The Outer Limits: Difference between revisions

* [[Color Me Black]]: "Tribunal" featured an ending where a Nazi war criminal whose escaped justice for 50 years put into the uniform of his prisoners and taken back in time to his own camp. His younger self shoots him for being Jewish.

* [[Compelling Voice]] ("The Special One", "The Inheritors")

* [[Cruel Twist Ending]]: The [[Revival]] series did this so often, the trope used to be named Outer Limits Twist.

* [[Deprogram|Deprogramming]]: "The Deprogrammers".

* [[Humans Are Cthulhu]]

* [[Humanity's Wake]]

* [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game]] ("The Hunt")

* [[Idiot Ball]]: Over the duration of "Sandkings", the main character (Simon) grabs onto the ball so tightly that he practically becomes a walking-talking [[Idiot Ball]] himself. To elaborate: he brings home {{spoiler|Martian insects proven to be intelligent enough to escape military security procedures. He continually expands their enclosure, maxing out his family's credit line in the process. He leaves the enclosure open-air, allowing the family dog to be [[Kick the Dog|kicked]]. After punishing the creatures for doing so, he leaves his upper body dangling inside the enclosure, getting himself bit. Then he invites his ex-boss over to feed the creatures, and his death spasms break open the enclosure.}}

* [[Television Portal]] ("The Galaxy Being")

* [[Theremin]]: Harry Lubin's scores for the second season of the original series use the instrument extensively.

** Also, the aforementioned [[And I Must Scream]] situation in "The Premonition".

* [[Time Stands Still]] ("Controlled Experiment", "The Premonition")