Deion Elliot was a recurring character in the third season of the television series Scream, who's surviving twin brother Marcus Elliot, had assumed his name and identity following Deion and Marcus switching costumes, causing them to incidentally, swap identities, on Halloween night, 2010, before his murder by Hook Man.
Both Sherry and Earl Elliot would mistaken Marcus for him, due to Deion's football costume being given to Marcus in exchange for Deion to don Marcus's own Father Death costume. Deion becomes the first and only child in the history of the Scream franchise to have then died in the costume, of who wasn't a killer, as well as the youngest victim overall. He is also the first character of whose identity was assumed after his death, in this case, by his twin brother, which is why his legacy and ambitions Marcus would carry and see through years after his death.
As a twin brother, Deion as an ambitious, athletic and projected football player, would oversee and include his twin Marcus, of who was in his shadow, as he'd take care of him, due to Marcus himself revealing how before they'd swapped costumes and identities that tragic night, how he wasn't right "in the head", alluding to mental health struggles, of which he also had to deal with following assimilating Deion's entire identity and personality and vice versa, as Deion would die, assumed to be Marcus was killed; of which Deion may or may not have been aware of this about Marcus either through twin intuition or other ways, just before his death.
Deion's death would lead for his secret of never revealing to his family of having met his older half brother, Jamal Elliot, in the summer of 2010 at football camp, to affect Jamal personally; as upon Jamal then moving in with the Elliots not long following that the news of Deion's death led to Jamal's birth mother discover Earl's side family, causing her death as well. This led for Jamal to quickly realize that Marcus had assumed Deion's identity, knowing he's deceased, due to Marcus as Deion not recognizing him despite their rendezvous. Deion's death would ultimately lead to the Atlanta Murders (2018) to take place, as retribution for his death, which was masterminded by Jamal Elliot and his accomplice, Beth, and being symbolic by killing victims in the costume he died in, known as the infamous Ghostface.
Biography
Early Life
Deion and Marcus Elliot were born to Sherry and Earl Elliot in Atlanta, Georgia in approx. December 2002. Growing up, Deion was shown to be the prospect and more popular of the twins, who's ambitions included athletics, specifically football, which he started playing at possibly a young age, in flag football or little league. However, as he attended elementary and was in the same grade as his shyer twin, Marcus, he also sought to protect him and to teach him to stand up for himself against anything, specifically bullies like Tommy Jenkins, who Deion went off against in football, but who couldn't keep up with Deion on the field. Deion would also be familiar with Kym, childhood and school friend of both Marcus and Deion.
Consequential Rendezvous
In the summer of 2010, (approx. July-August), a 7-8 year old Deion was separated from his twin and mother by his father, Earl, in a cover to visit football camp in Kentucky, of which he attended, as well as to meet and learn about him (plus Marcus) having an older half-brother, Jamal Elliot. They would meet, but who kept their meeting a secret until the time was right to tell, according to Earl, who'd do this in order to avoid drama between Jamal's birth mother as Jamal was his first born, and illegitimate child with her, and Sherry, the twins' mother of who was Earl's second, legitimate wife with Deion and Marcus as their second and third born kids of who were legitimate; who's assumed that neither Jamal's mother or Sherry knew of each other's existence and their kids. Deion would carry this secret back to Atlanta, to unforeseen consequences of not revealing it before the uneventful Halloween night just 3 months later.
Death
On Halloween night, 2010, nearly 2-3 months since having learned of the secret truth of him and Marcus having an older half brother, and keeping it a secret, both Deion and Marcus go out trick or treating in their neighborhood in the outskirts, somewhere in rural Atlanta. Deion would don a football costume, which is unstated but likely different from his actual football uniform, and would separate briefly from Marcus, who was dressed as Ghostface, as they'd trick or treat among other children. After Marcus left from trick or treating and having scared 17 year old Becky at her house's front door, much to her chagrin, Deion would run past as he practiced out loud, his football defense, other kids, who'd call out for his brother, before he'd find him staring across the fence of the shed-yard of the neighborhood Hook Man, who was really a Vietnam War ver who was disgruntled. Deion would learn of Tommy having ambushed and stolen Marcus's candy bag before tossing it onto the junkyard. Deion insists they go into the yard to retrieve it, much to Marcus's fear and hesitance.
However, Deion encourages his twin and gives him courage by both doing a costume swap, inadvertently, inciting their identity switch. As Deion now dons Marcus's Ghostface costume, in mask, and Marcus dons Deion's football gear, the twins head sneakily inside. Upon hearing Hook Man move inside, Deion in the costume signals quietly for Marcus to be quiet, as well as to move, as he looks for the candy. However, due to the costume and mask obstructing both his eyesight and being out of earshot as Hook Man with his hook begins scraping cars to see where Marcus was hiding, Deion is unaware of the imminent threat, and who unknowingly as he tells and calls loud to him about having found his candy, saves Marcus's life by having the disgruntled veteran, disturbed by Marcus in the costume, attack him instead (mistaking it for having seen an actual ghost, Luther revealed prior to his death in "The Man Behind the Mask") , of which Marcus tried to signal and warn him about, to no avail due to Deion being in the costume.
As Deion was placed onto the ground, Deion was impaled from the back of his head, with the hook by Luther Thompson, as a traumatized and silent Marcus watched on, as Deion then unmasked himself, looking up to his twin and calling for help as he bled. Marcus would then flee, and who after being let go by Luther from the hook, would see a seriously injured Deion stumble by in the shed, who would hide from Hook Man, as his killer would realized what he'd done, by hiding in the trunk of one of the abandoned cars, despite Luther calling out for him. However, due to his blood loss on the trauma from his head injury, as well as Deion locking himself in the trunk and not being able to escape (or if the trunk was just stuck, too weak to get out of), caused him to then die off-screen.
Even after police came searching for him, under the guise Deion was Marcus who'd been attacked, due to switching his identity with Marcus in costume, the Atlanta P.D couldn't find him, lead for Hook Man to eventually finding Deion's corpse, approximately eight months later, in April-May 2011, due to the growing decomposition attracting weeds to grow from the car trunk. He was then given an impromptu burial and funeral by Hook Man, as the mask he was wearing was then hung onto the cross that marked his grave. His death would lead for uneventful courses to culminate, mainly by his and Marcus's older half-brother, Jamal, of who knew Deion was dead and Marcus being the one who assumed his identity, as Marcus went to live Deion's life and ambitions, much to Jamal's hatred of both Marcus's lying and their father's fault of hypocrisy of having had two side families that, after Deion's death led to Jamal's mother's death. This would then carry out to Marcus trying to live Deion's life just 8 years later, in a brutal anniversary spree nearly killing Deion's twin and Kym, and others.
Legacy
The Atlanta Murders (2018)
Deion's death would be the catalyst for an anniversary spree nearly 8 years since his death, as a tribute to the age of Deion when he had died. Committed and masterminded by Jamal and his accomplice being his twins' classmate, Beth, they would kill in honor of avenging him by targeting Marcus and his newfound friends from detention at Weaver High School during their senior year. As on the last week nearing Halloween, 2018, who by wearing the infamous Ghostface costume of which Deion died in, Jamal would target Marcus's friends and his own love interest, Liv Reynolds, in order to break and make Marcus confess his true identity. This was ultimately Jamal's plan prior to his reveal and eventual death, of which he failed, seeing as even through the symbolic and brutal murders of 8 victims, including two of Marcus's own friends, Manny and Amir Ayoub, would see him living "a lie", in order for him to cope and his penance for living Deion's life and carrying out his legacy by doing so, thus foiling Jamal's plans.
Despite Deion's death traumatizing Marcus, who eventually only revealed his true identity to Liv, the fact was that Jamal failed to realize, despite his accomplice betraying him and who'd only used to guise of killing for Deion on his anniversary in order to manipulate Jamal, was in fact that Deion had died protecting Marcus, heroically, and despite Marcus's cowardice and leaving him, this was due to him being a child and who would live for Deion in his memory, as he had learned, to let go of himself, and knowing from intuition of Deion's death, wouldn't let him go away, thus taking on his identity and living through him, disregarding the murders of which Jamal committed to avenge him.
Appearances (3/6)
Season 3 (3/6)
Relationships
Family
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Quotes
Tommy Jenkins is a bitch who can't keep up with me in the (football) field.
-Deion to Marcus after his Halloween candy was chucked over the fence
I got you, bro.
-Deion to Marcus
Trivia
- He died 8 years prior to the start of The Deadfast Club after he and his twin brother, Marcus Elliot, switched costumes.
- Marcus was wearing the infamous Father Death costume while Deion had the football padded outfit on during Halloween night; Deion switched to Marcus’s costume and Marcus to his, due to Marcus being bullied.
- Deion was the first victim of Season 3, albeit via flashback, and is the only victim to not be murdered by Ghostface, but rather a misdirected pointing to and by Hook Man.
- Deion, however, was wearing a Ghostface costume (after taking off the mask) when he died. He wasn't a killer but is one of the few characters (2nd overall) in the franchise to have died while in the suit which includes:
- Roman Bridger (1st)
- Beth (3rd overall, 2nd killer)
- Quinn Bailey (4th overall, 3rd killer)
- Ethan Landry (5th overall, 4th killer)
- Deion and Marcus are the second pair of same sex duo of characters in the franchise to be featured in the opening, and the first to be biologically related seeing as they're twin brothers.
- With the official first same sex-duo in the opening being friends Jenny Randall and Marnie Cooper from Scream 4.
- Deion is one of the few male characters in the franchise and the TV series and of them, is the first to not die off in the opening per se, but rather be attacked solo; seeing as he and his twin brother Marcus are together at the time of Deion’s attack by Hook Man
- Only shows Deion’s head as Hook Man “hooks” him through his Ghostface mask, and would die later on due to his starvation and confinement (shown off-screen due to nature of kill and of character being a child).
- Albeit a young male child, Deion follows in the tradition in that he is the fourth male character to be the first attacked by Ghostface, whilst in a duo in the opening (with his twin), preceded by in the films and TV series/later succeeded by:
- Steven Orth (Scream)
- Phil Stevens (Scream 2)
- Tyler O'Neill (Season 1)
- Jason Carvey (Scream VI, as 5th)
- Deion, seeing as he was a child, dying off screen while also seen onscreen be attacked and thus setting the course for his ill-fate, is very much similar to that of the character Will Belmont in Season 1.
- This can explained be due to explicit nature of both characters deaths, seeing as they were also minors (Will was 17, Deion was around 8/9).
- Deion is also the first and only youngest victim, thus far, (due to being a child) of both the TV series and of the entire Scream franchise overall, including the films, despite not being killed by Ghostface or any masked killer.
- Deion’s death being found and discovered via an enclosed space (unlike where other killers placed their victims afterwards, Deion died in his place of discovery due to succumbing to his wound and lack of oxygen and starvation; although Luther was his accidental killer, but nonetheless) is the second out of three deaths to be stumbled upon, preceded and succeeded by:
- Alex Whitten (Season 2 “Halloween II” special)
- Greg Bruckner (Scream VI)
- Deion is the second (male) character to be killed off solo (as well as off-screen, like Maureen and succeeded by Greg in the sixth film) in the opening, with the list going as following:
- Jake Fitzgerald, 1st (Season 2 only)
- Season 3: Tommy Jenkins (3rd), Avery Collins (4th), and Latavious (5th; due to all their deaths taking place on the first day of the murders, with Tommy’s being the official opening)
- Laura Crane (6th; 1st solo female) in Scream VI.