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* BerserkBoardBarricade: Grover tries to stop the reader by making barricades. His first barricade is a bunch of ropes tying the pages together. His next barricade is a bunch of boards nailed to the pages. His third barricade is a brick wall. [[NoSell Because they're just illustrations in the book, they do nothing to stop the reader from turning the book's pages.]]
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* BerserkBoardBarricade: Grover tries to stop the reader by making barricades. His first barricade is a bunch of ropes tying the pages together. His next barricade is a bunch of boards nailed to the pages. His third barricade is a brick wall. [[NoSell Because they're [[AbsurdlyIneffectiveBarricade just illustrations in the book, book]], [[NoSell they do nothing to stop the reader from turning the book's pages.]]
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* TitleReadingGag: Grover reads the title of the book and spends the rest of the book begging the reader not to keep reading because he is afraid of the monster.
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''Oh, I am so embarrassed.....]]''
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''Oh, I am so embarrassed.....]]'']]''
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-->'''Grover:''' I never thought that The ''Monster'' at the End of This Book would be '''YOU, Little Elmo'''.
-->'''Elmo:''' No, no, Mister Grover, '''YOU''' are The ''Monster'' at the End of This Book, I SAW YOU!
-->'''Elmo:''' No, no, Mister Grover, '''YOU''' are The ''Monster'' at the End of This Book, I SAW YOU!
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-->'''Grover:''' I never thought that The ''Monster'' at the End of This Book would be '''YOU, Little Elmo'''.
-->'''Elmo:'''Elmo'''.\\
'''Elmo:''' No, no, Mister Grover, '''YOU''' are The ''Monster'' at the End of This Book, I SAW YOU!
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'''Elmo:''' No, no, Mister Grover, '''YOU''' are The ''Monster'' at the End of This Book, I SAW YOU!
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* BlamedForBeingRailroaded: Grover gets increasingly upset about the reader turning the pages. Of course, there's no other way to read the book.
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->'''Grover:''' Well, look at that! This is the bottom of this TV Tropes page. And the only one here is...[[spoiler:ME! I, lovable, furry, old Grover, am the Monster at the bottom of this TV Tropes page. And you were so scared! I told you and told you that there was nothing to be afraid of.\\
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''Oh, I am so embarrassed.....]]''
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''The Monster at the End of this Book'' is a classic 1971 ''Series/SesameStreet'' picture book written by Jon Stone and illustrated by Mike Smollin. It consists entirely of Grover pleading with the reader, more and more desperately, to stop reading the book -- because [[MediumAwareness he's read the title page]] and is afraid to meet the monster.
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''The Monster at the End of this Book'' is a classic 1971 ''Series/SesameStreet'' picture book written by Jon Stone and illustrated by Mike Smollin. It consists entirely of Grover pleading with the reader, more and more desperately, to stop reading the book -- because [[MediumAwareness he's read the title page]] and is afraid to meet the monster.
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* NoYou: At the end of the second book, there's this back-and-forth exchange between Grover and Elmo:
-->'''Grover:''' I never thought that The ''Monster'' at the End of This Book would be '''YOU, Little Elmo'''.
-->'''Elmo:''' No, no, Mister Grover, '''YOU''' are The ''Monster'' at the End of This Book, I SAW YOU!
-->'''Grover:''' I never thought that The ''Monster'' at the End of This Book would be '''YOU, Little Elmo'''.
-->'''Elmo:''' No, no, Mister Grover, '''YOU''' are The ''Monster'' at the End of This Book, I SAW YOU!
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* YouBastard: Without the profanity, obviously, but Grover gets very upset with the reader for continuing to turn pages despite his best efforts.
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* YouBastard: Without the profanity, obviously, but Grover gets very upset with the reader for continuing to turn pages despite his best efforts.efforts.
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In 2020, an animated special based on the book, ''The Monster at the End of This Story'', aired on Creator/HBOMax on October 29, available to stream on Creator/PBSKids from March 7, 2022.
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In 2020, an animated special based on the book, ''The Monster at the End of This Story'', aired on Creator/HBOMax on October 29, available to stream on Creator/PBSKids from March 7, 2022.
2022. On August 19, 2022, this was removed from HBO Max along with various other Creator/SesameWorkshop programming.
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There is a Monster at the bottom of this Wiki/TvTropes page.
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There is a Monster at the bottom of this Wiki/TvTropes Website/TvTropes page.
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* AdaptationAmalgamation: The HBO adaptation is based on the first and second books. At the start Grover is alone trying to stop the story like in the first book until Elmo comes in to help him out like in Another Monster at the End of This Book.
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* AdaptationAmalgamation: The HBO adaptation is based on the first and second books. At the start Grover is alone trying to stop the story like in the first book until Elmo comes in to help him out like in Another ''Another Monster at the End of This Book.Book''.
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* SongOfCourage: In ''The Monster At the End of This Story'', Grover's friends all sing the song "Have Courage" to tell him about times when they were brave in the past and to help him see that he can courage too to face the monster.
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is it not that relevant? i'm reverting it for now
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* LicensedGame: A web game would eventually be released on the PBS Kids website in 2022. There are 8 stages to it, with the same premise as the book itself.
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* LicensedGame: A web game would eventually be released on the PBS Kids website in 2022. There are 8 stages to it, with the same premise as the book itself.
