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** Ash [[ThisIsMyBoomstick introducing his boomstick to the knights]].
** Ash and the knights battling the [[TitleDrop army of darkness]].

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** Ash [[ThisIsMyBoomstick introducing his boomstick to the knights]].
knights]], gifting the franchise one of its most iconic lines.
** Ash and the knights battling the [[TitleDrop army of darkness]].darkness]], due to the wacky hijinks that ensue and some of the memorable quotes within the battle itself.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: Scantily-clad women? Hot. Being led in chains by undead while Evil Ash forces himself on Sheila in the background? Disturbing. A skeleton hustling them out of frame with the declaration "We've got plans for you, valley girl!"? [[BlackComedy Funny.]]

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* CrossesTheLineTwice: Scantily-clad women? Hot. Being led in chains by undead while Evil Ash forces himself on Sheila in the background? Disturbing. A skeleton hustling them out of frame with the declaration "We've got plans for you, valley girl!"? girly-girl!"? [[BlackComedy Funny.]]
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* ContestedSequel: Definitely ''way'' more quotable and memorable than the original ''Evil Dead'', but whether or not this is better than ''Film/EvilDead2'' is the subject of much debate. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed,]] since both are beloved by the faisn't.

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* ContestedSequel: Definitely ''way'' more quotable and memorable than the original ''Evil Dead'', but whether or not this is better than ''Film/EvilDead2'' is the subject of much debate. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed,]] since both are beloved by the faisn't.fandom.

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* ContestedSequel: Definitely ''way'' more quotable and memorable than the original ''Evil Dead'', but whether or not this is better than ''Film/EvilDead2'' is the subject of much debate. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed,]] since both are beloved by the fandom.

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* ContestedSequel: Definitely ''way'' more quotable and memorable than the original ''Evil Dead'', but whether or not this is better than ''Film/EvilDead2'' is the subject of much debate. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed,]] since both are beloved by the fandom.faisn't.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: Scantily-clad women? Hot. Being led in chains by undead while Evil Ash forces himself on Sheila in the background? Disturbing. A skeleton hustling them out of frame with the declaration "We've got plans for you, valley girl!"? [[BlackComedy Funny.]]
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: People tend to like the blacksmith and the Wise man for their competence and helpfulness.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: People tend to like the blacksmith and the Wise man for their competence and helpfulness. It's likely one of the reasons The Blacksmith was eventually added as a DLC character in the game.
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*** Some fans split the difference by accepting both endings, that Ash does end up in the future but is eventually able to return to S-mart in the present day. The Evil Dead TV series has Ash back in the present day but eventually ending up in a post-apocalyptic future.

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*** Some fans split the difference by accepting both endings, that Ash does end up in the future but is eventually able to return to S-mart in the present day. In the S-mart ending we see the whole story is being told by Ash to his co-worker explaining all the inconsistencies in the series. The Evil Dead TV series has Ash back in the present day but eventually ending up in a post-apocalyptic future.
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*** Some fans split the difference by accepting both endings, that Ash does end up in the future but is eventually able to return to S-mart in the present day. The Evil Dead TV series has Ash back in the present day but eventually ending up in a post-apocalyptic future.
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*** The Television Cut: By virtue of being released for television, it’s been disowned by many for censoring certain words and violent scenes. On the other hand, it has its defenders that like it for having two extra scenes not featured in either cut. One expands on Ash threatening King Arthur with his own sword before he was imprisoned, whereas the other explains ''[[UpToEleven yet another]]'' editing mistake. [[note]] It shows why Ash smashed the mirror spawning the Little Ashes to begin with [[/note]]

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*** The Television Cut: By virtue of being released for television, it’s been disowned by many for censoring certain words and violent scenes. On the other hand, it has its defenders that like it for having two extra scenes not featured in either cut. One expands on Ash threatening King Arthur with his own sword before he was imprisoned, whereas the other explains ''[[UpToEleven yet another]]'' ''yet another'' editing mistake. [[note]] It shows why Ash smashed the mirror spawning the Little Ashes to begin with [[/note]]
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* ParodyDisplacement: "KlaatuBaradaNikto" is sometimes associated more with this film than it is with ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951''.

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** The n-word joke, while unintended and HarsherInHindsight, also adds a layer of hilarity as it adds the joke that Ash is stupid enough to mistake an incantation for a slur. Ash is uncomfortable and his mumbling over the word could be taken as an unwillingness to say a racial slur, even if it could save him.



** "[[ThisIsMyBoomstick This, is my]] [[TropeNamer BOOMSTICK!]]"

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** "[[ThisIsMyBoomstick This, This is my]] [[TropeNamer BOOMSTICK!]]"


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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Part of the film's charm is its very low-budget effects.
** The green screening during the "Tiny Ash" attack is pretty unconvincing, particularly the shot of the two Ashes pushing the real Ash's nostrils closed.
** The skeleton puppets couldn't possibly look more like puppets. Some are obviously flung at Ash from just offscreen in one sequence.
** The undead soldiers who are portrayed by human actors in zombie/skeleton suits, you can see the faces of some of the extras beneath the skeleton masks, so their eyes are visible within the "empty" eye sockets and their noses poke out from underneath the nostril holes.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: The Wiseman is played by Creator/IanAbercrombie, the future voice of [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Chancellor Palpatine]]. Or if you prefer, [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Mr. Pitt]].

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The Wiseman is played by Creator/IanAbercrombie, the future voice of [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Chancellor Palpatine]]. Or if you prefer, [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Mr. Pitt]].Pitt]].
** Though you probably wouldn't recognize her, Patricia Tallman plays the Possessed Witch. Tallman had already starred in ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1990'' but would still largely go under the radar as a stunt performer until her main cast role as Lyta Alexander in ''Series/BabylonFive''.
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** The n-word joke, while unintended and HarsherInHindsight, also adds a layer of hilarity as Ash is uncomfortable and his mumbling over the word could be taken as an unwillingness to say a racial slur, even if it could save him.

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** The n-word joke, while unintended and HarsherInHindsight, also adds a layer of hilarity as it adds the joke that Ash is stupid enough to mistake an incantation for a slur. Ash is uncomfortable and his mumbling over the word could be taken as an unwillingness to say a racial slur, even if it could save him.
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** The n-word joke, while unintended and HarsherInHindsight, also adds a layer of hilarity as Ash is uncomfortable and his mumbling over the word could be taken as an unwillingness to say a racial slur, even if it could save him.
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** "Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun."
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* SignatureLine: So, so many.

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* SignatureLine: So, so many. ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'' has managed to nick some of them for himself, [[http://www.shacknews.com/article/2684/bruce-campbell-on-duke much to Bruce Campbell's displeasure]].

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