History WesternAnimation / ATrollInCentralPark

** Stanley's whole [[{{Glurge}} outlook]] makes him come off as th

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: The parents are voiced by British actors and it's pretty easy to tell.

When caught due to a [[ItMakesSenseInContext rose planting gone horribly wrong]], instead of punishing him by [[TakenForGranite turning him into stone]], [[BigBad Gnorga]], the queen of the trolls, is persuaded by her husband Llort to banish Stanley to a place that is a [[PlaceWorseThanDeath nature lover's worst nightmare]] -- [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment New York City]]! While hiding out under a bridge in Central Park, he meets a boy and his little sister, Gus and Rosie, and takes them on an adventure that's 50% TastesLikeDiabetes and 50% horror. All in all, a ''very'' strange ride.

* UglyGuyHotWife: Inverted. Llort is probably the least ugly male troll in the movie, while Gnorga is, frankly, the opposite case - but subverted considering how trolls see the world - she is probably quite a catch, while he...

* TheDitz: Llort.

->'''Gnorga''': ''He is kind, he is good, he is gentle... and, he is giving a bad name to trolls everywhere!''
->'''Llort''': ''Yes I know, love lumps. I quite agree.''
->'''Gnorga''': ''I won't have him'' growing ''any'' more ''of those'' things!
->'''Llort''': ''Flowers?''
->'''Gnorga''': (grabs him, pulls him closer) ''Stone him!''
->'''Llort''': ''Why not make an example of him? I know a place, rock and steel, where nothing grows. Huh hmm, nothing! Creatures more troll-like than we are, think of it, for him it will be worse than stone, it will be slow, it will be painful! Think what they'll say about you in the newspapers! Why, it's a shoo-in for the tabloids!''
->'''Gnorga''': (thinks for a moment) ''DONE!''

* TenMinuteRetirement: Stanley in the climax, after spending most of his time with the kids, backs down from helping Gus save Rosie out of fear of being stoned by Gnorga, which prompts Gus to chew him out and leave on his own. [[spoiler: Minutes later, Stanley [[ChangedMyMindKid changes his mind]] and ends up saving the day.]]

* AntiVillain: King Llort is a [[SlidingScaleOfAntivillains Type IV]]. While he's not really a "good" guy and directly assists Gnorga, he certainly has some sympathetic qualities and tags along out of [[HenpeckedHusband fear of his own wife]]. [[spoiler: At the end when Gnorga is defeated, he takes up rule over the now much more peaceful Troll Kingdom, and is quite glad his wife is turned into a rose bush.]]

-->''"I'm going! I'm going!" (BOOM!) "*running back to the bridge* I can't! I'm not going!"''

* {{Big Damn Hero|es}}: Stanley attempts this twice. The first time, he attempts to rush Gnorga head-on in some off the cuff "armor", only to get attacked by her and sent running back under the bridge. [[spoiler: The second time, he does this to save Rosie via his flying boat just before the final battle.]]

* ChekhovsGun: Gus' toy boat and Stanley's ability to make it grow and fly via magic [[spoiler: ends up being used by Stanley in the climax to save Rosie from falling to her death, and allow him and the kids to escape Gnorga.]]

-->'''Gnorga''': Worse than death? Slow and painful?! Does that look like MISERY to you?\\
'''Llort''': It looks nice, very nice, don't you think so, shnooksie poo?\\
'''Gnorga''': Yes, I think so! That's precisely what's WRONG, '''YOU MORON!!!'''

--> '''Gnorga:''' Punishment isn't supposed to be nice! It's supposed to be punishing!

-->'''Gus'''': Oh come on, stop being such a scaredy cat!\\
'''Stanley''': Eh, but what can I do?\\
'''Gus''': What about all your powers, [[BuffySpeak 'Mister-You-Gotta-Believe-Green-Thumb']]?\\
'''Stanley''': Oh, no, no, no, my prestidigitation, is no match for Gnorga's magic--\\
'''Gus''': [[SarcasmMode Oh, SURE!]] You're just saying that, 'cause you're scared to fight her! ''(flowers gasp)''

-->'''Gnorga''': Well! What do we have here?!

** Gnorga's magical powers are certainly implied to be quite flexible, [[spoiler: but her ability to control Gus' own magic thumb from a distance against his will in the film's climax comes off as a really blatant example of this.]]

-->'''Stanley''': Gus! Don't you understand?! In the troll world, darkness always triumphs over light!\\
'''Gus''': You know what, Stanley? You'll never have a dream come true, and you know why?! Because you're too scared to fight for what you believe in! YOU'RE A COWARD!

* NewYorkIsOnlyMangattan: {{Justified|Trope}}, as Central Park is a Manhattan locale.

* PlaceWorseThanDeath: What Llort insists Earth will be for Stanley, but is ultimately subverted.

** How did Gnorga even know where to banish Stanley to when [[VoodooShark Llort didn't even tell her where it was to begin with, and only gave a general description of how horrible it was]]? And how did Llort even learn about New York in the first place or even know if it was as bad as he made it out to be, since the Troll Kingdom is clearly a far ways off from any place humans would be around?[[note]]A reasonable explanation could be since her magic thumb can probably grant wishes like Stanley's can, it's likely she wished it up and it was never said that Llort even knew of Central Park to begin with.[[/note]]

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Apparently what starts happening to Gnorga and Llort when the trolls learn of Stanley's punishment failing.