surprising. It also had episodes directed by people who hardly ever do television (Creator/RobertZemeckis, Creator/ClintEastwood, Creator/MartinScorsese, etc).

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''Amazing Stories'' is a 1980s TV series produced by Creator/StevenSpielberg for Creator/{{NBC}}. This GenreAnthology series is similar to ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone'', although with a distinctly larger proportion of happy endings. The show had very impressive visual effects at the time. Of course, given Spielberg's involvement, ''that's'' not surprising. It also had episodes directed by people who hardly ever do work in television (Creator/RobertZemeckis, Creator/ClintEastwood, Creator/MartinScorsese, etc).
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* BasedOnATrueStory: "One for the Road" was based on the actual murder of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Malloy Michael Malloy]], who proved quite hard to kill.

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* BasedOnATrueStory: "One for the Road" was based on the actual murder of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Malloy Michael Malloy]], who proved quite hard to kill.kill (although in reality, unlike in the episode, the conspirators did finally manage to kill him).
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* BasedOnATrueStory: "One for the Road" was based on the actual murder of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Malloy Michael Malloy]], who proved quite hard to kill.

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