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* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Miss Trunchbull.
* [[Happily Ever After]]: Well, Matilda and Miss Honey anyway.
* [[Harsh Life Revelation Aesop]]: The opening chapter outright state that some parents are plain terrible. The Wormwoods neglect their younger daughter Matilda, ignore her polite requests to buy a book, and deny that she's a genius. Matilda fights back by playing pranks, and eventually begs her grade school teacher Miss Honey to adopt her when the Wormwoods have to flee the country. (The book, movie, and musical adaptation all depict this as a happy ending.)
* [[Honest John's Dealership]]: Mr. Wormwood's secondhand car business. Matilda's dad is the stereotypical sleazy car salesman, even putting sand in the oil so that the engine will burn out and they have to come back and buy a new car. The book contains a scene in which Mr. Wormwood teaches Michael the tricks to making a lemon look better.
* [[Hot Teacher]]: Miss Honey.
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