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toning down some swearing since this is a kid-friendly series, and adding specific examples from multiple books underneath the entry
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: Each book comes with an {{aesop}} and the kids usually do end up learning their lesson (you shouldn't change yourself to be popular, growing up is a normal part of life, try not to be envious of others, etc). None of it matters however because each of them are massively fucked over in the twist ending which renders any moral they learned moot.
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: Each book comes with an {{aesop}} and the kids usually do end up learning their lesson (you shouldn't change yourself to be popular, growing up is a normal part of life, try not to be envious of others, etc). None of it matters however because each of them are massively fucked screwed over in the twist ending which renders any moral they learned moot.moot.
** Everything Shelly learns about friendship and popularity is for nothing when [[spoiler: Ursula turns her into a fish for good, leaving everyone else to mourn her loss]].
** Delia finally learns about true friendship and the superficiality of getting liked for your looks and clothes only. Her lessons are null and void, however, as [[spoiler: she is turned into a mannequin and doomed to an eternity of being part of the House of De Vil display]].
** Everything Shelly learns about friendship and popularity is for nothing when [[spoiler: Ursula turns her into a fish for good, leaving everyone else to mourn her loss]].
** Delia finally learns about true friendship and the superficiality of getting liked for your looks and clothes only. Her lessons are null and void, however, as [[spoiler: she is turned into a mannequin and doomed to an eternity of being part of the House of De Vil display]].
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler: Everything Shelly learns about friendship and popularity is for nothing when Ursula turns her into a fish for good, leaving everyone else to mourn her loss]].
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler: Delia finally learns about true friendship and the superficiality of getting liked for your looks and clothes only. Her lessons are null and void, however, as she is turned into a mannequin and doomed to an eternity of being part of the House of De Vil display]].
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: Each book comes with an {{aesop}} and the kids usually do end up learning their lesson (you shouldn't change yourself to be popular, growing up is a normal part of life, try not to be envious of others, etc). None of it matters however because each of them are massively fucked over in the twist ending which renders any moral they learned moot.
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* CruelTwistEnding: ''Every single book'' ends with one, ranging from fates worse than death to impending doom, with the kindest one being a YearOutsideHourInside situation.
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* CruelTwistEnding: ''Every single book'' ends with one, ranging from fates worse than death FatesWorseThanDeath to [[BolivianArmyEnding impending doom, doom]], with the kindest one being a YearOutsideHourInside situation. situation:
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** In ''Part of Your Nightmare'' [[spoiler: Ursula promises that Shelly will be the fastest swimmer in Triton Bay, as promised… she just never said she’d be human.]]
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** In ''Part of Your Nightmare'' [[spoiler: Ursula promises assures that Shelly will be the fastest swimmer in Triton Bay, as she had promised… she just never said she’d be human.]]''human.'']]
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* DefangedHorrors: The endings may be bleak, but those and other scares are still age-appropriate for children.
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* ExactWords: Employed in the CruelTwistEnding just to rub salt in the wounds.
** In ''Part of Your Nightmare'' [[spoiler: Ursula promises that Shelly will be the fastest swimmer in Triton Bay, as promised… she just never said she’d be human.]]
** In ''The Circle of Ter-ROAR'' [[spoiler: Scar reminds Silas that he promised ''he'' wouldn’t harm anyone…. But he never made the same promise for the hyenas.]]
** In ''Part of Your Nightmare'' [[spoiler: Ursula promises that Shelly will be the fastest swimmer in Triton Bay, as promised… she just never said she’d be human.]]
** In ''The Circle of Ter-ROAR'' [[spoiler: Scar reminds Silas that he promised ''he'' wouldn’t harm anyone…. But he never made the same promise for the hyenas.]]
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got the names switched around
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* CruelTwistEnding: ''Every single book'' ends with one, ranging from fates worse than death to impending doom, with the kindest one being an HourInsideYearOutside situation.
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* CruelTwistEnding: ''Every single book'' ends with one, ranging from fates worse than death to impending doom, with the kindest one being an HourInsideYearOutside a YearOutsideHourInside situation.
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deleting some reception to the endings and authorial intent natter— it doesn't really describe what they are and the other stuff doesn't really matter, and this is far from the first series to be like this (goosebumps anyone?)
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* CruelTwistEnding: ''Every single book'' ends with one, which gained the series an infamous reputation in children's literary circles. Jennifer Brody/Vera Strange [[https://youtu.be/1bjMROoUGm0?si=fa1sBzclEKF66foe stated this was very much intentional]], and that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7MD9Pl63N0 a negative review than pans the ending]] is a ''good'' review in her eyes:
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* CruelTwistEnding: ''Every single book'' ends with one, which gained the series an infamous reputation in children's literary circles. Jennifer Brody/Vera Strange [[https://youtu.be/1bjMROoUGm0?si=fa1sBzclEKF66foe stated this was very much intentional]], and that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7MD9Pl63N0 a negative review ranging from fates worse than pans death to impending doom, with the ending]] is a ''good'' review in her eyes: kindest one being an HourInsideYearOutside situation.
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* CruelTwistEnding: ''Every single book'' ends with one. Jennifer Brody/Vera Strange (who is a horror buff who worked several horror films including ''Film/{{The Texas Chainsaw Massacre|2003}}'' remake) [[https://youtu.be/1bjMROoUGm0?si=fa1sBzclEKF66foe stated this was very much intentional]], and that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7MD9Pl63N0 a negative review than pans the ending]] is a ''good'' review in her eyes:
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* CruelTwistEnding: ''Every single book'' ends with one. one, which gained the series an infamous reputation in children's literary circles. Jennifer Brody/Vera Strange (who is a horror buff who worked several horror films including ''Film/{{The Texas Chainsaw Massacre|2003}}'' remake) [[https://youtu.be/1bjMROoUGm0?si=fa1sBzclEKF66foe stated this was very much intentional]], and that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7MD9Pl63N0 a negative review than pans the ending]] is a ''good'' review in her eyes:
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* GhastlyGhost: Rather than appearing in person like her WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatianStreet counterpart, this Cruella appears as a phantom when coming to get her fur coat back from Delia's hands. Justified since Cruella herself is from the 1970s, and by the time of the events of the book she would have died a long time ago.
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* WeakenedbytheLight: The Shadows that Dr. Facilier summons to catch the necklace from Jamal's hand can vanish from the intense light the necklace can cast as a defense mechanism, or by direct sunlight after trying to follow Jamal outdoors.
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* WeakenedbytheLight: WeakenedByTheLight: The Shadows that Dr. Facilier summons to catch the necklace from Jamal's hand can vanish from the intense light the necklace can cast as a defense mechanism, or by direct sunlight after trying to follow Jamal outdoors.
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* WeakenedbytheLight: The Shadows that Dr. Facilier summons to catch the necklace from Jamal's hand can vanish from the intense light the necklace can cast as a defense mechanism, or by direct sunlight after trying to follow Jamal outdoors.
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* TwentyMinutesInTheFuture: [[spoiler: After Harrie manages to outsmart Hook and escape from Neverland back to his home, he soon finds that a lot of time has passed after being kidnapped by Hook and trying to battle him. While it's unknown how much the town has advanced technology-wise, his family has grown up, with his parents now being senior citizens, and his sister and friends being middle aged adults.]]
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* TwentyMinutesInTheFuture: [[spoiler: After Harrie Barrie manages to outsmart Hook and escape from Neverland back to his home, he soon finds that a lot of time has passed after being kidnapped by Hook and trying to battle him. While it's unknown how much the town has advanced technology-wise, his family has grown up, with his parents now being senior citizens, and his sister and friends being middle aged adults.]]
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* InvisibleToNormals: A recurring theme throughout the books is the Disney villains tormenting the heroes with things only they can sense, such as Ursula tormenting Shelly with the smell of seawater and octopus ink, Captain Hook haunting Barrie with the increasingly loud thumping of his boots and sword strikes, and Hades making Hector smell smoke and see fire.
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* InvisibleToNormals: A recurring theme throughout the books is the Disney villains tormenting the heroes with things only they can sense, such as Ursula tormenting Shelly with the smell of seawater and octopus ink, Dr. Facilier stalking Jamal using his Shadows, Captain Hook haunting Barrie with the increasingly loud thumping of his boots and sword strikes, and Hades making Hector smell smoke and see fire.
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* BerserkButton:
** For Dr. Facilier, backing off his deals. The more that Jamal refused to take the deal that the Docotr suggested in charge for Jamal's necklace, the more frustrated the doctor became. And in order to get the necklace, Facilier decided to ask his friends on the other side to stalk him out, from using shadows, to summoning voodoo dolls [[spoiler: and even hijacking a hurricane using the friends' powers as well]].
** Also for him, fearing his Friends' ire if he can't pay them what they wanted (just like the [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog original doctor as well]], since [[spoiler: near the end, Jamal decided to break the necklace, making sure that neither he nor the Doctor could use it at all, and since the doctor asked his friends to retrieve it for him, breaking could have spelled his doom. To bad that after Facilier told Jamal that he was the only one to reverse the Shadow Curse, Jamal backed away from breaking it to give it to the doctor back.]]
** For Dr. Facilier, backing off his deals. The more that Jamal refused to take the deal that the Docotr suggested in charge for Jamal's necklace, the more frustrated the doctor became. And in order to get the necklace, Facilier decided to ask his friends on the other side to stalk him out, from using shadows, to summoning voodoo dolls [[spoiler: and even hijacking a hurricane using the friends' powers as well]].
** Also for him, fearing his Friends' ire if he can't pay them what they wanted (just like the [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog original doctor as well]], since [[spoiler: near the end, Jamal decided to break the necklace, making sure that neither he nor the Doctor could use it at all, and since the doctor asked his friends to retrieve it for him, breaking could have spelled his doom. To bad that after Facilier told Jamal that he was the only one to reverse the Shadow Curse, Jamal backed away from breaking it to give it to the doctor back.]]
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* CruelTwistEnding: ''Every single book'' ends with one. Jennifer Brody/Vera Strange (who is a horror buff who worked several horror films including ''Film/{{The Texas Chainsaw Massacre|2003}}'' remake) [[https://youtu.be/1bjMROoUGm0?si=fa1sBzclEKF66foe stated this was very much intentional]], stating that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7MD9Pl63N0 a negative review than pans the ending]] is a ''good'' review in her eyes:
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* CruelTwistEnding: ''Every single book'' ends with one. Jennifer Brody/Vera Strange (who is a horror buff who worked several horror films including ''Film/{{The Texas Chainsaw Massacre|2003}}'' remake) [[https://youtu.be/1bjMROoUGm0?si=fa1sBzclEKF66foe stated this was very much intentional]], stating and that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7MD9Pl63N0 a negative review than pans the ending]] is a ''good'' review in her eyes:
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* TwentyMinutesInTheFuture: [[spoiler: After Harrie manages to outsmark Hook and escape from Neverland back to his home, he soon finds that a lot of time has happened after being kidnapped by Hook and trying to battle him. While it's unknown how much has the town advanced in technology or other stuff, his family has grew up, with his parents being old people now and his sister and friends being middle aged adults.]]
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* TwentyMinutesInTheFuture: [[spoiler: After Harrie manages to outsmark outsmart Hook and escape from Neverland back to his home, he soon finds that a lot of time has happened passed after being kidnapped by Hook and trying to battle him. While it's unknown how much has the town has advanced in technology or other stuff, technology-wise, his family has grew grown up, with his parents now being old people now senior citizens, and his sister and friends being middle aged adults.]]
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* 20MinutesInTheFuture: TwentyMinutesInTheFuture: [[spoiler: After Harrie manages to outsmark Hook and escape from Neverland back to his home, he soon finds that a lot of time has happened after being kidnapped by Hook and trying to battle him. While it's unknown how much has the town advanced in technology or other stuff, his family has grew up, with his parents being old people now and his sister and friends being middle aged adults.]]
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* 20MinutesIntoTheFuture: [[spoiler: After Harrie manages to outsmark Hook and escape from Neverland back to his home, he soon finds that a lot of time has happened after being kidnapped by Hook and trying to battle him. While it's unknown how much has the town advanced in technology or other stuff, his family has grew up, with his parents being old people now and his sister and friends being middle aged adults.]]
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* UrbanLegends: Dr. Facilier seemed to be treated as that by the inhabitants of New Orleans, and according to them, making a deal with him really doesn't end well for you.
