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* CordonBleughChef: Cyan's parents promote and force her to eat the quack Clean Brain Diet in order to force her autism "into remission", which consists of bits of animals most people wouldn't be caught dead eating (animal brains, animal eyes, animal organs, animal skins, even ''chicken toenails'') and unripe fruits. Cyan buying some hot chocolate at a Safeway is the first sign that she is rebelling against her parent's control.
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* {{Gaslighting}}: Cyan's parents do this to make her conform to their rules. Renate [[Film/{{Gaslight}} even refers to the trope namer]] when she points it out to Cyan.
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Cyan's mother eventually has one, causing her to divorce her husband and try to make amends for the damage she's done.]]
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Cyan's mother eventually has one, causing her to divorce her husband and try to make amends for the damage she's done.]]
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* {{Gaslighting}}: Cyan's parents do this to make her conform to their rules.rules and surpress her autism. Renate [[Film/{{Gaslight}} even refers to the trope namer]] when she points it out to Cyan.
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Cyan's mother eventually has one, causing her to divorce her controlling husband and try to make amends for the damage she's done.]]
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Cyan's mother eventually has one, causing her to divorce her controlling husband and try to make amends for the damage she's done.]]
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* SatiatingSandwich: [[spoiler: The first meal Cyan has after she runs away is a Subway sandwich with pretty much everything on it]].
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* BigSisterInstinct: Cyan's older sisters, Annabeth and Tam, treat her with much more respect and understanding than their parents do.
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* NeverMyFault: The defining trait of Cyan's father other than his lying. [[spoiler: Tam reveals that this is how he actually lost his IT job, because he messed up some code and blamed someone else for it. Afterwards, he clained that he was laid off due to younger competetors]].
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* TwoferTokenMinority: Eroica Witt is an autistic lesbian.
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* SnakeOilSalesman: Cyan's parents, Dr. Nansi, and the others who promote the Good Brain Diet to "cure" autism are all this. [[spoiler: Cyan's mother decides to expose the diet as the quack that it is as one of her amends to the people that she has hurt]].
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** According to Eroica, her mother was physically abusive to her because of her autism, [[spoiler: which is one of the reasons why she helps Cyan run away from her parents]].
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** According to Eroica, her mother was physically abusive to abused her because of her autism, [[spoiler: which is one of the reasons [[AFriendInNeed why she helps Cyan run away from her parents]].parents]]]].
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* AbusiveParent: Cyan's parents are the emotionally abusive type. [[spoiler: Cyan's mother eventually has a HeelRealization, while Cyan's father just gets worse]].
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** Cyan's parents are the emotionally abusive type. [[spoiler: Cyan's mother eventually has aHeelRealization, HeelRealization and becomes TheAtoner, while Cyan's father just gets worse]].worse]].
** According to Eroica, her mother was physically abusive to her because of her autism, [[spoiler: which is one of the reasons why she helps Cyan run away from her parents]].
** Cyan's parents are the emotionally abusive type. [[spoiler: Cyan's mother eventually has a
** According to Eroica, her mother was physically abusive to her because of her autism, [[spoiler: which is one of the reasons why she helps Cyan run away from her parents]].
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* AFriendInNeed: [[spoiler: After her parents threaten to institutionalize her, Cyan runs away the next morning on a rental bike and leaves a note for Renate to let her know what's going on. Renate catches up in her own rental bike, and has Eroica drive up to the upcoming town so they can bring her back. However, once they hear about what happened, they immediately decide to help her run away to Portland so she can get away from her parents]].
* {{Gaslighting}}: Cyan's parents do this to make her conform to their rules. Renate [[Film/{{Gaslight}} evenrefers]] refers to the TropeNamer trope namer]] when she points it out to Cyan.
* {{Gaslighting}}: Cyan's parents do this to make her conform to their rules. Renate [[Film/{{Gaslight}} even
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* HollywoodAutism: Cyan's parents believe in this trope. They think Cyan can't still be autistic because she displays musical talent and a sense of humor. Cyan herself averts this trope hard, though.
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* HollywoodAutism: Cyan's parents believe in this trope. They think Cyan can't still be autistic because she displays musical talent and a sense of humor. Cyan herself averts this trope hard, though. Eroica, who is also autistic, also averts it.
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: {{Averted|Trope}}; Cyan decides to set up regular appointments with the school therapist, Dr. Ngo. He becomes one of her two confidants and he's the one who helps her realize that she's still autistic. Renate also sees a therapist because she's a recovering bulimic.
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: {{Averted|Trope}}; Cyan {{Averted|Trope}}.
**Cyan decides to set up regular appointments with the school therapist, Dr. Ngo. He becomes one of her two confidants and he's the one who helps her realize that she's stillautistic. Renate autistic.
**Renate also sees a therapist because she's a recovering bulimic.
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* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Cyan's mother eventually has one, causing her to divorce her husband and try to make amends for the damage she's done.]]
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* ImaginaryFriend: Cyan imagines a spectral version of Amy Zander following her around and talking to her. [[spoiler:Spectral Amy disappears at the end because Cyan doesn't need her anymore.]]
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: In-universe example. "Gypsy Love," the song Amy's label forces her to record, sounds so similar to "Gypsy Woman" that Amy is worried about being sued by Music/CurtisMayfield.
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* AbusiveParent: Cyan's parents are the emotionally abusive type. [[spoiler: Cyan's mother eventually has a HeelRealization, while Cyan's father just gets worse]].
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* ControlFreak: One good way to describe Cyan's father. He believes that all of his daughters are destined to be doctors and go to Caltech, and thinks being interested in anything else will automatically result in a life of poverty. [[spoiler: Even Cyan's mother has had enough of it near the end]].
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* FantasyForbiddingFather: Cyan's father wants all three of his daughters to become doctors. When Cyan brings home a bad report card, he confiscates all her music and instruments. In addition, Cyan's older sister Tamarlyn is a talented artist who wants to apply to RISD, but her parents don't want her to go anywhere but Caltech.
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* ControlFreak: One good way to describe Cyan's father.
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* MeaningfulRename: From Cindy Butt to Cyan Beaut. [[spoiler:[[spoiler: Which her mother promises to make it official at the end]].
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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: At the end, Cyan's mother apologizes to her, admitting that her husband scared her into the sham diet and that she's never been brave enough to stand up to him until she decides to divorce him and take full custody of their daughter. She promises to expose the sham diet, end the "remission" claims, and clear Mr. Shunsberg's name to the best of her ability]].
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* TeacherStudentRomance: [[spoiler:Cyan's father]] falsely accuses [[spoiler:Mr. Shunsberg]] of this.
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* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Screwed By The Label]]: Amy fell victim to this in the early '70s. For her second album, the label forced her to record a song she hated; when she couldn't get it right, the label dropped her and got another girl to record it.
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* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Screwed By The Label]]: Amy fell victim to this in the early '70s. In-universe example. For her Amy's second album, album in 1971, the label forced her to record a song she hated; when hated. When she couldn't get it right, the label dropped her and got another girl to record it.
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''The Amy Virus'' is a novel by Andee Joyce. Fifteen-year-old Cynthia Ann Butt was diagnosed with autism as a young child, but she is now "in remission" thanks to the Good Brain Diet, a quack diet her parents make money promoting. But when she develops an obsession with the obscure bossa nova singer Amy Zander, she begins to realize she might still be autistic. Over time, she transforms herself into the singer, songwriter, and percussionist Cyan Beaut, but her parents are not happy with her transformation and go to increasingly desperate lengths to hide the truth about her autism.
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''The Amy Virus'' is a novel by Andee Joyce. Fifteen-year-old Cynthia Ann Butt was diagnosed with autism as a young child, but she is now "in remission" thanks to the Good Brain Diet, a quack diet her parents make money promoting. But when she develops an obsession with the obscure 1960s bossa nova singer Amy Zander, she begins to realize she might still be autistic. Over time, she transforms herself into the singer, songwriter, and percussionist Cyan Beaut, but her parents are not happy with her transformation and go to increasingly desperate lengths to hide the truth about her autism.
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* Wiki/TheOtherWiki: Cyan obsessively checks Amy's Amy Zander's Wikipedia page, which keeps being deleted for lack of notoriety.notoriety.
* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Screwed By The Label]]: Amy fell victim to this in the early '70s. For her second album, the label forced her to record a song she hated; when she couldn't get it right, the label dropped her and got another girl to record it.
* [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Screwed By The Label]]: Amy fell victim to this in the early '70s. For her second album, the label forced her to record a song she hated; when she couldn't get it right, the label dropped her and got another girl to record it.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Cyan's parents' blog posts portray her as an eye-rolling teenager who thinks Shakespeare and her parents are "soooo laaaaaame." [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since they're trying to make her look as normal as possible.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Cyan's parents' blog posts portray her as an eye-rolling teenager who thinks Shakespeare and her parents are "soooo laaaaaame." [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since they're trying to make her look as normal neurotypical as possible.
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* StepfordSmiler: Cyan's mother starts to give off this vibe as the book goes on.on.
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* FantasyForbiddingFather: Cyan's father wants all three of his daughters to become doctors. When Cyan brings home a bad report card, he confiscates all her music and instruments. In addition, Cyan's older sister Tamarlyn is a talented artist who wants to apply to RISD, but her parents don't want her to go anywhere but Caltech.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Cyan's parents' blog posts portray her as a mild example, since they're trying to make her look as normal as possible.
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* Wiki/TheOtherWiki: Cyan obsessively checks Amy's Wikipedia page, which keeps being deleted for lack of notoriety.
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* TheBGrade: The Butts hold all three of their daughters to extremely high standards and are dismayed when Cyan starts bringing home B minuses.
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''The Amy Virus'' is a novel by Andee Joyce. Fifteen-year-old Cynthia Ann Butt was diagnosed with autism as a young child, but she is now "in remission" thanks to the Good Brain Diet, a quack diet her parents make money promoting. But when she develops an obsession with the obscure bossa nova singer Amy Zander, she begins to realize she might still be autistic. Over time, she transforms herself into the singer, songwriter, and percussionist Cyan Beaut, but her parents are not happy with her transformation and go to increasingly desperate measures lengths to hide the truth about her autism.
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''The Amy Virus'' is a novel by Andee Joyce. Fifteen-year-old Cynthia Ann Butt was diagnosed with autism as a young child, but she is now "in remission" thanks to the Good Brain Diet, a quack diet her parents make money promoting. But when she develops an obsession with the obscure bossa nova singer Amy Zander, she begins to realize she might still be autistic. Over time, she transforms herself into the singer, songwriter, and percussionist Cyan Beaut, but her parents are not happy with her transformation and go to increasingly desperate measures to hide the truth about her autism.
''The Amy Virus'' was published in 2016 online and can be read for free [[https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/689770 here]].
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*AltumVidetur: When Cyan becomes severely overwhelmed and falls ill, she loses the ability to speak, but can still sing in Latin.
*BrattyTeenageDaughter: Cyan's parents' blog posts portray her as a mild example, since they're trying to make her look as normal as possible.
*EmancipatedChild: One of the first songs Cyan writes is called "Emancipated Minor."
*EmbarrassingLastName: Cynthia Butt, of course, and her friend Renate Silverdick.
*FinancialAbuse: Cyan's parents live off the money they make blogging about the Good Brain Diet. When Cyan begins to rebel, they crack down hard and eventually [[spoiler:threaten to have her institutionalized to prevent anyone from finding out she's still autistic]].
*MeaningfulRename: From Cindy Butt to Cyan Beaut.
*MoustacheDePlume: Male example. [[spoiler:Cyan's father writes blog posts under his wife's name.]]
*SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Cyan wears glasses.
*StepfordSmiler: Cyan's mother starts to give off this vibe as the book goes on.
*TheOtherWiki: Cyan obsessively checks Amy's Wikipedia page, which keeps being deleted for lack of notoriety.
''The Amy Virus'' was published in 2016 online and can be read for free [[https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/689770 here]].
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!!The Amy Virus contains examples of:
*AltumVidetur: When Cyan becomes severely overwhelmed and falls ill, she loses the ability to speak, but can still sing in Latin.
*BrattyTeenageDaughter: Cyan's parents' blog posts portray her as a mild example, since they're trying to make her look as normal as possible.
*EmancipatedChild: One of the first songs Cyan writes is called "Emancipated Minor."
*EmbarrassingLastName: Cynthia Butt, of course, and her friend Renate Silverdick.
*FinancialAbuse: Cyan's parents live off the money they make blogging about the Good Brain Diet. When Cyan begins to rebel, they crack down hard and eventually [[spoiler:threaten to have her institutionalized to prevent anyone from finding out she's still autistic]].
*MeaningfulRename: From Cindy Butt to Cyan Beaut.
*MoustacheDePlume: Male example. [[spoiler:Cyan's father writes blog posts under his wife's name.]]
*SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Cyan wears glasses.
*StepfordSmiler: Cyan's mother starts to give off this vibe as the book goes on.
*TheOtherWiki: Cyan obsessively checks Amy's Wikipedia page, which keeps being deleted for lack of notoriety.
