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* JerkassWoobie: Riley and Cholo can be this.

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* JerkassWoobie: Riley and Cholo can be this.as unhappy and unlucky as they are abrasive.
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* HilariousInHindsight: [[Film/SuperMarioBros Looks like Luigi finally got his revenge on King Koopa after all]].

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* HilariousInHindsight: [[Film/SuperMarioBros [[Film/SuperMarioBros1993 Looks like Luigi finally got his revenge on King Koopa after all]].

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* {{Squick}}: Zombies devouring human flesh and ripping limbs apart is one thing, but to rip out a belly button ring in the process is another.

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Zombies devouring human flesh and ripping limbs apart is one thing, but to rip out a belly button ring in the process is another.another.
** One zombie attempting the claw into the Death Reckoning so hard that his fingernails come off.
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Spiritual Successor is a YMMV trope about a work generally being seen as resembling another work. Specific elements should go to Shout Out, Expy or other tropes.


** "Big Daddy" has a pretty sizable fandom, many praising him as a worthy SpiritualSuccessor to [[Film/DayOfTheDead1985 Bub]]. [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct Eugene Clark’s incredibly expressive and surprisingly emotional acting helps]].

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** "Big Daddy" has a pretty sizable fandom, many praising him as a worthy SpiritualSuccessor spiritual successor to [[Film/DayOfTheDead1985 Bub]]. [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct Eugene Clark’s incredibly expressive and surprisingly emotional acting helps]].
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* CompleteMonster: [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Paul Kaufman]] is the crook [[WastelandWarlord ruling]] Fiddler's Green, a sociopathic socialite who has let the city become a WretchedHive where the poor suffer in squalor. Kaufman has the zombies outside his city--as well as any threats to his regime--killed by his SecretPolice, and when their leader Cholo refuses to knuckle under Kaufman's demands, Kaufman declares YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness. Kaufman also forced one of the heroes, Slack, into prostitution before deciding to throw her to the zombies for a cruel laugh. When the zombies finally break through, Kaufman leaves everyone to die, and doesn't even hesitate to shoot one of his own allies just to make his escape a little bit easier.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Just before Pillsbury's HeelFaceTurn, he gives a wink to Motown (just before knocking her out). So it's quite possible that it was ''meant'' as a simple diversionary tactic (and that he misjudged his own strength and/or her resilience) and, when she wound up getting devoured, made the ''genuine'' switch as a ScrewThisImOuttaHere moment.

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Just before Pillsbury's HeelFaceTurn, he gives a wink to Motown (just before knocking her out). So it's quite possible that it was ''meant'' as a simple diversionary tactic (and that he misjudged his own strength and/or her resilience) and, when she wound up getting devoured, made the ''genuine'' switch as a ScrewThisImOuttaHere moment.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The film establishes a Haves vs Have-Nots conflict between those in the city and those outside, but so little time is spent with those in the city that it comes off as half-baked.
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** The zombies themselves are also portrayed in a more sympathetic light than in the previous films. The problem is that they're, well, zombies.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Anchor and Pretty Boy are both portrayed as Anti-villains at the worst, and survive the film to keep surviving with the other heroes, despite being perfectly willing to help Cholo murder hundreds of innocents over cash (although [[EveryoneHasStandards they do argue about it]] a little and its questionable if they would have let him go through with it in the end).

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Anchor and Pretty Boy are both portrayed as Anti-villains [[AntiVillain reluctant villains]] at the worst, and survive the film to keep surviving with the other heroes, despite being perfectly willing to help Cholo murder hundreds of innocents over cash (although [[EveryoneHasStandards they do argue about it]] a little and its questionable if they would have let him go through with it in the end).
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* LogicalWeakness: Implied to be played ''very'' literally, as the zombies have regained the ability of logic, which allows them to overcome previous problems, like crossing water and using tools to break through barriers effectively, regaining some form of sentience seems to have reawakened such things as reacting to harm and fear, the two we see mercy killed by Big Daddy, actually seem to be reacting with fear and maybe from the sounds of them, pain.

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* SoBleakItsBoring: In a film where the villains are the upper class who hide away from the danger and send out others to protect them, and the heroes are either very one-dimensional or assassins and hit men who would do anything to either be in Fiddlers Green or destroy it and plenty of innocent lives, many viewers found ''the zombies'' to be the more sympathetic characters of the film.


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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: In a film where the villains are the upper class who hide away from the danger and send out others to protect them, and the heroes are either very one-dimensional or assassins and hit men who would do anything to either be in Fiddlers Green or destroy it and plenty of innocent lives, many viewers found ''the zombies'' to be the more sympathetic characters of the film.

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: In a film where the villains are the upper class who hide away from the danger and send out others to protect them, and the heroes are either very one-dimensional or assassins and hit men who would do anything to either be in Fiddlers Green or destroy it and plenty of innocent lives, many viewers found ''the zombies'' to be the more sympathetic characters of the film.


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* SoBleakItsBoring: In a film where the villains are the upper class who hide away from the danger and send out others to protect them, and the heroes are either very one-dimensional or assassins and hit men who would do anything to either be in Fiddlers Green or destroy it and plenty of innocent lives, many viewers found ''the zombies'' to be the more sympathetic characters of the film.
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* MagnificentBastard: "[[OurZombiesAreDifferent Big Daddy]]" is a [[ItCanThink surprisingly intelligent Stench]] hellbent on toppling Fiddler's Green and avenging his fallen undead brethren. Leading a massive army of Stenches, Big Daddy uses his unusual deductive reasoning ability to lead his battalion to several victories, teaching himself and his fellow undead new skills to aid them in the future, culminating in him breaching Pittsburgh's defenses by proving to his colleagues that they can pass through water. After a bloody massacre resulting in the death of Fiddler's Green's leadership, Big Daddy and his fellow Stenches willingly spare the survivors of the assault, having already fulfilled their mission and choosing to march in peace.
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** Human wise, "Kaufman" is remembered fondly for [[Creator/DennisHopper Dennis Hopper’s]] excellent LargeHam, SmugSnake performance. Along with Friendly Sniper Charlie and (for those who don't find her UnintentionallyUnsympathetic) Dead Reckoning's driver, Pretty Boy.

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** Human wise, "Kaufman" is remembered fondly for [[Creator/DennisHopper Dennis Hopper’s]] excellent LargeHam, SmugSnake performance. Along with Friendly Sniper FriendlySniper Charlie and (for those who don't find her UnintentionallyUnsympathetic) Dead Reckoning's driver, Pretty Boy.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Anchor and Pretty Boy are both portrayed as Anti-villains at the worst, and survive the film to keep surviving with the other heroes, despite being perfectly willing to help Cholo murder hundreds of innocents over cash (although they do argue about it a little and its questionable if they would have let him go through with it in the end).

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Anchor and Pretty Boy are both portrayed as Anti-villains at the worst, and survive the film to keep surviving with the other heroes, despite being perfectly willing to help Cholo murder hundreds of innocents over cash (although [[EveryoneHasStandards they do argue about it it]] a little and its questionable if they would have let him go through with it in the end).
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** Human wise, "Kaufman" is remembered fondly for [[Creator/DennisHopper Dennis Hopper’s]] excellent LargeHam, SmugSnake performance.

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** Human wise, "Kaufman" is remembered fondly for [[Creator/DennisHopper Dennis Hopper’s]] excellent LargeHam, SmugSnake performance. Along with Friendly Sniper Charlie and (for those who don't find her UnintentionallyUnsympathetic) Dead Reckoning's driver, Pretty Boy.



* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Anchor and Pretty Boy are both portrayed as Anti-villains at the worst, and survive the film to keep surviving with the other heroes, despite being perfectly willing to help Cholo murder hundreds of innocents over cash.

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Anchor and Pretty Boy are both portrayed as Anti-villains at the worst, and survive the film to keep surviving with the other heroes, despite being perfectly willing to help Cholo murder hundreds of innocents over cash.cash (although they do argue about it a little and its questionable if they would have let him go through with it in the end).
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: In a film where the villains are the upper class who hide away from the danger and send out others to protect them, and the heroes are one-dimensional assassins and hit men who would do anything to either be in Fiddlers Green or destroy it and plenty of innocent lives, many viewers found ''the zombies'' to be the more sympathetic characters of the film.

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: In a film where the villains are the upper class who hide away from the danger and send out others to protect them, and the heroes are either very one-dimensional or assassins and hit men who would do anything to either be in Fiddlers Green or destroy it and plenty of innocent lives, many viewers found ''the zombies'' to be the more sympathetic characters of the film.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: In a film where the villains are the upper class who hide away from the danger and send out others to protect them, and the heroes are assassins and hit men who would do anything to either be in Fiddlers Green or destroy it and plenty of innocent lives, many viewers found ''the zombies'' to be the more sympathetic characters of the film.

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: In a film where the villains are the upper class who hide away from the danger and send out others to protect them, and the heroes are one-dimensional assassins and hit men who would do anything to either be in Fiddlers Green or destroy it and plenty of innocent lives, many viewers found ''the zombies'' to be the more sympathetic characters of the film.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: You know the film has this when the most sympathetic people are ''the zombies''.

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: You know the In a film has this when where the most sympathetic people villains are the upper class who hide away from the danger and send out others to protect them, and the heroes are assassins and hit men who would do anything to either be in Fiddlers Green or destroy it and plenty of innocent lives, many viewers found ''the zombies''.zombies'' to be the more sympathetic characters of the film.
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* OneSceneWonder: Creator/TomSavini as [[Film/DawnOfTheDead1978 Machete]] pops up during the final zombie attack, and is often regarded as one of the highlights of the movie.

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