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Tweaked wording. Also, For Want Of A Nail is no longer a trope.


* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler:If the Red-Haired Witch hadn't given the Fly-By-Night to Mumblechook and Dee, their GoldFever might have been avoided, countless other children would still be alive and the Endor College laboratory would not have been blown up.]]



* LightIsNotGood: Doctor Dee sports a white coat and [[spoiler:and eventually turns out to be a villain]].

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* LightIsNotGood: Doctor Dee sports a white coat and [[spoiler:and eventually turns out to be a villain]].

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* BigBad: [[spoiler:Madam Mumblechook]] is responsible for all the danger in this plot and [[spoiler:stopping her evil plan is Mary's main objective]].

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* BigBad: [[spoiler:Madam Mumblechook]] While Madam Mumblechook is responsible for all introduced as the danger film's BigGood, [[spoiler:it eventually turns out she's working with Doctor Dee to recreate the experiment which resulted in this plot Endor College's destruction by using animals and [[spoiler:stopping her evil plan is Mary's main objective]].humans]].



* LightIsNotGood: Doctor Dee sports a white coat and [[spoiler:and eventually turns out to be a villain]].



* ShownTheirWork: The production team traveled to England to do research on the countryside and buildings in order to make them look as authentic as possible. Not to mention that the English dub, appropriately enough, features actors based in the United Kingdom.

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* ShownTheirWork: The production team traveled to England to do research on the countryside and buildings in order to make them look as authentic as possible. Not to mention that Also, the English dub, appropriately enough, features actors based in the United Kingdom.



** Mumblechook loses it when [[spoiler:not only have the animals escaped, but Mary has stolen her book of spells]].

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** Mumblechook loses it her AffablyEvil demeanor she'd shown for most of the film when [[spoiler:not only have the animals escaped, but Mary has stolen her book of spells]].
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* BreatherEpisode: Was made to be this to producer Yoshiaki Nishimura’s previous films ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'' and ''Anime/WhenMarnieWasThere'', which were massive TearJerker [[LeFilmArtistique arthouse films]] while this film is a more lighthearted fairy tale adventure (but not without its darker moments).
** The film is also this to production committee member Creator/StudioKhara, being a much LighterAndSofter project after the incredibly bleak ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion EVANGELION:3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO.]]'' and ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' (which itself was a LighterAndSofter BreatherEpisode in comparison to ''Eva'', while being the [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest film since]] [[Film/Godzilla1954 the original]] and the [[BloodierAndGorier most gruesome]] ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' film to date).

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* BreatherEpisode: Was made to be this to producer Yoshiaki Nishimura’s previous films ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'' and ''Anime/WhenMarnieWasThere'', which were massive TearJerker [[TrueArtIsAngsty tearjerker]] [[LeFilmArtistique arthouse films]] while this film is a more lighthearted fairy tale adventure (but not without its darker moments).
** The film is also this to production committee member Creator/StudioKhara, being a much LighterAndSofter project after the incredibly bleak ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion EVANGELION:3.Evangelion:3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO.You Can (Not) Redo.]]'' and ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' (which itself was a LighterAndSofter BreatherEpisode in comparison to ''Eva'', while being the [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest film since]] [[Film/Godzilla1954 the original]] and the [[BloodierAndGorier most gruesome]] ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' film to date).
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** In Literature/TheBible, Endor is the home of a witch consulted by King Saul to try to raise the spirit of the dead prophet Samuel.
** Doctor Dee is undoubtedly named for the real-life Elizabethan mathematician and occultist Doctor John Dee.
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** The film is also this to production committee member Creator/StudioKhara, being a much LighterAndSofter project after the incredibly bleak ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion EVANGELION:3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO.]] and ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' (which itself was a LighterAndSofter BreatherEpisode in comparison to ''Eva'', while being the [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest film since]] [[Film/Godzilla1954 the original]] and the [[BloodierAndGorier most gruesome]] ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' film to date).

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** The film is also this to production committee member Creator/StudioKhara, being a much LighterAndSofter project after the incredibly bleak ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion EVANGELION:3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO.]] ]]'' and ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' (which itself was a LighterAndSofter BreatherEpisode in comparison to ''Eva'', while being the [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest film since]] [[Film/Godzilla1954 the original]] and the [[BloodierAndGorier most gruesome]] ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' film to date).

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''Mary and The Witch's Flower'' is a 2017 anime film based on the novel ''The Little Broomstick'' by Creator/MaryStewart. The first film to be produced by Creator/StudioPonoc, it was directed by co-founder and former Creator/StudioGhibli animator Hiromasa Yonebayashi, with the screenplay written by Yonebayashi and Riko Sakaguchi (''Anime/WhenMarnieWasThere''). It was released on July 8, 2017.

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''Mary and The Witch's Flower'' is a 2017 anime film based on the novel ''The Little Broomstick'' by Creator/MaryStewart. The first film to be produced by Creator/StudioPonoc, Creator/StudioPonoc (with help from Creator/StudioKhara of ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' fame), it was directed by co-founder and former Creator/StudioGhibli animator Hiromasa Yonebayashi, with the screenplay written by Yonebayashi and Riko Sakaguchi (''Anime/WhenMarnieWasThere''). It was released on July 8, 2017.


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* BreatherEpisode: Was made to be this to producer Yoshiaki Nishimura’s previous films ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'' and ''Anime/WhenMarnieWasThere'', which were massive TearJerker [[LeFilmArtistique arthouse films]] while this film is a more lighthearted fairy tale adventure (but not without its darker moments).
** The film is also this to production committee member Creator/StudioKhara, being a much LighterAndSofter project after the incredibly bleak ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion EVANGELION:3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO.]] and ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' (which itself was a LighterAndSofter BreatherEpisode in comparison to ''Eva'', while being the [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest film since]] [[Film/Godzilla1954 the original]] and the [[BloodierAndGorier most gruesome]] ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' film to date).

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