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* SwappedRoles: In Camp Turnabout Day, the campers and camp counselors swap roles for a day, which starts off as light-hearted fun, but then Franklin uses it as an opportunity to stage his takeover of the camp, freeing Chris Wade from detention and putting the adult camp counselors into detention.
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* WildTeenParty: The Camp North Pines teenagers host two of them in this film, where liquor and sex become part of the activities while Franklin is in charge.

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* WildTeenParty: The Camp North Pines teenagers host two of them in this film, where liquor and sex become part of the activities while Franklin is in charge.charge.
* YouBastard: Debbie's reaction to John Mason's denial of the rape he committed against her at the trial.
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* SpitefulSpit: John Mason's rape victim Debbie spits in his face when he downplays the rape at his trial before Franklin.

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* SpitefulSpit: John Mason's rape victim Debbie Stewart spits in his face when he downplays the rape at his trial before Franklin.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fate of the other adult camp counselors, particularly the friendly Ed Hines, is not mentioned as the police gather the children back into the buses at the end of the film.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fate of the other adult camp counselors, counselors from both camps, particularly the friendly Ed Hines, is not mentioned as the police gather the children back into the buses at the end of the film.
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* AccidentalMurder: Stanley Runk accidentally murders Mr. Warren with his knife, and his body has been dumped into a cave to prevent anyone else from knowing what happened to him.

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* AccidentalMurder: Stanley Runk accidentally murders Mr. Warren with his knife, and his body has been dumped into a cave to prevent anyone else from knowing what happened to him. The "official story" is that [[ReleasedToElsewhere Mr. Warren has been transferred to the girls' camp for the time being]].
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* AccidentalMurder: Stanley Runk accidentally murders Mr. Warren with his knife, and his body has been dumped into a cave to prevent anyone else from knowing what happened to him.
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* RopeBridge: The broken rope bridge that connects between Camp North Pines and Camp South Pines, which Mr. Warren tells the children not to use because it is dangerous, appears a few times used by the teenagers. The first time it was used, Franklin used it as a daring test to prove his theory about overcoming fear. The other two times it was used, it was used as punishment for both John Mason (for raping Debbie) and Donald Poultry (for attempting to call for help through the telephone lines).
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: John Mason's rape of one of the Camp South Pines girls becomes a MoralEventHorizon for the character, as he becomes such an irredeemable {{Jerkass}} that the teenage girls, after seeing that he survived the broken rope bridge trial unscathed, take him out into the woods to hang him from a tree.

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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: John Mason's rape of Debbie, one of the Camp South Pines girls girls, becomes a MoralEventHorizon point-of-no-return for the character, as he becomes such an irredeemable {{Jerkass}} that the teenage girls, after seeing that he survived the broken rope bridge trial unscathed, take him out into the woods to hang him from a tree.



* SpitefulSpit: John Mason's rape victim spits in his face when he downplays the rape at his trial before Franklin.

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* SpitefulSpit: John Mason's rape victim Debbie spits in his face when he downplays the rape at his trial before Franklin.
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: John Mason's rape of one of the Camp South Pines girls becomes a MoralEventHorizon for the character, as he becomes such an irredeemable {{Jerkass}} that the teenage girls, after seeing that he survived the broken rope bridge trial unscathed, take him out into the woods to hang him from a tree.
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* BigBad: Franklin Reilly.


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* CoDragons: John Mason (until he was killed) and Stanley Runk are these to Franklin
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* SilentTreatment: Because Chris Wade and Heather wouldn't go along with what Franklin's gang of revolutionists want to do regarding control of the camp, they were given this even by their best friends by order of Franklin himself.
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* CoverVersion: Stanley and John, the Horndogs, do their version of Fear's "Beef Baloney" during the talent show.
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* DeanBitterman: Mr. Warren is the camp director version of this trope, as he hardly allows the teenage boys of Camp North Pines to have any fun, going so far as to have the rec room's TV set only receive one channel which is full of religious programming. He ends up killed halfway through the film, and his body is dumped into a cave.

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* DeanBitterman: Mr. Warren is the camp director version of this trope, as he hardly allows the teenage boys of Camp North Pines to have any fun, going so far as to have the rec room's TV set only receive one channel which is full of religious programming. One of the teenagers comments that he used to be a very strict high school principal. He ends up killed halfway through the film, and his body is dumped into a cave.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fate of the other adult camp counselors, particularly the friendly Ed Hines, is not mentioned as the police gather the children back into the buses at the end of the film.
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* AdultsAreUseless: One scene in the movie that makes a big deal of this trope is where Donald Poultry is drowning, and the adult counselors near the shore of the lake are too busy with their own things to care. Franklin notices this and comes to Donald's rescue, drawing the attention of the adults as they notice Franklin bringing Donald back to shore.
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* TeensAreMonsters: Franklin, John Mason, and Stanley Runk (a.k.a. Runk the Punk) are primary examples of this trope.
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* AnyoneCanDie: Pretty much the rule in the latter half of the story, as Mr. Warren and John Mason end up killed.
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* TheAlcoholic: One of the adult camp counselors, who is seen taking quick nips even during times when he should be watching over the children for their safety.

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''Summer Camp Nightmare'' is a 1987 horror film featuring Chuck Connors and Charlie Stratton, which is based on the novel "The Butterfly Revolution" by William Butler. In the film, the teenage counselors-in-training stage a takeover of the all-boys Camp North Pines to liberate it from its strict camp director Mr. Warren, locking up all the adult counselors and also liberating the nearby all-girls Camp South Pines. However, as a rape and a murder occur during the takeover, things take a turn for the worse, and one counselor-in-training must get the police to rescue the children from the camp and put the ringleader, Franklin Reilly, under arrest.

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''Summer Camp Nightmare'' is a 1987 horror film featuring Chuck Connors and Charlie Stratton, which is based on the novel "The Butterfly Revolution" by William Butler. In the film, the teenage counselors-in-training stage a takeover of the all-boys Camp North Pines to liberate it from its strict camp director Mr. Warren, locking up all the adult counselors and also liberating the nearby all-girls Camp South Pines. At first things start off fun as they celebrate the takeover with a co-ed dance. However, as a rape and a murder occur during the takeover, things take a turn for the worse, and one counselor-in-training must get the police to rescue the children from the camp and put the ringleader, Franklin Reilly, under arrest.


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* TheHero: Chris Wade, the counselor-in-training who turns against Franklin Reilly and his regime and also rescues his friend Donald Poultry when he is forced to go across the broken rope bridge as punishment.
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* TheSmartGuy: Donald Poultry, who constantly carries around a tape recorder and a suitcase of tools. He also narrates a good deal of the story.
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* DeanBitterman: Mr. Warren is the camp director version of this trope, as he hardly allows the teenage boys of Camp North Pines to have any fun, going so far as to have the rec room's TV set only receive one channel which is full of religous programming. He ends up killed halfway through the film, and his body is dumped into a cave.

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* DeanBitterman: Mr. Warren is the camp director version of this trope, as he hardly allows the teenage boys of Camp North Pines to have any fun, going so far as to have the rec room's TV set only receive one channel which is full of religous religious programming. He ends up killed halfway through the film, and his body is dumped into a cave.
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* DeanBitterman: Mr. Warren is the camp director version of this trope, as he hardly allows the teenage boys of Camp North Pines to have any fun, going so far as to have the rec room's TV set only receive one channel which is full of religous programming.

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* DeanBitterman: Mr. Warren is the camp director version of this trope, as he hardly allows the teenage boys of Camp North Pines to have any fun, going so far as to have the rec room's TV set only receive one channel which is full of religous programming. He ends up killed halfway through the film, and his body is dumped into a cave.
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* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Franklin takes over as the camp director, and things go from bad to worse during his rule.
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* TeenageWasteland: What Camp North Pines ends up becoming with the counselors-in-training in control in the latter half of the movie.

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* TeenageWasteland: What Camp North Pines ends up becoming with the counselors-in-training in control in the latter half of the movie.movie.
* WildTeenParty: The Camp North Pines teenagers host two of them in this film, where liquor and sex become part of the activities while Franklin is in charge.
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* SpitefulSpit: John Mason's rape victim spits in his face when he downplays the rape at his trial before Franklin.
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* BringMyBrownPants: One of the kids ends up wetting his pants on the bus ride to Camp North Pines at the beginning of the film.

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* BringMyBrownPants: One of the kids ends up wetting his pants on the bus ride to Camp North Pines at the beginning of the film. The same kid also has an accident when he reports to Franklin about Mr. Warren's "inappropriate actions".
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* DeanBitterman: Mr. Warren is the camp counselor version of this trope, as he hardly allows the teenage boys of Camp North Pines to have any fun, going so far as to have the rec room's TV set only receive one channel which is full of religous programming.

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* DeanBitterman: Mr. Warren is the camp counselor director version of this trope, as he hardly allows the teenage boys of Camp North Pines to have any fun, going so far as to have the rec room's TV set only receive one channel which is full of religous programming.
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* DeanBitterman: Mr. Warren is the camp counselor version of this trope, as he hardly allows the teenage boys of Camp North Pines to have any fun, going so far as to have the rec room's TV set only receive one channel which is full of religous programming.
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* MistakenForPedophile: Mr. Warren, who is accused of touching one of the young boys although there is no evidence of such happening, as it was most likely fabricated by Franklin Reilly.
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''Summer Camp Nightmare'' is a 1987 horror film featuring Chuck Connors and Charlie Stratton, which is based on the novel "The Butterfly Revolution" by William Butler. In the film, the teenage counselors-in-training stage a takeover of the all-boys Camp North Pines to liberate it from its strict camp director Mr. Warren, locking up all the adult counselors and also liberating the nearby all-girls Camp South Pines. However, as a rape and a murder occur during the takeover, things take a turn for the worse, and one counselor-in-training must get the police to rescue the children from the camp and put the ringleader, Franklin Reilly, under arrest.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* BringMyBrownPants: One of the kids ends up wetting his pants on the bus ride to Camp North Pines at the beginning of the film.
* PornStash: One of the kids has a suitcase full of porn magazines that he starts to look through.
* TeenageWasteland: What Camp North Pines ends up becoming with the counselors-in-training in control in the latter half of the movie.

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