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* [[Black Comedy]]
* [[Black Comedy]]
* [[Book Dumb]]: Neil.
* [[Book Dumb]]: Neil.
* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]: {{quote|'''Neil'''': It's just because I'm fat and I have asthma and I sweat when I walk too fast and my lunchbox has a kitten on it, and I have irritable bowel syndrome.}}
* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]: {{quote|'''Neil''': It's just because I'm fat and I have asthma and I sweat when I walk too fast and my lunchbox has a kitten on it, and I have irritable bowel syndrome.}}
* [[Bring My Brown Pants]]: Alvin attempts to flee from the zombies, exclaiming "I think I peed my pants!"
* [[Bring My Brown Pants]]: Alvin attempts to flee from the zombies, exclaiming "I think I peed my pants!"
* [[The Bully]]: Alvin.
* [[The Bully]]: Alvin.
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* [[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]]:
* [[Cool Old Lady]]: Grandma Babcock.
* [[Cosmetic Horror]]: This happens to the school drama teacher, her makeup is awful, worst is her green facial mask that's so bad that only talking to her saved her from being mistaken for one of the zombies.
* [[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 and {{spoiler|Same can go for , 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]]: Basically the town's ghosts, they're friendly. {{sproiler|Ditto with the zombies, since all they want is to atone for their sin of killing a "witch", who was just angry over the wrongs that are committed on her.}}
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Courtney, though it looks like she dyes.
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Courtney, though it looks like she dyes.
* [[Dumb Jock]]
* [[Dumb Jock]]: Mitch.
* [[Dumb Muscle]]:
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Mainly Mitch and Alvin. Plus, they're not that smart.
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: Norman has to fight a "witch" to protect a town that mostly scorns him, only to find that the townspeople {{spolier|realizes that the ghosts and undead are real and willing to lend a hand to assist in the crisis. At the end, Norman was hailed as a hero with a cool ability.}}
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]:
* [[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 Blithe Hollow. Oh, and [[It Got Worse|it gets worse...]]
* [[Evil is Petty]]: The witch cursed all of Blithe Hollow to be attacked by the zombies of those who tried her.{{spoiler|Averted. Since, Aggy cursed the zombies to go through the same thing that she went through.}}
* [[Evil is Petty]]: The witch cursed all of Blithe Hollow to be attacked by the zombies of those who tried her.{{spoiler|Averted. Since, Aggy cursed the zombies to go through the same thing that she went through.}}
* [[Executive Meddling]]:
* [[Executive Meddling]]: The aerobics instructor's butts aren't as...Detailed as they appear in the teasers and trailers.
* [[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.
* [[Fat Best Friend]]: Neil.
* [[Fat Best Friend]]: Neil.
* [[Favoritism Flip Flop]]: At the ending of the film, Alvin explains to some girls that he and Norman are real close for years. It's true in a sense, since Alvin was Norman's bully.
* [[Favoritism Flip Flop]]:
* [[Fighting for Survival]]: When the townspeople encountering the zombies where doing what every sane person does, {{spoiler|turns out to be unnecessary.}}
* [[Fighting for Survival]]:
* [[Five-Man Band]]:
* [[Five-Man Band]]:
** [[The Chick]]: Courtney
** [[The Chick]]: Courtney

Revision as of 04:41, 15 March 2018

I See Dead People
There's nothing wrong with being scared, Norman, so long as you don't let it change who you are.
—Grandma Babcock

Para Norman is a stop-motion animated comic horror film from Laika Animation Studios -- better known for their success with Coraline -- that was released in August 17, 2012. It was 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:

Neil: It's just because I'm fat and I have asthma and I sweat when I walk too fast and my lunchbox has a kitten on it, and I have irritable bowel syndrome.

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