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* [[Cheerful Child]]: Leslie, especially in the most recent film. |
* [[Cheerful Child]]: Leslie, especially in the most recent film. |
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* [[Coming of Age Story]] |
* [[Coming of Age Story]] |
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* {{spoiler|[[Death by Newbery Medal]]}}: Probably the [[Trope Codifier]]. |
* {{spoiler|[[Death by Newbery Medal]]}}: Probably the [[Trope Codifier]]. |
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* [[Evil Redhead]]: Gary Fulcher in the 2007 film, though he's more of a [[Jerk Jock]] than evil, he's highly antagonistic throughout. |
* [[Evil Redhead]]: Gary Fulcher in the 2007 film, though he's more of a [[Jerk Jock]] than evil, he's highly antagonistic throughout. |
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* [[First Love]]: In this [[Tear Jerker]] of a novel, this trope is subtly implied with the friendship between Jess and his friend Leslie, a girl who introduces him to the titular Terabithia, and this variety of the "special, sweet, innocent" type of first love, on both Jess and Leslie's parts. |
* [[First Love]]: In this [[Tear Jerker]] of a novel, this trope is subtly implied with the friendship between Jess and his friend Leslie, a girl who introduces him to the titular Terabithia, and this variety of the "special, sweet, innocent" type of first love, on both Jess and Leslie's parts. |
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* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: The real-life inspiration for Leslie was Katherine Paterson's son's childhood friend, Lisa Hill {{spoiler|who was killed by a lightning strike while climbing some rocks on a beach. The author originally intended to finish off Leslie the same way but ultimately changed it to a drowning because she felt it would be more believable. Probably right, but ironic.}} |
* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: The real-life inspiration for Leslie was Katherine Paterson's son's childhood friend, Lisa Hill {{spoiler|who was killed by a lightning strike while climbing some rocks on a beach. The author originally intended to finish off Leslie the same way but ultimately changed it to a drowning because she felt it would be more believable. Probably right, but ironic.}} |
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* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: In the film when Jess punches a kid taunting him, the teacher talks to him about {{spoiler|grieving the loss of a loved one}} when it appears he's about to be punished. |
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: In the film when Jess punches a kid taunting him, the teacher talks to him about {{spoiler|grieving the loss of a loved one}} when it appears he's about to be punished. |
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⚫ | * [[The Seventies]]: The early post-[[Vietnam War]] era, referenced throughout the book but abandoned by the movie, which exacerbates the [[Fridge Logic]] of the lack of consequences for the teacher taking Jesse on ''that'' trip, as well as there ''being'' such a rural, [[Deep South]] area within commuting distance of [[Washington DC]]. |
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* [[Snicket Warning Label]] |
* [[Snicket Warning Label]] |
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* [[Strange Girl]]: Leslie. |
* [[Strange Girl]]: Leslie. |
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⚫ | * [[The Seventies]]: The early post-[[Vietnam War]] era, referenced throughout the book but abandoned by the movie, which exacerbates the [[Fridge Logic]] of the lack of consequences for the teacher taking Jesse on ''that'' trip, as well as there ''being'' such a rural, [[Deep South]] area within commuting distance of [[Washington DC]]. |
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** Go an hour or so west on I-66. You'll find it. |
** Go an hour or so west on I-66. You'll find it. |
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* {{spoiler|[[Too Good for This Sinful Earth]]: Boy howdy.}} |
* {{spoiler|[[Too Good for This Sinful Earth]]: Boy howdy.}} |