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* DownerEnding: In "Drive In", Chad and Kelley celebrate their victory with GladToBeAliveSex, but [[spoiler: they miss the fact that ''Rabbit Rabbit'' has been released on Netflix and the episode ends with the neighborhood descending into terror.]]

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* DownerEnding: In "Drive In", Chad and Kelley celebrate their victory with GladToBeAliveSex, but [[spoiler: they miss the fact that ''Rabbit Rabbit'' has been released on Netflix and the episode ends with the neighborhood a shot of Los Angeles descending into terror.]]
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: In "Rubber(Wo)man 1", Scarlett masturbates while imagining herself with Maya.
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* IdiotBall: In "Rubber(Wo)man Pt 1", a seemingly unposssessed Scarlett thinks nothing of putting on the S&M gimp suit, picking up a knife, and going to confront her fathers, even though they just lectured her about being into S&M porn. Then Michael finds the discarded suit and a pool of blood, and he and Troy either dismiss it as nothing or think Scarlett is in "her time of the month". [[spoiler: even if they're all possesssed, Grant's staff hasn't noticed that she has missed her sessions and disappeared.]]

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* IdiotBall: In "Rubber(Wo)man Pt 1", a seemingly unposssessed Scarlett thinks nothing of putting on the S&M gimp suit, picking up a knife, and going to confront her fathers, even though they just lectured her about being into S&M porn. Then Michael finds the discarded suit and a pool of blood, and he and Troy either dismiss it as nothing or think Scarlett is in "her time of the month". [[spoiler: even Even if they're all possesssed, Grant's patients and staff hasn't haven't t noticed that she has missed her sessions and disappeared.]]
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* IdiotBall: In "Rubber(Wo)man Pt 1", a seemingly unposssessed Scarlett thinks nothing of putting on the S&M gimp suit, picking up a knife, and going to confront her fathers, even though they just lectured her about being into S&M porn. Then they find the discarded suit and a pool of blood, and either dismiss it as nothing or think Scarlett is in "her time of the month".

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* IdiotBall: In "Rubber(Wo)man Pt 1", a seemingly unposssessed Scarlett thinks nothing of putting on the S&M gimp suit, picking up a knife, and going to confront her fathers, even though they just lectured her about being into S&M porn. Then they find Michael finds the discarded suit and a pool of blood, and he and Troy either dismiss it as nothing or think Scarlett is in "her time of the month". [[spoiler: even if they're all possesssed, Grant's staff hasn't noticed that she has missed her sessions and disappeared.]]



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* ADateWithRosiePalms: In "Rubber(Wo)man 1", Scarlett masturbates while imagining herself with Maya.


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* IdiotBall: In "Rubber(Wo)man Pt 1", a seemingly unposssessed Scarlett thinks nothing of putting on the S&M gimp suit, picking up a knife, and going to confront her fathers, even though they just lectured her about being into S&M porn. Then they find the discarded suit and a pool of blood, and either dismiss it as nothing or think Scarlett is in "her time of the month".
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''American Horror Stories'' premiered on July 15th, 2021 as an "FX on Creator/{{Hulu}}" original. A second season was announced shortly before the premiere of ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryDoubleFeature Double Feature]]''.

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''American Horror Stories'' premiered on July 15th, 2021 as an "FX on Creator/{{Hulu}}" original. A second season was announced shortly before the premiere of ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryDoubleFeature Double Feature]]''.
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* CouchGag: The titles change every episode. Except for the first two.



* SpecialEditionTitle: Happens every episode. Except for the first two.

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''American Horror Stories'' premiered on July 15th, 2021 as an "FX on Creator/{{Hulu}}" original. [[https://youtu.be/_oyH8Rd6IOM Season 1 Trailer.]]

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''American Horror Stories'' premiered on July 15th, 2021 as an "FX on Creator/{{Hulu}}" original. A second season was announced shortly before the premiere of ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryDoubleFeature Double Feature]]''.

[[https://youtu.be/_oyH8Rd6IOM Season 1 Trailer.]]
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* TakeThat: The sequence in "The Naughty List" when the Bro House influencers film and callously comment on a man committing suicide to get more views and subscribers is a reference to [[https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/youtuber-logan-paul-sued-over-suicide-forest-video-n1252610 a 2018 incident]] in which influencer Logan Paul, on a tourist trip to Japan with his entourage, filmed the body of a person who had committed suicide in Aokigahara Forest and uploaded it to Website/YouTube, causing widespread backlash.

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* TakeThat: The sequence in "The Naughty List" when the Bro House influencers film and callously comment on a man committing suicide to get more views and subscribers is a reference to [[https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/youtuber-logan-paul-sued-over-suicide-forest-video-n1252610 a 2018 incident]] in which influencer Logan Paul, on a tourist trip to Japan with his entourage, filmed the body of a person who had committed suicide in Aokigahara Forest and uploaded it to Website/YouTube, causing widespread backlash. The episode as a whole is a skewering of influencer culture in general, in particular the pursuit of money and followers at the cost of human decency.
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* TakeThat: The sequence in "The Naughty List" when the Bro House influencers film and callously comment on a man committing suicide to get more views and subscribers is a reference to [[https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/youtuber-logan-paul-sued-over-suicide-forest-video-n1252610 a 2018 incident]] in which influencer Logan Paul, on a tourist trip to Japan with his entourage, filmed the body of a person who had committed suicide in Aokigahara Forest and uploaded it to Website/YouTube, causing widespread backlash.
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* RecursiveCanon: ''Game Over'' is set in a world where ''American Horror Story'' is an in-universe show, but where the characters, locations, and events of the show are still real...[[MindScrew unless they're parts set within an in-universe unofficial ''AHS'' video game, except when they aren't and the events that were thought to just be part of the game really did happen, with the characters acting like it's simultaneously both real and fictional even though that contradicts which characters are alive or dead at the end.]]

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%%No citation* AnyoneCanDie: Even more so than its parent series, the episodic nature of ''Stories'' means just about any character can die as they're not meant to fill out an entire season of storylines.
%%No citation* BadSanta: "The Naughty List" features one, as portrayed by Creator/DannyTrejo.

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%%No citation* * AnyoneCanDie: Even more so than its parent series, the episodic nature of ''Stories'' means just about any character can die as they're not meant to fill out an entire season of storylines.
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* BookEnds: The first season begins and ends with episodes set in the Murder House.
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* DownerEnding: In ''Drive-In'', Chad and Kelley celebrate their victory with GladToBeAliveSex, but [[spoiler: they miss the fact that ''Rabbit Rabbit'' has been released on Netflix and the episode ends with the neighborhood descending into terror.]]

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* DownerEnding: In ''Drive-In'', "Drive In", Chad and Kelley celebrate their victory with GladToBeAliveSex, but [[spoiler: they miss the fact that ''Rabbit Rabbit'' has been released on Netflix and the episode ends with the neighborhood descending into terror.]]



* HistoricalDomainCharacter: In ''Drive-In'', Tipper Gore banned further screenings of ''Rabbit Rabbit'' years prior after the film caused the audience to massacre each other.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: In ''Drive-In'', "Drive In", Tipper Gore banned further screenings of ''Rabbit Rabbit'' years prior after the film caused the audience to massacre each other.
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* VariationsOnAThemeSong: Happens every episode.

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* VariationsOnAThemeSong: SpecialEditionTitle: Happens every episode.episode. Except for the first two.
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* VariationsonaThemeSong: Happens every episode.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: In ''Drive-In'', Tipper Gore bans further screenings of ''Rabbit Rabbit'' years prior after the film caused the audience to massacre each other.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: In ''Drive-In'', Tipper Gore bans banned further screenings of ''Rabbit Rabbit'' years prior after the film caused the audience to massacre each other.

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* BrownNote: Similar to Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/{{Cell}}'', the film ''Rabbit Rabbit'' turns anyone who watches it into AxCrazy killers. Of course, this was [[MadArtist the director's]] intent.



* DownerEnding: In ''Drive-In'', Chad and Kelley celebrate their victory with GladToBeAliveSex, but [[spoiler: they miss the fact that ''Rabbit Rabbit'' has been released on Netflix and the episode ends with the neighborhood descending into terror.]]



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* AnyoneCanDie: Even more so than its parent series, the episodic nature of ''Stories'' means just about any character can die as they're not meant to fill out an entire season of storylines.
* BadSanta: "The Naughty List" features one, as portrayed by Creator/DannyTrejo.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Tipper Gore is set to appear in at least one episode.

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In contrast to its parent series, which utilizes a seasonal format, ''American Horror Stories'' is episodic in nature and features self-contained stories, but some may be thematically or directly linked to existing aspects of ''AHS'' lore. The two-part premiere, "Rubber (Wo)man", for example is a {{callback}} to the infamous Rubber Man from ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]'', which was [[MascotVillain heavily used]] in marketing materials for that season.

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In contrast to its parent series, which utilizes a seasonal format, ''American Horror Stories'' is episodic in nature and features self-contained stories, but some may be thematically or directly linked to existing aspects of ''AHS'' lore. The two-part premiere, "Rubber (Wo)man", for example is hinges on a {{callback}} to the infamous Rubber Man from ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]'', which was [[MascotVillain heavily used]] in marketing materials for that season.



* AmericanTitle: Just like its parent series, albeit plural now.
* AnyoneCanDie: Even more so than its parent series, the episodic nature of ''Stories'' means just about any character can die as they're not meant to fill out an entire season of storylines.



* TheBusCameBack: The Infantata from ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]'' returns in "Rubber (Wo)man".
* DistaffCounterpart: The Rubber Woman is one of these to the Rubber Man from ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]''.

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* TheBusCameBack: The Infantata from ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]'' returns ContinuityCreep: Aspects established in the parent series may be spun-off into episodes of this series, as is the case with series premiere episode "Rubber (Wo)man".
* DistaffCounterpart: The Rubber Woman is one
(Wo)man", serving as a sequel of these sorts to the Rubber Man from ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]''.''Murder House''.



* HauntedHouse: The house in "Rubber (Wo)man" is indeed the same from the very first season of the parent series.
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* HauntedHouse: HistoricalDomainCharacter: Tipper Gore is set to appear in at least one episode.
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The house Rubber Woman is featured heavily in "Rubber (Wo)man" is indeed marketing materials for the same from the very first season of the parent series.
* MultiPartEpisode: "Rubber (Wo)man" is a two-part episode.
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* BadSanta: The episode "Santa" features one, as portrayed by Creator/DannyTrejo.

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* BadSanta: The episode "Santa" "The Naughty List" features one, as portrayed by Creator/DannyTrejo.
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* SpinOff: One of ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory"

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* SpinOff: One of ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory"''Series/AmericanHorrorStory''.
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''American Horror Stories'' is a horror anthology series created by Creator/RyanMurphy & Brad Falchuk, and a spinoff of the long-running ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'' on Creator/{{FX|Networks}}.

In contrast to its parent series, which utilizes a seasonal format, ''American Horror Stories'' is episodic in nature and features self-contained stories, but some may be thematically or directly linked to existing aspects of ''AHS'' lore. The two-part premiere, "Rubber (Wo)man", for example is a {{callback}} to the infamous Rubber Man from ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]'', which was [[MascotVillain heavily used]] in marketing materials for that season.

As with prior entries in the franchise, ''Stories'' also features recurring cast members returning in new roles, with the likes of Creator/MattBomer, Creator/BillieLourd, and Creator/JohnCarrollLynch appearing in season one.

''American Horror Stories'' premiered on July 15th, 2021 as an "FX on Creator/{{Hulu}}" original. [[https://youtu.be/_oyH8Rd6IOM Season 1 Trailer.]]

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!! ''American Horror Stories'' contains examples of:
* BadSanta: The episode "Santa" features one, as portrayed by Creator/DannyTrejo.
* TheBusCameBack: The Infantata from ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]'' returns in "Rubber (Wo)man".
* DistaffCounterpart: The Rubber Woman is one of these to the Rubber Man from ''[[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse Murder House]]''.
* GenreAnthology: One of the horror genre like its parent series, but with a focus on individualized, self-contained episodes rather than season-long tales.
* HauntedHouse: The house in "Rubber (Wo)man" is indeed the same from the very first season of the parent series.
* MultiPartEpisode: "Rubber (Wo)man" is a two-part episode.
* SpinOff: One of ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory"
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