History WesternAnimation / TheBoxtrolls

* EarTrumpet the oldest White-hat can be seen with one.

* DarkReprise: One of the early lyrics in Madame Frou Frou's Boxtroll song is "Trubshaw Sr. loved his kid, the same as regular fathers did." [[spoiler: Later on in the film, Snatcher menacingly sings this lyric to Eggs to confirm the identity of the insane prisoner in front of him.]]

Cheesebridge is a posh Victorian-era town obsessed with wealth, class and the stinkiest of fine cheeses. The only thing that its residents are more obsessed with than cheese is their [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight fear of the evil, murderous monsters that dwell in the sewers]]. At least, that's the legend residents have always believed. In truth, the Boxtrolls are an underground cavern-dwelling community of [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood quirky and lovable oddballs]] who wear recycled cardboard boxes the way turtles wear their shells. They've even [[RaisedByWolves raised an orphaned human boy]], {{E|veryoneCallsHimBarkeep}}ggs (Hempstead-Wright), since infancy as one of their own. When the Boxtrolls are targeted by villainous Boxtroll exterminator Archibald Snatcher (Kingsley), who is bent on eradicating them as his ticket to Cheesebridge high society, the kind-hearted band of tinkerers must turn to their adopted charge and an adventurous young girl named [[SpiritedYoungLady Winnie]] (Fanning) to save them all.

--->'''Mr. Pickles:''' You sure this is a good idea, boss? You know what cheese can do to you...\\
'''Mr. Snatcher:''' Unless you are referring to how cheese brings men of sophistication and power together in brotherhood, (''leans in angrily'') then no, I do ''NOT'' know what cheese ''"does to '''me.'''"''\\
'''Mr. Pickles:''' (''gulps nervously'') Uh... then that's what I meant, yes.

* ThatPoorCat: The film features this among other sounds produced by a giant cheese wheel crashing through the town of Cheesebridge.

* UnsettlingGenderReveal: [[spoiler: After Snatcher reveals himself to be Madame Frou-Frou, Lord Portley-Rind has a horrified look on his face and states "I regret so much".]]

--->'''Winnie:''' HA! I knew it! ''(to Fish)'' Admit it! Admit you stole him!\\
'''Fish:''' ''(gibberish)''\\

'''Eggs:''' [[spoiler: He says I was ''given'' to them.]]\\

* BerserkButton:
** After Eggs is rendered unconscious, [[PapaWolf Fish shows anger for the first time]].
** Mr. Snatcher, when he and his henchmen sit down to eat cheese:

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Like ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'', the film has its share of naughty gags:
** When Winnie takes Eggs to the party, he scratches his groin. She scolds him and tells him not to touch himself there in public: "That's why they're called 'privates'."
** After [[spoiler:Lord Portley-Rind]] realizes Snatcher is Madame Frou-Frou, he says "I regret so much."
** One of the Boxtroll's name is "Balls". It's clearly written on its box.
** An example related to FamilyUnfriendlyViolence happens during Snatcher's and Eggs' confrontation during the ball. At one point, Snatcher is clearly shown to be about to ''strangle'' Eggs with a scarf.

* AdultFear: The residents live in fear of the Boxtrolls stealing their cheese... [[SkewedPriorities and their children]].

* CallBack: [[spoiler:Eggs' dad]] will frequently say the word "jelly". By the end of the movie, he's wearing a box with the word "jelly" on it. The Boxtrolls must have thought it was his name.

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters:
** Eggs briefly becomes convinced of this after his disastrous attempt to blend in with civilized people and Lord Portley-Rind's refusal to help.

* PunnyName:
** Milk Street ''turns into'' Curds Way.

* PunnyName: Milk Street ''turns into'' Curds Way.

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters:
** Eggs briefly becomes convinced of this after his disastrous attempt to blend in with civilized people and Lord Portley-Rind's refusal to help.

* PunnyName:
** Milk Street ''turns into'' Curds Way.

''[=The Boxtrolls=]'' is a 2014 StopMotion animated film from [[Creator/{{Laika}} Laika Animation Studios,]] the makers of ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman''. Directed by Creator/GrahamAnnable (of ''Grickle'' and ''VideoGame/NelsonTethersPuzzleAgent'' fame) and Anthony Stacchi, it is loosely based on the novel [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Be_Monsters! ''Here Be Monsters!'']] by Alan Snow. It features the vocal talents of Creator/BenKingsley, Creator/IsaacHempsteadWright, Creator/ElleFanning, Creator/SimonPegg, Creator/NickFrost, Creator/ToniCollette, Creator/JaredHarris, Creator/RichardAyoade and Creator/TracyMorgan with Creator/DeeBradleyBaker alongside Creator/SteveBlum as the title characters.

* AllTrollsAreDifferent: The Boxtrolls are short, UglyCute scavengers who wear discarded cardboard boxes (to the point of living in them, like a turtle's shell), live in the AbsurdlySpaciousSewer beneath the town of Cheesebridge, and love to tinker. The citizens of Cheesebridge see them as a menace (mostly thanks to the propaganda spread by [[BigBad Mr. Snatcher]]), but they're NotEvilJustMisunderstood.

--> '''Eggs:''' Cheese, hats, boxes, they don't make you. ''You'' make you.

* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: In a non-sexual example, Winnie seems downright upset that the Boxtrolls have no interest in gruesomely devouring her.

* CurseCutShort: Mr. Gristle lets out an "Oh sh--" before [[spoiler: getting crushed to death by Snatcher's machine falling over]].

* DarkestHour: Eggs and the last of the Boxtrolls have all been rounded up, [[spoiler: and it looks like all the Boxtrolls have been killed, and Snatcher is about to kill off Eggs and get what he wants: a spot on the council and a NiceHat. Then Winnie convinces Trout and Pickles to make a HeelFaceTurn, and the Boxtrolls return for a BigDamnHeroes moment.]]

* HeroicBSOD: When Fish - the troll who raised Eggs for ten years; his adoptive father - is [[spoiler:finally captured by Snatcher]], Eggs seem to shut down for a little while before ultimately deciding to [[spoiler:rescue him, thus finally taking action against Snatcher for the first time]].
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Eggs briefly becomes convinced of this after his disastrous attempt to blend in with civilized people and Lord Portley-Rind's refusal to help.

* JerkassHasAPoint: During a pseudo-drunken rant, Snatcher gripes about how all Lord Portley-Rind and his fellow White Hats do is sit around and waste taxpayer's time and money on eating fancy cheeses, which is a startlingly accurate description.

* PunnyName: Milk Street ''turns into'' Curds Way.

* SincerityMode: Eggs shakes hands with Winnie and says that it was nice to meet her... but adding that he means it.

* TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath: [[spoiler: Mr. Gristle]] [[BrickJoke escapes from the leeches]] just in time to [[spoiler:[[DeathByLookingUp get splattered by the falling]] TripodTerror]].

''[=The Boxtrolls=]'' is a 2014 StopMotion animated film from [[Creator/{{Laika}} Laika Animation Studios,]] the makers of ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman''. Directed by Graham Annable (of ''Grickle'' and ''VideoGame/NelsonTethersPuzzleAgent'' fame) and Anthony Stacchi, it is loosely based on the novel [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Be_Monsters! ''Here Be Monsters!'']] by Alan Snow. It features the vocal talents of Creator/BenKingsley, Creator/IsaacHempsteadWright, Creator/ElleFanning, Creator/SimonPegg, Creator/NickFrost, Creator/ToniCollette, Creator/JaredHarris, Creator/RichardAyoade and Creator/TracyMorgan with Creator/DeeBradleyBaker alongside Creator/SteveBlum as the title characters.

* ReluctantGift: Snatcher brings Lord Portley-Rind's white hat that he found in the middle of the street to his owner. However, since he covets the hat (and the position it entails), he only gives it back after lots of procrastination and a prolonged tug-o-war between him and Lord Portley-Rind.

!!This movie provides examples of:

* PostClimaxConfrontation: Eggs and the Boxtrolls have defeated Archibald Snatcher's SpiderTank and exposed his lies about the Boxtrolls being baby-eating monsters... when Snatcher emerges from [[ItMakesSenseInContext the remains of a giant cheese wheel]], [[GRatedDrug drunk on one of his]] [[BodyHorror "cheese fits"]], and holds Winnie hostage, blackmailing Lord Portley-Rind into handing over his NiceHat and escorting Snatcher to his exclusive "tasting room". [[spoiler: Fortunately, Snatcher's [[DeathByGluttony cheese obsession]] [[SelfDisposingVillain proves to be his own undoing]].]]

* SpiderTank: [[spoiler: Snatcher builds one, with the help of captured Boxtrolls, to break into the Boxtroll lair and round up the rest.]]

* TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath: [[spoiler: Mr. Gristle]] [[BrickJoke escapes from the leeches]] just in time to [[spoiler:[[DeathByLookingUp get splattered by the falling]] SpiderTank]].

* TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath: [[spoiler: Mr. Gristle]] [[BrickJoke escapes from the leeches]] just in time to [[[[DeathByLookingUp get splattered by the falling]] SpiderTank]].

* TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath: [[spoiler: Mr. Gristle]] [[BrickJoke escapes from the leeches]] just in time to [[DeathByLookingUp get splattered by the falling]] SpiderTank]].

* TapOnTheHead: Subverted. Hitting someone as hard as you can on the head with a large heavy object (in this case, [[WrenchWack a wrench]]), is [[RealityEnsues likely to cause severe injury or brain damage, if it doesn't kill them outright.]] [[spoiler: Eggs' father survived, but he's [[SanitySlippage quite a bit the worse for wear]] as a result.]]

** To cure Snatcher's allergic reaction to cheese, Mr. Gristle fetches leeches from a barrel. [[spoiler:In the final fight, he ends up falling into a barrel of leeches before being crushed by the machine.]]

* GoodTimesMontage: In the beginning, there's a lovely montage of Eggs growing up, making music with Fish, and exploring the world. It becomes something of a SadTimesMontage, however, when the pile of sleeping box trolls becomes progressively smaller and smaller.

** A NightmareFuel inducing one happens during Snatcher's and Eggs' confrontation during the ball. At one point, Snatcher is clearly shown to be about to ''strangle'' Eggs with a scarf.

''[=The Boxtrolls=]'' is a 2014 StopMotion animated film from [[Creator/{{Laika}} Laika Animation Studios,]] the makers of ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman''. Directed by Graham Annable (of ''Grickle'' and ''VideoGame/NelsonTethersPuzzleAgent'' fame) and Anthony Stacchi, it is loosely based on the novel [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Be_Monsters! ''Here Be Monsters!'']] by Alan Snow. It features the vocal talents of BenKingsley, Creator/IsaacHempsteadWright, Creator/ElleFanning, Creator/SimonPegg, Creator/NickFrost, Creator/ToniCollette, Creator/JaredHarris, Creator/RichardAyoade and Creator/TracyMorgan with Creator/DeeBradleyBaker alongside Creator/SteveBlum as the title characters.

* CheeseIsWine: The White Hats describe cheese just as real world classy people may discuss wine.