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*** Or we could be talking about a little bit of an OedipusComplex.

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*** Or we could be talking about a little bit of an OedipusComplex.UsefulNotes/OedipusComplex.
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**** It's more on the lines of LikeParentLikeSpouse.
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** To quote DouglasAdams:

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** To quote DouglasAdams: Creator/DouglasAdams:

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*** I've gone to school in Scotland and can attest to this.

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*** I've gone to school in Scotland and can attest to this. Blazers are thin, even in winter. Lowerclassmen have to wear shorts, even in winter. Upperclassmen have to wear trousers, even in summer.

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* It's cold enough to snow but the kids are at school in shorts, and not dressed warm?

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* It's cold enough to snow but the kids are at school in shorts, and not dressed warm?warmly?



* His heart freezes as a baby from the extreme cold, but his mother heart isn't frozen, not to mention she isn't dressed warm, either, for somebody out in a snowstorm. Why isn't she cold?

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*** I've gone to school in Scotland and can attest to this.
* His heart freezes as a baby from the extreme cold, but his mother mother's heart isn't frozen, not to mention she isn't dressed warm, either, for somebody out in a snowstorm. Why isn't she cold?
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* At the end, did Jack actually die from the kiss, or because his heart wound down? He and Acacia were about to kiss once before and the clock didn't malfunction then.

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* At the end, did Jack actually die from the kiss, or because his heart wound down? He and Acacia were about to kiss once before and the clock didn't malfunction then.then.
* The third act hinges on Joe telling Miss Acacia about Jack's "Three Rules." But how did he know them? It's not like Jack went around advertising them to his school bullies.
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** To quote DouglasAdams:
--->There is of course an extremely good reason for wearing shorts when you're young, even in the depths of an English winter [...] According to ''Wired'' magazine, we can't expect to see self-repairing fabrics until about the year 2020, but ever since we emerged from whatever trees or swamps we lived in five million years ago, we have had self-repairing knees.
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** [[TruthInTelevision Quite a few kids do start to deal with puberty's crazy hormones around that age.]]



** If you put a naked woman and a naked baby out in the snow, you can bet your eggs on the baby dying first. Babies are far more sensitive to cold than a full-grown human. That's why death rates used to be very high. The number of dead children between the ages of 0-5 was very, very high.

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** If you put a naked woman and a naked baby out in the snow, you can bet your eggs on the baby dying first. Babies are far more sensitive to cold than a full-grown human. That's why death rates used to be very high. The number of dead children between the ages of 0-5 was very, very high.high.
* At the end, did Jack actually die from the kiss, or because his heart wound down? He and Acacia were about to kiss once before and the clock didn't malfunction then.
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** If you put a woman and a baby out in the snow, you can bet your eggs on the baby dying first. Babies are for more sensitive to cold than a full-grown human. That's why death rates used to be very high. The number of dead children between the ages of 0-5 was very, very high.

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** If you put a naked woman and a naked baby out in the snow, you can bet your eggs on the baby dying first. Babies are for far more sensitive to cold than a full-grown human. That's why death rates used to be very high. The number of dead children between the ages of 0-5 was very, very high.
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* The movie takes place, years ago, way before modern times, but the fair Jack/Miss Acacia works at has modern day Halloween decor, for the scary ride. Plus at early part of the movie the blonde girl looks to be wearing modern day clothes?
** It's called ArtisticLicenseHistory.

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* The movie takes place, years ago, way before modern times, but the fair Jack/Miss circus/fair that Jack and Miss Acacia works work at has modern day Halloween decor, for the scary ride. Plus at early part of Plus, when Jack goes out for the movie the first time, there's a blonde girl who looks to be wearing modern day clothes?
** It's called The girl isn't wearing modern clothes. You'd know this if you knew your fashion history. Everything else though? That's what you call ArtisticLicenseHistory.
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* Jack gets the clock put in him as a baby, but as Jack grows up, it seems the clock grows with him? If it was the same clock he had as a baby, shouldn't it be really small by the time he's 14?

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* Jack gets the clock put in him as a baby, but as Jack grows up, it seems the clock grows with him? If it was it's the same clock he had as a baby, shouldn't it be really small by the time he's 14?



** While similarities persist, they actually look different. The problem is that the style of animation is quite... miniscule.

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** While similarities persist, they actually look different. The problem is that the style of animation is quite... miniscule. Untrained eyes will see it as the same person... It's like saying cyan is the same colour as blue. They're two separate things, but if untrained...

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1. Jack gets the clock put in him as a baby,but as jack grows the clock grows? If it was the same clock he had as a baby should it be really small when got 14?
2. Ya notice jack was wearing a school uniform even before he started going to the school?
3. Ya notice at the start of the movie, that Jack birth mother, kinda looks like a grown up version of Miss Acacia?
4. The movie suppose take place, years ago, way before modern times, but the fair, jack/Miss Acacia works at has modern day Halloween decor, for the scary ride. Plus at early part of the movie the blonde girl looks to be wearing modern day clothes?
5. How old is Joe? He's way over age to still be at that school, when jack was 10, he looks to be at least 18-21 then, and when Jacks turns 14, he's still there? Plus jack aged over the 4 years but Joe still looked the same?
6. In that city in April it snows? Jack was born in April, but people who don't read about the movie will probulary say January, and when he pecks joes eyes with his clock, it's his birthday which is in april, and it starts to snow when he comes home running from a fight with jo. Do it ever get spring there?
7. It's cold enough to snow but the kids are at school in shorts, and not dressed warm?
8. His heart freezes as a baby from the extreme cold, but his mother heart isn't frozen, not the mention she isn't dressed warm, either, for somebody out in a snowstorm.

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1. Jack *Jack gets the clock put in him as a baby,but baby, but as jack Jack grows up, it seems the clock grows? grows with him? If it was the same clock he had as a baby should baby, shouldn't it be really small when got by the time he's 14?
2. Ya ** Well, Madeleine IS allegedly a witch...
*Did you
notice jack was Jack wearing a school uniform even before he even started going to the school?
3. Ya
school? Why is that?
*Did anyone else
notice at the start of the movie, that Jack Jack's birth mother, kinda mother looks like a grown up version of Miss Acacia?
4. ** While similarities persist, they actually look different. The problem is that the style of animation is quite... miniscule.
*** Or we could be talking about a little bit of an OedipusComplex.
*The
movie suppose take takes place, years ago, way before modern times, but the fair, jack/Miss fair Jack/Miss Acacia works at has modern day Halloween decor, for the scary ride. Plus at early part of the movie the blonde girl looks to be wearing modern day clothes?
5. How ** It's called ArtisticLicenseHistory.
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old is Joe? He's way over age to still be at that school, when jack Jack was 10, he looks to be at least 18-21 then, and when Jacks turns 14, he's still there? Plus jack Jack aged over the 4 years but Joe still looked the same?
6. In
same?
** Joe is supposed to be a few years older than Jack. On the note of odd ages, Jack expresses emotions a ten year old shouldn't have... I mean, tearing off a girl's clothes with your ''teeth''. Seems a bit off...
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that city city, in April it snows? Jack was born in April, but people who don't haven't read about the movie will probulary say probably think it's January, and when he pecks joes accidentally injures Joe's eyes with his clock, it's his birthday which (which is in april, April) and it starts to snow when he comes goes home running from a fight with jo. Do it ever get thereafter. Does spring exist there?
7. It's ** There are two types of weather in Edinburgh. Cold and colder.
*It's
cold enough to snow but the kids are at school in shorts, and not dressed warm?
8. His ** They make 'em tough up north.
** People in colder climates can handle cold weather far better than people from warm countries. In addition, Victorian education systems were hardly any good back then... They probably had only one school uniform, meant for all weathers, irrelevant of heat or snow.
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heart freezes as a baby from the extreme cold, but his mother heart isn't frozen, not the to mention she isn't dressed warm, either, for somebody out in a snowstorm.snowstorm. Why isn't she cold?
** If you put a woman and a baby out in the snow, you can bet your eggs on the baby dying first. Babies are for more sensitive to cold than a full-grown human. That's why death rates used to be very high. The number of dead children between the ages of 0-5 was very, very high.
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1. Jack gets the clock put in him as a baby,but as jack grows the clock grows? If it was the same clock he had as a baby should it be really small when got 14?
2. Ya notice jack was wearing a school uniform even before he started going to the school?
3. Ya notice at the start of the movie, that Jack birth mother, kinda looks like a grown up version of Miss Acacia?
4. The movie suppose take place, years ago, way before modern times, but the fair, jack/Miss Acacia works at has modern day Halloween decor, for the scary ride. Plus at early part of the movie the blonde girl looks to be wearing modern day clothes?
5. How old is Joe? He's way over age to still be at that school, when jack was 10, he looks to be at least 18-21 then, and when Jacks turns 14, he's still there? Plus jack aged over the 4 years but Joe still looked the same?
6. In that city in April it snows? Jack was born in April, but people who don't read about the movie will probulary say January, and when he pecks joes eyes with his clock, it's his birthday which is in april, and it starts to snow when he comes home running from a fight with jo. Do it ever get spring there?
7. It's cold enough to snow but the kids are at school in shorts, and not dressed warm?
8. His heart freezes as a baby from the extreme cold, but his mother heart isn't frozen, not the mention she isn't dressed warm, either, for somebody out in a snowstorm.

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