The Willoughbys

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Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby are seen deeply engulfed in wedded bliss—until Tim's unexpected birth sours their moods. This reflects the couple's somewhat codependent lovey-dovey nature and their attitude toward children in general, especially their own. The Barnabys are first seen speaking in unison and switching their shared sweater. This sums up their characters for the rest of the movie. Abusive Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby are of the emotionally abusive variety, with some Parental Neglect thrown in as well. Kay, Jeremy (November 8, 2015). "Bron Animation to adapt 'The Willoughbys' ". Screen . Retrieved November 6, 2018. Middle Child Syndrome: To extremes. While they're annoyed by Tim and creeped out by the Barnabys, the parents seem to be unaware that Jane even exists, up to not recognizing her name. Jane uses this to her advantage, though, making sure Tim takes the rap for her antics and possibly sneaking off to the city.

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The Barnabys saying "Hi, mommy" in a creepy manner. The first to their abusive biological mother and the second to Nanny, who they (along with Tim and Jane) want to be their adoptive mother.The nanny turned and looked at them. Wearing her flowered apron, she was standing at the stove, stirring the oatmeal with a wooden spoon. Jane Krakowski as Helga "Mother" Willoughby, the Willoughby's abusive mother with a hobby of knitting.

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Jane discovers a baby on the family's doorstep. She brings the baby inside despite Tim's warnings, and the baby wreaks havoc. The Willoughby parents throw their children out of the house, forbidding them to return unless they get rid of the baby. The children follow a rainbow to the doorstep of Commander Melanoff's candy factory, and believing it to be a suitable home, name the baby "Ruth" and leave her there. On their way home, the siblings hatch a plan to improve their lives by getting rid of their parents. The siblings put together a vacation brochure full of deadly destinations that could potentially kill their parents and making them orphans. Wrong Assumption: Upon first glance, Tim and the Barnabys assume that their nanny is a bad one and try to get rid of her, when in reality, she was doing all she could for them. It gets worse after he reads Linda's text response to the Willoughby's parents informing that they're selling the house (to stay on their vacation) and asking her to get rid of their children, with her replying that she would take care of him and his siblings. Tim immediately jumps to conclusions and assumes she's going to act on his parents' words, causing him to call the Orphan Services on her. As it turns out, she wasn't planning anything of the sort and was planning on adopting them, but by then, the Orphan Services had already arrived. I also appreciate the bibliography at the end of the book which serves of course as a resource but also honors many classic, old-fashioned children's stories which are referenced by the well-read Willoughby children. Brueggemann, Tom (May 25, 2020). " 'The Lovebirds' Is Netflix's Number-One Movie, 'Scoob!' Leads VOD Charts". IndieWire . Retrieved May 26, 2020.My God, What Have I Done?: Tim after he accuses Linda of being a terrible nanny to the Department of Orphan Services, outright saying that he doesn't want her, and ends up getting him and his siblings put in foster care. The Willoughbys': Film Review - Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. 23 April 2020 . Retrieved April 30, 2020.

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Tally Marks on the Prison Wall: The wall of the coal bin is covered in tally marks, showing just how often Tim has been thrown down there. Nanny is understandably horrified when she sees it for the first time. I married young. I had just turned nineteen - just finished my sophomore year in college - when I married a Naval officer and continued the odyssey that military life requires. California. Connecticut (a daughter born there). Florida (a son). South Carolina. Finally Cambridge, Massachusetts, when my husband left the service and entered Harvard Law School (another daughter; another son) and then to Maine - by now with four children under the age of five in tow. My children grew up in Maine. So did I. I returned to college at the University of Southern Maine, got my degree, went to graduate school, and finally began to write professionally, the thing I had dreamed of doing since those childhood years when I had endlessly scribbled stories and poems in notebooks.

There's a shift in orchestral arrangements. Scenes inside the Willoughby house use fewer instruments, whereas all scenes outside the Willoughby house uses a fuller orchestra. Yank the Dog's Chain: After rescuing their parents from freezing to death on top of the Unclimbable Alp, the Willoughby children confess their plans to get rid of them and ask their parents to come home. Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby walk towards Tim, Jane, and the Barnaby twins, leading to the children assuming that they'd seen the errors of their ways. That is until Mr. Willoughby pushed his children out of the way and took his wife to the blimp. When the couple got inside, Mr. Willoughby accidently popped the blimp and left their children stranded. Amazing Technicolor Population: Melanoff and Ruth have deep pink and lilac skin respectively. Oddly, in illustrations such as his advertisements, Melanoff is depicted with ordinary brown skin, but he's definitively magenta in his character model. No OSHA Compliance: Colonel Melanoff is the only worker in his factory, which is a good thing because its automated production line has no safety railings and shut off switches are in the middle of wall sized control panels. The Nanny Lampshades this, remarking that it's not a good place to raise Ruth both because she can't eat candy for the rest of her life and it's not baby-proofed. Jane is introduced playing various instruments and singing before Tim tells her to shush, showing that she is talented but constantly stifled by her family.