History Literature / MollyMoon

* MindControlEyes: In the movie, when Molly hypnotizes someone, that person's eyes glow green for a moment.
* NonHumanSidekick: Petula the Pug. Originally she's the bad-tempered, pampered pet of Ms Adderstone, but Molly discovers that the reason she's bad-tempered is that she's improperly fed and suffering from constant stomachaches. She's the first creature Molly successfully hypnotizes, but even after the trance is over Petula ends up attatching herself to the girl, becoming her constant companion for the rest of the series.

* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: Justified in that Primo and Lucy were hypnotized into abandoning Molly]]

* AlphaBitch: Hazel, in the first book -- while she's not described as very pretty, and as an orphan averts the usual "rich and influental" part of the classic AlphaBitch, she fits most of the other aspects of the trope: She's snobbish and haughty, and looks down on the other orphans because ''she'', unlike them, can remember her parents (and is always going on about what wonderful people they were). She has her own posse of minions and delights in mocking and bullying Molly and several of the other orphans, but she is so good at sucking up to the adults that she remains the darling of her teachers and the head of the orphanage. [[spoiler:The trope is brutally {{Deconstructed}} in the final parts of the book when it's revealed that Hazel's attitude is a coping mechanism; her parents weren't wonderful people at all but violent alcoholics who beat and abused her -- so she sucks up to adults so they won't beat her and bullies the other children because she doesn't know how to be nice to them.]]

Followed by five sequels, ''Molly Moon Stops the World'', ''Molly Moon's Time-Traveling Adventure'', ''Molly Moon, Micky Minus, and the Mind Machine'', ''Molly Moon and the Morphing Mystery'', and ''Molly Moon and the Monster Music.'' There's also a novella named ''Molly Moon's Hypnotic Holiday,'' which takes place during Molly's stay in New York in the first book.

* {{Spoonerism}}: The Maharaja of Waqt in ''Molly Moon's Hypnotic Time Travel Adventure'' often speaks using spoonerisms.

A film adaptation, called ''Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism'' (originally ''Molly Moon: the Incredible Hypnotist''), was screened at 3 international film festivals (Toronto, Bentonville, and Seattle), with a "VOD [video-on-demand] and limited theatrical release" beginning August 14 in America [[labelnote:note]]no longer in theaters, but available for streaming on Amazon and Website/YouTube[[/labelnote]], and set for mid-October in the UK, and later in the year elsewhere.

A film adaptation, called ''Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism'' (originally ''Molly Moon: the Incredible Hypnotist''), has been screened at 3 international film festivals (Toronto, Bentonville, and Seattle), with a "VOD [video-on-demand] and limited theatrical release" set for August 14 in America, mid-October in the UK, and later in the year elsewhere.

A film adaptation, called ''Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism'' (originally ''Molly Moon: the Incredible Hypnotist''), has been screened at 3 international film festivals (Toronto, Bentonville, and Seattle), with a home release set for August 14 in America, October in the UK, and later in the year elsewhere.

A film adaptation, called ''Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism'' (originally ''Molly Moon: the Incredible Hypnotist''), has been screened at 3 international film festivals (Toronto, Bentonville, and Seattle), with a home release set for August in America, October in the UK, and later in the year elsewhere.

A film adaptation, called ''Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism'' (originally ''Molly Moon: the Incredible Hypnotist''), has been screened at 3 international film festivals so far (Toronto, Bentonville, and Seattle), with more to be announced "soon". There is currently no word on a home release.

* CompellingVoice: Anyone who can hypnotize people in this universe has either this or HypnoticEyes. In Molly's case, it's a combination of the two.

Followed by five sequels, ''Molly Moon Stops the World'', ''Molly Moon's Time-Traveling Adventure'', ''Molly Moon, Micky Minus, and the Mind Machine'', ''Molly Moon and the Morphing Mystery'', and ''Molly Moon and the Monster Music.''

''She taught it that pushing is best.

* FreudianExcuse: In fact, just about every antagonist in the first book (and several in the later three) turn out to have a FreudianExcuse for their horrible behavior -- most often they're mean because life hasn't treated them well. For instance, Hazel states the reason she is a bully is because her parents never cared for her even when they were alive.

%%* AlphaBitch: Hazel.

* GoodFeelsGood: Molly tries to invoke this trope several times [[spoiler: by hypnotizing the villains with [[FreudianExcuse freudian excuses]] into becoming nice and hoping they'll remember the feeling once the hypnosis wears off.]]

%%* NonHumanSidekick: Petula

%%* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands

* CompellingVoice: Anyone who can [[MindControl hypnotize]] people in this universe has this. It's two halves to hypnosis; you can learn to compel by voice or eye contact.

* MindControl: The first book was focused entirely and exclusively on this power. [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands Afterwards,]] [[JumpTheShark however...]]

* AlphaBitch: Hazel.
* BankRobbery

* CanonDiscontinuity: The reason given that Molly is a more powerful hypnotist than me mother is that [[spoiler:her mother is a twin and therefore split her powers with Cornelius.]] But then in book four, we find out that Molly is in the exact same situation as her mother.

* CompellingVoice: Anyone who can [[MindControl hypnotize]] people in this universe has this. It's actually two halves to hypnosis, you can learn to compel by voice or eye contact.
* CharmPerson: Molly meets a young actress in the first book that has this. She does it unconsciously, through eye contact, and it's implied that's how she became so famous. Molly ends up doing a hypnosis battle with her.
* ChekhovsGun: Quite a few; a couple of them are even combined with each other.
* DepartmentOfChildDisservices: They don't even exist in the novel, much less help the kids.

* FreudianExcuse: Hazel states the reason she is a bully is because her parents never cared for her even when they were alive.
** In fact, just about every antagonist in the first book (and several in the later three) turn out to have a FreudianExcuse for their horrible behavior -- most often they're mean because life hasn't treated them well.

* GoodFeelsGood: Molly deliberately tries to invoke this trope several times [[spoiler: by hypnotizing the villains with [[FreudianExcuse freudian excuses]] into becoming nice and hoping they'll remember the feeling once the hypnosis wears off.]]

* NonHumanSidekick: Petula
* NewAgeRetroHippie: Forrest
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands

* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:subverted in that Primo and Lucy were hypnotized into abandoning Molly]]
* ShownTheirWork: While most of the things that Molly does with hypnotism are flat-out not possible, the author very clearly researched hypnotism while writing the book. The passage in the first book about natural trances is very legit, to the point that the foreshadowing of the concept with Molly's daydreams will automatically show anyone familiar with the field that the author Did The Research. The RuleOfCool takes over shortly afterward, not that that's a bad thing.

* TriggerPhrase: Not surprisingly, given how big a part hypnosis plays in the books, there turn out to be several. [[spoiler: The one used most often is ''"Perfectly Punctual."'']]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Ketchup sandwiches and concentrated orange squash. Many side characters seem to silently find Molly's taste for these rather disgusting.

Followed by four sequels, ''Molly Moon Stops the World'', ''Molly Moon's Time-Traveling Adventure'', ''Molly Moon, Micky Minus, and the Mind Machine'', and ''Molly Moon and the Morphing Mystery.''

* ShownTheirWork: While most of the things that Molly does with hypnotism are flat-out not possible, the author very clearly researched hypnotism while writing the book. The passage in the first book about natural trances is very legit, to the point that the foreshadowing of the concept with Molly's daydreams will automatically show anyone familiar with the field that the author Did The Research. The RuleOfCool takes over shortly afterward, not that that's a bad thing.
* TimeStandsStill: If Molly uses hypnosis on a daimond.