Line #1 YMMV/Lullaby

Context YMMV / Lullaby

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1	!! The 1960 Don Appell play
2	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Johnny. Does he truly love Eadie, or is he looking for someone else to fill the void in his life who isn't his mother?
3	* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
4	** On their honeymoon night, Eadie confesses to Johnny that she doesn't like the taste of the gin. Then she downs it.
5	** Johnny's mother scolds him for thinking too hard, because he'll go bald otherwise. Johnny awkwardly rubs the back of his head to check.
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7	!! The 2002 Chuck Palahniuk novel
8	* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: The chapter of Mona's "coven" meeting. But the crowner has to be when Oyster pushes Carl too far, and Carl snaps... [[spoiler:and [[{{GallowsHumor}} Plucky the parrot drops dead]].]] Helen's reaction of "I didn't do it" cinches it.
9	* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Oyster's [[GrandTheftMe Grand Theft of Helen]] to destroy her and cruelly mock Carl.]]
10	* NauseaFuel: In Carl's [[spoiler: confrontation with Nash, Nash]] killed every single person inside a restaurant. Including [[spoiler: a chef who fell facefirst onto the stove.]]
11	** Also, Mona extracting things from Carl's feet.
12	** Also the nudist exiting the toilet with paper stuck up his ass.
13	* ParanoiaFuel: There are certain people who can kill you by simply reciting a few words to you. There are even a few people who can kill you by '''thinking''' the song at you.
14	** And you can accidentally kill your family by singing them the wrong lullaby.
15	** [[spoiler:[[GrandTheftMe Oyster could be anybody.]] Carl thinks he could be impersonating the supposedly not-so-dead Helen.]]
16	* TearJerker: The end, in which Carl [[spoiler: sings the culling song to the dying Helen. She gets better... sort of.]]
17	** [[spoiler: The revelation that the couple Carl and the gang saw gardening were Carl's parents, and Carl's call to his dad afterwards.]] [[FromBadToWorse It becomes even sadder]] [[RealitySubtext when you remember that the author wrote this book in response to the death of his father]].

Context YMMV / Lullaby