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* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: Hoo boy. |
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: Hoo boy. |
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* [[Animated Adaptation]]: The film is an adaption of the original book published in 1985. |
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* [[Award Bait Song]]: "Believe" |
* [[Award Bait Song]]: "Believe" |
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* [[Broken Record]]: Quite literally, where the "ding-a-ling" part from "Silver Bells" repeats over and over during one scene. |
* [[Broken Record]]: Quite literally, where the "ding-a-ling" part from "Silver Bells" repeats over and over during one scene. |
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* [[Cool Train]] |
* [[Cool Train]]: The titular train. |
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* [[Dead All Along]]: {{spoiler|The Hobo double-subverts this; he disappears mysteriously after asking the boy if he believes in ghosts, then comes back about a minute later, leaving room for doubt regarding exactly what he is; then, his status as a ghost is finally clarified beyond the shadow of a doubt once he dematerializes at Flat Top Tunnel.}} |
* [[Dead All Along]]: {{spoiler|The Hobo double-subverts this; he disappears mysteriously after asking the boy if he believes in ghosts, then comes back about a minute later, leaving room for doubt regarding exactly what he is; then, his status as a ghost is finally clarified beyond the shadow of a doubt once he dematerializes at Flat Top Tunnel.}} |
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* [[Extremely Short Timespan]]: Most of the film takes place at five minutes till midnight. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Know-It-All Boy, by the way. |
* [[Extremely Short Timespan]]: Most of the film takes place at five minutes till midnight. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Know-It-All Boy, by the way. |
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* [[No Name Given]]: We never learn any of the children's names, except for Billy the Lonely Boy. Also, [[All There in the Manual|apparently]] Know-It-All Kid's name is Lenny. |
* [[No Name Given]]: We never learn any of the children's names, except for Billy the Lonely Boy. Also, [[All There in the Manual|apparently]] Know-It-All Kid's name is Lenny. |
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* [[Overcrank]]: During a song. Therefore, it's an (inadvertent) form of [[Truck Driver's Gear Change]], in which the last verse of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" sounds like Barry White is singing it. |
* [[Overcrank]]: During a song. Therefore, it's an (inadvertent) form of [[Truck Driver's Gear Change]], in which the last verse of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" sounds like Barry White is singing it. |
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* [[Overly Long Scream]]: Smokey the enginer does a painful, Tarzan-sounding one when the other engineer, Steamer, yanks on his beard while replacing the train's lightbulb. |
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* [[Power Glows]]: Subtly used on Santa; it earned him the distinction of appearing "[[Narm|radioactive]]" to some viewers. |
* [[Power Glows]]: Subtly used on Santa; it earned him the distinction of appearing "[[Narm|radioactive]]" to some viewers. |
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* [[Shout-Out]]: "I've wanted to do that my whole life!". So did [[Back to The Future|Doc Brown]]. |
* [[Shout-Out]]: "I've wanted to do that my whole life!". So did [[Back to The Future|Doc Brown]]. |