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* TheBluebeard: [[spoiler:Barkis tricked Emily into taking her family's jewels and gold and eloping with him, then stole the treasure and killed her. He also heavily indicates an intention to kill Victoria after their marriage. But at least TheKillerBecomesTheKilled.]]
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* TheBluebeard: [[spoiler:Barkis tricked Emily into taking her family's jewels and gold and eloping with him, then stole the treasure and killed her. He also her and ran off with the loot. It's heavily indicates an intention to kill Victoria after their marriage. But at least TheKillerBecomesTheKilled.implied that he has similar plans for Victoria.]]
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* DannyElfman: For the lighting. Of course.
* DarkIsNotEvil: In this film the living are far scarier than the dead.
* DarkIsNotEvil: In this film the living are far scarier than the dead.
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* DannyElfman: For the lighting. Of course.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: In this film the living are far scarier than thedead.dead, and much more colorful for that matter.
* DarkIsNotEvil: In this film the living are far scarier than the
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* DeadToBeginWith: Emily and co.
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* DeathByOriginStory: Emily,of course.again.
* DeathByOriginStory: Emily,
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* DuetBonding: Victor and the Bride, after he accidentally upsets her.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Victor Van Dort is the king of this, thanks to the color palette of the Land of the Living (and even then, he's paler than most of the other breathers)..
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Victor Van Dort is the king of this, thanks to the color palette of the Land of the Living (and even then, he's paler than most of the other breathers)..
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* DuetBonding: Victor and the Bride, Emily, after he accidentally upsets her.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Victor Van Dort is the king of this, thanks to the color palette of the Land of the Living (and even then, he's paler than most of the otherbreathers)..breathers).
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* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Barkis, after unwittingly consuming poison, is now one of the dead, which conveniently removes the restriction that the dead cannot harm the living. An angry mob drags him off as he screams. [[NothingIsScarier Made worse in that we never really do find out what they do to him]].]]
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Victor's mom gets caught in the door of the carriage, and Mayhew and Victor's dad tries to push her in. Cut to the Everglots watching the carriage [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything rocking wildly back and forward]]. "Fish merchants!" Also see ParentalBonus, and doubles as a Creator/WilliamShakespeare reference: 'Fishmonger' used to mean 'pimp'.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Victor's mom gets caught in the door of the carriage, and Mayhew and Victor's dad tries to push her in. Cut to the Everglots watching the carriage [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything rocking wildly back and forward]]. "Fish merchants!" Also see ParentalBonus, and doubles as a Creator/WilliamShakespeare reference: 'Fishmonger' used to mean 'pimp'.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Barkis, after unwittingly consuming drinking poison, is now one of the dead, which conveniently removes the restriction that the dead cannot harm the living. An angry mob drags him off as he screams. [[NothingIsScarier Made worse in that we never really do find out what they do to him]].]]
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Victor's mom gets caught in the door of the carriage, and Mayhew and Victor's dad tries to push her in. Cut to the Everglots watching the carriage [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything rocking wildly back andforward]].forth]]. "Fish merchants!" Also see ParentalBonus, and doubles as a Creator/WilliamShakespeare reference: 'Fishmonger' used to mean 'pimp'.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Victor's mom gets caught in the door of the carriage, and Mayhew and Victor's dad tries to push her in. Cut to the Everglots watching the carriage [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything rocking wildly back and
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* LoveTriangle: Victor must choose between Emily, his dead wife, and Victoria, his live. Which is harder than it probably sounds.
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* LoveTriangle: Victor must choose between Emily, his dead wife, and Victoria, his live.living intended fiancée. Which is harder than it probably sounds.
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* ParentalBonus: When Victor is in the woods, practicing his vows, he says a line to the effect of "With this hand, I will cup your...", with his hands placed near his chest area. Once he realizes what he's doing, he pulls his hands away and says, "Oh ''goodness'', no."
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* ParentalBonus: When Victor is in the woods, practicing his vows, he says a line to the effect of "With this hand, I will cup your...", with his hands placed near his chest area. Once he realizes what he's doing, he pulls his hands away and says, in shock. "Oh ''goodness'', no."
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** There's even a GoneWithTheWind shout out when the dead folk head upstairs for their wedding party.
*** When the dead return to the living world, an old lady recognizes her undead husband and remarks with surprise that he's been dead for 15 years. His response? "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
** Victoria's mother's character design is very reminiscent of Lady Tremaine from Cinderella.
*** When the dead return to the living world, an old lady recognizes her undead husband and remarks with surprise that he's been dead for 15 years. His response? "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
** Victoria's mother's character design is very reminiscent of Lady Tremaine from Cinderella.
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** There's even a GoneWithTheWind shout out between an old man's skeleton and his still-living wife when the dead folk head upstairs for their wedding party.
*** When the dead return to the living world, an old lady recognizes her undead husband and remarks with surprise that he's been dead for 15 years. His response? "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
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* StarCrossedLovers: Victor and Victoria.
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* MeaningfulName: Emily means rival and Victoria means victorious.
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* RealIsBrown: The staid Victorian world of the living. Notably ''not'' applied to the afterlife, which resembles San Francisco in the hippie era.
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* RealIsBrown: [[RealIsBrown Real Is Gray]]: The staid Victorian world of the living. Notably ''not'' applied living, in stark contrast to the afterlife, land of the dead, which resembles San Francisco in the hippie era.is ironically more colorful and, well, full of life.
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* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Victor and Lord Barkis, respectively, although the Everglots don't find out about Lord Barkis' poverty until after he marries Victoria. In an inversion of the usual approach to this trope, the rich suitor is the virtuous one.
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* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Victor and Lord Barkis, respectively, although the Everglots don't find out about Lord Barkis' poverty until after he marries Victoria. In an inversion of the usual approach to this trope, the rich suitor is the virtuous one.one (although he is of humble birth, while the poor suitor is an ImpoverishedPatrician).
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* HeyItsThatVoice: ''Everywhere'', but a special mention goes to Elder Gutknecht, who's played by [[{{Batman}} Alfred Pennyworth]].
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* GoldDigger: Lord Barkis Bittern. Hey, a male one! Good for him.
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* GoldDigger: Several examples.
** Lord Barkis Bittern. Hey, a male one! Good forhim.him.
** In different ways, both sets of parents, the reason they are arranging Victor and Victoria's marriage. The Everglots are after the Van Dorts' money since they have none of their own, while the Van Dorts see the marriage as their ticket to the high society that currently shuns them for earning, rather than inheriting, their wealth.
** Lord Barkis Bittern. Hey, a male one! Good for
** In different ways, both sets of parents, the reason they are arranging Victor and Victoria's marriage. The Everglots are after the Van Dorts' money since they have none of their own, while the Van Dorts see the marriage as their ticket to the high society that currently shuns them for earning, rather than inheriting, their wealth.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy [[spoiler:What lets Emily finally be free, as she puts it, is pushing Victor and Victoria towards each other.]]
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* CurseThatCures: While being dead isn't exactly a picnic what with the gradual decomposition the dead suffer, it has it's upsides. Mainly that any pains felt in life are completely gone. Mayhew, who died of a coughing related illness, actually was fairly happy at the turnaround.
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* CurseThatCures: While being dead isn't exactly a picnic what with the gradual decomposition the dead suffer, it has it's its upsides. Mainly that any pains felt in life are completely gone. Mayhew, who died of a coughing related illness, actually was fairly happy at the turnaround.
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Lord Barkis Bittern the '''killer'''. Buh buh BUUUUUHHHH!!!]]
** Also an {{Unreveal}}--in "The Remains of the Day," when Bonejangles tells Emily's story in silhouette, his shadow briefly takes on [[spoiler:Lord Barkis']] appearance.
** Also an {{Unreveal}}--in "The Remains of the Day," when Bonejangles tells Emily's story in silhouette, his shadow briefly takes on [[spoiler:Lord Barkis']] appearance.
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Lord Barkis Bittern the '''killer'''. Buh buh BUUUUUHHHH!!!]]
** Also an {{Unreveal}}--in "The Remains of the Day," when Bonejangles tells Emily's story in silhouette, his shadow briefly takes on [[spoiler:Lord Barkis']] appearance.
** Also an {{Unreveal}}--in "The Remains of the Day," when Bonejangles tells Emily's story in silhouette, his shadow briefly takes on [[spoiler:Lord Barkis']] appearance.
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Lord Barkis Bittern TinyGuyHugeGirl: Both sets of parents, in different ways. William and Nell Van Dort are roughly the '''killer'''. Buh buh BUUUUUHHHH!!!]]
** Also an {{Unreveal}}--in "The Remains ofsame height, but William is skinny while Nell is wide enough to have trouble fitting into the Day," carriage. Finis and Maudeline Everglot appear to be the same height when Bonejangles tells Emily's story in silhouette, we first see them watching the Van Dorts from their window, but [[BigLittleMan Finis is revealed to be standing on a stepladder]], and is only about half as tall as his shadow briefly takes on [[spoiler:Lord Barkis']] appearance.wife.
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* ImpoverishedPatrician: Victoria's family.
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* LosingYourHead LosingYourHead: Paul the "Head Waiter."
* NouveauRiche: Victor's parents, to the disgust of Victoria's parents, who describe them as "So common! / So coarse!"
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Emil, the Everglots' valet, hands in his resignation during the "dead walk the Earth" sequence.
-->'''Finis Everglot:''' Fetch me musket!\\
'''Emil:''' ''(at the front door in his hat and coat)'' Fetch your own musket! I'm off! ''(slams the door behind him)''
* SelfMadeMan: William Van Dort, millionaire fish merchant.
-->'''Finis Everglot:''' Fetch me musket!\\
'''Emil:''' ''(at the front door in his hat and coat)'' Fetch your own musket! I'm off! ''(slams the door behind him)''
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** Aside from the YouShallNotPass moment, during the initial wedding sequence the wedding [[LordOfTheRings ring]] rolls on the floor while Christopher Lee's character yells about"''DROPPING THE RING!''". It's a rather blatant reference.
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** Aside from the YouShallNotPass moment, during the initial wedding sequence the wedding [[LordOfTheRings ring]] rolls on the floor while Christopher Lee's character yells about"''DROPPING about "''DROPPING THE RING!''". It's a rather blatant reference.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Corpse Bride'' may as well call ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' "Daddy."
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Corpse Bride'' may as well call ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' "Daddy."
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* UndeathAlwaysEndsUndeathAlwaysEnds: [[spoiler:Emily, once Barkis has died and Victor and Victoria are reunited, transforms into hundreds of butterflies as she leaves the church.]]
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** [[spoiler: It's probably better this way.]]
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* CurseThatCures: While being dead isn't exactly a picnic what with the gradual decomposition the dead suffer, it has it's upsides. Mainly that any pains felt in life are completely gone. Mayhew, who died of a coughing related illness, actually was fairly happy at the turnaround.
-->'''Victor:''' Mayhew! How nice to see... [notices he's dead] I'm so sorry.
-->'''Mayhew:''' Oh, yeah. Actually, though, I feel great.
-->'''Victor:''' Mayhew! How nice to see... [notices he's dead] I'm so sorry.
-->'''Mayhew:''' Oh, yeah. Actually, though, I feel great.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: Subverted with Victoria, who's actually quite sweet. Played straight with her despicable parents, however. And don't even get us started on Lord Barkis.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Victor's mom gets caught in the door of the carriage, and Mayhew and Victor's dad tries to push her in. Cut to the Everglots watching the carriage [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything rocking wildly back and forward]]. "Fish merchants!" Also see ParentalBonus, and doubles as a WilliamShakespeare reference: 'Fishmonger' used to mean 'pimp'.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Victor's mom gets caught in the door of the carriage, and Mayhew and Victor's dad tries to push her in. Cut to the Everglots watching the carriage [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything rocking wildly back and forward]]. "Fish merchants!" Also see ParentalBonus, and doubles as a WilliamShakespeare Creator/WilliamShakespeare reference: 'Fishmonger' used to mean 'pimp'.
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* ShallowLoveInterest: Some say Victoria is not all she's cracked up to be.
* ShotgunWedding: In a way, Victor and Emily.
* ShotgunWedding: In a way, Victor and Emily.
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* ShallowLoveInterest: Some say Victoria is not all she's cracked up to be.
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* ShotgunWedding: In a way, Victor and Emily.
* ShotgunWedding: In a way, Victor and Emily.
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* ShadowDiscretionShot: Emily's murder to make it more family friendly, but also to hide the identity of her killer.
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---> "Stay back! I've got a... dwarf, and I'm not afraid to use him!"
* ShadowDiscretionShot: Emily'smurder murder, to make it more family friendly, but also to hide the identity of her killer.
* ShadowDiscretionShot: Emily's
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** Aside from the YouShallNotPass moment, during the initial wedding sequence the wedding [[LordOfTheRings ring]] rolls on the floor while Christopher Lee's character yells about"''DROPPING THE RING!''". It's a rather blatant reference.
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* FeudingFamilies: While Victoria's family arranged the marriage, they did it only because the family is penniless and needed a quick way of getting cash. Likewise, Victor's family agreed in order to get some status by being linked to an old family. They don't get on very well... But their kids do, since they're NotSoDifferent.
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Victor, the son of some wealthy [[SelfMadeMan fishmongers]], is being forced into an ArrangedMarriage with Victoria, a beautiful young woman from a [[ImpoverishedPatrician penniless aristocratic family]]. The couple [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage seem to like each other, and everything is going swimmingly]]... except for the tiny problem of Victor being unable to learn his lines. He goes into the forest to practice his marriage vows. But, unintentionally, Victor gives the speech (and engagement ring) to the vivacious and fun-loving Emily, who [[AccidentalMarriage thinks they are now married]].
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Victor, the son of some wealthy [[SelfMadeMan fishmongers]], is being forced entering into an ArrangedMarriage with Victoria, a beautiful young woman from a [[ImpoverishedPatrician penniless aristocratic family]]. The couple [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage seem to find that they rather like each other, and everything is going swimmingly]]... except for the tiny problem of Victor being unable too nervous to learn his lines.wedding vows. He goes into the forest to practice his marriage vows. But, unintentionally, Victor gives the speech (and engagement ring) to the vivacious and fun-loving Emily, who [[AccidentalMarriage thinks they are now married]].
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* WorldwidePunomenon: Just try and count them.
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* WorldwidePunomenon: WorldOfPun: Just try and to count them.
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* BittersweetEnding:[[spoiler:Emily decides to let Victor return to Victoria so that they can have the life that she never had in an IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy way. Then she turns into hundreds of butterflies and DiedHappilyEverAfter. Could be placed in TearJerker territory.]]
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* BittersweetEnding:[[spoiler:Emily BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Emily decides to let Victor return to Victoria so that they can have the life that she never had in an IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy way. Then she turns into hundreds of butterflies and DiedHappilyEverAfter. Could be placed in TearJerker territory.]]
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* ShallowLoveInterest: Some say Victoria is not all she's cracked up to be. But YourMileageMayVary.
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* HurricaneOfPuns: They're ''everywhere''.
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* DeathGlare: Emily after finding Victor with Victoria. [[HurricaneOfPuns And she is dead]].
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** [[Victor/Victoria Victor and Victoria]].
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* DoingItForTheArt: The various figures used in the film were animated using a very intricate clockwork system built inside of them, replacing the stop-motion industry standards of using multiple expressive heads.
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** Watch Danny Elfman sing "Remains of the Day" live and you'll understand where everything about Bonejangles comes from.
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[[caption-width-right:296:[[NightmareFetishist Only]] TimBurton could make [[ILoveTheDead necrophilia]] [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming kinda cute]].]]
''Corpse Bride'' is a romantic comedy musical by TimBurton and DannyElfman, and a SpiritualSequel to Henry Selick's''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' (which Burton was the producer of). The film mixes German Expressionist elements, stop-motion animation, gothic melodrama and macabre sense of humour, and is based on an old Yiddish folk tale.
Victor, the son of some wealthy [[SelfMadeMan fishmongers]], is being forced into an ArrangedMarriage with Victoria, a beautiful young woman from a [[ImpoverishedPatrician penniless aristocratic family]]. The couple [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage seem to like each other, and everything is going swimmingly]]... except for the tiny problem of Victor being unable to learn his lines. He goes into the forest to practice his marriage vows. But, unintentionally, Victor gives the speech (and engagement ring) to the vivacious and fun-loving Emily, who [[AccidentalMarriage thinks they are now married]].
Oh, did we mention Emily is dead?
Victor is dragged to the underworld, which ironically, heavily contrasts with the drab surroundings of the living by being colourful and vibrant. At first he is desperate to get back home to Victoria, but is soon torn between the life he knew and his life in the unlife. Victor also finds himself drawn towards Emily, whose tragic death may be more entwined with the lives of Victoria and himself than Victor first thought.
The film has many little shout-outs and references to previous works by TimBurton. DannyElfman's character, Bonejangles, is a call-back to his time with OingoBoingo.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AccidentalMarriage: The entire plot, of course.
* ArcWords: "According to plan." First spoken by both sets of parents when they are trying to make the wedding go perfectly. Later mentioned by Victor to highlight that things are spiraling out of control. The last time is on CrowningMomentOfAwesome page.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Subverted with Victoria, who's actually quite sweet. Played straight with her despicable parents, however. And don't even get us started on Lord Barkis.
* ArrangedMarriage: Victor and Victoria, [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage but they seem OK with it]]. At the very least it seems that they care for each other.
* BetterThanItSoundsWesternAnimation: Guy getting married to a dead person accidentally? Sounds squicky but really isn't.
* BettyAndVeronica: Okay people, I have the script! Victoria, you will play the part of the sweet and gentle Betty. The part of the lively and happy-go-lucky (but [[BrokenBird secretly]] [[TheWoobie troubled]]) Veronica goes to Emily!
* BewareTheNiceOnes: The dead are a surprisingly friendly, fun-loving bunch, certainly more pleasant than most of the living...but you certainly don't want to get on their bad side.
* BigLittleMan: Finis Everglot is first shown talking face to face with his wife. Then the camera pans out and it turns out he is standing on a stool and really half her height.
* BittersweetEnding:[[spoiler:Emily decides to let Victor return to Victoria so that they can have the life that she never had in an IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy way. Then she turns into hundreds of butterflies and DiedHappilyEverAfter. Could be placed in TearJerker territory.]]
* TheBluebeard: [[spoiler:Barkis tricked Emily into taking her family's jewels and gold and eloping with him, then stole the treasure and killed her. He also heavily indicates an intention to kill Victoria after their marriage. But at least TheKillerBecomesTheKilled.]]
* BookEnds: The film opens and closes on butterflies.
* BoyMeetsGhoul: Victor meets a dead girl, and ends up accidentally married to her.
* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth
* CirclingMonologue: When Emily finally confronts her murderer.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Emily can almost convince a guy to leave his fianceé even when she is rotting away. Not every corpse is that sexy.
* DannyElfman: For the lighting. Of course.
* DarkIsNotEvil: In this film the living are far scarier than the dead.
* TheDeadCanDance
* DeadToBeginWith: Emily and co.
* DeathByOriginStory: Emily, of course.
* DefangedHorrors: Cute skeleton children abound, and even the skeleton dog.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The world of the living is almost entirely black and white, whereas the underworld is brightly-lit and colourful.
* DemBones: A whole bunch o dem.
* DevilInPlainSight: Barkis.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Only in this case, Emily did not get the boy.]]
* [[DoesHeHaveABrother Does He Have a Dead Brother?]]
* DuetBonding: Victor and the Bride, after he accidentally upsets her.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Victor Van Dort is the king of this, thanks to the color palette of the Land of the Living (and even then, he's paler than most of the other breathers)..
* {{Expy}}: Victor looks like the grown-up version of Vincent, the child protagonist of one of Burton's earliest stop-motion works.
** This is even {{lampshaded}} in the movie.
-->'''Mr Everglot:''' We shall continue as planned, with or without Vincent.\\
'''Mrs Everglot:''' Victor.\\
'''Mr Everglot:''' Whatever.
** Also, the maggot was a Peter Lorre impersonation.
* ExactWords: "Until death do us part..."
* FairyTale: Based of a Jewish-Russian folktale originally, about a woman murdered on the way to her wedding. Some tropers classify this as NightmareFuel. Emily's backstory also bears tragic resemblances to the English folktale ''Mr. Fox'' (not to be confused with [[TheFantasticMrFox a later stop-motion animated film]]).
* FakeBrit: Johnny Depp as Victor.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Barkis, after unwittingly consuming poison, is now one of the dead, which conveniently removes the restriction that the dead cannot harm the living. An angry mob drags him off as he screams. [[NothingIsScarier Made worse in that we never really do find out what they do to him]].]]
* FeudingFamilies: While Victoria's family arranged the marriage, they did it only because the family is penniless and needed a quick way of getting cash. Likewise, Victor's family agreed in order to get some status by being linked to an old family. They don't get on very well... But their kids do, since they're NotSoDifferent.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Victor's mom gets caught in the door of the carriage, and Mayhew and Victor's dad tries to push her in. Cut to the Everglots watching the carriage [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything rocking wildly back and forward]]. "Fish merchants!" Also see ParentalBonus, and doubles as a WilliamShakespeare reference: 'Fishmonger' used to mean 'pimp'.
* GoldDigger: Lord Barkis Bittern. Hey, a male one! Good for him.
* TheGrotesque: In some ways. Emily is nothing but skin and bones. She also has an eye that pops out and a worm living in her skull. Eww. But she remains ever gentle and kind.
* [[ShesNotMyGirlfriend He's Not My Boyfriend]]: "He's my ''husband''."
* HeadDesk: Victor bangs his head on the bar counter.
* HeyItsThatVoice: ''Everywhere'', but a special mention goes to Elder Gutknecht, who's played by [[{{Batman}} Alfred Pennyworth]].
* ImpairmentShot: Used after Victor runs into a tree.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Victoria's family.
* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: Honestly? Do we have to say his name?
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Mayhew.
* InkSuitActor: Who does Victor look like? Honestly.
** Ironically, ''Victoria'' was based a bit on HelenaBonhamCarter (''Emily's'' voice actress) physically, as the character designer wanted to make sure she looked interesting and pretty enough enough opposite the exotic Emily, so he gave her Bonham Carter's face shape (particularly her chin and forehead). Burton originally wanted Bonham Carter to voice Victoria anyway, which might make this fact a relic of the straightforward use of the trope. Bonham Carter asked to play Emily instead, as she'd played Victoria-type characters in live action before when she was the character's age.
** According to the "making of" book, Emily too was redesigned to look a bit more like Helena (specifically, they gave her more of Helena's forehead).
* IronicEcho: "New arrival..."
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy [[spoiler:What lets Emily finally be free, as she puts it, is pushing Victor and Victoria towards each other.]]
* IWouldSayIfICouldSay
* JawDrop
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Barkis, after some EvilGloating at the dead, who are unable to harm the living. On his way out, he casually takes a sip from a cup placed on the altar. Unfortunately for him, the cup contained the poison which Victor was supposed to drink during the marriage ceremony. He is instantly killed. See the FateWorseThanDeath section of this article for what happens next. May also qualify as DeathByIrony.]]
* LosingYourHead Paul the "Head Waiter."
* LoveTriangle: Victor must choose between Emily, his dead wife, and Victoria, his live. Which is harder than it probably sounds.
* MinorInsultMeltdown: Victor does this to Emily after she finds out about Victoria. "Why can't you understand that this is a mistake? I would never marry you!" Geez, Victor, couldn't you phrase that [[KickTheDog any more painfully?]]
* TheMusical
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Lord Barkis '''Bitter'''n.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Most people think Maggot sounds like [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000048/ Peter Lorre]].
* NoIndoorVoice: The town crier. Well, he ''does'', but only uses it to forecast the weather.
* NoodlePeople
* ObviouslyEvil: Lord Barkis. And his chin. His evil, evil chin.
* OfCorsetHurts[=/=]OfCorsetsSexy: As Victoria is getting her corset drawn her mother cries to tighten it. "I can hear you speak without gasping."
* OffscreenTeleportation: You cannot run Victor! Emily will find you! Not in a way that's physically possible but still.
* OffstageVillainy: Emily's murder.
* PassThePopcorn: General Bones-apart just knows that the tale of Emily's murder "is gonna be good."
* ParentalBonus: When Victor is in the woods, practicing his vows, he says a line to the effect of "With this hand, I will cup your...", with his hands placed near his chest area. Once he realizes what he's doing, he pulls his hands away and says, "Oh ''goodness'', no."
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Victor and Victoria.
* PerpetualFrowner: Nearly everyone in the land of the living. Most notable with the parents of the bride, especially when her mom [[HypocriticalHumor orders]] her dad to smile, [[TheUnsmile which takes great effort]].
* PrankDate: Emily perfectly fits Definition 6 of this trope.
* ProperLady: Victoria through and through.
* RavensAndCrows
* RealIsBrown: The staid Victorian world of the living. Notably ''not'' applied to the afterlife, which resembles San Francisco in the hippie era.
* RomanticFalseLead: And we have a twofer. Emily is the likable variation, with Barkis being the nasty version.
* RummageFail: She doesn't exactly rummage, but it's close enough when Mrs. Plum tries to grab a knife from the male cook's head for Victor to fight with but accidentally takes hold of a fork and tosses that to Victor.
** Also when Victor attempts to arm himself, but the sword doesn't come free of the guy it's stuck through.
* ShadowDiscretionShot: Emily's murder to make it more family friendly, but also to hide the identity of her killer.
* ShallowLoveInterest: Some say Victoria is not all she's cracked up to be. But YourMileageMayVary.
* ShotgunWedding: In a way, Victor and Emily.
* ShoutOut: The piano Victor sits at when meeting Victoria is brand-labeled a "Harryhausen", in homage to stop-motion master Ray Harryhausen.
** There's even a GoneWithTheWind shout out when the dead folk head upstairs for their wedding party.
** Victoria's mother's character design is very reminiscent of Lady Tremaine from Cinderella.
* SkewedPriorities: Victoria's mother.
-->'''Victoria:''' It's true, Mother! Victor is married to a dead woman! I saw her - a corpse! - standing right there with Victor!\\
'''Lady Everglot:''' ''Victor'' was in your ''room''!?
* SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace: [[spoiler:Victoria doesn't object to Victor's wedding to Emily; Emily herself stops it when she realizes that if she goes through with it, she will steal Victoria's dreams just as her own dreams were stolen.]]
* SpiritedYoungLady: Emily plays this trope against Victoria's ProperLady counterpoint.
* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Corpse Bride'' may as well call ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' "Daddy."
* StealthPun: The head waiter is a head who happens to be a waiter.
** Not to mention that the joint where he works is called "The Ball and Socket."
** At one point, Emily literally cries her eye out. (Just one, though.)
** While looking for Victor, Emily passes a second-hand store that sells hands for people that lost the first one.
* StarCrossedLovers: Victor and Victoria.
* TalkingToHimself: Completely averted. Despite a good number of minor characters having the same voice actor, none of them speak to each other. For example, Mayhew and William Van Dort are both voiced by Paul Whitehouse and have some interaction together but never say a word to each other.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Lord Barkis Bittern the '''killer'''. Buh buh BUUUUUHHHH!!!]]
* TitleDrop: Repeatedly in the underworld. Victoria also tells the minister that Victor "has a corpse bride!"
* TogetherInDeath: That's how Emily wants it.
* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Delivered ''through song!''
* UndeathAlwaysEnds
* UndeathlyPallor: Everyone who's dead. The living are all mostly [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette pale-skinned brunettes]].
* UpperClassTwit: Both Victor's and Victoria's parents, to varying degrees.
** Victor's parents are clearly [[NouveauRiche Working Class Twits]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Weren't Victor's parents last seen on an out-of-control carriage? What happened to them?
* WhyWasteAWedding: "I guess they didn't want to waste the cake."
* WomanScorned: Emily beautifully subverts this trope with her gracious act of kindness.
* WorldwidePunomenon: Just try and count them.
* YouShallNotPass: Spoofed with extra points for having it said by ''Christopher Lee's character''.
** "Keep it down, we're in a church!"
* ZombieApocalypse: ''Gloriously'' subverted. Almost deconstructed, even, as the living gradually recognize their lost loved ones among the shambling ranks of the dead.
** They don't shamble, ''[[TheDeadCanDance they softshoe]]''.
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[[caption-width-right:296:[[NightmareFetishist Only]] TimBurton could make [[ILoveTheDead necrophilia]] [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming kinda cute]].]]
''Corpse Bride'' is a romantic comedy musical by TimBurton and DannyElfman, and a SpiritualSequel to Henry Selick's''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' (which Burton was the producer of). The film mixes German Expressionist elements, stop-motion animation, gothic melodrama and macabre sense of humour, and is based on an old Yiddish folk tale.
Victor, the son of some wealthy [[SelfMadeMan fishmongers]], is being forced into an ArrangedMarriage with Victoria, a beautiful young woman from a [[ImpoverishedPatrician penniless aristocratic family]]. The couple [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage seem to like each other, and everything is going swimmingly]]... except for the tiny problem of Victor being unable to learn his lines. He goes into the forest to practice his marriage vows. But, unintentionally, Victor gives the speech (and engagement ring) to the vivacious and fun-loving Emily, who [[AccidentalMarriage thinks they are now married]].
Oh, did we mention Emily is dead?
Victor is dragged to the underworld, which ironically, heavily contrasts with the drab surroundings of the living by being colourful and vibrant. At first he is desperate to get back home to Victoria, but is soon torn between the life he knew and his life in the unlife. Victor also finds himself drawn towards Emily, whose tragic death may be more entwined with the lives of Victoria and himself than Victor first thought.
The film has many little shout-outs and references to previous works by TimBurton. DannyElfman's character, Bonejangles, is a call-back to his time with OingoBoingo.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AccidentalMarriage: The entire plot, of course.
* ArcWords: "According to plan." First spoken by both sets of parents when they are trying to make the wedding go perfectly. Later mentioned by Victor to highlight that things are spiraling out of control. The last time is on CrowningMomentOfAwesome page.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Subverted with Victoria, who's actually quite sweet. Played straight with her despicable parents, however. And don't even get us started on Lord Barkis.
* ArrangedMarriage: Victor and Victoria, [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage but they seem OK with it]]. At the very least it seems that they care for each other.
* BetterThanItSoundsWesternAnimation: Guy getting married to a dead person accidentally? Sounds squicky but really isn't.
* BettyAndVeronica: Okay people, I have the script! Victoria, you will play the part of the sweet and gentle Betty. The part of the lively and happy-go-lucky (but [[BrokenBird secretly]] [[TheWoobie troubled]]) Veronica goes to Emily!
* BewareTheNiceOnes: The dead are a surprisingly friendly, fun-loving bunch, certainly more pleasant than most of the living...but you certainly don't want to get on their bad side.
* BigLittleMan: Finis Everglot is first shown talking face to face with his wife. Then the camera pans out and it turns out he is standing on a stool and really half her height.
* BittersweetEnding:[[spoiler:Emily decides to let Victor return to Victoria so that they can have the life that she never had in an IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy way. Then she turns into hundreds of butterflies and DiedHappilyEverAfter. Could be placed in TearJerker territory.]]
* TheBluebeard: [[spoiler:Barkis tricked Emily into taking her family's jewels and gold and eloping with him, then stole the treasure and killed her. He also heavily indicates an intention to kill Victoria after their marriage. But at least TheKillerBecomesTheKilled.]]
* BookEnds: The film opens and closes on butterflies.
* BoyMeetsGhoul: Victor meets a dead girl, and ends up accidentally married to her.
* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth
* CirclingMonologue: When Emily finally confronts her murderer.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Emily can almost convince a guy to leave his fianceé even when she is rotting away. Not every corpse is that sexy.
* DannyElfman: For the lighting. Of course.
* DarkIsNotEvil: In this film the living are far scarier than the dead.
* TheDeadCanDance
* DeadToBeginWith: Emily and co.
* DeathByOriginStory: Emily, of course.
* DefangedHorrors: Cute skeleton children abound, and even the skeleton dog.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The world of the living is almost entirely black and white, whereas the underworld is brightly-lit and colourful.
* DemBones: A whole bunch o dem.
* DevilInPlainSight: Barkis.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Only in this case, Emily did not get the boy.]]
* [[DoesHeHaveABrother Does He Have a Dead Brother?]]
* DuetBonding: Victor and the Bride, after he accidentally upsets her.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Victor Van Dort is the king of this, thanks to the color palette of the Land of the Living (and even then, he's paler than most of the other breathers)..
* {{Expy}}: Victor looks like the grown-up version of Vincent, the child protagonist of one of Burton's earliest stop-motion works.
** This is even {{lampshaded}} in the movie.
-->'''Mr Everglot:''' We shall continue as planned, with or without Vincent.\\
'''Mrs Everglot:''' Victor.\\
'''Mr Everglot:''' Whatever.
** Also, the maggot was a Peter Lorre impersonation.
* ExactWords: "Until death do us part..."
* FairyTale: Based of a Jewish-Russian folktale originally, about a woman murdered on the way to her wedding. Some tropers classify this as NightmareFuel. Emily's backstory also bears tragic resemblances to the English folktale ''Mr. Fox'' (not to be confused with [[TheFantasticMrFox a later stop-motion animated film]]).
* FakeBrit: Johnny Depp as Victor.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Barkis, after unwittingly consuming poison, is now one of the dead, which conveniently removes the restriction that the dead cannot harm the living. An angry mob drags him off as he screams. [[NothingIsScarier Made worse in that we never really do find out what they do to him]].]]
* FeudingFamilies: While Victoria's family arranged the marriage, they did it only because the family is penniless and needed a quick way of getting cash. Likewise, Victor's family agreed in order to get some status by being linked to an old family. They don't get on very well... But their kids do, since they're NotSoDifferent.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Victor's mom gets caught in the door of the carriage, and Mayhew and Victor's dad tries to push her in. Cut to the Everglots watching the carriage [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything rocking wildly back and forward]]. "Fish merchants!" Also see ParentalBonus, and doubles as a WilliamShakespeare reference: 'Fishmonger' used to mean 'pimp'.
* GoldDigger: Lord Barkis Bittern. Hey, a male one! Good for him.
* TheGrotesque: In some ways. Emily is nothing but skin and bones. She also has an eye that pops out and a worm living in her skull. Eww. But she remains ever gentle and kind.
* [[ShesNotMyGirlfriend He's Not My Boyfriend]]: "He's my ''husband''."
* HeadDesk: Victor bangs his head on the bar counter.
* HeyItsThatVoice: ''Everywhere'', but a special mention goes to Elder Gutknecht, who's played by [[{{Batman}} Alfred Pennyworth]].
* ImpairmentShot: Used after Victor runs into a tree.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Victoria's family.
* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: Honestly? Do we have to say his name?
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Mayhew.
* InkSuitActor: Who does Victor look like? Honestly.
** Ironically, ''Victoria'' was based a bit on HelenaBonhamCarter (''Emily's'' voice actress) physically, as the character designer wanted to make sure she looked interesting and pretty enough enough opposite the exotic Emily, so he gave her Bonham Carter's face shape (particularly her chin and forehead). Burton originally wanted Bonham Carter to voice Victoria anyway, which might make this fact a relic of the straightforward use of the trope. Bonham Carter asked to play Emily instead, as she'd played Victoria-type characters in live action before when she was the character's age.
** According to the "making of" book, Emily too was redesigned to look a bit more like Helena (specifically, they gave her more of Helena's forehead).
* IronicEcho: "New arrival..."
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy [[spoiler:What lets Emily finally be free, as she puts it, is pushing Victor and Victoria towards each other.]]
* IWouldSayIfICouldSay
* JawDrop
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Barkis, after some EvilGloating at the dead, who are unable to harm the living. On his way out, he casually takes a sip from a cup placed on the altar. Unfortunately for him, the cup contained the poison which Victor was supposed to drink during the marriage ceremony. He is instantly killed. See the FateWorseThanDeath section of this article for what happens next. May also qualify as DeathByIrony.]]
* LosingYourHead Paul the "Head Waiter."
* LoveTriangle: Victor must choose between Emily, his dead wife, and Victoria, his live. Which is harder than it probably sounds.
* MinorInsultMeltdown: Victor does this to Emily after she finds out about Victoria. "Why can't you understand that this is a mistake? I would never marry you!" Geez, Victor, couldn't you phrase that [[KickTheDog any more painfully?]]
* TheMusical
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Lord Barkis '''Bitter'''n.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Most people think Maggot sounds like [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000048/ Peter Lorre]].
* NoIndoorVoice: The town crier. Well, he ''does'', but only uses it to forecast the weather.
* NoodlePeople
* ObviouslyEvil: Lord Barkis. And his chin. His evil, evil chin.
* OfCorsetHurts[=/=]OfCorsetsSexy: As Victoria is getting her corset drawn her mother cries to tighten it. "I can hear you speak without gasping."
* OffscreenTeleportation: You cannot run Victor! Emily will find you! Not in a way that's physically possible but still.
* OffstageVillainy: Emily's murder.
* PassThePopcorn: General Bones-apart just knows that the tale of Emily's murder "is gonna be good."
* ParentalBonus: When Victor is in the woods, practicing his vows, he says a line to the effect of "With this hand, I will cup your...", with his hands placed near his chest area. Once he realizes what he's doing, he pulls his hands away and says, "Oh ''goodness'', no."
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Victor and Victoria.
* PerpetualFrowner: Nearly everyone in the land of the living. Most notable with the parents of the bride, especially when her mom [[HypocriticalHumor orders]] her dad to smile, [[TheUnsmile which takes great effort]].
* PrankDate: Emily perfectly fits Definition 6 of this trope.
* ProperLady: Victoria through and through.
* RavensAndCrows
* RealIsBrown: The staid Victorian world of the living. Notably ''not'' applied to the afterlife, which resembles San Francisco in the hippie era.
* RomanticFalseLead: And we have a twofer. Emily is the likable variation, with Barkis being the nasty version.
* RummageFail: She doesn't exactly rummage, but it's close enough when Mrs. Plum tries to grab a knife from the male cook's head for Victor to fight with but accidentally takes hold of a fork and tosses that to Victor.
** Also when Victor attempts to arm himself, but the sword doesn't come free of the guy it's stuck through.
* ShadowDiscretionShot: Emily's murder to make it more family friendly, but also to hide the identity of her killer.
* ShallowLoveInterest: Some say Victoria is not all she's cracked up to be. But YourMileageMayVary.
* ShotgunWedding: In a way, Victor and Emily.
* ShoutOut: The piano Victor sits at when meeting Victoria is brand-labeled a "Harryhausen", in homage to stop-motion master Ray Harryhausen.
** There's even a GoneWithTheWind shout out when the dead folk head upstairs for their wedding party.
** Victoria's mother's character design is very reminiscent of Lady Tremaine from Cinderella.
* SkewedPriorities: Victoria's mother.
-->'''Victoria:''' It's true, Mother! Victor is married to a dead woman! I saw her - a corpse! - standing right there with Victor!\\
'''Lady Everglot:''' ''Victor'' was in your ''room''!?
* SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace: [[spoiler:Victoria doesn't object to Victor's wedding to Emily; Emily herself stops it when she realizes that if she goes through with it, she will steal Victoria's dreams just as her own dreams were stolen.]]
* SpiritedYoungLady: Emily plays this trope against Victoria's ProperLady counterpoint.
* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Corpse Bride'' may as well call ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' "Daddy."
* StealthPun: The head waiter is a head who happens to be a waiter.
** Not to mention that the joint where he works is called "The Ball and Socket."
** At one point, Emily literally cries her eye out. (Just one, though.)
** While looking for Victor, Emily passes a second-hand store that sells hands for people that lost the first one.
* StarCrossedLovers: Victor and Victoria.
* TalkingToHimself: Completely averted. Despite a good number of minor characters having the same voice actor, none of them speak to each other. For example, Mayhew and William Van Dort are both voiced by Paul Whitehouse and have some interaction together but never say a word to each other.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Lord Barkis Bittern the '''killer'''. Buh buh BUUUUUHHHH!!!]]
* TitleDrop: Repeatedly in the underworld. Victoria also tells the minister that Victor "has a corpse bride!"
* TogetherInDeath: That's how Emily wants it.
* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Delivered ''through song!''
* UndeathAlwaysEnds
* UndeathlyPallor: Everyone who's dead. The living are all mostly [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette pale-skinned brunettes]].
* UpperClassTwit: Both Victor's and Victoria's parents, to varying degrees.
** Victor's parents are clearly [[NouveauRiche Working Class Twits]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Weren't Victor's parents last seen on an out-of-control carriage? What happened to them?
* WhyWasteAWedding: "I guess they didn't want to waste the cake."
* WomanScorned: Emily beautifully subverts this trope with her gracious act of kindness.
* WorldwidePunomenon: Just try and count them.
* YouShallNotPass: Spoofed with extra points for having it said by ''Christopher Lee's character''.
** "Keep it down, we're in a church!"
* ZombieApocalypse: ''Gloriously'' subverted. Almost deconstructed, even, as the living gradually recognize their lost loved ones among the shambling ranks of the dead.
** They don't shamble, ''[[TheDeadCanDance they softshoe]]''.
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