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[[WMG: North will grow up to upstage Hitler as the world's most evil human.]]

[[WMG: The Reason for the Ethnic Stereotyping]]

[[WMG: It's all in his head, ''including'' his GaryStu-ness.]]

[[WMG: Anxiety Attack has medical causes]]
The dyspneatic anxiety attack at the beginning is not a normal child's reaction to parents fighting, instead it may be indicative of a serious bacterial infection. More specifically, he may have a serious bacterial UTI and approaches renal failure, causing metabolic acidosis (of which shortness of breath is a symptom). The fact that he falls asleep later on the couch in the middle of a conversation furthers this hypothesis: North is actually sick, his hallucinatory, incoherent dream of abandoning his parents is an expression of his subconscious realization that his parents didn't notice how sick he is. In his attempts to be the perfect overachieving son, he stopped telling them of his medical issues - UTIs can be quite embarrassing to describe.

[[WMG: The [[GuardianAngel Guardian]] [[Creator/BruceWillis Angel]] is trying to kill North, and is [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]]'s good-guy brother.]]

** Which just begs the question, [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim why didn't he kill the kid when he had the chance?]]

[[WMG: Bruce Willis's character is an {{Film/Inception}} agent.]]

[[WMG: North doesn't actually view people the way they're shown.]]

[[WMG: North has the Sixth Sense]]

[[WMG: North's father sexually molests him while his mother turns a blind eye.]]

[[WMG: Mrs. Ho wasn't given the real script]]

[[WMG: North visiting Mexican parents was cut.]]
* They would have been played by Creator/MichelleRodriguez and Creator/DannyTrejo, and they would have been the coolest parents ever. The idea was dropped because it ''wasn't'' culturally insensitive.

[[WMG: North's entire life is one massive FreudianExcuse and his parents really are jerks.]]

If you pay close attention to the beginning, you'll notice that North doesn't start [[spoiler: dreaming the rest of the plot]] until he goes to his "secret spot." It's therefore possible that in real life, he is in fact a smart, athletic kid and a gifted actor, though perhaps not a prodigy. His abilities may be perfectly good, but he may feel they're sub-par, which he thinks is "proven" thanks to the actions of his parents. To take it even further, North's search for new parents involves a couple that wants him to replace their first kid, a couple that wants to use his crack to promote self esteem (make of that what you will), and a couple whose culture gets rid of people who can no longer "contribute" in a way that's seen as acceptable. When he finally finds a family he loves, he leaves, claiming he still feels empty. Or is it that he thinks he'll never be able to completely please them, either? The poor kid is horrifically insecure and scared out of his mind.

[[WMG: Alternatively, North is a psychologically unhinged and abused underachiever.]]

It's highly unlikely that if North were a prodigy, he would suddenly do a complete 180 and start getting thirty-fours on tests or pitching horrible games. It's also unlikely that a problem with his parents as simplistic as his is made out to be would cause such a thing. But you also have to take into account that his [[spoiler: dream of finding new parents]] is based entirely on crude stereotypes and repressed fears of not being acceptable to adults. So, if North is not a prodigy MartyStu, the alternative is that he's an underachiever. He has the ''potential'' to be much more and fantasizes about it, which is what we see in the movie. However, his parents neglect and perhaps abuse him (see the fact that they didn't wake from their coma for months in North's [[spoiler: fantasy]] and the "loosen his pants" scene. This prompts North to continue underachieving, hang out with miniature sociopaths like Winchell, and potentially grow up to be another one of those insufferable bigots who really believes, among other things, that everyone in Texas eats huge portions and wears spangles, and the entire population of Hawaii would be infatuated with his crack.

[[WMG: [[spoiler:RealDreamsAreWeirder is in effect.]]]]
[[spoiler:North's dream might not have reflected his views of different races. They're all the product of his subconscious releasing memories of things he saw on TV or read about during his dream.]]

[[WMG: The real mastermind here is [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Cosmo Kramer.]]]]
When lounging around the apartment one day, Kramer watched ''Film/TheProducers'' and was inspired to create his own version of the trope-naming SpringtimeForHitler as one of his signature get-rich-quick schemes: he'd make a movie so horrible that it would bomb in a way that would still guarantee him a tidy profit (i.e. the same thing Uwe Boll's been doing for his entire career.) This explains the cinematic train-wreck we see before us: Kramer has no directing experience whatsoever, so the film was guaranteed to flop from the start, but he deliberately added in the racism and pedophilia as an extra measure to seal the film's fate (he learned from the mistakes of Max and Leo from ''The Producers'' and ensured nothing would go right whatsoever.) He also doesn't know much about casting a movie, so he bribed/threatened/blackmailed (take your pick) George and Elaine to play North's parents and promised all the other big-name actors a blank check directly from [[MockMillionaire industrialist, philanthropist, and bicyclist H.E. Pennypacker.]]

[[WMG: In a better version of this film, Winchell actually masterminded the whole parental emancipation process from the ground up, including the stereotypical parents for his own wicked means.]]

In turn, this version of the story could work as a cautionary tale (possibly even an allegory for filmmaking and the people behind it) of buying into other people's schemes if it sounds too good to be true. Plus, It would have a better chance of being more humorous if it was reviled that the reason the caricatures were exaggerated, was because they were Winchell's idea all along, thus placing him as an evil counter to North's status as the hero of the story. And this isn't even getting into the book where North needs to save his parents from a lynching mob...

Taking Winchell's position of the film's villain into account, a potentially less anti-climatic resolution to the film's plot would have been if instead of being all just a dream, the whole case was rigged by Winchell from the start, and might actually explain why the caricatures were so over-the-top to start with, namely, they were all just actors playing into Winchell's exaggerated scheme the whole time. In turn, this version of the story could work as a cautionary tale (possibly even an allegory for filmmaking and the people behind it) of buying into other people's schemes if it sounds too good to be true. Plus, It would have a better chance of being more humorous if it was reviled that the reason the caricatures were exaggerated, was because they were Winchell's idea all along, thus placing him as an evil counter to North's status as the hero of the story. And this isn't even getting into the book where North needs to save his parents from a lynching mob...

Taking Winchell's position of the film's villain into account, a potentially less anti-climatic resolution to the film's plot would have been if instead of being all just a dream, the whole case was rigged by Winchell from the start, and might actually explain why the caricatures were so over-the-top to start with, that being they were all just actors playing into Winchell's exaggerated scheme the whole time, and would work as a cautionary tail (possibly even an allegory for filmmaking and the people behind it) of buying into other people's schemes if it sounds too good to be true. Plus, It would have a better chance of being more humorous if it was reviled that the reason the caricatures were exaggerated, were because they were Winchell's idea all along, thus placing him as an evil counter to North's status as the hero of the story.

Taking Winchell's position of the film's villain into account, a potentially less anti-climatic resolution to the film's plot would have been if instead of being all just a dream, the whole case was rigged by Winchell from the start, and might actually explain why the caricatures were so over-the-top to start with, that being they were all just actors playing into Winchell's exaggerated scheme the whole time, and would work as a cautionary tail of buying into other people's schemes if it sounds too good to be true. Plus, It would have a better chance of being more humorous if it was reviled that the reason the caricatures were exaggerated, were because they were Winchell's idea all along, thus placing him as an evil counter to North's status as the hero of the story.

When lounging around the apartment one day, Kramer watched ''Film/TheProducers'' and was inspired to create his own version of the trope-naming SpringtimeForHitler as one of his signature get-rich-quick schemes: he'd make a movie so horrible that it would bomb in a way that would still guarantee him a tidy profit (i.e. the same thing Uwe Boll's been doing for his entire career.) This explains the cinematic train-wreck we see before us: Kramer has no directing experience whatsoever, so the film was guaranteed to flop from the start, but he deliberately added in the racism and pedophilia as an extra measure to seal the film's fate (he learned from the mistakes of Max and Leo from ''The Producers'' and ensured nothing would go right whatsoever.) He also doesn't know much about casting a movie, so he bribed/threatened/blackmailed (take your pick) George and Elaine to play North's parents and promised all the other big-name actors a blank check directly from [[MockMillionaire industrialist, philanthropist, and bicyclist H.E. Pennypacker.]]

[[spoiler:North's dream might not have reflected his views of different races. They're all the product of his subconscious releasing memories of things he saw on TV or read about during his dream.]]

The army will have been multiplied in size, thanks in part to ten-and-below {{Child Solder}}s raised by their brainwashed parents and trained at a Sparta-style school. They will eventually leave the US and slay at the worst or enslave at the best, every single person they meet.

The army will have been multiplied in size, thanks in part to ten-and-below ChildSolders raised by their brainwashed parents and trained at a Sparta-style school. They will eventually leave the US and slay at the worst or enslave at the best, every single person they meet.

It's highly unlikely that if North were a prodigy, he would suddenly do a complete 180 and start getting thirty-fours on tests or pitching horrible games. It's also unlikely that a problem with his parents as simplistic as his is made out to be would cause such a thing. But you also have to take into account that his [[spoiler: dream of finding new parents]] is based entirely on crude stereotypes and repressed fears of not being acceptable to adults. So, if North is not a prodigy MartyStu, the alternative is that he's an underachiever. He has the ''potential'' to be much more and fantasizes about it, which is what we see in the movie. However, his parents neglect and perhaps abuse him (see the fact that they didn't wake from their coma for months in North's [[spoiler: fantasy]] and the "loosen his pants" scene. This prompts North to continue underachieving, hang out with miniature sociopaths like Winchell, and potentially grow up to be another one of those insufferable bigots who really believes, among other things, that everyone in Texas eats huge portions and wears spangles, and the entire population of Hawaii would be infatuated with his crack.

Lauren Tom (who plays Mrs. Ho) wasn't aware that Governor Ho would say, "there is only one barren area on all of our islands. Unfortunately it's...Mrs. Ho." The look on her face when the line was delivered gives it away.

If you pay close attention to the beginning, you'll notice that North doesn't start [[spoiler: dreaming the rest of the plot]] until he goes to his "secret spot." It's therefore possible that in real life, he is in fact a smart, athletic kid and a gifted actor, though perhaps not a prodigy. His abilities may be perfectly good, but he may feel they're sub-par, which he thinks is "proven" thanks to the actions of his parents. To take it even further, North's search for new parents involves a couple that wants him to replace their first kid, a couple that wants to use his crack to promote self esteem (make of that what you will), and a couple whose culture gets rid of people who can no longer "contribute" in a way that's seen as acceptable. When he finally finds a family he loves, he leaves, claiming he still feels empty. Or is it that he thinks he'll never be able to completely please them, either? The poor kid is horrifically insecure and scared out of his mind.

[[WMG: The [[GuardianAngel Guardian]] [[Creator/BruceWillis Angel]] is trying to kill North, and is [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Kreuger]]'s good-guy brother.]]

* They would have been played by Creator/MichelleRodriguez and Creator/DannyTrejo, and they would have been the coolest parents ever. The idea was dropped because it ''wasn't'' culturally insensitive.

Lauren Tom (who plays Mrs. Ho) wasn't aware that Governor Ho would say, "there is only one barren area on all of our islands. Unfortunately it's...Mrs. Ho." The look on her face when the line was delivered gives it away.

[[WMG: The Guardian Angel is trying to kill North, and is Freddy Kreuger's good-guy brother.]]

"Loosen his pants!" anyone? it would also explain his desire to leave them and also explain (if not exactly excuse) his jerkass behavior, its a defense mechanism...

"Loosen his pants anyone!" anyone? it would also explain his desire to leave them and also explain (if not exactly excuse) his jerkass behavior, its a defense mechanism...

Why else is he seeing Bruce Willis everywhere?

It's a dream. Crazy things happen in a dream, we can't control them unless we try, and sometimes even that goes horribly wrong. Who's to say the stereotypes aren't just crazy things his brain made for this particular dream?

[[WMG: Bruce Willis's character is an {{Inception}} agent.]]

He's ''not'' a model student, athlete, actor, or ''anything'' like that. He's not even half as smart as he ''thinks'' he is. He's not much of ''anything''... beyond being a racist, self-absorbed little {{Jerkass}} who [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous overreacts to anything that doesn't involve]] [[SpoiledBrat him getting exactly what]] ''HE'' wants, ''WHEN'' he wants it. The whole thing is AllJustADream he has to justify his horrible mindset to himself: "My parents may not give me ''everything'' I want, but at least I'm not (Fill-In-The-Blank), right?"

He is performing Inception on North to convince him to remain with his parents rather than leaving. The nonsense and stereotyping is all exaggerated in order to convince him. Occasionally he will appear himself just to nudge things a bit more they way he wants them. He's not all that great at it, because he leaves a lot of holes in the logic, such as justifying North's original parents, but that's alright because North's just a kid anyway, so he doesn't notice. The Inception works and North goes back home.

That racist little brat needed to be struck down by God. Bruce Willis was chosen to assassinate him, and put him into a purgatory dream where his friend tried to kill him. In an Elm Street twist, anything that happens to him in the dream will become real. (un)Luckily, North wakes up. By driving him home, Willis gets an ample opportunity to strike again when he falls asleep in a few minutes.

That's right, in his head, North's either a) A child whose parents have reinforced negative stereotyping or b) a racist little bastard.

The dyspneatic anxiety attack at the beginning is not a normal child's reaction to parents fighting, instead it may be indicative of a serious bacterial infection. More specifically, he may have a serious bacterial UTI and approaches renal failure, causing metabolic acidosis (of which shortness of breath is a symptom). The fact that he falls asleep later on the couch in the middle of a conversation furthers this hypothesis: North is actually sick, his hallucinatory, incoherent dream of abandoning his parents is an expression of his subconscious realization that his parents didn't notice how sick he is. In his attempts to be the perfect overachieving son, he stopped telling them of his medical issues - UTIs can be quite embarassing to describe.

[[WMG: The Gaurdian Angel is trying to kill North, and is Freddy Krueger's good-guy brother.]]
That racist little brat needed to be struck down by God. Bruce Willis was chosen to assassinate him, and put him into a purgatory dream where his friend tried to kill him. In an Elm Street twist, anything that happens to him in the dream will become real. (un)Luckily, North wakes up. By driving him home, Willis gets an ample oppurtunity to strike again when he falls asleep in a few minutes.

...Granted, I haven't actually ''seen'' the movie, just TheNostalgiaCritic's review of it...

Anyway, the reason that all the families in North are the horrid ethnic stereotypes that they are is because North is imagining the whole thing, and in his head, that's how people act.

...Granted, I haven't actually ''seen'' the movie, just the [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Nostalgia Critic's]] review of it...