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* TeensAreMonsters: Ellen is vain, self-absorbed, and ungrateful toward her elder siblings, particularly Gilbert. She never helps out around the house, and she's too impatient and immature to take care of Arnie; the one time she's required to look after him, she ends up knocking him to the ground and jerking him around by the hair.

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* TeensAreMonsters: Ellen is vain, self-absorbed, and ungrateful toward her elder siblings, particularly Gilbert. She never helps out around the house, house and she's is too impatient and immature to take care of Arnie; the one time she's required to look after him, she ends up knocking him to the ground and jerking him around by the hair.
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** Later on in the movie, Gilbert loses his cool - leading him to slap Arnie around, after being so protective of him.

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** Later on in the movie, Gilbert loses his cool - due to DisasterDominoes caused by Arnie's actions[[note]]He's running around the house and accidentally tackles Amy, who was carrying his birthday cake, forcing Gilbert to buy a replacement from Foodland. He then runs into the owner of the grocery store he works at and who he has assured that he never visits Foodland, making him seem like a liar, and once he gets back home, it doesn't take long for Arnie to start eating the replacement cake and refuse to take a bath afterwards[[/note]], leading him to slap Arnie around, after being so protective of him.him up until that point.
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* DreadfulMusician: Ellen is quite bad at playing the trumpet, though her poor playing could be justified by her getting her braces off, which can hinder someone's ability to play a brass instrument.
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** The kids of Endora like to hang around the Grape residence, hoping to have a chance to catch a glimpse of and laugh at, the morbidly obese Bonnie. Curiously enough, they are never shown to bully Arnie, and are actually very accepting of him, however, some of this might be because of Gilbert's "Nobody Touches Arnie" rule.

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** The kids of Endora like to hang around the Grape residence, hoping to have a chance to catch a glimpse of and laugh at, at the morbidly obese Bonnie. Curiously enough, they are never shown to bully Arnie, and are actually very accepting of him, however, some of this might be because of Gilbert's "Nobody Touches Arnie" rule.
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''What's Eating Gilbert Grape'' is a 1993 drama written by Peter Hedges, [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on]] his novel of the same name, and directed by Creator/LasseHallstrom. It stars Creator/JohnnyDepp as the eponymous Gilbert Grape, with Creator/JulietteLewis and Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio. The story deals with the Grape household and their friends and acquaintances from Endora, Iowa. Picking up a few years after the suicide of Gilbert's father, we see its impact on everyone involved.

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''What's Eating Gilbert Grape'' is a 1993 drama film written by Peter Hedges, [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on]] his novel of the same name, and directed by Creator/LasseHallstrom. It stars Creator/JohnnyDepp as the eponymous Gilbert Grape, with Creator/JulietteLewis and Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio.Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio in supporting roles. The story deals with the Grape household and their friends and acquaintances from Endora, Iowa. Picking up a few years after the suicide of Gilbert's father, we see its impact on everyone involved.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Arnie, who's supposedly having his 18th birthday, doesn't look a day older than 12.

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* OlderThanTheyLook: Arnie, who's supposedly having his 18th birthday, doesn't look a day older than 12. Interestingly, Leonardo [=DiCaprio=] was actually 19 when the film was made, making him a year ''older'' than his character.

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