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** Drake survives past the final installment of the movie series.
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** FYI, the movie ended at [[{{Doorstopper}} chapter 12 of 48.]] We just have to wait for the final installment.
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** Drake '''Sr.''' was killed in the novel, the Movie features Drake '''Jr.'''[[note]] and he's especially peeved about what [[AvengingTheVillain Bob did to Papa]].[[/note]]
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** General Drake was generally considered [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter a waste of a perfectly good character]] in the source material. The adaptation spares him in order to put him to greater use.
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** What was thought to be a FateWorseThanDeath for Drake turns out to be a blessing in disguise for him, and after his torture is done, his life actually starts to improve, and he [[EarnYourHappyEnding earns his happy ending]].
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** Drake survives the events that originally killed him...only to suffer AFateWorseThanDeath later on, making him wish he ''did'' die prior. As a result, his later appearances see Drake becoming a DeathSeeker.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Drake survives despite the gunshot wound.

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** FYI, the movie ended at [[{{Doorstopper}} chapter 12 of 48.]] We just have to wait for the final installment.
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Drake survives despite the gunshot wound.wound.
** Drake survives past the final installment of the movie series.
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** In the novel, General Drake was dead from the start but was brought back to life. If the movie, he remains dead for the entire film.

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** In the novel, General Drake was dead from the start but was brought back to life. If In the movie, he remains dead for the entire film.

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* '''Inverted''': DeathByAdaptation.

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* '''Inverted''': DeathByAdaptation.'''Inverted''':
** DeathByAdaptation.
** In the novel, General Drake was dead from the start but was brought back to life. If the movie, he remains dead for the entire film.
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** In the novel, Drake is killed before the Drake from TheMovie is introduced.

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** In the novel, Drake is killed before the Drake from TheMovie he is introduced.introduced in TheMovie.

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