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* EvilIsSexy: Angelique.

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* AwesomeMusic: Danny Elfman's score.

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* AwesomeMusic: Danny Elfman's score.score, plus many great 70s anthems.



* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Like many of Tim Burton's films, the film has an emphasis on visuals.

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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Like many of Tim Burton's films, the film has an emphasis on visuals.visuals.

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** Victoria/Maggie in general suffers from being relatively unexplored in the movie. While the modern part of the movie starts with her building her up as central focus and we learn her backstory, her overall impact and appearance in the movie is rather weak and short, except giving Barnabas a replacement for his love from 200 years ago.
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** Actualy it is forshadowed, like her not liking to wear shoes and socks and the way she behaves. It's however hidden behind the idea of her just being an angry teenager in the 70's. If anything it's a case of making sense afterwards.
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*ShockingSwerve: The reveal that Carolyn is [[spoiler: a werewolf]]. This was hinted at nowhere in the movie, and contributed nothing to the plot except to make Carolyn able to absorb a few more hits than she would have been able to otherwise.
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** She already crossed the line when she killed Barnabas' parents at the beginning.

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** She already crossed the line when she killed Barnabas' parents and drove Josette to suicide at the beginning.
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** She already crossed the line when she killed Barnabas' parents at the beginning.
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* StoicWoobie: Maggie/Victoria.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Angelique skirts between being genuinely evil and being a sympathetic AntiVillain, up until Barnabas rejects her one too many times, prompting her to [[spoiler:chain him back up, blow up the fishery, and rally the town on the rest of the family by revealing Barnabas's murders]].
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* StrangledByTheRedString: The film's first two acts focus on Barnabas adjusting to the modern era and rebuilding the family empire while dealing with Angelique, but come the third act he and Victoria are declaring their love and embracing despite sharing all of three or four scenes beforehand.
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* AwesomeMusic: Danny Elfman's score.

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* DudeNotFunny: After the recent death of Jonathan Frid, the original Barnabas Collins, several people have decided to try and be funny and say [[KickTheDog that Frid died because of the previews for the upcoming film]], despite the fact that [[CriticalResearchFailure Frid filmed a cameo for the film.]]


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* DudeNotFunny: After the recent death of Jonathan Frid, the original Barnabas Collins, several people have decided to try and be funny and say [[KickTheDog that Frid died because of the previews for the upcoming film]], despite the fact that [[CriticalResearchFailure Frid filmed a cameo for the film.]]
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* TaintedByThePreview: Some fans are less than thrilled about the film's emphasis on broad comedy.

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* TaintedByThePreview: Some fans are less than thrilled about the film's emphasis on broad comedy.comedy.
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Like many of Tim Burton's films, the film has an emphasis on visuals.

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* TaintedByThePreview: Some fans are less than thrilled about the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isjg9O7ifwM2012 film trailer's]] emphasis on broad comedy.
** Even after early screenings have said the film is more akin to ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' in tone with a dash of ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'''s humour, [[FanDumb some people are still hating on the film, without having seen it.]]

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* TaintedByThePreview: Some fans are less than thrilled about the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isjg9O7ifwM2012 film trailer's]] film's emphasis on broad comedy.
** Even after early screenings have said the film is more akin to ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' in tone with a dash of ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'''s humour, [[FanDumb some people are still hating on the film, without having seen it.]]
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*** Taken to the extreme in the 2012 movie, where (at least according to the trailer) Barnabus is now the protagonist.

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*** Taken to the extreme in the 2012 movie, where (at least according to the trailer) Barnabus is now the protagonist.
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* DudeNotFunny: After the recent death of Jonathan Frid, the original Barnabas Collins, several people have decided to try and be funny and say [[KickTheDog that Frid died because of the previews for the upcoming film]], despite the fact that [[CriticalResearchFailure Frid filmed a cameo for the film.]]



* TaintedByThePreview: Some fans are less than thrilled about the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isjg9O7ifwM2012 film trailer's]] emphasis on broad comedy.

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* TaintedByThePreview: Some fans are less than thrilled about the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isjg9O7ifwM2012 film trailer's]] emphasis on broad comedy.comedy.
** Even after early screenings have said the film is more akin to ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' in tone with a dash of ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'''s humour, [[FanDumb some people are still hating on the film, without having seen it.]]
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*** Taken to the extreme in the 2012 movie, where (at least according to the trailer) Barnabus is now the protagonist.
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* TaintedByThePreview: Some fans are less than thrilled about the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isjg9O7ifwM2012 film trailer's]] emphasis on broad comedy.
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** Quintin Collins as well, who was [[EnforcedTrope purposely introduced]] to allow Jonathan Frid a personal life again.

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** Quintin Quentin Collins as well, who was [[EnforcedTrope purposely introduced]] to allow Jonathan Frid a personal life again.



* MagnificentBastard: Quintin Collins, in life and in death. Angelique being no slouch either.

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* MagnificentBastard: Quintin Quentin Collins, in life and in death. Angelique being no slouch either.
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** Quinton Collins as well, who was [[EnforcedTrope purposely introduced]] to allow Jonathan Frid a personal life again.

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** Quinton Quintin Collins as well, who was [[EnforcedTrope purposely introduced]] to allow Jonathan Frid a personal life again.



* GrowingTheBeard: Around mid-1968 the show took on a DarkerAndEdgier tone with more ambitious plotlines and increased CharacterDevelopment, and shortly after that it got BloodierAndGorier as well.
* MagnificentBastard: Quinton Collins, in life and in death, Angelique being no slouch either.

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* GrowingTheBeard: Around mid-1968 the show took on a DarkerAndEdgier tone with more ambitious plotlines {{Story Arc}}s and increased CharacterDevelopment, and shortly after that it got BloodierAndGorier as well.
* MagnificentBastard: Quinton Quintin Collins, in life and in death, death. Angelique being no slouch either.



* NarmCharm: The series still has a fanbase after forty years for a reason.

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* NarmCharm: The series still has a fanbase after forty years after ending for a reason.

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* CastAgainstType: Major movie star Joan Bennett in a daytime soap.



** Quinton Collins as well, who was purposely introduced to allow Jonathan Frid a personal life again.

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** Quinton Collins as well, who was [[EnforcedTrope purposely introduced introduced]] to allow Jonathan Frid a personal life again.



* MagnificentBastard: Quinton Collins, in life and in death, Angelique being no slouch either.



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* NarmCharm NarmCharm: The series still has a fanbase after forty years for a reason.
* PlayingAgainstType: Major movie star Joan Bennett in a daytime soap.

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* CastAgainstType: Major movie star Joan Bennett in a daytime soap.



** Quinton Collins as well, who was purposely to allow Jonathan Frid a personal life again.

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** Quinton Collins as well, who was purposely introduced to allow Jonathan Frid a personal life again.



* WTHCastingAgency: Major movie star Joan Bennett in a daytime soap.
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* {{Narm}}: The forgotten or flubbed lines and general HamAndChesse are major contributors. However..

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* {{Narm}}: The forgotten or flubbed lines and general HamAndChesse HamAndCheese are major contributors. However..
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** Quinton Collins as well, who was purposely to allow Jonathan Frid a personal life again.


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* {{Narm}}: The forgotten or flubbed lines and general HamAndChesse are major contributors. However..
* NarmCharm
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* {{Narm}}: It had a low budget, several actors with bad memories and/or very little acting ability, editing was limited, and the special effects were primitive, though cutting-edge for their time. Narm ''had'' to ensue... and it did.
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* WallBanger: At the end of the series ([[DisContinuity 1841 Parallel Time doesn't count]]), [[spoiler: Barnabas decided that he loves Angelique because he looks through a time portal and sees his son making out with a girl who looks just like Angelique. Never mind the fact that Angelique tortured his family for two centuries, or that Josette was the mother of the aforementioned son.]]
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: There's a reason this page is pretty much just about Barnabas, despite the fact that he wasn't supposed to be a permanent character.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The show had a huge following in Mexico, and, due to its tendency to create completely new settings every few months, is sometimes acknowledged as an influence in the development of the {{telenovela}}.

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The \"Hey It\'s That Guy\"/\"That Voice\" entries, which should go on the trivia page, are so pointless it is not really worth creating a trivia page just to put them there. It would just be clutter.


* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey It's That Guy]]: Not only classic film star Joan Bennett, but future [[CharliesAngels Angel]] Kate Jackson and, in small roles as an innkeeper and a silversmith, [[DiffrentStrokes Conrad Bain]] and [[BarneyMiller Abe Vigoda]].
** And [[MacGyver Dana Elcar]] as the sheriff.

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