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InnocentInaccurate: Basically the entirity of Annice's dialogue in the kitchen. Mostly this part about her German pen pal, Avis, and her account of when she visited her and the final letters she recieved from her.
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InnocentInaccurate: Basically the entirity of Annice's dialogue in the kitchen. Mostly this part about her German pen pal, Avis, and her account of when she visited her and the final letters she recieved received from her.
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->"Congratulations! [[TheSixthSense You see dead people!]]"
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ShoutOut: To name a few: TheGrudge, TheSixthSense, Film/GhostBusters and when Vi reads the death records Violet Everad is the name of a character from a sketch the playwright once did and Faith Connors is the real name of a character from QuadrantNine.
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ShoutOut: To name a few: TheGrudge, TheSixthSense, Film/GhostBusters Film/TheGrudge, Film/TheSixthSense, Franchise/GhostBusters and when Vi reads the death records Violet Everad is the name of a character from a sketch the playwright once did and Faith Connors is the real name of a character from QuadrantNine.
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ShoutOut: To name a few: TheGrudge, TheSixthSense, GhostBusters Film/GhostBusters and when Vi reads the death records Violet Everad is the name of a character from a sketch the playwright once did and Faith Connors is the real name of a character from QuadrantNine.
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CheerfulChild: Annice.
ChekhovsGag: Lewis' three point hit rule initially seems to be just an amusing thing he and his dad came up with, [[spoiler: until Beatrice uses it on Lyle.]]
ChekhovsGunman: The boy who doesn't speak.
ChekhovsHobby: Esther's flair for literature helps her solve the riddle and find the map pieces.
ChekhovsGag: Lewis' three point hit rule initially seems to be just an amusing thing he and his dad came up with, [[spoiler: until Beatrice uses it on Lyle.]]
ChekhovsGunman: The boy who doesn't speak.
ChekhovsHobby: Esther's flair for literature helps her solve the riddle and find the map pieces.
ForeShadowing: "I like a bit of spirit."
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KidHero: All three "main" characters. Esther is fourteen, Kathy is also fourteen and Lewis is ten.
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InnocentInaccurate: Basically the entirity of Annice's dialogue in the kitchen. Mostly this part about her German pen pal, Avis, and her account of when she visited her and the final letters she recieved from her.
-> Annice: She and her family all had these [[https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=jewish+holocaust+badge&newwindow=1&client=firefox-a&hs=Nxr&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&channel=fflb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=xJ2uU-WREe2g7AadnYCADA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=969#facrc=_&imgrc=Mn7JFzEXvpB17M%253A%3B98P34ZIPugspJM%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.jewishvirtuallibrary.org%252Fjsource%252Fimages%252FHolocaust%252Fjude2.gif%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.jewishvirtuallibrary.org%252Fjsource%252FHolocaust%252Fbadges.html%3B375%3B421 nice badges]] that had stars on them so I think she was special but she never told me why. Do you know what the stars mean, Esther? [...] Avis said she and her family were staying with relatives somewhere because the secret police were looking for them, whatever that meant. I don't know what she'd done. Avis was really nice and so was her family. And then a few months later she just stopped writing and I never heard from her again.
KidHero: All three"main" main characters. Esther is fourteen, Kathy is also fourteen and Lewis is ten.
ten.
[[spoiler: LifeDrinker: Lyle]]
-> Annice: She and her family all had these [[https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=jewish+holocaust+badge&newwindow=1&client=firefox-a&hs=Nxr&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&channel=fflb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=xJ2uU-WREe2g7AadnYCADA&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=969#facrc=_&imgrc=Mn7JFzEXvpB17M%253A%3B98P34ZIPugspJM%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.jewishvirtuallibrary.org%252Fjsource%252Fimages%252FHolocaust%252Fjude2.gif%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.jewishvirtuallibrary.org%252Fjsource%252FHolocaust%252Fbadges.html%3B375%3B421 nice badges]] that had stars on them so I think she was special but she never told me why. Do you know what the stars mean, Esther? [...] Avis said she and her family were staying with relatives somewhere because the secret police were looking for them, whatever that meant. I don't know what she'd done. Avis was really nice and so was her family. And then a few months later she just stopped writing and I never heard from her again.
KidHero: All three
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NotSoSmallRole: The boy who doesn't speak [[spoiler: (Lewis)]]
ShoutOut: To name a few: TheGrudge, TheSixthSense, GhostBusters and when Vi reads the death records Violet Everad is the name of a character from a sketch the playwright once did and Faith Connors is the real name of a character from QuadrantNine.
ShoutOut: To name a few: TheGrudge, TheSixthSense, GhostBusters and when Vi reads the death records Violet Everad is the name of a character from a sketch the playwright once did and Faith Connors is the real name of a character from QuadrantNine.
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ThePromise: Lewis promises Beatrice he'd protect her from highway men in the first conversation they have in the play. [[spoiler: Lyle using her soul for black magic isn't quite the same thing but he tries to help her, even if it does end up killing him in the end.]]
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CuteGhostGirl: Kathy and Skye, although Skye has the cute part down more so than Kathy, who is only this trope because she acts like any other member of the cast.
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CuteGhostGirl: Kathy and Skye, Annice, although Skye Annice has the cute part down more so than Kathy, who is only this trope because she acts like any other member of the cast.
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GhostlyAmnesia: All the ghosts have it except the boy who doesn't speak [[spoiler: (Lewis.)]]
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KidHero: All three "main" characters. Esther is fourteen, Kathy is also fourteen and Lewis is ten.
ShutUpHannibal: At the climax of the play, [[spoiler: Lyle]] starts taunting Kathy. Kathy proceeds to grab him by the collar and punch him in the face.
SpiritedYoungLady: Kathy/Beatrice does some rather questionable things for a fourteen year old girl in the Victorian era. This includes [[DeadpanSnarker snarking,]] being friends with a servant, teaching said servant to read, trying to start a fire with a gas lamp to protect herself from [[spoiler: Lyle]], having a keen interest in politics and economics and back chatting her mother, Josephine.
-> Josephine: What are you reading?
-> Beatrice/Kathy: Something with more intellectual value than poems with silly morals.
-> Josephine: You'll be the death of me, Beatrice.
-> Beatrice/Kathy: Thank you.
TalkToTheFist: Kathy does this to [[spoiler: Lyle]] near the end of the play when he starts taunting.
-> Josephine: What are you reading?
-> Beatrice/Kathy: Something with more intellectual value than poems with silly morals.
-> Josephine: You'll be the death of me, Beatrice.
-> Beatrice/Kathy: Thank you.
TalkToTheFist: Kathy does this to [[spoiler: Lyle]] near the end of the play when he starts taunting.
PlatonicLifePartners: Kathy and Lewis.
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WouldHurtAChild: [spoiler: The Dead Man has been taking the souls of children for years to keep himself alive through dark magic. This kills them in the process and traps their souls in Ashenbrook. Even more blatant with his treatment of Lewis, whom he drowns because he witnessed Kathy/Beatrice's death.]
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WouldHurtAChild: [spoiler: [[spoiler: The Dead Man has been taking the souls of children for years to keep himself alive through dark magic. This kills them in the process and traps their souls in Ashenbrook. Even more blatant with his treatment of Lewis, whom he drowns because he witnessed Kathy/Beatrice's death.]
Even before drowning him, he was threatening him with unemployment if he told Beatrice and Josephine about his true nature.]]
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{Sidekick}: Kathy is one to Esther from the third scene of the play.
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BigFancyHouse: Ashenbrook Manor.
CaptainObvious: Lizzie.
->Lizzie: I found this. It's a necklace.
->Beth: [[DeadpanSnarker No, really? ''I thought it was a pirate ship.'']]
->Lizzie: [[SarcasmBlind I think you need to get your eyes checked, Beth, you're always mistaking things.]]
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DeadpanSnarker: Beth and Kathy.
TheDitz: '''Lizzie.'''
CaptainObvious: Lizzie.
->Lizzie: I found this. It's a necklace.
->Beth: [[DeadpanSnarker No, really? ''I thought it was a pirate ship.'']]
->Lizzie: [[SarcasmBlind I think you need to get your eyes checked, Beth, you're always mistaking things.]]
GhostlyAmnesia: All the ghosts have it except the boy who doesn't speak [[spoiler: (Lewis.)]]
IJustWantToBeNormal: Esther gives this as a reason to reverse the spell. Kathy disagrees.
->Kathy: You just got magical powers! And you want to get rid of them because you think people will think you're crazy? You ''are'' crazy! What kind of teenage girl doesn't want magical powers.
TheDitz: '''Lizzie.'''
CaptainObvious: Lizzie.
->Lizzie: I found this. It's a necklace.
->Beth: [[DeadpanSnarker No, really? ''I thought it was a pirate ship.'']]
->Lizzie: [[SarcasmBlind I think you need to get your eyes checked, Beth, you're always mistaking things.]]
GhostlyAmnesia: All the ghosts have it except the boy who doesn't speak [[spoiler: (Lewis.)]]
IJustWantToBeNormal: Esther gives this as a reason to reverse the spell. Kathy disagrees.
->Kathy: You just got magical powers! And you want to get rid of them because you think people will think you're crazy? You ''are'' crazy! What kind of teenage girl doesn't want magical powers.
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TheDitz: '''Lizzie.'''
CaptainObvious: Lizzie.
->Lizzie: I found this. It's a necklace.
->Beth: [[DeadpanSnarker No, really? ''I thought it was a pirate ship.'']]
->Lizzie: [[SarcasmBlind I think you need to get your eyes checked, Beth, you're always mistaking things.]]
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IJustWantToBeNormal: Esther gives this as a reason to reverse the spell.
CuteGhostGirl: Kathy
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AbsentMindedProfessor: Lizzie is somewhat this, even though she is not actually a professor she is still in the top fifteen percent of her year and considered academically gifted in most subjects.
InformedAbility: Averted. We see Lizzie display her intellect on several occasions, including when she corrects Vi on her pronunciation of the Domesday book in scene two and when she recognizes which period the necklace is from judging from the clothes in the picture. She also ''accidentally'' [[SmartPeoplePlayChess beats Beth at chess.]] At least five times. In a row. Also averted with Esther being good at English, since she has a wider vocabulary than the other girls and is frequently shown reading.
InformedAttribute: Vi is apparently mad on boys, although this is never really mentioned. Justified in that the only other men in the play are a ten year old ghost and a man who is [[spoiler: killing children to keep himself alive.]]
MessyHair: Kathy has this [[spoiler: because she died after being dragged out of bed in the middle of the night, chased through the manor, attempting to fight off a grown man and ultimately being knocked unconscious.]]
CreepyShadowedUndereyes: All the ghosts.
AbsentMindedProfessor: Lizzie is somewhat this, even though she is not actually a professor she is still in the top fifteen percent of her year and considered academically gifted in most subjects.
InformedAbility: Averted. We see Lizzie display her intellect on several occasions, including when she corrects Vi on her pronunciation of the Domesday book in scene two and when she recognizes which period the necklace is from judging from the clothes in the picture. She also ''accidentally'' [[SmartPeoplePlayChess beats Beth at chess.]] At least five times. In a row. Also averted with Esther being good at English, since she has a wider vocabulary than the other girls and is frequently shown reading.
InformedAttribute: Vi is apparently mad on boys, although this is never really mentioned. Justified in that the only other men in the play are a ten year old ghost and a man who is [[spoiler: killing children to keep himself alive.]]
MessyHair: Kathy has this [[spoiler: because she died after being dragged out of bed in the middle of the night, chased through the manor, attempting to fight off a grown man and ultimately being knocked unconscious.]]
CreepyShadowedUndereyes: All the ghosts.
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AbsentMindedProfessor: Lizzie is somewhat this, even though she is not actually a professor she is still in the top fifteen percent of her year and considered academically gifted in most subjects.
InformedAbility: Averted. We see Lizzie display her intellect on several occasions, including when she corrects Vi on her pronunciation of the Domesday book in scene two and when she recognizes which period the necklace is from judging from the clothes in the picture. She also ''accidentally'' [[SmartPeoplePlayChess beats
InformedAttribute: Vi is apparently mad on boys, although
MessyHair: Kathy has this [[spoiler: because she died after being dragged out of bed in the middle of the night, chased through the manor, attempting to fight off a grown man and ultimately being knocked unconscious.]]
CreepyShadowedUndereyes: All the ghosts.
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HauntedHouse: Ashenbrook Manor is one.
IJustWantToBeNormal: Esther gives this as a reason to reverse the spell. Kathy
->Kathy: You just got magical powers! And you want to get rid of them
InformedAbility: Averted. We see Lizzie display her intellect on several occasions, including when she corrects Vi on her pronunciation of the Domesday book in scene two and when she recognizes which period the necklace is from judging from the clothes in the picture. She also ''accidentally'' [[SmartPeoplePlayChess beats Beth at chess.]] At least five times. In a row. Also averted with Esther being good at English, since she has a wider vocabulary than the other girls and is frequently shown reading.
InformedAttribute: Vi is apparently mad on boys, although this is never really mentioned. Justified in that the only other men in the play are a ten year old ghost and a man who is [[spoiler: killing children to keep himself alive.]]
MessyHair: Kathy has this [[spoiler: because she died after being dragged out of bed in the middle of the night, chased through the manor, attempting to fight off a grown man and ultimately being knocked unconscious.]]
SideKick: Kathy is one to Esther from the third scene of the play.
TheDitz: '''Lizzie.'''
UnfinishedBusiness: The Dead Man is the ghosts'.
WhoDunnitToMe: The ghosts are all trying to stop their collective killer with the help of Esther.
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MessyHair: Kathy has this [[spoiler: because she died after being dragged out of bed in the middle of the night, chased through the manor, attempting to fight off a grown man and ultimately being knocked unconscious.]]
CreepyShadowedUndereyes: All the ghosts.
EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Kathy is at least the first two, although her actual hair colour varies with the actress.
BedSheetGhost: Kathy says she sometimes picks up bed sheets and waves them around to scare people for giggles.
MessyHair: Kathy has this [[spoiler: because she died after being dragged out of bed in the middle of the night, chased through the manor, attempting to fight off a grown man and ultimately being knocked unconscious.]]
CreepyShadowedUndereyes: All the ghosts.
EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Kathy is at least the first two, although her actual hair colour varies with the actress.
BedSheetGhost: Kathy says she sometimes picks up bed sheets and waves them around to scare people for giggles.
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IJustWantToBeNormal: Esther gives this as a reason to reverse the spell. Kathy disagrees.
->Kathy: You just got magical powers! And you want to get rid of them because you think people will think you're crazy? You ''are'' crazy! What kind of teenage girl doesn't want magical powers.
DitzyGenius: Lizzie is in top set for everything, yet she still manages to forget which trip they're going on while ''on the coach to said trip.'' She even forgot which country they were going to, only remembering when they were only going to Yorkshire when she realized they hadn't gotten on a ferry to go to Wales. Then she remembers you don't need a ferry to get to Wales and that she mixed it up with Ireland (again).
WouldHurtAChild: [spoiler: The Dead Man has been taking the souls of children for years to keep himself alive through dark magic. This kills them in the process and traps their souls in Ashenbrook. Even more blatant with his treatment of Lewis, whom he drowns because he witnessed Kathy/Beatrice's death.]
AbsentMindedProfessor: Lizzie is somewhat this, even though she is not actually a professor she is still in the top fifteen percent of her year and considered academically gifted in most subjects.
InformedAbility: Averted. We see Lizzie display her intellect on several occasions, including when she corrects Vi on her pronunciation of the Domesday book in scene two and when she recognizes which period the necklace is from judging from the clothes in the picture. She also ''accidentally'' [[SmartPeoplePlayChess beats Beth at chess.]] At least five times. In a row. Also averted with Esther being good at English, since she has a wider vocabulary than the other girls and is frequently shown reading.
InformedAttribute: Vi is apparently mad on boys, although this is never really mentioned. Justified in that the only other men in the play are a ten year old ghost and a man who is [spoiler: killing children to keep himself alive.]
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* Sidekick: Kathy is one to Esther from the third scene of the play.
* Cough*Snark*Cough*: Kathy likes this.
* Cough*Snark*Cough*: Kathy likes this.
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*Cough*Snark*Cough*: Kathy likes this.
DeadpanSnarker: Beth and Kathy.
TheDitz: '''Lizzie.'''
CaptainObvious: Lizzie.
->Lizzie: I found this. It's a necklace.
->Beth: [[DeadpanSnarker No, really? ''I thought it was a pirate ship.'']]
->Lizzie: [[SarcasmBlind I think you need to get your eyes checked, Beth, you're always mistaking things.]]
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A play concerning Ashenbrook Manor, an OldDarkHouse haunted by the ghosts of children/young teens who know nothing about their deaths but a lingering memory of "The Dead Man". On a school trip, Esther and her friends come to stay. When Esther unwittingly gives herself medium powers in the library by reading an enchanted book, enthusiastic Victorian ghost Kathy enlists her to help she and the other ghosts solve the mystery of their deaths.
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A play concerning Ashenbrook Manor, an OldDarkHouse haunted by the ghosts of children/young teens who know nothing about their deaths but a lingering memory of "The Dead Man". On a school trip, Esther and her friends come to stay. When Esther unwittingly gives herself medium powers in the library by reading an enchanted book, enthusiastic Victorian ghost Kathy enlists her to help she and the other ghosts solve the mystery of their deaths.
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