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* AllThereInTheManual: The official site is the only source from where we get his name, Horace, as he's only referred to by his last name.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The official site is the only source from where we get his first name, Horace, as he's only referred to by his last name.
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The main protagonist of the film. He has been dedicating his time to spying on Mr. Nebbercracker through his telescope for a few years after the old man becomes known for scaring kids and stealing their toys and is called crazy for his obsession with it. Believing a hidden truth to the sapient house, DJ convinces his best friend Chowder and new friend Jenny to get inside it no matter the circumstances to unveil the mystery on Halloween night.
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The main protagonist of the film. He has been dedicating his time to spying on Mr. Nebbercracker through his telescope for a few years after the old man becomes known for scaring kids and stealing their toys and is called crazy for his obsession with it. Believing a hidden truth to the sapient house, DJ convinces his best friend Chowder and new friend Jenny to get explore inside it no matter the circumstances to unveil the mystery on Halloween night.
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* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:When Nebbercracker confronts him of stepping on his lawn, he lifts DJ but ends up getting a heart attack]], leeading DJ to think he enacted this trope. [[spoiler:Subverted at the end.]]
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* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:When Nebbercracker confronts him of stepping on his lawn, he lifts DJ but ends up getting a heart attack]], leeading leading DJ to think he enacted this trope. [[spoiler:Subverted at the end.]]
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: They only make one appearance in Nebbercracker's flashback, but needless to say, antagonizing Constance and indirectly causing her death is what allows Constance's spirit to possess the house she and Nebbercracker build together, setting the plot in motion.
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* FatBestFriend: He is to DJ what Patrick is to Spongebob.
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* FatBestFriend: He is to DJ what Patrick is to Spongebob.[[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Spongebob]].
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* TheChick: Of the main group.
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* AnimalMotifs: Intentional or not, the House brings to mind an anglerfish. Her teeth are narrow and spikey, and implicitly plans to lure children to herself with the toys she's collected. She also has certain glowing features, her fireplace and uvula, which are similar to the bulb of an anglerfish. Most subtly however is the fact she's a massive female with a much smaller male, her husband, living inside of her; anglerfish are actually female with the males attaching themselves to them in a semi-symbiotic relationship.
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* AnimalMotifs: Intentional or not, the House brings to mind an The anglerfish. Her teeth are narrow and spikey, and implicitly plans to lure children to herself with the toys she's collected. She also has certain glowing features, her fireplace and uvula, which are similar to the bulb of an anglerfish. Most subtly however is the fact she's a massive female with a much smaller male, her husband, living inside of her; anglerfish the most common version of anglerfish, ones with the aforementioned features of large teeth and biological torches, are actually all female with the small, unassuming males attaching themselves to them in a semi-symbiotic relationship.
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* {{Manchild}}: His actual age is ambiguous, but he's clearly old enough to stop harassing kids younger than him, like DJ.
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* {{Manchild}}: His actual age is ambiguous, but he's clearly old enough to stop harassing kids younger than him, like DJ. Not to mention his obsession with his childhood kite Nebbercracker took from him which the house exploits to lure him and eat him.
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* AnimalMotifs: Intentional or not, the House brings to mind an anglerfish. Her teeth are narrow and spikey, and implicitly plans to lure children to herself with the toys she's collected. She also has certain glowing features, her fireplace and uvula, which are similar to the bulb of an anglerfish. Most subtly however is the fact she's a massive female with a much smaller male, her husband, living inside of her; anglerfish are actually female with the males attaching themselves to them in a semi-symbiotic relationship.
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Spelling mistake.
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* TheSmartGirl: Quite possibly more than DJ. Jenny manages to quickly make up what parts of the human body would coincide with the house once they get inside, [[spoiler:and also comes up with how to make the house spit the three away when the house is about to eat them (by grabbing the equivalent to an ovula)]]. She was also able to convince Zee to buy candies from her for Halloween by switching tactics and bargaining with her at the middle of the film.
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* TheSmartGirl: Quite possibly more than DJ. Jenny manages to quickly make up what parts of the human body would coincide with the house once they get inside, [[spoiler:and also comes up with how to make the house spit the three away when the house is about to eat them (by grabbing the equivalent to an ovula)]].uvula)]]. She was also able to convince Zee to buy candies from her for Halloween by switching tactics and bargaining with her at the middle of the film.
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* InkSuitActor: Both resemble their voice actors.
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* RedOniBlueOni: DJ is the mature and more serious-minded blue to Chowder's excitable and tough red.
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RedOniBlueOni: The excitable and tough red to DJ's mature and more serious-minded blue.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The official site is the only source from where we get his name, Horace.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The official site is the only source from where we get his name, Horace.Horace, as he's only referred to by his last name.
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* BeneathTheMask: He actually doesn't dislike children, but they will not understand that standing on his possessed house's lawn will bring them trouble since Constance possesses the house with her spirit and she hates kids with all her guts. This is the reason why he behaves grouchy and unbearable, and he would in fact drop the act and show he cares for children once the house is put down.
* BerserkButton: Invoked and subverted. It is to step on his house's lawn. However, it turns out he has good reasons to it, since Constance would eat the children.
* BerserkButton: Invoked and subverted. It is to step on his house's lawn. However, it turns out he has good reasons to it, since Constance would eat the children.
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* BeneathTheMask: He actually doesn't dislike children, but they will not understand that standing on his possessed house's lawn will bring them trouble since Constance possesses children and only pretends so as long as the Constance-possessed house with her spirit and she hates kids with all her guts. This is the reason why he behaves grouchy and unbearable, and he would in fact there. He's pretty happy to drop the act and show he cares for children once the house is put down.
* BerserkButton: Invoked and subverted. It is to step on his house's lawn. However,it turns out he has good reasons to it, since Constance would eat the children.been destroyed.
* BerserkButton: Invoked and subverted. It is to step on his house's lawn. However,
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* ChildHater: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Nebbercracker puts on this demeanor in order to drive kids away from his home, and boy howdy it worked. He steals toys from children, breaks one, and even lifts DJ because the boy doesn't understand why Nebbercracker wants them off his lawn. As it turns out, however, he clearly [[BeingEvilSucks doesn't like having to act like this]].
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* ChildHater: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Nebbercracker puts on this demeanor in order to drive kids away from his home, and boy howdy it worked. He steals toys from children, breaks one, and even lifts DJ because the boy doesn't understand why Nebbercracker wants them off his lawn. As it turns out, however, he clearly [[BeingEvilSucks doesn't like having to act like this]].hates doing that]].
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* CruelToBeKind: Nebbercracker had to scare all the children away, or else the house would eat them.
* 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 Constance would've brought ruin to them all.
* DisneyDeath: Suffers from a horrible heart attack when trying to drive DJ away from his lawn. His house then becomes sentinent, causing the trio to think Nebbercracker's soul is possessing the place. Turns out it isn't, though, and he was merely at the hospital receiving treatment. He comes back for the climax and ending.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: In the end, when putting Constance to rest and the house's destruction finally means he's no longer commited to the life task of protecting people from her wrath.
* 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 Constance would've brought ruin to them all.
* DisneyDeath: Suffers from a horrible heart attack when trying to drive DJ away from his lawn. His house then becomes sentinent, causing the trio to think Nebbercracker's soul is possessing the place. Turns out it isn't, though, and he was merely at the hospital receiving treatment. He comes back for the climax and ending.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: In the end, when putting Constance to rest and the house's destruction finally means he's no longer commited to the life task of protecting people from her wrath.
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* CruelToBeKind: Nebbercracker had to scare all the children away, or else the house away so Constance would eat not devour them.
* 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, otherwiseConstance would've brought ruin to there's no way for them all.
to destroy the house.
* DisneyDeath: Suffers from a horrible heart attack when trying to drive DJ away from his lawn. His house then becomessentinent, sentient, causing the trio to think Nebbercracker's soul is possessing the place. he has returned to haunt them. Turns out it isn't, though, he survived and he was merely at the hospital receiving treatment. He comes back for returned just before the climax and ending.
to help the heroes.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: In the end, when putting Constance to rest and the house's destruction finally means he's no longercommited committed to the life task of protecting people from her wrath.
* 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
* DisneyDeath: Suffers from a horrible heart attack when trying to drive DJ away from his lawn. His house then becomes
* EarnYourHappyEnding: In the end, when putting Constance to rest and the house's destruction finally means he's no longer
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* EasilyForgiven: Despite his acts, he ends up being forgiven by the heroes at the end. It probably helps he had to put on a fake persona for 45 years and up until that point.
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* EasilyForgiven: Despite his acts, he ends up being forgiven by the heroes at the end. It probably helps that everyone soon learned he had to put on a fake persona for 45 years and up until that point.
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* StarterVillain: The first threat the heroes (DJ and Chowder) face, though he unfortunately digs his own grave in whatever fight he could put (i.e. none at all) and gets a heart attack. From the moment he's at the hospital onward, the house takes the mantle of BigBad.
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* StarterVillain: The first threat the heroes (DJ and Chowder) face, though he unfortunately digs his own grave in whatever fight he could put (i.e. none at all) and gets a heart attack. From the moment he's at the hospital onward, the house takes the mantle of BigBad.BigBad, though he survives.
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* 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]].
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* 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]].effort]], and is sent to the hospital.
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* AntiVillain: Type II ({{Woobie|Destroyer Of Worlds}} Anti-Villain). When she was alive, she was a [[TheFreakshow freak show]] attraction for a circus that was abused by people during her acts (especially ''children'') and was kept caged like an animal. Horace Nebbercracker rescues her and marries her, but when they're building their house (on Halloween day, no less), children start to disturb her and eventually, indirectly cause her death. Her spirit lingers on the house, urging to kill children on Halloween as {{revenge}} for it.
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* AntiVillain: Type II ({{Woobie|Destroyer Of Worlds}} Anti-Villain). When she was alive, she was a [[TheFreakshow freak show]] attraction for a circus that was abused by people during her acts (especially ''children'') and was kept caged like an animal. Horace Nebbercracker rescues her and marries her, but when they're building their house (on Halloween day, no less), children start to disturb her and eventually, indirectly cause her death. Her spirit lingers on the house, urging to kill children on Halloween as {{revenge}} for it.
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* UnexplainedAccent: She has an accent which is best described as "vageuely European", though her limited amount of dialogue in the movie makes it difficult to pinpoint if it is meant to be a specific region, if any.
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* GoodAllAlong: When confronted by the main trio, it's revealed that Mr. Nebbercracker had benevolent reasons for his actions, namely protecting the entire neighborhood from the titular Monster House's wrath, particularly during Halloween.
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* PerpetualFrowner: He smiles the least out of the three kids. However, he does during a heartwarming or occasionally funny moment.
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* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:When Nebbercracker confronts him of stepping on his lawn, he lifts DJ but ends up getting a heart attack]], leeading DJ to think he enacted this trope. [[spoiler:Subverted at the end.]]
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* TheCassandra: Barely anybody believes DJ's claims about Nebbercracker and his house, and some call him crazy, including his parents. The ones that believe him are DJ and Jenny.
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* TheCassandra: Barely anybody believes DJ's claims about Nebbercracker and his house, and some call him crazy, including his parents. The ones that believe him are DJ DJ, Jenny and Jenny.Skull.
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* GuiltComplex: For some of the story, he believes himself to be guilty of [[spoiler:causing Mr. Nebbercracker to get a heart attack]]. It takes [[spoiler:Nebbercracker coming out of the hopsital alive]] to calm him down.
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* GuiltComplex: For some most of the build up and climax of the story, he believes himself to be guilty of [[spoiler:causing Mr. Nebbercracker to [[AccidentalMurder get a heart attack]]. attack]]]]. It takes [[spoiler:Nebbercracker [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated coming out of the hopsital alive]] alive]]]] to calm him down.
* BerserkButton: [[ChildHater Kids.]]
** When she was alive, harassing her was this — a pair of them playing tricks on her by {{Egging}} her pushes such.
** Upon her death, it goes from "them harassing her" to "the mere sight of them".
** When she was alive, harassing her was this — a pair of them playing tricks on her by {{Egging}} her pushes such.
** Upon her death, it goes from "them harassing her" to "the mere sight of them".
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* ThisMeansWar: The moment Mr. Nebbercracker is taken away to the hospital, a crack appears in one of its "eye" windows and its fireplace reignites, signifying the house's spirit has awoken from its slumber, a visible indicator being the smoke emitted out of her chimney. Her prime directive? ''[[WouldHurtAChild Kill DJ and Chowder]] for supposedly [[YouKilledMyFather killing her husband]]'', no matter how many lives she takes before it happens.
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* ThisMeansWar: The moment Mr. Nebbercracker is taken away to the hospital, a crack appears in one of its "eye" windows and its fireplace reignites, signifying the house's spirit has awoken from its slumber, a visible indicator being the smoke emitted out of her chimney. Her prime directive? ''[[WouldHurtAChild Kill DJ and Chowder]] Chowder]]'' for supposedly [[YouKilledMyFather killing her husband]]'', husband]], no matter how many lives she takes before it happens.
* BurningWithAnger: Not her, but ''the chimney'' provides a good example. Whenever it emits more smoke than normal it's a sign she's being consumed by her rage.
* HighPressureEmotion: Whenever her chimney emits smoke, it's a sign she's awake. The more smoke it emits, the angrier she is.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Once the house starts to move by herself, her SupernaturalGoldEyes start to glow more orange-like, indicating she is being consumed by rage.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Once A variant — once the house starts to move by herself, her SupernaturalGoldEyes start to glow more orange-like, indicating she is being consumed by rage.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Why does ''nobody'' come out of their houses to see what's going on with ''a living house '''stomping her way through the middle of a suburban neighborhood'''''?!
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Why ''Why does ''nobody'' '''nobody''' come out of their houses to see what's going on with ''a '''a living house house''' that's '''stomping her way way''' through the middle of a '''a suburban neighborhood'''''?!
neighborhood'''?!''
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* BerserkButton: Kids harassing her. A pair of them playing tricks on her by {{Egging}} her pushes such. Upon her death, it goes from "them harassing her" to "the mere sight of them".
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* MrExposition: Is the one to explain just what the house is and a possible way to defeat it. Justified in that he'd heard about similair monsters from movies and comic book conventions.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: They're indirectly responsible for Constance's death, setting off the whole plot in the process.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Shows signs of ADD or ADHD due to his personality, but we never get to confirm it.
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* TheLancer: The best friend to DJ, who's TheHero, and with his usage of [[spoiler:his father's pharmacy's cold syrup bottles stacked inside a dummy to [[InstantSedation instantly sedate]] the house]] as well as [[spoiler:an excavator to bring Constance down the first time]], he certainly qualifies.
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* TheLancer: The best friend to DJ, who's TheHero, [[TheHero DJ]], and with his usage of [[spoiler:his father's pharmacy's cold syrup bottles stacked inside a dummy to [[InstantSedation instantly sedate]] sedate the house]] house]], as well as [[spoiler:an [[spoiler:piloting an excavator to bring Constance down the first time]], he certainly qualifies.
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* BadassInANiceSuit: A prep-school girl that wears quite the snazzy uniform. The badass part comes right at the climax.
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* SamusIsAGirl: The kids believe the house is possessed by an evil spirit, [[spoiler: presumably Nebbercracker's own spirit after his death]]. [[spoiler:As the climax points out, however, the house is possessed by a female spirit — namely, his wife's.]]
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* SamusIsAGirl: The kids believe the house is possessed by an evil spirit, [[spoiler: presumably which is confirmed at the climax to be Constance's. Before the climax, the kids thought it was Nebbercracker's own spirit after his death]]. [[spoiler:As the climax points out, however, the house is possessed by a female spirit — namely, his wife's.]][[DisneyDeath "death"]].
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* EldritchLocation: Especially when she starts to affect the insides more. Some of the weirder things she can do include looking inward with sunlight beams to survey her own interior, possess the grounds and objects to broing people closer, and make phone calls with no apparent operator.
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* EldritchLocation: Especially when she starts to affect the insides more. Some of the weirder things she can do include looking inward with sunlight beams to survey her own interior, possess the grounds and objects to broing bring people closer, and make phone calls with no apparent operator.
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* HauntedHouse: Played with. The house is an archetypal example, being made of wood, filled inside with various old contraptions, and having stuff move by itself both inside and outside of her. However, it's because the ghost of Constance is doing the work.
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* HauntedHouse: Played with. The house is an archetypal example, being made of wood, filled inside with various old contraptions, and having stuff move by itself both inside and outside of her. However, it's This is because the ghost of Constance is doing the work.
* ItCanThink: As per a SapientHouse. In this case, this is because it is possessed by Constance's spirit.
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* InkSuitActor: Many of the characters tend to have some likeness to their voice actors, but Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal as Zee might be the best example.
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* BigFun: When he isn't being a useless but (well-meaning) jerk, Landers has shades of this, with the "I was wrestling a bear claw in the forest" joke and his hearty laugh that seems to charm DJ, Chowder and Jenny.
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* BigFun: When he isn't being a useless but (well-meaning) (but well-meaning) jerk, Landers has shades of this, with the "I was wrestling a bear claw in the forest" joke and his hearty laugh that seems to charm DJ, Chowder and Jenny.
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* GoodCopBadCop: Landers is the Good Cop (he at least tries to hear out the kids before dismissing them), Lister is the Bad Cop (his inexperience means he will quickly jump the gun at them).
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* GoodCopBadCop: Landers is the Good Cop (he at least tries to hear out the kids before dismissing them), Lister is the Bad Cop (his inexperience means he will quickly jump the gun at them).them — literally).
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* ThoseTwoGuys: The two are never seen away from each other.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: The two are never always seen away from with each other.
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A small dog who has the misfortune of getting eaten by the Monster House the moment it sets foot on her lawn.
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A small dog who has the misfortune of getting eaten by the Monster House the moment it sets foot on her its lawn.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: They were responsible for Constance's death, not knowing the woman was already distrustful as hell 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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* CreateYourOwnVillain: They were responsible for Constance's death, not knowing the woman was already very distrustful as hell 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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* CowardlyLion: Sure, he might be a coward, but with a little help from his friends, he manages to push through. [[spoiler:Just ask House!Constance how did Round 1 against him went.]]
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* CowardlyLion: Sure, he might be a coward, but with a little help from his friends, he manages to push through. [[spoiler:Just ask House!Constance how did Round 1 went against him went.him.]]
* 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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* TragicVillain: Not truly the main one, but he lost the love of his life when she got herself killed during their house's building. However, he learned her spirit held on to the house and would try to awake her werath on kids every Halloween night. Unable to let go of the past, Nebbercracker still lives in the house to this day to keep her wrath in check and drive kids away, and doesn't like every bit of it. Only when Constance's spirit is put to rest is he finally able to catch a breather.
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* TragicVillain: Not truly the main one, but [[TheLostLenore he lost the love of his life life]] when she got herself killed during their house's building. However, he learned her spirit held on to the house and would try to [[WouldHurtAChild awake her werath wrath on kids every Halloween night. night]]. Unable to let go of the past, Nebbercracker still lives in the house to this day to keep her wrath in check and drive kids away, and [[BeingEvilSucks doesn't like every bit of it. it]]. Only when Constance's spirit is put to rest is he finally able to [[EarnYourHappyEnding catch a breather.breather]].
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* AntiVillain: Type II ({{Woobie|Destroyer Of Worlds}} Anti-Villain). She was a [[TheFreakshow freak show]] attraction for a circus that was abused by people during her acts (especially ''children'') and was kept caged like an animal. Horace Nebbercracker rescues her and marries her, but when they're building their house (on Halloween day, no less), children start to disturb her and eventually, indirectly cause her death. Her spirit lingers on the house, urging to kill children on Halloween as {{Revenge}} for it.
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* AntiVillain: Type II ({{Woobie|Destroyer Of Worlds}} Anti-Villain). She When she was alive, she was a [[TheFreakshow freak show]] attraction for a circus that was abused by people during her acts (especially ''children'') and was kept caged like an animal. Horace Nebbercracker rescues her and marries her, but when they're building their house (on Halloween day, no less), children start to disturb her and eventually, indirectly cause her death. Her spirit lingers on the house, urging to kill children on Halloween as {{Revenge}} {{revenge}} for it.
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* BigBad: The character behind Mr. Nebbercracker's demeanor, as otherwise she would be a much bigger threat. She awakens as the true threat once Nebbercracker exits the picture for a while.
* CharacterTitle: The titular monster house of the movie. Boy if it doesn't show.
* ChildHater: Played straight. Between being booed on her show, and being attacked by kids on Halloween day when she was building the Nebbercracker house, it's no wonder why House!Constance would despise kids so much. Even after her death, she still isn't able to tell bad children from good children, she only operates in a "Children? ATTACK" mode.
* CharacterTitle: The titular monster house of the movie. Boy if it doesn't show.
* ChildHater: Played straight. Between being booed on her show, and being attacked by kids on Halloween day when she was building the Nebbercracker house, it's no wonder why House!Constance would despise kids so much. Even after her death, she still isn't able to tell bad children from good children, she only operates in a "Children? ATTACK" mode.
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* BigBad: [[TheManBehindTheMan The character behind Mr. Nebbercracker's demeanor, demeanor]], as otherwise she would be a much bigger threat. She awakens as the true threat once Nebbercracker exits the picture for a while.
* CharacterTitle: The titular monster house of themovie. Boy if movie, and it doesn't show.
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* ChildHater: Played straight. Between being booed on her show, and being attacked by kids on Halloween day when she was building the Nebbercracker house, it's no wonder why House!Constance would despise kids so much. Even after her death, she still isn't able to tell bad children from good children, and she only operates in a "Children? ATTACK" mode.
* CharacterTitle: The titular monster house of the
* ChildHater: Played straight. Between being booed on her show, and being attacked by kids on Halloween day when she was building the Nebbercracker house, it's no wonder why House!Constance would despise kids so much. Even after her death, she still isn't able to tell bad children from good children, and she only operates in a "Children? ATTACK" mode.
* SamusIsAGirl: The kids believe the house is possessed by an evil spirit, [[spoiler: presumably Nebbercracker's own spirit after his death]]. [[spoiler:As the climax points out, however, the house is possessed by a female spirit — namely, his wife's.]]
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* UnstoppableRage: Once DJ tells Nebbercracker he has to let go of Constance, the house overhears and finally transforms herself and attacks everyone people.
* WalkingSpoiler: Given Constance's existance is integral to the plot and she possesses the titular house.
* WalkingSpoiler: Given Constance's existance is integral to the plot and she possesses the titular house.
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* UnstoppableRage: Once DJ tells Nebbercracker he has to let go of Constance, the house overhears and finally transforms herself and attacks everyone people.
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* WalkingSpoiler: Given Constance's existance is integral to the plot and she possesses the titularhouse.house, talking about it too much would give these details out.
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* ExtremeOmnivore: For a definition of eating, since she stashes them away under her foundations. She doesn't just "eat" people, but also toys and even a freaking police car.
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* ExtremeOmnivore: For a definition of eating, since she stashes them her victims away under her foundations. She doesn't just "eat" people, but also toys and even a freaking police car.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Literally, as they're actually lightbulbs giving out light through the house's windows.
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* NotQuiteDead: Chowder brings the house down with an excavator during the climax, destroying her when sHe falls down a chasm alongside Chowder. Unfortunately, she regenerates itself...
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* NotQuiteDead: Chowder brings the house down with an excavator during the climax, destroying her when sHe she falls down a chasm alongside Chowder. Unfortunately, she regenerates itself...
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* SapientHouse: Thanks to Constance's spirit, the house is able to think on its own and move.
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* SapientHouse: Currently provides the page's picture. Thanks to Constance's spirit, the house is able to think on its own and move.
* UhOhEyes: A crack appears on one of her "eye windows" to indicate she has awakened from her slumber. Her eyes also {{glow|ing Eyes Of Doom}} when she is awake at night (thanks to lightbulbs), and go from [[SupernaturalGoldEyes yellow]] to [[RedEyesTakeWarning orange]] when her rage peaks.
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* BerserkButton: Kids. A pair of them playing tricks on her by {{Egging}} her pushes such.
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* BerserkButton: Kids.Kids harassing her. A pair of them playing tricks on her by {{Egging}} her pushes such. Upon her death, it goes from "them harassing her" to "the mere sight of them".
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* FatBastard: Kids attacking her is enough to make her lose her will to reason.
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* FatBastard: Kids attacking her is enough to make her lose her will to reason.reason, turning her into this.
* NoNameGiven: Not even in the credits. Again though, her name is confirmed by the movie's wiki.
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* GoodParents: They're both shown to love DJ despite not believing him much.
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* GoodParents: They're both shown to love DJ despite not believing him much.his stories about Nebbercracker.
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* BabysitterFromHell: Subverted. Though largely apathetic to DJ and breaking a pot knowing he would be the one blamed, she calls off Bones when he continues harassing her charge, and even gives the kids some Halloween candy (granted, so she didn't have to make them breakfast, but candy is candy!).
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* BabysitterFromHell: Subverted. Though largely apathetic to DJ and breaking a pot knowing he would be the one blamed, she calls off Bones when he continues harassing her charge, and even gives the kids some Halloween candy (granted, so she didn't have to make them breakfast, but candy is candy!).in the morning.
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* PetTheDog: She does call out Bones for bullying DJ too much and even gives him and Chowder some Halloween candy for breakfast.
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* PetTheDog: She does call out Bones for bullying DJ too much and even gives him and Chowder some Halloween candy for breakfast.breakfast (granted, so she didn't have to make them breakfast, but candy is candy!).
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* FatAndSkinny The Skinny to Skull's Fat, when they were both in a band.
* {{Jerkass}}: Easily the least repentant one in the movie. Between bullying DJ and pranking his girlfriend, the guy is clearly a jerk.
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* FatAndSkinny FatAndSkinny: The Skinny to Skull's Fat, when they were both in a band.
* {{Jerkass}}: Easily the least repentant one in the movie. Between bullying DJ and pranking his girlfriend, the guy is clearly ajerk.jerk of the highest order.
* {{Jerkass}}: Easily the least repentant one in the movie. Between bullying DJ and pranking his girlfriend, the guy is clearly a
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* AdultsAreUseless: Or at least they try not to be. But they still don't believe the main trio's story of the house being possessed.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Or at least least, they try not to be. But they still don't believe the main trio's story of the house being possessed.
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* BigFun: When he isn't being a useless jerk, Landers has shades of this, with the "I was wrestling a bear claw in the forest" joke and his hearty laugh that seems to charm DJ, Chowder and Jenny.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Again, they try not to be, but the teo not believing the main trio's story about the monster house and trying to arrest them for disturbing the public order paints them as such.
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* RedOniBlueOni: Lister is the Red Oni to Lander's Blue Oni.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Again, they try not to be, but the teo two not believing the main trio's story about the monster house and trying to arrest them for disturbing the public order paints them as such.
* RedOniBlueOni: Lister is the RedOni to Lander's Oni, Lander is the Blue Oni.
* RedOniBlueOni: Lister is the Red
* ThoseTwoGuys: The two are never seen away from each other.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Both hooligans, between {{egging}} both the house in construction and Constance (especially [[KickTheDog while Nebbercracker tries to reason with her]]).
* KickTheDog: After Constance briefly shares a heartwarming moment with Nebbercracker as he tells her that everything would be okay while he was there, the kids resume egging her again, making her lose her will to reason (and leading to her death).
* KickTheDog: After Constance briefly shares a heartwarming moment with Nebbercracker as he tells her that everything would be okay while he was there, the kids resume egging her again, making her lose her will to reason (and leading to her death).
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: She loses her balance when trying to attack the kids that were attacking her and, in an attempt to not fall on the house's foundations, pulls a lever that activates the concrete mixer. This isn't enough, and she falls to the depths below. However, the concrete in the mixer ''also'' falls with her down. If [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou the impact]] didn't kill her but did cripple her, the concrete that fell on her was enough to do it, either suffocating her or finishing the job... Ouch.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: She loses her balance when trying to attack the kids that were attacking her harassing her, and, in an attempt to not fall on the house's foundations, pulls a lever that activates the concrete mixer. This isn't enough, and she falls to the depths below. However, the concrete in the mixer ''also'' falls down with her down.her. If [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou the impact]] didn't kill her but did cripple her, the concrete that fell on her was enough to do it, either suffocating her or finishing the job... Ouch.
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* ChubbyChaser: While children all mocked and threw things at Constance, he fell in love with her at sight.
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* NiceGuy: He starts out as a loving husband to Constance. While he acts like an unstable old man to keep people from going near his house, he does so to keep them safe. Once he's free of Constance, he goes back to being a nice old man.
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* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: The two unwittingly hinder the kids, but only because they are trying to stop (what they believe to be) obnoxious brats messing with an old man's house.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Officer Landers tells Lister they would "[[FlinchingFoodForFun inspect]]" the candies, to which Lister tells Landers [[SarcasmBlind they should even eat some candy too]]. Landers agrees.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Officer Landers tells Lister they would "[[FlinchingFoodForFun "[[FilchingFoodForFun inspect]]" the candies, to which Lister tells Landers [[SarcasmBlind they should even eat some candy too]]. Landers agrees.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Officer Landers tells Lister they would "inspect" the candies, to which Lister tells Landers [[SarcasmBlind they should even eat some candy too]]. Landers agrees.
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* BigFun: When he isn't being a useless jerk, Landers has shades of this, with the "I was wrestling a bear claw in the forest" joke and his hearty laugh that seems to charm DJ, Chowder and Jenny.
* CowboyCop: Officer Lister is pretty unprofessional and reckless with the way he handles his gun to say the least.
* CowboyCop: Officer Lister is pretty unprofessional and reckless with the way he handles his gun to say the least.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Has the sharpest wit out of the cast, which is noticeable given the movie's lack of deadpan, witty banter.
-->'''DJ:''' ''(after calling back to Nebbercracker's house, [[spoiler:having been called from there with no one inside]])'' This is different! Listen! ''(gives the phone to Zee)''\\
'''Zee:''' ''(pops out of the window, and hears the phone ringing at Nebbercracker's house) [[SarcasmMode Uh, wow. You called the neighbors.]] '''[[SarcasmMode Good for you.]]'''''
-->'''DJ:''' ''(after calling back to Nebbercracker's house, [[spoiler:having been called from there with no one inside]])'' This is different! Listen! ''(gives the phone to Zee)''\\
'''Zee:''' ''(pops out of the window, and hears the phone ringing at Nebbercracker's house) [[SarcasmMode Uh, wow. You called the neighbors.]] '''[[SarcasmMode Good for you.]]'''''
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As seen later in the movie, the house actually houses a human spirit: that of Constance, Horace's long-dead wife who, much like Horace himself in the present, really hates kids. Her death is the catalyst of Horace's nature, and her spirit, which refuses to move on to the afterlife, is what causes the house to be sapient.\\
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As seen later in the movie, the house actually houses a human spirit: that of Constance, Horace's Nebbercracker's long-dead wife who, much like Horace Nebbercracker himself in the present, really hates kids. Her death is the catalyst of Horace's the old man's nature, and her spirit, which refuses to move on to the afterlife, is what causes the house to be sapient.\\
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* TragicVillain: Constance was part of a [[TheFreakshow freak show]], where she got bullied by people. Then, she was rescued by Horace Nebbercracker before getting killed while building their house when she was being attacked by kids on Halloween day. Her spirit, however, hung on to the house and [[GeniusLoci possessed it]]. Both unable to let the past go, [[TragicMonster Constance's spirit remains in the house and she refuses to go on to the afterlife]], only doing so [[UndeathAlwaysEnds when she's put out of her misery]].
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* TragicVillain: Constance was part of a [[TheFreakshow freak show]], where she got bullied by people. Then, she was rescued by Horace Nebbercracker before getting killed while building their house when she was being attacked by kids on Halloween day. Her spirit, however, hung on to the house and [[GeniusLoci possessed it]]. Both unable Unable to let the past go, [[TragicMonster Constance's spirit remains in the house and she refuses to go on to the afterlife]], only doing so [[UndeathAlwaysEnds when she's put out of her misery]].
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Once the house starts to move by herself, her SupernaturalGoldenEyes start to glow more orange-like, indicating she is being consumed by rage.
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These are the characters that appear in ''Monster House''.
'''Beware of spoilers!'''
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!Main characters
[[folder:The main trio as a whole]]
The film's protagonists. A group of young teenagers that infiltrate the titular monster house to unravel its mysteries.
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* BadassAdorable: They're just pubescent teenagers, so natch.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Chowder is the Blonde, DJ is the Brunette, and Jenny is the Redhead.
* FireForgedFriends: Although DJ and Chowder are HeterosexualLifePartners with each other, their dynamic with Jenny is this. The girl calls the guys morons at first, but time with them and the events that lead the film transforms her into this.
* {{Kid Hero}}es: DJ and Chowder are 12, while Jenny is 13.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Upon [[spoiler:Nebbercracker getting a heart attack]] and the kids seeing the house is possessed, they assume [[spoiler:a spirit inhabits the house, presumably Nebbercracker's. Turns out they're right about the spirit, but it is not the old man's...]].
* TwoGuysAndAGirl
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[[folder:DJ]]
!!Dustin James "DJ" Walters
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MitchelMusso (original)\\
Creator/AlejandroOrozco (Latin American Spanish)
The main protagonist of the film. He has been dedicating his time to spying on Mr. Nebbercracker through his telescope for a few years after the old man becomes known for scaring kids and stealing their toys and is called crazy for his obsession with it. Believing a hidden truth to the sapient house, DJ convinces his best friend Chowder and new friend Jenny to get inside it no matter the circumstances to unveil the mystery on Halloween night.
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* CameraSniper: DJ's EstablishingCharacterMoment, he takes a picture of the latest thing Nebbercracker stole (the little girl's tricycle).
* TheCassandra: Barely anybody believes DJ's claims about Nebbercracker and his house, and some call him crazy, including his parents. The ones that believe him are DJ and Jenny.
* FatAndSkinny: The Skinny to Chowder's Fat.
* FirstKiss: [[spoiler:With Jenny. She gives him a MotivationalKiss to help him gain the courage to scale a crane tower and, given his reaction, there's shades of this.]]
-->'''DJ:''' I kissed a girl... ''I kissed a girl on the lips.''
* GuiltComplex: For some of the story, he believes himself to be guilty of [[spoiler:causing Mr. Nebbercracker to get a heart attack]]. It takes [[spoiler:Nebbercracker coming out of the hopsital alive]] to calm him down.
* TheHero: The protagonist of the film, and as per the trope, he brings together a team (Chowder and Jenny) in order to see what's wrong with Nebbercracker's house.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With DJ.
* NiceGuy: He's mature for his age and a decent guy who wants to unravel the mystery of the monster house not just to uncover the truth, but to help the people affected emotionally by Mr. Nebbercracker.
* TheSmartGuy: He was able to keep track of everytime Nebbercracker stole something, and was cunning enough to devise a way to enter the house: [[spoiler:by [[InstantSedation sedating it with countless bottles of cold syrup]] stacked inside a dummy]].
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Downplayed. He is mature, and intelligent enough to come up with a binnacle about Nebbercracker as well as plans to infiltrate the house at the age of ''12''.
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[[folder:Chowder]]
!!Charles "Chowder"
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SamLerner (original)\\
Luis Fernando Orozco (Latin American Spanish)
The deuteragonist of the film, and DJ's best friend. He's a chubby guy with an immature, cowardly streak and less intelligence than DJ, but means well. Chowder visits DJ a day before the main plot kicks in, and he, DJ and Jenny decide to get inside the sapient house no matter the circumstances to unveil the mystery on Halloween night.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Shows signs of ADD or ADHD due to his personality, but we never get to confirm it.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Shows up in an excavator to fight House!Constance off when she's about to kill Nebbercracker after the former intends to blow her up.]]
* ButtMonkey: Hitting his face with DJ's parents' car at the start of the film should give one indication he will be this for the rest of the film.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: His obsession with science fiction makes him come across as this compared to his friends.
* ConstructionVehicleRampage: [[spoiler:During the construction work scene at the climax, Chowder operates an excavator to tear down House!Constance a new one.]]
* CowardlyLion: Sure, he might be a coward, but with a little help from his friends, he manages to push through. [[spoiler:Just ask House!Constance how did Round 1 against him went.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Again, hitting his face with DJ's parents' car while he was wearing a mask with which he could not see well with.
* FatAndSkinny: The Fat to DJ's Skinny.
* FatBestFriend: He is to DJ what Patrick is to Spongebob.
* FatComicRelief: Many of the film's funny moments can be attributed to his eccentricity.
* FatIdiot: Chubby, and while he isn't an outright [[TheDitz ditz]], Chowder isn't exactly what you would call "smart" either.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Cowardly, timid and a bit rude, but can be counted on by DJ when push comes aside.
* TheLancer: The best friend to DJ, who's TheHero, and with his usage of [[spoiler:his father's pharmacy's cold syrup bottles stacked inside a dummy to [[InstantSedation instantly sedate]] the house]] as well as [[spoiler:an excavator to bring Constance down the first time]], he certainly qualifies.
* LetsGetDangerous: This guy [[spoiler:confronts Constance using a freaking excavator and takes her down! Yes, the house reforms herself at a moment's notice, but considering [[LovableCoward who Chowder is]], it's still pretty damn impressive]].
* LovableCoward: Rather easy to frighten, but his eccentricities and hints of courage firmly cement him as this.
* 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!''
* 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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[[folder:Jenny]]
!! Jennifer "Jenny" Bennett
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->'''Voiced by:''' Spencer Locke (original)\\
Ximena Sariñana (Latin American Spanish)
The tritagonist of the film. She's a sweet girl who studies at Westbrook Preparatory School and is selling candies at homes before Halloween kicks in. The day of Halloween, she meets DJ and Chowder after they save her from almost getting herself killed by the Monster House. After some convincing, Jenny, DJ and Chowder decide to get inside the sapient house no matter the circumstances to unveil the mystery on Halloween night.
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* BadassInANiceSuit: A prep-school girl that wears quite the snazzy uniform. The badass part comes right at the climax.
* BraidsOfAction: Her hairstyle retroactively becomes this once she's brought into the adventure.
* TheChick: Of the main group.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When she first tries to sell Halloween candy to Zee, the latter smugly tells Jenny that this isn't her house, so it makes little difference if it gets toilet-papered or not. Jenny then shrewdly switches tactics and negotiates with her, revealing [[TheSmartGirl a remarkable capacity for smart-thinking]]. Upon making the hard bargain, Zee even shows admiration for her wit.
* GirlsHaveCooties: Subverted. Both DJ and Chowder develop crushes on Jenny the moment they see her.
* MotivationalKiss: [[spoiler:Gives one to DJ at the climax to give him the courage to climb up a tower crane to help destroy Constance once and for all.]]
* NiceGirl: While Jenny does call the boys morons at first, she opens up to them rather quickly and is shown to have a heart of gold.
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: The one redhead as well as the tritagonist of the film.
* TheSmartGirl: Quite possibly more than DJ. Jenny manages to quickly make up what parts of the human body would coincide with the house once they get inside, [[spoiler:and also comes up with how to make the house spit the three away when the house is about to eat them (by grabbing the equivalent to an ovula)]]. She was also able to convince Zee to buy candies from her for Halloween by switching tactics and bargaining with her at the middle of the film.
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[[folder:Mr. Nebbercracker '''(MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!)''']]
!!Horace Nebbercracker
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SteveBuscemi (original)\\
Esteban Siller (Latin American Spanish)
The elderly owner of the Monster House. Mr. Nebbercracker hates kids and confiscates everything that lands on his lawn, telling people to stay off it and from his house due to his knowledge that the house is sapient. Beneath that rotten surface, however, there lies a sad man with justifiable reasons as to why he would behave horribly grumpy.\\
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* AntiVillain: Types II and III ({{Woobie|Destroyer Of Worlds}} and [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well-Intentioned]] Anti-Villain). The old man has very good reasons to why he would want to keep people and especially kids off his lawn, those being that Constance's spirit possesses his house and would eat anyone who dared to get close. So he takes on an extremely grumpy personality to drive them away since it is the only thing he can do to reliably achieve it.
* AllThereInTheManual: The official site is the only source from where we get his name, Horace.
* TheAtoner: He happily returns all the toys he confiscated as Halloween gifts, and even repairs the little girl's tricycle he broke.
* BeingEvilSucks: As detailed in BeneathTheMask, Nebbercracker clearly does not like how he has to put on a {{Jerkass}} facade.
* BeneathTheMask: He actually doesn't dislike children, but they will not understand that standing on his possessed house's lawn will bring them trouble since Constance possesses the house with her spirit and she hates kids with all her guts. This is the reason why he behaves grouchy and unbearable, and he would in fact drop the act and show he cares for children once the house is put down.
* BerserkButton: Invoked and subverted. It is to step on his house's lawn. However, it turns out he has good reasons to it, since Constance would eat the children.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Get off my lawn!" and "Stay away from my house!"
* ChekhovsGun: The dynamite he kept from his war veteran years. It serves as the final blow dealt to Constance at the climax.
* ChildHater: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Nebbercracker puts on this demeanor in order to drive kids away from his home, and boy howdy it worked. He steals toys from children, breaks one, and even lifts DJ because the boy doesn't understand why Nebbercracker wants them off his lawn. As it turns out, however, he clearly [[BeingEvilSucks doesn't like having to act like this]].
* CruelToBeKind: Nebbercracker had to scare all the children away, or else the house would eat them.
* 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 Constance would've brought ruin to them all.
* DisneyDeath: Suffers from a horrible heart attack when trying to drive DJ away from his lawn. His house then becomes sentinent, causing the trio to think Nebbercracker's soul is possessing the place. Turns out it isn't, though, and he was merely at the hospital receiving treatment. He comes back for the climax and ending.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: In the end, when putting Constance to rest and the house's destruction finally means he's no longer commited to the life task of protecting people from her wrath.
--> '''Nebbercracker:''' Forty-five years... we have been trapped for 45 years. And now... ''(takes DJ's arm and gets up) ...we're free! ([[LaughingMad starts to laugh]])'' '''We're free!''' Hahaha, thank you friends! ''(hugs DJ, then the others join in the hug)'' Thank you all! We're free...!
* EasilyForgiven: Despite his acts, he ends up being forgiven by the heroes at the end. It probably helps he had to put on a fake persona for 45 years and up until that point.
* FatAndSkinny: The Skinny to Constance's Fat, when she was alive.
* FeelingTheirAge:
** At first PlayedForHorror: as he lifts DJ and threatens him when the former steps on his lawn, Nebbercracker suffers a heart attack. This leaves his left arm crippled, too.
** During the climax, as they escape from Constance, he's unable to keep up with the main trio and soon runs out of energy to run. Likely justified given he just came from the hospital ''after his heart attack''.
* FunHatingConfiscatingAdult: Justified and subverted. Nebbercracker snatches the toys that ended up landing on his lawn to protect kids from trying to retrieve them, because his house would otherwise kill them. The truth is he only did what he had to do to protect his neighbors, and when his wife's spirit has been set free, he is happy to give the toys back.
* {{Gonk}}: Although it is {{justified|Trope}} given he's the oldest confirmed character.
* GrumpyOldMan: {{Invoked|Trope}} and {{subverted|Trope}}. This is what he pretends to be to prevent his neighbors from becoming food for Constance, and once the truth comes out and Constance is put out of her misery, he shows a gentle side.
* HeelRealization: Despite not being a real heel, he eventually concedes telling DJ the true backstory to his house and Constance's FreudianExcuse. DJ then tries to reason with him that Constance is a menace and sure enough, once she proves their point, he agrees with them and decides to help them take down the house for good.
* HiddenHeartOfGold:
** He behaves as an unbearable and grouchy elder that keeps little kids from his house and his lawn... but the reason to it is far more noble than it looks: his house would otherwise kill the children.
** For a more specific example: once he comes back from the hospital and realizes the trio entered his house, he finally relents and tells them the story of how he met Constance and how his house is possessed, showing that despite them pressing his BerserkButton, the only thing he can do is clarify to them everything before telling them to leave.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Since kids won't understand to stay off his lawn and his house, he has to behave like a jerk.
* IJustWantToBeFree: Nebbercracker knows absolutely nobody would commit to destroying the house and put Constance out of her misery, so he has to stay in the house to keep her wrath from potentially catastrophic results. The ending perfectly summarizes it well once he finally regains his freedom.
* InkSuitActor: PlayedWith. Take his voice actor, Steve Buscemi, then age him up a tad, and you'll get this.
* JerkassHasAPoint: He tells kids to leave because they would get eaten. Turns out at the climax of the film, that he was right all along.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: An extremely grumpy old man who threatens kids that they would get eaten if they didn't leave his lawn and stayed away from his house. This is, in fact, all an act: he takes on this in order to make people leave him so he can keep Constance's wrath in check, and he actually ''doesn't'' hate kids at all, but had to put on this act in order to keep them away.
* LaughingMad: When he thanks DJ for putting Constance out of her misery and letting the two move on from her death, he hugs the boy while laughing from joy, but in a way very evocative of this.
* 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.
* MoralityPet: Is this to Constance. Even when possessing his house, she never tries to harm Nebbercracker... that is, [[EtTuBrute until he tries to]] [[StuffBlowingUp blow her up with dynamite]].
* OhCrap: Has one when he realizes he got in the nick of time for Halloween night and still needs to keep children away from his home.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: He is annoyed and confused about how DJ, Chowder and Jenny thought him dead and they threw pebbles at him, thinking he was a ghost. He was merely at the hospital after suffering from a heart attack.
* RescueRomance: Had one with Constance after he rescues her from the freak show troupe. They even [[HappilyMarried got married]] and attempted to build a house together.
* 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.
* StarterVillain: The first threat the heroes (DJ and Chowder) face, though he unfortunately digs his own grave in whatever fight he could put (i.e. none at all) and gets a heart attack. From the moment he's at the hospital onward, the house takes the mantle of BigBad.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: The Tiny Guy to Constance's Huge Girl, also when she was alive.
* TragicVillain: Not truly the main one, but he lost the love of his life when she got herself killed during their house's building. However, he learned her spirit held on to the house and would try to awake her werath on kids every Halloween night. Unable to let go of the past, Nebbercracker still lives in the house to this day to keep her wrath in check and drive kids away, and doesn't like every bit of it. Only when Constance's spirit is put to rest is he finally able to catch a breather.
* WalkingSpoiler: As the folder would give it to one, talking about Nebbercracker can give out most of the movie's climax and ending as well as his true nature.
* 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]].
* WouldHurtAChild: Subverted. While he does get ahold of DJ and lifts him, the man immediately faints before he could seemingly do something worse. Keyword being "seemingly", as despite this, Nebbercracker clearly doesn't want kids to be harmed — not by him, much less by his house.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Monster House '''(MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!)''']]
!!Constance Nebbercracker "The Monster House"
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KathleenTurner (original)\\
Sarah Souza (Latin American Spanish)
The titular house of the film and the BigBad. This house is where Horace Nebbercracker lives; uniquely enough, the house is [[SapientHouse sapient]], and it is said that everything that enters inside of it never ever sees the light of day again. DJ's mission is to infiltrate the house to uncover the truth of what makes it alive.\\
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As seen later in the movie, the house actually houses a human spirit: that of Constance, Horace's long-dead wife who, much like Horace himself in the present, really hates kids. Her death is the catalyst of Horace's nature, and her spirit, which refuses to move on to the afterlife, is what causes the house to be sapient.\\
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!!Tropes that apply to both
* AntiVillain: Type II ({{Woobie|Destroyer Of Worlds}} Anti-Villain). She was a [[TheFreakshow freak show]] attraction for a circus that was abused by people during her acts (especially ''children'') and was kept caged like an animal. Horace Nebbercracker rescues her and marries her, but when they're building their house (on Halloween day, no less), children start to disturb her and eventually, indirectly cause her death. Her spirit lingers on the house, urging to kill children on Halloween as {{Revenge}} for it.
* AxCrazy: Crazy enough to have the will to kill. In fact, when she was alive, she takes an axe and [[WouldHurtAChild attempts to swing at bullies]] that were provoking her on Halloween night.
* BigBad: The character behind Mr. Nebbercracker's demeanor, as otherwise she would be a much bigger threat. She awakens as the true threat once Nebbercracker exits the picture for a while.
* CharacterTitle: The titular monster house of the movie. Boy if it doesn't show.
* ChildHater: Played straight. Between being booed on her show, and being attacked by kids on Halloween day when she was building the Nebbercracker house, it's no wonder why House!Constance would despise kids so much. Even after her death, she still isn't able to tell bad children from good children, she only operates in a "Children? ATTACK" mode.
* {{Determinator}}: Chases the kids all the way to a construction site, battles an excavator, and when destroyed by the fall, she reforms herself into a OneWingedAngel. That's how much of a Determinator Constance is.
* EtTuBrute: Has this once she realizes Nebbercracker agrees with the boys that it is time to let her go, trying to attack the old man before [[BigDamnHeroes Chowder shows on with an excavator to fight her]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: While DJ is dreaming the same night Mr. Nebbercracker is taken to the hospital, a shadow in the shape of the house forms in his room; from it, a hand appears. The arm and hand look like those from a fat woman, foreshadowing exactly the spirit of who possesses the house.
* FreudianExcuse: Poor Constance had to deal with the horrors of being at a freak show, where people would not give a damn about her and mock her (especially kids), and upon her death, she still wasn't able to tell apart "nasty, pranking hooligan children" from "non-malicious children being playful". Is it any wonder why Constance hates kids so much?
* HairTriggerTemper: Hooo, boy. She can go from calm to unreasonably angry with minimal provocation — both as a house and when she was alive.
* MoralityPet: Nebbercracker is this to her. Even when possessing his house, Constance never tries to harm him... that is, [[EtTuBrute until he tries to]] [[StuffBlowingUp blow her up with dynamite]].
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: By possessing the house, she can eat people who come too close to it.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Goes on one when DJ tries to convince Nebbercracker to let Constance go. The old man is able to reason with her in time, but when she sees he agrees with DJ, she resumes and loses her ability to be reasoned with.
* StealthPun: The house being possessed by the spirit of Constance, Nebbercracker's wife, makes it a "house-wife". Lampshaded by DJ at the end.
* ThisMeansWar: The moment Mr. Nebbercracker is taken away to the hospital, a crack appears in one of its "eye" windows and its fireplace reignites, signifying the house's spirit has awoken from its slumber, a visible indicator being the smoke emitted out of her chimney. Her prime directive? ''[[WouldHurtAChild Kill DJ and Chowder]] for supposedly [[YouKilledMyFather killing her husband]]'', no matter how many lives she takes before it happens.
* TragicMonster: See TragicVillain below.
* TragicVillain: Constance was part of a [[TheFreakshow freak show]], where she got bullied by people. Then, she was rescued by Horace Nebbercracker before getting killed while building their house when she was being attacked by kids on Halloween day. Her spirit, however, hung on to the house and [[GeniusLoci possessed it]]. Both unable to let the past go, [[TragicMonster Constance's spirit remains in the house and she refuses to go on to the afterlife]], only doing so [[UndeathAlwaysEnds when she's put out of her misery]].
* UnstoppableRage: Once DJ tells Nebbercracker he has to let go of Constance, the house overhears and finally transforms herself and attacks everyone people.
* WalkingSpoiler: Given Constance's existance is integral to the plot and she possesses the titular house.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Constance was forced to be part of a circus as TheFreakshow and was mercilessly mocked by the public and seemingly mistreated by the owner of the circus (she did have to sleep in a cage). Then she found happiness when Horace Nebbercracker rescued her and married her, only to fall to her death in the foundation of her house when she tried to chase off a group of kids that were harassing her. Her enraged spirit then became part of the house, unable to leave for the afterlife — essentially remaining trapped in her own home for ''several decades''.
* WouldHurtAChild:
** Perfectly willing to kill three pubescent kids who infiltrate her, two of which had something to do with her husband's heart attack.
** Also willing to try and hack at a pair of bullies provoking her on Halloween night because of her weight.
* YouKilledMyFather: "My spouse", in this case. After Nebbercracker is taken away to the hospital, the house sets her eyes primarily on the main boys.
!!Tropes that apply to the Monster House
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* AttackItsWeakPoint: The chimney leads to the fireplace inside the house, which is her heart. DJ deals the final blow to her by throwing dynamite inside the chimney, causing a huge explosion that destroys the house for good and lets Constance's spirit fade away.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: A house made of wood with the ability to reshape tree trunks into arms.
* DemonicPossession: What happens to the house as a result of Constance's spirit dwelling inside of her.
* EldritchAbomination: A house made of wood that, thanks to being possessed by a spirit, has the ability to reshape herself (making her appear as a human head), can use trees as makeshift arms in order to move, and can even regenerate herself when she is destroyed? ''You better believe it.''
* EldritchLocation: Especially when she starts to affect the insides more. Some of the weirder things she can do include looking inward with sunlight beams to survey her own interior, possess the grounds and objects to broing people closer, and make phone calls with no apparent operator.
* ExtremeOmnivore: For a definition of eating, since she stashes them away under her foundations. She doesn't just "eat" people, but also toys and even a freaking police car.
* GeniusLoci: Constance's spirit held on to the house to allow it to live. It even has human-like parts on her, such as a carpet for a tongue.
* HauntedHouse: Played with. The house is an archetypal example, being made of wood, filled inside with various old contraptions, and having stuff move by itself both inside and outside of her. However, it's because the ghost of Constance is doing the work.
* HellIsThatNoise: The doorbell.
* KilledOffForReal: DJ drops a stick of dynamite on Constance's chimney, leading to her heart. This destroys her for good and frees her spirit.
* LivingStructureMonster: '''Natch.'''
* NestedMouths: Normally, the house has a mouth formed only from her doorway. Through Constance, she has the ability to convert the supports of her porch into an additional, larger mouth.
* NotQuiteDead: Chowder brings the house down with an excavator during the climax, destroying her when sHe falls down a chasm alongside Chowder. Unfortunately, she regenerates itself...
* OneWingedAngel: ...thus transforming into this. Her final form seems to bring pufferfishes to mind, using whatever part of the house is left to become much scarier. A stick of dynamite to her chimney is enough to [[KilledOffForReal destroy her once and for all]].
* PhoneyCall: She calls DJ in the middle of the night, and [[NothingIsScarier the only thing that can be heard is her angry breathing]].
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Once the house starts to move by herself, her SupernaturalGoldenEyes start to glow more orange-like, indicating she is being consumed by rage.
* SapientHouse: Thanks to Constance's spirit, the house is able to think on its own and move.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Invoked. The eyes seem to be lightbulbs, but regardless, it's Constance's spirit turning them on to make them appear like this. When angered, they become [[RedEyesTakeWarning orange with rage]].
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Why does ''nobody'' come out of their houses to see what's going on with ''a living house '''stomping her way through the middle of a suburban neighborhood'''''?!
!!Tropes that apply to Constance
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* BerserkButton: Kids. A pair of them playing tricks on her by {{Egging}} her pushes such.
* BrawnHilda: Her fat appearance shows this quite well. It's fortunate that Nebbercracker had a heart for her despite that.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: She loses her balance when trying to attack the kids that were attacking her and, in an attempt to not fall on the house's foundations, pulls a lever that activates the concrete mixer. This isn't enough, and she falls to the depths below. However, the concrete in the mixer ''also'' falls with her down. If [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou the impact]] didn't kill her but did cripple her, the concrete that fell on her was enough to do it, either suffocating her or finishing the job... Ouch.
* FatAndSkinny: When she was alive, she was the Fat to Nebbercracker's Skinny.
* FatBastard: Kids attacking her is enough to make her lose her will to reason.
* TheFreakshow: Was part of this, much to her chagrin. Thankfully, Nebbercracker rescues her from it.
* RescueRomance: Had one with Horace Nebbercracker after he rescues her from the freak show troupe. They even [[HappilyMarried got married]] and attempted to build a house together.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: When she was alive, she was also the Huge Girl to Nebbercracker's Tiny Guy.
* TragicIntangibility: When her house form is destroyed, Constance's ghost is the only thing that remains. She and Nebbercracker share a brief moment together just before she disappears — leaving Nebbercracker with nothing left of his wife.
-->'''Nebbercracker:''' ...goodbye...
* UndeathAlwaysEnds: The house's destruction sets her spirit free.
[[/folder]]
!Supporting characters
[[folder:Eliza]]
!!Eliza
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyanNewman (original)\\
Denisse Durán (Latin American Spanish)
A young girl who appears at the start of the movie and whose tricycle is stolen by Mr. Nebbercracker.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The movie's credits don't even give out her name, referring to her as "Little Girl". Fortunately, her name is given by the movie's wiki.
* {{Bookends}}: The movie begins with her tricycle taken away and broken by Mr. Nebbercracker, and ends with her getting it back.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mr. and Mrs. Walters]]
!!Mr. and Mrs. Walters
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[[caption-width-right:168:Mr. Walters]]
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[[caption-width-right:168:Mrs. Walters]]
->'''Mr. Walters voiced by:''' Creator/FredWillard (original)\\
Alejandro Vargas (Latin American Spanish)\\
'''Mrs. Walters voiced by:''' Creator/CatherineOHara (original)\\
Gaby Willer (Latin American Spanish)
DJ's parents. They leave him to attend a dentist convention for the weekend. While they agree with people that DJ might be crazy, they nevertheless love him and try to do what's best for him.
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* GoodParents: They're both shown to love DJ despite not believing him much.
* ParentsAsPeople: They leave town to go to a dentist convention and return much later, at the movie's conclusion.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Zee]]
!!Elizabeth "Zee"
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal (original)\\
Rebeca Gómez (Latin American Spanish)
DJ's babysitter, who's left in charge of DJ while his parents are away for a trip. An unpleasant young adult whose EstablishingCharacterMoment is to showcase such nature.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Fell in love with Bones. Zee isn't exactly a sweetheart herself, so there's not much to complain about.
* BabysitterFromHell: Subverted. Though largely apathetic to DJ and breaking a pot knowing he would be the one blamed, she calls off Bones when he continues harassing her charge, and even gives the kids some Halloween candy (granted, so she didn't have to make them breakfast, but candy is candy!).
* BitchInSheepsClothing: When she gets home, she sweettalks DJ thinking her parents are still in the house. When he tells Zee they aren't, we then see her true, apathetic colors.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** She tells Bones to knock it off once he starts to bully DJ too much.
** Not too long after, Bones makes a bitter remark about how Nebbercracker is evil. Zee begs to differ, thinking "evil" is too strong of a strong word — at worst, she just thinks he's merely a crochety old man.
* GeekyTurnOn: [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, she starts to date Skull.]]
* InkSuitActor: Many of the characters tend to have some likeness to their voice actors, but Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal as Zee might be the best example.
* {{Jerkass}}: The apathetic babysitter to DJ, and she breaks a pot to taunt him when she gets to their house knowing she won't be blamed for it.
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: She breaks one of Walters' house's pots, knowing that DJ will be blamed and that they won't believe that Zee did it, to prove the point that she was in charge.
* OperationJealousy: {{Implied|Trope}}, the reason why she [[spoiler:starts to date Skull being to get back at Bones]].
* PetTheDog: She does call out Bones for bullying DJ too much and even gives him and Chowder some Halloween candy for breakfast.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Bones]]
!!Bones
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JasonLee (original)\\
Creator/EduardoGarza (Latin American Spanish)
Zee's boyfriend, the member of a band who are starting to make a name for themselves.
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* AllAbusersAreMale: Downplayed. He isn't outright abusive to Zee, but when he pranks her by pouncing on her after tattle-telling her Nebbercracker ate his wife, she has enough and rightfully tells him "he doesn't respect women".
* TheAlcoholic: Can be seen drinking some booze inside the Walters' house as well as outside when he leaves.
* FatAndSkinny The Skinny to Skull's Fat, when they were both in a band.
* {{Jerkass}}: Easily the least repentant one in the movie. Between bullying DJ and pranking his girlfriend, the guy is clearly a jerk.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Zee hooking up with Skull at the end. He dismisses it as a "whatever", though.]]
* {{Manchild}}: His actual age is ambiguous, but he's clearly old enough to stop harassing kids younger than him, like DJ.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Officers Landers and Lester]]
!!Officers Landers and Lester
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[[caption-width-right:200:Officer Lister]]
->'''Officer Landers voiced by:''' Creator/KevinJames (original)\\
(Latin American Spanish)\\
'''Officer Lester voiced by:''' Creator/NickCannon (original)\\
Creator/RicardoMendoza (Latin American Spanish)
Two cops who appear to DJ, Chowder and Jenny when they call the police to help deal with the house. They, much like other people, do not appear to believe the boys at all, but are simply doing their job to make sure they don't get hurt.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Or at least they try not to be. But they still don't believe the main trio's story of the house being possessed.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: A hilarious inversion. Officer Landers lists the crimes he accuses the kids of committing in front of Mr. Nebbercrackers' house starting off with "Littering, loitering, vandalism, vagrancy..." and Lister finishes it with an uncalled "...and TREASON!" which Landers rejects.
* GoodCopBadCop: Landers is the Good Cop (he at least tries to hear out the kids before dismissing them), Lister is the Bad Cop (his inexperience means he will quickly jump the gun at them).
* FatAndSkinny: Lander is the Fat, Lister is the Skinny.
* {{Manchild}}: Officer Lister acts very childish, much to Lander's annoyance.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Officer Landers tells Lister they would inspect the candies, to which Lister tells Landers they should even eat some. Landers agrees.
* PoliceAreUseless: Again, they try not to be, but the teo not believing the main trio's story about the monster house and trying to arrest them for disturbing the public order paints them as such.
* RedOniBlueOni: Lister is the Red Oni to Lander's Blue Oni.
* SaltAndPepper: Landers is the Salt, Lister is the Pepper.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Skull]]
!!Reginald 'Skull' Skulinski
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JonHeder (original)\\
Roberto Mendiola (Latin American Spanish)
A pizza deliverer who dedicates his free time to playing videogames at the pizzeria while the job is slow.
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* FatAndSkinny: The Fat to Bones' Skinny, when they were both in a band.
* {{Geek}}: The town's resident one. He's the person the main trio go to in order to know how to attack the house. While the kids come up with the plan, Skull does agree with them.
* JustOneMoreLevel: He's the champion of the game ''Thou Art Dead'', a fictional arcade game within the movie. Chowder states that Skull once played the game for four days straight ''on one quarter, a gallon of chocolate milk, and '''an adult diaper'''''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kevin]]
!!Kevin the Dog
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->'''Voiced by:''' — (AsHimself according to the ending credits)
A small dog who has the misfortune of getting eaten by the Monster House the moment it sets foot on her lawn.
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* BitCharacter: One of the victims of the Monster House, and the one with the least screentime, but still no less important.
* {{Bookends}}: His first appearance in the movie is whizzing on Mr. Nebbercracker's lawn. [[spoiler:At the ending credits, he does exactly the same, though this time to a jack-o'-lantern.]]
* 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.
* NoNameGiven: Until the credits, where we're told his name.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Subverted, as his fate is fortunately safe and sound at the end of the movie.
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[[folder:The bullies '''(MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!)''']]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Erik Walker, Matthew Fahey
A pair of bullies that appear in Constance's DeathByOriginStory and are partly responsible for her murder, however accidental it might have been.
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* BitCharacter: Their time in the movie might be very brief, but their role is extremely important however small it might have been.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: They were responsible for Constance's death, not knowing the woman was already distrustful as hell 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.
* {{Egging}}: How they attack the house in construction as well as Constance.
* KidsAreCruel: The plot could've been avoided if these pesky, good-for-nothing hooligans hadn't caused Constance to die, however indrect their influence was.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Aside from being the indirect catalyst for Constance's death, we don't know what happens after that. One could probably assume [[KarmaHoudini they got away with it]].
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[[foldercontrol]]
!Main characters
[[folder:The main trio as a whole]]
The film's protagonists. A group of young teenagers that infiltrate the titular monster house to unravel its mysteries.
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* BadassAdorable: They're just pubescent teenagers, so natch.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Chowder is the Blonde, DJ is the Brunette, and Jenny is the Redhead.
* FireForgedFriends: Although DJ and Chowder are HeterosexualLifePartners with each other, their dynamic with Jenny is this. The girl calls the guys morons at first, but time with them and the events that lead the film transforms her into this.
* {{Kid Hero}}es: DJ and Chowder are 12, while Jenny is 13.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Upon [[spoiler:Nebbercracker getting a heart attack]] and the kids seeing the house is possessed, they assume [[spoiler:a spirit inhabits the house, presumably Nebbercracker's. Turns out they're right about the spirit, but it is not the old man's...]].
* TwoGuysAndAGirl
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[[folder:DJ]]
!!Dustin James "DJ" Walters
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MitchelMusso (original)\\
Creator/AlejandroOrozco (Latin American Spanish)
The main protagonist of the film. He has been dedicating his time to spying on Mr. Nebbercracker through his telescope for a few years after the old man becomes known for scaring kids and stealing their toys and is called crazy for his obsession with it. Believing a hidden truth to the sapient house, DJ convinces his best friend Chowder and new friend Jenny to get inside it no matter the circumstances to unveil the mystery on Halloween night.
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* CameraSniper: DJ's EstablishingCharacterMoment, he takes a picture of the latest thing Nebbercracker stole (the little girl's tricycle).
* TheCassandra: Barely anybody believes DJ's claims about Nebbercracker and his house, and some call him crazy, including his parents. The ones that believe him are DJ and Jenny.
* FatAndSkinny: The Skinny to Chowder's Fat.
* FirstKiss: [[spoiler:With Jenny. She gives him a MotivationalKiss to help him gain the courage to scale a crane tower and, given his reaction, there's shades of this.]]
-->'''DJ:''' I kissed a girl... ''I kissed a girl on the lips.''
* GuiltComplex: For some of the story, he believes himself to be guilty of [[spoiler:causing Mr. Nebbercracker to get a heart attack]]. It takes [[spoiler:Nebbercracker coming out of the hopsital alive]] to calm him down.
* TheHero: The protagonist of the film, and as per the trope, he brings together a team (Chowder and Jenny) in order to see what's wrong with Nebbercracker's house.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With DJ.
* NiceGuy: He's mature for his age and a decent guy who wants to unravel the mystery of the monster house not just to uncover the truth, but to help the people affected emotionally by Mr. Nebbercracker.
* TheSmartGuy: He was able to keep track of everytime Nebbercracker stole something, and was cunning enough to devise a way to enter the house: [[spoiler:by [[InstantSedation sedating it with countless bottles of cold syrup]] stacked inside a dummy]].
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Downplayed. He is mature, and intelligent enough to come up with a binnacle about Nebbercracker as well as plans to infiltrate the house at the age of ''12''.
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[[folder:Chowder]]
!!Charles "Chowder"
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SamLerner (original)\\
Luis Fernando Orozco (Latin American Spanish)
The deuteragonist of the film, and DJ's best friend. He's a chubby guy with an immature, cowardly streak and less intelligence than DJ, but means well. Chowder visits DJ a day before the main plot kicks in, and he, DJ and Jenny decide to get inside the sapient house no matter the circumstances to unveil the mystery on Halloween night.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Shows signs of ADD or ADHD due to his personality, but we never get to confirm it.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Shows up in an excavator to fight House!Constance off when she's about to kill Nebbercracker after the former intends to blow her up.]]
* ButtMonkey: Hitting his face with DJ's parents' car at the start of the film should give one indication he will be this for the rest of the film.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: His obsession with science fiction makes him come across as this compared to his friends.
* ConstructionVehicleRampage: [[spoiler:During the construction work scene at the climax, Chowder operates an excavator to tear down House!Constance a new one.]]
* CowardlyLion: Sure, he might be a coward, but with a little help from his friends, he manages to push through. [[spoiler:Just ask House!Constance how did Round 1 against him went.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Again, hitting his face with DJ's parents' car while he was wearing a mask with which he could not see well with.
* FatAndSkinny: The Fat to DJ's Skinny.
* FatBestFriend: He is to DJ what Patrick is to Spongebob.
* FatComicRelief: Many of the film's funny moments can be attributed to his eccentricity.
* FatIdiot: Chubby, and while he isn't an outright [[TheDitz ditz]], Chowder isn't exactly what you would call "smart" either.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Cowardly, timid and a bit rude, but can be counted on by DJ when push comes aside.
* TheLancer: The best friend to DJ, who's TheHero, and with his usage of [[spoiler:his father's pharmacy's cold syrup bottles stacked inside a dummy to [[InstantSedation instantly sedate]] the house]] as well as [[spoiler:an excavator to bring Constance down the first time]], he certainly qualifies.
* LetsGetDangerous: This guy [[spoiler:confronts Constance using a freaking excavator and takes her down! Yes, the house reforms herself at a moment's notice, but considering [[LovableCoward who Chowder is]], it's still pretty damn impressive]].
* LovableCoward: Rather easy to frighten, but his eccentricities and hints of courage firmly cement him as this.
* 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!''
* 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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[[folder:Jenny]]
!! Jennifer "Jenny" Bennett
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->'''Voiced by:''' Spencer Locke (original)\\
Ximena Sariñana (Latin American Spanish)
The tritagonist of the film. She's a sweet girl who studies at Westbrook Preparatory School and is selling candies at homes before Halloween kicks in. The day of Halloween, she meets DJ and Chowder after they save her from almost getting herself killed by the Monster House. After some convincing, Jenny, DJ and Chowder decide to get inside the sapient house no matter the circumstances to unveil the mystery on Halloween night.
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* BadassInANiceSuit: A prep-school girl that wears quite the snazzy uniform. The badass part comes right at the climax.
* BraidsOfAction: Her hairstyle retroactively becomes this once she's brought into the adventure.
* TheChick: Of the main group.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When she first tries to sell Halloween candy to Zee, the latter smugly tells Jenny that this isn't her house, so it makes little difference if it gets toilet-papered or not. Jenny then shrewdly switches tactics and negotiates with her, revealing [[TheSmartGirl a remarkable capacity for smart-thinking]]. Upon making the hard bargain, Zee even shows admiration for her wit.
* GirlsHaveCooties: Subverted. Both DJ and Chowder develop crushes on Jenny the moment they see her.
* MotivationalKiss: [[spoiler:Gives one to DJ at the climax to give him the courage to climb up a tower crane to help destroy Constance once and for all.]]
* NiceGirl: While Jenny does call the boys morons at first, she opens up to them rather quickly and is shown to have a heart of gold.
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: The one redhead as well as the tritagonist of the film.
* TheSmartGirl: Quite possibly more than DJ. Jenny manages to quickly make up what parts of the human body would coincide with the house once they get inside, [[spoiler:and also comes up with how to make the house spit the three away when the house is about to eat them (by grabbing the equivalent to an ovula)]]. She was also able to convince Zee to buy candies from her for Halloween by switching tactics and bargaining with her at the middle of the film.
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[[folder:Mr. Nebbercracker '''(MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!)''']]
!!Horace Nebbercracker
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SteveBuscemi (original)\\
Esteban Siller (Latin American Spanish)
The elderly owner of the Monster House. Mr. Nebbercracker hates kids and confiscates everything that lands on his lawn, telling people to stay off it and from his house due to his knowledge that the house is sapient. Beneath that rotten surface, however, there lies a sad man with justifiable reasons as to why he would behave horribly grumpy.\\
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* AntiVillain: Types II and III ({{Woobie|Destroyer Of Worlds}} and [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well-Intentioned]] Anti-Villain). The old man has very good reasons to why he would want to keep people and especially kids off his lawn, those being that Constance's spirit possesses his house and would eat anyone who dared to get close. So he takes on an extremely grumpy personality to drive them away since it is the only thing he can do to reliably achieve it.
* AllThereInTheManual: The official site is the only source from where we get his name, Horace.
* TheAtoner: He happily returns all the toys he confiscated as Halloween gifts, and even repairs the little girl's tricycle he broke.
* BeingEvilSucks: As detailed in BeneathTheMask, Nebbercracker clearly does not like how he has to put on a {{Jerkass}} facade.
* BeneathTheMask: He actually doesn't dislike children, but they will not understand that standing on his possessed house's lawn will bring them trouble since Constance possesses the house with her spirit and she hates kids with all her guts. This is the reason why he behaves grouchy and unbearable, and he would in fact drop the act and show he cares for children once the house is put down.
* BerserkButton: Invoked and subverted. It is to step on his house's lawn. However, it turns out he has good reasons to it, since Constance would eat the children.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Get off my lawn!" and "Stay away from my house!"
* ChekhovsGun: The dynamite he kept from his war veteran years. It serves as the final blow dealt to Constance at the climax.
* ChildHater: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Nebbercracker puts on this demeanor in order to drive kids away from his home, and boy howdy it worked. He steals toys from children, breaks one, and even lifts DJ because the boy doesn't understand why Nebbercracker wants them off his lawn. As it turns out, however, he clearly [[BeingEvilSucks doesn't like having to act like this]].
* CruelToBeKind: Nebbercracker had to scare all the children away, or else the house would eat them.
* 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 Constance would've brought ruin to them all.
* DisneyDeath: Suffers from a horrible heart attack when trying to drive DJ away from his lawn. His house then becomes sentinent, causing the trio to think Nebbercracker's soul is possessing the place. Turns out it isn't, though, and he was merely at the hospital receiving treatment. He comes back for the climax and ending.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: In the end, when putting Constance to rest and the house's destruction finally means he's no longer commited to the life task of protecting people from her wrath.
--> '''Nebbercracker:''' Forty-five years... we have been trapped for 45 years. And now... ''(takes DJ's arm and gets up) ...we're free! ([[LaughingMad starts to laugh]])'' '''We're free!''' Hahaha, thank you friends! ''(hugs DJ, then the others join in the hug)'' Thank you all! We're free...!
* EasilyForgiven: Despite his acts, he ends up being forgiven by the heroes at the end. It probably helps he had to put on a fake persona for 45 years and up until that point.
* FatAndSkinny: The Skinny to Constance's Fat, when she was alive.
* FeelingTheirAge:
** At first PlayedForHorror: as he lifts DJ and threatens him when the former steps on his lawn, Nebbercracker suffers a heart attack. This leaves his left arm crippled, too.
** During the climax, as they escape from Constance, he's unable to keep up with the main trio and soon runs out of energy to run. Likely justified given he just came from the hospital ''after his heart attack''.
* FunHatingConfiscatingAdult: Justified and subverted. Nebbercracker snatches the toys that ended up landing on his lawn to protect kids from trying to retrieve them, because his house would otherwise kill them. The truth is he only did what he had to do to protect his neighbors, and when his wife's spirit has been set free, he is happy to give the toys back.
* {{Gonk}}: Although it is {{justified|Trope}} given he's the oldest confirmed character.
* GrumpyOldMan: {{Invoked|Trope}} and {{subverted|Trope}}. This is what he pretends to be to prevent his neighbors from becoming food for Constance, and once the truth comes out and Constance is put out of her misery, he shows a gentle side.
* HeelRealization: Despite not being a real heel, he eventually concedes telling DJ the true backstory to his house and Constance's FreudianExcuse. DJ then tries to reason with him that Constance is a menace and sure enough, once she proves their point, he agrees with them and decides to help them take down the house for good.
* HiddenHeartOfGold:
** He behaves as an unbearable and grouchy elder that keeps little kids from his house and his lawn... but the reason to it is far more noble than it looks: his house would otherwise kill the children.
** For a more specific example: once he comes back from the hospital and realizes the trio entered his house, he finally relents and tells them the story of how he met Constance and how his house is possessed, showing that despite them pressing his BerserkButton, the only thing he can do is clarify to them everything before telling them to leave.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Since kids won't understand to stay off his lawn and his house, he has to behave like a jerk.
* IJustWantToBeFree: Nebbercracker knows absolutely nobody would commit to destroying the house and put Constance out of her misery, so he has to stay in the house to keep her wrath from potentially catastrophic results. The ending perfectly summarizes it well once he finally regains his freedom.
* InkSuitActor: PlayedWith. Take his voice actor, Steve Buscemi, then age him up a tad, and you'll get this.
* JerkassHasAPoint: He tells kids to leave because they would get eaten. Turns out at the climax of the film, that he was right all along.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: An extremely grumpy old man who threatens kids that they would get eaten if they didn't leave his lawn and stayed away from his house. This is, in fact, all an act: he takes on this in order to make people leave him so he can keep Constance's wrath in check, and he actually ''doesn't'' hate kids at all, but had to put on this act in order to keep them away.
* LaughingMad: When he thanks DJ for putting Constance out of her misery and letting the two move on from her death, he hugs the boy while laughing from joy, but in a way very evocative of this.
* 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.
* MoralityPet: Is this to Constance. Even when possessing his house, she never tries to harm Nebbercracker... that is, [[EtTuBrute until he tries to]] [[StuffBlowingUp blow her up with dynamite]].
* OhCrap: Has one when he realizes he got in the nick of time for Halloween night and still needs to keep children away from his home.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: He is annoyed and confused about how DJ, Chowder and Jenny thought him dead and they threw pebbles at him, thinking he was a ghost. He was merely at the hospital after suffering from a heart attack.
* RescueRomance: Had one with Constance after he rescues her from the freak show troupe. They even [[HappilyMarried got married]] and attempted to build a house together.
* 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.
* StarterVillain: The first threat the heroes (DJ and Chowder) face, though he unfortunately digs his own grave in whatever fight he could put (i.e. none at all) and gets a heart attack. From the moment he's at the hospital onward, the house takes the mantle of BigBad.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: The Tiny Guy to Constance's Huge Girl, also when she was alive.
* TragicVillain: Not truly the main one, but he lost the love of his life when she got herself killed during their house's building. However, he learned her spirit held on to the house and would try to awake her werath on kids every Halloween night. Unable to let go of the past, Nebbercracker still lives in the house to this day to keep her wrath in check and drive kids away, and doesn't like every bit of it. Only when Constance's spirit is put to rest is he finally able to catch a breather.
* WalkingSpoiler: As the folder would give it to one, talking about Nebbercracker can give out most of the movie's climax and ending as well as his true nature.
* 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]].
* WouldHurtAChild: Subverted. While he does get ahold of DJ and lifts him, the man immediately faints before he could seemingly do something worse. Keyword being "seemingly", as despite this, Nebbercracker clearly doesn't want kids to be harmed — not by him, much less by his house.
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[[folder:The Monster House '''(MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!)''']]
!!Constance Nebbercracker "The Monster House"
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KathleenTurner (original)\\
Sarah Souza (Latin American Spanish)
The titular house of the film and the BigBad. This house is where Horace Nebbercracker lives; uniquely enough, the house is [[SapientHouse sapient]], and it is said that everything that enters inside of it never ever sees the light of day again. DJ's mission is to infiltrate the house to uncover the truth of what makes it alive.\\
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As seen later in the movie, the house actually houses a human spirit: that of Constance, Horace's long-dead wife who, much like Horace himself in the present, really hates kids. Her death is the catalyst of Horace's nature, and her spirit, which refuses to move on to the afterlife, is what causes the house to be sapient.\\
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!!Tropes that apply to both
* AntiVillain: Type II ({{Woobie|Destroyer Of Worlds}} Anti-Villain). She was a [[TheFreakshow freak show]] attraction for a circus that was abused by people during her acts (especially ''children'') and was kept caged like an animal. Horace Nebbercracker rescues her and marries her, but when they're building their house (on Halloween day, no less), children start to disturb her and eventually, indirectly cause her death. Her spirit lingers on the house, urging to kill children on Halloween as {{Revenge}} for it.
* AxCrazy: Crazy enough to have the will to kill. In fact, when she was alive, she takes an axe and [[WouldHurtAChild attempts to swing at bullies]] that were provoking her on Halloween night.
* BigBad: The character behind Mr. Nebbercracker's demeanor, as otherwise she would be a much bigger threat. She awakens as the true threat once Nebbercracker exits the picture for a while.
* CharacterTitle: The titular monster house of the movie. Boy if it doesn't show.
* ChildHater: Played straight. Between being booed on her show, and being attacked by kids on Halloween day when she was building the Nebbercracker house, it's no wonder why House!Constance would despise kids so much. Even after her death, she still isn't able to tell bad children from good children, she only operates in a "Children? ATTACK" mode.
* {{Determinator}}: Chases the kids all the way to a construction site, battles an excavator, and when destroyed by the fall, she reforms herself into a OneWingedAngel. That's how much of a Determinator Constance is.
* EtTuBrute: Has this once she realizes Nebbercracker agrees with the boys that it is time to let her go, trying to attack the old man before [[BigDamnHeroes Chowder shows on with an excavator to fight her]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: While DJ is dreaming the same night Mr. Nebbercracker is taken to the hospital, a shadow in the shape of the house forms in his room; from it, a hand appears. The arm and hand look like those from a fat woman, foreshadowing exactly the spirit of who possesses the house.
* FreudianExcuse: Poor Constance had to deal with the horrors of being at a freak show, where people would not give a damn about her and mock her (especially kids), and upon her death, she still wasn't able to tell apart "nasty, pranking hooligan children" from "non-malicious children being playful". Is it any wonder why Constance hates kids so much?
* HairTriggerTemper: Hooo, boy. She can go from calm to unreasonably angry with minimal provocation — both as a house and when she was alive.
* MoralityPet: Nebbercracker is this to her. Even when possessing his house, Constance never tries to harm him... that is, [[EtTuBrute until he tries to]] [[StuffBlowingUp blow her up with dynamite]].
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: By possessing the house, she can eat people who come too close to it.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Goes on one when DJ tries to convince Nebbercracker to let Constance go. The old man is able to reason with her in time, but when she sees he agrees with DJ, she resumes and loses her ability to be reasoned with.
* StealthPun: The house being possessed by the spirit of Constance, Nebbercracker's wife, makes it a "house-wife". Lampshaded by DJ at the end.
* ThisMeansWar: The moment Mr. Nebbercracker is taken away to the hospital, a crack appears in one of its "eye" windows and its fireplace reignites, signifying the house's spirit has awoken from its slumber, a visible indicator being the smoke emitted out of her chimney. Her prime directive? ''[[WouldHurtAChild Kill DJ and Chowder]] for supposedly [[YouKilledMyFather killing her husband]]'', no matter how many lives she takes before it happens.
* TragicMonster: See TragicVillain below.
* TragicVillain: Constance was part of a [[TheFreakshow freak show]], where she got bullied by people. Then, she was rescued by Horace Nebbercracker before getting killed while building their house when she was being attacked by kids on Halloween day. Her spirit, however, hung on to the house and [[GeniusLoci possessed it]]. Both unable to let the past go, [[TragicMonster Constance's spirit remains in the house and she refuses to go on to the afterlife]], only doing so [[UndeathAlwaysEnds when she's put out of her misery]].
* UnstoppableRage: Once DJ tells Nebbercracker he has to let go of Constance, the house overhears and finally transforms herself and attacks everyone people.
* WalkingSpoiler: Given Constance's existance is integral to the plot and she possesses the titular house.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Constance was forced to be part of a circus as TheFreakshow and was mercilessly mocked by the public and seemingly mistreated by the owner of the circus (she did have to sleep in a cage). Then she found happiness when Horace Nebbercracker rescued her and married her, only to fall to her death in the foundation of her house when she tried to chase off a group of kids that were harassing her. Her enraged spirit then became part of the house, unable to leave for the afterlife — essentially remaining trapped in her own home for ''several decades''.
* WouldHurtAChild:
** Perfectly willing to kill three pubescent kids who infiltrate her, two of which had something to do with her husband's heart attack.
** Also willing to try and hack at a pair of bullies provoking her on Halloween night because of her weight.
* YouKilledMyFather: "My spouse", in this case. After Nebbercracker is taken away to the hospital, the house sets her eyes primarily on the main boys.
!!Tropes that apply to the Monster House
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* AttackItsWeakPoint: The chimney leads to the fireplace inside the house, which is her heart. DJ deals the final blow to her by throwing dynamite inside the chimney, causing a huge explosion that destroys the house for good and lets Constance's spirit fade away.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: A house made of wood with the ability to reshape tree trunks into arms.
* DemonicPossession: What happens to the house as a result of Constance's spirit dwelling inside of her.
* EldritchAbomination: A house made of wood that, thanks to being possessed by a spirit, has the ability to reshape herself (making her appear as a human head), can use trees as makeshift arms in order to move, and can even regenerate herself when she is destroyed? ''You better believe it.''
* EldritchLocation: Especially when she starts to affect the insides more. Some of the weirder things she can do include looking inward with sunlight beams to survey her own interior, possess the grounds and objects to broing people closer, and make phone calls with no apparent operator.
* ExtremeOmnivore: For a definition of eating, since she stashes them away under her foundations. She doesn't just "eat" people, but also toys and even a freaking police car.
* GeniusLoci: Constance's spirit held on to the house to allow it to live. It even has human-like parts on her, such as a carpet for a tongue.
* HauntedHouse: Played with. The house is an archetypal example, being made of wood, filled inside with various old contraptions, and having stuff move by itself both inside and outside of her. However, it's because the ghost of Constance is doing the work.
* HellIsThatNoise: The doorbell.
* KilledOffForReal: DJ drops a stick of dynamite on Constance's chimney, leading to her heart. This destroys her for good and frees her spirit.
* LivingStructureMonster: '''Natch.'''
* NestedMouths: Normally, the house has a mouth formed only from her doorway. Through Constance, she has the ability to convert the supports of her porch into an additional, larger mouth.
* NotQuiteDead: Chowder brings the house down with an excavator during the climax, destroying her when sHe falls down a chasm alongside Chowder. Unfortunately, she regenerates itself...
* OneWingedAngel: ...thus transforming into this. Her final form seems to bring pufferfishes to mind, using whatever part of the house is left to become much scarier. A stick of dynamite to her chimney is enough to [[KilledOffForReal destroy her once and for all]].
* PhoneyCall: She calls DJ in the middle of the night, and [[NothingIsScarier the only thing that can be heard is her angry breathing]].
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Once the house starts to move by herself, her SupernaturalGoldenEyes start to glow more orange-like, indicating she is being consumed by rage.
* SapientHouse: Thanks to Constance's spirit, the house is able to think on its own and move.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Invoked. The eyes seem to be lightbulbs, but regardless, it's Constance's spirit turning them on to make them appear like this. When angered, they become [[RedEyesTakeWarning orange with rage]].
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Why does ''nobody'' come out of their houses to see what's going on with ''a living house '''stomping her way through the middle of a suburban neighborhood'''''?!
!!Tropes that apply to Constance
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* BerserkButton: Kids. A pair of them playing tricks on her by {{Egging}} her pushes such.
* BrawnHilda: Her fat appearance shows this quite well. It's fortunate that Nebbercracker had a heart for her despite that.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: She loses her balance when trying to attack the kids that were attacking her and, in an attempt to not fall on the house's foundations, pulls a lever that activates the concrete mixer. This isn't enough, and she falls to the depths below. However, the concrete in the mixer ''also'' falls with her down. If [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou the impact]] didn't kill her but did cripple her, the concrete that fell on her was enough to do it, either suffocating her or finishing the job... Ouch.
* FatAndSkinny: When she was alive, she was the Fat to Nebbercracker's Skinny.
* FatBastard: Kids attacking her is enough to make her lose her will to reason.
* TheFreakshow: Was part of this, much to her chagrin. Thankfully, Nebbercracker rescues her from it.
* RescueRomance: Had one with Horace Nebbercracker after he rescues her from the freak show troupe. They even [[HappilyMarried got married]] and attempted to build a house together.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: When she was alive, she was also the Huge Girl to Nebbercracker's Tiny Guy.
* TragicIntangibility: When her house form is destroyed, Constance's ghost is the only thing that remains. She and Nebbercracker share a brief moment together just before she disappears — leaving Nebbercracker with nothing left of his wife.
-->'''Nebbercracker:''' ...goodbye...
* UndeathAlwaysEnds: The house's destruction sets her spirit free.
[[/folder]]
!Supporting characters
[[folder:Eliza]]
!!Eliza
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyanNewman (original)\\
Denisse Durán (Latin American Spanish)
A young girl who appears at the start of the movie and whose tricycle is stolen by Mr. Nebbercracker.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The movie's credits don't even give out her name, referring to her as "Little Girl". Fortunately, her name is given by the movie's wiki.
* {{Bookends}}: The movie begins with her tricycle taken away and broken by Mr. Nebbercracker, and ends with her getting it back.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mr. and Mrs. Walters]]
!!Mr. and Mrs. Walters
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[[caption-width-right:168:Mr. Walters]]
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[[caption-width-right:168:Mrs. Walters]]
->'''Mr. Walters voiced by:''' Creator/FredWillard (original)\\
Alejandro Vargas (Latin American Spanish)\\
'''Mrs. Walters voiced by:''' Creator/CatherineOHara (original)\\
Gaby Willer (Latin American Spanish)
DJ's parents. They leave him to attend a dentist convention for the weekend. While they agree with people that DJ might be crazy, they nevertheless love him and try to do what's best for him.
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* GoodParents: They're both shown to love DJ despite not believing him much.
* ParentsAsPeople: They leave town to go to a dentist convention and return much later, at the movie's conclusion.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Zee]]
!!Elizabeth "Zee"
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal (original)\\
Rebeca Gómez (Latin American Spanish)
DJ's babysitter, who's left in charge of DJ while his parents are away for a trip. An unpleasant young adult whose EstablishingCharacterMoment is to showcase such nature.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Fell in love with Bones. Zee isn't exactly a sweetheart herself, so there's not much to complain about.
* BabysitterFromHell: Subverted. Though largely apathetic to DJ and breaking a pot knowing he would be the one blamed, she calls off Bones when he continues harassing her charge, and even gives the kids some Halloween candy (granted, so she didn't have to make them breakfast, but candy is candy!).
* BitchInSheepsClothing: When she gets home, she sweettalks DJ thinking her parents are still in the house. When he tells Zee they aren't, we then see her true, apathetic colors.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** She tells Bones to knock it off once he starts to bully DJ too much.
** Not too long after, Bones makes a bitter remark about how Nebbercracker is evil. Zee begs to differ, thinking "evil" is too strong of a strong word — at worst, she just thinks he's merely a crochety old man.
* GeekyTurnOn: [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, she starts to date Skull.]]
* InkSuitActor: Many of the characters tend to have some likeness to their voice actors, but Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal as Zee might be the best example.
* {{Jerkass}}: The apathetic babysitter to DJ, and she breaks a pot to taunt him when she gets to their house knowing she won't be blamed for it.
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: She breaks one of Walters' house's pots, knowing that DJ will be blamed and that they won't believe that Zee did it, to prove the point that she was in charge.
* OperationJealousy: {{Implied|Trope}}, the reason why she [[spoiler:starts to date Skull being to get back at Bones]].
* PetTheDog: She does call out Bones for bullying DJ too much and even gives him and Chowder some Halloween candy for breakfast.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Bones]]
!!Bones
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JasonLee (original)\\
Creator/EduardoGarza (Latin American Spanish)
Zee's boyfriend, the member of a band who are starting to make a name for themselves.
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* AllAbusersAreMale: Downplayed. He isn't outright abusive to Zee, but when he pranks her by pouncing on her after tattle-telling her Nebbercracker ate his wife, she has enough and rightfully tells him "he doesn't respect women".
* TheAlcoholic: Can be seen drinking some booze inside the Walters' house as well as outside when he leaves.
* FatAndSkinny The Skinny to Skull's Fat, when they were both in a band.
* {{Jerkass}}: Easily the least repentant one in the movie. Between bullying DJ and pranking his girlfriend, the guy is clearly a jerk.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Zee hooking up with Skull at the end. He dismisses it as a "whatever", though.]]
* {{Manchild}}: His actual age is ambiguous, but he's clearly old enough to stop harassing kids younger than him, like DJ.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Officers Landers and Lester]]
!!Officers Landers and Lester
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[[caption-width-right:200:Officer Landers]]
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[[caption-width-right:200:Officer Lister]]
->'''Officer Landers voiced by:''' Creator/KevinJames (original)\\
(Latin American Spanish)\\
'''Officer Lester voiced by:''' Creator/NickCannon (original)\\
Creator/RicardoMendoza (Latin American Spanish)
Two cops who appear to DJ, Chowder and Jenny when they call the police to help deal with the house. They, much like other people, do not appear to believe the boys at all, but are simply doing their job to make sure they don't get hurt.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Or at least they try not to be. But they still don't believe the main trio's story of the house being possessed.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: A hilarious inversion. Officer Landers lists the crimes he accuses the kids of committing in front of Mr. Nebbercrackers' house starting off with "Littering, loitering, vandalism, vagrancy..." and Lister finishes it with an uncalled "...and TREASON!" which Landers rejects.
* GoodCopBadCop: Landers is the Good Cop (he at least tries to hear out the kids before dismissing them), Lister is the Bad Cop (his inexperience means he will quickly jump the gun at them).
* FatAndSkinny: Lander is the Fat, Lister is the Skinny.
* {{Manchild}}: Officer Lister acts very childish, much to Lander's annoyance.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Officer Landers tells Lister they would inspect the candies, to which Lister tells Landers they should even eat some. Landers agrees.
* PoliceAreUseless: Again, they try not to be, but the teo not believing the main trio's story about the monster house and trying to arrest them for disturbing the public order paints them as such.
* RedOniBlueOni: Lister is the Red Oni to Lander's Blue Oni.
* SaltAndPepper: Landers is the Salt, Lister is the Pepper.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Skull]]
!!Reginald 'Skull' Skulinski
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JonHeder (original)\\
Roberto Mendiola (Latin American Spanish)
A pizza deliverer who dedicates his free time to playing videogames at the pizzeria while the job is slow.
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* FatAndSkinny: The Fat to Bones' Skinny, when they were both in a band.
* {{Geek}}: The town's resident one. He's the person the main trio go to in order to know how to attack the house. While the kids come up with the plan, Skull does agree with them.
* JustOneMoreLevel: He's the champion of the game ''Thou Art Dead'', a fictional arcade game within the movie. Chowder states that Skull once played the game for four days straight ''on one quarter, a gallon of chocolate milk, and '''an adult diaper'''''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kevin]]
!!Kevin the Dog
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->'''Voiced by:''' — (AsHimself according to the ending credits)
A small dog who has the misfortune of getting eaten by the Monster House the moment it sets foot on her lawn.
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* BitCharacter: One of the victims of the Monster House, and the one with the least screentime, but still no less important.
* {{Bookends}}: His first appearance in the movie is whizzing on Mr. Nebbercracker's lawn. [[spoiler:At the ending credits, he does exactly the same, though this time to a jack-o'-lantern.]]
* 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.
* NoNameGiven: Until the credits, where we're told his name.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Subverted, as his fate is fortunately safe and sound at the end of the movie.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The bullies '''(MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!)''']]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Erik Walker, Matthew Fahey
A pair of bullies that appear in Constance's DeathByOriginStory and are partly responsible for her murder, however accidental it might have been.
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* BitCharacter: Their time in the movie might be very brief, but their role is extremely important however small it might have been.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: They were responsible for Constance's death, not knowing the woman was already distrustful as hell 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.
* {{Egging}}: How they attack the house in construction as well as Constance.
* KidsAreCruel: The plot could've been avoided if these pesky, good-for-nothing hooligans hadn't caused Constance to die, however indrect their influence was.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Aside from being the indirect catalyst for Constance's death, we don't know what happens after that. One could probably assume [[KarmaHoudini they got away with it]].
[[/folder]]
