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* MythologyGag: [[spoiler:In the store at the end of the movie where Annabelle ends up before finding a new owner, you can see [[Literature/RaggedyAnn an actual Raggedy Ann doll]] sitting on a shelf in the background in the same shot as Annabelle, in a nod to the real Annabelle doll.]]

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* ShoutOut: Mia and John's names reference Creator/MiaFarrow and Creator/JohnCassavetes, the stars of a major influence on the film, ''Film/RosemarysBaby''.


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* {{Tuckerization}}: Mia and John's names reference Creator/MiaFarrow and Creator/JohnCassavetes, the stars of a major influence on the film, ''Film/RosemarysBaby'', which was also directed by Sharon Tate's widower, Creator/RomanPolanski.
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* AdultFear: Much of the horror, and scary stuff, of the movie comes from the presence of the baby (and, before that, Mia's pregnancy).
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%%* ImprobableInfantSurvival: The whole point of the film is that all the main characters have to do something so Leah can survive the haunting unharmed. [[spoiler: Ultimately played straight, but at the cost of Evelyn's life.]]
%%* MagicalNegro: Evelyn has shades of this.

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%%* * ImprobableInfantSurvival: The whole point of the film is that all the main characters have to do something so Leah can survive the haunting unharmed. [[spoiler: Ultimately played straight, but at the cost of Evelyn's life.]]
%%* * MagicalNegro: Evelyn has shades of this.
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* ImprobableInfantSurvival: The whole point of the film is that all the main characters have to do something so Leah can survive the haunting unharmed. [[spoiler: Ultimately played straight, but at the cost of Evelyn's life.]]

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* %%* ImprobableInfantSurvival: The whole point of the film is that all the main characters have to do something so Leah can survive the haunting unharmed. [[spoiler: Ultimately played straight, but at the cost of Evelyn's life.]]
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* IdiotBall: Sure, Mia, it's SUCH a good idea to leave your poor, defenseless baby BY HERSELF in the apartment while you go to the storage unit, even though you've been threatened in that very apartment by violent spirits. That couldn't possibly end horribly. [[labelnote:Note]] It actually did end up being okay with the baby ending up no worse for wear, but it was still a stupid thing to do.[[/labelnote]]
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* ShoutOut: Mia and John's names reference Creator/MiaFarrow and Creator/JohnCassavettes, the stars of a major influence on the film, ''Film/RosemarysBaby''.

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* ShoutOut: Mia and John's names reference Creator/MiaFarrow and Creator/JohnCassavettes, Creator/JohnCassavetes, the stars of a major influence on the film, ''Film/RosemarysBaby''.
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* ShoutOut: Mia and John's names reference Creator/MiaFarrow and Creator/JohnCassavettes, the stars of a major influence on the film, ''Film/RosemarysBaby''.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: Annabelle Higgins, who turned the doll evil in the first place. [[spoiler: the prequel reveals this to be a Subversion having been possessed by the demon against her will for more than a decade, and that this is in fact the second time that doll has been possessed by that specific demon.]]

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* GreaterScopeVillain: Annabelle Higgins, who turned the doll evil in the first place. [[spoiler: the prequel reveals this to be a Subversion having been possessed by the demon against her will for more than a decade, decade she is as much a victim as anyone else, and that this is in fact the second time that doll has been possessed by that specific demon.]]
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* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Annabelle's ghost? Nope. Everything is caused by a demon that was summoned by the cult to which she belonged]]. That said, [[CallForward the Warrens already said anything about this]] in ''Film/TheConjuring''.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Annabelle the cultist murders her parents before committing suicide to complete the ritual [[spoiler: to summon the demon]].

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* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Annabelle's ghost? Nope. Everything is caused by a demon that was apparently summoned by the cult to which she belonged]]. That said, [[CallForward the Warrens already said anything about this]] in ''Film/TheConjuring''.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Annabelle the cultist murders her parents before committing suicide to complete the ritual [[spoiler: to summon [[Film/AnnabelleCreation return the demon]].demon inside her to the doll.]]]]
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* GreaterScopeVillain: Annabelle Higgins, who turned the doll evil in first place.

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* GreaterScopeVillain: Annabelle Higgins, who turned the doll evil in the first place.place. [[spoiler: the prequel reveals this to be a Subversion having been possessed by the demon against her will for more than a decade, and that this is in fact the second time that doll has been possessed by that specific demon.]]
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kicked the bucket isn't really the best way to mention the murder of a pregnant woman


** As mentioned in SeriesContinuityError below, if you take the year tags of the films at face value, you would assume that the film takes place in 1967 (as ''The Conjuring'' states that the nurses give Annabelle to the Warrens in 1968, and this film happens a year before that). If so, the mention of the Sharon Tate murder would be an anachronism, since she kicked the bucket in 1969.

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** As mentioned in SeriesContinuityError below, if you take the year tags of the films at face value, you would assume that the film takes place in 1967 (as ''The Conjuring'' states that the nurses give Annabelle to the Warrens in 1968, and this film happens a year before that). If so, the mention of the Sharon Tate murder would be an anachronism, since she kicked the bucket was murdered in 1969.
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The film got its own prequel in 2017 called ''Film/AnnabelleCreation''. A second sequel, titled ''Film/AnnabelleComesHome'', is due to follow in 2019.

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The film got its own prequel in 2017 called ''Film/AnnabelleCreation''. A second sequel, sequel to the first film, titled ''Film/AnnabelleComesHome'', is due to follow followed in 2019.
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-->'''Evelyn:''' Mia, I'm old. That means that there are very little things that can surprise me. If there is something shocking, I'm too tired to show it.

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-->'''Evelyn:''' Mia, I'm old. That means that [[SeenItAll there are very little things that can surprise me.me]]. If there is something shocking, I'm too tired to show it.

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