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* EarnYourHappyEnding: While he doesn't get the answers he was seeking with regards to his DisappearedDad, Bud does find a genuine family with the band and gets to meet his grandfather, who is happy to know that he at least has some surviving family.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: While he doesn't get the answers he was seeking with regards to his DisappearedDad, Bud does find a genuine family with the band and gets to meet his [[spoiler:his grandfather, who is happy to know that he at least has some surviving family.family]].
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''Bud, Not Buddy'' is a middle-grade novel by Christopher Paul Curtis.
Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell is an orphan living in Flint, Michigan during TheGreatDepression. After running away from his cruel foster family, he goes looking for his DisappearedDad, who he never knew. His only lead is a set of flyers he inherited from his mother advertising a musician named Herman E. Calloway. Bud thinks Calloway is his father and sets off to meet him, along with his suitcase of worldly possessions.
Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell is an orphan living in Flint, Michigan during TheGreatDepression. After running away from his cruel foster family, he goes looking for his DisappearedDad, who he never knew. His only lead is a set of flyers he inherited from his mother advertising a musician named Herman E. Calloway. Bud thinks Calloway is his father and sets off to meet him, along with his suitcase of worldly possessions.
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''Bud, Not Buddy'' is a middle-grade novel by Christopher Paul Curtis.
Curtis published in 1999.
Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell is an orphan living in Flint, Michigan during TheGreatDepression. After running away from his cruel foster family, he goes looking for his DisappearedDad,who whom he never knew. His only lead is a set of flyers he inherited from his mother advertising a musician named Herman E. Calloway. Bud thinks Calloway is his father and sets off to meet him, along with his suitcase of worldly possessions.
Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell is an orphan living in Flint, Michigan during TheGreatDepression. After running away from his cruel foster family, he goes looking for his DisappearedDad,
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* EducationPapa: [[spoiler:Herman E. Calloway was determined that his daughter would go to college and become a teacher. He pushed her harder and harder the more burned out she became, and never gave her the opportunity to decide for herself what her dreams were. Eventually she ran away, and he never heard from her for the next eleven years until her son showed up.]]
* FirstKiss: Bud shares an awkward kiss with a girl in a shantytown. He doesn't particularly enjoy it, but is glad he had the experience.
* FosterKid: Bud is on his third foster home by the time he runs away, and all of them were pretty terrible. He prefers the Home, which isn't exactly an OrphanageOfLove but is still much more pleasant than foster care.
* FirstKiss: Bud shares an awkward kiss with a girl in a shantytown. He doesn't particularly enjoy it, but is glad he had the experience.
* FosterKid: Bud is on his third foster home by the time he runs away, and all of them were pretty terrible. He prefers the Home, which isn't exactly an OrphanageOfLove but is still much more pleasant than foster care.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Being a novel written in TheNineties that takes place during TheGreatDepression and centers around a black protagonist, this is par for the course. Bud encounters a decent amount of racism throughout his journey, although it is somewhat filtered by the fact that he's still ten years old and lives in the more integrated northern USA rather than in the southern parts that were still practicing segregation.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: While he doesn't get the answers he was seeking with regards to his DisappearedDad, Bud does find a genuine family with the band and gets to meet his grandfather, who is happy to know that he at least has some surviving family.
* EducationPapa: [[spoiler:Herman E. Calloway was determined that his daughter would go to college and become a teacher. He pushed herharder and harder hard to the more burned out she became, point of burnout and never gave her the opportunity to decide for herself what her dreams were. Eventually Eventually, she ran away, and he never heard from her for the next eleven years until her son showed up.]]
* FirstKiss: Bud shares an awkward kiss with a girl in a shantytown. He doesn't particularly enjoyit, it but is glad he had the experience.
* FosterKid: Bud ison in his third foster home by the time he runs away, and all of them were are pretty terrible. He prefers the Home, which isn't exactly an OrphanageOfLove but is still much more pleasant than foster care.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: While he doesn't get the answers he was seeking with regards to his DisappearedDad, Bud does find a genuine family with the band and gets to meet his grandfather, who is happy to know that he at least has some surviving family.
* EducationPapa: [[spoiler:Herman E. Calloway was determined that his daughter would go to college and become a teacher. He pushed her
* FirstKiss: Bud shares an awkward kiss with a girl in a shantytown. He doesn't particularly enjoy
* FosterKid: Bud is
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* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler:Bud tells Herman E. Calloway and his band that he's Calloway's son. The others react with amusement and disbelief, until they see the rocks he inherited.]]
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* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler:Bud Bud tells Herman E. Calloway and his band that he's Calloway's son. The others react with amusement and disbelief, disbelief until they see the rocks he inherited.]]inherited. Then it turns out [[spoiler:Herman is actually Bud's ''grandfather'']].
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* WarmWaterWhiz: How Bud gets Todd to wet his bed as payback for being a bully towards him.
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* InelegantBlubbering: [[spoiler: Upon learning that Bud's mother was his daughter Angela, Herman Calloway retreats to his room and sobs uncontrollably on the bed.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Mrs. Amos slaps Bud for "provoking" Todd's asthma, and Mr. Amos locks the young boy in the shed overnight before planning to return him to the orphanage.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Todd Amos fakes an asthma attack when his mother catches him beating up Bud, and pins the blame of starting the fight on Bud. Right before he leaves, Bud gets his revenge on Todd by pouring water on his pajama pants and making him wet the bed.
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* PuttingThePeeInPool: At the YMCA, one of the employees announces that the pool has been treated with a special chemical that turns bright red on contact with urine and causes severe burns. The employee warns that anyone who pees in the pool will be sent to the hospital, then jail, and will be banned from ever using any other swimming pool in the world for the rest of his life. Bud is offended that the employee would even assume that he would pee in the pool in the first place.
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* PuttingThePeeInPool: At the YMCA, one of the employees announces that the pool has been treated with a special chemical that turns bright red on contact with urine and causes severe burns. The employee warns that anyone who pees in the pool will be sent to the hospital, then jail, and will be banned from ever using any other swimming pool in the world for the rest of his or her life. Bud is offended that the employee would even assume that he would pee in the pool in the first place.
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* FurnitureBlockade: Bud is sleeping in the bedroom of [[spoiler:Angela Calloway]], who he thinks died as a child due to a misunderstanding. He blocks the doorknob with a chair to keep her ghost out.
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* FurnitureBlockade: Bud is sleeping in the bedroom of [[spoiler:Angela Calloway]], who he mistakenly thinks died as a child due to a misunderstanding.child. He blocks the doorknob with a chair to keep her ghost out.
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* FurnitureBlockade: Bud is sleeping in the bedroom of [[spoiler:Angela Calloway]], who he thinks died as a child due to a misunderstanding. He blocks the doorknob with a chair to keep her ghost out.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler:Bud tells Herman E. Calloway and his band that he's Calloway's son. The others react with amusement and disbelief, until they see the rocks he inherited.]]
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* TragicKeepsake: In addition to his flyers, Bud has some rocks with city names and dates carved on them that he found in his mother's drawer after she died.
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* TragicKeepsake: In addition to his flyers, Bud has some rocks with city names and dates carved on them that he found in his mother's drawer after she died. [[spoiler:Herman E. Calloway has boxes of them that he gave to his daughter, and that she left behind when she ran away.]]
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* FirstKiss: Bud shares an awkward kiss with a girl in a shantytown. He doesn't particularly enjoy it, but is glad he had the experience.
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* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:Bud is eventually united with Herman E. Calloway, who turns out to be not his father, but his grandfather.]]
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* EducationPapa: [[spoiler:Herman E. Calloway was determined that his daughter would go to college and become a teacher. He pushed her harder and harder the more burned out she became, and never gave her the opportunity to decide for herself what her dreams were. Eventually she ran away, and he never heard from her for the next eleven years until her son showed up.]]
* KidsDrivingCars: Attempted. Bud is walking through the countryside late at night when Mr. Lewis, who is transporting blood to a hospital, gives him a lift. Bud sees the blood, thinks Mr. Lewis is a vampire, and tries to drive off in the car. Mr. Lewis is terrified to be left stranded near a sundown town, where he could be arrested or killed if anyone sees him. Luckily Bud doesn't know how the gear shift works, so the car comes to a stop a short distance later.
* PuttingThePeeInPool: At the YMCA, one of the employees announces that the pool has been treated with a special chemical that turns bright red on contact with urine and causes severe burns. The employee warns that anyone who pees in the pool will be sent to the hospital, then jail, and will be banned from ever using any other swimming pool in the world for the rest of his life. Bud is offended that the employee would even assume that he would pee in the pool in the first place.
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* SpoiledBrat: Bud's foster brother, Todd Amos, bullies him, easily beats him when they get in a fight, and then cries to his parents that Bud hit him for no reason. His parents are easily fooled by his constant lying, including his fake asthma attacks, and give him whatever he wants.
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* SpoiledBrat: Bud's foster brother, Todd Amos, bullies him, Bud, easily beats him when they get in a fight, and then cries to his parents that Bud hit him for no reason. His parents are easily fooled by his constant lying, including his fake asthma attacks, and give him whatever he wants.
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* HeadsOrTails: Bud and his orphanage friend Bugs arrive at a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooverville Hooverville]] and can't agree on who should have to go in and ask for help. Bugs flips a coin, saying, "HeadsIWinTailsYouLose," gets tails, and sends Bud in.
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* ScaryStingingSwarm: Bud's foster parents lock him in a shed for the night. He sees what he thinks is a vampire bat hanging from the ceiling and cuts it in half with a shovel so it won't bite him. It turns out to be a hornet's nest. The swarm attacks Bud, who manages to escape through a window before he's stung too many times.
* SpoiledBrat: Bud's foster brother, Todd Amos, bullies him, easily beats him when they get in a fight, and then cries to his parents that Bud hit him for no reason. His parents are easily fooled by his constant lying, including his fake asthma attacks, and give him whatever he wants.
* SpoiledBrat: Bud's foster brother, Todd Amos, bullies him, easily beats him when they get in a fight, and then cries to his parents that Bud hit him for no reason. His parents are easily fooled by his constant lying, including his fake asthma attacks, and give him whatever he wants.
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* TragicKeepsake: In addition to his flyers, Bud has some rocks with city names and dates carved on them that he found in his mother's drawer after she died.
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''Bud, Not Buddy'' is a middle-grade novel by Christopher Paul Curtis.
Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell is an orphan living in Flint, Michigan during TheGreatDepression. After running away from his cruel foster family, he goes looking for his DisappearedDad, who he never knew. His only lead is a set of flyers he inherited from his mother advertising a musician named Herman E. Calloway. Bud thinks Calloway is his father and sets off to meet him, along with his suitcase of worldly possessions.
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!!''Bud, Not Buddy'' contains examples of:
* BriarPatching: Bud's foster parents threaten to send him back to the Home, and Bud begs them not to. He doesn't want to go back, exactly, but he's hoping that by tricking them into thinking that being sent back is a terrible punishment, he'll prevent them from doing something that would really make him miserable. He even brings up the TropeNamer while discussing this.
* FosterKid: Bud is on his third foster home by the time he runs away, and all of them were pretty terrible. He prefers the Home, which isn't exactly an OrphanageOfLove but is still much more pleasant than foster care.
* PottyFailure: Bud's foster parents are convinced that he's a bed-wetter and make him sleep on foul-smelling rubber sheets. Before he leaves, he gets revenge by pouring warm water onto his foster brother Todd's pajamas, which causes him to wet the bed for real.
* TitleDrop: Bud often introduces himself to people as "Bud, not Buddy."
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Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell is an orphan living in Flint, Michigan during TheGreatDepression. After running away from his cruel foster family, he goes looking for his DisappearedDad, who he never knew. His only lead is a set of flyers he inherited from his mother advertising a musician named Herman E. Calloway. Bud thinks Calloway is his father and sets off to meet him, along with his suitcase of worldly possessions.
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!!''Bud, Not Buddy'' contains examples of:
* BriarPatching: Bud's foster parents threaten to send him back to the Home, and Bud begs them not to. He doesn't want to go back, exactly, but he's hoping that by tricking them into thinking that being sent back is a terrible punishment, he'll prevent them from doing something that would really make him miserable. He even brings up the TropeNamer while discussing this.
* FosterKid: Bud is on his third foster home by the time he runs away, and all of them were pretty terrible. He prefers the Home, which isn't exactly an OrphanageOfLove but is still much more pleasant than foster care.
* PottyFailure: Bud's foster parents are convinced that he's a bed-wetter and make him sleep on foul-smelling rubber sheets. Before he leaves, he gets revenge by pouring warm water onto his foster brother Todd's pajamas, which causes him to wet the bed for real.
* TitleDrop: Bud often introduces himself to people as "Bud, not Buddy."
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