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** [[spoiler: His death is the icing (or should I say icicle) on the cake. Not only does he fall to his death, but he does so with a giant icicle impaled through his ''entire'' torso. Ouch...]]

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** [[spoiler: His death is the icing (or should I say icicle) icicle)[[note]][[LamePunReaction Boooo.]][[/note]] on the cake. Not only does he fall to his death, but he does so with a giant icicle impaled through his ''entire'' torso. Ouch...]]
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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process


* The [[AccidentalNightmareFuel accidental]] variety: the eye positions of the various non-sentient animals (horse, elephant, birds) are high up on their head, close to each other, which looks [[EyesDoNotBelongThere plain]] [[UncannyValley wrong]].

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* The [[AccidentalNightmareFuel accidental]] variety: the eye positions of the various non-sentient animals (horse, elephant, birds) are high up on their head, close to each other, which looks [[EyesDoNotBelongThere plain]] [[UncannyValley plain wrong]].
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* Willard Stenk can be scary at times, acting less like a man and more like a relentless, deadly five foot approximation of humanity's worst. Greed, exploitation, sadism, the works.

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* Willard Stenk can be scary at times, acting less like a man and more like a relentless, deadly five foot five-foot approximation of humanity's worst. Greed, exploitation, sadism, the works.



** He's the ultimate tracker, able to eavesdrop on our heroes and figure out where they are going [[spoiler: even on the rare occasion they throw him off their scent]].

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** He's the ultimate tracker, able to eavesdrop on our heroes and figure out where they are going [[spoiler: even on the rare occasion they throw him off their scent]]. He's so stealthy that he can even sneak up on our heroes while wearing loudly jangling heel spurs.



** [[spoiler: At the climax, when his client Lord Piggot-Dunceby has died, Lionel tries to reason that without anyone to pay him, Stenk has no reason to kill any of them. But Stenk casually argues that it's not about the money anymore, it's simply out of [[ForTheEvulz cold hard pride]].]]

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** [[spoiler: At the climax, when his client Lord Piggot-Dunceby has died, Lionel tries to reason that without anyone to pay him, Stenk has no reason to kill any of them. But Stenk casually argues that it's not about the money anymore, it's simply out of [[ForTheEvulz cold hard petty pride]].]]



* The [[AccidentalNightmareFuel accidental]] variety: the eye positions of the various animals (horse, elephant, birds) are high up on their head, close to each other, which looks [[EyesDoNotBelongThere plain]] [[UncannyValley wrong]].

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* The [[AccidentalNightmareFuel accidental]] variety: the eye positions of the various non-sentient animals (horse, elephant, birds) are high up on their head, close to each other, which looks [[EyesDoNotBelongThere plain]] [[UncannyValley wrong]].
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* [[spoiler: The casual way Lord Piggot-Dunceby suggests to Stenk that instead of threatening Gamu's life in order to get the location of Shangri-La, they should instead [[WouldHurtAChild threaten to shoot her infant great-grandson]]. Poor Gamu is [[AdultFear nothing short of]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness horrified]].]]

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* [[spoiler: The casual way Lord Piggot-Dunceby suggests to Stenk that instead of threatening Gamu's life in order to get the location of Shangri-La, they should instead [[WouldHurtAChild threaten to shoot her infant great-grandson]]. Poor Gamu is [[AdultFear nothing short of]] of [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness horrified]].]]
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This may be Creator/{{Laika}}'s [[LighterAndSofter tamest]] movie so far, but it still has its fair share of terrifying moments.
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** [[spoiler: His death is the icing (or should I say icicle) on the cake. Not only does he fall to his death, but he does so with a giant icicle impaled through his ''entire'' torso. Ouch...]]

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** [[spoiler: His death is the icing (or should I say icicle) on the cake. Not only does he fall to his death, but he does so with a giant icicle impaled through his ''entire'' torso. Ouch...]]]]
* The [[AccidentalNightmareFuel accidental]] variety: the eye positions of the various animals (horse, elephant, birds) are high up on their head, close to each other, which looks [[EyesDoNotBelongThere plain]] [[UncannyValley wrong]].
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No mention of genocide is ever stated in the film.


* Lord Piggot-Dunceby's plan to [[spoiler: commit genocide on the yetis of Shangri-la. Even if the yetis are cold isolationists who imprison their captors, one can't deny genocide is still a [[DisproportionateRetribution harsh penalty]] for the crime of merely existing.]]
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* Lord Piggot-Dunceby's plan to [[spoiler: commit genocide on the yetis of Shangri-la. Even if the yetis are cold isolationists who imprison their captors, one can't deny genocide is still a [[DisproportionateRetribution harsh penalty]] for the crime of merely existing.]]
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* [[spoiler: The casual way Lord Piggot-Dunceby suggests to Stenk that instead of threatening Gamu's life in order to get the location of Shangri-La, they should instead [[WouldHurtAChild threaten to shoot her infant great-grandson]]. Poor Gamu is [[AdultFear nothing short of]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness shocked]].]]

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* [[spoiler: The casual way Lord Piggot-Dunceby suggests to Stenk that instead of threatening Gamu's life in order to get the location of Shangri-La, they should instead [[WouldHurtAChild threaten to shoot her infant great-grandson]]. Poor Gamu is [[AdultFear nothing short of]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness shocked]].horrified]].]]
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** His [[EstablishingCharacterMoment establishing moment]] is a shot of the [[GoodScarsBadScars scars]] that run across his scalp, leaving the audience to wonder [[NothingIsScarier who or what gave him those scars]]...

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** His [[EstablishingCharacterMoment establishing moment]] is a shot of the [[GoodScarsBadScars [[GoodScarsEvilScars scars]] that run across his scalp, leaving the audience to wonder [[NothingIsScarier who or what gave him those scars]]...
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* Willard Stenk can be scary at times, acting more like a relentless, deadly five foot approximation of humanity's worst. Greed, exploitation, sadism, the works.

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* Willard Stenk can be scary at times, acting less like a man and more like a relentless, deadly five foot approximation of humanity's worst. Greed, exploitation, sadism, the works.
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** [[spoiler: His death is the icing on the cake. Not only does he fall to his death, but he does so with a giant icicle impaled through his ''entire'' torso.]]

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** [[spoiler: His death is the icing (or should I say icicle) on the cake. Not only does he fall to his death, but he does so with a giant icicle impaled through his ''entire'' torso. Ouch...]]
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* Willard Stenk can be scary at times, acting more like a relentless, deadly five foot approximation of humanity's worst. Greed, exploitation, dishonor, the works.

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* Willard Stenk can be scary at times, acting more like a relentless, deadly five foot approximation of humanity's worst. Greed, exploitation, dishonor, sadism, the works.

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* The scars on Willard Stenk's head.

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* The scars on Willard Stenk's head.Stenk can be scary at times, acting more like a relentless, deadly five foot approximation of humanity's worst. Greed, exploitation, dishonor, the works.
** His [[EstablishingCharacterMoment establishing moment]] is a shot of the [[GoodScarsBadScars scars]] that run across his scalp, leaving the audience to wonder [[NothingIsScarier who or what gave him those scars]]...
** He's the ultimate tracker, able to eavesdrop on our heroes and figure out where they are going [[spoiler: even on the rare occasion they throw him off their scent]].
** Sir Lionel does '''not''' spare Mr. Link any details of what Stenk will do to the sasquatch if he ever gets his hands on him.
** [[spoiler: At the climax, when his client Lord Piggot-Dunceby has died, Lionel tries to reason that without anyone to pay him, Stenk has no reason to kill any of them. But Stenk casually argues that it's not about the money anymore, it's simply out of [[ForTheEvulz cold hard pride]].]]
** [[spoiler: His death is the icing on the cake. Not only does he fall to his death, but he does so with a giant icicle impaled through his ''entire'' torso.]]
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* [[spoiler: The casual way Lord Piggot-Dunceby suggests to Stenk that instead of threatening Gamu's life in order to get the location of Shangri-La, they should instead [[WouldHurtAChild threaten to shoot her infant great-grandson]]. Poor Gamu is [[AdultFear nothing short of]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness shocked]].]]
* The scars on Willard Stenk's head.

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