When a media franchise's sequels either stray wildly from their original tone (usually in the direction of "wackiness"), usually by giving increasing importance to smaller aspects of the earlier works.
Named for Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead" series, in which the first film was a serious horror movie with minor humorous bits, the second film "Evil Dead II" upped the ante, including a chainsaw-hand, culminating in the third film "Army of Darkness", which featured far too many insane (and awesome) items to begin to list.
Note that Evil Dead Syndrome is not necessarily a bad thing, and is not limited to films.
Named for Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead" series, in which the first film was a serious horror movie with minor humorous bits, the second film "Evil Dead II" upped the ante, including a chainsaw-hand, culminating in the third film "Army of Darkness", which featured far too many insane (and awesome) items to begin to list.
Note that Evil Dead Syndrome is not necessarily a bad thing, and is not limited to films.
Paul: "Remember when The Fast & The Furious was about street racing and not about pulling a 20-tonne bank vault through a crowded city?"
Vin: "No."
Paul: "Me neither."
Pierce: "So in Saints Row IV, the boss becomes the President of the USA and fights an alien invasion."
Johnny: "I thought Saints Row was about gangsters?"
Pierce: "Don't be ridiculous!"
"Saints Row The Third drinks 'wackazade' from a clown shoe. This is a trilogy progression we academics call Evil Dead Syndrome." - Yahtzee Crowshaw
Vin: "No."
Paul: "Me neither."
Pierce: "So in Saints Row IV, the boss becomes the President of the USA and fights an alien invasion."
Johnny: "I thought Saints Row was about gangsters?"
Pierce: "Don't be ridiculous!"
"Saints Row The Third drinks 'wackazade' from a clown shoe. This is a trilogy progression we academics call Evil Dead Syndrome." - Yahtzee Crowshaw
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"jimbo "the dead fuck""
Ted- a lousy lay, you know? a dead fuck.
Jimbo- oh i see, don't hold it back from me doc, i can take it, give it to me straight.
Ted- i did not say it. the computer did.
Jimbo- well there is no computer!
Ted- aha, well there's no Betty either!
Ted- a lousy lay, you know? a dead fuck.
Jimbo- oh i see, don't hold it back from me doc, i can take it, give it to me straight.
Ted- i did not say it. the computer did.
Jimbo- well there is no computer!
Ted- aha, well there's no Betty either!
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Reference to: dead man walking, the name given to prisoners on death row right before they are executed
Reference to: dead man walking, the name given to prisoners on death row right before they are executed
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Also a phone number to call when you see a dead animal lying in the middle of the street.
Also a phone number to call when you see a dead animal lying in the middle of the street.
Rufus: Hey Mandy, baby...you are so hot!!! May I have your phone number?
Mandy: Um...sure, here it is (as she gives him the number for dead animal pickup instead)
Mandy: Um...sure, here it is (as she gives him the number for dead animal pickup instead)
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- "Hey, that's some sweet Dead Window Painting you have there."
- "Ya, I hope my boss sees all the time wasted waiting for this stupid Dell Hell machine."
- "Ya, I hope my boss sees all the time wasted waiting for this stupid Dell Hell machine."
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