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* UnadoptableOrphan: Earwig is very much an Orphan Who Does Not Want To Be Adopted and tries to alienate any potential parent who comes her way. That is until she meets Baba Yaga and the Mandrake.
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* UnadoptableOrphan: Earwig is very much an Orphan Who Does Not Want To Be Adopted and tries to alienate any potential parent who comes her way. That is until she meets Baba Yaga and the Mandrake.
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* PaintedCGI: Some of the magic particle effects are hand-drawn, giving a partial Painted CGI effect despite the StopFauxtion style of the film.
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* TheRuntAtTheEnd: When The Mandrake shows his true demonic appearance near the end, he's followed by his small army of lesser demons. The last one is slower that the others and still has a piece of egg on its head, implying that it just hatched.

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* TheRuntAtTheEnd: When The Mandrake shows his true demonic appearance near the end, he's followed by his small army of lesser demons. The last one is slower that than the others and still has a piece of egg on its head, implying that it just hatched.
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* AchievementsInIgnorance: Erica's first spell is a complicated concoction that makes her and Thomas immune to other witches' magic. Despite having no formal training, being a first attempt and Thomas forgetting most of the words (replacing them with swears he learned), the spell works, rendering Bella's worm-spell ineffectual. The second spell is one that gives Bella extra hands and she managed to pull that off too.

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* AchievementsInIgnorance: Erica's first spell is a complicated concoction that makes her and Thomas immune to other witches' magic. Despite having no formal training, being a first attempt and Thomas forgetting most of the words (replacing them with swears he learned), the spell works, rendering Bella's worm-spell ineffectual. The second spell is one that gives Bella extra hands and she managed Erica manages to pull that off off, too.
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* AdaptationalNameChange: She goes by Erica/Earwig in the original novel, however, her name was changed to "Āya" when the film was released in Japan. They would revert back to her original name for the international release.

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* AdaptationalNameChange: ZigZagged. She goes by Erica/Earwig in the original novel, however, her name was changed to "Āya" when the film was released in Japan. They would revert back to her original name for the international release.
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* StopFauxtion: As Creator/StudioGhibli's very first AllCGICartoon, they specifically went to look at Creator/AardmanAnimations and Creator/{{Laika}} for inspiration on how the film would look in CGI. The end result ends up looking like a blend of Studio Ghibli's signature 2D style and Laika's stop-motion films but with fluidly animated CGI.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: One of the posters showed Erica singing and performing with a band ([[spoiler:Earwig to be specific]]). Yeah, that never actually happens at all in the film. Erica doesn’t really sing much at all in the film.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: One of the posters showed Erica singing and performing with a band ([[spoiler:Earwig to be specific]]). Yeah, that never actually happens at all in the film. Erica doesn’t doesn't really sing much at all in the film.
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* TheRuntAtTheEnd: When The Mandrake shows his true demonic appearance near the end, he's followed by his small army of lesser demons. The last one is slower that the others and still has a piece of egg on its head, implying that it just hatched.
* ShoutOut: Small nods to other Studio Ghibli films. One toddler at the orphanage has a doll looking like one of the lesser [[Anime/MyNeighborTotoro Totoro]]. During the hand-drawn ending credits, Erica is seen trying to fly on Bella Yaga's broom (reminding of ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'') and watching ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'' on a TV that she got as a gift from Bella Yaga.



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* CoversAlwaysLie: You see that poster up there of Erica singing and performing with a band ([[spoiler:Earwig to be specific]])? Yeah, that never actually happens at all in the film. Erica doesn’t really sing much at all in the film.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: You see that poster up there One of the posters showed Erica singing and performing with a band ([[spoiler:Earwig to be specific]])? specific]]). Yeah, that never actually happens at all in the film. Erica doesn’t really sing much at all in the film.

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* HornedHairdo: Erica's horns resemble insect antennae, but her personality and magic still tie them to this. The Mandrake sometimes has them, too. [[spoiler: It's one of the hints he's her father.]]

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* HornedHairdo: HairAntennae: Erica's horns resemble insect antennae, but her personality and magic still tie them to this. The Mandrake sometimes has them, too. [[spoiler: It's one of the hints he's her father.]]
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* MuggleInMageCustody: Erica starts out as this, being an orphan girl who is adopted by the WickedWitch Bella Yaga. {{Downplayed}}, since she does learn magic later on, [[spoiler: and eventually overpowers her master.]]

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