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* BodyHorror: Snatcher's "cheese fits" cause him to swell up horribly.

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* BodyHorror: Snatcher's "cheese fits" cause him to swell up horribly. At the end of the movie, after being crushed by a massive wheel of Brie, he's barely recognizable as human -- his torso is grown to twice its normal size, his right foot has burst clear out of his boot, his right eye is swollen entirely shut, his lower lip is huge, red and protruding, and his body is covered in irregular tumorous swellings.
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* FeigningIntelligence: When he finally gets a white hat and into the tasting room to try an extremely rare cheese, he only uses words from his henchman Mr. Trout used to describe extra mild cheddar. this proves he doesn't actually care about the cheese like the white hats do but only the power and status that it represents in society. [[spoiler: Doesn't even get to finish quoting him when he explodes from the final bite a cheese proving too much for his PlotAllergy]]

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* FeigningIntelligence: When he finally gets a white hat and into the tasting room to try an extremely rare cheese, he only uses words from his henchman Mr. Trout used to describe extra mild cheddar. this This proves that he doesn't actually care about the cheese like the white hats do do, or for that matter any of the sophisticated high society trappings that he tries to copy, but only the power and status that it represents in society. [[spoiler: Doesn't even get to finish quoting him when he explodes from the final bite a cheese proving too much for his PlotAllergy]]society.
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* RedIsViolent: He's dressed in red and he's very brutal and homicidal once his affable facade drops.
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* FeigningIntelligence: When he finally gets a white hat and into the tasting room to try an extremely rare cheese, he only uses words from his henchman Mr. Trout used to describe extra mild cheddar. this proves he doesn't actually care about the cheese like the white hats do but only the power and status that it represents in society. [[spoiler: doesn't even get to finish quoting him when he explodes from the final bite a cheese proving too much for his PlotAllergy]]

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* FeigningIntelligence: When he finally gets a white hat and into the tasting room to try an extremely rare cheese, he only uses words from his henchman Mr. Trout used to describe extra mild cheddar. this proves he doesn't actually care about the cheese like the white hats do but only the power and status that it represents in society. [[spoiler: doesn't Doesn't even get to finish quoting him when he explodes from the final bite a cheese proving too much for his PlotAllergy]]
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* FeigningIntelligence: When he finally gets a white hat and into the tasting room to try an extremely rare cheese, he only uses words from his henchman Mr. Trout used to describe extra mild cheddar. this proves he doesn't actually care about the cheese like the white hats do but only the power and status that it represents in society. [[Spoiler: doesn't even get to finish quoting him when he explodes from the final bite a cheese proving too much for his PlotAllergy]]

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* FeigningIntelligence: When he finally gets a white hat and into the tasting room to try an extremely rare cheese, he only uses words from his henchman Mr. Trout used to describe extra mild cheddar. this proves he doesn't actually care about the cheese like the white hats do but only the power and status that it represents in society. [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: doesn't even get to finish quoting him when he explodes from the final bite a cheese proving too much for his PlotAllergy]]
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* FeigningIntelligence: When he finally gets a white hat and into the tasting room to try an extremely rare cheese, he only uses words from his henchman Mr. Trout used to describe extra mild cheddar. this proves he doesn't actually care about the cheese like the white hats do but only the power and status that it represents in society. [[Spoiler; doesn't even get to finish quoting him when he explodes from the final bite a cheese proving too much for his PlotAlergy]]

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* FeigningIntelligence: When he finally gets a white hat and into the tasting room to try an extremely rare cheese, he only uses words from his henchman Mr. Trout used to describe extra mild cheddar. this proves he doesn't actually care about the cheese like the white hats do but only the power and status that it represents in society. [[Spoiler; [[Spoiler: doesn't even get to finish quoting him when he explodes from the final bite a cheese proving too much for his PlotAlergy]]PlotAllergy]]
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* FeigningIntelligence: When he finally gets a white hat and into the tasting room to try an extremely rare cheese, he only uses words from his henchman Mr. Trout used to describe extra mild cheddar. this proves he doesn't actually care about the cheese like the white hats do but only the power and status that it represents in society. [[Spoiler; doesn't even get to finish quoting him when he explodes from the final bite a cheese proving too much for his PlotAlergy]]
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* RedemptionEarnssLife: [[spoiler:While Mr. Trout and Mr. Pickles redeem themselves and get to live, Mr. Gristle doesn't and gets crushed to death.]]

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* RedemptionEarnssLife: RedemptionEarnsLife: [[spoiler:While Mr. Trout and Mr. Pickles redeem themselves and get to live, Mr. Gristle doesn't and gets crushed to death.]]
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* FatalFlaw: His ambition to [[SocialClimber become one of the White Hats]] leads him to not only seek the genocide of the Boxtrolls, but to also keep eating cheese and ignore his dangerous allergies to them. [[spoiler:While he does finally get to become one of the White Hats in the end, his decision to keep eating cheese despite already being swollen from getting covered in Briehemoth ends up causing his self-inflicted death.]]


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* UnderestimatingBadassery: He sees Snatcher more as an annoyance than as an actual threat. [[spoiler:Not only does Snatcher have him completely fooled as Madame Frou-Frou, but it takes Snatcher's VillainousBreakdown and holding Winnie hostage for him to finally see just how dangerous Snatcher really is.]]
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* RedemptionEqualsLife: [[spoiler:While Mr. Trout and Mr. Pickles redeem themselves and get to live, Mr. Gristle doesn't and gets crushed to death.]]

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* RedemptionEqualsLife: RedemptionEarnssLife: [[spoiler:While Mr. Trout and Mr. Pickles redeem themselves and get to live, Mr. Gristle doesn't and gets crushed to death.]]
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* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Mr. Gristle only has enough time to mutter "Oh Sh-" and futilely try to get to safety before he's crushed to death by Snatcher's TripodTerror.]]


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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Mr. Trout and Mr. Pickles react this way when Snatcher decides to eat cheese, knowing about his "cheese fits". Mr. Gristle averts this, finding his boss' cheese allergy amusing.
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* RedemptionEqualsLife: [[spoiler:While Mr. Trout and Mr. Pickles redeem themselves and get to live, Mr. Gristle doesn't and gets crushed to death.]]
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* DepravedDwarf: Mr. Gristle is the shortest member of the bunch and is the most morally-bankrupt one.

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* DepravedDwarf: Mr. Gristle is the shortest member of the bunch and is the most morally-bankrupt one.morally bankrupt.
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* DepravedDwarf: Mr. Gristle is the shortest member of the bunch and is the most morally-bankrupt one.


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* {{Gonk}}: Mr. Gristle isn't very easy on the eyes.

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* {{Jerkass}}: He ignores his daughter, uses funds for a children's hospital to build a wheel of cheese, looks down on everyone, including his fellow white hats, and pretty much cares only about cheese. [[spoiler:He does indeed care about Winnie, and gives up his white hat for her...after thinking it over and trying to weasel out of it.]]

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* {{Jerkass}}: He ignores his daughter, uses funds for a children's hospital to build a wheel of cheese, looks down on everyone, including his fellow white hats, and pretty much cares only about cheese.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed, but
[[spoiler:He does indeed care about Winnie, and gives up his white hat for her...after thinking it over and trying to weasel out of it. He also does become more supportive of her by the end.]]

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* ClippedWingAngel: [[spoiler:Landing in the Briehemoth sends him into a massive cheese fit that makes him look monstrous. Not only is it caused by allergies, but eating a single piece of cheese afterward while he's still swollen kills him in a massive explosion]].

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* ClippedWingAngel: [[spoiler:Landing in the Briehemoth sends him into a massive cheese fit that makes him look monstrous. Not only is it caused by allergies, but eating a single piece of cheese afterward while he's still swollen kills him in a massive explosion]].explosion.]]
* CreepyCrossdresser: He performs as Madame Frou-Frou to spread fear of the boxtrolls.



* VillainousCrossdresser: He performs as Madame Frou-Frou to spread fear of the boxtrolls.
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* HasTwoDaddies: At the end of the movie, [[spoiler:he has now two fathers: Fish, his adopted one, and Mr. Trubshaw, his long-lost biological one. He's shown working with them both.]]

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* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: [[spoiler:ImpliedTrope. The townspeople clearly remember him not as the "Trubshaw who forgot to lock his door", but as "Trubshaw the inventor" after he reveals himself to be alive. He was revered enough by the townspeople for them to want to kill the boxtrolls for seemingly killing him, and when it turns out Snatcher lied about Trubshaw getting killed by boxtrolls, they immediately turn against Snatcher for this.]]


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* LovedByAll: [[spoiler:ImpliedTrope. The townspeople clearly remember him not as the "Trubshaw who forgot to lock his door", but as "Trubshaw the inventor" after he reveals himself to be alive. He was revered enough by the townspeople for them to want to kill the boxtrolls for seemingly killing him, and when it turns out Snatcher lied about Trubshaw getting killed by boxtrolls, they immediately turn against Snatcher for this.]]

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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: He freely admits the only reason he's a White Hat is that he's rich and more or less bought the government position.



* CaptainObvious: Much of Mr. Gristle's dialogue is him describing what he's doing. "I'm jumping on a cage!" "I'm swinging on a chain!"

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* CaptainObvious: Much of Mr. Gristle's dialogue is him describing what he's doing. "I'm jumping flying on a cage!" "I'm swinging on a chain!"

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* ClippedWingAngel: [[spoiler:Landing in the Briehemoth sends him into a massive cheese fit that makes him look monstrous. Not only is it caused by allergies, but eating a single piece of cheese afterwards while he's still swollen kills him in a massive explosion]].

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* ClippedWingAngel: [[spoiler:Landing in the Briehemoth sends him into a massive cheese fit that makes him look monstrous. Not only is it caused by allergies, but eating a single piece of cheese afterwards afterward while he's still swollen kills him in a massive explosion]].explosion]].
* CutLexLuthorACheck: His Madame Frou-Frou disguise shows that Snatcher is a competent actor to fool the entire town and has an impressive singing voice. He could earn the fame and fortune he desires if he went into entertainment, but he's too fixated on earning a White Hat to see it.
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* SelectiveObliviousness: He absolutely refuses to accept or even acknowledge his extreme dairy allergy and gets furious if someone brings it up. This is probably because acknowledging that he can't eat cheese would mean also acknowledging his dream of being a high-class cheese taster is impossible to achieve. [[spoiler:This ends up doing him in the end, when his adamant refusal to stop eating cheese kills him.]]
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* BigBeautifulWoman: Adverted and downplayed. She's more of a Big, Cute Beautiful Girl.

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* BigBeautifulWoman: Adverted Averted and downplayed. She's more of a Big, Cute Beautiful Girl.
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* PinkMeansFeminine: Her default dress is pink mixed with purple.

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* PinkMeansFeminine: PinkMeansFeminine[=/=]GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Her default dress is pink mixed with purple.
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* [[PinkMeansFeminine]]/[[GracefulLadiesLovePurple]]: Her default dress is pink mixed with purple

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* [[PinkMeansFeminine]]/[[GracefulLadiesLovePurple]]: PinkMeansFeminine: Her default dress is pink mixed with purplepurple.
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* PinkMeansFeminine/GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Her default dress is pink mixed with purple

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* PinkMeansFeminine/GracefulLadiesLikePurple: [[PinkMeansFeminine]]/[[GracefulLadiesLovePurple]]: Her default dress is pink mixed with purple
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* PinkMeansFeminine/GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Her default dress is pink mixed with purple
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* BigBeautifulWoman: Averted and downplayed. She's more of a Big, Cute Beautiful Girl.

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* BigBeautifulWoman: Averted Adverted and downplayed. She's more of a Big, Cute Beautiful Girl.
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* BigBeautifulWoman: Averted and downplayed. She's more of a Big, Cute Beautiful Girl.


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* FatAndSkinny: The Fat to Eggs' Skinny.
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* CuteBruiser: Winnie is very cute, but also very sassy.

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* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:He gets done in by the accomplishment of his ultimate objective -- tasting gourmet cheese in the White Hats' tasting room.]]

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* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:He gets done in by the accomplishment of his ultimate objective -- tasting gourmet cheese in the White Hats' tasting room.]]room, which provokes a fatal allergic reaction.]]
* DelusionsOfEloquence: He desperately wants to be part of posh, elegant high society and apes it at every opportunity, but he doesn't really understand any of the social trappings he aspires to. He tries to say elegant things about the taste of fancy cheeses, but can't come up with anything himself and is only able to belatedly agree with Mr. Trout's more poetic description; in the climax, he repeats this word-for-word even though he's eating an entirely different cheese that that's not an accurate evaluation of. He also has no patience for ceremony, and angrily cuts off Lord Portley-Rind's introduction of the cheese they're about to taste so that he can get to the eating.

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