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* [[Adult Fear]]: Mei running away from home and getting lost in the climax is something any adult or older sibling can understand. Goes [[Up to Eleven]] when the villagers find a little girl's sandal in the pond and fear that she's drowned.
* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Totally averted, as in most [[Studio Ghibli]] [[film]]s. {{spoiler|In the climax, many grown-ups help search for Mei. Although Satsuki found her, the adults did their best to lend a hand}}.
* [[Alice Allusion]]: Mei follows a small Totoro and stumbles down the hole for King Totoro, just like Alice following the white rabbit and stumbling down the rabbit hole.
* [[Arcadia]]: Satsuki and her family live in a house in the countryside with simple and crude utilities like a manual hand pump. The two girls frequently explore the neighboring forests.
* [[Blush Sticker]]: Totoro, of all characters, gets them when the forest spirit liked rain falling on their umbrella a little too much. Mei has them all the time.
* [[Bug Buzz]]: During the night, when Mei and Satsuke helped 'awaken' the acorns.
* [[By the Eyes of the Blind]]: Only children seem to be able to see the soot sprites and Totoros. {{spoiler|At film's end, it's hinted the girls are [[Growing Up Sucks|getting too old]] to see the spirits.}}
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* [[Flight]]: This is a [[Hayao Miyazaki]] film, so you know the man will find ''some'' way of sneaking flight in here. Totoro has a [[Everything's Better with Spinning|spinning top]] which he can hop on to fly. The girls can then jump on his tummy, and be taken for a flight.
* [[Ghibli Hills]]: The Ur-example from the one and only [[Trope Namers|Trope Namer]], prominent around the house Mei and Satsuki moves into.
* [[Ghibli Plains]]: Featured in many shots into the distance with farmland. There is a smaller version of Ghibli Plains around Mei and Satsuki's house. Scenes with Totoro usually go into [[Ghibli Hills]] territory.
** Around 18 minutes into the film, Ghibli Plains are shown at night when Satsuki gathers firewood. A strong wind blows across these plains, sending blades of grass waving and little bits of firewood flying.
* [[Good Parents]]: Professor Kusakabe is probably the nicest Dad in anime. He's always patient, and likes playing with his daughters. He believes the girls when they tell him about Totoro, and even takes them to a shine and tells them about the forest spirits.
* [[Happy Ending]]: {{spoiler|Mei was found; she and Satsuki rides to the hospital in the Catbus. They leave a single corn for their mum, sees that she is okay, and rides home in the Catbus while the [[Title Theme Tune]] is playing.}}
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* [[Thematic Theme Tune]]: The song over the opening credits, titled "Stroll", is reflective of the adventurous and energetic themes present in the first half of the film, involving Mei and Satsuki's exploration of the forests surrounding their home.
* [[Thousand-Yard Stare]]: Totoro often does this, especially if the creature is looking at Mei or Satsuki.
* [[Title Theme Tune]]: The song over the ending credits, appropriately titled "My Neighbor Totoro". Guess which character's name is constantly repeated. {{quote|''And you'll be with Totoro Totoro,
''Totoro, Totoro,
''Living in the forest trees
''For such a very very long time
''There you'll be with Totoro, Totoro
''Totoro, Totoro
''You only see him when you're very young
''A magical adventure for you!}}
* [[Tooth Strip]]: Averted when Totoro and the girls roar, where each individual tooth is drawn. Later, when they exclaim that "we're the wind", the trope is played straight. Totoro tends to have tooth drawn individually while the girls tends to get a Tooth Strip.
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: The credits show scenes from the girls' lives during the year following the story. It also shows Totoro interacting with other forest spirits, but never the girls interacting with Totoro, implying that the events of the film were a one-off adventure.
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