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* DaylightHorror: The CreepyDoll (see above) only appears to terrorize Linux during the daytime.
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* StupidStatementDanceMix: By mrSimon34. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv9R2v6Rk7Y Enjoy!]]
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* AlanSmithee: For unknown reasons, Kyanka and Bowen both opted to have their screenwriting credits removed. As a result, the script is credited to the pseudonym "Nobody Really".

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* AlanSmithee: AlanSmithee[[invoked]]: For unknown reasons, Kyanka and Bowen both opted to have their screenwriting credits removed. As a result, the script is credited to the pseudonym "Nobody Really".

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: There's a roll of paper towels seen on a living room coffee table at the beginning, which foreshadows [[spoiler: the terrorist (or "towelhead")]] at the end.
** Additionally, his description to the police of "being terrorized by a horrible doll" foretells the nature of the house itself.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
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There's a roll of paper towels seen on a living room coffee table at the beginning, which foreshadows [[spoiler: the terrorist (or "towelhead")]] at the end.
** Additionally, his Reginald's description to the police of "being terrorized by a horrible doll" foretells the nature of the house itself.
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** Additionally, his description to the police of "being terrorized by a horrible doll" foretells the nature of the house itself.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: [[spoiler:The terrorist/Officer Cop initially seems human, but the abilities he shows after revealing his true nature imply he’s some sort of supernatural entity.]]


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* DetectiveMole: [[spoiler:Officer Cop is revealed to be a terrorist working to force Reginald to leave the house for his won sinister ends.]]


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* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler:The terrorist.]]
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* SanitySlippage:
** Linux starts to go mad from the Doll’s harassment, [[spoiler:though he recovers somewhat after their “gentleman’s agreement.”]]
** [[spoiler:The terrorist also loses it after failing to convince Linux to leave the Doom House, though this could just be him dropping his helpful facade.]]


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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:The terrorist, after failing to get Linux to move from the Doom House, completely drops the helpful facade and flat-out tries to murder him while cackling and ranting to himself.]]
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* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:The ultimate fate of the terrorist is to be trapped within the basement of the Doom House, bored out of his mind.]]

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Sorry, that's just not an example of that trope, even when this is written tongue-in-cheek.


* BigDamnHeroes: After [[spoiler: the terrorist reveals himself]], Reginald P. Linux [[spoiler: and the doll]] promptly unite and deliver a swift attack bookended by [[PreMortemOneLiner Pre-Mortem]] and [[BondOneLiner Bond One-Liners]] to defeat him.
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** There is also a ShoutOut to ''{{Cubivore}}'', as evidenced by actor Rich Kyanka's shirt.

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** There is also a ShoutOut to ''{{Cubivore}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Cubivore}}'', as evidenced by actor Rich Kyanka's shirt.
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--> --OpeningNarration

'''''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeBjr8Bm_wA Doom House]]''''' is a 2003 short film directed by and starring the filmmaking power duo of Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka and Kevin "Fragmaster" Bowen of ''Website/SomethingAwful''.

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--> --OpeningNarration

'''''[[http://www.
-->-- OpeningMonologue

''[[http://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=SeBjr8Bm_wA Doom House]]''''' House]]'' is a 2003 short film directed by and starring the filmmaking power duo of Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka and Kevin "Fragmaster" Bowen of ''Website/SomethingAwful''.



* [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Be Careful What You Dream For]]: {{Invoked|Trope}}. At the beginning of the movie, when Reginald informs the audience of his ambition to move into his dream house in his OpeningNarration, he is still quick to remember to be wary of this important life lesson, as told to him by a philosopher.

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* [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Be Careful What You Dream For]]: {{Invoked|Trope}}. At the beginning of the movie, when Reginald informs the audience of his ambition to move into his dream house in his OpeningNarration, OpeningMonologue, he is still quick to remember to be wary of this important life lesson, as told to him by a philosopher.



* DarkAndTroubledPast: The OpeningNarration reveals that Reginald's wife died some time back. It also reveals that he's been feeling depressed because of it ever since.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: The OpeningNarration OpeningMonologue reveals that Reginald's wife died some time back. It also reveals that he's been feeling depressed because of it ever since.
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'''''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeBjr8Bm_wA Doom House]]''''' is a 2003 short film directed by and starring the filmmaking power duo of Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka and Kevin "Fragmaster" Bowen of ''SomethingAwful''.

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'''''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeBjr8Bm_wA Doom House]]''''' is a 2003 short film directed by and starring the filmmaking power duo of Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka and Kevin "Fragmaster" Bowen of ''SomethingAwful''.
''Website/SomethingAwful''.
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* RedHerringSuspect: [[spoiler: Throughout most of the story, we are led to believe that Linux is being terrorized by a horrible doll, only to learn that he is, in fact, being terrorized by a terrorist.]]

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* RedHerringSuspect: RedHerring: [[spoiler: Throughout most of the story, we are led to believe that Linux is being terrorized by a horrible doll, only to learn that he is, in fact, being terrorized by a terrorist.]]
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* StylisticSuck
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Narm = YMMV


* BigWhy: Reginald shouts this, in the {{Narm}}iest way possible, after finding the cursed doll in his bed.

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* BigWhy: Reginald shouts this, in the {{Narm}}iest way possible, this after finding the cursed doll in his bed.
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* BigWhy: Reginald shouts this, in the {{Narm}}iest way possible, after finding the cursed doll in his bed.
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* StylisticSuck: [[BlatantLies Definitely not in this film. I'm not even sure why I put this trope here.]]

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* StylisticSuck: [[BlatantLies Definitely not in this film. I'm not even sure why I put this trope here.]]StylisticSuck
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can i do this

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* StylisticSuck: [[BlatantLies Definitely not in this film. I'm not even sure why I put this trope here.]]

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The smash success of ''Doom House'' led to a {{sequel}}, '''''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvbbrolCuNk Mood House]]''''', with OppositeDay dialogue as well as the order of the sequence of events and the roles played by the actors reversed, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmmM7G-8y_Q an anime series in Japan.]]

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The smash success of ''Doom House'' led to a {{sequel}}, '''''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvbbrolCuNk Mood House]]''''', with OppositeDay dialogue as well as the order of the sequence of events and the roles played by the actors reversed, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmmM7G-8y_Q an anime series in Japan.]]
Japan]].



* BigDamnHeroes: After [[spoiler: the terrorist reveals himself]], Reginald P. Linux [[spoiler: and the doll]] promptly unite and deliver a swift attack bookended by [[PreMortemOneLiner Pre-]] and {{Post Mortem One Liner}}s to defeat him.

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* BigDamnHeroes: After [[spoiler: the terrorist reveals himself]], Reginald P. Linux [[spoiler: and the doll]] promptly unite and deliver a swift attack bookended by [[PreMortemOneLiner Pre-]] Pre-Mortem]] and {{Post Mortem One Liner}}s [[BondOneLiner Bond One-Liners]] to defeat him.him.
* BondOneLiner: "Now you're inside my basement... [[spoiler: and out of my mind.]]"



* ClingyMacguffin: The house seems to be mostly haunted by an "odd-looking figurine" that always appears near Linux even after he grinds it up in the garbage disposal. It's explained as being "part of the Doom House mystique".

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* ClingyMacguffin: ClingyMacGuffin: The house seems to be mostly haunted by an "odd-looking figurine" that always appears near Linux even after he grinds it up in the garbage disposal. It's explained as being "part of the Doom House mystique".



* TheDeterminator: No matter how much Reginald is terrorized by the evil of the doom house or advised by the police officer to leave the residence, he is determined to stay there and is eventually able to work out a gentleman's agreement with the house's horrors.

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* TheDeterminator: {{Determinator}}: No matter how much Reginald is terrorized by the evil of the doom house or advised by the police officer to leave the residence, he is determined to stay there and is eventually able to work out a gentleman's agreement with the house's horrors.



* PostMortemOneLiner: "Now you're inside my basement... [[spoiler: and out of my mind]]."



* SecurityBlanket: At one point, Reginald is wrapped in one [[spoiler: which he then symbolically casts off after the terrorist is defeated to convey that he no longer fears for his life inside the doom house.]]

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* SecurityBlanket: At one point, Reginald is wrapped in one [[spoiler: which he then symbolically casts off after the terrorist is defeated to convey that he no longer fears for his life inside the doom house.]]house]].
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* FootFocus: Officer Cop is barefoot throughout the movie. There's also a closeup of his feet walking up to the front door of the Doom House.
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* NoodleImplements: [[spoiler: The terrorist]] needs [[spoiler: a doggy gate and a dustpan]] to carry out his plans, but it's not made clear what part they play in those plans.

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* NoodleImplements: [[spoiler: The terrorist]] needs [[spoiler: a doggy baby gate and a dustpan]] to carry out his plans, but it's not made clear what part they play in those plans.
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* NothingIsScarier: What WAS that thing that quickly ambled up to Reginald's house at night? We'll never know... and that just makes it worse.
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* EvilSoundsDeep: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] by [[spoiler: The terrorist]] but that doesn't make it any less menacing.



* {{Narm}}: {{Invoked|Trope}}.
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* ShoutOut
** In an early scene, Linux is seen reading Barry Glassner's ''Fear'', which is intended to be a {{Foreshadowing}} of the fear that will soon find its way into the heart of Reginald P. Linux.
** There is also a ShoutOut to ''{{Cubivore}}'', as evidenced by actor Rich Kyanka's shirt.



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I\'ll move this to the trivia page, if only because it\'s not IN \'\'Doom House\'\' itself.


* YoutubePoop: One can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqx6w1Qhsbs here.]]

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* YoutubePoop: One can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqx6w1Qhsbs here.]]
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* LittleNo: Reginald does this [[RuleOfThree three times]] when he sees the doll again after having just escaped its wrath from the bedroom.

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* LittleNo: Reginald does this [[RuleOfThree three times]] four times when he sees the doll again after having just escaped its wrath from the bedroom.
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* StupidStatementDanceMix: By mrSimon34. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv9R2v6Rk7Y Enjoy!]]
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* YoutubePoop: One can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqx6w1Qhsbs&lcor=1&lc=PjiKYt7SUapEqKqf7Maz8_tWbz99oV_A5phBTo1eadw&lch=email&feature=em-comment_received here.]]

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* YoutubePoop: One can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqx6w1Qhsbs&lcor=1&lc=PjiKYt7SUapEqKqf7Maz8_tWbz99oV_A5phBTo1eadw&lch=email&feature=em-comment_received com/watch?v=wqx6w1Qhsbs here.]]
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* YoutubePoop: One can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqx6w1Qhsbs&lcor=1&lc=PjiKYt7SUapEqKqf7Maz8_tWbz99oV_A5phBTo1eadw&lch=email&feature=em-comment_received here.]]

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