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{{quote|''"Lewis Vendredi made a deal with the devil to sell cursed antiques. But he broke the pact, and it cost him his soul. Now, his niece Micki and her cousin Ryan have inherited the store... and with it, the curse. Now they must get everything back--and the real terror begins."''|The [[Opening Narration]]}}
Despite its title, ''Friday the 13th: The Series'' (1987-1990) had nothing to do with Jason Voorhees or any of the characters or events of the ''[[Friday the 13th (
After their uncle broke the pact and the Devil claimed his soul, Micki and Ryan inherited "Vendredi's Antiques" and renamed it "Curious Goods." It became their base of operations as they set out to reclaim all of the cursed antiques with the help of Jack Marshak, a friend of their uncle. Marshak was an expert in the occult who had acquired many of the antiques for Vendredi during his world travels, and therefore was often familiar with their magical attributes.
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A textbook case of [[Gotta Catch Them All]].
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* [[Age Without Youth]]: How Uncle Lewis' [[Deal
* [[Artifact Collection Agency]]
* [[Artifact of Doom]]: One of the series' central tropes.
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* [[Creepy Doll]]: The pilot episode. Ironically, this was one of the very few items where it didn't actually require a death to operate (though it did kill people)
* [[Christianity Is Catholic]]
* [[Deal with the Devil]]: Lewis literally did this, which is how the objects got cursed in the first place. But each cursed object is effectively this as well, as its user is tempted into doing evil for the sake of using its power. Unfortunately for Lewis and the vast majority of cursed object users, these deals work out like all deals with the Devil do... badly, for everyone but the Devil.
* [[Death
* [[Death
* [[Deliberately Monochrome]]: During [[Time Travel]] episodes, the past is in black and white.
* [[Demonic Dummy]]: Surprisingly, the dummy itself wasn't one of the cursed items. Rather, {{spoiler|the curse was on the boutonniere it was wearing, which brought it to life.}}
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* [[Dolled-Up Installment]]: The show was originally titled ''The 13th Hour'', but [[Executive Meddling|executives]] forced a renaming to draw in audiences.
* [[Eighties Hair]]
* [[Everything's Worse
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: "The Shaman's Apprentice" had a Native American doctor who faced discrimination from his fellow doctors who had disrespected his Shamanist faith.
** And of course, there's "Hate on Your Dial".
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* [[Gotta Catch Them All]]
* [[Halloween Episode]]: "Hellowe'en"
* [[Hoist
* [[Hollywood Voodoo]]: Utterly averted in "The Voodoo Mambo".
* [[In Name Only]]: The series' tenuous connection with the movies.
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* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: "The Baron's Bride" and "Night Prey."
* [[Paranormal Investigation]]
* [[Portal Picture]]: Used in the last episode. A painting that allows a obsessed history professor to contact the [[Marquis
* [[Politically
* [[Psycho Electro]]: "The Electrocutioner"
* [[Scary Scarecrows]]: "The Scarecrow"
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* [[Sympathetic Murderer]]: Occasionally. "Badge of Honor" and "Crippled Inside" are two examples, with the added bonus of all of the victims being [[Asshole Victim|deserving of their fates]].
* [[Tele Frag]]: A combination of this and [[Portal Cut]] happens to the villain in "Eye of Death". The slide projector he'd been using to travel to the past gets shut off just as he tries to jump through the portal to the present, leaving him embedded in his wall. Ouch.
* [[The One With...]]: The one with the cursed [X].
* [[The Power of Blood]]: Often, this is used to make an object work when simply killing someone isn't enough.
* [[Time Stands Still]]: "13 O'Clock"
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