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* AssholeVictim
* DeathByRacism: ''The'' single most well-deserved death in the franchise.
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** It also gives Issac, a vicious racist who contemptuously rubbed a Buddah statue's stomach while [[MoralEventHorizon contemptuously sneering "Ho ho ho, cut down on the rice cakes, Budah!"]] the '''single''' most well-deserved death in the franchise by crushing his head like a melon with the ''exact'' same statue.
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* GreenEyedRedhead
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* [[spoiler:JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: After Candice's death.]]
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Had he not talked about how to cheat death by [[spoiler:killing someone else off]], we wouldn't have [[spoiler:Peter JumpOffTheSlipperySlope and try to kill Molly]].

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Had he not talked about how to cheat death by [[spoiler:killing someone else off]], we wouldn't have [[spoiler:Peter JumpOffTheSlipperySlope to went JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope and try to kill Molly]].
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Whenever an AssholeVictim is involved.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Had he not talked about how to cheat death by [[spoiler:killing someone else off]], we wouldn't have [[spoiler:Peter JumpOffTheSlipperySlope and try to kill Nicole]].

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Had he not talked about how to cheat death by [[spoiler:killing someone else off]], we wouldn't have [[spoiler:Peter JumpOffTheSlipperySlope and try to kill Nicole]].
Molly]].
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Had he not talked about how to cheat death by [[spoiler:killing someone else off]], we wouldn't have [[spoiler:Peter JumpOffTheSlipperySlope and try to kill Nicole]].
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* [[spoiler:TookALevelInJerkass: Near the end of the movie.]]
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* DirtyCoward
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** DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: It should, if you're a ChuckPalahniuk fan.
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** Bonus: during an explanation of deja vu.
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** Maybe. [[spoiler:All he heard was "pigeons". That's when he ''noticed'' the pigeons. Tim was a kid, and all kids, when faced with a flock of landed pigeons, would charge them, because that's called fun. SelfFulfillingProphecy? Maybe. Death laying out a BatmanGambit? Absolutely.]]

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* ShooTheDog


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* PregnantBadass
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* ScaryBlackMan: He's played by ''Tony Todd''.

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* ScaryBlackMan: He's played by ''Tony Todd''.''TonyTodd''.
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* [[spoiler:LudicrousGibs: In one premonition, she is sucked into some exposed gears and mangled. Feet first]].

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* [[spoiler:LudicrousGibs: In one premonition, she is sucked into some exposed gears and mangled. Feet first]].
There isn't really much left of her afterwards]].
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* [[spoiler:LudicrousGibs: In one premonition, she is sucked into some exposed gears and mangled. [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Feet first]]]].

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* [[spoiler:LudicrousGibs: In one premonition, she is sucked into some exposed gears and mangled. [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Feet first]]]].
first]].
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* AmbiguouslyEvil


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* MagicalNegro


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* [[[spoiler:KilledMidSentence]]

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* [[[spoiler:KilledMidSentence]][[spoiler:KilledMidSentence]]

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* TokenMinority


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* BlackBestFriend

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath / RasputinianDeath: Compared to the others in the first movie, hers is the most complicated and gruesome.

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath / RasputinianDeath: Compared to the others in the first movie, hers is Easily the most complicated complicated, gruesome and gruesome.longest deaths ever]]. The poor girl.



* LookBothWays

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* LookBothWays
[[spoiler:LookBothWays]]



* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted.

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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted.[[spoiler:Averted]].



* [[spoiler:HalfTheManHeUsedToBe]]



* DeathByLookingUp

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* DeathByLookingUp
[[spoiler:DeathByLookingUp]]
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:The first thing he does when he sees someone telling him to stay away from pigeons is to jump straight into a flock of pigeons, causing them to spook a machine operator and drop a huge pane of glass on him. What the hell were you thinking, Tim?]]
* [[spoiler:SquashedFlat]]



* HumanPincushion: She's killed by [[spoiler: nails shot through her head]].

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* HumanPincushion: [[spoiler:HumanPincushion: She's killed by [[spoiler: nails shot through her head]].



* YourHeadAsplode: Crushed between a pair of weights, like a melon.

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* YourHeadAsplode: [[spoiler:YourHeadAsplode: Crushed between a pair of weights, like a melon.
melon.]]



* TheDitz
* KillItWithFire / MurderByCremation

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* TheDitz
TheDitz: Two of 'em.
* KillItWithFire / MurderByCremation[[spoiler:KillItWithFire: They both die when their tanning beds malfunction and they are burned alive]].



* MsFanservice: Before the whole mess with the tanning beds takes place.

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* MsFanservice: Before the whole mess with Oh my yes. Check out their trip to the tanning beds takes place.
salon. [[spoiler:Until they are immolated]].



* [[spoiler:DeadlyRotaryFan: The spinning blades from a rotary fan utterly ''destroy'' his head]].



* SquashedFlat

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* SquashedFlat
[[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]



* TookALevelInKindness
* TorsoWithAView: Is crushed into a metal fence so violently that most of him is forced through the gaps in it.

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* TookALevelInKindness
TookALevelInKindness: Shame it doesn't last long.
* TorsoWithAView: [[spoiler:TorsoWithAView: Is crushed into a metal fence so violently that most of him is forced through the gaps in it.
it]].



* EyeScream: A rock is shot into her eye by a lawnmower.

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* EyeScream: [[spoiler:EyeScream: A rock is shot into her eye by a lawnmower.]]



* CallBack: [[spoiler:Dies the same way as Terry Chaney in the first film. Remember kids, LookBothWays before you cross]].



* NeckSnap: Her head is twisted around by the truck.

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* NeckSnap: [[spoiler:NeckSnap: Her head is twisted around by the truck.
truck]].
* [[spoiler:LudicrousGibs: In one premonition, she is sucked into some exposed gears and mangled. [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Feet first]]]].



* TeethFlying: Loses several when he's slammed into a wall by the truck.

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* TeethFlying: Loses [[spoiler:He loses several when he's slammed into a wall by the truck.
truck.]]



* DeathBySex: Even Lampshaded.

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* DeathBySex: [[spoiler:DeathBySex]]: Even Lampshaded.{{Lampshaded}}.



* GuttedLikeAFish: His guts are ripped out... through his ass.

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* GuttedLikeAFish: [[spoiler:GuttedLikeAFish: His guts are ripped out... through his ass.ass]].



* [[spoiler:InTheBack]]
* [[[spoiler:KilledMidSentence]]
* TokenMinority



* EyeScream
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:After getting out of the laser machine, she is frazzled, distressed and blinded in one eye but otherwise alright. And then she trips up, falls through a window and falls to her death]].



* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]]
* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]
* SanitySlippage: After [[spoiler:Candice's death]].



* [[spoiler:[[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe Half The Woman She Used To Be]]]]



* RedHerring: All the scene leading up to her death.
* SickeningCrunch: When she finally goes, you hear it. {{Squick}}.



* WrenchWhack: [[spoiler:How he dies]].



* TheHero
* [[spoiler:KillItWithFire]]



!!Nathan Seers

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* [[spoiler:YourHeadAsplode: Crushed under a Buddha ornament]].
!!Nathan SeersSeers
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Inverted. He dies last]].
* [[spoiler:SquashedFlat]]

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!!William Bludworth

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!!William
!! William
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* LargeHam
* MrExposition




!!Death
* EldritchAbomination: It manifests itself as menacing, almost Lovecraftian shadows.

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!! Death
* BigBad
* EldritchAbomination
* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Carter is preparing to burn a cross on George's lawn in ''The Final Destination'', Death causes his truck radio to start playing "Why Can't We Be Friends?"; then it kills him in a manner not too dissimilar to how racist lynch mobs would execute their victims.
* DramaticWind
* ForTheEvulz: Suggested in the novelization of the third film, and ''Dead Man's Hand''.



* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen
* LivingShadow: What it is most commonly appears as.



* TheUnseen: In the movies, Grimmy generally manifests as wind or a mysterious shadow.

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* TheUnseen: In the movies, Grimmy generally manifests as wind or a mysterious shadow.
UltimateEvil
* TrapMaster



!!Lewis Romero

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!!Lewis Romero!! Lewis Romero

* AngryBlackMan




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* YourHeadAsplode: Crushed between a pair of weights, like a melon.



!!Frankie Cheeks

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!!Frankie Cheeks!! Frankie Cheeks



* CameraFiend




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* StalkerWithACrush: To Ashley and Ashlyn.



!!Janet Cunningham
!!Carter Daniels
!!Andy Kewzer
!!Samantha Lane
!!George Lanter
!!Lori Milligan
!!Nick O'Bannon
!!Hunt Wynorski

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!!Janet Cunningham
!!Carter Daniels
!!Andy Kewzer
!!Samantha Lane
!!George Lanter
!!Lori Milligan
!!Nick O'Bannon
!!Hunt Wynorski

!! Janet Cunningham

* SquashedFlat

!! Carter Daniels

* TheAlcoholic
* AssholeVictim
* DeathByRacism
* JerkAss
* ManOnFire: Becomes soaked in gasoline, which is ignited by a chain being dragged down the street.

!! Andy Kewzer

* TheDanza
* JerkAss: Initially.
* TookALevelInKindness
* TorsoWithAView: Is crushed into a metal fence so violently that most of him is forced through the gaps in it.

!! Samantha Lane

* EyeScream: A rock is shot into her eye by a lawnmower.
* HotMom: To the point of even being credited as "MILF".

!! George Lanter

* TheAlcoholic: Formerly.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His wife and daughter died due to him driving drunk.
* DrivenToSuicide: All his attempts comically fail.
* NiceGuy

!! Lori Milligan

* GreenEyedRedhead
* NeckSnap: Her head is twisted around by the truck.

!! Nick O'Bannon

* HeroesWantRedheads
* TeethFlying: Loses several when he's slammed into a wall by the truck.

!! Hunt Wynorski

* AssholeVictim
* DeathBySex: Even Lampshaded.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes
* GuttedLikeAFish: His guts are ripped out... through his ass.
* JerkAss
* NumberOneDime: His coin.
* PreppyName
* ShirtlessScene
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!!Shaina McKlank

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!!Shaina McKlank
[=McKlank=]
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* TheHero

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* TheHero{{The Hero}}ine



* TheHero

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* TheHero
{{The Hero}}ine
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* LovableAlphaBitch: Despite being characterized as the typical popular girls, they behave friendlily towards Wendy.

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* LovableAlphaBitch: Despite being characterized as the typical popular girls, they behave friendlily friendly towards Wendy.Wendy, and in their funeral, Ian mentions how they had never done anything bad to anybody.

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* SurvivorGuilt



* TheFool



* ProphecyFallacy: She didn't foresee that [[spoiler: Isabella wasn't supposed to die in the accident]].

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* ProphecyFallacy: PropheticFallacy: She didn't foresee that [[spoiler: Isabella wasn't supposed to die in the accident]].



* PluckyComicRelief




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* MustHaveNicotine
* NervousWreck: She's already really nervous before the accident, but she becomes even worse after [[spoiler: Nora's death]].




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* [[spoiler: RedHerring: She wouldn't have died in the car accident, so she never was on Death's list.]]



!!Ian McKinley

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!!Ian McKinley[=McKinley=]



* HumanPincushon: She's killed by [[spoiler: nails shot through her head]].

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* HumanPincushon: HumanPincushion: She's killed by [[spoiler: nails shot through her head]].

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* BloodSplatteredInnocent: Happens with Frankie and Lewis's death.

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* BloodSplatteredInnocent: BloodSplatteredInnocents: Happens with Frankie and Lewis's death.


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* [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]: Just some moments after expressing actual concern for her companions of misfortune.

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* [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]: [[spoiler: ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]: Just some moments after expressing actual concern for her companions of misfortune.

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* CreepyMortician
* TheCreepyUndertaker
* DarkIsNotEvil






* EldritchAbomination: It manifests itself as menacing, almost Lovecraftian shadows.



!!Terry Chaney
!!Billy Hitchcock
!!Carter Horton
!!Valerie Lewton

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!!Terry Chaney
!!Billy Hitchcock
!!Carter Horton
!!Valerie Lewton
* BlessedWithSuck
* TheHero
* [[spoiler: SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome]]: And offscreen.



* BrokenBird
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Her father.
* FinalGirl: Of the original group, [[spoiler: but not in the second movie]].
* TheLancer: In the second movie.

!!Carter Horton
* JerkJock
* TemptingFate
* TookALevelInKindness: In the last part of the movie.

!!Valerie Lewton
* CruelAndUnusualDeath / RasputinianDeath: Compared to the others in the first movie, hers is the most complicated and gruesome.

!!Billy Hitchcock
* DiedStandingUp
* [[spoiler: OffWithHisHead]]: Just the top half.

!!Terry Chaney
* LookBothWays




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* DrivenToSuicide: What his death looks like, but actually he was trying to move on.
* FailedASpotCheck: The blue water on the bathroom floor would have been quite easy to spot.
* MeaningfulName: "Tod" means "death" in German.



!!Thomas Burke
!!Nora Carpenter
!!Tim Carpenter



* BlessedWithSuck
* DaddysGirl: Though not very explored, it's obvious that she has a strong bond with her father.
* FinalGirl
* TheHero
* ProphecyFallacy: She didn't foresee that [[spoiler: Isabella wasn't supposed to die in the accident]].

!!Thomas Burke



!!Isabella Hudson

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!!Isabella Hudson* AgentScully: Until [[spoiler: Nora's death]].
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted.
* TokenMinority

!!Rory Peters
* PornStash: He asks Kimberly to hide it if he dies, along with the stuff that would "break his mother's heart".



* [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]: Just some moments after expressing actual concern for her companions of misfortune.

!!Nora Carpenter
* [[GoodParents Good Mom]]
* NotAfraidToDie: After [[spoiler: Tim's death]].

!!Tim Carpenter
* DeathByLookingUp

!!Isabella Hudson



* EyeScream
* JerkAss



!!Rory Peters
!!Clear Rivers

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!!Rory Peters
!!Clear Rivers



!!Frankie Cheeks

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!!Frankie Cheeks



* BloodSplatteredInnocent: Happens with Frankie and Lewis's death.
* ControlFreak: By her own admission.
* FinalGirl
* TheHero



!!Ashley Freund
!!Ashlyn Halperin

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!!Ashley Freund
!!Ashlyn Halperin
* TheLancer



!!Lewis Romero

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!!Lewis Romero* AgentScully: Until [[spoiler: Erin's death]].
* DeadpanSnarker
* [[spoiler: HalfTheManHeUsedToBe]]
* SanitySlippage
* TheSmartGuy: He's interested in physics.


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* AgentScully
* FieryRedhead
* HumanPincushon: She's killed by [[spoiler: nails shot through her head]].
* PerkyGoth

!!Lewis Romero
* AssholeVictim
* DumbMuscle
* JerkJock

!!Ashley Freund and Ashlyn Halperin
* TheDitz
* KillItWithFire / MurderByCremation
* LovableAlphaBitch: Despite being characterized as the typical popular girls, they behave friendlily towards Wendy.
* MeaningfulName: Both have names starting with "Ash".
* MsFanservice: Before the whole mess with the tanning beds takes place.

!!Frankie Cheeks
* AssholeVictim
* CasanovaWannabe

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