#Paranorman

[conflictofthemind]

Let's talk about the insane Paranorman (Norman/Agatha) x Stranger Things (Will/Henry) Parallels

"Once upon a time, long ago, there was a little girl. A - a little girl who was different... Who was different from the other people in her village. She could see and - and do things that no one could understand. And that made them scared of her! She turned away from everyone and became sad and lonely, and had no one to turn to. The more she turned away from people, the more scared they were of her. And they did something terrible! They became so scared that they took her away, and they killed her! And even - and even though she was dead, something in her came back. And this part of her, wouldn't go away even after three hundred years! And the longer it stayed, the less there was of the little girl."

Will and Norman are both associated with zombies. For Norman, this is his obsession with zombies in pop-culture and old horror flicks (also similar to Will's own nerdy interests). For Will, this connection is quite literal as he came back from the dead. They're also both called Freaks. In both medias this is heavily associated with the characters' perceived queerness and their persecution, including the metaphor of their stories, is about homophobic oppression.

Norman and Will develop a psychic connection with the 'villain', who is able to send them into trances where they see visions, and eventually even whisper in their ears when the connection becomes stronger.

The 'villain' part is in quotes because, while they both occupy the role of the antagonist within their stories, the line is not so cut and dry. We learn that both Agatha and Henry were young kids (11 and 12 respectively), who started showing signs of magical powers, which led their conformist societies to be afraid of them.

The Puritan courts sentence Agatha to death on charges of witchcraft, where she curses the seven jurors to die and never find rest. Henry's story proves more complicated.... but you can see the parallel. Paranorman is in a way the kids movie version of the Henry/Will plot in Stranger Things.

Paranorman ends with Norman confronting Witch!Agatha at her grave, where he is able to pull through to the little girl that still exists inside of her and wants to be laid to rest.

It had been tradition up until this point that the people with the 'gift' to see the dead would read her a bedtime story to make her go away for another year, her soul still unrested and in agony. Norman's decision to try and talk to her himself is what broke this 300-year cycle, allowing her to pass on peacefully and saving the town from yearly destruction.

...I think we will see something similar in Season 5 of Stranger Things. I don't think that's too much of an unpopular or an undiscussed opinion at this point in time, so I won't push it too much further. Look up other people's posts on the topic; I'm sure they could articulate much better.

But the specific parallels between these two pieces of media are so stark that I wonder if this was another piece of inspiration and evidence we can add to the pile. Especially with the text: society oppresses people with powers for being different // subtext: society oppresses queer people theme they share in common, and the amount of 80s horror references that exist within Paranorman.

#will byers #henry creel #stranger things #paranorman #st parallels #so many things you see in paranorman that you wouldnt ever see in another kids movie... bless laika studios

[kuaille]

holy trinity of "LGBT+ Characters From Spooky Stop Motion Movies For Children"

#paranorman #mitch downe #coraline #april spink #miriam forcible #wendell and wild #raul

[editswhite]

HALLOWEEN MATCHING ICONS♡

#halloween #halloween icons #matching icons #corpse bride #the nightmare before christmas #paranorman #coraline #icons

[nonetoon]

I know as far as their more “horror” themed movies go Coraline is the usual go-to for Halloween, but I will stand by ParaNorman being the Laika Halloween movie ever

#text #dumb stuff #movies #Coraline #paranorman

[fishaid]

🍒Red characters!

#red #red aesthetic #mario #spiderman #knuckles #ruby #rwby #zuko #dave strider #clifford #elmo #jessica rabbit #heat miser #mrs brisby #cuphead #kyoko sakura #paranorman #little big planet #eve #axel #lea #ann takamaki #p5 #panther #characters #art #artist #artists on tumblr #emi art #my art

[moodlesmain]

I am THIS close to going full conspiracy board trying to piece together the components of my favourite genre "spooky, mystery solving, coming of age adventures that involve a clash of the mundane and the supernatural"

EDIT: I went full conspiracy board mode

#is this anything #this is just a snippet of my whirlwind thoughts on this topic #I was always sad as a kid that I couldn't fully engage with the mystery kids crossover fandom #because I'd never watched Coraline or played Psychonauts #but was a HUGE fan of Gravity Falls and ParaNorman (and others like otgw and invader zim) #and my longtime passion project story Turned Yesterday is essentially my own take on that sort of genre #gravity falls #coraline #psychonauts #paranorman #and loads of others #mystery kids #EDIT: accidentally posted the wrong version of that last chart SDHTGRFSED it makes more sense now sorry

[princess-pathetic-112898]

The kids aren’t alright- they’re stop motion.

#alignment chart #stop motion #stop motion animation #laika studios #coraline #paranorman #wendell and wild #wendell & wild #moral orel #coraline jones #wybie lovat #norman babcock #neil downe #agatha prenderghast #kat elliot #raul cocolotl #siobhan klaxon #orel puppington

[goryhorroor]

horror sub-genres • children’s horror

children's horror is a genre defined by its style, humor, and themes of acceptance. it is a genre defined by a mark of maturity in its audience.

#although the witches was fucking terrifying as a child #horror sub-genres #horror #horror movies #children's horror #the haunted mansion #monster house #the nightmare before christmas #hotel transylvania #hocus pocus #the witches #addams family #paranorman #halloweentown #casper #filmedit #horroredit #moviesedit #cinema

[sporesgalaxy]

East Coast Beast Coast am I right fellas

#toh #paranorman #spacecreate #blithe hollow and gravesfield are sister cities now

[moldymeat]

#the magnus archives #tma #reanimator #herbert west #paranorman #danny phantom #sally face #shane acker's 9 #9 movie #theres probably more i just cant think of any #neon greem <3

[fru1typunch]

#halloween #happy halloweeeeeeen #spooky season #the nightmare before christmas #coraline #paranorman #monster house #goosebumps #the addams family #hotel transylvania #frankenweenie #scooby doo #corpse bride #monsters inc #hocus pocus #movies #scary movies #tim burton #neil gaiman #henry selick #danny elfman #laika

[popularculturesource]

There’s nothing wrong with being scared, Norman. As long as you don’t let it change who you are.

#paranorman #filmedit #animationedit #animationsource #animationsdaily #dailyanimatedgifs #userthing #useroptional #usersugar #useradie #tuseraudrey #outtagum #edit #animation #by carolina

[randimason]

Damn. This has been at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens since September!

“LAIKA: Life in Stop Motion invites visitors of all ages to appreciate the painstaking work of stop-motion animation, with eight animation stations equipped with 2-D LAIKA character figures and environments that visitors can use to experiment with and create their own short films, then share and post online. The exhibit also includes puppets, sets, and video clips from all five of the studio’s renowned films.”

#laika studios #2d animation #animation #stop motion #queens new york #queens ny #momi #museum of the moving image #coraline #boxtrolls #paranorman #missing link #Kubo and the Two Strings

[autumnsaesthetics]

🍁 Autumnal Films 🍁

(Row One) 🍁

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Ratatouille

Coraline

(Row two) 🍁

Paranorman

The Iron Giant

Wolfwalkers

(Row three) 🍁

Knives Out

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Dead Poets Society

#fantastic mr fox #ratatouille #coraline #paranorman #the iron giant #wolfwalkers #knives out #the spiderwick chronicles #dead poets society #autumn #fall #september #october #november #autumnal #autumncore #cozy #fall season #autumn season #sweater weather #autumn leaves #autumn blog #autumn aesthetics #cozy autumn #cozycore #cozy movies #halloween #halloween 2023 #halloweencore #august

[nickpeppermint]

Fun fact: all of them are psychic buddies

They share telepathic friend chat room

#Pokemon #Mewtwo #Paranatural #Max puckett #pnat max #mother #mother series #earthbound #mother 2 #Ness #Sonic #Silver The Hedgehog #Psychonauts #razputin aquato #saiki k #kusuo saiki #paranorman #norman babcock #mp100 #mob psycho 100 #mob #shigeo kageyama #friend group #psychic buddies #meme #shitpost #bunch of PNGs #okay maybe saiki would probably hate it there but i didn't really wanted him to be left out #crossover #au

[starry-eyed-psychopomp]

Fuck decent acting, MY favorite genre of nepo baby is “child of Some Rich Guy who funnels their daddy’s money into innovative creative projects that otherwise wouldn’t get made,” especially if those projects are animated

#no ethical billionaires but sometimes those billionaires have kids with good taste #kids who Grace us with skilled artists’ work rather than their own mid acting #nimona #annapurna pictures #laika #laika studios #coraline #paranorman