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* GenreShift: The story is in continuity with ''Hail to the King'', the previous ''Evil Dead'' game, but plays nothing like it, being a third-person action game instead of a classic SurvivalHorror in the ''ResidentEvil'' vein.

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* GenreShift: The story is in continuity with ''Hail to the King'', the previous ''Evil Dead'' game, but plays nothing like it, being a third-person action game instead of a classic SurvivalHorror in the ''ResidentEvil'' vein.''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''-style SurvivalHorror.
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* GenreShift: The story is in continuity with ''Hail to the King'', the previous ''Evil Dead'' game, but plays nothing like it, being a third-person action game instead of a classic SurvivalHorror in the ''ResidentEvil'' vein.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:At the end, it's revealed that Ash is imperial China after having botched the sealing spell after beating Trisha. The Evil then starts possessing the palace guards, leaving Ash to fight his way out.]]


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* FeedItABomb: How you beat the final boss.


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* VideoGameFlamethrowersSuck: Nicely averted with this one. It has good range and is incredibly strong. The only drawback is the limited ammo count.
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* HotScoop: Trisha Pettywood. [[spoiler:Before her Deadite Queen transformation, at least.]]
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Subverted when Ash travels back in time to the 17th century, meets his colonial-era ancestor, and explains how he's the man's descendant from the future and came back to fight a time-traveling army of demons. His ancestor immediately agrees to help, and when Ash skeptically remarks that he seems to be accepting the situation a little too easily, his ancestor responds that after a night of fighting demons from another dimension, he's ready to believe anything.

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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Subverted Averted when Ash travels back in time to the 17th century, meets his colonial-era ancestor, and explains how he's the man's descendant from the future and came back to fight a time-traveling army of demons. His ancestor immediately agrees to help, and when Ash skeptically remarks that he seems to be accepting the situation a little too easily, his ancestor responds that after a night of fighting demons from another dimension, he's ready to believe anything.
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The second licensed ''Franchise/EvilDead'' video game from 2003 for the PlayStation2 and {{Xbox}}, developed by VIS Entertainment and published by Creator/{{THQ}}.

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The second licensed ''Franchise/EvilDead'' video game from 2003 for the PlayStation2 UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and {{Xbox}}, UsefulNotes/XBox, developed by VIS Entertainment and published by Creator/{{THQ}}.
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The third licensed ''Franchise/EvilDead'' video game from 2003 for the PlayStation2 and {{Xbox}}, developed by VIS Entertainment and published by Creator/{{THQ}}.

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The third second licensed ''Franchise/EvilDead'' video game from 2003 for the PlayStation2 and {{Xbox}}, developed by VIS Entertainment and published by Creator/{{THQ}}.

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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Subverted when Ash travels back in time to the 17th century, meets his colonial-era ancestor, and explains how he's the man's descendant from the future and came back to fight a time-traveling army of demons. His ancestor immediately agrees to help and when Ash skeptically remarks that he seems to be accepting the situation a little too easily, his ancestor responds that after a night of fighting demons from another dimension, he's ready to believe anything.
* ArmCannon: In the Civil War era, Ash gets a [[GatlingGood Gatling gun]] for [[ArtificialLimbs his stump]].

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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Subverted when Ash travels back in time to the 17th century, meets his colonial-era ancestor, and explains how he's the man's descendant from the future and came back to fight a time-traveling army of demons. His ancestor immediately agrees to help help, and when Ash skeptically remarks that he seems to be accepting the situation a little too easily, his ancestor responds that after a night of fighting demons from another dimension, he's ready to believe anything.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Confederate troops never came anywhere near Michigan during the Civil War.
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ArmCannon: In the museum, Ash finds a fluid cannon for [[ArtificialLimbs his stump]] that coats enemies in gasoline, allowing them to be set on fire with one shot; it gets upgraded into a flamethrower during the colonial era. During the Civil War era, Ash also gets a [[GatlingGood Gatling gun]] for [[ArtificialLimbs to strap to his stump]].stump.



* DemonicPossession: Deadites are once again possessing humans. This time around, Ash can possess them too with a right spell.

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* DemonicPossession: Deadites are once again possessing humans. This time around, Ash can possess them too with a right spell.spell, complete with the famous [[ShakyPOVCam Raimi-cam]].



* HotScoop: Trisha Pettywood. [[spoiler:Before her Deadite Queen transformation, at least.]]



* IdenticalGrandson: Ash's colonial blacksmith ancestor looks and acts just like him.

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* IdenticalGrandson: Ash's colonial blacksmith ancestor looks and acts Civil War colonel ancestors look and act just like him.



* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:Both Dr. Eldridge and Trisha Pettywood. Dr. Eldridge pretends to be an AbsentMindedProfessor who's way out of his depth in studying the Necronomicon, while Trisha pretends to be a flirty, air-headed TV presenter. They're actually trying to use the Kandarian summoning stone to TakeOverTheWorld.]]
* OneWingedAngel: Nathaniel Payne, [[spoiler:Dr. Eldridge, and Trisha]] all transform into monsters before you fight them.



* TennisBoss: The museum boss can only be defeated by deflecting his fireballs back at him with a shovel.

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* TennisBoss: The museum Nathaniel Payne, the boss of the museum, can only be defeated by deflecting his fireballs back at him with a shovel.
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** One of Ash's {{Pre Asskicking One Liner}}s is "[[Series/HomeImprovement Tool time]]".

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** One of Ash's {{Pre Asskicking One Liner}}s {{pre asskicking one liner}}s is "[[Series/HomeImprovement Tool time]]".



* TauntButton: Pressing the designated taunt button gives one of the several recorded taunts and {{Pre Asskicking One Liner}}s.

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* TauntButton: Pressing the designated taunt button gives one of the several recorded taunts and {{Pre Asskicking One Liner}}s.{{pre asskicking one liner}}s.



* WhoDares: Ash discovers that Nathaniel Payne isn't exactle human anymore

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* WhoDares: Ash discovers that Nathaniel Payne isn't exactle exactly human anymoreanymore.
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* CrazyPrepared: At the end of the intro, it's revealed that Ash just happened to have brought his trusty [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter boomstick]] to the bar with him... which he promptly uses on the bartender when he is possessed.
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->''"[[ToMakeALongStoryShort To make a long story short]], I was sent to [[Film/EvilDead2 Hell and back again]]. [[Film/ArmyOfDarkness Then again]]. [[VideoGame/EvilDeadHailToTheKing And again]]...."''
-->-- '''Ash'''

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->''"[[ToMakeALongStoryShort [[quoteright:293:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evildead_fistfullofboomstick_4774.jpg]]
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To make a long story short]], I was sent to [[Film/EvilDead2 Hell and back again]]. [[Film/ArmyOfDarkness Then again]]. [[VideoGame/EvilDeadHailToTheKing And again]]...."''
-->-- '''Ash'''
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* EvilIsSexy: For some reason the Deadite hordes include spell-casting pale-skinned women wearing black latex bondage gear.


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* {{Stripperiffic}}: For some reason the Deadite hordes include spell-casting pale-skinned women wearing black latex bondage gear.
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* EvilIsSexy: For some reason the Deadite hordes include spell-casting pale-skinned women wearing black latex bondage gear.
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* BusCrash: The intro movie establishes that Jenny from ''VideoGame/EvilDeadHailToTheKing'' died at some point in the 10 years between ''Hail to the King'' and ''Fistful of Boomstick''. The cherry on the cake is that she died ''in a bus crash''.

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* BusCrash: The intro movie establishes that Jenny from ''VideoGame/EvilDeadHailToTheKing'' died at some point in the 10 years between ''Hail to the King'' and ''Fistful of Boomstick''.Boomstick'', though dialogue suggests it happened fairly recently. The cherry on the cake is that she died ''in a bus crash''.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: It turns out Trisha is the Deadite Queen, and the final boss. Small hints throughout the game seem to suggest that she was possessed by evil the whole time, or at least for most of the game, rather than just at the end.]]
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* BusCrash: The intro movie establishes that Jenny from ''VideoGame/EvilDeadHailToTheKing'' died at some point in the 10 years between ''Hail to the King'' and ''Fistful of Boomstick''. The cherry on the cake is that she died ''in a bus crash''.
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The game is based on the game engine of ''VideoGame/StateOfEmergency'', with very similar gameplay. Essentially it's a free-roaming beat-em-up with 360 degree aiming gunplay.
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* RunningGag: No matter what timeline Ash is in, Dearborn's local preacher ends up dying.
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After Necronomicon is read aloud in a local television program, Deadites are running amok in the small town of Dearborn, Michigan. It's once again up to Ash (Creator/BruceCampbell) to fix things up by killing every sorry-ass deadite in his way and even [[TimeTravel travelling through time]].

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After the Necronomicon is read aloud in a local television program, Deadites are running amok in the small town of Dearborn, Michigan. It's once again up to Ash (Creator/BruceCampbell) to fix things up by killing every sorry-ass deadite in his way and even [[TimeTravel travelling through time]].
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->''"[[ToMakeALongStoryShort To make a long story short]], I was sent to Hell and back again. Then again. And again...."''

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->''"[[ToMakeALongStoryShort To make a long story short]], I was sent to [[Film/EvilDead2 Hell and back again. again]]. [[Film/ArmyOfDarkness Then again. again]]. [[VideoGame/EvilDeadHailToTheKing And again....again]]...."''
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* TheJoyOfX: The subtitle of the game is modelled after ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars''.
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* ArmCannon: In the Civil War era, Ash gets a [[GatlingGood Gatling gun]] for his stump.

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* ArmCannon: In the Civil War era, Ash gets a [[GatlingGood Gatling gun]] for [[ArtificialLimbs his stump.stump]].
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* SilverHasMysticPowers: Upon the reawakening of the deadites, several votices materialize in Dearborn, and Ash must close them with bars of silver.

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* SilverHasMysticPowers: Upon the reawakening of the deadites, several votices vortices materialize in Dearborn, and Ash must close them with bars of silver.
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-->'''Ash:''' Uh... Hello? Anyone home?... I'm looking for a Nathaniel Payne... Nathaniel Payne? It's about the Kandarian summoning stone. You see, i need to borrow it for a while. Look, i'll bring it right back, ok?

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-->'''Ash:''' Uh... Hello? Anyone home?... I'm looking for a Nathaniel Payne... Nathaniel Payne? It's about the Kandarian summoning stone. You see, i I need to borrow it for a while. Look, i'll I'll bring it right back, ok?



-->'''Ash:''' Whoa... uh, hey if this is a bad time I can come back

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-->'''Ash:''' Whoa... uh, hey if this is a bad time I can come backback.



-->'''Ash:''' Aw, crap

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-->'''Ash:''' Aw, crap
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-->'''Payne:''' Who dares disturb my rest?
-->'''Ash:''' Whoa... uh, hey if this is a bad time i can come back

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-->'''Payne:''' Who dares to disturb my rest?
-->'''Ash:''' Whoa... uh, hey if this is a bad time i I can come back
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* MythologyGag: One Ash's taunts is "Ever read ''Literature/AFarewellToArms''? Well I wrote it", which is reference to a visual gag in ''Film/EvilDead2''.

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* MythologyGag: One of Ash's taunts is "Ever read ''Literature/AFarewellToArms''? Well I wrote it", which is reference to a visual gag in ''Film/EvilDead2''.
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->''"[[ToMakeALongStoryShort To make a long story short]], I was sent to Hell and back again. Then again. And again...."''
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* IdenticalGrandson: Ash's colocnial blacksmith ancestor looks and acts just like him.

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* IdenticalGrandson: Ash's colocnial colonial blacksmith ancestor looks and acts just like him.



* IncrediblyDurableEnemies: The enemies in the penultimate level, unless you use the falmethrower on them.

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* IncrediblyDurableEnemies: The enemies in the penultimate level, unless you use the falmethrower [[FireBreathingWeapon flamethrower]] on them.



** One of Ash's {{Pre Asskicking One Liner}}s is "[[Series/HomeImprovement Tool time]]".



-->'''Payne: No, this is the perfect time... for you to die!

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-->'''Payne: -->'''Payne:''' No, this is the perfect time... for you to die!
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The third licensed ''Franchise/EvilDead'' video game from 2005.

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The third licensed ''Franchise/EvilDead'' video game from 2005.
2003 for the PlayStation2 and {{Xbox}}, developed by VIS Entertainment and published by Creator/{{THQ}}.
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The third licensed ''Franchise/EvilDead'' video game from 2005.

After Necronomicon is read aloud in a local television program, Deadites are running amok in the small town of Dearborn, Michigan. It's once again up to Ash (Creator/BruceCampbell) to fix things up by killing every sorry-ass deadite in his way and even [[TimeTravel travelling through time]].

!!This game has the examples of:

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Subverted when Ash travels back in time to the 17th century, meets his colonial-era ancestor, and explains how he's the man's descendant from the future and came back to fight a time-traveling army of demons. His ancestor immediately agrees to help and when Ash skeptically remarks that he seems to be accepting the situation a little too easily, his ancestor responds that after a night of fighting demons from another dimension, he's ready to believe anything.
* ArmCannon: In the Civil War era, Ash gets a [[GatlingGood Gatling gun]] for his stump.
* ChainsawGood: Ash's trusty melee weapon, which must be collected from a lumberyard. Late in the game, he gets an upgraded one with extended guide bar and diamond-tipped cutting chain.
* ChivalrousPervert: Ash has hots for Trisha, and he isn't hiding it.
-->'''Trisha:''' Oh, Ash. How can I ever thank you?
-->'''Ash:''' Well. Have you ever seen a little movie called ''Deep Throat''?
-->'''Trisha:''' Ash, really.
-->'''Ash:''' What can I say? I'm a man. It gets lonely being humanity's savior again and again.
* DemonicPossession: Deadites are once again possessing humans. This time around, Ash can possess them too with a right spell.
* DrowningMySorrows: The story starts with Ash drinking in a bar due to the [[BusCrash death]] of Jenny from ''VideoGame/EvilDeadHailToTheKing''.
* EnemyMine: In UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar era of Dearborn, Ash must convince the two opposing sides to unite their forces against the Deadite threat.
* HowWeGotHere: The game is a recounting of events that Ash tells to an Asian man.
* IdenticalGrandson: Ash's colocnial blacksmith ancestor looks and acts just like him.
* IdleAnimation: There's a standard idle animations like Ash [[GunTwirling twirling his gun around]], but if left in one spot for an extended period of time, the camera would actually zoom in and swing around to face Ash head on, eliciting a "Um.... Hellooooo?" from our hero.
* IncrediblyDurableEnemies: The enemies in the penultimate level, unless you use the falmethrower on them.
* ItsQuietTooQuiet:
-->'''Ash:''' [It's quiet.] The "what the hell happens next" kind of quiet.
* MythologyGag: One Ash's taunts is "Ever read ''Literature/AFarewellToArms''? Well I wrote it", which is reference to a visual gag in ''Film/EvilDead2''.
* ShoutOut:
** The name of the television station [=KLA2=] is a reference to Klaatu from ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951''.
** The Mastercard commercial slogan gets referenced with this line:
-->'''Ash:''' Boomstick: $199.99, Shells: 39.99, Zombies heads blowing off: priceless.
* ShovelStrike: The very first melee weapon Ash acquires.
* SilverHasMysticPowers: Upon the reawakening of the deadites, several votices materialize in Dearborn, and Ash must close them with bars of silver.
* TauntButton: Pressing the designated taunt button gives one of the several recorded taunts and {{Pre Asskicking One Liner}}s.
* TennisBoss: The museum boss can only be defeated by deflecting his fireballs back at him with a shovel.
* WhoDares: Ash discovers that Nathaniel Payne isn't exactle human anymore
-->'''Ash:''' Uh... Hello? Anyone home?... I'm looking for a Nathaniel Payne... Nathaniel Payne? It's about the Kandarian summoning stone. You see, i need to borrow it for a while. Look, i'll bring it right back, ok?
-->'''Payne:''' Who dares disturb my rest?
-->'''Ash:''' Whoa... uh, hey if this is a bad time i can come back
-->'''Payne: No, this is the perfect time... for you to die!
-->'''Ash:''' Aw, crap

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