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* EatTheDog: Literally! Kevin decides to take a whiz on Mr. Nebbercracker's house's lawn [[spoiler:when he's away at the hospital]], and gets eaten by the house.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: "Get off my lawn!" and "Stay away from my house!"

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* {{Catchphrase}}: CharacterCatchphrase: "Get off my lawn!" and "Stay away from my house!"

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Create Your Own Villain is when the hero is the cause of someone's villainy, the bullies are very minor characters.


* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: A house made of wood with the ability to reshape tree trunks into arms.

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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: A house made of wood with the ability to reshape tree trunks into arms.



* CreateYourOwnVillain: They were responsible for Constance's death, not knowing the woman was already very distrustful of children due to her time at the freak show. Her spirit possesses the very house she and Horace Nebbercracker would've built together as a result of the bullies goading her.
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* HollywoodHeartAttack: {{Averted}}. While screaming at DJ to stay away from his house while holding him in the air, his heart attacks. Rather than flare dramatically and clutch his chest (which he doesn't get a chance to do because he's holding up DJ), he instead freezes up and wheezes before falling unconscious.
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* FemaleMonsterSurprise: Before the climax, the kids thought it was Nebbercracker's own spirit controlling the house after his [[DisneyDeath "death"]], but Chowder quickly deduces that it can't be him because while Jenny suspects that the chandelier is "his" uvula, Chowder counterargues that it's actually an organ that's exclusive to female anatomy.

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* FemaleMonsterSurprise: Before the climax, the kids thought it was Nebbercracker's own spirit controlling the house after his [[DisneyDeath "death"]], but Chowder quickly deduces that it can't be him because while Jenny suspects that the chandelier is "his" uvula, [[RightForTheWrongReasons Chowder counterargues that it's actually an organ that's exclusive to female anatomy.anatomy]].

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* NeverMyFault: He is completely outraged when DJ accidentally damages his lawn. However, that only happened because Nebbercracker was chasing him.



* StrongerThanTheyLook: Despite his incredibly frail appearance, he's strong enough to lift up a tricycle and rip its wheel off, as well as restrain DJ and lift him off the ground and shake him, though the former almost immediately causes him a heart attack.

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* StrongerThanTheyLook: Despite his incredibly frail appearance, he's strong enough to lift up a tricycle and rip its wheel off, as well as restrain DJ and lift him off the ground and shake him, though the former latter almost immediately causes him a heart attack.



* WhenEldersAttack: Tried to lift DJ when the latter steps on his lawn. Unfortunately, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome he suffers a heart attack from the sheer anger and effort]], and is sent to the hospital.

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* WhenEldersAttack: Tried to lift Restrains and lifts up DJ when the latter steps on his lawn. Unfortunately, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome he suffers a heart attack from the sheer anger and effort]], and is sent to the hospital.
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* RetiredBadass: Was apparently a veteran who served war and, if pictures and the dynamite crate he had in his house are to go by, he was probably a DemolitionsExpert.

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* RetiredBadass: Was apparently a veteran who served in a war and, if pictures and the dynamite crate he had in his house are anything to go by, he was probably a DemolitionsExpert.



* StrongerThanTheyLook: Despite his incredibly frail appearance, he's strong enough to lift up a tricycle and rip its wheel off, as well as restrain DJ and lift him off the ground and shake him though it almost immediately causes him a heart attack.

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* StrongerThanTheyLook: Despite his incredibly frail appearance, he's strong enough to lift up a tricycle and rip its wheel off, as well as restrain DJ and lift him off the ground and shake him him, though it the former almost immediately causes him a heart attack.



* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Averted, no matter how crochety the neighboring kids consider him to be. While he still acts like a jerk and takes away their toys, never does he embrace this side of him.

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* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Averted, no matter how crochety the neighboring kids consider him to be. While he still acts like a unstable jerk and takes away their toys, never does he embrace this side of him.
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* LeanAndMean: Very lean (because he's old) and very mean (because people just won't stay away from his lawn). The mean part is merely an act, however.

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* LeanAndMean: Very lean (because he's old) old and very likely not taking care of himself) and very mean (because people just won't stay away from his lawn). The mean part is merely an act, however.
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* StrongerThanTheyLook: Despite his incredibly frail appearance, he's strong enough to lift up a tricycle and rip its wheel off, as well as restrain DJ and lift him off the ground and shake him though it almost immediately causes him a heart attack.
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* LowerClassLout: When he first tries to impress the high-class Jenny, Chowder pretends to be grown-up by following what is apparently his dad's example--he hangs up on a pretend conversation with his dad by telling him to kiss his hairy butt and then asks if DJ has any beer.


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* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription:
-->'''Chowder:''' ''Only an idiot would go up to that house!''
-->''The house releases Chowder's ball''
-->'''Chowder:''' ''Hey, my ball!''

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* TwoGuysAndAGirl

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* TwoGuysAndAGirlTwoGuysAndAGirl: '''DJ and Chowder''' meet '''Jenny''' some minutes into the movie after they save the girl from the house, and the rest is history.



* KidsDrivingCars: Learns almost {{instant|Expert}}ly [[spoiler:how to drive an excavator]] at the climax. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Jenny:
-->'''Jenny:''' [[AreYouSureYouCanDriveThisThing How do you know how to drive this thing?!]]\\
'''Chowder:''' ''I don't!''



* KidsDrivingCars: Learns almost {{instant|Expert}}ly [[spoiler:how to drive an excavator]] at the climax. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Jenny:
-->'''Jenny:''' [[AreYouSureYouCanDriveThisThing How do you know how to drive this thing?!]]\\
'''Chowder:''' ''I don't!''
RedOniBlueOni: The excitable and tough red to DJ's mature and more serious-minded blue.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: [[spoiler:Chowder ends up being correct about the spirit possessing the house being a female, but it's not because it has an uvula in its mouth (which he possibly mishears as "ovule").]]

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* KidsDrivingCars: Learns almost {{instant|Expert}}ly [[spoiler:how to drive an excavator]] at MondegreenGag: [[spoiler:When the climax. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Jenny:
-->'''Jenny:''' [[AreYouSureYouCanDriveThisThing How do you know how to drive this thing?!]]\\
'''Chowder:''' ''I don't!''
trio successfully infiltrate Nebbercracker's house, Jenny points at [[LivingStructureMonster one of its organs]], claiming it's the ovula. Chowder, possibly mishearing it as "ovule", claims [[SamusIsAGirl the house is female]].]]
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RedOniBlueOni: The excitable and tough red to DJ's mature and more serious-minded blue.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: [[spoiler:Chowder ends up being correct about [[SamusIsAGirl the spirit possessing the house being a female, female]], but it's not because it has an uvula in its mouth (which he possibly [[MondegreenGag mishears as "ovule")."ovule"]]).]]



* BerserkButton: [[ChildHater Kids.]]

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* BerserkButton: [[ChildHater Kids.]]Kids]].
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*AnimalLover: When the kids tells the cops that Nebbercracker's house ate a dog alive, Officer Lister is immediately horrified at the news and tries to call for back-up, only to be stopped by Landers.
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*LoveTriangle: Both DJ and Chowder have crushes on Jenny.[[spoiler:But at the climax, she kisses DJ.]]
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*HopelessSuitor: Has a crush on Jenny (as so does DJ) and tells her about it when about to be eaten by Constance, but Jenny only returns DJ's feelings.


* SaltAndPepper: Landers is the Salt, Lister is the Pepper.
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* SecurityBlanket: He seems particularly attached to a stuffed rabbit that he sleeps with, referring to it as “her” and becoming upset when Bones teases him by messing with it.
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* BrainyBrunette: Dark hair and very smart.

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* BrainyBrunette: Dark Has dark hair and is very smart.
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* BrainyBrunette: Dark hair and very smart.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With DJ.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With DJ.Chowder.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Spencer Locke (original), Ximena Sariñana (Latin American Spanish)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Spencer Locke Creator/SpencerLocke (original), Ximena Sariñana (Latin American Spanish)
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* FemaleMonsterSuprise: Before the climax, the kids thought it was Nebbercracker's own spirit controlling the house after his [[DisneyDeath "death"]], but Chowder quickly deduces that it can't be him because while Jenny suspects that the chandelier is "his" uvula, Chowder counterargues that it's actually an organ that's exclusive to female anatomy.

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* FemaleMonsterSuprise: FemaleMonsterSurprise: Before the climax, the kids thought it was Nebbercracker's own spirit controlling the house after his [[DisneyDeath "death"]], but Chowder quickly deduces that it can't be him because while Jenny suspects that the chandelier is "his" uvula, Chowder counterargues that it's actually an organ that's exclusive to female anatomy.

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* FemaleMonsterSuprise: Before the climax, the kids thought it was Nebbercracker's own spirit controlling the house after his [[DisneyDeath "death"]], but Chowder quickly deduces that it can't be him because while Jenny suspects that the chandelier is "his" uvula, Chowder counterargues that it's actually an organ that's exclusive to female anatomy.



* SamusIsAGirl: The kids believe the house is possessed by an evil spirit, which is confirmed at the climax to be Constance's. Before the climax, the kids thought it was Nebbercracker's own spirit after his [[DisneyDeath "death"]].

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* SamusIsAGirl: The kids believe the house is possessed by an evil spirit, which is confirmed at the climax to be Constance's. Before the climax, the kids thought it was Nebbercracker's own spirit after his [[DisneyDeath "death"]].
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* SupportingTheMonsterLovedOne: Mr. Nebbercracker spends 45 years protecting the spirit of his deceased wife, which has turned their house into a literal monster, because he had fallen in love with her at first sight in their youth and the feeling endured through time.
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* CreepyGood: He plays a hateful old man to scare children away from his murderously temperamental housewife.
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"Demolition squad."


* DemolitionsExpert: An old picture the main trio finds in his house shows that Nebbercracker was evidently a former military demoman or combat engineer, and he keeps a crate of dynamite in the house in case of an emergency. It's a good thing he did, otherwise there's no way for them to destroy the house.

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* DemolitionsExpert: An old picture the main trio finds in his house shows that Nebbercracker was evidently a former military demoman or combat engineer, demoman, and he keeps a crate of dynamite in the house in case of an emergency. It's a good thing he did, otherwise there's no way for them to destroy the house.

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