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** BlackComedyCannibalism: Kingy sometimes suggests bringing it back, mostly as a way of {{Troll}}ing a particularly annoying dignitary.
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The book's protagonist, Peter Foxglove is sent to the island of Zenkali, a small British colony, as an assistant to the native King's (or, as he prefers to call himself, Kingy's) advisor. After meeting the many eccentric inhabitants of the island, he discovers that a thought-to-be-extinct bird, the Mockery Bird, worshipped worshiped as a deity by the island's natives, is NotSoExtinct after all. But the valley where the bird lives is about to be flooded to build a dam to provide energy for Zenkali's airport, and Peter and his friends need to stop this plan to save the bird.
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* AuthorTract: The book is largely about what colonialism and uncontrolled industrial development does to small, exotic islands and their ecosystem.
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The book's protagonist, Peter Foxglove is sent to the island of Zenkali, a small British colony, as an assistant to the native King's (or, as he prefers to call himself, Kingy's) advisor. After meeting the many eccentric inhabitants of the island, he discovers that a thought-to-be-extinct bird, the Mockery Bird, worshipped as a deity by the island's natives, is not so extinct NotSoExtinct after all. But the valley where the bird lives is about to be flooded to build a dam to provide energy for Zenkali's airport, and Peter and his friends need to stop this plan to save the bird.
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* CoolOldLady: Reverend Judith Jaeger. An Jaeger is this combined with BadassPreacher: an American priestess, who is obsessed with guerilla warfare.
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* MajoredInWesternHypocrisy: Kingy.Kingy went to college in England before returning to Zenkali and becoming the king.
* MicroMonarchy: Zenkali is a tiny island on the Indian Ocean, run by a benevolent monarch. It is part of the British Empire, but is almost completely autonomous.
* MicroMonarchy: Zenkali is a tiny island on the Indian Ocean, run by a benevolent monarch. It is part of the British Empire, but is almost completely autonomous.
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* SpeciesLostAndFound: The Mockery Bird is believed to be extinct, but is re-discovered by Peter Foxglove and his friends.
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* LastOfHisKind: The last ''ombu'' tree, dubbed "Stella", [[spoiler: until Peter discovers a valley full of them.]]
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* LastOfHisKind: The last ''ombu'' tree, dubbed "Stella", "Stella". [[spoiler: At least until Peter discovers a valley full of them.]]
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* LastOfHisKind: The last ''ombu'' tree [[spoiler: until Peter discovers a valley full of them.]]
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* LastOfHisKind: The last ''ombu'' tree tree, dubbed "Stella", [[spoiler: until Peter discovers a valley full of them.]]
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* MultipurposeMonoculturedCrop: The ''amela'' tree, which is the only plant Zenkali produces and exports.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Hannibal is easily the snarkiest character in the book.
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* GreenAesop: As usual in Durrell's books. The main message is that every creature, including humans, are connected through ecological relationships, and destroying even one species can lead to a cascade that ultimately harms human society.
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* ImAHumanitarian / lackComedyCannibalism: BlackComedyCannibalism: The idea of cannibalism is PlayedForLaughs. The Zenkali natives used to be cannibalistic, and Kingy sometimes suggests to Hannibal they should reintroduce it, just to make him cringe.
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* ImAHumanitarian: The idea of cannibalism is PlayedForLaughs. The Zenkali natives used to be cannibalistic, and Kingy sometimes suggests to Hannibal they should reintroduce it, just to make him cringe.
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* ImAHumanitarian: ImAHumanitarian / lackComedyCannibalism: The idea of cannibalism is PlayedForLaughs. The Zenkali natives used to be cannibalistic, and Kingy sometimes suggests to Hannibal they should reintroduce it, just to make him cringe.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Kingy is a smart and benevolent leader.
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* PhysicalGod: The Mockery Bird itself was believed to be this by the Fangua, until its apparent extinction.
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* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: The biologist Dr. Droom.]]
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* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: The biologist Dr. Droom.Droom, who discovers that amela moth caterpillars feed on ombu leaves, and thus destroying the valley would ruin the island's economy.]]
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* LeanAndMean: Looja is a very skinny and fragile person.
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* {{Expy}}: Captain Pappas is basically Spiro from Durrell's earlier book, ''Literature/MyFamilyAndOtherAnimals'', while Kingy is the Fon of Bafut from ''The Bafut Beagles''.
* FunnyForeigner: Since Zenkali is a multi-cultural island, many characters show traits of this, but Captain Pappas is the most straight example.
* FunetikAksent: Captain Pappas.
* FunnyForeigner: Since Zenkali is a multi-cultural island, many characters show traits of this, but Captain Pappas is the most straight example.
* FunetikAksent: Captain Pappas.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: Kingy is a very similar character to the Fon of Bafut from Durrell's autobiographical book, ''The Bafut Beagles''. Similarly, Captain Pappas seems to be almost identical to Spiro from ''Literature/MyFamilyAndOtherAnimals''.
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* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: The biologist Dr. Droom.]]
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* CannibalTribe: Both the Fangua and the Ginka, Zenkali's two native tribes, used to be this.
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* LargeHam: Captain Pappas, as well as Hannibal Oliphant.
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* LargeHam: Captain Pappas, as well as HannibalOliphant.Oliphant and Kingy.
* LargeHam: Captain Pappas, as well as Hannibal
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'''''The Mockery Bird''''' is a novel by Creator/GeraldDurrell. Unlike most of his books, which are autobiographical non-fiction, this book is completely fiction.
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'''''The Mockery Bird''''' is a novel by Creator/GeraldDurrell.Creator/GeraldDurrell, published in 1981. Unlike most of his books, which are autobiographical non-fiction, this book is completely fiction.
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* CoolOldLady: Reverend Judith Jaeger. An American priestess, who is obsessed with guerilla warfare.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: Kingy is very similar character to the Fon of Bafut from Durrell's autobiographical book, ''The Bafut Beagles''.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: Kingy is a very similar character to the Fon of Bafut from Durrell's autobiographical book, ''The Bafut Beagles''.Beagles''. Similarly, Captain Pappas seems to be almost identical to Spiro from ''Literature/MyFamilyAndOtherAnimals''.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: Kingy is very similar character to the Fon of Bafut from Durrell's autobiographical book, ''The Bafut Beagles''.Beagles''.
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* MajoredInWesternHypocrisy: Kingy.
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* MajoredInWesternHypocrisy: Kingy.Kingy.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Kingy is very similar character to the Fon of Bafut from Durrell's autobiographical book, ''The Bafut Beagles''.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Kingy is very similar character to the Fon of Bafut from Durrell's autobiographical book, ''The Bafut Beagles''.
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* CloudCuckooland: Zenkali.
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* CloudCuckooland: Zenkali.{{Cloudcuckooland}}: Zenkali.
* CorruptPolitician: Looja.
* CorruptPolitician: Looja.
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* LastOfItsKind: The last ''ombu'' tree [[spoiler: until Peter discovers a valley full of them.]]
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The book's protagonist, Peter Foxglove is sent to the island of Zenkali, a small British colony, as an assistant to the native King's (or, as he prefers to call himself, Kingy's) advisor. After meeting the many eccentric inhabitants of the island, he discovers that a thought-to-be-extinct bird, the Mockery Bird, worshipped as a deity by the island's natives, is not so extinct after all. But the valley where the bird lives is about to be flooded to build a dam to provide energy for Zenkali's airport, and Peter and his friends need to stop this plan to save the bird.
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* GreenAesop: As usual in Durrell's books.
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* GreenAesop: As usual in Durrell's books.books.
* HobbesWasRight: Kingy is a benevolent dictator.
* MajoredInWesternHipocrisy: Kingy.
* HobbesWasRight: Kingy is a benevolent dictator.
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'''''The Mockery Bird''''' is a novel by GeraldDurrell. Unlike most of his books, which are autobiographical non-fiction, this book is completely fiction.
The book's protagonist, Peter Foxglove is sent to the island of Zenkali, as an assistant to the King's (or, as he prefers to call himself, Kingy's) advisor. After meeting the many eccentric inhabitants of the island, he discovers that a thought-to-be-extinct bird, the Mockery Bird, worshipped as a deity by the island's natives, is not so extinct after all. But the valley where the bird lives is about to be flooded to build a dam to provide energy for Zenkali's airport, and Peter and his friends need to stop this plan to save the bird.
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* CloudCuckooland: Zenkali.
* GreenAesop: As usual in Durrell's books.
The book's protagonist, Peter Foxglove is sent to the island of Zenkali, as an assistant to the King's (or, as he prefers to call himself, Kingy's) advisor. After meeting the many eccentric inhabitants of the island, he discovers that a thought-to-be-extinct bird, the Mockery Bird, worshipped as a deity by the island's natives, is not so extinct after all. But the valley where the bird lives is about to be flooded to build a dam to provide energy for Zenkali's airport, and Peter and his friends need to stop this plan to save the bird.
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* CloudCuckooland: Zenkali.
* GreenAesop: As usual in Durrell's books.
