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. |
6 | |
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]]. |
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