Line #11 VideoGame/EvilDeadAFistfulOfBoomstick


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2	[[caption-width-right:293:''"[[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]]...."'']]
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4	The second licensed ''Franchise/EvilDead'' video game from 2003 for the Platform/PlayStation2 and Platform/XBox, developed by VIS Entertainment and published by Creator/{{THQ}}.
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6	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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8	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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10	!!This game has the examples of:
11	* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:At the end, it's revealed that Ash is in feudal Japan after having botched the sealing spell after beating Trisha. The Evil then starts possessing the palace guards, leaving Ash to fight his way out.]]
12	* ArbitrarySkepticism: 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.
13	* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Confederate troops never came anywhere near Michigan during the Civil War.
14	* 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]] to strap to his stump.
15	* 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.]]
16	* 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'', though dialogue suggests it happened fairly recently. The cherry on the cake is that she died ''in a bus crash''.
17	* 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.
18	* ChivalrousPervert: Ash has hots for Trisha, and he isn't hiding it.
19	-->'''Trisha:''' Oh, Ash. How can I ever thank you?
20	-->'''Ash:''' Well. Have you ever seen a little movie called ''Deep Throat''?
21	-->'''Trisha:''' Ash, really.
22	-->'''Ash:''' What can I say? I'm a man. It gets lonely being humanity's savior again and again.
23	* 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.
24	* DemonicPossession: Deadites are once again possessing humans. This time around, Ash can possess them too with a right spell, complete with the famous [[ShakyPOVCam Raimi-cam]].
25	* DrowningMySorrows: The story starts with Ash drinking in a bar due to the [[BusCrash death]] of Jenny from ''VideoGame/EvilDeadHailToTheKing''.
26	* EnemyMine: In UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar era of Dearborn, Ash must convince the two opposing sides to unite their forces against the Deadite threat.
27	* FeedItABomb: How you beat the final boss.
28	* GenreShift: The story is in continuity with ''Hail to the King'', but plays nothing like it, being a third-person action game instead of a classic ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''-style SurvivalHorror.
29	* HowWeGotHere: The game is a recounting of events that Ash tells to an Asian man.
30	* IdenticalGrandson: Ash's colonial blacksmith and Civil War colonel ancestors look and act just like him.
31	* 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.
32	* IncrediblyDurableEnemies: The enemies in the penultimate level, unless you use the [[FireBreathingWeapon flamethrower]] on them.
33	* ItsQuietTooQuiet:
34	-->'''Ash:''' [It's quiet.] The "what the hell happens next" kind of quiet.
35	* TheJoyOfX: The subtitle of the game is modelled after ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars''.
36	* 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''.
37	* 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.]]
38	* OneWingedAngel: Nathaniel Payne, [[spoiler:Dr. Eldridge, and Trisha]] all transform into monsters before you fight them.
39	* RunningGag: No matter what timeline Ash is in, Dearborn's local preacher ends up dying.
40	* ShoutOut:
41	** The name of the television station [=KLA2=] is a reference to Klaatu from ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951''.
42	** The Mastercard commercial slogan gets referenced with this line:
43	-->'''Ash:''' Boomstick: $199.99, Shells: 39.99, Zombies heads blowing off: priceless.
44	** One of Ash's {{pre asskicking one liner}}s is "[[Series/HomeImprovement Tool time]]".
45	* ShovelStrike: The very first melee weapon Ash acquires.
46	* SilverHasMysticPowers: Upon the reawakening of the deadites, several vortices materialize in Dearborn, and Ash must close them with bars of silver.
47	* {{Stripperiffic}}: For some reason the Deadite hordes include spell-casting pale-skinned women wearing black latex bondage gear.
48	* TauntButton: Pressing the designated taunt button gives one of the several recorded taunts and {{pre asskicking one liner}}s.
49	* TennisBoss: Nathaniel Payne, the boss of the museum, can only be defeated by deflecting his fireballs back at him with a shovel.
50	* VideoGameFlamethrowersSuck: Nicely averted with this one. It has good range and is incredibly strong. The only drawback is the limited ammo count.
51	* WhoDares: Ash discovers that Nathaniel Payne isn't exactly human anymore.
52	-->'''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?
53	-->'''Payne:''' Who dares to disturb my rest?
54	-->'''Ash:''' Whoa... uh, hey if this is a bad time I can come back.
55	-->'''Payne:''' No, this is the perfect time... for you to die!
56	-->'''Ash:''' Aw, crap.
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