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*** The film also includes an ongoing subplot of Danny being tormented by his teacher Captain Lancaster, expanded from a single event in the book.
*** The film also includes an ongoing subplot of Danny being tormented by his teacher Captain Lancaster, expanded from a single event in the book.
* [[Amusing Injuries]]: Played for [[Black Comedy]]. Danny's father describes gunshot wounds in rather humorous ways, while Danny himself is too horrified to laugh.
* [[Amusing Injuries]]: Played for [[Black Comedy]]. Danny's father describes gunshot wounds in rather humorous ways, while Danny himself is too horrified to laugh.
** [[Shot in The Ass]]: An easy target on a fleeing poacher. Danny's grandfather had so many scars there it looked like he'd been snowed on.
** [[Shot in the Ass]]: An easy target on a fleeing poacher. Danny's grandfather had so many scars there it looked like he'd been snowed on.
* [[Arcadia]]: The pleasant rural environment where it all takes place, spoiled only by this rather nasty Hazell character.
* [[Arcadia]]: The pleasant rural environment where it all takes place, spoiled only by this rather nasty Hazell character.
* [[Author Appeal]]: Roald Dahl ''loves'' childhood nostalgia, and he ''loves'' [[Food Porn]].
* [[Author Appeal]]: Roald Dahl ''loves'' childhood nostalgia, and he ''loves'' [[Food Porn]].
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* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Danny's father tells him about [[The BFG]].
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Danny's father tells him about [[The BFG]].
** It's interesting to see the illustration in the first edition, which shows the BFG as a much darker and more intimidating figure - though still ultimately a force for good - and contrast it with the now prevailing picture of the BFG derived from Quentin Blake and the [[Animated Adaptation]].
** It's interesting to see the illustration in the first edition, which shows the BFG as a much darker and more intimidating figure - though still ultimately a force for good - and contrast it with the now prevailing picture of the BFG derived from Quentin Blake and the [[Animated Adaptation]].
* [[Everything's Better With Chickens]]: Danny's grandfather was a master poacher, who often used his chickens to experiment new techniques, the idea being that if it'll work on a chicken, it'll work on a pheasant. Illustrator Quentin Blake has lots of fun drawing these experiments.
* [[Everything's Better with Chickens]]: Danny's grandfather was a master poacher, who often used his chickens to experiment new techniques, the idea being that if it'll work on a chicken, it'll work on a pheasant. Illustrator Quentin Blake has lots of fun drawing these experiments.
* [[Evil Poacher]]: Averted. The father is a good man. In fact, with the exception of Mr. Hazell, the entire village seems lovely. And most of them are (or were, back in the day) in on the poaching. Then again, they're poaching pheasants, which aren't an endangered species, making the poachers' actions more excusable.
* [[Evil Poacher]]: Averted. The father is a good man. In fact, with the exception of Mr. Hazell, the entire village seems lovely. And most of them are (or were, back in the day) in on the poaching. Then again, they're poaching pheasants, which aren't an endangered species, making the poachers' actions more excusable.
* [[The Fifties]]
* [[The Fifties]]
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