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** The leadership of East Meg One, specifically the Diktatorat and War Marshal Kazan. They cold-bloodedly planned the Apocalypse War for ''years'', knowing full well that it would result in the deaths of hundreds of millions, including tens of millions from their own city, and that was the ''best case scenario''. The only one of the group to show any concern was Judge Vlad, the main architect of the strategic attack against Mega City One, and this was because Judge Snekov revealed that, according to the estimates, they would expect to lose 12 per cent of East Meg One, or 60 million citizens, in the initial exchange. When Snekov proposed that the Diktatorat warn the public so that they would be better prepared, Supreme Judge Bulgarin sneered "The people? What have ''they'' got to do with it?" implying that the East Meg leadership only cared about their own power and glory and little for their own people.

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** The leadership of East Meg One, specifically the Diktatorat and War Marshal Kazan. They cold-bloodedly planned the Apocalypse War for ''years'', knowing full well that it would result in the deaths of hundreds of millions, including tens of millions from their own city, and that was the ''best case scenario''. The only one of the group to show any concern was Judge Vlad, the main architect of the strategic attack against Mega City One, and this was because Judge Snekov revealed that, according to the estimates, they would expect to lose 12 per cent of East Meg One, or 60 million citizens, in the initial exchange. When Snekov Vlad proposed that the Diktatorat warn the public so that they would be better prepared, Supreme Judge Bulgarin sneered "The people? What have ''they'' got to do with it?" implying that the East Meg leadership only cared about their own power and glory and little for their own people.
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** The leadership of East Meg One, specifically the Diktatorat and War Marshal Kazan. They cold-bloodedly planned the Apocalypse War for ''years'', knowing full well that it would result in the deaths of hundreds of millions, including tens of millions from their own city, and that was the ''best case scenario''. The only one of the group to show any concern was Judge Vlad, the main architect of the strategic attack against Mega City One, and this was because Judge Snekov revealed that, according to the estimates, they would expect to lose 12 per cent of East Meg One, or 60 million citizens, in the initial exchange. When Snekov proposed that the Diktatorat warn the public so that they would be better prepared, Supreme Judge Bulgarin sneered "The people? What have ''they'' got to do with it?" implying that the East Meg leadership only cared about their own power and glory and little for their own people.
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** Stallone as Dredd, of course. [[BerserkButton The helmet was never meant to come off, damn it!]]
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** PJ Maybe, who also falls under TheChessMaster. He kills people in elaborate and sometimes [[NightmareFuel horrific ways]] simply ForTheEvulz.
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** Judge Manners: basically an evil cop who does unspeakably evil things to a poor kid who sees him beating up a suspect, INCLUDIGN SODOMIZING HIM WITH HIS NIGHTSTICK!
** Chief Judge Silver, who's actions to discredit the Democracy movement pushed him into full-on evil territory.
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** [[LargeHam "LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWW!!!"]]
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* CompleteMonster: Judge Death. [[HumanoidAbomination Literally.]]
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** Not to mention his bully response when the pro-Democracy movement finally DOES get a referendum on abolishing the Judge system: Dredd gleefully gloats to the head of the movement about how she lost and forces her to go before the world and admit that no one wanted Democracy in the end and prefer the fascist rule of Dredd and his fellow Judges, with Judge Dread having a shit-eating grin the entire time.
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* LawfulNeutral: Dredd himself, but apparently this is debated in some quarters.
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*** Hey, it's the future.

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*** Hey, [[InTheFutureHumansWillBeOneRace it's the future.future]].
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** This also creates a pretty gaping plot hole, as Rico and Dredd being genetically identical is the entire point on which the plot turns.


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***Hey, it's the future.
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*TearJerker
-->'''Rico''': I was your brother, your blood, your friend! They're (the clones) your family! I'm your family! (voice cracks) I was the only family you ever had!
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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Stallone said in interviews that he feels this is the proper way to handle law enforcement. The source material is something of an obvious satire.
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* [=~So Bad It's Good~=]: As... off-kilter as it is, it's fun to watch, taking into account Armand Assante's [[ChewingTheScenery bombastic acting]], the poor drama and the fact that no one can seem to say "law" properly.

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* [=~So Bad It's Good~=]: SoBadItsGood: As... off-kilter as it is, it's fun to watch, taking into account Armand Assante's [[ChewingTheScenery bombastic acting]], the poor drama and the fact that no one can seem to say "law" properly.
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* InkStainAdaptation
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* CompletelyMissedThePoint: Stallone said in interviews that he feels this is the proper way to handle law enforcement. The source material is something of an obvious satire.

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* CompletelyMissedThePoint: CompletelyMissingThePoint: Stallone said in interviews that he feels this is the proper way to handle law enforcement. The source material is something of an obvious satire.
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* CompletelyMissedThePoint: Stallone said in interviews that he feels this is the proper way to handle law enforcement. The source material is something of an obvious satire.
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** '''Ilsa''' Hayden played by Joan Chen?

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** '''Ilsa''' Hayden played by Joan Chen?JoanChen?
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This makes sense to more people that way.


* HarsherInHindsight: One villain in an early story (set in 2099) destroys the World Trade Center.

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* HarsherInHindsight: One villain in an early story (set in 2099) (from 1977) destroys the World Trade Center.
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* [=~So Bad It's Good~=]: As... off-kilter as it is, it's fun to watch, taking into account Armand Assante's [[ChewingTheScenery bombastic acting]], the poor drama and the fact that no one can seem to say "law" properly.
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* GrowingTheBeard: "The Cursed Earth" is the story where the world really comes together, and was the first of the epic stories that lasted about half a year.
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* HarsherInHindsight: One villain in an early story (set in 2099) destroys the World Trade Centre.

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* HarsherInHindsight: One villain in an early story (set in 2099) destroys the World Trade Centre.Center.
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* HarsherInHindsight: One villain in an early story (set in 2099) destroys the World Trade Centre.


* LawfulNeutral: Dredd doesn't say "I am the Law" for nothing...
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Ooops, I see that\'s thats Darth Wiki now.


* {{Narm}}:
-->"You '''BETRAYED''' the '''LAW!!!'''
-->'''"LAAAWW?!"'''
** Stallone's pronunciation of Dredd's iconic catchphrase: ''"AH AMM duh lorr!"''
*** [[NarutoTheAbridgedSeries Why do I always confuse logs with people?!]]
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: The audience is supposed to cheer when Dredd is reinstated as an authoritarian enforcer of laws that he and he alone presides over.


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* {{Narm}}:
-->"You '''BETRAYED''' the '''LAW!!!'''
-->'''"LAAAWW?!"'''
** Stallone's pronunciation of Dredd's iconic catchphrase: ''"AH AMM duh lorr!"''
*** [[NarutoTheAbridgedSeries Why do I always confuse logs with people?!]]
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* LawfulNeutral: Dredd doesn't say "I am the Law" for nothing...
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** '''Ilsa''' Hayden played by Joan Chen?

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!The Comic

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: '''[[http://www.spoonyexperiment.com/2009/06/08/great-moments-in-soul-punch-history-part-2/ "GAZE INTO THE FIST OF DREDD!"]]'''
** He would later go on to be blinded, beaten, and in constant pain... and ''still'' crawled on towards his destination. "Because you are a Judge. AND IT IS YOUR DUTY."
** Again more recently, when after decades of genetic apartheid, he ''forced'' the government of Mega-City One to allow mutants to be citizens, despite the damage this did to his career and the social strife... because something being ''hard'' didn't mean it wasn't the right thing to do.
* [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Cwowning Moment of Funny]]: From "The Day The Law Died,"
-->'''Walter The Wobot:''' That cweep Judge Dwedd has just been here, shooting guns and waising hell.
--> '''Control:''' You're mistaken, robot. There's no Judge Dwedd on the force.
--> '''Walter The Wobot:''' Not Judge ''Dwedd''. Walter say Judge '''Dwedd'''.
* HilariousInHindsight: The ''Democracy Now'' quote at the top of the page seems a lot less like a convincing argument since Mayor of London, [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Boris Johnson]], rescued a woman from a mugging that he happened upon while [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8340865.stm cycling past]][[hottip:*: Note unlike certain other cities, the Mayor of London does not have automatic 24 hour bodyguards, it really was just him riding up]]. It seems an elected representative can work just fine.
* MagnificentBastard: PJ Maybe.
* MoralEventHorizon: Dredd, on orders from above, crosses the moral event horizon to pretty much terrorize pro-democracy organizers in order to ruin a planned peaceful demonstration against the Judge system. The biggest moment of which is when he threatens to take the son of a man whose pro-democracy wife Dredd killed, and who was set to speak at the rally, and hand him over to the academy to turn him into a Judge (via indoctrination that borders on outright brainwashing) unless he denounces the rally and no-shows it.
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