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The Pendragon Adventure
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })A series of modern fantasy books written by DJ MacHale. Each book is divided into two viewpoints. The journal segments, detailing the adventures of Bobby Pendragon, the main character, who is whisked away from his Ordinary High-School Student life by his Uncle Press, via a magical gate called a flume hidden in the subway systems of New York City. The other part follows Bobby's best friends, Mark and Courtney, who get into a bit of trouble themselves, despite lacking the ability to travel to alternate worlds. (The only book that doesn't use this formula is The Soldiers of Halla, which consists entirely of one journal written by Bobby.) Each world is called a territory, and every territory has a Traveler, filling various roles. Every territory is reaching a turning point, which will radically alter the fate of that world. The Travelers exist to make sure that the turning points, and the destiny of the territories, go the way they naturally would, without outside interference. Obviously, if this was all there was to it, it'd be pretty uneventful. Enter Saint Dane, a sadistic Magnificent Bastard who wants to push the territories towards chaos, destroying the barriers between them, so he can reshape Halla (everything that has existed, does exist, and ever will exist) in his image. The series consists of 10 books, with the final book released May 12, 2009.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })The series' books include: The Merchant of Death The Lost City of Faar The Never War The Reality Bug Black Water The Rivers of Zadaa The Quillan Games The Pilgrims of Rayne Raven Rise The Soldiers of HallaIn addition to the main series, there is also a trio of prequels, Pendragon: Before the War, showing what happened to the nine other Travelers besides Bobby before their journey began; a Guide to the Territories of Halla Volume 1, with no Volume 2 in sight; and a graphic novel version of The Merchant of Death. And the obsessive reference-spotters will note that MacHale's movie Tower of Terror along with his Morpheus Road series take place in the same continuity.And so we go. | |
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Supernatural Gold Eyes | |
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Supernatural Gold Eyes: Quigs can be identified by their yellow eyes. Or, in the case of Ibara's bees, the yellow glow of their firefly-like rear ends. | |
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AnyoneCanDie | |
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Anyone Can Die: Especially in the later books. One way or the other, it doesn't quite stick for many of them. | |
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Cool Old Guy | |
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Cool Old Guy: Gunny. He's the most elderly member in Bobby's generation of Travelers. | |
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Title Drop | |
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Title Drop: This applies to all of them except The Never War and Raven Rise. | |
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Earth Is the Center of the Universe | |
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Earth Is the Center of the Universe: Ten Territories, and three of them are Earth. Even more, Bobby Pendragon, from the modern-day world of Second Earth, is the lead Traveler. Clearly, Earth is special. In Raven Rise, Bobby himself says that everything's been leading to the events on Second Earth. Also, Second Earth is where everything is lost spectacularly at the end of the book. In The Soldiers of Halla, it is explained that in reality Halla should be considered seven worlds, not ten territories. Saint Dane simply targeted Earth and Veelox at multiple turning points, thus dividing it up. The trope is still played straight due to the final battle happening in Third Earth. | |
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Gone Horribly Right | |
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Gone Horribly Right: In book 6, Bobby and Loor try to destroy the machine that the Rokador use to control the rivers. They succeed, but it turns out that they not only didn't save the Batu, they also doomed the Rokador. | |
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The Force | |
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The Force: Saint Dane's, as well as all the Traveler's powers are derived from Solara. The Travelers get it from the positive energy within Solara, Saint Dane gets his from the negativity of humanity. However, both sides must use this power sparingly because it literally depletes Solara. | |
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FictionalDocument | |
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Fictional Document: A good half of each book is made of Bobby's journals. | |
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Voluntary Shapeshifting | |
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Voluntary Shapeshifting: Saint Dane, again. All the travelers get this power once they arrive in Solara. They have to use it very sparingly though. Bobby only turns to smoke with it. Hilarity ensues when Bobby tries to use it himself without actually knowing how it works, and it boiled down to him trying to will it into happening: | |
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Crapsack World | |
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Crapsack World: Third Earth turns into one near the end of the series. | |
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Your Mind Makes It Real | |
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Your Mind Makes It Real: Lifelight on Veelox, after the Reality Bug is introduced. | |
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Genre Blindness | |
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Genre Blindness: The books (at least the earlier ones) try to push the idea that Bobby's just an ordinary kid who also happens to be in charge of saving the worlds, but this, along with his outdated slang, hinder it. | |
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Red Right Hand | |
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Red Right Hand: Saint Dane's icy blue eyes. Except when they aren't present. Quigs have yellow eyes. In the case of Ibara's bee quigs, they have glowing yellow abdomens. | |
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Defrosting Ice Queen | |
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Defrosting Ice Queen: Loor, Aja, and Kasha. On the male side, there's Siry. | |
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Dark World | |
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Dark World: The dark Solara that Saint Dane momentarily warps Bobby to is a twisted nightmare land with images of destruction flying about in the background and constant lightning flashes. There's a more direct example in The Pilgrims of Rayne. Rubic City is now a post-apocalyptic wasteland where Flighters can attack Bobby and Siry at any given moment. Not to mention the Dados. | |
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Parental Abandonment | |
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Parental Abandonment: If your family is still around when you become a Traveler, they won't be for long. | |
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Hollywood Hacking | |
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Hollywood Hacking: The Reality Bug causes the creation of an actual, physical creature that can effect the real world. | |
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Changed My Jumper | |
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Changed My Jumper: Averted through help from the Acolytes. Aditionally, Press tells Bobby that one must "use what the territory provides". | |
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Fantastic Nuke | |
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Fantastic Nuke: Tak in Denduron. | |
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TeachMeHowToFight | |
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Teach Me How To Fight: After Saint Dane almost kills him, Bobby asks Loor to do this with him. | |
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Huge Holographic Head | |
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Huge Holographic Head: Used by Aja to communicate with people entering her territory, Veelox. | |
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Butterfly of Doom | |
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Butterfly of Doom: Changing the past in small ways tends to have dramatic effects on the future, which Saint Dane is happy to take advantage of. | |
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¡Three Amigos! | |
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¡Three Amigos!: Bobby, Mark, and Courtney. | |
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Stuff Blowing Up | |
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Bobby, frequently. The first screw up was the turning point for Denduron. Tak, while discovered by the rebels, had not been able to be used in huge amounts besides pea-sized amounts for their slingshots. However, due to Bobby bringing his flashlight with him from second earth, had made the rebels find a way to harness more Tak to create a Bomb. | |
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Distant Finale | |
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Distant Finale | |
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After the End | |
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After the End: Ibara. Majority of Veelox's people go to "live" in Lifelight and they eventually die to no one keeping the life support systems going. (Such as producing the food that is given to their bodies to stay alive) The End? Not Quite. Aja Killian manages to create a Hope Spot by somehow gathering a small amount of people now outside of Lifelight and ends up giving the territory a second chance. | |
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La Résistance | |
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La Résistance: The Milago people in The Merchant of Death, the revivers in The Quillan Games. The Yanks in The Soldiers of Halla. | |
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Obstructive Code of Conduct | |
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Obstructive Code of Conduct: The Travelers are not to bring anything from one territory to another except their own bodies. Saint Dane holds to no such rule, and often manipulates the other Travelers into breaking it. | |
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Character Development | |
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Character Development: Pretty much everyone, but especially Bobby. Starts out as an Action Survivor, grows into his role as The Hero. | |
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Artifact of Doom | |
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Artifact of Doom: Usually when something from one territory is brought to another. Especially Tak. Additionally, the Flumes themselves may qualify. | |
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Humans Are Bastards | |
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Humans Are Bastards: Saint Dane's entire philosophy is based on the idea that humans are awful and need someone to control them. | |
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Because Destiny Says So | |
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Because Destiny Says So: See the Arc Words. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: This series loves them. The series itself ends on this note. Saint Dane is defeated, the Ravinians are allowed to truly control their own destiny and live beyond the walls of the Conclaves, but nobody who was displaced by Naymeer is able to return home. There's a time reset where the Travelers and Acolytes get sent back to live the lives they would have had if they hadn't been yanked to save the world. Minus their memories of their time as Travelers and each other until Press brings back their journals in the very end. | |
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Mecha-Mooks | |
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Mecha-Mooks: The dados serve this purpose well: an army that can be killed in vast numbers, but is not technically human. | |
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Xanatos Speed Chess | |
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Xanatos Speed Chess: Even though the Reality Bug is stopped and everyone is back in reality, Saint Dane just disguises himself as the project director and encourages them to re-enter the simulation. | |
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Utopia Justifies the Means | |
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Utopia Justifies the Means: Saint Dane's mission statement. | |
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Tricked Out Time | |
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Tricked Out Time: The Travelers destroy the Hindenberg. Otherwise, German spies would have stolen secrets to the atom bomb and won WWII. | |
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Narnia Time | |
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Narnia Time: Time between the territories is explained to work this way. | |
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Always Chaotic Evil | |
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Always Chaotic Evil: Quigs, a deadly species that take the form of that world's wild animal. Earth has dogs, Denduron has bears, Cloral has sharks, Eelong has gars (wild humans. Not to be confused with the concept of "Gar"), etc. | |
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Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie | |
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Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie: Bobby promises in his journal to put Kasha's ashes on Eelong, which proves difficult due to the collapsed flume. | |
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One Nation Under Copyright | |
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One Nation Under Copyright: All of Quillan, except for those who follow Mr. Pop. | |
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PlankGag | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_4b08a5f0 | comment |
Plank Gag: When Bobby completes his Training from Hell with Loor and Alder and is awarded a real fighting staff, he launches into a long series of these. He'd nearly whack one of them with the stave end as he turns to the other to apologize for nearly whacking them, and then spins around to apologize for that... | |
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1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_4b08a5f0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_4b86a724 | type |
Getting Crap Past the Radar | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_4b86a724 | comment |
Getting Crap Past the Radar: Either this or Critical Research Failure, but at 14 Mark is said to have "cutesy hentai posters" on his walls. Erm... | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_4b86a724 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_4b86a724 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_4c782fb9 | type |
Gods Need Prayer Badly | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_4c782fb9 | comment |
Gods Need Prayer Badly: Saint Dane is destroyed when people no longer wish to follow him and decide to control their own futures. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_4c782fb9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_4c782fb9 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_4e3d253b | type |
Downer Ending | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_4e3d253b | comment |
Downer Ending: The Reality Bug and The Quillan Games. Arguably Raven Rise as well, though mitigated by the return of the Travelers at the end. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_4e3d253b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_4e3d253b | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_4e7c4536 | type |
Wham Line | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_4e7c4536 | comment |
Wham Line: Bobby asks what they call the entirety of the planet he's on, since it's not Ibara. The answer? "Veelox." | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_4e7c4536 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_4e7c4536 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_50727f8d | type |
Death Is a Slap on the Wrist | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_50727f8d | comment |
Death Is a Slap on the Wrist: Subverted in the final book. When the travelers die, they're just sent back to Solara. On the other hand, this uses up the small amount of energy left there. | |
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-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_50727f8d | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_50ca4422 | type |
Unresolved Sexual Tension | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_50ca4422 | comment |
Unresolved Sexual Tension: Between Bobby and Loor, who become an Anchored Ship due to her unwillingness to date him until after their mission is complete. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_50ca4422 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_50ca4422 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_515189ab | type |
Single-Biome Planet | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_515189ab | comment |
Single-Biome Planet: Cloral is almost entirely an Ocean. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_515189ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_515189ab | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_547bb916 | type |
Living with the Villain | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_547bb916 | comment |
Living with the Villain: Mark and Courtney are fairly shocked to realize that Andy Mitchell was Saint Dane all along. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_547bb916 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_547bb916 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_54d6f53f | type |
Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_54d6f53f | comment |
Ripple Effect-Proof Memory: All Travelers have it, as does anyone who is on another territory at the time, which is good when things start changing severely in the latter half of the series. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_54d6f53f | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5541da8c | type |
Lotus-Eater Machine | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5541da8c | comment |
Lotus-Eater Machine: Veelox's Lifelight. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5541da8c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5541da8c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5541da8c | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_55940b68 | type |
Doorstopper | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_55940b68 | comment |
Doorstopper: The final book is almost 600 pages long. It's not too long compared to the two that proceed it, (both of which hover around 550 pages), but it's way longer than the first few books, which were around 400. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_55940b68 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_55940b68 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5785db6e | type |
Driving Stick | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5785db6e | comment |
Driving Stick: Bobby has to figure out how to drive a 1930s car with a three speed manual transmission in The Never War | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5785db6e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5785db6e | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5791e14f | type |
The Future | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5791e14f | comment |
The Future: Third Earth. Our world, around the year 5010 AD. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5791e14f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5791e14f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5791e14f | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_57b80b45 | type |
Fantastic Racism | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_57b80b45 | comment |
Fantastic Racism: A good lot of the plots are of this type. For instance, the warrior caste set up in Denduron, the klees versus gars in Eelong, and the various tribes of Zadaa. Saint Dane instigates this as part of Putting on the Reich. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_57b80b45 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_58962105 | type |
White-and-Grey Morality | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_58962105 | comment |
White and Grey Morality: Subverted. In the books right before book 10, it seems like Saint Dane makes some legitimate points, and he just has some flawed logic. In book 10, it's completely thrown out the window; the flawed logic was just a justification, and he's actually pure evil. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_58962105 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_58962105 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5a3b8032 | type |
The Un-Reveal | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5a3b8032 | comment |
The Unreveal: In both The Quillan Games and The Pilgrims of Rayne, it appears that Saint Dane is going to explain the true nature of the Travelers, but instead, he gives us something nonsensical and annoying. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5a3b8032 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5a3b8032 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5a9f7f08 | type |
The Lifestream | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5a9f7f08 | comment |
The Lifestream: Solara. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_5a9f7f08 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5ac34441 | type |
Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp" | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5ac34441 | comment |
Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp": Black Water's "Gar" (humans) and "Klee" (giant cats). Klee is a proper noun with no English translation. Gar probably means something weird without a good English equivalent, perhaps a mix of "human" and "slave." Many Earth languages don't line up. See Tsundere, a Japanese colloquialism with no good partner in the English language. Rather than translate it, we simply adopt it verbatim. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5ac34441 | featureApplicability |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_5ac34441 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5b057eae | type |
Animalistic Abomination | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5b057eae | comment |
Animalistic Abomination: Quigs are monsters that look like wildlife from each world, but they are seen in dark Solara during the final book, suggesting that they originate from there. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5b057eae | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_5b057eae | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5bc1ce14 | type |
Author Vocabulary Calendar | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5bc1ce14 | comment |
Author Vocabulary Calendar: Part of the author's writing style. "Statement" was Character's adjective reply. Also, 'craggy' in the earlier books. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5bc1ce14 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_5bc1ce14 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5c5ac0e2 | type |
Really 700 Years Old | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5c5ac0e2 | comment |
Really 700 Years Old: We know Saint Dane is most likely older than he looks, but most people probably weren't expecting him and Press to be as old as sentience itself. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_5c5ac0e2 | featureApplicability |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_5c5ac0e2 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_61c3ca7b | type |
Panthera Awesome | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_61c3ca7b | comment |
Panthera Awesome: The klee. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_61c3ca7b | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_6328e274 | type |
Random Transportation | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_6328e274 | comment |
Random Transportation: Bobby Pendragon, like all other Travelers, moves from dimension to dimension wherever the flumes take him. Getting where you want to go isn't usually an issue. When you get there is another story; it appears that while the traveller doesn't have absolute control over this, the flume takes the traveller to when he needs to be there. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_6328e274 | featureApplicability |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_6328e274 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_63cad64b | type |
Threatening Shark | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_63cad64b | comment |
Threatening Shark: The Cloral quigs are giant sharks. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_63cad64b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_63cad64b | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_663f35c0 | type |
Only One Name | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_663f35c0 | comment |
Only One Name: The people of Denduron, Zadaa, and Eelong. Bobby actually lampshades this in several of the books. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_663f35c0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_663f35c0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_66479d0 | type |
Our Ghosts Are Different | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_66479d0 | comment |
Our Ghosts Are Different: The Travelers and Saint Dane technically turn out to be what we refer to as ghosts, albeit solid ones. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_66479d0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_66479d0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_67fe4b8e | type |
Ship Sinking | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_67fe4b8e | comment |
Ship Sinking: More like Ship Bait-and-Switch. Bobby/Courtney appears sunk in book 6... and then out of nowhere they end up getting to marry and grow old together in the epilogue. The clock was rewound all the way back to before each of them became Travelers, so they could life out the lives they would have otherwise had, after what Bobby says to Uncle Press just before the epilogue. So Bobby and Courtney wouldn't have had to deal with the "I'm too busy saving the world and I like Loor" deal, and gotten together. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_67fe4b8e | featureApplicability |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_67fe4b8e | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_687f9874 | type |
Prefers the Illusion | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_687f9874 | comment |
Prefers the Illusion: This is the reason that Saint Dane wins his first territory. The people of Veelox refuse to abandon the virtual reality world Lifelight, which gives users a chance to simulate living a perfect life. Eventually, so many people give up their real lives that society collapses and millions die when workers stop maintaining the Lifelight pyramids. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_687f9874 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_687f9874 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_6b6556ee | type |
Mentor Occupational Hazard | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_6b6556ee | comment |
Mentor Occupational Hazard: Some traveler mentors end up dead. It turns out that all of them are destined to die, and they are aware of this. Though they also are aware that it won't be permanent. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_6b6556ee | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_6b6556ee | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_6c3d1777 | type |
Magic A Is Magic A | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_6c3d1777 | comment |
Magic A Is Magic A: Right up until the climax of the last book, where Saint Dane dies because his followers turn on him without any acknowledgment that this doesn't follow from the rules laid down only a few hundred pages ago. Another example in the last book: in previous books, characters had gone out of their way to acknowledge that they were traveling between territories, not planets. Then, in Soldiers of Halla, this view is revised so that it's clear to everyone that there are seven planets, and that the territories don't matter. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_6c3d1777 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_6ca9bb24 | type |
Eternal Sexual Freedom | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_6ca9bb24 | comment |
Eternal Sexual Freedom: Averted. Bobby and Courtney pretend to be siblings in 1937 because otherwise it would raise eyebrows for them to be staying together at the Manhattan Tower Hotel. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_6ca9bb24 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_6ca9bb24 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_727b5779 | type |
Cat Folk | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_727b5779 | comment |
Cat Folk: The Klees of Eelong are giant, intelligent, bipedal cats. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_727b5779 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_727b5779 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_7286e96d | type |
Idiot Ball | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_7286e96d | comment |
One of the more egregious examples is in "The Pilgrims of Rayne" when Bobby decides to trap Saint Dane by blowing up the flume, so neither can leave This particular example has Bobby holding the Idiot Ball as well, since by this point it's been shown that most territories have more than one flume. Why would Rayne be an exception? What makes this even more of a case of holding the Idiot Ball is that Bobby already knows at this point that Ibara is actually Veelox's future. Therefore, he already knows there's at least another flume in the territory: the one in Rubic City. There isn't any indication that the old flume has been destroyed by the time Bobby decides to blow up the Ibara flume. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_7286e96d | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_7464705c | type |
Arc Words | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_7464705c | comment |
Arc Words: "This is the way it was meant to be." At Saint Daine's defeat in the first book, Bobby mocks him with these words. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_7464705c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_7464705c | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_753a61d4 | type |
Time-Travel Tense Trouble | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_753a61d4 | comment |
Time-Travel Tense Trouble: The Narnia Time in effect between the territories occasionally causes this sort of trouble. Usually involving rookie Travelers (we're looking at you, Spader and Siry). | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_753a61d4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_753a61d4 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_77aedc5c | type |
Horse of a Different Color | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_77aedc5c | comment |
Horse of a Different Color: Klees use eight-legged zenzens as horses. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_77aedc5c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_77aedc5c | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_79a60aec | type |
For Want of a Nail | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_79a60aec | comment |
For Want of a Nail: In The Never War, Bobby and Gunny go to Third Earth (Earth in the early 51st Century AD) to find out what would happen if they saved the Hindenburg. Turns out, if said Zeppelin was saved, London, DC, and New York would've been nuked by the Luftwaffe just before D Day, and things would've gone down mountain from there. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_79a60aec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_79a60aec | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_7a6840a1 | type |
Real Event, Fictional Cause | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_7a6840a1 | comment |
Real Event, Fictional Cause: In The Never War, the Hindenburg disaster was the result of a mobster igniting it with a firework to destroy his rival's fortune, which was secretly on board. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_7a6840a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_7a6840a1 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_7abd339f | type |
Black-and-White Morality | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_7abd339f | comment |
Black and White Morality: We find out in The Soldiers of Halla that Solara, the birth place of the Travelers, was originally a place of balance before Saint Dane started monkeying around with things. Due to the existence of Ravinia, Solara has been split into two separate planes of existence. One represents the positive aspects of mankind and is fueled by the hopes of the Exiles. The other, darker, Solara covers the negative aspects and is being empowered by the evil intents of those who joined Ravinia. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_7abd339f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_7abd339f | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_7ef728b1 | type |
Tsundere | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_7ef728b1 | comment |
Tsundere: Aja. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_7ef728b1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_7ef728b1 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_7fbb2a3 | type |
NiceJobBreakingItHero | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_7fbb2a3 | comment |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!: Bobby, frequently. The first screw up was the turning point for Denduron. Tak, while discovered by the rebels, had not been able to be used in huge amounts besides pea-sized amounts for their slingshots. However, due to Bobby bringing his flashlight with him from second earth, had made the rebels find a way to harness more Tak to create a Bomb. One of the more egregious examples is in "The Pilgrims of Rayne" when Bobby decides to trap Saint Dane by blowing up the flume, so neither can leave This particular example has Bobby holding the Idiot Ball as well, since by this point it's been shown that most territories have more than one flume. Why would Rayne be an exception? What makes this even more of a case of holding the Idiot Ball is that Bobby already knows at this point that Ibara is actually Veelox's future. Therefore, he already knows there's at least another flume in the territory: the one in Rubic City. There isn't any indication that the old flume has been destroyed by the time Bobby decides to blow up the Ibara flume. Saint Dane's plans usually consist on inducing several characters into this trope, including the Travelers. In fact, his entire plan depends on Bobby falling into this trope. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_7fbb2a3 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8124e7a6 | type |
Sudden Downer Ending | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8124e7a6 | comment |
Sudden Downer Ending: The Reality Bug was one of the lighter books in the series. Bobby's adventures were almost cartoonish, and it seemed like it would follow the formula that the first three books set up. Then, in the very end, Saint Dane gets his first victory. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8124e7a6 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_816a4e80 | type |
Star Wars (Franchise) | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_816a4e80 | comment |
Service Dado Fourteen is believed to be based on C-3PO, Lt. Commander Data, the various Optimus Primes, Clank, and Kryten 2 X 4 B- 523 P respectively. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_816a4e80 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_816a4e80 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_82accf22 | type |
Gainax Ending | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_82accf22 | comment |
Gainax Ending: A mild example, but the contradictions make it fall under this trope. Though told every person displaced through time and space must stay on the ruined worlds they're currently on and can't go back home, and after most of the Travelers return to Solara, Bobby expresses regret that he won't be able to live a normal life. Uncle Press considers this. Suddenly, a flashback of Bobby's "normal" life plays, where he married Courtney and Mark dies of cancer. Bobby is lying on his deathbed when a strange man in a long coat comes in and gives him a clutter of papers- his old journals. End book. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_82accf22 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_82accf22 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_85b1e741 | type |
Creepy Crossdresser | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_85b1e741 | comment |
Creepy Crossdresser: Saint Dane takes on a female form once or twice. Subverted in Raven Rise, when Bobby thinks that Saint Dane is in the form of the village chief's daughter, who has been trying to seduce him, only to find the shapeshifter to be Saint Dane's female apprentice, Nevva Winter. | |
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-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_85b1e741 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8618825d | type |
Portal Network | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8618825d | comment |
Portal Network: It's right there in the premise: Flumes. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8618825d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8618825d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8618825d | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8774fb47 | type |
Eldritch Abomination | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8774fb47 | comment |
Eldritch Abomination: Bobby sees these in dark Solara during his final battle with Saint Dane. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8774fb47 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8774fb47 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_87b8f581 | type |
Refusal of the Call | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_87b8f581 | comment |
Refusal of the Call: Bobby didn't want to be a Traveler. Elli Winter was supposed to be the Traveler from Quillan, but she turned down the position because she felt she wasn't ready and was currently past the Despair Event Horizon. Kasha refuses longer than everyone else. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_87b8f581 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_87b8f581 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8967e17f | type |
Back from the Dead | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8967e17f | comment |
Back from the Dead: Loor, in an event that baffles Bobby still. Also, every traveler that died over the course of the series comes back in the last chapter of Raven Rise. The ones that were trapped on another territory show up too. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8967e17f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8967e17f | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8a7e27b5 | type |
Stab the Scorpion | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8a7e27b5 | comment |
Stab the Scorpion: After Kasha and Bobby have an argument, she suddenly throws her weapon.. only for it to turn out that she was attacking a tang trying to kill Bobby. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8a7e27b5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8a7e27b5 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8a800d36 | type |
Bilingual Dialogue | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8a800d36 | comment |
Bilingual Dialogue: For a few pages in The Merchant of Death | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8a800d36 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8a800d36 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8a986cc7 | type |
The Great Depression | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8a986cc7 | comment |
The Great Depression: First Earth. Our world, circa 1937, although it's not acknowledged. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8a986cc7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8a986cc7 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8b221a63 | type |
Reed Richards Is Useless | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8b221a63 | comment |
Reed Richards Is Useless: Averted. Saint Dane gleefully pushes forth the march of technology by playing mix-and-match with time and Territories in order to break down the walls between the territories. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8b221a63 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8b221a63 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8c1ad82f | type |
Proud Warrior Race Guy | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8c1ad82f | comment |
Proud Warrior Race Guy: Loor and the other Batu people are like this. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8c1ad82f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8c1ad82f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8c1ad82f | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8ca3832a | type |
Theme Table | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8ca3832a | comment |
Theme Table | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8ca3832a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8ca3832a | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8d23f3a7 | type |
Timey-Wimey Ball | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8d23f3a7 | comment |
Timey-Wimey Ball: A lot of the time travel doesn't really make sense. It's apparently just fine to go back to the 1930s and change things when Saint Dane had also done so, but after they defeat Saint Dane and humanity on Third Earth is still After the End? They can't go back and fix anything. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8d23f3a7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8d23f3a7 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8d718b9e | type |
Bears Are Bad News | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8d718b9e | comment |
Bears Are Bad News: The quigs of Denduron. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8d718b9e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8d718b9e | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8d917edd | type |
"X" Makes Anything Cool | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8d917edd | comment |
"X" Makes Anything Cool: The biggest competition in Quillain's existences is called the Grand X. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8d917edd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8d917edd | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8e0ceaf5 | type |
Finger in the Mail | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8e0ceaf5 | comment |
Finger in the Mail: In Black Water, St. Dane leaves Bobby a bag containing Gunny's severed hand. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8e0ceaf5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8e0ceaf5 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8e971de4 | type |
Tournament Arc | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8e971de4 | comment |
Tournament Arc: The Quillan Games' Grand X. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8e971de4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8e971de4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_8e971de4 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_90c018ac | type |
JustifiedTrope | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_90c018ac | comment |
This is completely justified, at least toward the end of the series. Bobby's use of outdated slang is due to his being away from Second Earth for so long. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_90c018ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_90c018ac | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_92cca75b | type |
Ret-Gone | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_92cca75b | comment |
Ret Gone: The fate of any Traveler. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_92cca75b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_92cca75b | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_93ed8515 | type |
Set Right What Once Went Wrong | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_93ed8515 | comment |
Set Right What Once Went Wrong: Subverted by The Never War. Played straight in the final chapter of The Soldiers of Halla. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_93ed8515 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_93ed8515 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_966b4df0 | type |
Time Police | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_966b4df0 | comment |
Time Police: The Travelers are a variation. They are there to make sure that Saint Dane can't meddle with events on various worlds, some of which are accessible in multiple time periods. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_966b4df0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_966b4df0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_970c790a | comment |
Big Bad: Saint Dane, of course. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_970c790a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_970c790a | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_987be393 | type |
Gambit Roulette | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_987be393 | comment |
Gambit Roulette: Saint Dane's plans. Which makes everyone, but especially Bobby — an Unwitting Pawn. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_987be393 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_987be393 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_993cf18f | type |
Not So Different | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_993cf18f | comment |
Not So Different: This happens a lot. Makes even more sense when you learn about Solara. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_993cf18f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_993cf18f | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_99c49c21 | type |
Villains Blend in Better | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_99c49c21 | comment |
Villains Blend in Better: Saint Dane blends in well. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_99c49c21 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_99c49c21 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_99dfd4fc | type |
Nothing Is the Same Anymore | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_99dfd4fc | comment |
Nothing Is the Same Anymore: At the end of book 4, Saint Dane's victory in Veelox causes the rules of the series to dramatically change. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_99dfd4fc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_99dfd4fc | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9b06e314 | type |
Greater-Scope Villain | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9b06e314 | comment |
Greater-Scope Villain: In The Rivers of Zadaa, Bobby wonders if Saint Dane himself answers to someone else. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9b06e314 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9b06e314 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9b06e314 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9bcd82c0 | type |
Took a Level in Badass | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9bcd82c0 | comment |
Took a Level in Badass: Bobby does this in book 6. Also, Alder by the time book 8 rolls around and Mark, Courtney, Patrick, and Elli in book 10. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9bcd82c0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9bcd82c0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9dd0b0f3 | type |
TheTheTitle | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9dd0b0f3 | comment |
The "The" Title: All of them, except Black Water and Raven Rise. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9dd0b0f3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9dd0b0f3 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9ebd9c33 | type |
UnPerson | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9ebd9c33 | comment |
Un-person: What happens to Bobby, his family and other Travelers when they begin their journeys. In Bobby's case, his records are stricken from any school or government database, his phone number (complete with graffiti) is stricken from the phone book, heck, even Bobby's house is erased from existence, leaving an empty lot where the house once stood. The only records still around are people's memories of the Traveler and their journals. In book 3, it is revealed that travelers have no history, so they can never appear on the Third Earth simulator. This allows Bobby to figure out that Harlow is Saint Dane. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9ebd9c33 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9ebd9c33 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9f00986d | type |
Gut Punch | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9f00986d | comment |
Gut Punch: Saint Dane succeeding in Veelox at the end of book 4, and the collapse of the Eelong flume, killing Kasha and trapping Gunny and Spader at the end of book 5. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9f00986d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_9f00986d | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a2b38d3b | type |
Eye Scream | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a2b38d3b | comment |
Eye Scream: Loque is blinded thanks to a faceful of broken glass. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a2b38d3b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a2b38d3b | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a32a1881 | type |
Supporting Leader | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a32a1881 | comment |
Supporting Leader: Both Mark and Courtney in Soldiers of Halla. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a32a1881 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a32a1881 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a5fb0d24 | type |
Healing Factor | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a5fb0d24 | comment |
Healing Factor: Travelers recover quickly from injuries They can also heal each other from certain death. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a5fb0d24 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a5fb0d24 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a63b885f | type |
Newspaper Dating | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a63b885f | comment |
Newspaper Dating: Used whenever Bobby arrives on First Earth. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a63b885f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a63b885f | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a63f45d5 | type |
Cool Uncle | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a63f45d5 | comment |
Cool Uncle: Uncle Press. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a63f45d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a63f45d5 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a8371e84 | type |
Giving Radio to the Romans | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a8371e84 | comment |
Giving Radio to the Romans: Mark brings his science project to First Earth. It doesn't end well. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a8371e84 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a8371e84 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a9c1bc0c | type |
Bee Afraid | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a9c1bc0c | comment |
Bee Afraid: The quigs of Ibara. And, thus, Veelox. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a9c1bc0c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_a9c1bc0c | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_aa42306e | type |
Totally Radical | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_aa42306e | comment |
Totally Radical: The worst parts of the books is MacHale's desperate attempts to identify with his target audience. Bobby's journal is filled with outdated slang and references to products like 'nintendo'. "major league rash action' is a typical example. This is completely justified, at least toward the end of the series. Bobby's use of outdated slang is due to his being away from Second Earth for so long. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_aa42306e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_aa42306e | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_aa8dcc21 | type |
MegaCorp | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_aa8dcc21 | comment |
Mega-Corp: Blok on Quillan. They are a monopoly in the most extreme of extremes, since they pretty much own and produce everything on Quillan, including art. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_aa8dcc21 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_aa8dcc21 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_ac0f4761 | type |
Future Imperfect | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_ac0f4761 | comment |
Future Imperfect: Third Earth inverts this. As one character put it, they "know everything about everyone and everything they ever did." | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_ac0f4761 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_ac0f4761 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_ac6ea68c | type |
Near-Villain Victory | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_ac6ea68c | comment |
Near-Villain Victory: "It's not over until Saint Dane thinks he's won." | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_ac6ea68c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_ac6ea68c | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_acecb17d | type |
Chekhov's Skill | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_acecb17d | comment |
Chekhov's Skill: In the very first book after Bobby wakes from his coma in agonizing pain he notes that when Osa touches him he feels a lot better. Come book nine we learn that Travelers can actually heal one another. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_acecb17d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_acecb17d | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_ad22fa80 | type |
Apocalyptic Log | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_ad22fa80 | comment |
Apocalyptic Log: Bobby's journals could count as this, as several times through the series he thinks Halla (the entirety of existence) might end and it is all written in his journals. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_ad22fa80 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_ad22fa80 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_ad459d78 | type |
Write Back to the Future | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_ad459d78 | comment |
Write Back to the Future: The setup for The Never War. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_ad459d78 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
The Pendragon Adventure | hasFeature |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_ad459d78 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_ada439c0 | type |
Opt Out | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_ada439c0 | comment |
Opt Out: Bobby makes a failed attempt at the end of The Pilgrims of Rayne. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_ada439c0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_ada439c0 | |
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Badass Grandpa | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_b00d5a3c | comment |
Badass Grandpa: Gunny is more of a Cool Old Guy, but he can still kick ass. Press is rather old and qualifies too. Elli becomes the Grandma equivalent. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_b01abe4f | type |
Catchphrase | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_b01abe4f | comment |
Catch-Phrase: Spader's "Hobey ho." And in later books, Bobby starts saying: "And so we go." Saint Dane often reveals his (first) disguise to Bobby with the phrase, "Welcome to [the territory], Pendragon." | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_b18700f4 | type |
The Future Will Be Better | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_b18700f4 | comment |
The Future Will Be Better: The original version of Third Earth is a very sunny view of a few thousand years from now. It's an idealistic paradise where the humans are entirely happy, all of knowledge and history is easily available, and there's no environmental problems. It becomes much worse once the timeline is changed. | |
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Earth All Along | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_b1e5dde1 | comment |
Earth All Along: A variation for another planet. Ibara is actually Veelox three hundred years down the line. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_b89d9f13 | type |
Assimilation Plot | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_b89d9f13 | comment |
Assimilation Plot: Saint Dane plans to merge all the territories. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_b89d9f13 | |
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Cool Gate | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_bb03c099 | comment |
Cool Gate: The Flumes. | |
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Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_bd2812b5 | comment |
Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: The fate of all the Travelers. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_beb932ca | type |
Big Applesauce | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_beb932ca | comment |
Big Applesauce: New York is a major location for events. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_beb932ca | |
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New Eden | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_bf5cedc3 | comment |
New Eden: Third Earth. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_bf5cedc3 | |
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Immortality | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_bf9ed416 | comment |
Immortality: Of the Resurrective sort. Whenever Saint Dane "dies" he just turns into smoke and reforms elsewhere. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_bf9ed416 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_c2288824 | type |
A Nazi by Any Other Name | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_c2288824 | comment |
A Nazi by Any Other Name: Ravinia. Separating one group of people from others? Check. Claiming that one group is superior and only them deserve rights? Check. Putting the "inferior" people into concentration camps and try to kill them all? Check. The Earth one is a variation because people are separated by "ability" rather than race/ethnicity. In other worlds like Zadaa and Eelong, this is completely played straight. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_c3c18143 | type |
Hope Spot | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_c3c18143 | comment |
Hope Spot: Scarily enough, Saint Dane encourages these moments of apparent victory, just so it will hurt more when he sweeps the rug out from under them. Made even more sadistic when we find out Saint Dane's true motives. By defeating you when you're at the cusp of victory, Saint Dane more easily drives in the notion that your situation is hopeless, destroying your will to take destiny into your own hands. By doing this, he effectively takes away your free will, which in turn makes him even more powerful as he feeds on your subsequent hopelessness and despair. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_c420a553 | type |
We Can Rule Together | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_c420a553 | comment |
We Can Rule Together: Saint Dane's tried this ploy as well. Bobby never gives in. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_c420a553 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_c93a6560 | type |
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_c93a6560 | comment |
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Saint Dane does this to Loor. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_c93a6560 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_cafdaf4e | type |
Trust Password | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_cafdaf4e | comment |
Trust Password: In The Never War Gunny proposes a secret knock to Bobby. Unfortunately the whole scheme is ruined when the bad guys show up and Bobby opens the door anyway, figuring Gunny forgot the secret knock. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_cc1bd54d | type |
Non-Action Guy | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_cc1bd54d | comment |
Non-Action Guy: Patrick doesn't do much of anything, though that's justified considering that his territory is a legitimate utopia. Then Raven Rise happens. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_cc1bd54d | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_cc8b2fd | type |
Ascended Fridge Horror | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_cc8b2fd | comment |
Ascended Fridge Horror: Bobby realizes in one of the later books that Saint Dane can always go back to a Territory where Bobby apparently won, and change things again. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_cd3ebc8e | type |
What Year Is This? | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_cd3ebc8e | comment |
What Year Is This?: Near the beginning of The Quillan Games, Bobby starts asking people on Quillan a lot of questions about the games and Blok and such, which makes them regard him as a crazy person and flee his presence. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_ce68d46b | type |
Next Sunday A.D. | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_ce68d46b | comment |
Next Sunday A.D.: MacHale started writing the series in 2001, but Fanon holds that the Second Earth-based portion of The Merchant of Death is set in late March or early April of 2003. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_cf1b706e | type |
Flat-Earth Atheist | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_cf1b706e | comment |
Flat-Earth Atheist: Kasha initially refuses to believe there are other worlds, or that the gars (humans) can be intelligent, even after meeting Bobby. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_cf1b706e | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_cfdb9e17 | type |
Cerebus Syndrome | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_cfdb9e17 | comment |
Cerebus Syndrome: The series does this as it goes along. The earlier books were very light, and almost cartoonish. But the books that conclude the series are very dark. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_d525f857 | type |
Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_d525f857 | comment |
Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale: Out of the infinite number of habitable planets in the universe, technological civilizations arose on only seven. Six of these civilizations are exclusively human. It is possible, given the nature of Halla, that the people who created the universe did this intentionally, but the topic is unaddressed and no one takes note of it. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_d5a08429 | type |
No-Paper Future | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_d5a08429 | comment |
No-Paper Future: Third Earth prominently features voice-controlled supercomputers with holographic displays. The one real book on display in the New York Library is a copy of Green Eggs and Ham, to serve as a reminder. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_d60bc4a0 | type |
Longing Look | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_d60bc4a0 | comment |
Longing Look | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_d62dd556 | type |
The Chessmaster | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_d62dd556 | comment |
The Chessmaster: Saint Dane, although the actual metaphor used is dominoes. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_d62dd556 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_d8fdf777 | type |
Terminally Dependent Society | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_d8fdf777 | comment |
Terminally Dependent Society: Veelox, to Lifelight. This becomes their ultimate downfall. Even long after Lifelight doesn't work anymore, there were still people obsessed with it, called Flighters. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_d934b1c7 | type |
Small, Secluded World | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_d934b1c7 | comment |
Small, Secluded World: The island of Ibara. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_d934b1c7 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_d93b3103 | type |
Step into the Blinding Fight | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_d93b3103 | comment |
Step into the Blinding Fight: The Blind Master Training occurs in a book of the series. Bobby is blindfolded and asked to feel his trainers' presences. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_d9c4365c | type |
Reset Button | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_d9c4365c | comment |
Reset Button: The ending. When Bobby wishes he could go back and relive his former life rather than disappearing back to Solara, he's seemingly allowed to do so, despite being told everyone had to stay where they were. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_d9ee7048 | type |
Spin-Off | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_d9ee7048 | comment |
Spin-Off: The Morpheus Road trilogy is a spin-off from this series. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_d9ee7048 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_da38c13f | type |
Lamarck Was Right | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_da38c13f | comment |
Lamarck Was Right: In a way, Nevva Winter is some sort of demigoddess. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_da38c13f | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_dae5c997 | type |
Action Girl | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_dae5c997 | comment |
Action Girl: Loor and Kasha. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_dc9b1fe9 | type |
Cue the Sun | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_dc9b1fe9 | comment |
Cue the Sun: An example in Black Water where it has very negative implications. Since gigs are solar powered, the sun's return means the gig fleet can now drop the Cloral poison on Black Water. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_dc9b1fe9 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_deb39de3 | type |
Bad Future | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_deb39de3 | comment |
Bad Future: Some variations of Ravinia-influenced Third Earth. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_df582b0b | type |
Continuity Snarl | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_df582b0b | comment |
Continuity Snarl: Some of the prequels snarl the details of certain Travelers' backstories quite badly. Don't read them if you're the type of person who needs perfect continuity. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_dfbdfc6f | type |
Underwater City | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_dfbdfc6f | comment |
Underwater City: Faar. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_dfcb2c08 | type |
The Evils of Free Will | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_dfcb2c08 | comment |
The Evils of Free Will: Saint Dane's philosophy boils down to this. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_e28f88b8 | type |
Last-Name Basis | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_e28f88b8 | comment |
Last-Name Basis: Except for people who knew him on Second Earth (read: Mark, Courtney, and Press), everyone calls Bobby by his last name. Eventually he just goes with it and introduces himself only as 'Pendragon'. Spader and Siry's father also receive this treatment. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_e294a0be | type |
Our Souls Are Different | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_e294a0be | comment |
Our Souls Are Different: See above. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_e29df5b3 | type |
Hindenburg Incendiary Principle | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_e29df5b3 | comment |
Hindenburg Incendiary Principle: In book 3 Bobby must blow up the Hindenburg or else the US will end up losing WWII. Even knowing the consequences he can't bring himself to do it, so another Traveller does it for him. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_e29df5b3 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_e2d7b14c | type |
Made of Explodium | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_e2d7b14c | comment |
Made of Explodium: Tak — the real turning point of Denduron. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_e2d7b14c | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_e42e91b4 | type |
Godwin's Law | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_e42e91b4 | comment |
Godwin's Law: Inverted in The Never War, when to give Spader an idea of what Hitler was like, Bobby compares him to Saint Dane. Played straight later on, when several characters compare Ravinia's philosophy to that of the Nazis, and its Horizon Compounds are likened to concentration camps. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_e42e91b4 | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_e431c24c | type |
Not Quite Dead | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_e431c24c | comment |
Not Quite Dead: Loque, who appeared to die in The Pilgrims of Rayne, comes back in Raven Rise. Also from Raven Rise: Patrick assumed that Richard died in the fire on Third Earth, but he turned out to be fine. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_e5411cdf | type |
Cult | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_e5411cdf | comment |
Cult: The cover of Raven Rise hints at this. Inside the book...oh wow. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_e5411cdf | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_e5421161 | type |
Expy | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_e5421161 | comment |
Expy: Nancy "Jinx" Olsen is one for Col. Samantha "Sam" Carter. Faar is basically a Cloral version of Atlantis. It is believed that the Security Dados are at least partially inspired by the original Cylon Centurions. Service Dado Fourteen is believed to be based on C-3PO, Lt. Commander Data, the various Optimus Primes, Clank, and Kryten 2 X 4 B- 523 P respectively. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_e5d8460d | type |
Unexplained Recovery | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_e5d8460d | comment |
Unexplained Recovery: Loor at the end of book 6. Justified in book 10 when it is revealed that the Travelers can't die. | |
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The Pendragon Adventure / int_e70127 | type |
The Mole | |
The Pendragon Adventure / int_e70127 | comment |
The Mole: Nevva Winter, The Quillan Games. | |
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Merged Reality: What the Turning Points are all about. Bobby wants each Territory to go forth on its own, but Saint Dane also wants to make (what in his opinion is) a better world through something called The Convergence. | |
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Rousseau Was Right | |
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Rousseau Was Right: Solara, the spirit of mankind formed by the existence of sentience, is usually good in nature. In order for Saint Dane's Evil Plan to fully work, he needs to change the nature of humanity itself. | |
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Atlantis | |
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Atlantis: Both The Lost City of Faar and Black Water feature lost cities. Both of these happen to be in their titles. | |
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Infallible Narrator | |
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Infallible Narrator: Bobby. Made especially glaring because writing the story down was one of the major plot points, and we're supposed to believe that in many cases he had hand-written a well planned out eloquent narrative in a single night. Later insight into the nature of Travelers explains this to a degree. In the last book, he notes that he has perfect recall of every moment of his life. | |
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Redemption Equals Death | |
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Redemption Equals Death: Nevva. She made sure that the Exiles survived for the most part, and told Bobby and Elli the secret to defeating Saint Dane. What does she get in return? She gets scattergunned in the back and is denied access to Solara after death. She also said she could not be saved because Dark Solara gave her existence and she had betrayed it. So why couldn't she rejoin Light Solara? There is a happy note to this: when all world's histories returned to normal without St. Dane and the flumes, Nevva never turned evil, she would've helped Mr. Pop defeat Blok in this timeline, and maybe she and Elli reunited. | |
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Platonic Declaration of Love | |
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Platonic Declaration of Love: Two in The Pilgrims of Rayne: Between Courtney and Mark, as she's preparing to shoot him for the good of the timeline. From Bobby to his friends, as he's writing them for what he believes to be the last time. | |
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Human Aliens | |
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Human Aliens: On all the other worlds. Flora and non-human fauna tends to be different from world to world, however. | |
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Human Pet | |
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Human Pet: Several klee have them. | |
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Artistic License – Physics | |
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Artistic License – Physics: Supposedly, Cloral in The Lost City of Faar is an earth-like planet with earth-like gravity, pressure, atmosphere, etc. The one difference is that it's a water world. Bobby and Uncle Press arrived in a cave in a coral reef 20 meters (the book says 60 feet) underwater. The problem is that the air pressure inside the cave would have to be at least three atmospheres. To be precise, the air pressure would have to be the water pressure at the depth of the water surface inside the cave. Apparently, on Cloral, they create solid (room-temperature) material from water, material that can be used to make things. (Of course, they're not referring to ice.) | |
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Well-Intentioned Extremist: Saint Dane was this in his mind... until his Moral Event Horizon. | |
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