Exclusive Clip: It's Mannequin Madness On Bless The Harts' Season 2 Halloween Episode

At some point in their life, everyone has been freaked out by a mannequin. Maybe it was a Doctor Who episode on which a horde of mannequins came to life that gave you the creeps. Perhaps it was a horror movie about life-sized dolls that sparked your phobia of plastic-people. Or maybe it's humans' natural aversion to things nestled in the uncanny valley that makes you side-step mannequins whenever you're out shopping. It's a near-universal experience — and this Sunday, it's coming to Bless the Harts. 

The next episode of the adult-oriented animated sitcom – the special Halloween installment of the show's second season — finds Wayne Edwards (Ike Barinholtz), the boyfriend of main character Jenny Hart (Kristen Wiig), facing his fear of mannequins in an abandoned mall. In a sneak-peek clip from the episode, which Looper is excited to exclusively share above, Wayne does a bang-up job of explaining just why mannequins are so spooky: "Like every right-thinking person in America, I am wary of mannequins. What are they? Are they alive or dead? No one knows. But what we do know is that they are extremely susceptible to being inhabited by spirits. We all saw the movie Mannequin. I mean, that idea doesn't come from nowhere!"

Poor Wayne then gets so riled up that he knocks over a few mannequins, falls to the floor, and finds himself with a plastic-person shoved up under his shirt. Not one to miss an opportunity for a little practical joke, Jenny first tells her pals not to make fun of Wayne (because "everyone has phobias"), then reaches down to help Wayne off the ground — only to spook him when it looks like he's pulled her arm off. Wayne screams at the sight of the mannequin limb that Jenny had strategically shoved inside her sweater, believing for a moment that she's a mannequin herself, as Jenny pops her real arm back through her sleeve.