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* FailedASpotCheck: Chad and Kelley never think on the question Bitterman yelled out to them in his dying moments: How does a guy living in a trailer manage to afford a Rolls Royce?
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Why did Bitterman create a movie that would drive people insane? Because he was pissed that ''Film/TheExorcist'', which he worked on, lost the Best Picture Oscar to ''Film/TheSting.'' Then, after he was sent to prison for attacking Tipper Gore, he decided to "refine" the film and spread it across the world to make them all pay for denying his "art."


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* SleptThroughTheApocalypse: Well "slept" is a different term here but at the end of the film, Chad and Kelly are so busy having sex that they fail to see the computer showing how Netflix is now streaming ''Rabbit Rabbit'' and outside, Los Angeles is descending into chaos.
* SpottingTheThread: When Bitterman claims the copy of the film was the only one, Chad knows he's lying as the film he saw contained no taped reels, meaning it was a copy and the original is still out there.
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* BigBad: [[MadArtist Larry Bitterman]], the director of ''Rabbit Rabbit'' who knowingly engineered a film that causes anybody who watches it to go into a violent frenzy. His motive? DoingItForTheArt.[[invoked]]

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* BigBad: [[MadArtist Larry Bitterman]], the director of ''Rabbit Rabbit'' who knowingly engineered a film that causes anybody who watches it to go into a violent frenzy. His motive? DoingItForTheArt.[[invoked]]Making art.

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* DeathBySex: Played straight ''and'' averted. Chad and Kelley survive to the end after having not had sex by that point, while their friends all die regardless of whether or not they had sex. (Dee and Milo hook up, while Quinn is the fifth wheel without a love interest.)
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* ApocalypseHow: Type 0 or Type 1, depending on how many people viewed ''Rabbit Rabbit'' on Netflix at the end.

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* ApocalypseHow: Type 0 or Type 1, 2, depending on how many people viewed ''Rabbit Rabbit'' on Netflix at the end.
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Teen couple Chad (Rhenzy Feliz) and Kelley (Madison Bailey) attend a screening of ''Rabbit Rabbit'', an infamous horror film that was infamously pulled from release decades earlier when it seemingly spurned anybody who watched it into a violent frenzy.

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Teen couple Chad (Rhenzy Feliz) and Kelley (Madison Bailey) attend a screening of ''Rabbit Rabbit'', an infamous horror film that was infamously pulled from release decades earlier when it seemingly spurned drove anybody who watched it into a violent frenzy.
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-->'''Larry Bitterman:''' I got a fucking Rolls! You wanna know why? Ask yourself why! You won't like the fucking answer! ''(laughs)''

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-->'''Larry Bitterman:''' I got a fucking Rolls! You wanna know why? why?! Ask yourself why! You won't like the fucking ''fucking'' answer! ''(laughs)''''(laughs maniacally)''
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** The few frames and scenes we see of ''Rabbit Rabbit'' are actually from Film/FacesOfDeath.
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** The opening tiles of this episode show off a certain red 1958 [[Literature/{{Christine}} Plymouth Fury]] being restored as one of the cars at the drive-in.

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** The opening tiles titles of this episode show off a certain red 1958 [[Literature/{{Christine}} Plymouth Fury]] being restored as one of the cars at the drive-in.

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Teen couple Chad (Rhenzy Feliz) and Kelley (Madison Bailey) attend a screening of "Rabbit Rabbit", an infamous horror film that was infamously pulled from release decades earlier when it seemingly spurned anybody who watched it into a violent frenzy.

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Teen couple Chad (Rhenzy Feliz) and Kelley (Madison Bailey) attend a screening of "Rabbit Rabbit", ''Rabbit Rabbit'', an infamous horror film that was infamously pulled from release decades earlier when it seemingly spurned anybody who watched it into a violent frenzy.



* BigBad: [[MadArtist Larry Bitterman]], the director of "Rabbit Rabbit" who knowingly engineered a film that causes anybody who watches it to go into a violent frenzy. His motive? DoingItForTheArt.[[invoked]]

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* ApocalypseHow: Type 0 or Type 1, depending on how many people viewed ''Rabbit Rabbit'' on Netflix at the end.
* TheBadGuyWins: While he doesn't live to see it, Bitterman is more than thrilled to know that his movie has been sold to Netflix and will be viewed by millions of people around the world, engulfing it in chaos.
* BigBad: [[MadArtist Larry Bitterman]], the director of "Rabbit Rabbit" ''Rabbit Rabbit'' who knowingly engineered a film that causes anybody who watches it to go into a violent frenzy. His motive? DoingItForTheArt.[[invoked]][[invoked]]
* BrownNote: ''Rabbit Rabbit'' causes anyone who watches it for long enough to become enthralled in a murderous frenzy. Even Chad, who only watches a little bit of it, goes overkill on someone who he kills in self-defense.



* GladToBeAliveSex: Chad and Kelley engage in this after killing the director of ''Rabbit Rabbit'', blissfully unaware that the film has made its way onto streaming...



* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Amy Grabow briefly appears as former second lady Tipper Gore, who famously crusaded against "obscene" content in music during the [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan Reagan]] administration.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Amy Grabow briefly appears as former second lady Tipper Gore, who famously [[MoralGuardians crusaded against "obscene" content in music music]] during the [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan Reagan]] administration.



* MadArtist: Bitterman considers his movie, which gets people killed, an accomplishment and a cinematic work of art comparable to cinema's most famous directors.



** The premise of a possessed film turning the audience into bloodthirsty zombie-like creatures is a direct homage to 1985 Italian horror film ''{{Film/Demons}}''.

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** The premise of a possessed film turning the audience into bloodthirsty zombie-like creatures is a direct homage to 1985 Italian horror film ''{{Film/Demons}}''.''Film/{{Demons}}''.


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* TooDumbToLive: The people at Netflix probably should have thought to at least test screen their movie, with its infamous reputation, before putting it on their platform. [[ApocalypseHow Whoops.]]
* WordSaladTitle: ''Rabbit Rabbit'' has no real meaning given that the film itself, from what we can see, is a narrativeless assault of violent imagery, grating noises, and subliminal messages. One of the friends claims that it's a British phrase said to denote good luck.
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* BigBad: Larry Bitterman, the director of "Rabbit Rabbit" who knowingly engineered a film that causes anybody who watches it to go into a violent frenzy. His motive? DoingItForTheArt.

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* BigBad: [[MadArtist Larry Bitterman, Bitterman]], the director of "Rabbit Rabbit" who knowingly engineered a film that causes anybody who watches it to go into a violent frenzy. His motive? DoingItForTheArt.[[invoked]]

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* CruelTwistEnding: Despite Chad and Kelley successfully destroying the last print of the film, it's soon revealed that Bitterman sold his film to Creator/{{Netflix}} (and spent the proceeds on a brand new Rolls Royce), allowing anybody in the world to watch it. The episode ends with a shot of UsefulNotes/LosAngeles thrown into chaos.



* DownerEnding: Despite Chad and Kelley successfully destroying the last print of the film, it's soon revealed that Bitterman sold his film to Creator/{{Netflix}} (and spent the proceeds on a brand new Rolls Royce), allowing anybody in the world to watch it. The episode ends with a shot of UsefulNotes/LosAngeles thrown into chaos.
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** The premise of a possessed film turning the audience into bloodthirsty zombie-like creatures is a direct homage to 1986 Italian horror film ''{{Film/Demons}}''.

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** The premise of a possessed film turning the audience into bloodthirsty zombie-like creatures is a direct homage to 1986 1985 Italian horror film ''{{Film/Demons}}''.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Tipper Gore was absolutely right to pull the film from distribution and have all the prints destroyed. But she did so because she considered the film "obscene" and not because the film posed a real physical threat to public safety. Decades later, this ends up generating publicity for the film and allows it to be shown again as well as [[spoiler:distributed on Netflix]].

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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Tipper Gore was absolutely right to pull the film from distribution and have all the prints destroyed. But she did so because she considered the film "obscene" and not because the film posed a real physical threat to public safety. Decades later, this ends up generating publicity for the film and allows it to be shown again as well as [[spoiler:distributed on Netflix]].again.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Tipper Gore was absolutely right to pull the film from distribution and destroy all copies, but she did so because the film was "obscene" and not because the film posed a physical threat to public safety.

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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Tipper Gore was absolutely right to pull the film from distribution and destroy have all copies, but the prints destroyed. But she did so because she considered the film was "obscene" and not because the film posed a real physical threat to public safety.safety. Decades later, this ends up generating publicity for the film and allows it to be shown again as well as [[spoiler:distributed on Netflix]].
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Tipper Gore was absolutely right to pull the film from distribution and destroy all copies, but she did so because the film was "obscene" and not because the film posed a physical threat to public safety.
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* OurDemonsAreDifferent / OurZombiesAreDifferent: The movie has the effect of turning anybody who watches it into violent, mindless zombie-like creatures. It's implied that its victims are actually being possessed by a demonic force.

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* OurDemonsAreDifferent / OurZombiesAreDifferent: The movie has the effect of turning anybody who watches it into violent, mindless zombie-like creatures. It's implied that its victims are actually being possessed by a demonic force.
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** The premise of a possessed film turning the audience into bloodthirsty zombie-like creatures is a direct homage to 1986 Italian horror film ''Film/Demons''.

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** The premise of a possessed film turning the audience into bloodthirsty zombie-like creatures is a direct homage to 1986 Italian horror film ''Film/Demons''.''{{Film/Demons}}''.
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** The premise of a possessed film turning the audience into bloodthirsty zombie-like creatures is a direct homage to 1986 Italian horror film ''Film/Demons''.
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* GroinAttack: Possessed Dee proceeds to bite off Milo's genitals before mauling to death in the car.
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* DownerEnding: Despite Chad and Kelley successfully destroying the last print of the film, it's soon revealed that Bitterman sold his film to Creator/{{Netflix}} (in return for a brand new Rolls Royce), allowing anybody in the world to watch it. The episode ends with a shot of UsefulNotes/LosAngeles thrown into chaos.

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* DownerEnding: Despite Chad and Kelley successfully destroying the last print of the film, it's soon revealed that Bitterman sold his film to Creator/{{Netflix}} (in return for (and spent the proceeds on a brand new Rolls Royce), allowing anybody in the world to watch it. The episode ends with a shot of UsefulNotes/LosAngeles thrown into chaos.

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* DefiantToTheEnd: Bitterman has absolutely no remorse and ultimately gets the last laugh.
-->'''Larry Bitterman:''' I got a fucking Rolls! You wanna know why? Ask yourself why! You won't like the fucking answer! ''(laughs)''



-->'''Larry Bitterman:''' I got a fucking Rolls! You wanna know why? Ask yourself why?! You won't like the fucking answer! ''(laughs)''

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* DownerEnding: Despite Chad and Kelley successfully destroying the last copy of the film, it's soon uploaded to Creator/{{Netflix}}, allowing anybody in the world to watch it. The episode ends with a shot of UsefulNotes/LosAngeles thrown into chaos.

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* DownerEnding: Despite Chad and Kelley successfully destroying the last copy print of the film, it's soon uploaded revealed that Bitterman sold his film to Creator/{{Netflix}}, Creator/{{Netflix}} (in return for a brand new Rolls Royce), allowing anybody in the world to watch it. it. The episode ends with a shot of UsefulNotes/LosAngeles thrown into chaos. chaos.
-->'''Larry Bitterman:''' I got a fucking Rolls! You wanna know why? Ask yourself why?! You won't like the fucking answer! ''(laughs)''
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** The opening tiles of this episode show off a certain red 1958 [[Literature/{{Christine}} Plymouth Fury]] being restored as one of the cars at the drive-in.
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!! "Drive In"
!!! '''Directed by:''' Eduardo Sánchez
!!! '''Written by:''' Manny Coto

Teen couple Chad (Rhenzy Feliz) and Kelley (Madison Bailey) attend a screening of "Rabbit Rabbit", an infamous horror film that was infamously pulled from release decades earlier when it seemingly spurned anybody who watched it into a violent frenzy.

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!! "Drive In" contains examples of:
* BigBad: Larry Bitterman, the director of "Rabbit Rabbit" who knowingly engineered a film that causes anybody who watches it to go into a violent frenzy. His motive? DoingItForTheArt.
* DeathBySex: Played straight ''and'' averted. Chad and Kelley survive to the end after having not had sex by that point, while their friends all die regardless of whether or not they had sex. (Dee and Milo hook up, while Quinn is the fifth wheel without a love interest.)
* DownerEnding: Despite Chad and Kelley successfully destroying the last copy of the film, it's soon uploaded to Creator/{{Netflix}}, allowing anybody in the world to watch it. The episode ends with a shot of UsefulNotes/LosAngeles thrown into chaos.
* EyeScream: One of the employees at the drive-in is stabbed in the eye with scissors as a result of the film.
* GayBestFriend: Dee is Kelley's ''very'' flamboyant gay friend who isn't afraid to talk about sex.
* GayGuyDiesFirst: Dee is the first of the friend group to meet their demise.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Amy Grabow briefly appears as former second lady Tipper Gore, who famously crusaded against "obscene" content in music during the [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan Reagan]] administration.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: Chad is introduced trying to talk girlfriend Kelley into having sex, but she disappointingly to him rejects his advances, which leaves him feeling sexually frustrated.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Chad and Kelley stumble upon a zombified Quinn the morning after the screening, and the former calmly tries to remind him who he is. It doesn't work.
* MeaningfulName: Larry Bitterman is a man who is bitter about the the sidelining of his directing career.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent / OurZombiesAreDifferent: The movie has the effect of turning anybody who watches it into violent, mindless zombie-like creatures. It's implied that its victims are actually being possessed by a demonic force.
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