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* BadVibrations: [[spoiler:Satan's footsteps shake the earth and cause large boulders of rubble to tumble around. Buildings collapse around his hooves.]]
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* CaptainOblivious: Danny [=McBride=].

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* CelebritySurvivor: The premise of the movie in a nutshell.

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* ChaoticStupid: Danny [=McBride=]. But definitely [[spoiler:ChaoticEvil]] by the end.

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* DeathByCameo: See KilledOffForReal below.

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* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler: Danny [=McBride=], Michael Cera and Jonah Hill after getting possessed.]]
* DemonicPossession: Happens to [[spoiler:Jonah Hill]].

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* %%* DemonicPossession: Happens to [[spoiler:Jonah Hill]].



* DoubleEntendre: James [[spoiler: Franco inviting Seth and Jay into his house party]].
-->'''James:''' This place is like a piece of me. You two just stepped inside me.
-->'''Seth:''' You let us both come inside you. Yeah.

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* DoubleEntendre: James [[spoiler: Franco [[spoiler:Franco inviting Seth and Jay into his house party]].
-->'''James:''' This place is like a piece of me. You two just stepped inside me.
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me.\\
'''Seth:'''
You let us both come inside you. Yeah.



* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Of the [[spoiler:Biblical Rapture]] variety.

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-->'''Jay:''' Will you stop talking about...!
-->'''Seth:''' I think he's attractive.

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-->'''Jay:''' Will you stop talking about...!
-->'''Seth:'''
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'''Seth:'''
I think he's attractive.



* EvilSoundsDeep: [[spoiler: Possessed!Jonah Hill does.]]

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* EvilSoundsDeep: [[spoiler: Possessed!Jonah [[spoiler:Possessed!Jonah Hill does.]]



* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Danny.

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Five Man Band is undergoing a wick-cleaning project, so zero-context examples, roles with little to no context, and examples featuring groups of more than five, will be deleted.


* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: James. It is his house, after all and he leads the [[spoiler:escape from his house after it burns to the ground]].
** TheLancer: Seth. Seth gets the most respect out of the crew and is also the guy who helps sort out the food problems that the guys have.
** TheSmartGuy: Jay. He's the first one to deduce that [[spoiler:The Rapture]] is happening on earth.
** TheBigGuy: Craig. The biggest guy out of the group and the first one to pull a [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice to save the guys]].
** TheChick: Jonah, judging how nice and sensitive he is to everyone. [[spoiler: This latter to turns out to be BS, but only to Jay.]]
** SixthRanger: Danny, seeing how he shows up only after the group has been formed. Also doubles as TheLoad. [[spoiler:He latter turns into a SixthRangerTraitor.]]

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Per TRS Horny Devils has been renamed. Moving tropes to either Succubi And Incubi or Hot As Hell depending on the context.


* HornyDevils: One shows up to [[spoiler:rape Jonah Hill.]]





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* AnyoneCanDie: Rihanna, Jason Segel, Aziz Ansari, Mindy Kaling, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Martin Starr, Kevin Hart, Michael Cera, Paul Rudd, and David Krumholtz early on during the initial disaster. [[spoiler: Jonah Hill and James Franco don't survive or make it to Heaven either.]]

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* AnyoneCanDie: Rihanna, Jason Segel, Aziz Ansari, Mindy Kaling, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Martin Starr, Kevin Hart, Michael Cera, Paul Rudd, and David Krumholtz early on during the initial disaster. [[spoiler: Jonah Hill and James Franco don't survive or make it to Heaven either.]]

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** All of the characters talk at length about how much they want to eat James' Milkyway.

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** All of the characters talk at length about how much they want to eat James' Milkyway.Milky Way.



* SpiritualSuccessor: This movie did a better ''Literature/LeftBehind'' than Left Behind.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Emma Watson thinks they are in a ZombieApocalypse.
* YouShallNotPass: "TAKE YO PANTIES OFF!"
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* WorldOfJerkass: The Apocalypse creates a literal example of this; all the kind-hearted people get transported into Heaven through blue beams, while the ones remaining on Earth are the ones who continue to do selfish, petty things.

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* WorldOfJerkass: The Apocalypse creates a literal example of this; all the kind-hearted kindhearted people get transported into Heaven through blue beams, while the ones remaining on Earth are the ones who continue to do selfish, petty things.
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* WorldOfJerkass: The Apocalypse creates a literal example of this as all the kind-hearted people get transported into Heaven through blue beams; the ones remaining on Earth are the ones who continue to do selfish, petty things.

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* WorldOfJerkass: The Apocalypse creates a literal example of this as this; all the kind-hearted people get transported into Heaven through blue beams; beams, while the ones remaining on Earth are the ones who continue to do selfish, petty things.things.
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** A fundamental tenet of Protestant Christianity is that no one can be good enough to earn being saved.

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** A fundamental tenet of Protestant Christianity Calvinism is that no one can be good enough to earn being saved.
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* {{Corpsing}}: If you look closely you can catch Seth Rogen cracking up during Danny [=McBride=]'s and James Franco's argument about the former ejaculating everywhere, prior to a JumpCut.
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* CelebrityCasualty: [[spoiler:Pretty much every celebrity who appears in the film is killed off by the end.]]

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* HopeSpot: Early on, the group hears a helicopter and figures that means they're saved. The helicopter promptly crashes right outside Franco's house.
** Also, the surviving guys stumble upon a large stash of food that James Franco plumb forgot he'd had at home ... just before his house burns and collapses, destroying the stockpile.

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* HopeSpot: Early on, the group hears a helicopter and figures that means they're saved. The helicopter promptly crashes right outside Franco's house.
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house. Also, the surviving guys stumble upon a large stash of food that James Franco plumb forgot he'd had at home ... just before his house burns and collapses, destroying the stockpile.
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* WorldOfJerkass: The Apocalypse creates a literal example of this as all the kind-hearted people get transported into Heaven through blue beams and the ones remaining on Earth are the ones who continue to do selfish, petty things.

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* WorldOfJerkass: The Apocalypse creates a literal example of this as all the kind-hearted people get transported into Heaven through blue beams and beams; the ones remaining on Earth are the ones who continue to do selfish, petty things. things.
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* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler: Danny McBride, Michael Cera and Jonah Hill after getting possessed.]]

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* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler: Danny McBride, [=McBride=], Michael Cera and Jonah Hill after getting possessed.]]
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* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler: Danny, Jonah after getting possessed, and Satan himself.]]

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* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler: Danny, Danny McBride, Michael Cera and Jonah Hill after getting possessed, and Satan himself.possessed.]]
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* CensorDecoy: Attempted but [[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-this-is-the-end-mpaa-rating-20130604,0,3201458.story backfired]] - the creators included explicit material intending to get an NC-17 rating they could cut down to an R. The censors gave the uncut version an R.

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* CensorDecoy: Attempted but [[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-this-is-the-end-mpaa-rating-20130604,0,3201458.story backfired]] - -- the creators included explicit material intending to get an NC-17 rating they could cut down to an R. The censors gave the uncut version an R.



** [[spoiler:The illustration of Satan in James' Bible - when he shows up for real at the end, he looks just like the drawing.]]

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** [[spoiler:The illustration of Satan in James' Bible - -- when he shows up for real at the end, he looks just like the drawing.]]



* {{Satan}}: [[spoiler:The Prince of Darkness himself makes an appearance, and he's as big as a skyscraper - and anatomically correct.]]

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* {{Satan}}: [[spoiler:The Prince of Darkness himself makes an appearance, and he's as big as a skyscraper - -- and anatomically correct.]]
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Played with; Craig and Seth intend to sacrifice themselves for others, which actually leads to them being raptured. James ''tries'' this, but because [he made the mistake of cursing out and flipping off Danny and his band of cannibals while being raptured, thus performing the sins of Vanity and Pride in the middle of being raptured, he got his rapture canceled.]]

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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Played with; Craig and Seth intend to sacrifice themselves for others, which actually leads to them being raptured. James ''tries'' this, but because [he [[TooDumbToLive he made the mistake of cursing out and flipping off Danny and his band of cannibals while being raptured, thus performing the sins of Vanity and Pride in the middle of being raptured, he got his rapture canceled.canceled]].]]
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Played with; Craig and Seth intend to sacrifice themselves for others, which actually leads to them being raptured. James ''tries'' this, but because [[WhatAnIdiot he made the mistake of cursing out and flipping off Danny and his band of cannibals while being raptured, thus performing the sins of Vanity and Pride in the middle of being raptured, he got his rapture canceled]].]]

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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Played with; Craig and Seth intend to sacrifice themselves for others, which actually leads to them being raptured. James ''tries'' this, but because [[WhatAnIdiot he [he made the mistake of cursing out and flipping off Danny and his band of cannibals while being raptured, thus performing the sins of Vanity and Pride in the middle of being raptured, he got his rapture canceled]].canceled.]]
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* SirSwearsALot: The entire cast.

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* SirSwearsALot: The entire cast.

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* AnyoneCanDie: Rihanna, Jason Segel, Aziz Ansari, Mindy Kaling, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Martin Starr, Kevin Hart, Michael Cera, Paul Rudd, and David Krumholtz early on during the initial disaster. [[spoiler: Jonah Hill and James Franco don't survive or make it to Heaven either.]]



** Deconstructed when [[spoiler:Jonah gets raped by a demon]] it's played for BlackComedy. But he seems visibly shaken by it. He even [[TruthInTelevision skirts around talking about it]] on the ConfessionCam, only mentioning something along the lines of "...something not cool happened last night..."



* KilledOffForReal: Rihanna, Jason Segel, Aziz Ansari, Mindy Kaling, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Martin Starr, Kevin Hart, Michael Cera, Paul Rudd, and David Krumholtz early on during the initial disaster. [[spoiler: Jonah Hill and James Franco don't survive or make it to Heaven either.]]



* OffWithHisHead: A very realistic portrayal. A decaptitation is not as clean as the media portrays it. When a random stranger gets his body ripped off, leaving his head behind. Jonah tries to, respectfully, move the head but is quickly repulsed by the '''gallons''' of blood pouring out of it.



* RealityEnsues:
** When [[spoiler:Jonah gets raped by a demon]] it's played for BlackComedy. But he seems visibly shaken by it. He even [[TruthInTelevision skirts around talking about it]] on the ConfessionCam, only mentioning something along the lines of "...something not cool happened last night..."
** A decaptitation is not as clean as the media portrays it. When a random stranger gets his body ripped off, leaving his head behind. Jonah tries to, respectfully, move the head but is quickly repulsed by the '''gallons''' of blood pouring out of it.
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''This Is the End'' is 2013 {{black comedy}}/action film directed by Evan Goldberg and Creator/SethRogen, and written by Rogen, Goldberg and Jason Stone. The film stars Rogen, Creator/JamesFranco, Creator/JonahHill, Creator/JayBaruchel, Creator/DannyMcBride, and Creator/CraigRobinson as fictionalized versions of themselves in the aftermath of a global apocalypse.

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''This Is the End'' is 2013 {{black comedy}}/action film directed by Evan Goldberg and Creator/SethRogen, and written by Rogen, Goldberg and Jason Stone. The film stars Rogen, Creator/JamesFranco, Creator/JonahHill, Creator/JayBaruchel, Creator/DannyMcBride, and Creator/CraigRobinson as fictionalized versions of themselves in dealing with the aftermath of a global apocalypse.
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''This Is the End'' is 2013 {{black comedy}}/action film directed by Evan Goldberg and Creator/SethRogen, and written by Rogen, Goldberg and Jason Stone. The film stars Rogen, Creator/JamesFranco, Creator/JonahHill, Creator/JayBaruchel, Creator/DannyMcBride, Creator/CraigRobinson, Creator/MichaelCera, and Creator/EmmaWatson as fictional versions of themselves in the aftermath of a global apocalypse.

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''This Is the End'' is 2013 {{black comedy}}/action film directed by Evan Goldberg and Creator/SethRogen, and written by Rogen, Goldberg and Jason Stone. The film stars Rogen, Creator/JamesFranco, Creator/JonahHill, Creator/JayBaruchel, Creator/DannyMcBride, Creator/CraigRobinson, Creator/MichaelCera, and Creator/EmmaWatson Creator/CraigRobinson as fictional fictionalized versions of themselves in the aftermath of a global apocalypse.
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** They managed to have one scene of Creator/JonahHill, Creator/MichaelCera and Christopher Mintz-Plasse [[Film/{{Superbad}} together.]] Same goes for [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon Baruchel, Hill, and Mintz-Plasse]].

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** They managed to have one scene of Creator/JonahHill, Creator/MichaelCera and Christopher Mintz-Plasse Creator/ChristopherMintzPlasse [[Film/{{Superbad}} together.]] Same goes for [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon Baruchel, Hill, and Mintz-Plasse]].
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''This Is the End'' is an action/dark comedy film directed by Evan Goldberg and Creator/SethRogen, and written by Rogen, Goldberg and Jason Stone. The film stars Creator/JamesFranco, Creator/JonahHill, Creator/SethRogen, Creator/JayBaruchel, Creator/DannyMcBride, and Creator/CraigRobinson as fictional versions of themselves in the aftermath of a global apocalypse.

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''This Is the End'' is an action/dark comedy 2013 {{black comedy}}/action film directed by Evan Goldberg and Creator/SethRogen, and written by Rogen, Goldberg and Jason Stone. The film stars Rogen, Creator/JamesFranco, Creator/JonahHill, Creator/SethRogen, Creator/JayBaruchel, Creator/DannyMcBride, Creator/CraigRobinson, Creator/MichaelCera, and Creator/CraigRobinson Creator/EmmaWatson as fictional versions of themselves in the aftermath of a global apocalypse.
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* WorldOfJerkass: The Apocalypse creates a literal example of this as all the kind-hearted people get transported into Heaven through blue beams and the ones remaining on Earth are the ones who continue to do selfish petty things.

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* WorldOfJerkass: The Apocalypse creates a literal example of this as all the kind-hearted people get transported into Heaven through blue beams and the ones remaining on Earth are the ones who continue to do selfish selfish, petty things.
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* WorldOfJerkass: The Apocalypse creates a literal example of this as all the kind-hearted people get transported into Heaven through blue beams and the ones remaining on Earth are the ones who continue to do selfish petty things.
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* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:With the exceptions of Craig Robinson, Jay Baruchel and Seth Rogen]], no character at this point makes it out alive.
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