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10[[folder:Norman Babcock]]
11[[quoteright:279:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Norman-001_2792.jpg]]
12->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KodiSmitMcPhee
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14A boy who can see and talk to the dead. Due to this being common knowledge, he is an outcast in the community and even among his family. Despite being bullied by nearly everyone he knows, Norman just tries to get on with his life. At first, his only friends are the ghosts he talks to, but his classmate Neil quickly takes a liking to him. When he is suddenly warned that only he can stop the witch's curse, everything goes [[FromBadToWorse swiftly downhill]].
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16* ActionSurvivor: Mediumship aside, he's just an average 11-year-old kid thrust into a supernatural adventure where he needs to stop a powerful ghost from wrecking havoc in his town and nearly dying multiple times.
17%%* AdorablyPrecociousChild
18* AllLovingHero: He turns into this once he understands the true nature of the witch's curse and the zombies. He gets the townspeople to understand the zombies won't hurt them, and instead of just putting Aggie's spirit to sleep for another year to prolong her suffering, he talks to her to make her remember the good things about her life so she can let go and find peace to put an end to the curse once and for all.
19* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Norman tries to take the constant bullying with grace, but often finds his heroics hampered by almost every living person he knows having a low opinion of him.
20* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: {{Averted|Trope}}. Courtney sees him as this, although he barely does anything to her to deserve being seen as this. Her perception of him this way can likely be chalked up to her participating in the town's ostracism of him for being able to see and talk to ghosts.
21* AscendedFanboy: Subverted. He's a fan of horror films, but he's not very thrilled at the idea of a witch's curse or a bunch of zombies running rampant in his town.
22%%* BadassAdorable: He is easily the cutest and most kind-hearted character in the film.
23* BadassPacifist: He defeats the BigBad by telling her a story!
24* BerserkButton: As friendly as he is, even he gets mad at the zombies for what they did to Aggie.
25* BigOlEyebrows: They seem to be a family trait, as he shares them with Mr. Prenderghast and Aggie.
26* BlackSheep: His sister treats him as an AnnoyingYoungerSibling, his father believes he's insane or a liar at turns, and his mother is sympathetic but is unwilling or unable to take a stance against her husband's refusal to empathize with his son.
27* ButtMonkey: He's treated like crap by everyone, including his own family, for being able to talk to ghosts. The thing is, he can see the ghosts, while normal people can't, and thus is viewed as a mentally ill CreepyChild by the townsfolk. It's ''not'' PlayedForLaughs.
28* TheCassandra: Norman has apparently told a lot of people about his ability, and they all think he's either insane or lying for attention, but worthy of ridicule either way. Makes it really difficult to get support when the dead actually rise. [[ShoutOut In keeping with]] [[TropeNamer this trope]], Norman even has a [[Myth/ClassicalMythology prophetic]] [[TheCassandra vision]] in public... that earns him even more ire from his father and more taunting from his schoolmates.
29* ChekhovsGun: His ability to talk to the dead is what helps him learn the zombies' true intentions and reach through to Aggie.
30* ChildrenAreInnocent: Well, for the most part. He does enjoy scary zombie movies and knows what sex is. ("What are you watching in there?" "Sex and violence.") Other than that, he's a gentle soul who's [[MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold misunderstood by everyone]].
31* CowardlyLion: At first, he's reluctant to stop the witch's curse due to being scared of it. However, after a pep-talk with his grandma about how it's okay to be afraid, he decides to do everything in his power to stop it, despite being scared out of his wits the whole time.
32* CreepyChild: Norman is considered one by the living community of Blithe Hollow. The ghost community, on the other hand, is quite friendly to him.
33* CreepyGood: He's clearly a huge horror fan with an odd power that makes him come off as a freak to the town. He's also the nicest character of the movie who never gives in to his own resentment.
34* TheCutie: Hes very innocent, kindhearted and cute; even though he's treated badly by everyone, he doesn't even give it a second thought to being mean back, much unlike his [[EvilCounterpart villainous]] DistaffCounterpart Agatha Prenderghast.
35* DeadpanSnarker: He can be one at times, and often towards Neil. Then there's this gem with Alvin.
36-->'''Alvin:''' I think it's trying to eat our brains!\
37'''Norman:''' I think you'll be safe.
38* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Norman's openness about his [[ISeeDeadPeople abilities]] leaves him [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer ostracized]] from the rest of the town, who think he's either lying for attention or genuinely crazy for talking to ghosts that no one else can see.
39* TheDeterminator: After messing up the ritual, Norman keeps trying to find a way to stop the witch's curse, not giving even when being (apparently) attacked by zombies, having to search for records of the location of the witch's unmarked grave in the middle of thousands of documents in the town's archive, being struck down by lightning and crashing to earth from atop the town hall, and facing Agatha's bitter RealityWarper ghost.
40* EarnYourHappyEnding: Norman has to fight a supernatural menace to protect a town that largely scorns him, but as he goes on, a growing number of the townspeople realize that his ability is to speak to the dead is real and stand ready to help him in the crisis, until by the end, he is hailed as a fearless hero with an extraordinary ability.
41* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Norman fits the physical description, but he's actually a very nice person. He just happens to see and talk to ghosts.
42* ExoticEyeDesigns: Norman's irises and pupils are faceted. It appears to be a family trait, as both Mr. Prenderghast and Agatha have faceted eyes as well. This suggests that more specifically, faceted irises are the telltale trait of a seer.
43* FriendlessBackground: He seems to have never had any real friend that wasn't a ghost until he meets and befriends Neil.
44* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: He saves the day through kindness and empathy.
45* TheHero: He's a good guy who is determined to fulfill his duty to stop the curse and save the day.
46* HeroWithBadPublicity: Norman is not exactly Mr. Popular in town.
47* HeroicBSOD: Norman breaks down when he learns that the witch was eleven years old when she died and the witchcraft she was accused of was the ability to talk to ghosts.
48* IdenticalGrandson: While not exactly her grandson, Norman is a distant relative of Agatha, and he looks pretty much like a male version of her.
49* ImprobableHairStyle: Norman's hair is always sticking straight up. Even if he combs it or it gets all messed up, it'll always pop back to its original position.
50* ISeeDeadPeople: This ability is a very prosaic part of Norman's life -- every day on his way to school, he makes small talk with each and every ghost he passes. It ends up being crucial to ending the witch's curse and saving the town.
51* ItRunsInTheFamily: Norman's family has a ghost-seeing gene of some sort (possibly from his mother's side of the family). Mr. Prenderghast and Aggie have it as well.
52* JustAKid: Norman [[InvokedTrope invokes]] it on himself when Mr. Prenderghast tries to [[PassingTheTorch pass the torch]] to him, due to being freaked out by the curse. It doesn't work.
53* KidHero: He's only a kid, but it's up to him to save the town from the witch's curse.
54* LonersAreFreaks: Justified with Norman, since the whole town, including his father, tend to scorn him for being able to talk to the dead, since no one believes him. It's more of a defense mechanism.
55* MadeOfIron: He's unusually durable for an eleven-year-old, being able to withstand lightning bolts to the chest and surviving a fall from the town hall's tower with scarcely any ill effects.
56* MeaningfulName: Norman means "northerner" or "north-man". Even before the Norman conquest in the year 1066, the word was used to describe outsiders or people who didn't belong or were not natives.
57* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Pretty much everyone in town, other than Neil, sees Norman as a freak who is always talking to himself and making up nonsense about ghosts, when the truth is he really can see and talk to ghosts.
58* NervesOfSteel: He really stands his ground against Agatha's angry ghost, even as she throws a landscape-obliterating tantrum.
59* NiceGuy: He doesn't harbor ill will towards anyone and is willing to forgive even those who bully him.
60* NightmareFetishist: He's a big fan of horror movies, and his room is filled with zombie memorabilia and horror movie posters. Even his slippers, toothbrush, and alarm clock are zombie-themed. His father assumes that he has crystal balls or Ouija boards in his room as well.
61* NotSoAboveItAll: He freaks out and becomes more terrified of the zombies on learning they executed an eleven-year-old girl for ''seeing ghosts'', just like he can. When the flashback ends and they're surrounding him, Norman cringes away, expecting them to hurt him. Understandably, he calls them out for what they did and for leaving him with the responsibility to prolong Agatha's undeath with a storybook.
62* NotSoDifferentRemark: A heroic example, where Norman points out that he and Agatha are the same to talk her down.
63* OccultBlueEyes: Just like Mr. Prenderghast and Agatha Prenderghast, his eyes are pale blue with faceted irises to highlight his power to see ghosts.
64* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The only time Norman gets angry at someone in the film is when he learns that the zombies killed an eleven-year-old girl for seeing ghosts, and they expect him to clean up their mess. It says something that he tosses a book on the ground while calling them out.
65* ProtagonistTitle: A unique example. His name is part of the movie's title, which also plays with the term "paranormal."
66* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
67** When he learns what Judge Hopkins and the other judges did, Norman calls them out for executing a little girl just because they were scared of her mysterious powers, and leaving him to try and pacify her with ''fairy tales''. The judge completely agrees with everything Norman says.
68** When he confronts Agatha, he calls her out for [[HeWhoFightsMonsters becoming as bad as the judges who killed her in the first place]].
69* RedIsHeroic: He's TheHero, and wears a red jacket and red-sleeved T-shirt.
70* RedOniBlueOni: He's the introverted and reserved Blue Oni to Neil's extroverted and cheerful Red Oni.
71* RefusalOfTheCall: He didn't ''want'' to get caught up in the events of the story, but he realizes how important it is to fulfill the family duty after speaking with his grandmother.
72* StubbornHair: His hair always poofs back to its original style after a moment if he combs it or it gets messed up.
73* SuperpowerfulGenetics: The ability to see and talk to ghosts seems to run in the Prenderghast bloodline. His uncle has it, and their ancestor Agatha had it too.
74* TakeAThirdOption: He initially believes that reading the fairy tale story to the ghost would end the witch's curse, but over the course of the movie comes to realize it won't fix the problem, just prolong it. Besides, she's beyond the point where fairy tales can soothe her. Taking the offensive won't work either, however, because she is a ghost and more powerful than anyone in the town. So he directly confronts Agatha and shows that he knows how she feels, ultimately calming her spirit down so she can finally pass on peacefully.
75* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Instead of putting Agatha's spirit to sleep for one more year, Norman talks to her to make her realize what she's doing is wrong and remember the people who loved her when she was alive instead of only resenting those who made her suffer. It works, and Aggie's spirit is able to finally find peace and pass on.
76* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Norman looks a ''lot'' like the witch, [[DistaffCounterpart Agatha Prenderghast]], who's a distant relative on his mother's side.
77* UnabashedBMovieFan: Norman is a fan of cheesy horror movies, watching a zombie movie in the beginning (and ending) of the movie and having a bedroom chock-full of zombie and horror paraphernalia.
78* TheUnfavourite: Norman seems to be one for his parents, mostly his father, but it's implied not to be the case anymore at the end. Norman is the favorite for his grandmother, though. The whole reason she's still around is that she promised to protect Norman.
79* WellDoneSonGuy: Out of all the people in town who have ostracized him, Norman gets it the worst from his father, who has no intentions of even humoring his son when it comes to seeing ghosts. Fortunately, after Norman talks Aggie down, his dad literally says "Well done, son."
80* WiseBeyondHisYears: What he says to Aggie regarding revenge doesn't sound like something that would come out of the average eleven-year old's mouth.
81-->'''Agatha:''' This story you were telling... How does it end?\
82'''Norman:''' I think that's up to you.
83* ZombieAdvocate: When he realizes that the zombies have intelligence and are afraid too, he becomes their staunchest defender against the mob of townsfolk.
84[[/folder]]
85
86[[folder:Neil Downe]]
87[[quoteright:266:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Neil-001_2046.jpg]]
88->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TuckerAlbrizzi
89
90Norman's best and, at first, only real friend. He thinks Norman is cool because he is different, and is the first to recognize a good side to his gift. Even if he's not always the brightest, he's full of heart and surprisingly brave.
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92* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Similar to Norman, other kids make fun of him because he's fat, which is why he tries to become friends with Norman.
93* BadassAdorable: When Judge Hopkins rips through the roof of Mitch's van, Neil immediately holds him in a headlock.
94* BadassBoast: An incredibly funny one too.
95-->'''Neil:''' Don't make me throw this hummus, it's ''spicy''!
96* BestFriend: He becomes Norman's closest friend, apparently being the only person to have ever reached out to Norman in the whole town.
97* BigFun: A very fun and friendly fat kid.
98* BookDumb: He expresses triumph at finishing reading a 27-page booklet on asbestos. Ironically, his best friend other than Norman is ChildProdigy Salma.
99* CheerfulChild: Perhaps because his LovableJock older brother clearly cares for and looks after him. Also, their home has a very colorfully decorated yard as compared to other homes shown in Blithe Hollow, so it may be a family thing generally.
100* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: When Norman tells Neil that his dog Bab is still around as a ghost, he tries to play fetch with the dog, but he has to do both the throwing and the fetching, which he does with no sense of irony, since ghosts can't affect physical objects. He also tries to kiss and pet Bab, despite having no idea where his ghost actually is, since he can't see ghosts like Norman can.
101* DirtyKid: He watches his mom's exercise [=DVDs=] so he can freeze-frame the parts [[WorkoutFanservice with the aerobics instructor]].
102* FanOfUnderdog: Everyone in the town thinks Norman is just a freak and a complete loser. Neil, on the other hand, thinks Norman is cool and his power to see ghosts is amazing.
103* FatBestFriend: He's Norman's chubby and goofy best friend.
104* FreakyIsCool: He's the first and initially only person to think Norman seeing and talking with ghosts is pretty cool.
105* GenreSavvy: To the point of being the least flustered character when it comes to the supernatural, even compared to Norman!
106* TheLancer: He's Norman's closest friend, and his more cheerful and playful personality makes him a good {{Foil}} to him.
107* MuggleBestFriend: He has no supernatural powers, but he thinks Norman's power to see ghosts is cool, and he proves to be a true friend to Norman.
108* NiceGuy: Seriously. He never gets angry with Norman.
109* OddFriendship: He and Salma are implied to be one, at least before the former takes interest in Norman.
110* OnlyFriend: He's Norman's first and only living friend.
111* PlayingATree: He's quite happy about it.
112-->"I'm a tree!"
113* PunnyName: "Neil Downe" sounds a lot like "kneel down", a phrase which evokes prayer.
114* QuirkyCurls: Fitting of his odd personality, Neil's red hair is tightly curled, as is visible in his character image.
115* RedOniBlueOni: The extroverted and cheerful Red Oni to Norman's introverted and reserved Blue Oni.
116%%* TheSmartGuy: Not so much smart as GenreSavvy and reasonable.
117* YouthfulFreckles: As can be seen in the above image, he sports a few on his cheeks.
118[[/folder]]
119
120[[folder:Courtney Babcock]]
121[[quoteright:221:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Courtney-001_8662.jpg]]
122->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AnnaKendrick
123
124Norman's older sister who, like everyone else, frowns upon his claims of having a gift. Initially coming across as your typical self-absorbed teenaged girl, she finds herself caught up in the zombie invasion, and comes to be the first to stand by Norman and call out the townspeople for trying to lynch her brother.
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126* AloofBigSister: At the beginning of the movie, Courtney is uncaring and aloof to her brother Norman and is not above mocking him and trying to prove he's a liar. She still tries to search for him when he is missing, and shows genuine concern when it looks like he is in danger. She finally drops being aloof when she realizes his ability to see the dead is real and realizes how much pain he is in for being an outcast, becoming kinder and more supportive to him.
127* BigSisterInstinct: She's pretty careless and minds her own business. But do ''anything'' to her little brother, and you '''will''' regret it.
128* BrattyTeenageDaughter: She acts as a typical self-centered teenage girl most of the time, but when her brother is danger, she shows a selfless good side.
129* CruelCheerleader: Courtney is a cheerleader and quite mean (as well as a bit dim), but she turns out to be not so bad in the end.
130* DeadpanSnarker: She ''is'' a teenage girl.
131-->'''Courtney:''' Perfect. Now the geeks are in charge.
132* DumbBlonde: She appears to live up to the stereotype perfectly at first, though she doesn't seem ''that'' dumb on closer inspection, just self-absorbed.
133* EatingTheEyeCandy: She takes a very long look at Mitch whilst he's just in a ModestyTowel. [[FemaleGaze Not a lot of time looking at his face either]].
134* HartmanHips: And Alvin notices.
135* IncompatibleOrientation: At the end of the movie, Courtney decides to stop flirting with Mitch and invites him to a movie. Mitch happily (and completely unaware that she had been flirting with him all the time) mentions that his boyfriend is a ChickFlick nut.
136* JerkassRealization: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] when Norman lashes out and yells at his friends (out of frustration) to get out when searching for Agatha's records. He rants about how Courtney never listens to him and no one else listens to him, and how everyone thinks he's a freak. While she does leave, after seeing him endanger himself, she becomes more kind and supportive to Norman, implying she realizes how much pain he is in when he was an outcast and now she wants to help him.
137* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Courtney starts out as a typical self-centered teenaged girl, but she's not a bad person at heart. She steps up her game later on, and she's the first one to stand up to the townsfolk to give her little brother a break.
138* LovableAlphaBitch: She's a cheerleader, she's very self-centered, and she treats her younger brother as an annoyance. However, she later shows she's not a bad person deep down, and she does care a lot about her brother, being willing to put herself between him and a mob of townsfolk to protect him.
139* MsFanservice: She's [[HeadTurningBeauty quite pretty]], with a shapely figure.
140* PinkMeansFeminine: She wears a pink tracksuit.
141* PopularIsDumb: She randomly babbles to Mitch about how she wants to eventually work on a variety of entirely unrelated humanitarian and environmental causes.
142* ShamingTheMob: Courtney does this to defend Norman and the zombies from the angry mob.
143* StrongFamilyResemblance: Courtney looks just like a younger version of her mother.
144* TookALevelInKindness: At the beginning of the movie, Courtney is a bratty teenage girl who is aloof and uncaring to her brother Norman, and is not above mocking him and trying to prove he's a liar. In the middle of the film, when she notices his ability to see the dead, realizes how much pain he is in for being a outcast, and sees his life is in danger, she becomes kinder, more supporting, and protective of him, willing to put herself between her little brother and the mob that wants to kill him.
145* YouLeaveHimAlone: She says this when she finally stands up for her brother and defends him from the townspeople who don't want to listen to him.
146[[/folder]]
147
148[[folder:Mitch Downe]]
149[[quoteright:258:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Mitch-001_8374.jpg]]
150->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CaseyAffleck
151
152The jock, Courtney's crush, and Neil's older brother. He, of course, is caught up in the zombie mess and becomes a believer in Norman's ability.
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154* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: {{Subverted|Trope}} -- Mitch turns out to be gay (and is already in a relationship), and he [[ObliviousToLove apparently had no idea that Courtney was flirting with him]].
155* BigBrotherInstinct: To Neil -- when Neil first brings Norman over to their house, Mitch tries advising him not to hang out with Norman because of his reputation.
156* TheBigGuy: He's the huge, muscled guy who is helpful, but really not smart.
157* BuffySpeak: Frequently. It has a lot to do with his limited awareness of a situation.
158* ComicallyMissingThePoint: He kicks a zombie's head away; while everyone was scared of the zombie, he's excited about how far he managed to kick the head.
159* DumbJock: He's comically self-aware about it too. Although he seems to be very good at auto mechanic stuff.
160* DumbMuscle: His physique is great, but he isn't the smartest guy around.
161* EveryoneHasStandards: He disapproves of his brother Neil's friendship with Norman, but still helps search for him with his sister Courtney when Norman goes missing.
162* LiteralMinded: When Courtney said she ''knew'' something "like this" was going to happen, he exclaims with total sincerity, "Wow, really? 'Cuz that zombie bit really threw me!"
163* LovableJock: He's not mean -- in fact, the only real "mean" thing he does is simply advise Neil not to hang out with Norman, and even then, that's just BigBrotherInstinct kicking in based on Norman's poor reputation around town.
164* ManlyGay: Mitch is the typical teenaged DumbMuscle, causing Norman's sister, Courtney, to be DistractedByTheSexy throughout the movie. He replies to her asking him out to see a movie that "You're gonna love my boyfriend. He's a total chick-flick nut."
165* MrFanservice: The SpearCounterpart to Courtney, being the highly physically attractive older sibling to one of the younger kids. He's impressively and heavily muscled, which Courtney is quite fascinated by.
166* NiceGuy: He is not only loving and protective of his younger brother, but he is not the typical JerkJock; he actually is very friendly and never mean. However, it's [[PlayingWithATrope played with]], as he disapproves of his brother's friendship with Norman and advises him not to hang out with Norman because of his reputation. However, he's never mean to Norman directly, goes to search for him when he's missing, becomes a believer in his gift to see ghosts, and finally stands up to the townsfolk when they want to hurt Norman.
167* ObliviousToLove: Mitch seems to have zero clue that Courtney was flirting with him throughout the entire movie -- it later turns out that not only is Mitch already in a relationship, he's also ''gay''.
168* OneOfTheKids: He's aware of it.
169-->'''Neil:''' You're the oldest!\
170'''Mitch:''' Not mentally!
171* PopularIsDumb: {{Downplayed|trope}} -- he's dense and emotionally immature, but he's also a [[LovableJock genuinely agreeable guy]] and surprisingly capable at fixing cars.
172* QueerEstablishingMoment: When Courtney asks Mitch (her crush) if he'd like to see a movie with her sometime, he accepts the offer and tells her she's going to like his boyfriend, [[IncompatibleOrientation revealing that he's gay]].
173* ShirtlessScene: When he first appears to Courtney, he has just come out of the shower wearing only a towel (and a shower cap), and Courtney audibly pouts when he goes to get dressed.
174* SorryImGay: Invokes this without even realizing it -- after Norman manages to save everyone and helps the witch's ghost finally rest in peace, Courtney suggests that she and Mitch should go see a movie together (preferably a non-horror movie). Mitch, not realizing that Courtney is basically asking him out on a date, claims, "[Courtney's] going to love my boyfriend! He's a total chick flick nut."
175* StereotypeFlip: He is your standard popular DumbJock, but his popularity seems to come in part from being actually a [[LovableJock nice person.]] Despite being nice, though, he expresses fear and distrust of socially outcast groups, despite being a member of [[StraightGay one such]] [[ManlyGay group]] himself, showing that even members of socially discriminated groups can still be fearful and prejudiced.
176* StraightGay: He offhandedly mentions having a boyfriend -- this is the only real indication that he's gay.
177* TopHeavyGuy: His upper body is extremely muscular, but tapers down to a waist smaller than Courtney's, and his legs are shorter than the distance from his waist to his neck.
178* YouthfulFreckles: He has freckles, which highlight his cheerful personality and being OneOfTheKids.
179[[/folder]]
180
181[[folder:Alvin]]
182[[quoteright:265:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Alvin-001_9184.jpg]]
183->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChristopherMintzPlasse
184
185The school bully and resident jerkass. He takes a particular interest in making Norman's day insufferable.
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187* BookDumb: The guy ''couldn't even spell his '''own''' name'' for crying out loud!
188* TheBully: Alvin fits the stereotype right to a T. He scrawls insults on Neil and Norman's lockers, pushes them around constantly, and generally makes their lives a living hell. About all he's missing is a scene where he gives one of them a wedgie or swirlie.
189* CasanovaWannabe: He repeatedly tries to impress a couple of girls, and also hits on Courtney. Emphasis on "tries".
190* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of TheBully. Alvin bullies Neil and Norman, but rather than impressing everyone with his actions by picking on weaker kids, everyone hates him too and sees him as absolutely pathetic.
191%%* DumbMuscle: And unlike Mitch, he doesn't even have being a nice guy going for him as a consolation.
192* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Invoked with his appearance, with his sickly pale skin and dark brown hair. However, he's not eerie, but scary in a much more mundane way.
193* EnemyMine: The moment evil spirits and zombies turn up, his grudge against Norman is immediately set aside.
194* EveryoneHasStandards: Alvin is a prick and a bully, but he's still ''horrified'' when the town tries to ''kill'' Norman.
195-->'''Alvin:''' How ''dare'' you?!
196* HeelFaceTurn: Well, sort of zigzagged. He stops bullying Norman by the end of the movie, and even protects him (along with Courtney, Neil and Mitch) from being slaughtered by the whole town. However, most likely he was acting this way in order to impress people, especially Courtney.
197* {{Hypocrite}}: He picks on Neil for being fat, whilst being far from a beacon of physical health himself.
198* {{Jerkass}}: At first, he's one of these with absolutely zero redeeming qualities. He gets a bit better through teaming up with Norman and standing up for him against the mob, though he only mellows slightly.
199* PrecociousCrush: On Courtney, who is not exactly impressed.
200* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: When he opens the front door of Mr. Prenderghast's place only to see a zombie.
201* StereotypeFlip: While Alvin is a pretty stereotypical example of TheBully, everyone sees him as a complete loser who's not much higher on the social ladder than Norman. Even his ''victims'' [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain think he's pathetic]].
202%% * TheSixthRanger: Although not willingly at first
203* TeensAreMonsters: WordOfGod holds that he's 14 years old, but being the typical BarbaricBully, he was HeldBackInSchool.
204* TotallyRadical: He talks somewhat like this, having the vocal mannerisms without the surfer slang.
205[[/folder]]
206
207[[folder:The Witch's Ghost/Agatha Prenderghast]]
208[[quoteright:293:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/The-Witch-001_6112.JPG]]
209[[caption-width-right:293:[[labelnote:Click here to see her true form]]\
210https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/agatha_prenderghast_6788.png[[/labelnote]]]]
211->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JodelleFerland
212
213The legendary witch of Blithe Hollow. Her fame is what the town's economy is founded on, and her curse is equally famous. As the DarkMagicalGirl, Agatha serves as Norman's EvilCounterpart.
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215* AlasPoorVillain: When she is finally able to find peace with the help of Norman, Agatha DisappearsIntoLight to move on to the afterlife upon realizing that the only thing she really wanted was [[IWantMyMommy to see her mother again]].
216* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: She ''died'' because of this. The people of her town shunned and feared her for her ability to see dead people, culminating in them accusing her of witchcraft and ''hanging'' her for it.
217* AntiVillain: Ultimately, she's not as much malicious per se as she is a bitter little girl who was mercilessly executed, blindly lashing out after centuries of pain. She is barely a villain, especially compared with the citizens of Blithe Hollow.
218* BadassAdorable: [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even the zombies fear her!]]
219* BigBad: She's the primary antagonist of the movie, and the source of all the problems, though it's not because she's actually evil.
220* BigOlEyebrows: Her real form has notably thick eyebrows, just like Norman.
221* BrokenBird: Her real self is just an angry, bitter, and very sad little girl who lost it after she was being accused of witchcraft and executed by the townspeople.
222* CameBackStrong: She gained most of her powers after her death.
223* CreepyChild: When she's still in her "angered" state. When she's calm, she's really cute.
224* CuteGhostGirl: In her "calmed" state.
225* DarkIsNotEvil: The terrifying witch face in the storm clouds is actually based on the popular depictions of the legendary "witch" of Blithe Hollow. In reality, she's just a little girl who is so lost in her rage over her unjust execution that she has forgotten most of her life and even her name.
226* DarkMagicalGirl: A rare BigBad example. She is TheHero Norman's EvilCounterpart and ShadowArchetype, who became a VengefulGhost [[BrokenBird due to her bitterness and pain]] upon the DarkAndTroubledPast (where she was killed by the townspeople who feared her powers even though she did nothing evil). As with most {{Dark Magical Girl}}s, she's eventually saved by her heroic {{Foil}}.
227* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the WickedWitch archetype. She was not an evil old crone practicing black magic like she's portrayed as in the present day, but a scared little girl with abilities she didn't understand who was ''executed'' by the townspeople for something she had no control over, which is [[TruthInTelevision much closer]] to what the Salem Witch Trials actually were in real life.
228* DerangedAnimation: When her ghost starts to get mad or lose control, her shape distorts into very disturbing shapes. At times, it seems like another ghost is trying to claw its way out of her body.
229* DistaffCounterpart: To Norman. She's his distant ancestor, and both are [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunettes]] who can see ghosts and are ostracized by the town of Blithe Hollow for it.
230* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Her real form, which we see once she recalls her original self, has long black hair and pale skin. It's PlayedWith, as in these moments, she isn't being dangerous or scary, but she's still a ghost.
231* EvilCounterpart: To Norman. Both are discriminated against by the townspeople because of having the ability to speak to the dead, but whereas Norman seeks to save them and learns to value the people who care about him, Agatha sought to make them suffer and completely forgot about the people who loved her in the process.
232* EvilIsPetty: {{Subverted|trope}}. She wasn't cursing the town to be attacked by zombies, she was cursing the zombies to go through the same thing she went through by turning the townspeople against them just as the townspeople in her time had turned against her.
233* ExoticEyeDesigns: In her real form, her irises and pupils are faceted, much like her descendants Norman and Mr. Prenderghast.
234* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: The thought of an innocent eleven-year-old girl being sentenced to hanging is very unsettling.
235* FreudianExcuse: {{Deconstructed|trope}}. Even though she was an innocent eleven-year-old girl, Agatha was executed by the townspeople for talking to the dead, which led her to curse the people who tried and executed her to three centuries of undeath and attempt to kill a boy the same age for trying to talk her down. But as Norman points out, it's still only an ''excuse'' -- she's a scared, angry child lashing out in the only way she knows how, and Norman forces her to understand that her violent cursing of the town and its people is understandable, but still not justified or the right thing to do.
236* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Norman calls her out on her behavior when they confront each other. She excuses her own actions as being payback for what the zombies did to her in life, but Norman says she has done just as much, if not even worse, as they ever did, and that her behavior has turned her from a victim to a bully.
237-->'''The Witch:''' They hurt me!\
238'''Norman:''' So you hurt them back?!\
239'''The Witch:''' I wanted everyone to see how rotten they were!\
240'''Norman:''' You're just like them, Agatha!\
241'''The Witch:''' No, I'm not!\
242'''Norman:''' You're a bully!\
243'''The Witch:''' No I'm NOT!
244* FromNobodyToNightmare: Agatha used to be a sweet little girl whose only power was the ability to see ghosts. Her [[ShockAndAwe other]], [[AnimateDead more]] terrifying [[MindOverMatter powers]] only emerged after the townsfolk sentenced her to death by hanging.
245* TheHeavy: Even with the revelation that she isn't the BigBad character history made her out to be, she's still the source of all of the town's problems, such as the terrible weather and the seeming ZombieApocalypse.
246* HeelFaceTurn: After Norman talks her down, she lets go of her anger and becomes a sweet little girl once again.
247* HumanoidAbomination: Her ghost form is that of a little girl composed of [[SicklyGreenGlow glowing green]] [[YellowLightningBlueLightning lightning]] whose form is [[DerangedAnimation constantly contorning in unatural ways.]] She has the power to [[ShockAndAwe throw around lightning bolts,]] [[AnimateDead revive the dead,]] [[WeatherManipulation control the weather]] [[MindOverMatter with her mind,]] and ''[[RealityWarper freely alter the world around her at will.]]'' She borders on AdorableAbomination, as this ''is'' still a little girl we're talking about.
248* ISeeDeadPeople: Like Norman, she had the ability to see ghosts when alive. It's what got her hanged in the first place.
249* IWantMyMommy: With Norman's help, Agatha realizes the only thing she really wanted was to see her mother again after the townspeople separated them.
250* ItOnlyWorksOnce: A variant; the storybook was the reliable standby to keep her spirit calm every year. By the time Norman is in a place to do the ritual properly, however, Agatha is unwilling to listen, and he has to try something else.
251* LittleMissBadass: She's a young, sweet girl who unleashes ShockAndAwe attacks and causes all kinds of chaos in town.
252* MeaningfulName: Agatha means 'good'. Too bad the townspeople didn't take the hint.
253* MindOverMatter: To the extent of [[WeatherManipulation controlling the weather]]. She also creates ghostly hands that lift the bronze witch statue in front of the town hall high into the air and shatter it on the ground below, as well as smashing witch-themed structures all over town. She even hurls cars around!
254* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Very much like Norman. When she was alive, she was apparently closest to the ghosts she could see and speak to. She also greatly loved her mother, who she tragically never saw again after they arrested her for witchcraft.
255* MurderIntoMalevolence: Once merely a young girl who could speak to the dead, her unjust execution by the fearful townsfolk transformed her into a wrathful spirit bent on revenge.
256* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: She's an angry spirit with terrifying amounts of power whose ghostly body is constantly glitching out, with a screaming copy of herself clawing to get free when she loses control of her emotions. [[KnightOfCerebus Once she appears, the film becomes darker and more serious]].
257* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: She's not an evil spirit of a malevolent witch. Just a VERY angry little girl.
258* NotSoDifferentRemark: Norman gives this to her, fittingly, as they're each other's ShadowArchetype. Agatha [[NotSoSimilar disagrees]].
259* NotSoSimilar: With Norman, at least from her point of view. As she points out, he's a boy and unlike her, ''he is alive'', while she is roaming around as a vengeful spirit who never saw her mother again just because people were scared of her. By this point, she doesn't care how much time has passed or how long the judges have suffered, while Norman is highly empathetic and kind.
260* OccultBlueEyes: She has blue eyes, and is in possession of all kinds of highly destructive magical abilities.
261* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Agatha has very [[ShockAndAwe interesting]] powers.
262* PayEvilUntoEvil: {{Deconstruction}}. She punishes her executioners by making them rise as zombies to be attacked by the townsfolk in revenge for what they did to her. As stated above, Norman points out this still makes her [[HeWhoFightsMonsters no better than them]], especially since the Puritans have come to feel great remorse for what they did to her, and three centuries of undeath and a lynch mob on their tail is punishment enough.
263* RealityWarper: In the final confrontation with Norman, she first animates all the trees in the forest, and causes spiky roots to burst from the ground to try to impale him. Then she seemingly blasts the entire forest into a barren wasteland. ''Then'' she shatters the landscape entirely, reducing it to shards of earth floating in some kind of ethereal plane. Finally, when Norman manages to reach her, the forest reverts to how it appeared during her lifetime. Once she passes on, it resumes its real appearance.
264* RestoredMyFaithInHumanity: Norman does this for her. At the climax of the film, Norman talks down Agatha, in part by reminding her that there are good people in the world, some of whom cared very much about her, and that her personal crusade for vengeance is keeping her apart from them.
265* RevengeBeforeReason: She became so obsessed with making the townspeople pay for what they did to her that she completely forgot about the people who loved her and almost completely lost herself in her rage. It's not until Norman helps her remember the good things about her life and makes her realize she has to find peace to see her mother again that Agatha finally lets go of her quest for revenge.
266* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Once she wakes up, the destruction she wreaks is [[WeirdnessCensor subsequently explained]] as having been a tornado hitting the town! She lifts cars, shatters statues, and knocks signs to the ground. Creator/StephenKing must be smiling.
267* ShadowArchetype: To Norman. See EvilCounterpart above.
268* SheWhoFightsMonsters: Norman calls her out for wanting to hurt people just because she's scared and angry, just like the townspeople did to her.
269* ShutUpHannibal: She's on the receiving end of this by Norman, who calls her a bully for trying to justify [[ColdBloodedTorture her torture of the Puritans]].
270-->'''Norman:''' [[HeWhoFightsMonsters You're just like them, Agatha!]]
271-->'''Agatha:''' No, I'm not!
272-->'''Norman:''' [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse You're a bully!]]
273-->'''Agatha:''' No, I'm NOT!
274* ShockAndAwe: When she's angry, her spirit seems to be made of lightning.
275* TorturedMonster: The witch's ghost is actually a terrified little girl named Agatha "Aggie" Prendergast who could [[ISeeDeadPeople see ghosts]] just like Norman. Several centuries ago, she was [[BurnTheWitch hanged]] because [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer the other townsfolk]] feared her powers, and now she's [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds lashing out in anger and fear]].
276* TragicVillain: The poor child was [[BurnTheWitch hanged]] because [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer the other townsfolk]] were scared of her, and after hundreds of years spent in terror and rage, she's been reduced to a traumatized animal lashing out at the townsfolk in a blind attempt to get her revenge.
277* UnfinishedBusiness: She is a superpowered ghost and an echo of her living self warped by the trauma of being unfairly tried, sentenced, and hanged. Her unfinished business is that she hasn't had what she considers to be her proper revenge, and is still trying to enact it even long after the people who killed her died and came to regret their actions. Norman manages to talk her down by reminding her of her mother, who has since passed on, and she agrees to lie down and sleep to head to the afterlife to be with her.
278* UnstoppableRage: She ain't happy about her lot in life, not one bit. It becomes Norman's mission to face down her rage and calm her down.
279* UsedToBeASweetKid: Long ago, she was just a sweet little girl who loved her mother. After the townspeople accused her of witchcraft and executed her, Agatha came back as a VengefulGhost that could only think about forcing those who killed her to suffer like they made her suffer.
280* VengefulGhost: As a ghost, she's seeking revenge on the townspeople as well as the now-zombies that killed her in the past.
281* VillainHasAPoint: When Norman talks her down, she says it wasn't fair that she was killed and that the judges may have had pretty faces, but they were ugly on the inside.
282* VillainousBreakdown: Twice.
283** When Norman and the group [[ShamingTheMob shame the mob]] into sparing the zombies, Agatha goes berserk and destroys her supposed witch statue and other witch-related props at random. She's [[ThisCannotBe infuriated]] that Norman succeeded where she failed all those centuries ago: convincing the scared townsfolk to leave her alone. Aside from that, he also broke one aspect of her curse by saving the zombies.
284** When Norman tells her her story, Agatha says she doesn't like it, attacks him again and again, and screams in pain as Norman finishes telling her her story.
285* WalkingSpoiler: Talking about her at length is extremely difficult to do without bringing up TheReveal that she's actually not your typical WitchClassic at all, and was just a young girl who was capable of talking to the dead just like Norman, as well as the fact that her attack on the people of Blithe Hollow is due to centuries of pent-up anger at her unfair execution and the people who sentenced her to death in the first place.
286* WhamLine: "Aggie... My name was Aggie..."
287* WickedWitch: She was executed for being one. This eventually becomes a DeconstructedTrope: her judges only thought her to be one, but her only supernatural ability in life was talking to the dead.
288* WitchCurse: She cast one upon the judges who had her hanged, dooming them to rise as the living dead. This eventually becomes a DeconstructedTrope: the curse results from the cruel execution of Agatha, who was just a misunderstood girl, and the curse isn't about terrorizing the town, but rather about having the undead judges be forced to suffer the same persecution she faced.
289* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The "witch" is an (extremely psychically powerful) little girl who lost it when she was accused and executed, and her rage nearly destroys the town and kills a young boy trying to help her.
290[[/folder]]
291
292[[folder:Judge Hopkins]]
293[[quoteright:258:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Judge-Hopkins-001_2741.jpg]]
294->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BernardHill
295
296The Puritan judge who sentenced the witch to death 300 years ago. He operates as the de-facto leader of the zombies, and is given most of the "speaking" lines, ghoulish or otherwise, associated with the zombies.
297----
298* AlasPoorVillain: He (as well as the other zombies) have come to regret their actions over the [[FateWorseThanDeath hundreds of years]] they've been dead. When Aggie is finally at rest, they [[DisappearsIntoLight Disappear into Light]] to move on to the afterlife, but look scared and regretful.
299* AndIMustScream: Try to imagine being trapped in your corpse for centuries, being aware but unable to move. Being revived as a zombie isn't much better.
300* AntiVillain: While his actions towards Agatha were rather merciless, he did genuinely think they were for the best. Currently, he's a miserable zombie completely overwhelmed by his guilt, and only seeks to atone for his sins.
301* AssholeVictim: He and the other townspeople who condemed Agatha to death deserved their fates, and he fully acknowledges this.
302* TheAtoner: As a zombie, he seeks to redeem the harm he caused when he ordered Agatha's execution.
303* BackFromTheDead: Well, he ''is'' a zombie.
304* BenevolentBoss: At one point, one of the zombies is run over by a car, and left in several peices along the road. When next we see the zombies, they’ve helped put their fellow man back together to continue heading for the town.
305* BreakTheHaughty: What his KarmicTransformation did to him; he's a KnightTemplar damned to walk the earth as one of the undead, and after centuries of this fate, he can only beg for release.
306* DarkIsNotEvil: Ironically, when they were actively evil, they were not dark but actually mundane-looking.
307* DeadpanSnarker: He apparently cracks wise about Courtney at one point, but we don't hear what he says because of his zombified state.
308* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype:
309** Of the HangingJudge archetype. He legitimately did [[IDidWhatIHadToDo what he thought was best]], and his decision wasn't motivated by sadism or cruelty, but by a value system that [[ValuesDissonance all the people of Blithe Hollow agreed with.]]
310** Of stereotypical zombie characters. He and his fellow zombies have come to regret their actions over the [[FateWorseThanDeath hundreds of years]] they've been dead, and in the climax, it's ''[[{{Irony}} the zombies]]'' who flee in terror from the hordes of [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters bloodthirsty townspeople.]]
311* DiedHappilyEverAfter: {{Subverted}}. While the zombies prefer moving on to the afterlife to staying undead in their rotting bodies, he's in good spirits considering that unless their centuries of regret is enough to atone, he and the others will likely be sent to Hell for their sins.
312* DissonantSerenity: He was eerily calm when he told an 11-year-old girl [[ToThePain how she was to be hanged by the neck until she died]], even as she was crying.
313* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: Here’s a Puritan judge from Colonial America and his crew of jurors, come back from the dead as undead corpses. Downplayed, though- they’re certainly not evil, and just want to pass on in peace.
314* EvilIsPetty: Subverted. He sentenced an innocent girl to death for talking to the dead, not necessarily because he didn't like her being different from others, but because he [[WellIntentionedExtremist thought it would be good for the townspeople]].
315* TheExtremistWasRight: Averted ''horrifically''. See SelfFulfillingProphecy below.
316* FatalFlaw: Fear-induced HorribleJudgeOfCharacter was his downfall.
317* FishOutOfTemporalWater: He and the other zombies are way more frightened of the modern world than the humans of the present time are of them.
318* GreaterScopeVillain: In his past life, he sentenced a little girl to death, thus kicking off the entire plot of hte movie. It's technically {{Averted}} by his HeelRealization in his now-zombified state.
319* HangingJudge: He was this when alive. He was so ruthless and cruel that he didn't hesitate to sentence a little girl to death by hanging when he found her guilty of witchcraft.
320* HeelRealization: Now that he and the other zombies are being punished for their sins in life, Judge Hopkins has realized what a monster he was when alive and that what they did to Agatha was unforgivable.
321* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Judge sentenced Agatha to death because he baselessly feared her witchcraft might harm him and the townsfolk, only for her death to be the thing that granted her the power to curse him and the rest of the town.
322* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Pun aside, the Puritans sentenced Aggie to death because they mistook her ability to talk to the dead for evidence that she was an evil witch who would curse the town. Justified in that they were too scared and self-righteous to see Aggie as the innocent girl as she was.
323* KarmicTransformation: Enforced by Agatha. The founders killed her for speaking to the dead, and she cursed them to return as zombies that were feared, hated, and attacked by society the same way they feared, hated, and attacked her. The only way for them to return to normal is by acquiring the help of a little boy with the same power that they killed Agatha for possessing. Agatha herself defends her choice to curse them by telling Norman "Now everyone can see how rotten they are."
324* KnightTemplar: Big time. The judge is an example of the worst things that a person can do when led by their own self-righteousness.
325* LackOfEmpathy: The seven Puritans took a young girl away from her mother, and as Judge Hopkins told her [[ToThePain how she was to be hanged by the neck until she dies]], they were [[DissonantSerenity eerily calm]] as the girl sobbed in terror. They later subvert this after their HeelRealization.
326* MeaninglessVillainVictory: He executes the witch the town feared, only for it to bring even greater suffering upon himself and the townsfolk.
327* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He and the others are genuinely remorseful for their crimes.
328* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: His last name "Hopkins" probably comes from [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Hopkins Matthew Hopkins]], the real-life witch-hunter. This also overlaps with NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast.
329* NeverMyFault: Surprisingly averted. Despite his former belief that the witch will cause the town's doom, he admits that it was his sentencing of Aggie to be hanged for talking to the dead that caused that.
330* NoNameGiven: We only know the Judge’s last name as "Hopkins" because of his gravestone, but it's never revealed what his first name is, nor do we get enough of a look at the gravestones of his jurors to tell what their names are.
331* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Zigzagged. He did hang an eleven-year old girl because he was scared of her, even though she wasn't harming anyone, but he's realized how monstrous that was now that her curse is making him and the others suffer centuries of undeath. He and the other zombies are not menacing anymore, and they don't mean to harm anyone. He's only trying to find a way to break the curse so he and the other zombies can be free and he can atone for what he did to Agatha.
332* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The Judge and the other zombies are the very rare Type R: [[RevenantZombie Revenant]]. They have intelligence, and they aren't hungry for brains, but like any Type R, they ''are'' driven by a single, burning purpose. In their case, they only want to break Agatha's cycle of revenge so they may finally rest in peace.
333* PerpetualFrowner: He never smiled when he was alive, and he smiles even less in his state of undeath.
334* PredecessorVillain: He is a judge who sentenced Agatha to death for the alleged crime of witchcraft, making him responsible for the main conflict in the film.
335* SelfFulfillingProphecy: By sentencing Aggie to death, he made her the monster that the townsfolk feared she was.
336* StealthPun: The Puritans sentenced Aggie to death because they mistook her ability to talk to the dead for evidence that she was an evil witch who would curse the town. By this, they proved themselves to be [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Horrible Judges of Character]], since they were too scared and self-righteous to see Aggie as the innocent girl as she was.
337* TemptingFate: "I'll not risk damnation on these good people!" Cue him and the other judges being [[AndIMustScream damned to walk the earth as the undead]].
338* ToThePain: He pronounces Agatha's death sentence as being "hanged by the neck until [she] dies."
339* TooDumbToLive: It's a very stupid thing to sentence the accused to death without proper evidence that she was really guilty of witchcraft.
340* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He started the whole mess with the witch's curse, but he is trying to redeem himself and the other zombies.
341* VillainOfAnotherStory: Along with the other Puritans, in life the Judge was a monster who murdered a little girl, but ironically, as a zombie, he poses no threat to anyone and actually wants to help Norman. What every bullying citizen of Blithe Hollow was for Norman, he and the Puritans were for Agatha.
342* WellIntentionedExtremist: He thought he was doing the right thing and protecting the townsfolk by killing Aggie. [[FridgeBrilliance The traditional (and theologically baseless) Christian folk belief that all witches and warlocks have made a]] DealWithTheDevil [[FridgeBrilliance doesn't help]].
343* WouldHurtAChild: The Judge sentences a young girl to be ''hanged'' for talking to the dead.
344[[/folder]]
345
346[[folder:Perry Babcock]]
347[[quoteright:257:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Perry-001_224.jpg]]
348->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JeffGarlin
349
350Norman's father. He at first is ashamed of Norman's oddball behavior and isn't afraid to criticize him, though this is born from the fear of how society will treat him. Eventually, he sees the error of his ways and mends his behavior.
351----
352* AbusiveParent: Unintentional but how he views Norman's words, treats him like a freak and a BlackSheep, and tells him to stop being him can make Perry come off as this.
353* FantasyForbiddingFather: He views Norman's ability to talk to the deceased as an delusion, and views Norman as the BlackSheep of the family for it. However, by the end, he realizes that Norman actually can talk to ghosts and begins to repair his relationship with his son.
354* HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster: He strongly feels his son needs to stop all this talking-to-the-dead nonsense and start acting a bit more normal. He loses this mindset by the film's end and awkwardly tries to speak with his mother's ghost.
355* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Even his own mother's ghost calls him a jackass on one occasion. His wife is quick to point out his more harsh behavior is due to his fear of how people will perceive Norman. Considering the misery it causes his son in school, and that later in the story an angry mob is literally moments from ''burning him at the stake'', it's not an unreasonable fear; he really is a well-meaning dad who really loves his family.
356* ParentsAsPeople: Perry initially comes across as an emotionally abusive jerk, but Sandra spells out to Norman that Perry acts the way he does because he's afraid for Norman and worries about him being able to fit in.
357* SoProudOfYou: What he says to Norman at the end of the film once Agatha has been put to rest.
358* SupernaturalProofFather: He's completely resistant to the idea that Norman can see and talk to ghosts, but that's because only Norman can see the ghosts, not anyone else. By the end, he becomes SkepticNoLonger.
359* TemptingFate: He asks where the police are... About a second later, one literally crashes into him.
360* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: He wishes Norman would stop talking about ghosts and act like a normal kid.
361[[/folder]]
362
363[[folder:Sandra Babcock]]
364[[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Sandra-001_1180.jpg]]
365->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LeslieMann
366
367Norman's mother. Whilst not exactly openly supportive of her son's gift, she at least attempts to be more understanding of it than her husband does, which does cause some noticeable friction between them.
368----
369* CaptainObvious: Upon seeing the huge, unnatural green-and-purple storm cloud in the sky over the spot where the witch was buried, she asks, "Ooh, do you think this is the place?"
370* DissonantSerenity: Played for laughs; while driving through crowds of townsfolk in the midst of a violent, supernaturally-fuelled riot, she casually remarks that the traffic's really awful tonight.
371* GranolaGirl: A very {{downplayed|Trope}} version -- some of Sandra's dialogue suggests that she believes in things like auras and astrology. In fact, at one point in the movie, she tells her husband, "Not believing in the supernatural is like not believing in astrology."
372* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's definitely the nicest of Norman's family after his grandma.
373* HartmanHips: Just like her daughter, Sandra has a tiny waist and torso compared to her generous hips.
374* MeaningfulName: Sandra means "defender."
375* OpenMindedParent: She tries to be, at least -- Sandra's at least more open-minded compared to Perry.
376* OnlySaneWoman: She's somewhat the only adult who understands Norman, and she understands him more than her husband Perry.
377* SupernaturalProofFather: A mother example. Much like her husband, her being not exactly supportive of Norman's gift stems from the fact only he can see the dead, not her. Along with her husband, she becomes firmly on Norman's side and completely accepts his gift when Norman uses it to save the town.
378* TemptingFate: "Do you think this has anything to do with Norman?" It does, of course.
379[[/folder]]
380
381[[folder:Mr. Prenderghast]]
382[[quoteright:285:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Mr-Prenderghast-001_3713.jpg]]
383->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JohnGoodman
384
385Norman's maternal great uncle and the town's local crazy man. But what the town doesn't know about the crazy man is he's the only one who's been keeping them safe for untold years...
386----
387* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: He's as much of an outcast as Norman, and is seen as crazy by the townspeople. This seems to be an inevitable consequence of having the family ability to talk to ghosts.
388* BigOlEyebrows: He has thick eyebrows, much like Norman and Agatha.
389* TheCassandra: In the tie-in fictional newspaper The Blithe Hollow Bugle, he spends MONTHS warning the townspeople about the curse and how Norman is their only hope. Of course, his writings are dismissed as the ramblings of a madman, and he becomes more bitter with each edition.
390* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Even for someone who sees ghosts, he's kinda out there. Justified due to the heavy ostracism he received from the townspeople for decades, which led to him [[GoMadFromTheIsolation Going Mad From Isolation]].
391* CrazyHomelessPerson: He's called this by Neil when he asks Norman if he knows who the old man currently accosting him is.
392* CreepyUncle: Subverted. His niece's husband and much of the town likely think of him like this, but he's really not a bad guy, even if he is rather weird.
393* CrustyCaretaker: [[AllThereInTheManual According to the novelization]], Mr. Prenderghast is the caretaker of the Blithe Hollow Cemetery.
394* {{Determinator}}: The least you can say is that this man is dedicated in his efforts to prevent the witch's curse from taking effect. He even manages to come back from a fatal heart attack, [[CheatedDeathDiedAnyway even if it is for just a few seconds]].
395* ExoticEyeDesigns: Just like Norman and Agatha, his irises and pupils are faceted.
396* ISeeDeadPeople: Again, just like Norman and Agatha. Runs in the family.
397* KidHeroAllGrownUp: [[AllThereInTheManual According to the novelization]], he has been dealing with the witch's curse for fifty years, starting more or less when he was Norman's age. Given the state of him in the present day, [[{{Deconstruction}} it didn't go very well]] for him in the long run.
398* KilledOffForReal: He dies about twenty minutes into the movie, and passes on to the other side shortly thereafter.
399* LargeHam: Both alive and dead, Mr. Prenderghast chews the scenery every chance he gets.
400* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: Years of isolation and deteriorating health fostered a heavy contempt for the residents of Blithe Hollow in him, who he frequently belittles for not taking him seriously. Probably the only reason he even protected them for as long as he did was that it was all he had left, and he's more than happy to pass the buck to Norman the first chance he gets.
401* MeaningfulName: Prenderghast literally means "ghost catcher" or "ghost holder."
402* OccultBlueEyes: Just like Norman and Agatha, his blue eyes dovetail well with his ability to see ghosts.
403* OnlySaneMan: He was the only adult who knew the truth and helped Norman.
404* PoorCommunicationKills: In his haste to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, he neglects to give Norman the witch's backstory, or the location of her grave, or even explain the context for the book he gave him. This gives the "witch" time to awaken and act on her curse.
405* ShadowArchetype: He's what Norman would be if he had completely (and bitterly) resigned to everyone's expectations about him being weird.
406* StalkerWithoutACrush: He acts like one towards Norman, having a StringTheory board full of pictures of him and stalking him outside school to talk about his duty to hold off the witch's curse.
407* SuperpowerfulGenetics: The ability to see and talk to ghosts seems to run in the Prenderghast bloodline.
408* TakeUpMySword: To Norman, as he knows he's dying and wants someone to hold off the witch's curse.
409* TrashOfTheTitans: His study is a complete dump, which Norman discovers when he goes to retrieve the book.
410[[/folder]]
411
412[[folder:Grandma Babcock]]
413[[quoteright:245:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Grandma-001_8758.jpg]]
414->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ElaineStritch
415
416Norman's ghost grandmother. Grandma Babcock's unfinished business in the mortal world is actually her promise to look out for Norman.
417----
418%%* ApronMatron
419* DeadAllAlong: Granted, it's not kept a secret for long, but her conversation with Norman in the opening scene is treated as a normal, everyday thing, until Norman's father chews him out for passing on a request he claims she gave, even though he knows full well she's been dead for a while.
420* DeadpanSnarker: It seems to run in the family.
421-->'''Norman:''' Dad doesn't want me to talk to you anymore.\
422'''Grandma:''' Jackass.
423* DotingGrandparent: Ghosts only stay around in the world of the living because they have unfinished business. Grandma Babcock's unfinished business? She promised she would always look out for Norman.
424* FriendlyGhost: She's one of the kindest ghosts seen in the movie, and she explicitly stayed in the mortal world to watch over her grandson.
425* GrannyClassic: She's a very sweet and caring grandmother who is usually seeing knitting. She also has some attitude and great wisdom to share with her dear grandson.
426* TheMentor: To Norman.
427%%* OnlySaneWoman
428* SpiritAdvisor: To Norman. The only reason she's still in the mortal world is to watch over him and advise him.
429[[/folder]]
430
431[[folder:Salma]]
432[[quoteright:253:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Salma-001_1350.png]]
433->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HannahNoyes
434
435Neil's friend and the resident smart girl. She won't let you forget it. She doesn't participate much in the adventure, but does perform key research in a time of need.
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437* AscendedExtra: In the novelisation, Salma has a bigger role in the story, helping Norman finding the Witch's records and eventually becoming his friend.
438* BigOlUnibrow: Her most notable feature is her big unibrow.
439* BollywoodNerd: She appears to be South Asian, has an above-average I.Q, and pays attention in class (probably the only student in the film who does).
440* ChildProdigy: She has an IQ of 192 and enough awards and certificates to cover a top-tier college physics professor's office walls. She apparently specializes in nuclear fusion.
441* TheComicallySerious: When she's forced to be the witch in a play; she seems pretty bored when she reads her lines.
442* {{Expy}}: On the audio commentary, it is brought up that Salma's role in the movie is basically Velma of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' fame in a more modern setting, meaning that she isn't part of the adventure and is only contacted for information. Although they lampshade this themselves in the movie:
443-->'''Salma:''' So, Norman, let me get this straight: you guys all go on this big supernatural adventure, and you're calling me in the middle of the night because you need someone to help you do your homework?
444* {{Foreshadowing}}: She is the witch in the school play, and she complains about the witch being a stereotypical ugly old woman. And she's right, Aggie is nothing like that: she's a little girl like herself.
445* HiddenDepths : According to The Blithe Hollow Bugle, she's a Stephen King fan, having reread his entire oeuvre during spring break.
446* InsufferableGenius: Norman even lampshades it.
447--> '''Salma:''' If you cared to pay attention some of the time, you would know that we covered this [where the witch was buried] in fifth-grade history class.\
448'''Norman:''' You know, I would google this myself if there wasn't a 300-year-old dead guy trying to rip my face off!
449* OddFriendship: With Neil -- she's a grumpy straight-A student, while Neil is a ball of sunshine who's a favorite target of the school bully and doesn't seem to care much for school.
450* PerpetualFrowner: She's always seen scowling or just looking annoyed.
451* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Just to make it even more obvious she's the resident smart girl, she wears glasses.
452[[/folder]]

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