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Lullaby
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- 32 feature instances
- 10 referencing feature instances
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Lullaby is a 2002 novel by Chuck Palahniuk.Carl Streator is your run-of-the-mill reporter, if a bit passive-aggressive. When assigned to a story concerning several recent cases of babies suddenly dying, he seems to find a pattern in every house: the book Poems and Rhymes Around the World, turned to page 27. Upon further inspection, he finds that all of the children have been read something called a culling song...When he finds himself unconsciously using the song to kill people, Carl realizes he needs to find all copies of the poem and destroy them. As he investigates, he comes across a strange realtor, Helen Hoover Boyle, who seems to know something about the song. Along with her nature-loving Wiccan secretary, Mona and her eco-terrorist boyfriend, Oyster, the two go on a quest to destroy the culling song and its source, the Grimoire. | |
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Happy Fun Ball | |
| Lullaby / int_1ae71783 | comment |
Happy Fun Ball: The Culling Song is first found in a book of nursery rhymes. | |
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I Love the Dead | |
| Lullaby / int_217a1adf | comment |
I Love the Dead: Once Nash gets a hold of the culling song, he uses it to kill supermodels and have sex with their corpses. There's also the more tragic case of Carl having sex with his wife without realizing he's unwittingly killed her. | |
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It Was with You All Along | |
| Lullaby / int_34a9299c | comment |
It Was with You All Along: The Book of Shadows. Helen bought it at an estate sale, thinking it was a leather day planner and not realizing the cover is human skin. | |
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Man, I Feel Like a Woman | |
| Lullaby / int_3a9bbb12 | comment |
Man, I Feel Like a Woman: Helen frees Carl from jail by possessing a male police sergeant and releasing him. She then says that she is going to masturbate once he leaves, "for the experience of it." | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
| Lullaby / int_40cc0c7e | comment |
Bittersweet Ending: Helen survives by possessing a male cop, and she joins Carl in hunting Oyster and Mona. The two hippies have the grimoire and are causing magical anarchy around the country, but Mona tears the culling spell out of the book to keep Oyster from having it. | |
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| Lullaby / int_53c3fa83 | type |
Granola Girl | |
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Granola Girl: Mona, who has a very hippie style and outlook, wanting to use the Book of Shadows to save the world. | |
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NietzscheWannabe | |
| Lullaby / int_55fa41e2 | comment |
Nietzsche Wannabe: Oyster | |
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Brown Note | |
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Brown Note: The entire book revolves around one (a killing spell). | |
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Rich Bitch | |
| Lullaby / int_644eca71 | comment |
Rich Bitch: Helen | |
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| Lullaby / int_661a66d8 | type |
Animal Wrongs Group | |
| Lullaby / int_661a66d8 | comment |
Animal Wrongs Group: Oyster and whoever follows him. Really, he's enough. | |
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Arc Words | |
| Lullaby / int_7464705c | comment |
Arc Words: "These ____ophobics. These _____oholics." "And I'm counting 1, counting 2, counting 3..." | |
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Token Evil Teammate | |
| Lullaby / int_7aa989ea | comment |
Token Evil Teammate: Oyster. | |
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How We Got Here | |
| Lullaby / int_80251be3 | comment |
How We Got Here: In an In Medias Res form, where the protagonist starts the narrative at the book's climax, and recounts how they got there, and follows up with the resolution. | |
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Straw Nihilist | |
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Straw Nihilist: Oyster. | |
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Asshole Victim | |
| Lullaby / int_8ed5c6e4 | comment |
Asshole Victim: Marty the adulterer and, of course, Nash. Maybe Sara Lowenstein. | |
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"Not So Different" Remark | |
| Lullaby / int_984ef9ef | comment |
"Not So Different" Remark: Nash tries pulling this on Carl, in regards to the accidental post mortem intercourse Carl had with his wife | |
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| Lullaby / int_99c36bb5 | type |
Ironic Nursery Tune | |
| Lullaby / int_99c36bb5 | comment |
Ironic Nursery Tune: Taken to a fairly literal extent with a nursery rhyme (a "culling song") that kills those who hear it. | |
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The Password Is Always "Swordfish" | |
| Lullaby / int_a3509d95 | comment |
The Password Is Always "Swordfish": Or, in this case, "password," showing how people are becoming banal and unimaginative. | |
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Hairy Girl | |
| Lullaby / int_ac0657ce | comment |
Hairy Girl: Zig-Zagged in a humorous way with Mona, who doesn't shave her legs or underarms, but DOES shave her private hair. | |
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Mind Virus | |
| Lullaby / int_bf239986 | comment |
Mind Virus: It eventually turns out that merely thinking about the culling song can telepathically transmit it to someone else, making it a lethal Mind Virus. | |
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| Lullaby / int_c601fc37 | type |
Professional Killer | |
| Lullaby / int_c601fc37 | comment |
Professional Killer: Helen uses the culling song for this purpose and spends her money on antique furniture. | |
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Grand Theft Me | |
| Lullaby / int_c6102eb0 | comment |
Grand Theft Me | |
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Left Field Description | |
| Lullaby / int_cccee2e | comment |
Left Field Description: The protagonist is a journalist who is always noting details. | |
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| Lullaby / int_d7598a4c | type |
One Last Song | |
| Lullaby / int_d7598a4c | comment |
One Last Song: It's the last song you'll ever hear. | |
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Words Can Break My Bones | |
| Lullaby / int_dc791d50 | comment |
Words Can Break My Bones: Referenced. | |
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Evil Plan | |
| Lullaby / int_f2d8e3c2 | comment |
Evil Plan: Helen has a sort of ongoing one with her business: | |
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Non-Indicative First Episode | |
| Lullaby / int_f2e0b65f | comment |
Non-Indicative First Episode: First there's the prologue, which deals with two characters who will not be introduced for several chapters. Then there's the actual first chapter, which sees Carl teamed together with a crusty old cop tracking a flying lady. It makes sense... eventually. | |
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Mercy Kill | |
| Lullaby / int_f3626b09 | comment |
Mercy Kill: The original purpose of the culling song and what Carl tries to do with Helen at the end. | |
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| Lullaby / int_f6d623ca | type |
Eco-Terrorist | |
| Lullaby / int_f6d623ca | comment |
Eco-Terrorist: The boyfriend of the very odd realtor, Helen Hoover Boyle, turns out to be an eco-terrorist who ends up becoming the Token Evil Teammate. | |
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Beware the Nice Ones | |
| Lullaby / int_fccd06b6 | comment |
Beware the Nice Ones: Carl, Carl, Carl. He's a good man at heart, but is such a mess of emotions that he can't even thinkof the culling song without it killing someone. | |
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Well-Intentioned Extremist | |
| Lullaby / int_fd4f8299 | comment |
Well-Intentioned Extremist: Mona. Oyster is a faux one. | |
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Animal Wrongs Group / int_12b2c62 | |
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Eco-Terrorist / int_12b2c62 | |
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I Love the Dead / int_12b2c62 | |
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Ironic Nursery Tune / int_12b2c62 | |
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Left Field Description / int_12b2c62 | |
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Man, I Feel Like a Woman / int_12b2c62 | |
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Mind Virus / int_12b2c62 | |
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Musical Assassin / int_12b2c62 | |
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Professional Killer / int_12b2c62 | |
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Scale Model Destruction / int_12b2c62 |
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