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A movie made by The [[Jim Henson]] Company, but done with mostly CG effects. Directed by acclaimed visual artist
Helena Campbell is a teenage girl who wants to leave her home at the circus to go and join real life. She gets into an argument with her mother, who then falls spontaneously ill with what is presumably a brain tumor. Helena blames herself, and dreams (maybe) that she travels to a magical world made entirely out of pictures she has drawn.
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By the way, the circus isn't [[Circus of Fear|scary]], nor is [[Monster Clown|the clown]].
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* [[A Darker Me]]
* [[Acting for Two]] - [[Stephanie Leonidas]] is Helena and the Dark Princess. Rob Brydon is Morris Campbell and the Prime Minister. Gina McKee is Joanne Campbell, the White Queen, and the Dark Queen. Jason Barry is Valentine and his equivalent in the human world.
* [[Action Dress Rip]] - Helena does this to the dress she aquired in her [[Evil Makeover]].
* [[All Just a Dream]] - Although we know this from pretty early on.
** [[Or Was It a Dream?]]? The final scene implies that, while it was all a dream, it wasn't ''just'' a dream.
*** With [[Neil Gaiman]], it's never ''[[The Sandman|just]]'' a dream.
* [[All Take and No Give]] - The Dark Queen and the Princess, one of the most dysfunctional family units in fantasy.
* [[And You Were There]] - All of the main characters {{spoiler|including Helena, although Valentine's equivalent is met after the dream.}}
* [[Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?]] -
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'''Valentine:''' Absolutely, if we put little wheels on the bottom of our feet we could just rooooooll around... }}
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]:
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'''Guard 2:''' Extort a confession?
'''Guard 3:''' Deny her ice cream? }}
* [[The Baroness]] - The Dark Queen.
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* [[Black Eyes of Evil]]
* [[Brainwashed]]
* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]] - 'I remember what my mother always said. "It's a dog eat dog world, son. You should get them before they get you. Eat your greens. Please don't do that. Don't embarrass me in front of the neighbors. IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU LEFT HOME AND I NEVER HEARD FROM YOU AGAIN!" She wasn't even my real mother. She bought me from a man...'
* [[Buffy
* [[The Cameo]] - [[Stephen Fry]], [[Lenny Henry]], and Robert Llewellyn pop by briefly.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]] - {{spoiler|The doodles on the balcony}}
* [[Closer to Earth]]
* [[
* [[Companion Cube]] - ''The Really Useful Book'', and Valentine's Tower, which doubles as a...
* [[Cool Airship]] - Although it looks kind of like a giant vacuum cleaner
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* [[Down the Rabbit Hole]]
* [[Eldritch Abomination]] - A good summation of what the Dark Queen becomes at the end.
* [[Emotionally Tongue
* [[The End of the World
* [[
* [[
* [[Evil Matriarch]] - The Dark Queen.
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Fictional Document]] - ''The Really Useful Book'' and ''A Complete History of Everything.''
* [[The Fool]] and [[The Trickster]] - Valentine.
* [[Forgotten Fallen Friend]] - "Who?"
* [[Fourth Wall Shut-in Story]]
* [[Gagging
* [[Gainax Ending]]
* [[God Save Us From the Queen]] - The Dark Queen.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]] - {{spoiler|''The Really Useful Book''.}} That's right, {{spoiler|a book.}}
* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]: Valentine seems to have had one.
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]] - Valentine and Helena.
* [[Hypnotize the Princess]]- Hello, [[Uncanny Valley]] puppets.
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]
* [["I Know You
* [[Ironic Echo]] - "You couldn't handle real life!"
* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]] - "I did ''not'' hog those cakes!"
* [[I Wished You Were Dead]]
* [[Jerk
* [[Knock
* [[Lovable Coward]] - Valentine.
* [[Lovable Traitor]] - {{spoiler|Also Valentine}}.
* [[Marionette Motion]] - The boxed singer marionettes.
* [[Marquee Alter Ego]] - The Prime Minister of the White City, where everybody wears masks, has much more of his face visible than any of his citizens. This was originally because the plan was to cast somebody famous in the role as [[The Cameo]], and they wanted the audience to be able to see who it was.
* [[Mask of Power]]
* [[McGuffin]] - The [[Mirror Mask]] itself.
* [[Mind Screw]] - This movie's definatly got it, as well as much confusion as to whether or not this was an art film.
* [[Mix
* [[My Beloved Smother]] - The Dark Queen, in a subversion of the usual tradition that evil queens are unloving parents.
** To balance that out, we have Valentine's [[Parental Abandonment]], mentioned above.
* [[Off
* [[Our Giants Are Bigger]] - And they float!
* [[Pajama
* [[Planet of Steves]] - Subverted: There is one Monkeybird whose name ''isn't'' Bob. It's Malcolm. And they hit him for it.
* [["Reading Is Cool" Aesop]] - Courtesy of the Really Useful Book.
* [[Rebellious Princess]] - Is evil.
* [[Save Both Worlds]] - Emotionally, at least.
* [[Scenery Porn]] - If you've ever wondered what it would be like to live inside a
* [[The Scream]] ''and'' [[Screw Destiny]] - "That's not my future. That's ''not'' my future. NO, I DON'T WANT TO BE A WAITER!"
* [[Sealed Good in
* [[Shout
** A pale-skinned character in a black cloak mentions [[The Princess Bride (
** The circus has [[Labyrinth|a contact juggler who manipulates crystal balls]].
** On the shelf in the library there is a book clearly labeled ''[[Muppets
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]
** Also [[Lyrical Dissonance]] - "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re-6eOhrejE Close To You]" is sung in a creepy, unnatural way by puppets so deep in the [[Uncanny Valley]] they break the curve, making an otherwise charming scene absolutely [[Nightmare Fuel|terrifying]].
* [[Spiritual Successor]] - The Henson Company asked Gaiman for a movie that's "whatever genre ''[[Labyrinth]]'' is".
** ''
* [[The Stinger]] - Gaiman and McKean considered running the credits after "It's over. She won," and then showing the ending. But decided against it.
* [[Strawman Political]] - The Dark Queen's advisers are parodies of British politicians on both sides.
* [[Squee]] - Oh, there are Valentine fangirls.
* [[The Show Must Go On]]- After Helena's mother passes out, another performer takes her place.
* [[The Tell]]: When Helena's father is trying to calm her about her mother's impending brain surgery, and unconsciously chews his lip, she blurts, "Anyway, ''you're'' worried. You only do that when you're worried!"
* {{spoiler|[[This Is My Side]]: A damn heroic one enforced by Helena when she finally confronts the Princess.}}
* [[This Is Sparta]] - The Giants always talk like this.
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