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Recap / What We Do In The Shadows S 3 E 7 The Siren

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Nadja's ghost feels unappreciated and decides to leave, prompting Nadja to look for her. Meanwhile, Laszlo and Colin find themselves stranded on a desert island.

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  • Anger Born of Worry: Nadja is worried sick that her ghost ran away, but at the same time mad at her for doing so. Thus, she keeps switching back and forth between declaring how much the ghost means to her, and threatening to punish her for running away.
  • Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Laszlo is very easily distracted by employees at Best Buy to the point where he purchases two carts worth of goods before remembering that he should go help Colin.
  • Bindle Stick: Doll Nadja makes herself one when she decides to leave the house and strike out on her own.
  • Body Surf: Nadja's ghost leaves the doll she originally possessed and hops onto a mannequin, an angel statue, and a large inflatable rat before returning to the original doll. Doing so takes her a lot of effort though.
  • The Cameo: Scott Bakula As Himself on a Zoom call as vampires tend to mistake him for one of their own because of his name.
  • Died in Your Arms Tonight: Parodied; when Nandor inadvertently punctures the inflatable rat that Nadja's ghost is inhabiting, Nadja and her ghost treat the deflating of the rat as if the ghost is dying, with Nadja holding the rat. Of course, being a ghost that can switch hosts, there was no actual danger for Nadja's ghost.
  • Good-Times Montage: Nadja's ghost has one in which she looks back at joining the vampires in their activities, like getting sword fighting lessons from Nandor, having her foot repaired by Colin, and participating in a karaoke night.
  • Headphones Equal Isolation: Invoked by Laszlo, when he buys noise cancelling headphones to shield himself and Colin from the Siren's song.
  • Our Sirens Are Different: Sheila the siren appears human on the top half of her body, but has a chicken-like bottom half. This is actually lampshaded by Colin when he tells the documentary crew that Sirens come in many different forms, not just the mermaids that most people know. Like typical portrayals of sirens, she's able to lure Laszlo and Colin off-course with her singing.
  • The Runaway: Nadja's ghost runs away from the vampires because she feels unappreciated .
  • Toilet Humor When the Siren is having a good time, she accidentally poops on Colin's shoe. Colin mentions it's not the first time a woman does that to him.

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