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* [[Deadly Distant Finale]]: In each character's last appearance, Paul describes their eventual fate. Pretty much every major character in the book is covered.

* [[Death By Woman Scorned]]: Paul mentions that during his time, there was only one woman in the death row, who put up with years of her husband beating her, but when she found out that he's having an affair, she killed him right away.

* [[Deep South]]

* [[Dirty Coward]]: Percy. Emphasis on ''dirty''.

* [[Kick the Son of A Bitch]]: The prison guards do this to Percy ''a lot.''

* [[The Lancer]]: "Brutal" (although he also qualifies as a [[The Big Guy|Big Guy]].

* [[Let Them Die Happy]]: A basic rule of the care of the condemned, and another reason Percy's a [[Jerkass]] is that he broke the rule with a condemned ''in the chair''...

* [[Long Lived]]: {{spoiler|Paul and Mr. Jingles, as a result of being cured by John Coffey, wind up "cured" of everything for the rest of their lives. Functionally, this means they keep aging but are immune to everything that would eventually kill them. When Paul is telling the story, he's over 100, and Mr. Jingles - a freaking ''mouse,'' - is over 60. Paul considers it his [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|punishment]] for allowing Coffey to be executed.}} However, {{spoiler|Mr. Jingles}} does finally die, so the punishment will end someday.

** {{spoiler|Elaine}} pulls this as well.

* [[Serial Novel]]: A very rare latter 20th-century example.

* [[Significant Monogram]]: John Coffey.

* [[A Simple Plan]]: The entire scheme to {{spoiler|heal the Warden's wife, and the cover-up afterward}}.

* [[Sissy Villain]]: Percy.

* [[Survivors Guilt]]: Paul Edgecombe

* [[Team Pet]]: Steamboat Willy a.k.a Mr.Jingles.

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