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{{quote|''"The fact is that you can't hold Ash to the same standard that you hold mere mortals to. He is not only just a complete and total [[Badass|badass]]; [[Trope Codifier|He is the standard by which all future badasses will be measured.]] So if he wants to [[Rule of Cool|jump onto a department store trampoline and]] [[Improbable Aiming Skills|fire fifteen perfectly-aimed shotgun shells]] [[Bottomless Magazines|in rapid succession]] [[Death From Above|while soaring twenty feet in the air,]] [[Crazy Awesome|he can do it.]] You and I can't; but you and I are also not Ash. And while it may seem [[Beyond the Impossible|impossible]] for him to do the things that he does and kick as much ass as he is famous for doing, I assure you that it isn't. Why, you ask? Simple. [[Memetic Badass|Because he's Ash]]."''|[http://www.badassoftheweek.com/ash.html Badass of the Week]}}
 
In 1979, a bunch of kids got together in a cabin in Tennessee and made a film with a standard [[B-Movie]] plot; this film was '''''The Evil Dead'''''. The film, which was directed by [[Sam Raimi]] (of ''[[Spider-Man (Filmfilm)|Spider-Man]]'' fame), and starred [[Bruce Campbell]] (who is most associated with this series), managed to make enough money to warrant two sequels and get into the public consciousness. The result of the two sequels was a strange blend where [[Narm Charm]] meets [[Rule of Cool]].
 
The first film's story follows a bunch of kids who get together in a cabin in Tennessee and play a tape recorded recitation from a demonic book of the dead (the [[Necronomicon]]) -- which leads to each of them becoming possessed and attacking the others. ''Evil Dead 2's'' plot was '''seemingly''' a rehash of the prior film with some rewrites; only Ashley J. Williams (Campbell) and Ash's girlfriend Linda go to the cabin, and the ending leads straight into ''Army of Darkness''. The plot of the first film wasn't actually retconned, though -- due to copyright issues, Raimi was unable to use scenes from the first movie, which forced him to shoot a new recap (ignoring said recap makes ''Evil Dead 2'' a direct sequel).
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* [[Sword and Gun|Chainsaw And Shotgun]]
* [[Chainsaw Good]]: Probably one of the most iconic examples in media.
* [[The Chosen One]]: Technically, the "Promised One". Also mixed with a little [[It Sucks to Be Thethe Chosen One]].
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: Ash's tying down of Bad Ash so he can properly chop him up with the chainsaw. There is, however, no gloating.
** Really, it was more about preventing Bad Ash from hindering him down the road (and a reference to the first movie), but it's quite likely that Ash enjoyed having a Deadite at his mercy (or lack thereof).
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* [[Ironic Nursery Tune]]: ''"We're going to get you, We're going to get you."''
* [[It Got Worse]]: Pretty much the entire point of the series. Every time it look like it might either be getting better, or he might hit rock bottom, or he has any kind of fortune or misfortune whatsoever, something happens to Ash. Case in point - after surviving most of the night, killing his zombie ex-girlfriend and {{spoiler|presumably}} taking care of his own zombie hand by cutting it off, another group of people show up, think he murdered their family, and throw him in the cellar. Headfirst. Then, they listen to the [[Apocalyptic Log]] and find out the old man who lived there was actually attacked by his possessed ex-wife. And he buried her in the cellar...
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: Ash in the sequels, especially ''Army of Darkness''.
* {{spoiler|[[Kill'Em All]]:}} Everybody but Ash in {{spoiler|1 and 2.}}
* [[Kensington Gore]]: Lots of it. The Musical is one of the few Broadway shows to include a "splatter zone" and fans have taken to wearing white t-shirts to shows to take home as bloody souvenirs.
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* [[Large Ham]]: Rumor has it that Bruce Campbell was hospitalized for two weeks after filming "Army of Darkness" on account of the damage done to his digestive tract after eating all of that scenery.
** Deadite Cheryl in the first film is also a major one.
* [[Late to Thethe Party]] - Although Ash and his friends don't realize it at first
* [[Leg Cling]] The poster for "Army of Darkness"
* [[Licking the Blade]]
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* [[The Other Darrin]]: The Two Other Lindas (the latter played by [[Bridget Fonda]])
* [[Our Demons Are Different]]: They're Sumerian demons that possess corpses and the weak-minded, turning them into monsters.
* [[Peek -a -Boo Corpse]]
* [[Popcultural Osmosis]]
* [[Post Climax Confrontation]]: Replaced the [[Downer Ending]] of ''Army of Darkness''.
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** Bruce Campbell's father also appears in ''Army of Darkness'' as one of the soldiers that gets killed in battle.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Retcon]]: In-universe example; the Book of the Dead is given the title "Naturom Demonto" in the first film, then changed to being the Necronomicon in the second film as a [[Shout-Out]] to [[HPH.P. Lovecraft]], and finally it becomes "[[Necronomicon]] [[Gratuitous Latin|ex Mortis]]" in ''Army of Darkness''. This last change is particularly egrerious to anyone who [[Bilingual Bonus|understands Latin]]; it directly means "The book of the dead of the dead", though it's (understandably) more commonly translated as "The dead book of the dead" in the media, which sounds... well, still not entirely sensible, but not as outright stupid as the first translation.
* [[Revised Ending]]: ''Army of Darkness'' originally has an [[Cruel Twist Ending]] with Ash {{spoiler|waking up in post apocalyptic England after taking too much of a sleeping potion}}, which was changed to a [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]] filled ending thanks to [[Executive Meddling]].
** "Hail to the King, baby!"
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* [[Sawed-Off Shotgun]]
* [[Shaky POV Cam]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: Included in the cellar is a ripped poster from ''The Hills Have Eyes''. Wes Craven returned the favor by showing ''Evil Dead'' on TV in ''[[A Nightmare Onon Elm Street]]''. Then Raimi did it again by sticking a Freddy glove in ''Evil Dead 2''.
** A number of physical-comedy scenes from ''Army Of Darkness'' are an obvious ''[[The Three Stooges]]'' homage.
** The haunted forest with a girl running in the darkness and attacked by possessed trees reminds a little [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White]]'s dark forest sequence, exepct this time the trees are real and not part of hallucinations.
* [[The Siege]]
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: [[Lampshaded]] by Ash in ''Army of Darkness''.
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** "[[Klaatu Barada Nikto]]" Taken from ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' but [[Older Than They Think|some just know it from this.]]
*** Well, they shouldn't, considering the line here is Klaatu Verata Nicto.
** In some of the movies the "Book of the Dead" is referred to as the [[HPH.P. Lovecraft|Necronomicon]] ex Mortis.
* [[Slept Through the Apocalypse]]: the original end of ''Army''.
* [[Star-Making Role]]: Bruce Campbell is most definitely annoyed by the amount of people who ask him about ''Evil Dead IV''.
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** In ''Army of Darkness'', Ash actually tells the panicking to go ahead and run if they wish.
{{quote| "I'm staying!"}}
* [[Title: the Adaptation|Title: The Adaptation]]: Evil Dead: The Musical!
* [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]]: The "Morturom Demonto," though it becomes the "Necronomicron ex Mortis" in the sequels (after Sam Raimi learned about [[HPH.P. Lovecraft]] and renamed the book as a [[Shout-Out]]). Usually shortened by characters to either "the Necronomicon" or "the Book of the Dead".
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Cheryl, to some degree. The musical hangs a huge lampshade on this:
{{quote| '''Cheryl:''' Now, Mother always said when you hear a strange, frightening and potentially life-threatening ghostly chant coming from the dark woods, there's only one thing that you should do: ''not go wake the others and go investigate it alone!''}}
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* [[Took a Level In Dumbass]]: Ash, in the [[Marvel Zombies]] crossover, is much more willing to hit on women and general has no idea what is going on.
* [[Took a Level In Jerkass]]: In the first movie, Ash is a [[Nice Guy]] thrown into the middle of a nightmare and struggles to survive. Throughout the next two movies, his experiences lead to him becoming increasingly more snarky and obnoxious, to the point where he apathetically "helps" the local castle and refuses to help them when the deadites take the Necronomicon. [[Tropes Are Not Bad]], however, as that is the version of Ash that fans remember and love.
* [[Training the Peaceful Villagers]]: Sort of. They weren't exactly peaceful to begin with, but showing them how to make gunpowder certainly was useful. Oddly enough there's another scene where he teaches them how to use ''their own'' [[Blade Onon a Stick]] weapons.
* [[The Undead]]: Naturally.
* [[Unholy Matrimony]]: Bad Ash and Bad Sheila in AOD.
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