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-->'''Doctor on TV''': (talking to a cop) I heard a gunshot. Are you alright?
-->'''Becka''': (head still bleeding; nonchalantly) I'm fine.
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-->'''Becka''': (head still bleeding; nonchalantly) I'm fine.
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-->'''Doctor on TV''': (talking TV:''' ''[talking to a cop) cop]'' I heard a gunshot. Are you alright?
-->'''Becka''': (headalright?\\
'''Becka:''' ''[head still bleeding;nonchalantly) nonchalantly]'' I'm fine.
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''[[[AmbiguousSituation the cop turns to the screen inconcern)]]concern]]]''
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* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Becka accidentally shoots herself in the head with a small-caliber pistol while cleaning house. The trauma to her brain gives her PsychicPowers and makes her more intelligent as well.
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* TooDumbToLive: No proper explanation is given ''why'', but at one point, Becka decides to put a makeup pencil ''inside of the bullet hole'' and ''poke the bullet''.
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* TooDumbToLive: No proper explanation is given ''why'', but at one point, Becka decides to put a makeup pencil ''inside of the bullet hole'' and ''poke the bullet''.bullet''.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: This is a more comedic episode compared to the rest of the series.
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* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: The soap opera Becka keeps watching throughout the episode has a plotline concerning a woman getting shot in the head, with the bullet getting lodging in her brain. The parallels between this and Becka's own situation are blatantly obvious.
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* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: The soap opera Becka keeps watching throughout the episode has a plotline concerning a woman getting shot in the head, with the bullet getting lodging lodged in her brain. The parallels between this and Becka's own situation are blatantly obvious.
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* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: The soap opera Becka keeps watching throughout the episode has a plotline concerning a woman getting shot in the head, with the bullet getting lodging in her brain. The parallels between this and Becka's own situation are blatantly obvious.
-->'''Doctor on TV''': (talking to a cop) I heard a gunshot. Are you alright?
-->'''Becka''': (head still bleeding; nonchalantly) I'm fine.
-->[[AmbiguousSituation (the cop turns to the screen in concern)]]
-->'''Doctor on TV''': (talking to a cop) I heard a gunshot. Are you alright?
-->'''Becka''': (head still bleeding; nonchalantly) I'm fine.
-->[[AmbiguousSituation (the cop turns to the screen in concern)]]
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* TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain: The title character accidentally shoots herself in the head. The bullet is hinted to have hit a tumor, and afterwards she starts to hallucinate and even has flashes of genius based on the hallucinations.
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* TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain: The title character accidentally shoots herself in the head. The bullet is hinted to have hit a tumor, and afterwards she starts to hallucinate and even has flashes of genius based on the hallucinations.hallucinations.
* TooDumbToLive: No proper explanation is given ''why'', but at one point, Becka decides to put a makeup pencil ''inside of the bullet hole'' and ''poke the bullet''.
* TooDumbToLive: No proper explanation is given ''why'', but at one point, Becka decides to put a makeup pencil ''inside of the bullet hole'' and ''poke the bullet''.
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* Laconic/ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: [[invoked]] Done deliberately: the plot is kicked off by Becka learning the hard way that Joe's gun is still loaded when she accidentally fires it while staring down the barrel as she slips off of her footstool. And her way of trying to ''determine'' it still was loaded prior to this... was by ''shaking it around''.
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* Laconic/ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: [[invoked]] Done deliberately: the plot is kicked off by Becka learning the hard way that Joe's gun is still loaded when she accidentally fires it while staring down the barrel as she slips off of her footstool. And her way of trying to ''determine'' it still was loaded prior to this... was by ''shaking it around''.
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* SnarkyInanimateObject: The 8-by-10 Man is occasionally rather snarky towards the title character.
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* SnarkyInanimateObject: The 8-by-10 Man is occasionally rather snarky towards the title character.
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* SnarkyInanimateObject: The 8-by-10 Man is occasionally rather snarky towards {{Squick}}: After Becka accidentally shoots herself, we're treated to a [[SarcasmMode delightful]] shot of ''inside'' the title character.hole.
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* Laconic/ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: [[invoked]] Done deliberately: the plot is kicked off by Becka learning the hard way that Joe's gun is still loaded when she accidentally fires it while staring down the barrel as she slips off of her footstool. And her way of trying to ''determine'' it still was loaded prior to this... was by ''shaking it around''.
-->'''Becka''': [[TemptingFate Oh, this better not be loaded, or I'll...]] [[TooDumbToLive (stares down the barrel)]]
-->'''Becka''': [[TemptingFate Oh, this better not be loaded, or I'll...]] [[TooDumbToLive (stares down the barrel)]]
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* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Although you can make the argument it's because it got lodged in her brain, Becka still walks away from getting shot in the head with a hole the width of a pencil.
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* KillItWithFire: Although the point is moot, as Joe and Becka were already dead from electrocution, the episode ends with their trailer starting to catch on fire from the fried TV.
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* HighVoltageDeath: The title character rigs the television so that it will electrocute her unfaithful husband Joe when he touches the knob. When the electrocution process begins, 'Becka realizes that what she has done is wrong but is electrocuted herself in her failed attempt to save Joe.
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* HighVoltageDeath: The title character rigs the television so that it will electrocute her unfaithful husband Joe when he touches the knob. When the electrocution process begins, 'Becka Becka realizes that what she has done is wrong but is electrocuted herself in her failed attempt to save Joe.Joe.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Upon seeing Joe's painful, prolonged electrocution, Becka soon realizes what she has done. Interestingly, it's implied she only reached this revelation due to seeing the TV itself act up due to the act, [[AmbiguousSituation in particular seeing a cop say "Don't listen to him! You've got a bullet in your brain!"]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Upon seeing Joe's painful, prolonged electrocution, Becka soon realizes what she has done. Interestingly, it's implied she only reached this revelation due to seeing the TV itself act up due to the act, [[AmbiguousSituation in particular seeing a cop say "Don't listen to him! You've got a bullet in your brain!"]]
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* BulkBuyOnly: Variation: while at Liquidations, Becka notices an entire rack of picture frames, all containing the 8x10 Man... and so decides to buy ''all'' of them. To be fair, he ''did'' say he was on sale...
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* BulkBuyOnly: Variation: while at Liquidations, Becka notices an entire rack of picture frames, all containing the 8x10 8-by-10 Man... and so decides to buy ''all'' of them. To be fair, he ''did'' say he was on sale...
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* CreatorCameo: Steven Weber, who directed the episode, plays the 8x10 Man.
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* CreatorCameo: Steven Weber, who directed the episode, plays the 8x10 8-by-10 Man.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: In the original Stephen King short story, the picture Becka keeps talking to is that of Jesus. Here, it's a generic insert photo of a man in a suit that came with her picture frame.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: AdaptationDeviation: In the original Stephen King short story, the picture Becka keeps talking to is that of Jesus. Here, it's a generic insert photo of a man in a suit that came with her picture frame.
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* ChristmasEpisode
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* ChristmasEpisodeAdaptationDisplacement: In the original Stephen King short story, the picture Becka keeps talking to is that of Jesus. Here, it's a generic insert photo of a man in a suit that came with her picture frame.
* BulkBuyOnly: Variation: while at Liquidations, Becka notices an entire rack of picture frames, all containing the 8x10 Man... and so decides to buy ''all'' of them. To be fair, he ''did'' say he was on sale...
* ChristmasEpisode: The events of the episode take place a few days prior to Christmas.
* BulkBuyOnly: Variation: while at Liquidations, Becka notices an entire rack of picture frames, all containing the 8x10 Man... and so decides to buy ''all'' of them. To be fair, he ''did'' say he was on sale...
* ChristmasEpisode: The events of the episode take place a few days prior to Christmas.
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* CreatorCameo: Steven Weber, who directed the episode, plays the 8x10 Man.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: This is a more comedic episode compared to the rest of the series.
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-->'''The Control Voice:''' Even in the most innocent of minds, there are still secrets best left unrevealed.
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-->'''The Control Voice:''' Perhaps the descent into madness... is not a solitary journey, after all.
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A housewife accidentally shoots herself in the head. She survives, and starts hallucinating that a photo of a man is talking to her.
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A housewife accidentally shoots herself in the head. She survives, and starts hallucinating that a photo of a man is talking to her.her.
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* ChristmasEpisode
* AGlassInTheHand: Joe Paulsen is electrocuted while holding a beer bottle, which he proceeds to crush in his hand.
* HighVoltageDeath: The title character rigs the television so that it will electrocute her unfaithful husband Joe when he touches the knob. When the electrocution process begins, 'Becka realizes that what she has done is wrong but is electrocuted herself in her failed attempt to save Joe.
* SnarkyInanimateObject: The 8-by-10 Man is occasionally rather snarky towards the title character.
* TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain: The title character accidentally shoots herself in the head. The bullet is hinted to have hit a tumor, and afterwards she starts to hallucinate and even has flashes of genius based on the hallucinations.
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* ChristmasEpisode
* AGlassInTheHand: Joe Paulsen is electrocuted while holding a beer bottle, which he proceeds to crush in his hand.
* HighVoltageDeath: The title character rigs the television so that it will electrocute her unfaithful husband Joe when he touches the knob. When the electrocution process begins, 'Becka realizes that what she has done is wrong but is electrocuted herself in her failed attempt to save Joe.
* SnarkyInanimateObject: The 8-by-10 Man is occasionally rather snarky towards the title character.
* TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain: The title character accidentally shoots herself in the head. The bullet is hinted to have hit a tumor, and afterwards she starts to hallucinate and even has flashes of genius based on the hallucinations.
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A housewife accidentally shoots herself in the head. She survives, and starts hallucinating that a photo of a man is talking to her.
