History Literature / TatuAndPatu

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Dr. Void, the villain of "Tatu and Patu as Superheroes", plans to replace the citizens of Ylivetola with robots, with the implication that he's going to kill them. Most of the books don't have antagonists at all, and the only other major ones, the space giant from "Tatu and Patu's Space Adventure" and the Halver from "Tatu and Patu as Detectives" are only ObliviouslyEvil and a little girl who never does anything more evil than cutting and hiding some things, respectively.
* WackyWakeUpGadget: One book features a morning activity machine that the brothers built, which wakes up, feeds, and dresses the user. A later book also features an Ancient Egypt-themed variation that with some parts replaced with helper snakes and a machine that puts the user in an "Egyptian pose".

* WickedToymaker: Dr. Void doesn't make literal toys, but has somewhat of a toy motif: The buildings he places all over Ylivetola are packaged in plastic boxes like giant toys. Later he traps the brothers and Hypercyberman by strapping them on pieces of cardboard like action figures at the store, and his robots that he plans to replace the citizens with look like human-sized dolls and even have "try me" chest buttons that make them talk.

* SchoolPlay: In "Tatu and Patu in Kindergarten", the brothers attempt to escape the kidnergarten they accidentally ended up attending, first by having the kids build a teleporter out of cardboard, and then by TotemPoleTrench, but they decide to stay when they find out that they're putting on a play, and include both the teleporter and the disguise in the story. The play is about a princess trying to find a prince by putting a message ina bottle in the toilet, and marrying the plumber who came to fix the clogged toilet.

* HasTwoMommies: Tatu and Patu's friend Veera is revealed to have two mothers in ''Tatu and Patu's Marvelous Christmas''.

->''"Tatu and Patu are two brothers who act a little strangely now and then. They are from Oddsville, after all, where people do things differently than we do. Tatu and Patu explore our world with exitement and curiosity, always ready for new adventures.'"''

* CartoonishCompanions: Tatu, Patu and everyone else from Oddsville look like small cartoony humans, while the normal people are given more realistic proportions.

* FracturedFairyTale: "Tatu and Patu's Weird Sleep Book" features two: "The world's most boring bedtime story", called "Silver Hair and Six Bears" that ends with Silver Hair leaving before the bears arrive, and "The Story of the Prince who Couldn't Sleep" which is a version of "Princess and the Pea" that has the prince stay awake because he's constantly worried and not even noticing the king dressed as a pea under his mattresses.

* OutlandishDeviceSetting: In "Tatu and Patu's Weird Sleep Book", Tatu and Patu recall some weird dreams they've had, and in Tatu's dream, he accidentally shrinks his head by setting his washing mashine to "skull shrink".

* WickedToymaker: Dr. Void doesn't make literal toys, but has somewhat of a toy motif: The buildings he places all over Ylivetola are packaged in plastic boxes like giant toys. Later he traps the brothers and Hypercyberman by strapping them on pieces of cardboard like action figures at the store, and his robots that he plans to replace the citizens with even have "try me" chest buttons that make them talk.

* WickedToymaker: Dr. Void is a variation: He doesn't make literal toys, but his "gifts" for Ylivetola are packaged in plastic like giant toys. Later he traps the brothers and Hypercyberman on pieces of cardboard like action figures at the store, and his robots that he plans to replace the citizens with even have "try me" chest buttons that make them talk.

* WickedToymaker: Dr. Void's "gifts" for Ylivetola are packaged in plastic like giant toys. Later he traps the brothers and Hypercyberman on pieces of cardboard like action figures at the store, and his robots that he plans to replace the citizens with even have "try me" chest buttons that make them talk.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: Tatu and Patu have worn dresses several times, such as as a disguise or putting on a play, or just because.

* SupermanSubstitute: Hypercyberman the in-universe comic book superhero is beefy in a blue costume and red cape, [[FlyingBrick can fly and has super strength]], and has [[KryptoniteFactor a weakness to "rubberium"]].

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Dr. Void, the villain of "Tatu and Patu as Superheroes", plans to replace the citizens of Ylivetola with robots, with the implication that he's going to kill them. Most of the books don't have antagonists at all, and the only other major ones, the space giant from "Tatu and Patu's Space Adventure" and the Halver from "Tatu and Patu as Detectives" are only ObliviouslyEvil and a little girl who never does anything more evil than hiding some things, respectively.

* SupermanSubstitute: Hypercyberman the in-universe comic book superhero is beefy in a blue costume and red cape, can fly, and has [[KryptoniteFactor a weakness to "rubberium"]].

* ObliviouslyEvil: The villain in "Tatu's and Patu's Space Adventure" is a giant space being that takes planets from their solar systems to wear as jewelry without realizing that they have life. After Tatu and Patu give him a giant contact lens, he realizes what he's done and returns the planets.

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Dr. Void, the villain of "Tatu and Patu as Superheroes", plans to replace the citizens of Ylivetola with robots, with the implication that he's going to kill them. Most of the books don't have villains at all, and the only other major ones, the space giant from "Tatu and Patu's Space Adventure" and the Halver from "Tatu and Patu as Detectives" are only ObliviouslyEvil and a little girl who never does anything more evil than hiding some things, respectively.

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Dr. Void, the villain of "Tatu and Patu as Superheroes", plans to replace the citizens of Ylivetola with robots, with the implication that he's going to kill them. Most of the books don't have villains at all, and the only other major one, the space giant from "Tatu and Patu's Space Adventure" is only ObliviouslyEvil.

* BenevolentMonsters: One book has a story of a little girl who is friends with a boogeyman, a ghost, and a skeleton, but is afraid of the bed under the monster, the closet behind the ghost, and the mirror behind the skeleton.

* FracturedFairyTale: One book features two: "The world's most boring bedtime story", called "Silver Hair and Six Bears" that ends with Silver Hair leaving before the bears arrive, and "The Story of the Prince who Couldn't Sleep" which is a version of "Princess and the Pea" that has the prince stay awake because he's constantly worried and not even noticing the king dressed as a pea under his mattresses.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The 20th book special reveals that "Tatu" and "Patu" are nicknames, their real names being Touhukarbonaatti and Poutapilvi.

* OutlandishDeviceSetting: In one book, Tatu and Patu recall some weird dreams they've had, and in Tatu's dream, he accidentally shrinks his head by setting his washing mashine to "skull shrink".

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Dr. Void, the villain of "Tatu and Patu as Superheroes", plans to replace the citizens of Ylivetola with robots, with the implication that he's going to kill them. Most of the books don't have villains at all, and the only other major one, the space giant from "Tatu and Patu's Space Adventure" was only ObliviouslyEvil.

* FracturedFairyTale: One book features two: "The world's most boring bedtime story", called "Silver Hair and Six Bears" that ends with Silver Hair leaving before the bears arrive, and "The Story of the Prince who Couldn't Sleep" which is a version of "Princess and the Pea" that has the prince stay awake because he's constantly worried and not even noticong the king dressed as a pea under his mattresses.

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Dr. Void, the villain of "Tatu and Patu as Superheroes", plans to replace the citizens of Ylivetola with robots, with the implication that he's going to kill them. Most of the books don't have villains at all, and the only major one, the space giant from "Tatu and Patu's Space Adventure" was only ObliviouslyEvil.

* AllJustADream: Two books have ended this way. In one book, Tatu and Patu dream about becoming superheroes, and in another they dream about going to space.

* ObliviouslyEvil: The villain in "Tatu's and Patu's Space Adventure" is a giant space being that takes planets from their solar sustems to wear as jewelry without realizing that they have life. After Tatu and Patu give him a giant contact lens, he realizes what he's done and returns the planets.