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* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Pretty much everyone except Rachel
** Especially Willa, who
* [[The Atoner]]:
* [[Author Filibuster]]: Invoked. Rachel ends the film with a sermon about how children can recover from any psychological trauma, blithely ignoring that at least two of her foster children have quietly gone insane. The Hays code insisted that the children be all right at the end.
* [[Bad Habits]]
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* [[Devil in Plain Sight]]
* [[Fille Fatale]]: Ruby, who has some serious psychological problems.
* [[Flashback Echo]]: Done more subtly than many recent cases. At the end of the film when
* [[The Great Depression]]
* [[Grimmification]]: Notably the bible verses and children's songs used to eerie effect.
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* [[Guess Who I'm Marrying]]: Just about the wickedest stepfather in anything ever, that's who!
* [[Henpecked Husband]]: Walt Spoon, who notably has to endure his wife ignoring his presence to tell half the town about
* [[Heroic Vow]]: John has sworn not to tell anyone where the stolen money is, and has to remind Pearl of this frequently.
** Of course, the movie seems to be trying to point out just how shitty it was for John's father to put that burden on his young son in the first place.
* [[Hypocrite]]: A town ''full'' of them, exemplified by Mrs. Spoon.
* [[Implacable Man]]: "Don't he ever sleep?"
** {{spoiler|He's also shot point blank by a surprised Rachel during the climax. He shrieks and flees, but is still alive the following morning.}}
* [[Ironic Nursery Tune]]: "There Once Was a Pretty Fly".
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: The heavy handed Mrs. Rachel Cooper.
* [[Knife Nut]]: He doesn't like it when you touch it...
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* [[Large Ham]]: Harry Powell. "JOHN DOESN'T MATTER!"
* [[The Load]]: Pearl, who, even for a four-year-old, is pretty useless throughout the film.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Harry.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: The Spoons (the wife's name is Icey), who sell ice cream.
* [[Never Mess with Granny]]: Rachel
* [[Nostalgia Filter]]: The adorably quaint little town.
* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: With [[Lampshade Hanging]].
* [[One-Book Author]]
* [[Only Sane Man]]: John Harper, although even he has his crazy moments. Mr. Spoon sometimes has moments, but his wife is swift to fix ''that''.
** Rachel Cooper, smart enough to see the inconsistencies in Powell's sob story, smart enough to pull a shotgun on him.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: The riverboat scene.
* [[Serial Killer]]
* [[Sinister Minister]]: Harry maintains that he's doing God's work. Then again, he's nuts.
* [[Smug Snake]]: Mrs. Spoon really needs to die. Harry's a smug bastard, too.
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: ''Leanin', leanin', safe and secure from all alarm...''
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