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* AlliterativeName: '''S'''ick '''S'''imon.
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* AlliterativeName: AcademicAthlete: School is Simon's favourite place and his favourite subject is math. At the same time, he gleefully anticipates a kickball game.
* AlliterativeTitle: '''S'''ick '''S'''imon.
* AlliterativeTitle: '''S'''ick '''S'''imon.
* CardCarryingVillain: The germs brag about making people sick.
* CheerfulChild: Simon is very excitable and enjoys every part of school, even with an illness.
* ADogNamedDog:
** The virus is named Virus and the protozoa is named Protozoa.
** Downplayed for the bacterium, who is named Bacteri''a'', which is the plural.
* CheerfulChild: Simon is very excitable and enjoys every part of school, even with an illness.
* ADogNamedDog:
** The virus is named Virus and the protozoa is named Protozoa.
** Downplayed for the bacterium, who is named Bacteri''a'', which is the plural.
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* GreenAroundTheGills: One student has a yellowish-green face when he sees Simon vomit on the bus.
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* GreenAroundTheGills: FormallyNamedPet: The chinchilla is named ''Mr.'' Warbles.
* GreenAroundTheGills:
** One student has a yellowish-green face when he sees Simon vomit on thebus.bus.
** When Simon is visualising what the germs are telling him, he imagines one infected girl with a green face.
* GreenAroundTheGills:
** One student has a yellowish-green face when he sees Simon vomit on the
** When Simon is visualising what the germs are telling him, he imagines one infected girl with a green face.
* InfectionScene:
** When Simon kisses his family good morning, they're shown to have caught his cold subsequently.
** Simon sneezes out a copious amount of snot in math class, and later, it's shown that four of his classmates have caught his cold. Later, the rest of his class (except one) and his teacher catch colds, but it's unclear when they caught them.
** When Simon feeds Mr. Warbles, a drop of snot drips onto the food. When Mr. Warbles is next seen, he's sick.
* InstantIllness: Simon's parents and sister catch his disease directly after he kisses them.
* MonstrousGerms: The germs are portrayed as grotesque blobs and they can talk.
* NoFullNameGiven: Simon's last name is never revealed. The same goes for Ms. Slowinski's first name.
* NoNameGiven: Simon's classmates, substitute teacher, dog, and sister are unnamed.
* NoodleIncident: What Simon currently has is (apparently) a cold, but on the statue the germs made of him, hailing him as a "germ hero", he's seen wearing medals labelled "pink eye", "chicken pox", "flu", and "ear infection", indicating that he once had those diseases and spread them.
* OutSick: On Thursday, the teacher Ms. Slowinski, who caught Simon's cold, is not teaching.
* ThePollyanna: Simon is still excited for school and has fun on the bus despite being sick and in the latter case throwing up.
** When Simon kisses his family good morning, they're shown to have caught his cold subsequently.
** Simon sneezes out a copious amount of snot in math class, and later, it's shown that four of his classmates have caught his cold. Later, the rest of his class (except one) and his teacher catch colds, but it's unclear when they caught them.
** When Simon feeds Mr. Warbles, a drop of snot drips onto the food. When Mr. Warbles is next seen, he's sick.
* InstantIllness: Simon's parents and sister catch his disease directly after he kisses them.
* MonstrousGerms: The germs are portrayed as grotesque blobs and they can talk.
* NoFullNameGiven: Simon's last name is never revealed. The same goes for Ms. Slowinski's first name.
* NoNameGiven: Simon's classmates, substitute teacher, dog, and sister are unnamed.
* NoodleIncident: What Simon currently has is (apparently) a cold, but on the statue the germs made of him, hailing him as a "germ hero", he's seen wearing medals labelled "pink eye", "chicken pox", "flu", and "ear infection", indicating that he once had those diseases and spread them.
* OutSick: On Thursday, the teacher Ms. Slowinski, who caught Simon's cold, is not teaching.
* ThePollyanna: Simon is still excited for school and has fun on the bus despite being sick and in the latter case throwing up.
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* VomitDiscretionShot: Early in the book, Simon vomits out the bus window, which covers the grisly mess.
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* UnnamedParent: Simon's parents are never given names.
* UnsoundEffect: This book features a few "sound effects" that aren't onomatopoeic, such as "barf", "hack", and "cough".
* VomitDiscretionShot: Early in the book, Simon vomits out the bus window, which covers the grislymess.mess.
* WorkingThroughTheCold: Simon still goes to school despite his disease because A.) he enjoys school and B.) He doesn't realise that he's infecting his school mates.
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* UnsoundEffect: This book features a few "sound effects" that aren't onomatopoeic, such as "barf", "hack", and "cough".
* VomitDiscretionShot: Early in the book, Simon vomits out the bus window, which covers the grisly
* WorkingThroughTheCold: Simon still goes to school despite his disease because A.) he enjoys school and B.) He doesn't realise that he's infecting his school mates.
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[[caption-width-right:266:Trust us, [[GrossOutShow the gross-out does not stop here]].]]
'''Sick Simon''' is a children's book designed to teach children about [[DiseasePreventionAesop preventing the spread of germs]].
The book follows Simon through a week of school, as his illness spreads to everyone around him.
!!Tropes:
* AlliterativeName: '''S'''ick '''S'''imon.
* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: Simon is stated to have a cold, but at one point is shown vomiting, which is ''definitely'' not a cold symptom.
* DwindlingParty: As the story progresses, more and more people catch Simon's cold, and by the end, Simon is one of very few people left in school.
* GreenAroundTheGills: One student has a yellowish-green face when he sees Simon vomit on the bus.
* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler:The last page has ''another'' sick student come into school.]]
* SickEpisode: What do you think the title's for?
* SicknessEqualsRedness: Simon has a very red nose while he's sick (and by extension, so does everyone who catches his cold).
* VomitDiscretionShot: Early in the book, Simon vomits out the bus window, which covers the grisly mess.
[[caption-width-right:266:Trust us, [[GrossOutShow the gross-out does not stop here]].]]
'''Sick Simon''' is a children's book designed to teach children about [[DiseasePreventionAesop preventing the spread of germs]].
The book follows Simon through a week of school, as his illness spreads to everyone around him.
!!Tropes:
* AlliterativeName: '''S'''ick '''S'''imon.
* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: Simon is stated to have a cold, but at one point is shown vomiting, which is ''definitely'' not a cold symptom.
* DwindlingParty: As the story progresses, more and more people catch Simon's cold, and by the end, Simon is one of very few people left in school.
* GreenAroundTheGills: One student has a yellowish-green face when he sees Simon vomit on the bus.
* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler:The last page has ''another'' sick student come into school.]]
* SickEpisode: What do you think the title's for?
* SicknessEqualsRedness: Simon has a very red nose while he's sick (and by extension, so does everyone who catches his cold).
* VomitDiscretionShot: Early in the book, Simon vomits out the bus window, which covers the grisly mess.
