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* AluminumChristmasTrees: In an age where petticoats themselves are a novelty, modern readers might not understand why ''red'' petticoats were such a big deal. Red flannel petticoats (as opposed to white lawn or cotton ones) were considered a sign of poverty.
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* TheUnReveal: When the mother is ill, the children write to the old gentleman. Although the book tells that they have asked for things to make their mother better, the film does not, and the next scene is Perks delivering a large hamper to the Three Chimneys. When the children open the hamper, their cries of delight are heard, but the view of the contents is blocked by the lid, and is never shown.
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* TheUnReveal: UnrevealAngle: When the mother is ill, the children write to the old gentleman. Although the book tells that they have asked for things to make their mother better, the film does not, and the next scene is Perks delivering a large hamper to the Three Chimneys. When the children open the hamper, their cries of delight are heard, but the view of the contents is blocked by the lid, and is never shown.
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* LessEmbarrassingTerm: Peter calls it "mining" rather than stealing, when he takes coal from the ''middle'' of the coal heap at the station.
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* AmbiguousSyntax: When the children want to get the attention of the old gentleman who travels on the train every day, they make a sign beside the railway saying "Look out at the station". Did they mean "Beware at the station"? Fortunately, the sign has the right effect, and people do look out of the train, including the old gentleman.
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* TheUnReveal: When the mother is ill, the children write to the old gentleman. Although the book tells that they have asked for things to make their mother better, the film does not, and the next scene is Perks delivering a large hamper to the Three Chimneys. When the children open the hamper, their cries of delight are heard, but the view of the contents is blocked by the lid, and is never shown.
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* NoodleImplements: The children always have the right tools on hand to save the day:
** The red petticoats the girls wore were used to save a train from running into a landslide.
** Peter's stamp collection was in his pocket when they needed to figure out which country Szezcpansky was from.
** Phyllis had a shuttlecock in her pocket when they needed to burn feathers to revive Jim, the young man who tripped in the tunnel and hurt his leg.
** The red petticoats the girls wore were used to save a train from running into a landslide.
** Peter's stamp collection was in his pocket when they needed to figure out which country Szezcpansky was from.
** Phyllis had a shuttlecock in her pocket when they needed to burn feathers to revive Jim, the young man who tripped in the tunnel and hurt his leg.
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In 2022, a sequel film was released, which saw the return of Jenny Agutter as Bobbie, set during the Second World War (Peter is explicitly confirmed to have died, and Phyllis is referenced in a manner that leaves it open if she is dead or simply elsewhere).
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* AdultFear: Your husband being imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit.
** When Mother gets ill, which leaves Bobbie as the only one available to nurse her, and they can't afford to purchase all the things recommended by the doctor to make her well. The children resort to asking the Old Gent for help because they don't have anyone else to turn to.
** Your barge catching on fire while your infant child is alone inside it.
** When Mother gets ill, which leaves Bobbie as the only one available to nurse her, and they can't afford to purchase all the things recommended by the doctor to make her well. The children resort to asking the Old Gent for help because they don't have anyone else to turn to.
** Your barge catching on fire while your infant child is alone inside it.
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** When Mother gets ill, which leaves Bobbie as the only one available to nurse her, and they can't afford to purchase all the things recommended by the doctor to make her well. The children resort to asking the Old Gent for help because they literally don't have anyone else to turn to.
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** When Mother gets ill, which leaves Bobbie as the only one available to nurse her, and they can't afford to purchase all the things recommended by the doctor to make her well. The children resort to asking the Old Gent for help because they literally don't have anyone else to turn to.
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* InsultOfEndearment: Peter think nothing of calling Bobbie silly and doesn't consider it as insulting her.
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* InsultOfEndearment: Peter think thinks nothing of calling Bobbie silly and doesn't consider it as insulting her.
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* DoorClosesEnding: The book ends with the children's father reuniting with his family, a reunion which the readers are not privy to as the door to the house is closed once he gets in.
-->'''Narrator:''' "He goes in and the door is shut. I think we will not open the door or follow him. I think that just now we are not wanted there. I think it will be best for us to go quickly and quietly away."
-->'''Narrator:''' "He goes in and the door is shut. I think we will not open the door or follow him. I think that just now we are not wanted there. I think it will be best for us to go quickly and quietly away."
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* AuthorTract: Edith Nesbit's socialist politics make an appearance in the plot from time to time, from Perks' discussion of British politics to the Old Gentleman's praise of Szezcpansky, an exiled Russian intellectual who had been imprisoned in Siberia for his "fine book".
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* GoodParents: Both of the Waterbury parents but Mother gets most of the emphasis, since the father is absent. Not only is she a kind and patient mother but she's also good fun, making up poems and stories to entertain her children. The children's father meanwhile is described as "never cross, never unjust, and always ready for a game."
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In 2021, Jacqueline Wilson published a modern take on the tale called ''The Primrose Railway Children'', told from the perspective of Phoebe Robinson, a twenty-first century version of Phyllis Waterbury.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: The two men who arrive to arrest the children's father have a moment of this between themselves while they wait at the front door.
--> '''First man:''' I hate doing a job like this.
--> '''Second man:''' Especially at Christmas.
--> '''First man:''' I hate doing a job like this.
--> '''Second man:''' Especially at Christmas.
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* LemonyNarrator: Nesbit sometimes addresses the readers directly, such as when she gets tired of calling Bobbie by her full name and later discusses her qualities with the readers, admitting how fond she's growing of her. At another time she says she won't write a speech down word-for-word because the readers would find it dull and refuses to give the Old Gentleman's real name because that's who he is to the children.
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* StepfordSmiler: Mother does her best to conceal the dire truth of their circumstances to the children. Peter, Phyllis and Bobbie gradually become aware of this and avoid talking about their father, recognising their questions make her sad even if they don't know why. Bobbie, who is more observant than the other two, catches on the quickest.
--> “Oh, Mother,” she whispered all to herself as she got into bed, “how brave you are! How I love you! Fancy being brave enough to laugh when you're feeling like THAT!”
--> “Oh, Mother,” she whispered all to herself as she got into bed, “how brave you are! How I love you! Fancy being brave enough to laugh when you're feeling like THAT!”
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* StepfordSmiler: Mother does hides her best to conceal the dire truth of their circumstances to the children. Peter, Phyllis true feelings from her children and Bobbie maintains a happy front for them. Bobbie, and later Peter and Phyllis, gradually become aware of this and avoid talking asking questions about their father, recognising their questions make her sad even if they don't that she doesn't want them to know why. Bobbie, who is more observant than the other two, catches on the quickest.
--> “Oh, Mother,” she whispered all to herself as she got into bed, “how brave you are! How I love you! Fancy being brave enough to laugh when you're feeling like THAT!”she's unhappy.
--> “Oh, Mother,” she whispered all to herself as she got into bed, “how brave you are! How I love you! Fancy being brave enough to laugh when you're feeling like THAT!”
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* AdultFear: When Mother gets ill, which leaves Bobbie as the only one available to nurse her, and they can't afford to purchase all the things recommended by the doctor to make her well. The children resort to asking the Old Gent for help because they literally don't have anyone else to turn to.
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* AdultFear: Your husband being imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit.
** When Mother gets ill, which leaves Bobbie as the only one available to nurse her, and they can't afford to purchase all the things recommended by the doctor to make her well. The children resort to asking the Old Gent for help because they literally don't have anyone else to turn to.
** When Mother gets ill, which leaves Bobbie as the only one available to nurse her, and they can't afford to purchase all the things recommended by the doctor to make her well. The children resort to asking the Old Gent for help because they literally don't have anyone else to turn to.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Towards the end of the story Bobbie starts talking to her mother about how nice it would be if this were all one of the mother's stories.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: At the beginning of the story, after Father is taken away, Phyllis muses to Bobbie how much they've always wished something would happen "like in books." Towards the end of the story Bobbie (the thirteenth chapter) Peter starts talking to her his mother about how nice it would be if this were all one of the mother's stories.stories.
--> '''Mother:''' Things do happen in real life that are rather like books, sometimes.
--> '''Mother:''' Things do happen in real life that are rather like books, sometimes.
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* InsultOfEndearment: Peter think nothing of calling Bobbie silly and doesn't consider it as insulting her.
--> '''Peter:''' "I mean it's just a — what is it Father calls it? — a germ of endearment!”
--> '''Peter:''' "I mean it's just a — what is it Father calls it? — a germ of endearment!”
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* StepfordSmiler: Mother does her best to conceal the dire truth of their circumstances to the children. Peter, Phyllis and Bobbie gradually become aware of this and avoid talking about their father, recognising their questions make her sad even if they don't know why. Bobbie, who is more observant than the other two, catches on the quickest.
--> “Oh, Mother,” she whispered all to herself as she got into bed, “how brave you are! How I love you! Fancy being brave enough to laugh when you're feeling like THAT!”
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* AdultFear: When Mother gets ill, which leaves Bobbie as the only one available to nurse her, and they can't afford to purchase all the things recommended by the doctor to make her well. The children resort to asking the Old Gent for help because they literally don't have anyone else to turn to.
** Your barge catching on fire while your infant child is alone inside it.
** Your barge catching on fire while your infant child is alone inside it.
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* CuteClumsyGirl: Phyllis, who is always knocking things over or tripping on her bootlaces.
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Not to be confused with ''Literature/TheBoxcarChildren''.
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* {{Fainting}}: Bobbie faints just as the train stops a few inches in front of her.
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* {{Fainting}}: FaintInShock: Bobbie faints just as the Waterbury, via clever use of red petticoats, manages to [[spoiler:prevent a train stops from careening into a few landslide, but has to stand on the tracks to do so. The train finally manages to stop just inches in front of her.her]], and she very understandably collapses in a dead faint. Creator/JennyAgutter's rendition of the scene in the 1970 FilmOfTheBook is iconic.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A scene between Perks and his wife in bed has them close the curtains, with his wife saying "as it's your birthday..."
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* AnachronismStew: Most of the engines in the film adaptations are post-1905.
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* EverybodyCries: In the book, when Mother finds out how the children asked the Old Gentleman for the hamper, she is at first very angry, then she cries, and so do the children; and it all became a huge crying party.
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* SneakersOfSneaking: The station master wears an old pair of sand shoes which he had worn at the seaside, to lie in wait for Peter stealing coal.
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* ShhhoesOfStealth: The station master wears an old pair of sandshoes he had worn at the seaside last year, to lie in wait for Peter stealing coal.
