History Anime / TheBorrowerArrietty

* DyingRace: The Borrowers, at least allegedly. Borrowers live so far away from each other (in comparison to their size) that they have very little contact, so they can't be sure how many other borrowers still exist in the world.

The film hit UK cinemas in the summer of 2011 under the shortened title ''Arrietty'', in Australia in the summer of 2011, and was released in February of 2012 by Disney in the US, retitled as ''The Secret World of Arriety''. The film has a Disney dub, and a separate UK dub.

* BittersweetEnding:
** [[spoiler:Arrietty and her family ultimately move away from the house, the Borrowers never ended up using the doll house like Sho's great-grandfather hoped, and Sho soon faces his operation. However, Arrietty and Sho tenderly part ways, exchanging tokens to each other, and it's implied that Arrietty and her family will live in a more hopeful and safe place.]]
** [[spoiler:In the Disney dub, Sho's operation was a success. He was basically preparing to die beforehand, but the ending narration reveals that he's still alive a whole year later.]]

* TheArcher: Spiller, though the audience never sees him use it in action. The first time was really just to show off to Arrietty and to show how the bow used. The second time around, [[spoiler:he aims for Sho when he sees the latter conversing with Arrietty, but realizing that they're saying their farewells, he backs off.]]

* TheArcher: Spiller, though the audience never sees him use it in action. The first time was really just to show off to Arrietty and to show how it's used. The second time around, [[spoiler:he aims for Sho when he sees the latter conversing with Arrietty, but realizing that they're saying their farewells, he backs off.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Arrietty and her family ultimately move away from the house, the Borrowers never ended up using the doll house like Sho's great-grandfather hoped, and Sho soon faces his operation. However, Arrietty and Sho tenderly part ways, exchanging tokens to each other, and it's implied that Arrietty and her family will live in a more hopeful and safe place.]]
** At least it's implied that [[spoiler:Sho's operation was a success. He was basically preparing to die beforehand, but the ending narration in the Disney dub reveals that he's still alive a whole year later]].

* DoggedNiceGuy: There are a few hints dropped here and there that Spiller likes Arrietty.
* DubNameChange: Sho to Shawn and Sadako to Jessica, but only in the Disney dub.

* HumansAreCthulhu: Although Sho and his aunt respect the Borrowers

* ItWasHereISwear: Haru tries to show Sadako/Jessica the borrowers' home

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Sho's effort to do Arrietty and her family a kind turn by giving them the dollhouse kitchen not only traumatizes Homily and forces the family to prepare to move, it also leads to Haru discovering their home and capturing Homily.

* TimmyInAWell: [[spoiler:Sho's/Shawn's cat leads him to Arrietty's departing family]]

* HumansAreCthulhu

* DyingRace: The Borrowers.

* ItWasHereISwear: Hara tries to show Sadako/Jessica the borrowers' home

* IWillProtectHer: Sho to Arrietty.

** At least it's implied that [[spoiler:Sho's operation was a success. He was basically preparing to die beforehand, but the ending narration reveals that he's still alive a whole year later]].

* PeopleJars: Well, Borrower Jars.

The film hit UK cinemas in the summer of 2011 under the shortened title ''Arrietty'', in Australia in the summer of 2011, and will be released in February of 2012 by Disney in the US, retitled as ''The Secret World of Arriety''. The film has a Disney dub, and a separate UK dub.

* AmbiguousGender: Haru, making her a particularly creepy antagonist.

The film hit UK cinemas in the summer of 2011 under the shortened title ''Arrietty'', in Australia in the summer of 2011, and will be released in February of 2012 by Disney in the US, retitled as '''The Secret World of Arriety'''. The film has a Disney dub, and a separate UK dub.

* HairDecorations: Arrietty and her little clothespin hairclip.

The film hit UK cinemas in the summer of 2011 under the shortened title ''Arrietty'', in Australia in the summer of 2011, and will be released in February of 2012 by Disney in the US, retitled as ''The Secret World of Arriety''. The film has a Disney dub, and a separate UK dub.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Arrietty and her family ultimately move away from the house, the Borrowers never ended up using the doll house like Sho's great-grandfather hoped, and Sho soon faces his operation, where he might not make it. However, Arrietty and Sho tenderly part ways, exchanging tokens to each other, and it's implied that Arrietty and her family will live in a more hopeful and safe place.]]

* AmbigiuousGender: Haru, making her a particularly creepy antagonist.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Inverted by the maid Haru, who looks like a goddamn toad. This is arguably Studio Ghlibi's version of ColorCodedForYourConvenience. Becomes FridgeBrilliance when you remember that Arrietty's uncle was eaten by a frog.

* HumansAreBastards: Subverted as the only truly unpleasant human is Haru. Sho and his aunt are decent people, and the exterminators called in by the housemaid are completely unaware of what is really going on.

* DubNameChange: Sho to Shawn and Sadako to Jessica, but only in the Disney dub. Justified since this dub version is trying to be faithful to the original source, but that doesn't explain the movie's location...

* DubNameChange: Sho to Shawn and Sadako to Jessica, but only in the Disney dub.

''The Borrower Arietty'' is a 2010 StudioGhibli film by director Hiromasa Yonebayashi, and written by HayaoMiyazaki. It marks his directorial debut with Ghibli. It's based on Mary Norton's series ''TheBorrowers.''

* DubNameChange: Sho to Shawn, but only in the Disney dub.

''The Borrower Arietty'' is a 2010 StudioGhibli film by director Hiromasa Yonebayashi. It marks his directorial debut with Ghibli. It's based on Mary Norton's series ''TheBorrowers.''

* TheArcher: Spiller, though the audience never sees him use it in action aside from two times. The first time was really just to show off to Arrietty and to show how it's used. The second time around, [[spoiler:he aims for Sho when he sees the latter conversing with Arrietty, but realizing that they're saying their farewells, he backs off.]]
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Inverted by the maid Haru, who looks like a goddamn toad. This is arguably Studio Ghlibi's version of ColorCodedForYourConvenience.
** Becomes FridgeBrilliance when you remember that Arrietty's uncle was eaten by a frog.

The film hit UK cinemas in summer of 2011 under the shortened title ''Arrietty''; it will be released in February of 2012 by Disney in the US, retitled as ''The Secret World of Arriety''.

* DubNameChange: Sho to Shawn, at least in the Disney dub.

* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: Arrietty and her little clothespin hairclip.