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He’s also the clear protagonist of the series. He’s kind of a Pilgrim, but only by accident.

Just about everything you could think of and then some, explained in this massive In most situations, she’s the one who knows exactly what to do. When I started I was just hoping you also tackled some other questions. And you missed the fact that Greg tries to make a sacrifice where he will go in place of his brother, so that his brother doesnt get stuck in the tree, the beast left Dirt alone and took Greg. We follow his perspective most often, and he’s the character who experiences conflict the most. So if the Beast represents anxiety and depression, and the show is about avoiding the Beast and escaping the Unknown, then everything the characters do shows their attempts to avoid negative thoughts, their attempts to hold onto hope. (This is perhaps most obvious in episode 8, Babes in the Woods, in which Greg visits Cloud City, which contains many direct references to classic animation and filmmaking.).

Over the Garden Wall has managed to recruit several well-known actors to voice its many intriguing characters, adding both to the quality and appeal of the miniseries. And being perpetually optimistic might make for a sunnier day-to-day experience of the world, but you might not tend to your own needs. These books were sold cheaply and all had a shiny gold spine, helping them stand out in bookstores, libraries, and classrooms. The episode could have been 10 seconds long had any of them just gotten around to business. All Wirt needs to do to move the story forward is to excuse himself from a school where he isn’t really a student.

There are still good guys and bad guys, just not in the places we’d usually expect. (The Beast can appear wherever and whenever he wants.) Fans and anyone interested in the series are welcome to edit and to help this wikia grow flowers! We want to celebrate our different opinions, and celebrate yours as well. This trust almost gets him killed, and it takes true heroism on the part of Wirt and Beatrice. He’s uncomfortable just about always.

It's a place that believes that every great movie is a wonderful new treasure, whether you see it the night of its premiere or fifty years later. For most of the series, Wirt tries to avoid responsibility. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. It’s the moment when we learn that even this pure and positive outlook might not be the best. I’m Wirt most of the time, so afraid of how I might mess things up that I do nothing at all, as responsibilities and problems start to compound, becoming even more intimidating and seemingly insurmountable. Too many film sites cater to the same kind of audience, with one overwhelming voice in the writing, but what we treasure at Alternate Ending is diversity: diversity of opinion, diversity in belief about what film should do and how it should do it. He worries so much about what has gone wrong and what might go wrong that he often does nothing at all. You have to confront your problems and speak up for yourself. The theme itself may call for parental guidance and/or the program may contain one or more of the following: some suggestive dialogue, infrequent coarse language, some sexual situations, or moderate violence. This week you might have been hearing the buzz about the new horror/comedy (hormedy?)

He doesn’t seem to fit into any of the fairy tale character archetypes. The Woodsman mentions the Beast early on, warning Wirt and Gregory to avoid him at all cost. Well, we’re not 5 dudes in a room talking about our passion for Fight Club and Braveheart. So what’s the problem?

But they’re also more than willing to sacrifice other people in the pursuit of success.
Later, when Beatrice is in danger, a crowdful of people has to yell at him that he’s a hero before Wirt actually takes action. This is a place for people who can't get to the theater until the third week a film is out; a place for people who just want to find something great to stream online after the kids have gone to sleep, a place for people whose favorite pastime is to grab a bunch of classic films on DVD from the library and watch them all weekend. Many episodes feature incredibly simple problems that only become complex through avoidance and side skirting. Every childhood, after all, has an ending that is both happy and sad at the same time: every child grows up and matures, only to have to live in the real world, a place that I think we can all agree certainly has an underlying sinister quality, constant threats to your happiness, success, and overall wellbeing. They’re confident, and with good reason, too. Or how about episode 3, Schooltown Follies. Also the character of the frog or woodsman, of Pottsville served what point in the story? The information provided on this website comes from a variety of sources and no guarantee In the final episode, he sets to work completing the Beast’s requests, absolutely sure that if he does these things, the Beast will let him and Wirt return home. And sometimes he sings off in the distance. Over the Garden Wall is a deconstruction and examination of children’s stories and childhood as a whole.

( Log Out /  Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Through the lens of mental health, the Greg type simply ignores potential warning signs and problems, which can just as easily lead to a kind of mental paralysis and a lapse in health. Change ). SCARE ME that released October 1st on Shudder! Our goal is to save you time and money by sharing our thoughts and recommendations on which movies to race to theaters for, which to watch at home and those to actively avoid. Elijah Wood is the perfect choice for Wirt, the unmistakable pitch of his voice providing just the right balance of uncertainty and sarcasm, and Christopher Lloyd’s performance as the crazed and elderly Woodsman is a treat. At least that’s where Beatrice stands for most of the series.

While the Greg approach works most of the time, it certainly doesn’t work all the time. It's a site about discovering good movies... one bad movie at a time. A transfixing boondoggle that has treated slavery at a level of tacky exploitation that we haven't seen since the '70s. We’re two dudes, and a lady, of which our tastes are quite varied. Many parents may want to watch it with their younger children.

To look something up please either search for it: or browse for it through the extensive In 1942, Little Golden Books hit the market, and they’re still being published today, albeit in a format closer to that of novelty items or gift books for special occasions. He doesn’t know how to describe himself or his purpose in life. https://over-the-garden-wall.fandom.com/wiki/Over_the_Garden_Wall When he does do something, it’s only because other characters have told him to do it again and again.

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Beatrice is, by far, the most practical lead character in the series.

Just as Wirt learns how to take action and accept responsibility, Beatrice learns that it’s important to take care of the people around you, putting yourself in danger to help someone else. If you’re looking for one big message in Over the Garden Wall, it’s that none of these approaches is the solution to living a healthy, fulfilling life.
They just got a story book happy ending to appease viewers. It's surely the case that the non-human characters, and the most overtly grotesque and otherworldly of the humans, look more appropriate than the leads, or the "normal" people they stumble across through their adventures. There are still good guys and bad guys, just not in the places we’d usually expect. Just take a look at episode 4, Songs of the Dark Lantern. She can get what she wants, but it will come at the cost of trapping her friends here forever. And he’s kind of the Hero, but it’s a role he only accepts in the final episode. To my mind, the Beast feels more like depression, anxiety, or just plain hopelessness.

The series very clearly borrows from the visual style of early- to mid-20th-century children’s entertainment, both storybooks and animation. Little Golden Books, especially the early volumes, are synonymous with teaching children “important lessons” by using simple stories with clear messages. Alternate Ending was formed when three friends realized they all shared a passion for movies.

All you need to do is act. Many Little Golden Books featured familiar stories and fairy tales, rather than original content.

By the end of the episode, the boys have defeated a demon dog, and for a few moments, we think that maybe the lesson here is simply that the human imagination can create horrible monsters that, in the end, aren’t all that bad, making a mountain out of a molehill. Even today, this remains the underlying effect of storytelling, even if creators aren’t necessarily trying to communicate a message of morality to their audience.

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Storybooks leave a lot out. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. To the benefit of our viewing pleasure, Wirt, Greg, and Beatrice all have very different approaches for avoiding and escaping the Beast. This is more of looking at a few characters with the theme of mental health. Being cynical and selfish may help you achieve some form of success, but in the process, you might become a monster yourself. Instead, they look for ways around the problem, getting mixed up in a ghost story in the process. She has her eyes on the prize and that’s enough to distract her from the dark consequences of failure. Maybe he’s pure evil.

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