History Fridge / HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch

** Assuming that parents and kids bought the masks at all. This was in the 1980s, there may be parents who wouldn't have been willing to spend a lot of money on something their kids was gonna wear one time, and kids who had allowances probably wasn't going to buy a mask (unless it was extremely cheap).

** Assuming that every kid in America would even '''want''' to watch a marathon of horror movies. Yes, kids can handle scary stuff in media better than most people give them credit for, but there are still plenty of kids out there that would be too scared to even try watching a horror movie.

* Buddy's head dissolving into the insects and snakes may have just been ''one variety'' of death. Perhaps the Witch and Skull masks would cause other forms of gruesome demise... perhaps even every mask would bring forward a different death.

** Assuming that every kid in America has parents that would allow them to watch [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids R rated horror films]].

** Assuming that every kid in America would actually buy these masks. As ''WebVideo/EightiesDan'' pointed out, a witch, a skull, and a jack-o-lantern are extremely generic, especially with no pre-made costume associated with them. Most kids would far prefer dressing up as their favorite pop-culture figures.

* The commercials are said to be a part of "The Big Giveaway", presumably of toys and/or candy, and presumably wearing Silver Shamrock Masks are a requirement for this, but that just raises further questions. How did Cochran tell the public or the authorities who regulate such events how he was going to know who watched the comercial wearing one of his masks, and how he was going to provide candy or toys to the presumed millions who would attempt it? The chips in the mask's tags could be some kind of excuse, except people clearly don't know about them, and making the purported prizes too small or won by some kind of raffle would discourage a ton of potential victims.
** In all likelyhood, Cochran is expecting most kids to operate on the honour system. In a similar manner to how putting little to no effort into your Halloween costume doesn't necessarily disqualify you from Trick or Treating, but you'll look like a spoilsport doing it. The commercial encourages kids to do what Cochran wants, and even those who refuse might have the [[NiceJobBreakingItHero masks forced on them by peers, parents or chaperones]] who want everyone to play along.

* Time zones screw up Conal's plot somewhat. [[spoiler: If the final commercial goes off simultaneously, then it'll be midnight on the East Coast, and lots of his targets will be in bed. If it goes off at 9 on each time zone, then someone besides Challis should have managed to make the connection between the commercial and the masks -- maybe not by Central Time, but almost certainly by Mountain Time. The ending scene would have taken place long before Challis escapes Cochran's factory. Still, though, Cochran's guaranteed to massacre the children of at least one time zone]].

* As Buddy watched his son die thanks to the mask, chances are he was horrified both from his only child dying and realizing he sold over a million of those things to children everywhere in America (meaning he was indirectly responsible for a good chunk of the people who die thanks to Cochran's "prank.").

* Even countless nearby kids who did not have Silver Shamrock masks were also certainly killed. Considering the immediate swarm of vermin and vipers released, children investigating or trying to help their friends would have been doomed.

** Given Buddy's parents seem to drop dead for no reason, there does appear to be more going on than immediately meets the eye.
*** The mother faints from shock (and is presumably killed by the insects afterwards), and the father is bitten by a snake.

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* Even countless nearby kids who did not have Silver Shamrock masks were also certainly killed. Considering the immediately swarm of vermin and vipers released, children investigating or trying to help their friends would have been doomed.

* The comercails are said to be a part of "The Big Giveaway", presumably of toys and/or candy, and presumably wearing Silver Shamrock Masks are a requirement for this, but that just raises further questions. How did Cochran tell the public or the authorities who regulate such events how he was going to know who watched the comercial wearing one of his masks, and how he was going to provide candy or toys to the presumed millions who would attempt it? The chips in the mask's tags could be some kind of excuse, except people clearly don't know about them, and making the purported prizes too small or won by some kind of raffle would discourage a ton of potential victims.

** Cochran didn't seem to disturbed by his factory's destruction and own (apparent) death, so he's either a suicidal fanatic who sees his own life as forfeit to please his gods, or, as was explicit in the original script, he's some kind of supernatural entity himself who has no reason to fear earthly death.

** Cochran didn't seem to0 disturbed by his factory's destruction and own (apparent) death, so he's either a suicidal fanatic who sees his own life as forfeit to please his gods, or, as was explicit in the original script, he's some kind of supernatural entity himself who has no reason to fear earthly death.

* The comercails are said to be a part of "The Big Giveaway," presumably of toys and/or candy, and presumably wearing Silver Shamrock Masks are a requirement for this, but that just raises further questions. How did Cochran tell the public or the authorities who regulate such events how he was going to know who watched the comercial wearing one of his masks, and how he was going to provide candy or toys to the presumed millions who would attempt it? The chips in the mask's tags could be some kind of excuse, except people clearly don't know about them, and making the purported prizes too small or won by some kind of raffle would discourage a ton of potential victims.

** Assuming that every kid in America would want to watch tv immediately after trick-or-treating instead of just gorging on candy and/or going to bed.

* Conal Cochran may have considered his "great prank" something of a suicide mission. The police certainly would have eventually traced the havoc and murders back to Silver Shamrock... not to mention his murders of The Kupfers and Mrs. Guttman would have eventually led to the company. Whatever the actual efficacy of the "prank," Silver Shamrock (and probably Santa Mira) would be finished before Thanksgiving.

* Conal Cochran may have considered his "great prank" something of a suicide mission. The police certainly would have eventually traced the havoc and murders back to Silver Shamrock... not to mention his murders of The Kupfers and Mrs. Guttman would have eventually led to the company. Whatever the actual efficacy of the "prank," Silver Shamrock (and probably Santa Mira) would be finished before Thanksgiving.
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* Given the timing during the "demonstration" at the factory, the trick-or-treaters at the end were probably starting to die just as Challis' screams "STOP IITTTTT!!" the final time over the phone.
* Even countless nearby kids who did not have Silver Shamrock masks were also certainly killed. Considering the immediately swarm of vermin and vipers released, children investigating or trying to help their friends would have been doomed.
* Buddy's head dissolving into the insects and snakes may have just been ''one variety'' of death. Perhaps the Witch and Skull masks would cause other forms of gruesome demise... perhaps even every mask would bring forward a different death.

* Given the timing during the "demonstration" at the factory, the trick-or-treaters at the end were probably starting to die just was Challis' screams "STOP IITTTTT!!" the final time over the phone.

** Assuming that every kid in America wouldn't remove the mask out of eventual discomfort or obstructed vision before the Silver Shamrock jingle started playing.

** But the only reason Challis knows exactly what's going on with the masks and the signal is because Cochran's told him. Any parents in other time zones would probably be too frantic and terrified trying to save their children to put two and two together, especially when it comes to something as seemingly innocuous as a television commercial that they've seen about two million times across the past few days. Also, as the ''Eighties Dan'' episode dealing with the movie suggests - we only see the adverts in one time zone; the others could have been at five, six, seven, or eight dependent upon where they are, and each time zone could have descended into general chaos with no-one thinking or knowing to call other TV stations in other time zones.

* Time zones screw up Conal's plot somewhat. [[spoiler: If the final commercial goes off simultaneously, then it'll be midnight on the East Coast, and lots of his targets will be in bed. If it goes off at 9 on each time zone, then someone besides Challis should have managed to make the connection between the commercial and the masks -- maybe not by Central Time, but almost certainly by Mountain Time. The ending scene would have taken place long before Challis escapes Cochran's factory. Still, though, Cochran's guaranteed to massacre the children of at least one time zone]].

* Time zones screw up Conal's plot somewhat. [[spoiler: If the final commercial goes off simultaneously, then it'll be midnight on the East Coast, and lots of his targets will be in bed. If it goes off at 9 on each time zone, then someone besides Challis should have managed to make the connection between the commercial and the masks -- maybe not by Central Time, but almost certainly by Mountain Time, which meant that the ending scene would have taken place long before Challis escapes Cochran's factory. Still, though, Cochran's guaranteed to massacre the children of at least one time zone]].

* [[spoiler: Time zones screw up Conal's plot somewhat. If the final commercial goes off simultaneously, then it'll be midnight on the East Coast, and lots of his targets will be in bed. If it goes off at 9 on each time zone, then someone should have managed to make the connection between the commercial and the masks -- maybe not by Central Time, but by Mountain Time. Still, though, he's guaranteed to massacre the children of at least one time zone -- still quite a coup]].