Tales from the Cryptkeeper: Difference between revisions

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: Despite the lack of gore, the show (at least the ABC seasons) did manage to be pretty scary.

* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: Due to [[Executive Meddling|Standards & Practices giving them a draconian list of things they could not show on television]], (being a kid's show gore was a given, but the list also had vague generalizations like "Eyeballs floating in a pink ooze" and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|"Nothing overly terrifying"]]), so the writers were forced to use this trope [[Tropes Are Not Bad|to great effect.]]

* [[Retool]]: Season 1 was pretty faithful to the format of the live-action series - a story bookended by Crypt Keeper segments taking place in his old house. For Season 2, [[EC Comics]]' other horror hosts (the Old Witch and the Vault Keeper) were added as antagonists - each bent on stealing the show. This prompted the Crypt Keeper to leave his house and "take the show on the road," with his segments taking place in different locales and him being pestered by the competition. Season 3 dropped the Old Witch and the Vault Keeper and instead had the Crypt Keeper a part of the stories (usually setting them in motion). And while the preceding two seasons contained aesops, Season 3 was arguably more [[Anvilicious]] (with one plot revolving around teaching a boy the importance of reading).

* [[Sadly Mythtaken]]: "Myth Conceptions," which changes the story of Medusa, though acknowledges so. {{spoiler|Medusa ''heroically'' defended her temple lair from the likes of Perseus, who was trying to rob the treasures within. Oh, and Medusa can shapeshift and can't be turned to stone by looking at her reflection.}}