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* CreepyStalkerVan: Dr. Hunter's signature black van finally gets an "upgrade" to a full-blown example of this when he and Petersen try to abduct Lucy at the climax.
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* CloudCuckoolandersMinder: Grandpa Little to Dinky, or so Roger thinks so when he sees them in action.

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* CloudCuckoolandersMinder: CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Grandpa Little to Dinky, or so Roger thinks so when he sees them in action.
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* HandCannon: Hackett's weapon of choice is the Stingray Industries "Slammer" .50 Action Express pistol. Two bullets successfully kneecap the Brain's suit when it goes haywire on Dinky and a barrage from said gun cripples Hunter's van.

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* HandCannon: Hackett's weapon of choice is the Stingray Industries "Slammer" .50 Action Express pistol.pistol (a replica of the AMT Automag V updated for modern-day combat handgun standards). Two bullets successfully kneecap the Brain's suit when it goes haywire on Dinky and a barrage from said gun cripples Hunter's van.

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* HandCannon: The weapon of choice is the Stingray Industries "Slammer" .50 Action Express pistol. Two bullets successfully kneecap the Brain's suit when it goes haywire on Dinky and a barrage from said gun cripples Hunter's van.

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* HandCannon: The Hackett's weapon of choice is the Stingray Industries "Slammer" .50 Action Express pistol. Two bullets successfully kneecap the Brain's suit when it goes haywire on Dinky and a barrage from said gun cripples Hunter's van.



* ImplacableMan: Roger gets dragged behind a speeding van, gets smashed against the side of another car, gets blasted ''in the face'' with a large-gauge shotgun and doesn't lets go.

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* ImplacableMan: At the climax, Roger gets dragged behind a Dr. Hunter's speeding van, gets smashed against the side of another car, gets blasted ''in the face'' with a large-gauge shotgun and doesn't lets go.



* TerrorHero: Roger. He scares the living daylights out of Peterson and the Little men (especially Dinky) during the chase and he spends part of the scene wherein the Avengers intimidate Hunter wearing a trauma blanket to not scare the rest of the neighborhood. Understandable, considering the effect of getting the crap kicked out of him during the chase left him looking like a Terminator-style ghoul.

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* TerrorHero: Roger.TerrorHero:
** Roger Hackett.
He scares the living daylights out of Peterson and the Little men (especially Dinky) during the chase and he spends part of the scene wherein the Avengers intimidate Hunter wearing a trauma blanket to not scare the rest of the neighborhood. Understandable, considering the effect of getting the crap kicked out of him during the chase left him looking like a Terminator-style ghoul.



* WalkingDisasterArea: Dinky Little, as usual. Other Coreline stories have made him cameo by causing chaos with his bumbling flying, and on this story his EstablishingCharacterMoment is making the mechanized suit he bought go haywire and wreck part of the Bookstore.

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* WalkingDisasterArea: Dinky Little, as usual. Other Coreline stories have made him cameo by causing chaos with his bumbling and chaotic flying, and on this story his EstablishingCharacterMoment is making the mechanized suit he bought go haywire and wreck part of the Bookstore.
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* BadassBystander: Roger, if we consider this tale to be another little snafu for the Extraordinary Avengers.
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* PastimesProvePersonality: Roger sings the praises of his cover work because it's let him see some of the myriad ways that the "DifferentWorldDifferentMovies" trope has manifested on the Core Timeline.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Dr. Hunter finally has had enough when he gets a first-hand view of the Avengers' DISK technology (which captures his assistant Peterson) and tries to run away. Unfortunately, he doesn't gets far.* SequelHook: Roger owes the Littles a great favor.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Dr. Hunter finally has had enough when he gets a first-hand view of the Avengers' DISK technology (which captures his assistant Peterson) and tries to run away. Unfortunately, he doesn't gets far.far.
* SequelHook: Roger owes the Littles a great favor.

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* ScrewThisIAmOuttaHere: Dr. Hunter finally has had enough when he gets a first-hand view of the Avengers' DISK technology (which captures his assistant Peterson) and tries to run away. Unfortunately, he doesn't gets far.



* SequelHook: Roger owes the Littles a great favor.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Dr. Hunter finally has had enough when he gets a first-hand view of the Avengers' DISK technology (which captures his assistant Peterson) and tries to run away. Unfortunately, he doesn't gets far.* SequelHook: Roger owes the Littles a great favor.
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* ScrewThisIAmOuttaHere: Dr. Hunter finally has had enough when he gets a first-hand view of the Avengers' DISK technology (which captures his assistant Peterson) and tries to run away. Unfortunately, he doesn't gets far.
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** When it comes time for the IntimidationDemonstration mentioned above, Mari fields some of her scarier-looking Avengers. Which happen to include Yamcha (a werewolf), Vasquez and Jack (two gamma mutants), and Kuwabara (who's got the powers of the Ghost Rider).

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* GiantRobotHandsSaveLives: The "giant human hand" version when Henry stops Hunter's runaway van from crashing into something with his Stature powers.



* GiantRobotHandsSaveLives: The "giant human hand" version when Henry stops Hunter's runaway van from crashing into something with his Stature powers.



* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Dr. Hunter delivers a diatribe towards Mari that pretty much insults her tomboy attitude and her role as a leader (because she's a girl).

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Dr. Hunter delivers a diatribe towards Mari that pretty much insults her tomboy attitude and her role as a leader (because she's a girl).girl who happens to be heavily muscled).

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* AllForNothing: The crux of Dr. Hunter's VillainousBreakdown. In a world that knows about and accepts the Littles with casual ease, his decades-long crusade to capture them has become utterly meaningless.



* BreakTheCutie: Downplayed. Lucy is pretty shaken by the whole mess at the end of the story, so Henry gives her a hug.

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* BreakTheCutie: Downplayed. Lucy is pretty shaken by the whole mess at the end of the story, so Henry gives her a hug. It's pretty obvious she will recover quickly.



* CurseCutShort: Peterson manages to get as far as "YOU LITTLE B-!!" when Lucy bites him at one point before Grandpa and Dinky go big and start wrestling him.
-->'''Grandpa''': [[PapaWolf DON'T EVEN THINK OF CALLING HER THAT!!!]]



* SequelHook: Roger owes the Littles a great favor.



* TerrorHero: Roger. He scares the living daylights out of Hunter, Peterson and the Littles (especially Dinky) during the chase and he spends part of the scene wherein the Avengers intimidate Hunter wearing a trauma blanket to not scare the rest of the neighborhood. Understandable, considering the effect of getting the crap kicked out of him during the chase left him looking like a Terminator-style ghoul.

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* TerrorHero: Roger. He scares the living daylights out of Hunter, Peterson and the Littles Little men (especially Dinky) during the chase and he spends part of the scene wherein the Avengers intimidate Hunter wearing a trauma blanket to not scare the rest of the neighborhood. Understandable, considering the effect of getting the crap kicked out of him during the chase left him looking like a Terminator-style ghoul.

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* BreakTheCutie: Downplayed. Lucy is pretty shaken by the whole mess at the end of the story, so Henry gives her a hug.



* CloudCuckoolandersMinder: Grandpa Little to Dinky, or so Roger thinks so when he sees them in action.
* TheCutie: Lucy. Roger finds her pretty adorable throughout the story.



* IntimidationDemonstration: The climax is pretty much giving Dr. Hunter an extended example of this, in order to force him to stop chasing after the Littles.



* MobileSuitHuman: Dinky decided to use the ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' suit he'd purchased on a sale to go to the Bookstore. It goes bonkers on him.

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* MobileSuitHuman: Dinky decided to use the ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' suit he'd purchased on a sale from Acme Labs to go to the Bookstore. It goes bonkers on him.



* SacredHospitality: On his side, Roger tries to be a good host. On the Littles' side, their society has an important code of paying back for the stuff they borrow by doing repairs to the big people's houses. The former even explicitly says that he chased after Hunter because they were his guests.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Dr. Hunter delivers a diatribe towards Mari that pretty much insults her tomboy attitude and her role as a leader (because she's a girl).
* RuleOfFunny: Explicitly mentioned InUniverse as a reason why Toon Fiction stuff (such as the Brain's suit) sometimes goes bonkers for no apparent reason.
* SacredHospitality: On his side, Roger tries to be a good host. On the Littles' side, their society has an important code of paying back for the stuff they borrow by doing repairs to the big Big people's houses. The former even explicitly says that he chased after Hunter because they were his guests.



* TooDumbToLive: Sure, Dr. Hunter. Insult the genetically enhanced SuperSoldier with SupernaturalMartialArts training. No way that could ever go badly for you.
* VanInBlack: Doctor Hunter's van, with tinted windows. It's explicitly mentioned to be a custom model of some kind.

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* SizeShifter: The Littles and Henry Bigg, and the story gives them plenty of times to demonstrate their Pym Particle powers.
* TerrorHero: Roger. He scares the living daylights out of Hunter, Peterson and the Littles (especially Dinky) during the chase and he spends part of the scene wherein the Avengers intimidate Hunter wearing a trauma blanket to not scare the rest of the neighborhood. Understandable, considering the effect of getting the crap kicked out of him during the chase left him looking like a Terminator-style ghoul.
* TooDumbToLive: Sure, Dr. Hunter. Insult the genetically enhanced SuperSoldier with SupernaturalMartialArts training.training, while surrounded by a bunch of people under her command and willing to kick your ass (if she doesn't). No way that could ever go badly for you.
* VanInBlack: Doctor Hunter's van, with tinted windows. It's explicitly mentioned to be a custom model of some kind.kind (and one of Hunter's few remaining possessions after Emerging on the Line).
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* TooDumbToLive: Sure, Dr. Hunter. Insult the genetically enhanced SuperSoldier with SupernaturalMartialArts training. No way that could ever go badly for you.

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* AdultFear: Little girl being taken in broad daylight by a pair of evil old men in a van.



* GiantRobotHandsSaveLives: The "giant human hand" version when Henry stops Hunter's runaway van from crashing into something with his Stature powers.
* HandCannon: The weapon of choice is the Stingray Industries "Slammer" .50 Action Express pistol. Two bullets successfully kneecap the Brain's suit when it goes haywire on Dinky and a barrage from said gun cripples Hunter's van.



** The YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith speech at the end of the story (a full-on BadassBoast to tell Hunter how much he's screwed if he continues hunting Littles) references Tony Stark's speech to Loki on the climax of ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' ("Earth's Mightiest Heroes kind of thing...")



* VillainOfAnotherStory: Dr. Hunter and his assistant Peterson. Henry Bigg and the Littles have a history with him as their arch-nemesis (of a sort) all the way back to their home universe and before Henry's superhero OriginStory. Hackett just saw them taking Lucy and did what he felt was right.

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* VillainOfAnotherStory: Dr. Hunter and his assistant Peterson. Henry Bigg and the Littles have a history with him as their arch-nemesis (of a sort) all the way back to their home universe and before Henry's superhero OriginStory.OriginStory (and all things considered, the story showcases what may be the climax of Dr. Hunter's VillainousBreakdown). Hackett just saw them taking Lucy and did what he felt was right.
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* ImplacableMan: Roger dragged behind a speeding van, gets smashed against the side of another car, gets blasted ''in the face'' with a large-gauge shotgun and doesn't lets go.

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* ImplacableMan: Roger gets dragged behind a speeding van, gets smashed against the side of another car, gets blasted ''in the face'' with a large-gauge shotgun and doesn't lets go.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: For the Littles (who had made minor appearances since ''Avengers Reassembled'').
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[[https://marcoasalazarm.deviantart.com/art/CORELINE-A-LITTLE-HOSPITALITY-WIP-719347913 "A Little Hospitality"]] (co-written by marcoasalazarm and OrionPax09) is located on Website/DeviantArt. It is part of the ''Fanfic/CoreLine'' SharedUniverse.

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[[https://marcoasalazarm.deviantart.com/art/CORELINE-A-LITTLE-HOSPITALITY-WIP-719347913 com/art/A-Little-Hospitality-A-Coreline-Story-720904604 "A Little Hospitality"]] (co-written by marcoasalazarm and OrionPax09) is located on Website/DeviantArt. It is part of the ''Fanfic/CoreLine'' SharedUniverse.
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A regular day on Chicago, and [[BlackSite Stingray Security Services Secondary Depot #46]] (CodeName: [[TheNamesake “THE BOOKSTORE”]]) has gotten some guests: ''Literature/TheLittles''. Site Keeper Roger Hackett is a man who tries to be a good host... and that means HilarityEnsues when an old foe of the Littles comes a-calling...

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A regular day on Chicago, and [[BlackSite Stingray Security Services Secondary Depot #46]] (CodeName: [[TheNamesake “THE BOOKSTORE”]]) BOOKSTORE”) has gotten some guests: ''Literature/TheLittles''. Site Keeper Roger Hackett is a man who tries to be a good host... and that means HilarityEnsues when an old foe of the Littles comes a-calling...
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[[https://marcoasalazarm.deviantart.com/art/CORELINE-A-LITTLE-HOSPITALITY-WIP-719347913 "A Little Hospitality"]] is located on Website/DeviantArt. It is part of the ''Fanfic/CoreLine'' SharedUniverse.

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[[https://marcoasalazarm.deviantart.com/art/CORELINE-A-LITTLE-HOSPITALITY-WIP-719347913 "A Little Hospitality"]] (co-written by marcoasalazarm and OrionPax09) is located on Website/DeviantArt. It is part of the ''Fanfic/CoreLine'' SharedUniverse.
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* VillainOfAnotherStory: Dr. Hunter and his assistant Peterson. Henry Bigg and the Littles have a history with him as their arch-nemesis (of a sort). Hackett just saw them taking Lucy and did what he felt was right.

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* VillainOfAnotherStory: Dr. Hunter and his assistant Peterson. Henry Bigg and the Littles have a history with him as their arch-nemesis (of a sort).sort) all the way back to their home universe and before Henry's superhero OriginStory. Hackett just saw them taking Lucy and did what he felt was right.

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A regular day on Chicago, and [[BlackSite Stingray Security Services Secondary Depot #46]] (CodeName: [[TheNamesake “THE BOOKSTORE”]]) has gotten some guests: ''Literature/TheLittles''. Site Keeper Roger Hackett is a man who tries to be a good host... and that means HilarityEnsues when a foe of the Littles comes a-calling...

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A regular day on Chicago, and [[BlackSite Stingray Security Services Secondary Depot #46]] (CodeName: [[TheNamesake “THE BOOKSTORE”]]) has gotten some guests: ''Literature/TheLittles''. Site Keeper Roger Hackett is a man who tries to be a good host... and that means HilarityEnsues when a an old foe of the Littles comes a-calling...



* SacredHospitality: On his side, Roger tries to be a good host. On the Littles' side, their society has an important code of paying back for the stuff they borrow by doing repairs to the big people's houses.

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* SacredHospitality: On his side, Roger tries to be a good host. On the Littles' side, their society has an important code of paying back for the stuff they borrow by doing repairs to the big people's houses. The former even explicitly says that he chased after Hunter because they were his guests.


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* VillainOfAnotherStory: Dr. Hunter and his assistant Peterson. Henry Bigg and the Littles have a history with him as their arch-nemesis (of a sort). Hackett just saw them taking Lucy and did what he felt was right.

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* ImplacableMan: Roger dragged behind a speeding van, gets smashed against the side of a another car, gets blasted ''in the face'' with a large-gauge shotgun and doesn't lets go.

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* ImplacableMan: Roger dragged behind a speeding van, gets smashed against the side of a another car, gets blasted ''in the face'' with a large-gauge shotgun and doesn't lets go.



* PunBasedTitle: The animated series had a few "Little" puns on the episode titles, too.



* ShoutOut: The climactic chase scene is supposed to homage the escape from Pescadero Hospital from ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' (with the difference of the "hero" Terminator being the one chasing the car).

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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The climactic chase scene is supposed to homage the escape from Pescadero Hospital from ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' (with the difference of the "hero" Terminator being the one chasing the car).car).
** Henry getting a grab of Dr. Hunter and lifting him up in his gigantic state is described in the narration as "him (Henry) imitating a [[Anime/AttackOnTitan Titan]]".
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* ShoutOut: The climactic chase scene is supposed to homage the escape from Pescadero Hospital from ''Film/TerminatorIIJudgmentDay'' (with the difference of the "hero" Terminator being the one chasing the car).

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* ShoutOut: The climactic chase scene is supposed to homage the escape from Pescadero Hospital from ''Film/TerminatorIIJudgmentDay'' ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' (with the difference of the "hero" Terminator being the one chasing the car).
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* ShoutOut: The climactic chase scene is supposed to homage the escape from Pescadero Hospital from ''Film/TerminatorIIJudgementDay'' (with the difference of the "hero" Terminator being the one chasing the car).

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* ShoutOut: The climactic chase scene is supposed to homage the escape from Pescadero Hospital from ''Film/TerminatorIIJudgementDay'' ''Film/TerminatorIIJudgmentDay'' (with the difference of the "hero" Terminator being the one chasing the car).
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* ShoutOut: The climactic chase scene is supposed to homage the escape from Pescadero Hospital from ''Film/Terminator2JudgementDay'' (with the difference of the "hero" Terminator being the one chasing the car).

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* ShoutOut: The climactic chase scene is supposed to homage the escape from Pescadero Hospital from ''Film/Terminator2JudgementDay'' ''Film/TerminatorIIJudgementDay'' (with the difference of the "hero" Terminator being the one chasing the car).

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* BigDamnHeroes: Henry Bigg, a.k.a. the Chicago Young Avenger Stature, does some damage on behalf of his friends.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Henry Bigg, a.k.a. the Chicago Young Avenger Stature, does some damage on behalf of his friends. Pretty literal, considering he arrived in his "''Titan-size''" height.
* ChaseScene: Hellsoldier chasing van, then getting ''hooked'' to the van, then getting ''dragged'' by the van, and then climbing to the back of the van.
* ImplacableMan: Roger dragged behind a speeding van, gets smashed against the side of a another car, gets blasted ''in the face'' with a large-gauge shotgun and doesn't lets go.


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* ShoutOut: The climactic chase scene is supposed to homage the escape from Pescadero Hospital from ''Film/Terminator2JudgementDay'' (with the difference of the "hero" Terminator being the one chasing the car).
* VanInBlack: Doctor Hunter's van, with tinted windows. It's explicitly mentioned to be a custom model of some kind.

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* SacredHospitality: On his side, Roger tries to be a good host. On the Littles' side, their society has an important code of paying back for the stuff they borrow by doing repairs to the big people's houses.

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* MobileSuitHuman: Dinky decided to use the ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' suit he'd purchased on a sale to go to the Bookstore. It goes bonkers on him.
* SacredHospitality: On his side, Roger tries to be a good host. On the Littles' side, their society has an important code of paying back for the stuff they borrow by doing repairs to the big people's houses.houses.
* WalkingDisasterArea: Dinky Little, as usual. Other Coreline stories have made him cameo by causing chaos with his bumbling flying, and on this story his EstablishingCharacterMoment is making the mechanized suit he bought go haywire and wreck part of the Bookstore.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Henry Bigg, a.k.a. the Chicago Young Avenger Stature, does some damage on behalf of his friends.
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A regular day on Chicago, and [[BlackSite Stingray Security Services Secondary Depot #46]] (CodeName: [[TheNamesake “THE BOOKSTORE”]]) has gotten some guests: ''Literature/TheLittles''. Site Keeper Roger Hackett is a man who tries to be a good host... and that means HilarityEnsues when a foe of the Littles comes a-calling...

[[https://marcoasalazarm.deviantart.com/art/CORELINE-A-LITTLE-HOSPITALITY-WIP-719347913 "A Little Hospitality"]] is located on Website/DeviantArt. It is part of the ''Fanfic/CoreLine'' SharedUniverse.
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* SacredHospitality: On his side, Roger tries to be a good host. On the Littles' side, their society has an important code of paying back for the stuff they borrow by doing repairs to the big people's houses.

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