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The next morning, Renee presents Simon with coffee and happily invites him to do some work on the Immersopod. As soon as Simon steps inside the machine, Renee proceeds to sabotage the system and instead puts Simon inside ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''. As Simon examines his surroundings and discovers that he's in the wrong movie, Renee uses a pair of gardening shears to cut off Simon’s thumb, preventing him from pressing the button that allows the Immersopod to turn off. With no way to escape, Simon is forced yell for Renee to push the button for him. Refusing to do so, Renee watches in sheer satisfaction as the film's zombies devour her unfaithful husband.

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The next morning, Renee presents Simon with coffee and happily invites him to do some work on the Immersopod. As soon as Simon steps inside the machine, Renee proceeds to sabotage the system and instead puts Simon inside ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''. As Simon examines his surroundings and discovers that he's in the wrong movie, Renee uses a pair of gardening shears to cut off Simon’s thumb, preventing him from pressing the button that allows the Immersopod to turn off. With no way to escape, Simon is forced to yell for Renee to push the button for him. Refusing to do so, Renee watches in sheer satisfaction as the film's zombies devour her unfaithful husband.



* BrainDrain: ''Horror Express's'' monster is capable of using its glowing red eye to absorb the intellect from its victim's brains, which it uses for its own benefit.

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* BrainDrain: ''Horror Express's'' Express''' monster is capable of using its glowing red eye to absorb the intellect from its victim's brains, which it uses for its own benefit.



* FanBoy: Simon is a huge one of ''Horror Express'', the first film he ever saw that wasn't a kids' movie. It was also where he fell in love with the Countess.

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* FanBoy: Simon is a huge one fan of ''Horror Express'', the first film he ever saw that wasn't a kids' movie. It was also where he fell in love with the Countess.



** He also calls Renee "Countess" as he goes to sleep, cluing Renee as to what her husband is up to.

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** He also calls Renee "Countess" as he goes to sleep, cluing clueing Renee as to what her husband is up to.



* {{Homage}}: The way Simon appears in movies, being greenscreened and interacting with characters that (mostly) can't actually interact back, could likely be an homage to ''Film/KungPowEnterTheFist''. It's rather fitting, considering that the film and the episode are both written by noted comedy actors.

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* {{Homage}}: The way Simon appears in movies, being greenscreened green-screened and interacting with characters that (mostly) can't actually interact back, could likely be an homage to ''Film/KungPowEnterTheFist''. It's rather fitting, considering that the film and the this episode are both written by noted comedy actors.



* ItsAllAboutMe: Simon is utterly self-absorbed and lives in a world of his own. When he isn't making love to the Countess, he parades himself as a film-loving genius who hardly gives his wife the time of day, even after he caused her to be forever estranged from her father.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Simon is utterly self-absorbed and lives in a world of his own. When he isn't making love to the Countess, he parades prides himself as a film-loving genius who hardly gives his wife the time of day, even after he caused her to be forever estranged from her father.



* SanitySlippage: After nearly getting her mind wiped by ''Horror Express's'' monster, Renee seems to have jumped off the slippery slope, leaving Simon to die in ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''. Of course, that isn't to say he didn't deserve it.

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* SanitySlippage: After nearly getting her mind wiped by ''Horror Express's'' Express''' monster, Renee seems to have jumped off the slippery slope, leaving Simon to die in ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''. Of course, that isn't to say he didn't deserve it.

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