Evil Ash

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Evil Ash is a fictional character appearing in Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness. He is first seen in Evil Dead 2 when Ashley J. Williams is attacked by a supernatural force following the killing of his possessed girlfriend, Linda. Evil Ash is expelled when the sun frightens away the evil from Ash's body.

Evil Ash is next seen when Jake, a hillbilly, forces Ash and Annie Knowby to go outside to find his girlfriend, Bobby Joe. The evil overtakes Ash, who then throws Jake into a tree and chases Annie around the cabin while under its influence. After Ash throws Annie into a wall - rendering her unconscious - he finds the necklace which he had given to Linda, expelling the evil force.

In the next film in the series Ash is sucked through a vortex into medieval times, where he is sent to find the Necronomicon. While on this quest he is attacked by miniature versions of himself while taking refuge from the evil force in an abandoned windmill. After a prolonged battle with the miniature Ashs, one goes down his throat, and an evil version of himself is once again created. Ash manages to "kill" him, dismembers and buries him. However, in a subsequent scene Ash fails to recite certain protective incantations correctly. This releases the army of the dead, and his evil counterpart among the newly awakened dead.

Evil Ash becomes leader of the army of the dead, and leads his army to the gates of the castle to which Ash has retreated with the Necronomicon. Evil Ash eventually falls to Ash, when he uses a flaming catapult to destroy Evil Ash. Evil Ash is also seen in the video games, Evil Dead: Hail to the King, and Evil Dead: Regeneration.