History Fanfic / TheBoltChronicles

* ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs: Penny's only professional acting experience prior to starring in the "Bolt" TV show is a couple of appearances in commercials for Choco-Honey Blasters cereal, where she utters the product's catchphrase, "Mmmmm -- mud milk!" Referenced in "The Pilot."

** In the film, Rhino mentions that in the ''Bolt'' TV show, one of Dr. Calico's past plots involved infiltrating the Olympics with gymnastic cyborgs. The pre-canon fic "The Pilot" incorporates this idea into the show's pilot episode, with Dr. Calico creating said cyborgs for this purpose, the better to facilitate taking over the world. Bolt blasts them away with laser EyeBeams in a blaze of pyrotechnics.

** In the film, Rhino mentions that in the ''Bolt'' TV show, one of Dr. Calico's past plots involved infiltrating the Olympics with gymnastic cyborgs. The pre-canon fic "The Pilot" incorporates this plot into the show's pilot episode, with Dr. Calico creating said cyborgs for this purpose, the better to facilitate taking over the world. Bolt blasts them away with laser EyeBeams in a blaze of pyrotechnics.

** "The Murder Mystery" is revealed to be Penny's AcidRefluxNightmare, occurring after she eats pizza with anchovies and jalapenos -- one which has her sitting up suddenly in bed drenched in sweat when she wakes up.

* AllJustADream: "The Murder Mystery" is revealed at the end of the story to be Penny's [[AcidRefluxNightmare jalapeno and pepperoni pizza-fueled nightmare]].

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: [[invoked]] Happens InUniverse with the new show "Bolt," in "The Pilot." Despite poor reviews and production values that leave something to be desired, the first episode is a massive runaway hit, described as becoming "a cultural icon of sorts."

* AllDogsArePurebred: Inverted with Bolt and Blaze, who are primarily American White Shepherds but also described in the stories as containing dollops of Berger Blanc Suisse and Hinks Bull Terrier, as well as Tracey, who is a schnauzer-Manchester Terrier mix. Played straight with all the other dogs encountered.

* AcidRefluxNightmare: "The Murder Mystery" [[AllJustADream turns out to be a bad dream]] induced by Penny's eating jalapeno and pepperoni pizza before bedtime.

** "The Teacher" concerns her unsuccessful attempt to act on a crush she has on the title character.

* LethalEatery: In "The Baseball Game," more than half of the Prairie City Schooners baseball team is laid low with food poisoning the day of the final game of the Single-A World Series, thanks to dining at a sketchy barbecue joint the night before. Given that one of the menu items is called "Ptomaine Tasties," they should have known better. When the team runs out of players, honorary Mascot Bolt is pressed into playing duty.

* CurseCutShort: Of the CurseCutShort/AnotherCharacterInterrupts sub-type. In "The Teacher," Penny's friend relates how a classmate describes the new [[HotTeacher hot Physics teacher]]. Penny interrupts her just as she reaches the word describing his butt.
-->'''Penny's chem lab partner:''' Kari told me she hasn't got a clue what he's on about ninety-nine percent of the time, but he's such a hunk that it doesn't matter. Or as she put it, "Come for the class, stay for the... "\\

* GotVolunteered: In "The Concerto," Penny compels a less-than-willing Bolt and Mittens to serve as her accompanists in a session of home music-making.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Malcolm, the actor in his 60s who plays Dr. Calico, and teenager Penny remain good friends even after she's quit the show. They are described as [[OlderIsBetter maintaining correspondence via letter]] and Penny serves as a bridemaid to Malcolm's granddaughter in "The Wedding Reception," while in "The Rings," he walks Penny down the aisle at her own wedding, substituting for her [[DisappearedDad absent father]].

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Malcolm, the 60-ish actor who plays Dr. Calico, and teenager Penny remain good friends even after she's quit the show. They are described as [[OlderIsBetter maintaining correspondence via letter]] and Penny serves as a bridemaid to Malcolm's granddaughter in "The Wedding Reception,".

* ChewingTheScenery: As in canon, Malcolm, the actor who plays Dr. Calico in the ''Bolt'' TV show, is said to be an avid scenery chewer, although Bolt can easily out-ham him at times. Later, in "The Wedding Reception", Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino out-ham him by tearing up the dance floor in a spectacularly over-the-top dance performance that impresses even Malcolm.
-->'''Malcolm:''' "Bolt, you old rascal, nice to see you again. You know, you're the only one here who can chew the scenery better than me--and I sure want to thank you for it."

* TheOmniscient: In "The Seer," Kelvin the Labradoodle can accurately predict the future and foresees Mittens's karmic meeting with Bolt in the film.

* ChewingTheScenery: In "The Wedding Reception," Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino tear up the dance floor in a spectacularly over-the-top dance performance. Malcolm, the actor who plays Dr. Calico on the ''Bolt'' TV show and himself a LargeHam, reacts by claiming Bolt is practically the only guest who can easily out-ham him.

** In canon, Rhino's attempt to cheer up Bolt once the dog realizes he has no superpowers includes the observation "And who foiled his [Dr. Calico's] plan to infiltrate the Olympics with gymnastic cyborgs?" The pre-canon fic "The Pilot" presents the first episode in some detail, with the plot in part involving Dr. Calico's having created said cyborgs for this purpose, the better to facilitate taking over the world. Bolt blasts them away with laser EyeBeams in a blaze of pyrotechnics.