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* AllHallowsEve: Takes place during Halloween, but they time travel to important time periods related to their customs.
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* HalloweenEpisode: Takes place during Halloween, but they time travel to important time periods related to their customs.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the novel, Moundshroud was [[spoiler: the one to suggest the kids pool their years to save Pip, suggesting that, in the end, he couldn't bare to reap the life of a child.]]
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the novel, Moundshroud was [[spoiler: the one to suggest the kids pool their years to save Pip, suggesting that, in the end, he couldn't bare bear to reap the life of a child.]]
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* BalancingDeathsBooks: [[spoiler: The kids sacrifice a year of their life to save Pip.]]
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* BalancingDeathsBooks: [[spoiler: The Each of the kids sacrifice a year of their life lives to save Pip.]]
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* NeverSayDie: Averted ''very'' frequently. The movie doesn't sugarcoat anything about dying or death and even shows corpses in a few scenes.
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* ActorAllusion: When Pip first makes off with his pumpkin, Moundshroud (who is played by Creator/LeonardNimoy) remarks that finding him will be difficult, because he's almost certainly escaped to "[[Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry the Undiscovered Country]]" by now. Granted, the phrase was in the original novel too.
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** Pip also has his own catchphrase: "Ready, set, go!" But it isn't as spoken as frequently as Wally's "Oh my gosh!"
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* EverybodyCries: At the end of the animated film, all the children shed tears of joy after seeing that their bargain with Moundshroud succeeded in saving Pip.
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* GenderFlip: In the original book, the trick-or-treated dressed as a witch was a boy named Henry-Hank. The animated film changes him into a girl named Jenny.
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* GenderFlip: In the original book, the trick-or-treated trick-or-treater dressed as a witch was a boy named Henry-Hank. The animated film changes him into a girl named Jenny.
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* AdaptedOut: The animated film omits four trick-or-treaters from the original book: George Smith (who goes as a ghost), J.J. (who goes as an apeman), Fred Fryer (who goes as a beggar), and "Hackles" Nibley (who goes as Death).
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* GenderFlip: In the original book, the trick-or-treated dressed as a witch was a boy named Henry-Hank. The animated film changes him into a girl named Jenny.
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* AllHallowsEve: Takes during this, but they time travel to important time periods related to their customs.
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* AllHallowsEve: Takes place during this, Halloween, but they time travel to important time periods related to their customs.
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* EdutainmentShow: One of the most visually stimulating ones from the 90s, it reveals facts like witches were actually women who were more into obtaining information or having their "wits" about.
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* EdutainmentShow: One of the most visually stimulating ones works with educational value from the 90s, it reveals facts like witches were actually women who were more into obtaining information or having their "wits" about.
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* TheGrimReaper: Mr. Moundshroud is implied to be this.
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* TheGrimReaper: Mr. Moundshroud is implied to be this.a personification of death.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Arguably Moundshroud. He truly sympathizes with the children and wants to educate them on Halloween traditions (and not to fear their own mortality) but is duty-bound to escort Pip to the afterlife.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Arguably Moundshroud. He truly sympathizes with the children and wants to educate them on Halloween traditions (and not to fear their own mortality) but is duty-bound to escort Pip to the afterlife.afterlife regardless of how the other children feel about Pip passing away.
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* {{Mummy}}
* {{Narrator}}: Ray Bradbury himself.
* NeverSayDie: Averted ''very'' frequently.
* {{Narrator}}: Ray Bradbury himself.
* NeverSayDie: Averted ''very'' frequently.
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* {{Mummy}}
{{Mummy}}: Ralph dresses as a mummy.
* {{Narrator}}: The film is narrated by Ray Bradbury himself.
* NeverSayDie: Averted ''very'' frequently. The movie doesn't sugarcoat anything about dying or death and even shows corpses in a few scenes.
* {{Narrator}}: The film is narrated by Ray Bradbury himself.
* NeverSayDie: Averted ''very'' frequently. The movie doesn't sugarcoat anything about dying or death and even shows corpses in a few scenes.
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* NoodleIncident: Pip somehow keeps getting into weird situations over the course of the journey. These include (offscreen) getting captured and stuffed into a sarcophagus.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Joseph "Pip" Pipkin
* OnlyOneName: Everyone other than Tom Skelton and Joe Pipkin. As well as Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud.
* {{Psychopomp}}: Moundshroud.
* SoulJar: Pumpkins serve this purpose.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Joseph "Pip" Pipkin
* OnlyOneName: Everyone other than Tom Skelton and Joe Pipkin. As well as Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud.
* {{Psychopomp}}: Moundshroud.
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* OnlyOneName: Everyone other than Tom
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* SoulJar: Pumpkins serve this
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* SmurfettePrinciple: Jenny.
* TearsOfJoy: The kids shed these [[spoiler: after Pip returns from the hospital alive.]]
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* SmurfettePrinciple: Jenny.
TheSmurfettePrinciple: Jenny is the only girl in the group.
* TearsOfJoy: The kids shedthese happy tears [[spoiler: after Pip returns from the hospital alive.]]
* TearsOfJoy: The kids shed
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the novel, Moundshroud was [[spoiler: the one to suggest the kids pool their years to save Pip, suggesting that, in the end, he couldn't bare to reap the life of a child.]]
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Jenny is shown to have a fear of heights, which she frequently confronts during the Halloween journey. This also initially makes flying on a broomstick difficult for her, until Moundshroud and Tom point out that riding a flying broomstick is somewhat similar to riding her bike.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: The home video cover features Pip in the front and center, and while he does drive the story, it's more of a SupportingProtagonist role as his friends are the true protagonists of it. The way Moundshroud hovers menacingly over the kids makes him out like he's sort of villain, but while he has the role of TheGrimReaper it's actually a neutral role and he serves as the four's guide.
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* NeverSayDie: Averted ''very'' frequently.
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* TearsOfJoy: The kids shed these [[spoiler: after Pip returns from the hospital alive.]]
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* HauntedHouse: The mansion Moundshround lives in is believed to be one, and it certainly looks the part. The only ghost we see is Pip's, and he's quick to bail.
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* KarmicJackpot: Moundshroud's decision to educate the children pays dividends; not only are they instrumental in capturing Pip, but their experiences have taught them not to fear death, so they offer up time from their own lives to save their friend.
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** As the cathedral is built, he seems to be specifically avoiding standing it its ''shadow'' for some reason, which becomes increasingly difficult as the structure gets larger and its shadow longer. He presumably then blocks the the moonlight so that there ''is'' no shadow.
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** As the cathedral is built, he seems to be specifically avoiding standing it its ''shadow'' for some reason, which becomes increasingly difficult as the structure gets larger and its shadow longer. He presumably then blocks the the moonlight so that there ''is'' no shadow.
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* ActorAllusion: When Pip first makes off with his pumpkin, Moundshroud (who is played by Creator/LeonardNimoy) remarks that finding him will be difficult, because he's almost certainly escaped to "[[Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry the Undiscovered Country]]" by now.
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* Psychopomp: Moundshroud.
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* HolyGround: Moundshround refuses to set foot in Notre Dame at first, making the kids go inside to search for Pip for him. Once it's fully built, he makes the moon vanish behind the clouds, which somehow then lets him go inside.
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* CatchPhrase: Wally's ''"Oh my gosh!"'' one-liner gets very repetitive.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Heavily implied for Pip. If he succeeds in evading Moundshroud, he'll be trapped in the [[{{Limbo}} real-world, forever dying, and never passing onto the afterlife.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Heavily implied for Pip. If he succeeds in evading Moundshroud, he'll be trapped in the [[{{Limbo}} real-world, forever dying, and never passing onto the afterlife.afterlife]].
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Heavily implied for Pip. If he succeeds in evading Moundshroud, he'll be trapped in the [[{{Limbo}} real-world, forever dying, and never passing onto the afterlife.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Arguably Moundshroud. He truly sympathizes with the children and wants to educate them on Halloween traditions (and not to fear their own mortality) but is duty-bound to escort Pip to the afterlife.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Mr. Moundshroud, is more of a [[TheGrimReaper messenger of death]] who can be reasoned with and only tries to do his job.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: ChainOfPeople: This happens twice; once when the kids struggle to avoid getting sucked into a haunted house, and again when they form the tail of a giant kite.
* DontFearTheReaper: Mr. Moundshroud, is more of a [[TheGrimReaper messenger of death]] who can be reasoned with and only tries to do his job.
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* CastFromLifeSpan: [[spoiler: The kids sacrifice a year of their life to save Pip.]]
* BalancingDeathsBooks: [[spoiler: The kids sacrifice a year of their life to save Pip.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:All four friends each give up a whole year from the end of their life to save Pip.]]
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[[quoteright:251:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hw_tree_vid_cov_1732.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:251:He will tell you the ''true'' story...]]
''The Halloween Tree'' is a 1993 TV movie made by Creator/HannaBarbera, based on the Creator/RayBradbury novel of the same name.
A group of trick-or-treaters learn about the origins of Halloween as they go on a quest to rescue the soul of their dying friend.
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!!Contains examples of:
* ActorAllusion: When Pip first makes off with his pumpkin, Moundshroud (who is played by Creator/LeonardNimoy) remarks that finding him will be difficult, because he's almost certainly escaped to "[[Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry the Undiscovered Country]]" by now.
* AdaptationDistillation: Most notably, there were originally ''eight'' kids going out for trick or treating this year and all of them were boys. They also condensed it to four different eras of time rather then go to multiple time periods for the eight boys.
* AnimationBump: The Notre Dame building sequence is very fluid compared to the so-so animation budget.
* CastFromLifeSpan: [[spoiler: The kids sacrifice a year of their life to save Pip.]]
* AllHallowsEve: Takes during this, but they time travel to important time periods related to their customs.
* AndYouWereThere: [[spoiler:After Pip wakes up alive again, he lets on that he realizes the events in his "dream" really happened.]]
* BecomingTheMask: While no-one actually becomes the monster they dress as, Jenny does get to ride a witch's broom.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Mr. Moundshroud, is more of a [[TheGrimReaper messenger of death]] who can be reasoned with and only tries to do his job.
* EdutainmentShow: One of the most visually stimulating ones from the 90s, it reveals facts like witches were actually women who were more into obtaining information or having their "wits" about.
* TheGrimReaper: Mr. Moundshroud is implied to be this.
* GrumpyOldMan: Moundshroud's annoyance at the kids' ignorance of Halloween's origins compels him to bring them along to educate them.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:All four friends each give up a whole year from the end of their life to save Pip.]]
* IAmSpartacus: [[spoiler:Tom is the first one to offer a year of his life and his friends follow suit.]]
* IWishedYouWereDead: Tom feels guilty because he wished something would happen to Pip so he could lead the gang for once.
* {{Mummy}}
* {{Narrator}}: Ray Bradbury himself.
* NothingPersonal: Moundshroud isn't evil. He's just doing his job.
* NoodleIncident: Pip somehow keeps getting into weird situations over the course of the journey. These include (offscreen) getting captured and stuffed into a sarcophagus.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Joseph "Pip" Pipkin
* OnlyOneName: Everyone other than Tom Skelton and Joe Pipkin. As well as Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud.
* SoulJar: Pumpkins serve this purpose.
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Wally, the kid dressed as the gargoyle, is absent from the video poster.
* SmurfettePrinciple: Jenny.
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[[caption-width-right:251:He will tell you the ''true'' story...]]
''The Halloween Tree'' is a 1993 TV movie made by Creator/HannaBarbera, based on the Creator/RayBradbury novel of the same name.
A group of trick-or-treaters learn about the origins of Halloween as they go on a quest to rescue the soul of their dying friend.
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!!Contains examples of:
* ActorAllusion: When Pip first makes off with his pumpkin, Moundshroud (who is played by Creator/LeonardNimoy) remarks that finding him will be difficult, because he's almost certainly escaped to "[[Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry the Undiscovered Country]]" by now.
* AdaptationDistillation: Most notably, there were originally ''eight'' kids going out for trick or treating this year and all of them were boys. They also condensed it to four different eras of time rather then go to multiple time periods for the eight boys.
* AnimationBump: The Notre Dame building sequence is very fluid compared to the so-so animation budget.
* CastFromLifeSpan: [[spoiler: The kids sacrifice a year of their life to save Pip.]]
* AllHallowsEve: Takes during this, but they time travel to important time periods related to their customs.
* AndYouWereThere: [[spoiler:After Pip wakes up alive again, he lets on that he realizes the events in his "dream" really happened.]]
* BecomingTheMask: While no-one actually becomes the monster they dress as, Jenny does get to ride a witch's broom.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Mr. Moundshroud, is more of a [[TheGrimReaper messenger of death]] who can be reasoned with and only tries to do his job.
* EdutainmentShow: One of the most visually stimulating ones from the 90s, it reveals facts like witches were actually women who were more into obtaining information or having their "wits" about.
* TheGrimReaper: Mr. Moundshroud is implied to be this.
* GrumpyOldMan: Moundshroud's annoyance at the kids' ignorance of Halloween's origins compels him to bring them along to educate them.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:All four friends each give up a whole year from the end of their life to save Pip.]]
* IAmSpartacus: [[spoiler:Tom is the first one to offer a year of his life and his friends follow suit.]]
* IWishedYouWereDead: Tom feels guilty because he wished something would happen to Pip so he could lead the gang for once.
* {{Mummy}}
* {{Narrator}}: Ray Bradbury himself.
* NothingPersonal: Moundshroud isn't evil. He's just doing his job.
* NoodleIncident: Pip somehow keeps getting into weird situations over the course of the journey. These include (offscreen) getting captured and stuffed into a sarcophagus.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Joseph "Pip" Pipkin
* OnlyOneName: Everyone other than Tom Skelton and Joe Pipkin. As well as Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud.
* SoulJar: Pumpkins serve this purpose.
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Wally, the kid dressed as the gargoyle, is absent from the video poster.
* SmurfettePrinciple: Jenny.
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