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* [[Ambiguous Disorder]]: Edward is speculated as being a metaphor for autism and related diseases. One particularly notable thing is the way the film portrays people's ''reactions'' to him. While one might see the fascination most of the neighborhood has with him as being parodic of the stereotype of 1950s suburbanites being closed-minded, it's perfectly apt considering the timeframe when the movie came out. In the post-[[Rain Man]] world of the late-80s and early 90s there was widespread interest in the savant abilities possessed by some autistics.
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: The whole town seems like some sort of 50's-60's suburban fairy tale, but Peg drives a 70's Dodge, and Jim mentions his father getting a new CD player.
** Not to mention the gothic castle atop the hill. [[Word of God]] says that these contrasts were done on purpose, so the seemingly idyllic 1950's
* [[Artificial Human]]: Edward, of course, but he is more of a homunculus than a robot or
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Esmeralda has a slightly bigger role in the ballet. Instead of being a reclusive neighborhood crazy, she's the wife of the local preacher, Reverend Judas Evercreech, and she has two children (Gabriel and Marilyn-Ann Evercreech, a pair of stereotypical goths who hang out with Kim and her friends). Though she's just as nuts as in the movie, she's not as reclusive, and is seen mingling with the women of the neighborhood a lot more.
* [[Auteur License]]: Burton exercises his for the first time...and certainly not the last.
* [[Author Appeal]]: Many of Burton's favorites show up: strange hands, dogs, German Expressionism, Vincent Price, snow...heck, the hero looks like him!
* [[Beast and Beauty]]: Edward and Kim. Played with in that Edward's personality is more akin to that of a [[Gentle Giant]], and he isn't so much ugly as odd in comparison to the other characters, {{spoiler|but he fits the "beast" role quite well when he kills Jim in the climax}}.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Towards the climax
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]:
* [[Blessed with Suck]] / [[Cursed with Awesome]]: Guess who.
* [[Blood-Splattered Wedding Dress|Blood Splattered White Dress]]: Kim's lovely white dress ends up spattered with
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Many people seem to know a doctor who could help him get real hands, but they never seem to actually give the information of who or where.
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: Subverted. Esmeralda, a fanatical fundamentalist Christian, believes Edward is evil and tries to convince her neighbors of this, but no one takes her seriously. Once Edward has been arrested for the burglary, thus changing their opinion of him, she's able to say she told them so. The subversion is that the audience knows all along Edward isn't evil.
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* [[Dreaming of a White Christmas]]: Averted and then played with. There's no snow at all in this town and Bill Boggs staples fake snow on the rooftop of their house at one point. However, Edward essentially brings this to Kim when he carves the ice angel, {{spoiler|and continues to bring snow to the entire town even when he's once more confined to the castle at the end}}.
* [[DVD Commentary]]: Two - One with Burton, and one with Danny Elfman that combines this with an isolated music track.
* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]: Edward.
* [[Elephant in the Living Room]]: Almost completely averted for everyone who is introduced to Edward. People are either fascinated with Edward's hands or perceive it as just a very minor quirk. Bad first impression notwithstanding, Kim is the only one who feels awkward after being formally introduced to him.
* [[Everytown, America]]: Save for the castle on the hill, the town is a throwback to 1950s suburbia.
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* [[Hold Me]]: One of the most famous lines.
{{quote|'''Kim''': Hold me.
'''Edward''': I can't.
* [[Innocent Inaccurate]]: Edward - who is himself apparently immortal - doesn't understand what's happened to his 'father.' When Peg inquires about him, Edward replies simply, "He didn't wake up."
** There's also the scene following Joyce's attempted seduction in which he pleasantly tells the family that she took him into the back room "and took off all her clothes."
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* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Variation, when Kim learns Edward knew whose house he was robbing, when he seemed to have been tricked into thinking they were retrieving stolen goods.
{{quote|'''Kim''': Then why did you do it?
'''Edward''': Because you asked me to.
** In a more platonic sense,
* [[Jerk Jock]]: Jim is an especially nasty one.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: A literal version! It's easy to miss, but when Joyce is chatting with Edward in her garden and her dog is
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: Esmeralda spends the entire movie accusing Edward of being a satanic creature. When Edward gets pissed {{spoiler|after Jim tells him to go away}} one of the things he does is re-trim her hedges to resemble a devil staring at her window.
* [[Looks Like Cesare]]: Edward. Very, very much.
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* [[Mad Scientist]]: Subverted with the Inventor, aptly described by online critic MaryAnn Johanson as "perhaps the first kindly mad scientist".
* [[Misapplied Phlebotinum]]: You'd think a guy with scissors for hands would do something with his hair...
* [[No Name Given]]: Edward's "father
* [[Nosy Neighbor]]: All of them.
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Though he was in a few scenes, his screen time was still short, but [[Vincent Price]] as the inventor just about steals the film from Johnny Depp.
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* [[Ridiculously Human Robot]]: Edward can eat, bleed, and even fall in love. This despite the fact he's basically the final iteration of a line of machines originally designed to make cookies. Except he is more like a homunculus than a robot.
* [[Snow Means Love]]: The ice angel sequence - {{spoiler|multiplied a hundredfold in the finale}}.
** Which makes the ending even more of a [[Tear Jerker]] when you realize that
* [[Stan Winston]]: The real man who gave Johnny Depp his articulate scissorhands and doll-like appearance.
* [[Too Good for This Sinful Earth]]: The artificial being variant,
* [[Torches and Pitchforks]]: The mob doesn't have these items specifically, but as Burton notes on the DVD commentary, they fit this trope otherwise.
* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: The trailers gave virtually the whole story away. This may have been to make sure people understood this wasn't a horror movie, but a tragicomic fantasy.
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