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Tom Savini as "Blades" is not the biker who uses a Sledgehammer, who was the one who swung down on the rope and bashed a zombie while doing so.


* From the original, when the biker gang breaks into the mall at the end. Special mention goes to Tom Savini as the biker with blades. The guy drops down from the second floor, swinging on a rope and bashing a a zombie through with a hammer in mid-swing, followed by him stabbing another one through the head a bit later as they come after him.

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* From the original, when the biker gang breaks into the mall at the end. Special mention goes to Tom Savini as the biker with blades. The guy drops down from the second floor, swinging on a rope and bashing a decapitates a zombie through with a hammer in mid-swing, single swing while standing on the sidecar of a motorcycle, followed by him stabbing another one through the head a bit later as they come after him.
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* A meta one for David Emge; according to IMDB, George Romero had said on more than one occasion that Emge's zombie gait was his favorite out of all the ''Living Dead'' movies, even comparing it favorably to Lon Chaney.
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* From the original, when the biker gang breaks into the mall at the end. Special mention goes to Tom Savini as the biker with blades. The guy drops down from the second floor, swinging on a rope and bashing a a zombie through with a hemmer in mid-swing, followed by him stabbing another one through the head a bit later as they come after him.

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* From the original, when the biker gang breaks into the mall at the end. Special mention goes to Tom Savini as the biker with blades. The guy drops down from the second floor, swinging on a rope and bashing a a zombie through with a hemmer hammer in mid-swing, followed by him stabbing another one through the head a bit later as they come after him.
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* Francine, having no gun, improvising and holding off the Hare Krishna zombie with a flare.
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* A meta one for David Emge; according to IMDB, George Romero had said on more than one occasion that Emge's zombie gait was his favorite out of all the ''Living Dead'' movies, even comparing it favorably to Lon Chaney.
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--> '''Foster''': ''"Every dead body that is not exterminated becomes one of them. It gets up and kills! The people it kills get up and kill!"''

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--> '''Foster''': ''"Every dead body that is not exterminated becomes one of them. It gets up and kills! The people it kills get up and kill!"''kill!"''

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* Dr. Foster's (sadly failed) attempts at getting through to the public about the nature of the zombies (and calling them out for their refusal to listen) and the need to destroy bodies in matter-of-fact terms, while also providing one of the franchises most iconic lines.

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* Dr. Foster's (sadly failed) attempts at getting through to the public about the nature of the zombies (and calling them out for their refusal to listen) and the need to destroy bodies in matter-of-fact terms, while also providing one of the franchises franchise's most iconic lines.
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* Dr. Foster's (sadly failed) attempts at getting through to the public about the nature of the zombies and the need to destroy bodies in matter-of-fact terms, while also providing one of the franchises most iconic lines.

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* Dr. Foster's (sadly failed) attempts at getting through to the public about the nature of the zombies (and calling them out for their refusal to listen) and the need to destroy bodies in matter-of-fact terms, while also providing one of the franchises most iconic lines.

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* From the original, when the biker gang breaks into the mall at the end. Special mention goes to Tom Savini as the biker with blades.

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* From the original, when the biker gang breaks into the mall at the end. Special mention goes to Tom Savini as the biker with blades. The guy drops down from the second floor, swinging on a rope and bashing a a zombie through with a hemmer in mid-swing, followed by him stabbing another one through the head a bit later as they come after him.



* While often not viewed this way, the scene of the rednecks shooting up the zombies - reminiscent of the one at the end of ''Film/{{Night of the Living Dead|1968}}'' - is this. They're some of the only people in the series we see who keep a cool head dealing with the crisis and eliminate it by not falling victim to panic or old hostilities (which nearly everyone in the city does at the beginning of the film, including the heroes).

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* While often not viewed this way, the scene of the rednecks shooting up the zombies - reminiscent of the one at the end of ''Film/{{Night of the Living Dead|1968}}'' - is this. They're some of the only people in the series we see who keep a cool head dealing with the crisis and eliminate it by not falling victim to panic or old hostilities (which nearly everyone in the city does at the beginning of the film, including the heroes).heroes).
* Francine and some of her coworkers standing up to Givens for wanting to broadcast misleading information about emergency systems to the public just to still feel relevant.
* Peter pushing an injured Roger through the mall in a shopping cart as the wounded other man shoots zombies, and from the same scene, Stephen managing to duck under and dive through a big herd of zombies, while unarmed, without being bitten.
* The rest of the SWAT team turning on the racist, AxCrazy Wooly.
* Dr. Foster's (sadly failed) attempts at getting through to the public about the nature of the zombies and the need to destroy bodies in matter-of-fact terms, while also providing one of the franchises most iconic lines.
--> '''Foster''': ''"Every dead body that is not exterminated becomes one of them. It gets up and kills! The people it kills get up and kill!"''
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* While often not viewed this way, the scene of the rednecks shooting up the zombies - reminiscent of the one at the end of ''Night of the Living Dead'' - is this. They're some of the only people in the series we see who keep a cool head dealing with the crisis and eliminate it by not falling victim to panic or old hostilities (which nearly everyone in the city does at the beginning of the film, including the heroes).

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* While often not viewed this way, the scene of the rednecks shooting up the zombies - reminiscent of the one at the end of ''Night ''Film/{{Night of the Living Dead'' Dead|1968}}'' - is this. They're some of the only people in the series we see who keep a cool head dealing with the crisis and eliminate it by not falling victim to panic or old hostilities (which nearly everyone in the city does at the beginning of the film, including the heroes).
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* While often not viewed the way, the scene of the rednecks shooting up the zombies is this. They're some of the only people in the series we see who keep a cool head dealing with the crisis and eliminate it by not falling victim to panic or old hostilities (which nearly everyone in the city does at the beginning of the film, including the heroes).

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* While often not viewed the this way, the scene of the rednecks shooting up the zombies - reminiscent of the one at the end of ''Night of the Living Dead'' - is this. They're some of the only people in the series we see who keep a cool head dealing with the crisis and eliminate it by not falling victim to panic or old hostilities (which nearly everyone in the city does at the beginning of the film, including the heroes).
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* The scene at the end (pictured) where Peter decides against suicide and dashes for the chopper, kicking zombie butt along the way (Also counts as SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic, due to the soundtrack).

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* The scene at the end (pictured) where Peter decides against suicide and dashes for the chopper, kicking zombie butt along the way (Also way. Also counts as SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic, due to the soundtrack).soundtrack.
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* The scene at the end where Peter decides against suicide and dashes for the chopper, kicking zombie butt along the way (Also counts as SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic, due to the soundtrack).

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* The scene at the end (pictured) where Peter decides against suicide and dashes for the chopper, kicking zombie butt along the way (Also counts as SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic, due to the soundtrack).

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* The scene at the end where Peter [[spoiler: decides against suicide and dashes for the chopper, kicking zombie butt along the way]] (Also counts as SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic, due to the soundtrack).

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* The scene at the end where Peter [[spoiler: decides against suicide and dashes for the chopper, kicking zombie butt along the way]] way (Also counts as SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic, due to the soundtrack).
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* The scene at the end where Peter [[spoiler: decides against suicide and dashes for the chopper, kicking zombie butt along the way]] (Also counts as SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic, due to the soundtrack).

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* The scene at the end where Peter [[spoiler: decides against suicide and dashes for the chopper, kicking zombie butt along the way]] (Also counts as SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic, due to the soundtrack).soundtrack).
* While often not viewed the way, the scene of the rednecks shooting up the zombies is this. They're some of the only people in the series we see who keep a cool head dealing with the crisis and eliminate it by not falling victim to panic or old hostilities (which nearly everyone in the city does at the beginning of the film, including the heroes).
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: From the original, when the biker gang breaks into the mall at the end. Special mention goes to Tom Savini as the biker with blades.
* The scene at the end where Peter [[spoiler: decides against suicide and dashes for the chopper, kicking zombie butt along the way]] (Also counts as a CrowningMusicOfAwesome, due to the soundtrack).

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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: From the original, when the biker gang breaks into the mall at the end. Special mention goes to Tom Savini as the biker with blades.
* The scene at the end where Peter [[spoiler: decides against suicide and dashes for the chopper, kicking zombie butt along the way]] (Also counts as a CrowningMusicOfAwesome, SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic, due to the soundtrack).
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* The scene at the end where Peter decides against suicide and dashes for the chopper, kicking zombie butt along the way (Also counts as a CrowningMusicOfAwesome, due to the soundtrack).

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* The scene at the end where Peter [[spoiler: decides against suicide and dashes for the chopper, kicking zombie butt along the way way]] (Also counts as a CrowningMusicOfAwesome, due to the soundtrack).
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: From the original, when the biker gang breaks into the mall at the end. Special mention goes to Tom Savini as the biker with blades.
* The scene at the end where Peter decides against suicide and dashes for the chopper, kicking zombie butt along the way (Also counts as a CrowningMusicOfAwesome, due to the soundtrack).

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