History Fridge / ParaNorman

* Uncle Pendergast was only one in a long line of people who performed the "bedtime story" ritual, and all of them could see ghosts. Norman's family has a [[InTheBlood ghost-seeing gene]] of [[WitchSpecies some sort]], and Uncle Pendergast wanted Norman to follow the tradition and stay in town. Agatha could see ghosts. Agatha's pain and rage got stronger with time despite the ritual. Agatha and Norman look like GenerationXerox {{Distaff Counterpart}}s, so a family connection isn't out of the question. In conclusion, ''Agatha's family has been unwillingly prolonging her suffering '''for centuries.'''''
** Well, her name in full is Agatha Pendergast, so with Uncle Pendergast, Norman is at least distantly related to Agatha.

* A horrifying fact regarding The witch[[spoiler:/Agatha]]: It's specifically mention that the witch was sentenced to ''hanging.'' The witch is[[spoiler: an innocent little girl,]] and [[spoiler:children]] were not typically hung because [[spoiler:they did not have the body weight to snap their own necks.]] Poor [[spoiler:Agatha]] must have suffered for '''[[CruelAndUnusualDeath hours.]]'''
** At worst it would have only been a few minutes. The whole 'neck-snapping' when you hang someone is fairly recent. Before the trap door was perfected you were much more likely to strangle to death. Even with children this does not take very long. It ain't pretty, though.
** They did say "Hang until dead" in the film, meaning probably being strangled.

* Norman's Grandmother is going to be there to look out for him.... for the REST OF HIS LIFE. Meaning if he has a sexual relationship, grandma is gonna be right there, where he can see her.
** Or until he moves out. He only sees her when at home, remember; if she could leave the house, wouldn't she have done so and helped him?
** At the very least, she would probably have the common courtesy to leave the room.
** I figured she'd probably move on to the afterlife once Norman was fully of age and mature.

* The reason Mitch alternates between {{Oblivious|ToLove}}ness and indifference to Courtney's flirting isn't because he's kind of dumb (which he is, but that's beside the point), [[spoiler:it's because he's gay]].

* Norman's Grandmother is going to be there to look out for him.... for the REST OF HIS LIFE. Meaning when he has a sexual relationship grandma is gonna be right there, where he can see her.

** They did say "Hang until dead" in the film, meaning probably being strangle.

* A horrifying fact regarding The witch[[spoiler:/Agatha]]: It's specifically mention that the witch was sentences to ''hanging.'' The witch is[[spoiler: an innocent little girl,]] and [[spoiler:children]] were not typically hung because [[spoiler:they did not have the body weight to snap their own necks.]] Poor [[spoiler:Agatha]] must have suffered for '''[[CruelAndUnusualDeath hours.]]'''

* Norman tries to prove that he has been speaking to his dead grandmother and fails. Later, it is revealed that Norman is aware that [[IdiotBall Grandma Babcock can subtly influence her environment]], i.e. making sheets move by passing through a bed.

* Norman tries to prove that he has been speaking to his dead grandmother and fails. Later, it is revealed that [[IdiotBall Grandma Babcock can subtly influence her environment]], i.e. making sheets move by passing through a bed.

* Early in the movie, Norman tries to prove that he has been speaking to his dead grandmother and fails. Later, it is revealed that Grandma Babcock can subtly influence her environment, i.e. making sheets move by passing through a bed. It sounds like a pretty good way to prove the existence of ghosts and Norman never follows up on it.

* Early in the movie, Norman Babcock tries to prove that he has been speaking to his dead grandmother and fails miserably. Later, it is revealed that Grandma Babcock can subtly influence her environment, i.e. making sheets move by passing through a bed. Apparently, it never occurred to poor Norman to try and prove Grandma's tangible presence instead of just his ability to talk to her ghost.

* Early in the movie, Norman Babcock tries to prove that he has been speaking to his dead grandmother and fails miserably. Later, it is revealed that Grandma Babcock can subtly influence her environment, i.e. making sheets move by passing through a bed. Apparently, it never occurred to poor Norman to try and prove Grandma's tangible presence instead of just his ability to talk to her.

* Early in the movie, Norman Babcock tries to prove that he has been speaking to his dead grandmother and fails miserably. Later, it is revealed that Grandma Babcock can subtly influence her environment, i.e. making sheets move by passing through a bed. It never occurred to Norman to try and prove Grandma's tangible presence instead of just his ability to talk to her.

* Early in the movie, Norman Babcock tries to prove that he has been speaking to his dead grandmother and fails. Later, it is revealed that Grandma Babcock can subtly influence her environment, i.e. making sheets move by passing through a bed. It never occurred to Norman to try and prove Grandma's presence instead of his ability to talk to her.

* The reason Mitch alternates between {{Oblivious|ToLove}}ness and indifference to Courtney's flirting isn't because he's kind of dumb (which he is, but that's beside the point), it's because he's gay.

* Uncle Pendergast was only one in a log line of people who performed the "bedtime story" ritual, and all of them could see ghosts. Norman's family has a [[InTheBlood ghost-seeing gene]] of [[WitchSpecies some sort]], and Uncle Pendergast wanted Norman to follow the tradition and stay in town. Agatha could see ghosts. Agatha's pain and rage got stronger with time despite the ritual. Agatha and Norman look like GenerationXerox {{Distaff Counterpart}}s, so a family connection isn't out of the question. In conclusion, ''Agatha's family has been unwillingly prolonging her suffering '''for centuries.'''''

* Uncle Pendergast was only one in a log line of people who performed the "bedtime story" ritual, and all of them could see ghosts. Norman's family has a [[InTheBlood ghost-seeing gene]] of [[WitchSpecies some sort]], and Uncle Pendergast wanted Norman to follow the tradition and stay in town. Agatha's pain and rage got stronger with time despite the ritual. Agatha and Norman look like GenerationXerox {{Distaff Counterpart}}s, so a family connection isn't out of the question. In conclusion, ''Agatha's family has been unwillingly prolonging her suffering '''for centuries.'''''

* The reason Mitch alternates between {{Oblivious|ToLove}}ness and indifference to Courtney's flirting is because he's gay.