History Literature / SonOfInterflux

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Every time Phil attempts to deliberately invoke TrueArtIsIncomprehensible for art class rather than put in hard work and thought (like by putting a wedding cake on the roof of his car and driving through a car wash), he just makes a mess and/or comes up with something that most people find unimpressive.

* YokoOhNo: Simon and Phil disapprove of the effect that dating Barbara has on their CluelessChickMagnet friend Sam as he feels too insecure to express interest in all of the stuff that once made him so fun to hang out with. Sam agrees with them and decides he and Barbara are BetterAsFriends.

* CompanyTown: Half of the people in Greenbush, New York work for Interflux and the company is willing to pressure the town government into being a RulesLawyer and targeting their enemies with various obscure ordinances, as well as officially classifying an obvious creek as a stream due to streams being allowed to have more factory pollutants in them.

* UpperClassTwit: Mr. Montrose, the descendant of the company founders, is referred to as "The Flake" by Simon's dad and just spends his time skiing naked and being tabloid fodder, although he does show some insightfulness at the end when arrives and is needed to mediate the dispute.

* WritersBlock: Bill [=McIntosh=], one student, has written a novel but is having trouble writing anything else out of dejection that it has been rejected by every publisher he sent it to.

A Creator/GordonKorman novel following Simon Irving, the new painting student at a High School for artistically-gifted students. Simon's father runs Interflux, a company which produces "Parts" of things needed to make bigger things. Simon finds out his father's company wants to buy and develop a strip of land next to the school. Partially as an act of rebellion, he ends up using the student body's money to buy the land, creating the "Antiflux" association. Things spiral out of control pretty fast though, as the rest of the quirky students begin getting caught up in it.

* EccentricArtist: Querada the painting teacher is a high strung guy always making CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon threats.

* InsufferableGenius: Nathan Kruppman, a director/student who has been making a movie for most of his time at the school using various students as actors(although to be fair it does turn out to be pretty good).

* {{Troll}}: Sam is constantly nettling Querada by sneaking camels into whatever new painting he has after seeing it annoy the teacher. This ends up improving his work and winning him an honorable mention in the competition.
* UpperClassTwit: Mr. Montrose, the descendant of the company founders, is referred to as "The Flake" by Simon's dad and just spends his time skiing naked and being tabloid fodder, although he does show some insightfulness at the end when arrives and is needed to mediate the dispute.* WorldOfHam: The Nassau Arts Academy isn't exactly short of talented eccentrics.

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Mr. Montrose, the descendant of the company founders, is referred to as "The Flake" by Simon's dad and just spends his time skiing naked and being tabloid fodder, although he does show some insightfulness at the end when arrives and is needed to mediate the dispute.

* WorldOfHam: The Nassau Arts Academy isn't exactly short of talented eccentrics.

A Creator/GordonKorman novel following Simon Irving, the new student at a High School for artistically-gifted students. Simon's father runs Interflux, a company which produces "Parts" of things needed to make bigger things. While studying painting under the eccentric genius Emile Querada, Simon finds out his father's company wants to buy and develop a strip of land next to the school. Partially as an act of rebellion, he ends up using the student body's money to buy the land, creating the "Antiflux" association. Things spiral out of control pretty fast though, as the rest of the quirky students begin getting caught up in it.

A Creator/GordonKorman novel following Simon Irving, the new student at a High School for artistically-gifted students. Simon's father runs Interflux, a company which produces "Parts" of things needed to make bigger things. While studying painting under the eccentric, borderline-insane genius Emile Querada, Simon finds out his father's company wants to buy and develop a strip of land next to the school. Partially as an act of rebellion, he ends up using the student body's money to buy the land, creating the "Antiflux" association. Things spiral out of control pretty fast though, as the rest of the quirky students begin getting caught up in it.

A Creator/GordonKorman novel following Simon Irving, the new painting student at a High School for artistically-gifted students. Simon's father runs Interflux, a company which produces "Parts" of things needed to make bigger things. Simon finds out his father's company wants to buy and develop a strip of land next to the school. Partially as an act of rebellion, he ends up using the student body's money to buy the land, creating the "Antiflux" association. Things spiral out of control pretty fast though, as the rest of the quirky students begin getting caught up in it.

A Creator/GordonKorman novel following Simon Irving, the new painting student at a High School for artistically-gifted students. Simon's father runs Interflux, a company which produces "Parts" of things needed to make bigger things. Simon is studying to be a painter and finds out his father's company wants to buy and develop a strip of land next to the school. Partially as an act of rebellion, he ends up using the student body's money to buy the land, creating the "Antiflux" association. Things spiral out of control pretty fast though, as the rest of the quirky students begin getting caught up in it.

A Creator/GordonKorman novel following Simon Irving, the new painting student at a High School for artistically-gifted students. Simon's father runs Interflux, a company which produces "Parts" of things needed to make bigger things. Simon is studying to be an artist and finds out his father's company wants to buy and develop a strip of land next to the school. Partially as an act of rebellion, he ends up using the student body's money to buy the land, creating the "Antiflux" association. Things spiral out of control pretty fast though, as the rest of the quirky students begin getting caught up in it.

A Creator/GordonKorman novel following Simon Irving, the new painting student at a High School for artistically-gifted students. Simon's father runs Interflux, a company which produces "Parts" of things needed to make a bigger things. Simon is studying to be an artist and finds out his father's company wants to buy and develop a strip of land next to the school. Partially as an act of rebellion, he ends up using the student body's money to buy the land, creating the "Antiflux" association. Things spiral out of control pretty fast though, as the rest of the quirky students begin getting caught up in it.

* SlapSlapKiss: Simon and Wendy Orr of the student council have some romantic sparks but a lot of disputes and bitter arguments over things like him spending the school's money to buy land.

A Creator/GordonKorman novel following Simon Irving, the new student of a High School for artistically-gifted students. Simon's father runs Interflux, a company which produces "Parts" of things needed to make a bigger things. Simon is studying to be an artist and finds out his father's company wants to buy and develop a strip of land next to the school. Partially as an act of rebellion, he ends up using the student body's money to buy the land, creating the "Antiflux" association. Things spiral out of control pretty fast though, as the rest of the quirky students begin getting caught up in it.

* InsufferableGenius: Nathan Kruppman, a director/student who has been making a movie for most of his time at the school using various students as extras (although to be fair it does turn out to be pretty good).

A ''Creator/GordonKorman'' novel following Simon Irving, the new student of a High School for artistically-gifted students. Simon's father runs Interflux, a company which produces "Parts" of things needed to make a bigger things. Simon is studying to be an artist and finds out his father's company wants to buy and develop a strip of land next to the school. Partially as an act of rebellion, he ends up using the student body's money to buy the land, creating the "Antiflux" association. Things spiral out of control pretty fast though, as the rest of the quirky students begin getting caught up in it.

* InsufferableGenius: Nathan Krupperman, a director/student who has been making a movie for most of his time at the school using various students as extras (although to be fair it does turn out to be pretty good).

* FakeRealTurn: The protagonist uses student government funds and a fake organization's name to buy a patch of land that his father's corporation needs for a building project as a spontaneous act of rebellion. When the student government learns he spent their money, he has to convince the school that he did it for environmental/anti-corporate reasons. He speaks on this so eloquently that the student body rallies around him, everyone wants to join the organization, and the whole thing takes on a life of its own.

* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: Bill and Dino are always casually making bets on small things for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

A ''Creator/GordonKorman'' novel following Simon Irving, the new student of a High School for gifted students. Simon's father runs Interflux, a company which produces "Parts" of things needed to make a bigger things. Simon is studying to be an artist and fins out his fathers company wants to buy and develop a strip of land next to the school. Partially as an act of rebellion, he ends up using the student body's money to buy the land, creating the "Antiflux" association. Things spiral out of control pretty fast though, as the rest of the quirky students begin getting caught up in it.

A ''Creator/GordonKorman'' novel following Simon Irving, the new student of a High School for gifted students. Simon's father runs Interflux, a company which produces "Parts" of things needed to make a bigger things. Simon is studying to be an artist and fins out his fathers company wants to buy and develop a strip of land next to the school. Partially as an act of rebellion, he ends up buying the land, creating the "Antiflux" association. Things spiral out of control pretty fast though, as the rest of the quirky students begin getting caught up in it.

* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Simon keeps a brave face but is dejected when his prized paint gin comes in ''fifth'' in a contest, at least until Querada tells him that this is because it's too ''brilliant'' for the judges to appreciate in in a YouRemindMeOfX speech.
* SlapSlapKiss: Simon and Wendy Orr of the student council have some romantic sparks but a lot of disputes and bitter arguments over things like him spending the schools money to buy land.

* SameStoryDifferentNames: Played less straight than in most of Korman's early novels: like all those other books, ''Son of Interflux'' features a character known for ZanySchemes (Phil) and his OnlySaneMan best friend (Sam), but they're both supporting characters, while Simon, the lead, is somewhere in between.

* TheAllegedCar: ''The Wreck'' a barely functioning car shared by Simon, Sam and Phil.
* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: Bill and Dino, a pair of business students, are always casually making bets on small things for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
* EccentricArtist: Quereda the art teacher if a high strung guy always making CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon threats.

* WritersBlock: Bill [=McIntosh=], one student, has written a novel but is having trouble writing anything else out of dejection that its been rejected by every publisher he sent it to.

* EccentricArtist: Quereda the art teacher if a high strung guy always making CutOutHisHeartWithASpoon threats.