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* TrilogyCreep: Originally the book started as a trilogy, and then came ''Sword of Mercy'', acting as a full fledged prequel to the events of ''PeterPan''.
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''Theatre/PeterandTheStarcatcher'' is a play based on the novel.
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* PhlebotinumHandlingEquipment: The only way to safely handle startsuff is wearing an entire suit of gold clothing. This is also why the Starcatchers keep their personal stock in pure gold lockets.
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* PhlebotinumHandlingEquipment: The only way to safely handle startsuff starstuff is wearing an entire suit of gold clothing. This is also why the Starcatchers keep their personal stock in pure gold lockets.
* StealthPun: In the third book, George and the orphans steal a ship, which later ends up flying after being inundated with starstuff. The name of the vessel is ''De Vliegen'', which means [[BilingualBonus "the flies"]] in Dutch. In other words, it's a flying Dutchman.
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* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: In the third book, after [[spoiler:Peter locates the starstuff. Zarboff decides to feed the boys to the snake anyway--he only promised that if Peter ''didn't'' do as he was instructed, he ''would'' feed them to the snake. He didn't say anything about ''not'' feeding them to the snake if he ''did'' follow the instructions.]]
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* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: In the third book, after [[spoiler:Peter locates the starstuff. Zarboff decides to feed the boys to the snake anyway--he only promised that if Peter ''didn't'' do as he was instructed, he ''would'' feed them to the snake. He didn't say anything about ''not'' feeding them to the snake if he ''did'' follow the instructions.]]
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* PowerGlows: Starstuff. It's practically nothing ''but'' glow.
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* InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike / WhoNamesTheirKidDude: In the first book, the Shell Islanders have a good laugh over Alf's name. "Alf" is their word for "squid poop".
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* [[spoiler:CircleOfStandingStones]]: The Return of the starstuff at the climax of ''Shadow Thieves'' takes place here. [[spoiler:More specifically, Stonehenge.]]
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* [[spoiler:CircleOfStandingStones]]: CircleOfStandingStones: The Return of the starstuff at the climax of ''Shadow Thieves'' takes place here. [[spoiler:More specifically, Stonehenge.]]
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* GreenRocks: Starstuff can do just about anything. For starters, it can make things fly, change peoples' moods, heal wounds, extend life, and transform ordinary animals into mythological creatures. And it's hinted that it has other powers as well; Molly comments that the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek gods]] were actually humans using starstuff, and it's hard to imagine their reputation came from long lives and flight alone.
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* ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines: Wendy's Uncle Neville has built an ornithopter, which after a rocky first test is able to fly reasonably well. [[spoiler:Wendy steals it and uses it to fly to Never-Land.]]
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* EldritchAbomination: Lord Ombra, later revealed to be one of many.
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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Hook in ''The Sword of Mercy'' when he and his crew leave the island for the first time in twenty years. The first thing they do is attmept to attack a steam ship, only to realize that it can crush their wooden sailing ship without even noticing.
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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Hook in ''The Sword of Mercy'' when he and his crew leave the island for the first time in twenty years. The first thing they do is attmept attempt to attack a steam ship, only to realize that it can crush their wooden sailing ship without even noticing.
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* GunshipRescue: In ''The Secret of Rundoon'', George and the orphan boys pilot a flying boat to attack King Zarboff's palace just before the rocket launch.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: Lord Ombra's masters, revealed to be the very forces of darkness and entropy with the goal to [[spoiler:destroy the entire universe]].
* GunshipRescue: In''The Secret ''Secret of Rundoon'', George and the orphan boys pilot a flying boat to attack King Zarboff's palace just before the rocket launch.
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* MadScientist: Dr. Glotz, the evil scientist who devises a plan to force large quantities of starstuff to fall.
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* MadScientist: Dr. Glotz, the evil scientist who devises a plan to force large quantities of starstuff to fall. [[spoiler:He knows that if it is successful, it will ultimately destroy the entire universe, but he will be content in his knowledge, just before it happens, that his theory was right.]]
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* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: When Molly is talking to the porpoises, she [[RunningGag keeps telling them her teeth are green when she means hello.]]
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* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: When Molly is talking to the porpoises, she [[RunningGag keeps telling them her teeth are green when she means hello.]]]] She eventually figures out the mistake, but by then the porpoises have made a joke out of it.
* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: The attitude of the Starcatchers towards starstuff; their efforts are concentrated on sending it back where it came from every time some of it falls to earth. It's eventually revealed that they have far worse to fear than mere men getting their hands on it...
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* TactfulTranslation: Peter's translations for Tinker Bell.
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* TactfulTranslation: Peter's translations for Tinker Bell.Bell, most of the time.
* {{Unobtanium}}: The starstuff is seen as this by the Others. The Starcatchers believe it to be too dangerous to actually use, except in very small amounts in emergencies, and spend most of their efforts to send it back into space so it ''can't'' be used.
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* TheWatson: Peter. There's a whole chapter where Molly goes on a CharacterFilibuster to tell him all about Starstuff and the history of the Starcatchers, and another bit where Fighting Prawn explains Mr. Grin's origin story to him.
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* TheWatson: Peter. There's a whole chapter where Molly goes on a CharacterFilibuster to tell him all about Starstuff starstuff and the history of the Starcatchers, and another bit where Fighting Prawn explains Mr. Grin's origin story to him.
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* HumanoidAbomination: Lord Ombra is one of these. He's a shadowy creature that moves like liquid, hates the light, and can control people's shadows. [[spoiler: He is also a member of a species from [[TimeAbyss the darkness before the universe]], and he wants to [[OmnicidalManiac restore it to that state]].]]
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:King Zarboff gets eaten by his own snake, Kundalini.]]
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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Hook in ''The Sword of Mercy'' when he and his crew leave the island for the first time in twenty years. The first thing they do is attmept to attack a steam ship, only to realize that it can crush their wooden sailing ship without even noticing.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Lord Ombra, which is Italian for [[MeaningfulName "shadow"]].
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* UnspokenPlan: Shining Pearl's plan to attack the Scorpions.
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* UnspokenPlan: UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Shining Pearl's plan to attack the Scorpions.
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* PhlebotinumHandlingEquipment: The only way to safely handle startsuff is wearing an entire suit of gold clothing. This is also why the Starcatchers keep their personal stock in pure gold lockets.
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* DressedToPlunder: Played just as straight as in the original ''Peter Pan''. Nerezza even turns the ArtificialLimbs up a notch with an intimidating wooden nose.
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* TheNoseless: Nerezza is a type 3 -- he lost his nose in a battle and wears a fake one over the hole, which he removes whenever he wants to smell something. The larger aperture seems to have enhanced his sense of smell.
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* TheNoseless: Nerezza is a type 3 -- he lost his nose in a battle and wears a fake one over the hole, which he removes whenever he wants to smell something. The larger aperture seems to have enhanced his sense of smell.
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* TheNoseless: Nerezza is a type 3 -- he lost his nose in a battle and wears a fake one over the hole, which he removes whenever he wants to smell something. The larger aperture seems to have enhanced his sense of smell.
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* OrphanageOfFear: The series begins with Peter and the other boys leaving one of these to board the ''Neverland''.
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* OrphanageOfFear: The series begins with Peter and the other boys leaving one of these to board the ''Neverland''.''Never Land''.
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What\'s that supposed to mean? Just link to the pages. =/
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The ''Peter and the Starcatchers'' saga, written by DaveBarry Creator/DaveBarry and Ridley Pearson (Yes, ''that'' DaveBarry and Ridley Pearson), Creator/RidleyPearson, is a series of fantasy novels; starting out as prequels to Sir J.M Barrie's ''Literature/PeterPan'', but gradually deviating from its plot. The series contains four books:
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The ''Peter and the Starcatchers'' saga, written by DaveBarry and Ridley Pearson (Yes, ''that'' DaveBarry and RidleyPearson), Ridley Pearson), is a series of fantasy novels; starting out as prequels to Sir J.M Barrie's ''Literature/PeterPan'', but gradually deviating from its plot. The series contains four books:
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The ''Peter and the Starcatchers'' saga, written by DaveBarry and Ridley Pearson, Pearson (Yes, ''that'' DaveBarry and RidleyPearson), is a series of fantasy novels; starting out as prequels to Sir J.M Barrie's ''Literature/PeterPan'', but gradually deviating from its plot. The series contains four books:
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The ''Peter and the Starcatchers'' saga, written by DaveBarry and Ridley Pearson, is a series of fantasy novels; starting out as prequels to Sir J.M Barrie's ''Literature/PeterPan''.''Literature/PeterPan'', but gradually deviating from its plot. The series contains four books:
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What do Tinker Bell and Zatch Bell have in common? 1. Debi Derryberry, and 2. Their names include a space.
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*** [[spoiler:von Schaffen]] captures [[spoiler:Tinkerbell]] and holds her hostage to swap with Peter.
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* RunningGag: You know that whenever Peter translates Tinkerbell's speech for someone, that's ''not'' what she said...
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* RunningGag: You know that whenever Peter translates Tinkerbell's Tinker Bell's speech for someone, that's ''not'' what she said...
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* TwoPartTrilogy: The first work can actually stand by itself, acting as an introduction with the major plot points (of that book) more or less resolved. Around "Shadow thieves", the series start to blend together into a bigger story arc.
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* TwoPartTrilogy: The first work can actually stand by itself, acting as an introduction with the major plot points (of that book) more or less resolved. Around "Shadow thieves", ''Shadow Thieves'', the series start starts to blend together into a bigger story arc.
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* TrilogyCreep: Originally the book started as a trilogy, and then came the "Sword of Mercy", acting as a full fledged prequel to the events of ''PeterPan''.
* TwoPartTrilogy: the first work can actually stand by itself, acting as an introduction with the major plot points (of that book) more or less resolved. Around "Shadow thieves", the series start to blend together into a bigger story arc
** Although if you think about it, it still can act as a trilogy of story arcs too - just that the "Shadow Thieves" and "Secret of Rundoon" arcs last longest.
* TwoPartTrilogy: the first work can actually stand by itself, acting as an introduction with the major plot points (of that book) more or less resolved. Around "Shadow thieves", the series start to blend together into a bigger story arc
** Although if you think about it, it still can act as a trilogy of story arcs too - just that the "Shadow Thieves" and "Secret of Rundoon" arcs last longest.
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* TrilogyCreep: Originally the book started as a trilogy, and then came the "Sword ''Sword of Mercy", Mercy'', acting as a full fledged prequel to the events of ''PeterPan''.
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** Although if you think about it, it still can act as a trilogy of story arcs too - just that the "Shadow Thieves" and "Secret of Rundoon" arcs last longest.arc.
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* TrilogyCreep: Originally the book started as a trilogy, and then came the "Sword of Mercy", acting as a full fledged prequel to the events of ''PeterPan''.
* TwoPartTrilogy: the first work can actually stand by itself, acting as an introduction with the major plot points (of that book) more or less resolved. Around "Shadow thieves", the series start to blend together into a bigger story arc
** Although if you think about it, it still can act as a trilogy of story arcs too - just that the "Shadow Thieves" and "Secret of Rundoon" arcs last longest.
* TwoPartTrilogy: the first work can actually stand by itself, acting as an introduction with the major plot points (of that book) more or less resolved. Around "Shadow thieves", the series start to blend together into a bigger story arc
** Although if you think about it, it still can act as a trilogy of story arcs too - just that the "Shadow Thieves" and "Secret of Rundoon" arcs last longest.
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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Every time the villains organize a HostageForMacGuffin.
* BunglingInventor: Uncle Neville in ''The Sword of Mercy''.
* CatchAFallingStar: Peter catches Wendy in the fourth book.
* CatchAFallingStar: Peter catches Wendy in the fourth book.
* EmbarrassingRescue: The heroes rescuing Hook from Rundoon in the third book.
* GunshipRescue: In ''The Secret of Rundoon'', George and the orphan boys pilot a flying boat to attack King Zarboff's palace just before the rocket launch.
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** In the second book, Ombra and his crew capture Shining Pearl for the same reason. The Molluscs don't have the starstuff, though, so they end up using her to guarantee safe passage back to their ship.
** Also in the second book, The Others kidnap Louise Astor and hold her ransom for the starstuff.
** Also in the second book, The Others kidnap Louise Astor and hold her ransom for the starstuff.
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*** Ombra and his crew capture Shining Pearl for the same reason. The Molluscs don't have the starstuff, though, so they end up using her to guarantee safe passage back to their ship.
** Also in the second book, *** The Others kidnap Louise Astor and hold her ransom for the starstuff.starstuff.
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*** [[spoiler:von Schaffen]] captures [[spoiler:Tinkerbell]] and holds her hostage to swap with Peter.
*** Shining Pearl is once again used as leverage to get the starstuff from Fighting Prawn.
*** Ombra and his crew capture Shining Pearl for the same reason. The Molluscs don't have the starstuff, though, so they end up using her to guarantee safe passage back to their ship.
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*** [[spoiler:von Schaffen]] captures [[spoiler:Tinkerbell]] and holds her hostage to swap with Peter.
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The ''Peter and the Starcatchers'' saga, written by DaveBarry and Ridley Pearson, is a series of fantasy novels; prequels to Sir J.M Barrie's ''Literature/PeterPan''. The series contains four books:
* ''Peter and the Starcatchers''
* ''Peter and the Shadow Thieves''
* ''Peter and the Secret of Rundoon''
* ''Peter and the Sword of Mercy''
A new series in the same universe of ''Peter and the Starcatchers'' begins with the book ''The Bridge to Neverland''.
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!!This series provides examples of:
* ActionPrologue: ''Sword of Mercy'' opens with [[spoiler:a battle between Charlemagne and Ogier the Dane.]] Receives a CallBack at the end of the novel [[spoiler:with one between Peter and Hook.]]
* AndroclesLion: The mermaids side with Peter after he heals their leader with some starstuff.
* BadBoss: In the very first scene with Black Stache, we see him tying up his two fattest sailors and marooning them in a dory, just to make the ship lighter. (They survive.)
* BigDamnHeroes: Peter, in the first book, when Slank has a knife to Molly's throat.
* ChangelingFantasy: The common orphan boy Peter turns out to have a very extraordinary family history.
* CharacterFilibuster: Chapter 20 of the first book, "Molly's Story", is one of these.
* CombatPragmatist: Black Stache. Smee is quite surprised to hear that he's planning to take the ''Wasp'' in a fair fight.
* CreatorCameo: J.M. Barrie and his [[BigFriendlyDog Saint Bernard Porthos]] make a short appearance in ''Shadow Thieves'' when he helps Peter and gives him directions to Molly's house.
* DarkIsEvil: Ombra is a textbook case.
* EmptyPromise: Peter finds himself making these to the other boys quite often.
* EnemyMine: Shining Pearl and the pirates in the third book.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: It's mentioned that Black Stache only ever loved his mother, and [[SelfMadeOrphan felt bad about that time he marooned her]].
* EvilGloating: Slank to Molly in the first book.
* FalseReassurance: King Zarboff. See YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo.
* FiveManBand: The orphan boys from St. Norbert.
** TheHero: Peter
** TheLancer: James
** TheBigGuy: Tubby Ted
** TheSmartGuy: Thomas
** TheChick: Prentiss, the youngest of the group
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the first book, Slank is quite clearly heard having sex with Molly's governess.
* HeroicWillpower: Used by Peter to resist [[spoiler:Ombra taking him over]].
* HookHand: Captain Hook. (Obviously.)
* HostageForMacGuffin:
** In the first book, Slank takes Molly hostage and demands the trunk of starstuff in return.
** In the second book, Ombra and his crew capture Shining Pearl for the same reason. The Molluscs don't have the starstuff, though, so they end up using her to guarantee safe passage back to their ship.
** Also in the second book, The Others kidnap Louise Astor and hold her ransom for the starstuff.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming
* IHaveYourWife: Used to set up a HostageForMacGuffin in the second book.
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: This happens pretty much every time The Others capture one of the good guys. In the third book, Ombra admits he just wants to see Leonard's reaction once he knows what's really going on.
* LivingShadow: A major plot point from ''Shadow Thieves''-onwards.
* MadScientist: Dr. Glotz, the evil scientist who devises a plan to force large quantities of starstuff to fall.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Peter and Molly
* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: When Molly is talking to the porpoises, she [[RunningGag keeps telling them her teeth are green when she means hello.]]
* NarrativeProfanityFilter: Commonly used.
-->''And then it erupted from him, a string of oaths so vile that Peter reached out to cover Tink's tiny ears.''
* NeverGrewUp: Peter
* NotEvenHuman: Ombra.
* OrphanageOfFear: The series begins with Peter and the other boys leaving one of these to board the ''Neverland''.
* RunningGag: You know that whenever Peter translates Tinkerbell's speech for someone, that's ''not'' what she said...
* SustainedMisunderstanding: A standard gag between Smee and the Cap'n. Tubby Ted gets in on it too:
-->'''Tubby Ted:''' But we need them for our scurvy!\\
'''Prentiss:''' We don't have scurvy, you twit.\\
'''Tubby Ted:''' Then why do we have the figs?\\
'''James:''' They're for the monkeys.\\
'''Tubby Ted:''' The monkeys have scurvy?
* TactfulTranslation: Peter's translations for Tinker Bell.
* TakeAThirdOption: Black Stache, torn between chasing after Astor and taking the trunk or calling his bluff and pursuing the ''Wasp'', decides to take a third option: he tosses his British Navy prisoner overboard. [[BatmanGambit Predictably]], Astor [[ChronicHeroSyndrome turns around to rescue the drowning sailor]], coming close enough to the ''Sea Devil'' for Black Stache to harpoon his dory.
* TheyCalledMeMad: Dr. Glotz cackles this in his first appearance.
* UnspokenPlan: Shining Pearl's plan to attack the Scorpions.
* TheWatson: Peter. There's a whole chapter where Molly goes on a CharacterFilibuster to tell him all about Starstuff and the history of the Starcatchers, and another bit where Fighting Prawn explains Mr. Grin's origin story to him.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: At first, Slank planned to kill Little Richard for this reason. But by the time he actually does it, it's for [[ImAHumanitarian a different reason.]]
* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: In the third book, after [[spoiler:Peter locates the starstuff. Zarboff decides to feed the boys to the snake anyway--he only promised that if Peter ''didn't'' do as he was instructed, he ''would'' feed them to the snake. He didn't say anything about ''not'' feeding them to the snake if he ''did'' follow the instructions.]]
* ''Peter and the Starcatchers''
* ''Peter and the Shadow Thieves''
* ''Peter and the Secret of Rundoon''
* ''Peter and the Sword of Mercy''
A new series in the same universe of ''Peter and the Starcatchers'' begins with the book ''The Bridge to Neverland''.
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!!This series provides examples of:
* ActionPrologue: ''Sword of Mercy'' opens with [[spoiler:a battle between Charlemagne and Ogier the Dane.]] Receives a CallBack at the end of the novel [[spoiler:with one between Peter and Hook.]]
* AndroclesLion: The mermaids side with Peter after he heals their leader with some starstuff.
* BadBoss: In the very first scene with Black Stache, we see him tying up his two fattest sailors and marooning them in a dory, just to make the ship lighter. (They survive.)
* BigDamnHeroes: Peter, in the first book, when Slank has a knife to Molly's throat.
* ChangelingFantasy: The common orphan boy Peter turns out to have a very extraordinary family history.
* CharacterFilibuster: Chapter 20 of the first book, "Molly's Story", is one of these.
* CombatPragmatist: Black Stache. Smee is quite surprised to hear that he's planning to take the ''Wasp'' in a fair fight.
* CreatorCameo: J.M. Barrie and his [[BigFriendlyDog Saint Bernard Porthos]] make a short appearance in ''Shadow Thieves'' when he helps Peter and gives him directions to Molly's house.
* DarkIsEvil: Ombra is a textbook case.
* EmptyPromise: Peter finds himself making these to the other boys quite often.
* EnemyMine: Shining Pearl and the pirates in the third book.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: It's mentioned that Black Stache only ever loved his mother, and [[SelfMadeOrphan felt bad about that time he marooned her]].
* EvilGloating: Slank to Molly in the first book.
* FalseReassurance: King Zarboff. See YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo.
* FiveManBand: The orphan boys from St. Norbert.
** TheHero: Peter
** TheLancer: James
** TheBigGuy: Tubby Ted
** TheSmartGuy: Thomas
** TheChick: Prentiss, the youngest of the group
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the first book, Slank is quite clearly heard having sex with Molly's governess.
* HeroicWillpower: Used by Peter to resist [[spoiler:Ombra taking him over]].
* HookHand: Captain Hook. (Obviously.)
* HostageForMacGuffin:
** In the first book, Slank takes Molly hostage and demands the trunk of starstuff in return.
** In the second book, Ombra and his crew capture Shining Pearl for the same reason. The Molluscs don't have the starstuff, though, so they end up using her to guarantee safe passage back to their ship.
** Also in the second book, The Others kidnap Louise Astor and hold her ransom for the starstuff.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming
* IHaveYourWife: Used to set up a HostageForMacGuffin in the second book.
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: This happens pretty much every time The Others capture one of the good guys. In the third book, Ombra admits he just wants to see Leonard's reaction once he knows what's really going on.
* LivingShadow: A major plot point from ''Shadow Thieves''-onwards.
* MadScientist: Dr. Glotz, the evil scientist who devises a plan to force large quantities of starstuff to fall.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Peter and Molly
* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: When Molly is talking to the porpoises, she [[RunningGag keeps telling them her teeth are green when she means hello.]]
* NarrativeProfanityFilter: Commonly used.
-->''And then it erupted from him, a string of oaths so vile that Peter reached out to cover Tink's tiny ears.''
* NeverGrewUp: Peter
* NotEvenHuman: Ombra.
* OrphanageOfFear: The series begins with Peter and the other boys leaving one of these to board the ''Neverland''.
* RunningGag: You know that whenever Peter translates Tinkerbell's speech for someone, that's ''not'' what she said...
* SustainedMisunderstanding: A standard gag between Smee and the Cap'n. Tubby Ted gets in on it too:
-->'''Tubby Ted:''' But we need them for our scurvy!\\
'''Prentiss:''' We don't have scurvy, you twit.\\
'''Tubby Ted:''' Then why do we have the figs?\\
'''James:''' They're for the monkeys.\\
'''Tubby Ted:''' The monkeys have scurvy?
* TactfulTranslation: Peter's translations for Tinker Bell.
* TakeAThirdOption: Black Stache, torn between chasing after Astor and taking the trunk or calling his bluff and pursuing the ''Wasp'', decides to take a third option: he tosses his British Navy prisoner overboard. [[BatmanGambit Predictably]], Astor [[ChronicHeroSyndrome turns around to rescue the drowning sailor]], coming close enough to the ''Sea Devil'' for Black Stache to harpoon his dory.
* TheyCalledMeMad: Dr. Glotz cackles this in his first appearance.
* UnspokenPlan: Shining Pearl's plan to attack the Scorpions.
* TheWatson: Peter. There's a whole chapter where Molly goes on a CharacterFilibuster to tell him all about Starstuff and the history of the Starcatchers, and another bit where Fighting Prawn explains Mr. Grin's origin story to him.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: At first, Slank planned to kill Little Richard for this reason. But by the time he actually does it, it's for [[ImAHumanitarian a different reason.]]
* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: In the third book, after [[spoiler:Peter locates the starstuff. Zarboff decides to feed the boys to the snake anyway--he only promised that if Peter ''didn't'' do as he was instructed, he ''would'' feed them to the snake. He didn't say anything about ''not'' feeding them to the snake if he ''did'' follow the instructions.]]
