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* [[Unwitting Instigator of Doom]]: Ms. Edmunds invites Jesse to come to the art museum with her, and Jesse doesn't invite Leslie, {{spoiler|sealing her fate}}. Jesse [[It's All My Fault|knows this and regrets it]].
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Jesse's relationship with his father.
* [[Write Who You Know]]: An interesting variant in the 2007 film, in that Jess and Leslie base the creatures and inhabitants of their imaginary world off of people they know. In particular, the ''Squoagers'' and ''Hairy Vultures'' are monsters based off the bullies Scott Hoager and Gary Fulcher and even resemble them to a degree. The troll is based off Janice Avery, {{spoiler|and does a [[Heel Face Turn]] after Leslie comforts her}}, while {{spoiler|the Dark Master is based off Jess's father, and [[Fridge Brilliance|disappears at the end, when the two of them finally understand one another]]}}. The wish-fulfillment of this arguably helps them both - but Jess in particular - to grow stronger in [[Real Life]] as well.
** In the more traditional Meta sense, the characters and story are based off events and people from Katherine Pattinson's own life - Jesse off her son David, Leslie off his best friend Lisa Hill, etc., and Jesse's loneliness reflects Pattinson's own inability to fit in at school with others. Plus the poverty off the situation during the Seventies post the Vietnam War era. And the religious connotations off her own upbringing, since she learned from her father (a missionary who often travelled as part of his duties).
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