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* BlandNameProduct: There are ''Sitibank''[[note]]"Citibank" in real-life[[/note]] advertisments in the subways.


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* DirtyCommunists: A high-class citizen in the barricades claims that the communists are to blamed for the zombie incident.


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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished:
** [[spoiler:The concerned homeless man who looks for Patient Zero in the dark alleys gets mauled to death.]]
** [[spoiler:The athletic guy who helps Hye-sun cross falls to his death.]]


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* RedHerring: [[spoiler:One citizen in the parking lot is set up to be a zombie because of her heavy breathing and weird facial expression. She turns out just to be a normal angry citizen distrubed by the noise.]]
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: The homeless man who went to several places (such as the police station, an apartment, and a drug store) just to find medicine for the wounded old man, not knowing that the latter is already infected.


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* EarAche: One of the earliest victims is a homeless man whose ear is torn off by a zombie.


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* ShoutOut: To other zombie flicks:
** Suk-gyu kills his first zombie by repeatedly bashing its head with a toilet lid, similar to a scene of ''Film/{{Zombieland}}''.
** There is a HumanLadder sequence in the end that depicts a horde of zombies quickly climbing on top of each other, much like what happens in ''Film/WorldWarZ''.
* TrappedWithMonsterPlot: Hye-sun and two others lock themselves in a prison cell with a police officer to protect themselves from the infected. [[spoiler:The police turns out to be bitten and soon becomes infected while still inside the cell with them.]]

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* AbsurdlyIneffectiveBarricade: JustifiedTrope, the holding cell is easily open only because the people have netter mental fortitude to open the door than zombies.

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JustifiedTrope, the holding cell is easily open only because the people have netter mental fortitude to open the door than zombies.



* ApatheticCitizens: The homeless man being bitten and neglected would later bite them back as he became the instigator of the ZombieApocalypse.

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* ApatheticCitizens: The homeless man being bitten and neglected by these people would later bite them back as he became the instigator of the ZombieApocalypse.



* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:Hye-sun succumbed to the zombie scratch and turned into one when she killed Suk-gyu during his rape of her.]]
* AssholeVictim: Suk-gyu in the end of the movie.

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* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:Hye-sun succumbed to the zombie scratch and turned into one when she killed Suk-gyu during his rape of when he rapes her.]]
* AssholeVictim: Suk-gyu [[spoiler:Suk-gyu]] in the end of the movie.



* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Ki-Woong is a downplayed trope. Well he wasn't as ruthless as the people at the brothel where Hye-Sun worked, he did pimp her out on the internet. Though that is what enabled Suk-gyu to find her. [[spoiler:There's also the part where Ki-Woong attempts to protect Hye-Sun upon realizing Suk-gyu isn't her father]].

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* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Ki-Woong is a downplayed trope. Well he wasn't as ruthless as the people at the brothel where Hye-Sun worked, he did pimp her out on the internet. Though that is what enabled Suk-gyu to find her. [[spoiler:There's also the part where Ki-Woong attempts to protect Hye-Sun upon realizing Suk-gyu isn't her real father]].



* BoomHeadshot: The old man was able to kill an infected police officer and an infected vagrant by using the last two shots to the head.

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The old man was able to kill an infected police officer and an infected vagrant by using the last two shots to the head.



* ForWantOfANail: See entry on DisposableVagrant.
* ForegoneConclusion: UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}} would get overrun by zombies as stated in ''Film/TrainToBusan''.

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* ForWantOfANail: See entry on DisposableVagrant.
DisposableVagrant, the instigator of the ZombieApocalypse is Seoul is a homeless old man.
* ForegoneConclusion: Being a prequel to the live-action film, it is already set that UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}} would get overrun by zombies as stated in ''Film/TrainToBusan''.



* HumanLadder: Rather, infected ladder similar to ''Film/WorldWarZ''.

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* HumanLadder: Rather, infected ladder similar to ''Film/WorldWarZ''.''Film/WorldWarZ'' near the end of this film.



* NothingIsScarier: Some scenes of the film are set in an eerily-quiet alleyway or street with no humans or zombies before things turn out for the worse.

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* NothingIsScarier: Some scenes of the film are set in an a dark eerily-quiet alleyway alleyway, tunnel or street with no humans or zombies before things turn out for the worse.



* RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: Implied to be the quickest way to kill the infected.
* RoomFullOfZombies: The hospital and one of the subway stations Hye-Sun and the old man pass.

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* RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: Implied to be the quickest way to kill the infected.
infected. Suk-gyu even shouts this hint when Ki-Woong encounters a zombie.
* RoomFullOfZombies: The hospital and one of the subway stations that Hye-Sun and the old man pass.



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* WhamLine:WhamLine: Accompanying TheReveal mentioned above:
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* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: All the main characters die in the film. The homeless man gets killed by Patient Zero and the old man who we all thought would survive gets shot in the head by a soldier. Ki-Woong gets his throat slit by Suk-gyu, who in turn is killed by a zombiefied Hye-Sun who hid a scratch wound while she was raped by the latter.]]
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: Hye-sun succumbed to the zombie scratch and turned into one when she killed Suk-gyu during his rape of her.]]

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* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: All [[spoiler:All the main characters die in the film. The homeless man gets killed by Patient Zero and the old man who we all thought would survive gets shot in the head by a soldier. Ki-Woong gets his throat slit by Suk-gyu, who in turn is killed by a zombiefied Hye-Sun who hid a scratch wound while she was raped by the latter.]]
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: Hye-sun [[spoiler:Hye-sun succumbed to the zombie scratch and turned into one when she killed Suk-gyu during his rape of her.]]



* BadassBystander: The homeless old man with Hye-Sun manages to kill two infected in the police station cell. [[spoiler: Sadly, he is the first one to be killed by the South Korean military when he climbs the buses serving as a barricade.]]
* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Ki-Woong is a downplayed trope. Well he wasn't as ruthless as the people at the brothel where Hye-Sun worked, he did pimp her out on the internet. Though that is what enabled Suk-gyu to find her. [[spoiler: There's also the part where Ki-Woong attempts to protect Hye-Sun upon realizing Suk-gyu isn't her father]].

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* BadassBystander: The homeless old man with Hye-Sun manages to kill two infected in the police station cell. [[spoiler: Sadly, [[spoiler:Sadly, he is the first one to be killed by the South Korean military when he climbs the buses serving as a barricade.]]
* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Ki-Woong is a downplayed trope. Well he wasn't as ruthless as the people at the brothel where Hye-Sun worked, he did pimp her out on the internet. Though that is what enabled Suk-gyu to find her. [[spoiler: There's [[spoiler:There's also the part where Ki-Woong attempts to protect Hye-Sun upon realizing Suk-gyu isn't her father]].



** [[spoiler: Ironically said old man dies when a soldier shoots him in the head.]]

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** [[spoiler: Ironically [[spoiler:Ironically said old man dies when a soldier shoots him in the head.]]



* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Every main character dies, the quarantine fails, and Seoul will be overrun sooner or later]].

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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Every [[spoiler:Every main character dies, the quarantine fails, and Seoul will be overrun sooner or later]].



* HeroicSacrifice: The young athletic man who manages to monkeybar to safety risks everything to take Hye-Sun to higher ground and [[spoiler: pays it dearly with his life.]]
* HoldTheLine: Riot-police and soldiers attempted to quarantine areas of Seoul festering with zombies using riot shields, police buses, water cannons, and armed battalions. [[spoiler: It fails though.]]

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* HeroicSacrifice: The young athletic man who manages to monkeybar to safety risks everything to take Hye-Sun to higher ground and [[spoiler: pays [[spoiler:pays it dearly with his life.]]
* HoldTheLine: Riot-police and soldiers attempted to quarantine areas of Seoul festering with zombies using riot shields, police buses, water cannons, and armed battalions. [[spoiler: It [[spoiler:It fails though.]]



* LaserGuidedKarma: Suk-gyu gets one when [[spoiler: Hye-Sun turns into a zombie and mauls him alive after he rapes her.]]

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* LaserGuidedKarma: Suk-gyu gets one when [[spoiler: Hye-Sun [[spoiler:Hye-Sun turns into a zombie and mauls him alive after he rapes her.]]



* PapaWolf: Suk-gyu tries to find his daughter even in the midst of a ZombieApocalypse. [[spoiler: He isn't Hye-Sun's father but merely her boss.]]

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* PapaWolf: Suk-gyu tries to find his daughter even in the midst of a ZombieApocalypse. [[spoiler: He [[spoiler:He isn't Hye-Sun's father but merely her boss.]]



* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Suk-gyu rapes Hye-Sun without knowing that she was infected. It ends badly for him.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Suk-gyu isn't Hye-Sun's father but in fact the pimp she was fleeing. This is where he became a {{Jerkass}} and performed a FaceHeelTurn]]

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* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Suk-gyu [[spoiler:Suk-gyu rapes Hye-Sun without knowing that she was infected. It ends badly for him.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Suk-gyu [[spoiler:Suk-gyu isn't Hye-Sun's father but in fact the pimp she was fleeing. This is where he became a {{Jerkass}} and performed a FaceHeelTurn]]



* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: Suk-gyu finds Hye-Sun but they and Ki-Woong are shot by the police and military during [[ForegoneConclusion the fall of Seoul.]]]]

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* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: Suk-gyu [[spoiler:Suk-gyu finds Hye-Sun but they and Ki-Woong are shot by the police and military during [[ForegoneConclusion the fall of Seoul.]]]]



** [[spoiler: The old man seen in the beginning covered in multiple bites and wounds.]]
** [[spoiler: Hye-Sun herself when she gets scratched by a zombie that tried to pull her down from an improvised monkeybar. The effects are not known until the end of the film, but fans of the zombie genre already had their suspicions.]]

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** [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The old man seen in the beginning covered in multiple bites and wounds.]]
** [[spoiler: Hye-Sun [[spoiler:Hye-Sun herself when she gets scratched by a zombie that tried to pull her down from an improvised monkeybar. The effects are not known until the end of the film, but fans of the zombie genre already had their suspicions.]]
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* AbsurdlyIneffectiveBarricade: JustifiedTrope, the holding cell is easily open only because the person have mental fortitude to open the door than zombies.

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* AbsurdlyIneffectiveBarricade: JustifiedTrope, the holding cell is easily open only because the person people have netter mental fortitude to open the door than zombies.



* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Ki-Woong is a downplayed trope. Well he wasn't as ruthless as the people at the brothel where Hye-Sun worked but he did pimp her out on the internet. Though that is what enabled Suk-gyu to find her. [[spoiler: There's also the part where Ki-Woong attempts to protect Hye-Sun upon realizing Suk-gyu isn't her father]].

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* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Ki-Woong is a downplayed trope. Well he wasn't as ruthless as the people at the brothel where Hye-Sun worked but worked, he did pimp her out on the internet. Though that is what enabled Suk-gyu to find her. [[spoiler: There's also the part where Ki-Woong attempts to protect Hye-Sun upon realizing Suk-gyu isn't her father]].
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* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Ki-Woong is a downplayed trope. Well he wasn't as ruthless as the people at the brothel where Hye-Sun worked but he did pimp her out on the internet. Though that is what enabled Suk-gyu to find her. [[Spoiler: There's also the part where Ki-Woong attempts to protect Hye-Sun upon realizing Suk-gyu isn't her father]].

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* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Ki-Woong is a downplayed trope. Well he wasn't as ruthless as the people at the brothel where Hye-Sun worked but he did pimp her out on the internet. Though that is what enabled Suk-gyu to find her. [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: There's also the part where Ki-Woong attempts to protect Hye-Sun upon realizing Suk-gyu isn't her father]].
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* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Ki-Woong is a downplayed trope. Well he wasn't as ruthless as the people at the brothel where Hye-Sun worked but he did pimp her out on the internet. Though that is what enabled Suk-gyu to find her.

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* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Ki-Woong is a downplayed trope. Well he wasn't as ruthless as the people at the brothel where Hye-Sun worked but he did pimp her out on the internet. Though that is what enabled Suk-gyu to find her. [[Spoiler: There's also the part where Ki-Woong attempts to protect Hye-Sun upon realizing Suk-gyu isn't her father]].
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* BadAssBystander[=/=]BadAssGrandpa: The homeless old man with Hye-Sun manages to kill two infected in the police station cell. [[spoiler: Sadly, he is the first one to be killed by the South Korean military when he climbs the buses serving as a barricade.]]

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* BadAssBystander[=/=]BadAssGrandpa: BadassBystander: The homeless old man with Hye-Sun manages to kill two infected in the police station cell. [[spoiler: Sadly, he is the first one to be killed by the South Korean military when he climbs the buses serving as a barricade.]]
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* BadAssBystander/BadAssGrandpa: The homeless old man with Hye-Sun manages to kill two infected in the police station cell. [[spoiler: Sadly, he is the first one to be killed by the South Korean military when he climbs the buses serving as a barricade.]]

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* BadAssBystander/ BadAssGrandpa: The homeless old man with Hye-Sun manages to kill two infected in the police station cell. [[spoiler: Sadly, he is the first one to be killed by the South Korean military when he climbs the buses serving as a barricade.]]

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* BadAssBystander/ BadAssGrandpa: AssholeVictim: Suk-gyu in the end of the movie.
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''Seoul Station'' (2016) is an animated Prequel to the ''Film/TrainToBusan'', which act as both predecessor and switch in perspective on ZombieApocalypse of the movie. It is written and directed by the same director, Creator/YeonSangHo.

The main plot of the movie deal with Suk-gyu looking for his daughter, Hye-Sun, who has run away from her mother before turning to prostitution. At the same time, a ZombieApocalypse has occured within the [[UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}} city]] caused by a infected homeless person that started both it and the plot of ''Film/TrainToBusan''.

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''Seoul Station'' (2016) is an animated Prequel to the ''Film/TrainToBusan'', which act as both a predecessor and switch in a perspective switch on the ZombieApocalypse of in the movie. It is written and directed by the same director, Creator/YeonSangHo.

The main plot of the movie deal deals with Suk-gyu looking for his daughter, Hye-Sun, who has run away from her mother before turning to prostitution. At the same time, a ZombieApocalypse has occured occurred within the [[UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}} city]] city]], caused by a infected homeless person that started both it and person, kicking off the plot of ''Film/TrainToBusan''.



** The improvised barricade made up of home appliances, trashbins, barrels, and wood held with some civilians fending off the infected with bats and pipes. It did fall once the zombies became too numerous to fend off that they simply climbed on top of each other and jumped over it.

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** The improvised barricade made up of home appliances, trashbins, trashcans, barrels, and wood held with some civilians fending off the infected with bats and pipes. It did fall once the zombies became too numerous to fend off that they simply climbed on top of each other and jumped over it.



* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: All the main characters die in the film. The homesless man gets killed by Patient Zero and the old man whom we all thought would survive gets shot in the head by a soldier. Ki-Woong gets his throat slit by Suk-gyu, who in turn is killed by a zombiefied Hye-Sun who hid a scratch wound while she was raped by the latter.]]
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: Hye-sun succumbed the zombie scratch and turned into one where she kills Suk-gyu during his rape of her.]]

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* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: All the main characters die in the film. The homesless homeless man gets killed by Patient Zero and the old man whom who we all thought would survive gets shot in the head by a soldier. Ki-Woong gets his throat slit by Suk-gyu, who in turn is killed by a zombiefied Hye-Sun who hid a scratch wound while she was raped by the latter.]]
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: Hye-sun succumbed to the zombie scratch and turned into one where when she kills killed Suk-gyu during his rape of her.]]



* HoldTheLine: Riot-police and soldiers attempted to quarantine areas of Seoul festering with zombies using riot shields, police busses, water cannons, and armed battalions. [[spoiler: It fails though.]]

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* HoldTheLine: Riot-police and soldiers attempted to quarantine areas of Seoul festering with zombies using riot shields, police busses, buses, water cannons, and armed battalions. [[spoiler: It fails though.]]



* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Suk-gyu isn't Hye-Sun's father but rather the pimp she was fleeing. This is where he became a {{Jerkass}} and performed a FaceHeelTurn]]

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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Suk-gyu isn't Hye-Sun's father but rather in fact the pimp she was fleeing. This is where he became a {{Jerkass}} and performed a FaceHeelTurn]]



** [[spoiler: Hye-Sun herself when she gets scratched by a zombie that tried to pull her down from an improvised monkeybar. The effects are not known until the end of the film though, but fans of the zombie genre already had their suspicions.]]

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** [[spoiler: Hye-Sun herself when she gets scratched by a zombie that tried to pull her down from an improvised monkeybar. The effects are not known until the end of the film though, film, but fans of the zombie genre already had their suspicions.]]
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Suk-gyu isn't Hye-Sun's father but rather the pimp she was fleeing. This is where he became a {{Jerkass}} and performed a HeelFaceTurn]]

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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Suk-gyu isn't Hye-Sun's father but rather the pimp she was fleeing. This is where he became a {{Jerkass}} and performed a HeelFaceTurn]]FaceHeelTurn]]
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* DramaticIrony: The movie starts out by emphasizing the homeless situation in South Korea... and the final confrontation takes place in one of those mockup apartment showrooms. [[CrapsaccharineWorld It may look like the perfect home but REALLY isn't.]]

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* Jerkass: Several of them.

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* Jerkass: JerkAss: Several of them.them, enough for the place to count as CrapsaccharineWorld even before the chaos.



* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Suk-gyu isn't Hye-Sun's father but rather her boss in the prostitution industry. This is where he became a {{Jerkass}} and performed a HeelFaceTurn]]

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'''Hye-Sun''': [[spoiler:...That's not my father.]]
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: The main cast consists of an unemployed former prostitute who could only rent an apartment by borrowing money, her slacker boyfriend who wastes his whole day at the cyber cafe and her boss who is pursuing her for loan repayments.

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* BlackAndGrayMorality: The main cast consists of an unemployed former prostitute who could only rent an apartment by borrowing money, her slacker boyfriend who wastes his whole day at the cyber cafe and tries to pimp her out, and her boss who is pursuing her for loan repayments.
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: The main cast consists of an unemployed prostitute who only managed to afford an apartment through borrowed money, her slacker boyfriend who wastes his whole day at the cyber cafe instead of finding a job and her boss who is pursuing her for loan repayments.

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* BlackAndGrayMorality: The main cast consists of an unemployed former prostitute who could only managed to afford rent an apartment through borrowed by borrowing money, her slacker boyfriend who wastes his whole day at the cyber cafe instead of finding a job and her boss who is pursuing her for loan repayments.

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* BlackAndGrayMorality: The main cast consists of an unemployed prostitute who only managed to afford an apartment through borrowed money, her slacker boyfriend who wastes his whole day at the cyber cafe instead of finding a job and her boss who is pursuing her for loan repayments.



* SexSlave: Hye-Sun resorts to prostitution to survive.

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* SexSlave: Hye-Sun resorts resorted to prostitution to survive.survive.
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* BourgeoisBohemian: A well-dressed youth talked about a more proactive role by the government on healthcare while [[{{Hypocrite}} disgusted at a homeless infectee]].
* DisposableVagrant: DeconstructedTrope. The neglect and abuse of a homeless man led to the ZombieApocalypse after he succumbs to a bite and startx mauling people at a terminal and other vagrants before creating a horde large enough to cause police action in the city.

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* BourgeoisBohemian: A well-dressed youth talked about a more proactive role by the government on in healthcare while [[{{Hypocrite}} disgusted at a homeless infectee]].
* DisposableVagrant: DeconstructedTrope. The neglect and abuse of a homeless man led to the ZombieApocalypse after he succumbs to a bite and startx starts mauling people at a terminal and other vagrants before creating a horde large enough to cause police action in the city.
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* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: The riot police managed to hold the zombies back long enough for Hye-Sun and another person to escape from the cell.

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* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: The riot police with shields managed to hold the zombies back long enough for Hye-Sun and another person to escape from the cell.



* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Suk-gyu isn't Hye-Sun's father but rather her boss in the prostitution industry. This is where he became a {{Jerkass}} and performed a {{HeelFacedTurn}}]]

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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Suk-gyu isn't Hye-Sun's father but rather her boss in the prostitution industry. This is where he became a {{Jerkass}} and performed a {{HeelFacedTurn}}]]HeelFaceTurn]]



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Once Ki-Woong and Suk-gyu find the crashed ambulance where Hye-Sun last reported her location, the paramedics are nowhere to be found. They were last seen clutching their wounds from the accident. No sign of zombie struggle was found. Still a case of [[NothingIsScarier]] though.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Once Ki-Woong and Suk-gyu find the crashed ambulance where Hye-Sun last reported her location, the paramedics are nowhere to be found. They were last seen clutching their wounds from the accident. No sign of zombie struggle was found. Still a case of [[NothingIsScarier]] NothingIsScarier though.
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* WhatHappendToMouse: Once Ki-Woong and Suk-gyu find the crashed ambulance where Hye-Sun last reported her location, the paramedics are nowhere to be found. They were last seen clutching their wounds from the accident. No sign of zombie struggle was found. Still a case of [[NothingIsScarier]] though.

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* WhatHappendToMouse: WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Once Ki-Woong and Suk-gyu find the crashed ambulance where Hye-Sun last reported her location, the paramedics are nowhere to be found. They were last seen clutching their wounds from the accident. No sign of zombie struggle was found. Still a case of [[NothingIsScarier]] though.

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* ArmiesAreEvil: The [[UsefulNotes/SouthKoreansWithMarines South Koreans With Marines]] are portrayed as this, gunning down both infected and uninfected civilians after the quarantine fails.



**The improvised barricade made up of home appliances, trashbins, barrels, and wood held with some civilians fending off the infected with bats and pipes. It did fall once the zombies became too numerous to fend off that they simply climbed on top of each other and jumped over it.
**The buses used by the police to quarantine the civilians. Any attempt by civilians to climb over or crawl over is met with a non-lethal force that pushes them back. Once the zombies breach the area, they form a HumanLadder over the buses and proceed to butcher the military.



* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: All the main characters die in the film. The homesless man gets killed by Patient Zero and the old man whom we all thought would survive gets shot in the head by a soldier. Ki-Woong gets his throat slit by Suk-gyu, who in turn is killed by a zombiefied Hye-Sun who hid a scratch wound while she was raped by the latter.]]
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: Hye-sun succumbed the zombie scratch and turned into one where she kills Suk-gyu during his rape of her.]]
* BadAssBystander/ BadAssGrandpa: The homeless old man with Hye-Sun manages to kill two infected in the police station cell. [[spoiler: Sadly, he is the first one to be killed by the South Korean military when he climbs the buses serving as a barricade.]]



* BoomHeadshot: The old man was able to kill an infected police officer and an infected vagrant by using the last two shots to the head.
**[[spoiler: Ironically said old man dies when a soldier shoots him in the head.]]



* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Every main character dies, the quarantine fails, and Seoul will be overrun sooner or later]].



* HeroicSacrifice: The young athletic man who manages to monkeybar to safety risks everything to take Hye-Sun to higher ground and [[spoiler: pays it dearly with his life.]]
* HoldTheLine: Riot-police and soldiers attempted to quarantine areas of Seoul festering with zombies using riot shields, police busses, water cannons, and armed battalions. [[spoiler: It fails though.]]
* HumanLadder: Rather, infected ladder similar to ''Film/WorldWarZ''.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Naturally, since most people in South Korea are not armed with guns. Toilet covers, pipes, bats, and metallic bars are used as weapons to kill the infected.
* Jerkass: Several of them.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Suk-gyu gets one when [[spoiler: Hye-Sun turns into a zombie and mauls him alive after he rapes her.]]
* LeParkour: Many characters in the film utilize this to escape from the infected. Some of the zombies are capable of this but only because of their drive to infect more humans, hence it is less coordinated.



* PapaWolf: Suk-gyu tries to find his daughter even in the midst of a ZombieApocalypse.

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* NothingIsScarier: Some scenes of the film are set in an eerily-quiet alleyway or street with no humans or zombies before things turn out for the worse.
* PapaWolf: Suk-gyu tries to find his daughter even in the midst of a ZombieApocalypse. [[spoiler: He isn't Hye-Sun's father but merely her boss.]]
* PoliceAreUseless: Many of the South Korean citizens see them as this. Justified since the first responders did not know how to deal with zombies. Riot shield officers were able to keep some zombies at bay but as the infection worsened, control was transferred to the ROK military.
* ProductPlacement: Strangely, the characters here are using iPhone 6/6s rather than the locally-made Samsung or LG.
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Suk-gyu rapes Hye-Sun without knowing that she was infected. It ends badly for him.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Suk-gyu isn't Hye-Sun's father but rather her boss in the prostitution industry. This is where he became a {{Jerkass}} and performed a {{HeelFacedTurn}}]]
* RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: Implied to be the quickest way to kill the infected.
* RoomFullOfZombies: The hospital and one of the subway stations Hye-Sun and the old man pass.



* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: Suk-gyu finds Hye-Sun but they and Ki-Woong are shot by the police and military during [[ForegoneConclusion the fall of Seoul.]]]]

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* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: Suk-gyu finds Hye-Sun but they and Ki-Woong are shot by the police and military during [[ForegoneConclusion the fall of Seoul.]]]]]]]]
* WhatHappendToMouse: Once Ki-Woong and Suk-gyu find the crashed ambulance where Hye-Sun last reported her location, the paramedics are nowhere to be found. They were last seen clutching their wounds from the accident. No sign of zombie struggle was found. Still a case of [[NothingIsScarier]] though.
* ZombieApocalypse: The beginning stages of one.
* ZombieInfectee:
**[[spoiler: The old man seen in the beginning covered in multiple bites and wounds.]]
**[[spoiler: Hye-Sun herself when she gets scratched by a zombie that tried to pull her down from an improvised monkeybar. The effects are not known until the end of the film though, but fans of the zombie genre already had their suspicions.]]
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* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Ki-Woong is a downplayed trope. Well he wasn't as ruthless as the people at the brothel where Hye-Sun worked but he did pimp her out on the internet. Though that is what enabled Suk-gyu to find her. Well...he did help her out with his car....

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* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Ki-Woong is a downplayed trope. Well he wasn't as ruthless as the people at the brothel where Hye-Sun worked but he did pimp her out on the internet. Though that is what enabled Suk-gyu to find her. Well...he did help her out with his car....
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* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Ki-Woong is a downplayed trope. Well he wasn't as ruthless as the people at the brothel where Hye-Sun worked but he did pimp her out on internet. Though that is what enabled Suk-gyu to find her. Well...he did help her out with his car....

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* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Ki-Woong is a downplayed trope. Well he wasn't as ruthless as the people at the brothel where Hye-Sun worked but he did pimp her out on the internet. Though that is what enabled Suk-gyu to find her. Well...he did help her out with his car....
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* ApatheticCitizens: The homeless man being bitten and neglected would later bite them back as he became the instigator of ZombieApocalypse.
* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Ki-Woong is a downplayed trope, at least he was not ruthless than the brothel that Hye-Sun worked at but he did pimp her out on internet where Suk-gyu found her. In addition, he did help her out with his car.

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* ApatheticCitizens: The homeless man being bitten and neglected would later bite them back as he became the instigator of the ZombieApocalypse.
* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Ki-Woong is a downplayed trope, at least trope. Well he was not wasn't as ruthless than as the people at the brothel that where Hye-Sun worked at but he did pimp her out on internet where internet. Though that is what enabled Suk-gyu found to find her. In addition, Well...he did help her out with his car.car....



* DisposableVagrant: DeconstructedTrope. The said neglect and abuse of homeless man led to ZombieApocalypse after he succumb from the bite and started mauling people at terminal and other vagrants before creating a horde large enough to cause police action in the city.

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* DisposableVagrant: DeconstructedTrope. The said neglect and abuse of a homeless man led to the ZombieApocalypse after he succumb from the succumbs to a bite and started startx mauling people at a terminal and other vagrants before creating a horde large enough to cause police action in the city.



* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: The riot police managed to hold out against zombies long enough for Hye-Sun and other person to escape from the cell.
* PapaWolf: Suk-gyu try to find his daughter even in the midst of ZombieApocalypse.
* SexSlave: Hye-Sun is working as this for survival.
* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: The trio (Suk-gyu, Hye-Sun, and Ki-Woong) finally got into ForegoneConclusion of Seoul's demise from zombie outbreak with them being in line of fire from police and military.]]

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* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: The riot police managed to hold out against the zombies back long enough for Hye-Sun and other another person to escape from the cell.
* PapaWolf: Suk-gyu try tries to find his daughter even in the midst of a ZombieApocalypse.
* SexSlave: Hye-Sun is working as this for survival.
resorts to prostitution to survive.
* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: The trio (Suk-gyu, Hye-Sun, Suk-gyu finds Hye-Sun but they and Ki-Woong) finally got into ForegoneConclusion of Seoul's demise from zombie outbreak with them being in line of fire from Ki-Woong are shot by the police and military.]]military during [[ForegoneConclusion the fall of Seoul.]]]]
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''Seoul Station'' (2016) is an animated Prequel to the ''Film/TrainToBusan'', which act as both predecessor and switch in perspective on ZombieApocalypse of the movie. Written and directed by the same director, Creator/YeonSangHo.

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''Seoul Station'' (2016) is an animated Prequel to the ''Film/TrainToBusan'', which act as both predecessor and switch in perspective on ZombieApocalypse of the movie. Written It is written and directed by the same director, Creator/YeonSangHo.

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''Seoul Station'' (2016) is an animated Prequel to the ''Film/TrainToBusan'', which act as both predecessor and switch in perspective on ZombieApocalypse of the movie.

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''Seoul Station'' (2016) is an animated Prequel to the ''Film/TrainToBusan'', which act as both predecessor and switch in perspective on ZombieApocalypse of the movie. Written and directed by the same director, Creator/YeonSangHo.
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The main plot of the movie deal with Suk-gyu looking for his daughter, Hye-Sun, who has run away from her mother before turning to prostitution. At the same time, a ZombieApocalypse has occured within the city caused by a infected homeless person that started both it and the plot of ''Film/TrainToBusan''.

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The main plot of the movie deal with Suk-gyu looking for his daughter, Hye-Sun, who has run away from her mother before turning to prostitution. At the same time, a ZombieApocalypse has occured within the city [[UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}} city]] caused by a infected homeless person that started both it and the plot of ''Film/TrainToBusan''.



* ForegoneConclusion: Seoul would get overrun by zombies as stated in ''Film/TrainToBusan''.

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* ForegoneConclusion: Seoul UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}} would get overrun by zombies as stated in ''Film/TrainToBusan''.

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* AbsurdlyIneffectiveBarricade: JustifiedTrope, the holding cell is easily open only because the person have mental fortitude to open the door than zombies.



* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Ki-Woong is a downplayed trope, at least he was not as ruthless than the brothel that Hye-Sun worked at but he did pimp her out on internet where Suk-gyu found her.

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* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Ki-Woong is a downplayed trope, at least he was not as ruthless than the brothel that Hye-Sun worked at but he did pimp her out on internet where Suk-gyu found her.her. In addition, he did help her out with his car.


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* DisposableVagrant: DeconstructedTrope. The said neglect and abuse of homeless man led to ZombieApocalypse after he succumb from the bite and started mauling people at terminal and other vagrants before creating a horde large enough to cause police action in the city.
* ForWantOfANail: See entry on DisposableVagrant.


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* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: The riot police managed to hold out against zombies long enough for Hye-Sun and other person to escape from the cell.
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''Seoul Station'' (2016) is an animated Prequel to the ''Film/TrainToBusan'', which act as both predecessor and switch in perspective on ZombieApocalypse of the movie.
The main plot of the movie deal with Suk-gyu looking for his daughter, Hye-Sun, who has run away from her mother before turning to prostitution. At the same time, a ZombieApocalypse has occured within the city caused by a infected homeless person that started both it and the plot of ''Film/TrainToBusan''.

!!''Seoul Station'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* ApatheticCitizens: The homeless man being bitten and neglected would later bite them back as he became the instigator of ZombieApocalypse.
* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Ki-Woong is a downplayed trope, at least he was not as ruthless than the brothel that Hye-Sun worked at but he did pimp her out on internet where Suk-gyu found her.
* BourgeoisBohemian: A well-dressed youth talked about a more proactive role by the government on healthcare while [[{{Hypocrite}} disgusted at a homeless infectee]].
* ForegoneConclusion: Seoul would get overrun by zombies as stated in ''Film/TrainToBusan''.
* PapaWolf: Suk-gyu try to find his daughter even in the midst of ZombieApocalypse.
* SexSlave: Hye-Sun is working as this for survival.
* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: The trio (Suk-gyu, Hye-Sun, and Ki-Woong) finally got into ForegoneConclusion of Seoul's demise from zombie outbreak with them being in line of fire from police and military.]]

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