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* When they first arrive in the underground kingdom, Puddleglum is excited when he sees how depressed the Earthmen look... Because if this can't make him more serious, nothing will.
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I know Puddleglum is the direct inverse of the linked trope, but that is SUCH a pollyannish thing to say.
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* And his attempt to cheer everyone up when they all think they're going to die:
--> '''Rilian:''' Courage, friends. Whether we live or die Aslan will be our good lord.
--> '''Puddleglum:''' That's right, Sir. And you must always remember there's one good thing about being trapped down here: [[ThePollyanna it'll save funeral expenses]].
--> '''Rilian:''' Courage, friends. Whether we live or die Aslan will be our good lord.
--> '''Puddleglum:''' That's right, Sir. And you must always remember there's one good thing about being trapped down here: [[ThePollyanna it'll save funeral expenses]].
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* When trying to comfort Jill about being underground, Puddleglum tells her there is one good thing about it: you don't get any rain.
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* Aslan gives Jill a test of courage when she first arrives, but to the reader, it seems like he's pretty much just being a {{Troll}}.
-->'''Jill:''' Do you eat girls?
--> '''Aslan:''' I have swallowed up girls and boys, women and men, kings and emperors, cities and realms.
-->'''Jill:''' Do you eat girls?
--> '''Aslan:''' I have swallowed up girls and boys, women and men, kings and emperors, cities and realms.
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* The Head of the school being so useless she goes into politics, and becomes successful at it.
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* The Head of the school being so useless she goes into politics, and becomes successful at it.
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* The bullies of Experiment House encounter {{Bully Hunter}}s: ''"Murderers! Fascists! Lions! It isn't '''fair!"'''''
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* The bullies of Experiment House encounter {{Bully Hunter}}s: ''"Murderers! Fascists! Lions! It isn't '''fair!"''''''''fair!"'''''
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* When Puddleglum breaks the Lady's fire-based MindControl spell by grinding out the flames with his foot:
-->"For though the whole fire had not been put out, a good bit of it had, and what remained smelled very largely of burnt Marshwiggle, which is not at all an enchanting smell."
* Puddleglum is briefly shocked out of his morose attitude when Jill [[ShutUpKiss kisses him goodbye]]. After she and Eustace have left to travel back to their own world, Puddleglum [[DeadpanSnarker wryly]] utters one of the most positive remarks he's made in the entire book: "I would never have dreamed of her doing that. Even though I ''am'' a good-looking chap."
-->"For though the whole fire had not been put out, a good bit of it had, and what remained smelled very largely of burnt Marshwiggle, which is not at all an enchanting smell."
* Puddleglum is briefly shocked out of his morose attitude when Jill [[ShutUpKiss kisses him goodbye]]. After she and Eustace have left to travel back to their own world, Puddleglum [[DeadpanSnarker wryly]] utters one of the most positive remarks he's made in the entire book: "I would never have dreamed of her doing that. Even though I ''am'' a good-looking chap."
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** And that is why it is a ''very'' serious matter to ask a centaur to stay for the weekend.
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* The description of how centaurs must wake up early each day revelation that eternally pessimistic Puddleglum is considered to eat breakfast, which lasts for hours! It's because they have both be giddily cheerful by his fellow Marshwiggles.
-->'''Puddleglum''': If they've said it once, they've said it ahuman's stomach and a horse's, and so must eat a thousand times. "Puddleglum," they've said, "you're altogether too full meal for both.
** Andof bobance and bounce and high spirits. You've got to learn that is why it is a ''very'' serious matter life isn't all fricasseed frogs and eel pie. You want something to ask sober you down a centaur to stay for the weekend.bit."
-->'''Puddleglum''': If they've said it once, they've said it a
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-->"For though the whole fire had not been put out, a good bit of it had, and what remained smelled very largely of burnt Marshwiggle, which is not at all an enchanting smell."
* The description of how centaurs must wake up early each day to eat breakfast, which lasts for hours! It's because they have both a human's stomach and a horse's, and so must eat a full meal for both, and that is why it is a ''very'' serious matter to ask a centaur to stay for the weekend.
* Puddleglum is briefly shocked out of his morose attitude when Jill [[ShutUpKiss kisses him goodbye]]. After she and Eustace have left to travel back to their own world, Puddleglum [[DeadpanSnarker wryly]] utters one of the most positive remarks he's made in the entire book: "I would never have dreamed of her doing that. Even though I ''am'' a good-looking chap."
-->"For though the whole fire had not been put out, a good bit of it had, and what remained smelled very largely of burnt Marshwiggle, which is not at all an enchanting smell."
* The description of how centaurs must wake up early each day to eat breakfast, which lasts for hours! It's because they have both a human's stomach and a horse's, and so must eat a full meal for both, and that is why it is a ''very'' serious matter to ask a centaur to stay for the weekend.
* Puddleglum is briefly shocked out of his morose attitude when Jill [[ShutUpKiss kisses him goodbye]]. After she and Eustace have left to travel back to their own world, Puddleglum [[DeadpanSnarker wryly]] utters one of the most positive remarks he's made in the entire book: "I would never have dreamed of her doing that. Even though I ''am'' a good-looking chap."
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* MURDERERS! FASCISTS! LIONS! IT ISN'T FAIR!!!The bullies of Experiment House encounter {{BullyHunter}}s: ''"Murderers! Fascists! Lions! It isn't '''fair!"'''''
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* Puddleglum is briefly shocked out of his morose attitude when Jill [[ShutUpKiss kisses him goodbye]]. After she and Eustace have left to travel back to their own world, Puddleglum [[DeadpanSnarker wryly]] remarks, utters one of the most positive remarks he's made in the entire book: "I would never have dreamed of her doing that. Even though I ''am'' a good-looking chap."
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** There's also his mishearing of Eustace's name as Eustace being called "useless" and ''agrees'' with it. It seems that Eustace hasn't entirely escaped being the ButtMonkey of the story.
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* The description of how centaurs must wake up early each day to eat breakfast, which lasts for hours! It's because they have both a human's stomach and a horse's, and so must eat a full meal for both.both.
* Puddleglum's (mostly) put on drunk act in the castle at Harfang. "Respectibiggle..."
* Puddleglum's (mostly) put on drunk act in the castle at Harfang. "Respectibiggle..."
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* The description of how centaurs must wake up early each day to eat breakfast, which lasts for hours! It's because they have both a human's stomach and a horse's, and so must eat a full meal for both.
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* Trumpkin's crochety refusal to use his EarTrumpet leads to several hilarious misunderstandings--for instance, he hears "The girl's called Jill" as "The girls are all killed"-- all the while complaining that nobody speaks clearly the way they used to when he was young.young.
** In his day they had ''Talking'' animals, not ''Mumbling'' Animals!
** In his day they had ''Talking'' animals, not ''Mumbling'' Animals!
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* Puddleglum is briefly shocked out of his morose attitude when Jill [[ShutUpKiss kisses him goodbye]]. After she and Eustace have left to travel back to their own world, Puddleglum [[DeadpanSnarker wryly]] remarks, "I would never have dreamed of her doing that. Even though I ''am'' a good-looking chap.""
* Trumpkin's crochety refusal to use his EarTrumpet leads to several hilarious misunderstandings--for instance, he hears "The girl's called Jill" as "The girls are all killed"-- all the while complaining that nobody speaks clearly the way they used to when he was young.
* Trumpkin's crochety refusal to use his EarTrumpet leads to several hilarious misunderstandings--for instance, he hears "The girl's called Jill" as "The girls are all killed"-- all the while complaining that nobody speaks clearly the way they used to when he was young.
