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speaking of addressing Tar Gibbons by the correct pronouns :p
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* ValuesResonance: Tar Gibbons is a character who refuses to be identified as male or female, and corrects the protagonist when he addresses them using the wrong pronouns. All this, in a kids' novel from 1994!
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* ValuesResonance: Tar Gibbons is a character who refuses to be identified as male or female, and corrects the protagonist when he addresses them it using the wrong pronouns. All this, in a kids' novel from 1994!
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Baleful Polymorph was renamed per TRS
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* JerkassWoobie: Elspeth may be a SpoiledBrat, but from the get-go she is plunged into an utterly terrifying situation, being kidnapped by a giant monster and imprisoned in Dimension X. [[FromBadToWorse it gets worse.]] While in Dimension X she and Rod experience several "reality quakes", where reality randomly shifts and people often [[BalefulPolymorph change into weird things.]] After recovering from the first reality quake, Elspeth bursts out crying and [[TearJerker says it's the worst thing that ever happened to her.]]
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* JerkassWoobie: Elspeth may be a SpoiledBrat, but from the get-go she is plunged into an utterly terrifying situation, being kidnapped by a giant monster and imprisoned in Dimension X. [[FromBadToWorse it gets worse.]] While in Dimension X she and Rod experience several "reality quakes", where reality randomly shifts and people often [[BalefulPolymorph [[ForcedTransformation change into weird things.]] After recovering from the first reality quake, Elspeth bursts out crying and [[TearJerker says it's the worst thing that ever happened to her.]]
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* HoYay: Grakker and Snout share a room, become very emotional when the other gets hurt, and at one point Snout (who does have telepathic powers) mentions that he is "bonded" to Grakker and is thus able to pinpoint his location. It becomes even more obvious when one realizes that they are blatant Kirk/Spock expies.
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* HoYay: Grakker and Snout share a room, become very emotional when the other gets hurt, and at one point Snout (who does have telepathic powers) mentions that he is "bonded" to Grakker and is thus able to pinpoint his location. It becomes even more obvious when one realizes that they are blatant Kirk/Spock expies. Snout himself is even colored purple!
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* ValuesResonance: Tar Gibbons is a character who refuses to be identified as male or female, and corrects the protagonist when he addresses them using the wrong pronouns. All this, in a kids' novel from 1994!
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** Later in the book, she admits that she learned her Jerkass ways from her parents (which prompts Rod to realize that [[ParentalAbuse he never heard her parents say anything to, or about, her]]).
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* JerkassWoobie: Elspeth may be a SpoiledBrat, but from the get-go she is plunged into an utterly terrifying situation, being kidnapped by a giant monster and imprisoned in Dimension X. [[FromBadToWorse it gets worse.]] While in Dimension X she and Rod experience several "reality quakes", where reality randomly shifts and people often [[BalefulPolymorph change into weird things.]] After recovering from the first reality quake, Elspeth bursts out crying and [[TearJerker says it's the worst thing that ever happened to her.]]
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* TheWoobie: Rod's [[DisappearedDad father ran away when he was just a kid,]] and his mother never recovered. He also starts out the series getting bullied at school, and it only gets more fun from there...
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* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Aliens Ate My Homework'' is a great, stand-alone young adult sci-fi story. After finishing it, you might not even realize there are three more books. But those three books introduce the ultimate story arc of BKR's master plan, and add in a lot of character development and surprising revelations that manage to outshine the original story.
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* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Aliens Ate My Homework'' is a great, stand-alone young adult kids' sci-fi story.story with a good, solid ending. After finishing it, you might not even realize there are three more books. But those three books introduce the ultimate story arc of BKR's master plan, and add in a lot of character development and surprising revelations that manage to outshine the original story.
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* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Aliens Ate My Homework''' is a great, stand-alone young adult sci-fi story. After finishing it, you might not even realize there are three more books. But those three books introduce the ultimate story arc of BKR's master plan, and add in a lot of character development and surprising revelations that manage to outshine the original story.
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* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Aliens Ate My Homework''' Homework'' is a great, stand-alone young adult sci-fi story. After finishing it, you might not even realize there are three more books. But those three books introduce the ultimate story arc of BKR's master plan, and add in a lot of character development and surprising revelations that manage to outshine the original story.
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* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Aliens Ate My Homework''' is a great, stand-alone young adult sci-fi story. After finishing it, you might not even realize there are three more books. But those three books introduce the ultimate story arc of BKR's master plan, and adds in a lot of character development and surprising revelations that manage to outshine the original story.
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* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Aliens Ate My Homework''' is a great, stand-alone young adult sci-fi story. After finishing it, you might not even realize there are three more books. But those three books introduce the ultimate story arc of BKR's master plan, and add in a lot of character development and surprising revelations that manage to outshine the original story.
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Please present all Complete Monster candidates in this thread.
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* CompleteMonster / OffscreenVillainy: BKR is the most feared person in the galaxy. All we're told is "Millions have wept."
** An example of his onscreen cruelty, when he tried to kill Rod's mother by tossing her out into space, he only delayed because he was trying to decide between a fast but likely painful death by decompression, or a quicker and likely even MORE painful death by dropping her in a black hole!
** An example of his onscreen cruelty, when he tried to kill Rod's mother by tossing her out into space, he only delayed because he was trying to decide between a fast but likely painful death by decompression, or a quicker and likely even MORE painful death by dropping her in a black hole!
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* HoYay: Grakker and Snout share a room, become very emotional when the other gets hurt, and at one point Snout (who does have telepathic powers) mentions that he is "bonded" to Grakker and is thus able to pinpoint his location. It becomes even more obvious when one realizes that they are blatant Kirk/Spock expies.
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** An example of his onscreen cruelty, when he tried to kill Rod's mother by tossing her out into space, he only delayed because he was trying to decide between a fast but likely painful death by decompression, or a quicker and likely even MORE painful death by dropping her in a black hole!
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* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Aliens Ate My Homework''' is a great, stand-alone young adult sci-fi story. After finishing it, you might not even realize there are three more books. But those three books introduce the ultimate story arc of BKR's master plan, and adds in a lot of character development and surprising revelations that manage to outshine the original story.
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* CompleteMonster / OffscreenVillainy: BKR is the most feared person in the galaxy. All we're told is "Millions have wept.""
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