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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Paul is a pacifist, but he learned to use guns during his younger years as a combat medic in the Korean War. And it shows.

* [[Big No]]: Freddie Flakes' last words before being blown up and burned to death by a remote controlled soccer ball, controlled by Paul in ''Death Wish V'':

'''Freddie''': "Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!" [Paul detonates the soccer ball] }}

* [[Cartwright Curse]]: One of the series' most notorious traits. See [[Disposable Woman]] entry below. About the only woman close to Kersey who DOESN'T end up dead is his girlfriend in the second film and even then, she leaves him after finding out that he's a vigilante.

* [[Pop Star Composer]]: [[Led Zeppelin|Jimmy Page]] did the score for the second film.

* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]: ''From Death Wish II'':

'''Paul Kersey:''' Well, you're gonna meet him. }}

** And from ''4'':

'''Paul Kersey:''' Death. }}

* [[Rape as Drama]]: Kersey's daughter was raped and his wife was killed, all for drama and motivation. Also the rape/murder is played for [[Gratuitous Rape|exploitation turn-on]], which makes all of the subsequent action seem more than a bit hypocritical. Paul's daughter is raped again during the second film (along with Kersey's housekeeper), and in the third film, Maria, one of Kersey's friends, is raped and killed despite Kersey's best efforts to protect her.