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* ValentinesDayEpisodes: ''Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid'' was a Valentine's Day story and had Franny's efforts to understand the holiday inadvertently loosing a gigantic cherub upon the city.
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* ValentinesDayEpisodes: ValentinesDayEpisode: ''Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid'' was a Valentine's Day story and had Franny's efforts to understand the holiday inadvertently loosing a gigantic cherub upon the city.
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* GoofyPrintUnderwear: When Igor accidentally uses an X-ray projector on her in ''Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid'', Franny is shown to wear panties with bats on them.
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* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Franny's dog has intelligence comparable to a monkey or an ape.
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** ''Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid'' - The people who love you will do anything to help you with your problems.
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Franny's dog Igor has intelligence comparable to a monkey or an ape.
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Franny's dog Igor has intelligence comparable to a monkey or an ape.
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* ButtBiter: In ''Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid'', Igor saves Franny's life by biting the giant Cupid's buttock when he was about to shoot her with one of his arrows.
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* SceneryCensor: The titular Cupid in ''Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid'' is naked, but since this is a children's book series, his penis is covered up by the quiver for his arrows and a tree.
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* ValentinesDayEpisodes: ''Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid'' was a Valentine's Day story and had Franny's efforts to understand the holiday inadvertently loosing a gigantic cherub upon the city.
* VisualPun: ''Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid'' has Franny get annoyed when she tries to talk about one of her inventions over the phone to a friend from school named Percy, only for Percy to babble about how much he likes corn chips. Franny imagines Percy having a safety pin for a head (i.e. a pinhead).
* VisualPun: ''Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid'' has Franny get annoyed when she tries to talk about one of her inventions over the phone to a friend from school named Percy, only for Percy to babble about how much he likes corn chips. Franny imagines Percy having a safety pin for a head (i.e. a pinhead).
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* BringMyBrownPants: The first book has a running gag involving a kid at Franny's school who constantly wets his pants. The last instance has him wetting himself when the children witness Franny create the Lunch Meat Creature.
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* BringMyBrownPants: The first book has a running gag involving a kid at Franny's school who constantly wets his pants. The last instance has him wetting himself when the children witness look on in horror as Franny create creates the Lunch Meat Creature.
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* BringMyBrownPants: The first book has a running gag involving a kid at Franny's school who constantly wets his pants. The last instance has him wetting himself when the children witness Franny create the Lunch Meat Creature.
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* ToxicWasteCanDoAnything: The first book has a Pumpkin-Crab Monster created when unstable industrial waste was dumped into a trash can along with Franny's discarded lunch of crab ravioli with pumpkin sauce as well as sum gum and old gym shoes.
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** ''Lunch Walks Among Us'' - [[BeYourself You don't have to change who you are to make friends]].
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* EmbarrassingMiddleName: It is revealed in the book ''The Fran That Time Forgot'' that Franny's middle initial stands for Kissypie. She is so embarrassed by it that she goes back in time to change it. She chooses Kaboom instead, [[spoiler: but everybody laughs at that too.]]
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* EmbarrassingMiddleName: It is revealed in the book ''The Fran That Time Forgot'' that Franny's middle initial stands for Kissypie. Kissypie, an AffectionateNickname her father gave to her mother back when they were dating. She is so embarrassed by it that she goes back in time to the day she was born to change it. She chooses gets the idea from her newborn self to make her middle name Kaboom instead, [[spoiler: but everybody laughs at that too.]]
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* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: Many of the book's titles spoof movie or book titles.
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* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: Many of the book's books' titles spoof movie or book titles.
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Haven't read all the books, so not sure if Two Faced entry is really an example of the trope.
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* TwoFaced: In one book, Franny invents a suit that literally allows her to become this.
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** ''Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid'' parodies ''Film/AttackOfThe50FtWoman''.
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** ''Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid'' parodies ''Film/AttackOfThe50FtWoman''.''Film/AttackOfThe50FootWoman''.
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: As the title may indicate, ''Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid'' had Franny fight a gigantic cherub.
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* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: Many of the book's titles spoof movie or book titles.
** ''Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid'' parodies ''Film/AttackOfThe50FtWoman''.
** ''The Invisible Fran'' is a play on ''Literature/TheInvisibleMan''.
** ''The Fran That Time Forgot'' spoofs ''Literature/TheLandThatTimeForgot''.
** ''Frantastic Voyage'' is a play on ''Film/FantasticVoyage''.
** ''The Fran With Four Brains'' parodies ''Film/TheManWithTwoBrains''.
** ''The Frandidate'' spoofs ''Film/TheCandidate''.
** ''Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid'' parodies ''Film/AttackOfThe50FtWoman''.
** ''The Invisible Fran'' is a play on ''Literature/TheInvisibleMan''.
** ''The Fran That Time Forgot'' spoofs ''Literature/TheLandThatTimeForgot''.
** ''Frantastic Voyage'' is a play on ''Film/FantasticVoyage''.
** ''The Fran With Four Brains'' parodies ''Film/TheManWithTwoBrains''.
** ''The Frandidate'' spoofs ''Film/TheCandidate''.
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* LongPants: As shown in the illustrations, it's not clear where Franny's pants end and her shoes begin.
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Can't think of a good caption for the picture, so I'm removing that part. If any other editor comes along and can think of a good caption, go ahead and add it.
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* GirlishPigtails: Franny has pigtails to show she's a girl.
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* GirlishPigtails: Franny has pigtails to show she's a little girl.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Franny's hair is purple.
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* DrFakenstein: Franny, as if her full name didn't make it obvious already.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Kissypie, Franny is so embarrassed by it that she goes back in time to change it. She chooses Kaboom instead, [[spoiler: but everybody laughs at that too.]]
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Kissypie, Franny is so embarrassed by it that she goes back in time to change it. She chooses Kaboom instead, [[spoiler: but everybody laughs at that too.]]
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* DrFakenstein: Franny, as if her Franny K. Stein's full name didn't make it obvious already.
is clearly based on Dr. Frankenstein.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName:Kissypie, Franny It is revealed in the book ''The Fran That Time Forgot'' that Franny's middle initial stands for Kissypie. She is so embarrassed by it that she goes back in time to change it. She chooses Kaboom instead, [[spoiler: but everybody laughs at that too.]]
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The latest book in the series was actually released last year, so removing Orphaned Series entry.
!!Books in the series:
# ''Lunch Walks Among Us'' (2003)
# ''Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid'' (2004)
# ''The Invisible Fran'' (2004)
# ''The Fran That Time Forgot'' (2005)
# ''Frantastic Voyage'' (2005)
# ''The Fran With Four Brains'' (2006)
# ''The Frandidate'' (2008)
# ''Bad Hair Day'' (2019)
* ChildProdigy: Saying that Franny is smart for her age would be a very big understatement. She builds complex machines and has demonstrated expert knowledge in chemistry, robotics and bioengineering, and she's only seven years old.
* FantasticVoyagePlot: ''Frantastic Voyage'' has Franny having to travel inside Igor in order to save his life when he eats a doomsday device.
* FrankensteinsMonster: The first book has Franny create a Lunch Meat Creature by sewing together cold cuts from the other children's lunches. For all intents and purposes, the Lunch Meat Creature is a Frankenstein monster.
* FrankensteinsMonster: The first book has Franny create a Lunch Meat Creature by sewing together cold cuts from the other children's lunches. For all intents and purposes, the Lunch Meat Creature is a Frankenstein monster.
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* OrphanedSeries: It's been nearly a decade since the last book was published, making this trope more than likely. Benton probably realized the ''Literature/DearDumbDiary'' series was more profitable.
* [[TeenGenius Kid Genius]]: Franny is this, full stop. She builds complex machines and has demonstrated expert knowledge in chemistry, robotics, and bioengineering. In the first book Franny actually produce's a functioning Frankenstein's monster out of luncheon meat and batteries. Did I mention she's only seven years old?
* [[TeenGenius Kid Genius]]: Franny is this, full stop. She builds complex machines and has demonstrated expert knowledge in chemistry, robotics, and bioengineering. In the first book Franny actually produce's a functioning Frankenstein's monster out of luncheon meat and batteries. Did I mention she's only seven years old?
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* MadScientist: Franny.
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* MadScientist: Franny.Franny is a young girl who conducts deranged experiments.
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!!This book series contains examples of the following tropes.
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* FutureMeScaresMe: Teen!Franny is much more abusive to Igor than the Kid!Fran and has plans to hurt all of Fran's classmates. Why? [[spoiler: [[EvilIsPetty She just can't let go of being made]] [[SpaceWhaleAesop fun of for an]] EmbarrassingMiddleName.]]
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* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Franny's dog has intelligence comparable to a monkey or an ape.
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* DrFakenstein: Franny, as if her full name didn't make it obvious already.
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* OrphanedSeries: It's been nearly a decade since the last book was published, making this trope more than likely.
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* OrphanedSeries: It's been nearly a decade since the last book was published, making this trope more than likely. Benton probably realized the ''Literature/DearDumbDiary'' series was more profitable.
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* OrphanedSeries: Pretty much.
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* OrphanedSeriesOrphanedSeries: Pretty much.
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* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Kissypie, Franny is so embarassed by it that she goes back in time to change it. She chooses Kaboom instead, [[spoiler: but everybody laughs at that too.]]
* FridgeLogic: Considering how much property damage Franny's experiments have caused, how has her family ever managed to pay for it all? I can only assume Franny got patents for some of her experiments that actually did work.
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* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Kissypie, Franny is so embarassed embarrassed by it that she goes back in time to change it. She chooses Kaboom instead, [[spoiler: but everybody laughs at that too.]]
* FridgeLogic: Considering how much property damage Franny's experiments have caused, how has her family ever managed to pay for it all? I can only assume Franny got patents for some of her experiments that actually did work.]]
* FridgeLogic: Considering how much property damage Franny's experiments have caused, how has her family ever managed to pay for it all? I can only assume Franny got patents for some of her experiments that actually did work.
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* LethalChef: Suprisingly averted. Franny is a fairly capable cook. She takes cooking classes in her spare time and routinely cooks gourmet dishes for herself.
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''Franny K. Stein'' is a series of children's chapter books by Jim Benton, [[HeAlsoDid who also wrote]] ''Literature/DearDumbDiary''. They focus on Franny, who at the tender age of seven is already a practicing mad scientist who turned her own room into her lab. With the aid of her assistant Igor, a dog, Franny is constantly performing experiments. Unfortunately, do to Franny's relative inexperience with life, she rarely thinks her experiments through. This usually leads to all kinds of trouble, which Franny and Igor then have to fix.
This book series contains examples of the following tropes.
* CreepyChild: Franny pretty much lives this. She routinely has bats in her room. No matter how many times her mom gets rid of them, they just keep reappearing. Franny doesn't get them form anywhere, they just show up, because they like her. In the first book Franny actually tries to get away from this, to fit in. In the end, however, the other students learn to accept Franny for who she is, though they're still kinda scared of her.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Kissypie, Franny is so embarassed by it that she goes back in time to change it. She chooses Kaboom instead, [[spoiler: but everybody laughs at that too.]]
* FridgeLogic: Considering how much property damage Franny's experiments have caused, how has her family ever managed to pay for it all? I can only assume Franny got patents for some of her experiments that actually did work.
* [[TeenGenius Kid Genius]]: Franny is this, full stop. She builds complex machines and has demonstrated expert knowledge in chemistry, robotics, and bioengineering. In the first book Franny actually produce's a functioning Frankenstein's monster out of luncheon meat and batteries. Did I mention she's only seven years old?
* LethalChef: Suprisingly averted. Franny is a fairly capable cook. She takes cooking classes in her spare time and routinely cooks gourmet dishes for herself.
* MadScientist: Franny.
* TwoFaced: In one book, Franny invents a suit that literally allows her to become this.
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This book series contains examples of the following tropes.
* CreepyChild: Franny pretty much lives this. She routinely has bats in her room. No matter how many times her mom gets rid of them, they just keep reappearing. Franny doesn't get them form anywhere, they just show up, because they like her. In the first book Franny actually tries to get away from this, to fit in. In the end, however, the other students learn to accept Franny for who she is, though they're still kinda scared of her.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Kissypie, Franny is so embarassed by it that she goes back in time to change it. She chooses Kaboom instead, [[spoiler: but everybody laughs at that too.]]
* FridgeLogic: Considering how much property damage Franny's experiments have caused, how has her family ever managed to pay for it all? I can only assume Franny got patents for some of her experiments that actually did work.
* [[TeenGenius Kid Genius]]: Franny is this, full stop. She builds complex machines and has demonstrated expert knowledge in chemistry, robotics, and bioengineering. In the first book Franny actually produce's a functioning Frankenstein's monster out of luncheon meat and batteries. Did I mention she's only seven years old?
* LethalChef: Suprisingly averted. Franny is a fairly capable cook. She takes cooking classes in her spare time and routinely cooks gourmet dishes for herself.
* MadScientist: Franny.
* TwoFaced: In one book, Franny invents a suit that literally allows her to become this.
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