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* GreaterScopeVillain: Morgan Le Fay was the one who sealed the demonic spirit into the monkey and gave it to Merlin.
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'''Crow:''' But Grandpa Borgnine, the tree fell right on him!
'''Mike''': I know, but [[OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow I wrote myself into a corner.]]
'''Mike''': I know, but [[OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow I wrote myself into a corner.]]
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* UnexplainedRecovery: David gets crushed by a tree, but comes out with little more than a broken arm in the next scene.
'''Crow:''' But Grandpa Borgnine, the tree fell right on him!
'''Mike''': I know, but [[OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow I wrote myself into a corner.]]
'''Crow:''' But Grandpa Borgnine, the tree fell right on him!
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* AdultsAreUseless: David letting Michael ride his Big Wheel into the street, down a relatively steep driveway, with his car parked to where you can't see oncoming traffic, seems like an extremely dangerous idea even ''without'' a demonic killer toy around. All the more egregious as David ''looks out and sees this'' but only reacts in a panic when he sees the monkey back inside.
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Forgot to provide edit reasons, mostly elaborating on some stuff from The Devil's Gift while at the same time just the fact grandpa couldn't sell that script doesn't necessarily mean The Devil's Gift never got made. It's more a reference to the director not being able to sell it off as a pilot episode for a series.
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* MythologyGag: Some to ''The Devil's Gift''
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* MythologyGag: Some to ''The Devil's Gift''Gift'':
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* AdaptationInducedPlothole: The character of Susan (whom most viewers assume from this version is the mother, but is in fact David's girlfriend) vanishes halfway through the second part of the film. This is because in ''The Devil's Gift'', [[spoiler:the monkey doll makes her try to kill Michael, then David comes home and sees this, then throws Susan out of the house, accidentally injuring her in the process]]. Apparently even '''this''' film had its limits.
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* AdaptationInducedPlothole: Many scenes from ''The Devil's Gift'' were omitted, mostly cutting down on the padding but removing context in a few instances:
** The character of Susan (whom most viewers assume from this version is the mother, but is in fact David's girlfriend) vanishes halfway through the second part of the film. This is because in ''The Devil's Gift'', [[spoiler:the monkey doll makes her try to kill Michael, then David comes home and sees this, then throws Susan out of the house, accidentally injuring her in the process]]. Apparently even '''this''' film had itslimits.limits.
** Similarly, ''The Devil's Gift'' has a scene where [[spoiler:the monkey doll takes control of the shower in an attempt to kill David, which ends with David realizing the psychic was onto something regarding the amulet she gave him and he decides to wear it for the rest of the movie until he takes it off after surviving the falling tree]]. These scenes were all omitted, making David [[spoiler:survive the falling tree]] come off as nonsensical. However, David is seen taking off the amulet after getting back home in the end, so it can probably still be inferred he put it on at *some* point.
**More regarding the time frame, but ''The Devil's Gift'' takes place over several days with an epilogue that presumably takes place much later [[spoiler: since David's injuries have been patched up and the monkey toy must have been dug back up and brought somewhere for grandma to buy it from]]. However, Zurella tells Merlin to never return until he finds the monkey toy, meaning either the timespan of ''The Devil's Gift'' is *vastly* condensed in this version or there's a lot of Merlin's search we're not seeing.
** The character of Susan (whom most viewers assume from this version is the mother, but is in fact David's girlfriend) vanishes halfway through the second part of the film. This is because in ''The Devil's Gift'', [[spoiler:the monkey doll makes her try to kill Michael, then David comes home and sees this, then throws Susan out of the house, accidentally injuring her in the process]]. Apparently even '''this''' film had its
** Similarly, ''The Devil's Gift'' has a scene where [[spoiler:the monkey doll takes control of the shower in an attempt to kill David, which ends with David realizing the psychic was onto something regarding the amulet she gave him and he decides to wear it for the rest of the movie until he takes it off after surviving the falling tree]]. These scenes were all omitted, making David [[spoiler:survive the falling tree]] come off as nonsensical. However, David is seen taking off the amulet after getting back home in the end, so it can probably still be inferred he put it on at *some* point.
**More regarding the time frame, but ''The Devil's Gift'' takes place over several days with an epilogue that presumably takes place much later [[spoiler: since David's injuries have been patched up and the monkey toy must have been dug back up and brought somewhere for grandma to buy it from]]. However, Zurella tells Merlin to never return until he finds the monkey toy, meaning either the timespan of ''The Devil's Gift'' is *vastly* condensed in this version or there's a lot of Merlin's search we're not seeing.
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* ForWantOfANail: Grandpa Borgnine explains that the stories he's telling Billy are from a script he couldn't sell, effectively meaning this film takes place in a world where ''The Devil's Gift'' never got made. [[MST3KMantra And as long as you ignore the fact that Grandpa Borgnine and Billy were watching that film at the start, then this makes sense.]]
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* MythologyGag: Billy at one point wonders if the toy monkey will end up killing Michael, likely a nod to how in the original ''The Devil's Gift'' film [[spoiler:it did at the end.]]
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* MythologyGag: Billy Some to ''The Devil's Gift''
**Billy at one point wonders if the toy monkey will end up killing Michael, likely a nod to how in the original ''The Devil's Gift'' film [[spoiler:it did at the end.]]]]
**A scene from ''The Devil's Gift'' that did not make it to this cut had David visit the antique store and ask about the cymbal-banging monkey, with the clerk saying he thinks someone stole it. Not true in that version but very much the case here.
**Billy at one point wonders if the toy monkey will end up killing Michael, likely a nod to how in the original ''The Devil's Gift'' film [[spoiler:it did at the end.
**A scene from ''The Devil's Gift'' that did not make it to this cut had David visit the antique store and ask about the cymbal-banging monkey, with the clerk saying he thinks someone stole it. Not true in that version but very much the case here.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: To a comical degree in the first segment. The score provides lighthearted, whimsical fantasy music even as Jonathan becomes ensnared in Merlin's book of spells and ''roasts his cat alive with his breath''.
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* AdaptationInducedPlothole: The character of Susan (whom most viewers assume from this version is the mother, but is in fact David's girlfriend) vanishes halfway through the second part of the film. This is because in ''The Devil's Gift'', [[spoiler:David accidentally injured her when he threw her out of his home after he came home and saw her trying to drown Michael]]. Apparently even '''this''' film had its limits.
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* AdaptationInducedPlothole: The character of Susan (whom most viewers assume from this version is the mother, but is in fact David's girlfriend) vanishes halfway through the second part of the film. This is because in ''The Devil's Gift'', [[spoiler:David [[spoiler:the monkey doll makes her try to kill Michael, then David comes home and sees this, then throws Susan out of the house, accidentally injured injuring her when he threw her out of his home after he came home and saw her trying to drown Michael]].in the process]]. Apparently even '''this''' film had its limits.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Jonathan threatens to write a bad review about Merlin's store. Merlin retaliates by having him turned into a baby to be raised by his former wife. Well, okay, she's still kind of his wife, but still.
** Actually, Jonathan did that last one himself [[HoistByHisOwnPetard when he disregarded the amount of blood needed in the spell just to use his wife as a blood donor]].
** Actually, Jonathan did that last one himself [[HoistByHisOwnPetard when he disregarded the amount of blood needed in the spell just to use his wife as a blood donor]].
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* DisproportionateRetribution: DisproportionateRetribution:
** Jonathan threatens to write a bad review about Merlin's store. Merlin retaliates byhaving him turned into a baby to be raised by his former wife. Well, okay, she's still kind of his wife, but still.
** Actually,giving Jonathan did a book of real magic spells and telling him to try them out for himself--basically the magical equivalent of handing a child a loaded gun. It's no surprise that last one Cooper winds up screwing himself [[HoistByHisOwnPetard when he disregarded the amount of blood needed over with magic; he's lucky more people weren't hurt in the spell just to use his wife as a blood donor]].crossfire.
** Jonathan threatens to write a bad review about Merlin's store. Merlin retaliates by
** Actually,
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* KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms: The opening of the film, in which the horror movie the kid is watching (actually the full version of the film used for the second half) gets cut off by a lightning storm knocking out the power. Grandpa Borgnine remarks that he shouldn't be watching a scary movie anyway...[[CompletelyMissingThePoint ...before telling his grandson scary stories (one of which is ''based'' on said movie to boot!).]]
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* KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms: The opening of the film, in which the horror movie the kid is watching (actually the full version of the film used for the second half) gets cut off by a lightning storm knocking out the power. Grandpa Borgnine remarks that he shouldn't be watching a scary movie anyway...[[CompletelyMissingThePoint ... ...before telling his grandson scary stories (one of which is ''based'' on said movie to boot!).]]
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Born of quite possibly one of the most moronic cases of ExecutiveMeddling ever, ''Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders'' started as a horror anthology directed by Kenneth J. Berton. Unfortunately, the movie studios didn't want any more horror as family films were all the rage then. As a result, a flimsy FramingDevice about a child and his deeply unhinged grandfather (a poorly veiled AuthorAvatar played by a remarkably paunchy Creator/ErnestBorgnine) who tells his grandson stories during a power cut was attached (the program the grandson was watching before the power went out reminded Grandpa Borgnine "of a story [he] once wrote for TV"), a scene involving a séance turned into the ShowWithinAShow ColdOpen, and umm...not a lot else changed.
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Born of quite possibly one of the most moronic cases of ExecutiveMeddling ever, ''Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders'' (1996) started out as a horror anthology directed by Kenneth J. Berton. Unfortunately, the movie studios didn't want any more horror as family films were all the rage then. As a result, a flimsy FramingDevice about a child and his deeply unhinged grandfather (a poorly veiled AuthorAvatar played by a remarkably paunchy Creator/ErnestBorgnine) who tells his grandson stories during a power cut was attached (the program the grandson was watching before the power went out reminded Grandpa Borgnine "of a story [he] once wrote for TV"), a scene involving a séance turned into the ShowWithinAShow ColdOpen, and umm...not a lot else changed.
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* GoodHairEvilHair: Jonathan's RapidAging turns him into a stock EvilSorcerer, complete with a long, wispy white Literature/FuManchu[=/=][[VideoGame/MortalKombat Shang Tsung]] mustache.
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* GoodHairEvilHair: Jonathan's RapidAging turns him into a stock EvilSorcerer, complete with a long, wispy white Literature/FuManchu[=/=][[VideoGame/MortalKombat Literature/FuManchu[=/=][[Franchise/MortalKombat Shang Tsung]] mustache.
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* ForWantOfANail: Grandpa Borgnine explains that the stories he's telling Billy are from script he couldn't sell, effectively meaning this film takes place in a world where ''The Devil's Gift'' never got made. [[MST3KMantra And as long as you ignore the fact that Grandpa Borgnine and Billy were watching that film at the start, then this makes sense.]]
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* ForWantOfANail: Grandpa Borgnine explains that the stories he's telling Billy are from a script he couldn't sell, effectively meaning this film takes place in a world where ''The Devil's Gift'' never got made. [[MST3KMantra And as long as you ignore the fact that Grandpa Borgnine and Billy were watching that film at the start, then this makes sense.]]
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-->'''Mike:''' Great! Now she has to raise her horrible husband!\\
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-->'''Mike:''' Great! Oh good. Now she has to raise her horrible husband!\\husband.\\
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* MythologyGag: Billy at one point wonders if the toy monkey will end up killing Michael, likely a nod to how in the original ''The Devil's Gift'' film [[spoiler:it did at the end.]]
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->''"It's called Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders - and it's a ''delightful'' Disney/{{Bambi}} romp through a flowery fairyland of happy, harmless, frou-frou family fun for the whole family of all ages. '''OR IS IT!?!''' Taste the rainbow of fruit pain!"'' (EvilLaugh)
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->''"It's called Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders - and it's a ''delightful'' Disney/{{Bambi}} WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} romp through a flowery fairyland of happy, harmless, frou-frou family fun for the whole family of all ages. '''OR IS IT!?!''' Taste the rainbow of fruit pain!"'' (EvilLaugh)
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[[caption-width-right:200:[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 And if you don't believe in it, Merlin WILL kill you]].]]
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"[[TheStinger Rock and Roll Martian!]]"
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-->--'''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Crow T. Robot]]''', as Merlin
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* AdaptationInducedPlothole: The character of Susan (whom most viewers assume from this version is the mother, but is in fact David's girlfriend) vanishes halfway through the second part of the film. This is because in ''The Devil's Gift'', [[spoiler:David accidentally killed her when he threw her out of his home after he came home and saw her trying to drown Michael]]. Apparently even '''this''' film had its limits.
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* AdaptationInducedPlothole: The character of Susan (whom most viewers assume from this version is the mother, but is in fact David's girlfriend) vanishes halfway through the second part of the film. This is because in ''The Devil's Gift'', [[spoiler:David accidentally killed injured her when he threw her out of his home after he came home and saw her trying to drown Michael]]. Apparently even '''this''' film had its limits.
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* AsYouKnow: The critic's wife/mother is clearly incapable of going five minutes without mentioning her infertility.
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* AsYouKnow: The critic's wife/mother wife/eventual mother is clearly incapable of going five minutes without mentioning her infertility.
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--->'''Servo:''' Man, Borgnine's grandkid must be really bored right now.
--->'''Mike Nelson''': (as Grandpa Borgnine telling the story) "...And then he puttered around the kitchen for a while, and got himself a cold drink."
--->'''Mike Nelson''': (as Grandpa Borgnine telling the story) "...And then he puttered around the kitchen for a while, and got himself a cold drink."
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--->'''Servo:''' Man, Borgnine's grandkid must be really bored right now.
--->'''Mikenow.\\
'''Mike Nelson''': (as Grandpa Borgnine telling the story) "...And then he puttered around the kitchen for a while, and got himself a cold drink."
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'''Mike Nelson''': (as Grandpa Borgnine telling the story) "...And then he puttered around the kitchen for a while, and got himself a cold drink."
* GoodHairEvilHair: Jonathan's RapidAging turns him into a stock EvilSorcerer, complete with a long, wispy white Literature/FuManchu[=/=][[VideoGame/MortalKombat Shang Tsung]] mustache.
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* JerkAss: The critic in the first segment.
* KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms: The opening of the film, in which the horror movie the kid is watching (actually the full version of the film used for the second half) gets cut off by a lightning storm knocking out the power. Grampa Borgnine remarks that he shouldn't be watching a scary movie anyway...[[CompletelyMissingThePoint ...before telling his grandson scary stories (one of which is ''based'' on said movie to boot!).]]
* LawOfInverseFertility: The critic and his wife in the first segment.
* KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms: The opening of the film, in which the horror movie the kid is watching (actually the full version of the film used for the second half) gets cut off by a lightning storm knocking out the power. Grampa Borgnine remarks that he shouldn't be watching a scary movie anyway...[[CompletelyMissingThePoint ...before telling his grandson scary stories (one of which is ''based'' on said movie to boot!).]]
* LawOfInverseFertility: The critic and his wife in the first segment.
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* JerkAss: The Newspaper critic and AssholeVictim Jonathan Cooper III in the first segment.
* KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms: The opening of the film, in which the horror movie the kid is watching (actually the full version of the film used for the second half) gets cut off by a lightning storm knocking out the power.Grampa Grandpa Borgnine remarks that he shouldn't be watching a scary movie anyway...[[CompletelyMissingThePoint ...before telling his grandson scary stories (one of which is ''based'' on said movie to boot!).]]
* LawOfInverseFertility:The critic Jonathan and his wife Madeline in the first segment.segment are trying to have a baby, but "there's no hope at all", as she exposits to her friend in the parking lot.
* KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms: The opening of the film, in which the horror movie the kid is watching (actually the full version of the film used for the second half) gets cut off by a lightning storm knocking out the power.
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--->'''Mike Nelson''': (As Grandpa Borgnine telling the story) "...And then he puttered around the kitchen for a while, and got himself a cold drink."
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--->'''Mike Nelson''': (As (as Grandpa Borgnine telling the story) "...And then he puttered around the kitchen for a while, and got himself a cold drink.""
* ForWantOfANail: Grandpa Borgnine explains that the stories he's telling Billy are from script he couldn't sell, effectively meaning this film takes place in a world where ''The Devil's Gift'' never got made. [[MST3KMantra And as long as you ignore the fact that Grandpa Borgnine and Billy were watching that film at the start, then this makes sense.]]
* ForWantOfANail: Grandpa Borgnine explains that the stories he's telling Billy are from script he couldn't sell, effectively meaning this film takes place in a world where ''The Devil's Gift'' never got made. [[MST3KMantra And as long as you ignore the fact that Grandpa Borgnine and Billy were watching that film at the start, then this makes sense.]]
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* HopeSpot: Despite the very forces of nature fighting him, David buries the monkey, and everyone's happy... but someone digs it up and sells it to his mother, who decides it would make a good present for her grandson. Well, time to die! [[{{Bowdlerization}} Err...]], barely escape with your lives, [[EndingFatigue again]], [[DeusExMachina when Merlin saves you]]!
* InfertilityAngst: Madeline can't conceive, and Jonathan blames her for it because he's a jerk.
* InfertilityAngst: Madeline can't conceive, and Jonathan blames her for it because he's a jerk.
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* HopeSpot: Despite the very forces of nature fighting him, David buries the monkey, and everyone's happy... but someone digs it up and sells it to his mother, who decides it would make a good present for her grandson. Well, time to die! [[{{Bowdlerization}} Err...]], barely escape with your lives, [[EndingFatigue again]], [[DeusExMachina when Merlin saves you]]!
* InfertilityAngst: Madeline can't conceive, and Jonathan blames her for it because he's a jerk.you]]!.
* InfertilityAngst: Madeline can't conceive, and Jonathan blames her for it because he's a jerk.
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* PostersAlwaysLie: Hee, hee, check out elderly Zurella in the poster. Along with that, there is no castle, the troll and dragon are only seen for a few seconds at the shop (we only see parts of the dragon) and Merlin never does magic. Nothing to denote the actual plot either.
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* PostersAlwaysLie: Hee, hee, check out The elderly Zurella in the poster. is now portrayed as a sexy slim faerie. Along with that, there is no castle, the troll and dragon are only seen for a few seconds at the shop (we only see parts of the dragon) and Merlin never does magic. Nothing to denote magic nor does the actual plot either. movie take place in a dark fantasy setting. This poster was later used for some of the international DVD covers as well.
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* MoodWhiplash: Thanks again to that ExecutiveMeddling: the creators' attempt to neuter the more steadily macabre second half was to add intentionally comical scenes of Merlin, in full regalia, wandering around town looking for a cymbal-banging monkey. The effect is something like randomly cutting together ''TheTwilightZone'' and ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''.
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* MoodWhiplash: Thanks again to that ExecutiveMeddling: the creators' attempt to neuter the more steadily macabre second half was to add intentionally comical scenes of Merlin, in full regalia, wandering around town looking for a cymbal-banging monkey. The effect is something like randomly cutting together ''TheTwilightZone'' ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone'' and ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''.
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* BodyHorror: Johnathan's PainfulTransformation after taking the youth potion. What little of the actual change we see on camera involves a disturbing ''bulging'' effect under his skin. The MST3K crew described it as "a mouse under my bald wig!"
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* BodyHorror: Johnathan's PainfulTransformation after taking the youth potion. What little of the actual change we see on camera involves a disturbing ''bulging'' effect under his skin. The MST3K ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' crew described it as "a mouse under my bald wig!"
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* PainfulTransformation: Johnathan's transformation after taking the youth potion. There's a lot of screaming and most of it isn't even shown on screen, but what little we do see involves [[BodyHorror a pretty sickening effect]] accurately described by the MST3K crew as looking like "a mouse under [Johnathan's] bald wig."
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* PainfulTransformation: Johnathan's transformation after taking the youth potion. There's a lot of screaming and most of it isn't even shown on screen, but what little we do see involves [[BodyHorror a pretty sickening effect]] accurately described by the MST3K ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' crew as looking like "a mouse under [Johnathan's] bald wig."
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* LysistrataGambit: Inverted in the oddest way imaginable: Merlin's wife actually appears to '''threaten''' to have sex with him! She's probably intended to be threatening him with violence, but it's quite poorly written.
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* LysistrataGambit: Inverted in the oddest way imaginable: Merlin's wife actually appears to '''threaten''' to have sex with him! She's She probably intended to be threatening him with violence, but it's quite poorly written.
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* ArtifactOfDeath: The monkey with the Cymbals.
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* ArtifactOfDeath: The monkey with the Cymbals.cymbals.
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* MoodWhiplash: Thanks again to that ExecutiveMeddling: the creators' attempt to neuter the more steadily macabre second half was to add intentionally comical scenes of Merlin, in full regalia, wandering around town looking for a cymbal-banging monkey. The effect is something like randomly cutting together ''TheTwilightZone'' and ''PeeWeesPlayhouse''.
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* MoodWhiplash: Thanks again to that ExecutiveMeddling: the creators' attempt to neuter the more steadily macabre second half was to add intentionally comical scenes of Merlin, in full regalia, wandering around town looking for a cymbal-banging monkey. The effect is something like randomly cutting together ''TheTwilightZone'' and ''PeeWeesPlayhouse''.''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''.
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* KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms: The opening of the film, in which the horror movie the kid is watching (actually the full version of the film used for the second half) gets cut off by a lightning storm knocking out the power. Grampa Borgnine remarks that he shouldn't be watching a scary movie anyway...[[CompletelyMissingThePoint ...before telling his son scary stories (one of which is ''based'' on said movie to boot!).]]
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* KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms: The opening of the film, in which the horror movie the kid is watching (actually the full version of the film used for the second half) gets cut off by a lightning storm knocking out the power. Grampa Borgnine remarks that he shouldn't be watching a scary movie anyway...[[CompletelyMissingThePoint ...before telling his son grandson scary stories (one of which is ''based'' on said movie to boot!).]]
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Born of quite possibly one of the most moronic cases of ExecutiveMeddling ever, '''''Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders''''' started as a horror anthology directed by Kenneth J. Berton. Unfortunately, the movie studios didn't want any more horror as family films were all the rage then. As a result, a flimsy FramingDevice about a child and his deeply unhinged grandfather (a poorly veiled AuthorAvatar played by a remarkably paunchy Creator/ErnestBorgnine) who tells his grandson stories during a power cut was attached (the program the grandson was watching before the power went out reminded Grandpa Borgnine "of a story [he] once wrote for TV"), a scene involving a séance turned into the ShowWithinAShow ColdOpen, and umm...not a lot else changed.
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Born of quite possibly one of the most moronic cases of ExecutiveMeddling ever, '''''Merlin's ''Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders''''' Wonders'' started as a horror anthology directed by Kenneth J. Berton. Unfortunately, the movie studios didn't want any more horror as family films were all the rage then. As a result, a flimsy FramingDevice about a child and his deeply unhinged grandfather (a poorly veiled AuthorAvatar played by a remarkably paunchy Creator/ErnestBorgnine) who tells his grandson stories during a power cut was attached (the program the grandson was watching before the power went out reminded Grandpa Borgnine "of a story [he] once wrote for TV"), a scene involving a séance turned into the ShowWithinAShow ColdOpen, and umm...not a lot else changed.
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* TheEighties: Most of the scenes were filmed in this era, and the obvious '80s feel jars with the Borgnine bits, which were filmed much later.
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* TheEighties: Most of All the scenes from ''The Devil's Gift'' were filmed in this era, and the obvious early '80s feel jars with the Borgnine and Merlin bits, which were filmed much later.later in the mid '90s.
