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Agatha Prenderghast
Aggie
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Name: Agatha Prenderghast
Gender Female
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Age 11 (in the human form)
311 (in the ghost form, actually)

Birthday: 1701

Hometown Blithe Hollow, Massachusetts, USA
Family: Mildred Prenderghast † (mother)
Norman Babcock (distant relative/descendant)
George Prenderghast (distant relative)
Sandra Babcock (distant relative/descendant)
King Magnifico (distant relative/descendant)
Courtney Babcock (distant relative/descendant)
Status Deceased
Portrayal Jodelle Ferland
Appeared in ParaNorman

Agatha "Aggie" Prenderghast is the main antagonist of Laika Studio's 2nd full-length animated feature film ParaNorman.

she was an alleged witch whose curse haunts Blithe Hollow.

Initially introduced as an evil and malevolent witch, she was actually only an innocent little girl. Aggie was accused of witchcraft in 1712 and executed because of her ability to speak to the dead. This caused her to curse the seven judges of her trail in anger.

Overview[]

Agatha lived with her mother in Blithe Hollow, Massachusetts. Much like her distant relative, Norman Babcock, she could see the dead and also speak to them. Her ability caused people to become more and more distant from her to the point that they were led into believing that she was a witch and the people were led into take her away from her mother and was sentenced to be executed by the judge by hanging. Angered at the judges' accusation, as she didn't do anything wrong, Aggie cursed those who testified against her and her curse continued for three hundred years. However, every year, someone, who has the same ability as her, is obliged to read a book to put her to sleep before her curse begins, delaying it by one year. It is presumed that other Prenderghast mediums all the way down to Norman's great-uncle George Prenderghast were the ones that did so.

Throughout the events of her death's 300th anniversary, what had happened to her became famous, but was only believed to be a myth. Due to the stories and circumstances surrounding her death being twisted by the public view, even Norman thought she was evil. However, when he discovered that she was only actually an innocent girl who was sentenced to death for her ability to speak with the dead, he became disgusted at the cursed seven for their misunderstanding of her ability. The Seven, however, were regretful and that they are disappointed in themselves and are sorry for what they had done to her. Judge Hopkins had admitted that he only thought that he was doing what was right, but he was wrong. At the end, Norman finally faced Aggie, talking some sense into her by telling her story he'd put into his own words after she'd burnt the real book used to put her to sleep. He tells her that she was the same as them, that she, too, was a bully. Agatha disagrees, but she later realizes that what Norman had said was exactly the truth. He told her that although they did something awful, it doesn't mean that she should, too. And she has to remember, not just the bad people, but also the good ones that she'd forgotten. Aggie reminisced to Norman that, before she died, her mother took her to a tree, the same one that she was buried under. There, her mother told her stories that always had happy endings. Aggie was able to find the peace that allowed her to finally lift the curse and move on to the afterlife, along with the seven who had wrongfully accused her of witchcraft.

Personality[]

Aggie is mostly a girl with a sweet, modest demeanor. However, when the judge and his underlings convicted her, her fear and uncertainty gave way to pure hatred and rage, unleashing her power on them. She also despised hearing the story that was being read to her, as she confessed contentment to the book's destruction. She feels that those who have wronged her deserve the same, and she refuses to see her own wrongs, even when Norman is telling them to her. In the end, she learns how to let go of her pain and passes over to the next world, hoping to meet her mother once again.

Physical Appearance[]

Aggie is depicted through effigies and the school play Norman is in, as a stereotypical old witch with a pointy hat, a long nose (with a noticeable wart on it) and a long chin, she also has a statue with that appearance. However, her real appearance is actually a little girl, whose age is no older than Norman, with long blackish brown hair, pale blue eyes, pale skin, quite thick eyebrows, and wears a dark grey dress with a white collar and red shoes.

Powers and Abilities[]

Mediumship: When she was alive, Agatha possesses the ability to see and speak with the spirits of the dead.

Magic: Aggie possesses great magical abilities, it is unknown if she possessed these abilities when she was alive or if she acquired them when she died, her anger at being marginalized and unfairly murdered increases her magical powers to the maximums

  • Curses: Aggie can curse one person or multiple people.
  • Necromancy: Agatha could resurrect the dead in the form of zombies.
  • Electrokinesis: Agatha could create and manipulate electricity, she could shoot lightning through clouds, from her hands or wrap herself in electricity.
  • Pyrokinesis: Aggie could generate and manipulate green fire and burn anything with this fire, it is unknown if she had this power when she was alive.
  • Telekinesis: Aggie could move things with her mind or with a movement of her hands, her telekinetic powers manifested in a fluorescent green mist or vapor.
  • Aerokinesis: Aggie could control wind and air currents.

Ghost Physiology: As a ghost, Agatha had the typical abilities of one.

  • Intangibility: Aggie could pass through solid things and living beings.
  • Flight: Aggie could fly and levitate in the air.
  • Invisibility: Aggie could make herself invisible at will, she could only be seen by those who possessed the gift of mediumship just like her.

Quotes[]

To Norman[]

  • "I don't want to go to sleep. And you can't make me."
  • "I wanted everyone to see how rotten they were!"
  • "I burnt the book into dust, now I don't have to listen to that stupid story anymore!"
  • "Aggie... My name was Aggie..."
  • "My mommy brought me here once. We sat under the tree and she told me stories, they all had happy endings, and then those horrible men came and took me away and I never saw her again!"
  • "I just want my mommy."
  • "That story you were telling... How does it end?"
  • "I don't like this story!"

To the seven judges[]

  • "Leave me alone or I'll make you sorry! I'll make all of you sorry!"
  • "I was only playing..."

Trivia[]

  • Aggie was born in 1701.
  • Since she was accused of witchcraft, Aggie and her mother were living in a Puritan village at the time. Puritan villages were hot-spots for witch-hunts during the Witch trial frenzy.
  • In an indirect way, Aggie and Norman are related.
  • Aggie died on 22 August 1712.
  • Aggie bears a striking resemblance & similarity to Alessa Gillespie from the Silent Hill franchise. Also, both characters were portrayed by Jodelle Ferland.
  • Her troubled past is similar to Ming Lee's from Disney•Pixar's 25th full-length animated feature film Turning Red.

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