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Valentine
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One of the contemporary Slasher Movies that rode on the coattails of Scream (1996)'s success, e.g... I Know What You Did Last Summer.At a junior high school Valentine's Day prom in 1988, a bespectacled loser named Jeremy Melton asks several girls (Shelley, Lily, Paige and Kate) to dance, only to be cruelly shot down—except for the latter, who politely rejects him. Another girl, Dorothy, who at this stage is a little chubby, accepts his offer. But when some boys spot her and Melton making out, she claims he was assaulting her, prompting them to publicly strip and beat him, after which he is sent to a reform school.Thirteen years later, the girls are all grown up and played by Katherine Heigl, Jessica Cauffiel, Denise Richards, Marley Shelton and Jessica Capshaw respectively. They're now dealing with various boyfriend issues, and Dorothy has since slimmed down. As Valentine's Day approaches, they start receiving threatening Valentine's Day cards signed by "J.M." Then, a killer dressed in a black coat and cupid mask shows up and starts offing them one by one. Is it Melton, come back for revenge, or someone else?See also My Bloody Valentine, another Valentine's Day-themed slasher flick. | |
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Artistic License – Gun Safety | |
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Artistic License – Gun Safety: Justified in the climax because Kate is panicking and has never wielded a gun before, so she winds up aiming the gun at her head while fumbling with loading the magazine. | |
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After-Action Villain Analysis | |
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After-Action Villain Analysis: After Adam kills Dorothy for attacking Kate and they wait for the cops to arrive, Kate says she doesn't understand why Dorothy would kill. Adam thinks that Dorothy went mad after spending so many years being lonely. The scene also serves as a subtle Motive Rant since Adam (really Jeremy) started killing for the exact same reasons: he never got over the loneliness he felt or the False Rape Accusation he received until he started killing. | |
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Anyone Can Die | |
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Anyone Can Die: Given that this is a horror film, almost every named character who appears for more than a scene or two bites it. The only ones who don't are Kate, Adam (the film's Big Bad), Max, and Brian (who's Chained to a Bed, with wax poured on his penis). | |
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Rasputinian Death | |
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Rasputinian Death: Paige is thrown into a hot tub, stabbed several times with a running drill, then electrocuted when the killer drops the drill into the hot tub. | |
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You Can't Thwart Stage One | |
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You Can't Thwart Stage One: According to Blanks in an interview, the film is merely the second half of Jeremy's Roaring Rampage of Revenge. | |
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Twist Ending | |
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Twist Ending: Adam Carr is Jeremy Melton the killer. | |
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Railing Kill | |
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Railing Kill: After being hit by several arrows, Lily topples over a railing and falls into a dumpster. | |
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Underestimating Badassery | |
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Underestimating Badassery: When the ladies realize that Jeremy Melton must be the killer and that Dorothy lied about the dance, Paige tries to reassure her by saying "Jeremy Melton couldn't manage a water fountain without screwing up. I don't think he's capable of an intricate revenge plot." She proved to be wrong about that, dead wrong. | |
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Scare Chord | |
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Scare Chord: French horn and piano combo when Lily finds maggots in the chocolate gifted to her. Of the piano variety when Detective Vaughn's head is found in a pond. | |
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Soft Glass | |
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Soft Glass: Averted as Ruthie is visibly cut and bleeding after being thrown through a glass door by the killer. Played straight when Kate strikes Adam with a bottle; the bottle shatters but Adam doesn't have any cuts on his head from the shards and the only thing he's seen doing to treat the injury is holding an ice pack to his head while calling the cops. | |
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Death by Materialism | |
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Death by Materialism: Arguably for Campbell since the latest mark in his gold-digging schemes happens to have a target on her back and he winds up dead right after it's revealed he's been leading her on. | |
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The Stoic | |
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Adam (Superego), The Stoic who is trying to curb his alcoholic tendencies and repair his relationship with Kate. | |
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The Voice | |
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The Voice: Kate's landlord Murray, who's only heard via his answering machine when the water to Kate's apartment runs out. | |
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Calling Card | |
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Calling Card: The Cupid killer leaves valentines for his targets in red envelopes, signed J.M.. For the parents of one of his victims, he signs his name. | |
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In the Back | |
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When the killer comes for Campbell, he's first seen in the basement when the light flickers. As Campbell works the pilot light, an axe can be seen behind him. As Campbell finishes, the axe is gone. No points as to what happens next. | |
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Revealing Hug | |
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Revealing Hug: The final shot of the film where Kate falls asleep in Adam's arms and Adam's nose starts bleeding, revealing he's really Jeremy Melton and the real killer all along. | |
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Ambiguous Situation | |
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Ambiguous Situation: The ending. Did Jeremy/Adam decide to frame Dorothy at the last minute to throw Kate off the scent? Or did he intend to do it all along as payback for Dorothy framing him? | |
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Childhood Friends | |
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Childhood Friends: Kate, Paige, Lily, Shelley and Dorothy have been friends since at least middle school; Dorothy refers to them all having headgear and braces together. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
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Chekhov's Gun: Jeremy's nosebleed in the prologue, which keys the audience that he's been committing the murders. Kate's iron is given quite a bit of focus in the scene in her apartment when she forgets it's still on. The iron is later used to kill Gary. The electricity at Dorothy's mansion is rather unstable. This is first brought up when the light switch to the basement lets out a spark or two when Campbell attempts to turn on the lights when he goes to relight the pilot light to the heater. The power goes out again when Paige is electrocuted in a hot tub, but this time for the whole house. The power drill used to attack and electrocute Paige is seen in a pile of tools used by Campbell to fix the hot tub. | |
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Red Right Hand | |
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Red Right Hand: The killer's main physical trademark is his nose, which bleeds whenever he kills or experiences any strong emotion. | |
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Lightswitch Surprise | |
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Lightswitch Surprise: When Campbell goes into the basement to relight the furnace, the lights flicker several times. When the lights come back on, the Cupid killer is revealed to be standing in the passage several yards behind him. | |
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Girl Posse | |
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Girl Posse: The five main leads are a clique of girls who have been friends since at least middle school. Unlike most examples there are co-leads, Alpha Bitch Paige and Class Princess Kate, with Straw Loser Dorothy, Genki Girl Lily, and ambitious doctor-to-be Shelley rounding out the group. Ultimately it is the actions of Dorothy that spell doom for most of them. | |
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Bitch in Sheep's Clothing | |
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Campbell (Ego), the Bitch in Sheep's Clothing who appears devoted while leeching off of Dorothy. | |
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Emerging from the Shadows | |
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Emerging from the Shadows: Adam does this twice in the expanse of a few minutes during the finale, first while descending a spiral staircase when Kate comes back inside from finding Detective Vaughn's head and later from a darkened doorway after Kate finds Dorothy's room trashed. | |
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Once is Not Enough | |
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Once is Not Enough: Both Shelley and Ruthie are able to get a hit on the killer when he attacks them, but neither stays to press the advantage and this costs both of them dearly. | |
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Bland-Name Product | |
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Bland-Name Product: While researching Jeremy Melton, Kate can be seen consulting an "Interlink" browser, likely a reference to Windows' Internet Explorer. | |
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OffscreenVillainDarkMatter | |
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Offscreen Villain Dark Matter: How Jeremy got the funds to change his appearance and identity (gaining muscle, not needing glasses) before reinventing himself as Adam Carr. Unless he grew up to look like David Boreanaz. | |
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Cast as a Mask | |
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Cast as a Mask: Stuntman Marshall Virtue portrays the killer whenever they're onscreen, but another actor portrays them whenever they're unmasked. | |
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Frame-Up | |
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Frame-Up: After being cruelly rejected by Shelley, Lily, and Paige, Dorothy falsely accused Jeremy Melton of sexually assaulting her, leading him to be beaten by a gang of bullies, put into reform school and later a mental institution. It's been 13 years since that happened, and now he's back for revenge. | |
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The Bad Guy Wins | |
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The Bad Guy Wins: Adam Carr/Jeremy Melton kills everyone who had a hand in his False Rape Accusation, frames Dorothy (who was responsible for the initial false accusation) to cover his tracks, and patches things up with Kate. | |
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Misplaced Retribution | |
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Misplaced Retribution: Downplayed. Kate's friends definitely hurt Jeremy by framing him, but for some reason he doesn't target the Gang of Bullies who actually beat him. A version of the script mentions that the leader Joe Tulga died under mysterious circumstances, indicating that Jeremy had targeted at least some of them, but for some unknown reason this was dropped. Jamie Blanks the director later revealed in an interview that the bullies were already dead, indicating that Jeremy's revenge had already started. | |
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Apologetic Attacker | |
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Apologetic Attacker: Kate apologizes to Adam before kneeing him in the nuts. | |
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Geek Physiques | |
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Geek Physiques: The geeky Jeremy Melton was rather skinny in the opening scene; Paige describes him as 60 pounds soaking wet. He's a lot stronger and physically imposing in the present day. | |
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Everyone Is a Suspect | |
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Everyone Is a Suspect: Given that this film was made in the wake of Scream (1996) in the whodunit slasher mold, there's a cavalcade of figures surrounding the lead quintet of gals that have chances to be the suspect; to make matters even more difficult, they haven't seen the lead suspect, Jeremy Melton, in more than a decade so he could look like anyone they know. For example: Adam Carr, Kate's troubled boyfriend who is trying to curb his drinking problem. Campbell Morris, Dorothy's boyfriend who conveniently shows up as the killings start, whose last name is unknown, and is genuinely up to some shady stuff (he's a Con Man Gold Digger). Jason Marquette, a man who shares initials with the killer, had a Bad Date with Shelley early in the film, and leers at Kate and Paige at an art exhibit that serves as the site for the second murder. This isn't limited to the men; as Denise Richards states in an interview that there's a chance "[she] could be the killer"; true to form, halfway through the film Paige sneaks into Kate's apartment and surprises her with a Jump Scare after the killer was last seen in Kate's apartment. Dorothy is revealed to have a lot of resentment built up over the years over being the one member of the friend group who always had bad luck with guys. | |
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Create Your Own Villain | |
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Create Your Own Villain: Paige, Lily, and Shelley rejecting Jeremy at a middle school dance and Dorothy falsely accusing him of sexual assault (corroborated by the former three) is the primary reason why he hunts them in the present day. | |
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Disposing of a Body | |
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Disposing of a Body: The killer shoots Lily until she falls into a conveniently placed dumpster. By the end, nobody has found her. Presumably happens to Gary because nobody finds his body after he gets Bludgeoned to Death. | |
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Impromptu Tracheotomy | |
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When Ruthie gets thrown through a shower door, the camera focuses on a particular glass shard left behind so the audience knows exactly what's going to happen next. | |
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False Rape Accusation | |
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False Rape Accusation: The particular Frame-Up Dorothy pinned on Jeremy, kicking off the plot. | |
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Five-Second Foreshadowing | |
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Five-Second Foreshadowing: As Campbell bends down to relight the pilot light, an axe can be seen on a chopping block behind him. When he straightens up again, the axe is gone. Cue the killer swinging the axe into Campbell's back. When Ruthie gets thrown through a shower door, the camera focuses on a particular glass shard left behind so the audience knows exactly what's going to happen next. | |
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Actor Allusion | |
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Actor Allusion: Of David Boreanaz's character: "He's no angel." This wasn't the first time Jessica Cauffiel missed a flight to Los Angeles because her character was killed. Coincidentally, she's the second character to die in both films. | |
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Poetic Serial Killer | |
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Poetic Serial Killer: The Cupid killer seems to pattern the deaths of the friend group on how he was insulted. Specifically Lily, who said "Ew!", receives a box of maggot-infested chocolate and was later shot into a dumpster, while Paige, who said she'd "rather be boiled alive", is electrocuted in a hot tub. | |
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Bad Date | |
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Jason Marquette, a man who shares initials with the killer, had a Bad Date with Shelley early in the film, and leers at Kate and Paige at an art exhibit that serves as the site for the second murder. | |
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Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue... | |
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Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue...: | |
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Hair-Contrast Duo | |
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Hair-Contrast Duo: Kate (Blonde) and Paige (Brunette). They spend the most time around each other and though neither is particularly innocent, their personalities and interests contrast strongly: Kate is demure, kind, and levelheaded, willing to stick with one person while Paige is sexually forward, opinionated, and brash, having a reputation for sleeping with men she's known for less than an hour and never wanting to keep to one boyfriend. | |
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Blatant Lies | |
Valentine / int_40bb59d0 | comment |
Blatant Lies: Dorothy, screwing over Jeremy. | |
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Valentine / int_423f5a19 | type |
Killed Offscreen | |
Valentine / int_423f5a19 | comment |
Killed Offscreen: Dorothy's housekeeper Millie, who is the first casualty during the climactic party. Detective Vaughn is also decapitated off-screen during the party after Kate contacts him about Lily's death. His head is found floating in a fishpond by Kate. | |
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Valentine / int_44989f6f | type |
"Could Have Avoided This!" Plot | |
Valentine / int_44989f6f | comment |
"Could Have Avoided This!" Plot: If Dorothy had just told the truth and not claimed Jeremy had sexually assaulted her, he wouldn't have done what he did. | |
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Valentine / int_45398e01 | type |
Psycho Knife Nut | |
Valentine / int_45398e01 | comment |
Psycho Knife Nut: Whenever the killer doesn't have anything on hand to use, he defaults to carrying a kitchen knife. | |
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Valentine / int_471a505f | type |
Four Is Death | |
Valentine / int_471a505f | comment |
Four Is Death: Four girls framed Jeremy for rape. All four are dead by the end. Four guys bullied Jeremy and corroborated the girls; according to Jamie Blanks all four are dead. Reversed with Kate; she is the fourth girl Jeremy asked to dance and winds up surviving. | |
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Valentine / int_4720744e | type |
Cut Phone Lines | |
Valentine / int_4720744e | comment |
Cut Phone Lines: The killer does this at Dorothy's house at some point during the climax, forcing Kate to go on the offensive with a pistol. | |
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Valentine / int_4814d132 | type |
Big Fancy House | |
Valentine / int_4814d132 | comment |
Big Fancy House: Dorothy's father owns a large mansion that's big enough to host a large Valentine's Day Party and boasts a hot tub in a greenhouse, a sauna, and multiple shower rooms. The house winds up being the site of the last six deaths in the film. | |
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Valentine / int_4920f624 | type |
Hidden Villain | |
Valentine / int_4920f624 | comment |
Hidden Villain: Jeremy Melton is a zigzagged example. It's made pretty clear that he's the Cupid killer, but he's also unpersoned himself. So the main characters have to figure out which one of their social circle is his cover identity before he kills all of them, and even then it takes until the absolute final shot of the film to reveal it. | |
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Valentine / int_49fb5ccb | type |
Combat Pragmatist | |
Valentine / int_49fb5ccb | comment |
Combat Pragmatist: The Cupid killer very rarely attacks his victims head-on, preferring to ambush his quarry from behind, take advantage of disorienting environments such as the art exhibit, catch them in a compromising position, or use objects to distract them and lure them into an ambush point. On at least two occasions Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? is averted as well. | |
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Valentine / int_4c9d2176 | type |
Formerly Fat | |
Valentine / int_4c9d2176 | comment |
Formerly Fat: Dorothy was fat in school but has lost the weight as an adult. Deconstructed because she's still very insecure about not being as pretty or having an attractive personality like the others in middle school. | |
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Valentine / int_4de1a4f7 | type |
Improvised Weapon | |
Valentine / int_4de1a4f7 | comment |
Improvised Weapon: Aside from the knife, bow and arrow, and axe, the killer uses a bunch of everyday items such as an iron, the remnants of a shower door, and a power drill. He'll usually go for those first, then bring out the knife if he has nothing on hand. Ruthie uses a pool cue to fight off the killer, smashing it against his head and knocking him down. Shame she didn't hit him a few more times. | |
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Valentine / int_4e7c4536 | type |
Wham Line | |
Valentine / int_4e7c4536 | comment |
Wham Line: In-universe, Kate bumps into Max at Dorothy's party. When he tries to smooch her up, Kate rebuffs him, so he changes tact by asking about Lily. When Kate says that Lily is in L.A., Max replies, "Well sweetness, Lily is not in L.A." The final line of the film. After Adam calls the police, he and Kate sit down for a hug and declare they love each other. Adam adds on "I always have", which segues into the film's Wham Shot. | |
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Valentine / int_4e7f703c | type |
Wham Shot | |
Valentine / int_4e7f703c | comment |
Wham Shot: The Twist Ending. After Adam kills the killer, and then reveals that it's Dorothy, Kate apologizes for suspecting him and they hug, relieved that it's over. But since Kate's eyes are closed, she doesn't see Adam's nose start bleeding, which reveals to us that he was Jeremy all along, and just got away with multiple murders by setting up Dorothy to be his Fall Guy, just like she had with him all those years ago. | |
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Liar Revealed | |
Valentine / int_4ee61c1f | comment |
Liar Revealed: About halfway through the film after talking to Detective Vaughn, Dorothy admits to Kate and Paige that she lied about Jeremy assaulting her, meaning it's her fault that Jeremy is coming after them. Kate is dismayed that Dorothy would do something that horrible to someone, while Paige is somewhat dismissive of Jeremy Melton being a threat. | |
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Valentine / int_4fbc0887 | type |
Beneath the Mask | |
Valentine / int_4fbc0887 | comment |
Beneath the Mask: This appears to be a recurring theme among a number of the male characters, who are pretending to be cooler than they actually are. Campbell puts up the front of being an entrepreneur while he's really a Gold Digger, Gary pretends to Rhyme on a Dime to attract Kate, Max is a Small Name, Big Ego artist who thinks he's irresistible. Jeremy Melton's mask is perhaps the most insidious; he's a vengeful Serial Killer who puts up the front of a reporter and loving boyfriend (that part might be real) with a drinking problem. | |
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Valentine / int_4ff0627a | type |
Suspect Existence Failure | |
Valentine / int_4ff0627a | comment |
Suspect Existence Failure: Several of the Red Herring characters are victims in the middle of the film, such as Kate's stalker Gary and the Gold Digger Campbell. | |
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Valentine / int_5029c444 | type |
Audible Sharpness | |
Valentine / int_5029c444 | comment |
Audible Sharpness: When the killer draws his knife on Ruthie, the knife makes a *tzing* sound even though the weapon is only making contact with his coat. | |
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Valentine / int_502b147b | type |
Playing Drunk | |
Valentine / int_502b147b | comment |
Playing Drunk: Jeremy/Adam. While it's unclear how much he's been pulling this act over the years, he's definitely pretending to be drunk during the climax when he starts pounding drinks yet conducting coordinated attacks. | |
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Valentine / int_506bf16a | type |
Sex Signals Death | |
Valentine / int_506bf16a | comment |
Sex Signals Death: Downplayed. Dorothy and Campbell have sex and both die, but Jeremy would have killed Dorothy at some point or another to complete his revenge. | |
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Valentine / int_50b05d30 | type |
Disproportionate Retribution | |
Valentine / int_50b05d30 | comment |
Disproportionate Retribution: Treat the nerd like garbage, mock him when he asks you to dance, stand by and laugh as he gets beaten by bullies after a false sexual assault allegation, and corroborate the false allegation? He will come back for you later on and kill the lot of you. Beckett Broda, one of Lily's exes, sent her a computer virus. | |
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Valentine / int_52d1f46e | type |
Not What It Looks Like | |
Valentine / int_52d1f46e | comment |
Not What It Looks Like: Gary says this verbatim when the killer catches him stealing from Kate. It doesn't deter him in the slightest. | |
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Valentine / int_53224e46 | type |
Bookends | |
Valentine / int_53224e46 | comment |
Bookends: The film begins and ends with a Frame-Up job. | |
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Valentine / int_5473668f | type |
Logo Joke | |
Valentine / int_5473668f | comment |
Logo Joke: The Warner Bros. opening logo is tinted red, one of the main colors for Valentine's Day. | |
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Valentine / int_59f4d283 | type |
Ominous Music Box Tune | |
Valentine / int_59f4d283 | comment |
Ominous Music Box Tune: Jeremy Melton's Leitmotif is very reminiscent of a music box, with a series of discordant piano notes in the high register. The main theme (typically in a-minor) is most notably heard in the opening titles, every scene where the threatening Valentines are received, the scene where Dorothy reveals she lied about Jeremy, when a rose is revealed beside Paige while she sits in the hot tub, and the film's ending where it's revealed that Adam was Jeremy all along. | |
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Valentine / int_59f4d283 | |
Valentine / int_5b565147 | type |
Meaningful Background Event | |
Valentine / int_5b565147 | comment |
Meaningful Background Event: When the killer comes for Campbell, he's first seen in the basement when the light flickers. As Campbell works the pilot light, an axe can be seen behind him. As Campbell finishes, the axe is gone. No points as to what happens next. As Kate walks through the billiard room after finding Detective Vaughn's head, the viewer can see Adam descending a staircase behind Kate, which explains how he winds up behind her when he asks to dance. Adam has already knocked Dorothy out and put her in his costume. | |
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Valentine / int_5b565147 | |
Valentine / int_5be919ae | type |
Break-Up/Make-Up Scenario | |
Valentine / int_5be919ae | comment |
Break-Up/Make-Up Scenario: Much of Kate's plotline outside of her friends dropping like flies is trying again with her on-off boyfriend Adam. | |
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Valentine / int_5f410c2c | type |
Blood Is Squicker in Water | |
Valentine / int_5f410c2c | comment |
Blood Is Squicker in Water: When the killer stabs at Paige with a drill in the hot tub, he stabs her in the shoulder, turning the water red before throwing the drill inside to electrocute her. | |
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Valentine / int_5f410c2c | |
Valentine / int_606d1d0 | type |
Fallen Cupid | |
Valentine / int_606d1d0 | comment |
Fallen Cupid: The killer wears a cupid mask, leaves love letters for his victims and uses a bow and arrows to kill Lily. | |
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Valentine / int_61a503a7 | type |
Hell Is That Noise | |
Valentine / int_61a503a7 | comment |
Hell Is That Noise: The shrill whistle tone and screaming sound heard accompanying the last shot of the film, revealing Adam was really Jeremy. | |
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Valentine / int_61a503a7 | |
Valentine / int_62deac00 | type |
Black Bra and Panties | |
Valentine / int_62deac00 | comment |
Black Bra and Panties: Paige, the "sexy one" of the five girls, is shown wearing a black bikini under her red dress at the party. | |
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Valentine / int_631c7c38 | type |
Silent Antagonist | |
Valentine / int_631c7c38 | comment |
Silent Antagonist: The Cupid killer says nothing throughout the film, not even a grunt. However, they speak a lot more while unmasked/out and about. | |
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Valentine / int_631c7c38 | |
Valentine / int_63389b0b | type |
Kids Are Cruel | |
Valentine / int_63389b0b | comment |
Kids Are Cruel: Not only is Jeremy insulted when rejected by the girls (excepting Kate), he's falsely accused of sexual assault, doused in punch, stripped to his undies, beaten in front of an entire crowd who laugh at the ordeal and then sent to reform school through the testimony of all the girls except Kate, as well as the bully leader. | |
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Valentine / int_63389b0b | |
Valentine / int_648fe274 | type |
But for Me, It Was Tuesday | |
Valentine / int_648fe274 | comment |
But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Zigzagged. There's a scene where Paige and Lily try and figure out who sent the maggoty chocolate, and it's pretty clear that there are a lot of guys who they've pissed off over the years, including Jeremy Melton. However, once he's brought up because Paige remembers him, Lily wastes little time in mocking him. | |
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Valentine / int_658f7193 | type |
Lack of Empathy | |
Valentine / int_658f7193 | comment |
Lack of Empathy: In the present day, none of the girls minus Kate show any empathy for what happened to Jeremy. When he's first brought up as a suspect after the maggoty chocolate incident, Lily makes impressions of him for laughs while Paige glibly remarks about how mean they were to him. When Dorothy reveals she lied about Jeremy assaulting her, she tries to justify it by talking about how she was fat in middle school, while Paige attempts to alleviate the situation by downplaying the threat Jeremy poses. Contrast with Kate who asks Dorothy why she would do that to someone. | |
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Valentine / int_65acf9db | type |
He Knows Too Much | |
Valentine / int_65acf9db | comment |
He Knows Too Much: Ruthie catches the killer in the middle of trying to dispose of Millie's body, and that just about marks her for death. | |
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Valentine / int_65bc92fc | type |
Four-Temperament Ensemble | |
Valentine / int_65bc92fc | comment |
Four-Temperament Ensemble: The remaining friends after the opening scene: air-headed Genki Girl Lily (Sanguine), assertive and sexually forward Paige (Choleric), nervous and insecure Dorothy (Melancholic), and level-headed and kind-hearted Kate (Phlegmatic). | |
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Valentine / int_65bc92fc | |
Valentine / int_67792344 | type |
Grievous Bottley Harm | |
Valentine / int_67792344 | comment |
Grievous Bottley Harm: When Kate is dancing with Adam and suddenly suspects him of being the killer, she smashes a champagne bottle over his head in order to get away. | |
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Valentine / int_67792344 | |
Valentine / int_6cbd71d7 | type |
Dangerous Key Fumble | |
Valentine / int_6cbd71d7 | comment |
Dangerous Key Fumble: A variant involving guns. When Kate breaks into Mr. Wheeler's gun safe and grabs a pistol, she fumbles the magazine twice in her panic. | |
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Valentine / int_6cbd71d7 | |
Valentine / int_6f0fd7b8 | type |
Everyone Loves Blondes | |
Valentine / int_6f0fd7b8 | comment |
Everyone Loves Blondes: Kate, who is Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold, was the "popular one" while the gals were growing up and in the present day has three guys clamoring for her attention: Adam, her ex who wants to repair their relationship, Lily's boyfriend Max who's a Casanova Wannabe, and Gary, her neighbor who keeps trying to ask her out in rhyme and who she is convinced is stalking her. Dorothy seems to invoke this; she was a brunette as a child but as an adult her hair is blonde. | |
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Valentine / int_6f0fd7b8 | |
Valentine / int_716645fb | type |
In Touch with His Feminine Side | |
Valentine / int_716645fb | comment |
In Touch with His Feminine Side: Trope name-dropped and Played for Laughs. When Kate tells Adam that some of her underwear was stolen, he makes a Sarcastic Confession that it's him. | |
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Valentine / int_716645fb | |
Valentine / int_71e8a5c5 | type |
Trauma Conga Line | |
Valentine / int_71e8a5c5 | comment |
Trauma Conga Line: The entire opening scene is an exercise in this trope, with various bad things piling up on each other ranging From Bad to Worse. First, Jeremy's rejected by four girls, three very harshly, the fourth more gently. Then he asks another girl to dance, she starts kissing him under the bleachers, they're seen by a Gang of Bullies, she accuses him of sexual assault. Finally the bullies douse him in punch, strip him to his underwear, and beat him in front of the entire student body as they laugh at him. | |
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Valentine / int_71e8a5c5 | |
Valentine / int_7315fd38 | type |
Covers Always Lie | |
Valentine / int_7315fd38 | comment |
Covers Always Lie: The movie poster shows David Boreanaz posing like "Angel", his character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And one of the actresses in the poster (presumably Marley Shelton) seems to look a lot like Sarah Michelle Gellar. | |
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Valentine / int_738d1a0f | type |
Because You Were Nice to Me | |
Valentine / int_738d1a0f | comment |
Because You Were Nice to Me: Ultimately the very reason Kate survives because although while rejecting him, she was the only one who ever showed him any kindness. | |
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Valentine / int_738d1a0f | |
Valentine / int_73bf188d | type |
Menacing Stroll | |
Valentine / int_73bf188d | comment |
A clue that the person clad in the killer's costume isn't Jeremy/Adam is how they jump Kate near the end of the film. Throughout the film the killer never moves faster than a brisk walk, while the person who attacks from the closet quickly bull-rushes Kate. | |
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Valentine / int_73bf188d | |
Valentine / int_7e226b8a | type |
Orbital Shot | |
Valentine / int_7e226b8a | comment |
Orbital Shot: The camera orbits around Paige trapped in the hot tub as the killer looks for a power drill. | |
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Valentine | hasFeature |
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Valentine / int_7e577db | type |
Slashed Throat | |
Valentine / int_7e577db | comment |
Slashed Throat: Shelley, the first girl to die, is done in by having her throat cut. | |
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Off with His Head! | |
Valentine / int_7e6c0522 | comment |
Off with His Head!: After Dorothy's party, Kate finds the head of Detective Vaughn floating in the fishpond. | |
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Valentine / int_7eccbb3d | type |
Shower Scene | |
Valentine / int_7eccbb3d | comment |
Shower Scene: Kate is taking a shower in her apartment. She hears a noise, and with shampoo still in her hair, puts on a Modesty Towel and goes out to investigate. Her water then goes out, prompting a bit where she dunks her head in the (hopefully clean) toilet to rinse the shampoo out of her hair. Dorothy also has one which is interrupted by her boyfriend giving her a gift. | |
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Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_7eccbb3d | |
Valentine / int_7eebe99c | type |
The Alcoholic | |
Valentine / int_7eebe99c | comment |
Adam Carr, Kate's troubled boyfriend who is trying to curb his drinking problem. | |
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Valentine / int_7eebe99c | |
Valentine / int_7ef70048 | type |
Big Bad Friend | |
Valentine / int_7ef70048 | comment |
Big Bad Friend: The final shot of the film reveals that Kate's boyfriend Adam is really Jeremy Melton. Also counts as Love-Interest Traitor. | |
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Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_7ef70048 | |
Valentine / int_7f1be21 | type |
Functional Addict | |
Valentine / int_7f1be21 | comment |
Functional Addict: Jeremy/Adam's drinking problem does nothing to stop him from being an effective killer. | |
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Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_7f1be21 | |
Valentine / int_805deb6e | type |
Small Role, Big Impact | |
Valentine / int_805deb6e | comment |
Small Role, Big Impact: The Gang of Bullies only shows up once in the prologue and all of them are dead by the film's main events, but their finding Dorothy and Jeremy kissing at the dance causes Dorothy to lie that Jeremy raped her, kicking off the plot. | |
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Valentine / int_805deb6e | |
Valentine / int_806b07e7 | type |
Black Eyes of Evil | |
Valentine / int_806b07e7 | comment |
Black Eyes of Evil: The eyes of the Cupid killer's mask are shadowed over, giving off a look similar to Irisless Eye Mask Of Mystery. | |
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Valentine / int_806b07e7 | |
Valentine / int_808cbaeb | type |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking | |
Valentine / int_808cbaeb | comment |
The film's first scene after the prologue shows Shelley at dinner with a date named Jason Marquette, who's rather obnoxious, speaks in the third person, didn't bring enough money to pay for dinner, and has something in his teeth that he doesn't seem to notice. Shelley's already starting to wish she wasn't there, and bails at the first opportunity to go to the morgue to study for an exam. | |
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Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_808cbaeb | |
Valentine / int_843bd107 | type |
Quirky Curls | |
Valentine / int_843bd107 | comment |
Lily and Kate are both blondes, but Kate wears her hair straight while Lily has Quirky Curls. Lily is the Genki Girl to contrast Kate's cool head. | |
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Valentine / int_843bd107 | |
Valentine / int_8591611a | type |
Shameful Strip | |
Valentine / int_8591611a | comment |
Shameful Strip: In the opening, the Gang of Bullies tear Jeremy's clothes off before chasing him into the middle of the gym floor and beating him. | |
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1.0 | |
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Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_8591611a | |
Valentine / int_85b1e741 | type |
Creepy Crossdresser | |
Valentine / int_85b1e741 | comment |
Creepy Crossdresser: Kate's creepy neighbor Gary breaks into her apartment and tries on her stockings. When discovered by the killer, he puts his hands up and even remarks that he is unwell. | |
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Valentine / int_85b1e741 | |
Valentine / int_863fa679 | type |
What Happened to the Mouse? | |
Valentine / int_863fa679 | comment |
What Happened to the Mouse?: The last that is seen of Brian is when Paige leaves him Chained to a Bed. This means that at the end of the film, he is very likely still tied to a bed in a house full of dead people. | |
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Valentine / int_863fa679 | |
Valentine / int_87d70f73 | type |
Reluctant Fanservice Girl | |
Valentine / int_87d70f73 | comment |
Reluctant Fanservice Girl: Kate is shown to be very uncomfortable while caught out in the hallway, face-to-face with her Stalker with a Crush Gary, wearing only a Modesty Towel. | |
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Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_87d70f73 | |
Valentine / int_89422f95 | type |
Valentine's Day Violence | |
Valentine / int_89422f95 | comment |
Valentine's Day Violence: The prologue is set at a Valentine's dance years prior, when Jeremy Melton asked each of the girls to dance with him. Only Dorothy accepted, but when they were caught making out, Dorothy accused Jeremy of raping her. Their classmates then attacked him and fruit punch poured on him. Years later, Jeremy returns in the run-up to Valentine's Day and murders the girls he asked to dance (and anyone else close to them). He sends them gory Valentine's Day cards, before hunting them down and killing them in a Cupid mask. He then attacks at a Valentine's Day party, where he kills all of them (the police, and plenty of the guests) except Final Girl Kate, kills Dorothy in retaliation for "attacking Kate" and misidentified as the killer in revenge, and appears to get away with all his crimes. | |
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Valentine / int_89422f95 | |
Valentine / int_8c681acc | type |
Third-Person Person | |
Valentine / int_8c681acc | comment |
Third-Person Person: Jason Marquette, who constantly refers to himself as 'Jason'. | |
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1.0 | |
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Valentine / int_8c681acc | |
Valentine / int_8d0785d5 | type |
Didn't Think This Through | |
Valentine / int_8d0785d5 | comment |
Didn't Think This Through: Let's cruelly reject and make fun of this nerd, stand by as he gets beaten by a gang of bullies, and help frame him for assaulting one of us. He's definitely not coming back for revenge. | |
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Valentine / int_8d0785d5 | |
Valentine / int_8d6d9535 | type |
Artistic License – Medicine | |
Valentine / int_8d6d9535 | comment |
Artistic License – Medicine: While Shelley is dissecting her cadaver, she says she's making a transverse cut when it's really a sagittal incision. | |
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1.0 | |
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Valentine / int_8d6d9535 | |
Valentine / int_8e4a0f15 | type |
Dumb Blonde | |
Valentine / int_8e4a0f15 | comment |
Dumb Blonde: Lily is a blonde airhead and party girl. | |
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Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_8e4a0f15 | |
Valentine / int_8ed5c6e4 | type |
Asshole Victim | |
Valentine / int_8ed5c6e4 | comment |
Asshole Victim: All of them but Kate, but especially Dorothy (who started the whole mess by lying to everyone about Jeremy out of embarrassment) and Paige (the Proud Beauty who's the least pleasant as an adult). | |
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Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_8ed5c6e4 | |
Valentine / int_8f612013 | type |
Token Good Teammate | |
Valentine / int_8f612013 | comment |
Token Good Teammate: Kate is the only one of the girls who wasn't a massive Jerkass when rejecting Jeremy at the school dance, which is why he lets her leave unharmed at the end. | |
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Valentine / int_8f612013 | |
Valentine / int_8f719646 | type |
Identification by Dental Records | |
Valentine / int_8f719646 | comment |
Identification by Dental Records: Referenced in the valentine sent to Dorothy where it says the cops will need dental records to identify her. | |
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Valentine / int_8f719646 | |
Valentine / int_9059bd5d | type |
Peek-a-Boo Corpse | |
Valentine / int_9059bd5d | comment |
Peek-a-Boo Corpse: Chad, the cadaver Shelly is supposed to be dissecting, is found propped up in a closet while the killer took his place on the table. Ruthie finding Campbell's corpse whilst hiding from the cupid killer at Dorothy's party. After everyone left at Dorothy's party, Kate finding Paige's and Ruthie's corpses (along with Detective Vaughn's head) while trying to run away from the killer. | |
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Valentine / int_9059bd5d | |
Valentine / int_90e31482 | type |
Laser-Guided Karma | |
Valentine / int_90e31482 | comment |
Laser-Guided Karma: Arguably for Dorothy, as she was the one who accused Jeremy for something he didn't do which sent him to reform school back when they were kids, putting the entire plot into motion. Jeremy kills her last and frames her for his crimes. | |
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Valentine / int_90e31482 | |
Valentine / int_943b920b | type |
Electrified Bathtub | |
Valentine / int_943b920b | comment |
Everything around Paige's death has to do with water. Paige says she'd rather be boiled alive in the prologue, her dismissal of Jeremy's threat level is that he couldn't manage a water fountain without screwing up (verbatim), and it's mentioned she likes to soak in hot tubs. All of this leads up to Paige being murdered in an Electrified Bathtub. | |
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Valentine / int_943b920b | |
Valentine / int_95c2a9dd | type |
Outliving One's Offspring | |
Valentine / int_95c2a9dd | comment |
Outliving One's Offspring: Shelley and Dorothy's parents (or at least her father in the latter case) are still around while their daughters are murdered. Shelley's parents received an unsympathetic remembrance card from Jeremy Melton, which they sent to Detective Vaughn, providing a big clue as to who murdered Shelley. | |
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Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_95c2a9dd | |
Valentine / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
Valentine / int_970c790a | comment |
Big Bad: Jeremy Melton, alias Adam Carr, seeks to murder four young women who framed him for raping one of them and helped incite a Gang of Bullies into beating him. | |
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1.0 | |
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Valentine / int_970c790a | |
Valentine / int_97926168 | type |
Rewatch Bonus | |
Valentine / int_97926168 | comment |
Rewatch Bonus: Twofold. In the scene where Kate and Adam are sitting in the bar, Kate mentions that Gary is creepy around her, always around her and leering. The next scene in Kate's apartment, the killer finds Gary in her apartment and beats him to death. These two scenes are a pretty strong clue that Adam is the Cupid killer since the only person who knew Kate was uncomfortable around Gary was Adam. Right before Campbell gets a call from his fence, he can be seen with a few power tools next to a hot tub. If the viewer is wondering where the killer got the drill to attack Paige, this is it. A clue that the person clad in the killer's costume isn't Jeremy/Adam is how they jump Kate near the end of the film. Throughout the film the killer never moves faster than a brisk walk, while the person who attacks from the closet quickly bull-rushes Kate. When Adam unmasks Dorothy after shooting her, the latter has a bruise on the left side of her head she did not have when arguing with Kate (the last time Dorothy appeared onscreen). This is a clue that someone knocked her out and set her up... | |
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Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_97926168 | |
Valentine / int_9919369d | type |
Con Man | |
Valentine / int_9919369d | comment |
Campbell Morris, Dorothy's boyfriend who conveniently shows up as the killings start, whose last name is unknown, and is genuinely up to some shady stuff (he's a Con Man Gold Digger). | |
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Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_9919369d | |
Valentine / int_99a7aa94 | type |
Seven Deadly Sins | |
Valentine / int_99a7aa94 | comment |
Seven Deadly Sins: Kate's friends and their significant others. Dorothy is Envy; she admits to resenting her friends and stepmother because everyone wanted to hang out with them while she was alone. Paige is Pride; she's a Proud Beauty who takes every opportunity to show off, blowing off death threats and pouring hot wax on Brian's dick because he proved not up to her standards. Lily is Gluttony; she's the vapid, hedonistic one who doesn't take care to watch what she's eating. Shelley is Sloth; while the most ambitious, she apparently procrastinated over her medical exam and gives no thoughts to what happened to Jeremy. Campbell is Greed; he's a Gold Digger only interested in Dorothy's money. Max is Lust; he invited Lily and his assistant Amy for a threesome and tries to smooch up Kate. Adam is Wrath; the entire plot happens because of his personal vendetta against Kate's friends, which claims a number of other lives along the way. Alternatively Paige is Lust (befitting the traditional way of depicting lust) and Max is Pride given his ego. | |
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Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_99a7aa94 | |
Valentine / int_9a692ae9 | type |
13 Is Unlucky | |
Valentine / int_9a692ae9 | comment |
13 Is Unlucky: It's been 13 years since Jeremy Melton was framed. And now he's come back for revenge. | |
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1.0 | |
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Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_9a692ae9 | |
Valentine / int_9bca83eb | type |
Death by Irony | |
Valentine / int_9bca83eb | comment |
Connected to the Death by Irony example above, the girls die in the same order Jeremy asks them to dance, with the exception of Kate and Dorothy, though the things they do with him (Kate dances with him, Jeremy [[spoiler: frames Dorothy) are in the correct order. | |
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Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_9bca83eb | |
Valentine / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
Valentine / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: Connected to the Death by Irony example above, the girls die in the same order Jeremy asks them to dance, with the exception of Kate and Dorothy, though the things they do with him (Kate dances with him, Jeremy [[spoiler: frames Dorothy) are in the correct order. Everything around Paige's death has to do with water. Paige says she'd rather be boiled alive in the prologue, her dismissal of Jeremy's threat level is that he couldn't manage a water fountain without screwing up (verbatim), and it's mentioned she likes to soak in hot tubs. All of this leads up to Paige being murdered in an Electrified Bathtub. Max's assistant Amy mentions she's having trouble with the video playback. While it was likely an excuse to get Max for a make-out session, the slideshows cut out later in the scene when Lily gets lost in the maze... just in time to get shot by the killer, implying he had something to do with the cutoff. At the end of Ruthie's first scene, she snarls "Watch your back, leech" at Campbell. Campbell is killed with an axe to the back. | |
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Valentine / int_9d12bbc1 | |
Valentine / int_9da6354b | type |
Reality Has No Subtitles | |
Valentine / int_9da6354b | comment |
Reality Has No Subtitles: Dorothy and her stepmother Kim have a brief argument in Cantonese that is interrupted by her father. | |
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Valentine / int_9da6354b | |
Valentine / int_9ee065ab | type |
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday | |
Valentine / int_9ee065ab | comment |
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday: The main events of the film (plus its' prologue) all revolve around Valentine's Day, with the climax centering on a Valentine's Day party. | |
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Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_9ee065ab | |
Valentine / int_a3eea2ea | type |
Cop Killer | |
Valentine / int_a3eea2ea | comment |
Cop Killer: Detective Vaughn is killed during the third act by Jeremy/Adam, and his head left in a pond. | |
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Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_a3eea2ea | |
Valentine / int_a70223 | type |
Karma Houdini | |
Valentine / int_a70223 | comment |
Karma Houdini: Adam (really Jeremy) successfully takes his revenge on the girls who framed him, frames Dorothy to cover his tracks (Laser-Guided Karma since she framed him years ago), and patched things up with Kate to boot. | |
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Valentine / int_a70223 | |
Valentine / int_a806691d | type |
Casanova Wannabe | |
Valentine / int_a806691d | comment |
Max (Id), Lily's boyfriend and Casanova Wannabe who is unabashedly sleazy. | |
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Valentine / int_a806691d | |
Valentine / int_a8c1433e | type |
Dead Star Walking | |
Valentine / int_a8c1433e | comment |
Dead Star Walking: Katherine Heigl, who gets the And Starring, is the first character to die. | |
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Valentine / int_a8c1433e | |
Valentine / int_a939d96a | type |
Adults Are Useless | |
Valentine / int_a939d96a | comment |
Adults Are Useless: Apparently there was no one at the dance in the prologue to stop Dorothy and Jeremy from going under the bleachers or to stop the bullies from beating him. | |
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Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_a939d96a | |
Valentine / int_aaa35901 | type |
My Card | |
Valentine / int_aaa35901 | comment |
My Card: Detective Vaughn ends his first scene at Shelley's funeral by giving Paige his card and telling the rest of the friends to call him should they have any more information. | |
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Valentine / int_aaa35901 | |
Valentine / int_ab1064b3 | type |
Modesty Towel | |
Valentine / int_ab1064b3 | comment |
Kate is taking a shower in her apartment. She hears a noise, and with shampoo still in her hair, puts on a Modesty Towel and goes out to investigate. Her water then goes out, prompting a bit where she dunks her head in the (hopefully clean) toilet to rinse the shampoo out of her hair. | |
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Valentine / int_ab1064b3 | |
Valentine / int_ad3e13c5 | type |
The Loins Sleep Tonight | |
Valentine / int_ad3e13c5 | comment |
The Loins Sleep Tonight: Happens off-screen with Campbell when he and Dorothy try to have sex. | |
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Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_ad3e13c5 | |
Valentine / int_ad4c74ed | type |
Final Girl | |
Valentine / int_ad4c74ed | comment |
Years later, Jeremy returns in the run-up to Valentine's Day and murders the girls he asked to dance (and anyone else close to them). He sends them gory Valentine's Day cards, before hunting them down and killing them in a Cupid mask. He then attacks at a Valentine's Day party, where he kills all of them (the police, and plenty of the guests) except Final Girl Kate, kills Dorothy in retaliation for "attacking Kate" and misidentified as the killer in revenge, and appears to get away with all his crimes. | |
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Valentine / int_ad4c74ed | |
Valentine / int_b0218885 | type |
Mickey Mousing | |
Valentine / int_b0218885 | comment |
Mickey Mousing: The killer beating Gary to death is punctuated in the score with a series of clangs by striking an anvil or brake drum. | |
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Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_b0218885 | |
Valentine / int_b032e4ed | type |
Ms. Fanservice | |
Valentine / int_b032e4ed | comment |
Ms. Fanservice: Paige, who is the "sexy" girl of the group. Best shown when she's in a bikini in the hot tub right before her death scene. | |
Valentine / int_b032e4ed | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_b032e4ed | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_b032e4ed | |
Valentine / int_b06bbf4b | type |
Be Careful What You Wish For | |
Valentine / int_b06bbf4b | comment |
Be Careful What You Wish For: Brian should have probably been a bit more specific when he asked Paige to "wax his dick". | |
Valentine / int_b06bbf4b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_b06bbf4b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_b06bbf4b | |
Valentine / int_b070362d | type |
Wicked Stepmother | |
Valentine / int_b070362d | comment |
Wicked Stepmother: Played with. Dorothy and her stepmother Kim have a mutually antagonistic relationship and Dorothy resents Kim butting into her life. | |
Valentine / int_b070362d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_b070362d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_b070362d | |
Valentine / int_b10f0160 | type |
Starting a New Life | |
Valentine / int_b10f0160 | comment |
Starting a New Life: Jeremy Melton did this after his stint in a reform school and mental institution; there's no trace of him after that point, but he never forgot what Dorothy and her friends did to him, infiltrating their circle of acquaintances and biding his time until he could take revenge. | |
Valentine / int_b10f0160 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_b10f0160 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_b10f0160 | |
Valentine / int_b1191cb2 | type |
I Ate WHAT?! | |
Valentine / int_b1191cb2 | comment |
Lily is Gluttony; she's the vapid, hedonistic one who doesn't take care to watch what she's eating. | |
Valentine / int_b1191cb2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_b1191cb2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_b1191cb2 | |
Valentine / int_b14ca7ba | type |
Two Aliases, One Character | |
Valentine / int_b14ca7ba | comment |
Two Aliases, One Character: Adam Carr is the public identity of Jeremy Melton, the Cupid-masked Serial Killer. | |
Valentine / int_b14ca7ba | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_b14ca7ba | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_b14ca7ba | |
Valentine / int_b1ff5bba | type |
Offscreen Karma | |
Valentine / int_b1ff5bba | comment |
Offscreen Karma: According to an interview of the director Jamie Blanks, Jeremy Melton murdered the bullies who beat him first before targeting the girls. | |
Valentine / int_b1ff5bba | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_b1ff5bba | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_b1ff5bba | |
Valentine / int_b2cdd776 | type |
Bottomless Magazines | |
Valentine / int_b2cdd776 | comment |
Bottomless Magazines: Inverted; when Adam shoots Dorothy, seven shots are fired from a fresh magazine when the gun locks empty, less than half the standard 15-round magazine. | |
Valentine / int_b2cdd776 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_b2cdd776 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_b2cdd776 | |
Valentine / int_b77eb3b2 | type |
Revenge by Proxy | |
Valentine / int_b77eb3b2 | comment |
Revenge by Proxy: Downplayed with Paige, Lily, and Shelly. While Dorothy is the main one who hurt Jeremy by framing him, the other three (plus one of the bullies) corroborated Dorothy's false testimony, making them just as culpable in Jeremy's eyes. Played straight with Dorothy's boyfriend Campbell and housemaid Millie, who were murdered to make Dorothy look like she'd gone crazy. | |
Valentine / int_b77eb3b2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_b77eb3b2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_b77eb3b2 | |
Valentine / int_b8dbe475 | type |
Blood from the Mouth | |
Valentine / int_b8dbe475 | comment |
Blood from the Mouth: Lily and Dorothy are shown bleeding from the corners of their mouths after getting shot. | |
Valentine / int_b8dbe475 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_b8dbe475 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_b8dbe475 | |
Valentine / int_b99bed67 | type |
No-Nonsense Nemesis | |
Valentine / int_b99bed67 | comment |
No-Nonsense Nemesis: Zigzagged; the killer sometimes uses an ironic Valentine or other item (such as a rose) to lure their target before moving in for the kill (even pretending to be a cadaver), but other times they just start straight in with only a small enough pause to grab a weapon. On at least two occasions, the killer just shoots their quarry. | |
Valentine / int_b99bed67 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_b99bed67 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_b99bed67 | |
Valentine / int_ba26aa0d | type |
Teeny Weenie | |
Valentine / int_ba26aa0d | comment |
Teeny Weenie: Brian is implied to have this, judging by Paige's reaction when she sees it. | |
Valentine / int_ba26aa0d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_ba26aa0d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_ba26aa0d | |
Valentine / int_bc7e1c5b | type |
These Gloves Are Made for Killin' | |
Valentine / int_bc7e1c5b | comment |
These Gloves Are Made for Killin': The Cupid killer is always seen wearing a pair of black gloves whenever he makes his presence known, except for their final kill which is done out of costume. | |
Valentine / int_bc7e1c5b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_bc7e1c5b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_bc7e1c5b | |
Valentine / int_bda474d2 | type |
Last Note Nightmare | |
Valentine / int_bda474d2 | comment |
Last Note Nightmare: Used at the very end of the film. A soothing set of chords on violin and piano plays as Kate and Adam declare their love and wait for the cops to arrive, which is followed by a piercing whistle, droning cello, and Jeremy's Ominous Music Box Tune Leitmotif, as Adam's nose starts bleeding and conveying to the audience that he was Jeremy and the real killer all along. The scene ends by going black with a scream. | |
Valentine / int_bda474d2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_bda474d2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_bda474d2 | |
Valentine / int_bf1255fa | type |
Really Gets Around | |
Valentine / int_bf1255fa | comment |
Really Gets Around: Paige. When Paige chastises Dorothy for allowing a man whose last name she does not know into her house, Dorothy snaps back that Paige has allowed men she has known for less than an hour into her pants. | |
Valentine / int_bf1255fa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_bf1255fa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_bf1255fa | |
Valentine / int_c04b1231 | type |
Jump Scare | |
Valentine / int_c04b1231 | comment |
Jump Scare: Shelley's fellow student does one by accident in the locker room. Adam does one on Kate by putting his hand on her shoulder while she's sitting and contemplating the case. Paige does the same later when she sneaks into Kate's apartment halfway through the film and Kate nearly clobbers Paige with her iron. | |
Valentine / int_c04b1231 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_c04b1231 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_c04b1231 | |
Valentine / int_c0d598fe | type |
Evil Gloating | |
Valentine / int_c0d598fe | comment |
Evil Gloating: After killing Shelley, Jeremy sends a remembrance card to her parents with an unsympathetic "Too bad, so sad". Notably, he signs his full name instead of the typical J.M. he typically used. | |
Valentine / int_c0d598fe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_c0d598fe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_c0d598fe | |
Valentine / int_c13c9e38 | type |
Tomato Surprise | |
Valentine / int_c13c9e38 | comment |
Tomato Surprise: It's established relatively early on that Jeremy Melton has been sending the threatening Valentines, thanks to the JM initials and Leitmotif, but since he wears a mask and it's been 13 years since the gals last saw him, there's no way to pin him down because nobody knows what he might look like. The ending reveals that he looks like David Boreanaz. | |
Valentine / int_c13c9e38 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_c13c9e38 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_c13c9e38 | |
Valentine / int_c2676b00 | type |
Jurisdiction Friction | |
Valentine / int_c2676b00 | comment |
Jurisdiction Friction: Averted since Detective Vaughn has no problem going back and forth between Los Angeles and San Francisco to investigate Shelly's death. | |
Valentine / int_c2676b00 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Valentine / int_c2676b00 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_c2676b00 | |
Valentine / int_c2cedc1c | type |
Big "NO!" | |
Valentine / int_c2cedc1c | comment |
Big "NO!": Ruthie gives several when she's trying to stop the killer shoving her head onto a shard of glass. | |
Valentine / int_c2cedc1c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_c2cedc1c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_c2cedc1c | |
Valentine / int_c40c8b74 | type |
And Starring | |
Valentine / int_c40c8b74 | comment |
And Starring: "And Katherine Heigl", a pretty good sign that she's a Dead Star Walking. | |
Valentine / int_c40c8b74 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_c40c8b74 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_c40c8b74 | |
Valentine / int_c5ccf60f | type |
Internal Reveal | |
Valentine / int_c5ccf60f | comment |
Internal Reveal: Kate tells Adam about everything regarding Jeremy Melton offscreen at dinner. Max reveals to Kate that Lily has been missing for a week, meaning that Jeremy killed her. | |
Valentine / int_c5ccf60f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_c5ccf60f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_c5ccf60f | |
Valentine / int_c6dccfb7 | type |
Musical Spoiler | |
Valentine / int_c6dccfb7 | comment |
Musical Spoiler: The Ominous Music Box Tune that serves as Jeremy Melton's Leitmotif is heard whenever the main characters receive their Valentines, tipping the audience off that he is the person sending the Valentines (and probably bumping the girls off). | |
Valentine / int_c6dccfb7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_c6dccfb7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_c6dccfb7 | |
Valentine / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
Valentine / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: The killer getting a nosebleed every time he kills is a possible reference to Alone in the Dark (1982). When Kate tells Adam about Jeremy Melton, she refers to Jeremy's plot as "Revenge of the Nerds". | |
Valentine / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_c75df49a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_c75df49a | |
Valentine / int_c868a42a | type |
Freudian Excuse | |
Valentine / int_c868a42a | comment |
Freudian Excuse: Dorothy's framing Jeremy, the bullies' over-the-top humiliation, and being sent to a mental institution really set him off. Lampshaded by Detective Vaughn saying that the girls "must have done a number on him." | |
Valentine / int_c868a42a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_c868a42a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_c868a42a | |
Valentine / int_c8c7fb4f | type |
DomesticAbuser | |
Valentine / int_c8c7fb4f | comment |
Domestic Abuser: All of the gals' current boyfriends leave something to be desired, mainly vices. Lily's boyfriend Max is a Casanova Wannabe who tries to smooch up other women in front of Lily, including her friends. Dorothy's boyfriend Campbell is a Gold Digger and Con Man only interested in her money. | |
Valentine / int_c8c7fb4f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_c8c7fb4f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_c8c7fb4f | |
Valentine / int_c93a6560 | type |
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice | |
Valentine / int_c93a6560 | comment |
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Ruthie is killed by having her head/neck shoved onto a shard of glass. | |
Valentine / int_c93a6560 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_c93a6560 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_c93a6560 | |
Valentine / int_c9561e8b | type |
Slashers Prefer Blondes | |
Valentine / int_c9561e8b | comment |
Slashers Prefer Blondes: Averted. Kate, the sole survivor, is a blonde although two of the victims Lily and Dorothy are blondes as well. | |
Valentine / int_c9561e8b | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Valentine / int_c9561e8b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_c9561e8b | |
Valentine / int_c9868780 | type |
Playing Possum | |
Valentine / int_c9868780 | comment |
Playing Possum: The killer briefly pretends to be Shelley's dissection cadaver just to freak her out. | |
Valentine / int_c9868780 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_c9868780 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_c9868780 | |
Valentine / int_ca3a4a31 | type |
Disability as an Excuse for Jerkassery | |
Valentine / int_ca3a4a31 | comment |
Disability as an Excuse for Jerkassery: More like "lack of good looks as an excuse for Jerkassery", but Dorothy tries to justify framing Jeremy by citing that she was fat in middle school. | |
Valentine / int_ca3a4a31 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_ca3a4a31 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_ca3a4a31 | |
Valentine / int_cc39902e | type |
Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon | |
Valentine / int_cc39902e | comment |
Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: The Cupid killer appears to evoke this trope with a Fallen Cupid-esque mask that clashes with his dark coat and ruthless actions. | |
Valentine / int_cc39902e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_cc39902e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_cc39902e | |
Valentine / int_cd427ce1 | type |
A Man Is Always Eager | |
Valentine / int_cd427ce1 | comment |
A Man Is Always Eager: Zig-zagged. While Max has no problem trying to make out with his girlfriend (and his assistant) and later tries to smooch up Kate, Adam politely turns down an offer to come up to the apartment with Kate. | |
Valentine / int_cd427ce1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_cd427ce1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_cd427ce1 | |
Valentine / int_ceec4df5 | type |
Roaring Rampage of Revenge | |
Valentine / int_ceec4df5 | comment |
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Adolescent rejection and a False Rape Accusation turns into an adult killing spree. | |
Valentine / int_ceec4df5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_ceec4df5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_ceec4df5 | |
Valentine / int_d01cffbc | type |
Badass Longcoat | |
Valentine / int_d01cffbc | comment |
Badass Longcoat: Part of the killer's getup, along with a cherub mask. | |
Valentine / int_d01cffbc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_d01cffbc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_d01cffbc | |
Valentine / int_d0f0a80d | type |
One-Word Title | |
Valentine / int_d0f0a80d | comment |
One-Word Title | |
Valentine / int_d0f0a80d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_d0f0a80d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_d0f0a80d | |
Valentine / int_d13e0db3 | type |
Heartbeat Soundtrack | |
Valentine / int_d13e0db3 | comment |
Heartbeat Soundtrack: The sound of a heartbeat accompanies the editing of the opening scene of the film, as Jeremy asks each girl to dance and they reject him. | |
Valentine / int_d13e0db3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_d13e0db3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_d13e0db3 | |
Valentine / int_d1d670cc | type |
Cut the Juice | |
Valentine / int_d1d670cc | comment |
Cut the Juice: The killer electrocuting Paige in a hot tub results in all the power going out at Dorothy's house, so most of the guests leave. | |
Valentine / int_d1d670cc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_d1d670cc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_d1d670cc | |
Valentine / int_d4ba9971 | type |
Deceased Fall-Guy Gambit | |
Valentine / int_d4ba9971 | comment |
Deceased Fall-Guy Gambit: How the final victim goes out. Jeremy/Adam puts Dorothy in his costume and locks her in a closet so that Dorothy will confusedly run at Kate as she makes her way upstairs with a gun, sending them both tumbling down the stairs. As Dorothy (dressed in the costume) sits up, presumably to kill Kate, "Adam" appears with Kate's gun and shoots Dorothy, then unmasks her. | |
Valentine / int_d4ba9971 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_d4ba9971 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_d4ba9971 | |
Valentine / int_d4bf11d1 | type |
Dramatic Unmask | |
Valentine / int_d4bf11d1 | comment |
Dramatic Unmask: Subverted. The figure who is shot dead wearing the killer's costume is unmasked to reveal Dorothy, but the final shot of the film indicates that Adam, the person who shot then unmasked her, was the real killer and put her in his costume to frame her for his crimes. The killer's nosebleed every time he kills serves as a figurative version of this trope as it's the main feature that can be used to identify him after the film's prologue. This includes the film's ending. | |
Valentine / int_d4bf11d1 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Valentine / int_d4bf11d1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_d4bf11d1 | |
Valentine / int_d62dd556 | type |
The Chessmaster | |
Valentine / int_d62dd556 | comment |
The Chessmaster: Jeremy Melton. The film is the culmination of a 13-year long revenge plot to revenge himself on everyone who ruined his life, turn the survivors against the instigator, and frame her for his crimes. | |
Valentine / int_d62dd556 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_d62dd556 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_d62dd556 | |
Valentine / int_dbca2c99 | type |
Red Herring | |
Valentine / int_dbca2c99 | comment |
Red Herring: The Cupid mask worn by one of the partygoers in the prologue and later found by Kate in her apartment building. This mask is never worn by the killer throughout the film (for one thing there's no back to the mask and is secured to the user's head by a strap, while the killer's mask encompasses the entire head). One of Shelley's fellow med students initially appears to be the Cupid killer because her Valentine is first seen after he leaves the locker room. Jason Marquette and Campbell. The former has the same initials as the killer and gives creepy stares, the latter just happens to appear as the killings start and none of the other gals know him very well. Paige makes a sudden appearance in Kate's apartment, right where the killer was last seen when he killed Gary. This one is lampshaded in an interview with Entertainment Tonight where Denise Richards said "I could be the killer!" Dorothy is shot dead wearing the killer's costume after revealing the large amount of emotional baggage she has and attacking Kate on the stairs. This last one was a deliberate ploy by the killer. | |
Valentine / int_dbca2c99 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_dbca2c99 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_dbca2c99 | |
Valentine / int_dc4d0326 | type |
Ballroom Blitz | |
Valentine / int_dc4d0326 | comment |
Ballroom Blitz: When Paige is electrocuted, the resulting power surge cause Dorothy's house to blow a fuse, so everyone leaves. | |
Valentine / int_dc4d0326 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_dc4d0326 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_dc4d0326 | |
Valentine / int_dcbe8a6e | type |
Chekhov's Gunman | |
Valentine / int_dcbe8a6e | comment |
Chekhov's Gunman: Zig-zagged all over the spectrum from merely showing up later to being integral parts of the plot. Brian, one of the guys from the turbo dating session, shows up as Paige's date to Dorothy's party. Subverted since he doesn't contribute much to the occasion outside of that. Lily's boyfriend Max shows up at the party to inform Kate that Lily is missing (we know she's dead), meaning the killer will strike there. Kate's boyfriend Adam mostly appears in scenes with her as they try to mend their relationship. He's the killer. | |
Valentine / int_dcbe8a6e | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Valentine / int_dcbe8a6e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_dcbe8a6e | |
Valentine / int_dea5fe1 | type |
Kubrick Stare | |
Valentine / int_dea5fe1 | comment |
Kubrick Stare: Adam parodies one when imitating Gary at the bar with Kate. | |
Valentine / int_dea5fe1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_dea5fe1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_dea5fe1 | |
Valentine / int_dfe687c9 | type |
Alone with the Psycho | |
Valentine / int_dfe687c9 | comment |
Alone with the Psycho: Played with. Turns out Kate is this any time she was with Adam/Jeremy, most notably the scene where they dance. Granted she never has to worry because she didn't help frame him. | |
Valentine / int_dfe687c9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_dfe687c9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_dfe687c9 | |
Valentine / int_e0040f41 | type |
Start of Darkness | |
Valentine / int_e0040f41 | comment |
Start of Darkness: The film's prologue is essentially one for Jeremy Melton, detailing his obsessive tendencies, which became exacerbated when Dorothy framed him for assaulting her. By the present events, he's a calculating and vindictive Serial Killer. | |
Valentine / int_e0040f41 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_e0040f41 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_e0040f41 | |
Valentine / int_e13cafe | type |
Office Romance | |
Valentine / int_e13cafe | comment |
Office Romance: Kate mentions that she met Adam because they worked at the same newspaper firm. | |
Valentine / int_e13cafe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Valentine / int_e13cafe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Valentine | hasFeature |
Valentine / int_e13cafe | |
Valentine / int_e1acc872 | type |
From Nobody to Nightmare | |
Valentine / int_e1acc872 | comment |
From Nobody to Nightmare: Adam Carr/Jeremy Melton went from being the biggest loser in middle school to become a vindictive serial killer. | |
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1.0 | |
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Colliding Criminal Conspiracies | |
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Colliding Criminal Conspiracies: Gold Digger Campbell's latest mark Dorothy is the main target of vengeful Serial Killer Jeremy Melton, and Campbell winds up a victim. | |
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Multiple Gunshot Death | |
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Multiple Gunshot Death: Dorothy is shot about seven times by Adam. | |
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Karmic Jackpot | |
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Karmic Jackpot: Because of Kate's kindness to Jeremy, she is spared from being murdered by him, unlike her friends. | |
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"Psycho" Strings | |
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"Psycho" Strings: The film is rife with them, notably during the first chase scene through the morgue. | |
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Swirlie | |
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Swirlie: Kate gives a self-inflicted one by dunking her head in the toilet to rinse the shampoo out of her hair when her water goes out in the middle of a shower. | |
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Talking to the Dead | |
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Talking to the Dead: Shelly briefly muses sarcastically to Chad, the cadaver she's dissecting. | |
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Satellite Character | |
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Kate's boyfriend Adam mostly appears in scenes with her as they try to mend their relationship. He's the killer. | |
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Freudian Trio | |
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Freudian Trio: The gals' significant others. Adam (Superego), The Stoic who is trying to curb his alcoholic tendencies and repair his relationship with Kate. Campbell (Ego), the Bitch in Sheep's Clothing who appears devoted while leeching off of Dorothy. Max (Id), Lily's boyfriend and Casanova Wannabe who is unabashedly sleazy. | |
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Lovely Assistant | |
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Lovely Assistant: Amy, who manages Max's Powerpoint slideshows at the art exhibit; it's implied he's using her to cheat on Lily. | |
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Something about a Rose | |
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Something about a Rose: Invoked with the killer luring Paige out of a hot tub by leaving a rose by her bottle of wine, making her think there's somebody who wants to be her Valentine. | |
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Evil Wears Black | |
Valentine / int_e9a97564 | comment |
Evil Wears Black: Alongside the Cupid mask, the killer wears a black knee-length duster and matching gloves and slacks. | |
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Groin Attack | |
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Groin Attack: Paige pouring hot wax on Brian's crotch. Kate knees Adam in the crotch as she dances with him when she suspects him of being the killer. | |
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A Minor Kidroduction | |
Valentine / int_ef20d7bc | comment |
A Minor Kidroduction: Pretty nasty example, too. For what happened to Jeremy, see Kids Are Cruel. | |
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Chained to a Bed | |
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Chained to a Bed: At the Valentine's Day Party, Brian lures Paige upstairs with a promise of giving her a surprise: which turns out to be his penis. Paige takes her revenge by tying him to the bed naked and blindfolding him with silk scarves, and then pouring melted wax from a candle over his genitals. | |
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Instant Death Stab | |
Valentine / int_f10521da | comment |
Instant Death Stab: While most of the victims are killed in a way that would be quickly fatal in real life (decapitation) or are struck multiple times (shot three times with arrows then falling multiple stories, multiple strikes to the head with an iron, multiple gunshots within five yards), Campbell is notable since he's killed with a single axe blow to the back. | |
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Bludgeoned to Death | |
Valentine / int_f10cc97f | comment |
Presumably happens to Gary because nobody finds his body after he gets Bludgeoned to Death. | |
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Food Slap | |
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Food Slap: At the dance, the bullies dump a bowl of punch over Jeremy's head before beating him up. | |
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Evil Plan | |
Valentine / int_f2d8e3c2 | comment |
Evil Plan: The killer's plan is to murder a group of friends who framed him for sexual assault. | |
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Magic Plastic Surgery | |
Valentine / int_f4bec3d | comment |
Magic Plastic Surgery: Discussed. At the police station where the ladies tell Detective Vaughn about Jeremy Melton, Vaughn notes, while looking at an age progression machine, that Jeremy could look completely different thanks to plastic surgery. The film's Twist Ending shows that this is probably the case. | |
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Proud Beauty | |
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Paige is Pride; she's a Proud Beauty who takes every opportunity to show off, blowing off death threats and pouring hot wax on Brian's dick because he proved not up to her standards. | |
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Gold Digger | |
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Campbell is Greed; he's a Gold Digger only interested in Dorothy's money. | |
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Terrible Interviewees Montage | |
Valentine / int_f75cf3bd | comment |
Terrible Interviewees Montage: Kate goes through one of these at a blind dating session. | |
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Choke Holds | |
Valentine / int_f81fb215 | comment |
Choke Holds: The Cupid killer makes his first attempt to kill Shelley by strangling her with his arm from behind a curtain, but she stabs him with a scalpel and escapes for the time being. | |
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This Is a Drill | |
Valentine / int_f910567 | comment |
This Is a Drill: The killer picks up a power drill and uses it to stab at Paige while she's in the hot tub. Eventually stabbing her in the shoulder, he then tosses the power drill inside, electrocuting her. | |
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Came Back with a Vengeance | |
Valentine / int_f953eb93 | comment |
Came Back with a Vengeance: Jeremy Melton. He was a young boy who was framed for sexual assault and after some undetermined time in a mental institute, then after some time he erases his identity, reenters the lives of the girls who framed him, starts killing them one-by-one, and to avoid getting caught, frames the woman who made the initial accusation for his crimes. | |
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Bodybag Trick | |
Valentine / int_fa068232 | comment |
Bodybag Trick: Shelley attempts to hide from the killer by zipping herself up inside a body bag in the morgue. It doesn't work. | |
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Rhymes on a Dime | |
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Rhymes on a Dime: Gary, Kate's neighbor, who makes four rhymes in succession while trying to get her to go on a date with him. He apparently speaks in a more normal speech pattern when she's not around, as shown in his death scene. Jeremy Melton makes three rhymes in the Valentines he sent to his enemies. To Shelly, he sends: To Dorothy, he sends the message under Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue.... To Lily (and Paige by extension) he sends, along with maggoty chocolate: | |
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Trash Landing | |
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Trash Landing: Lily is shot by arrows until she falls off the balcony into a dumpster aka Death by Irony. | |
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With Friends Like These... | |
Valentine / int_fdbd6162 | comment |
With Friends Like These...: The central group of friends have a real tendency to bicker, with Lily chiding Paige for showing off at a funeral and Dorothy and Paige arguing over each other's choices in men. The only one the gals seem to get along with at all times is Kate. | |
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Interrupted Bath | |
Valentine / int_ff5b3fd0 | comment |
Dorothy also has one which is interrupted by her boyfriend giving her a gift. | |
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Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold | |
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Kate, who is Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold, was the "popular one" while the gals were growing up and in the present day has three guys clamoring for her attention: Adam, her ex who wants to repair their relationship, Lily's boyfriend Max who's a Casanova Wannabe, and Gary, her neighbor who keeps trying to ask her out in rhyme and who she is convinced is stalking her. | |
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