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* MunchausenSyndrome: The title reference Munchausen by Proxy, but is not technically an example, as the mother poisons her child to keep him around, not for sympathy from others.
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* MunchausenSyndrome: The title reference references Munchausen by Proxy, but is not technically an example, as though the mother poisons her child to keep him around, not for sympathy from others.
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* MunchausenSyndrome: At least, Munchausen ''by proxy''.
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* MunchausenSyndrome: At least, The title reference Munchausen ''by proxy''.by Proxy, but is not technically an example, as the mother poisons her child to keep him around, not for sympathy from others.
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* DisguisedHorrorStory: What starts off as a [[Creator/{{Pixar}} Pixar-esque]] sequence (much like the first ten minutes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'s'' opening or the ending of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''), ends with the son dying because of the mother's reckless actions.
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* SurpriseCreepy: What starts off as a [[Creator/{{Pixar}} Pixar-esque]] sequence (much like the first ten minutes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'s'' opening or the ending of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''), ends with the son dying because of the mother's reckless actions.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the SickEpisode. As the mother finds out too late, not every bout of illness is mild.
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* HopeSpot: The mother discovers "Feel-Good Again Miracle Antidote" and wastes no time using it to reverberate her son's sickness. The hope fades pretty quickly, however, as we see immediately that she gives her son the antidote over several days only for his condition to continue to worsen.
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* HopeSpot: The mother discovers "Feel-Good Again Miracle Antidote" and wastes no time using it to reverberate her son's sickness. The hope fades pretty quickly, however, as we see immediately that she gives her son the antidote over several days only for his condition to continue to worsen.
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* FantasySequence: The entire sequence of the son going to college, joining various clubs, getting a girlfriend to whom he proposes, and graduating is all in the mother's head. By the end of the short, it serves as a tragic reminder of all the things she deprived him of when she made her decision to poison him, leading to his untimely demise.
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* FantasySequence: The entire sequence of the son going to college, joining various clubs, getting a girlfriend to whom he proposes, and graduating is all in the mother's head. By the end of the short, it serves as a tragic reminder of all the things life she deprived him of when she made her decision to poison him, leading to his untimely demise.
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* HopeSpot: The mother discovers "Feel-Good Again Miracle Antidote" and wastes no time using it to reverberate her son's sickness.
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* HopeSpot: The mother discovers "Feel-Good Again Miracle Antidote" and wastes no time using it to reverberate her son's sickness. The hope fades pretty quickly, however, as we see immediately that she gives her son the antidote over several days only for his condition to continue to worsen.
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* FallingInLoveMontage: The mother fantasizes about her son falling in love with a girl from his debate club and eventually proposing to her. Even in her fantasy, it doesn't as though she approves of her.
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* FallingInLoveMontage: The mother fantasizes about her son falling in love with a girl from his debate club and eventually proposing to her. Even in her fantasy, it doesn't seem as though she approves of her.
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* BookEnds: The mother imagines herself running after her son's car as he heads off to college and the film concludes with her attempting to run after her son's coffin at the funeral. Additionally, the mother builds a garden, finding a superhero action figure formerly belonging to her son. The film ends with the garden dead and rotted with the superhero toy still being in the same position.
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* BookEnds: The mother imagines herself running after her son's car as he heads off to college and the film concludes with her attempting to run after her son's coffin at the funeral. Additionally, the mother builds a garden, finding a superhero action figure formerly belonging to her son. The film ends with the garden dead and rotted with the superhero toy still being in the same position.
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* FallingInLoveMontage: The mother fantasizes about her son falling in love with a girl from his debate club and eventually proposing to her. Even in her fantasy, it doesn't as though she approves of her.
* FantasySequence: The entire sequence of the son going to college, joining various clubs, getting a girlfriend to whom he proposes, and graduating is all in the mother's head. By the end of the short, it serves as a tragic reminder of all the things she deprived him of when she made her decision to poison him, leading to his untimely demise.
* GoneHorriblyRight: The mother uses Feel-Bad Sickness Prompter substance to make her son sick enough to stay with her longer. As we see by the calendar, it works as intended, and he ends up staying home well beyond the three days he had left before he would head off to college. However, none of the time was spent creating more of the happy memories she desired, as the son was bed-ridden and in pain the entire time, something we see take a toll on the mother.
* FantasySequence: The entire sequence of the son going to college, joining various clubs, getting a girlfriend to whom he proposes, and graduating is all in the mother's head. By the end of the short, it serves as a tragic reminder of all the things she deprived him of when she made her decision to poison him, leading to his untimely demise.
* GoneHorriblyRight: The mother uses Feel-Bad Sickness Prompter substance to make her son sick enough to stay with her longer. As we see by the calendar, it works as intended, and he ends up staying home well beyond the three days he had left before he would head off to college. However, none of the time was spent creating more of the happy memories she desired, as the son was bed-ridden and in pain the entire time, something we see take a toll on the mother.
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* HopeSpot: The mother discovers "Feel-Good Again Miracle Antidote" and wastes no time with using it as a means of reverting her son's sickness.
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* HopeSpot: The mother discovers "Feel-Good Again Miracle Antidote" and wastes no time with using it as a means of reverting to reverberate her son's sickness.sickness.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: The first sign that the Feel-Bad Sickness Prompter worked is the son's cough that progressively becomes more violent, followed by his vomiting.
* MagicAntidote: Averted. After being visited by the doctor, the mother begins using the Feel-Good Again Miracle Antidote immediately in her son's soups over several days, but his condition continues to worsen regardless, and eventually, he becomes too sick to even swallow the soup.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: The first sign that the Feel-Bad Sickness Prompter worked is the son's cough that progressively becomes more violent, followed by his vomiting.
* MagicAntidote: Averted. After being visited by the doctor, the mother begins using the Feel-Good Again Miracle Antidote immediately in her son's soups over several days, but his condition continues to worsen regardless, and eventually, he becomes too sick to even swallow the soup.
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* MyBelovedSmother: The mother doesn't want her son to leave for college. She responds by poisoning him to death.
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* MyBelovedSmother: The mother doesn't want her son to leave for college. She responds by poisoning him in hopes that it will make him stay with her longer, which leads to his death.
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''Munchausen'' is a 2013 short film, and the fourth written and directed by Creator/AriAster. The film centers around a nameless mother (Bonnie Bedelia) who resorts to unethical measures to prevent her son (Liam Aiken) from leaving her for college.
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''Munchausen'' is a 2013 short film, and the fourth written and directed by Creator/AriAster. Creator/AriAster.
The film centers around a nameless mother (Bonnie Bedelia) who resorts to unethical measures to prevent her son (Liam Aiken) from leaving her for college.
The film centers around a nameless mother (Bonnie Bedelia) who resorts to unethical measures to prevent her son (Liam Aiken) from leaving her for college.
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Misuse of Karma Houdini. The son dying means that his mother didn't get away with her actions scot-free.
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* KarmaHoudini: The mother goes unpunished for poisoning and accidentally killing her son. However, her living the rest of her life with the knowledge that it was her own fault that her son died can be seen as karmic in itself.
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* SurpriseCreepy: What starts off as a [[Creator/{{Pixar}} Pixar-esque]] sequence (much like the [[WesternAnimation/{{Up}} ten minutes of Up's opening]] or [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 the ending of Toy Story 3]]), ends with the son dying because of the mother's reckless actions.
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* SurpriseCreepy: What starts off as a [[Creator/{{Pixar}} Pixar-esque]] sequence (much like the [[WesternAnimation/{{Up}} first ten minutes of Up's opening]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'s'' opening or [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 the ending of Toy Story 3]]), ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''), ends with the son dying because of the mother's reckless actions.
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''Munchausen'' is a 2013 short film written and directed by Creator/AriAster (writer and director of 2018's ''Film/{{Hereditary}}'' and the infamous ''Film/TheStrangeThingAboutTheJohnsons''). The film centers around a nameless mother (Bonnie Bedelia) who resorts to unethical measures to prevent her son (Liam Aiken) from leaving her for college.
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''Munchausen'' is a 2013 short film film, and the fourth written and directed by Creator/AriAster (writer and director of 2018's ''Film/{{Hereditary}}'' and the infamous ''Film/TheStrangeThingAboutTheJohnsons''). Creator/AriAster. The film centers around a nameless mother (Bonnie Bedelia) who resorts to unethical measures to prevent her son (Liam Aiken) from leaving her for college.
!!Munchausencollege.
'''Warning: Unmarked spoilers below. It is highly recommended you [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9Rxu5uW41Q watch the short]] before proceeding any further.'''
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'''Warning: Unmarked spoilers below. It is highly recommended you [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9Rxu5uW41Q watch the short]] before proceeding any further.'''
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* DownerEnding: Despite her efforts, the mother's son's condition only worsens, climaxing in his untimely death.
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* DiesWideOpen: The son.
* DownerEnding: Despiteher efforts, the mother's efforts, the son's condition only worsens, climaxing in his untimely death. health deteriorates and he dies, and the mother will have to live with the guilt of killing her child by pure selfishness.
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* KarmaHoudini: The mother remains unpunished for poisoning and accidentally killing her son. However, her living the rest of her life with the knowledge that it was her own fault that her son died can be seen as karmic in itself.
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* KarmaHoudini: The mother remains goes unpunished for poisoning and accidentally killing her son. However, her living the rest of her life with the knowledge that it was her own fault that her son died can be seen as karmic in itself.
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* KarmaHoudini: The mother remains unpunished for poisoning and accidentally killing her son. However, her living the rest of her life with the knowledge that it was her own fault that her son died can be seen as karmic in itself.
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* MunchausenSyndrome: At least, Munchausen ''by proxy''.
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* SurpriseCreepy: What starts off as a [[Creator/{{Pixar}} Pixar-esque]] sequence (much like the [[WesternAnimation/{{Up}} ten minutes of Up's opening]] or [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 the ending of Toy Story 3]], ends with the son dying because of the mother's reckless actions.
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* SurpriseCreepy: What starts off as a [[Creator/{{Pixar}} Pixar-esque]] sequence (much like the [[WesternAnimation/{{Up}} ten minutes of Up's opening]] or [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 the ending of Toy Story 3]], 3]]), ends with the son dying because of the mother's reckless actions.
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''Munchausen'' is a 2013 short film written and directed by Creator/AriAster (writer and director of 2018's ''Film/{{Hereditary}}'' and the infamous ''Film/TheStrangeThingAboutTheJohnsons''). The film centers around a nameless mother (portrayed by Bonnie (Bonnie Bedelia) who resorts to unethical measures to keep her son (portrayed by Liam Aiken) to prevent her son (Liam Aiken) from leaving her for college.
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Munchausen is a 2013 short film written and directed by Ari Aster (writer and director of 2018's ''Film/{{Hereditary}}'' and the infamous ''Film/TheStrangeThingAboutTheJohnsons''). The film centers around a nameless mother (portrayed by Bonnie Bedelia) who resorts to unethical measures to keep her son (portrayed by Liam Aiken) to prevent her son (Liam Aiken) from leaving her for college.
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* TragicVillain: The mother only wanted to spend more time with her son, but it's because of her selfishness at letting him go that caused his demise.
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* TragicVillain: The mother only wanted to spend more time with her son, but it's because of her selfishness at letting refusal to let him go that caused his demise.
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* AccidentalMurder: The mother accidentally kills her son.
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* SurpriseCreepy: What starts off as a [[Creator/{{Pixar}} Pixar-esque]] opening (much like the [[WesternAnimation/{{Up}} ten minutes of Up's opening]] or [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 the ending of Toy Story 3]], ends with the son dying because of the mother's reckless actions.
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* SurpriseCreepy: What starts off as a [[Creator/{{Pixar}} Pixar-esque]] opening sequence (much like the [[WesternAnimation/{{Up}} ten minutes of Up's opening]] or [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 the ending of Toy Story 3]], ends with the son dying because of the mother's reckless actions.
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* SurpriseCreepy: What starts off as a [[Creator/{{Pixar}} Pixar-esque]] opening (much like the [[WesternAnimation/{{Up}} ten minutes of ''Up's'' Up's opening]] or [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 the ending of ''Toy Toy Story 3'']], 3]], ends with the son dying because of the mother's reckless actions.
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* OutlivingTheOffspring: The mother as a result of her selfishness.
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* HopeSpot: The mother discovers "Feel-Good Again Miracle Antidote" and wastes no time with using it as a means of reverting her son's sickness.
* MyBelovedSmother: The mother.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The mother initially reconsidered giving her son the sandwich laced with the Feel-Bad Sickness Prompter substance, but her son eats it anyway, believing at first she was playing a trick on him. When he succumbs to the illness she causes, she breaks down.
* OutlivingTheOffspring: The mother as a result of her selfishness.
* MyBelovedSmother: The mother.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The mother initially reconsidered giving her son the sandwich laced with the Feel-Bad Sickness Prompter substance, but her son eats it anyway, believing at first she was playing a trick on him. When he succumbs to the illness she causes, she breaks down.
* OutlivingTheOffspring: The mother as a result of her selfishness.
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* TragicVillain: The mother only wanted to spend more time with her son, but it's because of her selfishness at letting him go that caused his demise.
* WhamScene: The son's death immediately followed with a loud blare of music.
* TragicVillain: The mother only wanted to spend more time with her son, but it's because of her selfishness at letting him go that caused his demise.
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Munchausen is a 2013 short film written and directed by Ari Aster (writer and director of 2018's ''Film/{{Hereditary}}'' and the infamous ''Film/TheStrangeThingAboutTheJohnsons''). The film centers around a nameless mother (portrayed by Bonnie Bedelia) who resorts to unethical measures to keep her son (portrayed by Liam Aiken) to prevent her son (Liam Aiken) from leaving her for college.
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* BookEnds: The mother imagines herself running after her son's car as he heads off to college and the film concludes with her attempting to run after her son's coffin at the funeral. Additionally, the mother builds a garden, finding a superhero action figure formerly belonging to her son. The film ends with the garden dead and rotted with the superhero toy still being in the same position.
* DownerEnding: Despite her efforts, the mother's son's condition only worsens, climaxing in his untimely death.
* IDidntMeanToKillHim: The mother never meant to kill her son. She only wanted to make him sick so he could spend more time at home with her.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: Despite succeeding at giving her son the "Feel-Good Again Miracle Antidote" by placing it in his soup, he nevertheless succumbs to his sickness.
* SurpriseCreepy: What starts off as a [[Creator/{{Pixar}} Pixar-esque]] opening (much like the [[Film/{{Up}} ten minutes of ''Up's'' opening]] or [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 the ending of ''Toy Story 3'']], ends with the son dying because of the mother's reckless actions.
!!Munchausen provides examples of:
* BookEnds: The mother imagines herself running after her son's car as he heads off to college and the film concludes with her attempting to run after her son's coffin at the funeral. Additionally, the mother builds a garden, finding a superhero action figure formerly belonging to her son. The film ends with the garden dead and rotted with the superhero toy still being in the same position.
* DownerEnding: Despite her efforts, the mother's son's condition only worsens, climaxing in his untimely death.
* IDidntMeanToKillHim: The mother never meant to kill her son. She only wanted to make him sick so he could spend more time at home with her.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: Despite succeeding at giving her son the "Feel-Good Again Miracle Antidote" by placing it in his soup, he nevertheless succumbs to his sickness.
* SurpriseCreepy: What starts off as a [[Creator/{{Pixar}} Pixar-esque]] opening (much like the [[Film/{{Up}} ten minutes of ''Up's'' opening]] or [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 the ending of ''Toy Story 3'']], ends with the son dying because of the mother's reckless actions.
