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* UnadoptableOrphan: In ''The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict'', Nicholas is 9 years old and still not adopted. This is down to a combination of two factors. The first is that he is an InsufferableGenius and doesn't try to hide it, an undesirable quality in a society that very much feels that children should be seen and not heard. Most adults also innately disregard his intelligence, not wanting to believe he could be smarter than him, even though he most likely is. The second is that he suffers from narcolepsy as well as fits of [[SleepParalysisCreature sleep paralysis]], so generally anyone that might even be prepared to adopt him is immediately put off once they learn of this.
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* SensorCharacter: Beginning with the second book, ''The Perilous Journey'', Constance can usually sense other people's presence or when someone is coming and can usually figure out ''who'' it is as well. This saves the Society's bacon more than once when she detects the presence of the villainous Mr. Curtain's agents, the Ten Men. She's not sure how she does it, though she says it may have to do with what Mr. Benedict told her about her being good at recognizing patterns.
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* StepfordSmiler: In the show, they put on a FauxAffablyEvil persona that isn't very convincing, and simply creeps out our heroes.
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* FinishingEachOthersSentences: Apart from dressing identically, they also do this, making them seem like a single entity rather than two separate individuals.
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* AmbiguousSituation: In both the books and the show, it isn't explicitly stated what they have going on. Are they siblings? Are they dating? Are they best friends? The show casts actors who bear a heavy resemblance to each other -- they are both pale-skinned white people with dark hair. And they dress identically, making them seem like twins. But then they start saying sweet, romantic-sounding stuff to each other, resulting in Mr. Benedict and Number Two looking at each other in confusion.
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* AmbiguousSituation: In both the books and the show, it isn't whatever these two have going on is never explicitly stated what they have going on.confirmed. Are they siblings? Are they dating? Are they best friends? The show casts actors who bear a heavy resemblance to each other -- they are both pale-skinned white people with dark hair. And they dress identically, making them seem like twins. But then they start saying sweet, romantic-sounding stuff to each other, resulting which results in Mr. Benedict and Number Two looking at each other in confusion.
-->''The children had never determined if [Jackson and Jillson] were brother and sister, boyfriend and girlfriend, or simply partners in crime. They didn’t even know them by names other than Jackson and Jillson—-which could have been first names, last names, or nicknames.''
-->''The children had never determined if [Jackson and Jillson] were brother and sister, boyfriend and girlfriend, or simply partners in crime. They didn’t even know them by names other than Jackson and Jillson—-which could have been first names, last names, or nicknames.''
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* AmbiguousSituation: In both the books and the show, it isn't explicitly stated what they have going on. Are they siblings? Are they dating? Are they best friends? The show casts actors who bear a heavy resemblance to each other -- they are both pale-skinned white people with dark hair. And they dress identically, making them seem like twins. But then they start saying sweet, romantic-sounding stuff to each other, resulting in Mr. Benedict and Number Two looking at each other in confusion.
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** [[spoiler:In the series, it's revealed that "Number Two" actually is her real name, and her mother addresses her as "Number."
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** [[spoiler:In the series, it's revealed that "Number Two" actually is her real name, and her mother addresses her as "Number."
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* RaceLift: Although Reynie's race isn't explicitly stated in the books, he is described as pale and all the illustrations depict him as white. In the show, however, he is played by the mixed-race (Chinese and white) Mystic Inscho, who also has a noticeably tan complexion.
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** [[spoiler:In the series, it's revealed that "Number Two" actually is her real name, and her mother addresses her as "Number."
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* ActingYourIntellectualAge: Averted. [[spoiler: Constance is a genius for her age, being able to articulate, read, write and grasp concepts on the same level as the rest of the Society that are around ten years older than her, but emotionally, her attitude and personality is appropriate for a kid her age: stubborn (since toddler-age is the time most children first form hard opinions), immature, and prone to pushing the buttons of the other members]]. This disconnect is discussed in ''The Perilous Journey''.
--->''She might be [[spoiler: a budding genius, but her emotions were still as complicated and ungovernable as those of any child her age]]. So while on the one hand Constance wanted to be pleasant, courteous and helpful, on the other she was inclined to be argumentative and grumpy, and indeed this was the sort of behavior that came most naturally to her.''
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* ChildrenAsPawns: This is pretty much his modus operandi. He views children as nothing more than tools that he can use to broadcast the messages of his Whisperer, or serve as his Executives. Any children that try to act against him he claims to regard as gnats who can't do anything real against him though secretly he's scared.
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* TheOneWithAPersonalLife: Unlike Number Two, Rhonda is shown having a life outside of her work for Benedict, once going to vandalize pro-[[MindControl Emergency]] billboards in the city. It cause a lot of tension between both, until they both go vacationing together at the end.
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* {{Omniglot}}: Sticky is able to ''read'' numerous languages, but has trouble actually speaking anything besides English. In ''The Perilous Journey'', the group encounters a man that they need to ask how to get to the train station, who speaks Portuguese. Sticky hands him a note written in Portuguese, only for them to discover that he can't read and doesn't speak English. Reynie, however, speaks rudimentary Spanish and as the man does too, this is enough to get them what they need.
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* {{Omniglot}}: Like Sticky, he is able to pick up on languages from reading them in books and from context clues. In the prequel book, ''The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict'', he meets a girl and comes to the realization that she is deaf. When he meets her the next day, he communicates with her using sign language learned from a book he read the night before. She is astonished and is sure he is somehow pranking her until she realizes that as the conversation continues he is fluently using signs that wouldn't be in any book because they're personal signs she normally uses only with her own family.
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** [[AgeLift She appears to be older]] in the show, presumably due to the impracticalities of casting [[spoiler: an actual 3 year old]].3-year-old]].
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The illustrations in companion material for the books depict Mr. Benedict as having messy gray hair, perma-stubble and nicks on his face due to poor shaving because of his sleeping fits, a lumpy nose and unattractive asymmetrical glasses that seem to be designed to fit properly on the unusual nose. All of this is a fair match for the way the character is described in the text of the books. The TV character has none of these things and Tony Hale is himself reasonably attractive.
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* IgnorantMinion: For most of the series, S.Q. is aware that Curtain doesn’t actually have the world’s best interests at heart.
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*EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Surprisingly, S.Q. is this to Curtain.
*IgnorantMinion: For most of the series, S.Q. is aware that Curtain doesn’t actually have the world’s best interests at heart.
*MyMasterRightOrWrong: When he does become aware of the extent of Curtain’s wickedness, he still refuses to abandon him.
*ObliviouslyEvil: Goes with being an IgnorantMinion.
*SympathyForTheHero: Always tries his best to be nice to the Society members even though he knows he’s not supposed to. Especially prevalent in Prisoner’s Dilemma.
*TokenGoodTeammate: The only person working for Curtain who is genuinely kind-hearted.
