History Recap / TheOuterLimits1995S6E3SkinDeep

* AttendingYourOwnFuneral: Sid faked his own death after killing Chad Warner. Two weeks later, he attends a memorial service for himself [[HolographicDisguise holographically disguised]] as Chad. He is moved by the kind words of his estranged friend Deb Clement, the only one that he had.

A nerdy man steals a handsome coworker's identity with a holographic device.

* KillAndReplace: Sid uses a [[HolographicDisguise prototype image enhancer]] developed by Veil-Tech, the company where he works as an accountant, to imitate his handsome co-worker Chad Warner. While the genuine article is out of town for a few days, Sid gets him fired and receives $50,000 which was meant for Chad. Having heard rumors that Sid had clandestinely gotten hold of one of the image enhancers, Chad confronts him in his house and swears that he will get to the bottom of it. The only thing that stops him from beating Sid up is a lack of proof. However, this changes when Chad loses patience with Sid's taunting and pushes him. As he falls, he lands on the image enhancer and the Chad image activates. The two men fight briefly until Sid gains the upper hand and beats Chad to death by repeatedly hitting him over the head with a candlestick. After burying Chad's body, Sid leaves a message for his best (and only) friend Deb Clement on her answering machine saying that he intends to jump off a bridge. Sid takes over Chad's life after faking his own death. After two weeks, it transpires that Chad did not win the $50,000 in a bet as Sid thought but had received it on loan from an underwriter named Alan. Alan and his accomplice Grant confront Sid and demand the money, which they should have received the day before. Sid attempts to prove to them that he is the wrong guy by showing them the image enhancer. However, they think that he is taking out a gun and Alan stabs him in the stomach, killing him.

* MeanBoss: Sid’s boss is a Jerkass who promotes Chad instead of the much more qualified Sid, simply because he says his job is hard enough without having to look at Sid’s face every day.

* HiredForTheirLooks: Well, promoted for their looks. Chad gets promoted instead of Sid just because their boss didn’t want to look at Sid’s unattractive face.

* TheResenter: Sid becomes increasingly bitter and jealous as he finds that almost everyone treats Chad better than him just because he’s better-looking.

* AttendingYourOwnFuneral: Sid Camden faked his own death after killing Chad Warner. Two weeks later, he attends a memorial service for himself [[HolographicDisguise holographically disguised]] as Chad. He is moved by the kind words of his estranged friend Deb Clement, the only one that he had.
* MeanBoss: Sid’s boss is jerkass who promotes Chad instead of the much more qualified Sid, simply because he says his job is hard enough without having to look at Sid’s face every day.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Sid Camden impersonates Chad Warner using a HolographicDisguise after killing him.

* KillAndReplace: Sid Camden uses a [[HolographicDisguise prototype image enhancer]] developed by Veil-Tech, the company where he works as an accountant, to imitate his handsome co-worker Chad Warner. While the genuine article is out of town for a few days, Sid gets him fired and receives $50,000 which was meant for Chad. Having heard rumors that Sid had clandestinely gotten hold of one of the image enhancers, Chad confronts him in his apartment and swears that he will get to the bottom of it. The only thing that stops him from beating Sid up is a lack of proof. However, this changes when Chad loses patience with Sid's taunting and pushes him. As he falls, he lands on the image enhancer and the Chad image activates. The two men fight briefly until Sid gains the upper hand and beats Chad to death by repeatedly hitting him over the head with a candlestick. After burying Chad's body, Sid leaves a message for his best (and only) friend Deb Clement on her answering machine saying that he intends to jump off a bridge. Sid takes over Chad's life after faking his own death. After two weeks, it transpires that Chad did not win the $50,000 in a bet as Sid thought but had received it on loan from an underwriter named Alan. Alan and his accomplice Grant confront Sid and demand the money, which they should have received the day before. Sid attempts to prove to them that he is the wrong guy by showing them the image enhancer. However, they think that he is taking out a gun and Alan stabs him in the stomach, killing him.

* PlayingDrunk: A bit of a variation. Sid Camden is furious that he was passed over for promotion in favor of his less experienced but more attractive co-worker Chad Warner. While using a HolographicDisguise to pose as Chad, he plays drunk and insults his boss, which results in Chad getting fired.
* RageAgainstTheReflection: Sid Camden, who hates himself, punches the mirror after he deactivates the HolographicDisguise that made him look like Chad Warner.
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: As Sid Camden’s jealousy grows, he gets Chad fired from his job, steals $50,000 that Chad seemed to win gambling, threatens Deb when she threatens to rat him out to Chad, and then kills Chad.
* TheResenter: Sid Camden becomes increasingly bitter and jealous as he finds that almost everyone treats Chad better than him just because he’s better-looking.

* HiredforTheirLooks: Well, promoted for their looks. Chad gets promoted instead of Sid just because their boss didn’t want to look at Sid’s unattractive face.

* JerkassHasaPoint: Sid ends up becoming a jerk, but he’s not wrong when he complains that people are wrong to treat Chad better than him for being better-looking.

* Hired forTheirLooks: Well, promoted for their looks. Chad gets promoted instead of Sid just because their boss didn’t want to look at Sid’s unattractive face.

* JerkassHas aPoint: Sid ends up becoming a jerk, but he’s not wrong when he complains that people are wrong to treat Chad better than him for being better-looking.

* HiredforTheirLooks: Well, promoted for their looks. Chad gets promoted instead of Sid just because their boss didn’t want to look at Sid’s unattractive face.

* JerkassHasaPoint: Sid ends up becoming a jerk, but he’s not wrong when he complains that people are wrong to treat Chad better than him for being better-looking.

* BadBoss: Sid’s boss is jerkass who promotes Chad instead of the much more qualified Sid, simply because he says his job is hard enough without having to look at Sid’s face every day.

* KillAndReplace: Sid Camden uses a [[HolographicDisguise prototype image enhancer]] developed by Veil-Tech, the company where he works as an accountant, to imitate his handsome co-worker Chad Warner. While the genuine article is out of town for a few days, Sid gets him fired and receives $50,000 which was meant for Chad. Having heard rumors that Sid had clandestinely gotten hold of one of the image enhancers, Chad confronts him in his apartment and swears that he will get to the bottom of it. The only thing that stops him from beating Sid up is a lack of proof. However, this changes when Chad loses patience with Sid's taunting and pushes him. As he falls, he lands on the image enhancer and the Chad image activates. The two men fight briefly until Sid gains the upper hand and beats Chad to death by repeatedly hitting him over the head with a candlestick. After burying Chad's body, Sid leaves a message for his best (and only) friend Deb Clement on her answering machine saying that he intends to jump off a bridge. Sid takes over Chad's life after faking his own death. After two weeks, it transpires that Chad did not win the $50,000 in a bet as Sid thought but had received it on loan from an underwriter named Alan. Alan and his accomplice Grant confront Sid and demand the money, which they should have received the day before. Sid attempts to prove to them that he is the wrong guy by showing them the image enhancer. However, they think that he is taking out a gun and Alan stabs him in the stomach.

A man steals a handsome coworker's identity with a holographic device.

* PlayingDrunk: A bit of a variation. Sid Camden is furious that he was passed over for promotion in favor of his less experienced but more assertive co-worker Chad Warner. While using a HolographicDisguise to pose as Chad, he plays drunk and insults his boss, which results in Chad getting fired.
* RageAgainstTheReflection: Sid Camden, who hates himself, punches the mirror after he deactivates the HolographicDisguise that made him look like Chad Warner.

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-->'''The Control Voice:''' In an age when we are led to believe that we can be anything we want to be, what most eludes us is simply... being ourselves.

A man steals a handsome coworker's identity with a holographic device.