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* StimulantSpeedtalk: Max has been doing his own coke-fueled amateur investigation of the Grabber child abductions, and babbles off his theories to the cops, who ignore him. It takes him a while, but [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight he's spot on]], and is happy to ramble through how he solved the case [[spoiler: only to get an axe in the head from his brother, who was the Grabber all along.]]
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* BerserkButton: He beats up two kids because one of them bumped into a pinball machine he was playing and ruined his chance to beat his high score.
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* MouthyKid: Gwen is a smart, observant kid and is willing to tell off adult authority figures for behaving obstructively. That does lead to her being spanked, however.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Vance tells Finney that after he destroyed the Grabber’s wall trying to escape, the Grabber “took his time” with Vance before he killed him.
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* TookALevelInBadass: With all the ghost boys assisting him, especially Robin encouraging his friend one last time, Finney not only stands up to the Grabber and kills him, but he sits with his crush in class without fear.
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* TookALevelInBadass: With all the ghost boys assisting him, especially Robin encouraging his friend one last time, Finney not only stands up to the Grabber and [[spoiler:and kills him, him]], but he sits with his crush in class without fear.
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The Grabber's drug-addicted brother.
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* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: He's an absolute child-abuser of a father especially towards [[TheUnfavorite Gwen]] (not that Finney was treated much better, at least verbally) who seemed to care more about the well-being of his [[SarcasmMode precious precious]] alcoholic beverages than his children. When the Grabber takes Finney from him and Gwen, he breaks down feeling guilt over what if Finney doesn't miss him and becomes much friendlier to Gwen. Once [[spoiler: Finney is finally rescued, Terrance asks if they can ever forgive him]].
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* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: TookALevelInKindness: He's an absolute child-abuser of a father especially towards [[TheUnfavorite Gwen]] (not that Finney was treated much better, at least verbally) who seemed to care more about the well-being of his [[SarcasmMode precious precious]] alcoholic beverages than his children. When the Grabber takes Finney from him and Gwen, he breaks down feeling guilt over what if Finney doesn't miss him and becomes much friendlier to Gwen. Once [[spoiler: Finney is finally rescued, Terrance asks if they can ever forgive him]].
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name is never stated, "The Grabber" being his only given identification, which is what the news media had dubbed him.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name is never stated, "The Grabber" being his only given identification, which is what the news media had dubbed him. That said, his name in the original short story was revealed to be Al.
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: [[spoiler:Ankle, but close enough. Finney manages to trick the Grabber into following him into a pit, wherein the Grabber's ankle twists on a pile of debris Finney set for just that purpose. While that's not enough to stop him, it does allow Finney to remove the Grabber's mask, and incapacitate him long enough to deliver a NeckSnap.]]
* DramaticUnmask: [[spoiler:Played with. What's under the mask is really nothing special; the Grabber just looks like an ordinary man. But removing that mask makes the Grabber have a FreakOut, allow Finney to get the drop on him and deliver a NeckSnap.]]
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* MalevolentMaskedMan: Whenever he talks to his victims, he wears a series of demonic-looking masks to hide his identity. He reacts very negatively when Finney snatches it off his head.
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* MalevolentMaskedMan: Whenever he talks to his victims, he wears a series of demonic-looking masks to hide his identity. He reacts very negatively when Finney snatches it off his head. head, to the point that [[spoiler:he's so freaked out by the loss of said mask that it allows Finney to deliver a NeckSnap while the Grabber is distracted]].
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* IdiotBall: As the Grabber was considering releasing him as a reward for not trying to run away (per the Ghost Boys' advice), Finney blows his chance to have the Grabber keep considering that when the Grabber asks for his name. Even after the Grabber ranted on about how he gets all the details about the boys he kidnaps on the newspapers, Finney still chooses to lie about his name and so the Grabber angrily just keeps him in the basement.
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[[folder: Terrance]]
!!Terrance Blake
Finney and Gwen's alcoholic abusive widowed father who works at the ill-fated Rocky Flats Plant.
* TheAlcoholic: To the point he's so intoxicated by his heavy drinking (likely caused by his deceased wife's passing) he can't stand even the slightest of sounds yet he'll go off screaming like a banshee if irritated.
* CopHater: He seems to really hate the police, and blames Gwen when they came to his workplace to ask him questions about the investigation. This could be a reference to how in real life EPA and FBI agents would raid Rocky Flats Plant in 1989, a decade after the film's events.
* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Belts Gwen's ass ''hard'' for talking about her psychic dreams to the police detectives investigating the missing boys as he's angry about how his deceased wife also had psychic dreams, and lastly orders Gwen not to apply ice.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: He's very much against Gwen spreading "rumors" about her psychic dreams which was passed on to her by her mother.
* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: He's an absolute child-abuser of a father especially towards [[TheUnfavorite Gwen]] (not that Finney was treated much better, at least verbally) who seemed to care more about the well-being of his [[SarcasmMode precious precious]] alcoholic beverages than his children. When the Grabber takes Finney from him and Gwen, he breaks down feeling guilt over what if Finney doesn't miss him and becomes much friendlier to Gwen. Once [[spoiler: Finney is finally rescued, Terrance asks if they can ever forgive him]].
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!!Terrance Blake
Finney and Gwen's alcoholic abusive widowed father who works at the ill-fated Rocky Flats Plant.
* TheAlcoholic: To the point he's so intoxicated by his heavy drinking (likely caused by his deceased wife's passing) he can't stand even the slightest of sounds yet he'll go off screaming like a banshee if irritated.
* CopHater: He seems to really hate the police, and blames Gwen when they came to his workplace to ask him questions about the investigation. This could be a reference to how in real life EPA and FBI agents would raid Rocky Flats Plant in 1989, a decade after the film's events.
* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Belts Gwen's ass ''hard'' for talking about her psychic dreams to the police detectives investigating the missing boys as he's angry about how his deceased wife also had psychic dreams, and lastly orders Gwen not to apply ice.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: He's very much against Gwen spreading "rumors" about her psychic dreams which was passed on to her by her mother.
* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: He's an absolute child-abuser of a father especially towards [[TheUnfavorite Gwen]] (not that Finney was treated much better, at least verbally) who seemed to care more about the well-being of his [[SarcasmMode precious precious]] alcoholic beverages than his children. When the Grabber takes Finney from him and Gwen, he breaks down feeling guilt over what if Finney doesn't miss him and becomes much friendlier to Gwen. Once [[spoiler: Finney is finally rescued, Terrance asks if they can ever forgive him]].
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* LovableCoward: The only reason he didn't check his own house (more thoroughly) for Finney and the corpses of other dead boys was because his brother kept ordering him to mind his own business and likely threatened to cut off his cocaine supply.
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* MoveAlongNothingToSeeHere: His brother fiercely ordered him to not snoop around the basement [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial cause there's "nothing" there]]. Max did hear the commotion outside of Finney trying to run out after getting the bike lock right (but most likely not Finney's screams for help) and tried asking his brother about this but is ignored.
* {{NEET}}: Not that money is his main priority but he's an unemployed cokehead only getting by with his brother's financial support who so happens to be a serial killer.
* {{NEET}}: Not that money is his main priority but he's an unemployed cokehead only getting by with his brother's financial support who so happens to be a serial killer.
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* TeensAreShort: Perhaps justified in that they're all young teens at most.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: He's openly delighted as Finney beats the shit out of the Grabber for all he's done.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: Zigzagged. [[spoiler:After Finney traps him in the broken floorboards and beats the shit out of him, the Grabber, seemingly aware he's been outdone, just laughs manically and mockingly in his face, until Finney manages to knock off his mask, upon which he ScreamsLikeALittleGirl and tries to cover his face.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: Zigzagged. [[spoiler:After Finney traps him in the broken floorboards and beats the shit out of him, the Grabber, seemingly aware he's been outdone, just laughs manically and mockingly in his face, until Finney manages to knock off his mask, upon which he ScreamsLikeALittleGirl and tries to cover his face.face]].
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* DefiantToTheEnd: Zigzagged. [[spoiler:After Finney traps him in the broken floorboards and beats the shit out of him, the Grabber, seemingly aware he's been outdone, just laughs manically and mockingly in his face, until Finney manages to knock off his mask, upon which he ScreamLikeALittleGirl ScreamsLikeALittleGirl and tries to cover his face.]]
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* DefiantToTheEnd: Zigzagged. [[spoiler:After Finney traps him in the broken floorboards and beats the shit out of him, the Grabber just laughs maniacally and loudly at him, until Finney manages to knock off his mask, upon which he screams frantically and tries to cover his face.]]
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* DefiantToTheEnd: Zigzagged. [[spoiler:After Finney traps him in the broken floorboards and beats the shit out of him, the Grabber Grabber, seemingly aware he's been outdone, just laughs maniacally manically and loudly at him, mockingly in his face, until Finney manages to knock off his mask, upon which he screams frantically ScreamLikeALittleGirl and tries to cover his face.]]
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* DefiantToTheEnd: Zigzagged. [[spoiler:After Finney traps him in the broken floorboards and beats the shit out of him, the Grabber just laughs maniacally and loudly at him, until Finney manages to knock off his mask, upon which he screams frantically and tries to cover his face.]]
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Or in this film’s case, someone worse. Sure, Vance is a violent, borderline sociopathic bully who honestly could have been the main villain of another movie, but any evils he had ''pale'' in comparison to the sadistic, AxCrazy, kidnapping, serial killer that is The Grabber.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Or in this film’s case, someone worse. AlwaysABiggerFish: Sure, Vance is a violent, borderline sociopathic bully who honestly could have been the main villain of another movie, but any evils he had ''pale'' in comparison to the sadistic, AxCrazy, kidnapping, serial killer that is The Grabber.
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* SiblingMurder: He kills his brother, Max, with an axe after the latter discovers Finney locked up in the basement.
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* ImprovisationalIngenuity: Initially, Finney assumes everyone abducted before him had tried everything to escape, and doesn't put much effort into his own escape attempts. Once the ghosts start passing on knowledge of what they were able to achieve, he springboards off their ideas and improves on them, using carpets laying around to guide a cable to the window and setting up a fairly elaborate trap with the materials at hand.
* TookALevelInBadass: With all the ghost boys assisting them, especially Robin encouraging his friend one last time, Finney not only stands up to the Grabber and kills him, but he sits with his crush in class without fear.
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* ImprovisationalIngenuity: Initially, Finney assumes everyone abducted before him had tried everything to escape, and doesn't put much effort into his own escape attempts. Once the ghosts start passing on knowledge of what they were able to achieve, he springboards off their ideas and improves on them, using carpets laying around to guide a cable to the window and setting [[spoiler:and in the climax he sets up a fairly elaborate trap with using what he had on hand and learned.]]
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titular Black Phone by ripping off it's receiver, stuffing it full of dirt for heft and uses it as an improvised bludgeoning weapon against the Grabber. He also uses the chord as an improvised garrote when he has the Grabber dead to rights.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: With all the ghost boys assistingthem, him, especially Robin encouraging his friend one last time, Finney not only stands up to the Grabber and kills him, but he sits with his crush in class without fear.
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Max is an unemployed, couch-surfing cokehead, while his brother is a financially stable fully-employed homeowner who views Max's foibles with weary affection. Said brother is also a serial killer, so Max is probably doing better in the long run.
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* CorporalPunishment: Gets a very sound spanking from her father, who then orders her not to ice her bottom.
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