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The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb is a British 1993 animated short dystopian/horror/science-fiction/fantasy film by Dave Borthwick.The plot is a dystopian re-imagining of the fairytale of Tom Thumb, in which Tom is abducted from loving parents and taken to a laboratory for study, from which he must escape. The film features themes of rebirth, tolerance, ethics in science, and experimentation on humans and animals. |
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Stop Motion |
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Stop Motion: Filmed using a combination of Plasticene and pixilation. |
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Noble Savage |
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Noble Savage: A miniature warrior man with a Neanderthal appearance befriends Tom after Tom's friend from the lab is killed by other members of his tribe. |
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Crucified Hero Shot |
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Crucified Hero Shot: Several Christian motifs appear throughout the film, mostly in the form of pictures or other wall ornaments, possibly intended as allegory or satire. One of them is a sculpture of Father Christmas being crucified. |
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Gone Horribly Wrong |
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Gone Horribly Wrong: Tom's birth, the horrific experiments, society in general in a dystopian world. |
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Senseless Sacrifice |
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Senseless Sacrifice: Tom's father is reunited with him, but subsequently dies pointlessly in a brawl. |
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Killed Offscreen |
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Killed Offscreen: Tom's mother. |
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Fetus Terrible |
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Fetus Terrible: In a twisted take on the fairytale, Tom's appearance seems to be modelled on a foetus. |
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Mad Scientist Laboratory |
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Mad Scientist Laboratory: Tom is abducted from his parents and taken to one to be studied. |
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Reset Button |
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Reset Button: The ending involves Tom and his companion destroying an object which apparently functions as a cosmic reset, allowing him to be reborn as a normal child to his original parents, in a setting that looks more hygienic, but is still infested with flies. |
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The Grotesque |
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The Grotesque: None of the characters seem to be intended as attractive, but the most repulsive is a creature made from electrical components and a flayed rat's skull encountered by Tom in the lab. The creature turns out to be a kindly ally who aids his escape, but is tragically murdered by an intolerant mob revolted by its appearance. |
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Big Creepy-Crawlies |
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Big Creepy-Crawlies: The human characters are seeing interacting with, killing, and eating giant insects and spiders, eat plates of live fish and what appear to be live slugs or leeches, and everything is covered with flies. |
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Barbarian Tribe |
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Barbarian Tribe: Tom encounters a tribe of miniature, primitive people who murder his friend because of its hideous appearance. |
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Mercy Kill |
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Mercy Kill: Dissected specimens, human body parts, and amorphous monsters in glassware helplessly indicate a switch they want Tom to operate. When he does as they ask, it cuts off the power supply keeping them alive. |
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