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** Phlegmatic: Chad, an extroverted LovableJock and the most friendly, easy-going of the group.
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** Phlegmatic: Chad, an extroverted LovableJock and the most friendly, easy-going of the group.group who arguably acts as TheHeart of the quartet.
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** In the first movie, she's in her early thirties and becomes attracted to Dewey, who is 25.
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** In the first movie, she's in There's a seven year age difference between her early thirties and becomes attracted to Dewey, who is 25.25 when they first meet while Gale is around 32.
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* BattleCouple: While married, Gale and Dewey work together (after some initial tension) against the Ghostfaces in the fourth film, [[spoiler:with both contributing to Jill's last effort to kill Sidney failing.]]
* ILetGwenStacyDie: Seems to feel this way regarding the death of [[spoiler:Dewey]] even blaming herself for all the killing sprees that have ever happened.
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* ILetGwenStacyDie: Seems to feel this way regarding the death of [[spoiler:Dewey]] even blaming herself for all the killing sprees that have ever happened.
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* ILetGwenStacyDie: Seems to feel this way regarding the death of [[spoiler:Dewey]] even blaming IgnoredExpert: She believes herself to be this in ''Scream 4'', as despite helping to solve the Ghostface murders three times by this point, she still was not sought for all counsel or aid in the killing sprees that have ever happened.investigation.
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* OutOfFocus: In the post-Wes Craven ''Scream'' films, Gale tends to not have as much screentime, [[spoiler:having one scene with Dewey before the latter's death in the fifth film, and playing a role in the movie's climax, and then having three lengthy scenes in the sixth film.]]
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* NoSympathy: Strongly implied given how she was more concerned about Sam telling Tara about Billy than the fact that both of her daughters were nearly brutally killed.
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* UnlikelyHero: [[spoiler:In the original film, Gale is a fame-seeking reporter only attending the Macher house party to catch the killer as a means of raising her profile, which makes her integral role in stopping Billy and Stu all the more surprising.]]
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* GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies: Thoroughly subverted. She absolutely ''loves'' them.
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* GenreBlind: Despite normally being GenreSavvy, Kirby has a moment of this in ''VI'' when she fails to realize that the circumstances of their plan to catch the killer are eerily similar to those that claimed Randy's life in ''Scream 2''.
* GenreSavvy: She tells Sam that it is a smart choice to leave Danny out of the plan to capture the killer, knowing firsthand that one should never trust the love interest when Ghostface is on the loose.
* GenreSavvy: She tells Sam that it is a smart choice to leave Danny out of the plan to capture the killer, knowing firsthand that one should never trust the love interest when Ghostface is on the loose.
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* GenreBlind: Despite normally being plenty GenreSavvy, Kirby has a moment of this weakness in ''VI'' when she fails to realize that the circumstances of their plan to catch the killer are eerily similar to those that claimed Randy's life in ''Scream 2''.
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* GenreSavvy: Shetells commends Sam that it is a smart choice for choosing to leave Danny out of the plan to capture the killer, Ghostface, knowing firsthand that one should never trust the their love interest when Ghostface a killer is on the loose.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Charlie stabs her in the stomach. She's then stabbed in the very same place by [[spoiler:Ethan]] in ''Scream VI''.
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* FairCop: An attractive woman who has become an FBI agent by the time of ''VI''.
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* FairCop: An attractive young woman who has become an joined the FBI by the time of ''Scream VI''.
* FormerTeenRebel: A HardDrinkingPartyGirl who DrivesLikeCrazy in her youth, a seasoned FBI agent by the timeof ''VI''.we see her again in ''Scream VI''.
* FormerTeenRebel: A HardDrinkingPartyGirl who DrivesLikeCrazy in her youth, a seasoned FBI agent by the time
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** In ''Scream VI'', she's shown to be dating a man named Brooks, who appears to be quite a bit younger than her. Although the character's exact age isn't specified, there's a 22-year age gap between the actors.
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* OneThingLedToAnother: In ''3'': "We were working late, we were putting away some videos in the porno section and, you know, shit happens."
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* OneThingLedToAnother: In ''3'': His fling with "Creepy Karen" Kolchak: "We were working late, we were putting away some videos in the porno section and, you know, shit happens."
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* FrameUp: [[spoiler:The first film reveals that [[spoiler:Billy and Stu]] framed him for Maureen's murder.
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* FrameUp: [[spoiler:The The first film reveals that [[spoiler:Billy and Stu]] framed him for Maureen's murder.
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* NonProtagonistResolver: In the second film, [[spoiler:he's the one who kills Mrs. Loomis, instead of Sidney.]]
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* NonProtagonistResolver: In the second film, [[spoiler:he's the one who kills Mrs. Nancy Loomis, instead of Sidney.]]
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* FallGuy: [[spoiler:He spends a year in jail for the murder of Maureen Prescott.]]
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* FallGuy: [[spoiler:He He spends a year in jail for the murder of Maureen Prescott.]]
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* FrameUp: [[spoiler:The first film reveals thatBilly [[spoiler:Billy and Stu Stu]] framed him for Maureen's murder.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He only personally appears once in the original film, while trying to lobby the police to release Billy, then appears once again in the third film through the footage Roman captures of his affair.affair with Maureen. His reaction to his ex-wife and son being serial killers is completely unknown. It can realistically be assumed he left Woodsboro after the first film due to the stigma of being the father of one of the Ghostface killers, especially once it got out Billy killed Maureen because of his affair with her. her. Assuming he is still alive in 2022 during ''Scream VI'', it's unclear how he's reacted to learning he has a granddaughter, as Sam's parentage is confirmed to have been made public.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He only appears once in the original film, while trying to lobby the police to release Billy, then appears once again in the third film through the footage Roman captures of his affair. His reaction to his ex-wife and son being serial killers is completely unknown. It can realistically be assumed he left Woodsboro after the first film due to the stigma of being the father of one of the Ghostface killers, especially once it got out Billy killed Maureen because of his affair with her. Assuming he is still alive in 2022 during ''Scream VI'', it's unclear how he's reacted to learning he has a granddaughter, as Sam's parentage is confirmed to have been made public.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He only appears once in the original film, while trying to lobby the police to release Billy, then appears once again in the third film through the footage Roman captures of his affair. His reaction to his ex-wife and son being serial killers is completely unknown. Assuming he is still alive in 2022, 2022 during ''Scream VI'', it's unclear how he's reacted to learning he has a granddaughter.granddaughter, as Sam's parentage is confirmed to have been made public.
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* TheVoiceless: In the first film, due to only appearing in news footage.
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** Sanguine: Tara who is much more open, cheerful and social compared to Sam and the doesn't let the traumas of the Ghostface attacks affect her life the same way her sister has.
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** Sanguine: Tara who is much more open, cheerful and social compared to Sam and the doesn't let the traumas of the Ghostface attacks affect her life the same way her sister has.
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A notorious horror film fan, Kirby is a quirky and spirited best friend to Jill and Olivia. She's somewhat of a tomboy and "alternative" girl, who likes to watch movies, drink ([[HardDrinkingPartyGirl a lot]], apparently) and party. She seems to be aware of Charlie's crush on her, but instead prefers to "tease and torment" him. Upon realizing she's the only one of the ThreeAmigos not to receive a phone call from the killer, she becomes really uneasy (ultimately insisting it means she'll be the next one to die).\\
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A notorious horror film fan, Kirby is a quirky and spirited best friend to Jill and Olivia. She's somewhat of a tomboy and "alternative" girl, who likes to watch movies, drink ([[HardDrinkingPartyGirl a lot]], apparently) and party. She seems to be aware of Charlie's crush on her, but instead prefers to "tease and torment" him. Upon realizing she's the only one of the ThreeAmigos trio not to receive a phone call from the killer, she becomes really uneasy (ultimately insisting it means she'll be the next one to die).\\
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* MiscarriageOfJustice: Was wrongly convicted of raping and murdering Maureen and was nearly executed.
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* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler:The third film shows that Cotton got the fame, fortune, and public exoneration he desired, but he only got to enjoy it and his freedom for 2 years before he was murdered.]]
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* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler:The third film shows that Cotton got the fame, fortune, and public exoneration he desired, desired in the aftermath of the Windsor College Murders, but he only got to enjoy it and his freedom for 2 years before he was murdered.]]
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* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler:The third film shows that Cotton got the fame, fortune, and public exoneration he desired, but he only got to enjoy it and his freedom for a couple of years before he was murdered.]]
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* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler:The third film shows that Cotton got the fame, fortune, and public exoneration he desired, but he only got to enjoy it and his freedom for a couple of 2 years before he was murdered.]]
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: She was unaware Sam's teenage delinquency when she was a teenager was due to the emotional turmoil of finding out [[spoiler:Billy was her biological father]]. Had she known this, she may have been more sympathetic to Sam.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: She was unaware Sam's teenage delinquency when she was a teenager was due to the emotional turmoil of finding out [[spoiler:Billy was her biological father]]. Had she known this, she may have been more sympathetic to Sam.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: She was unaware Sam's acting out teenage delinquency when she was a teenager was due to the emotional turmoil of finding out [[spoiler:Billy was her biological father]]. Had she known this, she may have been more sympathetic to Sam.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: She was unaware Sam's acting out and supposed not caring about Woodsboro when she was a teenager was due to the emotional turmoil of finding out [[spoiler:Billy was her biological father]]. Had she known this, she may have been more sympathetic to Sam.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: She was unaware Sam's acting out and supposed not caring about Woodsboro when she was a teenager was due to the emotional turmoil of finding out [[spoiler:Billy was her biological father]]. Had she known this, she may have been more sympathetic to Sam.
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* IntrepidReporter: In the first movie, she goes to great lengths to get a good story. In fact, she has been called a "ComicBook/LoisLane", who is something of a TropeCodifier.
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* AscendedExtra: Mindy and Chad are side characters in the fifth movie, but receive more screen time and character focus in the sixth. Downplayed with Tara -- while she got a decent amount of focus in ''5'', she was also confined to a hospital bed for over half the movie and her role in the story boiled down to being Sam's motivation to return to Woodsboro and [[spoiler:dispatching one of the killers at the end.]] ''VI'' gives her an arc outside of her relationship with Sam and she gets to take a more active part in the movie's events.
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* MetaGuy: In the original trilogy. He's replaced by Robbie and Charlie in the fourth film, and again by his niece Mindy from the fifth film onward.
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* MetaGuy: In The TropeCodifier for horror movies, mostly in the slasher subgenre. Randy is the original trilogy. He's replaced by Robbie and Charlie trilogy's knowledgeable cinephile who spells out the rules of slasher movies, but this is {{downplayed}} as his friends in the fourth film, first ''Scream'' are well-informed in slasher conventions as well and again occasionally compare the Ghostface murders to the movies they've watched. Because ''Scream'' popularized {{postmodernism}} for the horror genre, later meta-horror movies, like ''Film/BehindTheMaskTheRiseOfLeslieVernon'' and ''Film/YouMightBeTheKiller'', usually have at least one character that specializes in horror movies and educates the others to help them survive. This even extends to horror movies like ''Film/GetOut2017'' that play their premises straight and don't focus on postmodernism as noted by his niece Mindy Creator/JordanPeele in an [[https://www.theringer.com/2017/3/9/16037938/channel-33-jordan-peele-get-out-interview-454051d123b5 interview]].
-->'''Jordan Peele:''' [''Scream''] had this postmodern reference and so in that way it’s more realistic than a normal horror movie where there’s no knowledge of any horror tropes. I took a cue from that with thefifth film onward.character Rod, so that we could have a character that expresses what the audience wishes somebody would say. And that wouldn’t be breaking the reality, it would actually be grounding it.
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* HiddenDepths: He turns out to have decent [[TheMedic medical skills]] [[spoiler:since he is able to assist Dewey with his wounds. This, along with Dewey's scar tissue, helps save Dewey's life.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: In ''Scream 2'', [[spoiler:Cotton basically ruins the lead Ghostface's plans since she never accounted for his presence. After Nancy stabs Dewey multiple times, Cotton shows up and helps Dewey with his injuries, preventing him from bleeding out. Later, when Nancy Loomis gets the upper hand on Sidney, Cotton [[BigDamnHeroes enters the fight out of nowhere]], forcing Nancy to a standstill before Cotton eventually kills her. In short, Nancy had a very good chance of murdering all of the Woodsboro survivors, but Cotton's interference limits her revenge to only Randy.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: In ''Scream 2'', [[spoiler:Cotton basically ruins the lead Ghostface's plans since she never accounted for his presence. After Nancy stabs Dewey multiple times, Cotton shows up and helps Dewey with his injuries, preventing him from bleeding out. Later, when Nancy Loomis gets the upper hand on Sidney, Cotton [[BigDamnHeroes enters the fight out of nowhere]], forcing Nancy to a standstill before Cotton eventually kills her. In short, Nancy had a very good chance of murdering all of the Woodsboro survivors, but Cotton's interference limits her revenge to only Randy.]]
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* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: [[spoiler:In the fifth film, Chad is stabbed seven times and left to bleed out. In the sixth film, he becomes the first character in the series to get attacked by multiple Ghostfaces at the same time, resulting in him getting stabbed over a dozen times. In both instances, he survives.]]
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* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: [[spoiler:In the fifth film, Chad is stabbed seven times and left to bleed out. In the sixth film, he becomes the first character in the series to get attacked by multiple Ghostfaces at the same time, resulting in him getting stabbed over a dozen eleven times. In both instances, he survives.]]
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