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Freak the Mighty
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Freak the Mighty is a 1993 young adult novel by Rodman Philbrick. The story is narrated by Maxwell Kane, a large boy who is self-described as stupid. He describes the time when he met and became friends with another boy named Freak. The two first briefly meet in daycare, where Freak is shown having to wear braces on his legs and uses crutches to walk. Skipping ahead a few years, Max is about to enter the eighth grade when Freak moves into a house on the same street. After going to Fourth of July fireworks together, where Max is able to save Freak from getting beaten up by a bully and his gang, the two become best friends. They are both able to help each other, with Max protecting Freak and Freak teaching him how to read, and end up going on several adventures together.In 1998, a sequel, Max the Mighty, was released, which takes place after Freak the Mighty's events. That same year, a film adaptation, The Mighty, starring Elden Henson as Max and Kieran Culkin as Freak, was released, despite having taken a number of creative differences from the book.For more by Philbrick, see The Last Book in the Universe. | |
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The Sociopath | |
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The Sociopath: Max's father. He killed his wife and tries to kill his son. He comes off as more of a psychopath though due to how unhinged he is. | |
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A Boy and His X | |
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A Boy and His X: An unusual example in that the "X" is another boy, but regardless it follows all of the details of this trope, including Freak dying and Max improving himself out of the experience. | |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners | |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners: Max and Freak. They have a very touching friendship. | |
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Walking Spoiler | |
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Walking Spoiler: Saying anything about Max's father other than the fact the was arrested spoils the climax. | |
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Raised by Grandparents | |
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Raised by Grandparents: Max after his father killed his mother and was sent to prison. | |
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Disappeared Dad | |
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Disappeared Dad: Both the protagonists' fathers. Max's father had been arrested for killing Max’s mother but eventually though, he came back at Christmas and kidnapped him. Freak's father, although he never gets mentioned again, was said from Loretta to disappear right after he heard that his son had a birth defect. | |
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Older Than They Look | |
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Older Than They Look: Not exactly as huge as other characters. According to Freak's Dictionary at the end of the book, Freak is exactly seventy centimeters. That's only two feet and four inches. He still wears kid-like clothes. With that blond hair all over him, he looked like a five year old from the back, just like he was in his preschool days. Justified by the fact that he has morquio syndrome. | |
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Gentle Giant | |
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Gentle Giant: Max. Although he inherited his father's literally big genetics, and is according to Freak's Dictionary, one hundred eighty centimeters tall (six feet tall), he doesn't like fighting when it's completely necessary. Also, it's been told from Gram that he has his mother's heart and emotions. This is especially true in the movie, since as Freak says to him, he'll "pass on the fists" when he describes the definition of pacifist to him. Also, he only fought to defend himself and Freak. | |
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The Pollyanna | |
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The Pollyanna: Freak. His mother too. | |
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Manic Pixie Dream Girl | |
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Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Freak qualifies as a rare male example of the non-romantic variety. | |
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Bookworm | |
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Bookworm: Worm in the sequel, hence the nickname. | |
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Domestic Abuse | |
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Domestic Abuse: Max's dad strangled his wife when Max was very young. | |
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Missing Mom | |
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Missing Mom: Max's mom, ever since before the beginning of the story. The grandparents were even talking about their "dearly departed" daughter every so often. Turns out that she was strangled by his dad when he was a toddler. | |
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Meaningful Name | |
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Meaningful Name: Max's grandpa, "Grim", rarely smiles. Freak even asks if he calls him Grim because he always looks grim. Freak himself could also qualify, he calls himself Freak because well, he's a freak. | |
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Vile Villain, Saccharine Show | |
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Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: Max's father is a wife murdering sociopath who notably darkens the tone of the book. | |
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Delicate and Sickly | |
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Delicate and Sickly: Freak. He has some type of birth defect in which his internal organs grow too large for his body and do not function correctly. He does not survive. The disorder's technical name is Morquio Syndrome. | |
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Badass Boast | |
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Badass Boast: "We're Freak the Mighty that's who we are. We're nine feet tall, in case you haven't noticed." | |
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Death by Newbery Medal | |
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Death by Newbery Medal: Freak. Oh, lord. Freak was fully aware, and created a fantasy in his mind that instead of going into the hospital to die he would actually be given biomechanical enhancements. Bless him. | |
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Punctuated! For! Emphasis! | |
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Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: One of the front covers has a caption underneath their picture saying, "Max. Freak. Best Friends. Forever." | |
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Adaptation Dye-Job | |
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Adaptation Dye-Job: Freak has blond hair in the book and brown hair in the movie. | |
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Obfuscating Stupidity | |
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Obfuscating Stupidity: In the sequel, Max plays up his slowness at one point to avoid arousing suspicion. | |
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Odd Friendship | |
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Odd Friendship: Freak and Max. One's a large and strong ditz and the other is a weak and scrawny smart kid. | |
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Trademark Favorite Food | |
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Trademark Favorite Food: Freak loves American Chop Suey. | |
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Brains and Brawn | |
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Brains and Brawn: Freak and Max, of course. For crying out loud, Freak has read almost the whole dictionary and was smarter than the teacher in his advanced placement class, but he's crippled and pretty much physically weak. Max is said to be dumb from appearance, couldn't even read that well until Freak taught him how, but is big and has strength on his side. Together, with Freak being the control of Max of course, they make Freak The Mighty. | |
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Gang of Bullies | |
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Gang of Bullies: The other children, with chants like "'Killer' Kane, 'Killer' Kane, had a son who has no brain!" | |
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Appropriated Appellation | |
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Appropriated Appellation: Freak's real name is Kevin Avery, but earned that derisive nickname in daycare because of his disability. Given how he and Max call themselves "Freak the Mighty", he clearly wears the name with pride. | |
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Cloudcuckoolander | |
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Cloudcuckoolander: Freak likes to babble about factoids. | |
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Teen Genius | |
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Teen Genius: If Freak knowing more than the teacher isn't one, then what is? | |
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Big Guy, Little Guy | |
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Big Guy, Little Guy: Max and Freak. Max is known for his large size, while Freak is a scrawny, short kid. | |
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Big Damn Heroes | |
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Big Damn Heroes: Freak saves Max from his (Max's) father just before the strangling could begin. He pulls on a few awesome boasts and then distracts him so that the police could arrive. | |
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