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{{quote|"[[Child-Hater|They're all mistakes, children!]] Filthy, nasty things. [[Hypocritical Humor|Glad I never was one.]]"|'''[[Sadist Teacher|Agatha Trunchbull]]''', ''Matilda''}}

1996 film adaptation of [[Matilda (~~Literature~~)|the Roald Dahl book]] about an exceptionally clever little girl, Matilda Wormwood, who has exceptionally horrible and ignorant parents. Matilda has a love of learning and books, and her parents think she is stupid and deride her for reading while they watch mindless [[Soap Opera|Soap Operas]] and Game Shows.

1996 film adaptation of [[Matilda (novel)|the Roald Dahl book]] about an exceptionally clever little girl, Matilda Wormwood, who has exceptionally horrible and ignorant parents. Matilda has a love of learning and books, and her parents think she is stupid and deride her for reading while they watch mindless [[Soap Opera|Soap Operas]] and Game Shows.

The first half of the film deals with Matilda discovering how to use her intellect against her parents by playing tricks, like supergluing her father's hat to his head. The second half of the film pits her against a far more formidable enemy -- "The Trunchbull", her school's [[Sadist Teacher|sadistic headmistress]], as well as introducing the only person to truly recognize Matilda's amazing talent, Miss Honey. Matilda ultimately has to pit her prodigious intellect (and [[New Powers As the Plot Demands|newly discovered]] telekinetic powers) against the Trunchbull to liberate both the sorely oppressed children and her beloved teacher, as well as making a better life for herself.

The first half of the film deals with Matilda discovering how to use her intellect against her parents by playing tricks, like supergluing her father's hat to his head. The second half of the film pits her against a far more formidable enemy -- "The Trunchbull", her school's [[Sadist Teacher|sadistic headmistress]], as well as introducing the only person to truly recognize Matilda's amazing talent, Miss Honey. Matilda ultimately has to pit her prodigious intellect (and [[New Powers as the Plot Demands|newly discovered]] telekinetic powers) against the Trunchbull to liberate both the sorely oppressed children and her beloved teacher, as well as making a better life for herself.

The film stars [[Mara Wilson]] (''[[Miracle On 34th Street]]'', ''[[~~Mrs. Doubtfire (Film)|~~Mrs. Doubtfire]]'') in the lead and a frighteningly accurate Trunchbull in the form of Pam Ferris.

The film stars [[Mara Wilson]] (''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]'', ''[[Mrs. Doubtfire]]'') in the lead and a frighteningly accurate Trunchbull in the form of Pam Ferris.

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* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Miss Trunchbull is this to Miss Honey.

* [[Evil Teacher]]: Guess who?

* [[Fantasy Forbidding Father]]: Matilda's parents don't understand Matilda's love of books and learning, rejecting her for it. They prefer the more mundane Michael who is being coached to take over his father's company.

* [[Fantasy-Forbidding Father]]: Matilda's parents don't understand Matilda's love of books and learning, rejecting her for it. They prefer the more mundane Michael who is being coached to take over his father's company.

* [[The Film of the Book]]: Like many Dahl books, this got a film adaptation.

* [[Force Feeding]]: Involves a overweight kid who is forced to eat chocolate cake, as punishment for supposedly stealing Miss Trunchbull's cake, while the whole school watches. In other words, he is not allowed to stop eating until he has finished the ''whole'' cake, and it's HUGE too (18 inches in diameter). Even if he gets sick, he has to keep eating.

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** Agatha Trunchbull.

** Also, Harry Wormwood, whose used-car company sells cars made from stolen parts - at outrageous prices - that only survive for a few miles. Because their engines are filled with ''sawdust''. And then there's how he acts around Matilda.

* [[Gentleman and A Scholar|Lady and a Scholar]]: Matilda is a genuinely sweet-natured kid, and never thinks of herself as superior for her brains. If she's asked anything intellectual, she will respond in a polite fashion. She really only dislikes people who are annoying or rude to her.

* [[Gentleman and a Scholar|Lady and a Scholar]]: Matilda is a genuinely sweet-natured kid, and never thinks of herself as superior for her brains. If she's asked anything intellectual, she will respond in a polite fashion. She really only dislikes people who are annoying or rude to her.

* [[Large Ham]]: The Trunchbull, especially in the film.

* [[Laughably Evil]]: Miss Trunchbull in the film.

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* [[Smug Snake]]: The Trunchbull.

* [[Social Services Does Not Exist]]: It's not in evidence, anyway, despite all the child abuse going on.

* [[Spies in A Van]]: Matilda notices a car is always parked on the street outside their house. {{spoiler|The car turns out to belong to cops who are trying to arrest Matilda's father for selling cars with faulty car parts.}}

* [[Spies in a Van]]: Matilda notices a car is always parked on the street outside their house. {{spoiler|The car turns out to belong to cops who are trying to arrest Matilda's father for selling cars with faulty car parts.}}

* [[Sticky Situation]]: Mr Wormwood + hat + superglue

* [[Straw Feminist]]: A dash of this after the Trunchbull hears the "Mrs. D, Mrs. I" mnemonic for spelling "difficulty," whereupon she demands "Why are all of these women married?"

* [[Surrounded By Idiots]]: How Matilda probably felt, especially towards her family.

* [[Surrounded by Idiots]]: How Matilda probably felt, especially towards her family.

* [[Traumatic Superpower Awakening]]: Matilda's telekinesis first displays itself when her father rips up her library books and tries to force her to watch TV with the rest of the family.

* [[The Unfavorite]]: Matilda's parents inexplicably hate her and refuse to believe she is any more intelligent than a lima bean (though, in the movie, Matilda's mother admits that she was mean to her because she never really understood her daughter), but favor her rather dim-witted brother Michael instead.