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*AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed, but thanks to a long string of bad rolls from Joz, Ms. Perkins ends up being one of the least competent of the people sent to kill John Wick.



* HumanoidAbomination: Bearing witness to the Red Circle massacre, Paulo decides to roll Religion for Iosef to see whether he thinks he's confronting a full-on death god. He's not, but there isn't much difference with what he ''does'' see.

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* HumanoidAbomination: Bearing witness to the Red Circle massacre, Paulo decides to roll Religion for Iosef to see whether he thinks he's confronting that John Wick is a full-on death god. He's not, but there isn't much difference with what he ''does'' see.
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*DescriptionPorn: When the Red Circle massacre spills out from the baths into the club proper, Andy decides to zoom out for a cinematic monologue of John Wick just absolutely mowing everyone down.
-->'''Andy''': He comes through the doors, and he is just a killing machine [...] He’s going in, just dancing around columns. His very will is destruction, and nothing can be turned against him in any feasible way. He is essentially any kind of god of death that you could possibly want to imagine, working his unfathomable agency upon all manner of enforcers, themselves once upon a time fearsome men, now reduced to mere toddlers before this incomprehensible human scythe, carving and slicing, firing bullet after bullet into guts and brains. Methodical. A machine of murder. A machine of vengeance. John Wick cuts through the lounge like so much butter underneath the scimitar of rage. Taking them down one by one. Valued men. Men that have bled for you in Saint Petersburg, both Russian and Floridian, men who have stood up against foes you thought were so great, now rendered but mere sheep before the slaughter. Sheared for their wool, drank for their blood. [[{{Understatement}} It’s bad news, man]].


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*HumanoidAbomination: Bearing witness to the Red Circle massacre, Paulo decides to roll Religion for Iosef to see whether he thinks he's confronting a full-on death god. He's not, but there isn't much difference with what he ''does'' see.
-->'''Andy''': You know enough that he is almost certainly not the actual god of death, but merely the shadow thrown by the god of death. He is essentially an extradimensional assassin. He is the reason that people fear the dark, he is the light at the end of the tunnel snuffed out by the very scepter of his will. He is the cloud that goes across the moon. He is a very dangerous man. He is basically Stage 6 cancer of the everything. He is... just the worst.

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* ChekhovsGunman: Alex, who disappears from the plot before suddenly showing up during the climax to shoot John Wick unconscious.

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* ChekhovsGunman: Alex, Alex Lusko, who disappears from the plot before suddenly showing up during the climax to shoot John Wick unconscious.



* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Ms. Perkins now dies at the hands of John Wick on the roof of the Old Queen Bess rather than being executed for violating the Continental rules. Victor and Richard survive the Red Circle massacre, but eventually go down during John Wick's assault on the hotel.



* DisneyVillainDeath: Wick forces down both Kuzma and Avi from the roof of the hotel. They both end up landing on the same poor bystanders car.

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* DisneyVillainDeath: Wick forces down both Kuzma and Avi from the roof of the hotel. They both end up landing on the same poor bystanders bystander's car.



* EliteMook: Ms. Perkins, who -- other than the Tarasov family -- poses the greatest challenge to Wick.
* {{Excalibur}}: Apparently hangs over the fireplace at the British hotel, Old Queen Bess. It's clarified to just be a replica and not ''the'' Excalibur, but it's still a perfectly fine sword. It's never actually used [[ChekhovsGun until the very end,]] where Iosef fatally stabs John Wick with it.

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* EliteMook: Ms. Perkins, who -- other than To keep the campaign exciting instead of just having Viggo and Iosef sit around waiting for John Wick to reach the hotel roof in Part 2, Andy has Paulo and Joz take up the roles of Tarasov family -- poses enforcers Alex Lusko and Alexi Komisaruk, as well as Ms. Perkins and another random mook by the greatest challenge to Wick.
name of Eliah.
* {{Excalibur}}: Apparently hangs over the fireplace at the British hotel, Old Queen Bess. It's clarified to just be a replica and not ''the'' Excalibur, but it's still a perfectly fine sword. It's never actually used [[ChekhovsGun until the very end,]] where Iosef fatally stabs uses it to deal an impaling CoupDeGrace on an unconscious John Wick with it.Wick.



* SparedByTheAdaptation:
** Viggo and Iosef both survive the events of the campaign, albeit with serious injuries.
** Victor and Richard survive the Red Circle massacre, though they still die later.

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* SparedByTheAdaptation:
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SparedByTheAdaptation: Viggo and Iosef both survive the events of the campaign, albeit with serious injuries.
** Victor and Richard survive the Red Circle massacre, though they still die later.
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* EliteMook: Ms. Perkins och Eliah, who -- other than the Tarasov family -- poses the greatest challenge to Wick.

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* EliteMook: Ms. Perkins och Eliah, Perkins, who -- other than the Tarasov family -- poses the greatest challenge to Wick.



** The second episode, however, turns this completely on its' head by putting the Tarasov's in the backseat and devoting a lot of time to the fight between Wick and the assassins.

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** The second episode, however, turns this completely on its' its head by putting the Tarasov's Tarasovs in the backseat and devoting a lot of time to the fight between Wick and the assassins.



* RunningGag: Naturally, the players get a kick out of John Wick's car being manifactured in '[[ArcNumber 69.]] (And yes, this was also the case in the film.)

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* RunningGag: Naturally, the players get a kick out of John Wick's car being manifactured in '[[ArcNumber 69.]] 69]]. (And yes, this was also the case in the film.)



** Victor immediately leaves town after hearing that they're dealing with John Wick.
** Iosef and his gang also do this once Wick shows up at the Red Circle and [[OneManArmy kills 40 of their allies.]]

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** Victor immediately leaves tries to leave town after hearing that they're dealing with John Wick.
Wick. Unfortunately, Viggo calls him back into the fray.
** Iosef and his gang also do this once Wick shows up at the Red Circle and [[OneManArmy kills 40 of their allies.]]allies]].


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** Alex Lusko also gets this treatment from John Wick, with John apparently having seen much of himself in the up-and-comer. He even manages to score a couple of hits on Wick, shooting blind through an elevator roof.
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* TheFallGuy: Gregory is asked to take the blame for killing John Wick's dog. [[TooDumbToLive He gladly accepts, thinking it will make him seem cool.]]

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* TheFallGuy: FallGuy: Gregory is asked to take the blame for killing John Wick's dog. [[TooDumbToLive He gladly accepts, thinking it will make him seem cool.]]
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* RunningGag: Naturally, the players get a kick out of John Wick's car being manifactured in '[[ArcNumber 69.]] (And yes, [[AluminiumChristmasTrees this was also the case in the film.]])

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* RunningGag: Naturally, the players get a kick out of John Wick's car being manifactured in '[[ArcNumber 69.]] (And yes, [[AluminiumChristmasTrees this was also the case in the film.]]))

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* AdaptationDistillation: The campaign includes some elements from [[Film/JohnWickChapter2 the second film,]] most notably Viggo's brother Abram and the Bowery King, (who,[[TheGhost while he never shows up in person,]] is mentioned as one of Viggo's allies.)[[WhatCouldHaveBeen Initially]], Andy Hoover planned to possibly have the campaign adapt ''both'' movies.


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* AdaptationDistillation: The campaign includes some elements from [[Film/JohnWickChapter2 the second film,]] most notably Viggo's brother Abram and the Bowery King, (who,[[TheGhost while he never shows up in person,]] is mentioned as one of Viggo's allies.)[[WhatCouldHaveBeen Initially]], Andy Hoover planned to possibly have the campaign adapt ''both'' movies.
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Things are going well for the steadily rising Tarasov crime family. [[TheDon Viggo Tarasov]] has just bought out one of his greatest rivals -- the Stevenson family -- and aquired their hotel, the Old Queen Bess. Meanwhile, his son Iosef has started making a name for himself, commiting his firstproper assassination. Unfortunately, Iosef may have also bitten on a little bit more than he can chew. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday A, to him, petty little street crime]] of the mob prince, directed at some seemingly random annoying guy to teach him a lesson, has made him an enemy of [[LivingLegend John Wick, the most infamous assassin in New York,]] who proceeds to start a one-man-war against the mob. Viggo starts putting all of his resources into taking Wick down. The question is, will it be enough?

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Things are going well for the steadily rising Tarasov crime family. [[TheDon Viggo Tarasov]] has just bought out one of his greatest rivals -- the Stevenson family -- and aquired acquired their hotel, the Old Queen Bess. Meanwhile, his son Iosef has started making a name for himself, commiting committing his firstproper first proper assassination. Unfortunately, Iosef may have also bitten on a little bit more than he can chew. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday A, to him, petty little street crime]] of the mob prince, directed at some seemingly random annoying guy to teach him a lesson, has made him an enemy of [[LivingLegend John Wick, the most infamous assassin in New York,]] who proceeds to start a one-man-war against the mob. Viggo starts putting all of his resources into taking Wick down. The question is, will it be enough?



** Iosef isn't nearly as much of a {{Jerkass}} as he was in the film. When he realizes his mistake he actually tries to make up for it by returning John Wick's stolen car and buying him a new dog. (Though Viggo still believes that Wick won't accept the apology.) Iosef is also genuinly friendly with the Pet Store Lady, and relucantly agrees to leave her behind to keep her out of trouble. Compare that to his movie counterpart, who used an innocent woman as a HumanShield.
** Ms. Perkins is also more AffablyEvil than her movie counterpart, being on genuinly good terms with several of her colleagues.

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** Iosef isn't nearly as much of a {{Jerkass}} as he was in the film. When he realizes his mistake he actually tries to make up for it by returning John Wick's stolen car and buying him a new dog. (Though Viggo still believes that Wick won't accept the apology.) Iosef is also genuinly genuinely friendly with the Pet Store Lady, and relucantly reluctantly agrees to leave her behind to keep her out of trouble. Compare that to his movie counterpart, who used an innocent woman as a HumanShield.
** Ms. Perkins is also more AffablyEvil than her movie counterpart, being on genuinly genuinely good terms with several of her colleagues.



* ChekhovsGunman: Alex, who disappears from the plot before suddenly showing up during the climax to shoot John Wick unconsious.

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* ChekhovsGunman: Alex, who disappears from the plot before suddenly showing up during the climax to shoot John Wick unconsious.unconscious.



* FanSequel: Website/{{Reddit}} user ymcameron made a mockup cover of [[https://www.reddit.com/r/filmreroll/comments/ahforg/i_made_another_laura_herris_true_crime_novel_this/ a book detailing the events of the campaign.]] Also a case of CanonWelding, as the InUniverse autour was Laura Herris from [[Recap/FilmRerollWeekendAtBernies Weekend at Bernie's.]]

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* FanSequel: Website/{{Reddit}} user ymcameron made a mockup cover of [[https://www.reddit.com/r/filmreroll/comments/ahforg/i_made_another_laura_herris_true_crime_novel_this/ a book detailing the events of the campaign.]] Also a case of CanonWelding, as the InUniverse autour author was Laura Herris from [[Recap/FilmRerollWeekendAtBernies Weekend at Bernie's.]]



** The second episode, however, turns this completely on its' head by putting the Tarasov's in the backseat and devoting a lot of time to the fight between Wick and the assasians.

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** The second episode, however, turns this completely on its' head by putting the Tarasov's in the backseat and devoting a lot of time to the fight between Wick and the assasians.assassins.
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** In the first episode, John Wick only appears in one scene and [[SilentAntagonist doesn't say a single word.]] [[TropesAreNotBad This only makes him seem more mysterious and intimidating.]]

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** In the first episode, John Wick only appears in one scene and [[SilentAntagonist doesn't say a single word.]] [[TropesAreNotBad [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools This only makes him seem more mysterious and intimidating.]]
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* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: After making a ShoutOut to Film/TheMatrix, ([[CelebrityParadox also starring]] Creator/KeanuReeves,) the players decide that said film ''was'' also made un the John Wick universe... as a Creator/ChristianBale vehicle, ([[TakeThat and turned out better for it.]])

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* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: After making a ShoutOut to Film/TheMatrix, ([[CelebrityParadox also starring]] Creator/KeanuReeves,) the players decide that said film ''was'' also made un in the John Wick universe... as a Creator/ChristianBale vehicle, ([[TakeThat and turned out better for it.]])



* ExperimentedInCollege: Iosef says that he's not gay just because he kissed a boy back in high school, (though the way he still reminiscens about it might make it a borderline case of IfItsYouItsOkay.)

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* ExperimentedInCollege: Iosef says that he's not gay just because he kissed a boy back in high school, (though the way he still reminiscens reminisces about it might make it a borderline case of IfItsYouItsOkay.)



* RetiredBadass: Aside from John Wick himself, Julia also turns out to be a former assassian [[VillainousFriendship who is acquainted with Ms. Perkins,]] and is happy to serve her the ingredients for a MolotovCocktail.

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* RetiredBadass: Aside from John Wick himself, Julia also turns out to be a former assassian assassin [[VillainousFriendship who is acquainted with Ms. Perkins,]] and is happy to serve her the ingredients for a MolotovCocktail.
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* RetiredBadass: Aside from John Wick himself, Julia also turns out to be a former assassian [[VillainousFriendship who is aquianted with Ms. Perkins,]] and is happy to serve her the ingredients for a MolotovCocktail.

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* RetiredBadass: Aside from John Wick himself, Julia also turns out to be a former assassian [[VillainousFriendship who is aquianted acquainted with Ms. Perkins,]] and is happy to serve her the ingredients for a MolotovCocktail.



* SympatheticPOV: Interestingly enough, ''not'' giving John Wick this makes him come across less like a HitmanWithAHeart and more like a killer from a SlasherMovie. He regains his NovleDemon qualities in the second episode, though.

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* SympatheticPOV: Interestingly enough, ''not'' giving John Wick this makes him come across less like a HitmanWithAHeart and more like a killer from a SlasherMovie. He regains his NovleDemon NobleDemon qualities in the second episode, though.
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* DownerEnding: It is worth repeating. '''''[[TheHeroDies John Wick dies.]]'''''
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* DownerEnding: It is worth repeating. '''''[[TheHeroDies John Wick dies.]]'''''
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Followed by [[Recap/FilmRerollGoonies Goonies.]]
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Things are going well for the steadily rising Tarasov crime family. [[TheDon Viggo Tarasov]] has just bought out one of his greatest rivals -- the Stevenson family -- and aquired their hotel, the Old Queen Bess. Meanwhile, his son Iosef has started making a name for himself, commiting his firstproper assassination. Unfortunately, Iosef may have also bitten on a little bit more than he can chew. [[ForMeItWasTuesday A, to him, petty little street crime]] of the mob prince, directed at some seemingly random annoying guy to teach him a lesson, has made him an enemy of [[LivingLegend John Wick, the most infamous assassin in New York,]] who proceeds to start a one-man-war against the mob. Viggo starts putting all of his resources into taking Wick down. The question is, will it be enough?

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Things are going well for the steadily rising Tarasov crime family. [[TheDon Viggo Tarasov]] has just bought out one of his greatest rivals -- the Stevenson family -- and aquired their hotel, the Old Queen Bess. Meanwhile, his son Iosef has started making a name for himself, commiting his firstproper assassination. Unfortunately, Iosef may have also bitten on a little bit more than he can chew. [[ForMeItWasTuesday [[ButForMeItWasTuesday A, to him, petty little street crime]] of the mob prince, directed at some seemingly random annoying guy to teach him a lesson, has made him an enemy of [[LivingLegend John Wick, the most infamous assassin in New York,]] who proceeds to start a one-man-war against the mob. Viggo starts putting all of his resources into taking Wick down. The question is, will it be enough?
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Things are going well for the steadily rising Tarasov crime family. [[TheDon Viggo Tarasov]] has just bought out one of his greatest rivals -- the Stevenson family -- and aquired their hotel, the Old Queen Bess. Meanwhile, his son Iosef has started making a name for himself, commiting his firstproper assassination. Unfortunately, Iosef may have also bitten on a little bit more than he can chew. [[ForMeItWasTuesday A, to him, petty little street crime]] of the mob prince, directed at some seemingly random annoying guy to teach him a lesson, has made him an enemy of [[LivingLegend John Wick, the most infamous assassin in New York,]] who proceeds to start a one-man-war against the mob. Viggo starts putting all of his resources into taking Wick down. The question is, will it be enough?

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