History Literature / Elianto

* GagBoobs: Mentioned with one of the Presidents, whose corpse "bounce around like a rubber mattress" after being shot.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When reading Rollo's bio, Baby Esatto finds out that, apparently, he was defeated only once in a match in 1991, when he was 11. [[spoiler: It turns out that, because of the different flow of time in the Alterean Worlds, the "present" on Bludus equals to the 1991 on Earth, and during that match Rollo is defeated by Sad Tiger.]]

* DistractedByTheSexy: Invoked by Talete, applying one of Noon's theories to the local sexy nurse: she's instructed to unbotton part of her shirt either [[NavelDeepNeckline up]] or [[BareYourMidriff down]] to raise the morale of the patients, and apparently it works. He's also studying a male counterpart of the female patients.

* HornyDevils: Carmilla, [[spoiler: and Malcinea.]]
* HypocriticalHumor: During their last shodown, one of the two surviving Presidents shouts about not hurting the civilians, only to shoot at random at his rival's car, mowing down passerbies.

* IntellectualAnimal: Rangoutan, the sentien ape living in Yasmerius' zoo. Also the philosopher fish in Posidon's waters and the Kofs itself (who gathers and has gathered [[{{Seers}} all the information that happened and ''could'' happen in the universe.]])

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Persefone on Yasmerius.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: In the end, Baby Esatto, Fido Pass Pass and other surviving members of the New Republic survive, makes a new Zentrum and start their own tyrannical Repubblic. That being said, the protagonists got what they wanted, so things are even.]]

!! Elianto contains Examples of:

* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: Elianto. The plot revolves around healing him so he can partecipate to the challenge against the government.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Invoked by Talete, applying one of Noon's theories to the local sexy nurse: she's instructed to unbotton part of her shirt either [[AbsoluteCleavage up]] or [[BareYourMidriff down]] to raise the morale of the patients, and apparently it works. He's also studying a male counterpart of the female patients.

* KnifeNut: Boccadimiele can do pretty much everything with her signature knife, from carving her name on a wall, to pick a lock to end an argument.

* RapunzelHair: The leader of the Oroni has a gigantic beard to go with his CarpetOfVirility: it's 123 cm long and 74 cm wide.

* BadassBeard: The leader of the Oroni has a gigantic beard to go with his CarpetOfVirility: it's 123 cm long and 74 cm wide.

* DreamWorld: Mnemonia, where all the memories, gifts and dreams are kept.

** Mnemonia, the world of [[DreamWorld dreams and thoutghs]].

The story is set in "Tristalia" (a [[CrapsackWorld crapsack parody of 1996 Italy]]), where the "Nova Repubblica" is ruled by the [[KlingonPromotion 20 presidents]] ([[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed parodies of various italians politicians and actors]]) and the all knowing [[MasterComputer Zentrum]]. The various free Counties must win certain "challenges" with the government of the Nova Repubblica in order to keep their indipendence. However, the champion of County Eight, [[MessianicArchetype Elianto]] is currently recovered because of a mysterious illness called the "Sweet Plague". However, he can dream of mysterious worlds which can be reached with a mysterious "Nootic" Map.

* OldShame: InUniverse:[[spoiler: Is implied that once Rollo Napalm was tricked into having sex with [[{{Transgender}} Captain Guepiére]].]]

* {{Transgender}}: Captain Pierre Gue, who's said to have both "bulges and muscles" in his body, as well as some of his crew. He's a rather affable character and a badass pirate captain nonetheless.

* ShoutOut: InUniverse example, Elianto thinks that the Zentrum's holographic face resembles the mirror from Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarves.

* EvilTowerOfOminousness: The Nail, a [[CaptainObvious nail-shaped]] ''smogscraper'' where the Zentrum resides.

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* OldShame: InUniverse:[[spoiler: Is implied that once Rollo Napalm was tricked into having sex with [[{{Transsexual}} Captain Guepiére]].]]

* {{Transsexual}}: Captain Pierre Gue, who's said to have both "bulges and muscles" in his body, as well as some of his crew. He's a rather affable character and a badass pirate captain nonetheless.

* DogFoodDiet: Rangoutan, though not by choice, since pet food left from the zoo is the only food left on Yasmerius. He can make it divinely good though.

* FashionVictimVillain: Lucifer wears a tidy suit but has the most terrible and dreaded collection of neckties of the whole multiverse. The one he's described wearing is black and white with a motif of red pipes, green/yellow hounds, purple stripes and a rust-colored spots all over it. It's so garishingly bad that Carmilla almost faints. And of course, he has the habit of asking his underlings the following question:

** While on Memnonia, the kids spots, for a split second, an elevator going up containing three red-skinned children, two chinese men and two tiny little people. [[spoiler: It turns out they were the other two groups, and what they're doing there

* OurAngelsAreDifferent: The "Totapulchra", as they're called, are humanoids with feathery wings, come in both genders and do have human appetites (namely, a collection of porn books in their library).

* ConspicuouslyPubblicAssassination: Most of the 20 President's murders happen onscreen during TV shows they're attending, including one who's grabbed by some dancers and [[CruelAndUnusualDeath crushed to death under their shoes]] or another one that, under pretension to show his plans for solving the crisis, unveils a rifle and nails one of his rivals.

-->"It was as if that cry emerged from the throats of all the dead in battle, of all the criminals hanged on the gallows, of all the agonizing people, of all the mothers of the fallen. In many years of bloodshed, Siperquater had never heard a cry like that [[BrownNote and fell on his knees, trembling in fear.]]

* BlackComedyRape: After the naval battle against the Spaniards, each of Guepiére men receive "12 markdollars, a carmelite and half-a-spaniard each. Everything was used accordingly."

* CrapsaccharineWorld: The Nova Repubblica is the crap, the Counties are the saccharine.

* DuelToTheDeath: The way to solve pretty much everything on Bludus, even arguments between bards:

* FireAndBrimstoneHell: Partly subverted, true hell is actually a huge traffic jam with cars full of sinners which proceed slowly. Oh, and the sinners are sometimes bothered by devils disguised as annoying hitchhikers.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Talete.]]

* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: Elianto.

-->'''Malcinea''':"Remember, doctor, the fungi from a normal tree eat small insects and worms, the ones from a Huang Chestnut eat big worms."

* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: The essential reason why Lucifer sends the three devils on their quest.

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: The Flamenco Dancer.

* RedOniBlueOni: The Triperots and Siperquats from Neikos. Also parodied with Pat and Visa, who, representing the Yin and Yang, always disagree on each others opinion.

* WarIsHell: Neikos.

* AndIMustScream: Purgatory is actually a huge building with many rooms, and there the souls are forced to do the same action and ''always the same action'' (eg: reading the same book, eating only pizza, and so on) and can have only two pauses for the tea (which [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking sucks]]). Thankfully, it's not eternal.

* BlessedWithSuck: Light Tiger, the chief abbot of the Cloud Warriors has reached such a greated illumination that risks to fly to the ceiling if he doesn't think "earthly" thoughts. (That include reading a manga called "Horny Schoolgirls".)

-->"Remember, a patient without a kidney can easly live, a man without cash can't!"

* ExtremeOmnivore: Brot. He's shown eating basically everything, including lava-flavoured pasta, alien flesh, meat, weird animals, ice-creams and even himself at one point.

* JerkAssGod: The "Shunter" is often hinted to be this.

* {{Kiai}}: Fuku's Cloud Warrior's Battlecry, used to throw enemies in fear and [[MundaneUtility to call the taxis.]]

* LightIsNotGood: The "Sadic Angels" on Yasmerius.

* LoveHurts: To Captain Guepiére at least, [[spoiler: until he finally find the ring of his beloved.]]

* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler: Carmilla and Ebenezer.]]
* OldShame: [[spoiler: Is implied that once Rollo Napalm was tricked into having sex with [[{{Transsexual}} Captain Guepiére]].]]

* {{Transsexual}}: Captain Pierre Gue, who's said to have both "bulges and muscles" in his body.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue

* [[spoiler: WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter: Sad Tiger's precious sword is revealed to be a toy wooden saber made from a wooden crate.]]
-->"Sometimes the most beautiful sword or the sharpest one isn't the most important."

* The second group is composed by Fuku Tiger Eyes, a [[BadAss Cloud Warrior]] and the [[MiniatureSeniorCitizens ''tiny'' yogi Pat and Visa]] from the Mountain County, who must retrieve the legendary Cloud Warrior Sad Tiger who went in voluntary exile in the Alterean Worlds, so that he can fight the champion of Tristalia [[TheBrute Rollo Napalm]].

* BadAss: Fuku Tiger Eyes and Sad Tiger.
** LittleMissBadAss: Boccadimiele or Bouche.
** CulturedBadAss: Ebenezer, also Rangoutan, the only friendly survivor of Yasmerius. And, of course, an Orangutan himself.

The story is set in "Tristalia" (a [[CrapsackWorld crapsack parody of 1996 Italy]]), where the "Nova Repubblica" is ruled by the [[KlingonPromotion 20 presidents]] ([[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed parodies of various italians politicians and actors]]) and the all knowing [[MasterComputer Zentrum]]. The various free Counties must win certain "challenges" with the government of the Nova Repubblica in order to keep their indipendence. However, the champion of County Eight, [[TheMessiah Elianto]] is currently recovered because of a mysterious illness called the "Sweet Plague". However, he can dream of mysterious worlds which can be reached with a mysterious "Nootic" Map.

* TheMessiah: Elianto and also, on a minor scale, Fuku.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Several, includng: Sad Tiger [[spoiler: [[CurbStompBattle pwning Rollo when his BerserkButton is pushed.]] ]]
** Whenever the devils take their battle-form, ass-kicking ensues.
** The Tango Dancer gets one when [[spoiler: He saves Elianto's life from the Letex drug by shouting at the "Dark Cloud" (Elianto't death) and pushing it away.]]
** [[spoiler: The Kofs gets one when he overload the Zentrum with an ocean of datas.]]
* [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Crowning Book of Funny]]: It's the quickiest way to list them up.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Many scenes where Elianto appears, expecially when Doctor Satagius or Talete promises to make him heal. [[spoiler: Also when all three the groups meet in their way back to Earth and Elianto meeting with his family.]]
** Elianto's dialogue with [[spoiler: Ghost Talete.]]

* NightmareFuel: The Sadic Angels' boss proposition to Carmilla can count as this, depending on your sensibility.

** Medium is a [[TrueNeutral flat, extremely strict]] and [[{{Bowdlerised}} awfully boring world.]]

* {{Squick}}: Hilariously done with the Triperot clan, whose members never shaves, never cut their hair and never wash. Also when Carmilla make a strip show for the aliens of Bludus, causing a .... mess...
* TearJerker: Surprisingly has some, including one where [[spoiler: Persefone, while making the healing elixir for Elianto, predict what would happen if they fail in an alternate, crapsack future.]]

Elianto is a book written by Stefano Benni, one of the wittiest and most famous writers in Italy, whose works were also translated in other languages

Elianto contains Examples of: