Perry Babcock

Perry Babcock was a secondary protagonist in the 2012 film ''ParaNorman. He was voiced by Jeff Garlin, who voiced Captain McCrea from the 2008 Pixar film Wall-E and Buttercup The Unicorn From Toy Story 3 ''

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Perry Babcock was a man living in Blithe Hollow, Massachusetts, and was the husband of Sandra Babcock and father of Courtney and Norman. Norman, who possessed the gift of speaking to the dead, was regarded as a town oddity and Perry would often attempt to get him to discard his ability, with little results. Perry was especially perturbed when Norman claimed to speak to Perry's dead mother. Perry and Sandra attended the school play commemorating the trial and execution of the Blithe Hollow witch, during which Norman experienced a vision and claimed the dead were coming, leading Perry to ground Norman.

The next day, Perry and Sandra went on a drive out, during which Sandra attempted to get Perry to see things from Norman's point of view. They were interrupted, however, when a van carrying Norman and Courtney drove by, with a zombified Judge Hopkins hanging from it, causing Perry and Sandra to nearly crash. Perry angrily complained before Sheriff Hooper crashed into him. Perry and Sandra then continued driving with Hooper in the backseat when they came across an angry mob that had assembled in search of the zombies. Perry and Sandra followed the mob to the Town Hall out of curiosity, where they witnessed Norman climbing the Hall's tower to read the book to the witch's ghost, only to get struck by lightning.

When Norman formed an alliance with the zombies and broke out of the Town Hall, Perry was the first to try and get Norman to safety, but failed. The mob, believing Norman to be responsible for the curse, attempted to attack him, but Courtney stopped them. At that point, the witch's ghost went on a rampage, during which Perry drove Norman, Courtney, Sandra and Judge Hopkins to the witch's unmarked grave in the forest. Directed by Hopkins, the family exited the vehicle and entered the forest to search for the grave, but Norman was separated from his family. From there, Perry, Sandra and Courtney remained in the forest until Norman quelled the witch's ghost. Perry and his family then bore witness to Judge Hopkin's fading away before reuniting with Norman and returning to Blithe Hollow.

From there, Perry attempted to understand Norman better, and now believed Norman's gift. He later joined Norman in watching a zombie movie, and even held conversations with his dead mother despite not being able to see her.