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** Still, that begs the question why, when Barkis turns up in town for Victor and Victoria's wedding, no one asks why Emily isn't with him. And even if her old friends and family just assumed that he had abandoned or divorced her, wouldn't Barkis' reputation be in the toilet considering the time period's attitudes towards divorce and seducing young women?
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** True, what is inflammable in the cases of gasoline and alcohol is not the liquid, is the gas they produce.
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** Maybe they aren't stuck, they actually like it there! Emily clearly had unfinished business, so naturally she wouldn't want to be in Dead Town. Once her unfinished business is cleared up, she gets to go to Heaven or, my favorite theory, be reincarnated. Bonejangles and the rest, however, like it just fine in Dead Town, so they don't have to go anywhere. That's why there are kids in the town, and why everyone seems to be pretty happy!
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* ''Alright'', we can [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief admit]] that even skeletons with no more vocal chords can still talk, those with no eyes can still see, and so on. Alright, we can. But then what's the deal with Bonejangles stating in his song that, "of course", he's just addressing those of the deads who"'ve still got an ear" ? They can sing even in skeleton form, but for some reason they need medically functional ears ? How does that work ?
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****** Or the Skeletons in ''Die Die We All Pass Away'' are precisely the older. All that's left of them is unidentifiable skeletons, because the clothes that could identify them have all decomposed long ago.
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**When she was murdered, she had not made the vow yet. So she naturally wakes up in the Underworld, make the vow, and ask the old skeleton with that unpronouçable name to go back on Earth to fulfill the vow. A corpse willingly coming back to earth isn't a common thing, and must have been a thrilling and interesting event to the other dead. During all the time in between, they remember that poor Emily was somewhere up there… Also, all the dead seen in the movie are the people dead in this town, so you may assume that at least some people knew her when they were alive (some may have been her grandparent, by all likelihood).
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** Emily tried to elope, remember? After her father specifically said she couldn't marry [[spoiler: Lord Barkis]], the two of them just disappearing at the same time with the family valuables makes sense; they probably thought the "lovers" ran away and needed money to start a new life. The family probably disowned Emily for running off with a man they didn't approve of, and trying to arrest the man who ran off with their daughter would mean acknowledging that they couldn't control their own child. It's a bit of a pride thing.
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* The fact that the resting spot of Emily's corpse was a relatively short walk away from the village where Victor lived indicates that she probably lived somewhere nearby in life, and [[spoiler: Barkis]] still being alive and at a fit age for marriage implies that Emily's murder couldn't have taken place that long before the film, correct? So shouldn't [[spoiler: Barkis]] still be something of a wanted man when he shows up to attend Victor and Victoria's wedding? If not for running off with their daughter, wouldn't Emily's parents have at least put out word of how he'd stolen all of their family's treasures?
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** What is meant when you say "go after them", anyway? Emily took Victor to the Underworld, and even if Victoria knew that at first, she still probably wouldn't know of a way to get there. She also does ''try'' to sneak out and get help, if you remember, but the guy from the church just brought her right back to her parents.
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** It's possible that when Emily asks "Where are they buried?" it's just a more applicable means of saying "Where do they live?" since, as you've made note of, where people like Emily and Mayhew are buried (or in Mayhew's case, just where he died) determines where they end up in the Underworld. When she asked Victor that, she was only wondering what part of the land of the dead his parents had ended up in.
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** Even if she did lead him there, that still doesn't really lead to any such implications - this ''is'' the girl who was murdered on her wedding night by someone she thought was her true love, and spent many long years beneath the same tree she died under waiting her new love to come and free her. Plus, she seems to legitimately believe that Victor is in love with her, or at the very least is oblivious to the fact that he isn't at first, and clearly generally loves him, in return. Thus, there isn't anything truly ''creepy'' about her leading him to that spot intentionally when you take what is known about her into account.
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* During the song explaining her backstory, it was mentioned that after [[spoiler: Barkis]] murdered her, Emily vowed to wait by that tree for her true love to come and set her free. If this was the case, and she spent all of her time beneath that very tree, then how did so many members of the underworld come to learn her story?
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* How is the Underworld related to the Living World? Emily's body is clearly where Barkis left it, half-buried under the oak tree in the graveyard, but the various corpses seem familiar with her and her tragic backstory. When Victor suggests she meet his parents, she asks where they're buried, but nobody in the Underworld lives in graves, and when the dead go to the land of the living for the wedding they materialize from the shadows. Mayhew's body was left in the middle of the road, but he pops up seconds later in the Underworld. It's all rather confusing.
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* How is the Underworld related to the Living World? Emily's body is clearly where Barkis left it, half-buried under the oak tree in the graveyard, but the various corpses seem familiar with her and her tragic backstory. When Victor suggests she meet his parents, she asks where they're buried, but nobody in the Underworld lives in graves, and when the dead go to the land of the living for the wedding they materialize from the shadows. Mayhew's body was left in the middle of the road, but he pops up seconds later in the Underworld. It's all rather confusing. confusing.
* When Emily presents her wedding gift to Victor, she pulls the gift box seemingly out of nowhere. Where did that box come from? Assuming it was just sitting there next to the bench, why was it just sitting there, and how did Emily know that her wedding gift would be there? Admittedly, one could say that she [[BatmanGambit put the gift box there and intentionally lead Victor to run to the same location]], but that raises some very [[{{Yandere}} disturbing]] [[ManipulativeBitch implications]] for Emily's character.
* When Emily presents her wedding gift to Victor, she pulls the gift box seemingly out of nowhere. Where did that box come from? Assuming it was just sitting there next to the bench, why was it just sitting there, and how did Emily know that her wedding gift would be there? Admittedly, one could say that she [[BatmanGambit put the gift box there and intentionally lead Victor to run to the same location]], but that raises some very [[{{Yandere}} disturbing]] [[ManipulativeBitch implications]] for Emily's character.
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* How is the Underworld related to the Living World? Emily's body is clearly where Barkis left it, half-buried under the oak tree in the graveyard, but the various corpses seem familiar with her and her tragic backstory. When Victor suggests she meet his parents, she asks where they're buried, but nobody in the Underworld lives in graves, and when the dead go to the land of the living for the wedding they materialize from the shadows. Mayhew's body was left in the middle of the road, but he pops up seconds later in the Underworld. It's all rather confusing.
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** This is actually obvious; to them, Victor had married Emily, plain and simple. Him going to Victoria, who to them was simply an "other", was basically akin to him cheating on Emily. Remember, Marriages back then really couldn't be considered an "Accident", and Divorce was also still a huge Social Faux-pas, possibly even to the dead. So the undead would vilify the Man in this case because he had been the unfaithful one to his wife (Victor to Emily).
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** This is actually obvious; to them, Victor had married Emily, plain and simple. Him going to Victoria, who to them was simply an "other", was basically akin to him cheating on Emily. Remember, Marriages back then really couldn't be considered an "Accident", and Divorce was also still a huge Social Faux-pas, possibly even to the dead. Also remember that a Woman's job at this time, even for someone as talented and intelligent as Emily, was to get married and raise a family, which would lead to someone such as Emily thinking so much about it (Especially since she was murdered over it). So the undead would vilify the Man in this case because he had been the unfaithful one to his wife (Victor to Emily).Emily), even if the Woman (Emily) wasn't sane about the subject.
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** This is actually obvious; to them, Victor had married Emily, plain and simple. Him going to Victoria, who to them was simply an "other", was basically akin to him cheating on Emily. Remember, Marriages back then really couldn't be considered an "Accident", and Divorce was also still a huge Social Faux-pas, possibly even to the dead. So the undead would vilify the Man in this case because he had been the unfaithful one to his wife (Victor to Emily).
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** It wouldn't have to be watered down. Even ''gasoline'' will drown a small flame, not fuel it, if poured on all at once like that.
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*** "Beating the heck out of him" wouldn't work, since it's been established that the dead feel no pain... [[MindRape at least, not]] ''[[MindRape physical]]'' [[MindRape pain...]]
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** They were dirt poor, so maybe they were [[FridgeBrilliance watering down the wine?]]
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* Rather minor headscratcher, but during the scene in the beginning where Victor messes up the wedding rehearsal, he accidentally sets Mrs. Everglot's dress on fire, resulting in everyone scrambling to put it out until Barkis finally does so... by pouring ''wine'' on it. Wouldn't that make the fire worse?
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** Emily was waiting to finally get married, everyone else could have something just as mundane they're waiting for. They could be waiting for parents, spouses, grandchildren, mastering their craft, the chance to punish someone who wronged them, anything.
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** There were living people in attendance, you know. I'm sure they'd be willing to back up that Barkis had died right before their eyes.
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** It's a common stop-motion glitch. ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' has many of them.
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** I think so. I remember Tim pointing out in ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' DVDCommentary that the citizens being worried about Jack being dead [[FridgeLogic doesn't make sense]], as he is already dead. Then he said that they were more worried about Jack being ''gone'', so I think there's a possible DeaderThanDead scenario that can happen.
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** I think so. I remember Tim pointing out in ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' DVDCommentary that the citizens being worried about Jack being dead [[FridgeLogic doesn't make sense]], as he is already dead. Then he said that they were more worried about Jack being ''gone'', so I think there's a possible DeaderThanDead scenario that can happen.
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** It gets weirder when you compare ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'' with its spirital ancestor, ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''. Nightmare is technically Disney (a cousin of the animated canon, if you will), so you would expect it to having talking animals (image what Zero would sound like), but it doesn't. Perhaps it's so Emily can have some friends to talk to? Then why not other corpses?
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** It gets weirder when you compare ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'' with its spirital ancestor, ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''.''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''. Nightmare is technically Disney (a cousin of the animated canon, if you will), so you would expect it to having talking animals (image what Zero would sound like), but it doesn't. Perhaps it's so Emily can have some friends to talk to? Then why not other corpses?
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** Some of the characters' appearances imply how they died. For example, the "dwarf" has a sword through his chest. Maybe Scraps had a funeral pyre dedicated to him.
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* What haunts the other dead people we got to see? What keeps them stuck in the town and prevents them from becoming butterflies? Why cannot they go to heaven? A lot of people seem to have a lot of issues and unfinished businesses. And if they are really troubles, why do they seem to be fairly happy?
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** They probably are not ghosts as ghosts would not be decomposing. It is kind of haunting that so many people apparently have issues and cannot rest in peace. They look fairly happy, though.
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** They probably are not ghosts, but corpses. Why would the ghost form be rotting and decomposing?
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** They didn't seem that bad too me. However, the main reason is probably solidarity. Emily is very well-liked, and everybody who hurts her is looked down upon.
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** They didn't seem that bad too to me. However, the main reason is probably solidarity. Emily is very well-liked, and everybody who hurts her is looked down upon.
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** It gets weirder when you compare ''Film/CorpseBride'' with its spirital ancestor, ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''. Nightmare is technically Disney (a cousin of the animated canon, if you will), so you would expect it to having talking animals (image what Zero would sound like), but it doesn't. Perhaps it's so Emily can have some friends to talk to? Then why not other corpses?
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** It gets weirder when you compare ''Film/CorpseBride'' ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'' with its spirital ancestor, ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''. Nightmare is technically Disney (a cousin of the animated canon, if you will), so you would expect it to having talking animals (image what Zero would sound like), but it doesn't. Perhaps it's so Emily can have some friends to talk to? Then why not other corpses?
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***** [[Tropers/Nettik I]] assumed that the beings in the Underworld were waiting around for someone else to join them in death before moving on to the next world. It makes sense if you think about some of the inhabitants of the Underworld. The skeleton children may be waiting for their parents or their friends, Victor's dog was likely waiting for him, and Emily was waiting for Lord Barkis.
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***** [[Tropers/Nettik [[{{Tropers/Nettik}} I]] assumed that the beings in the Underworld were waiting around for someone else to join them in death before moving on to the next world. It makes sense if you think about some of the inhabitants of the Underworld. The skeleton children may be waiting for their parents or their friends, Victor's dog was likely waiting for him, and Emily was waiting for Lord Barkis.
