![]() In the climax, however, Jack gives up on living and asks Miss Acacia to kiss him. The Big Damn Kiss: Jack's love for Miss Acacia causes him enough emotional and physical turmoil as-is, but sharing a kiss with her would be fatal, as his heart wouldn't be able to take it.Turns out Jack was looking at the huge clock behind her. Bait-and-Switch: During his first time in town, Jack ogles at what Madeline thinks is a girl in a tight outfit.Badass Long Coat: Jack's costume as the 'King of the Ghost Train' has one.Then again, he's played by Grand Corps Malade. Badass Baritone: Joe has a deep, threatening voice that only makes him seem more dangerous.We don't know what happens to him by the end of the film, but it at least seems that they stay together. Beta Couple: Méliès strikes up a romance with a pair of conjoined twins in Andalucia.Animated Musical: The movie is an animated version of the book The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart and a concept album by Dionysus based on said book.In the book it's based on, apparently his cuckoo heart was only needed during the first few months of his life, but she neglected to tell him to try to shelter him, but this is not the case in the movie. True, when he was born she had to make due with the best clock she had before his frozen heart killed him, but she has 10-14 years to work on it after. She gave him a heart transplant before there's no reason stated why she can't do it again. Adaptation-Induced Plot Hole: Most of plot hinges on no one thinking to ask Madeleine to make Jack a sturdier heart, one that can withstand the rigors of love.In the film, Miss Acacia returns to Jack for their Big Damn Kiss, but he does need his heart, and the effect of finally kissing Miss Acacia kills him. When he returns, he finds out from Madeleine that he never needed his cuckoo-clock heart, and she was just sheltering him. Adaptational Alternate Ending: The original book ends with Jack losing Miss Acacia to Joe and heading back home, heartbroken that he's lost her forever.Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart contains examples of: ![]()
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