Law of Physics “Over the Garden Wall” Outline

Law of Physics “Over the Garden Wall” Outline

Introduction

1. Animated television miniseries “Over the Garden Wall” (110 min)- 10 episodes
2. Thesis: In the “Over the Garden Wall” universe, their physics is very similar to ours, but some laws are pushed to help create a fantastical and disturbing narrative.

Body Paragraphs

1. Realistic/Believable Gravity

1. Woodsman trips and falls over log, hits head and is knocked unconscious; Wirt trips over shoelace and falls, knocking over man in gorilla suit
2. Potsfield- Greg/Wirt wear ball and chain worn around their ankles while doing manual labor, feel weight while seeing them move (dragged leg); Wirt tries to jump and falls
3. Greg/Wirt climb and jump off the cemetery wall, felt impact
4. Greg/Wirt fall and sink into the lake (which “transports” them into the Unknown)

1. Supernatural Beings
1. Enoch the pumpkin king- floating limbs, improbable structure/balance; the city of Potsfield with sentient skeletons wearing pumpkin heads
2. Lorna- floating, possessed by evil spirit. Auntie Whispers takes care of her
3. Adelaide the Witch- melts in sunlight
4. Cloud City- child-like and imaginary beings residing on clouds
5. “The Beast”- the main antagonist. floating, looks like mass of darkness, unclear structure but looks like the beast is made out of corpses

1. Haunted Forrest and the Unknown realm

1. Oil- comes from the Edelwood bark, needed to keep the lantern lit. Magical/evil oil
1. Tortoises covered in this oil
2. Dog eats oil tortoise and turns into a rabid beast
3. Auntie Whispers eats these oil tortoises with no side effects
2. Lantern- keeps the souls of the dead “alive”, but is actually the source of life for The Beast
3. Trees- Edelwood. Grown from the bodies of people who became lost in the realm 
4. Animals- all the animals can talk and act like humans
1. School house full of animals, 1800’s attire
2. Beatrice the bluebird (cursed, was a human beforehand)
3. Ferry with dancing and singing frogs, dressed in 1800’s attire
4. Fred the Horse; “I wanna steal”

Conclusion

1. Physical laws are slightly altered throughout the miniseries
2. With much of the physics still feeling believable, the magical/creepy aspects of the universe that do exist are intensified 
1. Audience’s suspension of disbelief is not broken; audience is readily put into the shoes of the characters