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* ThePrimaDonna: Aidan Tyler in "Beach Party Surf Monkey" is revealed to be this in the middle of the book, when he can be heard berating Gloria for letting blue [=M&Ms=] melt over the green ones.
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* TeenIdol: "Beach Party Surf Monkey" has Aidan Tyler, teen heartthrob and one of the co-stars in the movie being filmed at the Wonderland. As Gloria finds out, he's rather difficult to work with.
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: "Beach Party Surf Monkey" features Kevin the Monkey, a Website/{{YouTube}} star who's videos help support the primate sanctuary he stays at. He is one of the stars of a movie being filmed at the Wonderland Motel.
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* TwinkleSmile: Gloria's father is usually seen sporting a twinkling smile.
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* BizarreTasteInFood: P.T.'s grandpa's favourite drink is Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray Soda. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's soda that tastes like celery.]]
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* RealityEnsues: In "Home Sweet Motel", P.T. and Gloria put together a pirate treasure hunt in hopes of drumming up business for the motel. Countless people take part in the hunt, bringing in a lot of business. However, when trying to get endorsements from local businesses for their next business venture (a dinosaur egg hunt), they find out that the treasure hunt had some drawbacks. Namely...
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* RealityEnsues: In "Home Sweet Motel", P.T. and Gloria put together a pirate treasure hunt in hopes of drumming up business for the motel. Countless people take part in the hunt, bringing in a lot of business. However, when trying to get endorsements from local businesses for their next business venture big idea (a dinosaur egg hunt), they find out that the treasure hunt had some drawbacks. Namely...
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* RedHerring: In "Home Sweet Motel", P.T. and Gloria read Stanley's and Sidney's postcards from Gloria to search for clues. Part of Stanley's reads "Stanley-you think you're such a big, big man. Always smiling! Ha! If you ask me, you're all empty inside." Sidney's has a part that says "if you're not afraid of hurting the big, empty-headed man.". They deduce from those lines that Sheila hid the diamonds in the Smilin' Sam statue. So, one night, they go over to it and drill some holes in one of its feet in hopes of finding the diamonds. They don't find any, and get caught by P.T.'s mom.
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* SnoopingLittleKid: P.T. Wilkie hid and listened in on other peoples' conversations quite a bit in "Home Sweet Motel". It's how he learns that Mr. Pompano and Arnold want to tear down the motel and build a bunch of condos on the land, and how he and Gloria learn that [[spoiler:Johnny and Bob Jones are the Sneemer Brothers, and that they've returned to the Wonderland to find the diamonds Sheila hid after the diamond heist they pulled back in 1973]].
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** Finally, Mr. Frumpkes called the police about it, and they issued a cease-and-desist warning against the Wonderland Motel, and to keep all future events like the hunt on their property.
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* EvilOldFolks: Sydney and Stanley Sneemer are a couple of old guys who pulled off a jewel heist in 1973. Now they've come back to collect their loot.
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P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Wilkie is the luckiest kid in the world. He gets to live in the best place on earth with his mom and his grandpa... the Wonderland Hotel in St. Pete. And he loves it. The Hotel was originally a small-time amusement park called "Walt Wilkie's Wonder World" when his grandpa opened it for business in October 1970 (exactly one month before Disney World opened in Orlando). Now it's a motel with a whole bunch of statues, and a load of stories to tell. There's Morty Mouse, the sausage-and-cheese-loving mouse, Dino The Dinosaur, Pirate Pete at the Putt-Putt course, Freddy the Frog slide, and most recently, the Hawaiian Happy Stinky Fruit. Plus, there's amenities like free poolside ice cream, and a vending machine in the living room (okay, the hotel lobby).
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P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Wilkie is the luckiest kid in the world. He gets to live in the best place on earth with his mom and his grandpa... the Wonderland Hotel in St. Pete. And he loves it. The Hotel was originally a small-time amusement park called "Walt Wilkie's Wonder World" when his grandpa opened it for business in October 1970 (exactly one month before [[Ride/WaltDisneyWorld Disney World World]] opened in Orlando). Now it's a motel with a whole bunch of statues, and a load of stories to tell. There's Morty Mouse, the sausage-and-cheese-loving mouse, Dino The Dinosaur, Pirate Pete at the Putt-Putt course, Freddy the Frog slide, and most recently, the Hawaiian Happy Stinky Fruit. Plus, there's amenities like free poolside ice cream, and a vending machine in the living room (okay, the hotel lobby).
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* TreasureMap: In "Home Sweet Motel", P.T. and Gloria plan out a treasure hunt to drum up business for the motel. As part of it, they make a treasure map on some old stationary, and photocopy it to sell to the treasure hunters at five bucks a pop
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* TreasureMap: In "Home Sweet Motel", P.T. and Gloria plan out a treasure hunt to drum up business for the motel. As part of it, they make a treasure map on some old stationary, and photocopy it to sell to the treasure hunters at five bucks a poppop.
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* TreasureMap: In "Home Sweet Motel", P.T. and Gloria plan out a treasure hunt to drum up business for the motel. As part of it, they make a treasure map on some old stationary, and photocopy it to sell to the treasure hunters at five bucks a pop
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* FatAndSkinny: Sydney and Stanley Sneemer respectively in "Home Sweet Motel".
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* TattooedCrook: Sydney Sneemer has a crocodile tattoo on his neck, and was involved in a jewel heist in 1973.
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** The noise even scared off one of their customers, who complained that it woke their baby.
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* RealityEnsues: In "Home Sweet Motel", P.T. and Gloria put together a pirate treasure hunt in hopes of drumming up business for the motel. Countless people take part in the hunt, bringing in a lot of business. However, when trying to get endorsements from local businesses for their next business venture (a dinosaur egg hunt), they find out that the treasure hunt had some drawbacks. Namely...
** They ended up stealing customers from said local businesses.
** The motel's parking lot filled up quickly, so some treasure hunters parked in the other businesses' lots.
** So many people came for the treasure hunt that traffic was backed up all the way to the Corey Causeway.
** All the activity on the beach (where P.T. and Gloria buried their pirate treasure) scared off half the [=IHOP=]'s customers.
** They ended up stealing customers from said local businesses.
** The motel's parking lot filled up quickly, so some treasure hunters parked in the other businesses' lots.
** So many people came for the treasure hunt that traffic was backed up all the way to the Corey Causeway.
** All the activity on the beach (where P.T. and Gloria buried their pirate treasure) scared off half the [=IHOP=]'s customers.
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* MissingMom: Gloria's mother is dead.
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* MissingMom: In "Home Sweet Motel", it's revealed that Gloria's mother is dead.died five years prior. They were living in Scranton at the time.
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* DisappearedDad: P.T.'s father isn't around.
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** There's also '''S'''ydney and '''S'''tanley '''S'''neemer in "Home Sweet Motel".
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* AlliterativeName: P.T.'s mom is named Wanda Wilkie.
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* AlliterativeName: P.T.'s mom is named Wanda Wilkie.'''W'''anda '''W'''ilkie.
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* AlliterativeName: P.T.'s mom is named Wanda Wilkie.
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The series has four books in the series.
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The series has four books in the series.books.
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* BlackBeadEyes: Most characters in the illustrations have their eyes like this.
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!!Welcome To Wonderland contains examples of
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* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: The man from the bank who visits the Wonderland in "Home Sweet Motel" is named Mr. Pompano. He prefers his name be pronounced "Pom-[=PAN=]-o".
* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: The man from the bank who visits the Wonderland in "Home Sweet Motel" is named Mr. Pompano. He prefers his name be pronounced "Pom-[=PAN=]-o".
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* MyNaymeIs: The man from the bank who visits the Wonderland in "Home Sweet Motel" is named Mr. Pompano. He prefers his name be pronounced "Pom-[=PAN=]-o".
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* ItsPronouncedTroPay: The man from the bank who visits the Wonderland in "Home Sweet Motel" is named Mr. Pompano. He prefers his name be pronounced "Pom-[=PAN=]-o".
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* ItsPronouncedTroPay: MyNaymeIs: The man from the bank who visits the Wonderland in "Home Sweet Motel" is named Mr. Pompano. He prefers his name be pronounced "Pom-[=PAN=]-o".
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P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Wilkie is the luckiest kid in the world. He gets to live in the best place on earth with his mom and his grandpa... the Wonderland Hotel in St. Pete. And he loves it. The Hotel was originally a small-time amusement park called "Walt Wilkie's Wonder World" when his grandpa opened it for business in October 1970 (exactly one month before Disney World opened in Orlando). Now it's a motel with a whole bunch of statues, and a load of stories to tell. There's Morty Mouse, the sausage-and-cheese-loving mouse, Dino The Dinosaur, Stinkybeard the Pirate at the Putt-Putt course, Freddy the Frog slide, and most recently, the Hawaiian Happy Stinky Fruit. Plus, there's amenities like free poolside ice cream, and a vending machine in the living room (okay, the hotel lobby).
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P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Wilkie is the luckiest kid in the world. He gets to live in the best place on earth with his mom and his grandpa... the Wonderland Hotel in St. Pete. And he loves it. The Hotel was originally a small-time amusement park called "Walt Wilkie's Wonder World" when his grandpa opened it for business in October 1970 (exactly one month before Disney World opened in Orlando). Now it's a motel with a whole bunch of statues, and a load of stories to tell. There's Morty Mouse, the sausage-and-cheese-loving mouse, Dino The Dinosaur, Stinkybeard the Pirate Pete at the Putt-Putt course, Freddy the Frog slide, and most recently, the Hawaiian Happy Stinky Fruit. Plus, there's amenities like free poolside ice cream, and a vending machine in the living room (okay, the hotel lobby).
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* ItsPronouncedTroPay: The man from the bank who visits the Wonderland in "Home Sweet Motel" is named Mr. Pompano. He prefers his name be pronounced "Pom-[=PAN=]-o".
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P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Wilkie is the luckiest kid in the world. He gets to live in the best place on earth with his mom and his grandpa... the Wonderland Hotel in St. Pete. And he loves it. The Hotel was originally a small-time amusement park called "Walt Wilkie's Wonder World" when his grandpa opened it for business in October 1970 (exactly one month before DisneyWorld opened in Orlando). Now it's a motel with a whole bunch of statues, and a load of stories to tell. There's Morty Mouse, the sausage-and-cheese-loving mouse, Dino The Dinosaur, Stinkybeard the Pirate at the Putt-Putt course, Freddy the Frog slide, and most recently, the Hawaiian Happy Stinky Fruit. Plus, there's amenities like free poolside ice cream, and a vending machine in the living room (okay, the hotel lobby).
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P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Wilkie is the luckiest kid in the world. He gets to live in the best place on earth with his mom and his grandpa... the Wonderland Hotel in St. Pete. And he loves it. The Hotel was originally a small-time amusement park called "Walt Wilkie's Wonder World" when his grandpa opened it for business in October 1970 (exactly one month before DisneyWorld Disney World opened in Orlando). Now it's a motel with a whole bunch of statues, and a load of stories to tell. There's Morty Mouse, the sausage-and-cheese-loving mouse, Dino The Dinosaur, Stinkybeard the Pirate at the Putt-Putt course, Freddy the Frog slide, and most recently, the Hawaiian Happy Stinky Fruit. Plus, there's amenities like free poolside ice cream, and a vending machine in the living room (okay, the hotel lobby).
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: P.T. Wilkie's full name is Phineas Taylor Wilkie. He was named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._T._Barnum P.T. Barnum]].
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Welcome To Wonderland is a ChildrensLiterature series by Chris Grabenstein.
P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Wilkie is the luckiest kid in the world. He gets to live in the best place on earth with his mom and his grandpa... the Wonderland Hotel in St. Pete. And he loves it. The Hotel was originally a small-time amusement park called "Walt Wilkie's Wonder World" when his grandpa opened it for business in October 1970 (exactly one month before DisneyWorld opened in Orlando). Now it's a motel with a whole bunch of statues, and a load of stories to tell. There's Morty Mouse, the sausage-and-cheese-loving mouse, Dino The Dinosaur, Stinkybeard the Pirate at the Putt-Putt course, Freddy the Frog slide, and most recently, the Hawaiian Happy Stinky Fruit. Plus, there's amenities like free poolside ice cream, and a vending machine in the living room (okay, the hotel lobby).
So, yeah, the Wonderland is pretty much the best place to be. And P.T. couldn't imagine living anywhere else.
The series has four books in the series.
* ''Home Sweet Motel (2016)''
* ''Beach Party Surf Monkey (2017)''
* ''Sandapalooza Shake-Up (2018)''
* ''Beach Battle Blowout (2019)''
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!!Welcome To Wonderland contains examples of
* CoolOldGuy: P.T.'s grandpa, Walt. He founded the motel as a small amusement park, and is always looking to get new statues for the motel.
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P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Wilkie is the luckiest kid in the world. He gets to live in the best place on earth with his mom and his grandpa... the Wonderland Hotel in St. Pete. And he loves it. The Hotel was originally a small-time amusement park called "Walt Wilkie's Wonder World" when his grandpa opened it for business in October 1970 (exactly one month before DisneyWorld opened in Orlando). Now it's a motel with a whole bunch of statues, and a load of stories to tell. There's Morty Mouse, the sausage-and-cheese-loving mouse, Dino The Dinosaur, Stinkybeard the Pirate at the Putt-Putt course, Freddy the Frog slide, and most recently, the Hawaiian Happy Stinky Fruit. Plus, there's amenities like free poolside ice cream, and a vending machine in the living room (okay, the hotel lobby).
So, yeah, the Wonderland is pretty much the best place to be. And P.T. couldn't imagine living anywhere else.
The series has four books in the series.
* ''Home Sweet Motel (2016)''
* ''Beach Party Surf Monkey (2017)''
* ''Sandapalooza Shake-Up (2018)''
* ''Beach Battle Blowout (2019)''
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!!Welcome To Wonderland contains examples of
* CoolOldGuy: P.T.'s grandpa, Walt. He founded the motel as a small amusement park, and is always looking to get new statues for the motel.
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