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1	!The Evil Dead
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3	[[foldercontrol]]
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5	!The Dark Ones
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7	[[folder:In General]]
8	!!The Dark Ones
9	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dark_ones.jpg]]
10	->'''Played By:''' N/A
11
12	A group of beings responsible for the creation of the ''Necronomicon''.
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14	* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: In "Judgment Day," [[spoiler:They show up during Ash's fight with Ruby and Kaya, and finish the two off for him; Ash takes advantage of the distraction to steal the Necronomicon and make a run for it.]]
15	* BlackCloak: The only depiction of the Dark Ones ever seen shows them wearing dark hooded cloaks that completely conceal their appearance. [[spoiler: This is to conceal the fact that they indeed can pass for completely human.]]
16	* HumanoidAbomination: It is unclear exactly what they are, being described as “neither demon nor fully human”. [[spoiler:They at least ''look'' human but possess enhanced strength, HealingFactor and immunity to fire]]. Ash calls Ruby a "half demon half person".
17	* PredecessorVillain: They do not appear to be active in the present time, but as the creators of the ''Necronomicon'', they are responsible for all the terrible events of the franchise. [[spoiler:At least one is still active in present times, planning to use the book to unleash and the rule over the forces of darkness]].
18	[[/folder]]
19
20	[[folder:Ruby]]
21	!!Ruby Knowby
22	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ruby_8.jpg]]
23	[[caption-width-right:350:''"I've learned you can always make things more painful."'']]
24	->'''Played By:''' Creator/LucyLawless
25
26	A mysterious figure who is myopic in her quest to hunt down the source of the recent evil outbreaks. She is the daughter of Professor Raymond and Henrietta Knowby and sister of Annie Knowby from ''Film/EvilDead2''. Ruby blames Ash for the deaths of her family members and has been trying to track him down for years for revenge.
27
28	Except that's all a lie. As it turns out, Ruby is actually one of the Dark Ones, millennia old, and the author of the Necronomicon.
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30	* AmbiguouslyEvil: She wants to control the demonic forces and bring the world into harmony, as there can be [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil no good without evil.]]
31	* AntiHero: She pretends to be one in season 1, casting herself as a ruthless demon hunter out to save the world. It's a lie, but she does become one in season 2 where she's forced to ally herself with Ash. She's not necessarily friendly, but she is on their side and helps out Kelly and Pablo a few times.
32	* AntiVillain: Her goal of taking the Necronomicon for herself in order to control evil in a managed fashion puts her at odds with Ash and the others, but she presents it in a way that suggests that it would be better for everyone. [[spoiler:In a surprising turn, Ash sees the up-side of what she's proposing and accepts her offered truce.]]
33	* AssholeVictim: Well technically she wasn't really that bad, but on the other hand her past self who really deserved it. In the second-to-last episode of Season 3, [[spoiler:Ruby is murdered by the Dark Ones, and considering all the trouble and pain she's caused like killing her future self, trying to turn Ash's daughter against him, and got Pablo possessed, no one will miss her. Ash certainly has NoSympathy to spare for her, and even ''mocks'' her before making his escape.]]
34	* AxCrazy: Her 80s counterpart is a lot more focused on carnage and destruction with her plans.
35	* AmbiguouslyGay: Ruby seems to hit on Amanda while trying to calm her. Deadite Amanda implies this too by saying they could have been together. [[spoiler: Ruby willing kisses who she thought to be a female cop, turns it was actually Baal in disguise]]
36	* BlackEyesOfEvil: She sports these in "The Dark One" as another sign that she isn't truly human.
37	* BeenThereShapedHistory: As revealed in "Bound in Flesh," she wrote the Necronomicon.
38	** In season two's opening episode, she mentions having fought alongside Genghis Khan and Attila The Hun.
39	** In the season 2 finale, it's discovered that [[spoiler:''she'' was the one who murdered Professor Knowby.]]
40	* BigBad: Of Season 1, the present version of Ruby is seeking to create a new order for the Evil Dead where she rules supreme and poses as the main antagonistic force for Ash and his allies.
41	* BigBadDuumvirate:
42	** In season 2 the past version of Ruby teams up with Baal to overrun the world with demons, even [[spoiler:killing her present self after the latter's HeelFaceTurn]].
43	** In season 3 the same version of Ruby resurfaces to again enact her nefarious schemes, this time forming an alliance with Kaya, a treacherous member of the Knights of Sumeria.
44	* BitchInSheepsClothing: In Season 3. [[spoiler:She poses as Brandy's beloved and caring guidance counselor, Mrs. Prevett, all while plotting against Ash and trying to turn Brandy against him. Ash is unable to convince Brandy of Ruby/Mrs. Prevett's true nature until "Twist and Shout," when Brandy sees Ruby survive and [[HealingFactor regenerate]] from being impaled on Ash's chainsaw with her own eyes.]]
45	* BroughtDownToNormal: As revealed in Season 2, [[spoiler: her demonic children stripped her of her immortality when they turned on her.]]
46	* CompleteImmortality: She's lived for thousands of years, and any damage inflicted on her quickly heals. Only the Kandarian Dagger can truly harm, let alone kill, her. Even if her body parts are blown away in separate directions with explosives, they just crawl back together.
47	* CoolCar: She has one.
48	* DealWithTheDevil: In the Season 1 finale, she makes a truce with Ash, sparing his friends and giving him a chance for a normal life as long as he doesn't interfere with her plans to unite the world's evil under her rule. Much to the dismay of Pablo and Kelly, Ash accepts. It's derailed in Season 2 by her demon offspring turning against her.
49	* DefiantToTheEnd: In "Judgment Day," [[spoiler:even when faced with the vengeful Dark Ones, Ruby refuses to show any fear, and informs them that [[TheChosenOne Ash]] is still out there and will kill them.]]
50	* {{Determinator}}: She's been trying to hunt down Ash for the past ''30 years.''
51	** And she had been hunting the Necronomicon even longer. Ash even jokes about this saying how she spent her life looking for it, but he can't do anything without "tripping" over it.
52	* EvilAllAlong: The Season 1 finale reveals that her story about being Knowby's daughter was all a lie, and she is in fact a Dark One who intends to unite all the world's evil under her rule, though it's actually much more complicated than it sounds, she is not evil per se as her intention is simply to control the evil forces to prevent from wreaking havoc on the world.
53	* EvilIsNotAToy: As revealed in the Season 2 premiere, the demonic children she forced the possessed Pablo to spawn have turned against her and want the Necronomicon for themselves, forcing Ruby to form an EnemyMine with Ash to help clean up her mess.
54	* GreaterScopeVillain: She's a Dark One, creator of the TomeOfEldritchLore that has caused so much death and destruction throughout Ash's life, which makes her this during the previous movies.
55	* HorrifyingTheHorror: In "Books from Beyond," she subjects a Deadite to a JackBauerInterrogationTechnique. It gets so bad that the Deadite freaks out and ''begs her to stop.''
56	* HumanoidAbomination: She's a Dark One, considering that she wrote the book (which mind you, has been around for centuries if not ''millennia'') in the first place. [[spoiler: However, Baal implies that she is becoming or has become a mortal]]
57	* HealingFactor: She recovers from having several large holes blown into her chest fairly quickly. Her injuries from the Demon Spawn seem to be taking longer though.
58	* IHatePastMe: Her present day and 1980s selves meeting has shades of this, with past Ruby [[FutureMeScaresMe expressing horror]] at her future self's actions, while present day Ruby delivers a failed YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech.
59	* IHaveManyNames: Including "demon woman of fire" in Latin and "fierce mother from Hell" in Greek.
60	* JerkassHasAPoint: Turns out Ash is in fact responsible for the Deadite outbreak due to reading the Necromonicon and pretending it's poetry while high to impress a girl.
61	* LateArrivalSpoiler: Ruby ''wrote'' the Necronomicon, and is one of the Dark Ones, but Ash and the audience don't know that until the ends of the first season.
62	* MadeOfIron: In "Fire in the Hole," she survived being ''burned alive'' with nothing more than ClothingDamage.
63	* NoNameGiven: Technically speaking, Ruby Knowby isn't her actual name and her real name is currently unknown. People still call her Ruby and even after dropping her ruse, she still tells people to call her Ruby. It is possible that the Ruby part is her real name, and the lie being the "Knowby" part.
64	* [[OffWithHisHead Off With Her Head!]] [[spoiler: Done to ''herself'' in the second season finale. Or rather, done to present Ruby by her past self, off-screen, after 1982 Ruby kills her present self, she [[DecapitationPresentation throws her head into Ash's lap.]]]]
65	* OmnicidalManiac: 80s Ruby is significantly more destructive goal-wise, wanting to unleash HellOnEarth and kill everyone on it.
66	* PsychicPowers: She seems to have some psychic abilities, able to sense Deadites.
67	* RedemptionDemotion: Her immortality was stolen by her demon spawn, resulting in her needing to turn to Ash and his friends for help.
68	* RedemptionRejection: In the season 2 finale, [[spoiler: she offers a chance at redemption to her own past self, informing her of what will happen to her in the future if she continues down the path she's going. Past-Ruby not only turns her down flat, but stabs Present-Ruby in the gut with the Kandarian Dagger.]]
69	* TortureTechnician: She tortures a Deadite! That's like punching out Muhammad Ali!
70	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: In Season 3, she works in Kenwood High as a guidance counselor.
71	* VillainousBreakdown: In "Twist and Shout," she suffers one, annoyed at Ash's constant streak of victory.
72	-->'''Ruby''': Hundreds of years spent looking for that book! And two years in this shithole of a school! No one is that stupid, or that lucky!
73	* VisionaryVillain: She claims to want the ''Necronomicon'' so she can rule over the forces of darkness and impose order on them so that they don't destroy humanity.
74	[[/folder]]
75
76	[[folder:Kaya]]
77	!!Kaya
78	->'''Played By:''' Chelsie Preston Crayford
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80	She is a former sorceress of the Knights of Sumeria who later becomes a Dark One after betraying her order and also a close protégé and ally of Ruby.
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82	* AssholeVictim: Seeing as both Ruby and Kaya have a knack for betraying anyone and causing so much trouble, hardly anyone's going to miss them.
83	* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Betraying the Knights of Sumeria in order to become one of the Dark Ones and later along side with Ruby decided to betray the Dark Ones and rule over evil by themselves which didn't end well in the near season finale.
84	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Lets see? Stripped out of Kelly's vessel only to be put back into her original by the Dark Ones before being burned to a crisp.
85	* FaceHeelTurn: As ChronicBackstabbingDisorder explained, she betrayed the Knights of Sumeria to become a Dark One, and later join Ruby.
86	* FlatCharacter: Compared to heroes and villains, the only thing that's known about her is that she's Ruby's protégé which is about a characterization she receives before being killed off.
87	* SmugSnake: Along side with Ruby who think they can actually stab the Dark Ones in the back and act like they can get away with it as long as they could without anyone taking notice, they're dead wrong when the Dark Ones caught up to them and gave them a taste of their own medicine.
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89	[[/folder]]
90
91	!Demons
92
93	[[folder:Baal]]
94	!!Baal
95	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evil_dead_baal.png]]
96	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Baal doesn't use brute force, he breeds paranoia. Gets into people's psyches, turning them against each other."'']]
97	->'''Played By:''' Creator/JoelTobeck, Piotr Michael (''VideoGame/EvilDeadTheGame'')
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99	A diabolical demon, Baal, is an enemy more powerful than any of that Ash and team have encountered. Released from the underworld, he has bigger plans than just destroying Ash. He conjures hysteria to carry out his evil deeds and is Ruby's ex-husband.
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101	* AbsurdlySharpClaws: His talon is razor sharp and can even bisect people with ease.
102	* BigBad: Of Season 2. Possibly the GreaterScopeVillain of the entire series.
103	* CardCarryingVillain: Refers to himself and the demons that serve him as "evil".
104	* CompellingVoice: He's able to enthrall Margie completely with a word.
105	* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Unlike the Evil Force, he has a human appearance and personality. And while the Deadites are too stupid or too sadistic to properly make use of ParanoiaFuel, Baal is an expert at turning people against each other and messing with their minds.
106	* DeadpanSnarker: When Linda refuses to talk to Thomas, his response is simply, "Looks like someone's sleeping on the couch tonight."
107	* DealWithTheDevil: Offers to return Lacey to Thomas and Linda in exchange for Ash. And so he does ... albeit possessed.
108	* FauxAffablyEvil: He's a smooth talking sadist. When he tries to sway Thomas to his side he speaks cordially and friendly; offering to murder a woman who's giving him a hard time.
109	* FemmeFatalons: He has a single razor-sharp claw.
110	* GenuineHumanHide: He disguises himself using the skins of his victims.
111	* GlamourFailure: The [[GenuineHumanHide human skins]] he wears don't always fit perfectly, and he can occasionally be seen scratching at them, causing the loose skin to stretch out unnaturally.
112	* HumanoidAbomination: He's not as obvious as some of the other abominations that have been summoned by the book, but he hails from the same place as they do, is inhumanly strong and possesses FaceStealer abilities. He also growls and snarls like an animal when he's frustrated or pissed off.
113	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Ash defeats and sends him back to Hell by stabbing him with his own claw when his guard is down.
114	* KnightOfCerebus: More so than any other antagonist in the franchise, Baal is utterly ruthless and virtually humorless. His MindRape of Ash is fully PlayedForDrama, and his manipulation of the town of Elk Grove proves to be one of the biggest obstacles that has ever been set in Ash's way. It's worth noting that whenever Ruby says his name, even she is clearly horrified of him.
115	* NakedOnArrival: When he first appears, he's completely naked.
116	* RedRightHand: His standard form looks mostly human, save for the single sharp black talon on his right hand.
117	* ReplicantSnatching: His modus operandi is to kill someone and wear their [[FlayingAlive freshly-peeled skin]] to assume their identity.
118	* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: Does this to Ash in "Second Coming" by assuming the form of Ash's various dead friends and mocking him for his inability to save them.
119	* SuicidalOverconfidence: He is absolutely certain that he'll kill Ash without effort, only for Ash to distract him and use his own claw to peel off his skin.
120	* SuperStrength: As to be expected of a Demon, he even seems stronger than Ruby since he was able to throw her about with no resistance.
121	[[/folder]]
122
123	[[folder:Eligos]]
124	!!Eligos
125	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eligos.jpg]]
126	[[caption-width-right:300:''"Can't blame a demon for trying!"'']]
127	->'''Played By:''' Ben Fransham, Creator/KellenGoff (''VideoGame/EvilDeadTheGame'')
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129	A demon summoned by Lionel at Ash's request to get information about how to stop the evil.
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131	* AdaptationalWimp: In real world demonology Eligos is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_demons_in_the_Ars_Goetia#Duke_Eligos a Great Duke of Hell]] but Lionel refers to him as a weak lesser demon. He is still a hell of a lot stronger than anyone of them expected.
132	* AlienBlood: As shown in "Brujo," [[spoiler: his blood is greenish-blue]].
133	* ArcVillain: Served as the main antagonist of Episodes 3 through 5.
134	* BlackEyesOfEvil: The only outward sign that a person is being possessed by Eligos. He can turn it on and off at will, though.
135	* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Ash puts a shotgun shell right in his face.]]
136	* DemonicPossession: He has this ability, but is a lot more subtle than the Deadites' version, being able to make the victim pass of as completely normal.
137	* EvilSoundsDeep: Has a very deep, raspy voice.
138	* EyelessFace: His appearance may remind some of [[Film/PansLabyrinth The Pale Man]] or [[Film/{{Hellraiser}} The Chatterer.]]
139	* FauxAffablyEvil: Not to the extent of the Deadites, but Eligos can slip in to this from time to time. It's especially pronounced when [[spoiler:possessing Kelly]] and he becomes more sardonic and quippy.
140	* ForTheEvulz: He pretended to be Kelly to trick Ash into performing a MercyKill on her. Ash nearly does it but catches onto the trick.
141	* HumanoidAbomination: A distorted, demonic monstrosity in the vague shape of an emaciated human being that, save for his mouth, flickers and vibrates like a bad VHS tape.
142	* KnightOfCerebus: Compared to the Deadites. There's nothing comedic about him, Ash is left almost completely helpless when he tries to confront him, and the way he tortures Ash and Pablo is ''not'' PlayedForLaughs.
143	* NormalFishInATinyPond: He's explicitly stated to be ''the'' weakest demon that the Necronomicon can summon, and he effortlessly kicks Ash's ass and nearly kills him. Which means that if the [[EldritchAbomination most powerful]] of the lot crossed over to our side of the fence, those trying to stop them would be absolutely powerless.
144	* OminousVisualGlitch: His entire body flickers, vibrates, and glitches out like a bad VHS tape.
145	* OutOfCharacterAlert: While possessing Kelly, he pretends to be her in a moment of clarity, begging Ash to MercyKill her. Ash is about to do so, but then "Kelly" asks him to [[DueToTheDead make a cross for her grave]]. Knowing Kelly is Jewish, Ash quickly realizes the trick.
146	* PsychicPowers: He's referred to as a "demon of the mind," and in "Brujo," he [[spoiler: invades Ash's VisionQuest]].
147	* ShootTheMageFirst: Upon breaking free of the binding circle, the very first thing Eligos does is kill Lionel, the only one who can read the incantation needed to send him back.
148	* TeleportSpam: Uses these to get the drop on anyone trying to attack him. [[spoiler:Ash finally exploits this ability in the showdown at Brujo's ranch; by anticipating that [[JumpScare he always appears right in front of his victims]], Ash tosses up his shotgun, swipes at him with his chainsaw, and spins on his heels to catch the gun just as the demon re-appears. [[ActionBomb The resulting blast splatters Eligos's physical form across the barn]].]]
149	[[/folder]]
150
151	[[folder:Kandar the Destroyer]]
152	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kandar_the_destroyer.jpg]]
153	A massive demon, summoned by the Dark Ones to test the mettle of man.
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155	* AlienBlood: He bleeds pale blue blood in Evil Dead 2, [[EyeScream when Ash skewers him in the eye with his chainsaw-hand]]. Whereas in the Season 3 finale of Ash vs Evil dead however, he bleeds green.
156	* BreathWeapon: Possesses the ability to breathe giant jets of flame that are strong and far-reaching enough to blow fighter jets out of the sky.
157	* BeastOfTheApocalypse: His only purpose is to destroy everything. And worse, any attempts to stop him with conventional weaponry just makes him stronger.
158	* FinalBoss: Ash fights Kandar at the very end of the series after its presence was being foreshadowed since season 1 (and by extension, the first movie).
159	* KingMook: Is basically a Deadite Kaiju.
160	* RentAZilla: It's the size of a building, is NighInvulnerable and even breathes fire (which it uses to shoot down an A-10 Thunderbolt).
161	[[/folder]]
162
163	!Deadites
164
165	[[folder:In General]]
166	!!The "Evil Dead" / The Deadites
167	->'''Played By:''' Ted Raimi, Denise Bixler, Richard Domeier, Lou Hancock, Embeth Davidtz, Patricia Tallman, Shiva Gordon, Billy Bryan, Nadine Grycan, Creator/BillMoseley, Eric Clarke, Kevin [=O'Hara=], Courtney Pakiz, Creator/SamRaimi, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly
168	->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' / ''[[Film/EvilDead2 Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn]]'' / ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' / ''Film/EvilDead2013'' / ''Series/AshVsEvilDead'' / ''Film/EvilDeadRise''
169
170	->''"Why have you disturbed our sleep, awakened us from our ancient slumber? You will die like the others before you. One by one we will take you!''"
171
172	An evil demonic force of nature, and the BigBad of the series.
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174	* AxCrazy: Every Deadite seen is a bloodthirsty lunatic which will go on a mass killing spree if given even the slightest hint of a chance.
175	* AnArmAndALeg:
176	** While things like RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain have worked, completely dismembering a Deadite is the only surefire way to keep 'em down.
177	** Perhaps one of the most iconic scenes in the series is a Deadite infecting and possessing Ash's right hand, forcing him to amputate it. In ''Ash vs Evil Dead'', they try this trick again on his leg, but Ash manages to suck the demon out after stabbing his leg with scissors.
178	* AlienBlood: Most Deadites just have red blood, but some of them have green, black, and even yellow blood.
179	* ArchEnemy: The race as a whole serve as this to Ash, as they spend an entire film trilogy tormenting him and trying to destroy everything he loves.
180	* BewareTheSillyOnes: Even at their absolute silliest, they're still deadly threats.
181	* BigBad: Specifically the "Evil Force" that controls them.
182	* CardCarryingVillain: Most Deadites openly gloat about how evil they are.
183	* ChaoticStupid: Deadite possession is not always obvious, and Deadites can feign being their host for extended periods of time. They invariably get impatient, however, and show their GameFace. Similarly, given a helpless opponent, the Deadite tends to prefer torturing them instead of [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim killing them outright.]]
184	* TheCorruption: The Evil Force, like an infection, can enter your body through something as simple as a nail-puncture on the foot. You'll become a Deadite when it fully spreads, and even if you stop it, the infected flesh sometimes takes on a mind of its own.
185	* TheDeadCanDance: In the musical, most notably during the song, ''Do The Necronomicon''.
186	* DeadpanSnarker: Good lord, they can keep up with Ash not just in physical combat, but SnarkToSnarkCombat too.
187	* DemBones: Most of the titular ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' is mostly composed of skeletons who've been buried for years.
188	* DemonicPossession: Its Modus Operandi. Usually the host requires a MercyKill to free them, although the light of the sun can sometimes exorcise the host and occasionally the host can force the demon out on their own if they possess exceptional HeroicWillpower.
189	* DirtyCoward: Implied in the first movie. The Evil Force refuses to attack anyone in groups unless possessing someone, ending its pursuit of Cheryl after Ash drags her into the cabin, screaming "NO! YOU LOVE HER!" at Scotty as he's hacking up the possessed Shelly, presumably in an effort to save its own skin.
190	* EvilIsPetty: To the Deadites, there's no such thing as too far, and as a result will stoop to ''unimaginable'' lows to dick around with their victims.
191	* EldritchAbomination: The Evil Force is rarely shown in full. When it physically appears at the end of ''Evil Dead II'', it's a monstrous, treelike creature with the heads of its victims embedded in its side, and its mere appearance causes plants to wilt and Ash to gain an instant skunk stripe. In ''Ash vs. Evil Dead'', it's shown as a giant, malevolent cloud. [[spoiler: Their true form as Kandar The Destroyer is a gargantuan, demonic, emaciated monstrosity that bears more than a passing resemblance to a {{Wendigo}}.]]
192	* EmptyEyes: A tell-tale sign of Deadite possession is milky white eyes with no pupils or irises.
193	* EvilIsHammy: "I'll swallow your soul!"
194	* FauxAffablyEvil: Subverted in a sense, since combining with the above EvilIsHammy trope and LaughablyEvil, it's hard to take them seriously. This is plain old averted in the remake though.
195	* ForTheEvulz: Apparently its sole reason for doing anything. In ''Evil Dead II'', Ash is alone for some time by himself being tormented by the Demon, which logically could have killed him at anytime it wanted. Why doesn't it? Because having driven him AxCrazy and LaughingMad, Ash has proven far too entertaining and the Demon is having too much fun to want to kill him just yet. It only renews its attack on him once the others show up at the cabin.
196	* HiveMind: Somewhat, each Deadite seems to have its own personality, even though they're all possessed by the same demon.
197	* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: Manifests itself into a humanoid form near the end of the 2013 film, ironically called "the Abomination".]] On a side note, any of the Deadites who decide to use their LovecraftianSuperpower to ''really'' do a number on themselves becomes this as they turn from zombielike to the epitome of BodyHorror.
198	* IHaveManyNames: Throughout the movies it's called "The Evil", the "Kandarian demon", "Rotting Apple Head", and in the 2013 version "The Abomination."
199	* InvincibleBoogeymen: While the Deadites are vulnerable (if very conventionally difficult to put down), the Evil that dwells in them is often beyond the protagonists' ability to confront, having no physical shape and possessing power far beyond theirs. This occasionally presents problems; in the original movie and the [[Film/EvilDeadRise 2023]] movie, even if the Deadites are contained or destroyed, it won't stop the Evil from simply vacating the corpses and possessing someone else. If the original trilogy is any indication, the only real means of defying it once it's loose lies within the pages of the book that summons it.
200	* JustToyingWithThem: Very few Deadites actually have the brainpower or inclination to get serious when facing Ash. Even the evil force itself, when chasing his car and trailer down, it merely smashes on it and tries to seize control of the vehicle instead of outright totalling and tossing it off the road, as one unfortunate passerby learned the hard way.
201	* KnightOfCerebus: In the 2013 version. It is definitely more [[DarkerAndEdgier serious]] than the demon in the previous ones.
202	* LaughablyEvil: Yes, the Deadites are AxCrazy and ''very'' dangerous, but their antics are played for BlackComedy more often than not.
203	* LovecraftianSuperpower: Not on their own accord usually, but when they possess a host, they can change them in god knows how many grotesque ways. What we have seen they do so far is [[WingedHumanoid sprouting wings]], [[CombatTentacles tentacles]], [[AbsurdlySharpClaws claws]], [[ScaryTeeth fangs]], [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily multiples rows of teeth]] (and sometimes not in the places you think), [[FusionDance and even]] [[BodyOfBodies fusing with others.]]
204	* MalevolentMutilation: Crosses SelfHarm with BodyHorror. Deadites from all three books have been shown mutilating themselves: Deadite Shelly gnawed off her own half-severed arm to be able to properly wield a weapon, while Deadites from the books seen in the 2013 and 2023 movies seem to be driven to mutilate themselves almost on instinct, it usually being the first immediate thing a possessed individual does.
205	* MenAreTheExpendableGender: [[InvertedTrope Harshly inverted.]] While Deadites seem to be driven by a malicious hatred of all life, the Evil that possesses them almost universally targets women first and men a distant second. [[Film/TheEvilDead1981 All three]] [[Film/EvilDead2013 possession]] [[Film/EvilDeadRise scenes]] have shown the Evil targeting and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raping its way into]] control of isolated women. From there, women have mostly undergone successive possessions long before any men are turned into Deadites. Cheryl, Shelly, and Linda all turn well before Scotty or Ash, and the pattern is followed with Mia, Olivia, and Natalie in the remake and Ellie and Bridget in the 2023 movie.
206	* NotUsingTheZWord: Never called zombies.
207	* OurDemonsAreDifferent: For one thing, they seem to possess ElementalPowers and a few other psychic powers. They're also [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations.]]
208	** Across the film franchise, Deadites behave differently and have different powers and advantages depending on which book summoned them. The Williams copy can possess the widest variety of objects and move between hosts with the greatest ease, while the Allen copy can summon an EldritchAbomination if it's able to possess five people. The Bixler copy produces Deadites that are by far the hardest to kill--however, it's worth noting that the incantation read from the first two was a mere three or four words, while the incantation from the third was much longer, [[FromBadToWorse perhaps suggesting that]] ''[[FromBadToWorse all]]'' [[FromBadToWorse Deadites could be even more dangerous if an entire incantation were read]].
209	* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Their hosts are very zombielike in appearance, although they possess abilities like [[{{Flight}} levitation and flight]], [[LovecraftianSuperpower the ability to contort and transform their bodies in any way they choose]], have PsychicPowers like [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] and [[{{Telepathy}} telepathy]] and can possess BlackEyesOfEvil as well as their normal milky white eyes. They can also be converted from both [[TechnicallyLivingZombie living]] and [[PossessingADeadBody dead]] hosts.
210	* PowersViaPossession: Deadites demonstrate the ability to levitate, survive extensive mutilation, and even shapeshift to a degree.
211	* PretendWereDead: Inverted. Deadites like to pretend that they're still human and FightingFromTheInside in order to trick people into letting their guard down.
212	* RelativeButton: It rapes Ash's sister Cheryl.
213	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: A few of the skeletons in Army Of Darkness turn and run after Ash and co. start shooting exploding arrows.
214	* {{Shapeshifting}}: Deadites left alone for too long tend to mutate in a variety of ways, generally becoming more monstrous. It's unknown if Deadites summoned from the other copies of the Naturom Demonto found in the [[Film/EvilDead2013 2013]] and [[Film/EvilDeadRise 2023]] movies can also do this, as most haven't been allowed to linger longer than the movie's runtime.
215	* SkeletalMusician: A lot of the Army of Darkness use skills as drums and one even plays the bagpipes.
216	* StupidEvil: Despite being murderous, soul-snatching demons who contort any hosts they possess into a HumanoidAbomination, they are also almost-complete idiots. They'll happily dance around or play a demented game of cat-and-mouse with their opponent. But they really take the cake when they face Ash, because despite proving himself a foe capable of ending their reign of terror, [[TooDumbToLive they still choose to toy with him instead of going for the kill immediately and ending the only real threat posed to them once and for all.]] The fact that they pull this crap every time with him has led to Ash wisening up to their tricks, even with [[IgnoredEpiphany his tendency to not learn his lessons]].
217	* {{Troll}}: They have a nasty sense of humor. Combine that with their ability to make their hosts look normal, as well as possessing the memories of their victims, and that means that every Deadite is an ''unbelievable'' dick.
218	* TomeOfEldritchLore: Their main way of unleashing themselves onto the world.
219	* TransformationOfThePossessed: When they possess a host, they contort the host's face and occasionally the rest of the body into monstrous forms.
220	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: One moment they could be looking like a demon from Hell, the next moment they would be looking like the body of their possessed victim.
221	* WallCrawl: Can crawl across walls and ceilings in the [=TV=] series.
222	* WingedHumanoid: The one Ash kills at the end of the second movie and the one that kidnaps Sheila in the third both have functioning wings.
223	* YouCantKillWhatsAlreadyDead: Deadites are ''very'' tough, and generally shake off wounds like gunshots and loss of limbs. In general, it takes something major, like RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain or outright dismembering the body, to put them down for good; on multiple occasions in ''Ash vs Evil Dead'', Ash and co. chop up the bodies of slain Deadites to [[MakeSureHesDead make sure they stay down]]. ''Film/EvilDeadRise'' takes this further, even the classic dismemberment doesn't stop them, they will figure out a way to keep attacking no matter how many limbs are cut off. Even after the FinalBoss is fed into a wood-chipper, pieces of flesh can still be seen twitching in vain.
224	[[/folder]]
225
226	[[folder:The Necronomicon]]
227	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/necronomicon.jpg]]
228	->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' / ''[[Film/EvilDead2 Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn]]'' / ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' / ''Film/EvilDead2013'' / ''Series/AshVsEvilDead'' / ''Film/EvilDeadRise''
229	->'''Played By:''' Creator/BobBergen (''Army of Darkness'')
230
231	Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, the Book of the Dead. Bound in human flesh and inked in human blood, the book has the power to resurrect demons and summon the powers of darkness. It appears throughout the series in some form or other. It also goes by the name "Naturom Demonto", and there are three copies each with similar but distinct effects when their evil is unbound.
232	----
233	* ArtifactOfDoom: Its incantations center around bringing forth {{Eldritch Abomination}}s and reviving the dead.
234	* BloodMagic: Each book responds to blood in different ways. The first copy (see below) wakes up and speaks, while the second one found in the Allen cabin simply absorbs the blood and allows its incantations to be seen through the scribbles intended to make them illegible. Similarly, the third copy has ''teeth'' and won't open at all until exposed to a blood sample.
235	* BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler: The book after being drenched in blood speaks to Ash and tries to convince him that burying it will rob him of his only purpose in life. He points out that any hope of any sort of life without it in his life is hopeless. Furthermore the Necronomicon makes a case that it's the only thing that makes him special.]]
236	* TheCameo: The book and the skull dagger appear in ''Film/JasonGoesToHellTheFinalFriday''. WordOfGod says that Jason's mother used the book to make a DealWithTheDevil to bring her son back to life, making Jason a Deadite.
237	* CouldntFindAPen: Inked in blood.
238	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "Necronomicon" is slightly clumsy Greek, which can be translated as "book of the dead" (or "classifying/regarding the dead"). "Ex Mortis" is Latin for "Of the Dead". ''Book of the Dead of the Dead''?
239	* GenuineHumanHide: Bound in human flesh, inked in human blood. Even the pages themselves were stripped from the hides of the Damned.
240	* GreenRock: Originally could just summon demons and raise the dead but by the second movie, it's a TimeMachine.
241	** In the comics it can open portals to parallel universes, mainly for the purpose of letting Ash {{Crossover}} with other franchises.
242	** in the game ''Hail To The King'', it seemingly explains that the book itself almost constantly shifts and changes what is within its' pages, and apparently only powerful being such as Bad Ash or [[spoiler: Ruby and fellow]] Dark Ones can read its contents in it's entirety.
243	* IHaveManyNames: Referred to as both the "''Naturom Demonto''" and the "''Necronomicon Ex Mortis''" at various points throughout the series. ''Evil Dead II'' uses both, so it seems that both names are correct, depending on who you're talking to.
244	* MonsterCompendium: Contains information about various demons.
245	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Aside from "Book of the Dead", its original name, "Naturom Demonto" is more accurately translated as "dismantling of nature" or "demolishing of nature", emphasizing that the book is the perversion of all that is right and natural in the world.
246	* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Along with summoning the Deadites, it can also open portals, or any other weird things that could currently serve the plot.
247	* NighInvulnerability: As revealed in ''Ash vs. Evil Dead'', it simply regenerated itself when Ash chucked it in the fireplace during the events of the first movie, and Ash has repeatedly tried to destroy it for the past thirty years.
248	* PortalBook: One of the fake Necronomicons in ''Army of Darkness'' sucks Ash in but he manages to escape.
249	* RepetitiveName: "Necronomicon" already means "book of the dead". Adding "ex mortis" (which isn't even the same language) just makes it "book of the dead from death".
250	* SentientPhlebotinum: Despite Lionel earlier stating that the book itself isn't the source of the Evil Force and acts more like a passageway for the forces of {{Hell}}, implying it's simply an inanimate object with hellish power, it's revealed in the penultimate episode of the first season of ''Ash vs. Evil Dead'', [[spoiler: the book is fully sentient and can even speak]].
251	* SpellBook: The book contains various incantations, centering around summoning demons.
252	* TimeMachine: Can open portals to other parts of space and time.
253	** In the original ending to ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' it contains instructions for a potion that lets Ash sleep for centuries in order to return to his own time.
254	* TomeOfEldritchLore: Provides the page image, and is named after the TropeCodifier. It contains incantations to summon demons, as well as to bind them and protect oneself from them.
255	[[/folder]]
256
257	[[folder:Ash's Hand]]
258	!!Ash's Hand
259	%%Image chosen per Image Pickin' thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1638595079079680700&page=1
260	%%Please don't change or remove without starting a new thread.
261
262	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_screenshot_18_3.png]]
263
264
265	->'''Played By:''' Bruce Campbell's hand (''Evil Dead'', ''Evil Dead 2''); Various others (''Evil Dead 2'', ''Ash Vs Evil Dead'')
266
267	* AmputationStopsSpread: Presumably why Ash cut the possessed hand off, to stop the rest of him getting possessed.
268	* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: After growing a body for itself.]]
269	* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: After thirty years of being on it's own in the cabin, it looks downright ''nasty'', being partially decayed and with maggots crawling all over it. Although, despite retaining its look after turning into a copy of Ash, the rest of the body is strangely unmarked.]]
270	* EvilTwin: Turns into a new [[EvilCounterpart Evil Ash]] in ''Ash vs The Evil Dead.''.
271	* EyesDoNotBelongThere: When it's in the process of growing into an Evil Ash, an eye appears on its wrist.
272	* FlippingTheBird: Does this to Ash after being laughed at for getting its finger caught in a mouse trap.
273	* FromASingleCell: Clones of Ash have been grown from the hand:
274	** The simulacrum Ash is grown from it in the ''ComicBook/EvilDead2'' comics.
275	** Ruby grows Evil Ash from it in the TV show.
276	* GroinAttack: Attack's Ash's groin shortly after getting possessed in the musical.
277	* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: Transforms into a copy of Ash eventually, who kills Amanda.]]
278	* LaughablyEvil: Vicious, AxCrazy, and quite hilarious as well.
279	* NotSoHarmlessVillain: It's a crazy little bugger, flipping off Ash, trolling the survivors and later getting caught in a mouse-trap. [[spoiler:It also kills Annie in the climax with a knife to her back]].
280	* RedRightHand: [[spoiler: After it turns into a HumanoidAbomination, one of its hands is still as gnarled and twisted as it was before the transformation.]]
281	* StopHittingYourself: Repeatedly attacks Ash while still attached to him.
282	* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler: Its death. He gets pumped to the brim with dozens of rifle bullets and magnum rounds, and finally cut up by Ash to make sure.]]
283	* {{Troll}}: It seems to have more fun messing with people than it does actually killing them, and even when it ''does'' kill something, it's usually timed after something hopeful seems to happen. It even still has this [[spoiler: after thirty years, as after they kill Amanda, they proceed to mock Ash regarding her death.]]
284	[[/folder]]
285
286	[[folder:Evil Ash]]
287	!!Evil Ash
288	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evil_ash.jpg]]
289	->'''Played By:''' Creator/BruceCampbell
290
291	* BadBoss: Kills one of his own men for getting in his way when he's chasing Ash. He also viciously insults them for getting blown apart by the castle's defenders and orders them to get up and keep attacking.
292	* BoomHeadshot: How Ash gets him to finally shut up... Temporarily.
293	* BreakoutVillain: The main villains in ''Evil Dead'' typically don't last more than a movie, if there's a single BigBad at all. Evil Ash, however, gained a fair bit of popularity with the fanbase due to being an EvilCounterpart. As such, he's appeared in many, ''many'' spinoff comics, in addition to having SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute characters show up in his role of Ash's EvilCounterpart in works that don't have the rights to him. He even appears in 2022's ''Evil Dead: The Game'' as a powerful unit controlled by the Evil Force. Overall, while Ash has faced many villains, Evil Ash has proven multiple times over to have the most staying power.
294	* CardCarryingVillain: He calls himself "bad Ash" when he first splits from "goody two-shoes" Ash.
295	* TheComicallySerious: While a rather serious villain for such a light-hearted movie, he does get a few moments where his seriousness is PlayedForLaughs, like when his jaw snaps as he's trying to say "sally forth".
296	* EvilMakeover: He starts out looking exactly like Ash. One boomstick blast to the face and a chainsaw mutilation later, and [[EvilMakesYouUgly he now looks like a decayed zombie]]. Then later his rotting flesh is completely burned off and he's left with the appearance of a skeletal warrior.
297	* EvilCounterpart: He retains all Ash's [[LargeHam hamminess]] and snarky attitude, but he's on the evil side.
298	* EvilSoundsDeep: While he initially sounds just like Ash, his voice gets ''much'' deeper after being shot in the mouth with a shotgun and consequently so does his threat and villainy level.
299	* EvilTwin: Is literally formed out of Ash's body, possibly from the Mini-Ash he swallowed earlier.
300	* FacialHorror: First he gets shot in the mouth with Ash's shotgun, damaging his jaw and leaving the lower half of his face bloody and mutilated. Then he gets buried and eventually revives thanks to the Necronomicon, upon which not only does he still have the damage, but the rest of his face is visibly rotted. His jaw also has a tendency to visibly dislocate if he says certain words too loudly, such as his "sally forth!" demand. Ironically, getting the rest of his flesh burned off down to [[DemBones a skeleton]] might have actually been an improvement to his looks.
301	* FromNobodyToNightmare: Starts off a miniature clone, which then grows into an full-sized, evil yet still funny clone; which after [[MoodWhiplash comedically putting himself back together via stop motion, he turns into a threatening undead warlord]]
302	* HumanoidAbomination: Is the evil force having manifested into Ash's EvilTwin.
303	* TheHeavy: Technically the Evil Force incarnate as an undead clone of Ash.
304	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Ash does this to him twice. All it does is [[ImplacableMan piss him off.]]
305	* JokerImmunity: He comes back a ''lot'' in the spinoff comics.
306	* KnightOfCerebus: Played with, he starts off as a LaughablyEvil [[EvilTwin Evil Clone]] of Ash until he reassembles himself as a far more threatening undead warlord. Even then, he ends up being more along the lines of TheComicallySerious, except in the implication that he's creating a Deadite harem for himself.
307	* MiniMe: It's implied that he was the "Mini-Ash" that Ash swallowed and tried to drown in boiling water, now full size, meaning Evil Ash's presence didn't come entirely out of nowhere.
308	* MultipleHeadCase: First appears as a second head on Ash's body, then grows more limbs and splits into a new person.
309	* RasputinianDeath: Evil Ash is a [[ImplacableMan tough son of a bitch.]] First he gets his head ventilated thanks to Ash's shotgun, (which only manages to knock him out) and cut up with a chainsaw. After that he comes back as a zombie, raises the titular [[NightOfTheLivingMooks army of darkness]], and tries to lay his hands on the Necronomicon. Then after being set on fire by Ash and falling off the ramparts, he comes back from ''that'' as a skeleton and resumes fighting Ash, who then finally kills him by taking advantage of the fact that he lands on a loaded catapult by launching him skywards with a sack of lit gunpowder and blowing him [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill completely apart.]]
310	* LaughablyEvil: Until he decides to [[KnightOfCerebus stop mucking around.]]
311	* LetsGetDangerous: He gets a couple funny moments while attacking the castle and killing various knights. When Ash interferes with him grabbing the book, though, Evil Ash is done playing around.
312	* VillainBall: At one point, Ash kicks him towards the book, and his hand literally lands on top of it. Instead of making off with it, he ignores the opportunity to do battle with Ash. Given the nature of this movie, and the [[EvilIsHammy villain]] this could've been PlayedForLaughs.
313	[[/folder]]
314
315	[[folder:Spoiler Character]]
316	!!Ruby's Baby
317	->'''Played By:''' Quinn Farrel & Dylan Grant (toddler), Creator/BruceCampbell (adult)
318
319	Ruby's demonic spawn, which she gives birth to early in Season 3 using sperm samples she acquired from a bank. He's intended to take Ash's place as TheChosenOne once Ash himself is killed.
320
321	* AntagonisticOffspring: He's Ash's son via artificial insemination, bred by Ruby specifically to kill him.
322	* BoomHeadshot: Twice. He survives the first one, despite it taking a chunk out of his head. The second one finishes him off.
323	* ChainsawGood: He was born with an organic chainsaw for a right hand; under Ruby's orders, he chops it off and replaces it with an ordinary chainsaw to truly masquerade as Ash.
324	* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Hyped up as the next BigBad, meant to kill Ash. The real Ash easily takes him out with two shotgun blasts to the head.
325	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He loves Ruby, calling her "mother" and voluntarily cutting off his organic chainsaw-hand on her orders.
326	* FetusTerrible: He's born by ''forcibly ripping out of Ruby's womb'', and comes out looking like [[https://i2.wp.com/bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-02-27-at-3.02.37-PM.jpg?fit=1658%2C925 this]].
327	* ImAHumanitarian: Ruby feeds him human flesh.
328	* RapidAging: He rapidly grows from a newborn to a toddler, and later cocoons himself and emerges as a full-grown copy of Ash.
329	[[/folder]]

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