Celestial Bureaucracy: As Moundshroud explains he's just a debt collector.Pip also has his own catchphrase: "Ready, set, go!" But it isn't as spoken as frequently as Wally's "Oh my gosh!".Catchphrase: Wally's "Oh my gosh!" one-liner gets very repetitive.Becoming the Mask: While no-one actually becomes the monster they dress as, Jenny does get to ride a witch's broom.Balancing Death's Books: Each of the kids sacrifice a year of their lives to save Pip.Moundshroud: Is he worth it, this friend of yours? Hmm? Are You Sure You Want to Do That?: When Tom offers to sacrifice a year of his life for Pip, Moundshroud warns him to think about it and says he might regret this one day.And You Were There: After Pip wakes up alive again, he lets on that he realizes the events in his "dream" really happened.Animation Bump: The Notre Dame building sequence is very fluid compared to the so-so animation budget."The Undiscovered Country" is an allusion to William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the title character of which describes death as "the undiscovered country." This is also where Star Trek V draws it's name.Granted, the phrase was in the original novel too. Actor Allusion: When Pip first makes off with his pumpkin, Moundshroud (who is played by Leonard Nimoy) remarks that finding him will be difficult, because he's almost certainly escaped to " the Undiscovered Country" by now.
(who goes as an apeman), Fred Fryer (who goes as a beggar), and "Hackles" Nibley (who goes as Death). Adapted Out: The animated film omits four trick-or-treaters from the original book: George Smith (who goes as a ghost), J.J.Adaptational Villainy: In the novel, Moundshroud was the one to suggest the kids pool their years to save Pip, and while he does have some connection to death (or may be Death itself), as the ransom for Pipkin is paid to him, there is no suggestion that he is some sort of debt collector and Pip's dying is due to his attempting to collect said debt.They also condensed it to four different eras of time rather then go to multiple time periods for the eight boys. Adaptation Distillation: Most notably, there were originally eight kids going out for trick or treating this year and all of them were boys.The Halloween Tree is a 1993 TV movie made by Hanna-Barbera, based on the Ray Bradbury novel of the same name.Ī group of trick-or-treaters learn about the origins of Halloween as they go on a quest to rescue the soul of their dying friend.
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