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* [[Actor Allusion]]:
* [[Adorably Precocious Child]]:
* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Most of the adults range from [[Too Dumb to Live]] and sometimes just plain crazy.
* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Most of the adults range from [[Too Dumb to Live]] and sometimes just plain crazy.
* [[Adult Fear]]:
* [[Aloof Big Sister]]: Basically, Courtney.
* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Deconstructed hard.
* [[An Aesop]]:
* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]: Courtney sees Norman as this.
* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]: Courtney sees Norman as this.
* [[Anti-Villain]]:
* [[The Atoner]]:
* [[Badass Pacifist]]:
* [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]: Averted. When Mitch is shirtless he has nipples.
* [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]: Averted. When Mitch is shirtless he has nipples.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Courtney.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Courtney.
* [[Big Bad]]: Mainly the ghost of the witch.
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]
* [[Black Comedy]]
* [[Book Dumb]]:
* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]
* [[Bring My Brown Pants]]
* [[The Bully]]: Alvin.
* [[Casanova Wannabe]]
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Norman's ability to speak to the dead becomes useful when the town comes under siege by supernatural forces.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Norman's ability to speak to the dead becomes useful when the town comes under siege by supernatural forces.
* [[Cool Loser]]: Norman happens to be able to speak to the dead, but is considered an outsider in the community. However, this is somewhat justified when you really consider from everyone else's perspective how this is a kid who is going around claiming he speaks with dead people.
* [[Cool Loser]]: Norman happens to be able to speak to the dead, but is considered an outsider in the community. However, this is somewhat justified when you really consider from everyone else's perspective how this is a kid who is going around claiming he speaks with dead people.
* [[Cool Old Lady]]:
* [[Cosmetic Horror]]:
* [[Crapsack World]]: Much of the trailer shows the rundown suburbia that the protagonist lives in. And [[Town with a Dark Secret|of course...]]
* [[Crapsack World]]: Much of the trailer shows the rundown suburbia that the protagonist lives in. And [[Town with a Dark Secret|of course...]]
* [[Creepy Child]]: According to most of the town, Norman is this {{spoiler| , the little girl, who is the "infamous" witch.}}
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Courtney, though it looks like she dyes.
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Courtney, though it looks like she dyes.
* [[Dumb Jock]]
* [[Everything's Deader with Zombies]]: The first creature to invade the town. Oh, and [[It Got Worse|it gets worse...]]
* [[Everything's Deader with Zombies]]: The first creature to invade the town. Oh, and [[It Got Worse|it gets worse...]]
* [[Exotic Eye Designs]]: Norman's irises and pupils are faceted. No other character has eyes like his, so it's not a result of the heavy stylization in the film.
* [[Exotic Eye Designs]]: Norman's irises and pupils are faceted. No other character has eyes like his, so it's not a result of the heavy stylization in the film.

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I See Dead People

Para Norman is a stop-motion animated comic horror film from Laika Animation Studios that was released in August 17,2012, better known for their success with Coraline. It's directed by Chris Butler (the main storyboard artist on Coraline) and Sam Fell (an Aardman alumni and director of Flushed Away), based off a script written by Butler.

The film follows the titular protagonist, Norman (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee), living in a small town in Massachusetts. With the "gift" of speaking to the dead, Norman is called an outcast by most of the town, most of which populated by childish adults and a nasty population of kids. When the town comes under siege by zombies, ghosts and witches, only he can actually save the town from these creatures, not to mention a centuries-old curse on the town.

A trailer can be seen here. Be warned, some of the imagery rivals Coraline in scariness.

Tropes used in ParaNorman include:
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