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* [[Adaptation Displacement]] / [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Some fans of the films have never heard of Diana Wynne Jones, or [[Older Than They Think|think she wrote a book adaptation]]. Diane Wynne Jones actually liked the adaptation, unlike [[Tales From Earthsea|Ursula LeGuin]], although she was well aware that it was going to be different.
* [[Anvilicious]]: The anti-war message is about as subtle as a giant magician-bird to the face.
* [[Award Snub]]: ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'' beat it to the Best Animated Feature Oscar.
* [[Broken Base]]: The fans of the original book, in regards to the movie. Some enjoy the movie as well as the book, while others are not a fan of its [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|admittedly extreme liberties with the source material.]] Some fans have found a compromise between the two, combining elements of the original book (such as the [[
** Counts as a [[Broken Base]] for Miyazaki/Ghibli fans in general. About half think of it as a brilliant piece of art, while the other half sees it as a convoluted, messy and dramatically cryptic failure. Critical opinion is less divided (apart from [[Roger Ebert]]'s panning of the movie), and ''Howl'' has a solid 86% approval rate at [[Rotten Tomatoes]].
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: The movie's theme "The Merry-Go-Round of Life".
* [[Hollywood Homely]]: Young Sophie.She seems to pretty much be the only one who considers herself homely. It's more of a self-esteem problem. {{spoiler|It seems she turns old and ugly when she thinks of herself as ugly.}}
* [[Wangst]]: An in-universe example, when Howl throws a tantrum over his hair color - even summoning spirits of darkness and emanating green goo.
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* [[The Woobie]]: Sophie, particularly when she's first cursed and constantly tells herself not to overreact, when it's clear she's overwhelmed. Then she leaves home because she doesn't want to be a burden. Then her mother
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