History FanFic / TheLifeAndTimesOfTheFantasmicFour

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: The photo Arnold returns to Phoebe.
** Just before she leaves for North Carolina, Phoebe [[spoiler: breaks the head off the toy ''Ornithomimus'' Arnold gave her]].

This story is not set in the same continuity as ''FanFic/PopularMechanicsForLovers'', which also uses the term 'The Fantasmic Four'. However, ''FanFic/TheBestChrismukkahEver'' was subsequently written as a prequel to ''FanFic/TheLifeAndTimesOfTheFantasmicFour'', explaining a number of {{Noodle Incident}}s from this story.

* InsistentTerminology: If a girl punches another girl, it ''will'' be described as "X frogged Y."

* NoodleIncident: Arnold and Phoebe losing their virginity to each other, and Arnold giving Phoebe a toy ''Ornithomimus''.

* TallDarkAndSnarky: Carlos.

* FreudWasRight: {{Invoked}} in-universe. On PromNight (in a CallBack to "Goes Cellular") Wanda decides that the post break-up tension between Phoebe and Arnold was caused by them not having "break-up sex", failing to grasp the subtleties of two people splitting up for no real reason when they're still in love with each other. Turns out [[{{JerkassHasAPoint}} she has a point...]]

* PromNight: Occurs about halfway through the story and is the plot's first major climax.

* OnlySaneMan: At one point, Phoebe (still holding the IdiotBall) becomes upset when Arnold [[spoiler: sends Ralphie and Carlos to return a photograph of Arnold and Phoebe in fourth grade that he slept with under his pillow during their relationship]]. It seems that he means this as a sign that he has accepted her insistence that they get over each other (although he tells her he will love her forever), but it breaks her heart again and she seeks comfort from D.A. The latter sees Arnold's actions as shabby, manipulative and cowardly, and such treatment of Phoebe pushes her BerserkButton. Her first reaction is to yell at Carlos about it, and then announces she's going to talk to Arnold, telling her boyfriend to wait where he is for her.
--> He [Carlos] sat back and watched the movie. "Yeah, I'm not gonna witness that massacre."
** She goes completely mad at Arnold, leaving Keesha (who can see both sides of the argument) as the OnlySaneMan (Wanda is exempt because, as she would cheerfully admit, she was born holding the IdiotBall).

--> "You're doing the realistic thing," D.A. said. "Doesn't mean it's right."

* HilariousInHindsight: When D.A. is leaving for New York, she tells Phoebe she will find someone better than Arnold. Not only does D.A. invite Arnold to her wedding, but [[spoiler: he gets back together with Phoebe there]].

* CallBack: To the episodes "Goes Cellular", "All Dried Up", "Gets All Wet" and "The Busasaurus".

* CallBack: To the episodes "Inside Arnold", "All Dried Up", "Gets All Wet" and "The Busasaurus".

* FreudWasRight: {{Invoked}} in-universe. On PromNight (in a CallBack to "Inside Arnold") Wanda decides that the post break-up tension between Phoebe and Arnold was caused by them not having "break-up sex", failing to grasp the subtleties of two people splitting up for no real reason when they're still in love with each other. Turns out [[{{JerkassHasAPoint}} she has a point...]]

* IdiotBall: Phoebe cradles it for several years. In chapter eight, Keesha successfully proves that "sex makes Wanda stupid".

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: The photo Arnold returns to Phoebe. Just before she leaves for North Carolina, Phoebe breaks the head off the toy ''Ornithomimus'' Arnold gave her.

* She goes completely mad at Arnold, leaving Keesha (who can see both sides of the argument) as the OnlySaneMan (Wanda is exempt because, as she would cheerfully admit, she was born holding the IdiotBall).

* MoodWhiplash: Between the lighthearted bits with lots of drink, sex, {{ClusterFBomb}}s, LampshadeHanging and PlayedForLaughs stupidity/violence and the angsty bits about relationship breakdown.

She goes completely mad at Arnold, leaving Keesha (who can see both sides of the argument) as the OnlySaneMan (Wanda is exempt because, as she would cheerfully admit, she was born holding the IdiotBall).

* CallBack: To the episodes "Inside Arnold" and "The Busasaurus".

* OnlySaneMan: At one point, Phoebe (still holding the IdiotBall) becomes upset when Arnold [[spoiler: sends Ralphie and Carlos to return a photograph of Arnold and Phoebe in fourth grade that he slept with under his pillow during their relationship]]. It seems that he means this as a sign that he has accepted her insistence that they get over each other (although he tells her he will love her forever), but it breaks her heart again and she seeks comfort from D.A. The latter sees Arnold's actions as shabby, manipulative and cowardly, and such treatment of Phoebe pushes her BerserkButton. Her first reaction is to yell at Carlos about it:
-->"You're mad about something," Carlos said.\\
"No, I'm not," Dorothy Ann lied. She and Carlos were sitting in her living room watching a movie, a couple of days after the girls got back from their road trip, his arm around her shoulders. He could feel she was tense.\\
"D.A., I know you, and in knowing you, I know when you're mad, seeing as I've been on the receiving end more times than I can count."\\
"It's your ''loving and caring friend'', Arnold," she spat.\\
Carlos rubbed his temples. "Can we not talk about him...or Phoebe, for that matter?"\\
"Why did Arnold have you and Ralphie take Phoebe that letter?" she demanded, moving out of his hold.\\
"How'd you know-"\\
"Girls talk, Carlos," she snapped.\\
"Look, D.A., it's different for guys. We can't face angry girls."\\
"You're facing one right now."\\
He gulped. "Good point."\\
"So, I want to know."\\
He shrugged. "Guys don't tell other guys the matters of 'why' when it comes to shit like that. We'd get kicked in the nuts." Dorothy Ann got up and headed into the kitchen towards the garage. "Where're you going?"\\
She grabbed her keys and wallet. "Arnold's. I'll be back in a few." She went in the garage, and Carlos heard her engine start.\\
He sat back and watched the movie. "Yeah, I'm not gonna witness that massacre."
* Then she goes completely mad at Arnold, leaving Keesha (who can see both sides of the argument) as the OnlySaneMan (Wanda is exempt because, as she would cheerfully admit, she was born holding the IdiotBall).

Then she goes completely mad at Arnold, leaving Keesha as the OnlySaneMan (Wanda is exempt because, as she would cheerfully admit, she was born holding the IdiotBall).

* FreudWasRight: On PromNight (in a CallBack to "Inside Arnold") Wanda decides that the post break-up tension between Phoebe and Arnold was caused by them not having "break-up sex", failing to grasp the subtleties of two people splitting up for no real reason when they're still in love with each other. Turns out [[{{JerkassHasAPoint}} she has a point...]]

* EvenTheWomenWantHer: D.A.

* IdiotBall: Phoebe cradles it for four years.

* NoodleIncident: Arnold and Phoebe losing their virginity to each other, and Arnold giving Phoebe a toy dinosaur.

* TallDarkAndSnarky: Carlos.

"It's your loving and caring friend, Arnold," she spat.\\

* BatmanGambit: A rival for Arnold's affections, Mitzi, does this to [[spoiler: break up Arnold and Phoebe]]. Although she succeeds, she doesn't win his heart.

* ScrapbookStory.

* FramingNarrative: In the prologue Phoebe, having just finished college, picks up her copy of the Fantasmic Four's scrapbook and begins to read. In the epilogue, she puts it down and it's revealed that [[spoiler: she and Arnold are back together and she's pregnant]].

* FrameNarrative: In the prologue Phoebe, having just finished college, picks up her copy of the Fantasmic Four's scrapbook and begins to read. In the epilogue, she puts it down and it's revealed that [[spoiler: she and Arnold are back together and she's pregnant]].

* NoodleIncident: Arnold and Phoebe losing their virginity to each other, and Arnold giving Phoebe a toy dinosaur.

This story is not set in the same continuity as ''FanFic/PopularMechanicsForLovers'', which also uses the term 'The Fantasmic Four'. However, ''FanFic/TheBestChrismukkahEver'' was subsequently written as a prequel to ''FanFic/TheLifeAndTimesOfTheFantasmicFour'', explaining a number of {{NoodleIncident}}s from this story.

* CallBack: To the episode "Inside Arnold".

* IdiotBall: Phoebe cradles it for four years.

This story is not set in the same continuity as ''FanFic/PopularMechanicsForLovers'', which also uses the term 'The Fantasmic Four'. However, ''FanFic/TheBestChrismukkahEver'' was subsequently written as a prequel to ''FanFic/TheLifeAndTimesOfTheFantasmicFour'', explaining a number of NoodleIncidents from this story.