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* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: Souta says that the gods do not think the way humans do. Daijin demonstrates this throughout the course of the story by playing hopscotch with the human-made line between "good" and "evil".
* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: Souta says that the gods do not think the way humans do. Daijin demonstrates this throughout the course of the story by playing hopscotch with the human-made line between "good" and "evil".
* [[Book Ends]]: An early scene has Suzume cycling to school and meeting Souta going the other way. The last scene does the same.
* [[Book Ends]]: An early scene has Suzume cycling to school and meeting Souta going the other way. The last scene does the same.
* [[Boring Return Journey]]: The journey to get to the door {{spoiler|allowing Suzume to enter the Ever After}} is filled with difficulty, obstacles, and doors to close. The journey back home is pretty standard, outlined in the [[Creative Closing Credits]].
* [[Boring Return Journey]]: The journey to get to the door {{spoiler|allowing Suzume to enter the Ever After}} is filled with difficulty, obstacles, and doors to close. The journey back home is pretty uneventful, as outlined in the [[Creative Closing Credits]].
* [[But Now I Must Go]]: {{spoiler|After the sealing of the worm and returning of the two keystones, Souta tells Suzume that he can't go back yet because there are still other doors out there to close. He promises to find her again once he's done that, though, and keeps the promise.}}
* [[But Now I Must Go]]: {{spoiler|After the sealing of the worm and returning of the two keystones, Souta tells Suzume that he can't go back yet because there are still other doors out there to close. He promises to find her again once he's done that, though, and keeps the promise.}}
* [[Cats Are Mean]]: Daijin is ''not'' nice towards Souta at all. From cursing him, to running away from almost every single confrontation, the cat has caused Souta a lot of trouble. Daijin is pretty good towards Suzume, though.
* [[Cats Are Mean]]: Daijin is ''not'' nice towards Souta at all. From cursing him, to running away from almost every single confrontation, the cat has caused Souta a lot of trouble. Daijin is pretty good towards Suzume, though.
* [[Cell Phone]]: Unlike a lot of other animated features, cell phones have a dominant role throughout the film.
* [[Cell Phone]]: Unlike a lot of other animated features, cell phones have a dominant role throughout the film.
** Tamaki tracks Suzume's location on her phone, by looking at her bank transactions.
** Tamaki tracks Suzume's location on her phone by looking at her bank transactions.
** Suzume uses her phone to see how far she is from home.
** Suzume uses her phone to see how far she is from home.
** Social media posts are used to track Daijin's location and move the story forward.
** Social media posts are used to track Daijin's location and move the story forward.
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* [[Disturbed Doves]]: The worm itself is [[Invisible to Normals]], but the birds its emergence disturbs aren't. One shot of it reflected in a bird's eye implies they can sense it just fine.
* [[Disturbed Doves]]: The worm itself is [[Invisible to Normals]], but the birds its emergence disturbs aren't. One shot of it reflected in a bird's eye implies they can sense it just fine.
* [[Diving Save]]: Souta does one to save Suzume from falling debris.
* [[Diving Save]]: Souta does one to save Suzume from falling debris.
* [[Doomed Hometown]]: Suzume's birthplace was destroyed by the tsunami.
* [[Doomed Hometown]]:
** The first worm emerging near Suzume's home prompts her to begin her adventure.
** Suzume's birthplace was destroyed by the tsunami.
** While it doesn't get destroyed in full, the first worm emerging near Suzume's home prompts her to begin her adventure.
* [[Doomed New Clothes]]: Chika gave Suzume a set of new clothes to change into, so she won't stand out in her uniform. The clothes were later damaged {{spoiler|when she climbed onto the Tokyo worm}}.
* [[Doomed New Clothes]]: Chika gave Suzume a set of new clothes to change into, so she won't stand out in her uniform. The clothes were later damaged {{spoiler|when she climbed onto the Tokyo worm}}.
* [[Door of Doom]]: The very last door of the film, {{spoiler|the one where Suzume enters the Ever After}}. It's a pretty ordinary door, even a bit run down, but plays a significant role in resolving the conflict.
* [[Door of Doom]]: The very last door of the film, {{spoiler|the one where Suzume enters the Ever After}}. It's a pretty ordinary door, even a bit run down, but plays a significant role in resolving the conflict.
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* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The worm first emerges from the doors as a, well, wormlike maroon smoke, but as more of it escapes, it starts to take on forms that wouldn't be out of place in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. The unknowability comes from how Souta says that it causes destruction for no humanly-discernible reason. {{spoiler|An even bigger Eldritch Abomination worm is unleashed over Tokyo due to the failure of both keystones allowing its full form to come out}}.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The worm first emerges from the doors as a, well, wormlike maroon smoke, but as more of it escapes, it starts to take on forms that wouldn't be out of place in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. The unknowability comes from how Souta says that it causes destruction for no humanly-discernible reason. {{spoiler|An even bigger Eldritch Abomination worm is unleashed over Tokyo due to the failure of both keystones allowing its full form to come out}}.
* [[Emergency Broadcast]]: Phones receive emergency messages in the form of a red pop-up, warning of an earthquake. This happens right before a worm is about to escape.
* [[Emergency Broadcast]]: Phones receive emergency messages in the form of a red pop-up, warning of an earthquake. This happens right before a worm is about to escape.
* [[Exact Eavesdropping]]: Tomoya complains about how Souta missed his exam to become a teacher. There aren't a lot of good things about becoming a chair, but one of the rare good ones is how you can eavesdrop that entire conversation. No one will notice; you blend right into the background! However, this poses a question: how come something this important is being talked about at the exact time Souta is in the room? It is a wonder that Tomoya and Suzume aren't having a good [[Talk About the Weather]].
* [[Exact Eavesdropping]]: Tomoya complains about how Souta missed his exam to become a teacher. There aren't a lot of good things about becoming a chair, but one of the few good ones is how you can eavesdrop on entire conversations. No one will notice; you blend right into the background! However, this poses a question: how come something this important is being talked about at the exact time Souta is in the room? It is a wonder that Tomoya and Suzume aren't having a good [[Talk About the Weather]].
* [[False Camera Effects]]: Take a shot every time the film uses bloom, screen shake, or depth of field. You'll be dead in thirty minutes.
* [[False Camera Effects]]: Take a shot every time the film uses bloom, screen shake, or depth of field. You'll be dead in thirty minutes.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: When Suzume first picks up the keystone, around seven minutes into the film, she remarks it's cold. You know what else feels cold? {{spoiler|Souta as a chair quickly turning into a keystone}}.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: When Suzume first picks up the keystone, around seven minutes into the film, she remarks it's cold. You know what else feels cold? {{spoiler|Souta as a chair quickly turning into a keystone}}.
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* [[Slice of Life]]: The main part of the film opens this way, starring the journey of an [[Ordinary High School Student]] biking to school. Fantastic sequences of closing the doors are also contrasted with mundane life with the people that Suzume encounters.
* [[Slice of Life]]: The main part of the film opens this way, starring the journey of an [[Ordinary High School Student]] biking to school. Fantastic sequences of closing the doors are also contrasted with mundane life with the people that Suzume encounters.
* [[Soft Water]]: Justified in the case of {{spoiler|Suzume falling from the Tokyo sky as Daijin takes on a giant form that covers and cushions the impact.}}
* [[Soft Water]]: Justified in the case of {{spoiler|Suzume falling from the Tokyo sky as Daijin takes on a giant form that covers and cushions the impact.}}
* [[The Song Remains the Same]]: The ending theme remains in Japanese, in the English dub.
* [[The Song Remains the Same]]: The ending theme remains in Japanese in the English dub.
* [[Stable Time Loop]]: {{spoiler|In the climax, after sealing the worm, Suzume sees her younger self in the Ever-After and realises that the dream she had of her mother finding her younger self while carrying the chair? That was she herself all along. Which creates the issue that the chair Suzume has is three-legged because it was already three-legged when present Suzume gave it to past Suzume... so how did it lose a leg in the first place?}}
* [[Stable Time Loop]]: {{spoiler|In the climax, after sealing the worm, Suzume sees her younger self in the Ever-After and realises that the dream she had of her mother finding her younger self while carrying the chair? That was she herself all along. Which creates the issue that the chair Suzume has is three-legged because it was already three-legged when present Suzume gave it to past Suzume... so how did it lose a leg in the first place?}}
* [[String Theory]]: Souta has such a board in his apartment, but apart from a map of Japan, what's on it isn't shown in detail.
* [[String Theory]]: Souta has such a board in his apartment, but apart from a map of Japan, what's on it isn't shown in detail.
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