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* ShoutOut: Everywhere. Some more specific examples:
** Net's movies include [[Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral Four Funerals And a Weddding,]] [[Film/DeadPoetsSociety Undead Poets Society,]] and [[Film/Titanic1997 Titanic 2: Awakening.]]
* SoBadItsGood: Most os the movies Net watches.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Net. Also Konpopoz, to such an extent that people get suspicious when he isn't sarcastic.



* OrphanageOfFear: Trio's class goes to one in ''Trap of Immortality''. All children have only names and - maybe - numbers, building is dark and unfriendly and headmistress is terribly strict...
** Until kids manage to put headmistress and the local AlphaBitch to sleep. Parties are quite fun, although Nika is still creeped out.


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* OrphanageOfFear: Trio's class goes to one in ''Trap of Immortality''. All children have only names and - maybe - numbers, building is dark and unfriendly and headmistress is terribly strict...
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* HiddenDepths: Juliusz Stokrotka, the principal of school - a jovial incompetent self-centered TedBaxter... who, when realizing that his IT teacher is incompetent becomes a good enough sysadmin to stop Net.

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* HiddenDepths: Juliusz Stokrotka, the principal of school - a jovial incompetent self-centered TedBaxter...SmallNameBigEgo... who, when realizing that his IT teacher is incompetent becomes a good enough sysadmin to stop Net.
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** AlternateHistoryWank: in the CliffHanger to the first part of Alternauci, the heroes read about Polish-Chinese border. Ultimately deconstructed, since the Polish empire bordering France and China is still only slightly less friendly than Soviet Union, for instance (though the heroes visit worse worlds). The main universe can actually qualify as well - Poland sends robots to Mars, experiments with jump gates and hires MenInBlack.

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** AlternateHistoryWank: in the CliffHanger to the first part of Alternauci, the heroes read about Polish-Chinese border. Ultimately deconstructed, since the Polish empire bordering France and China is still only slightly less friendly than Soviet Union, for instance (though the heroes visit worse worlds). The main universe can actually qualify as well - Poland sends robots to Mars, experiments with jump gates and hires MenInBlack.[[TheMenInBlack Men in Black]].



* MenInBlack: A recurring Agent Mamrot, tied to Polish government. [[spoiler: he's that badass that he exists in every parallel universe where there is a Polish government]]. He's also badass enough to be the first adult POV character in the series.

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* MenInBlack: TheMenInBlack: A recurring Agent Mamrot, tied to Polish government. [[spoiler: he's that badass that he exists in every parallel universe where there is a Polish government]]. He's also badass enough to be the first adult POV character in the series.

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** AlternateHistoryWank: in the CliffHanger to the first part of Alternauci, the heroes read about Polish-Chinese border. Ultimately deconstructed, since the Polish empire bordering France and China is still only slightly less friendly than Soviet Union, for instance (though the heroes visit worse worlds).

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** AlternateHistoryWank: in the CliffHanger to the first part of Alternauci, the heroes read about Polish-Chinese border. Ultimately deconstructed, since the Polish empire bordering France and China is still only slightly less friendly than Soviet Union, for instance (though the heroes visit worse worlds). The main universe can actually qualify as well - Poland sends robots to Mars, experiments with jump gates and hires MenInBlack.



* BadFuture: [[spoiler: weather control is a crapshoot]].



* CharacterBlog: Manfred used to blog occasionally.



** Nika might be this with some delay - her great-great... grandmother was one of the last witches in Poland.



* LegacyCharacter: The headmistress of Orphanage of Fear is always named Eleonora Chrubieszczak. The most promising student takes her place and name. [[spoiler: The current AlphaBitch is a biological daughter of the current headmistress - unaware, so that she receives the same treatment as other orphans]].



* MadScientist: Professor Butler, Biology teacher. Gilbert's father, dr Kurtacz Also some workers of Institute count.

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* MadScientist: Professor Butler, Biology teacher. Gilbert's father, dr Kurtacz Kurtacz. Also some workers of Institute count.count. But the late Professor Kuszminski takes the cake.


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* MerlinSickness: Great Anticipator lives backwards. Unlike TropeNamer this is painful - he remembers being born when he fell under the tram, had to learn to walk forwards and to discern human speech sounding backwards. When he reads, he loses information, and he knows he's going to die in 1960.

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** However there might be something behind him turning evil... Konpopoz is a better example.



** AlternateHistoryWank: in the CliffHanger to the first part of Alternauci, the heroes read about Polish-Chinese border. Ultimately deconstructed, since the Polish empire bordering France and China is still only slightly less friendly than Soviet Union, for instance (though the heroes visit worse worlds).
* AncientConspiracy: The symbol of three gears appears in Morten's lair, in the Nazi secret bunker and in the 18th century catacombs...



* EvilTeacher: Some of teachers in the heroes' school are just stupid like the incompetent IT teacher, or the HippieTeacher of arts, but the geography teacher takes the cake, forcing the students to cram areas, leaders and borders of all the states. The PE teacher is borderline [[SadistTeacher Sadist]] - instead of a school trip he changes it in the very last moment to ''extreme survival camp''.



** Until kids manage to put headmistress and her daughter to sleep. Parties are quite fun, although Nika is still creeped out.

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** Until kids manage to put headmistress and her daughter the local AlphaBitch to sleep. Parties are quite fun, although Nika is still creeped out.out.
* [[spoiler: EverybodyDidIt]]: In ''Trzy kuzynki'' the majority of school trip [[spoiler: are KidSleuth s quite like our heroes, with access to unusual technologies and/or psychic powers, but using them to steal]]. The protagonists are LockedOutOfTheLoop, and just want to rest.



* HiddenDepths: Juliusz Stokrotka, the principal of school - a jovial incompetent self-centered TedBaxter... who, when realizing that his IT teacher is incompetent becomes a good enough sysadmin to stop Net.



* MadScientist: Professor Butler, Biology teacher. Also some workers of Institute count.

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* MadScientist: Professor Butler, Biology teacher. Gilbert's father, dr Kurtacz Also some workers of Institute count.



* MenInBlack: A recurring Agent Mamrot, tied to Polish government. [[spoiler: he's that badass that he exists in every parallel universe where there is a Polish government]]. He's also badass enough to be the first adult POV character in the series.



* OfficialCouple: Net and Nika after ''Orbital Conspiracy''.

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* OfficialCouple: Net and Nika after ''Orbital Conspiracy''. [[spoiler: Feliks and Laura later on.]]



* PsychoRangers: [[spoiler: Kinga, Patryk i Adrian, the other Super-team]]. Not really sure if they're evil, but they quite likely work for AncientConspiracy.



* RobotMaid: Konpopoz - no one wondered why to create an Artificial Intelligence just to clean corridors - and it really backfired on them.



** SixthRanger: Manfred

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** SixthRanger: ManfredManfred - though he's more like MissionControl or TeamPet since he debuted in the first book. Gilbert, son of a mad chemist, would be a better example, or Laura, Feliks' girlfriend.
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* GirlPosse: Aurelia has one, consisting of BetaBitch Klaudia and FatGirl Celina. After some time, however, Celina breaks away and Aurelia is stuck with Klaudia.
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* CoolOldLady: Feliks' grandma, Mrs Lusia. She's amazing cook, always willing to help the trio [[spoiler: and hides amazing fortune. Sadly, she dies in ''Trap of Immortality'']].
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture/TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Bot occur in ''Theoretically Possible Catastrophe''.

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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture/TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture / TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Bot occur in ''Theoretically Possible Catastrophe''.

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* ArtificialIntelligence: All over the place. Special mention goes to Manfred and Morten.

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* ArtificialIntelligence: All over the place. Story states that in our times there are dozens of incredibly humanlike [=AIs=] that work in data analysis or management, it's just that they are not seen by general public. Special mention goes to Manfred and Morten.



* BunnyEarsLawyer: Professor Butler and most of Institute's staff. Institute even has Bunny Ears Robots!



* RedOniBlueOni: Net's Red to Feliks' Blue. Golem Golem is Blue to Manfred's Red.

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* RedOniBlueOni: Net's Red to Feliks' Blue. Golem Golem is Blue to Manfred's Red.Red.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: All robots in the institute are like this. Manfred also counts, as he has his new shiny robotic body now.
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** As a meta example, backsides of covers of every books look like this, with short paragraphs of text are mixed with various [[ChekhovsGun Checkhov's Guns]] and Noodle Implements.

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** As a meta example, backsides of covers of every books book look like this, with short paragraphs of text are mixed with various [[ChekhovsGun Checkhov's Guns]] and Noodle Implements.
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Oh, should me mention that Net has pet [[ArtificialIntelligence AI programme]] called Manfred and is a PlayfulHacker? Or the fact that Feliks is GadgeteerGenius and his father works on top secret government projects? That Nika hides that she's an orphan and can move things with her mind? That school is haunted? That the gang of so-called Invisible People starts raiding banks and trio just ''must'' find out who are they? Or maybe that magic, as well as advanced cybernetics and time travel, is very much real?

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Oh, should me mention that Net has pet [[ArtificialIntelligence AI programme]] program]] called Manfred and is a PlayfulHacker? Or the fact that Feliks is GadgeteerGenius and his father works on top secret government projects? That Nika hides that she's an orphan and can move things with her mind? That school is haunted? That the gang of so-called Invisible People starts raiding banks and trio just ''must'' find out who are they? Or maybe that magic, as well as advanced cybernetics and time travel, is very much real?

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The movie based on ''Theoretically Possible Catastrophe'' was made, but due to bad public reception, series was not continued on screen.

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Books are extremely popular in Poland and have won few national literature prizes. The movie based on ''Theoretically Possible Catastrophe'' was made, but due to bad public reception, series was not continued on screen.


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* RedOniBlueOni: Net's Red to Feliks' Blue. Golem Golem is Blue to Manfred's Red.
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* AlternateUniverse: In both parts of ''World Zero'' trio visits some more and more different from our, from the world where recent political crisis didn't happen to the world where dinosaurs never died by the way of everything in between.

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* AlternateUniverse: In both parts of ''World Zero'' trio visits some more and more different from our, ours, from the world where recent political crisis didn't happen to the world where dinosaurs never died by the way of everything in between.
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Oh, should me mention that Net has pet [[ArtificialIntelligence AI programme]] called Manfred and is a PlayfulHacker? Or the fact that Feliks is GadgeteerGenius and his father works on top secret government projects? And that Nika hides that she's an orphan and can move things with her mind? And that the gang of so-called Invisible People starts raiding banks and trio just ''must'' find out who are they? And that magic, as well as advanced cybernetics and time travel, are very much real?

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Oh, should me mention that Net has pet [[ArtificialIntelligence AI programme]] called Manfred and is a PlayfulHacker? Or the fact that Feliks is GadgeteerGenius and his father works on top secret government projects? And that That Nika hides that she's an orphan and can move things with her mind? And that That school is haunted? That the gang of so-called Invisible People starts raiding banks and trio just ''must'' find out who are they? And Or maybe that magic, as well as advanced cybernetics and time travel, are is very much real?
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* NoodleImplements: Short descriptions of Feliks' basement have this vibe. Among others there are high-jump shoes, cyberfly, forever-pen, matchstick de-lighter, torchdark (opposite of torchlight) and many others.
** As a meta example, backsides of covers of every books look like this, with short paragraphs of text are mixed with various [[ChekhovsGun Checkhov's Guns]] and Noodle Implements.
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* AlternateUniverse: In both parts of ''World Zero'' trio visits one more and more different from our, from the world where recent political crisis didn't happen to the world where dinosaurs never died, through everything in between.

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* AlternateUniverse: In both parts of ''World Zero'' trio visits one some more and more different from our, from the world where recent political crisis didn't happen to the world where dinosaurs never died, through died by the way of everything in between.
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Warsaw's sewer system seems surprisingly spacious in ''Trap of Immortality''.

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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Warsaw's [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal sewer system seems surprisingly spacious spacious]] in ''Trap of Immortality''.
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* BreatherEpisode: After serious ''Castle of Dreams'' and ''Trap of Immortality'' and before ''Third Cousin'' and ''Rise of The Machines'' ''Orbital Conspiracy'' was surprisingly light.

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* BreatherEpisode: After serious ''Castle of Dreams'' and ''Trap of Immortality'' and before ''Third Cousin'' and ''Rise of The Machines'' Machines'', ''Orbital Conspiracy'' was surprisingly light.
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* {{Portmanteau}}: Names of Institute robots. Konpopoz is for ''[=KONserwator POwierzchni POZiomych=]'' (Conservator of Horizontal Surfaces), Roznakin is ''[=RObot ZNAKujący I Informujący=]'' (Information and Labeling Robot) and Autotup comes from '''[=AUTOmatyczny TUrystyczny Przewodnik=]'' (Automatic Tourist Guide).

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* {{Portmanteau}}: Names of Institute robots. Konpopoz is for ''[=KONserwator POwierzchni POZiomych=]'' (Conservator of Horizontal Surfaces), Roznakin is ''[=RObot ZNAKujący ZNAKuj=]ący I Informujący=]'' Informujący'' (Information and Labeling Robot) and Autotup comes from '''[=AUTOmatyczny TUrystyczny Przewodnik=]'' (Automatic Tourist Guide).
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* WebcomicTime: ''Gang of Invisible People'' takes part during one schoolyear and ''Theoretically Possible Catastrophe'' all happens during holidays. But then all books up to and including ''Rise of Machines'' happen in school's year two and both parts of ''World Zero'' happen during holidays.

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* WebcomicTime: ''Gang of Invisible People'' takes part during one schoolyear and ''Theoretically Possible Catastrophe'' all happens during holidays. But then all books up to and including ''Rise of Machines'' happen in school's year two and both parts of ''World Zero'' happen during holidays.holidays.
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[[caption-width-right:261:From left to right: [[PlayfulHacker Net]], [[GadgeteerGenius Feliks]] and [[PsychicPowers Nika]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:261:From left to right: [[PlayfulHacker Net]], [[GadgeteerGenius Feliks]] and [[PsychicPowers Nika]]. In Net's suitcase, [[BenevolentAI Manfred]].]]


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** SixthRanger: Manfred
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[[caption-width-right:261:From left to right: [[PlayfulHacker Net]], [[GadgeteerGenius Feliks]] and [[PsychicPowers Nika]].]]
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* SecretUndergroundPassage: Entire sewer system of Warsaw is one in ''Trap of Immortality''. There's also small one between orphanage and sewer system.

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* PlayfulHacker: Net.



* RecurringAntagonist: Morten, who appeared (or was suspected of appearing) in books 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

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* RecurringAntagonist: RecurringBoss: Morten, who appeared (or was suspected of appearing) in books 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
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''Feliks, Net & Nika'' is a series of YoungAdult books by [[UsefulNotes/{{Poland}} Polish]] writer Rafał Kosik, mixing fantasy and science fiction with heavy does of Polish school.

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''Feliks, Net & Nika'' is a series of YoungAdult books by [[UsefulNotes/{{Poland}} Polish]] writer Rafał Kosik, mixing fantasy and science fiction with heavy does doses of Polish school.



Oh, should me mention that Net has pet [[ArtificialIntelligence AI programme]] called Manfred and is a PlayfulHacker? Or the fact that Feliks is GadgeteerGenius and his father works on top secret government projects? And that Nika hides that she's an orphan and can move things with her mind? And that along with schoolyear the gang of so-called Invisible People starts raiding banks and trio just ''must'' find out who are they? And that magic, as well as advanced cybernetics and time travel, are very much real?

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Oh, should me mention that Net has pet [[ArtificialIntelligence AI programme]] called Manfred and is a PlayfulHacker? Or the fact that Feliks is GadgeteerGenius and his father works on top secret government projects? And that Nika hides that she's an orphan and can move things with her mind? And that along with schoolyear the gang of so-called Invisible People starts raiding banks and trio just ''must'' find out who are they? And that magic, as well as advanced cybernetics and time travel, are very much real?
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It's the beginning of the new schoolyear and, for Feliks Polon, the beginning of new school - first class of [[UsefulNotes/PolishEducationSystem Gymnasium]]. Looking for his class, he meets gang of bullies and is robbed for his lunched money. Just after that meeting he stumbles upon Net and Nika, two other members of his class, who were robbed the same way. Together, they decide to solve the problem.

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It's the beginning of the new schoolyear and, for Feliks Polon, the beginning of new school - first class of [[UsefulNotes/PolishEducationSystem [[UsefulNotes/PolishEducationalSystem Gymnasium]]. Looking for his class, he meets gang of bullies and is robbed for his lunched money. Just after that meeting he stumbles upon Net and Nika, two other members of his class, who were robbed the same way. Together, they decide to solve the problem.



* {{Portmanteau}}: Names of Institute robots. Konpopoz is for ''KONserwator POwierzchni POZiomych'' (Conservator of Horizontal Surfaces), Roznakin is ''RObot ZNAKujący I Informujący'' (Information and Labeling Robot) and Autotup comes from '''AUTOmatyczny TUrystyczny Przewodnik'' (Automatic Tourist Guide).

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* {{Portmanteau}}: Names of Institute robots. Konpopoz is for ''KONserwator ''[=KONserwator POwierzchni POZiomych'' POZiomych=]'' (Conservator of Horizontal Surfaces), Roznakin is ''RObot ''[=RObot ZNAKujący I Informujący'' Informujący=]'' (Information and Labeling Robot) and Autotup comes from '''AUTOmatyczny '''[=AUTOmatyczny TUrystyczny Przewodnik'' Przewodnik=]'' (Automatic Tourist Guide).

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* ArticifialIntelligence: All over the place. Special mention goes to Manfred and Morten.

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* ArticifialIntelligence: ArtificialIntelligence: All over the place. Special mention goes to Manfred and Morten.



* ChekovsGunman: Stefan Kuszmiński, man after whom trio's gymnasium is named.

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* ChekovsGunman: ChekhovsGunman: Stefan Kuszmiński, man after whom trio's gymnasium is named.



* CreepyBasement: There's one under residual CreepyOrphanage where Golem hides, among... other things.
* CreepyOrphanage: Trio's class goes to one in ''Trap of Immortality''. All children have only names and - maybe - numbers, building is dark and unfriendly and headmistress is terribly strict...

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* CreepyBasement: There's one under residual CreepyOrphanage OrphanageOfFear where Golem hides, among... other things.
* CreepyOrphanage: OrphanageOfFear: Trio's class goes to one in ''Trap of Immortality''. All children have only names and - maybe - numbers, building is dark and unfriendly and headmistress is terribly strict...



* MiddleOfNowhereStreet: There's one in ''Trap of Immortality'' that appears and disappears as it wish, at the same time erasing and overwriting itself from or into every data bank or map it should be in... including videos and tape recordings.



* NotMeThisTime: It was actually [[spoiler:Konpopoz]], not [[spoiler:Morten]] who wrecked havoc in ''Rise of Machines''.



* {{Portmanteau}}: Names of Institute robots. Konpopoz is for ''KONserwator POwierzchni POZiomych'' (Conservator of Horizontal Surfaces), Roznakin is ''RObot ZNAKujący I Informujący'' (Information and Labeling Robot) and Autotup comes from '''AUTOmatyczny TUrystyczny Przewodnik'' (Automatic Tourist Guide).



* RecurringVillain: Morten, who appeared (or was suspected of appearing) in books 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

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* RecurringVillain: RecurringAntagonist: Morten, who appeared (or was suspected of appearing) in books 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
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''Feliks, Net & Nika'' is a series of YoungAdult books by [[UsefulNotes/{{Poland}} Polish]] writer Rafał Kosik, mixing fantasy and science fiction with heavy does of Polish school.

It's the beginning of the new schoolyear and, for Feliks Polon, the beginning of new school - first class of [[UsefulNotes/PolishEducationSystem Gymnasium]]. Looking for his class, he meets gang of bullies and is robbed for his lunched money. Just after that meeting he stumbles upon Net and Nika, two other members of his class, who were robbed the same way. Together, they decide to solve the problem.

Oh, should me mention that Net has pet [[ArtificialIntelligence AI programme]] called Manfred and is a PlayfulHacker? Or the fact that Feliks is GadgeteerGenius and his father works on top secret government projects? And that Nika hides that she's an orphan and can move things with her mind? And that along with schoolyear the gang of so-called Invisible People starts raiding banks and trio just ''must'' find out who are they? And that magic, as well as advanced cybernetics and time travel, are very much real?

First book was published in 2004 and next ones are still coming. Those are:
* ''Feliks, Net & Nika and Gang of Invisible People''
* ''Feliks, Net & Nika and Theoretically Possible Catastrophe''
* ''Feliks, Net & Nika and Castle of Dreams''
* ''Feliks, Net & Nika and Trap of Immortality''
* ''Feliks, Net & Nika and Orbital Conspiracy''
* ''Feliks, Net & Nika and Orbital Conspiracy 2: Little Army''
* ''Feliks, Net & Nika and Third Cousin''
* ''Feliks, Net & Nika and Rise of Machines''
* ''Feliks, Net & Nika and World Zero''
* ''Feliks, Net & Nika and World Zero 2: Alternauts''
* ''Feliks, Net & Nika and Extracurricular Stories'' (compilation of shorts stories featuring the trio)

The movie based on ''Theoretically Possible Catastrophe'' was made, but due to bad public reception, series was not continued on screen.

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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Warsaw's sewer system seems surprisingly spacious in ''Trap of Immortality''.
* AIIsACrapshoot: Morten.
* AlphaBitch: Aurelia, especially towards Nika.
* AlternateUniverse: In both parts of ''World Zero'' trio visits one more and more different from our, from the world where recent political crisis didn't happen to the world where dinosaurs never died, through everything in between.
* AntagonistTitle: ''[[spoiler:Third Cousin]]''.
* ArticifialIntelligence: All over the place. Special mention goes to Manfred and Morten.
* BeneathTheEarth: the Underwarsaw in ''Trap of Immortality''.
* BenevolentAI: Manfred.
* BigEater: Celina.
* BreatherEpisode: After serious ''Castle of Dreams'' and ''Trap of Immortality'' and before ''Third Cousin'' and ''Rise of The Machines'' ''Orbital Conspiracy'' was surprisingly light.
* BuildingOfAdventure: Institute. Gymnasium trio goes to counts to, although it's no AcademyOfAdventure. The motel they stay in ''Third Cousin'' also counts, although this is more scary than awesome.
* CaptainOblivious: Headmaster Stokrotka and his assistant. He don't realize most things that happen at school.
* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: All titles follow this rule, even short stories.
* ChekovsGunman: Stefan Kuszmiński, man after whom trio's gymnasium is named.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Subverted in most books, as it's demonstrated just how much trouble Nika must go through to avoid orphanage. However, played straight in ''World Zero'', when it turns out that in [[spoiler:almost every]] world they visit Nika still lives alone, so they have safe hiding spot.
* CreepyBasement: There's one under residual CreepyOrphanage where Golem hides, among... other things.
* CreepyOrphanage: Trio's class goes to one in ''Trap of Immortality''. All children have only names and - maybe - numbers, building is dark and unfriendly and headmistress is terribly strict...
** Until kids manage to put headmistress and her daughter to sleep. Parties are quite fun, although Nika is still creeped out.
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Nika is an orphan and has psychic powers.
* FiveManBand: One forms in ''Orbital Conspiracy''
** TheHero: Net/Feliks
** TheLancer: Manfred
** TheBigGuy: Golem Golem
** TheSmartGuy: Feliks/Net
** TheChick: Nika
* FromBadToWorse: Both ''Theoretically Possible Catastrophe'' and two parts of ''World Zero'' are based on this trope.
* GadgeteerGenius: Feliks and his dad, full stop. Polons' entire house is full of various gadgets and machines in different state of usability.
* GenerationXerox: Net and Feliks. Net's dad is hacker and programming specialist, the same as his son and Feliks' dad is hobbyst GadgeteerGenius, just as his son.
* GenreSavvy: Main characters, especially Net.
* GhostlyChill: Presence of ghosts causes temperature drop. This is used by trio to hunt ghosts at school.
* GoingForTheBigScoop: Ilona Bogucka pretends to love this, while in reality she's in for money.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Golem's first awakening was... adventurous, to say the least.
* GrimReaper: Villain from ''Trap of Immortality'' appears as this.[[spoiler: He's actually a ghost of long-dead inventor]].
* {{Intangibility}}: Ghosts' property.
* HauntedHouse: Gymnasium, up to the end of book one.
* HellHotel: Three Cousins motel. It's absolutely creepy and run by even creepier ''two'' cousins.
* InnOfNoReturn: For some girls, Three Cousins is this.
* ItsASmallWorldAfterall: That's quite a coincidence that both Net's and Feliks' fathers work in the same place when boys met each other for the first time at school.
* LighthousePoint: Rozewie Lighthouse where climax of ''Theoretically Possible Catastrophe'' takes place.
* MadScientist: Professor Butler, Biology teacher. Also some workers of Institute count.
* ManBehindTheMan: Morten in ''Castle of Dreams'' and both parts of ''Orbital Conspiracy''.
* MindScrew: There are parts that induce that feeling, especially in ''Trap of Immortality''. It... takes some time to get it.
* NoExportForYou: Some books were translated into Lithuanian, Hungarian and Czech, but nothing into English.
* OfficialCouple: Net and Nika after ''Orbital Conspiracy''.
* {{Paparazzi}}: Ilona Bogucka and the entire crew of ''News And Nuances'' to lesser extent. They're news reporter, but will bend the truth or outright fake evidence for audience.
* PsychicPowers: Nika has telekinesis, although it works only when she feels strong emotions or focuses very hard.
* RealityWarping: Some ghost can do this... [[MindScrew Or can't they?]]
* RecurringVillain: Morten, who appeared (or was suspected of appearing) in books 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
* RepetitiveName: Golem Golem.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Manfred, Konpopoz, Roznakin and Autotup. Played with Golem Golem.
* SecondLawMyAss: Konpopoz has this attitude after accidentally his programming fails. [[GoneHorriblyWrong Given what was his attitude to humans to begin with]]...
* SecretKeeper: Feliks and Net are this for Nika.
* SecretSecretKeeper: In ''Rise of Machines'' we find out that [[spoiler:Net's and Feliks' parents know that Nika is an orphan an actively help her hide it, without her knowledge.]]
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: ''Third Cousin'' not only focuses solely on magic (other books have more science or mix science with paranormal) but is also the only book in the series that can be described as horror.
* TagalongReporter: Ilona Bogucka has this attitude in ''Rise of Machines'', which annoys everybody to no end.
* TimeTravel: The entire plot of ''Theoretically Possible Catastrophe''.
* ThreeAmigos
** TheHero: Net
** TheLancer: Feliks
** TheChick: Nika
* ThreeLawsCompliant: Robots in Institute follow them, AI's... not so much.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture/TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: Bot occur in ''Theoretically Possible Catastrophe''.
* UnfinishedBusiness: The motivation of ghosts.
* WebcomicTime: ''Gang of Invisible People'' takes part during one schoolyear and ''Theoretically Possible Catastrophe'' all happens during holidays. But then all books up to and including ''Rise of Machines'' happen in school's year two and both parts of ''World Zero'' happen during holidays.

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