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* CryingWolf: Double subverted. Joyce Reynolds has a reputation of being a CompulsiveLiar, so the people around her disregard her tall tales, including when she says that she witnessed a murder. When she's murdered herself, however, Ariadne Oliver can't help but wonder if she was telling the truth. [[spoiler:She wasn't, appropriating a friend's story as her own, and she ended up getting killed solely because the original murderer feared being caught.]]
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* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: The death of a young girl at a Hallowe'en party → a conspiracy revealed to have murdered several people for the sake of securing an inheritance.
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''Hallowe'en Party'' is a murder mystery novel by Creator/AgathaChristie, featuring detective Literature/HerculePoirot. It was first published in 1969.
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''Hallowe'en Party'' is a murder mystery novel by Creator/AgathaChristie, featuring detective Literature/HerculePoirot.Franchise/HerculePoirot. It was first published in 1969.
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* ItRunsInTheFamily: All the Reynolds children are unpleasant to various degrees: 16 year-old Ann is an AcademicAlphaBitch, 13 year-old Joyce is a CompulsiveLiar who likes to tell self-aggrandizing tall tales, while 10 year-old Leopold is a budding sociopath [[spoiler:who would rather blackmail her sister's murderer for money than turn her in.]]
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* ItRunsInTheFamily: All the Reynolds children are unpleasant to various degrees: 16 year-old Ann is an AcademicAlphaBitch, 13 year-old Joyce is a CompulsiveLiar who likes to tell self-aggrandizing tall tales, while 10 year-old Leopold is a budding sociopath [[spoiler:who would rather blackmail her his sister's murderer for money than turn her in.]]
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* EvilDesiresInnocence: Miranda Butler is described as a wood nymph at home in the lavish garden where Poirot finds her. She is also the subject of interest by [[spoiler:her father, one of a pair of murderers]], who grooms her to become a willing sacrifice. [[spoiler:Thankfully, she is saved by a pair of schoolmates before she can drink the poison her father offered her.]]
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason why [[spoiler:Leslie Ferrier]] was killed. [[spoiler:He had been an accomplice in producing the false codicil that was used to discredit Olga, and had to be removed from the picture after Olga was dealt with.]]
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: HeKnowsTooMuch:
** The reason why [[spoiler:Leslie Ferrier]] was killed. [[spoiler:He had been an accomplice in producing the false codicil that was used to discredit Olga, and had to be removed from the picture after Olga was dealt with.]]
** The reason Joyce was killed after she tells everyone she'd witnessed a murder. [[spoiler:Tragically, it was unnecessary, as Joyce hadn't witnessed anything and Mrs. Drake was motivated by her own guilty conscience. Had she only thought a moment, Mrs. Drake would have realized that no one would have believed Joyce.]]
** [[spoiler:Michael Garfield had already been planning to have Miranda be his willing sacrifice, but the realization that it was she, not Joyce, who'd witnessed the murder of Olga meant he absolutely needed to see her dead. Thankfully, he fails here.]]
** The reason why [[spoiler:Leslie Ferrier]] was killed. [[spoiler:He had been an accomplice in producing the false codicil that was used to discredit Olga, and had to be removed from the picture after Olga was dealt with.]]
** The reason Joyce was killed after she tells everyone she'd witnessed a murder. [[spoiler:Tragically, it was unnecessary, as Joyce hadn't witnessed anything and Mrs. Drake was motivated by her own guilty conscience. Had she only thought a moment, Mrs. Drake would have realized that no one would have believed Joyce.]]
** [[spoiler:Michael Garfield had already been planning to have Miranda be his willing sacrifice, but the realization that it was she, not Joyce, who'd witnessed the murder of Olga meant he absolutely needed to see her dead. Thankfully, he fails here.]]
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* ItRunsInTheFamily: All the Reynolds children are unpleasant to various degrees: 16 year-old Ann is an AcademicAlphaBitch, 13 year-old Joyce is a CompulsiveLiar who likes to tell self-aggrandizing tall tales, while 10 year-old Leopold is a budding sociopath [[spoiler:who would rather blackmail her sister's murderer for money rather than turn her in.]]
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* ItRunsInTheFamily: All the Reynolds children are unpleasant to various degrees: 16 year-old Ann is an AcademicAlphaBitch, 13 year-old Joyce is a CompulsiveLiar who likes to tell self-aggrandizing tall tales, while 10 year-old Leopold is a budding sociopath [[spoiler:who would rather blackmail her sister's murderer for money rather than turn her in.]]
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* Beauty equals goodness: [[spoiler: Miranda]] is described as looking like a forest nymph who is perfectly at home in the garden designed by [[spoiler: her father]].
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* Beauty equals goodness: BeautyEqualsGoodness: [[spoiler: Miranda]] is described as looking like a forest nymph who is perfectly at home in the garden designed by [[spoiler: her father]].father]]. Poirot describes her as a complete innocent by the story's end.
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* Beauty equals goodness: [[spoiler: Miranda]] is described as looking like a forest nymph who is perfectly at home in the garden designed by [[spoiler: her father]].
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''Hallowe'en Party'' received an adaptation in the twelfth season of the television series ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' in 2010, starring Creator/DavidSuchet. Tropes for the adaptation can be found on the series page. A second adaptation, the [[Film/MurderOnTheOrientExpress2017 third film]] [[Film/DeathOnTheNile2022 in a series]] by director Creator/KennethBranagh, is due to release in Fall 2023 under the title ''Film/AHauntingInVenice''.
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''Hallowe'en Party'' received an adaptation in the twelfth season of the television series ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' in 2010, starring Creator/DavidSuchet. Tropes for the adaptation can be found on the series page. A second adaptation, the [[Film/MurderOnTheOrientExpress2017 third film]] [[Film/DeathOnTheNile2022 in a series]] by director Creator/KennethBranagh, is due to release was released in Fall September 2023 under the title ''Film/AHauntingInVenice''.
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* ItRunsInTheFamily: All the Reynolds children are unpleasant to various degree: degrees: 16 year-old Ann is an AcademicAlphaBitch, 13 year-old Joyce is a CompulsiveLiar who likes to tell self-aggrandizing tall tales, while 10 year-old Leopold is a budding sociopath [[spoiler:who would rather blackmail her sister's murderer for money rather than turn her in.]]
