Pushing Up Daisies

Pushing Up Daisies

Year: 2024

Runtime: 4 mins

Language: French

Director: Chloé Farr

Animation

Six‑year‑old Coco lives in a spacious house with her mother and aunt. After a nightmarish vision of a creature that looks like Woody Woodpecker, she jolts awake, trembling with fear. Terrified, she begs her mother in a hushed voice to summon the police for help.

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Timeline – Pushing Up Daisies (2024)

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1

Ned revives his mother as a child

As a child, Ned revives his mother after she dies of an aneurysm. This act triggers a life-balance rule: reviving someone drains life from another nearby, and the mother later dies permanently after kissing him goodnight.

childhood Ned's childhood home
2

The neighbor's father dies following the revival

The revival causes the death of Chuck's neighbor and childhood sweetheart's father that same night. The tragedy binds Ned's fate to Chuck's family and sets the stage for their lifelong connection.

childhood Neighborhood
3

Ned and Chuck are separated

Ned is sent to boarding school by his father, separating him from Chuck. Chuck remains with her agoraphobic aunts, Vivian and Lily, who move in to care for her after the family tragedy.

childhood Chuck's home; boarding school
4

Ned becomes a pie-maker and opens The Pie Hole

Ned grows into a pie-maker and opens a restaurant called The Pie Hole. Olive Snook works there as a waitress and quietly pines for him, while the business struggles financially.

early adulthood The Pie Hole
5

Emerson Cod discovers Ned's powers

Private investigator Emerson Cod accidentally discovers Ned's ability to reanimate the dead. He proposes a plan: Ned will temporarily revive murder victims to help him investigate their deaths and split the rewards.

present The Pie Hole / Cod's office
6

The scheme leads to Chuck's revival

The scheme works until they find out Chuck has been murdered. Ned revives her but cannot bring himself to let her die permanently, and he and Chuck fall in love again. They move in together, though they can never touch without danger.

present Various crime scenes; Ned's home
7

Chuck joins the investigation for rewards

Chuck joins Emerson and Ned in investigating deaths for reward money, starting with her own murder. The trio uses revived victims to uncover clues and solve cases.

present The Pie Hole / Emerson's office
8

Emerson's backstory: missing daughter

Meanwhile, Emerson searches for his missing daughter, who was taken away by her mother. This personal quest underpins his motivation throughout the series.

present Emerson's life
9

The pop-up book idea

After meeting a publisher of pop-up books, Emerson is inspired to create and publish his own pop-up book. He hopes the book will help his daughter find her way back to him.

present Publisher's office / Emerson's home
10

Chuck hides the revival secret; Vivian and Lily gradually accept

Chuck struggles to keep the secret of her revival from her aunts, who gradually come to accept that she is alive. The family dynamics begin to shift as the truth surfaces.

present Vivian and Lily's home
11

Revelation: Chuck is Lily's daughter

It is revealed that Chuck is Lily's daughter from Lily's affair with Chuck's father, while he was engaged to Vivian. This revelation reshapes family loyalties and Chuck's sense of belonging.

present Lily's home
12

Ned revives Chuck's father to question him

Ned revives Chuck's father to ask him questions about the past. Chuck tricks Ned into thinking he touched her father a second time so she can keep him in her life, leading to complex family dynamics.

present Ned's home
13

Chuck travels less, father travels world

Chuck tells her father she would rather remain in town with Ned, prompting him to travel the world alone. The relationship between Chuck, Ned, and Chuck's father remains tense but functional.

present Town
14

Epilogue: Emerson's daughter returns; Lily and Vivian learn Chuck is alive; Olive and Randy open The Intrepid Cow

In the epilogue, Emerson's daughter returns to him, and Chuck lets Lily and Vivian know she is alive. Olive falls in love with Randy Mann, a taxidermist friend, and they open The Intrepid Cow, a restaurant dedicated to macaroni and cheese.

epilogue Emerson's circle; The Intrepid Cow

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