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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: A literal version; Red doesn't appear again after Sophia and Amos drag him into Franklin's coonskin cap, leaving his ultimate fate ambiguous.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: A literal version; Red doesn't appear again after Sophia and Amos drag him into Franklin's coonskin cap, leaving his ultimate fate ambiguous.ambiguous.
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''Mr. Revere and I'', by the same author, repeats the premise with Paul Revere and his horse.
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* HypercompetentSidekick: Amos claims that Ben achieved most of his success because of Amos' assistance. For instance, Amos gave Franklin the idea for the stove and his skill as a spy let Ben know all sorts of things that made people unaware of the arrangement wonder if the man could read minds.
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* HypercompetentSidekick: Zigzagged. Amos claims that Ben achieved most of his success because of Amos' assistance. For instance, Amos gave Franklin the idea for the stove and his skill as a spy let Ben know all sorts of things that made people unaware of the arrangement wonder if the man could read minds. However, some of Amos' antics get Ben in trouble, notably when he corrects what he believes to be inaccuracies in the tide tables in a version of Poor Richard's Almanack, which results in a number of ships being beached and Ben being forced to confront an angry mob.
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* Long-Lived: Amos meets Benjamin Franklin in 1745 and writes the book after Franklin's death in 1790, meaning Amos is at a minimum 45 years old, quite impressive, as mice rarely live past three years in age.
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* Long-Lived: Amos meets Benjamin Franklin in 1745 and writes the book after Franklin's death in 1790, meaning Amos is at a minimum 45 years old, quite impressive, as mice rarely live past three years in age.
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* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: In one story, Ben goes swimming. Amos, who disdains it, stays on the bank. A dog runs away with Ben's hat and Ben, thinking Amos is still inside, runs after it to rescue him. Then some people come by, see Ben's clothes and not the wearer, and assume he drowned, so they run off carrying the "evidence" with them. Eventually Ben comes back, and ultimately has to face everyone wearing only his swimsuit and coonskin hat.
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* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: In one story, Ben goes swimming. Amos, who disdains it, stays on the bank. A dog runs away with Ben's hat and Ben, thinking Amos is still inside, runs after it to rescue him. Then some people come by, see Ben's clothes and not the wearer, and assume he drowned, so they run off carrying the "evidence" with them. Eventually Ben comes back, and ultimately has to face everyone wearing only his swimsuit and coonskin hat.cap.
* KavorkaMan: After securing funds for the American Revolution, Ben is in no hurry to leave France, because all the court's ladies fawn on him, call him "Papa", invite him to dinner, and write him perfumy letters. Amos finds it all ridiculous and places one of the "rescue parties" of mice on Ben to wear out his welcome.
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** Amos has taken it upon himself to "fix" the latest edition of ''Poor Richard's Almanac'' by adjusting the lists of maxims and the tides table. This doesn't end well, but he was certainly was good-natured in his intentions.
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** Amos has taken it upon himself to "fix" the latest edition of ''Poor Richard's Almanac'' by adjusting the lists of maxims and the tides table. This doesn't end well, but he was certainly was good-natured in his intentions.intentions.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: A literal version; Red doesn't appear again after Sophia and Amos drag him into Franklin's coonskin cap, leaving his ultimate fate ambiguous.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: A literal version; Red doesn't appear again after Sophia and Amos drag him into Franklin's coonskin cap, leaving his ultimate fate ambiguous.
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* MouseWorld: The novel portrays a world of mice existing right beside the human world. The mouse world even parallels it in many ways, as demonstrated with the attempted revolution of the French peasant mice and with Ben stealing Red's work to serve as the Declaration of Independence.
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* GreenAroundTheGills: Amos spends the entire voyage to France seasick and resents Ben's wellness.
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* PostVictoryCollapse: After successfully leading the charge to rescue Sophia's children, Red collapses from his wounds. Amos and Sophia have to drag him into Ben's hat.
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* DeliciousDistraction: During the mission to defeat the aristocrats and rescue Sophia's children, the peasant mice see the luscious French food on the table and abandon the fight to eat it.
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* PlagiarismInFiction: According to Amos, the Declaration of Independence originated as a work of Red's about circumstances justifying a mouse cutting ties with a human. When Ben saw it, he immediately took a liking to it and copied it down, changing a few words as necessary, to Red's consternation.
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''Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos'' is a 1939 book by Robert Lawson. Creator/BillPeet, who was working there at the time, [[WesternAnimation/MiscellaneousDisneyShorts adapted it into a short feature]] for Disney in 1953, with Creator/SterlingHolloway providing narration and giving a voice to Amos.
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''Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos'' is a 1939 book by Robert Lawson. Creator/BillPeet, who was working there at Disney at the time, [[WesternAnimation/MiscellaneousDisneyShorts adapted it into a short feature]] for Disney them in 1953, with Creator/SterlingHolloway providing narration and giving a voice to Amos.
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* CutTheJuice: A variant; when Ben's demonstration of electricity starts to go awry and electrify some of the spectators, Ben starts forward to do something. However, Amos, realizing it's a bad idea to touch anything that might make them part of the circuit, nips him on the ear and tells him to stop the apprentice who's been turning the wheel instead. This solves the problem without putting anyone else in the electricity's way.
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* FieryRedhead: Red, a mouse who accompanies Thomas Jefferson in the same way Amos does Benjamin Franklin, has reddish fur and a passionate temperament that can erupt in rhetoric or in physical confrontation.
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* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: In one of the stories Amos recounts, Ben goes swimming. Amos, who disdains swimming, stays on the bank. A dog runs away with Ben's hat and Ben, thinking Amos is still inside, runs after it to rescue him. Then some people come by, see Ben's clothes and not the wearer, and assume he drowned, so they run off carrying the "evidence" with them. Eventually Ben comes back, and ultimately has to face everyone wearing only his swimsuit and coonskin hat.
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* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: In one of the stories Amos recounts, story, Ben goes swimming. Amos, who disdains swimming, it, stays on the bank. A dog runs away with Ben's hat and Ben, thinking Amos is still inside, runs after it to rescue him. Then some people come by, see Ben's clothes and not the wearer, and assume he drowned, so they run off carrying the "evidence" with them. Eventually Ben comes back, and ultimately has to face everyone wearing only his swimsuit and coonskin hat.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Amos claims that Ben achieved most of his success because of Amos' assistance. For instance, Amos gave Franklin the idea for the stove and his skill as a spy let Ben know all sorts of things that made people unaware of the arrangement wonder if the man could read minds.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Amos claims that Ben achieved most of his success because of Amos' assistance. For instance, Amos gave Franklin the idea for the stove and his skill as a spy let Ben know all sorts of things that made people unaware of the arrangement wonder if the man could read minds.
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* AbsentMindedProfessor: Amos mentions that a hole Ben made in the front of the hat came in useful for Amos warning him about obstacles right ahead of him that he didn't notice.
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* ForgetsToEat: In the middle of Ben's excited rush to finish with the stove prototype, Amos asks him if he goes past the pantry on his way back from the woodpile. When Ben asks why, Amos points out that not everyone feels satisfied with inventing without some food to go along with it.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: As expected for a mouse in fiction, Amos has a great fondness for cheese.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: When Amos and Ben first talk to each other, Ben defends the meager fueling on the fire with the maxim "waste not, want not." Amos points out that getting sick from exposure to the cold could result in wastes of time (in bed) and money (for doctors). Ben promptly builds up the fire.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: When Amos and Ben first talk to each other, Ben defends the meager fueling on the fire with the maxim "waste not, want not." Amos points out that [[CatchYourDeathOfCold getting sick from exposure to the cold cold]] could result in wastes of time (in bed) and money (for doctors). Ben promptly builds up the fire.
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* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: In one of the stories Amos recounts, Ben goes swimming, claiming it's good for the health. Amos, who disdains swimming, stays on the bank. A dog runs away with Ben's hat and Ben, thinking Amos is still inside, runs after it to rescue him. Then a lot of people come by, see Ben's clothes and not the wearer, and assume he drowned, so they run off carrying the "evidence" with them. Eventually Ben comes back, and ultimately has to face everyone wearing only his swimsuit and coonskin hat.
* KiteRiding: Ben rigs a platform on his kite for Amos and a zipline he can ride down, which Amos enjoys immensely. As Ben begins to study electricity, he hints that Amos riding on the kite during a thunderstorm would greatly benefit his study. Amos declines. However, the day Franklin "discovers" electricity, he sends Amos up in the kite like usual -- and Amos doesn't find out till too late that he's removed the zipline.
* KiteRiding: Ben rigs a platform on his kite for Amos and a zipline he can ride down, which Amos enjoys immensely. As Ben begins to study electricity, he hints that Amos riding on the kite during a thunderstorm would greatly benefit his study. Amos declines. However, the day Franklin "discovers" electricity, he sends Amos up in the kite like usual -- and Amos doesn't find out till too late that he's removed the zipline.
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* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: In one of the stories Amos recounts, Ben goes swimming, claiming it's good for the health.swimming. Amos, who disdains swimming, stays on the bank. A dog runs away with Ben's hat and Ben, thinking Amos is still inside, runs after it to rescue him. Then a lot of some people come by, see Ben's clothes and not the wearer, and assume he drowned, so they run off carrying the "evidence" with them. Eventually Ben comes back, and ultimately has to face everyone wearing only his swimsuit and coonskin hat.
* KiteRiding: Ben rigs a platform on his kite for Amos and azipline cart in which he can ride down, which Amos enjoys immensely. As Ben begins to study electricity, he hints that Amos riding on the kite during a thunderstorm would greatly benefit his study. Amos declines. However, the day Franklin "discovers" electricity, he sends Amos up in the kite like usual -- and Amos doesn't find out till too late that he's removed the zipline.cart.
* KiteRiding: Ben rigs a platform on his kite for Amos and a
* ShoddyKnockoffProduct: After Amos' alterations to the latest ''Poor Richard's Almanac'' cause a number of ships to run aground and nearly result in a riot, Ben points out that the almanac clearly isn't an authentic one. He claims it's a hoax and urges his customers to insist on the genuine article in the future.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Ben doesn't seem to find it odd when Amos starts talking to him.
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** Ben Franklin has set up his electrical equipment for a demonstration. To Amos it doesn't look like the diagrams, so he "fixes" it, dumping the extra stuff into a chair. A very prominent citizen later gets zapped.
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** Ben Franklin has set up his electrical equipment for a demonstration. To Amos it doesn't look like the diagrams, so he "fixes" it, dumping the extra stuff into a chair. A very prominent citizen The governor later gets zapped.
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''Ben and Me'' is a 1939 book by Robert Lawson. Creator/BillPeet, who was working there at the time, [[WesternAnimation/MiscellaneousDisneyShorts adapted it into a short feature]] for Disney in 1953, with Creator/SterlingHolloway providing narration and giving a voice to Amos.
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''Ben and Me'' Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos'' is a 1939 book by Robert Lawson. Creator/BillPeet, who was working there at the time, [[WesternAnimation/MiscellaneousDisneyShorts adapted it into a short feature]] for Disney in 1953, with Creator/SterlingHolloway providing narration and giving a voice to Amos.
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* BabiesEverAfter: Amos ultimately marries another mouse and has children.
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* AsleepForDays: Amos sleeps for two days following the kite-flying incident.
* BabiesEverAfter:Amos ultimately marries another Multiple of Amos' siblings have families of their own by the end of the book.
* DamselInDistress: Sophia, a mouse Amos meets during his andhas children.Ben's stay in France, was chased from her home at court and separated from her husband and children, the latter of whom are in captivity.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: When Amos and Ben first talk to each other, Ben defends the meager fueling on the fire with the maxim "waste not, want not." Amos points out that getting sick from exposure to the cold could result in wastes of time (in bed) and money (for doctors). Ben promptly builds up the fire.
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* DamselInDistress: Sophia, a mouse Amos meets during his and
* DidntThinkThisThrough: When Amos and Ben first talk to each other, Ben defends the meager fueling on the fire with the maxim "waste not, want not." Amos points out that getting sick from exposure to the cold could result in wastes of time (in bed) and money (for doctors). Ben promptly builds up the fire.
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* KiteRiding: Ben rigs a platform on his kite for Amos and a zipline he can ride down, which Amos enjoys immensely. As Ben begins to study electricity, he hints multiple times that Amos riding on the kite during a thunderstorm would greatly benefit his study. Amos declines. However, the day Franklin "discovers" electricity, he sends Amos up in the kite like usual -- and Amos doesn't find out till too late that he's removed the zipline.
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* KiteRiding: Ben rigs a platform on his kite for Amos and a zipline he can ride down, which Amos enjoys immensely. As Ben begins to study electricity, he hints multiple times that Amos riding on the kite during a thunderstorm would greatly benefit his study. Amos declines. However, the day Franklin "discovers" electricity, he sends Amos up in the kite like usual -- and Amos doesn't find out till too late that he's removed the zipline.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Amos is the oldest of twenty-six children.
* RedIsHeroic: Red, a mouse companion of Jefferson's, has reddish fur and a fierce dislike of injustice.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Amos is the oldest of twenty-six children.
* RedIsHeroic: Red, a mouse companion of Jefferson's, has reddish fur and a fierce dislike of injustice.
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''Ben and Me'' is a 1939 book by Robert Lawson. Creator/BillPeet, who was working there at the time, [[WesternAnimation/MiscellaneousDisneyShorts adapted it into a short feature]] for Disney in 1953, with Creator/SterlingHolloway providing narration and giving a voice to Amos.
''Ben and Me'' chronicles the life of the famous Creator/BenjaminFranklin -- from the perspective of a mouse, Amos, who lives in his coonskin hat. Amos stays with Ben through most of the exploits that made him famous, helping him and sometimes getting the wrong end of Franklin's adventurousness and insatiable curiosity.
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* BabiesEverAfter: Amos ultimately marries another mouse and has children.
* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: In one of the stories Amos recounts, Ben goes swimming, claiming it's good for the health. Amos, who disdains swimming, stays on the bank. A dog runs away with Ben's hat and Ben, thinking Amos is still inside, runs after it to rescue him. Then a lot of people come by, see Ben's clothes and not the wearer, and assume he drowned, so they run off carrying the "evidence" with them. Eventually Ben comes back, and ultimately has to face everyone wearing only his swimsuit and coonskin hat.
* KiteRiding: Ben rigs a platform on his kite for Amos and a zipline he can ride down, which Amos enjoys immensely. As Ben begins to study electricity, he hints multiple times that Amos riding on the kite during a thunderstorm would greatly benefit his study. Amos declines. However, the day Franklin "discovers" electricity, he sends Amos up in the kite like usual -- and Amos doesn't find out till too late that he's removed the zipline.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Ben accidentally convinces many locals that he's drowned when he runs off chasing a dog that had stolen his cap, leaving his clothes on the banks.
* SilentTreatment: Amos refuses to talk to Ben at all after the kite-flying incident. Given how badly it affected him to stay on a kite in the middle of a thunderstorm, it's pretty understandable.
* WellIntentionedReplacement:
** Ben Franklin has set up his electrical equipment for a demonstration. To Amos it doesn't look like the diagrams, so he "fixes" it, dumping the extra stuff into a chair. A very prominent citizen later gets zapped.
** Amos has taken it upon himself to "fix" the latest edition of ''Poor Richard's Almanac'' by adjusting the lists of maxims and the tides table. This doesn't end well, but he was certainly was good-natured in his intentions.
''Ben and Me'' chronicles the life of the famous Creator/BenjaminFranklin -- from the perspective of a mouse, Amos, who lives in his coonskin hat. Amos stays with Ben through most of the exploits that made him famous, helping him and sometimes getting the wrong end of Franklin's adventurousness and insatiable curiosity.
!!This book includes examples of the following tropes:
* BabiesEverAfter: Amos ultimately marries another mouse and has children.
* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: In one of the stories Amos recounts, Ben goes swimming, claiming it's good for the health. Amos, who disdains swimming, stays on the bank. A dog runs away with Ben's hat and Ben, thinking Amos is still inside, runs after it to rescue him. Then a lot of people come by, see Ben's clothes and not the wearer, and assume he drowned, so they run off carrying the "evidence" with them. Eventually Ben comes back, and ultimately has to face everyone wearing only his swimsuit and coonskin hat.
* KiteRiding: Ben rigs a platform on his kite for Amos and a zipline he can ride down, which Amos enjoys immensely. As Ben begins to study electricity, he hints multiple times that Amos riding on the kite during a thunderstorm would greatly benefit his study. Amos declines. However, the day Franklin "discovers" electricity, he sends Amos up in the kite like usual -- and Amos doesn't find out till too late that he's removed the zipline.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Ben accidentally convinces many locals that he's drowned when he runs off chasing a dog that had stolen his cap, leaving his clothes on the banks.
* SilentTreatment: Amos refuses to talk to Ben at all after the kite-flying incident. Given how badly it affected him to stay on a kite in the middle of a thunderstorm, it's pretty understandable.
* WellIntentionedReplacement:
** Ben Franklin has set up his electrical equipment for a demonstration. To Amos it doesn't look like the diagrams, so he "fixes" it, dumping the extra stuff into a chair. A very prominent citizen later gets zapped.
** Amos has taken it upon himself to "fix" the latest edition of ''Poor Richard's Almanac'' by adjusting the lists of maxims and the tides table. This doesn't end well, but he was certainly was good-natured in his intentions.
