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''Army of Darkness'' is the most well-known (and quoted) film of the trilogy. Ash is transported back to Medieval Europe, where he finds out he can return to his own time -- if he can retrieve the Necronomicon first. Ash manages to find the book, but when he inevitably [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|screws up]] the retrieval, he's forced to train and help the [[Training the Peaceful Villagers|not-quite peaceful villagers]] he's placed in the path of an Army of Darkness.

 

 

[http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/07/13/sam-raimi-and-bruce-campbell-gear-up-for-evil-dead-remake/ A remake of the first movie] is in pre-production; Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, and Bruce Campbell are producers, while Diablo Cody is revising the script. Fede Alvarez, director of the short film ''Panic Attack!'', will be directing the remake. Jane Levy of ''[[Suburgatory]]'' fame has been cast as Mia, the remake's [[Expy]] of Ash.

* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: Lampshaded in ''Army of Darkness''.

{{quote|'''Good Ash:''' [shoulders his sawn-off] Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun. }}

{{quote|'''Good Ash:''' [same as above] I ain't ''that'' good.}}

* [[Black Blood]]: Along with all sorts of liquids the production staff used as blood, mostly to avoid an X-rating...

* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: Ash's tying down of Bad Ash so he can properly chop him up with the chainsaw. There is, however, no gloating.

** Really, it was more about preventing Bad Ash from hindering him down the road (and a reference to the first movie), but it's quite likely that Ash enjoyed having a Deadite at his mercy (or lack thereof).

* [[Daylight Horror]]: The ending to the first movie. A few scares at the beginning too.

* [[Dance Sensation]]: ''[[The Musical|Dooo the Necronomicon.]] [[Ear Worm|The Necronomicon.]]''

* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: Twice in ''Evil Dead.'' Jazz music from a possessed record player when Ash is in the cellar where blood starts leaking from everything. Cheerful, big-band music also begins playing over the end credits, and then begins to... slow.

* [[Stock Shout-Outs]]:

*** Well, they shouldn't, considering the line here is Klaatu Verata Nicto.

** In some of the movies the "Book of the Dead" is referred to as the [[H.P. Lovecraft|Necronomicon]] ex Mortis.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Cheryl, to some degree. The musical hangs a huge lampshade on this:

{{quote|'''Cheryl:''' Now, Mother always said when you hear a strange, frightening and potentially life-threatening ghostly chant coming from the dark woods, there's only one thing that you should do: ''not go wake the others and go investigate it alone!''}}

** Bruce Campbell himself actually took a level in badass during the filming of ''Evil Dead 2'', so he could be a better fit to the shotgun-wielding chainsaw-handed king of badasses that Ash would eventually become.

* [[Took a Level In Dumbass]]: Ash, in the [[Marvel Zombies]] crossover, is much more willing to hit on women and general has no idea what is going on.

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