History WMG / JamesAndTheGiantPeach

** A JamesAndTheGiantPeach Peach level could be added in KingdomHeartsIII, similar to Monstro the Whale from WesternAnimation/Pinocchio.

* In the original Novel, all of the Insects are suppose to be replacement relatives for James: Miss Spider acts as James's mother while Mr. Centipede acts as James's Father. The Grasshopper acts like James Grandpa. The Ladybug and Worm act like his aunt and uncle (Respectively). The Glowworm acts like his Grandma, and [[ThePeteBest The Silkworm]] acts like a lazy cousin.

Mrs. Trotter was able to come back to Earth in a different form to take care of her child. Despite being a spider and in danger in Spiker and sponge's house, she doesn't leave James, comes back to the hill after he frees her from his aunts, and, over the course of the film, takes care of him the most. She may not have all of her memories from her time as a human, but the thing that brought her back- the love for her son- remains.

* There IS a giant horned Heartless capable of shooting lightning, after all.

* This troper assumed it was a metaphor: Either James was young enough that he misremembered the accident - maybe they'd just gone to the zoo, or read about rhinos - or he wasn't present when his parents died, and the 'rhino' was something the adults told him, either to try and make it less harsh or (in the case of his aunts) terrorize him. A car or train accident seems most likely, especially the latter, given the sparks and sound effects that accompany the rhino's appearances in the movie, plus the way it seems to form out of black smoke while spewing it like a smokestack.

Yes, the tongues gave him friends and an escape from his horrible life with his aunts, which is all that James ever wanted. Just like that island in ''VoyageOfTheDawnTreader'', however, the thing that brings people's greatest daydreams to life also brings to life their greatest nightmares. The mechanical shark? As stated on the main page, it spits out the same fish heads that James's aunts fed to him at the beginning of the film that he was so disgusted with. Likewise, the cloud rhino was a product of James's fear of the rhino that killed his parents. This even extends beyond merely creating physical beings. One of James's worst nightmares is that his aunts will somehow find him and make him return to his old life. This would definitely explain how Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge were somehow able to drive ''across the ocean'', judging by the state of their car: James's fear was brought to life by the tongues and gave them the ability to do so.

... That's why they made Charlie's life a living Hell.

* This troper also assumed it was supposed to be a metaphor: Either James was young enough that he misremembered the accident - maybe they'd just gone to the zoo, or read about rhinos? - or he wasn't present when his parents died, and the 'rhino' was just something the adults around James told him, either to try and make it less harsh or (in the case of his aunts) terrorize him. A car or train accident seems most likely, especially the latter, given the sparks and sound effects that accompany the rhino's appearances in the movie, plus the way it seems to form out of black smoke while spewing it like a smokestack.

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[[WMG: [[TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Jack]] really was the pirate captain]]]]

• [[WMG: The bugs represent the countries their from.]] Mr. Centipede represents america Ms. Spider represents france Mr. Grasshopper represents england Ms. Ladybug represents ireland Mr. Earthworm represents scotland and Ms. Glowworm represents i guess russia? but that's sounds about right.
* [[WMG: The rhino never existed to begin with.]]
The rhino was just a made up ploy by his aunts to scare James into obedience. James, being young as he is, presumably doesn’t remember what really happened. They constantly threaten him with it and the story is that they ate his parents despite the fact that rhinos are strictly herbivores – they do not eat meat. Also, the only time this rhino appears outside of his nightmares is during a storm, which might have been ether a hallucination or a projection of his fears.

• [[WMG: The bugs represent the countries their from.]] Mr. Centipede represents america Ms. Spider represents france Mr. Grasshopper represents england Ms. Ladybug represents ireland Mr. Earthworm represents scotland and Ms. Glowworm represents i guess russia? but that's sounds about right.

James' hallucination never wore off, causing a few people to believe him crazy, but it made a good enough story for his new friends anyway.

I know that's cliched- every WMG has that- but hear me out.

- In the opening song James talks about retreating into his mind when he's scared.

- The surreal tone- the mecha-shark, the bizarre cloud rhinoceros... James invented them.

I always took the "rhino" that the aunts claim killed James' parents to be a lie. Something far worse killed them and the aunts tell James it was a rhino.
Anyway, just a thought.

Anyway, just a thought.

The "crocodile tongues" are a potent mix of just about every hallucinogenic substance known to man and James, so miserable that he'd take anything offered by the first person who'd shown him even the smallest bit of kindness since he came to live with his aunts, was willing to accept the "witch's brew" answer at face-value. What ''really'' happened is the priest Spiker charged double called Child Services, who discovered that relatives of James's were living in New York City and took him there while he was asleep and tripping balls. (Still a happy ending, but seriously, that shark could ''only'' have been seen with, erm, [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean outside assistance]].)

[[WMG: The old man was a young [[DoctorWho Time Lord]].]]

[[WMG: [[TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Jack]] really was the pirate captain]]]]

It came across the peach at just the right time for poor James to unintentionally choose the new Destructor Form.

Don't know how obvious this is, but I'm throwing it out there. James and his parents were watching clouds and picking out shapes. A thunderhead rolls up on them. James thinks it looks like a charging Rhino. Pa and Ma James get struck by lightning. James thinks the Rhino killed them. James' aunts are asshole enough to make fun of him for it. James sees every thundercloud as a rhino from that point forward.

He gave the kid a whole jar of these things, just one of which can mutate a peach and several bugs inside it. And he didn't intend for James to drop them all on a barren rock. He encouraged James's dream to travel to ''one of the most populated areas in the world'' and to take the tongues there with him.

Yes, the tongues gave him friends and an escape from his horrible life with his aunts, which is all that James ever wanted. Just like that island in ''VoyageOfTheDawnTreader'', however, the thing that brings people's greatest daydreams to life also brings to life their greatest nightmares. The mechanical shark? As stated on the main page, it spits out the same fish heads that James's aunts fed to him at the beginning of the film that he was so disgusted with. Likewise, the cloud rhino was a product of James's fear of the rhino that killed his parents. This even extends beyond merely creating physical beings. One of James's worst nightmares is that his aunts will somehow find him and make him return to his old life. This would definitely explain how Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge were somehow able to drive ''across the ocean'', judging by the state of their car: James's fear was brought to life by the tongues and gave them the ability to do so.

The rhino James encounters later is simply a thunderstorm, and due to his fear of rhinos (due to the aunts' fabrication), he sees it as one.

Well, we don't know about his mom still, but think about it. He knows what James has been through as though he's secretly been keeping an eye on him throughout his whole life... and with some rough years gone by, it looks like he really ''could'' be his dad.