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* BeamMeUpScotty: An interesting case with the series' {{Leitmotif}}. [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Different spelling aside]], the actual sentence "Hello Zepp" is ''never'' said in the series. The first film's tape from which the leitmotif's name derives actually says "Hello, Mr. Hindle, or as they called you around the hospital, Zep". It gets closer later in the FlashbackMontageRealization, when we hear Jigsaw's voice saying "Hello" followed by the names of everyone who got a tape, actually ending with "Zep" rather than "Mr. Hindle", but there are still quite a few names in-between.

* DoorClosesEnding: Several of the films, three times using the same room.

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: A significant chunk of the franchise takes place over what is, in-universe, just a few days. ''Saw III'' and ''Saw IV'' take place simultaneously, ''Saw V'' starts during the events of ''Saw IV,'' ''Saw VI'' starts just minutes after the events of ''Saw V'' and ''Saw 3D'' starts during the events of ''Saw VI.'' While there are time jumps in these films, they are only a few hours at most, not days or weeks.

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: A significant chunk of the franchise takes place over what is, in-universe, just a few days. ''Saw III'' and ''Saw IV''' take place simultaneously, ''Saw V'' starts during the events of ''Saw IV,'' Saw VI'' starts just minutes after the events of ''Saw V'' and ''Saw 3D'' starts during the events of ''Saw VI.'' While there are time jumps in these films, they are only a few hours, not days or weeks.

** ''Saw X'' initially has John back in the position, but he's quickly overtook by [[spoiler: Cecilia, who turns out to be much worse than him.]]

** Combined with a SequencingDeception in ''Saw II''. Amanda is set up to be the FinalGirl of the Nerve Gas House to Daniel's FinalBoy, with Eric seemingly coming to find and rescue them. By the time Eric enters were Amanda and Daniel were last seen, however, it turns out that their presence was at different times, and Eric is promptly anesthetized and locked by Amanda, who reveals herself as Jigsaw's protége at the house.

** ''Film/SawX'': [[spoiler: Valentina would have no chance of cutting off her leg like she did using a Gigli saw in the Bone Marrow Trap.]] Not only is the human femur stronger than concrete, but right next to it is the femoral artery, one of the human body's most vital blood vessels. [[spoiler: Even if she managed to cut it off within the time limit, tourniquet or not, severing that artery would guarantee she'd bleed to death either way.]]

* ArtifactTitle: The series' {{Leitmotif}} of "Hello Zepp" is named after the first words from Zep's tape, which plays in the climax of the [[Film/SawI first film]] (with the addition of a pun on the name of Jazz band Zapp, hence the second "p" letter in "Zepp"). The various renditions played from ''Film/SawII'' to ''[[Film/SawIV IV]]'' had different titles ("Hello Eric", "Final Test", "Let Go") in accordance to something that happens or is said in the respective endings where they play, but the ones from ''Film/SawV'' onwards are simply named "Zepp (film number)" in spite of the climaxes/endings lacking any relation to Zep or his tape.