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A goose who repeats herself

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A goose who repeats herselfherself.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The reason why she goes to extreme lengths to save Wilbur from getting eaten is because he is the first one who, instead of shun her for being a spider, befriends her.

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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The reason why she goes to extreme lengths to save Wilbur from getting eaten is because he is the first one who, instead of shun shunning her for being a spider, befriends her.
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* BassoProfundo: Thanks to his voice actor Henry Gibson.



* BassoProfundo: Thanks to his voice actor John Stephenson in the animated version.

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* TheHeroDies: Passes away after saving Wilbur's life and wins a medal.

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* TheHeroDies: Passes She passes away after saving Wilbur's life and wins a medal.



* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Has a habit of saying fancy words (Salutations, Magnum Opus, Languishing, etc.).

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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Has She has a habit of saying fancy words (Salutations, Magnum Opus, Languishing, etc.).).
* ShortLivedOrganism: Charlotte, being a spider, only lives for about a year, and she dies at the end of the book.
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* SociopathicHero: All of his major actions in the story are heroic, helping save Wilbur's and Charlotte's childrens' lives; but he's only motivated by bribery and he shows no grief or empathy to those he helps. Averted in the 2006 film, where he has a HiddenHeartOfGold and his cynicism is less cruel and more pragmatic.

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* SociopathicHero: All of his major actions in the story are heroic, helping save Wilbur's and Charlotte's childrens' lives; but he's only motivated by bribery his appetite (keeping a permanent pig at the farm means he gets slop for the rest of his life; and Wilbur latef bribes him with more) and he shows no grief or empathy to those he helps. Averted in the 2006 film, where he has a HiddenHeartOfGold and his cynicism is less cruel and more pragmatic.
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* TheLancer: He's the one who finds labels and newspaper clippings for Charlotte to copy down, doing most of her legwork.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the 2006 version, Templeton is shown to be more caring and supportive of Wilbur than in the book or animated movie.

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In the 2006 version, Templeton is shown to be more caring and supportive of Wilbur than in the book or animated movie.movie.
** Subverted in the animated movie; he's just as selfish and snarky as he is in the books, being voiced by Creator/PaulLynde softens his insults a bit and makes him come across ever so slightly more chummy.


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* SociopathicHero: All of his major actions in the story are heroic, helping save Wilbur's and Charlotte's childrens' lives; but he's only motivated by bribery and he shows no grief or empathy to those he helps. Averted in the 2006 film, where he has a HiddenHeartOfGold and his cynicism is less cruel and more pragmatic.
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* MeaningfulName: Joy chose her name because Wilbur was "trembling with joy" when they met. Arenea names herself after Charlotte's middle initial, A; it also refers to the barn spider scientific name, ''Araneus cavaticus''. Nellie let Wilbur choose her name for her, but the name Nellie is English for "Light".

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* MeaningfulName: Joy chose her name because Wilbur was "trembling with joy" when they met.met (in ''Wilbur's Great Adventure'', it's more of an IronicName). Arenea names herself after Charlotte's middle initial, A; it also refers to the barn spider scientific name, ''Araneus cavaticus''. Nellie let Wilbur choose her name for her, but the name Nellie is English for "Light".
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* CleverCrows: Averted, they’re stupid enough to believe that any Scarecrow is a legitimate person and assume he is always in every cornfield they visit.
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* DeadpanSnarker: In the sequel, Joy is very sarcastic and cynical, especially when it comes to one of Nellie's ideas.


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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end of the sequel, Aranea and Joy [[IChooseToStay decide to stay with Cardigan]], but Nellie's whereabouts are unknown. Whether she chose to stay with Wilbur or her sisters and Cardigan was never revealed.


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* WouldHurtAChild: Early in the film, he stalks a young gosling that was unknowingly approaching him and planned to eat it. Later, he kidnaps and tries to eat the lamb, Cardigan. Fortunately, both his attempts failed.
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->'''Played by:''' Martha Scott (1973), Creator/EssieDavis (2006)

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->'''Played by:''' Martha Scott Creator/MarthaScott (1973), Creator/EssieDavis (2006)
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* DiligentDraftAnimal: He helps plow the fields on the farm, and takes pride in that job. He ultimately overcomes his fear of Charlotte because he admires how she's such a hard worker, much like himself.
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A horse that lives on the farm with a habit of fainting.

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A horse that lives on the farm with a fear of spiders and a habit of fainting.

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* BassoProfundo: Thanks to his voice actor John Stephenson.

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* BassoProfundo: Thanks to his voice actor John Stephenson.Stephenson in the animated version.



* NeverLearnedToRead: He knows how to say simple words like "what's" and "pig", but Zuckerman has to teach him how to say "some".

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* NeverLearnedToRead: He In the 2006 film he knows how to say simple words like "what's" and "pig", but Zuckerman has to teach him how to say "some".


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* CanonForeigner: She doesn't appear in the book or in the 2006 film.
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* [[AdaptationalNiceGuy Adaptational Nice Girl]]: She's nice in all versions, but in the book she more-or-less completely loses interest in Wilbur after meeting Henry Fussy at the fair, not even bothering to attend Wilbur's medal ceremony in favor of riding the Ferris wheel with Henry again. In both adaptations, her "growing up" arc is softened slightly, and she does attend the medal ceremony, although she leaves partway through it in the 2006 film – even then, she pats Wilbur and assures him that she loves him before she goes with Henry. In the animated film she also wipes his tears away when the humans find him crying [[spoiler: after Charlotte's death.]]

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* [[AdaptationalNiceGuy Adaptational Nice Girl]]: She's nice in all versions, but in the book she more-or-less completely loses interest in Wilbur after meeting Henry Fussy at the fair, not even bothering to attend Wilbur's medal ceremony in favor of riding the Ferris wheel with Henry again. In both adaptations, her "growing up" arc is softened slightly, and she does attend the medal ceremony, although she leaves partway through it in the 2006 film – even then, she pats Wilbur and assures him that she loves him before she goes with Henry. In the animated film she also wipes his tears away when the humans find him crying [[spoiler: after Charlotte's death.]] death.

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* [[AdaptationalNiceGuy Adaptational Nice Girl]]: She's nice in all versions, but in the book she more-or-less completely loses interest in Wilbur after meeting Henry Fussy at the fair, not even bothering to attend Wilbur's medal ceremony in favor of riding the Ferris wheel with Henry again. In both adaptations, her "growing up" arc is softened slightly, and she does attend the medal ceremony, although she leaves partway through it in the 2006 film – even then, she pats Wilbur and assures him that she loves him before she goes with Henry. In the animated film she also wipes his tears away when the humans find him crying [[spoiler: after Charlotte's death.]]



* PuppyLove: At the fair, she develops a romance of sorts with her friend Henry Fussey when they ride the Ferris wheel together. This leads to her drifting away from her animal friends.



* DreadfulMusician: When practicing his violin, not that he wanted to anyway.
* ExactWords: His mother orders him to "put that thing down!" while he's holding Wilbur. He does, then Wilbur runs around their house in panic and wrecks some of their things.

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* DreadfulMusician: When practicing his violin, violin in the animated version, not that he wanted to anyway.
* ExactWords: His In the animated version, his mother orders him to "put that thing down!" while he's holding Wilbur. He does, then Wilbur runs around their house in panic and wrecks some of their things.
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I have never seen it but it's what everyone is saying in the comments of this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3iMt_Dq0t8

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* {{Expy}}: Their appearance and personalities in the sequel are reminiscent of WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls.
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* DreadfulMusician: When practicing his violin, not that he wanted to anyway.
* ExactWords: His mother orders him to "put that thing down!" while he's holding Wilbur. He does, then Wilbur runs around their house in panic and wrecks some of their things.

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