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* BullyingADragon: Jerry tries his fall-down artist trick on Janet. . . who's a lawyer, used to be a prosecutor in Chicago where she ate guys like him for breakfast, and is on a first-name basis with the town Sheriff. Guy never stood a chance.
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* MeaningfulName: [[Myth/NorseMythology Thor]] was a powerful warrior god and defender of humanity, who fought and slew mighty giants with his hammer. The dog Thor here is a loyal and determined defender of his family, and doesn't hesitate to throw himself against a werewolf easily twice his size to protect them, and ultimately wins.
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* BottomlessMagazines: Downplayed. Janet fires eight shots from a six-shot revolver.
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* ShakyPOVCam: A few shots are from Thor's perspective, and the film uses this along with a fisheye lens to convey the dog's perception.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ambiguously. Thor, knowing by now something is strange about Ted, sits outside his Airstream trailer. When Ted starts to leave to go chain himself up in the woods, Thor sitting there staring at him creeps him out. Thor delays Ted for an unspecified amount of time, but the sun is very low (and thus, the moon close to rising) when Ted finally heads out to the woods. When Thor gets out a bit later and tracks Ted, the handcuffs are on the ground along with Ted's clothes. It's implied that perhaps Thor delayed Ted too long, so he didn't have time to secure himself before he changed, but not confirmed. This leads to Thor attacking Ted in werewolf form and getting injured, Ted killed the con man who comes back at night for revenge on Thor, creating suspicion that Thor attacked and killed the man, making it all too easy for Ted to play the victim card when he subtly provokes Thor into attacking him.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Ted subtly provokes Thor into biting him, let him seem like a victim of the dog's brutal overprotectiveness and Thor like a crazed animal developing a taste for humans.
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* IronicEcho: Near the beginning of the film, a con man provokes Thor into attacking him, threatening to sue Janet with the intent of scaring her into a payoff (unfortunately for him, Janet's a lawyer who's dealt with many a "flopsy" before). Near the end, Ted provokes Thor into attacking him (since Thor was already extremely wary of the werewolf near his family, it didn't take much). In between, Ted in werewolf form killed the con man when he returned at night to get revenge on Thor, making it look like the German Shepherd has moved from overprotective to dangerous.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Thor rummages in Ted's bag, uncovering a pair of handcuffs. Janet teases her little brother about having handcuffs, especially such heavy-duty ones, clearly thinking he's into some CasualKink. Of course, that's not at all why he has them.
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* CatScare: A rare instance of another animal being subjected to this, Thor is investigating the environs of Ted's trailer, sniffing things out, when he (and the audience) are startled by a flock of birds breaking out of the bushes.
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* DeathBySex: Ted's girlfriend Marjorie is taken out of their tent and torn apart while the two were in the middle of having sex.
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* OutWithABang: Ted's girlfriend Marjorie is taken out of their tent and torn apart while the two were in the middle of having sex.
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* CoolPet: Thor. Fighting a fully-transformed werewolf is a feat worthy of any badass, let alone a common family dog, especially as it's about twice his size.
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* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Thor. Fighting a fully-transformed werewolf is a feat worthy of any badass, let alone a common family dog, especially as it's about twice his size.
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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: According to Ted, it doesn't require a full moon for a werewolf to transform and they'll do it every night when the moon is in the sky. They also don't require silver bullets to kill them and can be harmed by conventional means. When Thor attacks Ted in his werewolf form at the end, he manages to make him bleed.
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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: According to Ted, it doesn't require a full moon for a werewolf to transform and they'll do it every night when the moon is in the sky. They also don't require silver bullets to kill them and can be harmed by conventional means. When Thor attacks Ted in his werewolf form at the end, he manages to make him bleed. Previously too Ted killed the werewolf who infected him with a normal shotgun. He's also wounded by a revolver while a werewolf.
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:After attacking his family and his fight with Thor whom he he tried to get sent to the pound, a badly injured Ted is discovered by Thor in the woods. Ted then begs for Thor to kill him. Which he does.]]
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:After attacking his family and his fight with Thor whom he he tried to get sent to the pound, a badly injured Ted is discovered by Thor in the woods. Ted then begs for Thor to kill him. Which he does.]]
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* TheyKnowTooMuch: Ted, [[spoiler:is resorted to doing this to protect his secret by having Thor taken to the pound where he would likely be euthanized and then tried to kill his own family for realizing the truth.]]
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* TheyKnowTooMuch: Ted, [[spoiler:is resorted Ted [[spoiler:resorted to doing this to protect his secret by having Thor taken to the pound where he would likely be euthanized and then tried to kill his own family for realizing the truth.]]
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* {{Diary}}: Janet learns of her brother's condition by reading his diary.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Pre-werewolf bite Ted. In the book, he made his girlfriend Marjorie abandon her career as a photojournalist after they got together, but in the film, they both maintain careers throughout their relationship.
* AdaptationalVillainy:
** In the book, Ted only kills one person as a werewolf, while in the film, he amasses a much larger bodycount. He also provokes Thor to attack him in the film, while Thor does that without being provoked in the book due to realizing that Ted will threaten the family and that killing or badly injuring him is the only way to remove the threat.
** The salesman never tries to kill Thor in the book.
* AdaptationalVillainy:
** In the book, Ted only kills one person as a werewolf, while in the film, he amasses a much larger bodycount. He also provokes Thor to attack him in the film, while Thor does that without being provoked in the book due to realizing that Ted will threaten the family and that killing or badly injuring him is the only way to remove the threat.
** The salesman never tries to kill Thor in the book.
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* DeathByAdaptation:
** The salesman who tries to fake being attacked by Thor and sue the family leaves in humiliation after his scam is exposed and documented (with a photograph of his unhurt leg and a statement he's forced to sign) in the book. In the film, he comes back for revenge and is killed by the werewolf.
** Ted kills the werewolf that bites him and kills Marjorie, while the book implies that the beast escaped its encounter with him.
** The salesman who tries to fake being attacked by Thor and sue the family leaves in humiliation after his scam is exposed and documented (with a photograph of his unhurt leg and a statement he's forced to sign) in the book. In the film, he comes back for revenge and is killed by the werewolf.
** Ted kills the werewolf that bites him and kills Marjorie, while the book implies that the beast escaped its encounter with him.
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''Bad Moon'' is a 1996 horror film [[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted from]] the novel ''Thor'' by Wayne Smith, which tells the story from the point of view of the eponymous family dog.
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''Bad Moon'' is a 1996 horror film directed by Creator/EricRed and [[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted from]] the novel ''Thor'' by Wayne Smith, which tells the story from the point of view of the eponymous family dog.
