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** The three Jurassic Jackrabbits, post-HeelFaceTurn, are named Cupcake, Fudgie, and Waffles.
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** The three Jurassic Jackrabbits, post-HeelFaceTurn, are named Cupcake, Fudgie, Cupcake (the Bunnysaurus Rex), Fudgie (the Trihareatops)[[note]]Fudge in the reprint[[/note]], and Waffles.Waffles (the Rabbidactyl).
* HairRaisingHare: General Jackrabbit, the villain of the fifth book. The Jurassic Jackrabbits also count before Ricky turned them good.
* HeelFaceTurn:
** The Jurassic Jackrabbits at the end of the fifth book, who become Lucy's pets and help her, her cousin, and the Robot in their adventures.
** Nigel and Clancy, President Penguin's chief guards, who intervene to save Lucy after their president subdues her and her pets and become their home dwarf planet's presidents afterward.
* HeelFaceTurn:
** The Jurassic Jackrabbits at the end of the fifth book, who become Lucy's pets and help her, her cousin, and the Robot in their adventures.
** Nigel and Clancy, President Penguin's chief guards, who intervene to save Lucy after their president subdues her and her pets and become their home dwarf planet's presidents afterward.
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* UnnamedParent: Ricky's parents are only known to the audience as "Ricky's Mom" and "Ricky's dad".
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* UnnamedParent: Ricky's parents are only known to the audience as "Ricky's Mom" mom" and "Ricky's dad".
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* Expy: Before the reboot, the Robot looked almost identical to WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant, except with mouse ears.
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* Expy: {{Expy}}: Before the reboot, the Robot looked almost identical to WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant, except with mouse ears.
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* Expy: Before the reboot, the Robot looked almost identical to WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant, except with mouse ears.
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: To avoid UnfortunateImplications, ''Voodoo Vultures from Venus'' was later rereleased as ''Video Vultures from Venus''.
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: To avoid UnfortunateImplications, ''Voodoo Vultures from Venus'' was later rereleased as ''Video Vultures from Venus''.
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* LifesavingMisfortune: Ricky being grounded from watching television is the reason why the Venusian vultures were unable to brainwash him during their initial invasion.
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* MassHypnosis: In ''Voodoo Vultures from Venus'', the eponymous vultures hypnotize the citizens of Squeakyville into giving them all of their food after they all watched TV last night. Since Ricky was grounded from watching during that time, he's the only mouse unaffected.
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* MassHypnosis: In ''Voodoo Vultures from Venus'', the eponymous vultures hypnotize the citizens of Squeakyville into giving them all of their food after they all watched TV last night. Since [[LifesavingMisfortune Ricky was grounded from watching during that time, he's the only mouse unaffected.unaffected]].
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* ''Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Voodoo Vultures from Venus'' (2001)
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* ''Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Voodoo Vultures from Venus'' (2001)(2001)[[note]]Renamed ''Video Vultures from Venus'' in the reprint.[[/note]]
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* CatchPhrase: "It's about to get much worse" for Ricky, which he says when each main villain is defeated and [[TemptingFate complaining that their day can't get any worse]], before they're then sent to prison.
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* CatchPhrase: CatchPhrase:
** "It's about to get much worse" for Ricky, which he says when each main villain is defeated and [[TemptingFate complaining that their day can't get any worse]], before they're then sent to prison.
** "It's about to get much worse" for Ricky, which he says when each main villain is defeated and [[TemptingFate complaining that their day can't get any worse]], before they're then sent to prison.
** In ''Stupid Stinkbugs from Saturn'', one page shows inhabitants of previously visited planets dumping their trash on Saturn.
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* OncePerEpisode: The Robot fighting the villains and throwing the chief one to jail.
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* OncePerEpisode: OncePerEpisode:
** The Robot fighting the villains and throwing the chief one to jail.
** The Robot fighting the villains and throwing the chief one to jail.
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* PunnyName: Ricky's full name is a play on both the word "ricotta"[[note]]which is cheese; in fictional works, mice are obsessed with cheese[[/note]] and the name of actor Desi Arnaz's character, Ricky Ricardo, from the show ''Series/ILoveLucy''.
* PutOnAPrisonBus: Every book ends with the VillainOfTheWeek getting locked up in the same prison building, which gets increasingly full as the series goes on- and just so happens to have nine windows for all nine villains.
* PutOnAPrisonBus: Every book ends with the VillainOfTheWeek getting locked up in the same prison building, which gets increasingly full as the series goes on- and just so happens to have nine windows for all nine villains.
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* PunnyName: Ricky's full name is a play on both the word "ricotta"[[note]]which is cheese; in fictional works, mice are obsessed with cheese[[/note]] and the name of actor Desi Arnaz's character, Ricky Ricardo, from the show ''Series/ILoveLucy''.
''Series/ILoveLucy''. His [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Annoying Younger Cousin]] Lucy is also a reference to the show.
*PutOnAPrisonBus: PutOnAPrisonBus[=/=]FallingIntoJail: Every book ends with the VillainOfTheWeek getting locked up in the same prison building, which gets increasingly full as the series goes on- on -- and just so happens to have nine windows for all nine villains.villains.
* RobotBuddy: One that's also a HumongousMecha.
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* RobotBuddy: One that's also a HumongousMecha.
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* ShoutOut: One book features "Hate Potion #9", a reference to the song "Love Potion No. 9".
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** One book features "Hate Potion #9", a reference to the song "Love Potion No.9".9".
** The aforementioned PunnyNames of Ricky and Lucy are a reference to ''Series/ILoveLucy'', as are the names of Lucy's parents Fred and Ethel.
** One chapter is titled "[[Music/TheBeatles Lucy in the Sky with Rubies]]".
** One book features "Hate Potion #9", a reference to the song "Love Potion No.
** The aforementioned PunnyNames of Ricky and Lucy are a reference to ''Series/ILoveLucy'', as are the names of Lucy's parents Fred and Ethel.
** One chapter is titled "[[Music/TheBeatles Lucy in the Sky with Rubies]]".
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* ThemeNaming: Lucy was named after Creator/LucilleBall, who had a TV show called ''Series/ILoveLucy'', where she was married to a musician named "Ricky Ricardo". Also, Lucy's mother and father, Aunt Ethel and Uncle Freddy, were named after Fred and Ethyl Mertz, two other characters from the same show.
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* ThemeNaming: Lucy was is named after Creator/LucilleBall, who had a TV show called ''Series/ILoveLucy'', where she was married to a musician named "Ricky Ricardo". Also, Lucy's mother and father, Aunt Ethel and Uncle Freddy, were named after Fred and Ethyl Mertz, two other characters from the same show.
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* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: The first seven books will be rereleased in May, July, and August 2014, with new full-color artwork by Dan Santat, who will also do the artwork for the next two books.
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* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: The first seven books will be were rereleased in May, July, and August 2014, with new full-color artwork by Dan Santat, who will also do did the artwork for the next last two books.
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* AlliterativeName: Ricky Ricotta.
** Also, the villains starting with Mr. Mosquito.
** Also, the villains starting with Mr. Mosquito.
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'''R'''icky '''R'''icotta himself.
** Also, the villains starting withMr. Mosquito.'''M'''r. '''M'''osquito - after him comes '''V'''ictor '''v'''on '''V'''ulture, '''M'''ajor '''M'''onkey, '''G'''eneral '''J'''ackrabbit[[note]]the soft "G" in "general" sounds like "J"[[/note]], '''S'''ergeant '''S'''tinkbug, '''U'''ncle '''U'''nicorn, '''N'''imrod '''N'''ightcrawler, and '''P'''resident '''P'''enguin.
** Also, the villains starting with
* ArmiesAreEvil: Major Monkey and General Jackrabbit are both portrayed as {{Jerkass}} military leaders who want to TakeOverTheWorld. Sergeant Stinkbug goes a step further, wishing to turn Earth into his personal LandfillBeyondTheStars.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: To avoid UnfortunateImplications, ''Voodoo Vultures from Venus'' was later rereleased as ''Video Vultures from Venus''.
* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: Ricky [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink laces some cookies]] with chili peppers and feigns being {{Brainwashed}} in order to defeat the ''Voodoo Vultures from Venus''.
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* EdibleThemeNaming: Ricky's last name was based on cheese (get it?).
** So are all the other mice in Ricky's town.
** So are all the other mice in Ricky's town.
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* EdibleThemeNaming: Ricky's last name was based on cheese (get it?).
**is a type of cheese. So are all the other mice in Ricky's town.town.
** The three Jurassic Jackrabbits, post-HeelFaceTurn, are named Cupcake, Fudgie, and Waffles.
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** The three Jurassic Jackrabbits, post-HeelFaceTurn, are named Cupcake, Fudgie, and Waffles.
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** RodentsOfUnusualSize: ...whose head looks vaguely like a mouse.
** On the villains's side, there's the Major Monkey's Orangu-Tron in "Mecha-Monkeys from Mars" and Uncle Unicorn's Ladybot in "Uranium Unicorns from Uranus".
** On the villains's side, there's the Major Monkey's Orangu-Tron in "Mecha-Monkeys from Mars" and Uncle Unicorn's Ladybot in "Uranium Unicorns from Uranus".
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* MosquitoMiscreants: Mr. Mosquito summons up a whole horde of these to invade Earth in a bid to [[HomeworldEvacuation escape]] from Mercury's [[HailfirePeaks horrible climate]].
* PresidentEvil: President Penguin, who invades the Earth [[EvilIsPetty because it stopped classifying Pluto as a planet]].
* RodentsOfUnusualSize: The Mighty Robot's head looks vaguely like a mouse.
* TiedTogetherShoelaceTrip: How the Ladybot is ultimately defeated in ''Uranium Unicorns from Uranus'', courtesy of the Jurassic Jackrabbits.
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* VileVulture: ''Ricky Ricottas Mighty Robot vs. the Voodoo Vultures from Venus'' has the titular heroes fight Victor von Vulture and his army of alien vultures. The vultures perform a MassHypnosis on Squeakyville to force the residents to give them all their food.
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** Also, each book ends with Ricky stating "that's what friends are for!"
* IronicEcho: When Ricky meets up with his uncle and aunt, they both subject him to a tight handshake and sloppy kiss, saying "nobody wants a wimpy handshake" and "everyone loves kisses" respectively. The Robot then decides he wants to try too and gives them a taste of their medicine, while Ricky giggles and repeats their words.
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* MassHypnosis: In ''Voodoo Vultures from Venus'', the eponymous vultures hypnotize the citizens of Squeakyville into giving them all of their food.
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* MassHypnosis: In ''Voodoo Vultures from Venus'', the eponymous vultures hypnotize the citizens of Squeakyville into giving them all of their food.food after they all watched TV last night. Since Ricky was grounded from watching during that time, he's the only mouse unaffected.
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* StrollingOnJupiter: The gas and ice giants are just as inhabited as the rest of the solar system.
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** The Mecha-Monkeys from Mars.
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** The Mecha-Monkeys On the villains's side, there's the Major Monkey's Orangu-Tron in "Mecha-Monkeys from Mars.Mars" and Uncle Unicorn's Ladybot in "Uranium Unicorns from Uranus".
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* PutOnAPrisonBus: Every book ends with the VillainOfTheWeek getting locked up in the same prison building, which gets increasingly full as the series goes on- and just so happens to have nine windows for all nine villains.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In ''Uranium Unicorns from Uranus'', Ricky, easily annoyed by his robot's gigantic size given that he's a little mouse, makes a wish at night that the Robot should find another friend his own size so he won't have to hang out with him all the time. However, it turns out his wish has inspired a plan by ''the villains'', who sent a giant unicorn robot to fight with the Robot. Thus, Ricky changes his mind about his wish and ventures out to get his robot back from the unicorn robot.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In ''Uranium Unicorns from Uranus'', Ricky, easily annoyed by his robot's gigantic size given that he's a little mouse, makes a wish at night that the Robot should find another friend his own size so he won't have to hang out with him all the time. However, it turns out his wish has inspired a plan by ''the villains'', who sent a giant unicorn robot Ladybot to fight with the Robot. Thus, Ricky changes his mind about his wish and ventures out to get his robot Robot back from the unicorn robot.Ladybot.
