History Film / Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers

** Michael's eyes are still completely fine (as they were in ''Halloween 4'') despite his left being pierced in ''Halloween' and both being shot out in ''Halloween II.''

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Poor Loomis's fate]] by the end. He succeeds in [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown capturing, tranquilizing and beating Michael unconscious with a 2x4]], protecting Jamie from him, but [[FeelingTheirAge being in his 70's]] at this point the exertion and stress of the entire night gives him a stroke, [[PostVictoryCollapse collapsing right on top of his defeated nemesis]], his last sight before falling unconscious. Even then, while Loomis is incapacitated, [[AllForNothing Michael is freed later that night from jail by the Man In Black]].

* BigDamnHeroes: The cops showing up at the store before Tina gets back in the car with Michael.

** The VHS box proclaimed "The face of Michael Myers...REVEALED!". Michael does indeed unmask in this film but you only see a FaceFramedInShadow and a close up on his eye. Besides, you get to see Michael's face in the original Halloween anyway after Laurie pulls off his mask during the struggle at the end of the film.

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Tina comes across as a deconstruction of the Final Girl by showing what happens when the wrong type of girl ends up in that role. During the sequence where she enters Rachel's house looking for Rachel, Tina wanders and has a clear confused expression on her face the whole time. When she later leaves with Samantha, she casts a knowing look back at the house as if to indicate she knows ''something'' is wrong. The trouble is, Tina doesn't have the emotional fortitude or willingness to recognize the situation she is in until it is far too late, and she ends up [[spoiler:dying in a HeroicSacrifice to save Jamie that later ends up being a SenselessSacrifice when Jamie gets abducted.]] So Tina seems to be aware on some level that she was heading into the role of the FinalGirl, but ended up rejecting it because she wasn't strong enough to handle it.

* DiabolusExNihilo: The Man in Black just shows up on a bus. While it's clear he has a connection to Michael (both have the same tattoo), who he is and what his motivations are remain unknown when the movie ends. WordOfGod has admitted they had no idea who the character was when making the movie.

* EveryCarIsAPinto: Michael chases the protagonists in a car. Even though the car is barely going at a running-pace, it still explodes when it collides with a tree. This ''does'' add to the creepy factor when Michael nonchalantly gets out of the car completely unscathed, however.

* NeverTrustATrailer: The advertising repeatedly claimed that we'd get to see Michael unmasked in this film. Not only was this never really that big of a deal since he'd been clearly seen unmasked in the ''original'' film (both as a child and an adult), when he eventually does unmask himself he does so while in the shadows. However, there is a Freeze-Frame Bonus moment near the beginning of the movie, when Michael wakes up in the hermit's shack. With the hermit in the foreground, an unmasked Michael in the background sits up. Even though he is in a dark corner, if you look closely you can see his face clearly enough to see him glance first at the hermit and then at his mask which is hanging nearby.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Despite Michael trying to strangle him before losing consciousness, the hermit who finds him gives Michael shelter for an entire year while he recovers. Naturally, as soon as Michael wakes up, the first thing he does is to murder the hermit.

** Despite being comic relief figures who view themselves as poor cops, Deputies Tom Farrah and Nick Allen display fairly good judgment. They are understanding about being called on an apparent false alarm and while they do fail to find Michael in the ensuing search, he is notoriously elusive and may not have been in the house the whole time. When Loomis demands that they stop Tina from leaving the hospital, the deputies point out that as a civilian, he has no authority to order the detention of a girl who hasn’t done anything wrong. Nonetheless, they understand that Loomis is right to be worried and do agree to follow Tina to the party and protect her. When Tina and her friends prank the deputies by faking a Michael Myers attack, the deputies rightfully point out that this could have turned into a DeadlyPrank and got someone shot. They [[CryingWolf only overlook Michael later on due to justifiably thinking the teenagers are pranking them again.]]

* SlashersPreferBlondes: [[spoiler:Samantha of course is killed. Likewise blonde Rachel didn't get to survive this film. Notably, brunette Tina survives much longer than either of them]].

* WhatTheHellHero: Tina lambasts Loomis and the others for frightening Jamie with tales about the "boogeyman." Little does she know that said fears are quite justified. Loomis in turn calls out Tina for her decision to go to the party instead of staying at the hospital with Jamie where she'll be safe from Michael, of course hours later Loomis is proved fatally right in his concern for Tina.

* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Rachel and Tina, [[BreakTheCutie much to the horror of Jamie.]], Michael also kills Max, a very cute dog.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: Tina lambasts Loomis and the others for frightening Jamie with tales about the "boogeyman." Little does she know that said fears are quite justified.

** [[spoiler: In Jamie's case its hurting her friends as she goes along with Loomis's plan to kill Michael after he murders Tina, something that prior to Tina's death she never would have considered, showing how much Michael's actions have angered her at this point]]

* BigNo: Jamie lets out an absolutely heartrending one when [[spoiler:she stumbles on Rachel's corpse in the Myers' attic.]]

** Jamie from beginning to end[[spoiler: As she is once again ruthlessly pursued by her psychotic uncle who murders both her beloved adopted sister and her best friend in a single night, she almost gets through to Michael only for him to attack her again and then Loomis ruthlessly uses her as bait. The night ends with Michael being broken out of jail with her tearfully realizing she'll never be safe from Michael. And then Halloween 6 shows she was kidnapped by Dr Wynn straight after the ending. To say Jamie had an awful Halloween is putting it lightly.]]
** [[spoiler: Also to a lesser extent Tina as she spends her final minutes bleeding out and tearfully begging Jamie to run, fully aware that she's going to die and that Michael could still kill Jamie]]

* BerserkButton: Mikey is utterly obsessed with his car and flips out when Michael scratches it. Unfortunately, him going to attack Michael seals his fate.

* BreakTheCutie: Jamie from beginning to end.[[spoiler: Also to a lesser extent Tina as she spends her final minutes bleeding out and tearfully begging Jamie to run, fully aware that she's going to die and that Michael could still kill Jamie]]

''Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers'' picks up right after the events of [[Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers the previous film]] in the ''{{Franchise/Halloween}}'' series, where Michael ends up shot by Illinois state troopers and left for dead. Despite those efforts, Michael Myers lives -- and after a year of rest, he rises again to go after his traumatized niece Jamie (Creator/DanielleHarris) -- who now shares an eerie psychic link with Michael -- on Halloween, with Dr. Loomis (Creator/DonaldPleasence) once more in pursuit as Michael targets not only Jamie but also her adopted sister Rachel(Ellie Cornell) and her close friend Tina(Wendy Kaplan).

* BreakTheCutie: Jamie from beginning to end.

* CatScare: Tina finds one of the kittens that she, Samantha, and Spitz were playing with earlier covered in blood (but unharmed) just before she finds Samantha's and Spitz's bodies, then the equally dead cops before being chased by Michael.

''Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers'' picks up right after the events of [[Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers the previous film]] in the ''{{Franchise/Halloween}}'' series, where Michael ends up shot by Illinois state troopers and left for dead. Despite those efforts, Michael Myers lives -- and after a year of rest, he rises again to go after his traumatized niece Jamie (Creator/DanielleHarris) -- who now shares an eerie psychic link with Michael -- on Halloween, with Dr. Loomis (Creator/DonaldPleasence) once more in pursuit.

* DeathBySex: Samantha and Spitz.

** Michael impaling Spitz with a pitchfork while [[DeathBySex doing his girlfriend.]]