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** In the '90s, they decayed even further by becoming attractions at the Universal Studios theme parks in Hollywood and Florida. As part of "[[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} Beetlejuice's]] Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue," they danced, sang, played instruments and even rapped on stage. ''Fangoria'' magazine columnist David J. Schow wondered if, at some future date, audiences would be treated to a similar show starring [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]], [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]], [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]] and [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]], and remarked that he couldn't wait to see how Hollywood would [[DefangedHorrors "pull the fangs"]] from ''that'' group of fun-lovers.
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** In the '90s, they decayed even further by becoming attractions at the Universal Studios theme parks in Hollywood and Florida. As part of "[[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} Beetlejuice's]] Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue," they danced, sang, played instruments and even rapped on stage. ''Fangoria'' magazine columnist David J. Schow wondered if, at some future date, audiences would be treated to a similar show starring [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]], [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]], [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]] and [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]], and remarked that he couldn't wait to see how Hollywood would [[DefangedHorrors "pull the fangs"]] from ''that'' group of fun-lovers.
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** Both [[Film/TheTerminator the original film]] and [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay its sequel]] make it clear that Skynet sent a Terminator (later two) into the past once the human Resistance smashed its defense grid and were seemingly minutes away from destroying it completely. As additional sequels were made, however, Skynet suddenly gains more and more ability to send additional Terminators into the past, to a bewildering level that raises questions about just how omnipotent it was at the time. In [[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines Skynet sends back a Terminator model that's explicitly more powerful than the T-1000]], while in the AlternateContinuity series ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'', Skynet is constantly throwing Terminators into the past at various points in the timeline. ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' also reveals that Skynet has (a) a fully-stocked line of T-800's on ice that can be activated and sent through time when needed, and (b) an AlternateUniverse version of Skynet has an "avatar" who somehow has the ability to jump into different timelines. ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' goes back to the well of "throwing whatever sticks" by revealing that Skynet sent multiple Terminators to different points over a twenty-five year span (even after it was explicitly destroyed in ''[=T2=]'') before revealing that [[spoiler:it was replaced with a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute called "Legion"]].
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** Both [[Film/TheTerminator the original film]] and [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay its sequel]] make it clear that Skynet sent a Terminator (later two) into the past once the human Resistance smashed its defense grid and were seemingly minutes away from destroying it completely. As additional sequels were made, however, Skynet suddenly gains more and more ability to send additional Terminators into the past, to a bewildering level that raises questions about just how omnipotent it was at the time. In [[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', Skynet sends back a Terminator model that's explicitly more powerful than the T-1000]], while in the AlternateContinuity series ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'', Skynet is constantly throwing Terminators into the past at various points in the timeline. ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' also reveals that Skynet has (a) a fully-stocked line of T-800's on ice that can be activated and sent through time when needed, and (b) an AlternateUniverse version of Skynet has an "avatar" who somehow has the ability to jump into different timelines. ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' goes back to the well of "throwing whatever sticks" by revealing that Skynet sent multiple Terminators to different points over a twenty-five year span (even after it was explicitly destroyed in ''[=T2=]'') before revealing that [[spoiler:it was replaced with a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute called "Legion"]].
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* In the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' franchise, Skynet (and by extension, the titular Terminators) itself becomes increasingly prone to this as the films march on:
** The Terminators get LoweredMonsterDifficulty as the series wears on. In the first film, Kyle Reese describes the T-800 sent back to kill Sarah Connor as "fully-armored chassis, very tough to kill", and the events of the film (and its sequel) bear this out, the first T-800 survives being blown in half, while the second ("Uncle Bob") survives being impaled and nearly drained of its power supply by the T-1000. As the films move further along, however, it becomes easier (and characters are much more prepared) to deal with them. ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' depicted Terminators being routinely smashed, run over, impaled and blown up by other characters, even with tactics such as sustained small-arms fire. ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' had the original T-800 sent to 1984 (and a T-1000) fall due to a combination of a single anti-personnel rifle round[=/=]shotgun and acid rain, respectively.
** The Terminators get LoweredMonsterDifficulty as the series wears on. In the first film, Kyle Reese describes the T-800 sent back to kill Sarah Connor as "fully-armored chassis, very tough to kill", and the events of the film (and its sequel) bear this out, the first T-800 survives being blown in half, while the second ("Uncle Bob") survives being impaled and nearly drained of its power supply by the T-1000. As the films move further along, however, it becomes easier (and characters are much more prepared) to deal with them. ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' depicted Terminators being routinely smashed, run over, impaled and blown up by other characters, even with tactics such as sustained small-arms fire. ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' had the original T-800 sent to 1984 (and a T-1000) fall due to a combination of a single anti-personnel rifle round[=/=]shotgun and acid rain, respectively.
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* In the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' franchise, Skynet (and by extension, the titular Terminators) itself becomes become increasingly prone to this as the films march on:
** The Terminators get LoweredMonsterDifficulty as the series wears on. In the first film, Kyle Reese describes the T-800 sent back to kill Sarah Connor as "fully-armored chassis, very tough to kill", and the events of the film (and its sequel) bear thisout, out; the first T-800 survives being blown in half, while the second ("Uncle Bob") survives being impaled and nearly drained of its power supply by the T-1000. As the films move further along, however, it becomes easier (and characters are much more prepared) to deal with them. ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' depicted Terminators being routinely smashed, run over, impaled and blown up by other characters, even with tactics such as sustained small-arms fire. ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' had the original T-800 sent to 1984 (and a T-1000) fall due to a combination of a single anti-personnel rifle round[=/=]shotgun and acid rain, respectively.
** The Terminators get LoweredMonsterDifficulty as the series wears on. In the first film, Kyle Reese describes the T-800 sent back to kill Sarah Connor as "fully-armored chassis, very tough to kill", and the events of the film (and its sequel) bear this
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** The Terminators get LoweredMonsterDifficulty as the series wears on. In the first film, Kyle Reese describes the T-800 sent back to kill Sarah Connor as "fully-armored chassis, very tough to kill", and the events of the film (and its sequel) bear this out, the first T-800 survives being blown in half, while the second ("Uncle Bob") survives being impaled and nearly drained of its power supply by the T-1000. As the films move further along, however, it becomes easier (and characters are much more prepared) to deal with them. ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' depicted Terminators being routinely smashed, run over, impaled and blown up by other characters, even with tactics such as sustained small-arms fire. ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' had the original T-800 sent to 1984 (and a T-1000) fall due to a combination of a single anti-personnel rifle round[=/=]shotgun and acid rain, respectively.
** Both [[Film/TheTerminator the original film]] and [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay its sequel]] make it clear that Skynet sent a Terminator (later two) into the past once the human Resistance smashed its defense grid and were seemingly minutes away from destroying it completely. As additional sequels were made, however, Skynet suddenly gains more and more ability to send additional Terminators into the past, to a bewildering level that raises questions about just how omnipotent it was at the time. In [[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines Skynet sends back a Terminator model that's explicitly more powerful than the T-1000]], while in the AlternateContinuity series ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'', Skynet is constantly throwing Terminators into the past at various points in the timeline. ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' also reveals that Skynet has (a) a fully-stocked line of T-800's on ice that can be activated and sent through time when needed, and (b) an AlternateUniverse version of Skynet has an "avatar" who somehow has the ability to jump into different timelines. ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' goes back to the well of "throwing whatever sticks" by revealing that Skynet sent multiple Terminators to different points over a twenty-five year span (even after it was explicitly destroyed in ''[=T2=]'') before revealing that [[spoiler:it was replaced with a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute called "Legion"]].
** It becomes increasingly clear that sending Terminators back to kill targets is a ''horribly inefficent'' plan. [=T1=] and [=T2=] chalk up Skynet's plans to pure desperation, with the two villainous units seemingly being the only ones they can send on short notice. Later works in the franchise show more and more of them travelling through the past -- and opting to attack targets with guns or melee attacks rather than rely on subterfuge, biological attacks, chemical weapons or any other sort of plan that is harmless to machines but lethal to humans. Making this even more notable is that (in both ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' and the ContinuityReboot ''Dark Fate''), Skynet appears to be aware in both cases that it's failed, but still doesn't change its tactics. Other works even made it so that the T-850 models had unshielded nuclear fuel cells (two, to be specific), but refuse to utilize them in favor of the same old tactics that didn't work before. ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' implies that Skynet learned from its mistakes (via sending a T-1000 to try to kill Sarah Connor as a child, and creating an enemy [the T-5000] that can infect others with nanomachines), then drops the act when the Resistance sends a Terminator to protect Sarah as a child, and the T-5000 only infects one single person before disappearing completely from the storyline.
** The Terminators get LoweredMonsterDifficulty as the series wears on. In the first film, Kyle Reese describes the T-800 sent back to kill Sarah Connor as "fully-armored chassis, very tough to kill", and the events of the film (and its sequel) bear this out, the first T-800 survives being blown in half, while the second ("Uncle Bob") survives being impaled and nearly drained of its power supply by the T-1000. As the films move further along, however, it becomes easier (and characters are much more prepared) to deal with them. ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' depicted Terminators being routinely smashed, run over, impaled and blown up by other characters, even with tactics such as sustained small-arms fire. ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' had the original T-800 sent to 1984 (and a T-1000) fall due to a combination of a single anti-personnel rifle round[=/=]shotgun and acid rain, respectively.
** Both [[Film/TheTerminator the original film]] and [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay its sequel]] make it clear that Skynet sent a Terminator (later two) into the past once the human Resistance smashed its defense grid and were seemingly minutes away from destroying it completely. As additional sequels were made, however, Skynet suddenly gains more and more ability to send additional Terminators into the past, to a bewildering level that raises questions about just how omnipotent it was at the time. In [[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines Skynet sends back a Terminator model that's explicitly more powerful than the T-1000]], while in the AlternateContinuity series ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'', Skynet is constantly throwing Terminators into the past at various points in the timeline. ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' also reveals that Skynet has (a) a fully-stocked line of T-800's on ice that can be activated and sent through time when needed, and (b) an AlternateUniverse version of Skynet has an "avatar" who somehow has the ability to jump into different timelines. ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' goes back to the well of "throwing whatever sticks" by revealing that Skynet sent multiple Terminators to different points over a twenty-five year span (even after it was explicitly destroyed in ''[=T2=]'') before revealing that [[spoiler:it was replaced with a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute called "Legion"]].
** It becomes increasingly clear that sending Terminators back to kill targets is a ''horribly inefficent'' plan. [=T1=] and [=T2=] chalk up Skynet's plans to pure desperation, with the two villainous units seemingly being the only ones they can send on short notice. Later works in the franchise show more and more of them travelling through the past -- and opting to attack targets with guns or melee attacks rather than rely on subterfuge, biological attacks, chemical weapons or any other sort of plan that is harmless to machines but lethal to humans. Making this even more notable is that (in both ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'' and the ContinuityReboot ''Dark Fate''), Skynet appears to be aware in both cases that it's failed, but still doesn't change its tactics. Other works even made it so that the T-850 models had unshielded nuclear fuel cells (two, to be specific), but refuse to utilize them in favor of the same old tactics that didn't work before. ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' implies that Skynet learned from its mistakes (via sending a T-1000 to try to kill Sarah Connor as a child, and creating an enemy [the T-5000] that can infect others with nanomachines), then drops the act when the Resistance sends a Terminator to protect Sarah as a child, and the T-5000 only infects one single person before disappearing completely from the storyline.
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** [[spoiler:Thanos]] in the opening of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' becomes this. [[spoiler:After giving an incredibly difficult fight and effectively winning in the last film, he is subdued and killed very easily by the surviving Avengers. It's well-justified, as he was alone, injured, and had destroyed the Infinity Stones--not to mention, he didn't really care about putting up a fight anyway.]] Averted later on in the film, [[spoiler:where Thanos's past counterpart remains just as dangerous as ever.]]
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** [[spoiler:Thanos]] in the opening of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' becomes this. [[spoiler:After giving an incredibly difficult fight and effectively winning in the last film, he is subdued and killed very easily by the surviving Avengers. It's well-justified, as he was alone, injured, and had destroyed the Infinity Stones--not to mention, he didn't really care about putting up a fight anyway.]] WordOfGod says that he [[spoiler:allowed the Avengers to kill him.]] Averted later on in the film, [[spoiler:where Thanos's past counterpart remains just as dangerous as ever.]]
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* Loki. He doesn't actually become less competent after his first defeats in Film/Thor and Film/TheAvengers2012, but a combination of more dangerous villains and shared interests with Thor lead him to be less of a scary villain and more of an occasionally comedic {{antihero}}. He does try to betray the heroes on multiple occasions after that point, but, as his brother points out, he's become predictable.
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* Loki. Loki in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''. He doesn't actually become less competent after his first defeats in Film/Thor ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and Film/TheAvengers2012, ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', but a combination of more dangerous villains and shared interests with Thor lead him to be less of a scary villain and more of an occasionally comedic {{antihero}}. He does try to betray the heroes on multiple occasions after that point, but, as his brother points out, he's become predictable.
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* General Grievous in ''Franchise/StarWars''. Viewers' first look at Grievous occurs during ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'', in which the cyborg took on six Jedi at once [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXQx_QLY8XM and completely destroyed them]] without much effort, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment establishing him]] as an unstoppable killing machine. However, the series' production team developed the character independently from the films' team. For Grievous's live-action appearance, Lucas wrote him as a significantly lower threat. The live-action Obi-wan faces a significantly weaker Grievous and dispatches him fairly quickly all by himself. The second season of the animated series attempts to {{justif|iedTrope}}y the discrepancy by revealing more of Grievous's evasive nature and showing how he received the injuries he displays in the live-action film. ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' also does its best to redress the balance; though he's not an unstoppable killing machine anymore, he's never shown to be outright incompetent again.
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** General Grievous in''Franchise/StarWars''.the prequel movies. Viewers' first look at Grievous occurs during ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'', in which the cyborg took on six Jedi at once [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXQx_QLY8XM and completely destroyed them]] without much effort, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment establishing him]] as an unstoppable killing machine. However, the series' production team developed the character independently from the films' team. For Grievous's live-action appearance, Lucas wrote him as a significantly lower threat. The live-action Obi-wan faces a significantly weaker Grievous and dispatches him fairly quickly all by himself. The second season of the animated series attempts to {{justif|iedTrope}}y the discrepancy by revealing more of Grievous's evasive nature and showing how he received the injuries he displays in the live-action film. ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' also does its best to redress the balance; though he's not an unstoppable killing machine anymore, he's never shown to be outright incompetent again.
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*** This is inverted in ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', [[spoiler:where he becomes ''[[KnightOfCerebus even more menacing]]'' than before.]]
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*** This is inverted in ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', [[spoiler:where he becomes ''[[KnightOfCerebus even worse]]'' than before, having been revealed to be [[TheManBehindTheMan the mastermind]] [[GreaterScopeVillain behind]] the villains of ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', and ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''. He even does ColdBloodedTorture and BreakThemByTalking on Bond several times, all for the sake of doing more menacing]]'' than before.evil.]]
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* Characters/MCULoki. He doesn't actually become less competent after his first defeats in Film/Thor and Film/TheAvengers2012, but a combination of more dangerous villains and shared interests with Characters/MCUThor lead him to be less of a scary villain and more of an occasionally comedic {{antihero}}. He does try to betray the heroes on multiple occasions after that point, but, as his brother points out, he's become predictable.
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* Characters/MCULoki. Loki. He doesn't actually become less competent after his first defeats in Film/Thor and Film/TheAvengers2012, but a combination of more dangerous villains and shared interests with Characters/MCUThor Thor lead him to be less of a scary villain and more of an occasionally comedic {{antihero}}. He does try to betray the heroes on multiple occasions after that point, but, as his brother points out, he's become predictable.
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** General Armitage Hux is introduced in The Force Awakens as a Suspiciously Similar Substitute to Grand Moff Tarkin, even to the point of using a super weapon to blow up multiple planets. By the time of The Last Jedi however, the lack of respect given to him by his enemies, his superiors and his subordinates reaches comical levels. Poe humiliates him in the equivalent of a Prank Call on his Dreadnaught, Supreme Leader Snoke uses the Force to smack him around for failure in front of his men when he tries to save face by taking the call in his office, and Kylo Ren continues to treat him with no respect, Force choking and throwing him around like a rag-doll for raising objections, with even his own subordinates not batting an eye at it anymore.
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** General Armitage Hux is introduced in The Force Awakens ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' as a Suspiciously Similar Substitute SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute to Grand Moff Tarkin, even to the point of using a super weapon to blow up multiple planets. By the time of The Last Jedi ''Film/TheLastJedi'' however, the lack of respect given to him by his enemies, his superiors and his subordinates reaches comical levels. Poe humiliates him in the equivalent of a Prank Call PrankCall on his Dreadnaught, Supreme Leader Snoke uses the Force to smack him around for failure in front of his men when he tries to save face by taking the call in his office, and Kylo Ren continues to treat him with no respect, Force choking and throwing him around like a rag-doll for raising objections, with even his own subordinates not batting an eye at it anymore.
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*** This is subverted in ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', [[spoiler:where he becomes ''[[KnightOfCerebus even more menacing]]'' than before.]]
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** Nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld and his SPECTRE minions were pretty threatening [[Film/DrNo the]] [[Film/FromRussiaWithLove first]] [[Film/{{Thunderball}} 5]] [[Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice times]] [[Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService that]] Bond fought them. But in ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', Blofeld is reduced to stealing the identity of [[CaptainErsatz Howard Hughes knockoff]] Willard Whyte and hijacking Whyte's company to continue his plans. It's probably for the best that legal issues prevented Blofeld and SPECTRE from showing up again, although he does get a LawyerFriendlyCameo in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'', where he's dispatched in the unrelated opening teaser. Blofeld and SPECTRE also undergo Villain Decay in Creator/IanFleming's [[Literature/JamesBond original books]], but in a completely different fashion. This is subverted in ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', where he becomes ''[[KnightOfCerebus even more menacing]]'' than before.
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** Nemesis Bond's ArchEnemy Ernst Stavro Blofeld and his SPECTRE minions were pretty threatening [[Film/DrNo the]] [[Film/FromRussiaWithLove first]] [[Film/{{Thunderball}} 5]] [[Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice times]] [[Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService that]] Bond fought them. But in ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', Blofeld is reduced to stealing the identity of [[CaptainErsatz Howard Hughes knockoff]] Willard Whyte and hijacking Whyte's company to continue his plans. It's probably for the best that legal issues prevented Blofeld and SPECTRE from showing up again, although he does get a LawyerFriendlyCameo in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'', where he's dispatched easily reduced to a [[VillainousBreakdown screaming wreck]] and [[AssholeVictim dispatched]] in the unrelated opening teaser. Blofeld and SPECTRE also undergo Villain Decay undergoes this in Creator/IanFleming's the [[Literature/JamesBond original books]], but in a completely different fashion. This is subverted in ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', where he becomes ''[[KnightOfCerebus even more menacing]]'' than before.
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** Nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld and his SPECTRE minions were pretty threatening [[Film/DrNo the]] [[Film/FromRussiaWithLove first]] [[Film/{{Thunderball}} 5]] [[Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice times]] [[Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService that]] Bond fought them. But in ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', Blofeld is reduced to stealing the identity of [[CaptainErsatz Howard Hughes knockoff]] Willard Whyte and hijacking Whyte's company to continue his plans. It's probably for the best that legal issues prevented Blofeld and SPECTRE from showing up again, although he does get a LawyerFriendlyCameo in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'', where he's dispatched in the unrelated opening teaser. Blofeld and SPECTRE also undergo Villain Decay in Creator/IanFleming's [[Literature/JamesBond original books]], but in a completely different fashion.
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** Nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld and his SPECTRE minions were pretty threatening [[Film/DrNo the]] [[Film/FromRussiaWithLove first]] [[Film/{{Thunderball}} 5]] [[Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice times]] [[Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService that]] Bond fought them. But in ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', Blofeld is reduced to stealing the identity of [[CaptainErsatz Howard Hughes knockoff]] Willard Whyte and hijacking Whyte's company to continue his plans. It's probably for the best that legal issues prevented Blofeld and SPECTRE from showing up again, although he does get a LawyerFriendlyCameo in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'', where he's dispatched in the unrelated opening teaser. Blofeld and SPECTRE also undergo Villain Decay in Creator/IanFleming's [[Literature/JamesBond original books]], but in a completely different fashion. This is subverted in ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', where he becomes ''[[KnightOfCerebus even more menacing]]'' than before.
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** In ''Film/TheForceAwakens''; General Hux is initially presented as a younger, more emotional but still seemingly very competent and serious expy of Moff Wilhuff Tarkin. He is implied to be a shrewd master of both KlingonPromotion and military strategy and is more than happy to literally nuke an entire star system after an unnerving (albeit Narmy) speech that literally sounds like AdolfHitler. In the next movie, however; He revealed to actually be a ComicallySerious NoRespectGuy who spends the whole film being the First Order's resident ButtMonkey and....while certainly possessing some competence....is implied to not be the grand military genius he thinks he is.
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** In ''Film/TheForceAwakens''; General Armitage Hux is initially presented introduced in The Force Awakens as a younger, more emotional but still seemingly very competent and serious expy of Suspiciously Similar Substitute to Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin. He is implied Tarkin, even to be a shrewd master the point of both KlingonPromotion using a super weapon to blow up multiple planets. By the time of The Last Jedi however, the lack of respect given to him by his enemies, his superiors and military strategy his subordinates reaches comical levels. Poe humiliates him in the equivalent of a Prank Call on his Dreadnaught, Supreme Leader Snoke uses the Force to smack him around for failure in front of his men when he tries to save face by taking the call in his office, and is more than happy Kylo Ren continues to literally nuke an entire star system after an unnerving (albeit Narmy) speech that literally sounds treat him with no respect, Force choking and throwing him around like AdolfHitler. In the next movie, however; He revealed to actually be a ComicallySerious NoRespectGuy who spends the whole film being the First Order's resident ButtMonkey and....while certainly possessing some competence....is implied to rag-doll for raising objections, with even his own subordinates not be the grand military genius he thinks he is.batting an eye at it anymore.
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** Megatron is the menacing SealedEvilInACan BigBad of the [[Film/{{Transformers}} first movie]], destroying whole cities and causing the only on-screen casualty of the movie. By the [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen sequel]], he's just TheDragon to the ''real'' BigBad, The Fallen, and more or less just argues with Starscream for the second half of the movie. In ''[[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Dark of the Moon]]'', he's injured for the entirety of the film, doesn't get a single kill, and [[spoiler:gets defeated along with the Bigger Bad in a matter of seconds]]. [[spoiler: Then ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'' comes around and the NotQuiteDead Megatron [[BrainUploading uploads his brain]] to a new body, regaining his menace in the process.]]
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** Megatron is the menacing SealedEvilInACan BigBad of the [[Film/{{Transformers}} first movie]], destroying whole cities and causing the only on-screen casualty of the movie. By the [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen sequel]], he's just TheDragon to the ''real'' BigBad, The Fallen, and more or less just argues with Starscream for the second half of the movie. In ''[[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Dark of the Moon]]'', he's injured for the entirety of the film, doesn't get a single kill, and [[spoiler:gets defeated along with the Bigger Bad in a matter of seconds]]. [[spoiler: Then [[spoiler:Then ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'' comes around and the NotQuiteDead Megatron [[BrainUploading uploads his brain]] to a new body, regaining his menace in the process.]]
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* General Grievous in ''Franchise/StarWars''. Viewers' first look at Grievous occurs during ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'', in which the cyborg took on six Jedi at once [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXQx_QLY8XM and completely destroyed them]] without much effort, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment establishing him]] as an unstoppable killing machine. However, the series' production team developed the character independently from the films' team. For Grievous's live-action appearance, Lucas wrote him as a significantly lower threat. The live-action Obi-wan faces a significantly weaker Grievous and dispatches him fairly quickly all by himself. The second season of the animated series attempts to {{justif|iedTrope}}y the discrepancy by revealing more of Grievous's evasive nature and showing how he received the injuries he displays in the live-action film. ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'' also does its best to redress the balance; though he's not an unstoppable killing machine anymore, he's never shown to be outright incompetent again.
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* General Grievous in ''Franchise/StarWars''. Viewers' first look at Grievous occurs during ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'', in which the cyborg took on six Jedi at once [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXQx_QLY8XM and completely destroyed them]] without much effort, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment establishing him]] as an unstoppable killing machine. However, the series' production team developed the character independently from the films' team. For Grievous's live-action appearance, Lucas wrote him as a significantly lower threat. The live-action Obi-wan faces a significantly weaker Grievous and dispatches him fairly quickly all by himself. The second season of the animated series attempts to {{justif|iedTrope}}y the discrepancy by revealing more of Grievous's evasive nature and showing how he received the injuries he displays in the live-action film. ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'' ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' also does its best to redress the balance; though he's not an unstoppable killing machine anymore, he's never shown to be outright incompetent again.
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* Freddy Krueger of ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet''. In [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 the original film]], he was the menacing personification of evil; over the course of the various films that followed he gradually became an increasingly camp wise-cracking court jester. This was reflected in his [[MisaimedMarketing marketing]] -- he cut an album of cheesy pop songs, guest-rapped on a hip-hop track by The Fat Boys about his antics, was rapped about in a different Creator/WillSmith track, and was subject to all kinds of tie-in merchandise including yo-yos. It took years and the return of Creator/WesCraven (in ''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare'') to address and attempt to reverse his decay.
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* Freddy Krueger of ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet''. In [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 the original film]], he was the menacing personification of evil; over the course of the various films that followed he gradually became an increasingly camp wise-cracking court jester. This was reflected in his [[MisaimedMarketing marketing]] -- he cut an album of cheesy pop songs, guest-rapped on a hip-hop track by The Fat Boys about his antics, was rapped about in a different Creator/WillSmith track, and was subject to all kinds of tie-in merchandise including yo-yos. It took years and the return of Creator/WesCraven (in ''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare'') to address and attempt to reverse his decay. (In fact, the decay was {{Deconstructed}}, as Freddy showed up on a talk show to high five the audience, while Nancy stated Freddy was now like SantaClaus, all ''kids'' knew who he was.)
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** In the '90s, they decayed even further by becoming attractions at the Universal Studios theme parks in Hollywood and Florida. As part of "[[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} Beetlejuice's]] Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue," they danced, sang, played instruments and even rapped on stage. ''Fangoria'' magazine columnist David J. Schow wondered if, at some future date, audiences would be treated to a similar show starring [[Franchise/FridayTheThirteenth Jason]], [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]], [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]] and [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]], and remarked that he couldn't wait to see how Hollywood would [[DefangedHorrors "pull the fangs"]] from ''that'' group of fun-lovers.
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** In the '90s, they decayed even further by becoming attractions at the Universal Studios theme parks in Hollywood and Florida. As part of "[[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} Beetlejuice's]] Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue," they danced, sang, played instruments and even rapped on stage. ''Fangoria'' magazine columnist David J. Schow wondered if, at some future date, audiences would be treated to a similar show starring [[Franchise/FridayTheThirteenth [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]], [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]], [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]] and [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]], and remarked that he couldn't wait to see how Hollywood would [[DefangedHorrors "pull the fangs"]] from ''that'' group of fun-lovers.
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* Aliens in the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' series. [[Film/{{Alien}} The first installment]] was a horror film in space, with a single, nearly invincible alien stalking and killing the helpless crew of a spaceship, with numerous rape parallels. However, the sequel ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' was an action film, where a swarm of xenomorphs overwhelm a squad of space marines by virtue of sheer numbers (although this is justified due to the crew of the first film being completely unarmed and most of the cast of the second film being a large team of highly trained and heavily armed marines. Even then, it should be noted that the first encounter between the marines and the aliens results in the marines losing over half of their force before they flee.)Alien 3 reversed this somewhat by having a single alien killing more and more people in an old prison, before Alien: Resurrection reduced them to the status of generic movie monster, albeit a still dangerous one. Since then, xenomorphs have increasingly been depicted as cannon fodder. The merchandise has further stripped the Alien of its mystique and creepy sexual undertones. The ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator'' series further decayed the villainy by focusing on kaiju-style monster battles. Pop culture has also participated in the decay with increasingly parodic tie-in marketing in the form of plush, Lego, superdeformed, etc.
* Freddy Krueger of ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet''. In [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 the original film]], he was the menacing personification of evil; over the course of the various films that followed he gradually became an increasingly camp wise-cracking court jester. This was reflected in his [[MisaimedMarketing marketing]] -- he cut an album of cheesy pop songs, guest-rapped on a hip-hop track about his antics, was rapped about in a different Creator/WillSmith track, and was subject to all kinds of tie-in merchandise including yo-yos. It took years and the return of Creator/WesCraven (in ''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare'') to address and attempt to reverse his decay.
* ''Film/{{Transformers}}''
** Megatron is the menacing SealedEvilInACan BigBad of the first movie, destroying whole cities and causing the only on-screen casualty of the movie. By the sequel, he's just TheDragon to the ''real'' BigBad, The Fallen, and more or less just argues with Starscream for the second half of the movie. In ''Dark of the Moon'', he's injured for the entirety of the film, doesn't get a single kill, and [[spoiler:gets defeated along with the Bigger Bad in a matter of seconds]]. [[spoiler: Then ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'' comes around and the NotQuiteDead Megatron [[BrainUploading uploads his brain]] to a new body, regaining his menace in the process.]]
** Starscream. He easily defeats two of the Autobots in the movie, but in ''Revenge of the Fallen'', he spends most of the movie reduced to being a joke and does not fare well in the third film either.
* The first time around in ''Film/{{The Mummy|1999}}'' Imhotep is a walking plague, causing fire to fall from the sky, hordes of locusts and rivers to run with blood. In ''Film/TheMummyReturns'', he's just some guy with telekinesis who trades banter with an eight-year-old.
* The Agents in ''Film/TheMatrix'' may qualify on the surface. They went from being the scourge of the virtual world and the most dangerous entity that could be encountered, to suddenly being little more than cannon fodder in the two sequels. However, while Neo has little problem dealing with them once he becomes the One, they are still a quite significant threat to everyone else.
** Averted with former Agent Smith. After [[spoiler:being destroyed by Neo at the conclusion of ''The Matrix'']] Smith becomes effectively a virus that, especially after assimilating everyone in the Matrix, including [[spoiler:The Oracle and her powers]], Smith is completely unstoppable by anyone or anything--at least until the literally-named [[spoiler:Deus Ex Machina from ''outside'' the Matrix, with a little help from Neo,]] saves the day.
* Freddy Krueger of ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet''. In [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 the original film]], he was the menacing personification of evil; over the course of the various films that followed he gradually became an increasingly camp wise-cracking court jester. This was reflected in his [[MisaimedMarketing marketing]] -- he cut an album of cheesy pop songs, guest-rapped on a hip-hop track about his antics, was rapped about in a different Creator/WillSmith track, and was subject to all kinds of tie-in merchandise including yo-yos. It took years and the return of Creator/WesCraven (in ''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare'') to address and attempt to reverse his decay.
* ''Film/{{Transformers}}''
** Megatron is the menacing SealedEvilInACan BigBad of the first movie, destroying whole cities and causing the only on-screen casualty of the movie. By the sequel, he's just TheDragon to the ''real'' BigBad, The Fallen, and more or less just argues with Starscream for the second half of the movie. In ''Dark of the Moon'', he's injured for the entirety of the film, doesn't get a single kill, and [[spoiler:gets defeated along with the Bigger Bad in a matter of seconds]]. [[spoiler: Then ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'' comes around and the NotQuiteDead Megatron [[BrainUploading uploads his brain]] to a new body, regaining his menace in the process.]]
** Starscream. He easily defeats two of the Autobots in the movie, but in ''Revenge of the Fallen'', he spends most of the movie reduced to being a joke and does not fare well in the third film either.
* The first time around in ''Film/{{The Mummy|1999}}'' Imhotep is a walking plague, causing fire to fall from the sky, hordes of locusts and rivers to run with blood. In ''Film/TheMummyReturns'', he's just some guy with telekinesis who trades banter with an eight-year-old.
* The Agents in ''Film/TheMatrix'' may qualify on the surface. They went from being the scourge of the virtual world and the most dangerous entity that could be encountered, to suddenly being little more than cannon fodder in the two sequels. However, while Neo has little problem dealing with them once he becomes the One, they are still a quite significant threat to everyone else.
** Averted with former Agent Smith. After [[spoiler:being destroyed by Neo at the conclusion of ''The Matrix'']] Smith becomes effectively a virus that, especially after assimilating everyone in the Matrix, including [[spoiler:The Oracle and her powers]], Smith is completely unstoppable by anyone or anything--at least until the literally-named [[spoiler:Deus Ex Machina from ''outside'' the Matrix, with a little help from Neo,]] saves the day.
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* Aliens in the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' series. [[Film/{{Alien}} The first installment]] was a horror film in space, with a single, nearly invincible alien stalking and killing the helpless crew of a spaceship, with numerous rape parallels. However, the sequel ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' was an action film, where a swarm of xenomorphs overwhelm a squad of space marines by virtue of sheer numbers (although this is justified due to the crew of the first film being completely unarmed and most of the cast of the second film being a large team of highly trained and heavily armed marines. Even then, it should be noted that the first encounter between the marines and the aliens results in the marines losing over half of their force before they flee.)Alien 3 ) ''Film/Alien3'' reversed this somewhat by having a single alien killing more and more people in an old prison, before Alien: Resurrection ''Film/AlienResurrection'' reduced them to the status of generic movie monster, albeit a still dangerous one. Since then, xenomorphs have increasingly been depicted as cannon fodder. The merchandise has further stripped the Alien of its mystique and creepy sexual undertones. The ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator'' series further decayed the villainy by focusing on kaiju-style monster battles. Pop culture has also participated in the decay with increasingly parodic tie-in marketing in the form of plush, Lego, superdeformed, etc.
* Freddy Krueger of ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet''. In [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 the original film]], he was the menacing personification of evil; over the course of the various films that followed he gradually became an increasingly camp wise-cracking court jester. This was reflected in his [[MisaimedMarketing marketing]] -- he cut an album of cheesy pop songs, guest-rapped on a hip-hop track by The Fat Boys about his antics, was rapped about in a different Creator/WillSmith track, and was subject to all kinds of tie-in merchandise including yo-yos. It took years and the return of Creator/WesCraven (in ''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare'') to address and attempt to reverse his decay.
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** Megatron is the menacing SealedEvilInACan BigBad of the [[Film/{{Transformers}} firstmovie, movie]], destroying whole cities and causing the only on-screen casualty of the movie. By the sequel, [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen sequel]], he's just TheDragon to the ''real'' BigBad, The Fallen, and more or less just argues with Starscream for the second half of the movie. In ''Dark ''[[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Dark of the Moon'', Moon]]'', he's injured for the entirety of the film, doesn't get a single kill, and [[spoiler:gets defeated along with the Bigger Bad in a matter of seconds]]. [[spoiler: Then ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'' comes around and the NotQuiteDead Megatron [[BrainUploading uploads his brain]] to a new body, regaining his menace in the process.]]
** Starscream. He easily defeats two of the Autobots in the movie, but in''Revenge ''[[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Revenge of the Fallen'', Fallen]]'', he spends most of the movie reduced to being a joke and does not fare well in the third film either.
* The first time around in''Film/{{The Mummy|1999}}'' ''Film/TheMummy1999'' Imhotep is a walking plague, causing fire to fall from the sky, hordes of locusts and rivers to run with blood. In ''Film/TheMummyReturns'', he's just some guy with telekinesis who trades banter with an eight-year-old.
* ''Franchise/TheMatrix''
** The Agentsin ''Film/TheMatrix'' may qualify on the surface. They went from being the scourge of the virtual world and the most dangerous entity that could be encountered, encountered in the [[Film/TheMatrix first film]], to suddenly being little more than cannon fodder in the two sequels. However, while Neo has little problem dealing with them once he becomes the One, they are still a quite significant threat to everyone else.
** Averted with former Agent Smith. After [[spoiler:being destroyed by Neo at the conclusion of''The Matrix'']] ''Film/TheMatrix'']] Smith becomes effectively a virus that, especially after assimilating everyone in the Matrix, including [[spoiler:The Oracle and her powers]], Smith is completely unstoppable by anyone or anything--at least until the literally-named [[spoiler:Deus Ex Machina from ''outside'' the Matrix, with a little help from Neo,]] saves the day.
* Freddy Krueger of ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet''. In [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 the original film]], he was the menacing personification of evil; over the course of the various films that followed he gradually became an increasingly camp wise-cracking court jester. This was reflected in his [[MisaimedMarketing marketing]] -- he cut an album of cheesy pop songs, guest-rapped on a hip-hop track by The Fat Boys about his antics, was rapped about in a different Creator/WillSmith track, and was subject to all kinds of tie-in merchandise including yo-yos. It took years and the return of Creator/WesCraven (in ''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare'') to address and attempt to reverse his decay.
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** The icing on the cake by far has to be ''Film/HalloweenResurrection,'' where he ''[[FlatWhat gets his ass handed to him]] [[WhatTheFuAreYouDoing in a kung-fu fight with]] Music/BustaRhymes!''
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** The icing on the cake by far has to be ''Film/HalloweenResurrection,'' where he ''[[FlatWhat gets ''gets his ass handed to him]] him [[WhatTheFuAreYouDoing in a kung-fu fight with]] Music/BustaRhymes!''
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* The Djinn of ''Film/{{Wishmaster}}'' was scary and so much of a threat in the first film because he was [[AlwaysChaoticEvil utterly evil beyond redemption]], [[CompleteImmortality completely immortal]], his powers knew almost no bounds, and he would bring about hell on Earth if he got his three wishes. What stopped him from being an InvincibleVillain was that the entire plan hinges on granting wishes, so the protagonist could technically stop it by not wishing at all and had to be constantly wary of saying anything that could possibly be interpreted by the evil Djinn as one. In the second film, he suddenly has to collect 1000 souls first, and much of the plot placed him in prison, where he was significantly less menacing as a villain. The third and fourth films continue the process by making the Djinn killable, and having to pursue romance with a woman.
* Franchise/HannibalLecter was a genuinely horrible character in the original two novels and films involving him, however, by HannibalRising Lecter was rather a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds with a full set of [[FreudianExcuse Freudian excuses]] to explain for his deranged behavior, plus he only killed AssholeVictims by then.
* ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'': Pinhead is a rare inversion. In making him ''more'' evil (and usually the main villain) after the second film, the writers also made him less interesting. He's also an odd case in that how malevolent he is goes back and forth across the films. He's pure evil in the third and fourth films; the fifth, sixth and seventh installments feature Pinhead about as much as the first two and in the eighth, [[spoiler:the real Pinhead only shows up at the end.]]
* Franchise/HannibalLecter was a genuinely horrible character in the original two novels and films involving him, however, by HannibalRising Lecter was rather a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds with a full set of [[FreudianExcuse Freudian excuses]] to explain for his deranged behavior, plus he only killed AssholeVictims by then.
* ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'': Pinhead is a rare inversion. In making him ''more'' evil (and usually the main villain) after the second film, the writers also made him less interesting. He's also an odd case in that how malevolent he is goes back and forth across the films. He's pure evil in the third and fourth films; the fifth, sixth and seventh installments feature Pinhead about as much as the first two and in the eighth, [[spoiler:the real Pinhead only shows up at the end.]]
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* The Djinn of the ''Film/{{Wishmaster}}'' series was scary and so much of a threat in the first film because he was [[AlwaysChaoticEvil utterly evil beyond redemption]], [[CompleteImmortality completely immortal]], his powers knew almost no bounds, and he would bring about hell on Earth if he got his three wishes. What stopped him from being an InvincibleVillain was that the entire plan hinges on granting wishes, so the protagonist could technically stop it by not wishing at all and had to be constantly wary of saying anything that could possibly be interpreted by the evil Djinn as one. In the [[Film/Wishmaster2EvilNeverDies second film, film]], he suddenly has to collect 1000 souls first, and much of the plot placed him in prison, where he was significantly less menacing as a villain. The third [[Film/Wishmaster3BeyondTheGatesOfHell third]] and fourth [[Film/Wishmaster4TheProphecyFulfilled fourth]] films continue the process by making the Djinn killable, and having to pursue romance with a woman.
* Franchise/HannibalLecter was a genuinely horrible character in the original two novels and films involving him, however, byHannibalRising ''Film/HannibalRising'' Lecter was rather a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds with a full set of [[FreudianExcuse Freudian excuses]] to explain for his deranged behavior, plus he only killed AssholeVictims by then.
*''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'': Pinhead of ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' series is a rare inversion. In making him ''more'' evil (and usually the main villain) after the [[Film/HellboundHellraiserII second film, film]], the writers also made him less interesting. He's also an odd case in that how malevolent he is goes back and forth across the films. He's pure evil in the third [[Film/HellraiserIIIHellOnEarth third]] and fourth [[Film/HellraiserBloodline fourth]] films; the fifth, sixth [[Film/HellraiserInferno fifth]], [[Film/HellraiserHellseeker sixth]] and seventh [[Film/HellraiserDeader seventh]] installments feature Pinhead about as much as the first two and in the eighth, [[Film/HellraiserHellworld eighth]], [[spoiler:the real Pinhead only shows up at the end.]]
* Franchise/HannibalLecter was a genuinely horrible character in the original two novels and films involving him, however, by
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** In the '90s, they decayed even further by becoming attractions at the Universal Studios theme parks in Hollywood and Florida. As part of "[[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} Beetlejuice's]] Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue," they danced, sang, played instruments and even rapped on stage. ''Fangoria'' magazine columnist David J. Schow wondered if, at some future date, audiences would be treated to a similar show starring [[Franchise/FridayTheThirteenth Jason]], [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]], [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]] and [[Franchise/TheTexasCainsawMassacre Leatherface]], and remarked that he couldn't wait to see how Hollywood would [[DefangedHorrors "pull the fangs"]] from ''that'' group of fun-lovers.
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** In the '90s, they decayed even further by becoming attractions at the Universal Studios theme parks in Hollywood and Florida. As part of "[[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} Beetlejuice's]] Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue," they danced, sang, played instruments and even rapped on stage. ''Fangoria'' magazine columnist David J. Schow wondered if, at some future date, audiences would be treated to a similar show starring [[Franchise/FridayTheThirteenth Jason]], [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]], [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]] and [[Franchise/TheTexasCainsawMassacre [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]], and remarked that he couldn't wait to see how Hollywood would [[DefangedHorrors "pull the fangs"]] from ''that'' group of fun-lovers.
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** In the '90s, they decayed even further by becoming attractions at the Universal Studios theme parks in Hollywood and Florida. As part of "[[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} Beetlejuice's]] Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue," they danced, sang, played instruments and even rapped on stage. ''Fangoria'' magazine columnist David J. Schow wondered if, at some future date, audiences would be treated to a similar show starring [[Franchise/FridayTheThirteenth Jason]], [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]], [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]] and [[Franchise/TheTexasCainsawMassacre Leatherface, and remarked that he couldn't wait to see how Hollywood would [[DefangedHorrors "pull the fangs"]] from ''that'' group of fun-lovers.
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** In the '90s, they decayed even further by becoming attractions at the Universal Studios theme parks in Hollywood and Florida. As part of "[[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} Beetlejuice's]] Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue," they danced, sang, played instruments and even rapped on stage. ''Fangoria'' magazine columnist David J. Schow wondered if, at some future date, audiences would be treated to a similar show starring [[Franchise/FridayTheThirteenth Jason]], [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]], [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]] and [[Franchise/TheTexasCainsawMassacre Leatherface, Leatherface]], and remarked that he couldn't wait to see how Hollywood would [[DefangedHorrors "pull the fangs"]] from ''that'' group of fun-lovers.
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** In the '90s, they decayed even further by becoming attractions at the Universal Studios theme parks in Hollywood and Florida. As part of "[[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} Beetlejuice's]] Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue," they danced, sang, played instruments and even rapped on stage. ''Fangoria'' magazine columnist David J. Schow wondered if, at some future date, audiences would be treated to a similar show starring [[Franchise/FridayTheThirteenth Jason]], [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]], [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]] and [[Franchise/TheTexasCainsawMassacre Leatherface, and remarked that he couldn't wait to see how Hollywood would [[DefangedHorrors "pull the fangs"]] from ''that'' group of fun-lovers.
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** In the '90s, they decayed even further by becoming attractions at the Universal Studios theme parks in Hollywood and Florida. As part of Beetlejuice's Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetlejuices_Rock_and_Roll_Graveyard_Revue]], they danced, sang, played instruments and even rapped on stage, with their host Film/{{Beetlejuice}}.
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** In the '90s, they decayed even further by becoming attractions at the Universal Studios theme parks in Hollywood and Florida. As part of Beetlejuice's Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetlejuice's_Rock_and_Roll_Graveyard_Revue]], they danced, sang, played instruments and even rapped on stage, with their host Film/{{Beetlejuice}}.
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** In the '90s, they decayed even further by becoming attractions at the Universal Studios theme parks in Hollywood and Florida. As part of Beetlejuice's Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetlejuice's_Rock_and_Roll_Graveyard_Revue]], org/wiki/Beetlejuices_Rock_and_Roll_Graveyard_Revue]], they danced, sang, played instruments and even rapped on stage, with their host Film/{{Beetlejuice}}.
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** In the '90s, they decayed even further by becoming attractions at the Universal Studios theme parks in Hollywood and Florida. As part of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetlejuice's_Rock_and_Roll_Graveyard_Revue Beetlejuice's Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue]], they danced, sang, played instruments and even rapped on stage, with their host Film/{{Beetlejuice}}.
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** In the '90s, they decayed even further by becoming attractions at the Universal Studios theme parks in Hollywood and Florida. As part of [[https://en.Beetlejuice's Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetlejuice's_Rock_and_Roll_Graveyard_Revue Beetlejuice's Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue]], org/wiki/Beetlejuice's_Rock_and_Roll_Graveyard_Revue]], they danced, sang, played instruments and even rapped on stage, with their host Film/{{Beetlejuice}}.
