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* [[Cosmetic Horror]]:
* [[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.}}
* [[Creepy Child]]: According to most of the town, Norman is this and {{spoiler|Same can go for , the little girl, who is the "infamous" witch.}}
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Courtney, though it looks like she dyes.
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Courtney, though it looks like she dyes.
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** [[The Hero]]: Norman
** [[The Hero]]: Norman
** [[The Smart Guy]]: Neil
** [[The Smart Guy]]: Neil
* [[Foot Focus]]
* [[Foreshadowing]]
* [[Freaky Is Cool]]:
* [[From Nobody to Nightmare]]:
* [[Genre Savvy]]:
* [[George Lucas Throwback]]: Basically ''[[The Goonies]]'' meets ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''.
* [[George Lucas Throwback]]: Basically ''[[The Goonies]]'' meets ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]:
* [[Gypsy Curse]]:
* [[Hartman Hips]]: Courtney and her mom.
* [[Hartman Hips]]: Courtney and her mom.
** Taken to extremes with the aerobics instructor [[All Men Are Perverts|Neil likes to freeze-frame on]].
** Taken to extremes with the aerobics instructor [[All Men Are Perverts|Neil likes to freeze-frame on]].
* [[Hero with Bad Publicity]]: Norman is not exactly Mr. Popular in town, for reasons mentioned above in [[Cool Loser]].
* [[Hero with Bad Publicity]]: Norman is not exactly Mr. Popular in town, for reasons mentioned above in [[Cool Loser]].
* [[Heroic BSOD]]:
* [[Hollywood History]]:
* [[Incompatible Orientation]]:
* [[Improbable Hairstyle]]:
* [[Insufferable Genius]]:
* [[Invisible Parents]]:
* [[I See Dead People]]:
* [[Large Ham]]:
* [[Odd Friendship]]: With the ghosts. One of them being a [[Cloudcuckoolander|town loon]] voiced by John Goodman.
* [[Odd Friendship]]: With the ghosts. One of them being a [[Cloudcuckoolander|town loon]] voiced by John Goodman.
* [[The Poor Mans Substitute]]: [[In-Universe]]. [[Word of God]] likened the town to a b-list version of Salem, Massachusetts.
* [[The Poor Mans Substitute]]: [[In-Universe]]. [[Word of God]] likened the town to a b-list version of Salem, Massachusetts.

Revision as of 01:02, 11 March 2018

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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