When the Wind Blows/YMMV

When the Wind Blows

Book

• Anvilicious to some, but mostly Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped.
• Fridge Horror - The bags are so the government will have an easier time collecting the bodies. It's rendered moot, since everyone's implied to be dead.
• Needs More Love - Not so much in Europe and Japan, but the movie (and the book) isn't so much as well known in North America.
• Nightmare Fuel
• Tear Jerker - Usually around the point Hilda's hair starts falling out, until the end.
  • Actually, anything near the end of the story is considered a possible tearjerker - if you think about the possible consequenses for a bit.
• What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?
  • This book gets mistakenly shelved in the children's sections of British public libraries all the time. Many libraries put a massive 'ADULT SECTION ONLY' sticker on the front.
  • This book was quite deliberately on the Queensland primary school curriculum at least ten years ago, as part of some vital anvil dropping.^[1]
• The Woobie - Both Jim and Hilda Bloggs, though Hilda is more of a woobie than her husband due to coming down with radiation sickness first.

Film

• Animation Age Ghetto
• Crowning Music of Awesome - The opening theme is by David Bowie, for crying out loud!
  • Roger Waters and his solo band did the remaining soundtrack, and there are two vocal songs on it, Towers Of Faith and Folding Flags, both of which are extremely haunting.

1. ↑ While Australia doesn't even have nuclear power, they export a lot of uranium for other countries to do nuclear stuff that may or may not include bombs. Just imagine their maniacal laughter the next time you play DEFCON - they've made the winning move.