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* AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost [[spoiler:Tess. Her actual body is still barely alive at the sight where her yacht crashed, and will perish if Charlie cannot find her in time.]]

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* AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost: [[spoiler:Tess. Her actual body is still barely alive at the sight where her yacht crashed, and will perish if Charlie cannot find her in time.]]


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* DeathOfAChild: Charlie and Sam take a neighbor’s car to a baseball game. On the way home, they get into a crash. Charlie ends up hospitalized, and Sam doesn't survive.


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* ManicPixieDreamGirl: It is Tess' sudden involvement in the dour Charlie's life that helps him to move on from desperately clinging to the past and reembrace his dreams for the future.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: After TheReveal that [[spoiler:Tess' body is still alive]], Charlie has only hours to find it before Tess is doomed, which [[SadisticChoice unfortunately conflicts]] with his promise to Sam's ghost occurring at the same time.
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* AdultFear: Charlie and Sam take a neighbor’s car to a baseball game. On the way home, they get into a crash. Charlie ends up hospitalized, and Sam doesn't survive.

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* AdultFear: Charlie and Sam take a neighbor’s car to a baseball game. One the way home, they get into a crash. Charlie ends up hospitalized, and Sam doesn't survive.

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* AdultFear: Charlie and Sam take a neighbor’s car to a baseball game. One On the way home, they get into a crash. Charlie ends up hospitalized, and Sam doesn't survive.


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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Sam is less of this in the book, but more so in the movie. Even so, he is still tolerable.
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* AdultFear: Two children take a car for a joyride, one ends up hospitalized, and the other doesn't survive.

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* AdultFear: Two children Charlie and Sam take a neighbor’s car for to a joyride, one baseball game. One the way home, they get into a crash. Charlie ends up hospitalized, and the other Sam doesn't survive.
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Based on the novel by Ben Sherwood, '''The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud'''.

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\nBased on the novel by Ben Sherwood, '''The ''The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud'''.
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[[ProtagonistTitle Charlie St. Cloud]], played by Creator/ZacEfron, is a boy with dreams, aspirations, and a close bond with his younger brother Sam. However, after "borrowing" a car leads to a major accident, that bond is put to the ultimate test; Charlie's near-death experience leaves him able to see ghosts, including his brother's, who did not survive the crash. Ridden with guilt and clinging to an old promise, Charlie grows up to be the caretaker to his hometown's cemetery, so that he can spend time with his brother's ghost every single afternoon. But when a yachtswoman named Tess Carroll enters his life, who may be a greater enigma than she first appears to be, Charlie must choose between clinging to his past or embracing the future.

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[[ProtagonistTitle Charlie St. Cloud]], played by Creator/ZacEfron, is originally a boy with dreams, many dreams and aspirations, and as well as a close bond with his younger brother Sam. However, after "borrowing" a car leads to a major accident, that bond is put to the ultimate test; Charlie's near-death experience leaves him able to see ghosts, including his brother's, who did not survive the crash. Ridden with guilt and clinging to an old promise, Charlie gives up his old dreams and grows up to be the caretaker to his hometown's cemetery, so that he can spend time with his brother's ghost every single afternoon. But when a yachtswoman named Tess Carroll enters his life, who may be a greater enigma than she first appears to be, Charlie must choose between clinging to his past or embracing the future.



* AdaptationDeviation: Like so many book-based films (mostly minor ones), only the general plot of the novel remains consistent with the movie, with a heavy abundance of differences such as the setting being moved from Marblehead, Massachusetts to Quincy, Washington [[PragmaticAdaptation (for budgetary reasons)]] and Sam being de aged to a year younger than his literary counterpart.

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* AdaptationDeviation: Like so many book-based films (mostly minor ones), only the general plot of the novel remains consistent with the movie, with a heavy abundance of differences such as the setting being moved from Marblehead, Massachusetts to Quincy, Washington [[PragmaticAdaptation (for budgetary reasons)]] and Sam being de aged de-aged to a year younger than his literary counterpart.



* ISeeDeadPeople
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Tess was in a yachting accident, and it's her spirit that Charlie has been talking with. [[AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost Her body is still alive]], but will perish if Charlie cannot find her in time]].

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* ISeeDeadPeople
AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost [[spoiler:Tess. Her actual body is still barely alive at the sight where her yacht crashed, and will perish if Charlie cannot find her in time.]]
* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:Sam's ghost passes on when Charlie chooses Tess over him.]]
* ISeeDeadPeople: Charlie gains this power after the car accident.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Tess was in a yachting accident, and it's her spirit astral projection that Charlie has been talking with. [[AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost Her body is still alive]], but will perish if Charlie cannot find her with ever since she appeared in time]].the graveyard.]]
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* AdaptationDeviation: Like so many book-based films (mostly minor ones), only the general plot of the book remains the same with the movie, with a heavy abundance of differences such as the setting being moved from Marblehead, Massachusetts to Quincy, Washington and Sam being de aged to be about a year younger than his literary counterpart.

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* AdaptationDeviation: Like so many book-based films (mostly minor ones), only the general plot of the book novel remains the same consistent with the movie, with a heavy abundance of differences such as the setting being moved from Marblehead, Massachusetts to Quincy, Washington [[PragmaticAdaptation (for budgetary reasons)]] and Sam being de aged to be about a year younger than his literary counterpart.
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* AdaptationDeviation: Like so many book-based films (mostly minor ones), only the general plot of the book remains the same with the movie, with a heavy abundance of differences such as the setting being moved from Marblehead, Massachusetts to Quincy, Washington and Sam being de aged to be about a year younger than his literary counterpart.

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* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Tess was in a yachting accident, and it's her spirit that Charlie has been talking with. Her body is still alive, but will perish if Charlie cannot find her in time]].

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* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Tess was in a yachting accident, and it's her spirit that Charlie has been talking with. [[AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost Her body is still alive, alive]], but will perish if Charlie cannot find her in time]].
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Based on the novel by Ben Sherwood, '''The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud'''.

[[ProtagonistTitle Charlie St. Cloud]], played by Creator/ZacEfron, is a boy with dreams, aspirations, and a close bond with his younger brother Sam. However, after "borrowing" a car leads to a major accident, that bond is put to the ultimate test; Charlie's near-death experience leaves him able to see ghosts, including his brother's, who did not survive the crash. Ridden with guilt and clinging to an old promise, Charlie grows up to be the caretaker to his hometown's cemetery, so that he can spend time with his brother's ghost every single afternoon. But when a yachtswoman named Tess Carroll enters his life, who may be a greater enigma than she first appears to be, Charlie must choose between clinging to his past or embracing the future.

!!This work provides examples of:

* AdultFear: Two children take a car for a joyride, one ends up hospitalized, and the other doesn't survive.
* ISeeDeadPeople
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Tess was in a yachting accident, and it's her spirit that Charlie has been talking with. Her body is still alive, but will perish if Charlie cannot find her in time]].
* SadisticChoice: In the end, Charlie must choose between [[spoiler:stopping his search for Tess to keep his promise to his brother]], or [[spoiler:saving Tess at the cost of never seeing his brother's spirit again]]. He ultimately picks the latter.

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