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One-Episode Fear
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Sometimes, characters are afraid of something, some are scared of a lot of things, and sometimes, they used to be afraid of something, but it went away. However, sometimes, a character is only scared of something for one episode. Maybe they've always been scared of it or have been scared of it for a while, but it's only cropped up in that episode because it simply wasn't around in previous episodes. Maybe they developed a fear over the course of that episode, but whatever the case, they are never shown or said to be afraid of it before and they are never shown or said to be afraid of it since. If someone mentions in later episodes as a Continuity Nod that the character used to be afraid of it, it still counts, but the character needs to only actually be afraid of it for one episode for it to qualify. The episode will usually focus on the fear, either as a main plot or a subplot, and usually, the focus is on either facing it or making it go away, whether because the character has to do what they're afraid to do (for example, Alice Speaks Fluent Animal but is afraid of lions and she and the others have to face up to a lion) or they recently developed the fear and it's related to something they do all the time (for example, Alice becomes afraid of cats and has to get rid of the fear so she can play with Bob's cat, which they like doing). At the end of the episode, the fear will either already be gone, or the character will state or imply that they're almost not afraid of it anymore (and will effectively not be afraid of it anymore come the next episode, or else it won't be this trope). The One-Episode Fear can also count as a Compressed Vice if the character is stated to have always had it but previous episodes prove otherwise, or an Informed Flaw if they're mentioned in passing to be scared of something in one episode but act like they're not. Compare Idiot Ball (and its subtropes Villain Ball and Hero Ball) and Smart Ball for other personality traits that disappear as quickly as they appear. May result in Conflict Ball if the fear causes a conflict and may be a form of Backstory of the Day if it's supposed to be that they've always had the fear. Multiple characters revealing a new fear may lead to a "What Do They Fear?" Episode. There's also a good chance of it being an Absurd Phobia. |
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In an episode of Happy Days, Arthur Fonzarelli, "The Fonz" himself, is revealed to have a phobia... of liver. This fear is exposed by none other than his best friend Richie Cunningham, in the course of an investigation for a news story. Richie's journalistic integrity won't allow him to squash the story, but his friendship with Fonzie compels him to help his buddy conquer his fear, which he does, making it a non-issue. | |
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The Noonbory and the Super 7 episode "Pongdybory's Cold Feet" is the only mention of Pongdybory, Jetybory, and Cozybory being Afraid of Needles. | |
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PAW Patrol: Ryder's fear of brussels sprouts (kids, gotta love 'em), and Chase/Alex's fear of the dentist never appears outside of "Pups Save a Toof". | |
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The Simpsons: The episode "Fear of Flying" deals with Marge's fear of, well, flying. While it is justified that it doesn't show up in later episodes, because her therapist helps her come to terms with the phobia, which could well have made it go away, it's odd that it didn't show up before, because she travels by plane in previous episodes such as "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington", and the incident that made her afraid of flying happened in her childhood. Lisa has an intense fear of pigeons in "How Munched is That Birdie in the Window?", being repeatedly disgusted by Bart's new pet pigeon. She's not afraid of any birds in other episodes, and even directly addresses a pigeon in "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)" and has a positive reaction. |
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In one episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987), Leonardo was scared of snakes. They were his greatest fear in fact, until the end of the episode, by which he is no longer scared of them. It was never mentioned until that episode. | |
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Sesame Street: In the episode "Afraid of the Bark", Zoe becomes scared of dogs after Barkley gives her a fright and it goes away by the end of the episode. In another episode, Elmo becomes scared of fire due to a fire in the convenience store. In one of the newer episodes, Big Bird suffers an extreme case of stage fright when he is asked to sing before a live audience. He gets over it by the end. |
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Mr. Men: In her title book, Little Miss Somersault discovers she is afraid of heights, which doesn't show up in any of the subsequent books, or the cartoon. | |
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In the Red Dwarf episode "Duct Soup", Lister turns out to be claustrophobic when they're trapped in the ducts. He says he's had it since he was a kid, but not every cramped space triggers it, which is why it's never come up before. Cat starts asking about previous occasions when you might have expected it to be triggered, but Lister just points out that this is hardly a conversation that's going to take his mind off it. | |
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The Pet Alien episode "Darkness" revolves around the aliens trying to help Tommy face his fear of the dark after discovering he sleeps with a nightlight, despite a few episodes previously showing him sleeping perfectly fine without one. | |
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The X-Files: In the Season 1 episode "Fire," it's a major plot point that Mulder has a crippling phobia of fire, which he must overcome to rescue children from a burning building. This fear is never brought up before or after. | |
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Arthur: In "Shelter From the Storm", the Brain develops a fear of wind after the titular storm. Leans slightly more towards Played for Drama than other examples, in that he required a psychiatrist, but it's gone by the end of the episode. In "April 9th", Arthur becomes scared of being separated from his father after the father was in a fire. The fear goes away after a pep talk from his dad and a story about a similar experience he had with Grandma Thora being in a car accident. "Water and the Brain" revolves around Brain's fear of water, and Arthur and Binky trying to help him over it before Muffy's party at a water park. Notably, by the end of the episode, Brain isn't cured of his fear; he goes to the park but just doesn't go on the water rides. Despite this, he's seen swimming in episodes like "Arthur Goes to Camp". Muffy is afraid of birds in "Muffy's House Guests", which is attributed to a childhood experience of being scared by creepy mascot suits that resemble birds. She hasn't been shown to be afraid of them before. |
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21 Jump Street: When Penhall and Hanson go undercover in a juvenile prison, Penhall reveals to both the viewer and his best friend that he is claustrophobic and gets shipped out. In a later episode, Penhall is in a very small prison and not claustrophobic at all. | |
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In the Phineas and Ferb episode Phineas and Ferb Save Summer, Candace has a never before seen fear of spiders. | |
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M*A*S*H: Hawkeye having Claustrophobia is a major plot point in the Season 7 episode "C*A*V*E", but is never mentioned at any other point in the series; likewise with Margaret's fear of loud noises, which never comes up in other episodes where the 4077 is caught in artillery crossfire. | |
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Kim Possible: has one episode where Ron is scared of spiders. This is made fun of in that he's not scared of the 3-foot spider he and Kim encounter in the episode, just normal-sized spiders. | |
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Xiaolin Chronicles: In "Mi Casa, Mi Temple", some of the Shoku warriors are revealed to have some fears we have never seen previously. Ping Pong's biggest fears were established to be spiders and turkeys in a previous episode, but this episode has him afraid of failure. Kimiko's biggest fear in the original series (which is similarly only shown in one episode "Dreamscape") is a half-burned doll, but her fear in this episode is a sword-wielding classmate who is fiercely possessive of her boyfriend. | |
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Big City Greens: The episode "Hurt Bike" has Cricket develop a fear of doing anything reckless after almost getting killed in an accident on the dirt bike Nancy gave him. "Urban Legend" has the town fear Gramma Alice because they think she's a wicked swamp witch. They obviously had no fear of her before or since that episode. |
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There are two in Jelly Jamm. The characters overcome their fears in the episodes that introduce them, so this might be justified. Goomo's fear of burst-into-song flowers is only brought up in "Flower Fear". "Royal Roommate" is the sole mention of the King being afraid of the dark. |
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What I Like About You: In one episode, Gary visits a freakshow and one of the acts is a man eating a bowl of hair. This freaks Gary out so badly, he develops a crippling fear of eating hair. You wouldn't think that would come up too much, but it consumes him for the entire episode. In the end, Val accidentally admits the delicious bowl of pasta he's been eating is called "angel hair," and while she's afraid she's just triggered him, it instead cures him instantly, as he realizes hair can be delicious. | |
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Danny Phantom: In the episode “One of a Kind”, Danny spends most of the episode extremely frightened of the Monster of the Week Skulker. Though he gets over it by the end of the episode and it never comes up again at any point in the show. | |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: In "Fear of a Krabby Patty", SpongeBob somehow develops a fear of Krabby Patties for the episode after working 24/7 at the Krusty Krab for 43 days. In "One Coarse Meal", Plankton is extremely afraid of Pearl because she's a whale (they eat plankton like him). He was obviously not afraid of her in episodes like "The Algae's Always Greener" and "Plankton's Intern". In "Tunnel of Glove", SpongeBob says he is afraid of clowns while he and Pearl are trapped in a dark amusement park ride. This is odd, because, not only was he never afraid of clowns before or since, he actually likes them in a previous episode, "Krabby Land". In "Stuck on the Roof", SpongeBob suffers from a never-before-seen fear of heights, which presents a problem when he gets stuck on the Krusty Krab roof and can't get back down. In "ChefBob", SpongeBob somehow gets Performance Anxiety for having to cook for a crowd, which leads him to create ChefBob. SpongeBob actually liked cooking for crowds before in "As Seen on TV" (albeit he thought he was entertaining them). |
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Fluttershy has a lot of fears, none of which relate to animals, except in "Dragonshy" where she is afraid of dragons, to the point of being The Load until she faces her fear and confronts the dragon. | |
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Star Trek: Voyager: In "One", Tom Paris has to be in stasis but keeps getting out because he has Claustrophobia (because closed spaces remind him of coffins, apparently) and he apparently has always had it, but it's never been relevant before or since. | |
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Charmed: Barbaras makes Prue afraid of water in one episode, which she gets rid of on her own accord. | |
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Gravity Falls: "Fight Fighters": Grunkle Stan reveals a fear of heights that has never come up before. He conquers it within the same episode. "Little Gift Shop of Horrors": In the “Clay Day” segment, Mabel is revealed to have a fear of clay animation. It never comes up in any episode before or after. Possibly justified in that this is episode is officially non-canon. |
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Star Trek: The Next Generation: The episode "Realm of Fear" focuses on a secondary character Reg Barclay's fear of transporters, which goes away by the end of the episode. Reg is quite nervous in general, but this is the only time he was afraid of transporters. | |
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