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* EvilIsSexy: [[spoiler:Sarah Ravencroft]] was quite the looker in her younger days, even her ghostly self isn't particularly hard on the eyes.
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* ObviousJudas: Guessing who the villain was became a pointless game the moment a character voiced by [[spoiler: Creator/TimCurry]] was introduced, unless a young viewer was not familiar with his large, villainous body of work.
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* ObviousJudas: Guessing who the villain was became a pointless game the moment a character voiced by [[spoiler: Creator/TimCurry]] [[spoiler:Creator/TimCurry]] was introduced, unless a young viewer was not familiar with his large, villainous body of work.
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* EvilIsSexy: [[spoiler: Sarah Ravencroft]] was quite the looker in her younger days, even her ghostly self isn't particularly hard on the eyes.
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* CaptainObviousReveal: What do you mean, the character voiced by [[spoiler:Creator/TimCurry]] turns out to [[spoiler:be [[EvilAllAlong evil]]]]?
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* NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize: Anyone who is familiar with [[spoiler:Creator/TimCurry]]'s filmography will likely suspect long before the finale that [[spoiler:Ben Ravencroft is [[EvilAllAlong secretly evil]]]].
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* KarmicOverkill: Despite being a manipulative wannabe conqueror, some felt [[spoiler:Ben Ravencroft's punishment of being dragged to a dimension of torment with his ancestor is too excessive. Especially since he realized his mistake and turned on Sarah when she revealed how destructive she is.]]
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* CaptainObviousReveal: What do you mean, the character voiced by [[spoiler:Creator/TimCurry]] [[EvilAllAlong turns out to be evil]]?
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* CaptainObviousReveal: What do you mean, the character voiced by [[spoiler:Creator/TimCurry]] turns out to [[spoiler:be [[EvilAllAlong turns out to be evil]]?evil]]]]?
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* CaptainObviousReveal: What do you mean, the character voiced by [[spoiler:Creator/TimCurry]] [[EvilAllAlong turns out to be evil]]?
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* SpoiledByTheFormat: The typical ScoobyDooHoax has been solved -- the townsfolk were making up the ghost sightings to boost tourism. Guess it's time for the gang to relax and...wait, why are there still 25 minutes left to go?
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* SpoiledByTheFormat: The typical ScoobyDooHoax has been solved -- the townsfolk were making up the ghost sightings to boost tourism. Guess it's time for the gang to relax and... wait, why are there still 25 minutes left to go?go? [[spoiler:And why has [[ObviousJudas the character voiced by Tim Curry]] not done anything evil yet?]]
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* ObviousJudas: Guessing who the villain was became a pointless game the moment a character voiced by [[spoiler: Tim Curry]] was introduced, unless a young viewer was not familiar with his large, villainous body of work.
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* ObviousJudas: Guessing who the villain was became a pointless game the moment a character voiced by [[spoiler: Tim Curry]] Creator/TimCurry]] was introduced, unless a young viewer was not familiar with his large, villainous body of work.
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* CultClassic: It's perhaps not quite as fondly regarded as ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland'', but years later the film is still remembered fondly among the cavalcade of DTV films, particularly due to the introduction of the series' most famous [[EnsembleDarkhorse darkhorses, the Hex Girls]], and the presence of ''Tim Curry'' as the [[spoiler:film's main villain]].
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* HilariousInHindsight: The quirky but endearing ally to the main character who has a single-minded obsession turning out to be a villain plotting to recreate the world in his own image by calling on a higher power is this when VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus used the same plot with [[spoiler:Volo.]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: The quirky but endearing ally to the main character who has a single-minded obsession turning out to be a villain plotting to recreate the world in his own image by calling on a higher power is this when VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' used the same plot with [[spoiler:Volo.]][[spoiler:Volo]].
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* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct: Not that anyone doubted the talents of the versatile Creator/TressMacNeille, but the BigBad WickedWitch [[spoiler: Sarah Ravencroft]] is perhaps one of the most, if not ''the'' most, intensely villainous roles she's ever played.
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* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct: Not that anyone doubted the talents of the versatile Creator/TressMacNeille, but the BigBad WickedWitch [[spoiler: Sarah [[spoiler:Sarah Ravencroft]] is perhaps one of the most, if not ''the'' most, intensely villainous roles she's ever played.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: While ''Zombie Island'' delved into the punk genre, ''Witch's Ghost'' delved into gothic-themed Grunge with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P_BlUY2eF4 the Hex Girls]]. They provide some of the best music of the movie.
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** While ''Zombie Island'' delved into the punk genre, ''Witch's Ghost'' delved into gothic-themed Grunge with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P_BlUY2eF4 the Hex Girls]]. They provide some of the best music of themovie.movie.
** The credits theme "The Witch's Ghost" fully embraces the dark tone of the climax, even if the artists credited as the Hex Girls aren't their actual actors. It has an intimidating grunge beat, really plays into the creepiness of the supernatural the film delves into, giving the film's villain the gravitas they deserve, and ends the film on an eerie note.
** While ''Zombie Island'' delved into the punk genre, ''Witch's Ghost'' delved into gothic-themed Grunge with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P_BlUY2eF4 the Hex Girls]]. They provide some of the best music of the
** The credits theme "The Witch's Ghost" fully embraces the dark tone of the climax, even if the artists credited as the Hex Girls aren't their actual actors. It has an intimidating grunge beat, really plays into the creepiness of the supernatural the film delves into, giving the film's villain the gravitas they deserve, and ends the film on an eerie note.
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* SpoiledByTheFormat: The typical ScoobyDooHoax has been solved -- the townsfolk were making up the ghost sightings to boost tourism. Guess it's time for the gang to relax and...wait, why are there still 25 minutes left to go?
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* EvilIsCool: [[spoiler:Ben and Sarah Ravencroft]] once the former starts throwing around his magic and revealing his BatmanGambit and the latter pulls an EvilerThanThou on the former as soon as she is summoned.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The quirky but endearing ally to the main character who has a single-minded obsession turning out to be a villain plotting to recreate the world in his own image by calling on a higher power is this when VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus used the same plot with [[spoiler:Volo.]]
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: In a meta sense. Ben Ravencroft's first attempt at the dark incantation ("Bring back one who cannot die--!") is quickly followed by [[LongRunner Scooby-Doo]] arriving on the scene. It's an AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption when you remember that the ''Scooby'' franchise was on a strong rebound by this point.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: The Hex Girls became instant fan favorites upon their debut, especially in regards to environmentalist and [[LGBTFanbase gay subcultures]], going on to appear in several [[CanonImmigrant following works]] and becoming integrated into multiple tie-ins. The fact that they ended up inadvertently becoming the face of the eco-goth movement proves how their staying power is so great that it goes beyond the standard ''Scooby-Doo'' crowd.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Hex Girls proved to be very popular and have become recurring characters in the franchise ever since.
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* OneSceneWonder: [[spoiler:The real Sarah Ravencroft]], despite being the BigBad of the movie, doesn’t actually show up until TheClimax, but she does leave quite an impression.
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* AccidentalInnuendo, One line from the Hex Girls first song does bring the phrase NocturnalEmission to mind.
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* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct: Not that anyone doubted the talents the versatile Creator/TressMacNeille, but the BigBad WickedWitch [[spoiler: Sarah Ravencroft]] is perhaps one of the most, if not ''the'' most, intensely villainous roles she's ever played.
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* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct: Not that anyone doubted the talents of the versatile Creator/TressMacNeille, but the BigBad WickedWitch [[spoiler: Sarah Ravencroft]] is perhaps one of the most, if not ''the'' most, intensely villainous roles she's ever played.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Has one in the form of ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'', given their similar genre (family/horror/comedy/mystery), settings (Salem-esque, Massachusetts), and subject manner (how a town's witch-related legends and past affects them in the present). However,'' [=ParaNorman=]'' inverts the order of the films' shared plot points to create significantly contrasting themes. In ''The Witch's Ghost,'' the witch is presented as an innocent and unjustly executed HeroWithBadPublicity by her descendant and [[spoiler: the twist is that she was evil and her ghost enacts a curse upon the town in the third act.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=]'', the inciting incident is that the curse of an executed witch is coming into effect over a Massachusetts town [[spoiler:and the third act ''twist'' is that the "witch"'s descendant discovers the "witch" was innocent and unjustly executed, and the curse is her restless ghost lashing out from the trauma of being murdered by her community]]. ''[=ParaNorman=]'' can easily read as a brutally honest update on ''Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost,'' [[spoiler: considering ''[=ParaNorman=]'' focuses heavily on the cruelty that was committed onto its "witch" during the Trials and how society has perpetuated the narrative of the victims being villains to make history more palatable, in direct contrast to ''The Witch's Ghost,'' which leans into the narratives behind the executions by not only portraying its witch as truly evil and implicitly justifying her execution, but also casting her surviving descendant's attempts to clear her name in the historical record as a villainous plot to trick people.]] It's likely that the dialogue between the two films is deliberate, because while he never specifically addresses ''The Witch's Ghost,'' ''Scooby Doo'' is referred to by director Christ Butler [[https://thefilmstage.com/video-interview-paranorman-co-directors-chris-butler-sam-fell-talk-scooby-doo-influence-bullying-puppet-hospitals-more/ as being a "defining influence"]] on ''[=ParaNorman=].''
* UnintentionallySympathetic: Quite a few fans feel sorry for [[spoiler:Ben]] at the end. Yes, he turns out to be EvilAllAlong and tries to TakeOverTheWorld... however, his final fate of [[spoiler:being stuck as a SealedEvilInACan alongside Sarah and possibly burned to death]] still strikes them as excessively harsh DisproportionateRetribution. [[spoiler:Creator/TimCurry's performance]] certainly doesn't hurt either, and especially in regards to how Mystery Inc. make jabs at [[spoiler: Ben's]] fate. The fact that he [[HeelFaceDoorSlam attempted to reseal her]] when he learned that she intended to [[EvilVersusOblivion destroy the earth]] and not rule it like he intended makes it even worse.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: Quite a few fans feel sorry for [[spoiler:Ben]] at the end. Yes, he turns out to be EvilAllAlong and tries to TakeOverTheWorld... however, his final fate of [[spoiler:being stuck as a SealedEvilInACan alongside Sarah and possibly burned to death]] still strikes them as excessively harsh DisproportionateRetribution. [[spoiler:Creator/TimCurry's performance]] certainly doesn't hurt either, and especially in regards to how Mystery Inc. make jabs at [[spoiler: Ben's]] fate. The fact that he [[HeelFaceDoorSlam attempted to reseal her]] when he learned that she intended to [[EvilVersusOblivion destroy the earth]] and not rule it like he intended makes it even worse.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Has one in the form of ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'', given their similar genre (family/horror/comedy/mystery), settings (Salem-esque, Massachusetts), and subject manner (how a town's witch-related legends and past affects them in the present). However,'' [=ParaNorman=]'' inverts the order of the films' shared plot points to create significantly contrasting themes. In ''The Witch's Ghost,'' the witch is presented as an innocent and unjustly executed HeroWithBadPublicity by her descendant and [[spoiler: the twist is that she was evil and her ghost enacts a curse upon the town in the third act.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=]'', the inciting incident is that the curse of an executed witch is coming into effect over a Massachusetts town [[spoiler:and the third act ''twist'' is that the "witch"'s descendant discovers the "witch" was innocent and unjustly executed, and the curse is her restless ghost lashing out from the trauma of being murdered by her community]]. ''[=ParaNorman=]'' can easily read as a brutally honest update on ''Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost,'' [[spoiler: considering ''[=ParaNorman=]'' focuses heavily on the cruelty that was committed onto its "witch" during the Trials and how society has perpetuated the narrative of the victims being villains to make history more palatable, in direct contrast to ''The Witch's Ghost,'' which leans into the narratives behind the executions by not only portraying its witch as truly evil and implicitly justifying her execution, but also casting her surviving descendant's attempts to clear her name in the historical record as a villainous plot to trick people.]] It's likely that the dialogue between the two films is deliberate, because ''Scooby Doo'' is referred to by director Christ Butler [[https://thefilmstage.com/video-interview-paranorman-co-directors-chris-butler-sam-fell-talk-scooby-doo-influence-bullying-puppet-hospitals-more/ as being a "defining influence"]] on ''[=ParaNorman=].''
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Has one in the form of ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'', given their similar genre (family/horror/comedy/mystery), settings (Salem-esque, Massachusetts), and subject manner (how a town's witch-related legends and past affects them in the present). However,'' [=ParaNorman=]'' inverts the order of the films' shared plot points to create significantly contrasting themes. In ''The Witch's Ghost,'' the witch is presented as an innocent and unjustly executed HeroWithBadPublicity by her descendant and [[spoiler: the twist is that she was evil and her ghost enacts a curse upon the town in the third act.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=]'', the inciting incident is that the curse of an executed witch is coming into effect over a Massachusetts town [[spoiler:and the third act ''twist'' is that the "witch"'s descendant discovers the "witch" was innocent and unjustly executed, and the curse is her restless ghost lashing out from the trauma of being murdered by her community]]. ''[=ParaNorman=]'' can easily read as a brutally honest update on ''Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost,'' [[spoiler: considering ''[=ParaNorman=]'' focuses heavily on the cruelty that was committed onto its "witch" during the Trials and how society has perpetuated the narrative of the victims being villains to make history more palatable, in direct contrast to ''The Witch's Ghost,'' which leans into the narratives behind the executions by not only portraying its witch as truly evil and implicitly justifying her execution, but also casting her surviving descendant's attempts to clear her name in the historical record as a villainous plot to trick people.]] It's likely that the dialogue between the two films is deliberate, because while he never specifically addresses ''The Witch's Ghost,'' ''Scooby Doo'' is referred to by director Christ Butler [[https://thefilmstage.com/video-interview-paranorman-co-directors-chris-butler-sam-fell-talk-scooby-doo-influence-bullying-puppet-hospitals-more/ as being a "defining influence"]] on ''[=ParaNorman=].''
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Has one in the form of ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'', given their similar genre (family/horror/comedy/mystery), settings (Salem-esque, Massachusetts), and subject manner (how a town's witch-related legends and past affects them in the present). However,'' [=ParaNorman=]'' inverts the order of the films' shared plot points to create significantly contrasting themes. In ''The Witch's Ghost,'' the witch is presented as an innocent and unjustly executed HeroWithBadPublicity by her descendant and [[spoiler: the twist is that she was evil and her ghost enacts a curse upon the town in the third act.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=]'', the inciting incident is that the curse of an executed witch is coming into effect over a Massachusetts town [[spoiler:and the third act ''twist'' is that the "witch"'s descendant discovers the "witch" was innocent and unjustly executed, and the curse is her restless ghost lashing out from the trauma of being murdered by her community]]. ''[=ParaNorman=]'' can easily read as a brutally honest update on ''Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost,'' [[spoiler: considering ''[=ParaNorman=]'' focuses heavily on the cruelty that was committed onto its "witch" during the Trials and how society has perpetuated the narrative of the victims being villains to make history more palatable, in direct contrast to ''The Witch's Ghost,'' which leans into the narratives behind the executions by not only portraying its witch as truly evil and implicitly justifying her execution, but also casting her surviving descendant's attempts to clear her name in the historical record as a villainous plot to trick people.]] It's very possible that the apparent dialogue between the two films is deliberate, because ''Scooby Doo'' is [[https://screenrant.com/paranorman-images-interview-directors/ mentioned by name]] as an influence on ''[=ParaNorman=]'''s director.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Has one in the form of ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'', given their similar genre (family/horror/comedy/mystery), settings (Salem-esque, Massachusetts), and subject manner (how a town's witch-related legends and past affects them in the present). However,'' [=ParaNorman=]'' inverts the order of the films' shared plot points to create significantly contrasting themes. In ''The Witch's Ghost,'' the witch is presented as an innocent and unjustly executed HeroWithBadPublicity by her descendant and [[spoiler: the twist is that she was evil and her ghost enacts a curse upon the town in the third act.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=]'', the inciting incident is that the curse of an executed witch is coming into effect over a Massachusetts town [[spoiler:and the third act ''twist'' is that the "witch"'s descendant discovers the "witch" was innocent and unjustly executed, and the curse is her restless ghost lashing out from the trauma of being murdered by her community]]. ''[=ParaNorman=]'' can easily read as a brutally honest update on ''Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost,'' [[spoiler: considering ''[=ParaNorman=]'' focuses heavily on the cruelty that was committed onto its "witch" during the Trials and how society has perpetuated the narrative of the victims being villains to make history more palatable, in direct contrast to ''The Witch's Ghost,'' which leans into the narratives behind the executions by not only portraying its witch as truly evil and implicitly justifying her execution, but also casting her surviving descendant's attempts to clear her name in the historical record as a villainous plot to trick people.]] It's very possible likely that the apparent dialogue between the two films is deliberate, because ''Scooby Doo'' is [[https://screenrant.com/paranorman-images-interview-directors/ mentioned referred to by name]] director Christ Butler [[https://thefilmstage.com/video-interview-paranorman-co-directors-chris-butler-sam-fell-talk-scooby-doo-influence-bullying-puppet-hospitals-more/ as an influence being a "defining influence"]] on ''[=ParaNorman=]'''s director.''[=ParaNorman=].''
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Has one in the form of ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'', given their similar genre (family/horror/comedy/mystery), settings (Salem-esque, Massachusetts), and subject manner (how a town's witch-related legends and past affects them in the present). However,'' [=ParaNorman=]'' inverts the order of the films' shared plot points to create significantly contrasting themes. In ''The Witch's Ghost,'' the witch is presented as an innocent and unjustly executed HeroWithBadPublicity by her descendant and [[spoiler: the twist is that she was evil and her ghost enacts a curse upon the town in the third act.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=]'', the inciting incident is that the curse of an executed witch is coming into effect over a Massachusetts town [[spoiler:and the third act ''twist'' is that the "witch"'s descendant discovers the "witch" was innocent and unjustly executed, and the curse is her restless ghost lashing out from the trauma of being murdered by her community]]. ''[=ParaNorman=]'' can easily read as a brutally honest update on ''Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost,'' [[spoiler: considering ''[=ParaNorman=]'' focuses heavily on the cruelty that was committed onto its "witch" during the Trials and how society has perpetuated the narrative of the victims being villains to make history more palatable, in direct contrast to ''The Witch's Ghost,'' which leans into the narratives behind the executions by not only portraying its witch as truly evil and implicitly justifying her execution, but also casting her surviving descendant's attempts to clear her name in the historical record as a villainous plot to trick people.]] It's very possible that the dialogue between the two films is deliberate, because ''Scooby Doo'' is [[https://screenrant.com/paranorman-images-interview-directors/ mentioned by name]] as an influence on ''[=ParaNorman=]'''s director.
** The two films even have similar (and similarly inverted) book-finding subplots; in ''The Witch's Ghost,'' the cast are seeking the witch's allegedly mundane book, [[spoiler:which turns out at the end of the second act to be a spellbook that is eventually used against her to return her to the grave.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=],'' Norman begins the second act trying to retrieve a book he believes can help him magically return the witch to her grave, but [[spoiler:it turns out to be an ordinary book only significant because of its sentimental value to the "witch."]] It's honestly hard to see this as anything other than deliberate.
** The two films even have similar (and similarly inverted) book-finding subplots; in ''The Witch's Ghost,'' the cast are seeking the witch's allegedly mundane book, [[spoiler:which turns out at the end of the second act to be a spellbook that is eventually used against her to return her to the grave.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=],'' Norman begins the second act trying to retrieve a book he believes can help him magically return the witch to her grave, but [[spoiler:it turns out to be an ordinary book only significant because of its sentimental value to the "witch."]] It's honestly hard to see this as anything other than deliberate.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Has one in the form of ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'', given their similar genre (family/horror/comedy/mystery), settings (Salem-esque, Massachusetts), and subject manner (how a town's witch-related legends and past affects them in the present). However,'' [=ParaNorman=]'' inverts the order of the films' shared plot points to create significantly contrasting themes. In ''The Witch's Ghost,'' the witch is presented as an innocent and unjustly executed HeroWithBadPublicity by her descendant and [[spoiler: the twist is that she was evil and her ghost enacts a curse upon the town in the third act.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=]'', the inciting incident is that the curse of an executed witch is coming into effect over a Massachusetts town [[spoiler:and the third act ''twist'' is that the "witch"'s descendant discovers the "witch" was innocent and unjustly executed, and the curse is her restless ghost lashing out from the trauma of being murdered by her community]]. ''[=ParaNorman=]'' can easily read as a brutally honest update on ''Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost,'' [[spoiler: considering ''[=ParaNorman=]'' focuses heavily on the cruelty that was committed onto its "witch" during the Trials and how society has perpetuated the narrative of the victims being villains to make history more palatable, in direct contrast to ''The Witch's Ghost,'' which leans into the narratives behind the executions by not only portraying its witch as truly evil and implicitly justifying her execution, but also casting her surviving descendant's attempts to clear her name in the historical record as a villainous plot to trick people.]] It's very possible that the apparent dialogue between the two films is deliberate, because ''Scooby Doo'' is [[https://screenrant.com/paranorman-images-interview-directors/ mentioned by name]] as an influence on ''[=ParaNorman=]'''s director.
** The two films even have similar (and similarly inverted) book-finding subplots; in ''The Witch's Ghost,'' the cast are seeking the witch's allegedly mundane book, [[spoiler:which turns out at the end of the second act to be a spellbook that is eventually used against her to return her to the grave.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=],'' Norman begins the second act trying to retrieve a book he believes can help him magically return the witch to her grave, but [[spoiler:it turns out to be an ordinary book only significant because of its sentimental value to the "witch."]] It's honestly hard to see this as anything other than deliberate.director.
** The two films even have similar (and similarly inverted) book-finding subplots; in ''The Witch's Ghost,'' the cast are seeking the witch's allegedly mundane book, [[spoiler:which turns out at the end of the second act to be a spellbook that is eventually used against her to return her to the grave.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=],'' Norman begins the second act trying to retrieve a book he believes can help him magically return the witch to her grave, but [[spoiler:it turns out to be an ordinary book only significant because of its sentimental value to the "witch."]] It's honestly hard to see this as anything other than deliberate.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Has one in the form of ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'', given their similar genre (family/horror/comedy/mystery), settings (Salem-esque, Massachusetts), and subject manner (how a town's witch-related legends and past affects them in the present). However,'' [=ParaNorman=]'' inverts the order of the films' shared plot points to create significantly contrasting themes. In ''The Witch's Ghost,'' the witch is presented as an innocent and unjustly executed HeroWithBadPublicity by her descendant and [[spoiler: the twist is that she was evil and her ghost enacts a curse upon the town in the third act.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=]'', the inciting incident is that the curse of an executed witch is coming into effect over a Massachusetts town [[spoiler:and the third act ''twist'' is that the "witch"'s descendant discovers the "witch" was innocent and unjustly executed, and the curse is her restless ghost lashing out from the trauma of being murdered by her community]]. ''[=ParaNorman=]'' can easily read as a brutally honest update on ''Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost,'' [[spoiler: considering ''[=ParaNorman=]'' focuses heavily on the cruelty that was committed onto its "witch" during the Trials and how society has perpetuated the narrative of the victims being villains to make history more palatable, in direct contrast to ''The Witch's Ghost,'' which leans into the narratives behind the executions by not only portraying its witch as truly evil and implicitly justifying her execution, but also casting her surviving descendant's attempts to clear her name in the historical record as a villainous plot to trick people.]] It's very possible that this is deliberate, because ''Scooby Doo'' is [[https://screenrant.com/paranorman-images-interview-directors/ mentioned by name]] as an influence on ''[=ParaNorman=]'''s director.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Has one in the form of ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'', given their similar genre (family/horror/comedy/mystery), settings (Salem-esque, Massachusetts), and subject manner (how a town's witch-related legends and past affects them in the present). However,'' [=ParaNorman=]'' inverts the order of the films' shared plot points to create significantly contrasting themes. In ''The Witch's Ghost,'' the witch is presented as an innocent and unjustly executed HeroWithBadPublicity by her descendant and [[spoiler: the twist is that she was evil and her ghost enacts a curse upon the town in the third act.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=]'', the inciting incident is that the curse of an executed witch is coming into effect over a Massachusetts town [[spoiler:and the third act ''twist'' is that the "witch"'s descendant discovers the "witch" was innocent and unjustly executed, and the curse is her restless ghost lashing out from the trauma of being murdered by her community]]. ''[=ParaNorman=]'' can easily read as a brutally honest update on ''Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost,'' [[spoiler: considering ''[=ParaNorman=]'' focuses heavily on the cruelty that was committed onto its "witch" during the Trials and how society has perpetuated the narrative of the victims being villains to make history more palatable, in direct contrast to ''The Witch's Ghost,'' which leans into the narratives behind the executions by not only portraying its witch as truly evil and implicitly justifying her execution, but also casting her surviving descendant's attempts to clear her name in the historical record as a villainous plot to trick people.]] It's very possible that this the dialogue between the two films is deliberate, because ''Scooby Doo'' is [[https://screenrant.com/paranorman-images-interview-directors/ mentioned by name]] as an influence on ''[=ParaNorman=]'''s director.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Has one in the form of ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'', given their similar genre (spooky comedy/mystery), settings (Salem-esque, Massachusetts), and subject manner (how a town's witch-related legends and past affects them in the present). However,'' [=ParaNorman=]'' inverts the order of the films' shared plot points to create significantly contrasting themes. In ''The Witch's Ghost,'' the witch is presented as an innocent and unjustly executed HeroWithBadPublicity by her descendant and [[spoiler: the twist is that she was evil and her ghost enacts a curse upon the town in the third act.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=]'', the inciting incident is that the curse of an executed witch is coming into effect over a Massachusetts town [[spoiler:and the third act ''twist'' is that the "witch"'s descendant discovers the "witch" was innocent and unjustly executed, and the curse is her restless ghost lashing out from the trauma of being murdered by her community]]. ''[=ParaNorman=]'' can easily read as a brutally honest update on ''Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost,'' [[spoiler: considering ''[=ParaNorman=]'' focuses heavily on the cruelty that was committed onto its "witch" during the Trials and how society has perpetuated the narrative of the victims being villains to make history more palatable, in direct contrast to ''The Witch's Ghost,'' which leans into the narratives behind the executions by not only portraying its witch as truly evil and implicitly justifying her execution, but also casting her surviving descendant's attempts to clear her name in the historical record as a villainous plot to trick people.]] It's very possible that this is deliberate, because ''Scooby Doo'' is [[https://screenrant.com/paranorman-images-interview-directors/ mentioned by name]] as an influence on ''[=ParaNorman=]'''s director.
** The two films even have similar (and similarly inverted) book-finding subplots; in''The Witch's Ghost,'' the cast are seeking the witch's allegedly mundane book, [[spoiler:which turns out at the end of the second act to be a spellbook that is eventually used against her to return her to the grave.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=],'' Norman begins the second act trying to retrieve a book he believes can help him magically return the witch to her grave, but [[spoiler:it turns out to be an ordinary book only significant because of its sentimental value to the "witch."]] It's honestly hard to see this as anything other than deliberate.
** The two films even have similar (and similarly inverted) book-finding subplots; in''The Witch's Ghost,'' the cast are seeking the witch's allegedly mundane book, [[spoiler:which turns out at the end of the second act to be a spellbook that is eventually used against her to return her to the grave.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=],'' Norman begins the second act trying to retrieve a book he believes can help him magically return the witch to her grave, but [[spoiler:it turns out to be an ordinary book only significant because of its sentimental value to the "witch."]] It's honestly hard to see this as anything other than deliberate.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Has one in the form of ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'', given their similar genre (spooky comedy/mystery), (family/horror/comedy/mystery), settings (Salem-esque, Massachusetts), and subject manner (how a town's witch-related legends and past affects them in the present). However,'' [=ParaNorman=]'' inverts the order of the films' shared plot points to create significantly contrasting themes. In ''The Witch's Ghost,'' the witch is presented as an innocent and unjustly executed HeroWithBadPublicity by her descendant and [[spoiler: the twist is that she was evil and her ghost enacts a curse upon the town in the third act.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=]'', the inciting incident is that the curse of an executed witch is coming into effect over a Massachusetts town [[spoiler:and the third act ''twist'' is that the "witch"'s descendant discovers the "witch" was innocent and unjustly executed, and the curse is her restless ghost lashing out from the trauma of being murdered by her community]]. ''[=ParaNorman=]'' can easily read as a brutally honest update on ''Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost,'' [[spoiler: considering ''[=ParaNorman=]'' focuses heavily on the cruelty that was committed onto its "witch" during the Trials and how society has perpetuated the narrative of the victims being villains to make history more palatable, in direct contrast to ''The Witch's Ghost,'' which leans into the narratives behind the executions by not only portraying its witch as truly evil and implicitly justifying her execution, but also casting her surviving descendant's attempts to clear her name in the historical record as a villainous plot to trick people.]] It's very possible that this is deliberate, because ''Scooby Doo'' is [[https://screenrant.com/paranorman-images-interview-directors/ mentioned by name]] as an influence on ''[=ParaNorman=]'''s director.
** The two films even have similar (and similarly inverted) book-finding subplots;in''The in ''The Witch's Ghost,'' the cast are seeking the witch's allegedly mundane book, [[spoiler:which turns out at the end of the second act to be a spellbook that is eventually used against her to return her to the grave.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=],'' Norman begins the second act trying to retrieve a book he believes can help him magically return the witch to her grave, but [[spoiler:it turns out to be an ordinary book only significant because of its sentimental value to the "witch."]] It's honestly hard to see this as anything other than deliberate.
** The two films even have similar (and similarly inverted) book-finding subplots;
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** The two films even have similar (and similarly inverted) book-finding subplots; in''The Witch's Ghost,'' the cast are seeking the witch's allegedly mundane book, [[spoiler:which turns out at the end of the second act to be a spellbook that is eventually used against her to return her to the grave.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=],'' Norman begins the second act trying to retrieve a book he believes can help him magically return the witch to her grave, but [[spoiler:it turns out to be an ordinary book only significant because of its sentimental value to the "witch."]] It's honestly hard to see this as anything other than deliberate.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Has one in the form of ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'', given their similar genre (spooky comedy/mystery), settings (Salem-esque, Massachusetts), and subject manner (how a town's witch-related legends and past affects them in the present). However,'' [=ParaNorman=]'' inverts the order of the films' shared plot points to create significantly contrasting themes. In ''The Witch's Ghost,'' the witch is presented as an innocent and unjustly executed HeroWithBadPublicity by her descendant and [[spoiler: the twist is that she was evil and her ghost enacts a curse upon the town in the third act.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=]'', the inciting incident is that the curse of an executed witch is coming into effect over a Massachusetts town [[spoiler:and the third act ''twist'' is that the "witch"'s descendant discovers the "witch" was innocent and unjustly executed, and the curse is her restless ghost lashing out from the trauma of being murdered by her community]]. ''[=ParaNorman=]'' can easily read as a brutally honest update on ''Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost,'' [[spoiler: considering ''[=ParaNorman=]'' focuses heavily on the cruelty that was committed onto its "witch" during the Trials and how society has lied to itself and villainized people who were actually victims, in direct contrast to ''The Witch's Ghost,'' which leans into the paranoia behind the executions by not only portraying its witch as truly evil and implicitly justifying her execution, but also casting her surviving descendant's attempts to clear her name in the historical record as a villainous plot to trick people.]] It's very possible that this is deliberate, because ''Scooby Doo'' is [[https://screenrant.com/paranorman-images-interview-directors/ mentioned by name]] as an influence on ''[=ParaNorman=]'''s director.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Has one in the form of ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'', given their similar genre (spooky comedy/mystery), settings (Salem-esque, Massachusetts), and subject manner (how a town's witch-related legends and past affects them in the present). However,'' [=ParaNorman=]'' inverts the order of the films' shared plot points to create significantly contrasting themes. In ''The Witch's Ghost,'' the witch is presented as an innocent and unjustly executed HeroWithBadPublicity by her descendant and [[spoiler: the twist is that she was evil and her ghost enacts a curse upon the town in the third act.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=]'', the inciting incident is that the curse of an executed witch is coming into effect over a Massachusetts town [[spoiler:and the third act ''twist'' is that the "witch"'s descendant discovers the "witch" was innocent and unjustly executed, and the curse is her restless ghost lashing out from the trauma of being murdered by her community]]. ''[=ParaNorman=]'' can easily read as a brutally honest update on ''Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost,'' [[spoiler: considering ''[=ParaNorman=]'' focuses heavily on the cruelty that was committed onto its "witch" during the Trials and how society has lied perpetuated the narrative of the victims being villains to itself and villainized people who were actually victims, make history more palatable, in direct contrast to ''The Witch's Ghost,'' which leans into the paranoia narratives behind the executions by not only portraying its witch as truly evil and implicitly justifying her execution, but also casting her surviving descendant's attempts to clear her name in the historical record as a villainous plot to trick people.]] It's very possible that this is deliberate, because ''Scooby Doo'' is [[https://screenrant.com/paranorman-images-interview-directors/ mentioned by name]] as an influence on ''[=ParaNorman=]'''s director.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Has one in the form of ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'', given their similar genre (spooky comedy/mystery), settings (Salem-esque, Massachusetts), and subject manner (how a town's witch-related legends and past affects them in the present). However,'' [=ParaNorman=]'' inverts the order of the films' shared plot points to create significantly contrasting themes. In ''The Witch's Ghost,'' the witch is presented as an innocent and unjustly executed HeroWithBadPublicity by her descendant and [[spoiler: the twist is that she was evil and her ghost enacts a curse upon the town in the third act.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=]'', the inciting incident is that the curse of an executed witch is coming into effect over a Massachusetts town [[spoiler:and the third act ''twist'' is that the "witch"'s descendant discovers the "witch" was innocent and unjustly executed, and the curse is her restless ghost lashing out from the trauma of being murdered by her community]]. One could consider ''[=ParaNorman=]'' to be a brutally honest update on ''Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost,'' [[spoiler: considering ''[=ParaNorman=]'' focuses heavily on the cruelty that was committed onto its "witch" during the Trials and how society has lied to itself and villainized people who were actually victims, in direct contrast to ''The Witch's Ghost,'' which leans into the paranoia behind the executions by not only portraying its witch as truly evil and implicitly justifying her execution, but also casting her surviving descendant's attempts to clear her name in the historical record as a villainous plot to trick people.]] It's very possible that this is deliberate, because ''Scooby Doo'' is [[https://screenrant.com/paranorman-images-interview-directors/ mentioned by name]] as an influence on ''[=ParaNorman=]'''s director.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Has one in the form of ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'', given their similar genre (spooky comedy/mystery), settings (Salem-esque, Massachusetts), and subject manner (how a town's witch-related legends and past affects them in the present). However,'' [=ParaNorman=]'' inverts the order of the films' shared plot points to create significantly contrasting themes. In ''The Witch's Ghost,'' the witch is presented as an innocent and unjustly executed HeroWithBadPublicity by her descendant and [[spoiler: the twist is that she was evil and her ghost enacts a curse upon the town in the third act.]] In ''[=ParaNorman=]'', the inciting incident is that the curse of an executed witch is coming into effect over a Massachusetts town [[spoiler:and the third act ''twist'' is that the "witch"'s descendant discovers the "witch" was innocent and unjustly executed, and the curse is her restless ghost lashing out from the trauma of being murdered by her community]]. One could consider ''[=ParaNorman=]'' to be can easily read as a brutally honest update on ''Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost,'' [[spoiler: considering ''[=ParaNorman=]'' focuses heavily on the cruelty that was committed onto its "witch" during the Trials and how society has lied to itself and villainized people who were actually victims, in direct contrast to ''The Witch's Ghost,'' which leans into the paranoia behind the executions by not only portraying its witch as truly evil and implicitly justifying her execution, but also casting her surviving descendant's attempts to clear her name in the historical record as a villainous plot to trick people.]] It's very possible that this is deliberate, because ''Scooby Doo'' is [[https://screenrant.com/paranorman-images-interview-directors/ mentioned by name]] as an influence on ''[=ParaNorman=]'''s director.
