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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} [[File:boxofdelights_8900.jpg\|frame]] A Live Action TV Show based on a children's fantasy novel by John Masefield. It is a sequel to ''[[The Midnight Folk]]'', and was first published in 1935. Expect strange 80s auto-tuning, music, and some splendiferous [[Nightmare Fuel]]. Schoolboy Kay Harker is going home for the Christmas holidays. On the train he meets Cole Hawlings, a travelling Punch and Judy man who claims to be [[Older Than He Looks]], and two clergymen with long names who rob him then turn into wolves. Line 10: On his way to saving Christmas (or the Christmas celebration at Tatchester Cathedral) Kay meets giant mice, Pagan Gods, an evil governess, a cult, a boy in a waterfall and a Caroplane-Aeroplane. ''[[The Box of Delights]]'' is a cult Christmas classic to the point where many people know whole sections off by heart. It's comparable to early ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)\|~~Doctor Who]]'' (for more than one reason) if it had been directed by [[David Lynch]] in a good mood. It's also similar, if only in tone, to the BBC Narnia adaptations which were made around the same time and also for Christmas showings. Fans are known as Boxers and can be recognised by their reactions to mentions of the Purple Pim. ---- {{tropelist}} ~~It contains examples of~~ * [[Age -Appropriate Angst]]: Completely missing. Scrobled Governess? Robbers in your house? Golly, don’t be pathetic!▼ ▲* [[Age Appropriate Angst]]: Completely missing. Scrobled Governess? Robbers in your house? Golly, don’t be pathetic! * [[Badass Normal]]: Everyone {{spoiler\|unless they aren’t normal}} * [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Fat Joe and Foxy Charles Line 34 ⟶ 33: * [[Eenie Meenie Miny Moai]]: Abner has a conversation with one. It tells him absolutely nothing useful, so he turns it upside down and [[Large Ham\|starts yelling.]] * [[Exposition of Immortality]]: Abner explains his plans to Foxy Joe in his study, taking the time to show him and explain to him several medieval philosophy texts. Significantly, the textbooks have portraits of Arnold of Tode and Ramon Lully. Lully just happens to look exactly like Cole Hawlings. * [[Five -Man Band]] * [[Funny Animal]]: Rat, Mouse, The Wolves in one scene, The Pirates... Considering his view of Rat, Abner seems to be part of the [[Furry Fandom]]. * [[Gentleman Thief]]: Abner’s cronies * [[Gold Digger]]: {{spoiler\|Pouncer}} * [[Historical Domain Character]]: [~~http~~[wikipedia:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Llull~~Ramon Llull\|Cole.]] * [[Large Ham]]: Abner, Abner- "WHERE IS THE BOX?" * [[Little Miss Snarker]]: Mariah, when she’s not just crazy Line 53 ⟶ 52: * Tomboy: Mariah, but not her sisters * [[Totally Radical]]: They have their whole own dialect * [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made Onon Drugs?]]: To say the ''Box of Delights'' is trippy [[Needs a Better Description]]. That could refer to the eponymous box or the film itself. {{reflist}} [[Category:British Series]] [[Category:The Box Ofof Delights]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Box of Delights, The}} [[Category:~~Trope~~TV Series]]