Question: How could Fred have been trapped in the jack-in-the-box for so long? He could make himself appear whenever he wanted and could always appear someplace else, so shouldn't he have been able to appear outside of the toy after it was covered in duct tape?

Drop Dead Fred (1991)
1 commented-on entry
Directed by: Ate de Jong
Starring: Carrie Fisher, Tim Matheson, Phoebe Cates, Rik Mayall, Marsha Mason
Audio problem: As Fred slides down the banister he cries out "Whee!" but his mouth remains closed. (00:16:50)
Fred: I am a loner, a crazy wide eyed loner on a doomed mission to Venus to battle with the 3 headed mega beast but on the way I caught cornflakes disease.
Question: How could Fred have been trapped in the jack-in-the-box for so long? He could make himself appear whenever he wanted and could always appear someplace else, so shouldn't he have been able to appear outside of the toy after it was covered in duct tape?
Answer: When she trapped Fred in the box, she was closing off the part of her imagination. The part of the brain that stops believing in fairy tales and decides to grow up.
It was Lizzie's mum who taped up the box when Drop Dead Fred went inside. Not Lizzie herself. And why didn't Lizzie simply take the jack-in-the-box and remove the tape to let Fred out?





Answer: When she trapped Fred in the box, she was closing off the part of her imagination. The part of the brain that stops believing in fairy tales and decides to grow up.
It was Lizzie's mum who taped up the box when Drop Dead Fred went inside. Not Lizzie herself. And why didn't Lizzie simply take the jack-in-the-box and remove the tape to let Fred out?