Mitch Downe

Mitch Downe is the secondary tritagonist in the 2012 film ParaNorman.

ParaNorman
Mitch Downe was a teenager living in the town of Blithe Hollow, Massachusetts, and, like the rest of the town, he was wary of Norman Babcock, a boy who could apparently speak to the dead. Thus, when his younger brother Neil Downe befriended Norman, Mitch advised Neil not to hang out with him, but Neil ignored Mitch's warnings. Mitch was further perturbed by Norman when he unexpectedly freaked out at the school play commemorating the execution of the Blithe Hollow witch and claimed the dead were coming. Nevertheless, when Norman's sister, Courtney, arrived looking for Norman and Neil confessed that Norman had gone to the local graveyard, Mitch was quick to assist in looking for him.

En route to the graveyard, the three noticed the witch's ghost in the form of a magic storm descend in the sky, which distracted Mitch and nearly resulted in him running over Norman and the school bully Alvin with his van. While panicking, Mitch ran over a zombie which had been awoken by the witch's curse. While checking to see if the zombie was alive, Mitch accidentally detached the zombies head before kicking it away. When the other zombies began advancing towards the van, Mitch and the others immediately drove away with Judge Hopkins, the leader of the zombie's, clinging to the van.

Mitch eventually crashed the van in a parking lot, forcing the group to continue on foot. Norman led the group to the Town Hall to search for the records of the witch's burial site. Though they managed to enter the Town Hall, they failed to find the information needed. Mitch soon became aware that an angry mob had assembled and was converging upon the Town Hall, but was initially unconcerned. After Norman ordered the rest of the group to leave, the five were all trapped inside when the mob began burning the Town Hall in an attempt to find the zombies.

After Norman, who had formed an allegiance with the zombies, managed to break out of the building, Mitch and the rest of the group came to his defense when the mob turned on him. Norman then explained that the zombies meant no harm, convincing the mob to cease their attack. However, the witch's ghost went on a rampage through town, causing the mob to scatter and flee. Mitch remained at the Town Hall while Norman and his family set off into the forest to stop the witch. After the witch was quelled, she and the zombies descended into the afterlife while Mitch watched. Afterwards, when Norman and his family returned, Courtney attempted to ask Mitch out to the movies, but Mitch shocked her by revealing he had a boyfriend, much to her displeasure.