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* InnocentPlantChildren: Timothy Green, who has leaves growing on his legs and what seems to be photosynthesis capabilities, embodies ideal traits such as love and friendliness.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The adoption agent doesn't seem to think that the Greens' story is too weird.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: When the Greens learn they cannot have a child on their own, they have a spirited session of talking about how great the child they can't have would have been and bury it in the backyard, as if having a funeral. However, they also "planted a seed" for Timothy to grow from.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The adoption agent doesn't seem to think that the Greens' story is too weird. [[spoiler:It helps that they have a bit of proof to back it up with.]]
* WonderChild: Timothy appears in the backyard of the Green's home after they [[RuleOfSymbolism bury their wishes there]].
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The adoption agent doesn't seem to think that the Greens' story is too weird. [[spoiler:It helps that they have a bit of proof to back it up with.]]
* WonderChild: Timothy appears in the backyard of the Green's home after they [[RuleOfSymbolism bury their wishes there]].
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* TheBenchwarmer: Timothy is kept perpetually on the bench during soccer games. His parents manage to convince the coach to give him a chance to play... and that backfires miserably as Timothy ends up accidentally scoring the winning goal for the opposing team.
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* CommonalityConnection: Timothy is concerned when a girl at a party, Joni, discovers the leaves he has on his ankles, but the two end up forming a friendship after she reveals she also has a birthmark on her chest.
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* ParentsAsPeople: Both parents make more than their fair share of mistakes and misjudgements, even when they think they're acting in Timothy's best interests.
-->'''Jim:''' Isn't that how you know you're a parent?
-->'''Jim:''' Isn't that how you know you're a parent?
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* CluelessAesop: The movie tries to present the moral that no one is capable of being a perfect parent and will make mistakes, no matter what. Where it falls flat is that it doesn’t recognize the value of mistakes being that you can learn from them and improve yourself. By Jim and Cindy’s own admission, they think that constantly making mistakes is just an expectable and acceptable part of being a parent.
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* CluelessAesop: The movie tries to present the moral that no one is capable of being a perfect parent and will make mistakes, no matter what. Where it falls flat is that it doesn’t recognize the value of mistakes being that you can learn from them and improve yourself. By Jim and Cindy’s own admission, they think that constantly making apparently see parental mistakes is just an expectable and acceptable part of as being a parent.inevitable and made just for the sake of making them.
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* HowWeGotHere: The FramingDevice is the Greens talking to an adoption agency's officer some time after the events of the film have passed.
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* HowWeGotHere: The FramingDevice is the Greens talking to an adoption agency's officer employees some time after the events of the film have passed.passed, trying to explain what makes them qualified to be parents.
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* OwnGoal: Just as his parents predicted, Timothy's time in the big soccer game ends with him scoring the winning shot...for the opposing team.
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* PlantPeople: Timothy is a seemingly ordinary young boy who sprouted from the ground during a rainstorm, has leaves on his ankles, and basks in the rays of the sun when it comes out.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Cindy's boss poses the question, seemingly to Timothy, of how his parents thought to make a pencil out of leaves...and then shoves the microphone in front of Jim's boss instead, catching him off guard and exposing him as a liar and a fraud.
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-->'''Jim:''' (''while Timothy is playing soccer'') GO TIMMY!\\
'''Cindy's sister:''' Has he been drinking!?
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood:
-->'''Jim:''' (''while TimothyCluelessAesop: The movie tries to present the moral that no one is playing soccer'') GO TIMMY!\\
'''Cindy's sister:''' Has he been drinking!?capable of being a perfect parent and will make mistakes, no matter what. Where it falls flat is that it doesn’t recognize the value of mistakes being that you can learn from them and improve yourself. By Jim and Cindy’s own admission, they think that constantly making mistakes is just an expectable and acceptable part of being a parent.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Downplayed with Cindy’s unrealistically nasty sister, who reacts snootily or is downright appalled whenever the Greens show pride or affection for their son.
-->'''Jim:''' (''while Timothy
'''Cindy's sister:''' Has he been drinking!?
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Downplayed with Cindy’s unrealistically nasty sister, who reacts snootily or is downright appalled whenever the Greens show pride or affection for their son.
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* HateSink: Cindy's sister is portrayed as a complete snob who belittles Cindy at every turn and openly mocks Timothy on several occasions.
* HereWeGoAgain: Invoked by the Greens when the adoption agency's agent asks them what they will do if they get a child:
-->'''Jim''': We'll make better mistakes (than the ones we just told you about dealing with Timothy).
* HereWeGoAgain: Invoked by the Greens when the adoption agency's agent asks them what they will do if they get a child:
-->'''Jim''': We'll make better mistakes (than the ones we just told you about dealing with Timothy).
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* HateSink: Cindy's sister is portrayed as a complete snob who belittles Cindy at every turn and turn, openly mocks Timothy on several occasions.
* HereWeGoAgain: Invoked by the Greens when the adoption agency's agent asks them what they will do if they getoccasions, and isn’t treated to a child:
-->'''Jim''': We'll make better mistakes (than the ones we just told you about dealing with Timothy).PetTheDog moment like some other characters.
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-->'''Jim''': We'll make better mistakes (than the ones we just told you about dealing with Timothy).
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** Cindy’s boss is an all-around unpleasant woman who terminates her after an incident with Timothy, but she does speak up in the boy’s defense about the new pencil being invented by his parents, due to her knowing that he CannotTellALie.
** Similarly, Jim’s neglectful father has been disinterested in his grandson the entire movie, but when Jim’s boss insults Timothy in front of an audience, he joins Jim in standing up for him.
** Cindy’s boss is an all-around unpleasant woman who terminates her after an incident with Timothy, but she does speak up in the boy’s defense about the new pencil being invented by his parents, due to her knowing that he CannotTellALie.
** Similarly, Jim’s neglectful father has been disinterested in his grandson the entire movie, but when Jim’s boss insults Timothy in front of an audience, he joins Jim in standing up for him.
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* PygmalionPlot: The premise of the film is about a couple who decide to create their ideal son/daughter after they are unable to conceive their own. That night their ideal "child" magically appears to them and they have to both raise him and learn how to be parents.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Timothy disappears, but Cindy and Jim are able to get another child]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Timothy disappears, but Cindy and Jim are able to get another a child]].
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* MudaneMadeAwesome: An entire town that thrives from the local ''pencil'' factory, which has a museum, and Jim's attempt to create a new kind of pencil on the third act is a montage given the same gravitas as sending a man to the moon.
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* MudaneMadeAwesome: MundaneMadeAwesome: An entire town that thrives from the local ''pencil'' factory, which has a museum, and Jim's attempt to create a new kind of pencil on the third act is a montage given the same gravitas as sending a man to the moon.
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* HereWeGoAgain: Invoked by the Greens when the adoption agency's agent asks them what they will do if they get a child:
-->'''Jim''': We'll make better mistakes (than the ones we just told you about dealing with Timothy).
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* Motifs: {{Motifs}}: Pencils and leaves.
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''The Odd Life of Timothy Green'' is a 2012 Creator/{{Disney}} movie. It stars a couple, Cindy and Jim Green, as they tell an adoption agency of the story of a strange boy. After burying a box full of their wishes for a perfect kid, they meet Timothy (CJ Adams), a boy with leaves on his legs.
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''The Odd Life of Timothy Green'' is a 2012 Creator/{{Disney}} movie. It stars a couple, Cindy and Jim Green, as they tell an adoption agency of the story of a strange boy. After burying a box full of their wishes for a perfect kid, they meet Timothy (CJ Adams), a boy with leaves on his legs.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Timothy disappears, but his parents Cindy and Jim are able to get another child]].
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* HateSink: Every adult who isn't named "Cindy Green" or "Jim Green". In particular, Cindy's sister is a complete snob who loves belittling Cindy at every turn and openly mocks Timothy on several occasions.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Both the parents want to have children, but Jill is infertile.
* HateSink: Every adult who isn't named "Cindy Green" or "Jim Green". In particular, Cindy's sister is a complete snob who loves belittling Cindy at every turn and openly mocks Timothy on several occasions.
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''The Odd Life of Timothy Green'' is a 2012 Creator/{{Disney}} movie. It stars a couple, Cindy and Jim Green, as they tell an adoption agency of
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-->'''Jim:''' (''while Timothy is playing soccer'') GO TIMMY!\\
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the story of a strange boy. After burying a box full of their wishes for a perfect kid, they meet a strange boy(CJ Adams), with leaves on his legs.
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BittersweetEnding:[[spoiler: Timothy disappears, but his parents are able to get another child]].
FramingDevice: The entire movie is the story told to the adoption agent.
LawOfInverseFertility: Both the parents want to have children, but Jill is infertile.
MeaningfulName: Timothy '''Green''', given that he has leaves on his legs.
UnusuallyInterestingSight: The adoption agent doesn't seem to think the Green's story is too weird.
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BittersweetEnding:[[spoiler: Timothy disappears, but his parents are able to get another child]].
FramingDevice: The entire movie is the story told to the adoption agent.
LawOfInverseFertility: Both the parents want to have children, but Jill is infertile.
MeaningfulName: Timothy '''Green''', given that he has leaves on his legs.
UnusuallyInterestingSight: The adoption agent doesn't seem to think the Green's story is too weird.
