History WesternAnimation / CorpseBride

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** The Everglots belittle Victoria, going as far as to say that she looks like "an otter" (probably because she is not ugly like them or their ancestors). Her mother forbids her of touching the piano, saying that music is improper for a young lady - never mind that learning to play the piano was part of a girl's education back in the Victorian Age, and Emily plays it wonderfully, so it seems more like an excuse to keep Victoria from doing something that would give her pleasure. Also, though it is understandable that Mrs. Everglot wouldn't believe Victoria's story about Victor being kidnapped by a dead woman, she is unfased by Victoria's shaken state and forbids Hildegard from comforting the poor girl, locking Victoria in her room.
** Although Mrs. Van Dort doesn't go to Mrs. Everglot's extremes, she is not very fond of Victor, either, telling him to his face that it's an advantage that Victoria doesn't know him.

* DoubleStandard: Emily holds Victor to his AccidentalMarriage, drags him off to the afterlife, and refuses to let him return to the woman he's already engaged to, yet she's never framed unsympathetically by the movie's tone or its other characters. Yet when Barkis holds Victoria to their marriage vows and refuses to let her be with Victor out of spite, it's perceived as villainous and reprehensible by the onlookers.

** Not played ''by'' him, of course, but the grave-worm crawling about in Emily's eye-socket looks and sounds like Creator/PeterLorre. Appropriate in that a long-deceased actor is referenced in a creature who feasts upon long-deceased people; dovetails neatly with NoCelebritiesWereHarmed.

* IncestSubtext: Played with. Lord Barkin introduces himself as a "distant relative" to the Everglots. Neither of them can figure out who he is related to, but, had it been true, it would have been ''n''-th Cousin RoyalInbreeding.

* ScratchyVoicedSenior: Albert's widow has a high, croaky voice.

* AccidentalSuicide: [[spoiler:Barkis is wanted by the dead for tricking Emily into marrying him, stealing her fortune, and then murdering her, however they cannot touch him since the dead are unable to harm the living. After some Evil Gloating, 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 his fatal marriage ceremony to Emily and Barkis is [[KarmicDeath instantly killed]], leading him to a FateWorseThanDeath at the ghosts' hands]].

Victor, the son of some [[NouveauRiche newly wealthy]] [[SelfMadeMan fishmongers]], is entering into an ArrangedMarriage with Victoria, a beautiful young woman from an ImpoverishedPatrician family. The couple find out that despite their differences, they [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage actually rather like each other]], and everything is going swimmingly...except for the tiny problem of Victor being too nervous to memorize his wedding vows. He goes into the forest to practice them but, unintentionally, gives the speech and engagement ring to the vivacious and fun-loving [[WightInAWeddingDress Emily]], who [[AccidentalMarriage thinks they are now married]].

[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} There's been a grave misunderstanding.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[NightmareFetishist Only]] Creator/TimBurton could make [[ILoveTheDead necrophilia]] kinda cute.]]

->''"There has been a grave misunderstanding."''

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: At the end of the film, Emily, finally having found peace, doesn't return to the land of the dead but, rather, transforms into hundreds of butterflies. It's implied that Emily has achieved eternal peace and happiness, free to finally move on from this plane.

** The Everglots belittle Victoria, going as far as to say that she looks like "an otter" (probably because she is not ugly like them or their ancestors). Her mother forbids her of touching the piano, saying that music is umproper for a young lady. That doesn't make any sense, since learning to play a piano was part of a girls'education, back in the Victorian Age, and Emily plays it wonderfully, so seems more like an excuse to keep Victoria from doing something that would give her pleasure. Also, as much as understandable that Mrs. Everglot wouldn't believe in Victoria's story about Victor being kidnapped by a dead woman, she is unfased by Victoria's shaken state and forbids Hildegard from comforting the poor girl, locking Victoria in her room.

* AbusiveParents: The Everglots belittle Victoria, going as far as to say that she looks like "an otter" (probably because she is not ugly like them or their ancestors). Her mother forbids her of touching the piano, saying that music is umproper for a young lady. That doesn't make any sense, since learning to play a piano was part of a girls'education, back in the Victorian Age, and Emily plays it wonderfully, so seems more like an excuse to keep Victoria from doing something that would give her pleasure. Also, as much as understandable that Mrs. Everglot wouldn't believe in Victoria's story about Victor being kidnapped by a dead woman, she is unfased by Victoria's shaken state and forbids Hildegard from comforting the poor girl, locking Victoria in her room.
* Although Mr.s Van Dort doesn't go to Mrs. Everglot's extremes, she is not very fond of Victor, either, telling him on his face that it's an advantage that Victoria doesn't know him.

* AbusiveParents: The Everglots belittle Victoria, going as far as to say that she looks like "an otter" (probably because she is not ugly like them or their ancestors). Her mother forbids her of touching the piano, saying that music is umproper for a young lady, which makes no sense, because learning to play a piano was part of a girls'education, back in the Victorian Age, and Emily plays it wonderfully, so seems more like an excuse to keep Victoria from having some fun. Also, as much as understandable that Mrs. Everglot wouldn't believe in Victoria's story about Victor being kidnapped by a dead woman, she is unfased by Victoria's shaken state and forbids Hildegard from comforting the poor girl, locking Victoria in her room.

* SpiritualSuccessor: '
In many ways to ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''.

!!This film provides examples of:

** Barkis scowls and tries to shoo the pest away. [[DevilInPlainSight If you didn’t see it already]], he's not a good person.

* ActorAllusion: Emily recites Ophelia's "That's rosemary, for remembrance..." speech from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' while holding a bouquet of flowers after Victor rejects her. Emily is voiced by ''Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter'', who played Ophelia 15 years earlier in Creator/FrancoZeffirelli's 1990 film of the play.

* ActorAllusion: Emily recites Ophelia's "That's rosemary, for remembrance..." speech from ''Theatre/Hamlet'' while holding a bouquet of flowers after Victor rejects her. Emily is voiced by ''Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter'', who played Ophelia 15 years earlier in Creator/FrancoZeffirelli's 1990 film of the play.