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* [[NeverTrustATrailer Never Trust A Preview]]: The preview for "Edward Mordrake, Part 2" includes scenes of Ethel warning Dell that "he's come to claim his victim," implied to be Mordrake, and one where Dell cocks a gun, and then shouts a BigNo. Not only is this misleading, but Ethel does not make an appearance in the episode in question and Dell only makes a brief appearance at the very end when [[spoiler:the townfolk of Jupiter arrive to show their gratitude to Jimmy and co.]]
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* [[NeverTrustATrailer Never Trust A Preview]]: The preview for "Edward Mordrake, Part 2" includes scenes of Ethel warning Dell that "he's come to claim his victim," implied to be Mordrake, and one where Dell cocks a gun, and then shouts a BigNo. Not only is this misleading, but Ethel does are these scenes not make an appearance in the episode in question and episode, but Dell only makes a brief appearance the briefest of appearances at the very end when [[spoiler:the townfolk of Jupiter arrive to show their gratitude to Jimmy end, and co.]]Ethel doesn't appear in the episode at all!
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Twisty. In the end he was simply a kind, childish clown who was [[SanitySlippage driven insane]] after having his reputation and life ruined. And although he was driven to murder, all he ever wanted to do was please children the way he used to]].
* ADeathInTheLimelight:
** Subverted with Ethel, who gets a significant amount of screentime in "Edward Mordrake, Part 1" that reveals her DarkAndTroubledPast. Just when it seems like he's about to kill her, he changes his mind and spares her.
** Played straight with [[spoiler:Twisty]] in "Edward Mordrake, Part 2," who's also given much screentime and has his backstory revealed as well. [[spoiler:Mordrake doesn't spare him, since [[ObliviouslyEvil he still believed he was doing good even though he was clearly murdering innocent people]].]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Quite a few viewers were surprised when [[spoiler:Twisty was killed off a mere four episodes into the season]].
** Subverted with Ethel, who gets a significant amount of screentime in "Edward Mordrake, Part 1" that reveals her DarkAndTroubledPast. Just when it seems like he's about to kill her, he changes his mind and spares her.
** Played straight with [[spoiler:Twisty]] in "Edward Mordrake, Part 2," who's also given much screentime and has his backstory revealed as well. [[spoiler:Mordrake doesn't spare him, since [[ObliviouslyEvil he still believed he was doing good even though he was clearly murdering innocent people]].]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Quite a few viewers were surprised when [[spoiler:Twisty was killed off a mere four episodes into the season]].
* FanDisservice: In "Edward Mordrake, Part 2," Elsa arrives on set of what it obviously going to be a porn flick. [[spoiler:And then she's drugged. And then a chainsaw starts revving...]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When police come looking for Detective Bunch, [[spoiler: Jimmy decides to kill two birds with one stone and frame his hateful father by hiding Bunch's badge in his tent. Unfortunately, Dell catches on and plants the badge in the unfortunate Meep's belongings instead, meaning poor Meep is arrested and ends up being brutally murdered by the other prisoners in the cell he's shoved into.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** When police come looking for Detective Bunch, [[spoiler: Jimmy decides to kill two birds with one stone and frame his hateful father by hiding Bunch's badge in his tent. Unfortunately, Dell catches on and plants the badge in the unfortunate Meep's belongings instead, meaning poor Meep is arrested and ends up being brutally murdered by the other prisoners in the cell he's shoved into.]]
** When police come looking for Detective Bunch, [[spoiler: Jimmy decides to kill two birds with one stone and frame his hateful father by hiding Bunch's badge in his tent. Unfortunately, Dell catches on and plants the badge in the unfortunate Meep's belongings instead, meaning poor Meep is arrested and ends up being brutally murdered by the other prisoners in the cell he's shoved into.]]
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* ShoutOut: The scene where the freaks chant "Kill the copper!" and throw back alcohol is a twisted, darker mirror to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBXyB7niEc0 the most famous scene]] from the 1932 film ''Film/{{Freaks}}''.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** The scene where the freaks chant "Kill the copper!" and throw back alcohol is a twisted, darker mirror to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBXyB7niEc0 the most famous scene]] from the 1932 film ''Film/{{Freaks}}''.
** The scene where the freaks chant "Kill the copper!" and throw back alcohol is a twisted, darker mirror to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBXyB7niEc0 the most famous scene]] from the 1932 film ''Film/{{Freaks}}''.
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* SlashedThroat: How Dandy kills [[spoiler:Dora]].
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* [[NeverTrustATrailer Never Trust A Preview]]: The preview for "Edward Mordrake, Part 2" includes scenes of Ethel warning Dell that "he's come to claim his victim," implied to be Mordrake, and one where Dell cocks a gun, and then shouts a BigNo. Not only is this misleading, but Ethel does not make an appearance in the episode in question and Dell only makes a brief appearance at the very end when [[spoiler:the townfolk of Jupiter arrive to show their gratitude to Jimmy and co.]]
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* PedoHunt: Carnies spread rumors about [[spoiler:Twisty]] that parents become terrified of letting their kids near him. First it frustrates him and them leads to his [[spoiler:BungledSuicide]].
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* BungledSuicide: [[spoiler: Twisty attempts to kill himself by shooting himself in the mouth, this however fails, and mutilates his mouth and jaw.]]
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**[[spoiler:Later on in the season, Lily Rabe will reprise her role as Sister Mary Eunice.]]
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* ObliviouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Twisty honestly believes he's a good person who's making his captives happy. Even Mordrake is impressed by his sincerity in this belief.]]
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: A good many characters in the show have a past like this.
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** Maggie, Stanley's assistant appears to have her own agenda [[spoiler: involving Jimmy and his step-mother Desiree]]
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* WorkingWithTheEx: Ethel the bearded lady and Wendell the strongman used to be married and had a son together, and all three still work in the freak show together although Wendell is now married to Desiree, another performer.
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* WorkingWithTheEx: Ethel the bearded lady and Wendell the strongman used to be married a couple and had a son together, and all three still work in the freak show together although Wendell is now married to Desiree, another performer.
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* NWordPrivileges: The performers live and work at a Freak Show (the word even appears on a big sign above the entrance), but are highly offended when others use the term to describe them. Granted, the word is usually used in a malicious way towards them.
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** There's a shot of Twisty standing at the edge of a hedge on a street in episode 3 that's an homage to ''Film/{{Halloween}}''.
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** There's a shot of Twisty standing at the edge of a hedge on a street in episode 3 that's an homage to ''Film/{{Halloween}}''.''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}''.
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* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: InUniverse example. Dell tried to make it big by having Ethel perform Shakespeare's plays. As you can imagine, the part of Juliet as played by a bearded lady with a thick Baltimore accent wasn't something many people were interested in.
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* {{Fanservice}}: The Viking God from "Edward Mordrake, Part 1."
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** Taken to the extreme with Elsa performing "Gods And Monsters" originally by LanaDelRey. The song namechecks Jim Morrison in the chorus. Jim Morrison was only 8 then.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Freak Show'' cast.[[note]]From the top, left to right: [[ConjoinedTwins Bettie & Dot Tattler]], [[ConMan Stanley]], [[GirlsWithMoustaches Ethel Darling]], [[MultiBoobage Desiree Dupree]], [[MyBelovedSmother Gloria Mott]], [[WorldsStrongestMan Dell Toredo]], Elsa Mars, [[TheCharmer Jimmy Darling]][[/note]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Freak Show'' cast.[[note]]From the top, left to right: [[ConjoinedTwins Bettie & Dot Tattler]], [[ConMan Stanley]], [[GirlsWithMoustaches Ethel Darling]], [[MultiBoobage Desiree Dupree]], [[MyBelovedSmother Gloria Mott]], [[WorldsStrongestMan Dell Toredo]], [[ItsAllAboutMe Elsa Mars, [[TheCharmer Mars]], [[IJustWantToBeNormal Jimmy Darling]][[/note]]]]
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* PassFail: The inverse is applied to the freaks, whose abnormalities are played up to the extreme and fake backgrounds are embellished so that their strangeness can attract a bigger audience. Reflects TruthInTelevision. For example, sideshow promotional material would claim that "pinheads" (microcephalics) like Pepper and Salty came from DarkestAfrica and were the "missing link" between apes and humans.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In the scene where Twisty jams a weapon through the neck of the toy shop assistant, he seemed... ''sated'' and ''relieved''.
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* BiggerOnTheInside: Ethel’s trailer. When Edward Mordrake pays her a visit, the interior appears positively palatial. It even seems to have multiple levels.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: In the same sentence she disregards the freaks worries about summoning the spirit of Edward Mordrake as mere superstition… because she needs to practice for the impresario that a ''clairvoyant'' just predicted will come to see her.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Elsa. In the same sentence she disregards the freaks worries about summoning the spirit of Edward Mordrake as mere superstition… because she needs to practice for the impresario that a ''clairvoyant'' just predicted will come to see her.
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* Hypocrite: {{Hypocrite}}: In the same sentence she disregards the freaks worries about summoning the spirit of Edward Mordrake as mere superstition… because she needs to practice for the impresario that a ''clairvoyant'' just predicted will come to see her.
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* Hypocrite: In the same sentence she disregards the freaks worries about summoning the spirit of Edward Mordrake as mere superstition… because she needs to practice for the impresario that a ''clairvoyant'' just predicted will come to see her.
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* SherlockScan: Maggie is a master of it. A quick look around Elsa’s tent and a few seconds is all she needs to figure out Elsa’s life story and the best way to con her.
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* StereoFibbing: At the end of their introduction, Stanley and Maggie say they need to catch their plane/train.
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** Elsa disregards the warnings of performing on Halloween night and [[spoiler:summoning Edward Mordrake. She did it because she believes in Maggie's fortune that a well-dressed stranger will come and lift her from obscurity into fame.]]
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* UrbanLegends: The tale of Edward Mordrake, the English aristocrat with a smiling, demonic face on the back of his head that whispers to him incessantly. It's believed that if a freak performs on Halloween night, they will summon Mordrake and they will turn up dead with a SlasherSmile on their face and their neck twisted all the way around, just like how he himself died.
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* TheCastShowOff: Jessica Lange gets to sing a cover of David Bowie's ''Life on Mars'' near the end of the first episode.
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* TheCastShowOff: Jessica Lange gets and Sarah Paulson get to sing a cover couple of David Bowie's ''Life on Mars'' near the end of the first episode.songs (see AnachronismStew) and do so quite well.
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Doesn\'t really warrant a spoiler tag since that\'s basically just been her role in the show so far.
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* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:Bonnie]], the girl being kept in a cage by Twisty the SerialKiller MonsterClown. It doesn’t get more distressing than that.
* DamselOutOfDistress: [[spoiler:Bonnie]] successfully escapes Twisty all by herself. [[spoiler:Too bad she gets recaptured by Dandy shortly after.]]
* DamselOutOfDistress: [[spoiler:Bonnie]] successfully escapes Twisty all by herself. [[spoiler:Too bad she gets recaptured by Dandy shortly after.]]
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* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:Bonnie]], Bonnie, the girl being kept in a cage by Twisty the SerialKiller MonsterClown. It doesn’t get more distressing than that.
* DamselOutOfDistress:[[spoiler:Bonnie]] Bonnie successfully escapes Twisty all by herself. [[spoiler:Too bad she gets recaptured by Dandy shortly after.]]
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** There's a shot of Twisty standing at the edge of a hedge on a street in episode 3 that's an homage to ''Film/{{Halloween}}''.
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** Maggie, Stanley's assistant appears to have her own agenga [[spoiler: involving Jimmy and his step-mother Desiree]]
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->''Sailors fighting in the dance hall\\
Oh man! look at those cavemen go\\
It's the freakiest show\\
Take a look at the lawman\\
Beating up the wrong guy\\
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know\\
He's in the best selling show\\
Is there life on Mars?''
-->-- '''Music/DavidBowie''', "Life on Mars"
Oh man! look at those cavemen go\\
It's the freakiest show\\
Take a look at the lawman\\
Beating up the wrong guy\\
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know\\
He's in the best selling show\\
Is there life on Mars?''
-->-- '''Music/DavidBowie''', "Life on Mars"
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* ShoutOut: The scene where the freaks chant "Kill the copper!" and throw back alcohol is remarkably similar to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBXyB7niEc0 the most famous scene]] from the 1932 film ''Film/{{Freaks}}''.
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* ShoutOut: The scene where the freaks chant "Kill the copper!" and throw back alcohol is remarkably similar a twisted, darker mirror to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBXyB7niEc0 the most famous scene]] from the 1932 film ''Film/{{Freaks}}''.
