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The Faraway Tree

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The Faraway Tree	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Faraway Tree is a series of three novels (and one picture-strip book) by British children's author Enid Blyton.The series follows the adventures of Jo, Bessie and Fanny (renamed Joe, Beth and Frannie in later reprints), three siblings who have just moved to the countryside with their parents. While out exploring, they discover an enchanted forest, where the eponymous Faraway Tree grows. It's easily the biggest tree in the entire forest, and is home to various fairy folk who live inside the trunk.The topmost branches of the Faraway Tree reach up into the clouds, and are used to access various magical 'lands' that appear amongst the clouds. The lands themselves vary from nice lands, like 'The Land of Birthdays' or 'The Land of Take-What-You-Want', to not so nice lands like 'The Land of Punishments' or 'The Land of Tempers'. Each land moves away from the tree to make way for the next one, the length of time a land will stay seems to vary. Some lands will only stay for an hour or so, but other lands will stay for days, and even the time that will elapse between one land leaving and the next arriving is undefined.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })If you aren't quick enough to climb back down the Faraway Tree before the land moves on, you will be stuck there until the land happens to move back to the top of the tree. This happens to the protagonists more often than not, but they find various ways to get back to the tree by travelling through other lands to get back to the enchanted forest, or by using magic.In 1997, The Faraway Tree was adapted into the first season of Enid Blyton's Enchanted Lands, an animated series created for the BBC by Cosgrove Hall.The novels are: The Enchanted Wood (1939) The Magic Faraway Tree (1943) The Folk of the Faraway Tree (1946)The picture-strip book Up the Faraway Tree was published in 1951.
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The Faraway Tree / int_14410deb	type	Staying with Friends
The Faraway Tree / int_14410deb	comment	Staying with Friends: More than one subplot had Moon Face and the Saucepan Man bunking in with Joe and his sisters after getting into trouble. The Saucepan Man himself permanently lived with his friend Mr. Wazitname, after his own land drifted away and he must wait until it returns.
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The Faraway Tree / int_19ec6e63	type	Tube Travel
The Faraway Tree / int_19ec6e63	comment	Tube Travel: Moon Face has a slide- known as the slippery-slip- all the way from his house at the top to the bottom of the Faraway Tree which runs in a spiral down the middle of the tree to the bottom. You have to bring him toffees next time you visit (at first, no mention of this is made in later books), and a squirrel collects the cushions when you emerge.
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The Faraway Tree / int_1d9af117	type	Gender-Equal Ensemble
The Faraway Tree / int_1d9af117	comment	Gender-Equal Ensemble: In the second book there are two boys, Jo and their cousin Dick, and the two girls, Bessie and Fanny. Averted however, when you add in the Faraway Tree characters, who outnumber the girls.
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The Faraway Tree / int_2d364c81	type	Tomboy and Girly Girl
The Faraway Tree / int_2d364c81	comment	Tomboy and Girly Girl: It's very subtle, but Fanny seems to be more of a Tomboy, and Bessie is more of a Girly Girl.
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The Faraway Tree / int_37499c8	type	OnceAnEpisode
The Faraway Tree / int_37499c8	comment	Once an Episode: Dame Wash-a-lot emptying her used soap water from on top of the tree, which ends up drenching someone on their first trip up the tree (in order of the books: Beth, Dick and Connie). The Angry Pixie losing his temper over the most insignificant of reasons and throwing stuff at anyone inquisitive enough to peep through his window (at one point Joe only just managed to remind the Pixie that he should really be angry at the Red Goblins who'd locked him in his rooms in the first place rather than Joe who had just let him out). The Saucepan Man mishearing something due to carrying all that saucepan on him. And then getting into all sorts of hijinks that the other characters have to drag him out.
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The Faraway Tree / int_3b113b7	type	Character Development
The Faraway Tree / int_3b113b7	comment	Character Development: Jo, Bess and Fanny change very little throughout the books, but their cousin Dick learns not to be quite so greedy, and their spoilt friend Connie becomes less of a brat.
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The Faraway Tree / int_47fea76b	type	Butt-Monkey
The Faraway Tree / int_47fea76b	comment	Butt-Monkey: Poor Beth doesn't seem to be having the best of luck in the first book. When the trio inquisitively looked into the Angry Pixie's house, the pixie immediately hurls a bottle of ink at them, which splatters all over Beth while missing Joe and Fanny. While Beth comments on how her dress is ruined, she ends up getting drenched mid-sentence by an entire bucket of soapy water emptied by Dame Wash-a-lot. For the tree's residents, the Saucepan Man, due to being The Ditz. From getting arrested in the Land of Toys to getting kicked out of Mr. Wazitsname's house and getting into all kinds of misunderstandings due to his hearing problems.
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The Faraway Tree / int_5b351f0d	type	IntercontinuityCrossover
The Faraway Tree / int_5b351f0d	comment	Intercontinuity Crossover: The Saucepan Man showed up in another Blyton book, The Book of Brownies, where he befriends the three brownies after they escape from an evil dwarf sorceror. It's implied that Brownies is set before any of the Faraway Tree books. Some of the worlds in the Faraway Tree shows up in another Blyton book, The Wishing Chair. Such as Topsy-Turvy Land and the Land of Goodies.
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The Faraway Tree / int_5fcedca	type	Big Eater
The Faraway Tree / int_5fcedca	comment	Big Eater: The three main children eat quite a lot, but their cousin Dick is noted for being especially greedy, although he is never described as being outright fat.
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The Faraway Tree / int_63b02752	type	Hair-Trigger Temper
The Faraway Tree / int_63b02752	comment	Hair-Trigger Temper: The Angry Pixie has one. Also everyone from the Land of Tempers; it's said that if you lose your temper there, then you're forced to live there for the rest of your life (which is the reason the Angry Pixie never went up there himself).
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The Faraway Tree / int_663f35c0	type	Only One Name
The Faraway Tree / int_663f35c0	comment	Only One Name: You never find out the children's surname, and none of the Faraway Tree residents appear to have surnames. Or in the case of Mr. Watizname and Dame Washalot, any first names.
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The Faraway Tree / int_6d7026fa	type	Punny Name
The Faraway Tree / int_6d7026fa	comment	Punny Name: Most of the folks living in the tree; Moon Face has a face shaped like a round moon, Silky has fine silky hair, Mr. Wazitsname doesn't know his true name, and so on.
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The Faraway Tree / int_7390323c	type	Sticky Fingers
The Faraway Tree / int_7390323c	comment	Sticky Fingers: Dick, in the Land of Goodies gets into trouble for stealing and eating someone's door knocker.
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The Faraway Tree / int_8409a385	type	Exactly What It Says on the Tin
The Faraway Tree / int_8409a385	comment	Exactly What It Says on the Tin: The Angry Pixie is a pixie with a Hair-Trigger Temper, Dame Washalot is a woman who enjoys washing clothes to the point that she'll clean the leaves of the Faraway Tree if she has nothing else to wash, and Moon-Face is a man with a round, moon-like face.
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The Faraway Tree / int_84c5ec0b	type	Free-Range Children
The Faraway Tree / int_84c5ec0b	comment	Free-Range Children: Played with, the children are allowed to go out to the Faraway Tree when they aren't doing chores at home, but they're often told to come back at a certain time. They also end up exploring far off lands with little to no adult supervision. (at least parental supervision, although one could imply that the folk in the tree are adults)
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The Faraway Tree / int_8ebe70fe	type	HairOfGold
The Faraway Tree / int_8ebe70fe	comment	Hair of Gold: Silky's hair is very blond and beautiful, and she's easily the sweetest person in the entire series.
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The Faraway Tree / int_8ec0abf	type	The Voiceless
The Faraway Tree / int_8ec0abf	comment	The Voiceless: The third book had Connie losing her voice after trying to eavesdrop in the Land of Secrets. The following adventure have the children trying to find a way to restore her voice in the Land of Enchantments.
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The Faraway Tree / int_8f900ccd	type	Overly Long Name
The Faraway Tree / int_8f900ccd	comment	Overly Long Name: Mr. Watizname's real name is Kollamoolitumarellipawkyrollo, as revealed in the Land of Secrets. It's probably not English.
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The Faraway Tree / int_9058da25	type	Nuclear Family
The Faraway Tree / int_9058da25	comment	Nuclear Family: There's a mother and father, and the three children themselves.
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The Faraway Tree / int_9bcd82c0	type	Took a Level in Badass
The Faraway Tree / int_9bcd82c0	comment	Took a Level in Badass: Evil goblins invade the Tree at one point, and everyone has to step up to the plate. Each fights according to their strength - Dame Washalot drenches them, the Angry Pixie lets his anger loose, Saucepan Man takes all his saucepans off and THROWS them as weapons (he's not recognized by the children when he appears without them later), Silky ties one up in her curtains, and Moon Face uses his slide (see below) as a trap to hold the subdued ones, with the lower door sealed shut.
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The Faraway Tree / int_a1591cc3	type	Living Toys
The Faraway Tree / int_a1591cc3	comment	Living Toys: The residents of the Land of Toys. They're also the size of humans.
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The Faraway Tree / int_a186b0a6	type	Journey to the Sky
The Faraway Tree / int_a186b0a6	comment	Journey to the Sky: The titular magical tree grows right up into the clouds, and climbing to its top usually leads to some Magical Land (a different one every week), although the length of time each land stays can vary from days to hours, which can result in characters being stuck there. On one occasion, in order to rescue someone who had become trapped in the Land of Marvels, the others have to get there via the adjoining Land of Giants, which they access by climbing Jack's beanstalk.
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The Faraway Tree / int_a6e8221e	type	Status Quo Is God
The Faraway Tree / int_a6e8221e	comment	Status Quo Is God: No matter who gets stuck in one of the lands, or what happens to the Faraway Tree, everything will always go back to normal by the end of that particular adventure. Slightly averted with the Saucepan Man; his land moves on while he's visiting the Faraway Tree, but he's more than content to move in with Mr. Watizname.
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The Faraway Tree / int_a7850fbf	type	Only Known by Their Nickname
The Faraway Tree / int_a7850fbf	comment	Only Known by Their Nickname: Mr. Watizname, a resident of the Faraway Tree, doesn't remember what his actual name is, and is happy to go by Mr. Watizname. He later founds out in the Land of Secrets that his name is actually Kollamoolitumarellipawkyrollo, but goes back to being Mr. Watizname by the end of the story, due to forgetting his name all over again.
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The Faraway Tree / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
The Faraway Tree / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: The Angry Pixie hates it when people look in his window when they're climbing up the Faraway Tree.
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The Faraway Tree / int_bd08288f	type	Mouthy Kid
The Faraway Tree / int_bd08288f	comment	Mouthy Kid: Dick can be like this at times, but he's still quite a polite version of the trope. Connie also fits this to a lesser extent.
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The Faraway Tree / int_cfc52d52	type	Spoiled Brat
The Faraway Tree / int_cfc52d52	comment	Spoiled Brat: Connie starts out like this.
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The Faraway Tree / int_d392b726	type	Limited Destination Time
The Faraway Tree / int_d392b726	comment	Limited Destination Time: The eponymous tree contains a portal to a magical land, but which magical land it leads to changes regularly. There's at least one story where the protagonists stay too long in the magical land de jour, and when they go back to the portal they find that it's moved on, leaving them stranded.
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The Faraway Tree / int_d5656fbe	type	The Unpronounceable
The Faraway Tree / int_d5656fbe	comment	The Unpronounceable: Good luck trying to pronounce Mr. Wazitsname's real name, which is Kollamoolitumarellipawkyrollo. Heck, even Mr. Wazitsname doesn't know how to say it aloud!
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The Faraway Tree / int_dabc7a46	type	Sixth Ranger
The Faraway Tree / int_dabc7a46	comment	Sixth Ranger: Dick in the second book, and Connie in the third.
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The Faraway Tree / int_db126a0b	type	World Tree
The Faraway Tree / int_db126a0b	comment	World Tree: The titular tree, which leads all the way into the skies and can reach mysterious, wonderous lands.
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The Faraway Tree / int_e2d457	type	The Ditz
The Faraway Tree / int_e2d457	comment	For the tree's residents, the Saucepan Man, due to being The Ditz. From getting arrested in the Land of Toys to getting kicked out of Mr. Wazitsname's house and getting into all kinds of misunderstandings due to his hearing problems.
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The Faraway Tree / int_eb7c34cf	type	Crossover
The Faraway Tree / int_eb7c34cf	comment	Crossover: With some public-domain fairy tales. Goldilocks and the bears shows up in one of the stories, where as it turns out after her initial misadventures, Goldilocks eventually befriended the bear family and even became a caretaker to the baby bear. An adventure in the Land of Giants features Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk. And the only way to escape from some hostile giants? Via the beanstalk, of course! The Old Woman who Lives in a Shoe has her own land, and at one point she takes up residence in Moon-Face's rooms while he's temporarily away.
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The Faraway Tree / int_f23ad6de	type	Food Porn
The Faraway Tree / int_f23ad6de	comment	Food Porn: The Land of Birthdays and the Land of Goodies (along with the Land of Treats to a minor extent) is very heavy handed on the Food Porn, but there's also magical treats that Moon-Face and Silky hand out to the children whenever they visit such as Pop Cakes, and Toffee Shocks.
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The Faraway Tree / int_f9f2c33	type	Running Gag
The Faraway Tree / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: Whenever someone climbs the Faraway Tree for the first time, they'll always look inside the Angry Pixie's window, despite being told not to, and will usually have cold water or ink thrown at them. They'll also be hit by Dame Washalot's dirty wash water, and will ask if anyone's ever been tempted to drop something into Mr. Watizname's open mouth as he sleeps. They'll also be surprised by Toffee Shocks, a sweet that grows larger in the eater's mouth until it finally pops (Connie was particularly shocked when she took two at once without being told what they did). The Saucepan Man mishearing what people say, because he's a little deaf from the clashing of the various pots and pants he keeps strung about his person. This becomes an Brick Joke later when we're introduced to Saucepan's mother, who is just as deaf as he is without any pots.
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The Faraway Tree / int_fb17af62	type	Rhymes on a Dime
The Faraway Tree / int_fb17af62	comment	Rhymes on a Dime: The Saucepan Man had tendencies to randomly break out in rhyming songs, for no reasons whatsoever.
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The Faraway Tree / int_fe0330fb	type	Brick Joke
The Faraway Tree / int_fe0330fb	comment	This becomes an Brick Joke later when we're introduced to Saucepan's mother, who is just as deaf as he is without any pots.
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