Dead of Summer: Difference between revisions

* [[Does Not Know His Own Strength]]: Ed picks up a huge rock and throws it, crushing zombies... but causing a cave-in, which swiftly becomes a flood.

* [[Dreaming of Things to Come]]: Nick has this happen, but it's more like 'Dreaming Of Things Happening Now.'

* [[Evil Brit]]: One of the bad guys in Book 2 has a British accent. As expected, he's evil.

* [[Evil Chancellor]]: {{spoiler|Doug Fetterman.}} Though it's a slight subversion in that the other characters know he's evil.

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Averted. Zombie versions of some bands, both local and famous, appear in Book 1.

* [[Non-Action Big Bad]]: {{spoiler|Doug Fetterman}}. This ''may'' explain some of why he's evil; he didn't get any cool powers.

* [[Not-So-Harmless Villain]]: Alan. While not physically imposing {{spoiler|at first}}, he beats the tar out of a sympathetic character, and is revealed to have [[Sinister Surveillance]] almost everywhere, which lets him know a great deal of secrets. A crossing of the [[Moral Event Horizon]] later and it's hard to remember that he seemed wimpy at first. {{spoiler|Doug Fetterman}} and his lackeys have some of this too.

** More on {{spoiler|Fetterman}}. His two henchmen don't even get names, all three are portrayed as [[Large Ham|Large Hams]], and you figure they're no match for the good guys... Then they {{spoiler|assault Commander with a swarm of insects, fry KILROY'S brain and reformat him into a time bomb, and reveal that Panther is apparently [[Face Heel Turn|working for them]]. As Panther kills Dr. Light, [[Eye Scream|ripping out his eyes]]. And then you realize the extent of Fetterman's [[Xanatos Gambit]]}}.

* [[One-Hit Kill]]: Done to most zombies, as well as to {{spoiler|Panther's clone.}}

* [[Painful Transformation]]: {{spoiler|Alan and Lydia undergo this.}}

* [[Professor Guinea Pig]]: Alan is this, testing a potentially dangerous 'cure' for zombism on himself. {{spoiler|It turns him into a monster.}}

* [[Rage Against the Heavens]]: Alan does this, after {{spoiler|turning himself into a monster and Lydia into a zombie.}}

* [[Reckless Sidekick]]: Matt, due to his love of taking pictures. {{spoiler|Doesn't make his zombification and subsequent death any less sad.}}

* [[Shoot the Dog]]: Done to [[Zombie Infectee|Zombie Infectees]].

** Officer Len does it to himself after being bitten.

* [[Spontaneous Crowd Formation]]: At {{spoiler|Fetterman}}'s assembly, the crowd turns into an [[Angry Mob]]... which turns into a passive crowd again as the heroes step forward.

* [[Spot the Imposter]]: Averted. The deal with {{spoiler|Panther and his clone}} may ''seem'' to be leading into this, but it's over with one strike.

* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: {{spoiler|Ed, who returns in Book 2 at the last second}}.

* [[The Unfought]]: {{spoiler|Doug Fetterman}}. This makes his [[Never Found the Body|status unknown]], though he can be [[No One Could Survive That|presumed dead]].

* [[Wham! Episode]]: The ending of Book 1, as well as the introduction of {{spoiler|The Protomen}} in Book 2.

** In Book 2, there's the 'noctural activities' sequence, where good guys get [[Nightmare Fuel|horrific injuries]] inflicted upon them, bad guys set up their evil plans, and {{spoiler|Panther makes a [[Face Heel Turn]].}} {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|Or does he?]]}}

** Given that this is a [[Zombie Apocalypse]], we can presume they were [[Squick|eaten]].

* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: Explored with the character of Tito, who happens to be a monkey and, later, a zombie.