History Literature / TheBadUnicornTrilogy

* BewareTheNiceOnes: In ''Fluff Dragon'', [[spoiler:Moki, the sweet, ditzy fire kitten]], gets so furious when he realizes that Loki sold out the team that he attacks Loki brutally. In ''Good Ogre'', he once again proves to be just as capable a fighter as the other heroes.

* DarkIsEvil: The Maelshadow, and most of the characters who work for it. Even the place where the Maelshadow is from, a world called the Shadrus, is this.

** Many of the Maelshadow's minions die this way in ''Good Ogre.''
** As does [[spoiler: the Maelshadow itself]].

** The Shadrus, a realm of evil, is covered in ice.

Middle schooler Max Spencer finds a magical book called ''The Codex of Infinite Knowability'', a book about a fantasy world known as the Magrus. It turns out that the Magrus is real, and it is one of the three realms of the universe, the other 2 being the Techrus (our world), and the Shadrus, a dark and scary place inhabited by nightmarish monsters, lead by [[BigBad the Maelshadow]]. Max is the descendant of Maximillian Sporazo, perhaps the most powerful sorcerer to ever walk the Magrus, and the author of the ''Codex''. When Max accidentally teleports himself, his best friend Dirk, their newfound friend Sarah, and local comic book store owner Dwight (who is actually a dwarf - the fantasy kind) into the Magrus, they must find a way to get home. However, something sinister is brewing...

Our heroes go on a quest to defeat Princess, Rezormoor, and the Maelshadow to save all three worlds. Along the way, Max learns to use magic, makes many new friends (and enemies), and fights foes that are often unusual and quirky.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: In ''Fluff Dragon'', [[spoiler:Moki, the sweet, ditzy fire kitten]], gets so furious when he realizes that Loki sold out the team that attacks Loki brutally. In ''Good Ogre'', he once again proves to be just as capable a fighter as the other heroes.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: In ''Fluff Dragon'', [[spoiler:Moki, the sweet, ditzy fire kitten]], gets ''furious'' when he realizes that Loki sold out the team, and attacks Loki so brutally that Loki is. In ''Good Ogre'', he again proves to be just as capable a fighter as the other heroes.

* BarbaricBully: Ricky. Taken UpToEleven when [[spoiler:he is turned into a monster]].

* RedBaron: Ricky, who is known as "The Kraken."

* SociallyAwkwardHero: The protagonist, Max, is a shy, awkward kid who likes video games and doesn't have many friends aside from Dirk, who is also geeky, though much more energetic and outgoing.

* LightIsNotGood: Princess is a beautiful white unicorn who gets her sick kicks killing and eating other creatures. It's implied that other unicorns are evil too, though not quite as sadistic as Princess, but we don't ever see any others to confirm this.

Middle schooler Max Spencer finds a magical book called ''The Codex of Infinite Knowability'', a book about a fantasy world known as the Magrus. It turns out that the Magrus is real, and it is one of the three realms of the universe, the other 2 being the Techrus (our world), and the Shadrus, a dark and scary place inhabited by nightmarish monsters, lead by [[BigBad the Maelshadow]]. Max is the descendant of Maximillian Sporazo, perhaps the most powerful sorcerer to ever walk the Magrus, and the author of the ''Codex''. When Max accidentally teleports himself, his best friend Dirk, their newfound friend Sarah, and local comic book store owner Dwight (who is actually a dwarf) into the Magrus, they must find a way to get home. However, something sinister is brewing...

* BaldOfEvil: Rezormoor, of the "wears a toupee to hide his baldness, and gets very defensive about it" variety.

* BigBad: The Maelshadow, the lord of evil who wants to take over the world.

* DarkActionGirl: Princess has strong magical power at her disposal.

* TheLancer: Dirk.
* LightIsNotGood: Princess is this in ''spades'', [[spoiler: until her HeelFaceTurn.]]
* TheMcCoy: Dirk.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Princess can transform into a human.
** Obsikar can do this as well.

* ShoutOut: All of the robots that [[spoiler: Robo-Princess]] sends after the heroes in the climax of the first book are shout outs to other movies. They are, in order: [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} Robotouille,]] [[WesternAnimation/WallE Wall-Up,]] and [[Film/TheTerminator The Frobinator.]]

* CuteKitten: Fire kittens are a race of small kittens who can light the tips of their tails on fire to use like torches. Of the two that we see, Loki is a subversion of this trope, as he [[BitchInSheepClothing only uses others for his own gain]], but Moki is a straight example, being an eternally optimistic and sweet little guy.

* ''Bad Unicorn''
* ''Fluff Dragon''
* ''Good Ogre''

* ActionGirl: Sarah knows martial arts, and does

* BigBad: The Maelshadow.

* CuteKitten: Fire kittens

* DeathByIrony: Quite literally, thanks to Max's Irony spell:
** He first uses it in ''Bad Unicorn,'' causing [[spoiler: Robo-Princess to devour all the robots, including herself.]]

** It is stated that if Rezormoor's plan to wipe out the dragons succeeds, the world will be filled with ice because the dragons are not warming it up.

* FreudianTrio: Max, Dirk, and Sarah form one of these.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Princess and Magar]] convert to the good side in the second book.
* TheHero: Max.

* TheKirk: Max.

* NameToRunAwayFromReallyFast: See FluffyTheTerrible above.

* SixthRangerTraitor: Loki joins the team planning to sell them out to Rezormoor.

Middle schooler Max Spencer finds a magical book called ''The Codex of Infinite Knowability'', a book about a fantasy world known as the Magrus. It turns out that the Magrus is real, and it is one of the three realms of the universe, the other 2 being the Techrus (our world), and the Shadrus, a dark and scary place inhabited by nightmarish monsters, lead by [[BigBad the Maleshadow]]. Max is the descendant of Maximillian Sporazo, perhaps the most powerful sorcerer to ever walk the Magrus, and the author of the ''Codex''. When Max accidentally teleports himself, his best friend Dirk, their newfound friend Sarah, and local comic book store owner Dwight (who is actually a dwarf) into the Magrus, they must find a way to get home. However, something sinister is brewing...

* ActionGirl: Sarah may be a girl, but she can still kick butt just as good as the other characters.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: '''[[spoiler: Moki]]''' of all people gets ''very'' angry in the second book when he learns that [[spoiler: Loki tricked him.]] In ''Good Ogre'', he again proves to be just as capable a fighter as the other heroes.

* CuteKitten: The fire kittens, especially [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Moki]].

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: Max uses the Density spell to make Rezormoor Dreadbringer's armor extremely heavy, causing him to fall through the floor of the Tower.]] He is not seen again after this, so we can assume he's dead.

* EvilIsDeathlyCold: The Maelshadow's realm is covered in ice.

* KillerRabbit: Princess. She may be a unicorn, but she is a blood thirsty carnivore. We can assume that other unicorns are predators as well, though they may or may not be as evil as she is.

* OneWingedAngel: Surprise You're Dead Bear changes from a living teddy bear to a more realistic bear that Dirk calls a [[IncrediblyLamePun werebear]].

* SixthRanger: Puff, Moki, [[spoiler: Princess, and Magar.]]
* SixthRangerTraitor: Loki.
* TheSpock: Sarah.

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** He first uses it in ''Bad Unicorn'', causing [[spoiler: Robo-Princess to devour all the robots, including herself.]]
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Max uses the Density spell to make Rezormoor Dreadbringer's armor extremely heavy, causing him to fall through the floor of the Tower.]] He is not seen again after this, so we can assume he's dead.
** Many of the Maelshadow's minions die this way in ''Good Ogre''.
** As does [[spoiler:the Maelshadow itself]].

* KillerRabbit: Princess. She may be a unicorn, but she is a blood-thirsty carnivore. We can assume that other unicorns are predators as well, though they may or may not be as evil as she is.

* LightIsNotGood: Princess is this in ''spades'', [[spoiler:until her HeelFaceTurn]].

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Dragons are heavily featured throughout the series. They have fur on the other sides of their scales, so when their scales turn inside-out, as in Puff's case, they become creatures called fluff dragons.
* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:When the heroes try showing Princess a little compassion, she has a change of heart and makes a HeelFaceTurn]].
* RedBaron: Ricky, who is known as "The Kraken".
* ShoutOut: All of the robots that [[spoiler:Robo-Princess]] sends after the heroes in the climax of the first book are shout-outs to other movies. They are, in order: [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} Robotouille,]] [[WesternAnimation/WallE Wall-Up,]] and [[Film/TheTerminator The Frobinator.]]

* SixthRanger: Puff, Moki, [[spoiler: Princess and Magar]]

* TheSpock: Sarah

** The dwarf high mage can transform into a [[spoiler:sea monster]].

* MorallyAmbiguousDucktorate: Dreadbringer's pet zombie duck, as mentioned under KillerRabbit. It once devoured ''an entire elephant!''

[[caption-width-right:231:Not your typical fantasy novel, in case you couldn't tell from the cover.]]

* BigGood: Although much about him is unknown, Obsikar, the king of the dragons, is shaping up to be this.

* ''Good Ogre''

* BewareTheNiceOnes: '''[[spoiler: Moki]]''' of all people gets ''very'' angry in the second book when he learns that [[spoiler: Loki tricked him.]]

* LightIsNotGood: Princess is this in ''spades''.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler: MOKI,]] of all people, gets very angry in the second book when he learns that [[spoiler: Loki tricked him.]]

** TheMcCoy: Dirk.

* TheSpock: Sarah

* {{Fluffy The Terrible}}: Princess the Destroyer zigzags this trope and NameToRunAwayFromReallyFast. While, to us, "Princess" seems like the former trope, and "the Destroyer" seems like the latter, in the Magrus, both names are seen as the latter.

** So does Rezormoor Dreadbringer's pet zombie duck.

* DarkIsEvil: The Maelshadow, and most of the characters who work for it.
* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Max
** TheLancer: Dirk
** SixthRanger: Puff, Moki, [[spoiler: Princess and Magar]]
* {{Fluffy The Terrible}}/NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Zigzagged with Princess the Destroyer. While, to us, "Princess" seems like the former trope, and "the Destroyer" seems like the latter, in the Magrus, both names are seen as the latter.
* FreudianTrio:
** TheKirk: Max
** TheMcCoy: Dirk
** TheSpock: Sarah

** The fire kittens also count as this.

* ShoutOut: All of the robots that [[spoiler: Robo-Princess]] sends after the heroes in the climax of the first book are shout-outs to other movies. They are, in order: [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} Robotouille,]] [[WesternAnimation/WallE Wall-Up,]] and [[Film/TheTerminator The Frobinator.]]

* ActionGirl: