History Literature / TobyAlone

* StupidEvil: Joe Mitch is an extreme example of this, unable to even [[AmbiguousDisorder speak like a normal person or speak his own full name]]. {{Lampshaded}} by Sim.

%%* BadBoss: Joe Mitch and later Leo Blue.
%%* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Berenice "Bernie" Alzan.

%%* EvilFormerFriend: Leo to Toby.

* FantasticRacism: The Grass persons are often looked down to by the Tree people, many of whom who think they are evil (or cannibalistic). Leo Blue even made a plan to [[spoiler: [[FinalSolution to murder all of the Grass persons]] by setting fire to the Prairie]].

* Lilliputians: All of the Tree people and the Grass people are tiny humanoids no more than a few centimeters tall.

* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Leo [[spoiler: kidnapped Elisha to force her to marry him]].

* TreeTopWorld: Apart from the period where Toby lives alongside the Grass people, the entire story is set in a single oak tree home to a civilization of minuscule people. However, Sim, Toby's father, hypothesizes that ''other'' trees might exist.

* AxCrazy: Leo becomes a subtle version of this in the second book.
* BadBoss: Joe Mitch and later Leo Blue.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Berenice "Bernie" Alzan.

* EvilFormerFriend: Leo to Toby.

* HeelFaceTurn: Nils Amen when he [[spoiler: pretends to be Toby to distract the searchers from finding Toby]].

* IncestantAdmirer: [[spoiler: Leo to Elisha, [[SurpriseIncest unaware of the fact]] that [[LongLostRelative she's his half-sister]]. Elisha does not return his feelings.]]
* InsaneEqualsViolent: Leo qualifies for this.
* Lilliputians: All of the Tree people and the Grass people are tiny humanoids.

* MouseWorld: All the characters are either tiny Tree people or equally tiny Grass people.

* Sadist: Joe Mitch.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Toby to Leo.
** Also Toby when he thinks Elisha lefts him.
--> Elisha! Whose side are you on! You've deserted me! And so has Leo! [[{{Angst}} Why don't friends last for life?]]

** Also Leo to Elisha. He [[spoiler: kidnaps her to the Nest and [[StalkerWithACrush stalks her]] as "Shadow"]].

* Lilliputians: All of the Tree people and the Grass people.

* ObliviousAdoption: Toby found out that [[spoiler: Sim and Maya Lolness are not her biological parents.]]

* StupidEvil: Joe Mitch is an extreme example of this, unable to even [[AmbiguousDisorder speak like a normal person or speak his own name]]. {{Lampshaded}} by Sim.

** Also Leo to Elisha. He [[spoiler: kidnaps her and [[StalkerWithACrush stalks her]]]].

* SurpriseIncest: Downplayed as it is unrequited. [[spoiler: Leo falls in love with Elisha, only to know that [[LongLostRelative she is his half-sister]] later.]]

** Also Leo to Elisha.

* FantasticRacism: The Grass persons are often looked down to by the Tree persons, many of whom who think they are evil (or cannibalistic). Leo Blue even made a plan to [[spoiler: [[FinalSolution to murder all of the Grass persons]] by setting fire to the Prairie]].

* FantasticRacism: The Grass persons are often looked down to by the Tree persons, many of whom who think they are evil (or cannibalistic). Leo Blue even made a plan to [[spoiler: [[FinalSolution to murder all of the Grass persons]] by setting fire to the Prairie]].

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[[caption-width-right:350:"A hero is born..."]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:"A hero is born..."]]

* AxCrazy: Leo becomes this in the second book.

* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Berenice Alzan.
* ControlFreak: Leo Blue.

* NoBloodForPhlebotinum

* StupidEvil: Joe Mitch is an extreme example of this, unable to even speak like a normal person or speak his own name. {{Lampshaded}} by Sim.

** Granted, Toby unintentionally and indirectly causes [[spoiler: the death of Ilaya's fiance]].