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Where the Wild Things Are

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Where the Wild Things Are	comment	Where the Wild Things Are is a children's book written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Originally panned by critics upon release in 1963, it has since become a beloved classic, winning the 1964 Caldecott Medal, selling over 19 million copies worldwide as of 2009, and becoming the fourth-most checked-out book of all time at the New York Public Library. It remains Sendak's most widely-known book.The story focuses on Max, an angry little boy in a wolf costume who can't control his emotions and is sent to his room. There, he is (depending on your interpretation) either transported to or imagines a world populated by semi-feral monsters, and is crowned their king because of his wild emotions. At first happy, he eventually grows tired of acting like a wild animal and goes back home.The book has been adapted into other media, namely several animated shorts in the 1970s and 1980s, a 1980 opera composed by Oliver Knussen, and a live-action film adaptation in 2009 directed by Spike Jonze with a soundtrack by Karen O.In the Spike Jonze film, Max is an angry little boy in a wolf costume who is very intelligent and resents that his sister feels too old to spend time with him and that his mother's life is too busy to give him the attention he desires. This causes a conflict that ends with him running away to an island populated by semi-feral monsters who crown him king out of a need for someone to take care of them and their emotional needs. Unlike in the book, the monsters all have their individual characteristics and personalities that are each in some way a reflection of Max's personality. Most of the following tropes will deal with the film version (see Adaptation Expansion).The operatic adaptation of the book featured direct input from Sendak, with him writing the libretto and designing the sets and costumes. In the opera, Max is traditionally a Cross-Cast Role played by a soprano, while the titular Wild Things are played by dancers in costumes with their voices being provided in the pit. While the libretto is mostly in English, the sounds of the Wild Things are mostly phonetic gibberish.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_113480b7	type	Canon Foreigner
Where the Wild Things Are / int_113480b7	comment	Canon Foreigner: The movie gives Max an older sister named Claire.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_1439161f	type	Heroic BSoD
Where the Wild Things Are / int_1439161f	comment	Carol repeats it to Max after his Heroic BSoD, and begins violently chasing the boy to genuinely devour him.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_143939c1	type	Trailers Always Spoil
Where the Wild Things Are / int_143939c1	comment	Trailers Always Spoil: One of the trailers showed KW saying, "I'll eat you up, I love you so", to Max at the beach. This spoils the ending where Max says goodbye to the Wild Things.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_14beeefd	type	Darker and Edgier
Where the Wild Things Are / int_14beeefd	comment	Darker and Edgier: A rather infamous case of this for a film adaptation of a kidâ€™s book, especially considering how many kids were probably traumatized by Douglas getting his arm ripped off.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_164497e1	type	Knew It All Along
Where the Wild Things Are / int_164497e1	comment	Knew It All Along: The ending makes it clear that pretty much all of the Wild Things aside from Carol, Judith, and Ira figured out Max was lying about being a king. And those three were simply in denial. Douglas and Alexander admit that they both knew he was lying from the start and only went along with it because they saw how happy it made Carol.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_1667cb1	type	Calvinball
Where the Wild Things Are / int_1667cb1	comment	Calvinball: All the games Max comes up with. They, especially the dirt clods game don't seem to have any rules whatsoever, just a lot of running, jumping, screaming, laughing, and childish violence.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_17ce80aa	type	All There in the Manual
Where the Wild Things Are / int_17ce80aa	comment	All There in the Manual: Any characters that haven't had their names said, are named in the credits, in which case, Max's mother is Connie and that her boyfriend is named Adrian.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_19ebe383	type	Never Trust a Trailer
Where the Wild Things Are / int_19ebe383	comment	Never Trust a Trailer: The trailer for the 2009 film pretty much shows Max having fun/goofy adventures with the titular Wild Things. The actual film is a poignant drama about family and growing up.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_1c79ae8c	type	Those Two Guys
Where the Wild Things Are / int_1c79ae8c	comment	Those Two Guys: Bob and Terry, K.W.'s two owl friends.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_1da5941e	type	The Quiet One
Where the Wild Things Are / int_1da5941e	comment	The Quiet One: Bernard never speaks until before Max leaves.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_21cf9301	type	Family of Choice
Where the Wild Things Are / int_21cf9301	comment	Family of Choice: While their relationship to one another isn't really clear, the Wild Things view themselves as a family of some kind. This is lampshaded by Carol when he calls themselves "one big happy family".
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_23473ae7	type	Adaptation Expansion
Where the Wild Things Are / int_23473ae7	comment	Adaptation Expansion: Pretty much required, as the original book was only ten sentences long.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_237404cc	type	Ironic Echo
Where the Wild Things Are / int_237404cc	comment	Ironic Echo: In the beginning of the movie, Max runs away from home after his mom says he was out of control after he bit her. By the end, Max says that Carol is out of control after Carol ripped off Douglas' arm. Max then runs away, and the same music plays as did in the earlier scene.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
Where the Wild Things Are / int_24321e44	comment	Only Sane Man: The Monsters' voice of reason is Alexander. Too bad nobody ever listens to him. There's also Douglas, who seems to represent logic and order among the Wild Things. Unlike Alexander, Douglas is heard by the others—but Douglas is also wise enough to know that his opinions are unpopular, and keeps his mouth shut as a result.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_26ac510e	type	Mythology Gag
Where the Wild Things Are / int_26ac510e	comment	Mythology Gag: Perhaps not intentional, but Alexander's character was the only one who didn't get a nickname from the writer. In the movie, he's ignored by everyone to the point where he might as well not exist.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_2a6a8e89	type	Sadist Teacher
Where the Wild Things Are / int_2a6a8e89	comment	Sadist Teacher: Max's class on astronomy drifts off into a discussion on how everything is going to die, and a list of all the ways all of humanity could be wiped out, delivered cheerfully obliviously to a class of 9-year-olds.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_38d12399	type	Teens Are Monsters
Where the Wild Things Are / int_38d12399	comment	Teens Are Monsters: Downplayed. Claire's friends don't wreck Max's snow fort out of malice but out of playing too hard for the smaller kid. They even look genuinely upset when they realize what they've done — but are much too self-conscious to apologize.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_3ac583f4	type	SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism
Where the Wild Things Are / int_3ac583f4	comment	Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism: Actually a bit more cynical than your typical children's story due to a ruckus main character with a mother who punishes him. However, the story is not mean spirited or unsympathetic, focusing on a child who learns the consequences of being inconsiderate and the importance of not throwing a tantrum.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_40bb59d0	type	Blatant Lies
Where the Wild Things Are / int_40bb59d0	comment	Blatant Lies: Max's claims of being a king. Unsurprisingly, it turns out that pretty much all of the monsters had him figured out from the get go.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Where the Wild Things Are / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Max leaves the Wild Things, with the implication that he will never see them again, but he's happily reunited with his mother, with the implication that he understands her a little better and things might become more peaceful between them as a result.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_4441d947	type	The Storyteller
Where the Wild Things Are / int_4441d947	comment	The Storyteller: Max. It's how he's able to lie so quickly when under pressure with the Things.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_4510b368	type	Ambiguous Gender
Where the Wild Things Are / int_4510b368	comment	Ambiguous Gender: The Wild Things, although the name "Tzippy", implies one of the wild things to be female (assuming it's short for "Tzippora").
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
Where the Wild Things Are / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: Both the original's illustrations and the film have this.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_4a8d9d4d	type	Non Sequitur Environment
Where the Wild Things Are / int_4a8d9d4d	comment	Non Sequitur Environment: The book begins with Max being sent to his room, while in the film Max runs away to the woods, but inexplicably transform into a jungle - in which he explores, takes a boat across the ocean, encounters a race of strange creatures, and then returns for dinner
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_4b4f6a2f	type	Mood-Swinger
Where the Wild Things Are / int_4b4f6a2f	comment	Mood-Swinger: Carol, and, to a lesser extent, all of the wild things, but he's this more so, as he tends to change moods almost at the drop of the hat.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_4d0372b	type	Everybody Knew Already
Where the Wild Things Are / int_4d0372b	comment	Everybody Knew Already: It's heavily implied that nearly all of the Wild Things—and definitely Douglas, KW, and Alexander—figured out that Max was lying about his status as a king. Carol was the only one who didn't, and they all kept up the illusion to pacify his temper.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_4e7c4536	type	Wham Line
Where the Wild Things Are / int_4e7c4536	comment	Wham Line: Alexander's line "Just don't ever let Carol find out" when Max tells him that he was never a king. At that moment, you just know what's going to happen next, considering how happy Carol was.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_4ee61c1f	type	Liar Revealed
Where the Wild Things Are / int_4ee61c1f	comment	Liar Revealed: Fuels the whole plot as Max lies from the beginning about being a king and having psychic powers.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_504a1991	type	Body Horror
Where the Wild Things Are / int_504a1991	comment	Body Horror: Douglas' arm getting ripped off and sand pouring from the wound.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_5473668f	type	Logo Joke
Where the Wild Things Are / int_5473668f	comment	Logo Joke: Each of the logos are static, and have apparently been drawn on by Max. The WB logo has a "wild thing" sort of shape drawn around it, with Max scribbling over the Time Warner byline and replacing it with his name. The Legendary Pictures logo has Max drawing a monster eating it. The Village Roadshow logo has Max turning the logo into his own name, with the "V" becoming an upside down "A", and a crude sword along the bottom of the logo.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_57efd4c4	type	Growing Up Sucks
Where the Wild Things Are / int_57efd4c4	comment	Growing Up Sucks: Though really the film is more like "change in general is scary and can suck," than just growing up.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_5a40d6a	type	Adaptation Distillation
Where the Wild Things Are / int_5a40d6a	comment	Adaptation Distillation: Three of the monsters from the book (counting the sea monster) do not appear in the movie. The seven they use are quite enough.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_5bdffefe	type	Jitter Cam
Where the Wild Things Are / int_5bdffefe	comment	Jitter Cam: The movie is more or less shot by someone really hopped up on Red Bull.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_5da37ab5	type	Triumphant Reprise
Where the Wild Things Are / int_5da37ab5	comment	Triumphant Reprise: The song that plays as we are introduced to Max's home life is "Igloo"; the song that plays as Max leaves the Wild Things and returns home is "Sailing Home", a happier and more upbeat version of "Igloo".
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_63389b0b	type	Kids Are Cruel
Where the Wild Things Are / int_63389b0b	comment	Kids Are Cruel: Max at the start. Like the Teens Are Monsters entry, it's Downplayed; Max is mainly like this to get attention.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_6bd689ca	type	Meaningful Echo
Where the Wild Things Are / int_6bd689ca	comment	Meaningful Echo: The line "I'll eat you up!" gets stated three times, each with a different meaning. Max says it the first time right before biting his mother, and it's a sign of his instability and temper. Carol repeats it to Max after his Heroic BSoD, and begins violently chasing the boy to genuinely devour him. KW has the last version as Max is preparing to leave. Her version—"I'll eat you up, I love you so"—comes across as a caring parent expressing the depth of their emotion for their child.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_6e6b8ca7	type	Tertiary Sexual Characteristics
Where the Wild Things Are / int_6e6b8ca7	comment	Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: Both the female wild things have long hair.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_71748a39	type	Named by the Adaptation
Where the Wild Things Are / int_71748a39	comment	Named by the Adaptation: Max's mother was un-named in the book. In the movie, she's given the name Connie.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_730d3664	type	Adaptational Angst Upgrade
Where the Wild Things Are / int_730d3664	comment	Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Max in the book was just a mischevious young boy who just so happened to be a bit of a troublermaker. The movie expands upon this by portraying him as a lonely and misunderstood young boy who is having trouble coping with his parents' divorce.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_79b5990c	type	Mr. Vice Guy
Where the Wild Things Are / int_79b5990c	comment	Mr. Vice Guy: Max, and ALL of the Wild Things. Max and some of the Wild Things—namely Carol and Judith—have the vice of high emotion with no regulation, while the others—KW, Douglas, Ira, Alexander, and Bernard—have the issue of never speaking up in the name of keeping the peace.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_7ee93bc9	type	Some Call Me "Tim"
Where the Wild Things Are / int_7ee93bc9	comment	Some Call Me "Tim": The monsters are Carol, Ira, KW, Judith, Douglas, Alexander, and Bernard.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_83a903f6	type	Stepford Smiler
Where the Wild Things Are / int_83a903f6	comment	Stepford Smiler: The Wild Things in general but especially Carol. KW flat out tells Max that life on the island gets difficult but the others are in denial over it.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_916c72b3	type	Rule of Symbolism
Where the Wild Things Are / int_916c72b3	comment	Rule of Symbolism: The monsters all represent an aspect of Max's own psyche. For instance Carol is big, loud and emotional, like any child's imagination. KW is both a Cool Big Sis (as seen with her interactions with Bob and Terry) and Team Mom, representing Max's relationships with the females in his life. The littlest monster Alexander represents the child's logic and reasoning, which is still growing and never fully developed within a child.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_91b55fe	type	Pop-Star Composer
Where the Wild Things Are / int_91b55fe	comment	Pop-Star Composer: Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs wrote the score for the film.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_a18042f1	type	Left the Background Music On
Where the Wild Things Are / int_a18042f1	comment	Left the Background Music On: Downplayed; towards the start, Max hums along to the film's opening music cue ("Igloo"), but it's for a brief moment, and the music is otherwise non-diegetic.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
Where the Wild Things Are / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: Goes from being funny to being serious to being sort of creepy to being sad. Sometimes in the same scene. Another scene that stands out is after Alexander warns Max not to tell Carol he's not a king. Max, worried as he hears Carol growling in their sleep pile, tries to make a private room just for himself. While Carol reacts calmly, though confused as to why Max is pulling away, partway through the conversation, he suddenly punches a hole into the home the group made, never even raising his voice.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_a62dca03	type	Year Inside, Hour Outside
Where the Wild Things Are / int_a62dca03	comment	Year Inside, Hour Outside: Max spends a period of days (and possibly weeks) on the Island of the Wild Things, but when he returns to the "real world," it's the same night, and possibly only minutes, after he left.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Max's mom, Connie, also has a phone conversation with a "Mr. Lasseter". Back in the 80's, John Lasseter attempted to make a WTWTA movie with Disney. It would have been one of the earliest examples of CGI in film, featuring traditionally animated characters in 3D CGI environments. There's a scene where Max is being shown his "kingdom", which is a pretty obvious reference to The Lion King (1994). Some of the dialogue is very similar to that scene, as well.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_da3043c5	comment	Fake Ultimate Hero: Max claims to be a king with amazing powers. He's not, of course.
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_e663d3ef	type	Only a Flesh Wound
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Where the Wild Things Are / int_f0fe7e80	comment	But Now I Must Go: Max at the end, when he realizes what his mother must go through and that how he's been acting isn't helping things. However, he does leave with the knowledge that the wild things will be okay.
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