History Literature / OliverTwisted

* LastOfHisKind: Implied. Fagin is resentful towards the Knights, the latter of whom think they've killed off all the [[soul stealers until they learn of Fagin]].

* MercyKill: Oliver can give the woe-begottens peace from their eternal unrest of being {{Flesh Eating Zombie|s}} by magically releasing their souls from their decaying, roaming bodies. However, he hates considering it as killing, the thought of stealing others' lives sickens him.

* AbortedArc: The nurse stealing Oliver's mother's locket is mentioned, but nothing more of it is, and neither is anything involving Noah Claypole or the Sowerberrys after Oliver escaped from them.
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Some significant characters receive fates different from the original story. [[spoiler:Instead of being executed, Fagin successfully escapes with his band of thieving youngsters, including Charley Bates, who was originally allowed a HeelFaceTurn. Dodge however has instead sided with Oliver and lives with his family, and the two of them grow to be as close as brothers.]]

* AdaptationalJerkass: While the original work allowed Bumble a moment of his humanity to surface despite being a jerk, the beadle man isn't given that luxury in this tale. Bumble's vanity is amplified and he acts more cruelly to Oliver, occasionally striking him with his cane to make him behave.
* AdaptedOut: Among the characters absent in this adaptation are Monks, the Maylies and those introduced by their arc, as well as the magistrate and the chimneysweep, since that trial never happened.

* BloodierAndGorier: Among the twisted changes that make this story more violent than the original include: vampyre higher-ups who feed on the harvested blood of children, close encounters with zombies, [[spoiler: visions of gluttonous orphans feasting on each other, and the especially ludicrous death of Bill Sikes]].

* ChildOfTwoWorlds: Oliver has no memory of his parents, and later discovers their identities while searching for his destiny. [[spoiler:His father was a reformed warlock whilst his mother was the WhiteMage daughter of Brownlow.]]

* CreepyMortician: Mr Sowerberry casually converses with Bumble about the funeral business and his workarounds in it, and he and his wife were keen on cutting off Oliver's tongue when he showed no signs of change under their care. To top it all off, they're implied [[ImAHumanitarian to enjoy human meat]].
* CyanidePill: [[spoiler:Oliver's mother]] drinks deadly dragon's blood in a vial to halt the effects of a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent woe-begotten bite]] from taking hold to not attack those nearby. [[spoiler:In the midst of her agonizing transformation, she told those present to take care of her new-born child before poisoning herself]].

* DeathByChildBirth: Disturbingly subverted with Oliver's mother. She [[spoiler:died from poisoning herself to halt a woe-begotten bite]] rather than from giving birth to Oliver.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Bill Sikes, instead of dying from a rope jolting his neck in a fall, [[spoiler: bursts into pieces after being temporarily possessed by Nancy's vengeful ghost]].

* EitherOrProphecy: Soothsayers foresaw two different destinies for Oliver; to be the protector who would defeat the darkness once and for all - or become the greatest evil ever known.
* ExactWords: When Fagin realises Oliver was awake and probably saw his ritual as a result (which he did), he demands to know if he wasn't awake an hour ago. Oliver says he wasn't, and gets away with it. This trope is further enforced by the spell on Oliver that doesn't allow him to lie.

* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Bullseye's]] backstory reveals that he was born blind so his mother plucked an eyeball out of his infant brother [[spoiler: Bill Sikes]] to sew it into the former's head. The other brother's eye was replaced with a GlassEye.

* GeometricMagic: Good and bad magic appear to be differentiated this way. While Fagin's den has symbols of sharp angles and points, the intricate patterns in Brownlow's home are round, consisting of circles and spirals that flow into each other. The spell in which Oliver uses to grant the woe-begottens peace consists of forming two circles attached by an upwards thread with his hands.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Toby Crackit is implied to be one since only his mother's species is mentioned. He's half-swamp goblin and inherited her tentacles.

** Dodge and Nancy decide to help Oliver out of Fagin's evil plan once they see how horrid the situation is. However, they are described more as those who put up with vile circumstances while having some good inside that needed finding.
** Toby Crackit is a straighter example, following his HeelRealisation after he heard the news of Nancy's death. He decides to leave his criminal past as a house-breaker behind and becomes a content farmer in the country.
** Edwin Leeford [[spoiler: was one of the most fearsome warlocks, who were evil casters of magic responsible of horrendous crimes. However, he changed for the better and paired with a Knight of Nostradamus.]]
* {{Hellgate}}: In Oliver's destiny one of the outcomes mentions him having to close the door of hell on all demons forever.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Fagin escapes with his remaining crew before the knightly cavalry arrives. Both the Knights of Nostradamus and the Brotherhood of Fenris are keen to find him but he's nowhere to be seen]].
* LastOfHisKind: Or so Fagin implies. It explains his resentment towards the Knights; the latter thought they had killed off all the soul stealers.
* LudicrousGibs: [[spoiler: Bill Sikes’ death is especially gory. After being possessed by Nancy’s angry ghost, the sound of his body being torn apart can be heard before he bursts into pieces. Gore splattered on Oliver’s face as Bill’s bony bits of flesh slid across the roof tiles and off the building.]]
* {{Matricide}}: [[spoiler: Bullseye recollects the first time when his brother, Bill Sikes, shifted into wolf form and attacked their mother. Bill ended up burying the pieces that were left of her.]]
* MercyKill: Oliver can give the woe-begottens peace from their eternal unrest of being [[FleshEatingZombie Flesh Eating Zombies]] by magically releasing their souls from their decaying, roaming bodies. However, he hates considering it as killing, the thought of stealing others' lives sickens him.
* MindRape: Inflicted on Oliver by Fagin's Tablet of Horus, which showed him his worst fears but Fagin lied that Oliver would [[WhatYouAreInTheDark see his true nature]][[spoiler:, which lead to his DespairEventHorizon]].
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Bill Sikes wants nothing to do with the Brotherhood of Fenris considering what Fenris did to Bill’s ancestor Sköll, but complies (for the most part) when Fagin suggests they go by the Brotherhood’s demands in “taking care” of Oliver so they can be rewarded by them.
* OrphansOrdeal: As if being an orphan in the workhouse wasn't bad enough, the orphans in this story are meant to be [[CorruptTheCutie corrupted]] and sacrificed to hungry gods. ''Yikes.''
* OurBansheesAreLouder: [[spoiler: Mrs. Bedwin]] lets out a prolonged belting scream to ward off intruders. Their hands cover their ears to block out the sound while crying out and claiming her to be a banshee. Truth be told, she is.

* RaisedByOrcs: If the workhouse wasn't already crappy as it was, this version has it run by the [[{{Cult}} Brotherhood of Fenris]], who intentionally grow the inhabitants to be as corrupt as possible. Oliver would later make them one of the evils he seeks to destroy.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Oliver's mother, Agnes, is [[spoiler: Brownlow's daughter]]. They had no direct familial ties in the original story.

* SavageWolves: Bill, a werewolf, is frankly quick to resort to violence and berates everyone on a constant basis, particularly Bullseye[[spoiler:, his own brother]]. On the other hand, Bullseye too is an angry, heavily scarred shaggy white wolf who is just as threatening.

* ThickerThanWater: [[spoiler: Bill had always hated his brother Bullseye, but kept him close anyway as they could understand one another. Bullseye knew he couldn't keep a secret from his brother that could harm him, so he spills the beans about Nancy's meeting with Brownlow to him, despite feeling equally guilty of snitching on her.]]

* VengefulGhost: The existence of vengeful wisps dooming the guards by the gallows is discussed, and Nancy becomes an especially angry one. [[spoiler: Her ghost enters the body of her killer, Bill Sikes, and blows him apart from the inside out.]]

* YourSoulIsMine: Fagin is [[spoiler: a demon named Ankou,]] a soul stealer [[spoiler: or a [[SoulEating soul eater]] to be exact. The napkins and belongings of others stolen by his boys are his link to his targets, with the help of pretty [[BloodMagic bloody]] BlackMagic]].

* AfterlifeAntechamber: Otherwhere is the waiting station for souls who cannot rest. When Oliver is severely weak, he ends up in this place momentarily and usually sees [[spoiler:his mother]], although her identity is only confirmed to him at the end.

* {{Hellgate}}: Invoked in Oliver's destiny, in which one of its outcomes would have him close the door of hell on all the demons forever.

* HeroicSuicide: [[spoiler:Oliver's mother, who was bitten by a woe-begotten recent to her giving birth. After Oliver was born, the effects of the bite began to take hold. In the midst of her agonizing transformation, she told those present to take care of her child, before she poisoned herself with dragon's blood to [[DyingAsYourself halt herself turning into a woe-begotten]].]]

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Some significant characters receive fates different from the original story. [[spoiler:Instead of being executed, Fagin successfully escapes with his band of thieving youngsters, including Charley Bates, who was originally allowed a HeelFaceTurn. Dodge however has instead sided with Oliver and lives with his family, the two of them grow to be as close as brothers.]]
* AdaptationalBadass: After asking for more gruel, Oliver gets locked up. It similarly happens in this version - but not before he grabs the ladle on its way to strike his head, scoops himself some gruel, and successfully avoid the cook's assistants whilst announcing to the other starving orphans to fetch their share of additional gruel, sending them running towards the cooks.

* AdaptationalJerkass: While the original work allowed Bumble a moment of his humanity to surface despite being a jerk, the beadle man isn't given that luxury in this tale. Bumble is full of himself and downright cruel to Oliver.

* AfterlifeAntechamber: Otherwhere is the waiting station for souls who cannot rest. When Oliver is severely weak, he ends up in this place momentarily and usually sees [[spoiler:his mother, although her identity is only confirmed to him at the end.]]

* CaptainOblivious: Charley Bates was evidently clueless of keeping Fagin’s plans for Oliver under wraps when the latter arrived at Fagin’s den with Dodge. He complains about why they had to wait for a random boy while Fagin was supplying the impression that Oliver and Dodge met by chance.

* CrapsackWorld: The story is set in the midst of the human world [[HellOnEarth overrun by monsters from down below]]. It goes about as well as you’d expect, and some monsters appear to live as miserably as the humans do.
* CreepyMortician: Mr Sowerberry can casually converse with Bumble about the funeral business, and he and his wife were keen on cutting off Oliver's tongue when he showed no signs of change under their care. To top it all off, they're implied [[ImAHumanitarian to enjoy human meat]].
* DeadPersonConversation: It is Oliver's conversation with a cadaver with a message from his deceased mother that gives him the idea to find his destiny in London.

* ExactWords: When Fagin realised Oliver was awake and probably saw his ritual as a result (which he did), he demands to know if he wasn't awake an hour ago. Oliver says he wasn't, and gets away with it. This trope is further enforced by the spell on Oliver that doesn't allow him to lie.

* EyeScream: Bullseye's backstory [[spoiler:reveals that he was born blind so his mother plucked an eyeball out of his infant brother Bill Sikes to sew it into Bullseye's head. Bill's eye was replaced with a GlassEye.]]

* GeometricMagic: Good and bad magic appear to be differentiated this way. While Fagin's den has symbols of sharp angles and points, the intricate patterns in Brownlow's home are round, consisting of circles and spirals that flowed into each other. The spell in which Oliver uses to grant the woe-begottens peace consists of forming two circles attached by an upwards thread with his hands.

* HunterOfMonsters: The Knights of Nostradamus, according to Miss Bedwin, is the fancy name for a monster hunter. Truth be told, that is what they do as protectors and wielders of good magic.

* RaisedByOrcs: If the workhouse wasn't already crappy as it was, this version has it run by the [[{{Cult}} Brotherhood of Fenris]], who intentionally grow the inhabitants to be as corrupt as possible. Oliver would later make them one of the evils he sought to destroy.

* SavageWolves: Bill, a werewolf, is frankly quick to resort to violence and berates everyone on a constant basis, particularly Bullseye[[spoiler:, his own brother. On the other hand, Bullseye is an angry, heavily scarred shaggy white wolf who is just as threatening]].
* ShapeshifterModeLock: Bullseye [[spoiler:is a werewolf who was born with the inability to shift into human form.]]

* TongueTrauma: Briefly discussed, the Sowerberrys wanted to cut off Oliver's tongue but were interrupted before it could happen.

* EyeColourChange: Oliver's eyes turn silver when [[spoiler: harnessing the Rage]].

* HeelFaceTurn

* HowlOfSorrow: Bill belts one out after murdering Nancy.

-> '''Oliver''': Haven't you heard? "You are what you eat." Explains a lot.

* FateWorseThanDeath: What Fagin wishes to bestow on Brownlow instead of letting Sikes kill him right away. He describes how he wished to make his life miserable by making everyone leave him and only stealing his soul when he was distraught enough.

"Oliver Twisted" is a 2012 [[YoungAdultLiterature Young Adult]] [[HorrorLiterature Horror novel]] by J. D. Sharpe, which reimagines the ''Literature/OliverTwist'' story in a more hellish setting.