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Thirteen-year-olds Will Halloway and Jim Nightshade are the best of friends, despite their contrasting personalities. A week before their fourteenth birthdays around Halloween, a carnival comes rolling into town. Even though carnivals aren't uncommon in their time, October is a very late month for them to be still running in. That isn't the only odd thing about this carnival, as Will and Jim soon find out that its freaks are offering townspeople more than cotton candy and amusement rides - offers that turn out to be more than their receivers bargained for.Things become a lot more dangerous for the boys when the circus folk, led by the tattooed Mr. Dark, get wind of them knowing too much and plan to make sure that their secrets remain secret by bribery or trickery. Fortunately for Will and Jim, Will's father Charles Halloway proves the exception to the Adults Are Useless rule and becomes a valuable ally. Even so, the carnival has more up its sleeve than the regular parlor tricks, and the lure of its offers may be too great for one of the boys to resist...A novel by Ray Bradbury, somewhat of an expansion of "The Black Ferris", one of his earlier short stories. The story is more fantasy/horror than science fiction but still has his Signature Style all over it. Disney produced a film adaptation from a script written by Bradbury himself starring Jason Robards as Charles Halloway and Jonathan Pryce as Mr. Dark, although some sources claim that the finished film actually uses very little of Bradbury's screenplay. |
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I Was Quite a Looker |
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I Was Quite a Looker: Jim and Will's schoolteacher pines for being young again. Mr. Dark grants her her wish — but makes her blind so she can't enjoy it. |
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The Corruptible |
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The Corruptible: Jim's recklessness, rebelliousness, disregard for the rules and desperation to grow up make him far more vulnerable than Will. |
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Cool Old Guy |
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Cool Old Guy: The minute Charles realizes that his son loves him and accepts him, warts and all, he decides to Take a Level in Badass and becomes this trope. |
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Title Drop |
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Title Drop: "By the pricking of my thumbs / Something wicked this way comes" |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners: Will and Jim. Although it's averted by the bittersweet hint that it won't be this way when they grow up. |
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Terrifying Pet Store Rat |
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Terrifying Pet Store Rat: The tarantulas handled by the Dust Witch and set loose on Jim and Will are red-legged tarantulas: a docile and quite harmless species often sold in pet stores because they can be safely handled. |
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Chekhov's Gun |
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Chekhov's Gun: Tom Fury's lightning rods come in handy late in the film. |
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Adaptation Deviation |
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Adaptation Deviation: A few plot points have been changed, but since the screenplay was written by Bradbury himself, the changes were pragmatic (For example, the idea of putting a smile on a bullet would have been too goofy for a film, and a very different but appropriate death for Mr. Dark) At one point, the mask slips, and the Dust Witch shows she's close to the novel's description. |
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Literary Allusion Title |
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Literary Allusion Title: From Macbeth: |
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Disappeared Dad |
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Disappeared Dad: The reason Jim's mother is so protective of him, which only makes Jim want to get away even more. Plus, she had three children. Had. |
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Attack of the Town Festival |
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Attack of the Town Festival: Mr. Dark uses his town carnival both as a cover and as a means for drawing in his victims. |
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Rapid Aging |
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Rapid Aging: Happens to Mr. Cooger when he tries to use the merry-go-round to quickly turn himself back into an adult so he can take on Jim and Will, and the boys accidentally cause the merry-go-round to go haywire when fighting over the controls. |
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Marked Bullet |
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Marked Bullet: Part of a magic trick held by the circus, but Charles uses it to his advantage by carving a smile instead of his initials on the bullet and using it to shock the Witch into death. Calling Your Attacks: He mentally tells the Witch "This is my smile on this bullet", which makes sense, so that the Witch can't confuse it for anything but a positive emotion. |
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Spooky Silent Library |
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Spooky Silent Library: Charles Halloway is the custodian of the town library. The boys seek out his knowledge and help, and wind up hiding from the carnival there. |
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Adaptational Heroism |
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Adaptational Heroism: In the film, Tom Fury, the lightning rod salesman, escapes from Mr. Dark and kills the Dust Witch with a lightning rod. In the novel, he's turned into a dwarf enslaved to Mr. Dark and the Carnival and remains a passive victim for the rest of the story. |
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Power Tattoo |
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Power Tattoo: Mr. Dark has tattoos of the other circus folk all over his body, signifying his control over them. He can hurt anyone tattooed on his body just by harming their tattoo. After he's killed, the tattoos all vanish and return the freaks' free will. |
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Animated Tattoo |
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Animated Tattoo: Mr. Dark has tattoos that moved and mesmerized Jim and Will, which was depicted perfectly in the film. It might be an example of Author Appeal considering Bradbury's more famous work, The Illustrated Man. |
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Emotion Eater |
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Emotion Eater: Mr. Halloway identifies Dark's carnival as "the Autumn people". |
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Be Yourself |
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Be Yourself: The entire film comes down to whether Jim, Will and his father can accept who they are. |
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Dedication |
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Dedication: The book is dedicated to Bradbury's friend Gene Kelly. Bradbury wrote the story as a screenplay for Kelly to pitch in 1952, but they couldn't get funding, so Bradbury eventually novelized the script. |
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Mook–Face Turn |
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Mook–Face Turn/Shock and Awe: In the film, Mr. Electro kills the Witch with an electrified lightning rod. |
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Beneath the Mask |
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At one point, the mask slips, and the Dust Witch shows she's close to the novel's description. |
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The Dragon |
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The Dragon: The Dust Witch seems to fill this role. It seems Cooger may have either been this or Co Big Bad with Mr. Dark. |
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Adaptational Attractiveness |
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Adaptational Attractiveness: Pam Grier was cast as the Dust Witch, so they made the character into a beautiful and glamorous Hot Witch instead of the stranger, creepier looking character of the novel. |
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Dark Is Not Evil |
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Dark Is Not Evil: In a contrasting example, though, Jim is described as the "dark" child to Will's "light" from the beginning, but he's consistently portrayed as "good" — he's just more proactive in his fascination with the strange and unknown than Will is. |
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AwesomeMcCoolName |
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Awesome Mc Cool Name: Jim Moriarty Nightshade, as Lampshaded by Mr. Dark, who suggests a We Can Rule Together of "Dark and Nightshade, or Nightshade and Dark". |
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Would You Like to Hear How They Died? |
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Would You Like to Hear How They Died?: A variation, as Dark mocks the boys that Jim's mother rode the merry-go-round forwards and backwards until she went crazy. |
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast |
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast: J. C. Cooger and G. M. Dark. |
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Birthday Buddies |
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Birthday Buddies: Will and Jim were born on two different dates two minutes apart (immediately before and after midnight, October 30th and 31st, respectively). |
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Repulsive Ringmaster |
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Repulsive Ringmaster: Mr. Dark is the creepy, Deal with the Devil-making ringmaster of the Circus of Fear. |
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He Knows Too Much |
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He Knows Too Much: Who'd have thought that two boys would be such a threat to a carnival full of magical folks? |
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A Storm Is Coming |
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A Storm Is Coming: The novel opens with a lightning rod salesman warning of the coming storm. |
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Circus of Fear |
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Circus of Fear: A very influential version of this trope; most modern versions owe something to this story. |
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Purple Prose |
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Purple Prose: Mr. Dark indulges in this. |
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The Power of Love |
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The Power of Love: The only effective weapon against Mr. Dark and his followers, who run on negative emotions. |
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Meaningful Name |
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Meaningful Name: The boys find it cool that their names fit their selves so perfectly. Mr. Dark also thinks Nightshade's name goes well with his, as seen in We Can Rule Together below. There's also the name of the carnival itself: the Pandemonium Carnival. |
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Sibling Seniority Squabble |
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Sibling Seniority Squabble: Despite not being related at all, Jim is still jealous Will was born one minute before he was. |
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Calling Your Attacks |
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Calling Your Attacks: He mentally tells the Witch "This is my smile on this bullet", which makes sense, so that the Witch can't confuse it for anything but a positive emotion. |
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Spared by the Adaptation |
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Spared by the Adaptation: Mr. Cooger. In the novel he's aged 100 years on the carousel and eventually crumbles to dust, which is the fate met by Mr. Dark in the film. Tom Fury is spared his Fate Worse than Death in the novel, where he's turned into a freakish circus dwarf. In the film, he's tortured by Mr. Dark but eventually escapes and kills the Dust Witch that helped enslave him. |
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Southern Gothic Satan |
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Southern Gothic Satan: Mr. Dark, the tattooed ringmaster, is one of the modern-day Trope Codifiers, and an acknowledged inspiration for Stephen King's Leland Gaunt. Mr. Dark rolls into town with his circus to offer people their heart's desire, but just ask the other circus folk how that turned out. |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_7458a1a4 |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_7ad2c23d |
type |
ShoutOutToShakespeare |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_7ad2c23d |
comment |
Shout-Out to Shakespeare: The title comes from a line spoken by the Witches in Macbeth. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_7ad2c23d |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_7ad2c23d |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_7c5960bf |
type |
Hall of Mirrors |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_7c5960bf |
comment |
Hall of Mirrors: A school teacher gets lost in a Hall of Mirrors at the carnival while chasing a girl who looks like her at a young age. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_7c5960bf |
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| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_803e3201 |
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Satanic Archetype |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_803e3201 |
comment |
Satanic Archetype: Mr. Dark, who preys on people's insecurities and offers them their greatest desire, only to take control of them. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_803e3201 |
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| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_859ec5d8 |
type |
The Fair Folk |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_859ec5d8 |
comment |
The Fair Folk: The exact nature of the 'autumn people' is never confirmed. There are some demonic implications at times but Mr. Halloway speculates that long ago they were humans who learned to survive by feeding off the despair and misery of others instead of food. This seems born out in the way they trick and kidnap the humans of Green Town and add them to their ranks. Their connection to the seasons, abducting humans, unearthly nature, and fondness of illusion and deception all strongly imply the Fair Folk at work. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_859ec5d8 |
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| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_861b520a |
type |
Sneaking Out at Night |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_861b520a |
comment |
Sneaking Out at Night: Jim Nightshade and Will Halloway often sneak out on summer nights to ramble around Green Town, Illinois. Surprisingly, they not only have hidden improvised ladders from their bedroom windows, but Will does it with the tacit approval of his own father, who thinks boys need to have a walk on the dangerous side to grow into good men. |
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| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_8b3fe1cb |
type |
Flaw Exploitation |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_8b3fe1cb |
comment |
Flaw Exploitation: Mr. Dark knows everything about you and will make laser-precise cutting remarks — gleefully. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_8b3fe1cb |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_8b3fe1cb |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_9141fba3 |
type |
Fountain of Youth |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_9141fba3 |
comment |
Fountain of Youth / Overnight Age-Up: One revolution forward on the carnival's merry-go-round will age the rider one year; one revolution backward will de-age him/her a year. Naturally, the merry-go-round is the main source of attraction for the dissatisfied townspeople. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_9141fba3 |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_9141fba3 |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_949221ec |
type |
Evil is Cool |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_949221ec |
comment |
Evil Is Cool: Invoked - Jim certainly thinks so, and Mr. Dark plays it up as much as possible. The cool factor is just another lure. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_949221ec |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_949221ec |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_957e5fc2 |
type |
Villainous Breakdown |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_957e5fc2 |
comment |
Villainous Breakdown: Mr. Dark has several, but the big one comes when Charles Halloway sees straight through his final attempt to win, being rendered near speechless with rage. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_957e5fc2 |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_957e5fc2 |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_95b7c400 |
type |
Faux Affably Evil |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_95b7c400 |
comment |
Faux Affably Evil: Mr. Dark. It makes him absolutely terrifying. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_95b7c400 |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_95b7c400 |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_970c790a |
type |
Big Bad |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_970c790a |
comment |
Big Bad: Mr. Dark. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_970c790a |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_970c790a |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_985e118a |
type |
Odd Couple |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_985e118a |
comment |
Odd Couple: Will and Jim couldn't be more different, yet their friendship is unshakeable. Borders on Ho Yay at times. In fact, the only major difference in opinion they seem to have had before the dark forces invaded the town was whether they should continue to peep in on the more...intimate moments of their neighbors' lives. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_985e118a |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_985e118a |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_9e86e227 |
type |
The End... Or Is It? |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_9e86e227 |
comment |
The End... Or Is It?: Mr. Dark's corpse is removed from the carousel in such a way as it might be resurrected. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_9e86e227 |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_9e86e227 |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_a2b38d3b |
type |
Eye Scream |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_a2b38d3b |
comment |
The Dust Witch "sews up" (it's actually invisible magic) Jim Nightshade's and Will Halloway's eyes, mouth, and ears. They're still aware of their surroundings, but they can't see, hear, speak, blink, or swallow. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_a2b38d3b |
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| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_a353109c |
type |
Circus of Magic |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_a353109c |
comment |
Circus of Magic: The book is about 13-year-old best friends, Jim Nightshade and William Halloway, and their nightmarish experience with a traveling carnival that comes to their Midwestern town one October, and how the boys learn about combatting fear. The carnival's leader is the mysterious "Mr. Dark," who seemingly wields the power to grant the citizenry's secret desires. In reality, Dark is a malevolent being who, like the carnival, lives off the life force of those they enslave. |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_a353109c |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_a65288e2 |
type |
Ascended Extra |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_a65288e2 |
comment |
Ascended Extra: Tom Fury, the Lightning Rod Salesman, gets a longer subplot than in the book. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_a65288e2 |
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| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_a8a04f6f |
type |
And I Must Scream |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_a8a04f6f |
comment |
And I Must Scream: The Dust Witch "sews up" (it's actually invisible magic) Jim Nightshade's and Will Halloway's eyes, mouth, and ears. They're still aware of their surroundings, but they can't see, hear, speak, blink, or swallow. The victims of the carnival also share the same fate, as well as the lightning rod salesman. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_a8a04f6f |
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| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_a939d96a |
type |
Adults Are Useless |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_a939d96a |
comment |
Adults Are Useless: Thoroughly averted; Mr. Halloway, once he's made aware of what's going on, rescues the boys and singlehandedly brings down the carnival. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_a939d96a |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_a939d96a |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_abc55125 |
type |
Character Filibuster |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_abc55125 |
comment |
Character Filibuster: Charles goes on for at least two chapters on his theories about the carnival's nature and intents. Lampshaded when he realizes how long he's talked and that the boys don't understand most of what he's just said. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_abc55125 |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_abc55125 |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b06bbf4b |
type |
Be Careful What You Wish For |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b06bbf4b |
comment |
Be Careful What You Wish For: Both in the book and in the film. Don't listen to the carnival's promises of youth or freedom. Just don't. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b06bbf4b |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b06bbf4b |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b1346878 |
type |
Fate Worse than Death |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b1346878 |
comment |
Tom Fury is spared his Fate Worse than Death in the novel, where he's turned into a freakish circus dwarf. In the film, he's tortured by Mr. Dark but eventually escapes and kills the Dust Witch that helped enslave him. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b1346878 |
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| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b3d1b7e3 |
type |
Genius Bonus |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b3d1b7e3 |
comment |
There's also the name of the carnival itself: the Pandemonium Carnival. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b3d1b7e3 |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b3d1b7e3 |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b53c57d5 |
type |
Epigraph |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b53c57d5 |
comment |
Epigraph: Includes a quote from The Bible and another one from Moby-Dick. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b53c57d5 |
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| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b5c56995 |
type |
Corrupt the Cutie |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b5c56995 |
comment |
Corrupt the Cutie: Mr. Dark takes an interest in Jim, thinking he'd be the perfect partner. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b5c56995 |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b5c56995 |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b983a56b |
type |
Came Back Wrong |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b983a56b |
comment |
Came Back Wrong: Happens to Cooger/Mr. Electrico; as in, his corpse is simply reanimated and controlled like some animatronic robot. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_b983a56b |
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| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_c3478f1d |
type |
Badass Bookworm |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_c3478f1d |
comment |
Badass Bookworm: Charles Halloway, who could also be called a Badass Grandfatherly-Looking Father. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_c3478f1d |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_c3478f1d |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_c3c91506 |
type |
Depraved Dwarf |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_c3c91506 |
comment |
Depraved Dwarf: Mr. Dark's entourage includes several dwarves who function both as sideshow freaks and as his evil minions. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_c3c91506 |
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| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_c420a553 |
type |
We Can Rule Together |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_c420a553 |
comment |
We Can Rule Together: Mr. Dark offers this to Jim, though it's never revealed whether he was serious about his offer. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_c420a553 |
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| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_c75df49a |
type |
Shout-Out |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_c75df49a |
comment |
Shout-Out: In-universe, Jim's parents named him James Moriarty Nightshade. Shout-Out to Shakespeare: The title comes from a line spoken by the Witches in Macbeth. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_c75df49a |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_c75df49a |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_cb83d23b |
type |
I Just Want to Be Special |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_cb83d23b |
comment |
I Just Want to Be Special: Downplayed with the three protagonists. Jim can't wait to grow up and enjoy the sense of freedom he's convinced it will bring. Will wants Jim's single-minded and Stoic drive. Charles had wasted a large portion of his life trying to be what he considered "special"; now, he just wants to be young again like Will and Jim. Will and Charles get over this and accept themselves well before the climax. Jim... doesn't. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_cb83d23b |
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| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_cdfe12c3 |
type |
Nothing Is Scarier |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_cdfe12c3 |
comment |
Nothing Is Scarier: Mr. Dark taunts Will by claiming Will's mother rode back and forth on the carousel "until she was quite, quite mad". It's a lie, but he certainly sells it with the line, "You should have heard the one single sound she made". |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_cdfe12c3 |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_cdfe12c3 |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_ce0d2ab8 |
type |
Familial Foe |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_ce0d2ab8 |
comment |
Familial Foe: Reading old diaries, Jim and his father learn that Jim's grandfather also battled their Emotion Eater nemesis the last time he came through town, decades earlier. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_ce0d2ab8 |
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| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_cf92fea8 |
type |
Cassandra Truth |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_cf92fea8 |
comment |
Cassandra Truth: The carnival people deliberately set out to ensure that no one will believe Will and Jim if they try to warn other people about them. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_cf92fea8 |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_cf92fea8 |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d08049db |
type |
Taken for Granite |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d08049db |
comment |
Taken for Granite: One of the Dust Witch's powers. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d08049db |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d08049db |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d397657d |
type |
Hoist by His Own Petard |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d397657d |
comment |
Hoist by His Own Petard: The Carousel ends up being Mr. Dark's undoing. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d397657d |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d397657d |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d3b02ffb |
type |
I Know Your True Name |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d3b02ffb |
comment |
I Know Your True Name: Mr. Halloway's confrontation with Mr. Dark has him identifying him as one of the "Autumn People" who prey on human emotions. Mr. Dark gleefully confirms this. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d3b02ffb |
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| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d57f4a99 |
type |
The Nothing After Death |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d57f4a99 |
comment |
The Nothing After Death: Theorized by Charles. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d57f4a99 |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d57f4a99 |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d64827f6 |
type |
Good Hurts Evil |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d64827f6 |
comment |
Good Hurts Evil: Subverted in that holy objects can't hurt the freaks and Mr. Dark openly mocks the possibility. Played straight in that good emotions can. A smile actively hurts and finally kills the Dust Witch and The Power of Love kills Mr. Dark in the end. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d64827f6 |
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| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d6f0e55f |
type |
Parody Displacement |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d6f0e55f |
comment |
Parody Displacement: Many people think the phrase "Something Wicked This Way Comes" originated with Bradbury, not realising that the line is acknowledged in-universe in both the book and the movie as a line from one of the Weird Sisters' songs in William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Even more odd, some experts now believe the Witches' songs were not written by Shakespeare but by his pupil Thomas Middleton. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_d6f0e55f |
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| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_dfbf8667 |
type |
Right Under Their Noses |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_dfbf8667 |
comment |
Right Under Their Noses: At one point, Will and Jim hide under a grate in full view of the carnival because no one will think of looking for them in such an obvious place. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_dfbf8667 |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_dfbf8667 |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_e35ab565 |
type |
Indy Ploy |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_e35ab565 |
comment |
Indy Ploy: Charles thinks to himself on at least one occasion that he's just taking whatever opportunities come along and he really has no idea what kind of plan he's carrying out. Turns out to be fortunate, as it means that Mr. Dark can't read what he's up to either. |
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Care-Bear Stare |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_e36da329 |
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Care-Bear Stare: The mere threat of a smile is enough to kill the Dust Witch, and The Power of Love is what takes down the Big Bad Mr. Dark in the end. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_e36da329 |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_e36da329 |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_e4cf1ef0 |
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Load-Bearing Boss |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_e4cf1ef0 |
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Load-Bearing Boss: After Mr. Dark is defeated, and the freaks freed from his control, the tents fold up, fall, or collapse in on themeselves. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_e4cf1ef0 |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_e4cf1ef0 |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_e8b0f099 |
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Dark Is Evil |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_e8b0f099 |
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Dark Is Evil: Literally with Mr. Dark, owner of the Carnival. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_e8b0f099 |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_e8b0f099 |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_eb253679 |
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Dirty Kid |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_eb253679 |
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In fact, the only major difference in opinion they seem to have had before the dark forces invaded the town was whether they should continue to peep in on the more...intimate moments of their neighbors' lives. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_eb253679 |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_eb253679 |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_f3fd818b |
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Dark Reprise |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_f3fd818b |
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Dark Reprise: Miss Foley calls Jim and Will her "two whisperers". When Mr. Dark catches them: |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_f3fd818b |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_f3fd818b |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_f8e010ce |
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Evil Cannot Comprehend Good |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_f8e010ce |
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Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: How Mr. Dark is destroyed in the book. It also applies in the film. While Mr. Dark is certainly enjoying torturing Mr. Halloway with the idea of giving him back his youth, he also is angry and cannot understand why Halloway won't sacrifice his own son for the chance to be twenty years younger. |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_f8e010ce |
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Something Wicked This Way Comes / int_f8e010ce |
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