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* AbusiveParents: Geraldine Borden. There's very little she HASN'T done to Rock.
* AntAssault: One of the traps the kids face is a colony of fire ants that for whatever reason chase the kids down as a slow moving group.
* AttackAnimal: The very first actual threat the kids face is two attack dogs being let loose to chase them down into the trapped rooms.

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Geraldine Borden. There's very little she HASN'T done to Rock.
* AntAssault: One of the traps the kids face is a colony of fire ants that for whatever reason chase the kids down as a slow moving group.
* AttackAnimal: The very first actual threat the kids face is two attack dogs being let loose to chase them down into the trapped rooms.
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** Caroline Clark keeps Donnie on a leash and burns him with cigarettes. [[spoiler: She also cut his tongue out because he talked too much.]]

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** Caroline Clark keeps Donnie on a leash and burns him with cigarettes. [[spoiler: She also cut his tongue out because he talked too much.]]]]* AntAssault: One of the traps the kids face is a colony of fire ants that for whatever reason chase the kids down as a slow moving group.
* AttackAnimal: The very first actual threat the kids face is two attack dogs being let loose to chase them down into the trapped rooms.



** Caroline Clark treats Donnie less than human having him own a leash and burning him with cigarettes. [[spoiler: She was later beaten to death by Rock before the games start.]]

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** Caroline Clark treats Donnie less than human having him own a leash and burning him with cigarettes. [[spoiler: She was later beaten to death by Rock Brock before the games start.]]



* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Rock stops the game before the last trap, frees the parents and kids and kills Geraldine and Fuchs. But Molly and Tom Grimley have lost all three of their kids, and Tanya and Donnie are now orphans (though Greg and Caroline weren't really much of a loss) with all of Tanya's brothers also dead. Rock is also too injured to go on and opts to spend his final moments playing on the playground, where he bleeds out as the four survivors drive off.]]
* BondOneLiner: [[spoiler:Rock delivers one before he kills Geraldine.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Rock Brock stops the game before the last trap, frees the parents and kids and kills Geraldine and Fuchs. But Molly and Tom Grimley have lost all three of their kids, and Tanya and Donnie are now orphans (though Greg and Caroline weren't really much of a loss) with all of Tanya's brothers also dead. Rock is also too injured to go on and opts to spend his final moments playing on the playground, where he bleeds out as the four survivors drive off.]]
* BondOneLiner: [[spoiler:Rock [[spoiler:Brock delivers one before he kills Geraldine.]]



--> '''[[spoiler:Rock]]:''' [[spoiler:And I'm a motherfucker.]]

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--> '''[[spoiler:Rock]]:''' '''[[spoiler:Brock]]:''' [[spoiler:And I'm a motherfucker.]]



* DarkAndTroubledPast: Rock is basically Geraldine's slave, who the latter abuses physically, emotionally, sexually and mentally.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Rock Brock is basically Geraldine's slave, who the latter abuses physically, emotionally, sexually and mentally.



* GroinAttack: [[spoiler: Geraldine receives this from Rock during their fight at the end.]]

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* GroinAttack: [[spoiler: Geraldine receives this from Rock Brock during their fight at the end.]]



** Geraldine Borden, full stop. She racks up a lengthy list of heinous actions over the course of the story, including but not limited to abusing Rock in any way possible, having innocent children lured to her twisted playground, forcing the parents to watch as their kids die in horrific ways, and [[spoiler: attempting to murder Rock herself in the climax]].

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** Geraldine Borden, full stop. She racks up a lengthy list of heinous actions over the course of the story, including but not limited to abusing Rock Brock in any way possible, having innocent children lured to her twisted playground, forcing the parents to watch as their kids die in horrific ways, and [[spoiler: attempting to murder Rock herself in the climax]].



* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Rock delivers two of them, to both [[spoiler:Geraldine and Caroline.]]

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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Rock Brock delivers two of them, to both [[spoiler:Geraldine and Caroline.]]
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* AntAssault: One of the traps the kids face is a colony of fire ants that for whatever reason chase the kids down as a slow moving group.
* AttackAnimal: The very first actual threat the kids face is two attack dogs being let loose to chase them down into the trapped rooms.


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* BringMyBrownPants: [[spoiler:Sadie]] urinates when confronted with having to go down the saw slide, and [[spoiler:Geraldine]] defecates while being beaten to death.


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* DescendingCeiling: [[spoiler:Sam]] is ultimately crushed to death by one.


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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Rock delivers two of them, to both [[spoiler:Geraldine and Caroline.]]


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* ParentalIncest: [[spoiler:Geraldine]] was absolutely obsessed with the idea of sexual acts with her own mother. Even in her advanced age, she ''still'' fantasizes about it while masturbating.


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* TongueTrauma: Donnie never speaks. Turns out this is because [[spoiler:his mother cut his tongue out to silence him.]]
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Isaac and Sadie have a pretty rough relationship as siblings going into the playground, thanks to the latter's consistent tormenting of her older brother. [[spoiler: After surviving the swing trap together, the two reconcile, and put their past squabbles behind them]].
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*LovableJock: CJ is the most athletic kid of group and also the most selfless

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* AcidPool: The merry-go-round trap utilizes one, threatening the kids with a brutal demise should they lose their grip on the ride. [[spoiler: Isaac and Bobby both meet their ends here]].


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* AcidPool: The merry-go-round trap utilizes one, threatening the kids with a brutal demise should they lose their grip on the ride. [[spoiler: Isaac and Bobby both meet their ends here]].

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* AcidPool: The merry-go-round trap utilizes one, threatening the kids with a brutal demise should they lose their grip on the ride. [[spoiler: Isaac and Bobby both meet their ends here]].



* AnyoneCanDie: Don't get attached to anyone in the story. [[spoiler: 6 out of the 8 children die and all of the adult cast sans the Grimley parents also die]].

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* AnyoneCanDie: Don't get attached to anyone in the story. [[spoiler: 6 Six out of the 8 eight children die and all of the adult cast sans the Grimley parents also die]].


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* HeroicSacrifice: In the merry-go-round trap, [[spoiler: Isaac, the last remaining child of the Grimley family, gives up his life in order to take Bobby down too, and prevent him from harming the other kids]].

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** [[spoiler:Sam]] gets her leg blown off and is crushed to death by the collapsing ceiling with only her left arm intact.
** [[spoiler:Kip]] is knocked head first into a meat grinder and what's left of him is splattered on Bobby.
** [[spoiler:Sadie]] possibly gets the worst out of everyone. She is stabbed multiple times by Bobby and then used as a human skateboard on the slide trap (keep in mind Bobby is almost twice her age and overweight, causing her spine to crack as well). Her body was absolutely shredded, and to add salt to the wound, her and Isaac reconciled during the swing trap.
** [[spoiler:Bobby and Isaac]] are both melted in an unknown toxin (presumably acid).
** [[Main/AvertedTrope Averted]] with [[spoiler: CJ]], who passes out from his injuries, and dies quickly when his head is sliced apart by a propeller.

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** [[spoiler:Sam]] [[spoiler:Sam Grimley]] gets her leg blown off and is crushed to death by the collapsing ceiling with only her left arm intact.
** [[spoiler:Kip]] [[spoiler:Kip Matthews]] is knocked head first into a meat grinder and what's left of him is splattered on Bobby.
** [[spoiler:Sadie]] possibly gets the worst out of everyone. She [[spoiler:Sadie Grimley]] is stabbed multiple times by Bobby [[spoiler: Bobby]] and then used as a human skateboard on the slide trap (keep in mind Bobby is almost twice her age and overweight, (also causing her spine to crack as well). crack). Her body was absolutely shredded, and to add salt to the wound, her and Isaac reconciled during the swing trap.
completely shredded as a result.
** [[spoiler:Bobby Matthews and Isaac]] Isaac Grimley]] are both melted in an unknown toxin (presumably acid).
** [[Main/AvertedTrope Averted]] with [[spoiler: CJ]], who passes out from his injuries, and dies quickly when CJ Matthews]] has his head is sliced apart by a propeller.propeller after passing out from his injuries.


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* HateSink: Oh so many examples...
** Geraldine Borden, full stop. She racks up a lengthy list of heinous actions over the course of the story, including but not limited to abusing Rock in any way possible, having innocent children lured to her twisted playground, forcing the parents to watch as their kids die in horrific ways, and [[spoiler: attempting to murder Rock herself in the climax]].
** Adolpho Fuchs was a former Nazi scientist whose experiments were considered too extreme even for others working alongside him. Naturally, Geraldine recruited him to aid in her nefarious plans, and is just as depraved as his boss.
** Caroline Clark is quite possibly the worst parent in the entire story. Despite Greg's abusive behavior, as well as [[spoiler: coaching Bobby to kill two other children in the playground, and even attempting to kill Tom himself]], Caroline has done so much to Donnie that [[spoiler: he hardly even cares about returning home, shown by his reckless actions on the playground]].
** Speaking of Greg, Mr. Matthews also displays extremely villainous behavior, from parental favoritism and emotional abuse, all the way to [[spoiler: attempted murder]].


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* LastOfHisKind: Donnie automatically qualifies as this, as he is the only child of the Clark family. [[spoiler: Isaac Grimley and Tanya Matthews also become this for their families after their siblings die, with Isaac also perishing in the merry-go-round trap]].

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* AssholeVictim: Bobby is a pretty rotten kid from the beginning even before his behavior in the playground where [[spoiler: he is responsible for the deaths of Sadie and Isaac.]]

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Bobby is a pretty rotten kid from the beginning even before his behavior in the playground where [[spoiler: he is responsible for the deaths of Sadie and Isaac.]]



* NiceGirl: Tanya takes care of Donnie during the game and generally tries to help the rest of the group.

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Tanya takes care of Donnie during the game and generally tries to help the rest of the group.



* TheSmartGuy: Tanya, Geraldine notes from her viewing room that Tanya is the brains of the group. It's likely the group wouldn't have made it far without her there to decipher the clues. This is also lampshaded by her spring ride being a brain.

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Tanya, Geraldine notes from her viewing room that Tanya is the brains of the group. It's likely the group wouldn't have made it far without her there to decipher the clues. This is also lampshaded by her spring ride being a brain.



* Tomboy: Tanya shows shades of this. Despite her mothers wishes, she would rather be a swimmer than a cheerleader.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Lacey Matthews is unceremoniously killed off by the chair restraints before the game properly starts.]]

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* Tomboy: {{Tomboy}}: Tanya shows shades of this. Despite her mothers wishes, she would rather be a swimmer than a cheerleader.
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[[spoiler: Lacey Matthews is unceremoniously killed off by the chair restraints before the game properly starts.]]
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** We get to know a little more about her than the other mentioned characters but [[spoiler:Caroline Clark]] dies before the games even begin.

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** We get to know a little more about her than the other mentioned characters but [[spoiler:Caroline Clark]] dies before the games even begin.begin [[spoiler:by Rock's hand.]]
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* Jawbreaker: [[spoiler:How Rock kills Greg.]]

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* Jawbreaker: {{Jawbreaker}}: [[spoiler:How Rock kills Greg.]]

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* BondOneLiner: [[spoiler:Rock delivers one before he kills Geraldine.]]
--> '''[[spoiler:Geraldine]]:''' [[spoiler:But-- But I'm your mother!]]
--> '''[[spoiler:Rock]]:''' [[spoiler:And I'm a motherfucker.]]



* GroinAttack: [[spoiler: Geraldine Borden receives this from Rock during their fight at the end]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Geraldine Borden.]]

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* GroinAttack: [[spoiler: Geraldine Borden receives this from Rock during their fight at the end]]
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* HerrDoktor: Fuchs was a Nazi scientist.
* Jawbreaker: [[spoiler:How Rock kills Greg.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Geraldine Borden.Geraldine.]]



** We get to know a little more about her than the other mentioned characters but [[spoiler: Caroline Clark]] dies before the games even begin.

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** We get to know a little more about her than the other mentioned characters but [[spoiler: Caroline [[spoiler:Caroline Clark]] dies before the games even begin.

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