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** Frances's mother is dead in the film. She was alive and well in real life, and stayed with the Wrights as Frances did.

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** Frances's Frances' mother is dead in the film. She was alive and well in real life, and stayed with the Wrights as Frances did.



* BlitzEvacuees: A variation. Although it is set during World War ''I'' when there was no Blitz, Frances's situation is quite similar.

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* BlitzEvacuees: A variation. Although it is set during World War ''I'' when there was no Blitz, Frances's Frances' situation is quite similar.



* DeathByAdaptation: Frances's mother. In reality she went to live with the Wrights along with Frances.

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* DeathByAdaptation: Frances's Frances' mother. In reality she went to live with the Wrights along with Frances.



* TheGhost: Frances's father is entirely an off-screen character, off fighting in the war and it left in doubt whether he's missing or dead. [[spoiler: Until the end]].

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* TheGhost: Frances's Frances' father is entirely an off-screen character, off fighting in the war and it left in doubt whether he's missing or dead. [[spoiler: Until the end]].



* TheHighQueen: Alluded to with the fairies' Queen Mab. When we see her, she appears to be a noble and ladylike creature [[spoiler: implied to have brought Frances's father home from the war]].

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* TheHighQueen: Alluded to with the fairies' Queen Mab. When we see her, she appears to be a noble and ladylike creature [[spoiler: implied to have brought Frances's Frances' father home from the war]].



* MissingMom: Frances's mother is dead. When Aunt Pollie tucks her in, they look at a photo of a woman and Pollie says "I miss her too".

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* MissingMom: Frances's Frances' mother is dead. When Aunt Pollie tucks her in, they look at a photo of a woman and Pollie says "I miss her too".

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* AsYouKnow: Frances and Elsie quiz each other on fairy lore as a convenient way to explain to the audience.



* BewareTheNiceOnes:
** Frances is a normally nice girl but, when an ignorant classmate asks if everyone in Africa is a cannibal, she deadpans "any more stupid questions?"
** Both Frances and Elsie have no problem sassing Mr Ferrett when he tries to threaten information out of them.



* GrowingUpSucks: {{Defied}} by Elsie in her speech at the end.

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* TheGhost: Frances's father is entirely an off-screen character, off fighting in the war and it left in doubt whether he's missing or dead. [[spoiler: Until the end]].
* GilliganCut: A scene after The Strand article is published has Pollie reassuring her husband that with the names changed and location kept secret, "no one will know it's us". Cut to Mr Ferrett finding out the possible places from an expert.
* GrowingUpSucks: {{Defied}} by Elsie in her speech at the end. She says that growing up only sucks if you do it the wrong way.



* TheHighQueen: Alluded to with the fairies' Queen Mab.

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* HateSink: Mr Ferrett is a narrow-minded journalist who goes to absurd lengths to prove the fairy story is false - including ambushing the two girls when they're alone in the Beck, harassing Arthur multiple times and breaking into the bedroom of a dead child to look for dirt. He exists solely so he can get repeated comeuppance.
* TheHighQueen: Alluded to with the fairies' Queen Mab. When we see her, she appears to be a noble and ladylike creature [[spoiler: implied to have brought Frances's father home from the war]].



* HouseFey: Initially just in the beck behind the house but they eventually visit the house.
* TheGhost: Frances's father. [[spoiler: Until the end]].
* IfItBleedsItLeads: The character of the journalist desperate to uncover the truth behind the fairies.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Frances and her corporal. Also Elsie and Houdini sort of.

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* HouseFey: Initially just in the beck behind the house but they eventually visit the house.
house. The Wright's landlord at one point jokes to Sir Arthur that the fairies are technically his tenants as well.
* TheGhost: Frances's father. {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: Until Mr Ferrett sneaks into the end]].
* IfItBleedsItLeads: The character of the journalist desperate
Wright house to uncover evidence that the truth behind photographs were faked. He finds it in Joseph's room - where the fairies.
cutouts and drawings are. But as he finds this, he experiences a genuine supernatural phenomenon. As a result, he's scared away when he has all the proof he needs]].
* IntergenerationalFriendship: IntergenerationalFriendship:
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Frances makes friends with a corporal who's missing an eye on her trip to Yorkshire, playing cat's cradle with him on the train. He later recognises her from the photographs and comes back to save her corporal. and Elsie from the journalists.
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Also Elsie and Houdini sort of.of hit it off when the girls are invited to London. He offers her advice on preserving their secret.
* LowFantasy: The film presents the possibility that fairies and guardian angels exist in an otherwise grounded and realistic rural English setting.



* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Mr. Gardener gives a talk about angels as part of his movement.
** Specifically, he talks about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_of_Mons the Angels of Mons]], and introduces a soldier who says he saw them.

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* OurAngelsAreDifferent: OurAngelsAreDifferent:
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Mr. Gardener gives a talk about angels as part of his movement. \n** Specifically, he talks about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_of_Mons the Angels of Mons]], and introduces a soldier who says he saw them.them.
** If we take [[spoiler: Joseph's brief appearance at the end, angels can also be deceased loved ones watching over their families - who are normally invisible but can appear if they want]].



* ThePollyanna: Frances.
* PosthumousCharacter: Joseph.
* RedOniBlueOni: Frances is Red, Elsie is Blue.
* ShrinkingViolet: Elsie, though only because she's still grieving for her brother.

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* ThePollyanna: Frances.
Frances is eternally positive and cheerful, convinced that her father will return to her soon.
* PosthumousCharacter: Joseph.
Joseph died before the film started, but his loss still hangs over his parents and sister throughout.
* RedOniBlueOni: Frances is the impulsive and excitable Red, Elsie is the sensible and rational Blue.
* ShrinkingViolet: Elsie, Elsie is very quiet and withdrawn, though only because she's still grieving for her brother.
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** The photographs didn't become public until 1919 - after World War I was over. The Theosophical Society meeting Polly Wright went to was on fairy life itself as opposed to angels. And the second set of photographs was taken in 1920 - when Frances was already back living with her family.
** Harry Houdini did not visit Cottingley with Sir Arthur, nor did the girls meet him in real life.

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** The photographs didn't become public until 1919 - after World War I was over. The Theosophical Society meeting Polly Wright went to was on fairy life itself itself, as opposed to angels. And the second set of photographs was taken in 1920 - when Frances was already back living with her family.
** Harry Houdini did not visit Cottingley with Sir Arthur, nor did the girls meet him in real life. He also never endorsed the idea that the fairies were real, and didn't even start his debunkings until the 1920s.



* FacialHorror: The soldier whom Frances befriends on the train suffered extreme burns over his face, which for most people must be offputting. She's completely undeterred though, and he thanks her later after chasing off a reporter who'd been harassing her, saying how much it meant to him.

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* FacialHorror: The soldier whom Frances befriends on the train suffered extreme burns over wounds to his face, which for most people must be offputting. She's completely undeterred though, and he thanks her later after by chasing off a nasty reporter who'd been harassing her, saying how much it meant coming to him.hear that fairies are real.
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* FacialHorror: The soldier whom Frances befriends on the train suffered extreme burns over his face, which for most people must be offputting. She's completely undeterred though, and he thanks her later after chasing off a reporter who'd been harassing her, saying how much it meant to him.

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* AgentMulder: Pollie Wright.

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* AgentMulder: Pollie Wright.Wright desperately wants to believe in the fairies' existence.



* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: One of the [[RealLife real]] girls confessed before her death in the 1980s that they faked the whole thing with paper cutouts.
** The real Frances however maintained that one of the photographs was genuine. She also never denied seeing the fairies.
** While there is no evidence that the photographs were tampered with, it doesn't mean they were genuine. Looking at them it's pretty clear they are paper. Magician and skeptic James Randi identified a fairy book from the time whose pictures closely resemble those in the photos, the same one Elsie would confess to sketching from in an interview. Some viewing the photos say they can see the hat pins she said were used to hold them up.

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* ArtisticLicenceHistory: Aside from the fairies being shown as real, there's...
** Elsie was sixteen as opposed to twelve. This is presumably why you don't see any of the real photographs of Elsie - because she looked it in real life. Frances is said to be eight in the film, but she was nine when she went to stay with the Wrights.
** Frances's mother is dead in the film. She was alive and well in real life, and stayed with the Wrights as Frances did.
** The photographs didn't become public until 1919 - after World War I was over. The Theosophical Society meeting Polly Wright went to was on fairy life itself as opposed to angels. And the second set of photographs was taken in 1920 - when Frances was already back living with her family.
** Harry Houdini did not visit Cottingley with Sir Arthur, nor did the girls meet him in real life.
* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: One of In this case the [[RealLife real]] girls lie itself ''is'' the story. The real Elsie later confessed before her death in the 1980s that they faked the whole thing with paper cutouts.
** The real Frances however maintained that one of the photographs was genuine. She also never denied seeing the fairies.
** While there is no evidence that the photographs were tampered with, it doesn't mean they were genuine. Looking at them it's pretty clear they are paper. Magician and skeptic James Randi identified a fairy book from the time whose pictures closely resemble those in the photos, the same one Elsie would confess to sketching from in an interview. Some viewing
the photos say they can see the hat pins she were faked, though Frances jokingly said that the fairies were used to hold them up.real - a sentiment her daughter shared.



* CheerfulChild: Frances.

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* CheerfulChild: Frances.Frances is more lively and cheerful than Elsie.



** What's more is that Frances was already back living with her family by the time the second set of photographs were taken.
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* AgentScully: Harry Houdini's portrayal in the film (and in RealLife as well). Played with as Harry Houdini refuses to debunk the girls in the film because he doesn't want to subject a pair of innocent girls to the resulting media scrutiny. He's also reluctant (but more determined) to challenge his friend, Arthur Conan Doyle's, spiritualist beliefs because he feel his friend is being taken advantage of.

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* AgentScully: Harry Houdini's portrayal in the film (and in RealLife as well). Played with as Harry Houdini refuses to debunk the girls in the film because he doesn't want to subject a pair of innocent girls to the resulting media scrutiny. He's also reluctant (but more determined) to challenge his friend, Arthur Conan Doyle's, spiritualist beliefs because he feel feels his friend is being taken advantage of.
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* AgentScully: Harry Houdini's portrayal in the film (and in RealLife as well).

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* AgentScully: Harry Houdini's portrayal in the film (and in RealLife as well). Played with as Harry Houdini refuses to debunk the girls in the film because he doesn't want to subject a pair of innocent girls to the resulting media scrutiny. He's also reluctant (but more determined) to challenge his friend, Arthur Conan Doyle's, spiritualist beliefs because he feel his friend is being taken advantage of.


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* BeliefMakesYouStupid: A subplot between Harry Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle (based on RealLife) is that the latter is desperate to believe in the supernatural due to the death of his son. Whether it's fairies, ghosts, or psychic phenomenon. Harry, as a professional debunker, is sympathetic but troubled by his friend's obsession. Notable for the fact this is a more sympathetic take on the subject than normal and a LighterAndSofter take on what happened in real life (where Houdini and Doyle's friendship collapsed).
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* UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne: The film takes place in England during the war.

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* AgentScully: Harry Houdini's portrayal in the film.

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* AgentScully: Harry Houdini's portrayal in the film.film (and in RealLife as well).



* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Elsie mostly wears black clothes to symbolise she is still mourning her brother. The first time she wears white is when Sir Arthur comes to visit. Afterwards she is shown wearing more colours.

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* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Elsie mostly wears black clothes to symbolise symbolize she is still mourning her brother. The first time she wears white is when Sir Arthur comes to visit. Afterwards she is shown wearing more colours.colors.



** Specifically, he talks about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_of_Mons the Angels of Mons]] and introduces a soldier who says he saw them.

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** Specifically, he talks about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_of_Mons the Angels of Mons]] Mons]], and introduces a soldier who says he saw them. them.



* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is story of [[http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/photo_database/image/the_cottingley_fairies/ The Cottingley Fairies]], which is followed pretty close to fact - except those were ''definitely'' fake, while this film leaves the veracity of the girls' photographs uncertain. (There are actual fairies shown, but so are painted paper cutouts, and we never see the girls taking the photographs. It's strongly implied that [[spoiler: Joseph had made numerous paper cutouts modeled on real fairies, and the girls set up and photographed his art -- since the real ones either didn't show up on film or were offended by the idea of having their pictures taken]].)

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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is the story of [[http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/photo_database/image/the_cottingley_fairies/ The Cottingley Fairies]], which is followed pretty close to fact - except those were ''definitely'' fake, while this film leaves the veracity of the girls' photographs uncertain. (There There are actual fairies shown, but so are painted paper cutouts, and we never see the girls taking the photographs. It's strongly implied that [[spoiler: Joseph had made numerous paper cutouts modeled on real fairies, and the girls set up and photographed his art -- since the real ones either didn't show up on film or were offended by the idea of having their pictures taken]].)



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The reporter who sneaks into the house and finds the cut-outs of the fairies gets scared off but we never find out what became of him. Especially since the photos weren't exposed as fakes until the 1980s.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The reporter who sneaks into the house and finds the cut-outs of the fairies gets scared off off, but we never find out what became of him. Especially since the photos weren't exposed as fakes until the 1980s.
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** While there is no evidence that the photographs were tampered with, it doesn't mean they were genuine. Looking at them it's pretty clear they are paper. Magician and skeptic James Randi identified a fairy book from the time whose pictures closely resemble those in the photos, the same one Elsie would confess to sketching from in an interview.

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** While there is no evidence that the photographs were tampered with, it doesn't mean they were genuine. Looking at them it's pretty clear they are paper. Magician and skeptic James Randi identified a fairy book from the time whose pictures closely resemble those in the photos, the same one Elsie would confess to sketching from in an interview. Some viewing the photos say they can see the hat pins she said were used to hold them up.
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* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: One of the [[RealLife real]] girls confessed on her deathbed in the 1980s that they faked the whole thing with paper cutouts.

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* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: One of the [[RealLife real]] girls confessed on before her deathbed death in the 1980s that they faked the whole thing with paper cutouts.



** Photographic experts maintain they were all fake, however. Looking at them it's pretty clear they are paper-they even have a fairy book from the time whose pictures closely resemble those in the photos.

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** Photographic experts maintain While there is no evidence that the photographs were tampered with, it doesn't mean they were all fake, however. genuine. Looking at them it's pretty clear they are paper-they even have paper. Magician and skeptic James Randi identified a fairy book from the time whose pictures closely resemble those in the photos. photos, the same one Elsie would confess to sketching from in an interview.

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** Photographic experts maintain they were all fake, however. Looking at them it's pretty clear they are paper-they even have a fairy book from the time whose pictures closely resemble those in the photos.



* CityMouse: Averted. When Frances comes to Cottingley, the rest of the girls at school are the ones shown as ignorant.

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* CityMouse: Averted.{{Averted}}. When Frances comes to Cottingley, the rest of the girls at school are the ones shown as ignorant.



* FieryRedhead: Inverted. Elsie is the redhead but is the quiet one while Frances is the Fiery Blonde.
* GrowingUpSucks: Defied by Elsie in her speech at the end.

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* FieryRedhead: Inverted.{{Inverted}}. Elsie is the redhead but is the quiet one while Frances is the Fiery Blonde.
* GrowingUpSucks: Defied {{Defied}} by Elsie in her speech at the end.



* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Mr Gardener gives a talk about angels as part of his movement.

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* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Mr Mr. Gardener gives a talk about angels as part of his movement.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is story of [[http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/photo_database/image/the_cottingley_fairies/ The Cottingley Fairies]], which is followed pretty close to fact - except those were ''definitely'' fake, while this film leaves the veracity of the girls' photographs uncertain. (There are actual fairies shown, but so are painted paper cutouts, and we never see the girls taking the photographs. It's strongly implied that [[spoiler: the girls photographed Joseph's paper cutouts which had been modeled on real fairies, since the real ones either didn't show up on film or were offended by the idea of having their pictures taken]].)

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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is story of [[http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/photo_database/image/the_cottingley_fairies/ The Cottingley Fairies]], which is followed pretty close to fact - except those were ''definitely'' fake, while this film leaves the veracity of the girls' photographs uncertain. (There are actual fairies shown, but so are painted paper cutouts, and we never see the girls taking the photographs. It's strongly implied that [[spoiler: the girls photographed Joseph's Joseph had made numerous paper cutouts which had been modeled on real fairies, and the girls set up and photographed his art -- since the real ones either didn't show up on film or were offended by the idea of having their pictures taken]].)

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** Specifically, he talks about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_of_Mons the Angels of Mons]] and introduces a soldier who says he saw them.



* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is story of [[http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/photo_database/image/the_cottingley_fairies/ The Cottingley Fairies]], which is followed pretty close to fact - except those were ''definitely'' fake, while this film leaves the veracity of the girls' photographs uncertain. (There are actual fairies shown, but so are painted paper cutouts, and we never see the girls taking the photographs.)

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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is story of [[http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/photo_database/image/the_cottingley_fairies/ The Cottingley Fairies]], which is followed pretty close to fact - except those were ''definitely'' fake, while this film leaves the veracity of the girls' photographs uncertain. (There are actual fairies shown, but so are painted paper cutouts, and we never see the girls taking the photographs. It's strongly implied that [[spoiler: the girls photographed Joseph's paper cutouts which had been modeled on real fairies, since the real ones either didn't show up on film or were offended by the idea of having their pictures taken]].)
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is story of [[http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/photo_database/image/the_cottingley_fairies/ The Cottingley Fairies]], which is followed pretty close to fact - except those were ''fake''.

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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is story of [[http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/photo_database/image/the_cottingley_fairies/ The Cottingley Fairies]], which is followed pretty close to fact - except those were ''fake''.''definitely'' fake, while this film leaves the veracity of the girls' photographs uncertain. (There are actual fairies shown, but so are painted paper cutouts, and we never see the girls taking the photographs.)
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* FridgeBrilliance: In reality the girls admitted that the photographs were fake (though Frances maintained that the fairy bath was genuine) but not that the fairies themselves were. The Brilliance comes in with the fact that the girls are never seen taking the photographs in the films. A reporter also finds cardboard cut-outs of fairies in Joseph's room.



* HeyItsThatGuy: [[LoveActually Billy Mack]] is Mr Gardener, LawrenceOfArabia is Sir Arthur and [[{{Film/Alien3}} Golic]] / [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie The Doctor]] is Arthur Wright.



* HilariousInHindsight: At Frances's first day of school one of the children asks "if you're from Africa, why do you sound so English?". This is quite close to a famous quote from the movie ''MeanGirls'' where a new student from Africa is asked "so if you're from Africa, why are you white?".
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[LoveActually Billy Mack]] is Mr Gardener, LawrenceOfArabia is Sir Arthur and [[{{Film/Alien3}} Golic]] is Arthur Wright.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[LoveActually Billy Mack]] is Mr Gardener, LawrenceOfArabia is Sir Arthur and [[{{Film/Alien3}} Golic]] / [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie The Doctor]] is Arthur Wright.
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* WorldWarOne: The film takes place in England during the war.

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* FieryRedhead: Inverted. Elsie is the redhead but is the quiet one while Frances is the Fiery Blonde.
* FridgeBrilliance: In reality the girls admitted that the photographs were fake (though Frances maintained that the fairy bath was genuine) but not that the fairies themselves were. The Brilliance comes in with the fact that the girls are never seen taking the photographs in the films. A reporter also finds cardboard cut-outs of fairies in Joseph's room.


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* TheHighQueen: Alluded to with the fairies' Queen Mab.


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* TheOner: Towards the end where the fairies fly through the garden, up and down the chimney and into the Wrights' living room.


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* ShrinkingViolet: Elsie, though only because she's still grieving for her brother.

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* AgeLift: Elsie is twelve in the film but was fifteen in real life.

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* CompositeCharacter: Edward Gardener was merely the chairman of the Theosophical Society. The movie combines him with the speaker who was at the meeting Polly Wright attended, for convenience purposes.


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* DeathByAdaptation: Frances's mother. In reality she went to live with the Wrights along with Frances.


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* AgentMulder: Pollie Wright.
* AgentScully: Harry Houdini's portrayal in the film.



* CharacterNameAlias: When the story is published in ''The Strand'' magazine, the girls' names are changed to Alice and Iris.
* CheerfulChild: Frances.



* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Elsie mostly wears black clothes to symbolise she is still mourning her brother. The first time she wears white is when Sir Arthur comes to visit. Afterwards she is shown wearing more colours.
* ConflictBall: Numerous tourists and fairy hunters trampling the beck searching for the fairies momentarily leads the girls to believe the fairies won't speak to them again. [[spoiler: They're wrong]].



* HeyItsThatGuy: [[LoveActually Billy Mack]] is Mr Gardener, LawrenceOfArabia is Sir Arthur and [[Alien3 Golic]] is Arthur Wright.

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* GuardianAngel: Elsie's deceased brother Joseph is implied to be the family's. The topic comes up later when a sick boy wants the girls to ask the fairies to cure his sickness.
--> '''Elsie:''' Fairies can't make you feel better. You'll have to ask your Guardian Angel to do that.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[LoveActually Billy Mack]] is Mr Gardener, LawrenceOfArabia is Sir Arthur and [[Alien3 [[{{Film/Alien3}} Golic]] is Arthur Wright.



* HouseFey: Initially just in the beck behind the house but they eventually visit the house.
* TheGhost: Frances's father. [[spoiler: Until the end]].



* IntergenerationalFriendship: Frances and her corporal.

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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Frances and her corporal. Also Elsie and Houdini sort of.
* MissingMom: Frances's mother is dead. When Aunt Pollie tucks her in, they look at a photo of a woman and Pollie says "I miss her too".


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* OopNorth: In the form of Cottingley, Yorkshire.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Mr Gardener gives a talk about angels as part of his movement.


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* RedOniBlueOni: Frances is Red, Elsie is Blue.


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* UptightLovesWild: A non-romantic example. Elsie is uptight while Frances is wild.


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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The reporter who sneaks into the house and finds the cut-outs of the fairies gets scared off but we never find out what became of him. Especially since the photos weren't exposed as fakes until the 1980s.
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* AgeLift: Elsie is twelve in the film but was fifteen in real life.


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** The real Frances however maintained that one of the photographs was genuine. She also never denied seeing the fairies.
* BlitzEvacuees: A variation. Although it is set during World War ''I'' when there was no Blitz, Frances's situation is quite similar.
* CityMouse: Averted. When Frances comes to Cottingley, the rest of the girls at school are the ones shown as ignorant.
* FairyCompanion: Well ''duh''.
* GrowingUpSucks: Defied by Elsie in her speech at the end.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[LoveActually Billy Mack]] is Mr Gardener, LawrenceOfArabia is Sir Arthur and [[Alien3 Golic]] is Arthur Wright.
* HilariousInHindsight: At Frances's first day of school one of the children asks "if you're from Africa, why do you sound so English?". This is quite close to a famous quote from the movie ''MeanGirls'' where a new student from Africa is asked "so if you're from Africa, why are you white?".


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* IfItBleedsItLeads: The character of the journalist desperate to uncover the truth behind the fairies.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Frances and her corporal.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. There's Arthur Wright and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Essentially most of them appear as the standard WingedHumanoid type, though one is shown having a tail like a mermaid and a miniature horse is also seen.
* ThePollyanna: Frances.


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* SupernaturalProofFather: Arthur Wright, which is true to real life. He doesn't believe until [[spoiler: he sees a fairy at the end]].
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The film also stars HarveyKeitel as Creator/HarryHoudini and Creator/PeterOToole as Sir Creator/ArthurConanDoyle.

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* PosthumousCharacter: Joesph.

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* PosthumousCharacter: Joesph.Joseph.
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''Fairy Tale: A True Story'' is a 1997 film about two young girls, Elsie (Florence Hoath) and her cousin Francine (Elizabeth Earl), who claim to play with fairies. One day, to prove to Elsie's parents that they aren't making it up, the girls take several photographs of them. Shocked, her mother takes the photos to an expert and they are declared genuine. Word gets out, and the girls become instant celebrities and the press and fairy hunters descend on their home.

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''Fairy Tale: A True Story'' is a 1997 film about two young girls, Elsie (Florence Hoath) and her cousin Francine Frances (Elizabeth Earl), who claim to play with fairies. One day, to prove to Elsie's parents that they aren't making it up, the girls take several photographs of them. Shocked, her mother takes the photos to an expert and they are declared genuine. Word gets out, and the girls become instant celebrities and the press and fairy hunters descend on their home.



* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: One of the [[RealLife real]] girls confessed on her deathbed in the 1970s that they faked the whole thing with paper cutouts.

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* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: One of the [[RealLife real]] girls confessed on her deathbed in the 1970s 1980s that they faked the whole thing with paper cutouts.
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''Fairy Tale: A True Story'' is a 1997 film about two young girls, Elsie (Florence Hoath) and her cousin Francine (Elizabeth Earl), who claim to play with fairies. One day, to prove to Elsie's parents that they aren't making it up, the girls take several photographs of them. Shocked, her mother takes the photos to an expert and they are declared genuine. Word gets out, and the girls become instant celebrities and the press and fairy hunters descend on their home.

The film also stars HarveyKeitel as HarryHoudini and [[PeterOToole Peter O'Toole]] as Sir Creator/ArthurConanDoyle.

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* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: One of the [[RealLife real]] girls confessed on her deathbed in the 1970s that they faked the whole thing with paper cutouts.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Both Houdini and Doyle.
* PosthumousCharacter: Joesph.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is story of [[http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/photo_database/image/the_cottingley_fairies/ The Cottingley Fairies]], which is followed pretty close to fact - except those were ''fake''.
* WorldWarOne: The film takes place in England during the war.

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