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* NothingIsScarier: Mr. Dark taunts Will by claiming Will's mother rode back and forth on the carousel "until she was quite, quite mad." It's a lie, but he certainly sells it with the line, "You should have heard the one single sound she made."
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** It applies in the film as well: [[spoiler:Mr. Dark is taking Jim onto the carousel to age Jim to adulthood. Halloway comes and pulls Jim off, and before Mr. Dark can do anything, lightning strikes the carousel, and Mr. Dark is both electrocuted and aged beyond comprehension by his own device.]]
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** It also applies in the film. While Mr. Dark is certainly enjoying torturing Mr. Halloway with the idea of giving him back his youth, he also is angry and cannot understand why Halloway won't ''sacrifice his own son'' for the chance to be twenty years younger.
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* ChekhovsGun: Tom Fury's lightning rods come in handy late in the film.
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* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler:Mr. Dark's corpse is removed from the carousel in such a way as it might be resurrected.]]
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* BeYourself: The entire film comes down to whether Jim, Will and his father can accept who they are.
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* FlawExploitation: Mr. Dark knows everything about you and will make laser-precise cutting remarks -- gleefully.
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* AdultFear: Mr. Dark [[FlawExploitation exploits]] all of the character's secret fears and desires. For example, Mr. Dark attacks Mr. Hathaway's regret of being an old father, and dying before his son can grow up.
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* TheCorruptible: Jim's [[FearlessFool recklessness]], [[RebelliousSpirit rebelliousness]], [[TheUnfettered disregard for the rules]] and desperation to grow up make him far more vulnerable than NiceGuy Will.
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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Downplayed with the three protagonists. Jim can't wait to grow up and enjoy the sense of freedom he's convinced it will bring. Will wants Jim's single-minded and [[TheStoic Stoic]] drive. Charles had wasted a large portion of his life ''trying'' to be what he considered "special"; now, he just wants to be young again like Will and Jim. [[spoiler: Will and Charles get over this and accept themselves well before the climax. Jim... [[TheCorruptible doesn't]].]]
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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Downplayed with the three protagonists. Jim can't wait to grow up and enjoy the sense of freedom he's convinced it will bring. Will wants Jim's single-minded and [[TheStoic Stoic]] drive. Charles had wasted a large portion of his life ''trying'' to be what he considered "special"; now, he just wants to be young again like Will and Jim. [[spoiler: Will and Charles get over this and accept themselves well before the climax. Jim... [[TheCorruptible doesn't]].]]
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** Mr. Dark also thinks Nightshade's name goes well with his, as seen in We Can Rule Together below.
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** Mr. Dark also thinks Nightshade's name goes well with his, as seen in We Can Rule Together WeCanRuleTogether below.
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* OddCouple: Will and Jim couldn't be more different, yet their friendship is unshakeable. Borders on Ho Yay at times.
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* OddCouple: Will and Jim couldn't be more different, yet their friendship is unshakeable. Borders on Ho Yay HoYay at times.
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Compare ''Literature/FullTilt''.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: "Jim Moriarty Nightshade", anyone?
** {{Lampshaded}} by Mr. Dark, who suggests a WeCanRuleTogether of "Dark and Nightshade, or Nightshade and Dark."
** {{Lampshaded}} by Mr. Dark, who suggests a WeCanRuleTogether of "Dark and Nightshade, or Nightshade and Dark."
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: AwesomeMcCoolName: "Jim Moriarty Nightshade", anyone?
**{{Lampshaded}} {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Mr. Dark, who suggests a WeCanRuleTogether of "Dark and Nightshade, or Nightshade and Dark."
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* MookFaceTurn / ShockAndAwe: In the film, [[spoiler: Mr. Electro kills the Witch]] with an electrified lightning rod.
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* MookFaceTurn / ShockAndAwe: MookFaceTurn[=/=]ShockAndAwe: In the film, [[spoiler: Mr. Electro kills the Witch]] with an electrified lightning rod.
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* IKnowYourTrueName: Mr. Halloway's confrontation with Mr. Dark has him identifying him as one of the "Autumn People" who prey on human emotions. Mr. Dark gleefully confirms this.
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* IKnowYourTrueName: Mr. Halloway's [[https://youtu.be/A6DHtYc3BWg confrontation with Mr. Dark Dark]] has him identifying him as one of the "Autumn People" who prey on human emotions. Mr. Dark gleefully confirms this.
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* IKnowYourTrueName: Mr. Halloway's confrontation with Mr. Dark has him identifying him as one of the "Autumn People" who prey on human emotions. Mr. Dark gleefully confirms this.
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* ShoutOut: In-universe, Jim's parents named him [[Literature/SherlockHolmes James Moriarty]] Nightshade.
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* ShoutOut: In-universe, Jim's parents named him [[Literature/SherlockHolmes James Moriarty]] Nightshade.
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* SiblingSenioritySquabble: Despite not being related at all, Jim is still jealous Will was born one minute before he was.
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* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: A variation, as Dark mocks the boys that Jim's mother rode the merry-go-round forwards and backwards until she went crazy.
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** There's also the name of [[GeniusBonus the carnival itself]]: the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pand%C3%A6monium_(Paradise_Lost) Pandemonium]]'' Carnival.
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** There's also the name of [[GeniusBonus the carnival itself]]: the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pand%C3%A6monium_(Paradise_Lost) org/wiki/Paradise_Lost Pandemonium]]'' Carnival.
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** There's also the name of [[GeniusBonus the carnival itself]]: the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pand%C3%A6monium_(Paradise_Lost) Pandemonium]]'' Carnival.
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* {{Satan}}: If this isn't who Mr. Dark literally is, it's certainly [[SatanicArchetype who he represents.]]
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* {{Satan}}: If this isn't SatanicArchetype: Mr. Dark, who Mr. Dark literally is, it's certainly [[SatanicArchetype who he represents.]]preys on people's insecurities and [[DealWithTheDevil offers them their greatest desire, only to take control of them]].
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->"''By the pricking of my thumbs, [[TitleDrop something wicked this way comes]].''"
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->"''By the pricking of my thumbs, [[TitleDrop something wicked this way comes]].comes.''"
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* EvilIsCool: Invoked - Jim certainly thinks so, and Mr. Dark plays it up as much as possible. The cool factor is just another lure.
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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Downplayed with the three protagonists. Jim can't wait to grow up and enjoy the sense of freedom he's convinced it will bring. Will wants Jim's single-minded and [[TheStoic Stoic]] drive. Charles had wasted a large portion of his life ''trying'' to be what he considered "special"; now, he just wants to be young again like Will and Jim. [[spoiler: Will and Charles get over this and accept themselves well before the climax. Jim... [[TheCorruptible doesn't]].]]
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* AdaptationDeviation: A few plot points have been changed, but since the screenplay was written by Bradbury himself, the changes were pragmatic. (For example, the idea of putting a smile on a bullet would have been too goofy for a film.)
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* AndIMustScream: The Dust Witch "sews up" (it's actually invisible magic) Jim Nightshade's and Will Halloway's eyes, mouth, and ears. They're still aware of their surroundings, but they can't see, hear, speak, [[EyeScream blink]], or swallow.
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** The Dust Witch "sews up" (it's actually invisible magic) Jim Nightshade's and Will Halloway's eyes, mouth, and ears. They're still aware of their surroundings, but they can't see, hear, speak, [[EyeScream blink]], orswallow.swallow.
** The victims of the carnival also share the same fate, as well as the lightning rod salesman.
** The Dust Witch "sews up" (it's actually invisible magic) Jim Nightshade's and Will Halloway's eyes, mouth, and ears. They're still aware of their surroundings, but they can't see, hear, speak, [[EyeScream blink]], or
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Pam Grier was cast as the Dust Witch, so they made the character into a beautiful and glamorous HotWitch instead of the stranger, creepier looking character of the novel.
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* MarkedBullet: Part of a magic trick held by the circus, but Charles uses it to his advantage by [[spoiler:carving a smile instead of his initials on the bullet and using it to shock the Witch into death. It's a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Charles.]]
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* MarkedBullet: Part of a magic trick held by the circus, but Charles uses it to his advantage by [[spoiler:carving a smile instead of his initials on the bullet and using it to shock the Witch into death. It's a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Charles.]]
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* HallOfMirrorsHallOfMirrors: A school teacher gets lost in a Hall of Mirrors at the carnival while chasing a girl who looks like her at a young age.
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* EmotionEaterEmotionEater: Mr. Halloway identifies Dark's carnival as "the Autumn people".
-->'''Mr. Dark:''' Yes. We are the hungry ones. Your torments call us like dogs in the night. And we do feed, and feed well.\\
'''Mr. Halloway:''' To stuff yourselves on other people's nightmares.\\
'''Mr. Dark:''' And butter our plain bread with delicious pain. So, you do understand a little.
-->'''Mr. Dark:''' Yes. We are the hungry ones. Your torments call us like dogs in the night. And we do feed, and feed well.\\
'''Mr. Halloway:''' To stuff yourselves on other people's nightmares.\\
'''Mr. Dark:''' And butter our plain bread with delicious pain. So, you do understand a little.
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* DarkEcho: Miss Foley calls Jim and Will her "two whisperers". When Mr. Dark catches them:
-->'''Mr. Dark:''' Time to quiet these two chatterers. Time to still these two whisperers.
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** Mr. Dark also thinks Nightshade's name goes well with his, as seen in We Can Rule Together below.
** The boys find it cool that their names fit their selves so
** Mr. Dark also thinks Nightshade's name goes well with his, as seen in We Can Rule Together below.
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* PurpleProse: Mr. Dark indulges in this.
-->'''Mr. Dark:''' Funerals, bad marriages, lost loves, lonely beds. That is our diet. We suck that misery and find it sweet. We search for more always. We can smell young boys ulcerating to be men a thousand miles off. And hear a middle-aged fool like yourself groaning with midnight despairs from halfway around the world.
-->'''Mr. Dark:''' Funerals, bad marriages, lost loves, lonely beds. That is our diet. We suck that misery and find it sweet. We search for more always. We can smell young boys ulcerating to be men a thousand miles off. And hear a middle-aged fool like yourself groaning with midnight despairs from halfway around the world.
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-->'''Mr. Dark:''' You’ll travel with us, Jim, and if Mr. Cooger doesn’t survive (it’s a near thing for him, we haven’t saved him yet, we’ll try again now) but if he doesn’t make it, Jim, how would you like to be partners? I’ll grow you to a fine strong age, eh? Twenty-two? twenty-five?. Dark and Nightshade, Nightshade and Dark, sweet lovely names for such as we with such as the side shows to run around the world! What say, Jim?
