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->''"God gave us relatives... Thank god we can choose our friends"''
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-->--'''Ethel Mumford (quote at the end of the film)'''
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**Mary herself seems to at one point become a alcoholic or at the least a borderline one.
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* {{Narrator}}: The film is narrated by Barry Humphries.
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[[caption-width-right:325:Sometimes perfect strangers make the best friends.]]
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Vera is a neglectful drunk, but her horror upon seeing a 44-year-old man write to her 8-year-old daughter, regardless that Max meant no malicious intent, is ''very'' understandable.
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* NonStandardCharacterDesign: In contrast to the other characters' {{Gonk}}-ish, bug-eyed looks, Mary has a notably "cuter" appearance with BlackBeadEyes.
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* BigEater: Max, although it only contributes to his obesity.
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* BigEater: Max, although it only contributes to Max. When he [[spoiler:wins the New York Lottery]], he uses some of his obesity.money to buy a lifetime supply of chocolate.
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Set in the 1970-90s, ''Mary and Max'' tells the story of a friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary Daisy Dinkle (Bethany Whitmore for young Mary, Creator/ToniCollette for older Mary), a lonely 8-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, and Max Jerry Horowitz (Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman), an obese 44-year old man with UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome living in New York City. The movie follows the story of their life and friendship over the course of Mary's childhood and adulthood. What appears to start out as a solely [[BlackComedy blackly humourous story]] soon turns into something quite dark and [[TearJerker often very depressing]], dealing with everything from [[AbusiveParents parental neglect]], to insecurity, to bullying, to suicide.
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Set in the 1970-90s, ''Mary and Max'' tells the story of a friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary Daisy Dinkle (Bethany Whitmore for as young Mary, Creator/ToniCollette for as older Mary), a lonely 8-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, and Max Jerry Horowitz (Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman), an obese a 44-year old man with UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome living in New York City. The movie follows the story of their life and friendship over the course of Mary's childhood and adulthood. What appears to start out as a solely [[BlackComedy blackly humourous story]] soon turns into something quite dark and [[TearJerker often very depressing]], dealing with everything from many bleak topics: [[AbusiveParents parental neglect]], to insecurity, to bullying, to and even suicide.
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** "A Swingin' Safari", a jaunty instrumental tune, by Bert Kaempfert plays during the credits after [[spoiler:a rather somber BittersweetEnding where Max is found dead by Mary when she finally visits him]].
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** "A Swingin' Safari", a jaunty instrumental tune, tune by Bert Kaempfert plays during the credits after [[spoiler:a rather somber BittersweetEnding where Max is found dead by Mary when she finally visits him]].
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* SoundtrackDissonance: Que Sera Sera, covered by Portland based . You will ''never'' hear the song in the same way.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: SoundtrackDissonance:
** Que Sera Sera, covered by Portlandbased . based Music/PinkMartini. You will ''never'' hear the song in the same way.way.
** "A Swingin' Safari", a jaunty instrumental tune, by Bert Kaempfert plays during the credits after [[spoiler:a rather somber BittersweetEnding where Max is found dead by Mary when she finally visits him]].
** Que Sera Sera, covered by Portland
** "A Swingin' Safari", a jaunty instrumental tune, by Bert Kaempfert plays during the credits after [[spoiler:a rather somber BittersweetEnding where Max is found dead by Mary when she finally visits him]].
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* DitzyGenius: Max, to a T. He's capable of speed-reading two pages at once, has an amateur but clearly sophisticated understanding of mathematics and physics, and is generally a very skilled autodidact. However, because of his poor social skills and other quirks, people (especially Dr. Bernard Hazelhof) tend to assume he's stupid. [[This includes the use of an *extremely* unflattering word in a local newspaper article about his institutionalization.]] Most clearly demonstrated when Mary asks him for advice about love. Max wishes she'd asked about ''chaos theory'' instead.
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* DitzyGenius: Max, to a T. He's capable of speed-reading two pages at once, has an amateur but clearly sophisticated understanding of mathematics and physics, and is generally a very skilled autodidact. However, because of his poor social skills and other quirks, people (especially Dr. Bernard Hazelhof) tend to assume he's stupid. [[This [[spoiler:This includes the use of an *extremely* unflattering word in a local newspaper article about his institutionalization.institutionalization. ]] Most clearly demonstrated when Mary asks him for advice about love. Max wishes she'd asked about ''chaos theory'' instead.
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* DitzyGenius: Max, to a T. He's capable of speed-reading two pages at once, has an amateur but clearly sophisticated understanding of mathematics and physics, and is generally a very skilled autodidact. However, because of his poor social skills and other quirks, people (especially Dr. Bernard Hazelhof) tend to assume he's stupid. [[This includes the use of an *extremely* unflattering word in a local newspaper article about his institutionalization.]] Most clearly demonstrated when Mary asks him for advice about love. Max wishes she'd asked about ''chaos theory'' instead.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Marjorie Butterworth to Max. Max assumes this is because he doesn't understand love or courtship; he doesn't appear to grasp that he's actually being ''sexually harrassed''.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Marjorie Butterworth to Max. Max assumes this the distress she causes him is because he doesn't understand love or courtship; he doesn't appear to grasp that he's actually being ''sexually harrassed''.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Marjorie Butterworth to Max. Max assumes this is because he doesn't understand love or courtship; he doesn't appear to grasp that he's actually being *sexually harrassed*.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Marjorie Butterworth to Max. Max assumes this is because he doesn't understand love or courtship; he doesn't appear to grasp that he's actually being *sexually harrassed*.''sexually harrassed''.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Marjorie Butterworth to Max, though [[spoiler: largely because he seems to be asexual]].
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Marjorie Butterworth to Max, though [[spoiler: largely Max. Max assumes this is because he seems doesn't understand love or courtship; he doesn't appear to be asexual]].grasp that he's actually being *sexually harrassed*.
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* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: [[spoiler:Mary and her baby arrive to visit Max just after he's died.]]
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* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: [[spoiler:Mary and her baby arrive to visit Max just after he's he died.]]
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* MoodDissonance: "Que sera, sera".
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* {{Nerd}}: Max and, arguably, Mary too.
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* ItsAllJunk: After her DespairEventHorizon, Mary has her book pulped, even though it made her a famous psychologist.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Mary's years of kindness towards Len, her disabled neighbor with a fear of going outside, pays off just in time. Len makes sure Mary's package from Max gets to her by actually going outside at her door, just like how she would get him his mail as a kid. This act alone stops Mary from her committing suicide and her unborn child.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Mary's years of kindness towards Len, her disabled neighbor with a fear of going outside, pays off just in time. Len makes sure Mary's package from Max gets to her by actually going outside at her door, just like how she would get him his mail as a kid. This act alone stops Mary from her committing suicide [[spoiler:committing suicide, killing both herself and her unborn child.child]].
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** ''The Nobblets'' seem to be a parody of ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''
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** [[spoiler:Mary. Almost.]]
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* SoundtrackDissonance: Que Sera Sera. You will ''never'' hear the song in the same way.
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Set in the 1970-90s, ''Mary and Max'' tells the story of a friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary Daisy Dinkle (Creator/ToniCollette), (Bethany Whitmore for young Mary, Creator/ToniCollette for older Mary), a lonely 8-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, and Max Jerry Horowitz (Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman), an obese 44-year old man with UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome living in New York City. The movie follows the story of their life and friendship over the course of Mary's childhood and adulthood. What appears to start out as a solely [[BlackComedy blackly humourous story]] soon turns into something quite dark and [[TearJerker often very depressing]], dealing with everything from [[AbusiveParents parental neglect]], to insecurity, to bullying, to suicide.
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Set in the 1970-90s, and ''supposedly'' VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory, ''Mary and Max'' tells the story of a friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary Daisy Dinkle (Creator/ToniCollette), a lonely 8-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, and Max Jerry Horowitz (Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman), an obese 44-year old man with UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome living in New York City. The movie follows the story of their life and friendship over the course of Mary's childhood and adulthood. What appears to start out as a solely [[BlackComedy blackly humourous story]] soon turns into something quite dark and [[TearJerker often very depressing]], dealing with everything from [[AbusiveParents parental neglect]], to insecurity, to bullying, to suicide.
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Set in the 1970-90s, and ''supposedly'' VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory, ''Mary and Max'' tells the story of a friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary Daisy Dinkle (Creator/ToniCollette), a lonely 8-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, and Max Jerry Horowitz (Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman), an obese 44-year old man with UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome living in New York City. The movie follows the story of their life and friendship over the course of Mary's childhood and adulthood. What appears to start out as a solely [[BlackComedy blackly humourous story]] soon turns into something quite dark and [[TearJerker often very depressing]], dealing with everything from [[AbusiveParents parental neglect]], to insecurity, to bullying, to suicide.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Apart from the director's 20-year friendship with the source for the Max character, [[spoiler:(who was ''still'' alive at the time of the film's release and still is)]], it's all fiction.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Apart from The only thing true part of this film is the director's 20-year 20+ year friendship between an autistic man and an Australian; based on Adam Elliots actual relationship with the source for the Max character, [[spoiler:(who was ''still'' alive at the time of the film's release and still is)]], it's all fiction.his friend. Everything else is made up.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Max's "Mime and the Air Conditioner" manslaughter charge. In real life, Max wouldn't have been in any legal trouble because [=AC=] fell out (and onto the mime) because of construction issues, so, if anything, the building managers would have been more held more liable than Max would be.
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* BabiesEverAfter: In the end, Mary has a baby while visiting Max in New York. [[spoiler: Unaware that Max died earlier in the morning.]]
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Mary and Max is a 2009 Australian [[StopMotion clay-animated]] {{Black|Comedy}} [[{{Dramedy}} Comedy-Drama]] written and directed by Adam Elliot, the Oscar winning director of the short film ''WesternAnimation/HarvieKrumpet''.
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** Max has named his snails after famous scientists. The snail with a cracked shell (or the disabled one) is named [[Creator/StephenHawking Hawking.]]
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I Ate What clean up. The trope is when a character eats something, unaware of what they are consuming, and then reacts in disgust after they find out what it is. Misuse will be deleted or moved to another trope when applicable. Administrivia.Zero Context Examples will be removed or commented out depending on the amount of context within the entry.
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* AccidentalSuicide: [[spoiler:Vera, who is depressed about her husband's death, [[DrowningMySorrows grabs what she thinks is some Sherry wine]]. It is actually [[IAteWhat embalming fluid]], and she dies shortly afterwards.]]
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* AccidentalSuicide: [[spoiler:Vera, who is depressed about her husband's death, [[DrowningMySorrows grabs what she thinks is some Sherry wine]]. It is actually [[IAteWhat embalming fluid]], fluid, and she dies shortly afterwards.]]