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** Another subtle hint: "I see dead people". [[spoiler:''Film/TheSixthSense'' had come out in theaters barely a year prior to the events of the fifth ''Final Destination'' movie. Nowadays, that joke has been done [[IncrediblyLamePun to death]].]]
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** Another subtle hint: "I see dead people". [[spoiler:''Film/TheSixthSense'' had come out in theaters barely a year prior to the events of the fifth ''Final Destination'' movie. Nowadays, that joke has been done [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} to death]].]]
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* Why does Death even care that somebody cheats or escapes it? After all, all humans die from something eventually, so why does Death even bother trying to get back at people for cheating it in the short term, if it’s still going to win in the long term? One of the things death is most well-known for is that it’s inevitable. Eventually, everyone dies. So, there is no true “cheating” Death, [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath because Death still wins in the end]]. So why is Death even angry? Death is eternal, but the protagonists aren’t. So why doesn’t it just wait until they eventually die of disease or old age or something else, instead of wasting it’s time trying to kill them in stupidly convoluted ways? It’s not like the protagonists will live forever if it doesn’t kill them directly. At most, if Death had left the protagonists alone after they cheated it, they would only live for a few more decades before passing away. [[TimeAbyss Which is basically nothing to Death, who has been around since the dawn of life]]. If Death is eventually going to win when the characters pass away from natural causes, then what’s even the point of directly going after them to kill them in gruesome ways? There’s literally no point in doing that, because Death gains nothing from going after humans directly, and it also loses nothing from just waiting until they pass away of natural causes. And if Death is really that angry at the protagonists for cheating it, then it can still punish them when they eventually die of natural causes, so in the grand scheme of things, it makes no difference to Death either way.
* And for that matter, why does Death kill the protagonists one at a time? If it has the power to [[RealityWarper bend the rules of reality]] to kill anyone under any circumstance, why doesn’t it just immediately kill all the main characters at once by, say, making a meteor fall from the sky and squash them like bugs? Or make the ground under them suddenly open up to swallow them whole? Or give them all heart attacks at the same time? Or any other method to kill them all at once? It’s especially jarring when you see scenes where all the people who have cheated Death are all gathered together in one place, long after they all cheated Death. Despite it being a prime opportunity to immediately kill all the people who cheated it, [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim Death never takes the chance to do so]]. Instead, it just kills them all one at a time in over-the-top super complicated ways for no reason.
* Why does Death even care that somebody cheats or escapes it? After all, all humans die from something eventually, so why does Death even bother trying to get back at people for cheating it in the short term, if it’s still going to win in the long term? One of the things death is most well-known for is that it’s inevitable. Eventually, everyone dies. So, there is no true “cheating” Death, [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath because Death still wins in the end]]. So why is Death even angry? Death is eternal, but the protagonists aren’t. So why doesn’t it just wait until they eventually die of disease or old age or something else, instead of wasting it’s time trying to kill them in stupidly convoluted ways? It’s not like the protagonists will live forever if it doesn’t kill them directly. At most, if Death had left the protagonists alone after they cheated it, they would only live for a few more decades before passing away. [[TimeAbyss Which is basically nothing to Death, who has been around since the dawn of life]]. If Death is eventually going to win when the characters pass away from natural causes, then what’s even the point of directly going after them to kill them in gruesome ways? There’s literally no point in doing that, because Death gains nothing from going after humans directly, and it also loses nothing from just waiting until they pass away of natural causes. And if Death is really that angry at the protagonists for cheating it, then it can still punish them when they eventually die of natural causes, so in the grand scheme of things, it makes no difference to Death either way.
* And for that matter, why does Death kill the protagonists one at a time? If it has the power to [[RealityWarper bend the rules of reality]] to kill anyone under any circumstance, why doesn’t it just immediately kill all the main characters at once by, say, making a meteor fall from the sky and squash them like bugs? Or make the ground under them suddenly open up to swallow them whole? Or give them all heart attacks at the same time? Or any other method to kill them all at once? It’s especially jarring when you see scenes where all the people who have cheated Death are all gathered together in one place, long after they all cheated Death. Despite it being a prime opportunity to immediately kill all the people who cheated it, [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim Death never takes the chance to do so]]. Instead, it just kills them all one at a time in over-the-top super complicated ways for no reason.
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* Everyone seems to believe "Someone intervenes = Taken off the list" not realising the truth, you can never be taken off the list, because it's not a written list, it's more of a ''queue'', everyone in it, just because someone "skipped ahead" doesn't mean you won't get a turn, it just means you will take longer to get there.
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* Even before we get the revelation that Death is behind all the premonitions one could actually come to the same conclusion. Think about it: you can either 1) simply die in the disaster horribly but quickly or 2) [[TraumaCongaLine miraculously survive, feel relief - only then to discover that you're still to die, live in constant fear and paranoia (of which Clear is an extreme example)]] - [[ShootTheShaggyDog and then eventually die anyway but even more gruesomely than you would have in the original disaster]]. No wonder premonitions actually look more like a ''punishment''.
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* Even before we get the revelation that Death is behind all the premonitions one could actually come to the same conclusion. Think about it: you can either 1) simply die in the disaster horribly but quickly or 2) [[TraumaCongaLine miraculously survive, feel relief - only then to discover that you're still to die, live in constant fear and paranoia (of which Clear is an extreme example)]] - [[ShootTheShaggyDog and then eventually die anyway but even more gruesomely than you would have in the original disaster]]. No wonder premonitions actually look more like a ''punishment''.''punishment''.
* Isabella in the second film, she was involved in a car accident with the survivors, which ended up causing four of the survivors to die (two of which die in the same hospital she gives birth in), when the police officer driving her to the hospital wants to get out to help, she actively stops him from doing so, how is she going to feel later on when she sees it on the news? Knowing that there was a possibility, however slim, that she prevented the ones who died getting, maybe, critical help?
* Isabella in the second film, she was involved in a car accident with the survivors, which ended up causing four of the survivors to die (two of which die in the same hospital she gives birth in), when the police officer driving her to the hospital wants to get out to help, she actively stops him from doing so, how is she going to feel later on when she sees it on the news? Knowing that there was a possibility, however slim, that she prevented the ones who died getting, maybe, critical help?
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* For the fourth movie: Death apparently [[EvenEvilHasStandards has no tolerance for racism]], as it plays "Why Can't We Be Friends?" on Carter's radio as it kills him. Why is ''this'' a line it won't cross? All humans, regardless of skin color, have only one lifespan that will inevitably end. All are equal in death.
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** Or maybe, by arranging for known targets of Death to save one another, he's deliberately setting up other random people to die ''in place'' of those targets. Consider how ''other'' drivers must've been killed in the pile-up in the second movie, or how another substitute teacher had been stabbed to death in Eugene's stead. If years can be acquired secondhand, by lining up alternative subjects to become collateral damage, then Bludworth might '''never''' die, due to the cascading ButterflyEffect of every death that's been shifted to an unsuspecting bystander by desperate people he's warned.
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* And for that matter, why does Death kill the protagonists one at a time? If it has the power to [[RealityWarper bend the rules of reality]] to kill anyone under any circumstance, why doesn’t it just immediately kill all the main characters at once by, say, maying a meteor fall from the sky and squash them like bugs? Or make the ground under them suddenly open up to swallow them whole? Or give them all heart attacks at the same time? Or any other method to kill them all at once? It’s especially jarring when you see scenes where all the people who have cheated Death are all gathered together in one place, long after they all cheated Death. Despite it being a prime opportunity to immediately kill all the people who cheated it, [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim Death never takes the chance to do so]]. Instead, it just kills them all one at a time in over-the-top super complicated ways for no reason.
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* And for that matter, why does Death kill the protagonists one at a time? If it has the power to [[RealityWarper bend the rules of reality]] to kill anyone under any circumstance, why doesn’t it just immediately kill all the main characters at once by, say, maying making a meteor fall from the sky and squash them like bugs? Or make the ground under them suddenly open up to swallow them whole? Or give them all heart attacks at the same time? Or any other method to kill them all at once? It’s especially jarring when you see scenes where all the people who have cheated Death are all gathered together in one place, long after they all cheated Death. Despite it being a prime opportunity to immediately kill all the people who cheated it, [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim Death never takes the chance to do so]]. Instead, it just kills them all one at a time in over-the-top super complicated ways for no reason.
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* And for that matter, why does Death kill the protagonists one at a time? If it has the power to [[RealityWarper bend the rules of reality]] to kill anyone under any circumstance, why doesn’t it just immediately kill all the main characters at once by, say, maying a meteor fall from the sky and squash them like bugs? Or make the ground under them suddenly open up to swallow them whole? Or give them all heart attacks at the same time? Or any other method to kill them all at once? It’s especially jarring when you see scenes where all the people who have cheated Death are all gathered together in one place, long after they all cheated Death. Despite it being a prime opportunity to immediately kill all the people who cheated it, [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim Death never takes the chance to do so]]. Instead, it just kills them all one at a time in over-the-top super complicated ways for no reason.
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* Why does Death even care that somebody cheats or escapes it? After all, all humans die from something eventually, so why does Death even bother trying to get back at people for cheating it in the short term, if it’s still going to win in the long term? One of the things death is most well-known for is that it’s inevitable. Eventually, everyone dies. So, there is no true “cheating” Death, [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath because Death still wins in the end]]. So why is Death even angry? Death is eternal, but the protagonists aren’t. So why doesn’t it just wait until they eventually die of disease or old age or something else, instead of wasting it’s time trying to kill them in stupidly convoluted ways? It’s not like the protagonists will live forever if it doesn’t kill them directly. At most, if Death had left the protagonists alone after they cheated it, they would only live for a few more decades before passing away. [[TimeAbyss Which is basically nothing to Death, who has been around since the dawn of life]]. If Death is eventually going to win when the characters pass away from natural causes, then what’s even the point of directly going after them to kill them in gruesome ways? There’s literally no point in doing that, because Death gains nothing from going after humans directly, and it also loses nothing from just waiting until they pass away of natural causes. And if Death is really that angry at the protagonists for cheating it, then it can still punish them when they eventually die of natural causes.
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* Why does Death even care that somebody cheats or escapes it? After all, all humans die from something eventually, so why does Death even bother trying to get back at people for cheating it in the short term, if it’s still going to win in the long term? One of the things death is most well-known for is that it’s inevitable. Eventually, everyone dies. So, there is no true “cheating” Death, [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath because Death still wins in the end]]. So why is Death even angry? Death is eternal, but the protagonists aren’t. So why doesn’t it just wait until they eventually die of disease or old age or something else, instead of wasting it’s time trying to kill them in stupidly convoluted ways? It’s not like the protagonists will live forever if it doesn’t kill them directly. At most, if Death had left the protagonists alone after they cheated it, they would only live for a few more decades before passing away. [[TimeAbyss Which is basically nothing to Death, who has been around since the dawn of life]]. If Death is eventually going to win when the characters pass away from natural causes, then what’s even the point of directly going after them to kill them in gruesome ways? There’s literally no point in doing that, because Death gains nothing from going after humans directly, and it also loses nothing from just waiting until they pass away of natural causes. And if Death is really that angry at the protagonists for cheating it, then it can still punish them when they eventually die of natural causes.
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* Why does Death even care that somebody cheats or escapes it? After all, all humans die from something eventually, so why does Death even bother trying to get back at people for cheating it in the short term, if it’s still going to win in the long term? One of the things death is most well-known for is that it’s inevitable. Eventually, everyone dies. So, there is no true “cheating” Death, [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath because Death still wins in the end]]. So why is Death even angry? Death is eternal, but the protagonists aren’t. So why doesn’t it just wait until they eventually die of disease or old age or something else, instead of wasting it’s time trying to kill them in stupidly convoluted ways? It’s not like the protagonists will live forever if it doesn’t kill them directly. At most, if Death had left the protagonists alone after they cheated it, they would only live for a few more decades before passing away. [[TimeAbyss Which is basically nothing to Death, who has been around since the dawn of life]]. If Death is eventually going to win when the characters pass away from natural causes, then what’s even the point of directly going after them to kill them in gruesome ways? There’s literally no point in doing that, because Death gains nothing from going after humans directly, and it also loses nothing from just waiting until they pass away of natural causes. And if Death is really that angry at the protagonists for cheating it, then it can still punish them when they eventuallt die of natural causes.
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* Why does Death even care that somebody cheats or escapes it? After all, all humans die from something eventually, so why does Death even bother trying to get back at people for cheating it in the short term, if it’s still going to win in the long term? One of the things death is most well-known for is that it’s inevitable. Eventually, everyone dies. So, there is no true “cheating” Death, [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath because Death still wins in the end]]. So why is Death even angry? Death is eternal, but the protagonists aren’t. So why doesn’t it just wait until they eventually die of disease or old age or something else, instead of wasting it’s time trying to kill them in stupidly convoluted ways? It’s not like the protagonists will live forever if it doesn’t kill them directly. At most, if Death had left the protagonists alone after they cheated it, they would only live for a few more decades before passing away. [[TimeAbyss Which is basically nothing to Death, who has been around since the dawn of life]]. If Death is eventually going to win when the characters pass away from natural causes, then what’s even the point of directly going after them to kill them in gruesome ways? There’s literally no point in doing that, because Death gains nothing from going after humans directly, and it also loses nothing from just waiting until they pass away of natural causes. And if Death is really that angry at the protagonists for cheating it, then it can still punish them when they eventuallt eventually die of natural causes.
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* Why does Death even care that somebody cheats or escapes it? After all, all humans die from something eventually, so why does Death even bother trying to get back at people for cheating it in the short term, if it’s still going to win in the long term? One of the things death is most well-known for is that it’s inevitable. Eventually, everyone dies. So, there is no true “cheating” Death, [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath because Death still wins in the end]]. So why is Death even angry? Death is eternal, but the protagonists aren’t. So why doesn’t it just wait until they eventually die of disease or old age or something else, instead of wasting it’s time trying to kill them in stupidly convoluted ways? It’s not like the protagonists will live forever if it doesn’t kill them directly. At most, if Death had left the protagonists alone after they cheated it, they would only live for a few more decades before passing away. [[TimeAbyss Which is basically nothing to Death, who has been around since the dawn of life]]. If Death is eventually going to win when the characters pass away from natural causes, then what’s even the point of directly going after them to kill them in gruesome ways? There’s literally no point in doing that, because Death gains nothing from going after humans directly, and it also loses nothing from just waiting until they pass away of natural causes. And if Death is really that angry at the protagonists for cheating it, then it can still punish them when they eventuallt die of natural causes.
* Why does Death even care that somebody cheats or escapes it? After all, all humans die from something eventually, so why does Death even bother trying to get back at people for cheating it in the short term, if it’s still going to win in the long term? One of the things death is most well-known for is that it’s inevitable. Eventually, everyone dies. So, there is no true “cheating” Death, [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath because Death still wins in the end]]. So why is Death even angry? Death is eternal, but the protagonists aren’t. So why doesn’t it just wait until they eventually die of disease or old age or something else, instead of wasting it’s time trying to kill them in stupidly convoluted ways? It’s not like the protagonists will live forever if it doesn’t kill them directly. At most, if Death had left the protagonists alone after they cheated it, they would only live for a few more decades before passing away. [[TimeAbyss Which is basically nothing to Death, who has been around since the dawn of life]]. If Death is eventually going to win when the characters pass away from natural causes, then what’s even the point of directly going after them to kill them in gruesome ways? There’s literally no point in doing that, because Death gains nothing from going after humans directly, and it also loses nothing from just waiting until they pass away of natural causes. And if Death is really that angry at the protagonists for cheating it, then it can still punish them when they eventuallt die of natural causes.
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* It would make sense that the deaths in ''Final Destination 5'' were toned down a bit. [[spoiler:The movie takes place ''before'' any of the other Final Destination movies, when SequelEscalation caused the deaths to go UpToEleven]].
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* In ''Final Destination 5'', even after stealing Roy and Block's lives respectively, Nathan and Peter [[spoiler: still die.]] Sure, this could mean that the "kill or be killed" rule was simply a dud- but it could also mean that Death wanted Nathan and Peter to kill two terminally-fated people and get shortchanged all along. In which case, think about [[XanatosSpeedChess the chain of events required to manoeuvre Roy and Block into the protagonists' lives.]] Death may be [[TheChessmaster even more omnipotent]] than it seems.
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* In ''Final Destination 5'', even after stealing Roy and Block's lives respectively, Nathan and Peter [[spoiler: still die.]] Sure, this could mean that the "kill or be killed" rule was simply a dud- but it could also mean that Death wanted Nathan and Peter to kill two terminally-fated people and get shortchanged all along. In which case, think about [[XanatosSpeedChess the chain of events required to manoeuvre Roy and Block into the protagonists' lives.]] Death may be [[TheChessmaster even more omnipotent]] than it seems.seems.
* Even before we get the revelation that Death is behind all the premonitions one could actually come to the same conclusion. Think about it: you can either 1) simply die in the disaster horribly but quickly or 2) [[TraumaCongaLine miraculously survive, feel relief - only then to discover that you're still to die, live in constant fear and paranoia (of which Clear is an extreme example)]] - [[ShootTheShaggyDog and then eventually die anyway but even more gruesomely than you would have in the original disaster]]. No wonder premonitions actually look more like a ''punishment''.
* Even before we get the revelation that Death is behind all the premonitions one could actually come to the same conclusion. Think about it: you can either 1) simply die in the disaster horribly but quickly or 2) [[TraumaCongaLine miraculously survive, feel relief - only then to discover that you're still to die, live in constant fear and paranoia (of which Clear is an extreme example)]] - [[ShootTheShaggyDog and then eventually die anyway but even more gruesomely than you would have in the original disaster]]. No wonder premonitions actually look more like a ''punishment''.
