r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Argie_Theft_Auto3 • 1d ago

miscellaneous [Dark Trope] Implied child death

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• Family Guy - In a deleted scene, Evil Stewie is shown entering the bully's house and giving him a noogie. It seems rather harmless until Stewie mentions "Why's his knuckle turning red?" Then screams of the bully are heard, implying that Evil Stewie noogied his head so hard it punched a hole through the bully's head.

• Old (2021) - In a deleted cold opening, a man is shown crawling and shouting for help in the aging island. What makes this more terrifying is that this person could originally have been a baby or child, it's implied since he's walking on all fours

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u/PaxEpidemic03-10-22 23h ago

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u/Limeicard 23h ago

In the stage adaptation it isn’t even implied, they just straight up kill them.

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u/PaxEpidemic03-10-22 23h ago

I saw, I was not expecting what they did to Veruca.

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u/Limeicard 23h ago

Yeahhhh… it’s why I personally really dislike it. I feel the upbeat and whimsical theme of the original film and book works because while we aren’t sure if this kids are okay, we also know there’s a decent possibility they end up being fine.

It’s very hard to enjoy an upbeat musical number that ends with a little girl getting dismembered on stage, regardless of how bratty they are.

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u/Low_Key_2827 23h ago

In the book the kids are all confirmed alive. Charlie sees them leaving the factory from up in the great glass elevator. They’re all deformed now (except Veruca who’s just covered in trash) but still alive.

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u/drillmaster125 23h ago

The original version of the play is so much better than the American retool. In it, Veruca is still given the ballet number but at no point do they kill her. She still goes down the chute.

Violet still dies though, but at least she gets her own Oompa Loompa song where her dad is more concerned about exploiting her to notice she’s going to pop.

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u/Rosian_SAO 22h ago

I’m sorry what

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u/Limeicard 22h ago

In the stage musical, Veruca is ripped apart by squirrels, and while it’s done in shadow, we can still see them pulling her arms, legs, and head off.

Also, an Oompa Loompa shoots a blow dart at Violet, intentionally popping her.

It’s morbid.

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u/award_winning_writer 21h ago

Was the musical written by some hack with a hate boner for the book?

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u/Killer_Moons 22h ago

Did Augustus Gloop just drown then?

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u/astrologicaldreams 15h ago

what happened to the other two?