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Stop That Bull, Theseus!

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Stop That Bull, Theseus!	comment	Stop That Bull, Theseus! is Book V in Kate McMullan's Myth-O-Mania series, published in 2003. Hades recounts the adventures of his forgetful nephew, Theseus, from ridding the Trozen-Athens road of murderous "bullies", to wrestling Asterius, the half-bull, half-man Minotaur.
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_105f4bd9	type	Villain: Exit, Stage Left
Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_105f4bd9	comment	Villain: Exit, Stage Left: After King Aegeus learns of Queen Medea's attempt to poison Theseus, she and Medus disappear in a puff of smoke, then ride her chariot out of Athens.
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_17b30e42	type	Pro Wrestling Episode
Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_17b30e42	comment	Pro Wrestling Episode: Hades forms a wrestling federation, while accompanying Theseus to four unscripted wrestling matches.
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_2317bc85	type	Tampering with Food and Drink
Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_2317bc85	comment	Tampering with Food and Drink: King Aegeus' latest wife, Queen Medea, attempts to poison Theseus with a wolfsbane-seasoned steak, to ensure that her own son, Medus, would remain the heir to the Athenian throne. Aegeus prevents Theseus from eating it while personally welcoming him to Athens.
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_4604fd4d	type	Worthy Opponent
Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_4604fd4d	comment	Worthy Opponent: The fight between Theseus and Asterius ends with a tie; Hades recruits them to eventually rematch in the Underworld.
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_4885c04b	type	Road Trip Plot
Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_4885c04b	comment	Road Trip Plot: Theseus and Hades share a road trip while walking from Trozen to Athens together. During their journey, Theseus wrestles three bloodthirsty bullies, whom Hades recruits for the Underworld Wrestling Federation.
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_495904cc	type	Forgetful Jones
Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_495904cc	comment	Forgetful Jones: Theseus has a pretty poor memory.
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_4c27e0e8	type	Temporary Love Interest
Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_4c27e0e8	comment	Temporary Love Interest: Hades convinces Cupid to hook up Princess Ariadne of Crete and Theseus with an orange-tipped arrow, so that she would help Theseus survive the labyrinth. After he returns from fighting Asterius, Ariadne tries to sail back to Athens with him. Unfortunately, she gets so seasick, that they have to stop at an island, where they end up parting ways.note Theseus accidentally leaves Ariadne behind, until Dionysus, the god of wine, comes to save her. The epilogue states that after Cupid's magic wore off of Ariadne, she eventually married Dionysus instead of Theseus, who married her sister, Phaedra.
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_55940b68	type	Doorstopper
Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_55940b68	comment	Doorstopper: Discussed; When Hermes (Hyperion in the original version) asks Hades why the novel doesn't document the adventures that Thesus had after becoming king, Hades explains that he didn't want the book to become too thick. The other immortal informs him that some mortals enjoy thick books, as evidenced by the popularity of "Harry What's-his-name."
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_5e13dc69	type	Competition Freak
Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_5e13dc69	comment	Competition Freak: Theseus will never take the easy way out, doing things like walking to Athens instead of sailing, so that he could fight the bullies that plague the road.
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_7c9dcc1	type	THeUnfavorite
Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_7c9dcc1	comment	The Unfavorite: Zeus felt so ashamed of having Asterius as a grandson that he wrote a story in which Theseus killed him.
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_8409a385	type	Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_8409a385	comment	Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Theseus almost calls the Aegean Sea, "The Blue Sea That My Dad Plunged Into After He Died of Grief", until Hades suggests something shorter and more respectful.
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_9002083e	type	Character Exaggeration
Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_9002083e	comment	Character Exaggeration: Most versions of Theseus' story have him forget to change the color of the sail of the boat that transports him between Crete and Athens, which scares King Aegeus to death, after he interprets the black sail as a sign that Theseus perished in his fight against the Minotaur. Stop That Bull, Theseus! reveals Theseus as a full-blown Forgetful Jones.
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_974a9fe0	type	On the Next
Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_974a9fe0	comment	On the Next: In the epilogue, Hades offers to tell the story of how Pandora got tricked into opening her box.
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_a63f45d5	type	Cool Uncle
Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_a63f45d5	comment	Cool Uncle: Theseus never learns that Hades is his uncle, but they become "buddies", in Theseus' own words, while traveling together.
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_aaedd10	type	Given Name Reveal
Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_aaedd10	comment	Given Name Reveal: Asterius formally introduces himself to Hades, Theseus, and the latter's XIII Athenian "traveling buddies" in Chapter XV, "The Minotaur".
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_ac4ac8e5	type	Idiosyncratic Episode Naming
Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_ac4ac8e5	comment	Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Each chapter title has a pun regarding bulls.
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_af921409	type	Accidental Marriage
Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_af921409	comment	Accidental Marriage: Poseidon married the mortal woman Aethra after the two of them had "too much bubbly". Since Po and Aethra had already fallen in love before that, he admits to Hades that he would have actually stayed with her, and their son, Theseus, if she didn't dump Po for King Aegeus.
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_b4c406a6	type	Death by Despair
Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_b4c406a6	comment	Death by Despair: As a kid-friendly alternative to King Aegeus drowning himself after receiving greatly exaggerated reports of Theseus' death, a sibyl predicts prior to this book's events that the king will suffer this if he opens his wineskin before reaching the highest point in Athens. He disregards this warning while pouring a drink for Aethra, before proposing to her. Eventually, the false report of their son dying gives Aegeus a heart attack, plunging his lifeless body into the sea.
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_d397657d	type	Hoist by His Own Petard
Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: Theseus accidentally murders three bullies with their own Death Traps.
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_e16cd24e	type	Know When to Fold 'Em
Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_e16cd24e	comment	Know When to Fold 'Em: After Hades tells Theseus that Ariadne is now with Dionysus, the mortal accepts that he has no chance.
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Stop That Bull, Theseus! / int_e6f18344	comment	Humongous Mecha: Crete has a giant robot guard, Talos.
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