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* AdultsAreUseless: Averted. Barbara sees them and everyone else as stupid and useless, but they're all trying to be as useful as they possibly can. Mrs. Molle actively tries to reach out to Barbara and the teachers address student misbehavior accordingly. Perhaps the only useless thing they've done is somehow not intervening in Taylor's bullying for this long, considering they're intervening with Barbara.
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** According to [[http://goodokbad.com/assets/images/books/iKillGiants_02.png this]] image of Taylor, she is wearing what appears to be a [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Leaf Village headband]] around herneckneck.
** Barbara [[spoiler:and her mother]] are admirers of Coveleski, a baseball player nicknamed "the Giant Killer".
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** Karen's job is brought up, in which her boss wants to give her a promotion out of pity for her. Karen rejects it because it would mean more work and less time to take care of her siblings [[spoiler:and mother]], but Barbara accuses her of not having a backbone.
** Barbara goes to Mrs. Molle's house and meets her husband and baby girl before running off.
** The dinner scene from the first issue where Karen yells at her siblings is split into two scenes in the movie. The first scene is placed at the beginning and Doug is the one who slams his hand onto the pan, while the second scene is in the middle and has Karen slam her hand on the table while scolding Barbara.
** Karen's job is brought up, in which her boss wants to give her a promotion out of pity for her. Karen rejects it because it would mean more work and less time to take care of her siblings [[spoiler:and mother]], but Barbara accuses her of not having a backbone.
** Barbara goes to Mrs. Molle's house and meets her husband and baby girl before running off.
* {{Foil}}: In the movie, Barbara meets Mrs. Molle's husband and baby daughter, but seeing Mrs. Molle comfort her daughter causes her to run off in distress. [[spoiler:Barbara's own mother is bedridden and dying.]]
* InternalReveal: After Barbara gets beat up and awakens upstairs, Sophia sees... something in another bedroom upstairs. [[spoiler:She saw Barbara's bedridden mom.]]
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* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler:The Titan, who was initially built up to be the BigBad, is ''actually'' trying to help Barbara come to terms with her mothers impending death.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler:The Titan, who was initially built up to be the BigBad, is ''actually'' trying to help Barbara come to terms with her mothers impending death.]]
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* NorseMythology: Myth/NorseMythology: A consistent theme throughout. From Barbara's last name (Thorson, explaining her WeaponOfChoice), to the fact that she inscribes a Norse rune on the handbag she constantly carries.
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* YoungerThanTheyLook: Taylor and at least a few of her lackeys (the former especially) in particular look rather similar to teenagers for girls that are supposed to be in the fifth grade. However, it is possible that they may have been held back a grade (given some of their record, especially Taylor's) or they only look the way they do because that is how Barbara perceives them.
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''ComicBook/IKillGiants'' is a graphic novel written by Joe Kelly and illustrated by JM Ken Niimura.
Barbara Thorson is a loner. A misanthrope. A girl with a very caustic personality. And she's only in the fifth grade. Oh, yes, and she kills giants.
Problem is, nobody else sees what she sees. Everyone treats her as a freak, and she reacts violently to the counselor, Mrs. Molle, when she tries to find out a little more about Barbara. It takes the friendship of a new girl in town, Sophia, to start breaking Barbara out of her shell....
But is that for the best? Are the giants Barbara claims to kill really real? Is Barbara really just suffering from some kind of mental breakdown, caused by some kind of family trauma? And what does baseball have to do with it?
[[spoiler: Yes, the giants are real. Maybe]].
An excellent work, ''I Kill Giants'' starts weird, gets crazy, then gets CrazyAwesome, and then goes straight into heartwarming. Read it if you need something to read.
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* BerserkButton: If you value your face, do NOT mention [[spoiler:Barbara's mother. Or her cancer]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Barbara.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Barbara, in an apparent HeroicSacrifice]].
* DropTheHammer: Barbara's supposed weapon, called Coveleski. [[spoiler:When she finally unleashes it, things go boom]].
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:The titan really just wants to help Barbara come to terms with her mother's cancer]].
* GreekMythology: Referenced when Barbara talks to Sophie about the origins of the giants.
* ImaginaryFriend: Barbara has a bunch of them... [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or does she?]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Barbara, though not nearly as much as the girls who bully her.
* LittleProfessorDialog: Barbara.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's never clear if what's going on is real or all in Barbara's head. [[spoiler:The ending implies that the titan may have been real]].
* NorseMythology: A consistent theme throughout. From Barbara's last name (Thorson, explaining her WeaponOfChoice), to the fact that she inscribes a Norse rune on the handbag she constantly carries.
* TitleDrop: Barabara proclaims this to Sophie.
* UnusualEars: Barbara wears three different pairs of [[AnimalEaredHeadband Animal Eared Headbands]] throughout: [[CatGirl cat]], what looks like mouse or bear and, most commonly, bunny ears, making her look a little bit like [[{{FLCL}} Haruko Haruhara]]. It doesn't help that the art style is a little similar. The headbands also help to visually distance her from all the other characters and emphasize how much of an outsider she is.
* WeaponOfChoice: Coveleski.
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''ComicBook/IKillGiants'' is a graphic novel written by Joe Kelly and illustrated by JM Ken Niimura.
Barbara Thorson is a loner. A misanthrope. A girl with a very caustic personality. And she's only in the fifth grade. Oh, yes, and she kills giants.
Problem is, nobody else sees what she sees. Everyone treats her as a freak, and she reacts violently to the counselor, Mrs. Molle, when she tries to find out a little more about Barbara. It takes the friendship of a new girl in town, Sophia, to start breaking Barbara out of her shell....
But is that for the best? Are the giants Barbara claims to kill really real? Is Barbara really just suffering from some kind of mental breakdown, caused by some kind of family trauma? And what does baseball have to do with it?
[[spoiler: Yes, the giants are real. Maybe]].
An excellent work, ''I Kill Giants'' starts weird, gets crazy, then gets CrazyAwesome, and then goes straight into heartwarming. Read it if you need something to read.
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!!This graphic novel provides examples of:
* BerserkButton: If you value your face, do NOT mention [[spoiler:Barbara's mother. Or her cancer]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Barbara.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Barbara, in an apparent HeroicSacrifice]].
* DropTheHammer: Barbara's supposed weapon, called Coveleski. [[spoiler:When she finally unleashes it, things go boom]].
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:The titan really just wants to help Barbara come to terms with her mother's cancer]].
* GreekMythology: Referenced when Barbara talks to Sophie about the origins of the giants.
* ImaginaryFriend: Barbara has a bunch of them... [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane or does she?]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Barbara, though not nearly as much as the girls who bully her.
* LittleProfessorDialog: Barbara.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's never clear if what's going on is real or all in Barbara's head. [[spoiler:The ending implies that the titan may have been real]].
* NorseMythology: A consistent theme throughout. From Barbara's last name (Thorson, explaining her WeaponOfChoice), to the fact that she inscribes a Norse rune on the handbag she constantly carries.
* TitleDrop: Barabara proclaims this to Sophie.
* UnusualEars: Barbara wears three different pairs of [[AnimalEaredHeadband Animal Eared Headbands]] throughout: [[CatGirl cat]], what looks like mouse or bear and, most commonly, bunny ears, making her look a little bit like [[{{FLCL}} Haruko Haruhara]]. It doesn't help that the art style is a little similar. The headbands also help to visually distance her from all the other characters and emphasize how much of an outsider she is.
* WeaponOfChoice: Coveleski.
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