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* FeetFirstIntroduction: The viewers first see Madeline as she searches for her hat. The camera focuses on her shoes, then reveals her face once she finds her hat underneath some furniture.



* [[LikeASonToMe Like A Daughter To Me]]: Miss Clavel for Madeline. Since Madeline is an orphan, Miss Clevel is the closest thing to a mother she has.

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* [[LikeASonToMe Like A Daughter To Me]]: Miss Clavel for Madeline. Since Madeline is an orphan, Miss Clevel Clavel is the closest thing to a mother she has.has.
* LiteralMinded: Upon hearing a classmate exclaim, "Madeline's burning up[[note]]feeling feverish[[/note]], Miss Clavel!" Chantal offers to call the fire department.

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The film adaption of the [[{{Literature/Madeline}} famous book series]] by Ludwig Bemelmans. Released in 1998, and is [[{{AlternateContinuity}} completely unrelated to the DIC series]].

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The 1998 film adaption of the [[{{Literature/Madeline}} famous ''{{Literature/Madeline}}'' book series]] series by Ludwig Bemelmans. Released in 1998, and is [[{{AlternateContinuity}} completely unrelated to the DIC series]].
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* {{Meganekko}}: Chantel
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: Aggie, Vicki, Chantal, Lolo, Serena, Beatrice, Lucinda, and Marie Odile
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: One of the Idiots, despite having taken part in the kidnapping of children, draws the line at driving into a nun. He even crosses himself when he first sees her. The other two have no such qualms, however.

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* TheFifties: Set in 1957 rather than 1939 for [[{{WorldWarII}} obvious reasons]].

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* TheFifties: Set in 1957 rather than 1939 for [[{{WorldWarII}} obvious reasons]].to avoid references to UsefulNotes/{{World War II}}.


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* TheEnd: Written in French, "Fin", at the end of the movie.
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* ArtisticTitle: The opening credits feature ClipArtAnimation of the front covers of the first three books, capped off with a dissolve from a drawing of the school to a live-action establishing shot of the building.
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** Madeline and Genevieve get this when Lord Covington gives an ambassador couple a tour of the house, and hide in the kitchen. They nearly get caught... until the ambassador mentions that "kitchens are his staff's business".

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** Madeline and Genevieve get this when Lord Covington gives an ambassador couple a tour of the house, and hide in the kitchen. They nearly get Then Covington takes the couple to the kitchen, guaranteeing that they will be caught... until the ambassador mentions that "kitchens are his staff's business".business", causing them to not enter.
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** Also, there is Helen's foul-smelling cheese, the solid oak door, and [[spoiler: [[ChekhovsGunman Pepito]]]], which were later used as part of Madeline's ploy to turn off potential ambassadors.



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* TheyDontMakeThemLikeTheyUsedTo: The solid oak door in the Old House, which Lord Covington seems to be quite proud of. [[spoiler: The door was later unhinged during the Indian Ambassador's tour of the house]].
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* GettingCrapPassedTheRadar
-->'''Helen:''' I once fell in love with a carnival man. He broke my heart, you know. And he had a beautiful tattoo down...
-->'''Miss Clavel:''' Helen, please!


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* NoodleIncident: The reason why the first ambassador couple refused to purchase the Old House is due to bad memories of a reckless boy from another country, whom Pepito reminded them of.


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** Madeline and Genevieve get this when Lord Covington gives an ambassador couple a tour of the house, and hide in the kitchen. They nearly get caught... until the ambassador mentions that "kitchens are his staff's business".
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* AlphaBitch: Vicki.

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* AlphaBitch: Vicki. She comes from a rich family, and her uncle is the British Ambassador to Spain.
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* [[LikeASonToMe Like A Daughter To Me]]: Miss Clevel for Madeline. Since Madeline is an orphan, Miss Clevel is the closest thing to a mother she has.

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* [[LikeASonToMe Like A Daughter To Me]]: Miss Clevel Clavel for Madeline. Since Madeline is an orphan, Miss Clevel is the closest thing to a mother she has.


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* OhCrap: Miss Clavel gets this twice, always saying "Something is not right". The second time she says it, [[CrazyPrepared she puts her nun outfit back on]] before checking up on the girls.
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* OverlyLongName: ''Jose Marco Filippo Franloco Lopez de Vega Esteban Machado Jorge Santiago dela Rocha Gaspar Carlos de Fuentes Coruna Diego y Sevilla'', aka, ''Pepito''. This is somewhat TrueInTelevision as Hispanic people often pass down names from their ancestors.

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* OverlyLongName: ''Jose Marco Filippo Franloco Lopez de Vega Esteban Machado Jorge Santiago dela Rocha Gaspar Carlos de Fuentes Coruna Diego y Sevilla'', aka, ''Pepito''. This is somewhat TrueInTelevision TruthInTelevision as Hispanic people often pass down names from their ancestors.

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* [[LikeASonToMe Like A Daughter To Me]]: Miss Clevel for Madeline. Since Madeline is an orphan, Miss Clevel is the closest thing to a mother she has.



* OverlyLongName: ''Jose Marco Filippo Franloco Lopez de Vega Esteban Machado Jorge Santiago dela Rocha Gaspar Carlos de Fuentes Coruna Diego y Sevilla'', aka, ''Pepito''.

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* OverlyLongName: ''Jose Marco Filippo Franloco Lopez de Vega Esteban Machado Jorge Santiago dela Rocha Gaspar Carlos de Fuentes Coruna Diego y Sevilla'', aka, ''Pepito''. This is somewhat TrueInTelevision as Hispanic people often pass down names from their ancestors.
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* ShipTease: Quite a few between Madeline and Pepito. [[spoiler: When Leopold kidnaps them near the end of the film, a police officer wants to believe that they eloped]].
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* AlphaBitch: Vicki

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* AlphaBitch: VickiVicki.



* BadassTeacher: Miss Clavel

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* BadassTeacher: Miss ClavelClavel.



* BewareTheNiceOnes: Madeline. [[note]]She's actually not as nice as her [=DiC=] counterpant, though[[/note]] Don't frighten her friends or feed baby mice to a snake, or you'll have a young girl try to gut you down.
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Leopold]]

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Madeline. Madeline [[note]]She's actually not as nice as her [=DiC=] counterpant, though[[/note]] though[[/note]]. Don't frighten her friends or feed baby mice to a snake, or you'll have a young girl try to gut you down.
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Leopold]]Leopold]].



* EvilClown: The Idiots

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* EvilClown: The IdiotsIdiots.



* HeartwarmingOrphan: Madeline

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* HeartwarmingOrphan: MadelineMadeline.



* AnOddPlaceToSleep: A man apparently likes to sleep in an Art Gallery.



* RupturedAppendix: At the begining of the movie. [[{{ItWasHisSled}} Duh!]]
* SurroundedByIdiots: Leopold's [[spoiler: henchman]]. It helps that they are circus clowns called The Idiots.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:One of The Idiots is left behind when Leopold and the other two chase after Madeline and Pepito in the stolen motorcycle. We don't know if he got arrested or what happened to him.]]

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* RupturedAppendix: At the begining beginning of the movie. [[{{ItWasHisSled}} Duh!]]
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* SurroundedByIdiots: Leopold's [[spoiler: henchman]]. It helps that they are circus clowns called The the Idiots.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:One of The the Idiots is left behind when Leopold and the other two chase after Madeline and Pepito in the stolen motorcycle. We don't know if he got arrested or what happened to him.]]
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* AnOddPlaceToSleep: A man apparently likes to sleep in an Art Gallery.
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The film is about a young, orphaned girl named Madeline, who attends boarding school with eleven other girls in Paris, France, in the 1950s. Following her Appendectomy, a Spanish boy named Pepito moves in next door and begins to cause havoc towards the girls, while his tutor intends to use the boy for a more sinister plot. Soon, the owner of the school reveals his intentions to sell the house, since his wife has just passed away.

It's up to Madeline and her friends to save their school from closing, tame the boy next door and prevent a villain from promoting his plan.
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* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: The use of the word "damn" a few times in the movie was more or less there to give the movie a PG rating.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Madeline. [[hottip:* :She's actually not as nice as her [=DiC=] counterpant, though]] Don't frighten her friends or feed baby mice to a snake, or you'll have a young girl try to gut you down.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Madeline. [[hottip:* :She's [[note]]She's actually not as nice as her [=DiC=] counterpant, though]] though[[/note]] Don't frighten her friends or feed baby mice to a snake, or you'll have a young girl try to gut you down.
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* SurroundedByIdiots: Leopold's [[spoiler: henchman]]. It helps that they are circus clowns called The Idiots.

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* SurroundedByIdiots: Leopold's [[spoiler: henchman]]. It helps that they are circus clowns called The Idiots.Idiots.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:One of The Idiots is left behind when Leopold and the other two chase after Madeline and Pepito in the stolen motorcycle. We don't know if he got arrested or what happened to him.]]
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Madeline. [[hottip:* :She's actually not as nice as her [=DiC=] counterpant, though]] Don't frighten her friends or feed baby mice to a snake, or you'll have a young girl try to gut you down.


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* GoodIsNotSoft: Madeline. She actually attacks Pepito when he attempts to feed a baby mouse to a snake. [[spoiler: She later confronts Leopold after seeing him kidnap Pepito, [[{{FauxActionGirl}} but finds herself captured as well]]]].
* HateAtFirstSight: Madeline to Pepito, despite him helping her catch her hat after it's blown off. Her hatred is sealed later that night after he [[spoiler: frightens the whole class in a demon costume]].

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* Chekhov's Skill: Pepito's ability to drive motercycles [[spoiler: is what saved him and Madeline from Leopold]].

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* Chekhov's Skill: ChekhovsGun: The motorcycle used by the Idiots during the circus scene.
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Pepito's ability to drive motercycles [[spoiler: is what saved him and Madeline from Leopold]].Leopold]].
* ConvenientlyPlacedSharpThing: [[spoiler: Madeline manages to use some circus knives to free herself and Pepito]].



* ConvenientlyPlacedSharpThing: [[spoiler: Madeline manages to use some circus knives to free herself and Pepito]].



* EvilClown: The Idiots



* RupturedAppendix: At the begining of the movie. [[{{ItWasHisSled}} Duh!]]

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* RupturedAppendix: At the begining of the movie. [[{{ItWasHisSled}} Duh!]]Duh!]]
* SurroundedByIdiots: Leopold's [[spoiler: henchman]]. It helps that they are circus clowns called The Idiots.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: The [=DiC=] animated series (with the exception of ''Lost in Paris'') is tame compare to the film when it comes to adaptions. It helps that the film contains frightening scenes, a character dying early on, child kidnapping and [[{{ArsonMurderAndJaywalking}} the use of the word "damn"]], while the [=DiC=] version mostly contains songs.
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* TheFifties: Set in 1957 rather than 1939 for [[{{WorldWarII}} obvious reasons]].
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* BadassBiker: Pepito, [[spoiler: especially during the climax]].
* BadassTeacher: Miss Clavel


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* Chekhov's Skill: Pepito's ability to drive motercycles [[spoiler: is what saved him and Madeline from Leopold]].
* CoolBike: Pepito's Vespa
* ConvenientlyPlacedSharpThing: [[spoiler: Madeline manages to use some circus knives to free herself and Pepito]].


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* MeaningfulEcho: "I can do anything." Madeline first says this just before undergoing surgery at the begining of the film (having been taught those four words by Miss Clavel). [[spoiler: She later recalls those words when captured with Pepito near the end of the film, which ultimately leads to them escaping]].
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The film adaption of the [[{{Literature/Madeline}} famous book series]] by Ludwig Bemelmans. Released in 1998, and is [[{{AlternateContinuity}} completely unrelated to the DIC series]].

* AdaptationDistillation: TheMovie managed to faithfully recreate four of the books in a span of 90 minutes: ''Madeline'', ''Madeline's Rescue'', ''Madeline and the Bad Hat'', and ''Madeline and the Gypsies''.
* AdaptationExpansion: Part of Lord Covington's gruff and almost cruel demeanor stems from his grief at [[spoiler: losing his wife early on]].
* AlphaBitch: Vicki
* BatmanGambit: At one point, Madeline tells Pepito to be quiet and stay out of trouble while the prospective buyers are looking at the school, knowing that he'll do the exact opposite.
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Leopold]]
* BreakTheHaughty: Madeline does this to [[spoiler: Lord Covington]] at the end.
* HeartwarmingOrphan: Madeline
* OverlyLongName: ''Jose Marco Filippo Franloco Lopez de Vega Esteban Machado Jorge Santiago dela Rocha Gaspar Carlos de Fuentes Coruna Diego y Sevilla'', aka, ''Pepito''.
* RupturedAppendix: At the begining of the movie. [[{{ItWasHisSled}} Duh!]]

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