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The eponymous Station Master. When recieving news that the train station has been shut down, he hatches a desperate ZanyScheme to keep it open, no matter the cost.

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The eponymous Station Master. When recieving receiving news that the train station has been shut down, he hatches a desperate ZanyScheme to keep it open, no matter the cost.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: For starters, they hold “sing-along and animal impersonation events”, and have released a record with the ”catch” title ''[[LongTitle My Father Is Dead And So Is My Mother However My Brother Is Still With Us.'']] Yeah, you could say that they are a bit loopy.

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: For starters, they hold “sing-along and animal impersonation events”, and have released a record with the ”catch” title ''[[LongTitle My ''My Father Is Dead And So Is My Mother However My Brother Is Still With Us.'']] '' Yeah, you could say that they are a bit loopy.
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* BareYourMidriff: A RareMaleExample, which shows off Jerry’s somewhat shabby nature.
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** AmbiguousSituation: He ''may'' have told [[spoiler: Harry to watch out for fans of country music]], assuming both that he’s the same father who also abandoned him ''and'' that [[spoiler: Harry]] didn’t make the whole thing up.
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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: A close pair of friends who just happen to be — or at least ''try'' to be — bankrobbers.
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* CloudCuckoolander: His preferred method of helping his children get in touch with each other is to give them all half of a bag. He’s either done this ''a lot'', [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike or many others have had the same idea.]]
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** AmbiguousSituation: He ''may'' have told [[spoiler: Harry to watch out for fans of country music]], assuming both that he’s the same father who also abandoned him ''and'' that [[spoiler: Harry]] didn’t make the whole thing up.
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* TheVoiceless: Never says a word. His only “dialogue” comes in the form of the letter he leaves behind.
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* DoorstopBaby: As it turns out, [[spoiler: he is at Gerhard’s office to deliver him one.]]
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* WalkingSpoiler: You really can’t say much at all about him without giving away the TwistEnding of the story.
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* DisappearedDad: He apparently has a tendency to abandon his children shortly after they’re born.
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* TheReveal: His identity and goals are a mystery until the very end of the film.
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[[folder: The Visitor]]

!! The Vistor

-->'''Played by:''' Folke Lindh

A man who shows up at Gerhard Vilén’s office, waiting in Bain for him to return.
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* AscendedExtra: Only ever mentioned in the stage version. However, in the film he shows up in a brand new minor subplot.
* FakingTheDead: Faked his death as an excuse to adandon his family. It’s implied that he’s done this ''many'' times over.
* TheGhost: In the stage version.
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* TakeThat: Provides an affectionate one to painter [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Liljefors Bruno Liljefors]]. When Sven asks him what that artist said after painting the Mona Lisa, the answer turn out to be ”Damn it! It became a fox!” [[DontExplainTheJoke The joke being that he couldn’t not make an animal painting if he tried.]]

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* TakeThat: Provides an affectionate one to painter [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Liljefors Bruno Liljefors]]. When Sven asks him what that this artist said after painting the Mona Lisa, the answer turn turns out to be ”Damn it! It became a fox!” [[DontExplainTheJoke The joke being that he couldn’t not make an animal painting if he tried.]]
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* TakeThat: Provides an affectionate one to painter [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Liljefors Bruno Liljefors]]. When Sven asks him what that artist said after painting the Mona Lisa, the answer turn out to be ”Damn it! It became a fox!” [[DontExplainTheJoke The joke being that he couldn’t not make an animal painting if he tried.]]


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* AscendedExtra: Gets an additional scene in the film, where both he and his creator finally get to [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn their happy ending.]]
* BelatedHappyEnding: Gets one in the film, where he is ''finally'' installed at the station once it reopens.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: As much as he wants to be the voice of reason, he has a fair number of CompletelyMissingThePoint moments. He gets stuck in OneDialogueTwoConversations during Harry’s phone call, is utterly baffled by Axel being MuggedForDisguise by Gerhard, and fails to get the message when Harry asks him if he knows what an executive is.

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* NotSoAboveItAll: As much as he wants to be the voice of reason, he has a fair number of CompletelyMissingThePoint moments.ComicallyMissingThePointMoments. He gets stuck in OneDialogueTwoConversations during Harry’s phone call, is utterly baffled by Axel being MuggedForDisguise by Gerhard, and fails to get the message when Harry asks him if he knows what an executive is.

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