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Yeah, yeah, okay I'm Mr. Fade but I ain't no killer

–Shane to The Deadfast Club after being lured and confronted, Devil's Night

Shane was a main character of the third season of the television series Scream. He was portrayed by Tyler Posey.

Description

Shane is a a high school dropout. He is a drug dealer and party promoter who is always hustling in order to make money. But beneath that exterior, there's more to Shane than anyone realizes.

Appearances (3/6) 

Season 3 (3/6)

Relationships 

Family

  • Unnamed grandmother

Allies

Enemies

Death

Tuesday, October 30th, 2018

After having proven his innocence of being the killer and failing to defeat Ghostface back at Weaver, Shane returns home to his apartment (unspecified if in either College Park or Atlanta) at night, who heads inside and who tends to his bed-ridden grandmother, as he drops off the drugs he robbed the pharmacy using the Ghostface costume earlier, who consoles his grandmother and both share a final moment, before being interrupted by pranksters egging the outdoor window of their apartment on the upper floor, as Shane reassures his grandma and states the infamous final last words "I'll be right back". Outside the apartment building, Shane looks to find the source of the prank, before being called by Ghostface, posing as a client, looking to score before revealing their killer identity, stating. Scared, Shane takes out his gun and warns the killer after finding a sign at the back door of the apartment spray painted in white letters, reading "COWARD", referring to his failure, as Shane claims he's not playing.

Ghostface states to him that they are (homage to Ghostface taunting his victims in the film franchise and playing games) and how they're playing "Chicken" and claims how Shane already blinked, as Shane claims how he did but not now, which the killer claims they'll see and tells Shane that they're now playing "Hide and Seek" and to come and find them before hanging up as the killer drops a brick on Shane's head, injuring him as Shane looks to the roof of the apartment, bleeding from the back of his head. Shane attempts to then access the ladder to go up to the roof, and already being disoriented, becomes trapped as suddenly the ladder falls down, trapping Shane via his head and upper body. Ghostface then approaches climbing down the ladder, as Shane tries to escape and who pleads with the killer, scared as he sees Ghostface taking out a needle before Ghostface injects a deadly dose of drugs via syringe into his eyes. This makes his eye turn purple and black and he foams at the mouth, ultimately killing him.

Quotes 

Yeah, yeah, okay, I’m Mr. Fade, but I ain’t no killer. -Shane when he’s confronted by The Deadfast Club. (“Devil’s Night”)

Trivia

  • Shane is a former student at Weaver High School.
  • In a promotional teaser, Shane is called 'The Dropout'.
  • Shane was in a no-strings attached, sexual based relationship with Beth until he was suspected of being the killer. Beth officially called things off with him once she found out that he couldn't shoot Ghostface.
    • This is a reverse of Charlie Walker and Kirby Reed's relationship in Scream 4, in a reverse due to how Charlie is the one caught in a ploy and seemingly trapped in order to vie Kirby's affection for him and test her by stabbing her due to Kirby only being aware of him during the murders, and reveals himself out of costume
    • Similar in how Shane is trapped, but in an actual ploy, and Beth kills him without unmasking herself and each love interest (Shane and Kirby) is attacked by the killers due to testing the validity of what they're facing by them (Charlie and Beth); however, Shane doesn't survive, while Kirby does.
  • Despite the differences in each, Shane's role as a drug dealer to support his bedridden grandmother is similar to that of the role of Fezco, a drug dealer on the HBO teen drama series Euphoria.
    • Unlike Shane, Fezco was stated to have an upbringing to drug dealing via his grandmother and him dropping out, while Shane is implied to have only taken drug dealing in order to support his and his dropping out, respectively.
    • Both TV series were released in the summer of 2019, respectively (Season 3 from July 8-10th, 2019, while Season 1 of Euphoria on June 16th, 2019, despite the fact that each are set in 2018, as well)
  • Shane’s death is one of various to take place outside at night in the franchise, like that of Kenny Brown, Hallie McDaniel, Robbie Mercer, Hoss, Anthony Perkins, and Vince Schneider from the films; and to Dara Aldean, Brett Kenner, Nina Patterson, and Latavious from the TV series.
  • Shane is the third male character in the franchise that's killed not long after his first phone call with Ghostface, preceded by Randy Meeks in Scream 2 and Cotton Weary in Scream 3.
  • Shane's use of the Ghostface costume in order to commit theft (not murder, unlike the other killers in the franchise) in order to conceal his identity, makes him the first character in the franchise to do so, thus far.
  • Shane’s death, by being trapped and who’s near a ladder, is an inverse to Riley Marra’s death in Season 1, in “Wanna Play a Game?”.
    • Furthermore, his death by Ghostface by being trapped, is an homage to both Tatum Riley in the original Scream, Randy Meeks in Scream 2, as well as Sarah Darling and Jennifer Jolie in Scream 3, and Hook Man in this season.
    • Shane’s death by Ghostface via a lethal injection (full of drugs) with a needle then inserted in his eye, making him thus far, the first and only victim to be killed by a killer or Ghostface in this manner; marking him as the first non-traditional kill (no Bowie knife), as well as the first drug induced death by Ghostface or any other killer in the entire Scream franchise.
    • Similarly In A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (Which was written by Wes Craven) Freddy Krueger (Played by Robert Englund), kills one of the main characters, Taryn White (Played by Jennifer Rubin) by impaling her with drug needles.
    • Shane is the 3rd character on the Tv series that is Latino after the Acostas from Season 2. Although Jake Fitzgearld from the first two seasons is shown to know a little Spanish, it is unknown if either one of his parents has Latin or Spanish Roots. If Jake is Latin or Spanish Roots, he would be the first in the series. However, the First Latino character in the Scream Franchise is actually Dawnie from Scream 2, as her Actress Marisol Nichols, has Mexican Roots. Next would be the Carpenter Sisters in the 5th movie. Melissa Barrera is Mexican while Jenna Ortega has Mexican and Puerto Rican roots.
    • Like CiCI Cooper(Played by Sarah Michelle Gellar) in Scream 2 and Sarah Darling (Played by Jenny McCarthy) in Scream 3 Shane is the third person killed in their respected season or movie that is played by a notable celebrity, who none are the opening kills, but still killed off early on.

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