The Saga of Darren Shan: Difference between revisions

* [[The Spartan Way]]: Those who wish to become a Vampire General must take the Trials of Initiation, a series of five difficult, randomly-chosen tasks, each the day after the last (excepting holidays) where death is highly likely, and even survival without success results in execution. When Darren has to undergo the Trials to prove himself, he has to go through a flooding maze with a huge rock shackled to him, cross a cave filled with very sharp and brittle stalagmites and stalactites which drop at the slightest noise, spend 15 minutes in a metal chamber which randomly shoots spurts of flame, and fight two massive, rabid wild boars. They note that due to his youth and being only a half vampire, they actually removed the most difficult tasks from the roster.

* [[Trailers Always Lie]]: The trailers for [[The Movie]] imply that Crepsley just randomly asks Darren if he wants to be a vampire. "Dude, wanna be a vampire?" while in the actual movie Darren agrees to become one in exchange for saving Steve(part of the line survives, but it's part of a speech about the trials of being a vampire)

* [[Unable to Cry]]: Darren for a long time after the death of {{spoiler|Mr. Crepsley}}.

* [[Ungrateful Bastard]]: Steve, in spades.

* [[Vampire Vannabe]]: Steve. {{spoiler|When Mr. Crepsley [[Refused By the Call|refused him]], he goes... ''mad''.}}

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: {{spoiler|Kurda}}

* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?]]: Played straight.

* [[Xanatos Roulette]]: {{spoiler|The whole series of events was just a way for Des Tiny to create his idyllic dystopian future.}}