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#Top9 posts of 2021! thanks to everyone who has liked these truly amazing photos in the past year, the love out there for Eerie is everything!! thanks again! 🖤✨👽

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My #Top9 of 2021, thanks for all the love guys! Eerie 2022 here we come! 👽💫☠️✨

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It's Tuesday, so today you get a choice between two prompts. Pick one, combine both, pit them against each other - on Tuesday, you choose!

This week, your options are:

Bloody Revenge of the Mummy's Curse versus Corn Critters Franchise

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The mummy got his surf time holiday in the end. bts of this end credits scene from episode, “Scariest home video” 🤕😎☀️

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See them here

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Marshall had to admit that the Tod and Donna Halloween Spooktacular Special was better than he'd expected.

Shot entirely in black and white, with unsettlingly skewed camera angles and a score comprised mostly of ominous organ riffs and scare chords, and containing at least three visual homages to Boris Von Orloff's "The Bloody Revenge of the Mummy's Curse" within the first twenty minutes alone, he'd actually been enjoying himself until the second act.

"Is that Harley?" he whispered, to Simon, who was dozing beside a bowl of popcorn bigger than his own torso.

Simon blinked, focused, and groaned.

"Not again!"

Ongoing Verse: Trusted Associates Inc

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Ongoing Verse: Holmes Brothers

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See them here.

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Retraux: Media produced in an intentionally old-fashioned style, designed with the intentional appearance of being decades older than is actually the case. The term is a portmanteau of "retro" and the French word "faux"note , meaning "false".

Eerie, Indiana: In "Scariest Home Videos", the Deliberately Monochrome film Bloody Revenge of the Mummy's Curse emulates the style of the Universal Horror films, of which it is an Affectionate Parody.

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We’ve been watching Eerie Indiana most of the day so far and now I’m half tempted to get the accursed Disney+ so we can watch So Weird again 👀

So far I’ve seen deputy Andy Brennan over and over again, recognized Tony Jay on voice alone in the mummy episode (I was like FROLLO?!), saw bby Tobey Maguire, and now Max Headroom lmao

Y'know, in addition to the initial shock of it starring Max from Hocus Pocus.

Jason Marsden now?! Gat dam

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Episode 5 of Eerie Indiana "America's Scariest Home Video" pic.twitter.com/Djb3LRmHlD
— James Gormanley (@JamesGormanley) November 8, 2020

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Tony Jay was so fuckin' great. You'd think he'd be phoning it in for these silly ass kids cartoons but instead he was bringing it. Going full THEATRE every chance he got. the world is a lesser place without him
— It's Dirk! (@DirkGrundy) August 30, 2020

what sort of world would it be without chairface chippendale or uh I guess Frollo in that disney movie (I haven't seen it), or Shere Khan. Or that time he tried to marry Lwuxanna Troi
— It's Dirk! (@DirkGrundy) August 30, 2020

Or how about that time he was a surfing mummy on Eerie Indiana
— Elaine Will (@ElaineMWill) August 30, 2020

I don't remember this, I will have to absolutely go find it on hopefully youtube
— It's Dirk! (@DirkGrundy) August 30, 2020

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It was obvious from Simon's expression that he'd somewhat missed his mark.

"It's nothing infernal," Simon hastened to explain. "It's just... you know how Boris Von Orloff got a job on that old radio we brought from the Secret Spot?"

Marshall nodded. While the self-proclaimed star of stage and screen had proved somewhat obnoxious during his impromptu visit to Eerie, it hadn't lessened Marshall's enjoyment of his movies nor, post-resurrection, his voice work.

Simon's gaze flicked to the Hellhound, currently asleep in a slightly-scorched basket made of packing crates.

"I think he's too young for ghost stories," he told Marshall.

Ongoing Verse: Microwave

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As a child I was afraid of the dark. I was terrified that an ancient Egyptian mummy would sneak up the stairs and into my room to come and get me. I think I watched too much Eerie Indiana when I was growing up... What was your biggest childhood nighttime fear?👀

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Biting down on the tv remote right before he got sucked back into the tv. Who’s this fantastic actor and what role was he playing on this Eerie episode?

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You just can't get enough! #opentheworldofstuff

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$15+shipping. Vintage 1990's Goosebumps and Eerie Indiana Kids Meal Toys. Comment and DM email, zip to claim.

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Wrapping up the mummy on Eerie Indiana in our Halloween episode. #eerieindiana #bringbackeerieindiana pic.twitter.com/ICDmFke2OV
— Justin Shenkarow (@justinshenkarow) April 29, 2020

I love this episode! Set at Halloween, I always remember the mist getting into the house lol and to shut the door to keep it out. Little things like that made these episode so memorable.
— Priscilla🍰🐾💕 (@LisaPriscillaH) April 29, 2020

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Wrapping up the mummy on Eerie Indiana in our Halloween episode. #eerieindiana #bringbackeerieindiana pic.twitter.com/ICDmFke2OV
— Justin Shenkarow (@justinshenkarow) April 29, 2020

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The doorbell was too loud and the hour was too early. Marshall Teller rolled onto his side, pulling the pillow over his head to muffle the noise until whoever it was went away. The ringing continued, the electric peals laying one over another as though the buzzer was being mashed by an impatient thespian in a mummy costume on Halloween night.

The thought made his eyes snap open, searching for the red glow of his digital alarm clock in the gloom of the shuttered bedroom. The clock informed him that it was 11:59 on October 30th.

Boris was back.

Ongoing Verse: Microwave

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The brilliant Tony Kay played Sir Boris Von Orloff in SCARIEST HOME VIDEOS and voiced lots of other 90s kids characters like Frollo from ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’, Monsieur D’Arque from ‘Beauty and the Beast’, and Megabyte from ‘Reboot’! #eerieindiana #disney pic.twitter.com/5WQrcTgbB3
— Return to Eerie, Indiana (@eerieindianapod) April 14, 2020

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What’s the name of this episode of Eerie Indiana? #eerieindiana #bringbackeerieindiana pic.twitter.com/nivUbKgz5z
— Justin Shenkarow (@justinshenkarow) March 29, 2020

It might just be the one that’s dropping this Friday. 😏 https://t.co/ZmCPNPI3Zz
— Return to Eerie, Indiana (@eerieindianapod) April 6, 2020

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Few books spend as much time contemplating Dracula's penis as John Shirley's DRACULA IN LOVE.https://t.co/TthHpz5m2r pic.twitter.com/V6gaTLF7Ya
— Grady Hendrix (@grady_hendrix) April 3, 2020

this is an #EerieIndiana sentence if ever I read one... https://t.co/Nqo5vAgysc
— William Arthur (@Wart_M) April 3, 2020

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What’s the name of this episode of Eerie Indiana? #eerieindiana #bringbackeerieindiana pic.twitter.com/nivUbKgz5z
— Justin Shenkarow (@justinshenkarow) March 29, 2020

Plus where the mummy goes on holiday, the young kid bro wrecks the set
— Andrew (@andrew95899769) March 29, 2020

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What’s the name of this episode of Eerie Indiana? #eerieindiana #bringbackeerieindiana pic.twitter.com/nivUbKgz5z
— Justin Shenkarow (@justinshenkarow) March 29, 2020

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Look it's #EerieIndiana [6.7550@974s] #NoContextTV #NBC pic.twitter.com/l4G7wQiTt7
— No Context TV (@UKNoContextTV) March 28, 2020

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Radford looked at the tower of catch-and-release mousetraps in front of him, and then, with some difficulty, looked over them at Simon.

"Rodent problem?" he asked.

Simon nodded. There were dark circles under his eyes and his hand-me-down jumper had even more holes in it than usual.

"Harley and the Ratking turned on each other," he said. "Something about this town only being big enough for one avatar of creeping disease, and also Harley spending too much time with that goat he stole from the Witch Queen last Halloween."

He sighed deeply, a teenage boy wearied by the machinations of Antichrists and vermin lords alike.

"Now the Ratking is threatening to chew the bottom out of every cereal box in Eerie unless Harley grants him a share of this year's soul harvest."

"Oh dear," said Radford. "Good thing I've still got that shipment of experimental coffee cake from Things Incorporated out the back. It's about to be the only breakfast food left in Eerie."

Simon picked up one of the live-capture cages and fiddled absently with it.

"I just need to get to some of the Brainrats," he said. "You know, the bigger, smarter ones that make up the Ratking's mind. If I can talk to them, I can make them see that this isn't something worth fighting over."

"Not to you, maybe," said Radford. "You're Harley's big brother. You've always come first with him, so you don't know what it's like when he chooses something else over you."

He shook out a large paper grocery sack and began bagging the mousetraps.

"You see, the Ratking never saved Harley from eating a lizard. He never took him on exciting adventures where they got to terrify an old man in stage makeup."

"That's not-" Simon began, then stopped.

"If you want my advice," said Radford, "And you didn't ask for it, so you shouldn't feel obligated to take it, but if you want it: forget about the Brainrats. They're big and sleek and they scurry about independently, and that's all well and good when a Ratking schemes his schemes, but for something like this?"

He tapped his index finger to the monogrammed breast pocket of his paisley-patterned shirt and continued.

"Look for the Heartrats. They're smaller, tightly-wound - physically as well as metaphorically - and they don't move around as much."

He passed Simon the bulging brown bag.

"On the house," he added.

Ongoing Verse: Holmes Brothers

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Eerie, Indiana: In "Scariest Home Videos", the Deliberately Monochrome film Bloody Revenge of the Mummy's Curse emulates the style of the Universal Horror films, of which it is an Affectionate Parody.

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The storms had brought heavy cloud cover, and the golden pool of light shed by the small desk lamp looked warm and almost liquid compared to the louring grey skies outside.

Marshall set two mugs of hot chocolate down on the cluttered desk, careful to use coasters despite the surface being pockmarked with stains, scorch marks and even the occasional gouge.

"Hey," he said. "Remember that old tombstone radio we took out of the Secret Spot a while back? I was in the kitchen and it just started playing a bunch of old-timey ghost stories. Come check it out."

Simon looked up, rubbing tired eyes with ink-stained knuckles. In front of him, a scattering of Polaroid photographs completely failed to tell a story and a handwritten report had long ago degraded into illegibility.

"I can't," he said. "I'm supposed to be looking into UFO activity over the Eerie Cemetery, but everything I can find points to it being just another illegal zombie rave. I need to give this client something by Friday or risk angry phone calls on Monday morning."

"You won't be fit for UFOs or zombie clubbers if you don't take a break occasionally," said Marshall. "You can finish up the cemetery job tomorrow. I'll give you a hand if you like."

He saw Simon's hesitation, sensed his wavering resolve, and decided to go in for the kill.

"I'm pretty sure I heard Boris Von Orloff's voice on there," he said. "You always say you wanted to know how his post-death comeback was going."

"That's true..."

"And we did kinda sorta almost help Harley retroactively wipe out his entire career..."

Simon sighed and stood up.

"I guess..."

Marshall grinned.

"We'll just listen to a couple, to show support," he promised, already opening the office door. "Bring your cocoa."

Ongoing Verse: Trusted Associates Inc

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“Questions were playing tiddly winks with my grey matter...”

Most times you go back to watch a programme from your youth, it's pretty disappointing. Every now and then, however, they're genuinely as good as you remember. Eerie, Indiana is one of those special few. There are a handful of series that tried to be The Twilight Zone for kids. Round the Twist (which I'll be coming back to in another article) is well-remembered by British and Australian audiences. Are You Afraid of the Dark and Goosebumps scared the kids of the early and late nineties, respectively. None had the wit of Eerie, Indiana. So why this series only lasted for a single season baffles me.

The series was set in the eponymous town of Eerie, Indiana, population 16,661. Marshall 'Mars' Teller moves to Eerie with his family. Only he, and his best friend, Simon, seem to notice just how bizarre life in Eerie really is. Bigfoot eats out of Marshall's trash, Elvis is on his paper round, and each episode, some uncanny occurrence makes becomes the subject of Marshall and Simon's investigations. The situations the duo faced were man and varied. Some were drawn from classic horror and sci-fi, but with a twist, such as “America's Scariest Home Video,” which drew the Mummy straight out of a black-and-white movie and into Marshall's living room, while Simon's younger brother took his place (and proved far scarier). Some drew on science fiction for their inspiration, such as the HAL 9000 riff “The ATM With a Heart of Gold.” Others were barmy in their originality. “No Brain, No Pain,” involved a shambling vagrant, who was in fact a genius, but had accidentally taped over his mind with a copy of The Knack's My Sharona.

While the writing was generally very good for a children's drama, it was the direction and the cast that really set Eerie apart from its rivals. While Jose Rivera and Karl Schaefer were credited as the series' creators, Joe Dante was a major creative force on the show, directing several episodes. This is the man who directed such sci-fi classics as Innerspace, Gremlins and, um, Piranha. Not the sort of person you'd expect to be working on a children's TV series for the Disney Channel. The cast were what really made it, though. The series boasted not only a solid regular and semi-regular cast, but some of the best guest actors in television. Weird old Vincent Schiavelli played the town's terrifying orthodontist, while Rene Auberjonois tried to brainwash the town. Dante's favoured actor, Archie Hann, played Mr Radford, the proprietor of the World O' Stuff, until the series' midpoint turnaround, when he was revealed to be an imposter. The real Radford was revealed, played with twinkling charm by John “Gomez” Astin. In one fan-favourite episode, “The Lost Hour,” putting the clocks forward one hour incorrectly stranded Marshall in an empty parallel version of Eerie, with only a mysterious milkman to turn to for help. That milkman – who, it was hinted, may have been Marshall's own future self – was played by the late, great Eric Christmas, an actor who was born to play the Doctor. These impressive guest spots and many clever references make the series a joy to watch for genre fans.

It would be wrong to overlook the core cast, however. Omri Katz was the star of the show. Fifteen at the time of filming, but playing it a little younger, Omri was perfect as Marshall, representing the many young boys who were just entering puberty and being torn between silly kids' shows and adult life. Omri gave Marshall a wide-eyed wonder at the weirdness of the world, with just enough snark to make the character snappy, but never obnoxious. Stealing the show, though, was Justin Shenkarow, four years younger, as Simon Holmes. Justin dominated every scene he was in, despite being the youngest member of the cast. Simon was an outsider in Eerie, and became close friends with Marshall, only to find himself take a backseat to the teenager's problems. Popularity, school, and above all, his burgeoning interest in girls, threatened to take Marshall away from Simon, but at the end of the day, the two were inseparable. There was a lot for young boys to relate to.

Marshall's family were equally as important to the setup, forever oblivious to the strange goings on around them. Frances Guinan was just the right side of eccentric as his father Edgar. Possibly named in association with Edward Teller, inventor of the hydrogen bomb, Edgar tried to keep afloat with his career as an inventor for Things Incorporated. His inventions were often a main plot point in the series. Marshall's mother, Marilyn, was played Mary-Margaret Humes, who I only now realise was quite impossibly sexy and wasted as Edgar's housewife. As Marshall's older sister, Syndi, Julie Condra provided the boys watching with the twin interests of an irritating sibling to run rings round, and a beautiful young woman to gaze at.

It was something of a boys' show. Marshall had a new crush every other week, and while the girls were often strong, impressive characters, there was less for the female members of the audience. That changed in the thirteenth episode, which began a process of revamping the series by introducing Jason Marsden – that guy who's in everything, these days – as Dash X. A mysterious, amnesiac with grey hair, Dash X didn't know his real name or where he came from. He became the amoral antagonist to Marshall's hero, sometimes helping him, sometimes out for himself. He might possibly have been an alien, and was even seemingly aware that he was part of a television programme. He was also, importantly, the one all the girls watching had a crush on.

Dash X threatened to steal the series away from Marshall, something that the producers were fully aware of. In what was surely intended as the final episode of the series, but actually aired as the penultimate instalment, Marshall woke up to find that his name was really Omri, and his entire life was, in fact, part of a TV show. “Reality Takes a Holiday” was an ingeniously postmodern episode, and saw Dash X – the only character referred to by his fictional name, and not his actor's name – attempt to oust Marshall as the star. Genuinely clever, it was a high point for the series.

My favourite episode, however, was “Heart on a Chain.” Marshall and a previously unmentioned classmate, Devon (played by another Dante favourite, Cory Danziger), both fall for the new girl, Melissa. When Devon is killed in a road accident, his heart is transplanted into the desperately ill Melissa, who begins to display some of Devon's personality traits. Marshall and Melissa's burgeoning romance is sabotaged by Devon's restless spirit. Apart from the fact that I had a huge crush on Danielle Harris, who played Melissa, this episode really touched me as a kid. Watching it again now, it's still affecting. It's a genuinely sweet, sad, creepy little ghost story, just really fine television.

For all the silliness, references and naff monsters, Eerie, Indiana was quite a dark, subversive series. The strangeness of the town and its supposed ordinariness was a metaphor for the harsh realities that are so often kept behind closed doors. While Marshall had a strong, loving family, Simon was from a broken home. He was able to spend so much time with the Tellers because his mother was rarely home, and his father was often “entertaining.” Other characters' lives were rarely anything to celebrate. “Who's Who” revolved around a young girl whose mother had abandoned her, and who was neglected and exploited by her father and brothers. Even the pilot episode, “Foreverware,” hinted at the dark secrets behind so many supposedly perfect families.

For some reason, Eerie, Indiana never took off on its initial 1991-2 run. It sank without a trace, with certain episodes not even airing. It wasn't until 1997 that Fox bought the series and it was given a new lease of life. It was then that the series made it overseas, onto the Saturday mornings of my thirteen-year-old self. It became successful enough to spawn a spin-off series, Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension. The concept was rather clever: in a parellel version of Eerie, life is perfectly normal, until a crazy cable guy opens an interdimensional rift. This lets the weirdness of the “prime” Eerie through to the Other Dimension, and threatens to destroy the Eeries of all realities. Marshall and Simon even appeared in the first episode to help out their younger equivalents, Mitchell and Stanley. However, although the effects had improved over the years, the scripts hadn't, and the weaker sequel series lasted only one season itself.

Eerie, Indiana amassed something of a cult following in its brief renaissance, but has little legacy. Even much of its cast are no longer acting. Omri Katz made the occasional film up until about eight years ago, while Justin Shenkarow now does mainly voice work. Julie Condra no longer seems to be acting. Of course, many of the more legendary guest stars are no longer with us. On the other hand, Jason Marsden is a familiar face on American television, Danielle Harris has become something of a modern day scream queen, and some kid called Tobey Maguire, who played a ghost boy, did quite well for himself. Still, I doubt any of these roles will make me smile quite as much as Eerie, Indiana.

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There's a Mummy in Malibu!!

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Fans of cult TV will recognise Tony Jay from Twin Peaks (1990/1) as Dougie Milford, as Baron Boris Von Orloff in Eerie, Indiana: Scariest Home Videos (1991), Star Trek: The Next Generation - Cost of Living (1992) and The New Adventures of Superman (1993-95) as Nigel St John. pic.twitter.com/Xv3l6pOVNT
— CharlesWynfordLodge (@2hrTV) November 9, 2019

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Will now be live tweeting the 5th episode of #eerieindiana in honor of the anniversary of its original airing
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

I love their supply list...including the spare underwear. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

Third? appearance of the "Better weird than dead" catchphrase. Also, these outfits make me remember how old this show is
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

Why can't Harley go trick or treating? I wonder if there's a story there. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

Marshall is kind of evil sometimes. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

Some day, Dash will find this recording of Marshall being willing to feed a lizard to a small child for profit #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

The lizard in the pants scene will never not be funny #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

Iconic scream shot #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

These two are definitely having a scared nervous breakdown.

"Those guys are so weird." #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

"Harley...about this tall. Same mom as Simon." There's an implication there about Harley's parentage that I didn't pick up on as a kid. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

Poor Simon. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

Marshall's parents are so weird and adorable. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

Boris von Orloff: Not the last one-shot character who bashes television #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

"Some kind of video feedback time warp zapping thing": I love Marshall-speak #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

Apparently, you can order the mummy at the beach shot as a blanket somewhere on the internet. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

It's interesting that at this point Simon and Marshall are still thinking of the evidence locker as something they're going to show authorities someday...hence, destroying evidence that'll get them in trouble. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

There really is a whole story/character arc where Marshall turns toward trusting no one (or at least no adult) over the course of the series. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

We don't get as much of Simon's POV, but he already starts with plenty of good reasons not to trust adults. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

Except the Tellers #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

Marshall has a certain amount of trust for people his own age. He makes friends relatively easily. (Of course, not all of them survive until the end of the episode, but still. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

But by the end of the series...well, Dash happened. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

It would have been so interesting to see what impact that would have on Marshall for Season 2. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

Also, still wish we could have seen Halloween in Eerie outside Marshall's house some year. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

Also there a whole thread here about Marshall and what he worries about in regards to his parents vs. speculation about Simon and Harley's home life that I don't want to make right now because it's just too sad. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

Some day soon: The Simon Holmes Appreciation Thread. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 13, 2019

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A poster - full disclosure on this one: i just wanted something to do with my hands while i listened to a true crime podcast so I wasn't overly concerned with the quality.

Dash does some zapping

Mars, bouta throw hands with a ghost.

Scariest Home Videos gifset for the rewatch. These are really fun to make because I don't do that much with gradients usually, and ive already done one gifset per episode with normal colouring; let's get exciting!

my favourite scene in the whole show basically. Kind of wish id used another font but still good.

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You're watching television when suddenly the screen turns to static. A face appears, dark and scary, but you're not worried. After all, it's only the television, nothing can happen. But then it moves closer and closer, so close that it starts reaching out from the TV screen. Now you're very, very scared.
Welcome to the Television Portal. Most often a form of Nightmare Fuel ('cause who wouldn't be freaked out by a television image coming to life?) and Paranoia Fuel (do you know how many hours of television you watch?). Sometimes results in Up the Real Rabbit Hole, Trapped in TV Land, Refugee from TV Land. May start when The Television Talks Back. A quite literal version of The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You.

May extend to coming out or going into a television set or other electronic device with a screen (i.e. a computer).

Compare Reaching Between the Lines (the same effect, but used as comedy). A subtrope of The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You.

Eerie, Indiana: In "Scariest Home Videos", Simon's younger brother Harley bites the remote control while watching Bloody Revenge of the Mummy's Curse. As Marshall and Simon had hooked a video camera up to the television, Harley switches place with the film's star Sir Boris von Orloff. Harley becomes trapped in the film while Sir Boris enters the real world.

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If you don't mind watching an old (1990s) live action show, Eerie, Indiana is similar to Gravity Falls in that it's a horror/fantasy comedy about two normal kids investigating weird goings-on in their town: an immortal family, a secret plot by the neighbourhood dogs, a TV remote that can trap you in the television. It's very quirky and funny, but was sadly cancelled after one season. They attempted a reboot with a new cast but it didn't take off.

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Do you remember this episode of #EerieIndiana? [6.7550@1018s] #TVOutOfContext #NBC pic.twitter.com/x6YY6mzV7E
— No Context TV (@UKNoContextTV) June 7, 2019