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* WhatAnIdiot: Why did Jason bother going into the lake if he couldn't swim, anyway? Admittedly, he was running away from his tormentors in a panic, but surely he could have run into the woods, which he knew much better? To be fair, he was being chased and he was panicked. People don't think too well in that kind of situation to begin with, little kids moreso, and add in the fact Jason was born mentally deficient...
** It should be noted his mother said he wasn't a very ''good'' swimmer and she clearly underestimated him since he ''didn't die.'' The problem was that he swam ''too'' well since he apparently swam far enough away to get lost and not be found in the ensuing chaos.
** It should be noted his mother said he wasn't a very ''good'' swimmer and she clearly underestimated him since he ''didn't die.'' The problem was that he swam ''too'' well since he apparently swam far enough away to get lost and not be found in the ensuing chaos.
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** It should be noted his mother said he wasn't a very ''good'' swimmer and she clearly underestimated him since he ''didn't die.'' The problem was that he swam ''too'' well since he apparently swam far enough away to get lost and not be found in the ensuing chaos.
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* AssPull: The franchise has numerous examples, but the biggest might be Jason's mere existence. The first film ends with the twist that no, Jason [[spoiler:wasn't the one killing people, it was his mother]], but suddenly in the second film Jason's alive and well and he was living in the woods around Camp Crystal Lake for decades. How did he survive his supposed drowning? Why did no one notice until just then? Especially [[spoiler:his own mother]], who had also been stalking the woods in the same area for years? What are the odds he shares his mother's brutally homicidal tendencies? Why do people keep going back to Crystal Lake for him to kill, right after his latest killing spree in the area? How did he survive ''an ax'' being smashed into his skull? [[MST3KMantra It's best not to think about it too hard]].
* CriticProof: Every single entry has been panned by critics, but that hasn't stopped all twelve entries from making back their budgets, usually several times over. Admittedly, this has a lot to do with most of them having minuscule budgets.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: With 10+ films, it was bound to happen. Amongst the individual films, Parts V and VIII, ''Jason Goes To Hell'' and ''Jason X'' are usually the most commonly cited.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: With 10+ films, it was bound to happen. Amongst the individual films, Parts V and VIII, ''Jason Goes To Hell'' and ''Jason X'' are usually the most commonly cited.cited to be among the worst of the series.
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** ''A New Beginning'' was widely considered a disappointment by series fans, especially coming right on the heels of a film that had been subtitled ''The Final Chapter''. The PlotTwist that the killer this time was a JackTheRipoff of Jason Voorhees went over particularly poorly, and while it was still a hit, it was easily the lowest-grossing film in the series since the second one; the franchise would never again reach the box-office heights it did before this. Notably, ''Jason Lives'' retconned various elements of this one and only took it as BroadStrokes canon, and met a much better reception for it.
** The series ''really'' lost its edge when ''The New Blood'' was butchered by the MPAA to avoid an X rating, though the film itself still has some fans. The ultimate point of no return came with ''Jason Takes Manhattan'' the following year, which was a FranchiseKiller that convinced Paramount (who had always been ashamed of the series' success) to offload the rights to the first film's director, who in turn sold them to Creator/NewLineCinema, who proceeded to churn out two very poorly-received installments that are viewed as SoBadItsGood at best — one where Jason turned out to be a demonic entity capable of body surfing, and another where he went to space — before finally getting off their asses and making ''Freddy vs. Jason'', which, by and large, ended the era. The 2009 remake is also generally regarded as acceptable (or at least, better than most other horror remakes), though not great. The only redeeming value that many fans can universally agree on from the era is that Creator/KaneHodder, who played Jason from the seventh film through the tenth, was pretty damn awesome in the role.
** ''A New Beginning'' was widely considered a disappointment by series fans, especially coming right on the heels of a film that had been subtitled ''The Final Chapter''. The PlotTwist that the killer this time was a JackTheRipoff of Jason Voorhees went over particularly poorly, and while it was still a hit, it was easily the lowest-grossing film in the series since the second one; the franchise would never again reach the box-office heights it did before this. Notably, ''Jason Lives'' retconned various elements of this one and only took it as BroadStrokes canon, and met a much better reception for it.
** The series ''really'' lost its edge when ''The New Blood'' was butchered by the MPAA to avoid an X rating, though the film itself still has some fans. The ultimate point of no return came with ''Jason Takes Manhattan'' the following year, which was a FranchiseKiller that convinced Paramount (who had always been ashamed of the series' success) to offload the rights to the first film's director, who in turn sold them to Creator/NewLineCinema, who proceeded to churn out two very poorly-received installments that are viewed as SoBadItsGood at best — one where Jason turned out to be a demonic entity capable of body surfing, and another where he went to space — before finally getting off their asses and making ''Freddy vs. Jason'', which, by and large, ended the era. The 2009 remake is also generally regarded as acceptable (or at least, better than most other horror remakes), though not great. The only redeeming value that many fans can universally agree on from the era is that Creator/KaneHodder, who played Jason from the seventh film through the tenth, was pretty damn awesome in the role.
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** ''A New Beginning'' was widely considered a disappointment by series fans, especially coming right on the heels of a film that had been subtitled ''The Final Chapter''. The PlotTwist that the killer this time was a JackTheRipoff of Jason Voorhees went over particularly poorly, and while it was still a hit, it was easily the lowest-grossing film in the series since the second one; the franchise would never again reach the box-office heights it did before this. Notably, ''Jason Lives'' retconned various elements of this one and only took it as BroadStrokes canon, and met a much better reception for it.
** The series ''really'' lost its edge when ''The New Blood'' was butchered by the MPAA to avoid an X rating, though the film itself still has some fans. The ultimate point of no return came with ''Jason Takes Manhattan'' the following year, which was a FranchiseKiller that convinced Paramount (who had always been ashamed of the series' success) to offload the rights to the first film's director, who in turn sold them to Creator/NewLineCinema, who proceeded to churn out two very poorly-received installments that are viewed as SoBadItsGood at best — one where Jason turned out to be a demonic entity capable of body surfing, and another where he went to space — before finally getting off their asses and making ''Freddy vs. Jason'', which, by and large, ended the DorkAge. The 2009 remake is also generally regarded as acceptable (or at least, better than most other horror remakes), though not great. The only redeeming value that many fans can universally agree on from the DorkAge is that Creator/KaneHodder, who played Jason from the seventh film through the tenth, was pretty damn awesome in the role.
** ''A New Beginning'' was widely considered a disappointment by series fans, especially coming right on the heels of a film that had been subtitled ''The Final Chapter''. The PlotTwist that the killer this time was a JackTheRipoff of Jason Voorhees went over particularly poorly, and while it was still a hit, it was easily the lowest-grossing film in the series since the second one; the franchise would never again reach the box-office heights it did before this. Notably, ''Jason Lives'' retconned various elements of this one and only took it as BroadStrokes canon, and met a much better reception for it.
** The series ''really'' lost its edge when ''The New Blood'' was butchered by the MPAA to avoid an X rating, though the film itself still has some fans. The ultimate point of no return came with ''Jason Takes Manhattan'' the following year, which was a FranchiseKiller that convinced Paramount (who had always been ashamed of the series' success) to offload the rights to the first film's director, who in turn sold them to Creator/NewLineCinema, who proceeded to churn out two very poorly-received installments that are viewed as SoBadItsGood at best — one where Jason turned out to be a demonic entity capable of body surfing, and another where he went to space — before finally getting off their asses and making ''Freddy vs. Jason'', which, by and large, ended the DorkAge. The 2009 remake is also generally regarded as acceptable (or at least, better than most other horror remakes), though not great. The only redeeming value that many fans can universally agree on from the DorkAge is that Creator/KaneHodder, who played Jason from the seventh film through the tenth, was pretty damn awesome in the role.
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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Creator/KaneHodder's dedicated performance as Jason made him arguably the most popular actor among the many who have played the hockey masked killer. Unfortunately, the films where Hodder portrayed Jason were the ones during the franchise's DorkAge. [[note]]Specifically, ''The New Blood'' (though that film is more divisive than outright bad), ''Jason Takes Manhattan'', ''Jason Goes To Hell'', and ''Jason X''.[[/note]]
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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Creator/KaneHodder's dedicated performance as Jason made him arguably the most popular actor among the many who have played the hockey masked killer. Unfortunately, the films where Hodder portrayed Jason were the ones during the franchise's DorkAge.AudienceAlienatingEra. [[note]]Specifically, ''The New Blood'' (though that film is more divisive than outright bad), ''Jason Takes Manhattan'', ''Jason Goes To Hell'', and ''Jason X''.[[/note]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: One of Jason's victims in ''Hate-Kill-Repeat'' is named [[Creator/MichaelRosen Michael Rosen]].
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* CrossoverShip: Jason is depicted in a lot of artwork (especially Japanese artwork) alongside [[Literature/TheRing Sadako]], likely due to having similar origins (bullied as a child, raised by a single mother, dies by being thrown into a body of water).
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* ValuesDissonance: At the time of its release in 1989, [[NeverSayDie it was taboo for video games in the United States to make references to death]], due to games still being seen as children's toys. Player characters were never "dead", just "knocked out", "defeated", "finished", or similar euphemisms. So for this game to explicitly inform the player that "You and your friends are '''dead'''" was a big deal in its heyday. Nowadays, it's pretty normal for video games to tell a defeated player that their characters are dead (although some games still use "fainted" to refer to a character with no hit points left to distinguish from a permanent PlotlineDeath).
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* ValuesDissonance: At the time of its release in 1989, [[NeverSayDie it was taboo for video games in the United States to make references to death]], due to games still being seen as children's toys. Player characters were never "dead", just "knocked out", "defeated", "finished", or similar euphemisms. So for this game to explicitly inform the player that "You and your friends are '''dead'''" was a big deal in its heyday. Nowadays, it's pretty normal for video games to tell a defeated player that their characters are dead (although some games still use "fainted" avoid using "dead" to refer to a character with no hit points left to distinguish from a permanent PlotlineDeath).
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* ValuesDissonance: At the time of its release in 1989, [[NeverSayDie it was taboo for video games in the United States to make references to death]], due to games still being seen as children's toys. Player characters were never "dead", just "knocked out", "defeated", "finished", or similar euphemisms. So for this game to explicitly inform the player that "You and your friends are '''dead'''" was a big deal in its heyday. Nowadays, it's pretty normal for video games to tell a defeated player that their characters are dead (although some games still use "fainted" to refer to a character with no hit points left to distinguish from PlotlineDeath).
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* ValuesDissonance: At the time of its release in 1989, [[NeverSayDie it was taboo for video games in the United States to make references to death]], due to games still being seen as children's toys. Player characters were never "dead", just "knocked out", "defeated", "finished", or similar euphemisms. So for this game to explicitly inform the player that "You and your friends are '''dead'''" was a big deal in its heyday. Nowadays, it's pretty normal for video games to tell a defeated player that their characters are dead (although some games still use "fainted" to refer to a character with no hit points left to distinguish from a permanent PlotlineDeath).
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* ValuesDissonance: At the time of its release in 1989, [[NeverSayDie it was taboo for video games in the United States to make references to death]], due to games still being seen as children's toys. Player characters were never "dead", just "knocked out", "defeated", "finished", or similar euphemisms. So for this game to explicitly inform the player that "You and your friends are dead" was a big deal in its heyday. Nowadays, it's pretty normal for video games to tell a defeated player that their characters are dead (although some games still use "fainted" to refer to a character with no hit points left to distinguish from PlotlineDeath).
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* ValuesDissonance: At the time of its release in 1989, [[NeverSayDie it was taboo for video games in the United States to make references to death]], due to games still being seen as children's toys. Player characters were never "dead", just "knocked out", "defeated", "finished", or similar euphemisms. So for this game to explicitly inform the player that "You and your friends are dead" '''dead'''" was a big deal in its heyday. Nowadays, it's pretty normal for video games to tell a defeated player that their characters are dead (although some games still use "fainted" to refer to a character with no hit points left to distinguish from PlotlineDeath).
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* ValuesDissonance: At the time of its release, [[NeverSayDie it was taboo for video games in the United States to make references to death]], due to games still being seen as children's toys. Player characters were never "dead", just "knocked out", "defeated", "finished", or similar euphemisms. So for this game to explicitly inform the player that "You and your friends are dead" was a big deal in its heyday. Nowadays, it's pretty normal for video games to tell a defeated player that their characters are dead (although some games still use "fainted" to refer to a character with no hit points left to distinguish from PlotlineDeath).
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* ValuesDissonance: At the time of its release, release in 1989, [[NeverSayDie it was taboo for video games in the United States to make references to death]], due to games still being seen as children's toys. Player characters were never "dead", just "knocked out", "defeated", "finished", or similar euphemisms. So for this game to explicitly inform the player that "You and your friends are dead" was a big deal in its heyday. Nowadays, it's pretty normal for video games to tell a defeated player that their characters are dead (although some games still use "fainted" to refer to a character with no hit points left to distinguish from PlotlineDeath).
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* ValuesDissonance: At the time of its release, [[NeverSayDie it was taboo for video games in the United States to make references to death]], due to games still being seen as children's toys. Player characters were never "dead", just "knocked out", "fainted", or similar euphemisms. So for this game to explicitly inform the player that "You and your friends are dead" was a big deal in its heyday. Nowadays, it's pretty normal for video games to tell a defeated player that their characters are dead (although some games still use "fainted" to refer to a character with no hit points left to distinguish from PlotlineDeath).
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* ValuesDissonance: At the time of its release, [[NeverSayDie it was taboo for video games in the United States to make references to death]], due to games still being seen as children's toys. Player characters were never "dead", just "knocked out", "fainted", "defeated", "finished", or similar euphemisms. So for this game to explicitly inform the player that "You and your friends are dead" was a big deal in its heyday. Nowadays, it's pretty normal for video games to tell a defeated player that their characters are dead (although some games still use "fainted" to refer to a character with no hit points left to distinguish from PlotlineDeath).
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* ValuesDissonance: At the time of its release, [[NeverSayDie it was taboo for video games in the United States to make references to death]], due to games still being seen as children's toys. Player characters were never "dead", just "knocked out", "fainted", or similar euphemisms. So for this game to explicitly inform the player that "You and your friends are dead" was a big deal. Nowadays, it's pretty normal for video games to tell a defeated player that their characters are dead (although some games still use "fainted" to refer to a character with no hit points left to distinguish from PlotlineDeath).
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* ValuesDissonance: At the time of its release, [[NeverSayDie it was taboo for video games in the United States to make references to death]], due to games still being seen as children's toys. Player characters were never "dead", just "knocked out", "fainted", or similar euphemisms. So for this game to explicitly inform the player that "You and your friends are dead" was a big deal.deal in its heyday. Nowadays, it's pretty normal for video games to tell a defeated player that their characters are dead (although some games still use "fainted" to refer to a character with no hit points left to distinguish from PlotlineDeath).
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* ValuesDissonance: At the time of its release, [[NeverSayDie it was taboo for video games in the United States to make references to death, death]], due to games still being seen as children's toys. Player characters were never "dead", just "knocked out", "fainted", or similar euphemisms. So for this game to explicitly inform the player that "You and your friends are dead" was a big deal. Nowadays, it's pretty normal for video games to tell a defeated player that their characters are dead (although some games still use "fainted" to refer to a character with no hit points left to distinguish from PlotlineDeath).
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* DracoInLeatherPants: A lot of people take Jason's CrazySurvivalist KnightTemplar EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas angle and ''run with it''. He has an astonishing amount of fanfiction where he falls in love with the one girl who he doesn't kill. Frequently going through {{Wimpification}} and becoming a literate mentally sound gentleman who just ''happens'' to go on mindless merciless killing sprees every now and then.
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* DracoInLeatherPants: A lot of people take Jason's CrazySurvivalist KnightTemplar EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas angle and ''run with it''. He has an astonishing amount of fanfiction where he falls in love with the one girl who he doesn't kill. Frequently going through {{Wimpification}} and kill, frequently becoming a literate mentally sound gentleman who just ''happens'' to go on mindless merciless killing sprees every now and then.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: [[https://maserpatrol.wordpress.com/2021/08/13/thirteen-japanese-jasons-for-friday-the-13th/ Jason is just as much a pop culture icon in Japan as he is in America]]. This is because Japan was going through a horror boom when the franchise was at it's peak in the 80s, and the films became popular imports as a result. To date, every film in the series has been released in Japan with dubs and there's even exclusive merchandise and home releases. The Japanese VHS release of ''Part III'' in particular was a very sought after import, being the only way to see the film 3D-formated at home for a time.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Jason [[https://maserpatrol.wordpress.com/2021/08/13/thirteen-japanese-jasons-for-friday-the-13th/ Jason is just as much a pop culture icon in Japan as he is in America]]. This is because Japan was going through a horror boom when the franchise was at it's peak in the 80s, and the films became popular imports to theaters as a result. To date, every film in the series has been released in Japan with dubs and there's even exclusive merchandise and home releases. The Japanese VHS release of ''Part III'' in particular was a very sought after import, being the only way to see the film 3D-formated at home for a time.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Jason is just as much a pop culture icon in Japan as he is in America. This is because Japan was going through a horror boom when the franchise was at it's peak in the 80s, and the films became popular imports as a result. To date, every film in the series has been released in Japan with dubs and there's even exclusive merchandise and home releases. The Japanese VHS release of ''Part III'' in particular was a very sought after import, being the only way to see the film 3D-formated at home for a time.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: [[https://maserpatrol.wordpress.com/2021/08/13/thirteen-japanese-jasons-for-friday-the-13th/ Jason is just as much a pop culture icon in Japan as he is in America.America]]. This is because Japan was going through a horror boom when the franchise was at it's peak in the 80s, and the films became popular imports as a result. To date, every film in the series has been released in Japan with dubs and there's even exclusive merchandise and home releases. The Japanese VHS release of ''Part III'' in particular was a very sought after import, being the only way to see the film 3D-formated at home for a time.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The series has a pretty big Japanese following.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The Jason is just as much a pop culture icon in Japan as he is in America. This is because Japan was going through a horror boom when the franchise was at it's peak in the 80s, and the films became popular imports as a result. To date, every film in the series has a pretty big been released in Japan with dubs and there's even exclusive merchandise and home releases. The Japanese following.VHS release of ''Part III'' in particular was a very sought after import, being the only way to see the film 3D-formated at home for a time.
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** Not as severe as other franchises, but depending on the fan the most widely ignored entries tend to be Part V (for using [[spoiler:Roy as the main killer instead of Jason]]), Part VIII (for not living up to its premise of Jason killing teens in Manhattan) and Jason Goes to Hell (for changing up the mythology of the franchise by trying to answer why Jason’s an indestructible killer, [[VoodooShark only for it to create even more questions]]).
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** Not as severe as other franchises, but depending on the fan the most widely ignored entries tend to be Part V (for using [[spoiler:Roy as the main killer instead of Jason]]), Part VIII (for not living up to its premise of Jason killing teens in Manhattan) and Jason ''Jason Goes to Hell Hell'' (for changing up the mythology of the franchise by trying to answer why Jason’s an indestructible killer, [[VoodooShark only for it to create even more questions]]).
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* MyRealDaddy: PlayedWith. In light of Victor Miller’s ownership lawsuit causing the cancellation of future content for the ''VideoGame/FridayThe13thTheGame'' and putting potential future films and the intellectual property of the series in jeopardy, some fans have turned on him and have begun to point towards the contributions of other people in the first film and the sequels as being responsible for the series’s legacy. Namely, Sean S. Cunningham and Tom Savini are cited for the dream ending with Child Jason and the actual finished product, in addition to encouraging the survival of the franchise into the present day. However, others are sympathetic to Miller over the fact he reportedly did not get any revenue from the franchise that ensued and want him to get ownership of the full franchise, at least so that he could potentially hand it off to someone else. Sean S. Cunningham's apathetic approach to the New Line Cinema installments also polarize fans, as ''Jason Goes To Hell'' and ''Jason X'' are widely considered some of the worst films in the series.
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* MyRealDaddy: PlayedWith. In light of Victor Miller’s ownership lawsuit causing the cancellation of future content for the ''VideoGame/FridayThe13thTheGame'' and putting potential future films and the intellectual property of the series in jeopardy, some fans have turned on him and have begun to point towards the contributions of other people in the first film and the sequels as being responsible for the series’s legacy. Namely, Sean S. Cunningham and Tom Savini are cited for the dream ending with Child Jason and the actual finished product, in addition to encouraging the survival of the franchise into the present day. However, others are sympathetic to Miller over the fact he reportedly did not get any revenue from the franchise that ensued and want him to get ownership of the full franchise, at least so that he could potentially hand it off to someone else. Sean S. Cunningham's apathetic approach to the New Line Cinema installments also polarize fans, as ''Jason Goes To Hell'' and ''Jason X'' are widely considered some of the worst films in the series.
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* OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight: PlayedWith. While Victor Miller wrote the original and most positively received film in the franchise, the iconic adult version of Jason Voorhees and his hockey mask were created in the sequels without his involvement. Additionally, the fourth and sixth films are more popular than the original among some circles, somewhat weakening this stance. However, Victor Miller incurred the wrath of the fan base when he filed a lawsuit over his contributions to the franchise and his ownership of characters in it, which prevented future films from potentially being made and causing ''VideoGame/FridayThe13thTheGame'' to lose DLC support. This subsequently caused some fans to turn on him and [[MyRealDaddy point towards the contributions of others on the original film and the sequels as having the true lasting impact on the series over him.]] However, others are sympathetic to Miller over the fact he reportedly did not get any revenue from the franchise that ensued and want him to get ownership of the full franchise, at least so that he could potentially hand it off to someone else.
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* OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight: PlayedWith. While Victor Miller wrote the original and most positively received film in the franchise, the iconic adult version of Jason Voorhees and his hockey mask were created in the sequels without his involvement. Additionally, the fourth and sixth films are more popular than the original among some circles, somewhat weakening this stance. However, Victor Miller incurred the wrath of the fan base when he filed a lawsuit over his contributions to the franchise and his ownership of characters in it, which prevented future films from potentially being made and causing ''VideoGame/FridayThe13thTheGame'' to lose DLC support. This subsequently caused some fans to turn on him and [[MyRealDaddy point towards the contributions of others on the original film and the sequels as having the true lasting impact on the series over him.]] However, others are sympathetic to Miller over the fact he reportedly did not get any revenue from the franchise that ensued and want him to get ownership of the full franchise, at least so that he could potentially hand it off to someone else.
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* IconicCharacterForgottenTitle: Downplayed. While the "Friday the 13th" title is hardly forgotten, people do have a tendency to refer to the movies as "the Jason films" more often than their primarily title, which makes things interesting as [[spoiler: Jason isn't even the killer in Parts 1 ''or'' 5.]] Not helping is the fact that the New Line Films, barring the reboot, do explicitly have Jason as part of the main title for each movie rather than "Friday the 13th."
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* IconicCharacterForgottenTitle: Downplayed. While the "Friday the 13th" title is hardly forgotten, people do have a tendency to refer to the movies as "the Jason films" more often than their primarily title, which makes things interesting as [[spoiler: Jason isn't even the killer in Parts 1 ''or'' 5.]] Not helping is the fact that the New Line Films, barring the reboot, do explicitly have Jason as part of the main title for each movie rather than "Friday the 13th."
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** The series ''really'' lost its edge when ''The New Blood'' was butchered by the MPAA to avoid an X rating, though the film itself is still regarded as pretty good in spite of it. The ultimate point of no return came with ''Jason Takes Manhattan'' the following year, which was a FranchiseKiller that convinced Paramount (who had always been ashamed of the series' success) to offload the rights to the first film's director, who in turn sold them to Creator/NewLineCinema, who proceeded to churn out two very poorly-received installments that are viewed as SoBadItsGood at best — one where Jason turned out to be a demonic entity capable of body surfing, and another where he went to space — before finally getting off their asses and making ''Freddy vs. Jason'', which, by and large, ended the DorkAge. The 2009 remake is also generally regarded as acceptable (or at least, better than most other horror remakes), though not great. The only redeeming value that many fans can universally agree on from the DorkAge is that Creator/KaneHodder, who played Jason from the seventh film through the tenth, was pretty damn awesome in the role.
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** The series ''really'' lost its edge when ''The New Blood'' was butchered by the MPAA to avoid an X rating, though the film itself is still regarded as pretty good in spite of it.has some fans. The ultimate point of no return came with ''Jason Takes Manhattan'' the following year, which was a FranchiseKiller that convinced Paramount (who had always been ashamed of the series' success) to offload the rights to the first film's director, who in turn sold them to Creator/NewLineCinema, who proceeded to churn out two very poorly-received installments that are viewed as SoBadItsGood at best — one where Jason turned out to be a demonic entity capable of body surfing, and another where he went to space — before finally getting off their asses and making ''Freddy vs. Jason'', which, by and large, ended the DorkAge. The 2009 remake is also generally regarded as acceptable (or at least, better than most other horror remakes), though not great. The only redeeming value that many fans can universally agree on from the DorkAge is that Creator/KaneHodder, who played Jason from the seventh film through the tenth, was pretty damn awesome in the role.
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* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Creator/KaneHodder's dedicated performance as Jason made him arguably the most popular actor among the many who have played the hockey masked killer. Unfortunately, the films where Hodder portrayed Jason were the ones during the franchise's DorkAge. [[note]]Specifically, ''The New Blood'' (though that film is more divisive than outright bad), ''Jason Takes Manhattan'', ''Jason Goes To Hell'', and ''Jason X''.[[/note]]
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* CriticalDissonance: Despite their [[CriticProof box office success]] and cultural impact, critics generally don't take kindly to these films. The most highly rated film in the series at metacritic is [[Film/FridayThe13th2009 the 2009 Reboot]], which has a 34. [[VideoGame/Fridaythe13thTheGame The video game adaptation]] is the most highly rated overall with a 64
* DracoInLeatherPants: A lot of people take Jason' CrazySurvivalist KnightTemplar EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas angle and ''run with it''. He has an astonishing amount of fanfiction where he falls in love with the one girl who he doesn't kill. Frequently going through {{Wimpification}} and becoming a literate mentally sound gentleman who just ''happens'' to go on mindless merciless killing sprees every now and then.
* DracoInLeatherPants: A lot of people take Jason' CrazySurvivalist KnightTemplar EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas angle and ''run with it''. He has an astonishing amount of fanfiction where he falls in love with the one girl who he doesn't kill. Frequently going through {{Wimpification}} and becoming a literate mentally sound gentleman who just ''happens'' to go on mindless merciless killing sprees every now and then.
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* CriticalDissonance: Despite their [[CriticProof box office success]] and cultural impact, critics generally don't take kindly to these films. The most highly rated film in the series at metacritic is [[Film/FridayThe13th2009 the 2009 Reboot]], which has a 34. [[VideoGame/Fridaythe13thTheGame The video game adaptation]] is the most highly rated overall with a 64
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* DorkAge:
** ''A New Beginning'' was widely considered a disappointment by series fans, especially coming right on the heels of a film that had been subtitled ''The Final Chapter''. The PlotTwist that the killer this time was a JackTheRipoff of Jason Voorhees went over particularly poorly, and while it was still a hit, it was easily the lowest-grossing film in the series since the second one; the franchise would never again reach the box-office heights it did before this. Notably, ''Jason Lives'' retconned various elements of this one and only took it as BroadStrokes canon, and met a much better reception for it.
** The series ''really'' lost its edge when ''The New Blood'' was butchered by the MPAA to avoid an X rating, though the film itself is still regarded as pretty good in spite of it. The ultimate point of no return came with ''Jason Takes Manhattan'' the following year, which was a FranchiseKiller that convinced Paramount (who had always been ashamed of the series' success) to offload the rights to the first film's director, who in turn sold them to Creator/NewLineCinema, who proceeded to churn out two very poorly-received installments that are viewed as SoBadItsGood at best — one where Jason turned out to be a demonic entity capable of body surfing, and another where he went to space — before finally getting off their asses and making ''Freddy vs. Jason'', which, by and large, ended the DorkAge. The 2009 remake is also generally regarded as acceptable (or at least, better than most other horror remakes), though not great. The only redeeming value that many fans can universally agree on from the DorkAge is that Creator/KaneHodder, who played Jason from the seventh film through the tenth, was pretty damn awesome in the role.
* DracoInLeatherPants: A lot of people takeJason' Jason's CrazySurvivalist KnightTemplar EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas angle and ''run with it''. He has an astonishing amount of fanfiction where he falls in love with the one girl who he doesn't kill. Frequently going through {{Wimpification}} and becoming a literate mentally sound gentleman who just ''happens'' to go on mindless merciless killing sprees every now and then.
* DorkAge:
** ''A New Beginning'' was widely considered a disappointment by series fans, especially coming right on the heels of a film that had been subtitled ''The Final Chapter''. The PlotTwist that the killer this time was a JackTheRipoff of Jason Voorhees went over particularly poorly, and while it was still a hit, it was easily the lowest-grossing film in the series since the second one; the franchise would never again reach the box-office heights it did before this. Notably, ''Jason Lives'' retconned various elements of this one and only took it as BroadStrokes canon, and met a much better reception for it.
** The series ''really'' lost its edge when ''The New Blood'' was butchered by the MPAA to avoid an X rating, though the film itself is still regarded as pretty good in spite of it. The ultimate point of no return came with ''Jason Takes Manhattan'' the following year, which was a FranchiseKiller that convinced Paramount (who had always been ashamed of the series' success) to offload the rights to the first film's director, who in turn sold them to Creator/NewLineCinema, who proceeded to churn out two very poorly-received installments that are viewed as SoBadItsGood at best — one where Jason turned out to be a demonic entity capable of body surfing, and another where he went to space — before finally getting off their asses and making ''Freddy vs. Jason'', which, by and large, ended the DorkAge. The 2009 remake is also generally regarded as acceptable (or at least, better than most other horror remakes), though not great. The only redeeming value that many fans can universally agree on from the DorkAge is that Creator/KaneHodder, who played Jason from the seventh film through the tenth, was pretty damn awesome in the role.
* DracoInLeatherPants: A lot of people take
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* IconicSequelOutfit: While Jason is the TropeCodifier for HockeyMaskAndChainsaw, he didn't even have his hockey mask until the [[Film/FridayThe13thPartIII third film]], where he takes the mask after killing Shelly and it has been a mainstay ever since.
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* NightmareRetardant: Jason's status as a often referenced pop culture icon has turned him into this. Kind of ironic, really. [[FridgeLogic Think about it:]] if, in RealLife, you found yourself being pursued by a relentless, pissed-off, virtually indestructible mass murderer who was built like a pro athlete and wanted nothing more than to bury a machete in your head, wouldn't you be just a little bit scared?
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* NightmareRetardant: Jason's status as a an often referenced pop culture icon has turned him into this. Kind of ironic, really. [[FridgeLogic Think about it:]] if, in RealLife, you found yourself being pursued by a relentless, pissed-off, virtually indestructible mass murderer who was built like a pro athlete and wanted nothing more than to bury a machete in your head, wouldn't you be just a little bit scared?
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* CreepyAwesome: Jason. He wears a cool mask, is in various stages of undeath, provides creative kills, has a instantly recognizable {{leitmotif}}, and his plain unstoppablessness is only rivalled by characters like the Franchise/{{Terminator}}.
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* CreepyAwesome: Jason. He wears a cool mask, is in various stages of undeath, provides creative kills, has a instantly recognizable {{leitmotif}}, and his plain unstoppablessness unstoppability is only rivalled by characters like the Franchise/{{Terminator}}.
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* JerkassWoobie: Jason. Yes, he's a psychotic murderer and should obviously be met with scorn than pity, but the man is only acting out because he almost died from drowning as a child, grew up on his own in the woods, and then witnessed the death of his mother, the only person who cared about him.
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* JerkassWoobie: Jason. Yes, he's a psychotic murderer and should obviously be met with scorn than pity, murderer, but the man is only acting out because he almost died from drowning as a bullied/ostracized child, grew up on his own in the woods, and then witnessed the death of his mother, the only person who cared about him.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: A common criticism the series has faced, especially during its latter half, is that it kept introducing [[HateSink unlikable and/or annoying characters]] that are only there to make the audience root Jason on. This concept goes as far back as ''Film/FridayThe13thPartIII'' with a biker gang that tries to burn the teens barn down after a bad run in at a convenient store. It worked there because the bikers were only in the film for a short amount of time and we’re swiftly killed off shortly after being introduced, meaning they didn’t overstay their welcome. Parts 4-6 and the reboot to a lesser extent shared similar issues, but similarly didn’t affect the overall films as the HateSink characters either had limited screen time [[Film/FridayThe13thTheFinalChapter (Axel)]], they were still given enough positive traits that it was sad to see them die [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives (Sheriff Garris)]], or were so cartoonishly over the top that they were at least somewhat enjoyable to watch [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning (Ethel & Junior,]] [[Film/FridayThe13thPartIII the aforementioned biker gang,]] [[Film/FridayThe13th2009 and Trent)]]. From ''The New Blood'' up until ''Freddy vs. Jason'' the unlikable characters concept was cranked UpToEleven to the point that it was hard to root for anybody else aside from the main characters.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: A common criticism the series has faced, especially during its latter half, is that it kept introducing [[HateSink unlikable and/or annoying characters]] that are only there to make the audience root Jason on. This concept goes as far back as ''Film/FridayThe13thPartIII'' with a biker gang that tries to burn the teens barn down after a bad run in at a convenient store. It worked there because the bikers were only in the film for a short amount of time and we’re swiftly killed off shortly after being introduced, meaning they didn’t overstay their welcome. Parts 4-6 and the reboot to a lesser extent shared similar issues, but similarly didn’t affect the overall films as the HateSink characters either had limited screen time [[Film/FridayThe13thTheFinalChapter (Axel)]], [[Film/FridayThe13ThPartIII (the aforementioned biker gang)]], they were still given enough positive traits that it was sad to see them die [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives (Sheriff Garris)]], or were so cartoonishly over the top that they were at least somewhat enjoyable to watch [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning (Ethel & Junior,]] [[Film/FridayThe13thPartIII [[Film/FridayThe13ThTheFinalChapter Axel]], the aforementioned biker gang,]] gang, [[Film/FridayThe13th2009 and Trent)]]. From ''The New Blood'' up until ''Freddy vs. Jason'' the unlikable characters concept was cranked UpToEleven to the point that it was hard to root for anybody else aside from the main characters. Even then some of the ''main characters'' were either so bland or uninteresting that it made it har to root for them too.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: A common criticism the series has faced, especially during its latter half, is that it kept introducing [[HateSink unlikable and/or annoying characters]] that are only there to make the audience root Jason on. This concept goes as far back as ''Film/FridayThe13thPartIII'' with a biker gang that tries to burn the teens barn down after a bad run in at a convenient store. It worked there because the bikers were only in the film for a short amount of time and we’re swiftly killed off shortly after being introduced, meaning they didn’t overstay their welcome. Parts 4-6 and the reboot to a lesser extent shared similar issues, but similarly didn’t affect the overall films as the HateSink characters either had limited screen time [[Film/FridayThe13thTheFinalChapter (Axel)]], they were still given enough positive traits that it was sad to see them die [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives (Sheriff Garris)]], or were so cartoonishly over the top that they were at least somewhat enjoyable to watch [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning (Ethel & Junior]] [[Film/FridayThe13th2009 and Trent)]]. From ''The New Blood'' up until ''Freddy vs. Jason'' the unlikable characters concept was cranked UpToEleven to the point that it was hard to root for anybody else aside from the main characters.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: A common criticism the series has faced, especially during its latter half, is that it kept introducing [[HateSink unlikable and/or annoying characters]] that are only there to make the audience root Jason on. This concept goes as far back as ''Film/FridayThe13thPartIII'' with a biker gang that tries to burn the teens barn down after a bad run in at a convenient store. It worked there because the bikers were only in the film for a short amount of time and we’re swiftly killed off shortly after being introduced, meaning they didn’t overstay their welcome. Parts 4-6 and the reboot to a lesser extent shared similar issues, but similarly didn’t affect the overall films as the HateSink characters either had limited screen time [[Film/FridayThe13thTheFinalChapter (Axel)]], they were still given enough positive traits that it was sad to see them die [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives (Sheriff Garris)]], or were so cartoonishly over the top that they were at least somewhat enjoyable to watch [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning (Ethel & Junior]] Junior,]] [[Film/FridayThe13thPartIII the aforementioned biker gang,]] [[Film/FridayThe13th2009 and Trent)]]. From ''The New Blood'' up until ''Freddy vs. Jason'' the unlikable characters concept was cranked UpToEleven to the point that it was hard to root for anybody else aside from the main characters.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: A common criticism the series has faced, especially during its latter half, is that it kept introducing [[HateSink unlikable and/or annoying characters]] that are only there to make the audience root Jason on. This concept goes as far back as ''Film/FridayThe13thPartIII'' with a biker gang that tries to burn the teens barn down after a bad run in at a convenient store. It worked there because the bikers were only in the film for a short amount of time and we’re swiftly killed off shortly after being introduced, meaning they didn’t overstay their welcome. Parts 4-6 and the reboot to a lesser extent shared similar issues, but similarly didn’t affect the overall films as the HateSink characters were either kept at a minimum, they were still given enough positive traits that it was sad to see them die, or were so cartoonishly over the top that they were at least somewhat enjoyable to watch. From ''The New Blood'' up until ''Freddy vs. Jason'' the unlikable characters concept was cranked UpToEleven to the point that it was hard to root for anybody else aside from the main characters.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: A common criticism the series has faced, especially during its latter half, is that it kept introducing [[HateSink unlikable and/or annoying characters]] that are only there to make the audience root Jason on. This concept goes as far back as ''Film/FridayThe13thPartIII'' with a biker gang that tries to burn the teens barn down after a bad run in at a convenient store. It worked there because the bikers were only in the film for a short amount of time and we’re swiftly killed off shortly after being introduced, meaning they didn’t overstay their welcome. Parts 4-6 and the reboot to a lesser extent shared similar issues, but similarly didn’t affect the overall films as the HateSink characters were either kept at a minimum, had limited screen time [[Film/FridayThe13thTheFinalChapter (Axel)]], they were still given enough positive traits that it was sad to see them die, die [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives (Sheriff Garris)]], or were so cartoonishly over the top that they were at least somewhat enjoyable to watch.watch [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning (Ethel & Junior]] [[Film/FridayThe13th2009 and Trent)]]. From ''The New Blood'' up until ''Freddy vs. Jason'' the unlikable characters concept was cranked UpToEleven to the point that it was hard to root for anybody else aside from the main characters.
