Line #5 YMMV/IAmLegend


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2	!! The novel:
3	* IronWoobie: Despite going through so much psychological trauma and suffering, Robert always gets back on his feet, even if he's fully aware the world will soon smack him back on his knees. He just embraces his predictment instead. Even when he eventually commits suicide, he does it more out of spite than anything else.
4	* ItWasHisSled: Neville committing suicide in the final pages, after learning that many of the vampires he killed are are actually perfectly sane and view ''him'' as a frightening monster from legend. It was originally a pretty shocking twist, but now it's one of the main things people know about the book, given it both [[TheEndingChangesEverything completely changes]] how the reader sees the story and it's one of the more unique takes on the zombie/vampire apocalypse genre. The very title is also technically [[SpoilerTitle a giveaway]] of this twist.
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7	!! The 2007 Film:
8	* FanPreferredCutContent: The alternate ending, where Neville realizes that the monsters are sentient and view him as a monster, is much more popular than the rushed and generic theatrical ending. It is also much closer to the book's tone and ending.
9	* FanonDiscontinuity: Unsurprisingly, the FocusGroupEnding has a significant group of viewers considering the original ending to be the "real" one. Apparently CanonDiscontinuity as well, since the announced sequel is planned to continue where the original ending left off.
10	* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Neville reciting dialogue from ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' as a means of regaining some of his sanity.
11	* HilariousInHindsight:
12	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tGXEATdxIc A billboard]] found in the background of a scene promised that a ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' crossover movie was in production JustBeforeTheEnd. 6 years after the release of the movie, [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice it was officially announced]]. Even more amusing is that [[Film/SuicideSquad2016 Will Smith was signed on to appear in another movie set in the same shared universe as that film]].
13	** There's a scene where the gas prices are shown to be over $6 a gallon. In RealLife 2022, the gas prices were ''higher'' than that thanks to a combination of inflation and the Russia Ukraine conflict.
14	* JerkassWoobie: Neville. While his numerous failed experiments on the sapient Darkseekers and his temperament towards Anna and Ethan doesn't exactly paint him nicely, being lonely and undergoing a SanitySlippage, ultimately attempting suicide when he loses [[spoiler:Sam]] does earn some sympathy points.
15	* MagnificentBastard: In the original ending, the [[LoveMakesYouCrazy Alpha Male]] is [[ItCanThink methodical and intelligent]], contrasting with the seemingly mindless monster he was reduced to in the theatrical cut. Enraged when Robert Neville steals his mate from him, he [[AwesomenessByAnalysis observes Neville's increasingly unstable habits]] from the shadows, luring him into a trap and sending his attack dogs after him, nearly killing him and infecting his dog, Sam. Driving Neville to go on a suicidal rampage, he comes close to finishing him off again, fleeing when confronted by other survivors. The next night, he [[ScarilyCompetentTracker tracks Neville's scent down]] and leads a horde of infected in an assault on his house, tearing down his defenses, cornering him and the other survivors in the basement until Neville returns his mate, ultimately [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure letting the survivors live]] despite his disgust with Neville for killing so many of his kind.
16	* MemeticMutation:
17	** GODDAMNIT, [[BeamMeUpScotty FRANK]] and WOLL SMOTH, which spun into an entirely unrelated meme.
18	** "I Am Leg" is an infamous edit of the movie poster with the man replaced with a large leg with a face. It's been snowcloned and modified numerous times.
19	* {{Narm}}: Neville tearfully begging a mannequin to say hello to him.
20	* NarmCharm: The above mannequin scene does work though thanks to Will Smith's tearful delivery and the context showing just how alone he is.
21	* OneSceneWonder: She has about 1 minute and a half of screen time at the beginning of the film (and isn't listed in the credits), but Creator/EmmaThompson as Alice Krippin is so delightful you desperately want to know more about the woman who inadvertently created TheVirus.
22	* PeripheryDemographic: This film has gained a rather strong (semi-ironic) following among ''[[Franchise/{{Shrek}} Brogres]]'', who deeply admire the scene where Will Smith regains some of his sanity by reciting the dialogue to the original ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}''. [[MemeticMutation All hail the Ogrelord.]]
23	* SignatureScene: The ShootTheDog scene has gone down as one of the most infamous cinematic deaths of the 2000s.
24	* SpecialEffectFailure: The zombie/vamps are pretty obvious CG. They tried using extras at first, but since it required constant hyperventilation, they were forced to use CG instead.
25	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The film's alternate ending comes closer to the message of the novel than the ending that made it into the movie and fills the above-mentioned plot hole, in addition to many others. It did poorly with test audiences, though, so ExecutiveMeddling changed it to an ending that is completely different and misses the point of the entire novel, twisting the message so that it can still fit the title, but in almost the exact opposite way that the original ending fit it.
26	* TheUntwist: At least in the cinematic version.

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