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* FusionDance: [[spoiler:It's possible that by dying the same way as Kayako, not only she becomes the new Kayako, but has somehow assimilated with Kayako herself into one onryo entity.]]
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* FusionDance: [[spoiler:It's possible that by dying the same way as Kayako, not only she becomes the new Kayako, but has somehow assimilated with Kayako herself into one onryo entity.entity, similar to what Kayako would do with another protagonist and [[Sadako Literature/TheRing]] in the ending of Kayako's later crossover outing ''Film/SadakoVsKayako''.]]
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* FusionDance: [[spoiler:It's possible that by dying the same way as Kayako, not only she becomes the new Kayako, but has somehow assimilated with Kayako herself into one onryo entity.]]
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Blond-haired and well-meaning.
* SexyDiscretionShot: When she's straddling and kissing Doug, in her pajamas, while talking about how he doesn't have to leave for another twenty minutes, right before the camera cuts away from them.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Lacey.
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* NotNowKiddo: averted, while it's unclear if Lacey believes Jake about what he's been seeing, she doesn't outright dismiss him and lets him seep in her room.
* NotNowKiddo: averted, while it's unclear if Lacey believes Jake about what he's been seeing, she doesn't outright dismiss him and lets him seep in her room.
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!Characters in ''The Grudge 3'':
!!Dr. Francine Sullivan
--> '''Played by:''' Creator/ShawneeSmith
Jake's caseworker and psychologist who begins investigating the curse [[spoiler:After Jake is killed.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartofGold: Vanessa. Despite being an Alpha Bitch who vilely bullied Allison and Miyuki, cruelly pranked and scared Allison and got several people killed with her dangerous and careless actions she seemed genuinely concerned when she found out Miyuki was missing, trying to contact her and seemed genuinely remorseful of her actions, which may Imply she was not a bad person but just your typical Insecure and misunderstood teenager who wanted to make people think she was cool and fit In.
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* JerkWithAHeartofGold: Vanessa. Despite being an Alpha Bitch AlphaBitch who vilely bullied Allison and Miyuki, cruelly pranked and scared Allison and got several people killed with her dangerous and careless actions she seemed genuinely concerned when she found out Miyuki was missing, trying to contact her and seemed genuinely remorseful of her actions, which may Imply she was not a bad person but just your typical Insecure and misunderstood teenager who wanted to make people think she was cool and fit In.
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* Jerk With A Heart of Gold: Vanessa. Despite being an Alpha Bitch who vilely bullied Allison and Miyuki, cruelly pranked and scared Allison and got several people killed with her dangerous and careless actions she seemed genuinely concerned when she found out Miyuki was missing, trying to contact her and seemed genuinely remorseful of her actions, which may Imply she was not a bad person but just your typical Insecure and misunderstood teenager who wanted to make people think she was cool and fit In.
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* Jerk With A Heart of Gold: JerkWithAHeartofGold: Vanessa. Despite being an Alpha Bitch who vilely bullied Allison and Miyuki, cruelly pranked and scared Allison and got several people killed with her dangerous and careless actions she seemed genuinely concerned when she found out Miyuki was missing, trying to contact her and seemed genuinely remorseful of her actions, which may Imply she was not a bad person but just your typical Insecure and misunderstood teenager who wanted to make people think she was cool and fit In.
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* Jerk With A Heart of Gold: Vanessa. Despite being an Alpha Bitch who vilely bullied Allison and Miyuki, cruelly pranked and scared Allison and got several people killed with her dangerous and careless actions she seemed genuinely concerned when she found out Miyuki was missing, trying to contact her and seemed genuinely remorseful of her actions, which may Imply she was not a bad person but just your typical Insecure and misunderstood teenager who wanted to make people think she was cool and fit In.
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* MayDecemberRomance: She is madly in love with Peter Kirk, a man who is 21 years older than her.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Would kill one, in fact, for having an obsessive crush on another man.
* WouldHurtAChild: After snapping his wife's neck, he proceeds to drown their son in the bathtub to cover his tracks.
* WouldHurtAChild: After snapping his wife's neck, he proceeds to drown their son in the bathtub to cover his tracks.
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* Woobie: It is hard to not feel sorry for the little ghost boy when you realize that he was likely abused by his father in life, and died so young that he was unable to experience the joys of mortal existence. He does have a nasty habit of taking out his frustration on anybody who enters his home, though ...
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He wasn't really evil while alive but appears to have been somewhat aloof and distant.
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* BreakTheCutie: Poor girl had it rough trying to find the solution to avert the curse. [[spoiler:Then Kayako killed her in the second film...]]
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* MayDecemberRomance: The news article states he was 51 years old. His wife? 31.
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* KindHeartedCatLover: He appears to have been very fond of his cat, Mar, the bond was so close that his spirit partially merged with the spirit of the black cat. Even in life, he was seldom portrayed acting with affection towards other people.
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* KindHeartedCatLover: He appears to have been very fond of his cat, Mar, the bond was so close that his spirit partially merged with the spirit of the black cat. Even Yet even in life, he was seldom portrayed acting with affection towards other people.
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* KillerRabbit: Despite his harmless appearance, he is actually quite dangerous, and appears to be act intent to harm. At one point he grins before devouring the soul of a woman, suggesting that he gets a sick, child-like pleasure from his activities
* KindHeartedCatLover: He appears to have been very fond of his cat, Mar, the bond was so close that his spirit partially merged with the spirit of the black cat.
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* KillerRabbit: Despite his harmless appearance, he is actually quite dangerous, and appears to be act with genuine intent to harm. At one point he grins before devouring the soul of a woman, suggesting that he gets a sick, child-like pleasure from hisactivities
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* KindHeartedCatLover: He appears to have been very fond of his cat, Mar, the bond was so close that his spirit partially merged with the spirit of the black cat. Even in life, he was seldom portrayed acting with affection towards other people.
* KillerRabbit: Despite his harmless appearance, he is actually quite dangerous, and appears to be act with genuine intent to harm. At one point he grins before devouring the soul of a woman, suggesting that he gets a sick, child-like pleasure from his
* KindHeartedCatLover: He appears to have been very fond of his cat, Mar, the bond was so close that his spirit partially merged with the spirit of the black cat. Even in life, he was seldom portrayed acting with affection towards other people.
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* CreepyChild: He sits somewhere in the spooky realm (pun intended) between creepy and adorable. For some people, the sight of a small ghost child with the baby fat still visible on his limbs and torso and a habit of meowing like a cat is actually quite hilarious, but for some, he falls straight in the uncanny valley, especially when he smiles.
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* CreepyChild: He sits somewhere in the spooky realm (pun intended) between creepy and adorable. For some people, the sight of a small ghost child with the baby fat still visible on his limbs and torso and a habit of meowing like a cat is actually quite hilarious, but for some, other people, he falls straight in the uncanny valley, especially when he smiles.
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* Woobie: It is hard to not feel sorry for the little ghost boy when you realize that he was likely abused by his father in life, and died so young that he was unable to experience the joys of mortal existence. He does have a nasty habit of taking out his frustration on anybody who enters his home, though ...
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!!Kayako Saeki
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!!Kayako SaekiSaeki (née Kawamata)
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-->'''Played by:''' Creator/Takako Fuji {{Creator/Takako Fuji}} (''The Grudge'', ''The Grudge 2''), Aiko Horiuchi (''The Grudge 3''), Anna Moon (''Tales from the Grudge'' shorts)
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-->'''Played by:''' Creator/Takako Fuji (''The Grudge'', ''The Grudge 2''), Aiko Horiuchi (''The Grudge 3''), Anna Moon (''Tales from the Grudge'' shorts)
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-->'''Played by:''' Yuya Ozeki (''The Grudge''), Ohga Tanaka (''The Grudge 2''), Shimba Tsuchiya (''The Grudge 3'')
-->'''Played by:''' Takashi Matsuyama
-->'''Played by:''' Emi Ikehata
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!!Karen DaviesDavis
-->'''Played by:''' Creator/SarahMichelleGellar
-->'''Played by:''' Creator/SarahMichelleGellar
-->'''Played by:''' Jason Behr
-->'''Played by:''' Bill Pullman
-->'''Played by:''' Ryo Ishibashi
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* BeardOfSorrow: A taped interview with him in the second film, which took place some time shortly after the deaths of his colleagues, shows him looking extremely unkempt.
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* BeardOfSorrow: A taped interview with him in the second film, which took place some time shortly after film discussing the deaths disappearance of his colleagues, colleagues and the death of the Williams family shows him looking extremely unkempt.
-->'''Matthew played by:''' William Mapother
-->'''Jennifer played by:''' Creator/CleaDuVall
-->'''Emma played by:''' Grace Zabriskie
-->'''Susan played by:''' KaDee Strickland
-->'''Jennifer played by:''' Creator/CleaDuVall
-->'''Emma played by:''' Grace Zabriskie
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-->'''Yoko played by:''' Yoko Maki
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!!Aubrey DaviesDavis
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An IntrepidReporter who rescued Karen from the house fire but is also cursed as a result.
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An IntrepidReporter from Hong Kong who rescued Karen from the house fire but is also cursed as a result.
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!!Mrs.
-->'''Played by:''' Joanna Cassidy
-->'''Allison played by:''' Arielle Kebbel
-->'''Vanessa played by:''' Teresa Palmer
-->'''Miyuki played by:''' Misako Uno
-->'''Vanessa played by:''' Teresa Palmer
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-->'''Bill played by:''' Christopher Cousins
-->'''Trish played by:''' Jennifer Beals
-->'''Lacey played by:''' Sarah Roemer
-->'''Jake played by:''' Matthew Knight
A family living in Chicago who become victims of the curse. Jakes survives his first encounter with Kayako in ''The Grudge 2'' and is hospitalized in ''The Grudge 3'' where [[spoiler: he gets killed when Kayako breaks nearly every bone in his body.]]
-->'''Trish played by:''' Jennifer Beals
-->'''Lacey played by:''' Sarah Roemer
-->'''Jake played by:''' Matthew Knight
A family living in Chicago who become victims of the curse. Jakes survives his first encounter with Kayako in ''The Grudge 2'' and is hospitalized in ''The Grudge 3'' where [[spoiler: he gets killed when Kayako breaks nearly every bone in his body.]]
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!!Jake Kimble
A young boy who's family becomes victims of the curse. He survives his first encounter with Kayako in "The Grudge 2" and is hospitalized in "The Grudge 3" where [[spoiler: he gets killed when Kayako breaks every bone in his body.]]
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* CoolBigSis: Lacey clearly cares deeply for her little brother.
* DemonicPossession: Bill and Trish come to unknowingly act like Kayako and Takeo, with Bill becoming insanely jealous of anything Trish does without his knowledge. In a reversal, Trish is the one to kill Bill first.
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* [[FinalGirl Final Guy]]: Well he ''did'' survive the ending of the second film.
* InfantImmortality: Played straight in the second film, where he survives the events of the second film. [[spoiler:Then he gets slapped with SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome ''hard'', therefore averting this trope in the third film.]]
* InfantImmortality: Played straight in the second film, where he survives the events of the second film. [[spoiler:Then he gets slapped with SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome ''hard'', therefore averting this trope in the third film.]]
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* [[FinalGirl Final Guy]]: Well he Well, Jake ''did'' survive the ending of the second film.
* FryingPanOfDoom: How Trish kills Bill, right in the very first scene of the movie. After burning him with bacon grease.
* HollywoodDrowning: Subverted. [[spoiler:Lacey is drowned in the bathtub, but it's a completely silent affair, and Jake is further distracted from hearing anything from the terror of finding his own father's corpse.]]
* InfantImmortality: Played straight in the second film, wherehe Jake survives the events of the second film. [[spoiler:Then he gets slapped with SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome ''hard'', therefore averting this trope in the third film.]]
* FryingPanOfDoom: How Trish kills Bill, right in the very first scene of the movie. After burning him with bacon grease.
* HollywoodDrowning: Subverted. [[spoiler:Lacey is drowned in the bathtub, but it's a completely silent affair, and Jake is further distracted from hearing anything from the terror of finding his own father's corpse.]]
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* TragicVillain: [[spoiler: In a strange way, Kayako could be seen through sympathetic eyes. She was murdered by her husband then in her dying moments witnessed him murder their son. She strikes out at the living due to her rage at this very fact. In fact after witnessing her husband kill Audrey Davis in the same way she finishes the job, pitying the young girl for meeting her end in the same way as she had]]
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* TragicVillain: [[spoiler: In a strange way, Kayako could be seen through sympathetic eyes. She was murdered by her husband then in her dying moments witnessed him murder their son. She strikes out at son, and the living due curse seems to permanently keep her rage at this very fact. In fact after in the hate-filled state of mind she was in, if not making it even worse. After witnessing her husband kill Audrey Davis in the same way her husband did she finishes the job, pitying the young girl for meeting her end in the same way as she had]]
* FallenHero: Takeo was a loving father and husband before he found out about Kayako's crush.
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* SympatheticMurderer: Takeo was a loving father and husband despite Kayako's crush.
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