The Omen: Difference between revisions

{{quote| ''When the Jews return to Zion and a comet rips the sky ''<br />

''And the Holy Roman Empire rises, then You and I must die. ''<br />

''From the eternal sea he rises, creating armies on either shore ''<br />

''Turning man against his brother 'til man exists no more. '' }}

* [[Animals Hate Him]]: Damien terrifies most animals. They either flee or attack him, and for good reason. The exceptions, of course, are his [[Hell Hound|guard dogs]].

* [[The Antichrist]]: Damien.

** Damien is a HIGHLY debatable example, as he never does anything evil in the first film directly, and its left ambiguous of how aware he is (and in the second film its retcon that he didn't know until he was about 13).

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Police in the UK (where the main character is ambassador) are not routinely armed. It would have taken much longer to mobalisemobilize SWAT (who are...)

* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|The first two movies, plus the remake.}}

** In the second film, one woman has her two eyes beaked by a raven, letting her completely blind and then making her getttinggetting hit by a truck. Talk about gruesome way to go.

* [[Good People Have Good Sex]]: Damien isn't very considerate of his partner in the third film, leaving her full bite- and scratchmarksscratch marks.

* [[Half the Man He Used To Be]]: The doctor in the second film who tests Damien's blood {{spoiler|and discovers he has ''jackal'' DNA}}.

** For anyone thatsthat's seen the film it's pretty much the first thing people think when they hear creepy latinLatin chanting in any medium.

* [[Prophecy Twist]]: ''The Final Conflict'' has Damien attempt to stop the second coming of Christ by killing any children born during the sign of his immanent return. This is to prevent "[[Anti Christ|the beasts]]" defeat to "[[The Messiah|the lamb]]" as predicted in [[The Bible|Revelations]] before he's even had a chance to face him. {{spoiler|Unfortunately for the forces of darkness, Jesus returns not as a mortal child but rather in his all-powerful divine form and proceeds to strike Damien down personally.}}

* [[Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome]]: The last guy from the first movie (played by Leo McKern)who knew Damien's secret is killed off in the opening minutes of ''Damien: The Omen II'', tying up a remaining loose end. {{spoiler|1=McKern is the ''only'' cast member to appear in more than one movie of the series.}}

* [[Sword Over Head]]: Despite the vicitimvictim being a {{spoiler|[[Crocodile Tears|crying]] [[Complete Monster|child]]}} the audience is likely screaming [[Kill Him Already|KILL HIM ALREADY !!!]].

* [[Trilogy Creep]]: The fourth film (this a one made-for-TV deal) involved the daughter of Damien and the antichrist's return to Earth. It tried to explore the world of ''[[The Omen]]'' more, but the film had a meandering plot with more holes than [[The Beatles|Blackburn, Lancashire]] and was quietly shunted into [[Canon Dis ContinuityDiscontinuity]].

** It also had the audacity to have a sequel hook. Seriously the third movie was called "The Final Conflict" and {{spoiler|the antichrist died infrontin front of the risen Jesus}} how could it have been more final?

* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: In the first film Damien puts on an impressive performance when faced with his demise. {{spoiler|And it works.}}

** Although he [[Wild Mass Guessing|might not have been putting on a performance]].

{{quote| ''Hi-Diddle-diddle, the cat and the fiddle''<br />

''The cow jumped over the moony''<br />

''Now take your poem; and go on ho-em''<br />

''Or I'll have you committed - you LOONY!'' }}

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