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* [[The Edwardian Era]]: Time period when the series is set.
* [[Framing Device]]: The first and second books have framing stories of how the author, as a child, meets and talks to people who knew the Borrowers long ago.
* [[Ill Boy]]: The human boy was in the house because he was recovering from [
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: The Borrowers aren't "thieves".
* [[Lilliputians]]
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* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]: Arrietty is given one, Peagreen, played by Tom Felton.
* [[Color Wash]]: Everything is orange, for no readily apparent reason.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Peagreen, as part of his [[Bratty Half
* [[Humiliation Conga]]: Mr. Potter for the entirety of the movie.
* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]:
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* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Exterminator Jeff is a rather nice, friendly man who's fascinated by the Borrowers and is only helping Potter because he's been hired as a pest exterminator.
* [[Retro Universe]]: Seems to be set in one, complete with [[Zeppelins From Another World]] visible in the sky.
* [[Shout
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Mr. Potter's starts early, but it never ends. By the end of the film, he seems to care about nothing except killing those Borrowers at any cost.
* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?]]: The film's setting contains elements of the US and the UK with the use of both American and British actors adding to the ambiguity of it all.
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