History Characters / ScreamDeweyRiley

* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Falls victim to the [[Film/StarWarsTheForceAwakens Han Solo]] treatment in ''5'', as the experienced legacy character who gets the most focus of the original PowerTrio and dies a tragic death partway through the film.]]

* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Falls victim to the [[Film/StarWarsTheForceAwakens Han Solo]] treatment in ''5'', as the experienced legacy character helping the younger heroes who dies a tragic death partway through the film.]]

[-'''Movies:''' [[Characters/ScreamRecurringCharacters Recurring Characters]] ([[Characters/ScreamSidneyPrescott Sidney Prescott]] | '''Dewey Riley''' | [[Characters/ScreamSamCarpenter Sam Carpenter]]) | [[Characters/ScreamGhostface Ghostface]] (''[[Characters/ScreamJillRoberts Scream 4 Mastermind]]'') | ''Characters/Scream1996'' | ''Characters/Scream2'' | ''Characters/Scream3'' | ''Characters/Scream4'' | ''Characters/Scream2022'' | ''Characters/ScreamVI''\\

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:After surviving four series of Ghostface killings, he gets murdered by Amber partway through the fifth.]]

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:After surviving the four Wes Craven-directed films, Dewey dies in the fifth film.]]

* ActionSurvivor: Dewey might be the poster child for this trope. He is uncannily lucky, enduring horrible stabbings and beatdowns over the course of five movies. He always lives to fight another day [[spoiler:until finally biting it in the fifth]].

'''TV Series:''' [[Characters/ScreamTVSeries MTV Series]] | ''[[Characters/ScreamResurrection Resurrection]]''-]]]]]-]

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Scream|1996}}'' (1996) | ''Film/{{Scream 2}}'' | ''Film/{{Scream 3}}'' | ''Film/{{Scream 4}}'' | ''Film/{{Scream|2022}}'' (2022) | ''Film/ScreamVI'' (photos)

* AndStarring: David Arquette shares the "with" credit alongside Courteney Cox in ''5''.

* BreakoutCharacter: Dewey was originally supposed to die in the first film, but positive reception to the character by test audiences convinced Wes Craven to use an additional scene of him surviving in the finished film. He's even implied to be this in-universe, with Ghostface describing him as the "fan favorite" of the ''Stab'' series when speaking with Gale over the phone.

* BreakoutCharacter: Dewey was originally supposed to die in the first film, but positive reception to the character by test audiences convinced Wes Craven to use an additional scene of him surviving in the finished film.

* Fan favorite: According to Quinn Bailey in [[Scream VI]].

* HurtingHero: Walks with a limp and has an injured arm in ''Scream 2''. The fifth film also reveals that his various injuries have taken a toll on him.

* TheUnfought:
** [[spoiler:As Billy was the one who stabbed Dewey in the back when he entered Stu's house and Stu hung up the phone before Dewey could answer with his gun, Dewey does not have an encounter with Stu as Ghostface.]]
** [[spoiler:In ''Scream 4'', Dewey never faces Charlie, as he shoots at Jill after her attack on Gale and is himself attacked by Jill at the hospital.]]

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Dewey delivers one to Roman at the end of ''Scream 3'' after he reveals himself to be NotQuiteDead courtesy of his bulletproof vest.]]

* DeathByGenreSavviness: [[spoiler:How he dies in the fifth movie. He knew that Ghostface was probably wearing body armor and still alive despite getting shot, so while the other characters fled, he stayed behind to finish Ghostface off with a [[BoomHeadshot headshot]]. Ghostface takes this opportunity to [[PlayingPossum play possum]] and exploit a momentary distraction to kill him before he can get the shot off.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: At the end of the original trilogy, after facing and helping to defeat multiple Ghostfaces and showing a consistent dedication to Gale, the latter agrees to his marriage proposal. Unfortunately becomes HappyEndingOverride by the time of ''Scream 5''.

->'''Sam:''' ''"Dewey, who gives a fuck?"''
->'''Dewey:''' ''"[[ObiWanMoment I do]]."''

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[[caption-width-right:320:''"One generation's tragedy is the next one's joke."'']]

* PitbullDatesPuppy: The Puppy in his relationship with the abrasive and temperamental Gale. This is lampshaded by Judy in a deleted scene, when she says that everyone has a dark side except for Dewey, which is why he had to marry one.

* PitbullDatesPuppy: The Puppy in his relationship with the abrasive and temperamental Gale. This is lampshaded by Judy in a deleted scene, when she says that everyone except Dewey has a dark side, which is why he had to marry one.

* NiceGuy: Dewey is well-meaning, compassionate, and an all-around loyal friend.

* PitbullDatesPuppy: The Puppy in his relationship with the more abrasive and temperamental Gale.

* HappyEndingOverride: The fourth film, the last directed by Wes Craven, ends with an injured Dewey having survived the latest killing spree while retaining his marriage to Gale and his position as sheriff. [[spoiler:In the fifth film, Dewey has lost both his marriage and position in the years since, [[spoiler:and ultimately loses his life to one of the new killers.]]

[-'''Movies:''' [[Characters/ScreamRecurringCharacters Recurring Characters]] ([[Characters/ScreamSidneyPrescott Sidney Prescott]] | '''Dewey Riley''' | [[Characters/ScreamSamCarpenter Sam Carpenter]]) | [[Characters/ScreamGhostface Ghostface]] (''[[Characters/ScreamGhostfaceScream4 Scream 4]]'') | ''Characters/Scream1996'' | ''Characters/Scream2'' | ''Characters/Scream3'' | ''Characters/Scream4'' | ''Characters/Scream2022'' | ''Characters/ScreamVI''\\

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[-'''Movies:''' [[Characters/ScreamRecurringCharacters Recurring Characters]] ([[Characters/ScreamSidneyPrescott Sidney Prescott]] | '''Dewey Riley''' | [[Characters/ScreamSamCarpenter Sam Carpenter]] | [[Characters/ScreamGhostface Ghostface]]) | ''Characters/Scream1996'' | ''Characters/Scream2'' | ''Characters/Scream3'' | ''Characters/Scream4'' | ''Characters/Scream2022'' | ''Characters/ScreamVI''\\

[-'''Movies:''' [[Characters/ScreamRecurringCharacters Recurring Characters]] ('''Dewey Riley''' | [[Characters/ScreamSamCarpenter Sam Carpenter]] | [[Characters/ScreamGhostface Ghostface]]) | ''Characters/Scream1996'' | ''Characters/Scream2'' | ''Characters/Scream3'' | ''Characters/Scream4'' | ''Characters/Scream2022'' | ''Characters/ScreamVI''\\

[-'''Movies:''' [[Characters/ScreamRecurringCharacters Recurring Characters]] ('''Dewey Riley''' | [[Characters/ScreamGhostface Ghostface]]) | ''Characters/Scream1996'' | ''Characters/Scream2'' | ''Characters/Scream3'' | ''Characters/Scream4'' | ''Characters/Scream2022'' | ''Characters/ScreamVI''\\

* PitbullDatesPuppy: The Puppy in his relationship with Gale.

* {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx5OeyXmnv0 Dewey's Theme]]". It was originally used as the theme for ''Broken Arrow'' before being repurposed by composer Marco Beltrami for ''Scream 2''. The tune makes a welcome return when Dewey comes out of retirement to help Sam and Richie in ''5'', and again when [[spoiler:Gale indirectly mentions Dewey when consoling Sam]] in ''VI''.

* {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx5OeyXmnv0 Dewey's Theme]]". It was originally used as the main theme for ''Broken Arrow'' before being repurposed by composer Marco Beltrami for ''Scream 2''. The tune makes a welcome return when Dewey comes out of retirement to help Sam and Richie in ''5''.