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* SeasonalRot[=/=]{{Sequelitis}}: The second is arguably better than the original, but while the third film still has a considerably large fanbase, it's generally agreed to be worse than its predecessors (even though it has [[CriticalDissonance the second-highest rating in the series]] on Website/RottenTomatoes). And many fans seem to outright hate the fourth one. The fifth one, however, completely averts this and is usually seen as a rival to the first two that sent the series out on a high note.

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* SeasonalRot[=/=]{{Sequelitis}}: The second is arguably better than the original, but while the third film still has a considerably large fanbase, it's generally agreed to be worse than its predecessors (even though it has a good cast and [[CriticalDissonance the second-highest rating in the series]] on Website/RottenTomatoes). And many fans seem to outright hate the fourth one. The fifth one, however, completely averts this and is usually seen as a rival to the first two that sent the series out on a high note.



** From the fourth movie, while his arc and development areappreciated, [[spoiler:George]] died rather abruptly when he could have gotten a more meaningful fate in the climax.

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** From the fourth movie, while his arc and development areappreciated, are appreciated, [[spoiler:George]] died rather abruptly when he could have gotten a more meaningful fate in the climax.
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** in the third movie [[PluckyComicRelief Ashley and Ashlyn]] could have lasted longer especially given the number of [[TheScrappy unpopular characters]] among some who survived longer.
** From the fourth movie, while his arc and development appreciated [[spoiler:George]] died rather abruptly when he could have gotten a more meaningful fate in the climax.

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** in the third movie [[PluckyComicRelief Ashley and Ashlyn]] could have lasted longer especially given the number of [[TheScrappy unpopular characters]] among some who survived longer.
longer. This is especially disappointing after how they show hints of becoming FireForgedFriends with Wendy and could have made decent sidekicks to her and Kevin if they had lasted long enough.
** From the fourth movie, while his arc and development appreciated development areappreciated, [[spoiler:George]] died rather abruptly when he could have gotten a more meaningful fate in the climax.
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* {{Narm}}: The over-the-top and gratuitous deaths combined with the often stilted acting, shallow characters, and the rather absurd premise of the Grim Reaper conspiring to cause a bunch of insane coincidences to kill people when it could simply cause them to drop dead of a heart attack or the like has caused much unintentional hilarity for viewers (though at least in some of the later entries, the series itself seems to be [[NarmCharm self-aware]] regarding how goofy it is).

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** Nick due to his frequent DullSurprise and limited competence (especially compared to Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead in ''3''). That said, he does manage to prevent the second disaster.

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** Nick due to his frequent DullSurprise and limited competence (especially compared to Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead in ''3''). That said, he does manage to prevent the fourth movie's second disaster.



* TheWoobie:
** A lot of the final survivors in the movies can be counted as this as they are the ones that witnessed people around them died while scrambling to figure out what's going on and struggle to survive. A stand out example would be Wendy from the third movie -- she watched both her boyfriend and best friend die in her vision, she has a personal connection to one of the survivors (her sister Julie), she's competent and nice enough that we can sympathize with her, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead's performance made her into an EnsembleDarkhorse.
** [[LovableJock Kevin]] from the third movie also qualifies. He lost both his best friend Jason (Wendy's boyfriend), ''and'' his girlfriend Carrie in a single horrific night. And even worse? He had been planning to propose to Carrie. But this becomes even more gutwrenching when you remember the fact that before she died, Carrie had confided in Wendy that she was going to break up with him. No wonder Wendy didn't have the heart to tell Kevin the truth. He had already been through enough in such a short amount of time, and if this had been added on top of it, it would've ''destroyed'' him.



** In the fifth movie Molly being a member of the group who survived the premonition disaster feels like it could have been ''weaponized'' to help the others survive some tricky situations instead of just making her a subject of an attempt to steal years.

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** In the fifth movie Molly being a member of the group who survived the premonition disaster feels like it could have been ''weaponized'' to help the others survive some tricky situations instead of just making her a subject of an attempt to steal years.the years of someone who wasn't doomed by killing her.




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* TheWoobie:
** A lot of the final survivors in the movies can be counted as this as they are the ones that witnessed people around them died while scrambling to figure out what's going on and struggle to survive. A stand out example would be Wendy from the third movie -- she watched both her boyfriend and best friend die in her vision, she has a personal connection to one of the survivors (her sister Julie), she's competent and nice enough that we can sympathize with her, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead's performance made her into an EnsembleDarkhorse.
** [[LovableJock Kevin]] from the third movie also qualifies. He lost both his best friend Jason (Wendy's boyfriend), ''and'' his girlfriend Carrie in a single horrific night. And even worse? He had been planning to propose to Carrie. But this becomes even more gutwrenching when you remember the fact that before she died, Carrie had confided in Wendy that she was going to break up with him. No wonder Wendy didn't have the heart to tell Kevin the truth. He had already been through enough in such a short amount of time, and if this had been added on top of it, it would've ''destroyed'' him.

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* CompleteMonster: ''Literature/LooksCouldKill'': [[PosthumousCharacter Delbert Davis]] is the long-deceased father and grandfather of William "Brut" Simms, and a [[{{Mundanger}} hideously mundane evil]] in contrast with Death itself. A [[ControlFreak controlling]] and predatory family man, Davis would try to isolate his family for years, growing obsessed with his oldest daughter, Becky. Regularly [[ParentalIncest raping Becky]] until she became pregnant with William, when she escaped, Davis would prey on his next daughter, impregnating her as well. When Becky becomes engaged and has a reunion with her family, Davis would furiously slaughter his family, including children and infants. Davis would then go on a shooting spree, killing several people before being killed by police. While William was the sole survivor of his family, Delbert's actions were the initial catalyst for William growing up into the sociopath he is in the present day.

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**''Literature/DestinationZero'': [[IrishExplosivesExpert Sean Reilly]] is one of the three masterminds behind the South Hill Metroline bombing. A former [[WesternTerrorists Irish terrorist]] exiled from his country, Reilly met up with freelance terrorists Dan Hoffman and Leon Khalid and conspired to force the American government to give them $100 million. After setting off a bomb on a subway train that killed almost forty people, Reilly gave false demands for the FBI to release various imprisoned terrorists around the world and to deposit the $100 million into offshore bank accounts. When Reilly and his allies are caught, Reilly [[NoHonorAmongThieves leaves his allies to die in a shootout]], and later kills multiple civilians and [[CopKiller police officers]] in his attempts to flee from the police.
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''Literature/LooksCouldKill'': [[PosthumousCharacter Delbert Davis]] is the long-deceased father and grandfather of William "Brut" Simms, and a [[{{Mundanger}} hideously mundane evil]] in contrast with Death itself. A [[ControlFreak controlling]] and predatory family man, Davis would try to isolate his family for years, growing obsessed with his oldest daughter, Becky. Regularly [[ParentalIncest raping Becky]] until she became pregnant with William, when she escaped, Davis would prey on his next daughter, impregnating her as well. When Becky becomes engaged and has a reunion with her family, Davis would furiously slaughter his family, including children and infants. Davis would then go on a shooting spree, killing several people before being killed by police. While William was the sole survivor of his family, Delbert's actions were the initial catalyst for William growing up into the sociopath he is in the present day.
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* CompleteMonster: ''Literature/LooksCouldKill'': [[PosthumousCharacter Delbert Davis]] is the long-deceased father and grandfather of William "Brut" Simms, and a [[{{Mundanger}} hideously mundane evil]] in contrast with Death itself. A [[ControlFreak controlling]] and predatory family man, Davis would try to isolate his family for years, growing obsessed with his oldest daughter, Becky. Regularly [[ParentalIncest raping Becky]] until she became pregnant with William, when she escaped, Davis would prey on his next daughter, impregnating her as well. When Becky becomes engaged and has a reunion with her family, Davis would furiously slaughter his family, including children and infants. Davis would then go on a shooting spree, killing several people before being killed by police. While William was the sole survivor of his family, Delbert's actions were the initial catalyst for William growing up into the sociopath he is in the present day.
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** Describing any DisasterDominoes scene in another show or movie as "some Final Destination shit" or anything to that effect due to the absurd chain of events that led to the chaos.

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