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* DemonicPossession: Its Modus Operandi.
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* DemonicPossession: Its Modus Operandi. Usually the host requires a MercyKill to free them, although the light of the sun can sometimes exorcise the host and occasionally the host can force the demon out on their own if they possess exceptional HeroicWillpower.
* EvilIsPetty: To the Deadites, there's no such thing as too far, and as a result will stoop to ''unimaginable'' lows to dick around with their victims.
* EvilIsPetty: To the Deadites, there's no such thing as too far, and as a result will stoop to ''unimaginable'' lows to dick around with their victims.
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* StupidEvil: Despite being murderous, soul-snatching demons who contort any hosts they possess into a HumanoidAbomination, they are also almost-complete idiots. They'll happily dance around or play a demented game of cat-and-mouse with their opponent. But they really take the cake when they face Ash, because despite proving himself a foe capable of ending their reign of terror, [[TooDumbToLive they still choose to toy with him instead of going for the kill immediately and ending the only real threat posed to them once and for all.]]
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* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: After thirty years of being on it's own in the cabin, it looks downright ''nasty'', being partially decayed and with maggots crawling all over it. Although, despite retaining it's look after turning into a copy of Ash, the rest of the body is strangely unmarked.]]
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* RasputinianDeath: Evil Ash is a [[ImplacableMan tough son of a bitch.]] First he gets his head ventilated thanks to Ash's shotgun, (which only manages to knock him out) and cut up with a chainsaw. After that he comes back as a zombie, amasses together an ArmyOfTheDead and tries to lay his hands on the Necronomicon. Then after being set on fire by Ash and falling off the ramparts, he comes back from ''that'' as a skeleton and resumes fighting Ash, who then finally kills him by taking advantage of the fact that he lands on a loaded catapult by launching him skywards with a sack of lit gunpowder and blowing him [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill completely apart.]]
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* SentientPhlebotinum: As revealed in the penultimate episode of ''Ash vs. Evil Dead'', [[spoiler: the book is fully sentient and can even speak]].
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: She wants to control the demonic forces and bring the world into harmony, as there can be no good without evil.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: She wants to control the demonic forces and bring the world into harmony, as there can be [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil no good without evil.]]
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* BlondesAreEvil: Her [[spoiler: past self in the Season 2 finale has blonde hair, and is as evil as they come, going so far as to kill her present day self in cold blood.]]
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* BigBad: Of Season 1. [[spoiler: And her past self in the season 2 finale]]
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* FutureMeScaresMe / IHatePastMe: Her present day and 1980's selves meeting has shades of this, with past Ruby expressing horror at her future self's actions, while present day Ruby delivers a failed YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech.
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* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: Does this to Ash in "Second Coming" by assuming the form of Ash's various dead friends and mocking him for his inability to save them.
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As it turns out, Ruby is actually one of the Dark Ones, and the author of the Necronomicon.
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** In season two's opening episode, she mentions having fought alongside ghengis Ghengis Khan and Attila The Hun.Hun.
* BlondesAreEvil: Her [[spoiler: past self in the Season 2 finale has blonde hair, and is as evil as they come, going so far as to kill her present day self in cold blood.]]
* BlondesAreEvil: Her [[spoiler: past self in the Season 2 finale has blonde hair, and is as evil as they come, going so far as to kill her present day self in cold blood.]]
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** And she had been hunting the Necronomicon even longer, Ash even jokes about this saying how she spent her life looking for but he can't do anything without "tripping" over it.
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** And she had been hunting the Necronomicon even longer, longer. Ash even jokes about this saying how she spent her life looking for it, but he can't do anything without "tripping" over it.
* RedemptionRejection: In the season 2 finale, [[spoiler: she offers a chance at redemption to her own past self, informing her of what will happen to her in the future if she continues down the path she's going. Past-Ruby not only turns her down flat, but stabs Present-Ruby in the gut with the Kandarian Dagger.]]
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* BigBad: Of Season 2. Possibly GenuineHumanHide: He disguises himself using the BiggerBad skins of the entire series.his victims.
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* RedemptionDemolition: Her immortality was stolen by her demon spawn, resulting in her needing to turn to Ash and his friends for help.
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* PredecessorVillain: They do not appear to be active in the present time, but as the creators of the ''Necronomicon'', they are responsible for all the terrible events of the franchise. [[spoiler: At least one is still active in present times, planning to use the book to unleashand the rule over the forces of darkness]].
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* PredecessorVillain: They do not appear to be active in the present time, but as the creators of the ''Necronomicon'', they are responsible for all the terrible events of the franchise. [[spoiler: At least one is still active in present times, planning to use the book to unleashand unleash and the rule over the forces of darkness]].
* BroughtDownToNormal: As revealed in Season 2, [[spoiler: her demonic children stripped her of her immortality when they turned on her.]]
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* HumanoidAbomination: She's a Dark One, considering that she wrote the book (which mind you, has been around for centuries if not ''millennia'') in the first place. [[spoiler: Howver, Baal implies that she is becoming or has become a mortal]]
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* HumanoidAbomination: She's a Dark One, considering that she wrote the book (which mind you, has been around for centuries if not ''millennia'') in the first place. [[spoiler: Howver, However, Baal implies that she is becoming or has become a mortal]]
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* HumanoidAbomination: She's a Dark One, considering that she wrote the book (which mind you, has been around for centuries if not ''millennia'') in the first place. [[spoiler]]Howver, [[spoiler: Howver, Baal implies that she is becoming or has become a mortal[[/spoiler]]mortal]]
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Ruby seems to hit on Amanda while trying to calm her. Deadite Amanda implies this too by saying they could have been together. [[spoiler]]Ruby willing kisses who she thought to be a female cop, turns it was actually Baal in disquise[[/spoiler]]
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Ruby seems to hit on Amanda while trying to calm her. Deadite Amanda implies this too by saying they could have been together. [[spoiler]]Ruby [[spoiler: Ruby willing kisses who she thought to be a female cop, turns it was actually Baal in disquise[[/spoiler]]disguise]]
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Ruby seems to hit on Amanda while trying to calm her. Deadite Amanda implies this too by saying they could have been together.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Ruby seems to hit on Amanda while trying to calm her. Deadite Amanda implies this too by saying they could have been together. [[spoiler]]Ruby willing kisses who she thought to be a female cop, turns it was actually Baal in disquise[[/spoiler]]
** In season two's opening episode, she mentions having fought alongside ghengis Khan and Attila The Hun.
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* EvilAllAlong: The Season 1 finale reveals that her story about being Knowby's daughter was all a lie, and she is in fact a Dark One who intends to unite all the world's evil under her rule.
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** And she had been hunting the Necronomicon even longer, Ash even jokes about this saying how she spent her life looking for but he can't do anything without "tripping" over it.
* EvilAllAlong: The Season 1 finale reveals that her story about being Knowby's daughter was all a lie, and she is in fact a Dark One who intends to unite all the world's evil under herrule.rule, though its actually much more complicated than it sounds, she is not evil per se as her intention is simply to control the evil forces to prevent from wreaking havoc on the world.
* EvilAllAlong: The Season 1 finale reveals that her story about being Knowby's daughter was all a lie, and she is in fact a Dark One who intends to unite all the world's evil under her
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* HumanoidAbomination: She's a Dark One, considering that she wrote the book (which mind you, has been around for centuries if not ''millennia'') in the first place.
* HealingFactor: She recovers from having several large holes blown into her chest fairly quickly.
* HealingFactor: She recovers from having several large holes blown into her chest fairly quickly.
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* HumanoidAbomination: She's a Dark One, considering that she wrote the book (which mind you, has been around for centuries if not ''millennia'') in the first place.
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* HealingFactor: She recovers from having several large holes blown into her chest fairly quickly. Her injuries from the Demon Spawn seem to be taking longer though.
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* NoNameGiven: Technically speaking, Ruby Knowby isn't her actual name and her real name is currently unknown. People still call her Ruby though.
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* NoNameGiven: Technically speaking, Ruby Knowby isn't her actual name and her real name is currently unknown. People still call her Ruby though.and even after dropping her ruse, she still tells people to call her Ruby. It is possible that the Ruby part is her real name, and the lie being the "knowby" part.
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A diabolical demon, Baal, is an enemy more powerful than any that Ash and team have encountered. Released from the underworld, he has bigger plans than just destroying Ash. He conjures hysteria to carry out his evil deeds and is Ruby's ex-husband.
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A diabolical demon, Baal, is an enemy more powerful than any of that Ash and team have encountered. Released from the underworld, he has bigger plans than just destroying Ash. He conjures hysteria to carry out his evil deeds and is Ruby's ex-husband.
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* ReplicantSnatching: His modus operandi is to kill someone and wear their [[FlayingAlive freshly-peeled skin]] to assume their identity.
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* CompellingVoice: He's able to enthrall Margie completely with a word.
* FemmeFatalons: He has a single razor-sharp claw.
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* TomeOfEldritchLore:.Their main way of unleashing themselves onto the world.
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* IHaveManyNames: Throughout the movies it's called "The Evil" the "Candarian demon", "Rotting Apple Head" and in the 2013 version "The Abomination."
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* IHaveManyNames: Throughout the movies it's called "The Evil" the "Candarian "Kandarian demon", "Rotting Apple Head" and in the 2013 version "The Abomination."
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: She wants to control the demonic forces and bring the world into harmony, as there can be no good without evil
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* NighInvulnerability: As revealed in ''Ash vs. Evil Dead'', it simply regenerated itself when Ash chucked it in the fireplace during the events of the first movie.movie, and Ash has repeatedly tried to destroy it for the past thirty years.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: One of the Deadites claim that she went against an agreement before they are suddenly both killed in a pyre. The fact she later rises out of it unharmed seriously adds to the ambiguous. It is also revealed she's the one who wrote the Necronomicon.]]
* AmbiguouslyGay: Ruby seems to hit on Amanda while trying to calm her. [[spoiler: Deadite Amanda implies this too by saying they could have been together.]]
* BlackEyesOfEvil: [[spoiler: Sports these in "The Dark One" as another sign that she isn't truly human.]]
* BeenThereShapedHistory: As revealed in "Bound in Flesh," [[spoiler: she wrote the Necronomicon]].
* BigBad: [[spoiler: She serves as the hidden main antagonist of Season 1, and possible the entire series as a whole]].
* AmbiguouslyGay: Ruby seems to hit on Amanda while trying to calm her. [[spoiler: Deadite Amanda implies this too by saying they could have been together.]]
* BlackEyesOfEvil: [[spoiler: Sports these in "The Dark One" as another sign that she isn't truly human.]]
* BeenThereShapedHistory: As revealed in "Bound in Flesh," [[spoiler: she wrote the Necronomicon]].
* BigBad: [[spoiler: She serves as the hidden main antagonist of Season 1, and possible the entire series as a whole]].
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world into harmony, as there can be no good without evil
* AmbiguouslyGay: Ruby seems to hit on Amanda while trying to calm her.[[spoiler: Deadite Amanda implies this too by saying they could have been together.]]
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* BlackEyesOfEvil:[[spoiler: Sports She sports these in "The Dark One" as another sign that she isn't truly human.]]
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* BeenThereShapedHistory: As revealed in "Bound in Flesh,"[[spoiler: she wrote the Necronomicon]].
Necronomicon.
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* DealWithTheDevil: In the Season 1 finale, [[spoiler: she makes a truce with Ash, sparing his friends and giving him a chance for a normal life as long as he doesn't interfere with her plans to unite the world's evil under her rule]]. Much to the dismay of [[spoiler: Pablo and Kelly, Ash accepts]].
* DesignatedLoveInterest: Many fans called it this way but it was actually {{Averted}}, much to Lucy Lawless's obvious pleasure: she made it clear early on that Ruby and Ash were never, ever, ever getting together. [[spoiler:The reasons, if they are needed, being as it turns out that (1) Ash's love interest for the season was actually Amanda, who (2) got killed off and turned into a deadite anyway, no thanks to Ruby because as it turned out, (3) she was EvilAllAlong. Not to mention Ruby being AmbiguouslyGay and her cover identity being the last remaining relative of the Knowby family, whom she considers "victims" of Ash's attempts at battling evil.]]
* DesignatedLoveInterest: Many fans called it this way but it was actually {{Averted}}, much to Lucy Lawless's obvious pleasure: she made it clear early on that Ruby and Ash were never, ever, ever getting together. [[spoiler:The reasons, if they are needed, being as it turns out that (1) Ash's love interest for the season was actually Amanda, who (2) got killed off and turned into a deadite anyway, no thanks to Ruby because as it turned out, (3) she was EvilAllAlong. Not to mention Ruby being AmbiguouslyGay and her cover identity being the last remaining relative of the Knowby family, whom she considers "victims" of Ash's attempts at battling evil.]]
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* DealWithTheDevil: In the Season 1 finale, [[spoiler: she makes a truce with Ash, sparing his friends and giving him a chance for a normal life as long as he doesn't interfere with her plans to unite the world's evil under her rule]]. rule. Much to the dismay of [[spoiler: Pablo and Kelly, Ash accepts]].
* DesignatedLoveInterest: Many fans called it this way but it was actually {{Averted}}, much to Lucy Lawless's obvious pleasure: she made it clear early on that Ruby and Ash were never, ever, ever getting together. [[spoiler:The reasons, if they are needed, being as it turns out that (1) Ash's love interest for the season was actually Amanda, who (2) got killed off and turned into a deadite anyway, no thanks to Ruby because as it turned out, (3) she was EvilAllAlong. Not to mention Ruby being AmbiguouslyGay and her cover identity being the last remaining relative of the Knowby family, whom she considers "victims" of Ash's attempts at battling evil.]]accepts.
* DesignatedLoveInterest: Many fans called it this way but it was actually {{Averted}}, much to Lucy Lawless's obvious pleasure: she made it clear early on that Ruby and Ash were never, ever, ever getting together. [[spoiler:The reasons, if they are needed, being as it turns out that (1) Ash's love interest for the season was actually Amanda, who (2) got killed off and turned into a deadite anyway, no thanks to Ruby because as it turned out, (3) she was EvilAllAlong. Not to mention Ruby being AmbiguouslyGay and her cover identity being the last remaining relative of the Knowby family, whom she considers "victims" of Ash's attempts at battling evil.]]
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* DistaffCounterpart: For Ash, as a female OneLiner-spewing, Deadite-killing badass looking to get revenge on the forces of the Evil Dead. [[spoiler: Or so she claimed, but it turns out she's a Dark One]]. After the reveal, she can be considered [[spoiler: Ash's EvilCounterpart]].
* DramaticIrony: She fully believes that Ash killed her family just to steal the Necromicon, when in fact he killed in self defense and took the Necromicon so the events wouldn't happen again.
* EvilAllAlong: The Season 1 finale [[spoiler: reveals that her story about being Knowby's daughter was all a lie, and she is in fact a Dark One who intends to unite all the world's evil under her rule]].
* EvilIsNotAToy: As revealed in the Season 2 premiere, [[spoiler: the demonic children she forced the possessed Pablo to spawn have turned against her and want the Necronomicon for themselves, forcing Ruby to form an EnemyMine with Ash to help clean up her mess.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: She's a Dark One, creator of the TomeOfEldritchLore that has caused so much death and destruction throughout Ash's life, which makes her this during the previous movies.]]
* DramaticIrony: She fully believes that Ash killed her family just to steal the Necromicon, when in fact he killed in self defense and took the Necromicon so the events wouldn't happen again.
* EvilAllAlong: The Season 1 finale [[spoiler: reveals that her story about being Knowby's daughter was all a lie, and she is in fact a Dark One who intends to unite all the world's evil under her rule]].
* EvilIsNotAToy: As revealed in the Season 2 premiere, [[spoiler: the demonic children she forced the possessed Pablo to spawn have turned against her and want the Necronomicon for themselves, forcing Ruby to form an EnemyMine with Ash to help clean up her mess.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: She's a Dark One, creator of the TomeOfEldritchLore that has caused so much death and destruction throughout Ash's life, which makes her this during the previous movies.]]
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* HealingFactor: [[spoiler: Recovers from having several large holes blown into her chest fairly quickly.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Turns out Ash is in fact responsible for the Deadite outbreak due to reading the Necromonicon and pretending it's poetry while high to impress a girl.]]
* MadeOfIron: In "Fire in the Hole," [[spoiler: she survived being ''burned alive'' with nothing more than ClothingDamage]].
* HealingFactor: [[spoiler: Recovers from having several large holes blown into her chest fairly quickly.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Turns out Ash is in fact responsible for the Deadite outbreak due to reading the Necromonicon and pretending it's poetry while high to impress a girl.]]
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* VisionaryVillain: [[spoiler:She claims to want the ''Necronomicon'' so she can rule over the forces of darkness and impose order on them so that they don't destroy humanity]].
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->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' / ''[[Film/EvilDead2 Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn]]'' / ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' / [[spoiler:''Film/EvilDead2013'']] / ''Series/AshVsEvilDead''
Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, the Book of the Dead. Bound in human flesh and inked in human blood, the book has the power to resurrect demons and summon the powers of darkness. It appears throughout the series in some form or other.
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* ArtifactOfDoom: Its incantations center around bringing forth {{Eldritch Abomination}}s and reviving the dead.
* NighInvulnerability: As revealed in ''Ash vs. Evil Dead'', it simply regenerated itself when Ash chucked it in the fireplace during the events of the first movie.
* SentientPhlebotinum: As revealed in the penultimate episode of ''Ash vs. Evil Dead'', [[spoiler: the book is fully sentient and can even speak]].
* SpellBook: The book contains various incantations, centering around summoning demons.
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->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' / ''[[Film/EvilDead2 Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn]]'' / ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' / [[spoiler:''Film/EvilDead2013'']] / ''Series/AshVsEvilDead''
Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, the Book of the Dead. Bound in human flesh and inked in human blood, the book has the power to resurrect demons and summon the powers of darkness. It appears throughout the series in some form or other.
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* ArtifactOfDoom: Its incantations center around bringing forth {{Eldritch Abomination}}s and reviving the dead.
* NighInvulnerability: As revealed in ''Ash vs. Evil Dead'', it simply regenerated itself when Ash chucked it in the fireplace during the events of the first movie.
* SentientPhlebotinum: As revealed in the penultimate episode of ''Ash vs. Evil Dead'', [[spoiler: the book is fully sentient and can even speak]].
* SpellBook: The book contains various incantations, centering around summoning demons.
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!The Dark Ones
[[folder:In General]]
!!The Dark Ones
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dark_ones.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' N/A
A group of beings responsible for the creation of the ''Necronomicon''.
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* BlackCloak: The only depiction of the Dark Ones ever seen shows them wearing dark hooded cloaks that completely conceal their appearance. [[spoiler: This is to conceal the fact that they indeed can pass for completely human.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: It is unclear exactly what they are, being described as “neither demon nor fully human”. [[spoiler: They at least ''look'' human but possess enhanced strength, HealingFactor and immunity to fire]]
* PredecessorVillain: They do not appear to be active in the present time, but as the creators of the ''Necronomicon'', they are responsible for all the terrible events of the franchise. [[spoiler: At least one is still active in present times, planning to use the book to unleashand the rule over the forces of darkness]].
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[[folder:Ruby]]
!!Ruby Knowby
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/knowby_ruby.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"Sometimes what you think you saw, it's exactly what you saw."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/LucyLawless
A mysterious figure who is myopic in her quest to hunt down the source of the recent evil outbreaks. She is the daughter of Professor Raymond and Henrietta Knowby and sister of Annie Knowby from ''Film/EvilDead2''. Ruby blames Ash for the deaths of her family members and has been trying to track him down for years for revenge.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: One of the Deadites claim that she went against an agreement before they are suddenly both killed in a pyre. The fact she later rises out of it unharmed seriously adds to the ambiguous. It is also revealed she's the one who wrote the Necronomicon.]]
* AmbiguouslyGay: Ruby seems to hit on Amanda while trying to calm her. [[spoiler: Deadite Amanda implies this too by saying they could have been together.]]
* BlackEyesOfEvil: [[spoiler: Sports these in "The Dark One" as another sign that she isn't truly human.]]
* BeenThereShapedHistory: As revealed in "Bound in Flesh," [[spoiler: she wrote the Necronomicon]].
* BigBad: [[spoiler: She serves as the hidden main antagonist of Season 1, and possible the entire series as a whole]].
* CoolCar: She has one.
* DealWithTheDevil: In the Season 1 finale, [[spoiler: she makes a truce with Ash, sparing his friends and giving him a chance for a normal life as long as he doesn't interfere with her plans to unite the world's evil under her rule]]. Much to the dismay of [[spoiler: Pablo and Kelly, Ash accepts]].
* DesignatedLoveInterest: Many fans called it this way but it was actually {{Averted}}, much to Lucy Lawless's obvious pleasure: she made it clear early on that Ruby and Ash were never, ever, ever getting together. [[spoiler:The reasons, if they are needed, being as it turns out that (1) Ash's love interest for the season was actually Amanda, who (2) got killed off and turned into a deadite anyway, no thanks to Ruby because as it turned out, (3) she was EvilAllAlong. Not to mention Ruby being AmbiguouslyGay and her cover identity being the last remaining relative of the Knowby family, whom she considers "victims" of Ash's attempts at battling evil.]]
* {{Determinator}}: She's been trying to hunt down Ash for the past ''30 years.''
* DistaffCounterpart: For Ash, as a female OneLiner-spewing, Deadite-killing badass looking to get revenge on the forces of the Evil Dead. [[spoiler: Or so she claimed, but it turns out she's a Dark One]]. After the reveal, she can be considered [[spoiler: Ash's EvilCounterpart]].
* DramaticIrony: She fully believes that Ash killed her family just to steal the Necromicon, when in fact he killed in self defense and took the Necromicon so the events wouldn't happen again.
* EvilAllAlong: The Season 1 finale [[spoiler: reveals that her story about being Knowby's daughter was all a lie, and she is in fact a Dark One who intends to unite all the world's evil under her rule]].
* EvilIsNotAToy: As revealed in the Season 2 premiere, [[spoiler: the demonic children she forced the possessed Pablo to spawn have turned against her and want the Necronomicon for themselves, forcing Ruby to form an EnemyMine with Ash to help clean up her mess.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: She's a Dark One, creator of the TomeOfEldritchLore that has caused so much death and destruction throughout Ash's life, which makes her this during the previous movies.]]
* HorrifyingTheHorror: In "Books from Beyond," she subjects a Deadite to a JackBauerInterrogationTechnique. It gets so bad that the Deadite freaks out and ''begs her to stop.''
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler:She's a Dark One, considering that she wrote the book (which mind you, has been around for centuries if not ''millennia'') in the first place]].
* HealingFactor: [[spoiler: Recovers from having several large holes blown into her chest fairly quickly.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Turns out Ash is in fact responsible for the Deadite outbreak due to reading the Necromonicon and pretending it's poetry while high to impress a girl.]]
* MadeOfIron: In "Fire in the Hole," [[spoiler: she survived being ''burned alive'' with nothing more than ClothingDamage]].
* PsychicPowers: She seems to have some psychic abilities, able to sense Deadites.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Though unmentioned in the films, it's been revealed that [[spoiler: she's the daughter of Professor Raymond Knowby and blames Ash for his death and that of her sister's. The events of Episode 9 indicate this is a lie, however, and she is using this story for cover]].
* TortureTechnician: She tortures a Deadite! That's like punching out Muhammad Ali!
* YouKilledMyFather: In "Brujo," it's revealed that [[spoiler:the reason she's after Ash is because she believes that he killed her family and stole the Necronomicon...only for it to be revealed she's been lying about this.]].
* VisionaryVillain: [[spoiler:She claims to want the ''Necronomicon'' so she can rule over the forces of darkness and impose order on them so that they don't destroy humanity]].
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!Demons
[[folder:Baal]]
!!Baal
->'''Played By:''' Joel Tobeck
A diabolical demon, Baal, is an enemy more powerful than any that Ash and team have encountered. Released from the underworld, he has bigger plans than just destroying Ash. He conjures hysteria to carry out his evil deeds and is Ruby's ex-husband.
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* BigBad: Of Season 2. Possibly the BiggerBad of the entire series.
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[[folder:Eligos]]
!!Eligos
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eligos.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"Can't blame a demon for trying!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Ben Fransham
A demon summoned by Lionel at Ash's request to get information about how to stop the evil.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In real world demonology Eligos is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_demons_in_the_Ars_Goetia#Duke_Eligos a Great Duke of Hell]] but Lionel refers to him as a weak lesser demon. He is still a hell of a lot stronger than anyone of them expected.
* AlienBlood: As shown in "Brujo," [[spoiler: his blood is blue]].
* ArcVillain: Served as the main antagonist of Episodes 3 through 5.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: The only outward sign that a person is being possessed by Eligos. He can turn it on and off at will, though.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Ash puts a shotgun shell right in his face.]]
* DemonicPossession: He has this ability, but is a lot more subtle than the Deadites' version, being able to make the victim pass of as completely normal.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Has a very deep, raspy voice.
* EyelessFace: His appearance may remind some of [[Film/PansLabyrinth The Pale Man.]]
* ForTheEvulz: He pretended to be Kelly to trick Ash into performing a MercyKill on her. Ash nearly does it but catches onto the trick.
* HumanoidAbomination: A distorted, demonic monstrosity in the vague shape of an emaciated human being that, save for his mouth, flickers and vibrates like a bad VHS tape.
* KnightOfCerebus: Compared to the Deadites. There's nothing comedic about him, Ash is left almost completely helpless when he tries to confront him, and the way he tortures Ash and Pablo is ''not'' PlayedForLaughs.
* NormalFishInATinyPond: He's explicitly stated to be ''the'' weakest demon that the Necronomicon can summon, and he effortlessly kicks Ash's ass and nearly kills him. Which means that if the [[EldritchAbomination most powerful]] of the lot crossed over to our side of the fence, those trying to stop them would be absolutely powerless.
* OutOfCharacterAlert: While possessing Kelly, he pretends to be her in a moment of clarity, begging Ash to MercyKill her. Ash is about to do so, but then "Kelly" asks him to [[DueToTheDead make a cross for her grave]]. Knowing Kelly is Jewish, Ash quickly realizes the trick.
* PsychicPowers: He's referred to as a "demon of the mind," and in "Brujo," he [[spoiler: invades Ash's VisionQuest]].
* ShootTheMageFirst: Upon breaking free of the binding circle, the very first thing Eligos does is kill Lionel, the only one who can read the incantation needed to send him back.
* TeleportSpam: Uses these to get the drop on anyone trying to attack him. [[spoiler:Ash finally exploits this ability in the showdown at Brujo's ranch; by anticipating that [[JumpScare he always appears right in front of his victims]], Ash tosses up his shotgun, swipes at him with his chainsaw, and spins on his heels to catch the gun just as the demon re-appears. [[ActionBomb The resulting blast splatters Eligos's physical form across the barn]].]]
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!Deadites
[[folder:In General]]
!!The "Evil Dead" / The Deadites
->'''Played By:''' Ted Raimi, Denise Bixler, Richard Domeier, Lou Hancock, Embeth Davidtz, Patricia Tallman, Shiva Gordon, Billy Bryan, Nadine Grycan, Bill Moseley, Eric Clarke, Kevin [=O'Hara=], Courtney Pakiz, Creator/SamRaimi, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' / ''[[Film/EvilDead2 Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn]]'' / ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' / ''Film/EvilDead2013'' / ''Series/AshVsEvilDead''
An evil demonic force of nature, and the BigBad of the series.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Pretty much all of the Deadites and demons that have emerged from the book haven't been anything more than AxCrazy spree killers with a taste for [[ForTheEvulz sadism]] and souls.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Even at their absolute silliest, they're still deadly threats.
* BigBad: Specifically the "Evil Force" that controls them.
* CardCarryingVillain: Most Deadites openly gloat about how evil they are.
* ChaoticStupid: Deadite possession is not always obvious, and Deadites can feign being their host for extended periods of time. They invariably get impatient, however, and show their GameFace. Similarly, given a helpless opponent, the Deadite tends to prefer torturing them instead of [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim killing them outright.]]
* DemonicPossession: Its Modus Operandi.
%%* EldritchAbomination
* EmptyEyes: A tell-tale sign of Deadite possession is milky white eyes with no pupils or irises.
* EvilIsHammy: "I'll swallow your soul!"
* FauxAffablyEvil: Subverted in a sense, since combining with the above EvilIsHammy trope and LaughablyEvil, its hard to take them seriously. This is plain old averted in the remake though.
* ForTheEvulz: Apparently its sole reason for doing anything. In ''Evil Dead II'', Ash is alone for some time by himself being tormented by the Demon, which logically could have killed him at anytime it wanted. Why doesn't it? Because having driven him AxCrazy and LaughingMad, Ash has proven far too entertaining and the Demon is having too much fun to want to kill him just yet. It only renews its attack on him once the others show up at the cabin.
* HiveMind: Somewhat, each Deadite seems to have its own personality, even though they're all possessed by the same demon.
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: Manifests itself into a humanoid form near the end of the 2013 film.]]
* IHaveManyNames: Throughout the movies it's called "The Evil" the "Candarian demon", "Rotting Apple Head" and in the 2013 version "The Abomination."
* KnightOfCerebus: In the 2013 version. It is definitely more [[DarkerAndEdgier serious]] then the demon in the previous ones.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: For one thing, they seem to possess ElementalPowers and a few other psychic powers. They're also [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations.]]
* RelativeButton: It rapes Ash's sister Cheryl.
* TomeOfEldritchLore:.Their main way of unleashing themselves onto the world.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: One moment they could be looking like a demon from Hell, the next moment they would be looking like the body of their possessed victim.
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[[folder:Ash's Hand]]
!!Ash's Hand
->'''Played By:''' Bruce Campbell's hand (''Evil Dead'', ''Evil Dead 2''); Various others (''Evil Dead 2'', ''Ash Vs Evil Dead'')
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: After growing a body for itself.]]
* EvilTwin / EvilCounterpart: See SpiritualSuccessor.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: When it's in the process of growing into an Evil Ash, an eye appears on its wrist.
* FlippingTheBird: Hilariously it does this to Ash.
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: Transforms into a copy of Ash eventually, who kills Amanda.]]
* LaughablyEvil: Vicious, AxCrazy, and quite hilarious as well.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: It's a crazy little bugger, flipping off Ash, trolling the survivors and later getting caught in a mouse-trap. [[spoiler:It also kills Annie in the climax with a knife to her back]].
* RedRightHand: [[spoiler: After it turns into a HumanoidAbomination, one of its hands is still as gnarled and twisted as it was before the transformation.]]
* SpiritualSuccessor: Despite technically coming first, the hand seems to have become this to Evil Ash in the TV series, possibly as a way of getting around the ''Army'' rights issues.
* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler: Its death. He gets pumped to the brim with dozens of rifle bullets and magnum rounds, and finally cut up by Ash to make sure.]]
* {{Troll}}: It seems to have more fun messing with people than it does actually killing them, and even when it ''does'' kill something, it's usually timed after something hopeful seems to happen. It even still has this [[spoiler: after thirty years, as after they kill Amanda, they proceed to mock Ash regarding her death.]]
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[[folder:Evil Ash]]
!!Evil Ash
->'''Played By:''' Creator/BruceCampbell
* EvilTwin / EvilCounterpart: He retains all Ash's [[LargeHam hamminess]] and snarky attitude, but he's on the evil side.
* BoomHeadshot: How Ash gets him to finally shut up... Temporarily.
* CardCarryingVillain
* EvilMakeover: He starts out looking exactly like Ash. One boomstick blast to the face and a chainsaw mutilation later, and he now looks like a decayed zombie. Then later his rotting flesh is completely burned off and he's left with the appearance of a skeletal warrior.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Starts off a miniature clone, which then grows into an full-sized, evil yet still funny clone; which after [[MoodWhiplash comedically putting himself back together via stop motion, he turns into a threatening undead warlord]]
* HumanoidAbomination: Is the evil force having manifested into Ash's EvilTwin.
* TheHeavy: Technically the Evil Force incarnate as an undead clone of Ash.
* KnightOfCerebus: Played with, he starts off as a LaughablyEvil [[EvilTwin Evil Clone]] of Ash until he reassembles himself as a far more threatening undead warlord.
* LaughablyEvil: Until he decides to [[KnightOfCerebus stop mucking around..]]
* LetsGetDangerous: He gets a couple funny moments while attacking the castle and killing various knights. When Ash interferes with him grabbing the book, though, Evil Ash is done playing around.
[[/folder]]
[[foldercontrol]]
!The Dark Ones
[[folder:In General]]
!!The Dark Ones
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dark_ones.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' N/A
A group of beings responsible for the creation of the ''Necronomicon''.
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* BlackCloak: The only depiction of the Dark Ones ever seen shows them wearing dark hooded cloaks that completely conceal their appearance. [[spoiler: This is to conceal the fact that they indeed can pass for completely human.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: It is unclear exactly what they are, being described as “neither demon nor fully human”. [[spoiler: They at least ''look'' human but possess enhanced strength, HealingFactor and immunity to fire]]
* PredecessorVillain: They do not appear to be active in the present time, but as the creators of the ''Necronomicon'', they are responsible for all the terrible events of the franchise. [[spoiler: At least one is still active in present times, planning to use the book to unleashand the rule over the forces of darkness]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ruby]]
!!Ruby Knowby
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/knowby_ruby.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"Sometimes what you think you saw, it's exactly what you saw."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/LucyLawless
A mysterious figure who is myopic in her quest to hunt down the source of the recent evil outbreaks. She is the daughter of Professor Raymond and Henrietta Knowby and sister of Annie Knowby from ''Film/EvilDead2''. Ruby blames Ash for the deaths of her family members and has been trying to track him down for years for revenge.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: One of the Deadites claim that she went against an agreement before they are suddenly both killed in a pyre. The fact she later rises out of it unharmed seriously adds to the ambiguous. It is also revealed she's the one who wrote the Necronomicon.]]
* AmbiguouslyGay: Ruby seems to hit on Amanda while trying to calm her. [[spoiler: Deadite Amanda implies this too by saying they could have been together.]]
* BlackEyesOfEvil: [[spoiler: Sports these in "The Dark One" as another sign that she isn't truly human.]]
* BeenThereShapedHistory: As revealed in "Bound in Flesh," [[spoiler: she wrote the Necronomicon]].
* BigBad: [[spoiler: She serves as the hidden main antagonist of Season 1, and possible the entire series as a whole]].
* CoolCar: She has one.
* DealWithTheDevil: In the Season 1 finale, [[spoiler: she makes a truce with Ash, sparing his friends and giving him a chance for a normal life as long as he doesn't interfere with her plans to unite the world's evil under her rule]]. Much to the dismay of [[spoiler: Pablo and Kelly, Ash accepts]].
* DesignatedLoveInterest: Many fans called it this way but it was actually {{Averted}}, much to Lucy Lawless's obvious pleasure: she made it clear early on that Ruby and Ash were never, ever, ever getting together. [[spoiler:The reasons, if they are needed, being as it turns out that (1) Ash's love interest for the season was actually Amanda, who (2) got killed off and turned into a deadite anyway, no thanks to Ruby because as it turned out, (3) she was EvilAllAlong. Not to mention Ruby being AmbiguouslyGay and her cover identity being the last remaining relative of the Knowby family, whom she considers "victims" of Ash's attempts at battling evil.]]
* {{Determinator}}: She's been trying to hunt down Ash for the past ''30 years.''
* DistaffCounterpart: For Ash, as a female OneLiner-spewing, Deadite-killing badass looking to get revenge on the forces of the Evil Dead. [[spoiler: Or so she claimed, but it turns out she's a Dark One]]. After the reveal, she can be considered [[spoiler: Ash's EvilCounterpart]].
* DramaticIrony: She fully believes that Ash killed her family just to steal the Necromicon, when in fact he killed in self defense and took the Necromicon so the events wouldn't happen again.
* EvilAllAlong: The Season 1 finale [[spoiler: reveals that her story about being Knowby's daughter was all a lie, and she is in fact a Dark One who intends to unite all the world's evil under her rule]].
* EvilIsNotAToy: As revealed in the Season 2 premiere, [[spoiler: the demonic children she forced the possessed Pablo to spawn have turned against her and want the Necronomicon for themselves, forcing Ruby to form an EnemyMine with Ash to help clean up her mess.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: She's a Dark One, creator of the TomeOfEldritchLore that has caused so much death and destruction throughout Ash's life, which makes her this during the previous movies.]]
* HorrifyingTheHorror: In "Books from Beyond," she subjects a Deadite to a JackBauerInterrogationTechnique. It gets so bad that the Deadite freaks out and ''begs her to stop.''
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler:She's a Dark One, considering that she wrote the book (which mind you, has been around for centuries if not ''millennia'') in the first place]].
* HealingFactor: [[spoiler: Recovers from having several large holes blown into her chest fairly quickly.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Turns out Ash is in fact responsible for the Deadite outbreak due to reading the Necromonicon and pretending it's poetry while high to impress a girl.]]
* MadeOfIron: In "Fire in the Hole," [[spoiler: she survived being ''burned alive'' with nothing more than ClothingDamage]].
* PsychicPowers: She seems to have some psychic abilities, able to sense Deadites.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Though unmentioned in the films, it's been revealed that [[spoiler: she's the daughter of Professor Raymond Knowby and blames Ash for his death and that of her sister's. The events of Episode 9 indicate this is a lie, however, and she is using this story for cover]].
* TortureTechnician: She tortures a Deadite! That's like punching out Muhammad Ali!
* YouKilledMyFather: In "Brujo," it's revealed that [[spoiler:the reason she's after Ash is because she believes that he killed her family and stole the Necronomicon...only for it to be revealed she's been lying about this.]].
* VisionaryVillain: [[spoiler:She claims to want the ''Necronomicon'' so she can rule over the forces of darkness and impose order on them so that they don't destroy humanity]].
[[/folder]]
!Demons
[[folder:Baal]]
!!Baal
->'''Played By:''' Joel Tobeck
A diabolical demon, Baal, is an enemy more powerful than any that Ash and team have encountered. Released from the underworld, he has bigger plans than just destroying Ash. He conjures hysteria to carry out his evil deeds and is Ruby's ex-husband.
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* BigBad: Of Season 2. Possibly the BiggerBad of the entire series.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Eligos]]
!!Eligos
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eligos.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"Can't blame a demon for trying!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Ben Fransham
A demon summoned by Lionel at Ash's request to get information about how to stop the evil.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In real world demonology Eligos is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_demons_in_the_Ars_Goetia#Duke_Eligos a Great Duke of Hell]] but Lionel refers to him as a weak lesser demon. He is still a hell of a lot stronger than anyone of them expected.
* AlienBlood: As shown in "Brujo," [[spoiler: his blood is blue]].
* ArcVillain: Served as the main antagonist of Episodes 3 through 5.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: The only outward sign that a person is being possessed by Eligos. He can turn it on and off at will, though.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Ash puts a shotgun shell right in his face.]]
* DemonicPossession: He has this ability, but is a lot more subtle than the Deadites' version, being able to make the victim pass of as completely normal.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Has a very deep, raspy voice.
* EyelessFace: His appearance may remind some of [[Film/PansLabyrinth The Pale Man.]]
* ForTheEvulz: He pretended to be Kelly to trick Ash into performing a MercyKill on her. Ash nearly does it but catches onto the trick.
* HumanoidAbomination: A distorted, demonic monstrosity in the vague shape of an emaciated human being that, save for his mouth, flickers and vibrates like a bad VHS tape.
* KnightOfCerebus: Compared to the Deadites. There's nothing comedic about him, Ash is left almost completely helpless when he tries to confront him, and the way he tortures Ash and Pablo is ''not'' PlayedForLaughs.
* NormalFishInATinyPond: He's explicitly stated to be ''the'' weakest demon that the Necronomicon can summon, and he effortlessly kicks Ash's ass and nearly kills him. Which means that if the [[EldritchAbomination most powerful]] of the lot crossed over to our side of the fence, those trying to stop them would be absolutely powerless.
* OutOfCharacterAlert: While possessing Kelly, he pretends to be her in a moment of clarity, begging Ash to MercyKill her. Ash is about to do so, but then "Kelly" asks him to [[DueToTheDead make a cross for her grave]]. Knowing Kelly is Jewish, Ash quickly realizes the trick.
* PsychicPowers: He's referred to as a "demon of the mind," and in "Brujo," he [[spoiler: invades Ash's VisionQuest]].
* ShootTheMageFirst: Upon breaking free of the binding circle, the very first thing Eligos does is kill Lionel, the only one who can read the incantation needed to send him back.
* TeleportSpam: Uses these to get the drop on anyone trying to attack him. [[spoiler:Ash finally exploits this ability in the showdown at Brujo's ranch; by anticipating that [[JumpScare he always appears right in front of his victims]], Ash tosses up his shotgun, swipes at him with his chainsaw, and spins on his heels to catch the gun just as the demon re-appears. [[ActionBomb The resulting blast splatters Eligos's physical form across the barn]].]]
[[/folder]]
!Deadites
[[folder:In General]]
!!The "Evil Dead" / The Deadites
->'''Played By:''' Ted Raimi, Denise Bixler, Richard Domeier, Lou Hancock, Embeth Davidtz, Patricia Tallman, Shiva Gordon, Billy Bryan, Nadine Grycan, Bill Moseley, Eric Clarke, Kevin [=O'Hara=], Courtney Pakiz, Creator/SamRaimi, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' / ''[[Film/EvilDead2 Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn]]'' / ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' / ''Film/EvilDead2013'' / ''Series/AshVsEvilDead''
An evil demonic force of nature, and the BigBad of the series.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Pretty much all of the Deadites and demons that have emerged from the book haven't been anything more than AxCrazy spree killers with a taste for [[ForTheEvulz sadism]] and souls.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Even at their absolute silliest, they're still deadly threats.
* BigBad: Specifically the "Evil Force" that controls them.
* CardCarryingVillain: Most Deadites openly gloat about how evil they are.
* ChaoticStupid: Deadite possession is not always obvious, and Deadites can feign being their host for extended periods of time. They invariably get impatient, however, and show their GameFace. Similarly, given a helpless opponent, the Deadite tends to prefer torturing them instead of [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim killing them outright.]]
* DemonicPossession: Its Modus Operandi.
%%* EldritchAbomination
* EmptyEyes: A tell-tale sign of Deadite possession is milky white eyes with no pupils or irises.
* EvilIsHammy: "I'll swallow your soul!"
* FauxAffablyEvil: Subverted in a sense, since combining with the above EvilIsHammy trope and LaughablyEvil, its hard to take them seriously. This is plain old averted in the remake though.
* ForTheEvulz: Apparently its sole reason for doing anything. In ''Evil Dead II'', Ash is alone for some time by himself being tormented by the Demon, which logically could have killed him at anytime it wanted. Why doesn't it? Because having driven him AxCrazy and LaughingMad, Ash has proven far too entertaining and the Demon is having too much fun to want to kill him just yet. It only renews its attack on him once the others show up at the cabin.
* HiveMind: Somewhat, each Deadite seems to have its own personality, even though they're all possessed by the same demon.
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: Manifests itself into a humanoid form near the end of the 2013 film.]]
* IHaveManyNames: Throughout the movies it's called "The Evil" the "Candarian demon", "Rotting Apple Head" and in the 2013 version "The Abomination."
* KnightOfCerebus: In the 2013 version. It is definitely more [[DarkerAndEdgier serious]] then the demon in the previous ones.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: For one thing, they seem to possess ElementalPowers and a few other psychic powers. They're also [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations.]]
* RelativeButton: It rapes Ash's sister Cheryl.
* TomeOfEldritchLore:.Their main way of unleashing themselves onto the world.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: One moment they could be looking like a demon from Hell, the next moment they would be looking like the body of their possessed victim.
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[[folder:Ash's Hand]]
!!Ash's Hand
->'''Played By:''' Bruce Campbell's hand (''Evil Dead'', ''Evil Dead 2''); Various others (''Evil Dead 2'', ''Ash Vs Evil Dead'')
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: After growing a body for itself.]]
* EvilTwin / EvilCounterpart: See SpiritualSuccessor.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: When it's in the process of growing into an Evil Ash, an eye appears on its wrist.
* FlippingTheBird: Hilariously it does this to Ash.
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: Transforms into a copy of Ash eventually, who kills Amanda.]]
* LaughablyEvil: Vicious, AxCrazy, and quite hilarious as well.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: It's a crazy little bugger, flipping off Ash, trolling the survivors and later getting caught in a mouse-trap. [[spoiler:It also kills Annie in the climax with a knife to her back]].
* RedRightHand: [[spoiler: After it turns into a HumanoidAbomination, one of its hands is still as gnarled and twisted as it was before the transformation.]]
* SpiritualSuccessor: Despite technically coming first, the hand seems to have become this to Evil Ash in the TV series, possibly as a way of getting around the ''Army'' rights issues.
* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler: Its death. He gets pumped to the brim with dozens of rifle bullets and magnum rounds, and finally cut up by Ash to make sure.]]
* {{Troll}}: It seems to have more fun messing with people than it does actually killing them, and even when it ''does'' kill something, it's usually timed after something hopeful seems to happen. It even still has this [[spoiler: after thirty years, as after they kill Amanda, they proceed to mock Ash regarding her death.]]
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[[folder:Evil Ash]]
!!Evil Ash
->'''Played By:''' Creator/BruceCampbell
* EvilTwin / EvilCounterpart: He retains all Ash's [[LargeHam hamminess]] and snarky attitude, but he's on the evil side.
* BoomHeadshot: How Ash gets him to finally shut up... Temporarily.
* CardCarryingVillain
* EvilMakeover: He starts out looking exactly like Ash. One boomstick blast to the face and a chainsaw mutilation later, and he now looks like a decayed zombie. Then later his rotting flesh is completely burned off and he's left with the appearance of a skeletal warrior.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Starts off a miniature clone, which then grows into an full-sized, evil yet still funny clone; which after [[MoodWhiplash comedically putting himself back together via stop motion, he turns into a threatening undead warlord]]
* HumanoidAbomination: Is the evil force having manifested into Ash's EvilTwin.
* TheHeavy: Technically the Evil Force incarnate as an undead clone of Ash.
* KnightOfCerebus: Played with, he starts off as a LaughablyEvil [[EvilTwin Evil Clone]] of Ash until he reassembles himself as a far more threatening undead warlord.
* LaughablyEvil: Until he decides to [[KnightOfCerebus stop mucking around..]]
* LetsGetDangerous: He gets a couple funny moments while attacking the castle and killing various knights. When Ash interferes with him grabbing the book, though, Evil Ash is done playing around.
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