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* BrokenAesop: Although the BFG likens the Giants' eating of humans to the humans' eating of animals, it doesn't stop him tucking into ham and eggs. Even though he brings up pigs as a specific example.
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* GassyGastronomy: When introducing the ''frobscottle'' (a soda where the bubbles fizz down and make the drinker fart so hard they get launched into the air), the BFG is disgusted to learn that humans' sodas have bubbles that fizz upwards, since giants consider burping ruder than humans.
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* MeaningfulAppearance: Unlike his fellow giants who are barefoot, the BFG wears "ridiculous sandals which for some reason had holes cut along each side, with a large hole at the end where his toes stuck out". These sandals were based on ones worn by Roald Dahl himself, who sent one of them to the illustrator Quentin Blake.
* MeaningfulName: All the giants have very obvious names relating to their characters (e.g. Bloodbottler, Bonecruncher, Childchewer, Fleshlumpeater, Maidmasher... and the BFG himself).
* MeaningfulName: All the giants have very obvious names relating to their characters (e.g. Bloodbottler, Bonecruncher, Childchewer, Fleshlumpeater, Maidmasher... and the BFG himself).
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* MeaningfulAppearance: Compare the BFG to the other giants:
** While the BFG looks like a friendly oversized human (with unusually large ears) the evil giants are [[MonstrousHumanoid humanoid monsters]].
** The BFG wears a full set of clothes while the evil giants merely wear loincloths, showing how the BFG is not just nicer but also more intelligent and civilized.
** Unlike his fellow giants who are barefoot, the BFG wears "ridiculous sandals which for some reason had holes cut along each side, with a large hole at the end where his toes stuck out". These sandals were based on ones worn by Roald Dahl himself, who sent one of them to the illustrator Quentin Blake.
* MeaningfulName: All the giants have very obvious names relating to their characters (e.g. Bloodbottler, Bonecruncher, Childchewer, Fleshlumpeater, Maidmasher... and theBFG [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin BFG]] himself).
** While the BFG looks like a friendly oversized human (with unusually large ears) the evil giants are [[MonstrousHumanoid humanoid monsters]].
** The BFG wears a full set of clothes while the evil giants merely wear loincloths, showing how the BFG is not just nicer but also more intelligent and civilized.
** Unlike his fellow giants who are barefoot, the BFG wears "ridiculous sandals which for some reason had holes cut along each side, with a large hole at the end where his toes stuck out". These sandals were based on ones worn by Roald Dahl himself, who sent one of them to the illustrator Quentin Blake.
* MeaningfulName: All the giants have very obvious names relating to their characters (e.g. Bloodbottler, Bonecruncher, Childchewer, Fleshlumpeater, Maidmasher... and the
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* NuclearCandle: The vast cave is lit by "brilliant blinding lights which seem to come from nowhere", the nature of which is never explained.
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* NuclearCandle: The vast cave is lit by "brilliant blinding lights which seem to come from nowhere", the nature of which is never explained.
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* NoodleImplements: The cave is lit by "brilliant blinding lights which seem to come from nowhere", the nature of which is never explained.
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* NoodleImplements: NuclearCandle: The vast cave is lit by "brilliant blinding lights which seem to come from nowhere", the nature of which is never explained.
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* FooledByTheSound: Just before capturing the giants, the head of the army hears a sound like gunfire, and orders his men to turn back; but it is only the giants snoring.
--> '''Head of the army:''' I am a military man, and I know a gun when I hear one! Turn back!\\
'''The BFG:''' That is just the giants snortling in their sleep. I is a giant myself, and I know a giant's snortle when I hear one.
--> '''Head of the army:''' I am a military man, and I know a gun when I hear one! Turn back!\\
'''The BFG:''' That is just the giants snortling in their sleep. I is a giant myself, and I know a giant's snortle when I hear one.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Getting Crap Past The Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* WakeUpFighting: Justified. When the Fleshlumpeater has a terrible nightmare given to him by the BFG, his flailing limbs accidentally hit two of the other sleeping giants, who then wake up and pound him with their fists and feet, causing the wretched Fleshlumpeater to wake up, and start fighting back; and soon all nine giants have the most almighty free-for-all.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Sophie righteously declares "whizzpopping" to be extremely rude; yet when the BFG demonstrates "whizzpopping" with a force akin to rocket propulsion, as the result of drinking Frobscottle, she cannot contain her laughter.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Sophie righteously declares "whizzpopping" to be extremely rude; yet when the BFG demonstrates "whizzpopping" with a force akin to rocket propulsion, propulsion as the result of drinking Frobscottle, she cannot contain her laughter. laughter.
** She also can't help but smile when the BFG talks about [[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk Jack]], the only human giants fear, as she's fully aware that Jack is a fictional character.
** She also can't help but smile when the BFG talks about [[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk Jack]], the only human giants fear, as she's fully aware that Jack is a fictional character.
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* NobodyPoops: Zigzagged. Despite extensive mention of "whizzpopping", it is never mentioned how or when the giants relieve themselves. As they believe that "burping is filthsome", perhaps it is not polite for them to talk about it. However, at the beginning it is mentioned that the children in Sophie's orphanage are punished if they go to the lavatory at night.
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* LargeRunt: Despite his name, the [=BFG=] is the smallest of the giants, and often bullied for it. Of cource, he ''is'' four times the size of a regular human...
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* ManlyFacialHair: PlayedForLaughs. One of the dreams in the BFG's storage is about a little boy who is only eight years old but is already growing a splendid bushy beard, making all the other boys jealous.
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* ManlyFacialHair: PlayedForLaughs. One of the dreams in the BFG's storage is about a little boy who is only eight years old but is already growing a splendid bushy beard, making all the other boys jealous. In keeping with Dahl's famous dislike of beards, the evil giants are all drawn with filthy and scraggly beards contributing to their disgusting appearances.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: When the Fleshlumpeater is about to devour a poor soldier, Sophie takes the pin of the brooch she's wearing and uses it to stab him in the ankle. The Fleshlumpeater howls in pain, and the BFG tricks him into thinking he's been bitten by a poisonous viper and needs to grab his leg with both hands to stop the poison going into his heart, which makes it easy to tie him up.
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* WallCrawl: One of the dreams collected by the BFG is about a boy inventing suction boots, enabling him to walk up the wall and across the ceiling. When the boy's sister comes in and yells at him, he says that he told her she was driving him up the wall, and now she has done it.
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* RidingInThePalmsOfGiantHands: The titular giant sometimes carries Sophie, a human girl, in his hand.
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* RidingInThePalmsOfGiantHands: The titular giant sometimes carries Sophie, a human girl, in his hand.
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* WouldHurtAChild: The giants will eat children as readily as adults. True to his name, the Childchewing Giant prefers snacking on children because they're "not so tough to eat as old grandmamma."
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* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: The one kind of human that no giant will ever eat are ones from Greece, because they taste too greasy.
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* JarOfTheBizarre: A notable feature of the BFG's cave is the many thousands of glass bottles filling every nook and cranny. These contain the dreams which the BFG collects, although this is not revealed for several chapters after the bottles are first mentioned. Even an enemy giant's curiosity is tickled by the bottles.
-->'''Bloodbottler:''' You and your pibbling bottles! What is you putting in them?\\
'''BFG:''' Nothing that would interest you. You is only interested in guzzling human beans.
-->'''Bloodbottler:''' You and your pibbling bottles! What is you putting in them?\\
'''BFG:''' Nothing that would interest you. You is only interested in guzzling human beans.
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* DoesNotLikeSpam: The only people that giants won't eat are Greeks, because "they taste greasy".
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* DoesNotLikeSpam: The only people that giants won't eat are Greeks, because "they taste greasy". (The Greek translation of the book says that Greeks taste like olive oil.)
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* MugglesDoItBetter: The British Army and the RAF ''could'' have easily obliterated the giants (as discussed in length by the Field Marshal and the Air Chief Marshal -- tanks, machine guns, bombs, artillery, fighter jets, etc). Yet, [[spoiler:they managed to tie them up in their sleep, commando style, without firing a shot, and ''still'' come out on top]]. Interestingly, despite their stupidity and contempt for the PunyHumans, the evil giants are all well aware of this -- they mention that if one of them is spotted there might be a "giant hunt" which none of them want to happen, and according to the BFG the Fleshlumpeater has wanted to eat the Queen of England for a while, but doesn't dare risk it because she's well protected by soldiers.
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* MugglesDoItBetter: The British Army and the RAF ''could'' have easily obliterated the giants (as discussed in length by the Field Marshal and the Air Chief Marshal -- tanks, machine guns, bombs, artillery, fighter jets, etc). Yet, [[spoiler:they managed to tie them up in their sleep, commando style, without firing a shot, and ''still'' come out on top]]. Interestingly, despite their stupidity and contempt for the PunyHumans, the evil giants are all well aware of this -- they mention understand that if one of them is spotted there then they might all be a "giant hunt" which none of them want to happen, hunted down, and according to the BFG the Fleshlumpeater has wanted to eat the Queen of England for a while, but doesn't dare risk it because she's well protected by soldiers.
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* BorrowedWithoutPermission: At one point, the giant explains the reason he knows how to write is because he has a book by Charles Dickens which he borrowed from a human boy. When asked how long he's had it for, he responds "Only about eighty years. Soon I shall be putting it back."
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* NoodleImplements: The cave is lit by "brilliant blinding lights which seem to come from nowhere", the nature of which is never explained.
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* SingleTear: When the BFG hears about Sophie being locked in the cellar at her orphanage, he sheds a tear that would fill a bucket, making quite a puddle.
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* SingleTear: When the BFG hears about Sophie being locked in the cellar at her orphanage, he sheds a tear that would fill a bucket, making quite a puddle.[[note]]Considering he learned English from ''Nicholas Nickleby'', he should not have been surprised.[[/note]]
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* OddNameOut: Bloodbottler, Bonecruncher, Childchewer, Fleshlumpeater, Maidmasher... [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and The Butcher Boy.]]
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* OddNameOut: Bloodbottler, Bonecruncher, Childchewer, Fleshlumpeater, Maidmasher... [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and The Butcher Boy.]]]] And, understandably, the BFG.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: All the Giants are terrified of only one human -- the legendary [[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk Jack]]. In the [[CulturalTranslation Hebrew translation]], it's [[DavidVersusGoliath David]]. Also, it seems that Fleshlumpeater is literally scared of snakes as well: the title character at once point scares him with "the Venomsome Vindscreen Viper".
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: All the Giants are terrified of only one human -- the legendary [[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk Jack]]. In the [[CulturalTranslation Hebrew translation]], it's [[DavidVersusGoliath David]].Jack]] (see CulturalTranslation for other languages). Also, it seems that Fleshlumpeater is literally scared of snakes as well: the title character at once point scares him with "the Venomsome Vindscreen Viper".
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** In the German version the giants fear the Brave Little Tailor from Grimm's fairy tales.
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** In the German version the giants fear the Brave Little Tailor ''Literature/TheBraveLittleTailor'' from Grimm's fairy tales.
