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[[File:saw-doll-tv_8817.jpg|frame]]{{smallcaps|Hello, troper.}}
'''I wrote this note as an... insurance policy, of sorts. If you are reading this, it is because, while adding tropes to the main page of my films, you added... a ''[[Subjective Trope]]''.'''
'''You knew full well the consequences of doing so, yet you put the trope on the main page anyways, foolhardy in your beliefs as to how widespread your opinion was.'''
'''Well now you have one last shot at redemption. Below is a partial listing, started by those who came before and made the same grave mistake as you, of subjective tropes found in my films. If you wish to escape your predicament, you must complete this list, before [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped|that anvil drops]]. It is closer now, troper, but luckily for you, there are fewer subjective tropes than tropes that belong on the main page.'''
'''And remember, troper, [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on any of these tropes; if you do not take into account the opinions of those who disagree with you while adding examples, you will not succeed.'''
'''Your opinions brought you here, and now you must put them on display for all to see if you wish to escape with your life.'''
'''Live or die, troper.'''
'''Make your tropes.'''
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* [[Badass Decay]]: Jill Tuck in ''Saw 3D''. In ''Saw VI'', she [[Took a Level in Badass]] and {{spoiler|placed an upgraded Reverse Bear Trap on Hoffman, and then leaves him to die without any sign of remorse.}} After her plan fails, her badassness immediately goes away and she willingly puts herself under Witness Protection and spends most of the movie sitting at a safe house or in a jail cell. But the worst part was at the end where {{spoiler|she literally starts ''screaming and wailing for help at the top of her lungs'' when Hoffman finds her in her cell}}.
* [[Broken Base]]: After ''Saw III'' hit the screens, THE ENTIRE FUCKING FANBASE argued about it. Online and off. History repeated itself with the final movie, ''Saw 3D''.
* [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch]]: Many film critics have expressed their disdain for the ''Saw'' series, but at least they watched a couple of installments. Not Entertainment Weekly's Lisa Schwartzbaum, who wrote [https://web.archive.org/web/20110908212819/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20047386,00.html not one] but [http://insidemovies.ew.com/2009/10/26/saw-i-cant-stand-to-see-ithavent-seen-it-is-that-okay/ two articles] about how much she loathes the ''Saw'' series, despite ''admitting'' that she never watched any of them. Normally, this would be grounds for serious attacks against a movie critic. After all, when even the beloved [[Roger Ebert]] wrote a review on ''Tru Loved'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20081018181430/http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/10/dont_read_me_first.html a movie he admitted walking out on eight minutes into the film], he got criticized for it until he watched the entire film and re-submitted the review. With Saw, [[Gorn|given the series' bloody reputation]], Schwartzbaum's opinion was mostly praised, since the dissenters only see the series as artistically bankrupt as a romance novel or actual porn; therefore, it doesn't deserve to even be recognized as a "film" ([[Fridge Logic|nevermind that this opinion could accurately describe many mindless action/rom-com/horror films]]).
* [[Continuity Porn]]: Much of the later films had flashbacks that explained details from previous films, such as how Jigsaw and his apprentices set up their "games". A large chunk of ''Saw V'' had this as it tried to retroactively fit Hoffman into the previous installments.
** In particular the "reverse bear trap", first appears on Amanda's head in the first film, then in the background in ''III'' and ''IV'', then plans can be seen for it in ''V'', then on {{spoiler|Hoffman}} at the end of ''VI'' and finally on {{spoiler|Jill}} in ''VII'' where {{spoiler|it finally goes off as John intended, and it looks awesome}}. Of course, {{spoiler|John never ''intended'' for it to go off at all.}}
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** Applies to Amanda in ''Saw III''. Also can describe Hoffman, at least until he goes [[Ax Crazy]].
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