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* EntitledToHaveYou: Mitch displays some of this towards Lindsay.
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* SoreLoser: The RockTrio refuse to attend the prom because they weren't hired to play for it.
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* SoreLoser: The RockTrio refuse to attend the prom because they weren't hired to play for it. Mitch also mentions that his family motto is to never let anyone else win at anything.
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* UncertainDoom: The zombified [[spoiler: Steven and Gwen]]. who presumably die inside the gym.
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* UncertainDoom: The zombified [[spoiler: Steven and Gwen]]. who presumably die inside are last seen in the gym.bathroom, but would have likely been blown up with the others.
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* UnwantedAssistance: The Sci-Fi club yell out for Steven to ask Gwen out right as he's awkwardly trying to deny association with them while saying hi to her.
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* UnwantedAssistance: The Sci-Fi club loudly yell out for Steven to ask Gwen out right as he's awkwardly trying to deny association with them while saying hi talking to her.
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* CarFu: An accidental version, when Lindsay runs over a couple zombies chasing the sci-fi club at the beginning. Later Gwen runs over several zombies when bringing the hearse around [[ApologietcAttacker and says she's sorry each time]].
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* CarFu: An accidental version, when Lindsay runs over a couple zombies chasing the sci-fi club at the beginning. Later Gwen runs over several zombies when bringing the hearse around [[ApologietcAttacker [[ApologieticAttacker and says she's sorry each time]].
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* CheckingTheStalls: Jennifer and a bunch of other RedShirt survivors turn up alive, hiding in the bathroom.
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* HeadphonesEqualsIsolation: Gwen is jogging with her earbuds in and doesn't notice the zombies for a while.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Steven likes Gwen and tries asking her to go to prom with him. Gwen wants to go with Jensen instead, as her first choice bailed on her due to sickness. Jensen, however, shoots her down. Steven still likes Gwen, but she only starts to like him back after she is bitten by the zombie headmaster.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Gwen has a crush on the dark and brooding Nash, but quickly gets disillusioned.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Gwen has a crush on the dark and brooding Nash, but quickly gets disillusioned.
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* AirVentPassageway: Coach Keel crawls through the air-vents, setting bombs throughout the school in the climax [[spoiler: although he accidentally drops the remote to set them off in the middle of the dance floor while crossing over it, forcing Jimmy to go in and retrieve it]].
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Steven likes Gwen and tries asking her to go to prom with him. Gwen wants to go withJensen Nash Ramble instead, as her first choice bailed on her due to sickness. Jensen, however, shoots her down. Steven still likes Gwen, but she only starts to like him back after she is bitten by the zombie headmaster.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Gwen has a crush on the dark and brooding Nash, but quickly getsdisillusioned.disillusioned when she asks him out (although later she is happy to see him alive and is impressed to hear his music kept the zombies at bay).
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Steven likes Gwen and tries asking her to go to prom with him. Gwen wants to go with
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Gwen has a crush on the dark and brooding Nash, but quickly gets
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* AndTheAdventureContinuesAndTheAdventureContinues: The film ends with them heading out to shut down the power plant (after stopping for breakfast at pancake hut first).
* AnyoneCanDie: You deserved better, [[spoiler: Gwen, Steven, Jensen and Kyle]].
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* AwlLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Jimmy and Lindsay aren't perfectly compatible, but both try to reach each other quickly after the zombie apocalypse despite being broken up and ultimately end up together.
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* AwlLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Jimmy and Lindsay aren't perfectly compatible, but both try to reach each other quickly after the zombie apocalypse despite being broken up and up. [[PlayingWith once they get together they again they have a fight, but ultimately end up together.they get back together]].
* BaitAndSwitch: It initially looks like the Sci-Fi club is well-attended, and not just by HollywoodNerd's, but then it turns out most of the attendees thought they were at an Amnesty International meeting and leave.
* BetaCouple: Although their relationship is mostly limited to mild flirting, Tina and Stevenserve as this to Lindsay and Jimmy.
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* CheckingTheStalls: Jennifer and a bunch of other RedShirt survivors turn up alive, hiding in the bathroom.
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* CowardlyLion: Tough guy Kyle is introduced cowering and crying after a zombie attack but quickly gets over it (a bit defensively) and breaks out his gun to fight zombies with.
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* CowardlyLion: Tough guy Kyle is introduced cowering and crying after a zombie attack but quickly gets over it (a bit defensively) and breaks out his gun to fight zombies with. Gwen is also willing to bravely step up a few times despite seeming creeped out at others.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Nash.
** Earlier, she notes that they'll need years of therapy after this.
* FormerlyFit: Coach Keel is still somewhat buff, but notes that "this shit was a lot easier when I was twenty pounds lighter."
* GirlPosse: Jennifer the prom queen has a couple of girl sidekicks, although they don't seem to bully or look down on anyone and just campaign for her to be prom queen.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Gwen.
* HiddenDepths: When Jennifer finds out that Jules and George are from the Sci-Fi club, she actually gets a little excited at this and confides that she saw a UFO once.
* IDontWantToDie: Gwen admits this [[spoiler: after being bitten]].
* ImColdSoCold: An infected [[spoiler: Gwen]]. says this.
* PairTheSpares: The prom queen and one of her friends get a little ShipTease with George and Jules.
* PantyShot: When Gwen is doing some flips at cheerleading practice, which [[PeepingTom Steven films]].
* PeekABangs: Nash's hair goes down around his eyes in a couple scenes.
* PunchClockHero: The Gravedigger tries to put down zombies emerging from they're graves not necessarily out of heroism, but due to wanting to keep his job at the cemetery.
* PantyShot: When Gwen is doing some flips at cheerleading practice, which [[PeepingTom Steven films]].
* PeekABangs: Nash's hair goes down around his eyes in a couple scenes.
* PunchClockHero: The Gravedigger tries to put down zombies emerging from they're graves not necessarily out of heroism, but due to wanting to keep his job at the cemetery.
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* RecklessGunUsage: Whelped Jules gets his hand on Kyle's gun he quickly accidentally shoots the last round into the ceiling.
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* SkewedPriorities: Jules congratulating Jennifer on bering crowned Prom Queen after they make it out of the school, something she quickly lampshades.
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* TogetherInDeath: Zombified [[spoiler: Steven and Gwen]]. Provide a somewhat creepy example of this, with an InterplayOfSexAndViolence as they take bites from each other.
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* UncertainDoom: The zombified [[spoiler: Steven and Gwen]]. who presumably die inside the gym.
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* UseYourHead: Kyle angrily headsets Jimmy after overhearing Jimmy make a joke that Kyle will need to take one of his sisters to prom if he wants a date. Later George whacks a zombie this way while wearing a football helmet.
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* ZombieInfectee: [spoiler: Kyle]]. who is upfront about it and turns quickly, and later [[spoiler: Gwen]] who is scared of being killed and doesn't tell anyone, although she does try to move away from the main group.
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Jimmy, Kyle and Gwen travel through one while trying to meet up with the others, and take notice of all the toxic sludge.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Gwen has a crush on the dark and brooding Nash, but quickly gets disillusioned.
* AwlLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Jimmy and Lindsay aren't perfectly compatible, but both try to reach each other quickly after the zombie apocalypse despite being broken up and ultimately end up together.
* BigGuyFatalitySyndrome: [[spoiler: Kyle]]. who dies at the funeral home.
* BloodSplatterInnocents: Pretty much everyone by the time they get out of the funeral home.
* BloodSplatterInnocents: Pretty much everyone by the time they get out of the funeral home.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: George and Jules have suffered a lot of bullying at the hands of Kyle, although he has difficulty remembering a lot of it when they prompt him.
* CarFu: An accidental version, when Lindsay runs over a couple zombies chasing the sci-fi club at the beginning. Later Gwen runs over several zombies when bringing the hearse around [[ApologietcAttacker and says she's sorry each time]].
* CarFu: An accidental version, when Lindsay runs over a couple zombies chasing the sci-fi club at the beginning. Later Gwen runs over several zombies when bringing the hearse around [[ApologietcAttacker and says she's sorry each time]].
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* TheCheerleader: GwenGwen plays with this. She has the low intelligence part down, but is pretty nice (and was willing to talk to the geeky Steven and ask his advice even while not returning his crush) and fairly chaste (based on her reaction to Nash turning down her invitation to prom but saying he will let her give him oral sex if she wants).
* ChekhovsSkill: Gwen uses her cheerleading aerobics and running speed to get to the hearse and swing around to pick everyone up at the front door.
* CombatStilettos: Lindsay angrily stabs a zombie who made her rip her prom dress with one of her heels.
* ControlFreak: Lindsay is fairly likable, but does get irritated when someone spells the prom poster and tries to take charge of boarding up the windows to the pint where George argues with her over it.
* ChekhovsSkill: Gwen uses her cheerleading aerobics and running speed to get to the hearse and swing around to pick everyone up at the front door.
* CombatStilettos: Lindsay angrily stabs a zombie who made her rip her prom dress with one of her heels.
* ControlFreak: Lindsay is fairly likable, but does get irritated when someone spells the prom poster and tries to take charge of boarding up the windows to the pint where George argues with her over it.
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* CowardlyLion: Tough guy Kyle is introduced cowering and crying after a zombie attack but quickly gets over it (a bit defensively) and breaks out his gun to fight zombies with.
* CreepyMortician: The zombie-fighting gravedigger is a fairly heroic version.
* DamnedByFaintPraise: An accidental version. While they're surrounded by zombies, when Gwen finds out Steven had wanted to go to prom with her before learning she wanted to ask Nash, she tells him that she should have just asked. Steven says that she would have said no and Gwen replies (with apparent sincerity and a smile) that if it was a choice between being at prom with him and being chased by zombies, she would have chose him.
* DecapitationPresentation: The zombies rip Mitch's head off and thrust it up against the car window, freaking out Lindsay.
* DelinquentHair: Kyle and his mohawk definitely count, and Dave the Drummer's hair is fairly wild as well.
* CreepyMortician: The zombie-fighting gravedigger is a fairly heroic version.
* DamnedByFaintPraise: An accidental version. While they're surrounded by zombies, when Gwen finds out Steven had wanted to go to prom with her before learning she wanted to ask Nash, she tells him that she should have just asked. Steven says that she would have said no and Gwen replies (with apparent sincerity and a smile) that if it was a choice between being at prom with him and being chased by zombies, she would have chose him.
* DecapitationPresentation: The zombies rip Mitch's head off and thrust it up against the car window, freaking out Lindsay.
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* DistractedFromDeath: A storekeeper reading a magazine fails to notice several zombies coming inside.
* TheDogBitesBack: Or rather the dissected frog in biology class rises form the dead and attacks the biology teacher while he's alone in the classroom.
* TheDogBitesBack: Or rather the dissected frog in biology class rises form the dead and attacks the biology teacher while he's alone in the classroom.
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Gwen, who is uncomfortable in biology class, stating that she likes frogs.
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* GoshDangItToHeck: Lindsay tends to avoid saying Fuck and tell people to "get the Off out of the way."
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Jimmy and Kyle rip one zombie in half, and the lower half os seen still running around.
* HeadphonesEqualsIsolation: Gwen is jogging with her earbuds in and doesn't notice the zombies for a while.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Jimmy and Kyle rip one zombie in half, and the lower half os seen still running around.
* HeadphonesEqualsIsolation: Gwen is jogging with her earbuds in and doesn't notice the zombies for a while.
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* JoggersFindDeath: In a sense, Gwen wanders across a fight with zombies while jogging.
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* MassOhCrap: When they realize they've taken refuge in a funeral home.
* MoralityPet: Literally, gruff Coach Keel resents the zombies for having killed his German shepherd.
* MustMakeAmends: [[spoiler: Kyle]]. apologizes for his past actions to the others while about to turn into a zombie.
* MyCarHatesMe: Lindsay has trouble starting Mitch's car to escape at the cemetery.
* MoralityPet: Literally, gruff Coach Keel resents the zombies for having killed his German shepherd.
* MustMakeAmends: [[spoiler: Kyle]]. apologizes for his past actions to the others while about to turn into a zombie.
* MyCarHatesMe: Lindsay has trouble starting Mitch's car to escape at the cemetery.
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* SayYourPrayers: Lindsay does this a few times right before they head into dangerous situations, noting that "we really need it" the second time. Played for laughs earlier when minor character Jennifer is seen praying to be elected Prom Queen.
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* UncertifiedExpert: Lampshaded. The sci-fi club has some kind of device for detecting spooky energy that they got from George's brother at MIT. The others are quick to doubt it's usefulness though, pointing out that George's brother is an accounting major.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Jimmy doesn't recognize the first zombie he sees and thinks it's just a woman having a seizure. When Jensen first sees them, he assumes that Nash and Dave laced his dope with formaldehyde and he's hallucinating.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to WordOfGod (and the Man himself) the character of Coach Keel was intended to be played by Music/HenryRollins, but he was unavailable during the time of filming due to being on tour. His replacement, Creator/MarkOliver, does mimic Rollins' appearance and mannerisms in the role.
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''Dance of the Dead'' is an American zombie horror-comedy film released in 2008. It premiered exclusively at Mann's Chinese 6 Theaters in Los Angeles on October 13, before being released on DVD the next day. The film was directed by Gregg Bishop and written by Joe Ballarini. The film stars Jared Kusnitz, Greyson Chadwick, Chandler Darby, Carissa Capobianco and Mark Oliver.
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''Dance of the Dead'' is an American zombie horror-comedy film released in 2008. It premiered exclusively at Mann's Chinese 6 Theaters in Los Angeles UsefulNotes/LosAngeles on October 13, before being released on DVD the next day. The film was directed by Gregg Bishop and written by Joe Ballarini. The film stars Jared Kusnitz, Greyson Chadwick, Chandler Darby, Carissa Capobianco and Mark Oliver.
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* IdiotBall: After discovering that Gwen was bitten, Steven knows that he shouldn't be standing in the same cubicle as her, that he should probably put her out of her misery before she turns, and that he definitely should not let her hug him...but he still decides to make out with her [[spoiler: ...and it costs him his life]].
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* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: Prom
* IdiotBall: After discovering that Gwen was bitten, Stevenknows knows. that he shouldn't be standing in the same cubicle as her, that he should probably put her out of her misery before she turns, and that he definitely should not let her hug him...but he still decides to make out with her [[spoiler: ...and it costs him his life]].
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* MadeOfPlasticine: The zombies are remarkably easy to tear apart. Of course, that could just be due to Coach Keel being a OneManArmy.
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* DevouredByTheHorde: When trying to escape the school, [[spoiler: Jensen, one of the band members,]] gets caught by a horde of zombies and gets devoured by them just before almost making it to the next classroom.
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** TheLeader - Jimmy
** TheLancer - Lindsey
** TheSmartGuy - Jules, and to a lesser degree, George
** TheBigGuy - Kyle
** TheChick - Gwen, and to an extent, Steven
** SixthRanger - Coach Keel
** TheLeader - Jimmy
** TheLancer - Lindsey
** TheSmartGuy - Jules, and to a lesser degree, George
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** TheChick - Gwen, and to an extent, Steven
** SixthRanger - Coach Keel
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* AndTheAdventureContinues
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* WhatTheHellHero: Jules takes this attitude when Lindsay suggests that, before the group go to the school, they take a moment...[[PrayerIsALastResort to say a prayer.prayer]].
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* BehindTheBlack: Jimmy, Lindsey, Steven, Jules, George, Gwen and Kyle discover a body lying on an examination table in the basement/morgue of the funeral home. As Kyle prepares to load his gun, the camera moves to focus on Kyle's actions, but when it returns to show the table, the body is nowhere to be seen.
** Also, when the zombies enter the grocery store, the clerk looks down one aisle, where the perspective then switches to his point of view, showing a group of zombies devouring a customer. [[JumpScare Cue a random zombie jumping up in front of him]], which would have otherwise been impossible for the clerk to not notice.
** Also, when the zombies enter the grocery store, the clerk looks down one aisle, where the perspective then switches to his point of view, showing a group of zombies devouring a customer. [[JumpScare Cue a random zombie jumping up in front of him]], which would have otherwise been impossible for the clerk to not notice.
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* OffscreenTeleportation: Jimmy, Lindsey, Steven, Jules, George, Gwen and Kyle discover a body lying on an examination table in the basement/morgue of the funeral home. As Kyle prepares to load his gun, the camera moves to focus on Kyle's actions, but when it returns to show the table, the body is nowhere to be seen.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Steven likes Gwen and tries asking her to go to prom with him. Gwen wants to go with Jensen instead, as her first choice bailed on her due to sickness. Jensen, however, shoots her down. Steven still likes Gwen, but she only starts to like him back after she is bitten by the zombie headmaster.
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** Also Kyle in the funeral home after struggling with one of the bagged corpses.
** Also Kyle in the funeral home after struggling with one of the bagged corpses.
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** Also when [[spoiler: Nash]] is torn apart by the zombies at the school.
* IdiotBall: After discovering that Gwen was bitten, Steven knows that he shouldn't be standing in the same cubicle as her, that he should probably put her out of her misery before she turns, and that he definitely should not let her hug him...but he still decides to make out with her [[spoiler: ...and it costs him his life]].
* IdiotBall: After discovering that Gwen was bitten, Steven knows that he shouldn't be standing in the same cubicle as her, that he should probably put her out of her misery before she turns, and that he definitely should not let her hug him...but he still decides to make out with her [[spoiler: ...and it costs him his life]].
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* RockTrio: Jensen, Dave and Nash are in a rock band together.
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Gwen. Even before she opens her mouth: she decides to go for a jog instead of going to prom, and isn't seen again until Jimmy and Kyle are fighting zombies in the street...where she is still jogging as if nothing has happened.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Lindsey's weapon of choice when heading to the school.
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Who else can bring an end to a zombie outbreak than the class clown, three nerds, a cheerleader, a bully with a criminal record, the head of the student council, the gym class coach, and the drummer, bassist and vocalist of a student rock band?
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Who else can bring an end to a zombie outbreak than the class clown, three nerds, a cheerleader, a bully with a criminal record, the head of the student council, the gym class coach, and the drummer, bassist and vocalist of a student rock band?
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* EyeScream: After tripping over and ripping her prom dress while fleeing from a zombie, Lindsey removes her shoe and stabs it in the eye with the heel
* InfantImmortality: Averted; when Jimmy goes to deliver his final pizza before prom, the family he encounters are all zombified, including the young daughter.
* LosingYourHead: What happens to Mitch after a zombie pulls him from his car while trying to [[spoiler: rape Lindsey]].
* OffscreenTeleportation: Jimmy, Lindsey, Steven, Jules, George, Gwen and Kyle discover a body lying on an examination table in the basement/morgue of the funeral home. As Kyle prepares to load his gun, the camera moves to focus on Kyle's actions, but when it returns to show the table, the body is nowhere to be seen.
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* RiseFromYourGrave: Literally, when Jules, Steven and George are chased through the cemetery, the zombies can be seen literally jumping out from their graves and immediately breaking out into a run.
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* RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: The cemetery caretaker tells Jules, George and Steven that the latter is the only way to destroy the zombies.
* RiseFromYourGrave:Literally, when When Jules, Steven and George are chased through the cemetery, the zombies can be seen literally jumping out from their graves and immediately breaking out into a run.
* RiseFromYourGrave:
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* ZombieApocalypse: Essentially what Kyle thinks is happening.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the start of the film, Nash says that he senses something bad in the air, relating to the power plant spewing chemicals into the atmosphere.
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* FiveManBand
** TheLeader - Jimmy
** TheLancer - Lindsey
** TheSmartGuy - Jules, and to a lesser degree, George
** TheBigGuy - Kyle
** TheChick - Gwen, and to an extent, Steven
** SixthRanger - Coach Keel
** TheLeader - Jimmy
** TheLancer - Lindsey
** TheSmartGuy - Jules, and to a lesser degree, George
** TheBigGuy - Kyle
** TheChick - Gwen, and to an extent, Steven
** SixthRanger - Coach Keel
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* WhatTheHellHero: Jules takes this attitude when Lindsay suggests that, before the group go to the school, they take a moment...to say a prayer.
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* RockTrio: Jensen, Dave and Nash are in a band together.
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* ItCanThink: Two zombies carjack Jimmy's pizza van while he is arguing with Kyle. Also, one of the zombies at the prom still manages to spike the punch.
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* ItCanThink: Two zombies carjack Jimmy's pizza van while he is arguing with Kyle. Also, one of the zombies at the prom still manages to spike the punch.punch.
* {{Jerkass}}: Jules and Kyle both fit this trope.
** JerkassWithAHeartOfGold: Turns out, Coach Keel really was just trying to help Jimmy.
* TheJester: Jimmy has this attitude at the start of the film.
* JumpScare: The film definitely tries pulling a few of these early on.
* KissOfDeath: [[spoiler: Gwen turns into a zombie whilst making out with Steven in the toilet cubicle, killing him and also turning him into a zombie too]].
* LovableNerd: Steven.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: It's unknown how exactly the power plant caused the undead to literally jump out of their graves, but they sure can run once they've set their sights on their prey.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Kyle, following the outbreak, starts acting less of a jerk toward Jimmy, Jules, Steven and George, going as far as saving them when they are trapped in the funeral home.
** In his dying breath, he apologises to Jimmy for "being a dick".
* RedheadInGreen: Lindsay at the start of the film wears a bright green blouse.
* RiseFromYourGrave: Literally, when Jules, Steven and George are chased through the cemetery, the zombies can be seen literally jumping out from their graves and immediately breaking out into a run.
* ShovelStrike: The cemetery caretaker dispenses these without so much as blinking an eyelid.
** Later in the film, Steven uses a shovel from Coach Keel's garage as his weapon of choice.
* StuffBlowingUp: How Coach Keel decides to eliminate the zombies occupying the school.
* TookALevelInBadass: While a few of the characters could fit this trope, the best example would be George, [[CharacterDevelopment which is shown as the film progresses]].
* ZombieProm
* {{Jerkass}}: Jules and Kyle both fit this trope.
** JerkassWithAHeartOfGold: Turns out, Coach Keel really was just trying to help Jimmy.
* TheJester: Jimmy has this attitude at the start of the film.
* JumpScare: The film definitely tries pulling a few of these early on.
* KissOfDeath: [[spoiler: Gwen turns into a zombie whilst making out with Steven in the toilet cubicle, killing him and also turning him into a zombie too]].
* LovableNerd: Steven.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: It's unknown how exactly the power plant caused the undead to literally jump out of their graves, but they sure can run once they've set their sights on their prey.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Kyle, following the outbreak, starts acting less of a jerk toward Jimmy, Jules, Steven and George, going as far as saving them when they are trapped in the funeral home.
** In his dying breath, he apologises to Jimmy for "being a dick".
* RedheadInGreen: Lindsay at the start of the film wears a bright green blouse.
* RiseFromYourGrave: Literally, when Jules, Steven and George are chased through the cemetery, the zombies can be seen literally jumping out from their graves and immediately breaking out into a run.
* ShovelStrike: The cemetery caretaker dispenses these without so much as blinking an eyelid.
** Later in the film, Steven uses a shovel from Coach Keel's garage as his weapon of choice.
* StuffBlowingUp: How Coach Keel decides to eliminate the zombies occupying the school.
* TookALevelInBadass: While a few of the characters could fit this trope, the best example would be George, [[CharacterDevelopment which is shown as the film progresses]].
* ZombieProm
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'''Dance of the Dead''' is an American zombie horror-comedy film released in 2008. It premiered exclusively at Mann's Chinese 6 Theaters in Los Angeles on October 13, before being released on DVD the next day. The film was directed by Gregg Bishop and written by Joe Ballarini. The film stars Jared Kusnitz, Greyson Chadwick, Chandler Darby, Carissa Capobianco and Mark Oliver.
In true style of the teen horror genre, a group of high school students try and defend their prom from hordes of the undead, who have been resurrected presumably via the chemicals emitted from the power plant, located conveniently next to the cemetery.
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!!''Dance of the Dead'' contains examples of the following tropes:
* {{Adorkable}}: Jimmy, and to some extent, Steven.
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Toward the end of the movie, [[spoiler: Gwen]] turns into a zombie following an unseen bite on the arm.
* AntiHero: Jimmy only wanted to go to prom with Lindsay.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: The zombies have an unusual weakness to music, which is taken advantage of twice by Nash, Jensen and Dave.
* AxCrazy: Kyle has a very short temper.
* BackToBackBadasses: Jimmy and Lindsey, after being surrounded in the school gym.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Jimmy in his prom suit.
* BatterUp: Jimmy's weapon of choice, which gets an upgrade when he drives a few nails into the bat.
* TheBully: Kyle fills this role very well.
* TheCaretaker: The one from the cemetery who shows up periodically throughout the film.
* TheCheerleader: Gwen
* CoolLoser: Jules, Steven and George.
* DumbBlonde: Gwen
--> "I don't know how to shoot a machete."
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies
* {{Gorn}}: Occurs a few times in the film, most notably when Jimmy and Kyle are fighting against the zombies in the street.
* InsufferableGenius: Jules.
* ItCanThink: Two zombies carjack Jimmy's pizza van while he is arguing with Kyle. Also, one of the zombies at the prom still manages to spike the punch.
In true style of the teen horror genre, a group of high school students try and defend their prom from hordes of the undead, who have been resurrected presumably via the chemicals emitted from the power plant, located conveniently next to the cemetery.
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!!''Dance of the Dead'' contains examples of the following tropes:
* {{Adorkable}}: Jimmy, and to some extent, Steven.
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Toward the end of the movie, [[spoiler: Gwen]] turns into a zombie following an unseen bite on the arm.
* AntiHero: Jimmy only wanted to go to prom with Lindsay.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: The zombies have an unusual weakness to music, which is taken advantage of twice by Nash, Jensen and Dave.
* AxCrazy: Kyle has a very short temper.
* BackToBackBadasses: Jimmy and Lindsey, after being surrounded in the school gym.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Jimmy in his prom suit.
* BatterUp: Jimmy's weapon of choice, which gets an upgrade when he drives a few nails into the bat.
* TheBully: Kyle fills this role very well.
* TheCaretaker: The one from the cemetery who shows up periodically throughout the film.
* TheCheerleader: Gwen
* CoolLoser: Jules, Steven and George.
* DumbBlonde: Gwen
--> "I don't know how to shoot a machete."
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies
* {{Gorn}}: Occurs a few times in the film, most notably when Jimmy and Kyle are fighting against the zombies in the street.
* InsufferableGenius: Jules.
* ItCanThink: Two zombies carjack Jimmy's pizza van while he is arguing with Kyle. Also, one of the zombies at the prom still manages to spike the punch.
