![]() ![]() ![]() Hopkins and the other zombies offer to take Norman to Aggie's grave so he can personally reach out to her, but they are cornered by the angry mob, who threaten to lynch Norman for being "in league" with the zombies, but Norman's friends, who realize how important Norman's goal is, calls them out on it. Hopkins tells Norman the curse is their punishment and he must help the zombies. The guilt-ridden Judge admits his fears got the better of them and they do deserve their fate but are trying to make up for what they did, no matter how unforgivable it may be. The Judge (who apparently is the only one who can talk to Norman) walks up to him, but Norman shouts at him, calling him out for what they did to Aggie. Norman has a magic-induced flashback of Aggie's trial, he eventually wakes up surrounded by the zombies. Eventually, Norman is knocked unconscious when Aggie's storm strikes the building. Eventually, Norman and his friends look into the town hall, looking for Aggie's records, to no avail. The people of Blithe Hollow think they are being attacked, create an angry mob, and try to fight the zombies, even through the storm Aggie personifies herself as causes more damage. Hopkins and the other zombies move on into the town, where they are confused and terrified of the modern world around them. Judge Hopkins tries to personally climb aboard Mitch's van but Mitch floors it, leaving Hopkins hanging from the back, struggling to reach for Norman. Mitch accidentally runs over one of the zombies and the kids make a hasty drive to get away from them. Aggie's angry spirit and the zombies began to rise, Alvin and Norman make a run for it, eventually catching up to Norman's sister, Courtney, his best friend, Neil, and Neil's older brother, Mitch. Three hundred years later, when Norman Babcock, not understanding the whole story, fails to read the fairy tales to Aggie because he was distracted by a bully named Alvin. ![]() The curse was prolonged because members of Aggie's family would read her fairy tales to keep her spirit asleep. Aggie's curse was that they would rise from the dead as zombies and suffer like she suffered. Angry at everyone's intolerance, Aggie unleashes her apparently hidden powers, swearing to make them suffer.Īfter their deaths, Hopkins and the other Puritans that condemned Aggie realized their mistakes and spent the next 300 years in guilt and regret. They took her from her mother and sentenced her to hang. Having been brought up as Puritans, Hopkins and everyone else was afraid of her, believing that she was practicing witchcraft that she gained by making a deal with the Devil. In the original settlement, there lived a girl named Agatha "Aggie" Prenderghast, who had the ability to talk to the dead. Judge Hopkins was one of the original townspeople in Blithe Hollow. He is a former judge and the leader of a group of zombies who was actually responsible for the entire film's plot events, but he lives in regret for wrongfully sentencing Aggie Prenderghast to her death for the alleged crime of witchcraft in his mortal life. Judge Hopkins is the overarching antagonist of Laika's second full-length animated feature film ParaNorman. ~ Judge Hopkins showing his self-righteousness. ![]() I'll not risk damnation on these good people! ~ Judge Hopkins sentencing Aggie Prenderghast to death for the alleged crime of witchcraft (and the same speech that sealed his fate). guilty! And it is passed on you, according to your grievous crimes. Witnessed by those whose testimonies have been heard. On this day, you have been arraigned for the horrible crime of witchcraft. Agatha Prenderghast, of His Majesty's province of Massachusetts. ![]()
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