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* KillEmAll: All three characters burn to death at the end, courtesy of Ben screwing with Cathy and Michael's plan.
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* BittersweetEnding: Leaning more towards bitter than sweet. Cathy, Michael and Edward all die in the fire, and no one but Ben will ever know what happened. But this isn't an entirely bad thing, as Cathy and Michael won't be able to get their hands on Edward's money, and Ben has made them pay for their greed and treachery.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ben's interference with Cathy and Michael's plan includes tricking Edward into dropping the only key out of the room into a crack on the floor. As a result, when the fire starts, all three are unable to escape and ultimately burn to death.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ben's interference with Cathy and Michael's plan includes tricking Edward into dropping the only key out of the room into a crack on in the floor. As a result, when the fire starts, all three are unable to escape and ultimately burn to death.

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* ChekhovsGun: Edward's sensitive heart and need to take medication implies he's very susceptible to too much excitement.

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Edward Osbourne and his wife Cathy invite their attorney Michael Fox to finalize Edward's will. Through a Ouija board, a spirit named Ben tells the trio that their large house contains a walled-off room that has been rumored to make any person who enters it violently insane. As Cathy and Michael are lovers, they plan to use the room to scare Edward to death so they can steal his fortune.

!!"Madness Room" provides examples of:

* ChekhovsGun: Edward's sensitive heart and his need to take medication implies that he's very susceptible to too much excitement.excitement.
* GoldDigger: Cathy, who's been having an affair with Michael, and is willing to kill Edward so she can take his money.
* KillEmAll: All three characters burn to death at the end, courtesy of Ben screwing with Cathy and Michael's plan.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ben's interference with Cathy and Michael's plan includes tricking Edward into dropping the only key out of the room into a crack on the floor. As a result, when the fire starts, all three are unable to escape and ultimately burn to death.
* RealAfterAll: Ben's existence, at first, seems like a part of Cathy and Michael's plot to scare him to death. By the end of the episode, as all three of them burn to death, Ben's laughter can be heard, implying that he actually ''was'' behind the whole thing.
* RoomFullOfCrazy: The Madness Room itself. It's hinted that anyone who stays in it for too long becomes murderously insane. In actuality, the madness itself is just an act, and Cathy had the room added to the house herself while Edward was in the hospital.
* SanitySlippage: The Madness Room induces it in anyone who stays inside too long. Of course, it's all a plan by Cathy and Michael.
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Your Cheating Heart is an index, not a trope.


* ChekhovsGun: Edward's sensitive heart and need to take medication implies he's very susceptible to too much excitement.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cathy and Michael were having an affair behind Edward's back. In fact, it's because of their affair that prompted them to create the madness room hoax in the first place.

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* ChekhovsGun: Edward's sensitive heart and need to take medication implies he's very susceptible to too much excitement.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cathy and Michael were having an affair behind Edward's back. In fact, it's because of their affair that prompted them to create the madness room hoax in the first place.
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Chekov's Gun


* ChekovsGun: Edward's sensitive heart and need to take medication implies he's very susceptible to too much excitement.

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* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: Edward's sensitive heart and need to take medication implies he's very susceptible to too much excitement.
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* ChekovsGun: Edward's sensitive heart and need to take medication implies he's very susceptible to too much excitement.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cathy and Michael were having an affair behind Edward's back. In fact, it's because of their affair that prompted them to create the madness room hoax in the first place.

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