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* BlessedWithSuck: In ''The Fairy's Mistake'', Rosella's reward is this. Because of her kind nature, everyone, particularly her gold-digging husband, takes advantage of her to get their hands on her jewels.
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** In ''The Fairy's Mistake'', Rosella's reward is this. Because of her kind nature, everyone, particularly her gold-digging husband, takes advantage of her to get their hands on her jewels.
** In ''The Fairy's Mistake'', Rosella's reward is this. Because of her kind nature, everyone, particularly her gold-digging husband, takes advantage of her to get their hands on her jewels.
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* CursedWithAwesome: In ''The Fairy's Mistake'', Ethelinda's attempt to punish Myrtle turns out badly. She at first forces others to bribe her to keep the snakes and insects at bay and ends up opening a snake racetrack and makes money as a bookie. (Although, by that time, she'd already "done a good deed", if largely from coercion.)
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** In ''The Fairy's Mistake'', Ethelinda's attempt to punish Myrtle turns out badly. She at first forces others to bribe her to keep the snakes and insects at bay and ends up opening a snake racetrack and makes money as a bookie. (Although, by that time, she'd already "done a good deed", if largely from coercion.)
** In ''The Fairy's Mistake'', Ethelinda's attempt to punish Myrtle turns out badly. She at first forces others to bribe her to keep the snakes and insects at bay and ends up opening a snake racetrack and makes money as a bookie. (Although, by that time, she'd already "done a good deed", if largely from coercion.)
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* GenreSavvy: Lorelei's father doesn't remarry because he knows about the trope of wicked stepmothers being cruel to their stepdaughters. Unfortunately, Trudy, the maid he hires, gets annoyed with Lorelei and fulfills the same position (albeit subtly).
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* GenreSavvy: Lorelei's father doesn't remarry because he knows about the trope of wicked stepmothers being cruel to their stepdaughters. Unfortunately, Trudy, the maid he hires, gets annoyed with Lorelei and fulfills the same position (albeit subtly).position, albeit in "[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident accidental]]" ways so she doesn't get in trouble.
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* MissingMom: In "The Princess Test", Lorelei's mother Gussy falls sick and dies, much to the grief of her husband and daughter.
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** In "The Princess Test", Lorelei's mother Gussy falls sick and dies, much to the grief of her husband and daughter.
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* MustMakeHerLaugh: Much to his displeasure, King Humphrey finds out that his daughter, Princess Lark, has fallen in love with a peasant boy named Robin. When he asks her why she likes him, Lark responds that "he makes me laugh" -- which results in the remainder of the plot, as King Humphrey decides to declare a contest that whoever can make Lark laugh may marry her, and Lark tries to keep herself from laughing at any contestant but Robin.
* MyGreatestFailure: Ethelinda's failure to punish Myrtle and bless Rosella made her scared of interacting with humans for years, to the degree that the fairy queen has to order her to try being among humans and impacting their lives again.
* MyGreatestFailure: Ethelinda's failure to punish Myrtle and bless Rosella made her scared of interacting with humans for years, to the degree that the fairy queen has to order her to try being among humans and impacting their lives again.
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* MustMakeHerLaugh: Much to his displeasure, King Humphrey finds out that his daughter, Princess Lark, has fallen in love with a peasant boy named Robin. When he asks her why she likes him, Lark responds that "he makes me laugh" -- which results in the remainder of the plot, as King Humphrey decides to declare a contest that whoever can make Lark laugh may marry her, and Lark tries to keep herself from laughing at any contestant but Robin. To ensure she doesn't, she spends her days thinking about and reading miserable things.
* MyGreatestFailure: Ethelinda's failure to punish Myrtle and bless Rosella made her scared of interacting with humans for years, to the degree that the fairy queen has to order her to try being among humans and impacting their lives again. Luckily, her interaction with Robin and his brothers goes much better.
* MyGreatestFailure: Ethelinda's failure to punish Myrtle and bless Rosella made her scared of interacting with humans for years, to the degree that the fairy queen has to order her to try being among humans and impacting their lives again. Luckily, her interaction with Robin and his brothers goes much better.
* PlatonicKissing: In ''For Biddle's Sake'', the fairy queen, Anura, is ecstatic that Bombina has "adopted" a human girl, as she thinks that this will increase her patience with humans. She kisses her multiple times on the face, but it's more a sign of Bombina gaining her favor than anything romantic.
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* TheUnishment: The fairy Ethelinda's attempt to punish Myrtle for being rude unintentionally wound up being a reward instead, given that Myrtle creatively applied her "curse" of having bugs and snakes come out of her mouth whenever she talks to manipulate people into doing anything to please her. When Ethelinda has to enlist her help late in the story, she threatens her with punishing her by taking her punishment away, which gets Myrtle's instant cooperation.
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* TheUnishment: The fairy Ethelinda's attempt to punish Myrtle for being rude unintentionally wound up being a reward instead, given that Myrtle creatively applied her "curse" of having bugs and snakes come out of her mouth whenever she talks to manipulate people into doing anything to please her. When Ethelinda has to enlist her help late in the story, she threatens her with punishing her by taking her punishment away, which gets Myrtle's instant cooperation. This failure haunts Ethelinda, making her afraid to interact with humans.
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''The Princess Tales'' are a set of {{Twice Told Tale}}s by Gail Carson Levine, telling about the adventures of fairies and mortals in an imaginary kingdom called Biddle. The stories are usually recognizably similar to the fairy tales on which they are based, but include more humor and give more character and agency to the female protagonists.
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* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Princess Sonora's extremely intense intelligence makes interacting with other children difficult, as their interests aren't the same. The one time one of her birthday parties turned out successful occurred when she did all the attendees' homework for them.
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* SpoiledSweet: Lorelei from ''The Princess Test''. She must have everything just so (which helps her pass the royal tests), but she honestly tries to help and feels terrible when she causes extra trouble to everyone else.
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* ''Cinderellis and the Glass Hill''. An inventive young man named Ellis finds his skills put to the test when Princess Marigold's father has her sit on a glass hill as a test for potential husbands.
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* ''Cinderellis and the Glass Hill''. A retelling of "The Princess on the Glass Hill." An inventive young man named Ellis finds his skills put to the test when Princess Marigold's father has her sit on a glass hill as a test for potential husbands.
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* BlessedWithSuck: In ''The Fairy's Mistake'', Rosella's reward is this. Because of her kind nature, everyone, particularly her gold-digging husband, takes advantage of her to get their hands on her jewels.
** "Princess Sonora knows, but don't ask her."
** "Princess Sonora knows, but don't ask her."
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** In "For Biddle's Sake", Parsley is accidentally transformed into a frog. Luckily, she realizes that being turned into frog means she can do magic.
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** Marigold's mother, Princess Hermione III, passed away when she was young.
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* TheSleepless: Princess Sonora knows that she ''will'' fall asleep for a long time at some point after pricking herself with a spindle, so in the meantime she refuses to sleep and uses the time to read even more books. She admits after her hundred-year nap that she enjoyed the sleep and revises her Theory of the Purposeful Behavior of Everything Everywhere to accommodate the idea that it actually has a place.
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* SecretTestOfCharacter: At the end of ''The Princess Test'', it's the morning after Lorelei and the last contestant have been sent to sleep on the mattresses with the peas under them. Then a peasant man comes running into the courtroom, begging the royal family to help his ailing son. Prince Nicholas, in a last attempt to sway his parents toward Lorelei, asks what should be done. Lorelei mistakenly thinks this must be the final test (rather than an interruption). Despite thinking it's not the answer the king and queen probably want, she helps the boy.
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''The Princess Tales'' are a set of {{Twice Told Tale}}s by Gail Carson Levine, telling about the adventures of fairies and mortals in an imaginary kingdom called Biddle. They include retellings of the fairy tales "Puddocky" (''For Biddle's Sake''), "Literature/SleepingBeauty" (''Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep''), and "Literature/ThePrincessAndThePea" (''The Princess Test'').
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''The Princess Tales'' are a set of {{Twice Told Tale}}s by Gail Carson Levine, telling about the adventures of fairies and mortals in an imaginary kingdom called Biddle. They include retellings of The stories are usually recognizably similar to the fairy tales "Puddocky" (''For Biddle's Sake''), "Literature/SleepingBeauty" (''Princess on which they are based, but include more humor and give more character and agency to the female protagonists.
* ''The Fairy's Mistake.'' A retelling of "Diamonds and Toads". The fairy Ethelinda is initially satisfied with the reward she has bestowed on polite, cheerful Rosella and the punishment she has inflicted on her rude twin sister Myrtle...until she finds out that Rosella is being made miserable by her GoldDigger fiance, and Myrtle has found a creative way to turn her "punishment" into a blessing...
* ''The Princess Test''. A retelling of "Literature/ThePrincessAndThePea." Prince Nicholas' father decides he must be married, to a real princess, around the time Nicholas falls in love with peasant girl Lorelei. Fortunately, the "princess tests" involve a lot of finding minute details that are off about a particular scenario, which might just help the sweet-but-finicky Lorelei pass.
* ''Princess Sonora and the LongSleep''), Sleep''. A retelling of "Literature/SleepingBeauty." The princess Sonora, cursed by an annoyed fairy, decides to use her extraordinary intelligence to figure out when the right time to invoke the curse will be.
* ''Cinderellis and"Literature/ThePrincessAndThePea" (''The the Glass Hill''. An inventive young man named Ellis finds his skills put to the test when Princess Test'').
Marigold's father has her sit on a glass hill as a test for potential husbands.
* ''For Biddle's Sake''. A retelling of "Puddocky". Parsley, the adoptive daughter of the fairy Bombina, inadvertently falls afoul of her guardian's penchant for turning humans into toads. Fortunately, it seems her newfound status as a "magical creature" may help her assist her crush, Prince Tansy, in being pronounced heir to the throne of Biddle.
* ''The Fairy's Return''. A retelling of "The Golden Goose." Robin, a misunderstood peasant boy and Lark, a lonely princess meet and fall in love, to the disapproval of both their families. Can some effort on the part of the young pair and the return of the fairy Ethelinda turn this mess into a happy ending?
* ''The Fairy's Mistake.'' A retelling of "Diamonds and Toads". The fairy Ethelinda is initially satisfied with the reward she has bestowed on polite, cheerful Rosella and the punishment she has inflicted on her rude twin sister Myrtle...until she finds out that Rosella is being made miserable by her GoldDigger fiance, and Myrtle has found a creative way to turn her "punishment" into a blessing...
* ''The Princess Test''. A retelling of "Literature/ThePrincessAndThePea." Prince Nicholas' father decides he must be married, to a real princess, around the time Nicholas falls in love with peasant girl Lorelei. Fortunately, the "princess tests" involve a lot of finding minute details that are off about a particular scenario, which might just help the sweet-but-finicky Lorelei pass.
* ''Princess Sonora and the Long
* ''Cinderellis and
* ''For Biddle's Sake''. A retelling of "Puddocky". Parsley, the adoptive daughter of the fairy Bombina, inadvertently falls afoul of her guardian's penchant for turning humans into toads. Fortunately, it seems her newfound status as a "magical creature" may help her assist her crush, Prince Tansy, in being pronounced heir to the throne of Biddle.
* ''The Fairy's Return''. A retelling of "The Golden Goose." Robin, a misunderstood peasant boy and Lark, a lonely princess meet and fall in love, to the disapproval of both their families. Can some effort on the part of the young pair and the return of the fairy Ethelinda turn this mess into a happy ending?
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* BrainyBaby: Two fairies bless the newborn Princess Sonora with intelligence-related gifts, resulting in her being ten times as smart as anyone else from a young age.
* CursedWithAwesome: In ''The Fairy's Mistake'', Ethelinda's attempt to punish Myrtle turns out badly. She at first forces others to bribe her to keep the snakes and insects at bay and ends up opening a snake racetrack and makes money as a bookie. (Although, by that time, she'd already "done a good deed.")
* CursedWithAwesome: In ''The Fairy's Mistake'', Ethelinda's attempt to punish Myrtle turns out badly. She at first forces others to bribe her to keep the snakes and insects at bay and ends up opening a snake racetrack and makes money as a bookie. (Although, by that time, she'd already "done a good deed.")
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* BrainyBaby: Two fairies bless the newborn Princess Sonora with intelligence-related gifts, resulting in her being ten times as smart as anyone else from a young age. It's also {{deconstructed|CharacterArchetype}} a bit, as Sonora reacts differently to various facets of childhood than a usual baby would (for instance, getting embarrassed when she spits up on people).
* ConstantlyCurious: Christopher, prince of Kulornia, from ''Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep''. He usually asks questions that cannot be answered, driving the people around him to exasperation. Luckily, this results in him being HappilyMarried to Princess Sonora, because she's smart enough that she always has things she's bursting to tell others, to the point that a proverb sprang up about her: "Princess Sonora knows, but don't ask her."
* CursedWithAwesome: In ''The Fairy's Mistake'', Ethelinda's attempt to punish Myrtle turns out badly. She at first forces others to bribe her to keep the snakes and insects at bay and ends up opening a snake racetrack and makes money as a bookie. (Although, by that time, she'd already "done a gooddeed.") deed", if largely from coercion.)
* ConstantlyCurious: Christopher, prince of Kulornia, from ''Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep''. He usually asks questions that cannot be answered, driving the people around him to exasperation. Luckily, this results in him being HappilyMarried to Princess Sonora, because she's smart enough that she always has things she's bursting to tell others, to the point that a proverb sprang up about her: "Princess Sonora knows, but don't ask her."
* CursedWithAwesome: In ''The Fairy's Mistake'', Ethelinda's attempt to punish Myrtle turns out badly. She at first forces others to bribe her to keep the snakes and insects at bay and ends up opening a snake racetrack and makes money as a bookie. (Although, by that time, she'd already "done a good
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* HappilyAdopted: Parsley is very happy living with Bombina.
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* HappilyAdopted: Parsley is very happy living with Bombina.Bombina, except for the times when Bombina transforms the staff.
* KindHeartedCatLover: Princess Marigold from ''Cinderellis and the Glass Hill'' is a good-natured if lonely girl who loves her cat Apricot. When (in disguise as a dairymaid) she hears one of the princes say he plans to drown Apricot if he gets the hand of the princess in marriage, she resolves that she absolutely will not let him win.
* KindHeartedCatLover: Princess Marigold from ''Cinderellis and the Glass Hill'' is a good-natured if lonely girl who loves her cat Apricot. When (in disguise as a dairymaid) she hears one of the princes say he plans to drown Apricot if he gets the hand of the princess in marriage, she resolves that she absolutely will not let him win.
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* MyGreatestFailure: Ethelinda's failure to punish Myrtle and bless Rosella made her scared of interacting with humans for years.
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* MustMakeHerLaugh: Much to his displeasure, King Humphrey finds out that his daughter, Princess Lark, has fallen in love with a peasant boy named Robin. When he asks her why she likes him, Lark responds that "he makes me laugh" -- which results in the remainder of the plot, as King Humphrey decides to declare a contest that whoever can make Lark laugh may marry her, and Lark tries to keep herself from laughing at any contestant but Robin.
* MyGreatestFailure: Ethelinda's failure to punish Myrtle and bless Rosella made her scared of interacting with humans foryears.years, to the degree that the fairy queen has to order her to try being among humans and impacting their lives again.
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* OddNameOut: In ''The Fairy's Return'', the hero's two brothers are named Nat and Mat. His name is Robin.
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* OddNameOut: In ''The Fairy's Return'', the hero's two brothers are named Nat and Mat. His name is Robin. Guess which one winds up being the hero of the story.
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* TheUnishment: The fairy Ethelinda's attempt to punish Myrtle for being rude unintentionally wound up being a reward instead, given that Myrtle creatively applied her "curse" of having bugs and snakes come out of her mouth whenever she talks to manipulate people into doing anything to please her. When Ethelinda has to enlist her help late in the story, she threatens her with punishing her by taking her punishment away, which gets Myrtle's instant cooperation.
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* VerbalTic: A running gag is the royals having some sort of verbal rule that they apply over and over again:
** King Humphrey, Nicholas' father (''The Princess Test'') habitually talks using synonyms in the same sentence (for instance, "we beg to differ or disagree").
** King Humphrey, Princess Lark's father (''The Fairy's Return''), has a tendency to use "harrumph" or variations thereon in sentences, to the degree where he has been nicknamed "King Harrumphrey."
* WhatHaveIDone: When Bombina inadvertently turns her beloved adoptive daughter Parsley into a toad, she rushes to the palace, begs an audience with the fairy queen, Anura, and begs her to do anything she wants to punish her, as long as she brings Parsley back to normal. Anura is sympathetic, but she can't do anything about it.
** King Humphrey, Nicholas' father (''The Princess Test'') habitually talks using synonyms in the same sentence (for instance, "we beg to differ or disagree").
** King Humphrey, Princess Lark's father (''The Fairy's Return''), has a tendency to use "harrumph" or variations thereon in sentences, to the degree where he has been nicknamed "King Harrumphrey."
* WhatHaveIDone: When Bombina inadvertently turns her beloved adoptive daughter Parsley into a toad, she rushes to the palace, begs an audience with the fairy queen, Anura, and begs her to do anything she wants to punish her, as long as she brings Parsley back to normal. Anura is sympathetic, but she can't do anything about it.
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* BalefulPolymorph: The habit of inviting fairies to christenings is discontinued after the fairies get into a magic duel and transform one of the royal family several times.
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** The habit of inviting fairies to christenings is discontinued after the fairies get into a magic duel and transform one of the royal family severaltimes.times.
** The plot of ''For Biddle's Sake'' also revolves around a person being transformed. Parsley's adoptive guardian, the fairy Bombina, has a bad habit of turning people into toads for the slightest offense. At one point, she decides to turn the princes who are riding by under Parsley's window (including the one that, unknown to her, Parsley has fallen in love with) into toads, but when Parsley tries to stop her, she transforms her by accident.
** The habit of inviting fairies to christenings is discontinued after the fairies get into a magic duel and transform one of the royal family several
** The plot of ''For Biddle's Sake'' also revolves around a person being transformed. Parsley's adoptive guardian, the fairy Bombina, has a bad habit of turning people into toads for the slightest offense. At one point, she decides to turn the princes who are riding by under Parsley's window (including the one that, unknown to her, Parsley has fallen in love with) into toads, but when Parsley tries to stop her, she transforms her by accident.
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* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: In ''Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep'', the king and queen don't invite one of the fairies because they think she's dead. Unfortunately, she isn't, and turns up anyway, completely furious, to curse Sonora in revenge.
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* BrainyBaby: Two fairies bless the newborn Princess Sonora with intelligence-related gifts, resulting in her being extremely smart from a young age.
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* MissingMom: In "The Princess Test", Lorelei's mother Gussy falls sick and dies, much to the grief of her husband and daughter.
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* BigShutUp: Prince Harold yells at Rosella's ladies-in-waiting (who are fighting over the jewels) to "SHUT UP!"
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* HappilyAdopted: Parsley is very happy living with Bombina.
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* BalefulPolymorph: The habit of inviting fairies to christenings is discontinued after the fairies get into a magic duel and transform one of the royal family several times.
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* GenreSavvy: Lorelei's father doesn't remarry because he knows about the trope of wicked stepmothers being cruel to their stepdaughters. Unfortunately, Trudy, the maid he hires, gets annoyed with Lorelei and fulfills the same position (albeit subtly).
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''The Princess Tales'' are a set of {{Twice Told Tale}}s by Gail Carson Levine, telling about the adventures of fairies and mortals in an imaginary kingdom called Biddle. They include retellings of the fairy tales "Puddocky" (''For Biddle's Sake''), "SleepingBeauty" (''Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep''), and "ThePrincessAndThePea" (''The Princess Test'').
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''The Princess Tales'' are a set of {{Twice Told Tale}}s by Gail Carson Levine, telling about the adventures of fairies and mortals in an imaginary kingdom called Biddle. They include retellings of the fairy tales "Puddocky" (''For Biddle's Sake''), "SleepingBeauty" "Literature/SleepingBeauty" (''Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep''), and "ThePrincessAndThePea" "Literature/ThePrincessAndThePea" (''The Princess Test'').
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* AccidentalMisnaming: The fairy queen, Anura, cannot remember Parsley's name. She also can't remember the name of the village Snettering-on-Snoakes, where Parsley and Bombina live.
* AintTooProudToBeg: King Humphrey II and Queen Hermione II throw themselves on their knees to beg the fairy Adrianna to save Sonora from the curse the fairy Belladonna put on her.
* AintTooProudToBeg: King Humphrey II and Queen Hermione II throw themselves on their knees to beg the fairy Adrianna to save Sonora from the curse the fairy Belladonna put on her.
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* SpoiledSweet: Lorelei from ''The Princess Test''. She must have everything just so (which helps her pass the royal tests), but she honestly tries to help and feels terrible when she causes extra trouble to everyone else.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Oddly enough, Princess Sonora seems to be in some ways based on Aristotle.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Oddly enough, Princess Sonora seems to be in some ways based on Aristotle. Her Law of Purposeful Behavior of Everything Everywhere and her theories about categories and essences (e.g, "a dragon does not burn the roof of its mouth because its nature/essence is fire") are reminiscent of Aristotle's teleology. In addition to teleology, she writes about politics and virtue, and tries to tell people how they can best flourish (for instance, telling the dairymaids how to milk more efficiently).
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Oddly enough, Princess Sonora seems to be in some ways based on Aristotle.
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* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: In ''The Fairy's Mistake'', Ethelinda substitutes Myrtle for Rosella. Myrtle-as-Rosella tells the GoldDigger prince that the snakes and insects come out of her mouth when she's angry, which gets him to start treating Rosella better.
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* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: In ''The Fairy's Mistake'', Ethelinda substitutes Myrtle for her twin sister Rosella. Myrtle-as-Rosella tells the GoldDigger prince that the snakes and insects come out of her mouth when she's angry, which gets him to start treating Rosella better.
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* MyGreatestFailure: Ethelinda's failure to punish Myrtle and bless Rosella made her scared of interacting with humans for years.
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* {{Neologizer}}: Robin's brothers from ''The Fairy's Return'' do this all the time, and their father thinks they're very clever for it. At one point, Robin tries in an attempt to fit in, only for his brothers to dismiss his efforts.
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* {{Neologizer}}: Robin's brothers from ''The Fairy's Return'' do this invent new words all the time, and their father thinks they're very clever for it. At one point, Robin tries in an attempt to fit in, only for his brothers to dismiss his efforts.
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* {{Neologizer}}: Robin's brothers from ''The Fairy's Return'' do this all the time, and their father thinks they're very clever for it. At one point, Robin tries in an attempt to fit in, only for his brothers to dismiss his efforts.
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* {{Neologizer}}: Robin's brothers from ''The Fairy's Return'' do this all the time, and their father thinks they're very clever for it. At one point, Robin tries in an attempt to fit in, only for his brothers to dismiss his efforts. efforts.
* OddNameOut: In ''The Fairy's Return'', the hero's two brothers are named Nat and Mat. His name is Robin.
* OddNameOut: In ''The Fairy's Return'', the hero's two brothers are named Nat and Mat. His name is Robin.
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* WhenSheSmiles: In ''For Biddle's Sake,'' Parsley has such a beautiful smile that not only does it melt the heart of anyone who sees it, but they completely ignore her slightly green teeth (from all the parsley she eats).
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* WhenSheSmiles: In "For Biddle's Sake," Parsley has such a beautiful smile that not only does it melt the heart of anyone who sees it, but they completely ignore her slightly green teeth (from all the parsley she eats).
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Parsley loves to eat parsley everything.
* WhenSheSmiles: In"For ''For Biddle's Sake," Sake,'' Parsley has such a beautiful smile that not only does it melt the heart of anyone who sees it, but they completely ignore her slightly green teeth (from all the parsley she eats).eats).
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: In ''The Fairy's Mistake'', Ethelinda substitutes Myrtle for Rosella. Myrtle-as-Rosella tells the GoldDigger prince that the snakes and insects come out of her mouth when she's angry, which gets him to start treating Rosella better.
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* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: In ''The Fairy's Mistake'', Ethelinda substitutes Myrtle for Rosella. Myrtle-as-Rosella tells the GoldDigger prince that the snakes and insects come out of her mouth when she's angry, which gets him to start treating Rosella better.
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* CursedWithAwesome: In ''The fairy's Mistake'', Ethelinda's attempt to punish Myrtle turns out badly. She at first forces others to bribe her to keep the snakes and insects at bay and ends up opening a snake racetrack and makes money as a bookie. (Although, by that time, she'd already "done a good deed.")
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* CursedWithAwesome: In ''The fairy's Fairy's Mistake'', Ethelinda's attempt to punish Myrtle turns out badly. She at first forces others to bribe her to keep the snakes and insects at bay and ends up opening a snake racetrack and makes money as a bookie. (Although, by that time, she'd already "done a good deed.")
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* OverlyLongName: In "For Biddle's Sake", we get both Princess Alyssatissaprincissa and Countess Marianabanessacontessa.
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* OverlyLongName: In "For ''For Biddle's Sake", Sake'', we get both Princess Alyssatissaprincissa and Countess Marianabanessacontessa. Marianabanessacontessa.
* RecurringCharacter: The fairy Ethelinda appears first in ''The Fairy's Mistake'' and is also an important character in ''The Fairy's Return.''
* RecurringCharacter: The fairy Ethelinda appears first in ''The Fairy's Mistake'' and is also an important character in ''The Fairy's Return.''
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''The Princess Tales'' are a set of {{Twice Told Tale}}s by Gail Carson Levine, telling about the adventures of fairies and mortals in an imaginary kingdom called Biddle. They include retellings of the fairy tales "Puddocky" (''For Biddle's Sake''), "SleepingBeauty" (''Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep''), and "ThePrincessAndThePea" (''The Princess Test'').
!!This series contains examples of the following tropes:
* CursedWithAwesome: In ''The fairy's Mistake'', Ethelinda's attempt to punish Myrtle turns out badly. She at first forces others to bribe her to keep the snakes and insects at bay and ends up opening a snake racetrack and makes money as a bookie. (Although, by that time, she'd already "done a good deed.")
* GenderFlip: ''Cinderellis And The Glass Hill'' (based on a Norwegian fairy tale called The Princess on the Glass Hill), makes Cinderella a boy (Ellis, nicknamed 'Cinderellis'), with two older brothers and a princess as a love interest.
* {{Neologizer}}: Robin's brothers from ''The Fairy's Return'' do this all the time, and their father thinks they're very clever for it. At one point, Robin tries in an attempt to fit in, only for his brothers to dismiss his efforts.
* OverlyLongName: In "For Biddle's Sake", we get both Princess Alyssatissaprincissa and Countess Marianabanessacontessa.
* WhenSheSmiles: In "For Biddle's Sake," Parsley has such a beautiful smile that not only does it melt the heart of anyone who sees it, but they completely ignore her slightly green teeth (from all the parsley she eats).
!!This series contains examples of the following tropes:
* CursedWithAwesome: In ''The fairy's Mistake'', Ethelinda's attempt to punish Myrtle turns out badly. She at first forces others to bribe her to keep the snakes and insects at bay and ends up opening a snake racetrack and makes money as a bookie. (Although, by that time, she'd already "done a good deed.")
* GenderFlip: ''Cinderellis And The Glass Hill'' (based on a Norwegian fairy tale called The Princess on the Glass Hill), makes Cinderella a boy (Ellis, nicknamed 'Cinderellis'), with two older brothers and a princess as a love interest.
* {{Neologizer}}: Robin's brothers from ''The Fairy's Return'' do this all the time, and their father thinks they're very clever for it. At one point, Robin tries in an attempt to fit in, only for his brothers to dismiss his efforts.
* OverlyLongName: In "For Biddle's Sake", we get both Princess Alyssatissaprincissa and Countess Marianabanessacontessa.
* WhenSheSmiles: In "For Biddle's Sake," Parsley has such a beautiful smile that not only does it melt the heart of anyone who sees it, but they completely ignore her slightly green teeth (from all the parsley she eats).
