History Trivia / ParaNorman

** Neil trades his kite with another [[{{Film/AlvinandtheChipmunks}} Alvin]] for [[FoodAsBribe a plate of donuts]] while vacationing on the Carnival Dream cruise ship.

** Neil trades his kite with another [[{{Film/AlvinandtheChipmunks}} Alvin]] for [[FoodforBribe a plate of donuts]] while vacationing on the Carnival Dream cruise ship.

** Alvin is secretly the [[AntiVillain anti-villain]] [[{{Film/Kick-Ass}} Red Mist]].

** Alvin is secretly the [[AntiVillain anti-villain]] [[{{Film/Kick-Ass}} Red Mist]]

** Alvin is secretly the [[AntiVillain anti-villain]] [[FilmKickAss Red Mist]]

** Before being married and having Courtney and Norman, Sandra was rescued by her [[TheCableGuy boyfriend from a lonely stalker with a crush]].

** Before being married and having Courtney and Norman, Sandra was rescued by her [[TheCableGuy boyfriend Steven M. Kovacs a lonely stalker with a crush]].

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** Who woulda thought that Norman's mother Sandra is actually [[MonsterInLaw Dr. Kevin Fields's grandmother]]?

** Norman's father Perry is not only [[WesternAnimation/{{WALL-E}} captain of the Axiom]], but is [[DaddyDayCare best friends with Charlie Hinton]].

** Norman's father Perry commandeers [[WesternAnimation/{{WALL-E}} the Axiom]] and is best friends with [[DaddyDayCare Charlie Hinton]].

** Norman's father Perry is best friends with [[DaddyDayCare Charlie Hinton]] who commandeers [[WesternAnimation/{{WALL-E}} the Axiom]].

** When not cursing those who wronged her, [[spoiler:Agatha/Aggie]] is either a ghost of murdered girl [[KingdomHospital Mary Jenson]] who's haunting a fictional hospital in Lewiston, Maine or human turned vampire [[TheTwilightSaga Bree Tanner]], created by Victoria as a part of the newborn army.

** When not cursing those who wronged her, [[spoiler:Agatha/Aggie]] is either a ghost of a murdered girl [[KingdomHospital Mary Jenson]] who's haunting a fictional hospital in Lewiston, Maine or human turned vampire [[TheTwilightSaga Bree Tanner]], created by Victoria as a part of the newborn army.

** [[KingdomHospital Mary Jensen]] if not [[TheTwilightSaga Bree Tanner]] is [[spoiler:Agatha "Aggie" Prenderghast]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[MonstersInc John Goodman]] as Uncle Pendergahst

** [[Film/TheLordoftheRings Theoden King]] is Judge Hopkins when he's not making zombie noises.

* HeyItsThatVoice: John Goodman as Uncle Pendergahst

** Courtney is [[ScottPilgrimVSTheWorld Scott Pilgrim's older sister, Stacey.]]
** Mitch's really [[TheAssassinationofJesseJamesbytheCowardRobertFord Robert Ford]].

** Mitch's really [[TheAssassinationofJesseJamesbytheCowardRobertFord Robert Ford]].

** Courtney is [[ScottPilgrimVSTheWorld Scott Pilgrim's older sister, Stacey.]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: John Goodman as Uncle Pendergahst

HeyItsThatVoice: John Goodman as Uncle Pendergahst

* ShoutOut:
** One of the board games under Norman's bed is titled [[Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate "The Hand of Fate"]].
** Norman's cell phone's ring tone is the theme music to ''{{Franchise/Halloween}}''.
*** And right as he looks out the window, he can see [[Franchise/FridayThe13th his friend wearing a hockey mask.]]
** There's a bar called [[Creator/DarioArgento Bar Argento]].
*** And a vending machine with a ''Film/{{Suspiria}}'' logo on the side.
** There's a candy bar called [[{{Cujo}} Cujohs]] in the vending machine
** Norman's friend being called Neil may be a shout out to Creator/NeilGaiman, given that he wrote the source material for Laika's previous success ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'' (as well as ''Literature/TheGraveyardBook'', which shares some similarities with ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'').

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** There's a bar called [[DarioArgento Bar Argento]].
*** And a vending machine with a ''Suspiria'' logo on the side.

** Norman's friend being called Neil may be a shout out the Neil Gaiman, given that he wrote the source material for Laika's previous success {{Coraline}} (as well as TheGraveyardBook, which shares some similarities with ParaNorman).

** There's a candy bar called [[{{Cujo}} Cujohs]] in the vending machine

*** And a vending machine with a ''Suspiria'' logo on the side.

*** And right as he looks out the window, he can see [[Franchise/FridayThe13th his friend wearing a hockey mask.]]

** Norman's cell phone's ring tone is the theme music to ''{{Franchise/Halloween}}''.