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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:The Empyrian requests more peanuts from space stewardess Mara.]] |
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| 4 | ->'''The Control Voice:''' When fear is too terrible, when reality is too agonizing, we seek escape in manufactured danger, in the thrills and pleasures of pretending--in the amusement parks of our unamusing world. Here, in frantic pretending, Man finds escape and temporary peace, and goes home tired enough to sleep a short, deep sleep. But what happens here when night comes? When pretending ends, and reality begins? |
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| 6 | A bird-like alien from the planet Empyria (Creator/SimonOakland) turns an amusement park space ride into a functional spaceship, and abducts some amusement park customers in the hope that they'll avert the course of an asteroid that threatens to endanger his planet and Earth. |
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| 8 | ->''This episode has no closing Control Voice narration.'' |
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| 10 | !!Second Tropes: |
| 11 | * ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: The Bird Alien manages to walk among the amusement park visitors because they mistake his appearance for a costume. |
| 12 | * HumansAreGood: Or in the least, humans are capable of facing reality in order to change for the better. |
| 13 | * NoNameGiven: The alien is referred to only as "The Empyrian". |
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