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** [[spoiler: And it's implied, by Lavinia commanding "Take her" to sic the other ghosts on Margaret just as Donna said "Take him" to sic them on Ramirez, that the ghosts will be spending the ''next'' thirty years trying out all the same gruesome means of killing out on ''Margaret'' in turn. And it couldn't happen to a more deserving pair of villains.]]

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* FateWorseThanDeath: The ghosts attempt to do this to Ramirez in "Final Girl". [[spoiler:Knowing full well that the asshole will just get revived by Satan, they chose to take turns watching him, and each time he revives, they kill him again and again to keep him in the camp grounds.]]

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* FateWorseThanDeath: The ghosts attempt to do this to Ramirez in "Final Girl". [[spoiler:Knowing full well that the asshole will just get revived by Satan, they chose to take turns watching him, and each time he revives, they kill him again and again to keep him in the camp grounds. Margaret also suffers from this; but even worse than Ramirez if that was possible. Margaret technically died just before the chipper threw her on the other side of the fence, so she's stuck in the camp grounds with a bunch of people she killed to trap there, herself.]]
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* DeathIsCheap: The ghosts on the grounds can be killed; but they just come back. This allowed the writers to either allow a kill or just have some dark laughs about it. For example, in Final Girl, Montana gets shot in the head while Trevor gets slashed across the neck. While [[spoiler: Bobby]] tries to run from it, the two re-emerge from the front door, almost expecting a studio applause.
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* TheForties: Mr. Jingles/Benjamin's backstory in childhood takes place in 1948.
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* AlternateHistory: The show veers into this in "Episode 100", when [[spoiler:the Night Stalker is helped and assisted by Ritcher before the latter turns him in 1985, and escapes prison five years later, which he never did in reality]]. It veers further in "The Lady in White" when [[spoiler:the Night Stalker kicks off the 1989 massacre by slaughtering all of the members of Kajagoogoo, who in real life were still alive in 2019]]. By the finale, [[spoiler:The Night Stalker is killed in '89 and came back repeatably, only to be killed as a ghost. By 2019, he is still confined the campgrounds; in reality, Ramirez died in 2013 from lymphoma.]]

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* AlternateHistory: The show veers into this in "Episode 100", when [[spoiler:the Night Stalker is helped and assisted by Ritcher before the latter turns him in 1985, and escapes prison five years later, which he never did in reality]]. It veers further in "The Lady in White" when [[spoiler:the Night Stalker kicks off the 1989 massacre by slaughtering all of the members of Kajagoogoo, who in real life were still alive in 2019]]. By the finale, [[spoiler:The [[spoiler:the Night Stalker himself is killed in '89 and came back repeatably, only to be killed as a ghost. By 2019, by '19, he is still confined the campgrounds; campgrounds (and killed repeatedly); in reality, Ramirez died in 2013 from lymphoma.]]
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* AnyoneCanDie: Like many slasher movies that came out in the 80s, a lot of the characters get killed over the course of the season. [[spoiler:Donna and Brooke are the only major characters alive by the end of the finale]].


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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: In "Red Dawn," Xavier manages to wound Mr. Jingles with a bow and arrows just as he's about to kill Margaret, thus saving her. [[spoiler:She wastes no time gutting him for his troubles]].


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* WhamEpisode: "Red Dawn." [[spoiler:Chet and Xavier are murdered by Margaret, the latter of whom mortally wounding Mr. Jingles before his death. Montana and Brooke confront each other and get into a vicious fight that ends with Brooke killing Montana in self-defense...in front of several schoolchildren. Margaret wounds herself and frames Brooke for the massacre, getting away scot-free. Meanwhile, Ramirez convinces a dying Mr. Jingles to serve Satan, and he's promptly resurrected, with the final shot revealing that they intend on conducting a massacre of their own]].
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* BarredFromTheAfterlife: If you die on the camp grounds, you become a ghost doomed to haunt the lands. A plot point late in the season is that the ghosts there are trying to find out how to get off of the camp grounds. Final Girl sees this trope through to the end. Nobody breaks the curse on the camp grounds; and the ghosts no longer care; as they've built a small community among themselves and gave up murdering innocent people up there entirely.

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* BarredFromTheAfterlife: If you die on the camp grounds, you become a ghost doomed to haunt the lands. A plot point late in the season is that the ghosts there are trying to find out how to get off of the camp grounds. Final Girl "Final Girl" sees this trope through to the end. Nobody breaks the curse on the camp grounds; and the ghosts no longer care; as they've built a small community among themselves and gave up murdering innocent people up there entirely.

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* BarredFromTheAfterlife: If you die on the camp grounds, you become a ghost doomed to haunt the lands. A plot point late in the season is that the ghosts there are trying to find out how to get off of the camp grounds.

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* BarredFromTheAfterlife: If you die on the camp grounds, you become a ghost doomed to haunt the lands. A plot point late in the season is that the ghosts there are trying to find out how to get off of the camp grounds. Final Girl sees this trope through to the end. Nobody breaks the curse on the camp grounds; and the ghosts no longer care; as they've built a small community among themselves and gave up murdering innocent people up there entirely.
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* AlternateHistory: The show veers into this in "Episode 100", when [[spoiler:the Night Stalker escapes prison, which he never did in reality]]. It veers further in "The Lady in White" when [[spoiler:the Night Stalker kicks off the 1989 massacre by slaughtering all of the members of Kajagoogoo, who in real life were still alive in 2019]].

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* AlternateHistory: The show veers into this in "Episode 100", when [[spoiler:the Night Stalker is helped and assisted by Ritcher before the latter turns him in 1985, and escapes prison, prison five years later, which he never did in reality]]. It veers further in "The Lady in White" when [[spoiler:the Night Stalker kicks off the 1989 massacre by slaughtering all of the members of Kajagoogoo, who in real life were still alive in 2019]]. By the finale, [[spoiler:The Night Stalker is killed in '89 and came back repeatably, only to be killed as a ghost. By 2019, he is still confined the campgrounds; in reality, Ramirez died in 2013 from lymphoma.]]



* ContinuitySnarl: With ''Hotel''. [[spoiler:Richard Ramirez was kept in Camp Redwood for 30 years, being repeatedly murdered by the ghosts to keep him from resurrecting. However, Ramirez was shown, as an older man, with his ghost visiting Hotel Cortez once every Devil's Night. Unless someone else was using Ramirez's alias and MO, this creates a continuity error.]]

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* ContinuitySnarl: With ''Hotel''. [[spoiler:Richard Ramirez was kept in Camp Redwood for 30 years, being repeatedly murdered by the ghosts to keep him from resurrecting. However, Ramirez was shown, as an older man, with his ghost visiting Hotel Cortez once every Devil's Night. Unless someone else was using Ramirez's alias and MO, this creates a continuity error.]]]] However, given this series isn't directly tied with ''Hotel'' aside from Ramirez, ''1984'', like ''Roanoke'' and ''Cult'' before, could be seen as [[StandAloneEpisode a standalone entry]] in the franchise.



* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker, appears in the premiere, where he tries to kill Brooke.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker, appears in throughout the premiere, season, where he tries to kill Brooke.Brooke and everyone else for that matter.

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** ''Mr Jingles'' is perhaps the biggest example. [[spoiler:Was initially a CreepyGood type character, although he couldn't protect Margaret from the Camp Redwood bullies. Being tortured turned him into a killer who even killed those who weren't attached to his torment, he paired up with Ramirez, he decided actually he wasn't a killer and betrayed Ramirez, his family was killed, he sought vengeance on Ramirez and returned to killing.]]

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** ''Mr Jingles'' is perhaps the biggest example. [[spoiler:Was initially a CreepyGood type character, although he couldn't protect Margaret from the Camp Redwood bullies. Being tortured turned him into a killer who even killed those who weren't attached to his torment, he paired up with Ramirez, he decided actually he wasn't a killer and betrayed Ramirez, his family was killed, he sought vengeance on Ramirez and returned to killing.]]killing, although as a protector of the innocent.]]
** Trevor was one of the nicest, most competent camp staff members. [[spoiler:But he still marries Margaret, who nearly killed him as well as everyone else in the camp, for her money. Then he decides he can't take it anymore and takes her to Camp Redwood to kill her. Instead, she kills him, and he returns to his nicer self to be TogetherInDeath with Montana.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:The ghosts of the camp decide they've had enough of killing innocent people and decide to use their un-lives to keep Ramirez and Margaret stuck to the camp grounds.]]

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* HeelFaceTurn: ** [[spoiler:The ghosts of the camp decide they've had enough of killing innocent people and decide to use their un-lives to keep Ramirez and Margaret stuck to the camp grounds.]]



** "Whores": Montana, a DepravedBisexual who ReallyGetsAround, [[spoiler:including with Richard Ramirez, a serial killer, in order to harm Brooke]]; Trevor, who hooks up with Montana in addition to his main "asset" being his penis [[spoiler:only to get in a very unlikely relationship with the "puritan" Margaret]]; and Xavier, who was raped/forced into doing porn by a DepravedHomosexual producer after becoming addicted to drugs.

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** "Whores": Montana, a DepravedBisexual who ReallyGetsAround, [[spoiler:including with Richard Ramirez, a serial killer, in order to t o harm Brooke]]; Trevor, who hooks up with Montana in addition to his main "asset" being his penis [[spoiler:only to get in a very unlikely relationship with the "puritan" Margaret]]; and Xavier, who was raped/forced into doing porn by a DepravedHomosexual producer after becoming addicted to drugs.



* UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}}: This season's iteration of the theme tune is handled in the fashion, complete with retro visuals evocative of the 1980s.

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** ''Mr Jingles''. [[spoiler:Was initially a heroic CreepyGood type character, although he couldn't protect Margaret from the Camp Redwood bullies. Being tortured turned him into a killer who even killed those who weren't attached to his torment, he paired up with Ramirez, he decided actually he wasn't a killer and betrayed Ramirez, his family was killed, he sought vengeance on Ramirez and returned to killing.]]
** Donna appeared to be a nice enough nurse. [[spoiler:Then was revealed to be a sadistic kidnapper and fake nurse who tried to kill Brooke and helping Mr Jingles. Then she felt bad for Brooke and saved her from being executed.]]

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** Ray is also a circular version. He was a good, nice, heroic love interest for Brooke, [[spoiler:then revealed himself to be a selfish - albeit accidental - killer who ''left Montana to die'' so he could save himself. However, after being beheaded by Jingles, he then turned back into the sympathetic character, being the only ghost who really objected to killing.]]
** ''Mr Jingles''. Jingles'' is perhaps the biggest example. [[spoiler:Was initially a heroic CreepyGood type character, although he couldn't protect Margaret from the Camp Redwood bullies. Being tortured turned him into a killer who even killed those who weren't attached to his torment, he paired up with Ramirez, he decided actually he wasn't a killer and betrayed Ramirez, his family was killed, he sought vengeance on Ramirez and returned to killing.]]
** Donna Donna/Rita appeared to be a nice enough nurse. [[spoiler:Then was revealed to be a sadistic kidnapper and fake nurse who tried to kill Brooke and helping Mr Jingles. Then she felt bad for Brooke and saved her from being executed.]]

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: With nearly a foot of height in difference between 6'3" Mr. Jingles and [[spoiler:5'5" Margaret]], it's difficult to believe the autopsies would match the story claimed. Similarly, [[spoiler:Margaret's self-inflicted stab wound framing Brooke would likely expose Margaret's story as false]].

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: ArtisticLicenseBiology:
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With nearly a foot of height in difference between 6'3" Mr. Jingles and [[spoiler:5'5" Margaret]], it's difficult to believe the autopsies would match the story claimed. claimed.
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Similarly, [[spoiler:Margaret's self-inflicted stab wound framing Brooke would likely expose Margaret's story as false]].



* ArtisticLicenceMedicine: [[spoiler:Donna]] helping [[spoiler:Brooke]] to escape the lethal injection involves a ''lot'' of failures in its administration.



* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Including the HeelFaceTurn, a lot of characters had this:
** Xavier is the "circular" variant. [[spoiler:Started off as a heroic character who was actually killed after attempting to help save Margaret's life, then suddenly started helping Montana with killing innocent people on the camp grounds, then gets sick of it in the final episode and stops.]]
** ''Mr Jingles''. [[spoiler:Was initially a heroic CreepyGood type character, although he couldn't protect Margaret from the Camp Redwood bullies. Being tortured turned him into a killer who even killed those who weren't attached to his torment, he paired up with Ramirez, he decided actually he wasn't a killer and betrayed Ramirez, his family was killed, he sought vengeance on Ramirez and returned to killing.]]
** Donna appeared to be a nice enough nurse. [[spoiler:Then was revealed to be a sadistic kidnapper and fake nurse who tried to kill Brooke and helping Mr Jingles. Then she felt bad for Brooke and saved her from being executed.]]



** "Madonnas": Brooke, an apparently TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth virgin; Margaret, who abhors any sort of premarital sex or even a man ''touching'' a woman; and Nurse Rita, [[spoiler:aka Donna, who is convinced that ''porn'' creates serial killers]].
** "Whores": Montana, a DepravedBisexual who ReallyGetsAround, [[spoiler:including with Richard Ramirez, a serial killer, in order to harm Brooke]]; Trevor, who hooks up with Montana in addition to his main "asset" being his penis; and Xavier, who was raped/forced into doing porn by a DepravedHomosexual producer after becoming addicted to drugs.

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** "Madonnas": Brooke, an apparently TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth virgin; Margaret, who abhors any sort of premarital sex or even a man ''touching'' a woman; woman [[spoiler:who is actually a vicious serial killer and the season's BigBad]]; and Nurse Rita, [[spoiler:aka Donna, who is convinced that ''porn'' creates serial killers]].
** "Whores": Montana, a DepravedBisexual who ReallyGetsAround, [[spoiler:including with Richard Ramirez, a serial killer, in order to harm Brooke]]; Trevor, who hooks up with Montana in addition to his main "asset" being his penis; penis [[spoiler:only to get in a very unlikely relationship with the "puritan" Margaret]]; and Xavier, who was raped/forced into doing porn by a DepravedHomosexual producer after becoming addicted to drugs.
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:As revealed in the season finale, Ramirez has spent a whopping ''30 years'' being constantly killed in gruesome ways to keep him from being able to use his satanic powers.]]

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* TheSeventies: The prologue and flashbacks are set in 1970, when Mr. Jingles had committed his first massacre.

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* TheSeventies: The prologue and flashbacks are set in 1970, when Mr. Jingles had committed his first massacre.



* AlternateHistory: The show veers into this in "Episode 100", when [[spoiler:the Night Stalker escapes prison, which he never did in reality]]. It veers further in "The Lady in White" when [[spoiler:the Night Stalker kicks off the 1989 massacre by slaughtering all of the members of Kajagoogoo, who in real life were still alive as of 2019]].

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* AlternateHistory: The show veers into this in "Episode 100", when [[spoiler:the Night Stalker escapes prison, which he never did in reality]]. It veers further in "The Lady in White" when [[spoiler:the Night Stalker kicks off the 1989 massacre by slaughtering all of the members of Kajagoogoo, who in real life were still alive as of in 2019]].



* ArtisticLicenseBiology: With nearly a foot of height in difference between 6'3" Mr. Jingles and [[spoiler:5'5" Margaret]], it's difficult to believe the autopsies would match the story claimed. Similarly, [[spoiler:Margaret's self-inflicted stab wound framing Brooke would likely expose Margaret's story as false.]]

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: With nearly a foot of height in difference between 6'3" Mr. Jingles and [[spoiler:5'5" Margaret]], it's difficult to believe the autopsies would match the story claimed. Similarly, [[spoiler:Margaret's self-inflicted stab wound framing Brooke would likely expose Margaret's story as false.]] false]].



** Xavier's pimp gets killed by Mr. Jingles after following him to the camp and attempting to blackmail him into “working” again.

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** Xavier's pimp gets killed by Mr. Jingles after following him to the camp and attempting to blackmail him into “working” "working" again.



** Brooke's ex-husband. A man who was completely insecure in himself by always coming in second to her that he essentially got Brooke so isolated and alone that she pretended to be stupid and idiotic so he would not only stop; but then date and marry her afterwards.

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** Brooke's ex-husband. A man who so was completely insecure in himself by due to always coming in second to her that he essentially got Brooke so isolated and alone that she pretended to be stupid and idiotic so he would not stop. Not only stop; that, but he then date dated and marry married her afterwards.



** An episode later, [[spoiler:Jingles himself is killed by Xavier, only for Ramirez to resurrect him on behalf of Satan.]]

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** An episode later, [[spoiler:Jingles himself is killed by Xavier, only for Ramirez to resurrect him on behalf of Satan.]]Satan]].



* CallBack: Just like in ''Murder House'', ''Hotel'' and ''Roanoke'', [[spoiler:Camp Redwood is cursed so people who become ghosts there are unable to leave or move on]].
** In reference to ''Murder House'', [[spoiler:a human woman (Brooke) ends up having sex with a male ghost (Ray). Only this time, the sex between the two is consensual]].

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* CallBack: CallBack:
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Just like in ''Murder House'', ''Hotel'' and ''Roanoke'', [[spoiler:Camp Redwood is cursed so people who become ghosts there are unable to leave or move on]].
** In reference to ''Murder House'', [[spoiler:a human woman (Brooke) ends up having sex with a male ghost (Ray). Only this time, the sex between the two is consensual]].consensual.]]



* ContinuitySnarl: With ''Hotel''. [[spoiler:Richard Ramirez was kept in Camp Redwood for 30 years being repeatedly murdered by the ghosts to keep him from resurrecting. However, Ramirez was shown, as an older man, with his ghost visiting Hotel Cortez once every Devil's Night. Unless someone else was using Ramirez's alias and MO, this creates a continuity error.]]
* ContrivedCoincidence: Brooke just ''happened'' to join the exact aerobics class in California that Montana, [[spoiler:the sister of the best man murdered at Brooke’s wedding]] teaches; and it’s mentioned that before the wedding Brooke lived in Florida. Montana herself lampshades how unlikely this was.

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* ContinuitySnarl: With ''Hotel''. [[spoiler:Richard Ramirez was kept in Camp Redwood for 30 years years, being repeatedly murdered by the ghosts to keep him from resurrecting. However, Ramirez was shown, as an older man, with his ghost visiting Hotel Cortez once every Devil's Night. Unless someone else was using Ramirez's alias and MO, this creates a continuity error.]]
* ContrivedCoincidence: Brooke just ''happened'' to join the exact aerobics class in California that Montana, [[spoiler:the sister of the best man murdered at Brooke’s Brooke's wedding]] teaches; teaches, and it’s it's mentioned that before the wedding wedding, Brooke lived in Florida. Montana herself lampshades how unlikely this was.



* DamagedSoul: This apparently happens to ghosts on the camp who get murdered again and again. They'll come back; but they lose some part of their minds each time they are.

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* DamagedSoul: This apparently happens to ghosts on the camp who get murdered again and again. They'll come back; back, but they lose some part of their minds each time they are.



** The expression is used by Xavier in ''Mr. Jingles'', as he taunts Chet about his lack of romantic prospects among the girls.

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** The expression is used by Xavier in ''Mr. Jingles'', "Mr. Jingles" as he taunts Chet about his lack of romantic prospects among the girls.



** Brooke's husband. [[spoiler:Kills Brooke's father, his best man, and several of their guests at their wedding...solely because he thinks Brooke cheated on him.]]
** Montana [[spoiler:is in league with the Night Stalker, because Brooke's ''husband'', not even Brooke herself, killed her brother, believing the Brooke had slept with him and set off the whole thing.]]
** Margaret’s co-counselors teased her, so she [[spoiler:brutally murdered them all.]] Benjamin AKA Mr. Jingles “failed” to “protect” her from them, so she [[spoiler:meticulously framed him for the slaughter.]]
* DistantPrologue: The season opens with Mr. Jingles' original massacre in 1970.
* DomesticAbuse: Brooke’s fiancé, of the controlling and manipulative type. When they were children he ignored her (and got the rest of the class to join in on ignoring her) simply because she got better grades than him, and asked her out after she started acting less intelligent than she is. As an adult he was extremely possessive and entitled, [[spoiler:murdering Brooke’s father, his own best friend, and himself in front of Brooke,]] just because he ''suspected'' she had cheated on him.
* DownerEnding: "Red Dawn". [[spoiler:NiceGirl Brooke ends up killing Montana in self-defense only for the arriving children seeing her commit the deed giving her the image of a deranged killer. It's made worse when [[BigBad Margaret]] also survives and passes off as a victim of Brooke's rampage thus pinning all the deaths on her. The ghosts of the counselors, such as Montana, decide to make the most of their new existences and kill anyone unlucky enough to cross their paths. And to top it all off, serial killers Richard Ramirez and Mr. Jingles escape the camp and are prepared to go on a brand new killing spree together in Los Angeles.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Brooke finally gets this. After eight episodes of hell, she ends the series happily married with two children, a successful husband and the ability to finally put the 80s behind her.]]
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Brooke is introduced openly ogling Chet during an aerobics class. [[MrFanservice The viewer can hardly blame her]].

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** Brooke's husband. [[spoiler:Kills Brooke's father, his best man, and several of their guests at their wedding... solely because he thinks Brooke cheated on him.]]
** Montana [[spoiler:is in league with the Night Stalker, Stalker because Brooke's ''husband'', not even Brooke herself, killed her brother, believing the that Brooke had slept with him and set off the whole thing.]]
** Margaret’s Margaret's co-counselors teased her, so she [[spoiler:brutally murdered them all.]] all]]. Benjamin AKA Mr. Jingles “failed” "failed" to “protect” "protect" her from them, so she [[spoiler:meticulously framed him for the slaughter.]]
slaughter]].
* DistantPrologue: The season opens with Mr. Jingles' Jingles's original massacre in 1970.
* DomesticAbuse: Brooke’s Brooke's fiancé, of the controlling and manipulative type. When they were children he ignored her (and got the rest of the class to join in on ignoring her) simply because she got better grades than him, and asked her out after she started acting less intelligent than she is. As an adult he was extremely possessive and entitled, [[spoiler:murdering Brooke’s Brooke's father, his own best friend, and himself in front of Brooke,]] Brooke]] just because he ''suspected'' she had cheated on him.
* DownerEnding: "Red Dawn". [[spoiler:NiceGirl Brooke ends up killing Montana in self-defense self-defense, only for the arriving children seeing her commit the deed deed, giving her the image of a deranged killer. It's made worse when [[BigBad Margaret]] also survives and passes off as a victim of Brooke's rampage rampage, thus pinning all the deaths on her. The ghosts of the counselors, such as Montana, decide to make the most of their new existences and kill anyone unlucky enough to cross their paths. And to top it all off, serial killers Richard Ramirez and Mr. Jingles escape the camp and are prepared to go on a brand new killing spree together in Los Angeles.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Brooke finally [[spoiler:Brooke eventually gets this. After eight episodes of hell, she ends the series happily married with two children, a successful husband husband, and the ability to finally put the 80s behind her.]]
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Brooke is introduced openly ogling Chet during an aerobics class. [[MrFanservice The viewer can hardly blame her]].her.]]



* EvilVersusEvil: ''True Killers'' has a few.

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* EvilVersusEvil: ''True Killers'' "True Killers" has a few.



** [[spoiler:Margaret, the real summer camp killer]] vs. Mr Jingles.
** [[spoiler:Montana]] who set Ramirez upon them all in order to kill Brooke vs. [[spoiler:Donna]] who released Mr. Jingles in order to study how he kills them all.
* EyeScream: How Mr. Jingles [[spoiler:/Margaret]] kills one of his victims in the prologue.
* FateWorseThanDeath: The ghosts attempt to do this to Ramirez in "Final Girl": [[spoiler: Knowing full well that the asshole will just get revived by Satan, they chose to take turns watching him, each time he revives, they kill him again and again to keep him in the camp grounds.]]

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** [[spoiler:Margaret, the real summer camp killer]] killer,]] vs. Mr Jingles.
** [[spoiler:Montana]] [[spoiler:Montana]], who set Ramirez upon them all in order to kill Brooke Brooke, vs. [[spoiler:Donna]] [[spoiler:Donna]], who released Mr. Jingles in order to study how he kills them all.
* EyeScream: How Mr. Jingles [[spoiler:/Margaret]] Jingles[[spoiler:/Margaret]] kills one of his victims in the prologue.
* FateWorseThanDeath: The ghosts attempt to do this to Ramirez in "Final Girl": [[spoiler: Knowing Girl". [[spoiler:Knowing full well that the asshole will just get revived by Satan, they chose to take turns watching him, and each time he revives, they kill him again and again to keep him in the camp grounds.]]



*** Brooke is kind, intelligent, competent in escaping danger and [[spoiler:until ''Red Dawn'']] virginal. She ends up being [[spoiler:the only counselor left alive, even managing to kill Montana in self-defense.]] Unfortunately, the latter happens right in front of a school bus full of witnesses and Brooke is [[spoiler:arrested and framed as the sole killer by Margaret.]]
** The title of the season finale is literally "Final Girl". [[spoiler: We learn there are two. Donna and Brooke; the former who became the head of an asylum while the latter finally put the camp behind her and moved on to a happier life.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Brooke insists that she [[spoiler:never slept with Sam,]] Montana briefly looks annoyed. Turns out this is because [[spoiler:Sam was Montana’s brother, and Montana thinks that Brooke really did sleep with him, which led to his murder.]]

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*** Brooke is kind, intelligent, competent in escaping danger danger, and [[spoiler:until ''Red Dawn'']] "Red Dawn"]] virginal. She ends up being [[spoiler:the only counselor left alive, even managing to kill Montana in self-defense.]] self-defense]]. Unfortunately, the latter happens right in front of a school bus full of witnesses and Brooke is [[spoiler:arrested and framed as the sole killer by Margaret.]]
Margaret]].
** The title of the season finale is literally "Final Girl". [[spoiler: We [[spoiler:We learn there are two. two, Donna and Brooke; the Brooke. The former who became the head of an asylum while the latter finally put the camp behind her and moved on to a happier life.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Brooke insists that she [[spoiler:never slept with Sam,]] Sam]], Montana briefly looks annoyed. Turns out this is because [[spoiler:Sam was Montana’s Montana's brother, and Montana thinks that Brooke really did sleep with him, which led to his murder.]]murder]].



* TheFundamentalist: Margaret became one after surviving Mr. Jingles' original massacre.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: {{Inverted}} and {{Subverted}}. Montana, Margaret, and [[spoiler:Lavinia]] all have blonde hair and are also the female villains of the season, and all three are extremely deranged. The first two initially seem like straight examples of the trope only for their ugly sides to be revealed as the episodes go on.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: The ghosts of the camp decide they've had enough of killing innocent people and decide to use their un-lives to keep Ramirez and Margaret stuck to the camp grounds.]]

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* TheFundamentalist: Margaret became one after surviving Mr. Jingles' Jingles's original massacre.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: {{Inverted}} and {{Subverted}}. Montana, Margaret, and [[spoiler:Lavinia]] all have blonde hair hair, and are also the extremely deranged female villains of the season, and all three are extremely deranged. season. The first two initially seem like straight examples of the trope trope, only for their ugly sides to be revealed as the episodes go on.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The ghosts of the camp decide they've had enough of killing innocent people and decide to use their un-lives to keep Ramirez and Margaret stuck to the camp grounds.]]



* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker, appears in the premiere when he tries to kill Brooke.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker, appears in the premiere when premiere, where he tries to kill Brooke.



-->'''Blake''': Little piece of advice by the way: If you're trying to run away, don't leave a forwarding address for your paychecks at the aerobics studio. You are as dumb as you are pretty.

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-->'''Blake''': -->'''Blake:''' Little piece of advice by the way: If you're trying to run away, don't leave a forwarding address for your paychecks at the aerobics studio. You are as dumb as you are pretty.



* KnifeNut: A hunting knife is Mr. Jingles' weapon of choice, and Montana sleeps with a butterfly knife under her pillow.

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* KnifeNut: A hunting knife is Mr. Jingles' Jingles's weapon of choice, and Montana sleeps with a butterfly knife under her pillow.



** "Madonnas": Brooke, an apparently TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth virgin; Margaret, who abhors any sort of premarital sex or even a man ''touching'' a woman, and Nurse Rita, [[spoiler:aka Donna, who is convinced that ''porn'' creates serial killers.]]
** "Whores": Montana, a DepravedBisexual who ReallyGetsAround [[spoiler:including with Richard Ramirez, a serial killer, in order to harm Brooke]]; Trevor, who hooks up with Montana in addition to his main "asset" being his penis, and Xavier, who was raped/forced into doing porn by a DepravedHomosexual producer after becoming addicted to drugs.

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** "Madonnas": Brooke, an apparently TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth virgin; Margaret, who abhors any sort of premarital sex or even a man ''touching'' a woman, woman; and Nurse Rita, [[spoiler:aka Donna, who is convinced that ''porn'' creates serial killers.]]
killers]].
** "Whores": Montana, a DepravedBisexual who ReallyGetsAround ReallyGetsAround, [[spoiler:including with Richard Ramirez, a serial killer, in order to harm Brooke]]; Trevor, who hooks up with Montana in addition to his main "asset" being his penis, penis; and Xavier, who was raped/forced into doing porn by a DepravedHomosexual producer after becoming addicted to drugs.



* MurderIntoMalevolence: [[spoiler:Benjamin's mother massacring the 1948 staff inadvertently led to her spirit cursing the campgrounds. She still hates Benjamin with all of her unlife to the point where any traces of the mother are no longer there.]]

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* MurderIntoMalevolence: [[spoiler:Benjamin's mother massacring the 1948 staff inadvertently led to her spirit cursing the campgrounds. She still hates Benjamin with all of her unlife unlife, to the point where any traces of the mother are no longer there.]]



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: To the point where most of them couldn't even be considered "heroes". The medical profession try to "help" Mr Jingles, but do so using 1970s-era abusive and at times torturous techniques, such as electroshock therapy. The breaking part comes in because [[spoiler:Jingles was never the killer; Margaret was. But they managed to turn him into a killer all on their own.]]
* NostalgiaFilter: Though not the focal point of the series, the show takes some jabs at breaking this. Despite the seventies and eighties being viewed by some as wonder years, the years had their problems as well. The police for the time were either woefully unequipped and untrained (or simply didn't care) at dealing with prisoners. Also, serial killers were a lot more prominent in the 80s, though that may be media sensationalizing them. Problems then weren't much different either; as anybody struggling to find work in their professions could relate to Xavier's struggles.
* NothingButHits: Mostly so far: ''Somebody's Watching Me'' by Rockwell, ''Private Eyes'' by Music/HallAndOates, ''White Wedding, Part I'' by Music/BillyIdol, ''Jump'' by The Pointer Sisters, and ''Photograph'' by Music/DefLeppard all have significant appearances.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: While impaled and stuck in the trap, [[spoiler:Chet]] tearfully pleads this to [[spoiler:Ray]] who [[DirtyCoward abandons him,]] and later [[spoiler:Xavier]] who [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind obliges and saves him.]]

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: To the point where most of them couldn't even be considered "heroes". The medical profession professionals try to "help" Mr Jingles, but do so using 1970s-era abusive and at times torturous techniques, such as electroshock therapy. The breaking part comes in because [[spoiler:Jingles was never the killer; Margaret was. But they managed to turn him into a killer all on their own.]]
* NostalgiaFilter: Though not the focal point of the series, the show takes some jabs at breaking this. Despite the seventies and eighties being viewed by some as wonder years, the years had their problems as well. The police for the time were either woefully unequipped and untrained (or at dealing with prisoners, or simply didn't care) at dealing with prisoners.care. Also, serial killers were a lot more prominent in the 80s, though that may be media sensationalizing them. Problems then weren't much different either; either, as anybody struggling to find work in their professions could can relate to Xavier's struggles.
* NothingButHits: Mostly so far: ''Somebody's "Somebody's Watching Me'' Me" by Rockwell, ''Private Eyes'' "Private Eyes" by Music/HallAndOates, ''White "White Wedding, Part I'' I" by Music/BillyIdol, ''Jump'' "Jump" by The Pointer Sisters, and ''Photograph'' "Photograph" by Music/DefLeppard all have significant appearances.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: While impaled and stuck in the trap, [[spoiler:Chet]] tearfully pleads this to [[spoiler:Ray]] [[spoiler:Ray]], who [[DirtyCoward abandons him,]] him]], and later [[spoiler:Xavier]] [[spoiler:Xavier]], who [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind obliges and saves him.]]him]].



* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: Benjamin's son, Bobby becomes this after retreading the camp grounds in 2019. He's requested by Montana to tell the story of what happened up at the camp grounds and to hopefully share the stories of the ghosts and survivors of the incident; so that the ghosts are not forgotten.]]
* SequelEscalation: As subsequent massacres occur at Camp Redwood, more and more killers involved. By the time 1989 rolls around there are at least five, and possibly many more (just how many ghosts have followed Montana's lead?).

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* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: Benjamin's son, [[spoiler:Benjamin's son Bobby becomes this after retreading the camp grounds in 2019. He's requested by Montana to tell the story of what happened up at the camp grounds and to hopefully share the stories of the ghosts and survivors of the incident; incident, so that the ghosts are not forgotten.]]
* SequelEscalation: As subsequent massacres occur at Camp Redwood, more and more killers get involved. By the time 1989 rolls around there are at least five, and possibly many more (just how many ghosts have followed Montana's lead?).



** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5s8KQX9hwU "Camp Redwood" teaser]] features a sequence reminiscent of the closing shot of ''Friday the 13th''.
** Musical stings similar to the ones head throughout the ''Friday the 13th'' franchise (''chee-chee-chee, ah-ah-ah'') can be heard in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq3yPKPKba4 "Top Bunk" teaser]].

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** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5s8KQX9hwU com/watch?v=ZLPi-rUEQXY "Camp Redwood" teaser]] features a sequence reminiscent of the closing shot of ''Friday the 13th''.
** Musical stings similar to the ones head heard throughout the ''Friday the 13th'' franchise (''chee-chee-chee, ah-ah-ah'') can be heard in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq3yPKPKba4 "Top Bunk" teaser]].



** The 1984 era storyline is light on supernatural elements until the arc's end in "Red Dawn", after which they are front and center. This mimics the ''Friday the 13th'' series, where the first installment only includes faint hints at supernatural happenings, but subsequent movies rely more and more on them.
*** The ''Friday the 13th'' connection is further underlined with the Camp Golden Star massacre in 1948, which closely mirrors the backstory and slaughter in the original ''Friday the 13th'' movie.

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** The 1984 era storyline is light on supernatural elements until the arc's end in "Red Dawn", after which they are front and center. This mimics the ''Friday the 13th'' series, where the first installment only includes faint hints at supernatural happenings, but subsequent movies rely more and more on them. \n*** The ''Friday the 13th'' connection is further underlined with the Camp Golden Star massacre in 1948, which closely mirrors the backstory and slaughter in the original ''Friday the 13th'' movie.



** "Wait, I don't die here!" Spoken by [[spoiler:Jonas]], it appears to confirm that [[spoiler:he is a ghost with apparently ''some'' foreknowledge of what is going to happen or is at least meant to happen.]]
** “Why the ''Hell'' haven’t you killed her yet?” Asked by [[spoiler:Montana]] towards [[spoiler:Ramirez]].

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** "Wait, I don't die here!" Spoken by [[spoiler:Jonas]], it appears to confirm that [[spoiler:he is a ghost with apparently at least ''some'' foreknowledge of what is going to happen happen, or is at least what is meant to happen.]]
** “Why "Why the ''Hell'' haven’t ''hell'' haven't you killed her yet?” yet?" Asked by [[spoiler:Montana]] towards to [[spoiler:Ramirez]].
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* FateWorseThanDeath: The ghosts attempt to do this to Ramirez in Final Girl. Knowing full well that the asshole will just get revived by Satan, they chose to take turns watching him, each time he revives, they kill him again and again to keep him in the camp grounds.

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* FateWorseThanDeath: The ghosts attempt to do this to Ramirez in Final Girl. "Final Girl": [[spoiler: Knowing full well that the asshole will just get revived by Satan, they chose to take turns watching him, each time he revives, they kill him again and again to keep him in the camp grounds.]]



* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: Benjamin's son, Bobby becomes this after retreading the camp grounds in 2019. He's requested by Montana to tell the story of what happened up at the camp grounds and to hopefully share the stories of the ghosts and survivors of the incident; so that the ghosts are not forgotten.

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* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: Benjamin's son, Bobby becomes this after retreading the camp grounds in 2019. He's requested by Montana to tell the story of what happened up at the camp grounds and to hopefully share the stories of the ghosts and survivors of the incident; so that the ghosts are not forgotten.]]

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* TheNewTens: The setting for the final episode.



* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Brooke finally gets this. After eight episodes of hell, she ends the series happily married with two children, a successful husband and the ability to finally put the 80s behind her.]]



* FateWorseThanDeath: The ghosts attempt to do this to Ramirez in Final Girl. Knowing full well that the asshole will just get revived by Satan, they chose to take turns watching him, each time he revives, they kill him again and again to keep him in the camp grounds.



** The title of the season finale is literally "Final Girl".

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** The title of the season finale is literally "Final Girl". [[spoiler: We learn there are two. Donna and Brooke; the former who became the head of an asylum while the latter finally put the camp behind her and moved on to a happier life.]]



* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: The ghosts of the camp decide they've had enough of killing innocent people and decide to use their un-lives to keep Ramirez and Margaret stuck to the camp grounds.]]



* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: Benjamin's son, Bobby becomes this after retreading the camp grounds in 2019. He's requested by Montana to tell the story of what happened up at the camp grounds and to hopefully share the stories of the ghosts and survivors of the incident; so that the ghosts are not forgotten.



* TimeSkip: [[spoiler:Episode 6 jumps forward to 1985, and subsequently to 1989, though there are still scenes set in 1984.]]

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* TimeSkip: [[spoiler:Episode 6 jumps forward to 1985, and subsequently to 1989, though there are still scenes set in 1984. The final episode takes place in the modern day.]]

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* AmbiguouslyBi: Montana assures Brooke that she's not a lesbian, and she is very obviously interested in Trevor, but she ''does'' seem very intent on having Brooke join her at Camp Redwood, to the point of writing her phone number on Brooke's hand. Apparently confirmed in the second episode, where Brooke and Montana share a heart to heart and the latter [[spoiler:kisses her]].

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* ActorAllusion: Creator/JohnCarrollLynch plays a serial killer once more. [[spoiler: Subverted. While his crimes in Vietnam aren't directly confirmed or denied, he's not responsible for the bloodbath in TheSeventies.]]

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* ActorAllusion: Creator/JohnCarrollLynch plays a serial killer once more. [[spoiler: Subverted.[[spoiler:Subverted. While his crimes in Vietnam aren't directly confirmed or denied, he's not responsible for the bloodbath in TheSeventies.]]



* AmbiguouslyBi: Montana assures Brooke that she's not a lesbian, and she is very obviously interested in Trevor, but she ''does'' seem very intent on having Brooke join her at Camp Redwood, to the point of writing her phone number on Brooke's hand. Apparently confirmed in the second episode, where Brooke and Montana share a heart to heart and the latter [[spoiler: kisses her.]]
** [[spoiler: Xavier]] professes that he's not gay, but [[spoiler: is a prostitute for gay men]], doesn't shower with the other men, and still notes the size of Trevor's junk.
* ArtifactTitle: [[spoiler:Starting with "Episode 100", the timeframe jumps ahead to 1989]].
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: With nearly a foot of height in difference between 6'3" Mr. Jingles and [[spoiler: 5'5" Margaret]], it's difficult to believe the autopsies would match the story claimed. Similarly, [[spoiler: Margaret's self-inflicted stab wound framing Brooke would likely expose Margaret's story as false.]]

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* AmbiguouslyBi: Montana assures Brooke that she's not a lesbian, and she is very obviously interested in Trevor, but she ''does'' seem very intent on having Brooke join her at Camp Redwood, to the point of writing her phone number on Brooke's hand. Apparently confirmed in the second episode, where Brooke and Montana share a heart to heart and the latter [[spoiler: kisses her.[[spoiler:kisses her]].
** [[spoiler:Xavier]] professes that he's not gay, but [[spoiler:is a prostitute for gay men]], doesn't shower with the other men, and still notes the size of Trevor's junk.
* ArtifactTitle: [[spoiler:Starting with "Episode 100", the timeframe jumps ahead to 1989. Aside from some scenes set in 1989, the majority of the finale takes place in 2019.
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** [[spoiler: Xavier]] professes that he's not gay, but [[spoiler: is a prostitute for gay men]], doesn't shower with the other men, and still notes the size of Trevor's junk.
* ArtifactTitle: [[spoiler:Starting with "Episode 100", the timeframe jumps ahead to 1989]].
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: With nearly a foot of height in difference between 6'3" Mr. Jingles and [[spoiler: 5'5" [[spoiler:5'5" Margaret]], it's difficult to believe the autopsies would match the story claimed. Similarly, [[spoiler: Margaret's [[spoiler:Margaret's self-inflicted stab wound framing Brooke would likely expose Margaret's story as false.]]



** For that matter, [[spoiler: Margaret's frame up of Brooke for all the killings is ludicrously unbelievable.]] In addition to [[spoiler: five]] of the main cast, other fatalities that night include [[spoiler: Chef Bertie, the real Nurse Rita, the mechanic, the psychiatrist from the hospital, three Jingles impersonators, Blake the porn guy, and the orderly]] -- all of these at or just outside Camp Redwood. With [[spoiler:fourteen]] kills and [[spoiler: two additional attacks in the area]] in a single night, [[spoiler: and not including the time to build all the death traps, Brooke]] would have to be the most efficient serial killer in history -- despite half the kills being of people far healthier. Not to mention how a law officer was shot to death and his car stolen from the scene ''after'' [[spoiler: Brooke]] had been taken into custody, thus introducing a perfectly-viable, albeit unknown, suspect for the massacre.

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** For that matter, [[spoiler: Margaret's [[spoiler:Margaret's frame up of Brooke for all the killings is ludicrously unbelievable.]] In addition to [[spoiler: five]] [[spoiler:five]] of the main cast, other fatalities that night include [[spoiler: Chef [[spoiler:Chef Bertie, the real Nurse Rita, the mechanic, the psychiatrist from the hospital, three Jingles impersonators, Blake the porn guy, and the orderly]] -- all of these at or just outside Camp Redwood. With [[spoiler:fourteen]] kills and [[spoiler: two [[spoiler:two additional attacks in the area]] in a single night, [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and not including the time to build all the death traps, Brooke]] would have to be the most efficient serial killer in history -- despite half the kills being of people far healthier. Not to mention how a law officer was shot to death and his car stolen from the scene ''after'' [[spoiler: Brooke]] [[spoiler:Brooke]] had been taken into custody, thus introducing a perfectly-viable, albeit unknown, suspect for the massacre.



** At the end of "True Killers", [[spoiler: the Night Stalker, who had been killed by Mr. Jingles, is resurrected, seemingly by Satan.]]
** An episode later, [[spoiler: Jingles himself is killed by Xavier, only for Ramirez to resurrect him on behalf of Satan.]]

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** At the end of "True Killers", [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the Night Stalker, who had been killed by Mr. Jingles, is resurrected, seemingly by Satan.]]
Satan]].
** An episode later, [[spoiler: Jingles [[spoiler:Jingles himself is killed by Xavier, only for Ramirez to resurrect him on behalf of Satan.]]



* BeenThereShapedHistory: As we see in "Episode 100", Mr. Jingles was responsible for [[spoiler: the Night Stalker's arrest, having tipped off the angry mob that hunted down and apprehended him]].

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* BeenThereShapedHistory: As we see in "Episode 100", Mr. Jingles was responsible for [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the Night Stalker's arrest, having tipped off the angry mob that hunted down and apprehended him]].



** Xavier in "Red Dawn" successfully [[spoiler: kills Mr. Jingles]] who was in the process of strangling Margaret. Admittedly it was also ''justifiable'' retribution for [[spoiler: Jingles]] trying to cook him alive, but it was definitely to save Margaret too. Unfortunately for Xavier [[spoiler: [[TheFarmerAndTheViper Margaret isn't exactly]] [[UngratefulBastard grateful]].]] and [[spoiler: naturally Jingles doesn't exactly stay ''dead'']]...
* CallBack: Just like in ''Murder House'', ''Hotel'' and ''Roanoke'', [[spoiler: Camp Redwood is cursed so people who become ghosts there are unable to leave or move on]].
** In reference to ''Murder House'', [[spoiler: a human woman (Brooke) ends up having sex with a male ghost (Ray). Only this time, the sex between the two is consensual]].

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** Xavier in "Red Dawn" successfully [[spoiler: kills [[spoiler:kills Mr. Jingles]] who was in the process of strangling Margaret. Admittedly it was also ''justifiable'' retribution for [[spoiler: Jingles]] [[spoiler:Jingles]] trying to cook him alive, but it was definitely to save Margaret too. Unfortunately for Xavier [[spoiler: [[TheFarmerAndTheViper Xavier, [[spoiler:[[TheFarmerAndTheViper Margaret isn't exactly]] [[UngratefulBastard grateful]].]] grateful]]]], and [[spoiler: naturally [[spoiler:naturally Jingles doesn't exactly stay ''dead'']]...
* CallBack: Just like in ''Murder House'', ''Hotel'' and ''Roanoke'', [[spoiler: Camp [[spoiler:Camp Redwood is cursed so people who become ghosts there are unable to leave or move on]].
** In reference to ''Murder House'', [[spoiler: a [[spoiler:a human woman (Brooke) ends up having sex with a male ghost (Ray). Only this time, the sex between the two is consensual]].



** "Mr. Jingles" ends with [[spoiler: the two groups being cornered in separate cabins as Mr. Jingles and the Night Stalker force their way inside]].

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** "Mr. Jingles" ends with [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the two groups being cornered in separate cabins as Mr. Jingles and the Night Stalker force their way inside]].



* ContinuitySnarl: With ''Hotel''. [[spoiler:Richard Ramirez was kept in Camp Redwood for 30 years being repeatedly murdered by the ghosts to keep him from resurrecting. However, Ramirez was shown, as an older man, with his ghost visiting Hotel Cortez once every Devil's Night. Unless someone else was using Ramirez's alias and MO, this creates a continuity error.]]



* CreateYourOwnVillain: Revealed to be what [[spoiler:the medical profession and police]] have done to [[spoiler:Benjamin Richter, a.k.a. Mr. Jingles]]. [[spoiler:He was never the killer; Margaret was. However, after years of being physically tortured by EST and emotionally tortured inside the prison hospital, he became a killer once Donna helped him escape.]]

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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Revealed to be what [[spoiler:the medical profession and police]] have done to [[spoiler:Benjamin Richter, a.k.a. Mr. Jingles]]. [[spoiler:He Jingles. He was never the killer; Margaret was. However, after years of being physically tortured by EST and emotionally tortured inside the prison hospital, he became a killer once Donna helped him escape.]]



* DangerTakesABackseat: Used by [[spoiler: Donna Chambers]] to ambush and abduct [[spoiler: the ''real'' Nurse Rita]].
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Montana openly confesses that she masturbated to a bootleg fitness tape featuring Trevor. Margaret also says that it's the only exception to her no sex rule at the camp because she'd never be able to enforce it.

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* DangerTakesABackseat: Used by [[spoiler: Donna [[spoiler:Donna Chambers]] to ambush and abduct [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the ''real'' Nurse Rita]].
* ADateWithRosiePalms: ADateWithRosiePalms:
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Montana openly confesses that she masturbated to a bootleg fitness tape featuring Trevor. Margaret also says that it's the only exception to her no sex rule at the camp because she'd never be able to enforce it.



* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: Benjamin kills himself on the camp grounds to give himself an edge against Ramirez in order to protect his son. Unfortunately for Ben, Ramirez realized that he can just leave the camp grounds and Ben won't be able to protect his son.]]

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: Benjamin [[spoiler:Benjamin kills himself on the camp grounds to give himself an edge against Ramirez in order to protect his son. Unfortunately for Ben, Ramirez realized that he can just leave the camp grounds and Ben won't be able to protect his son.]]



* MeaningfulName: The choice of 1984 is a reference to the story's timeframe of the 80s; but the choice to use slasher movies for the foundation also ties into the notion that the 80s were also the peak of serial murderers, referenced by the sheer number of them in this season alone between Ramirez, [[spoiler: Margaret, Montana]], and that other guy.
* MurderIntoMalevolence: [[spoiler: Benjamin's mother massacring the 1948 staff inadvertently led to her spirit cursing the campgrounds. She still hates Benjamin with all of her unlife to the point where any traces of the mother are no longer there.]]

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* MeaningfulName: The choice of 1984 is a reference to the story's timeframe of the 80s; but the choice to use slasher movies for the foundation also ties into the notion that the 80s were also the peak of serial murderers, referenced by the sheer number of them in this season alone between Ramirez, [[spoiler: Margaret, [[spoiler:Margaret, Montana]], and that other guy.
* MurderIntoMalevolence: [[spoiler: Benjamin's [[spoiler:Benjamin's mother massacring the 1948 staff inadvertently led to her spirit cursing the campgrounds. She still hates Benjamin with all of her unlife to the point where any traces of the mother are no longer there.]]



* PleaseDontLeaveMe: While impaled and stuck in the trap, [[spoiler: Chet]] tearfully pleads this to [[spoiler:Ray]] who [[DirtyCoward abandons him,]] and later [[spoiler: Xavier]] who [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind obliges and saves him.]]

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* PleaseDontLeaveMe: While impaled and stuck in the trap, [[spoiler: Chet]] [[spoiler:Chet]] tearfully pleads this to [[spoiler:Ray]] who [[DirtyCoward abandons him,]] and later [[spoiler: Xavier]] [[spoiler:Xavier]] who [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind obliges and saves him.]]



** Also revealed to be true of [[spoiler: Margaret, the ''real'' culprit in the 1970 "Mr. Jingles" killings, and of Donna's father, who admitted to having been one for decades before killing himself in front of Donna.]]

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** Also revealed to be true of [[spoiler: Margaret, [[spoiler:Margaret, the ''real'' culprit in the 1970 "Mr. Jingles" killings, and of Donna's father, who admitted to having been one for decades before killing himself in front of Donna.]]



** The voyeurism of Xavier's pimp is a SpearCounterpart spin on the shower-peeping scene from ''Film/{{Porkys}}'', except that [[spoiler: it's not the peeper's penis that's stuck through the spy hole, but the spike on which he gets ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]].

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** The voyeurism of Xavier's pimp is a SpearCounterpart spin on the shower-peeping scene from ''Film/{{Porkys}}'', except that [[spoiler: it's [[spoiler:it's not the peeper's penis that's stuck through the spy hole, but the spike on which he gets ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]].



* ShownTheirWork: The scene depicting Richard Ramirez's capture and arrest plays out more or less how it did in real life, though obviously it was not [[spoiler: Jingles]] who tipped the mob off.

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* ShownTheirWork: The scene depicting Richard Ramirez's capture and arrest plays out more or less how it did in real life, though obviously it was not [[spoiler: Jingles]] [[spoiler:Jingles]] who tipped the mob off.



** At the end of "Red Dawn", [[spoiler: Richard Ramirez and Mr. Jingles decide to form a serial killer duo and begin their killing frenzy in Los Angeles]]. By the next episode, however, this partnership falls apart [[spoiler: due to Jingles getting sick of the killing]].
** During the last episodes of the season, Ramirez, Bruce, and [[spoiler: Margaret]] team up to slaughter everyone at the Redwood festival.

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** At the end of "Red Dawn", [[spoiler: Richard [[spoiler:Richard Ramirez and Mr. Jingles decide to form a serial killer duo and begin their killing frenzy in Los Angeles]]. By the next episode, however, this partnership falls apart [[spoiler: due [[spoiler:due to Jingles getting sick of the killing]].
** During the last episodes of the season, Ramirez, Bruce, and [[spoiler: Margaret]] [[spoiler:Margaret]] team up to slaughter everyone at the Redwood festival.



** At the end of "Slashdance", Montana is confronted by Richard Ramirez, only [[spoiler: for the two of them to start passionately kissing]].

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* MeaningfulName: The chose of 1984 is a reference to the story's timeframe of the 80s; but the choice to use slasher movies for the foundation also ties into the notion that the 80s were also the peak of serial murderers, referenced by the sheer number of them in this season alone between Ramirez, [[spoiler: Margaret, Montana]], and that other guy.

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* MeaningfulName: The chose choice of 1984 is a reference to the story's timeframe of the 80s; but the choice to use slasher movies for the foundation also ties into the notion that the 80s were also the peak of serial murderers, referenced by the sheer number of them in this season alone between Ramirez, [[spoiler: Margaret, Montana]], and that other guy.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Ramirez will kill all day and all night in the name of Satan, but he would never harm Billy Idol.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: Brooke just ''happened'' to join the exact aerobics class in California that Montana, [[spoiler:the sister of the best man murdered at Brooke’s wedding]] teaches; and it’s mentioned that before the wedding Brooke lived in Florida.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: Brooke just ''happened'' to join the exact aerobics class in California that Montana, [[spoiler:the sister of the best man murdered at Brooke’s wedding]] teaches; and it’s mentioned that before the wedding Brooke lived in Florida. Montana herself lampshades how unlikely this was.



* SerialKiller: In addition to the show's original antagonist "Mr. Jingles", real-life serial killer Richard Ramirez makes an appearance; a close encounter with him drives Brooke to join the others at Camp Redwood in the hopes of getting away from his hunting grounds. He follows her there.

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In addition to the show's original antagonist "Mr. Jingles", real-life serial killer Richard Ramirez makes an appearance; a close encounter with him drives Brooke to join the others at Camp Redwood in the hopes of getting away from his hunting grounds. He follows her there.



** Late in the season, we meet Bruce, a hitchhiker who kills the women who pick him up.



* VillainTeamup: At the end of "Red Dawn", [[spoiler: Richard Ramirez and Mr. Jingles decide to form a serial killer duo and begin their killing frenzy in Los Angeles]].

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At the end of "Red Dawn", [[spoiler: Richard Ramirez and Mr. Jingles decide to form a serial killer duo and begin their killing frenzy in Los Angeles]]. By the next episode, however, this partnership falls apart [[spoiler: due to Jingles getting sick of the killing]].
** During the last episodes of the season, Ramirez, Bruce, and [[spoiler: Margaret]] team up to slaughter everyone at the Redwood festival.
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* NostalgiaFilter: Though not the focal point of the series, the show takes some jabs at breaking this. Despite the seventies and eighties being viewed by some as wonder years, the years had their problems as well. The police for the time were either woefully unequipped and untrained (or simply didn't care) at dealing with prisoners. Also, serial killers were a lot more prominent in the 80s, though that may be media sensationalizing them. Problems then weren't much different either; as anybody struggling to find work in their professions could relate to Xavier's struggles.
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* DamagedSoul: This apparently happens to ghosts on the camp who get murdered again and again. They'll come back; but they lose some part of their minds each time they are.


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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: Benjamin kills himself on the camp grounds to give himself an edge against Ramirez in order to protect his son. Unfortunately for Ben, Ramirez realized that he can just leave the camp grounds and Ben won't be able to protect his son.]]
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* MeaningfulName: The chose of 1984 is a reference to the story's timeframe of the 80s; but the choice to use slasher movies for the foundation also ties into the notion that the 80s were also the peak of serial murderers, referenced by the sheer number of them in this season alone between Ramirez, [[spoiler: Margaret, Montana]], and that other guy.
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''1984'' is the ninth season of Creator/RyanMurphy's {{horror}} {{anthology}} ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'', airing on Creator/{{FX}} in 2019.

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''1984'' is the ninth season of Creator/RyanMurphy's {{horror}} {{anthology}} ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'', airing on Creator/{{FX}} Creator/{{FX|Networks}} in 2019.
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* SequelEscalation: As subsequent massacres occur at Camp Redwood, more and more killers involved. By the time 1989 rolls around there are at least five, and possibly many more (just how many ghosts have followed Montana's lead?).
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* MurderIntoMalevolence: [[spoiler: The curse on the camp. Benjamin's mother in an insane fury inadvertently lead to her ghost and spirit causing a curse on the campgrounds. She still hates Benjamin with all of her unlife to the point where any traces of the mother are no longer there.]]

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* MurderIntoMalevolence: [[spoiler: The curse on the camp. Benjamin's mother in an insane fury massacring the 1948 staff inadvertently lead led to her ghost and spirit causing a curse on cursing the campgrounds. She still hates Benjamin with all of her unlife to the point where any traces of the mother are no longer there.]]
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*** The Friday the 13th connection is further underlined with the Camp Golden Star massacre in 1984, which closely mirrors the backstory and slaughter in the original Friday the 13th movie.

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*** The Friday ''Friday the 13th 13th'' connection is further underlined with the Camp Golden Star massacre in 1984, 1948, which closely mirrors the backstory and slaughter in the original Friday ''Friday the 13th 13th'' movie.
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** [[spoiler:Ray]] is decapitated after spending all of ''Slashdance'' sinking lower and lower into DirtyCoward territory.

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** [[spoiler:Ray]] is decapitated after spending all of ''Slashdance'' "Slashdance" sinking lower and lower into DirtyCoward territory.



* BarredFromTheAfterlife: If you die on the camp grounds, you become a ghost doomed to haunt the lands. A plot point as of the recent episode is that the ghosts there are trying to find out how to get off of the camp grounds.

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* BarredFromTheAfterlife: If you die on the camp grounds, you become a ghost doomed to haunt the lands. A plot point as of late in the recent episode season is that the ghosts there are trying to find out how to get off of the camp grounds.

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* ArtifactTitle: [[spoiler:Starting with "Episode 100", the timeframe jumps ahead to 1989]].



* NonIndicativeTitle: [[spoiler:Starting with "Episode 100", the timeframe jumps ahead to 1989]].

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