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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: See ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' and ''[[Literature/NurseryCrime The Fourth Bear]]''.

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* TearJerker: At the end of the story, [[TheBadGuysWin the Gingerbread Man is eaten by a fox]].

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* TearJerker: At the end of the story, [[TheBadGuysWin [[TheBadGuyWins the Gingerbread Man is eaten by a fox]].

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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: As many Website/YouTube comments say, many people were ''afraid'' of this show in their childhood. Its strange sounds and music, its slightly unnerving tone, and its barely expressive characters have been accidentally responsible for scaring many children.

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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: As many Website/YouTube comments say, many people were ''afraid'' of this show in their childhood. Its strange sounds and music, its slightly unnerving tone, atmosphere, and its barely expressive characters have been accidentally responsible for scaring many children.
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* CreepyCute: The titular gingerbread man is a bit creepy, but at the same time he's a NiceGuy who likes to help his friends.
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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: As many Website/YouTube comments say, many people were ''afraid'' of this show in their childhood. Its strange sounds and music, its slightly unnerving tone, and its barely expressive characters have been accidentally responsible for scaring many children.
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* MagnificentBastard: A classic of American children's literature, the Gingerbread Man runs as fast as he can, until he meets [[CunningLikeAFox the fox]]. Either by [[ObfuscatingDisability feigning being hard of hearing]] or offering to ferry him over a river while guiding him towards his head the fox manages to trick the Gingerbread Man into getting close to his snout and eats him. Often American children's first exposure to a MagnificentBastard, the fox shows that you don't need to outfight a hero, sometimes you can outwit them.

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* MagnificentBastard: A classic of American children's literature, the Gingerbread Man runs as fast as he can, until he meets [[CunningLikeAFox the fox]]. Either by [[ObfuscatingDisability feigning being hard of hearing]] or offering to ferry him over a river while guiding him towards his head the fox manages to trick the Gingerbread Man into getting close to his snout and eats him. Often American children's first exposure to a MagnificentBastard, this trope, the fox shows that you don't need to outfight a hero, sometimes you can outwit them.
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* MagnificentBastard: A classic of American children's literature, the Gingerbread Man runs as fast as he can, until he meets [[CunningLikeAFox the fox]]. Either by [[ObfuscatingDisability feigning being hard of hearing]] or offering to ferry him over a river while guiding him towards his head the fox manages to trick the Gingerbread Man into getting close to his snout and eats him. Often American children's first exposure to a MagnificentBastard, the fox shows that you don't need to outfight a hero, sometimes you can outwit them.

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* ShockingMoments: Not for an adult, who's likely [[ItWasHisSled heard of the ending]], but for a small child, it can be quite surprising and sad to have the Gingerbread Man being fatally eaten by the fox, especially if said kid was used to fairy tales where only bad guys die and/or eaten characters come back.
* TearJerker: At the end of the story, [[TheBadGuysWin the Gingerbread Man is eaten by a fox]].
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** The dead cat strung up in Mallory's house is unsettling, but looks too goofy to really work as a shocker.
** Dixon getting broken out of the mental hospital by an army of hairy old hillbillies would be a fine eccentric Creator/RobertAltman touch in a more comedic film, but this film generally plays things straight, so it's just too weird to be taken seriously.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: See ''{{Shrek}}'' and ''[[Literature/NurseryCrime The Fourth Bear]]''.

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: See ''{{Shrek}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' and ''[[Literature/NurseryCrime The Fourth Bear]]''.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: See ''{{Shrek}}'' and ''[[NurseryCrime The Fourth Bear]]''.

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: See ''{{Shrek}}'' and ''[[NurseryCrime ''[[Literature/NurseryCrime The Fourth Bear]]''.

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