Are You Afraid of the Dark?

The Tale of the Dangerous Soup

Season 3, Episode 13, Aired 4/16/94

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Dr. Vink is back and now running his own restaurant, The Wild Boar. After staff members continually decide to just quit at the drop of a hat, two employees soon discover why. Dr. Vink makes his famous soup with a special ingredient that he gets from his employees- FEAR. However, the two accidentally release the creature that gathers the fear and give it the ability to prey upon anyone.moreless

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JoAnna Garcia

Samantha (Seasons 3-5)
Jason Alisharan

Frank (Seasons 1-4)
Ross Hull

Gary (Seasons 1-5)

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Great, but scary. Frank got Tucker good.

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"Fair"

By SurvivorFan64, Jul 18, 2008 Report Abuse

Dr. Vink returns as the restaurant owner and omg, the gargoyle was freaky. The stuff you experience inside the room was so dead scary like the Death Chamber in the Victoria Wax Museum. Dr. Vink can be very evil what am I saying he is evil. I sure don't want to work in his restaurant. He said that fear makes the soup so good and he won't tell anyone causing his employees to leave. Then 2 come and have to face their fears of what the animal that takes the danger is like. In the end, I can't believe it, a tiny gargoyle like that is what keeps the fear of soup good? Ouch and I got to say, I feel sorry for the pair and I really think Dr. Vink will keep his restaurant popular for a long time. In the end, Frank really had gotten Tucker good. Exactly you're scared of nothing.moreless

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The infamous Dr. Vink returns as a chef who "nourishes the souls" of his customers with his ever popular "Dangerous Soup". When two teenage employees try to find out why their coworkers quit suddenly, they also discover what makes this soup so dangerous.moreless

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By chasmatic, May 29, 2006 Report Abuse

Lame special effects aside, this is Frank's best tale and also the most interesting Dr. Vink storyline. The plot is quite unique. A gargoyle type relic is not only powerful enough to create the illusion of any given person's greatest fear, but it also produces a potent green elixir (Vink's secret ingredient for his $100 a bowl soup). In the end, the creature is accidentally unleashed, and (briefly) unbeknownst to the teens, recaptured. After they breathe a sigh of relief, Vink lets them know that his business has only begun!moreless

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By spongegab13, Feb 15, 2006 Report Abuse

This episode was okay for me. It starts when Dr. Vink makes a restaurant called \"The Wild Boar\". Dr. Vink makes his famous soup a special ingredient that he gets from his employees. FEAR! However, the two accidentally releases a creature that gathers the fear and give it the ability to prey upon anyone.

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This episode is about a boy that comes to work at the restaurant that Dr. Vink owns and he only serves one bowl of his famous soup to each customers. The boy wants to find out why.moreless

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By ernie329, Jul 05, 2005 Report Abuse

This is another Dr.Vink episode classic. The whole story is great and I liked the little room they went in and they had to face their fears. Neve Campbell also stars in this episode and she is known for the Scream movies, I guess this is where she got her start.

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- Gary admits to being afraid of heights. Kiki says she is afraid of dogs. Sam is afraid of birds. Betty Ann is afraid of the attic. Tucker says he isn't afraid of anything, but we find out that it's actually the unknown. And Frank, of course... is afraid of the dark. Edit
- When you hear the voice "It knows what scares you" this is actually a quote from another movie in 1982 called Poltergeist. A psychic named Tangina Barrons played by Zelda Rubenstein plays her. Edit
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- Martin Watier, who played Paul, plays Jacques in the later episode, The Tale Of The Many Faces. Edit
- Gary never tells a story opener. Edit
- This is Dr. Vink's 3rd appearance. Edit
Quotes
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- Jersey: Dr. Fink! I wait tables, I don't do dishes. Dr. Vink: Ahh, but alas my dear, your job description has just been changed. Edit
- Dr. Vink: And, I am not a nut bag. Edit
- Frank: (Story Intro) We've all got something that scare us, even though it shouldn't. You know there's nothing in the attic that can get you. You know a bird can't hurt you. But there's still some dark place inside that makes your hands sweat, and your mouth go dry. My story's about fear. The kind that's different for everyone. The kind you have to fac up to, or it will eat you alive. Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story... The Tale Of The Dangerous Soup.
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