- Aluminum Christmas Trees: Though it may seem like an insult that's meant to put Joe down, Uncle Kevin's claim about Bela Lugosi being a dope addict in "Model Kid" is true, as the addiction was dramatized in Ed Wood.
- Catharsis Factor: After spending the segment being an abusive and pathetic asshole, Kevin getting his comeuppance by being beaten up and torn in half by Joe's life-size monster "friends" at the climax of "Model Kid" is insanely satisfying.
- Paranoia Fuel: Where did the Necronomicon go after Norm re-locked it at the end of "Public Television of the Dead"?
- The Woobie: A double-decker example with both segments' heroes:
- From "Model Kid", there's Joe, pushed around by his abusive uncle and a neighborhood bully before and after his kindly mother succumbs to cancer.
- From "Public Television of the Dead", there's Norm, a kindly painter who uses his public access show to work through his trauma from 'Nam and has his show canceled at the beginning, but he gets it back by single-handedly taking down the Deadites.
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