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* LateToTheRealization: Despite the two having the same voice, it takes Neil a while to figure out that [[spoiler:Angelo]] and [[spoiler:Ted]] are one and the same. The latter even remarks with amusement that it took the boy long enough.
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* TheMole: [[spoiler:Kathleen Hewitt]], who is really a Nazi spy taking on the identity of an English girl.
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A trilogy of Main/{{Fantasy}} books by Creator/RobinJarvis.

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A trilogy of Main/{{Fantasy}} books by Creator/RobinJarvis.
Creator/RobinJarvis, heavily influenced by Myth/NorseMythology.
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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The Webster sisters, who look to be women in their 80s or 90s but are in fact far older, implied to be thousands upon thousands of years old. They are the three Nornir who have been controlling the fates of mortals since nearly the beginning of time.
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* TheWeirdSisters: The Webster sisters, who are literally the Fates (or Nornir). The name of the Wyrd Museum is quite possibly a reference to this trope.

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* TheWeirdSisters: The Webster sisters, who are literally the Fates (or Nornir). The name of the Wyrd Museum is quite possibly a reference to this trope.trope.
* WorldTree: The last remaining root of Yggdrasill exists beneath the Wyrd Museum.
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* PluckyGirl: Edie Dorkins. Her house was bombed during World War II and the rest of her family killed, but she wasn't fazed and simply made the bombsite her home, befriending the ghosts she met there.
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* {{Valkyries}}: These appear in ''The Raven's Knot'' as the servants of Woden.
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* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Ursula serves as this for both her sisters Celandine and Veronica, who have slipped into dementia and are prone to quirky behaviour.
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* Cloudcuckoolander: Both the senile sisters Celandine and Veronica could qualify, but the former moreso as she is portrayed as especially goofy and in her own little world.

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* Cloudcuckoolander: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Both the senile sisters Celandine and Veronica could qualify, but the former moreso as she is portrayed as especially goofy and in her own little world.
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* Cloudcuckoolander: Both the senile sisters Celandine and Veronica could qualify, but the former moreso as she is portrayed as especially goofy and in her own little world.
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* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:Poor innocent Frank, murdered by a girl he loved who turned out to be a Nazi spy.]]
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Kath appears this way initially, making blunt comments to Jean about the likelihood that her missing husband is dead, but [[spoiler:the revelation of her secretly being a Nazi makes it clear she was fully aware of how hurtful she was being.]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: The absolutely vile Mrs. Stokes, who delights in bringing misery to everyone around her and has no sympathy for anyone, even dismissing her own grandson who died in the war as "stupid".

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* CasanovaWannabe: Angelo, a short and stocky young man who models his image on Creator/RudolphValentino and flirts with all the girls he sees. His [[IHatePastMe future self regrets]] the cocky, womanizing attitude he used to have.

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* CasanovaWannabe: Angelo, a short and stocky young man who models his image on Creator/RudolphValentino and flirts with all the girls he sees. His [[IHatePastMe future self regrets]] self]] expresses disgust at the cocky, womanizing attitude way he used once was.
-->''"What a shmuck! The boob don't realise what a geek he is. Do he really think he looks like Rudolph Valentino? He ain't as pretty as he likes
to have.think. Look at him in that flying jacket - it's way too big. A pint-sized Romeo is all he is."''



* IHatePastMe: [[spoiler:As Ted,]] Angelo sees the events of his past as they play out upon traveling back in time. He expresses regret at how full of himself he used to be and dreads watching the mistakes he once made happen all over again.

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* IHatePastMe: [[spoiler:As Ted,]] Angelo sees the events of his past as they play out upon traveling back in time. He expresses regret at how full of himself regrets the cocky, womanizing attitude he used to be have and dreads watching the mistakes he once made happen all over again.
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* IHatePastMe: [[spoiler:As Ted,]] Angelo watches the events of his past as they play out upon traveling back in time. He expresses regret at how full of himself he used to be and dreads watching the mistakes he once made happen all over again.

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* IHatePastMe: [[spoiler:As Ted,]] Angelo watches sees the events of his past as they play out upon traveling back in time. He expresses regret at how full of himself he used to be and dreads watching the mistakes he once made happen all over again.
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* IHatePastMe: [[spoiler:As Ted,]] Angelo watches the events of his past as they play out upon traveling back in time. He expresses regret at how full of himself he used to be and dreads watching the mistakes he once made happen all over again.
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* CasanovaWannabe: Angelo, a short and stocky young man who models his image on Creator/RudolphValentino and flirts with all the girls he sees. His [[IHatePastMe future self regrets]] the cocky, womanizing attitude he used to have.
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* StarCrossedLovers: Angelo and Jean. Their relationship is doomed from the start as Jean is married (though her husband is missing in action and presumed dead by most).
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When Neil Chapman's father takes a job as caretaker of the Wyrd Museum, a creepy old building in the East End of London, the boy is unprepared for what he finds there. The collection of peculiar (and sometimes dangerous) artefacts is watched over by [[TheWeirdSisters three eccentric old ladies]] known as the Webster sisters, who have lived there for centuries spinning the fates of mortals. Neil finds himself caught up in their affairs, being sent into the past with [[LivingToys a talking teddy bear]] to change history and then battling an ancient evil determined to bring the sisters to ruin.

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When Neil Chapman's father takes a job as caretaker of the Wyrd Museum, a creepy old building in the East End of London, the 11-year-old boy is unprepared for what he finds there. The collection of peculiar (and sometimes often dangerous) artefacts is watched over by [[TheWeirdSisters three eccentric old ladies]] known as the Webster sisters, who have lived there for centuries spinning the fates of mortals. Neil finds himself caught up in their affairs, being sent into the past with [[LivingToys a talking teddy bear]] to change history and then battling an ancient evil determined to bring the sisters to ruin.
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When Neil Chapman's father takes a job as caretaker of the Wyrd Museum, a creepy old building in the East End of London, the boy is unprepared for what he finds there. The collection of peculiar (and sometimes dangerous) artefacts is watched over by three eccentric old ladies known as the Webster sisters, who have lived there for centuries spinning the fates of mortals. Neil finds himself caught up in their affairs, being sent into the past to change history and then battling an ancient evil determined to bring the sisters to ruin.

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When Neil Chapman's father takes a job as caretaker of the Wyrd Museum, a creepy old building in the East End of London, the boy is unprepared for what he finds there. The collection of peculiar (and sometimes dangerous) artefacts is watched over by [[TheWeirdSisters three eccentric old ladies ladies]] known as the Webster sisters, who have lived there for centuries spinning the fates of mortals. Neil finds himself caught up in their affairs, being sent into the past with [[LivingToys a talking teddy bear]] to change history and then battling an ancient evil determined to bring the sisters to ruin.
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* LivingToys: Ted, who is a talking teddy bear. The reason for the toy's animation is that it is [[spoiler:inhabited by the spirit of Angelo Signorelli, a World War II airman]].
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->''"In almost every legend or myth there is usually a magical device involved, whether it be a cloak of invisibility or an enchanted sword but you never know what happens to those objects when the story is over. The Wyrd Museum is where they end up, all the supernatural trinkets are kept there, safely away from the ordinary world, yet the strangest and perhaps most deadly elements are the three old ladies who live there..."''
-->-- '''Robin Jarvis'''
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even Woden is shocked that [[spoiler:Ursula knew that he was going to kill her sisters and yet still allowed it to happen]].
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* ShootTheDog: In the final book it is revealed that [[spoiler:Ursula allowed her sisters to be killed by Woden as she knew the end was near for them all and wanted it orchestrated the way she planned]].
* SourOutsideSadInside: Ursula Webster is outwardly nasty, but inwardly it has pained her that others think of her as cold (especially [[spoiler:her beloved Woden)]] when she is doing what has to be done for the good of all.
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When Neil Chapman's father takes a job as caretaker of the Wyrd Museum, a creepy old building in the East End of London, the boy is unprepared for what he finds there. The collection of peculiar (and sometimes dangerous) artefacts is watched over by three eccentric old ladies known as the Webster sisters, who have lived there for centuries spinning the fates of mortals. Neil finds himself caught up in their affairs, being sent into the past to change history and then battling an ancient evil determined to bring the fate-weaving sisters to ruin.

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When Neil Chapman's father takes a job as caretaker of the Wyrd Museum, a creepy old building in the East End of London, the boy is unprepared for what he finds there. The collection of peculiar (and sometimes dangerous) artefacts is watched over by three eccentric old ladies known as the Webster sisters, who have lived there for centuries spinning the fates of mortals. Neil finds himself caught up in their affairs, being sent into the past to change history and then battling an ancient evil determined to bring the fate-weaving sisters to ruin.
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When Neil Chapman's father takes a job as caretaker of the Wyrd Museum, a creepy old building in the East End of London, the boy is unprepared for what he finds there. The collection of peculiar (and sometimes dangerous) artefacts is watched over by three eccentric old ladies known as the Webster sisters, who have lived there for centuries spinning the fates of mortals. Neil is sent into the past to change history and battles an ancient evil determined to bring the fate-weaving sisters to ruin.

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When Neil Chapman's father takes a job as caretaker of the Wyrd Museum, a creepy old building in the East End of London, the boy is unprepared for what he finds there. The collection of peculiar (and sometimes dangerous) artefacts is watched over by three eccentric old ladies known as the Webster sisters, who have lived there for centuries spinning the fates of mortals. Neil is finds himself caught up in their affairs, being sent into the past to change history and battles then battling an ancient evil determined to bring the fate-weaving sisters to ruin.
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* TheWeirdSisters: The Webster sisters, who are in fact the Nornir who control the fates of mortals. The name of the Wyrd Museum is quite possibly a play on this trope.

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* TheWeirdSisters: The Webster sisters, who are in fact literally the Nornir who control the fates of mortals. Fates (or Nornir). The name of the Wyrd Museum is quite possibly a play on reference to this trope.
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* TheWeirdSisters: The Webster sisters, who are in fact the Nornir who spin the fates of mortals. The name of the Wyrd Museum is quite possibly a play on this trope.

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* TheWeirdSisters: The Webster sisters, who are in fact the Nornir who spin control the fates of mortals. The name of the Wyrd Museum is quite possibly a play on this trope.
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When Neil Chapman's father takes a job as caretaker of the Wyrd Museum, a creepy old building in the East End of London, the boy is unprepared for what he finds there. The collection of peculiar (and sometimes dangerous) artefacts is watched over by three eccentric old ladies known as the Webster sisters. Neil is sent into the past to change history and battles an ancient evil determined to bring the fate-weaving sisters to ruin.

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When Neil Chapman's father takes a job as caretaker of the Wyrd Museum, a creepy old building in the East End of London, the boy is unprepared for what he finds there. The collection of peculiar (and sometimes dangerous) artefacts is watched over by three eccentric old ladies known as the Webster sisters.sisters, who have lived there for centuries spinning the fates of mortals. Neil is sent into the past to change history and battles an ancient evil determined to bring the fate-weaving sisters to ruin.
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A trilogy of Main/{{Fantasy}} books by Creator/RobinJarvis.

When Neil Chapman's father takes a job as caretaker of the Wyrd Museum, a creepy old building in the East End of London, the boy is unprepared for what he finds there. The collection of peculiar (and sometimes dangerous) artefacts is watched over by three eccentric old ladies known as the Webster sisters. Neil is sent into the past to change history and battles an ancient evil determined to bring the fate-weaving sisters to ruin.

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!!These books provide examples of:
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ted [[spoiler:a.k.a. Angelo Signorelli]], who is mouthy and abrasive but comes to care for Neil.
* TheWeirdSisters: The Webster sisters, who are in fact the Nornir who spin the fates of mortals. The name of the Wyrd Museum is quite possibly a play on this trope.

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