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* OneSceneWonder:
** Wally only appears in one scene before a triffid kills him, but makes a strong impression for how ProperlyParanoid he is about the monsters.
** The blind man with a sighted daughter who talks to Bill on the first day. He provides a strong performance in his one scene, trying to keep his family from despairing, struggling to grasp the extent of the catastrophe, and pleading with Bill to stay and help his family and their neighbors.
** The blind couple who are attacked by a triffid while the husband is scavenging in their garden with a rope tied around his waist so he can get back to the house.

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* SpecialEffectsFailure:
** The anti-triffid guns that [[NeverTrustATrailer feature prominently in publicity stills but rarely on screen]]. The firing effect had to be done with ChromaKey, early-1980s Chroma Key at that. It looked more like a ''Series/DoctorWho'' energy weapon effect than the DeadlyDisc projectiles they were supposed to be, and the guns only got fired on-screen once.
** Averted by the actual triffid models, which look pretty good, even if the occasional close-up of someone getting hit by a stinger makes it very obvious that it's a foam-rubber prop.

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* SpecialEffectsFailure:
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SpecialEffectsFailure: The anti-triffid guns that [[NeverTrustATrailer feature prominently in publicity stills but rarely on screen]]. The firing effect had to be done with ChromaKey, early-1980s Chroma Key at that. It looked more like a ''Series/DoctorWho'' energy weapon effect than the DeadlyDisc projectiles they were supposed to be, and the guns only got fired on-screen once.
** Averted by * SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Considering the series' low budget, the actual triffid models, which models look pretty good, even if the occasional close-up of someone getting hit by a stinger makes it very obvious that it's a foam-rubber prop.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure:
** The anti-triffid guns that [[NeverTrustATrailer feature prominently in publicity stills but rarely on screen]]. The firing effect had to be done with ChromaKey, early-1980s Chroma Key at that. It looked more like a ''Series/DoctorWho'' energy weapon effect than the DeadlyDisc projectiles they were supposed to be, and the guns only got fired on-screen once.
** Averted by the actual triffid models, which look pretty good, even if the occasional close-up of someone getting hit by a stinger makes it very obvious that it's a foam-rubber prop.
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