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* HeroesWantRedheads: Eilonwy, Mickle, Joy-in-the-Dance, and Diahan are all redheaded {{action girl}}s found attractive by the male leads in their respective stories (Prydain, Westmark, Arkadians, and Time Cat respectively).
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* GrumpyOldMan: There's no shortage of elderly men with a less-than-sunny disposition in Alexander's works. Some, like Dallben in the Prydain chronicles, are treated with dignity... others, like the Grumpy Old Bird Garuda from ''The Iron Ring'', are more played for laughs. Expect lots of complaining and

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* GrumpyOldMan: There's no shortage of elderly men with a less-than-sunny disposition in Alexander's works. Some, like Dallben in the Prydain chronicles, are treated with dignity... others, like the Grumpy Old Bird Garuda from ''The Iron Ring'', are more played for laughs. Expect lots of complaining about aches and pains.

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* GrumpyOldMan: There's no shortage of elderly men with a less-than-sunny disposition in Alexander's works. Some, like Dallben in the Prydain chronicles, are treated with dignity... others, like the Grumpy Old Bird Garuda from ''The Iron Ring'', are more played for laughs. Expect lots of complaining and



* KnowNothingKnowItAll: There are a few side characters like this in the books; usually they're older than the protagonist and fancy themselves wiser and more knowledgeable, but on the inevitable journey they tend to be more TheLoad than anything else. While frequently played for laughs, though, they are never without redeeming qualities and usually get a bit more sense as the story progresses.



* RoyalWe: In ''he Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian'', princess Isabel speaks like this.

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* RoyalWe: In ''he ''The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian'', princess Isabel speaks like this.
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* {{Expy}}: Unbeknownst to most fans, Eilonwy from the Prydain cycle appears to be based on Princess Diahan from ''Time Cat''. Just like Eilonwy, Diahan has red hair and a fiery temper, is something of a {{Cuckoosnarker}}, [[DoesNotLikeShoes goes around in sandals]], stamps her foot when she's angry with something, and refuses to speak to the main character (with whom she shares considerable ShipTease) when he does something disagreeble... except to remind him, several times, that she's not speaking to him.

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* {{Expy}}: Unbeknownst to most fans, Eilonwy from the Prydain cycle appears to be based on Princess Diahan from ''Time Cat''. Just like Eilonwy, Diahan has red hair and a fiery temper, is something of a {{Cuckoosnarker}}, [[DoesNotLikeShoes [[PrefersGoingBarefoot goes around in sandals]], stamps her foot when she's angry with something, and refuses to speak to the main character (with whom she shares considerable ShipTease) when he does something disagreeble... except to remind him, several times, that she's not speaking to him.
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* CatsAreMean: Averted without fail. Any cat that shows up in a Lloyd Alexander book is going to be portrayed in a positive light, and will be either one of the protagonists of the story or ultimately end upon the side of the protagonist.

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* CatsAreMean: Averted without fail. Any cat that shows up in a Lloyd Alexander book is going to be portrayed in a positive light, and will be either one of the protagonists of the story or ultimately end upon up on the side of the protagonist.



** All the stories in the short-story collection ''The Town Cats And Other Tales'' star heroic and helpful cats (several of whom are pitted against foolish, JerkAss humans and come out on top).

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** All the stories in the short-story collection ''The Town Cats And Other Tales'' star heroic and helpful cats (several of whom are pitted against foolish, JerkAss humans and come out on top). Even the one cat who's portrayed as a bit of a screw-up has nothing but the best intentions and mainly keeps failing because his loving, but misguided owners keep talking him into trying jobs that cats aren't suited for, like baking and weaving.



* WarIsHell: A very common theme in the books. While you do get a few characters who go on about glory in battle, and fighting is sometimes portrayed as a necessary, many a young Alexander protagonist discovers too late that war is ''not'' great or glorious.

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* WarIsHell: A very common theme in the books. While you do get a few characters who go on about glory in battle, and fighting is sometimes portrayed as a necessary, necessary evil, many a young Alexander protagonist discovers too late that war is ''not'' great or glorious.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Most of the books, though ''The IronRing'' stands out.

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!!Works by Lloyd Alexander with their own trope page include:

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!!Works by Lloyd Alexander with their own trope page include:!!Alexander's list of works:



* ''Literature/TheIronRing''
* ''Literature/TheArkadians''
* ''Literature/{{Vesper Holly}}'' series
* ''Literature/TheRopeTrick''
* ''Literature/TheCatWhoWishedToBeAMan''
* ''Literature/GypsyRizka''
* ''Literature/TheFortuneTellers''
* ''Literature/TheFirstTwoLivesOfLukasKasha''
* ''Literature/TheWizardInTheTree''
* ''Literature/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfSebastian''
* ''Literature/TheGawgonAndTheBoy''
* ''Literature/TheTownCatsAndOtherStories''



!!Other works by Lloyd Alexander provide examples of:

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%%* TheGoodChancellor



** In Literature/TheRemarkableJourneyOfPrinceJen, it's implied that Prince Jen's father doesn't do much, at least partially because his corrupt chancellors perpetually keep him oblivious. Prince Jen is growing up to be the same, but when the wise man, Master Wu, enters the royal court (and evades guards who want to punish him for such a brazen act) and tells him of a utopian kingdom ruled by the wise Yuan-Ming, Jen and his father agree that Jen must go there, learn from him, and become this trope.

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** In Literature/TheRemarkableJourneyOfPrinceJen, ''Literature/TheRemarkableJourneyOfPrinceJen'', it's implied that Prince Jen's father doesn't do much, at least partially because his corrupt chancellors perpetually keep him oblivious. Prince Jen is growing up to be the same, but when the wise man, Master Wu, enters the royal court (and evades guards who want to punish him for such a brazen act) and tells him of a utopian kingdom ruled by the wise Yuan-Ming, Jen and his father agree that Jen must go there, learn from him, and become this trope.



* TheGoodChancellor
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* ActionGirl: A staple of Alexander's writing. Most of his female protagoinists fall under this trope in some way or another; even the ones who don't show much prowess of the battlefield tend to be {{Plucky Girl}}s with more wits and courage than most of the male characters.

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* ActionGirl: A staple of Alexander's writing. Most of his female protagoinists protagonists fall under this trope in some way or another; even the ones who don't show much prowess of the battlefield tend to be {{Plucky Girl}}s with more wits and courage than most of the male characters.
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* {{Expy}}: Unbeknownst to most fans, Eilonwy from the Prydain cycle appears to be based on Princess Diahan from ''Time Cat''. Just like Eilonwy, Diahan has red hair and a fiery temper, [[DoesNotLikeShoes goes around in sandals]], stamps her foot when she's angry with something, and refuses to speak to the main character when he does something disagreeble... except to remind him, several times, that she's not speaking to him.

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* {{Expy}}: Unbeknownst to most fans, Eilonwy from the Prydain cycle appears to be based on Princess Diahan from ''Time Cat''. Just like Eilonwy, Diahan has red hair and a fiery temper, is something of a {{Cuckoosnarker}}, [[DoesNotLikeShoes goes around in sandals]], stamps her foot when she's angry with something, and refuses to speak to the main character (with whom she shares considerable ShipTease) when he does something disagreeble... except to remind him, several times, that she's not speaking to him.
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* {{Expy}}: Unbeknownst to most fans, Eilonwy from the Prydain cycle appears to be based on Princess Diahan from ''Time Cat''. Just like Eilonwy, Diahan has red hair and a fiery temper, [[DoesNotLikeShoes goes around in sandals]], stamps her foot when she's angry with something, and refuses to speak to the main character when he does something disagreeble... except to remind him, several times, that she's not speaking to him.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Eilonwy, Mickle, Joy-in-the-Dance, and Diahan are all redheaded {{action girl}}s found attractive by the male leads in their respective stories (Prydain, Westmark, Arkadians, and Time Cat respectively).
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* RoyalWe: In ''he Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian'', princess Isabel speaks like this.
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