Scream (1996 film)/WMG

Randy
He is a far too popular and likeable character, and other fans have been pleading for  It could even be seen as a bit of Fridge Brilliance if the   because the entire purpose of Scream 4 (the first in a new trilogy) is to subvert many events of the first film. For example: The aformentioned Fridge Brilliance would come into play in the recently announced Scream 5, having Randy  in the second film of the new trilogy as a mirror to  Whaddya think?
 * Jill is the new Sidney,
 * Charlie is the new Randy,  and
 * This troper thought Robbie was the new Randy, their initials are even the same (Randy Meeks, Robbie Mercer)
 * Robbie seemed like the new Randy, but at the end
 * But
 * True
 * Trevor is the new Billy,  etc...
 * And just for the record, this wouldn't be a  for the last little while.
 * Not only do we see him getting stabbed and killed, we also see that his throat's been slit.  He's dead. It's like saying  Now those characters may have survived.
 * Yeah, but it's just wishful thinking.
 * That I get, I'm still in wishful denial that
 * Yeah, but it's especially sad when the characters that are in more than one movie are

The Scream films exist in the View Askewniverse, which is also the real world
How else would the Jay and Silent Bob cameo in Scream 3 make any sense?
 * Or the scene in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back where they walk onto the set of Stab 4, which is being directed by Wes Craven.
 * That would make sense because, as stated in Scream 4, only the first 3 Stab movies are based in fact, and the series apparently went downhill after that. (It would explain why the killer in Stab 4 was
 * Maybe the director`s assistant for the Bluntman & Chronic movie (played by Jamie Kennedy) was actually Randy Meeks, having . (I refer you to the first WMG on this page.) It would explain why he is so meek, timid, and jittery . But it would also show that he is working his way up in Hollywood from lowly director's assistant to an actual director, eventually.

Stu's

 * Early in the movie Randy has a quick line where he says that Casey dumped Stu for Steve. Stu says that he dumped her for Tatum. So if he was.
 * Well, that and peer pressure. He was very sensitive.

The true Ghostface is an old man who teaches teenagers how to become serial killers

 * Well, that was kind of used as the  to start the original murders.
 * Yeah but he seemed a bit unstable to be a puppet master type villain.
 * This would account for the change in the Ghostface voice (assuming the voice is the old man's, rather than the actual killer's), which was caused by Roger L. Jackson's real-life voice change (due to aging), but was never addressed in-universe.

Dewey and Gale will not appear in Scream 5

 * It's just a thought, but they really don't have much of a place in the franchise anymore. They, and they  , but their plotline has now been completely resolved. It's like when they removed Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Carribean 4, there is no need to have them in future sequels, it's the same for Dewey and Gale. Not saying that they should be killed off, just Put on a Bus. Let's say that they moved to another country to get as far as possible from any more killings. This, in turn will allow more new characters to have more screen time in the fifth and sixth films.
 * This troper seconds this.

Scream 5 is going to have a blatant joke about sequel numbers

 * The joke is probably going to be Stab (some ridiculously big number) or Stab (followed by some Colon Cancer )
 * Alternatively, the 5th and 6th movies might be titled 5cream and S6ream.

Dewey killed Stone The Bodyguard.
Ok hear me out here. Though Stone had some defining moments like catching Gale eavesdropping and fighting Ghostface to the death, he was a complete and utter dick to Dewey, treating him with disrespect despite Dewey surviving twice up to the events of Scream 3. During his death scene, he was snooping around Dewey's trailer, and even stole pocket change from him while on the phone with presumably Dewey. To top it off, he made a remark about Dewey's sister's death which was seconds away from the killer's Kruger style one liner. ("That Makes me *Stab* ANGRY!!!) Last but not least, he approached the group and pointed at Dewey before collapsing dead. I am not saying Dewey was the killer for all of Scream 3, but he used the ensuing chaos to his advantage to get even with Stone.
 * But remember, Dewey was in the house with Gale and Jennifer the entire time, that's how the audience is supposed to know that it's not Dewey on the phone with Steven Stone.

Scream 5 is going to seemingly kill off Sidney, only to bring her back for the finale of Scream 6.
Search your hearts, you know it to be awesome.

Ghostface really is a ghost.
He possesses people and motivates them to kill. As for possessing multiple people at once, either he's one ghost that can split up or many ghosts that can form into one collective.

If Sidney is in the next movie, she is going to kill herself
Sidney can't possibly stay sane after all of that.

Scream 5 really will involve Time Travel.
One of the characters in Scream 4 mentioned that Stab 5 involved time travel, which is possible foreshadowing of the sequel. It won't be the standard time travel, though. Instead, we'll have flashbacks of Sidney's mom trying to escape from a killer (maybe Billy and Stu), and at the same time, have Sidney running from the same killer and trying to figure out his identity.

Ghostface as the Seven Deadly Sins

 * Pride: Jill
 * Wrath: Mrs. Loomis
 * Lust: Billy
 * Greed: Mickey
 * Gluttony: Stu
 * Envy: Roman
 * Sloth: Charlie
 * I always thought Jill was envy.
 * probably, but Roman was envious of Sid before she was famous and truly wanted to kill her.

Stu is still alive.
He was electrocuted I know, but take horror movie physics away and you got the odds of surviving an electrocution. Not to mention after the TV stopped shocking him he made a moan before passing out. It sounded like a faint sign of life.

The entire Scream universe horror follows movie rules in a cosmic setting.
This isn't just to be one step ahead of the killer, this universe is cursed to live as an eternal horror movie. This not only includes the rules Randy and others mentioned throughout the films but ones they never mentioned: 1. As long as the heroine/scream queen lives, someone will always try to kill her. 2. Every killer has to wear the titular costume. 3. No matter what their motive is, it will always lead back to why the Heroine has to die in order for them to succeed. 4. If there is more than one killer throughout the series, they will always pay tribute to their predecessor while adding their own style to the mix. 5. No matter how much the Heroine succeeds, she will always lose someone, or something she cares about. 6. Only the scream queen can kill the killer.

While these rules are mostly set in stone, the characters on both the protagonist and antagonist ends of the curve strive to change them in some way. Such as Sidney surviving despite not being a virgin.