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The Trolls
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- 23 feature instances
- 7 referencing feature instances
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Written by Polly Horvath in 1999, The Trolls is a child's novel based in the present time with stories told by Aunt Sally dating back twenty or so years ago. The Trolls was a National Book Award finalist, and is a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor book.The books starts out with Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, parents of Melissa, Amanda and Pee Wee, having planned a trip to Paris, but the babysitter cancels last minute due to a development of bubonic plague requiring them to resort to the only available person left: Aunt Sally. Once Aunt Sally arrives and the children’s parents leave they are treated to many of Aunt Sally’s stories revolving around her life in Vancouver with her eccentric family. | |
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Dropped link to AnAesop: Not a Feature - IGNORE | |
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| The Trolls / int_1c5599e4 | type |
Reformed, but Rejected | |
| The Trolls / int_1c5599e4 | comment |
Reformed, but Rejected: Aunt Sally to her brother (and the kids' dad) Robbie. | |
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Papa Wolf | |
| The Trolls / int_1dfd19f9 | comment |
Papa Wolf: Aunt Sally tells the kids how their grandfather was one of the quietest, nicest guys you could ever meet. When he learns that a clam bit the end of one of his kid's fingers off though, he goes after it with a shot gun. | |
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| The Trolls / int_222dc873 | type |
Black Comedy | |
| The Trolls / int_222dc873 | comment |
Black Comedy: The story about Sally, John, and Edward accompanying Mad Maud hunting. Maud begins to act increasingly creepy and strange, telling terrifying stories about people getting killed by cougars. She then starts shooting small woodland creatures, apparently thinking they're cougars, and finally shoots the postman. And seems genuinely unaware that she's the reason he's bleeding. Fortunately he's more shaken than injured. | |
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| The Trolls / int_32c930e8 | type |
Eccentric Townsfolk | |
| The Trolls / int_32c930e8 | comment |
Eccentric Townsfolk: The residence of Aunt Sally's hometown in Vancouver. | |
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| The Trolls / int_61a12ee2 | type |
Eccentric Mentor | |
| The Trolls / int_61a12ee2 | comment |
Eccentric Mentor: Aunt Sally, under the guise of telling the kids interesting stories, is definitely still teaching the children a thing or two. | |
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| The Trolls / int_6627695f | type |
Author Appeal | |
| The Trolls / int_6627695f | comment |
Author Appeal: Polly Horvath lives in Vancouver and milks it for all it's worth. | |
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| The Trolls / int_6d41b8da | type |
Fantastic Aesop | |
| The Trolls / int_6d41b8da | comment |
Don't feed your siblings to trolls | |
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The Thing That Would Not Leave | |
| The Trolls / int_6fed1f70 | comment |
The Thing That Would Not Leave: Great-Uncle Louis, who came for two weeks and stayed for six years. | |
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| The Trolls / int_762b9223 | type |
Played for Laughs | |
| The Trolls / int_762b9223 | comment |
Played for Laughs with the story of John, Great-Uncle Louis, and the fiddleheads. The doctor who patches the two up at the end concludes that the moral of the story is that it's best not to do things for your health. | |
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| The Trolls / int_823c6e3e | type |
Large Ham | |
| The Trolls / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: Definitely Great-Uncle Louis, who came for two weeks and stayed for six years. | |
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| The Trolls / int_8409a385 | type |
Exactly What It Says on the Tin | |
| The Trolls / int_8409a385 | comment |
Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Fat-Little-Mean-Girl is in fact a fat, little, mean girl. | |
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| The Trolls / int_9dd2cbc2 | type |
CloudCuckooLander | |
| The Trolls / int_9dd2cbc2 | comment |
Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Mad Maud. | |
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| The Trolls / int_9e2c893 | type |
Black Magic | |
| The Trolls / int_9e2c893 | comment |
Black Magic: Subverted Trope. The Wiccan's only preform 'friendly' spells. | |
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| The Trolls / int_a63f45d5 | type |
Cool Uncle | |
| The Trolls / int_a63f45d5 | comment |
Great-Uncle Louis thinks he's a Cool Uncle, but only Robbie really thinks he is. | |
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| The Trolls / int_a7850fbf | type |
Only Known by Their Nickname | |
| The Trolls / int_a7850fbf | comment |
Only Known by Their Nickname: Fat-little-Mean-Girl. Subverted at the end, when the kids learn that she married their uncle John, and reveal that she was their "Aunt Mariah". | |
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| The Trolls / int_b6cc7fc0 | type |
Dysfunctional Family | |
| The Trolls / int_b6cc7fc0 | comment |
Dysfunctional Family: Aunt Sally's generation has become very dysfunctional after she and her siblings ditch Robbie on the beach with 'the trolls'. | |
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| The Trolls / int_b999f0a4 | type |
Overused Running Gag | |
| The Trolls / int_b999f0a4 | comment |
Overused Running Gag: Great-Uncle Louis, who came for two weeks and stayed for six years. | |
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Formally-Named Pet | |
| The Trolls / int_c37e00e7 | comment |
Formally-Named Pet: Mrs. Gunderson. And the new Mrs. Gunderson. | |
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| The Trolls / int_cb70651c | type |
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane | |
| The Trolls / int_cb70651c | comment |
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: Did the potion the Wiccans gave Aunt Sally and her sibling really work, or did Fat-Little-Mean-Girl just react to drinking something... weird. Were there really Trolls that lived out in the caves on the beach? | |
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Cool Old Lady | |
| The Trolls / int_d2b59903 | comment |
Cool Old Lady: Aunt Sally, John, and Edward think Mad Maud is this at first, impressed by her record of cougar hunting. They quickly change their minds when they realize just how crazy she is. | |
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| The Trolls / int_e13156e1 | type |
Mama Bear | |
| The Trolls / int_e13156e1 | comment |
Mama Bear: In one of the stories Mad Maud told, a mother is killed saving her child from a cougar. | |
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O.O.C. Is Serious Business | |
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O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Sally and her siblings are shocked when their frugal, sensible mother spends all their money on pinball. | |
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Children's Literature / int_247b3406 | |
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Cool Uncle / int_247b3406 | |
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Excited Show Title! / int_247b3406 | |
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Moose and Maple Syrup / int_247b3406 | |
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Taxidermy Is Creepy / int_247b3406 | |
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The Thing That Would Not Leave / int_247b3406 | |
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The Trolls |
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