History Fanfic / Cinderjuice

* WomanInWhite: Thanks to a gift from the Fairy Godfather, Lydia gets to be this.

The [[{{sequel}} second story]], ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11781446/1/ The Bug Princess]]'' ([[http://archiveofourown.org/chapters/13719711?show_comments=true&view_full_work=false#comment_52125526 alternate link]]), is loosely based on ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog.'' It takes place about [[TimeSkip four years later]] when Lydia is a senior in college. She and BJ take a trip to New Orleans for spring break, where they encounter a whole new kind of magically induced chaos. Thanks to a well-meaning medium, something foul is unleashed on the city, and BJ's worst nightmare comes true.

Set during and slightly after the last few chapters of ''The Bug Princess'' is the one-shot {{interquel}} story ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11851924/1/ Meteor Shower]]'' ([[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6309487 alternate link]]). This shows the events of those chapters from the point of view of Prince Vince, and features the brief return of the Fairy Godfather.

The third full-length story, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11880198/1/Sleeping-Beetle Sleeping Beetle]]'' ([[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6464482/chapters/14795740 alternate link]]), takes its cues from ''Disney/SleepingBeauty''. Lydia's career gets a major break when a magazine hires her to do an on-location photo essay of a haunted castle in Romania. But when the resident horror tries to take the Ghost With the Most out of the picture, it'll take all her mortal wits to save them both. And the Fairy Godfather knows something important that he's not been sharing so far.

The fourth story, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12109557/1/Bug-Princess-and-the-Seven-Months Bug Princess and the Seven Months]]'' ([[http://archiveofourown.org/works/7813744 alternate link]]), is partially inspired by ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''. After the revelation at the end of the previous story, Lydia settles down to wait. But when she succumbs to the power of an apple (no, really), it's up to the supporting cast to find out what's happened and put things right... because without his mortal morality chain to hold him back, BJ is more dangerous than they realized.

The fifth and (presumably) final story in the series will be related to ''Disney/{{Tangled}}''.

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* AltumVidetur: Beetlejuice refers to Prince Vince as "''Il Principe''" in one chapter, for no particular reason.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Since Beetlejuice doesn't have magic, he has to resort to this when Scuzzo gets in his way.

* MythologyGag: Mixed with a bit of LeaningOnTheFourthWall. When Lydia is compared to a Franchise/DisneyPrincess, she replies that must make BJ something from a Creator/TimBurton film.

** It's also an IncrediblyLamePun, since it means [[spoiler:the kid's name is Bug Juice]]. [[note]]For those unfamiliar with the term, 'bug juice' is a blanket name for any sort of fruit punch or other non-alcoholic juice drink served to children on camping trips in the United States.[[/note]]

* TryToFitTHATOnABusinessCard: During the ball, several people end up having numerous titles announced upon their arrival. These include:
** Benefactor of the Neitherworld, His Eminence, the Fairy Godfather
** Their Dismal Graces, Lord Milo and Lady Anahita of the Royal House of the Neitherworld, the children of the late lamented Duke Luke of the Dismal Desert
** Her Benighted Highness, Lilura of the Royal House of the Neitherworld, Countess of the Eastern Wastes, arch-mage of the Seventh-and-a-Half Circle, daughter of the late lamented Marquis Gustaf, Keeper of the Keys of Falmarch
** Her Ladyship, Lydia, [[spoiler:Princess of Beetles of the Royal House of the Neitherworld]], Cutest Mortal to Visit the Afterlife, She Who Holds the Leash, [[spoiler:Avatar of Life]]
** Beetlejuice, self-proclaimed Ghost With the Most, Most Hated Person in the Neitherworld, the Tethered, [[spoiler:Avatar of Death]]

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: BJ's Outerworld exterminator business is called Beetleman's Bug Bouncers.

* ForcedSleep: Courtesy of an enchanted spinning wheel spindle, just like SleepingBeauty encountered.

* [[ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest It May Help Me On My Quest]]: After [[spoiler:using Beetlejuice's powers to transform a door into a jar]], Lydia picks it up and takes it with her, observing that it's pretty much guaranteed to come in handy later. [[GenreSavvy She's right, of course.]]

* PimpedOutDress: Lydia designs her own, complete with OperaGloves, for the senior prom; it's very accurately depicted in the page image.

The "Contractually Obligated Chaos" series is the work of @/LadyNorbert, and is a series of fanfics based on the ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' cartoon, utilizing FairyTaleMotifs inspired by assorted {{Disney}} films. They each take way more than thirty minutes (with commercial breaks).

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The chapter titles in each full-length story are quotes - or, in ''Cinderjuice'', twisted versions thereof - from the {{Disney}} animated film which helped inspire the plot.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent[=/=]OddballInTheSeries: This installment of the series is different from the others in almost every respect. It has one single point of view (that of Prince Vince); it's a one-shot; and the IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming comes from the song of the same name by Music/OwlCity rather than from a {{Disney}} fairy tale.

* AnachronismStew: Kinda. Things like ''Film/CorpseBride'' and {{Tumblr}} didn't exist in the time period when the show was in syndication, nor in the years immediately following, which is when these stories would theoretically be set. The 'timeless' nature of the series, however, allows for a massive TimeSkip to bring it into the 21st century.

* DirectLineToTheAuthor[=/=]RecursiveCanon: These two somewhat overlap repeatedly throughout the series, as Prince Vince makes use of his {{Tumblr}} account to not only follow the author and keep tabs on the heroes through chapter updates, but also to occasionally badger her about the story. This is explicitly stated to be the reason that ''Meteor Shower'' exists at all.

** {{Tumblr}}, as noted below.

* {{Tumblr}}: Referenced, along with {{shipping}} culture, by Prince Vince. He's a dedicated user of the site. Its use as a source of exposition and information is a RunningGag throughout the series.
** CreatorInJoke: Since the prince remarks that he's aware of the changes to the situation every time the story updates, the implication is that he's one of Lady Norbert's followers.
*** RecursiveCanon: As of close to the conclusion of ''The Bug Princess'', there actually ''is'' [[http://princevinceoftheneitherworld.tumblr.com a Prince Vince Tumblr]] following her, which sometimes comments on the new chapters as they're posted.

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: As explained in the author's notes, Prince Vince bypassed the fourth wall and nagged Lady Norbert into doing this. See the Trivia page for details.

* WackyCravings: Played with. BJ is convinced that sooner or later Lydia is going to want to eat some bugs, so he keeps offering.

* PowersThatBe: This is who appears to be responsible for TheProphecy, and possibly the plot too.

* VerbingNouny

** Their Dismal Graces, Lord Milo and Lady Anahita of the Royal House of the Neitherworld, the children of the late lamented Duke Luke of the Disoriented Desert

* BlandNameProduct: BJ guesses that Prince Vince orders his supply of Pocky through [[Creator/{{Amazon}} Scamazon dot com]], noting that "those drones deliver anywhere."

* TryFittingTHATOnABusinessCard: During the ball, several people end up having numerous titles announced upon their arrival. These include:

* TryFittingThatOnABusinessCard: During the ball, several people end up having numerous titles announced upon their arrival. These include:

* TheProphecy: Starting in ''Meteor Shower'', the Fairy Godfather begins to drop hints of the existence of one of these. It gets more clearly explained in ''Sleeping Beetle,'' then still more in the fourth full volume.

* ThemeNaming: The entire Juice family is named after insects: Beetlejuice, Bee Juice, Gnat Juice, and Dobsonfly (Donny) Juice.

Two further volumes are also being planned; the fourth will be partially inspired by ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' and the fifth will be related to ''Disney/{{Tangled}}''.

* TemptingApple: As a ''Snow White'' analogue, this is pretty much a given.