| 1 | !!FridgeBrilliance |
| 2 | * Trolls are commonly thought of as living under bridges. What is the name of the city the boxtrolls live beneath? Cheese'''bridge'''. |
| 3 | * Why is Winnie obsessed with boxtrolls and their lore about being monsters? If you think back to earlier in the movie, you'll remember Snatcher announcing a curfew for all of Cheesebridge and mentioning the boxtrolls have a lair with "rivers of blood and mountains of bones". Later, in [[spoiler: the boxtrolls cave]], Winnie says those exact words, verbatim. Perhaps hearing the curfew announcement from outside every night has practically been her lullaby since infanthood. |
| 4 | * When Winnie encounters Eggs a second time, she asks if the boxtrolls ate his family, and if they [[FreudianSlip let him watch... or rather make him watch]]. At first, it seems like she's trying to cover up a sadistic side to her. But if you think about it, this might indicate that she [[ImagineSpot imagines]] her neglectful parents being eaten by boxtrolls. And her saying "did they ''make'' you watch" is her recognizing that Eggs' parents probably weren't as bad as hers. |
| 5 | * When Fish explains [[spoiler: what really happened to Eggs' father]], there's a bit of foreshadowing as to why [[spoiler: the present day Mr. Trubshaw is obsessed with jelly. Look carefully when Trubshaw lets Fish hold his son. See that jar he picks up? It's a [[BrickJoke jar of jelly jam]].]] |
| 6 | * If you think about it, [[spoiler: Mr. Trubshaw has a point about how his son is a "new species" all his own. His son "evolved" beyond nature vs. nurture. Eggs was born a human (nature), but he turned out less selfish than most humans in Cheesebridge. Eggs was raised by boxtrolls (nurture), but he wasn't as [[LovableCoward cowardly]] as they are. So he's something else in between.]] |
| 7 | * As part of the movie's theme, [[spoiler: Eggs isn't able to convince the people of Cheesebridge that boxtrolls are harmless, simply by telling them so as a regular-looking boy. In the end, what really convinces the people is when Eggs is [[BeYourself his true self]], a "boxboy" embracing the boxtrolls like they family they've been to him. [[MeaningfulEcho You define you]] [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments indeed]].]] |
| 8 | * [[spoiler: Mr. Trubshaw's favorite food being jelly isn't ''just'' because he's been driven crazy. It's somewhat [[RuleOfSymbolism symbolic]] of how he's different from the rest of the citizens of Cheesebridge. You have the people of Cheesebridge who make it their trade to sell the cheese, the White Hats like Lord Portley-Rind who eat the cheese, and the Red Hats like Snatcher who desire the cheese. But Trubshaw takes a completely different path -- he'd rather sit down with a nice jar of jelly. He goes against the grain right down to food preferences.]] |
| 9 | * Why does Snatcher choose to use the extermination of the boxtrolls as his way of obtaining higher social status? [[spoiler:A flashback shows that two of them witnessed a crime he committed (seemingly killing Trubshaw). So, Snatcher is killing two birds with one stone: he finds a way to climb the social ladder and to discredit and silence potential witnesses at the same time.]] |
| 10 | * The words Snatcher uses to describe the "tastiest cheese known to man" is the exact same that Mr. Trout used to describe the (very, very, VERY) mild cheddar back at the lair. It's clear that Snatcher is just parroting what his minion said earlier ''because he doesn't know about cheese''. This signifies he only wants to be a White Hat for [[WantingIsBetterThanHaving the status]], rather than the experience of eating cheese. |
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