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* NoNameGiven: Fluffy's parents are only referred to as Mr. and Mrs. Porcupine.
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* PricklyPorcupine: Inverted; Fluffy is a porcupine, but he's a friendly and non-aggressive sort. His parents likewise appear amiable, given that they reject "Lance" as a name because it sounds too fierce.
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** The protagonist, a spiky porcupine, gets named Fluffy. As he grows up, he realizes it doesn't fit and tries all sorts of schemes to make himself fluffier, to no avail.
** The rhinoceros he meets partway through the book is called Hippo.
** The protagonist, a spiky porcupine, gets named Fluffy. As he grows up, he realizes it doesn't fit and tries all sorts of schemes to make himself fluffier, to no avail.
** The rhinoceros he meets partway through the book is called Hippo.
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**ADogNamedCat: The rhinoceros Fluffy meets partway through the book is called Hippo.
* IronicName: The protagonist, a spiky porcupine, gets named Fluffy. As he grows up, he realizes it doesn't fit and tries all sorts of schemes to make himself fluffier, to no avail. \n** The rhinoceros he meets partway through the book is called Hippo.
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* IronicName: The protagonist, a spiky porcupine, gets named Fluffy. As he grows up, he realizes it doesn't fit and tries all sorts of schemes to make himself fluffier, to no avail.
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* PricklyPorcupine: Inverted; Fluffy is a porcupine, but he's a friendly and non-aggressive sort. His parents likewise appear amiable, given that they reject "Lance" as a name because it sounds too fierce.
* RhinoRampage: Played with. When Fluffy first meets the rhino, he threatens the young porcupine. However, after Fluffy actually manages to start a conversation, he seems quite nice, and they quickly become friends.
* RhinoRampage: Played with. When Fluffy first meets the rhino, he threatens the young porcupine. However, after Fluffy actually manages to start a conversation, he seems quite nice, and they quickly become friends.
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A proud pair of porcupine parents think about the perfect name for their son, eventually settling on "Fluffy." As he grows older, Fluffy tries to live up to his name. Then a meeting with a rhino changes everything.
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A proud pair of porcupine parents think about the perfect name for their son, eventually settling on "Fluffy." As he grows older, Fluffy tries to live up to his name.name, but to no avail. Then a meeting with a rhino changes everything.
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* MeaningfulName: Many of the names Mr. and Mrs. Porcupine consider before settling on "Fluffy" reference how spiky porcupines are (e.g., Lance, Quillian, Needleroozer, etc).
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* MeaningfulName: Many of the names Mr. and Mrs. Porcupine consider before settling on "Fluffy" reference how spiky porcupines are (e.g., Lance, Quillian, Needleroozer, etc).etc).
* RidingIntoTheSunset: The book closes on new friends Fluffy and Hippo walking into the sunset.
* RidingIntoTheSunset: The book closes on new friends Fluffy and Hippo walking into the sunset.
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''A Porcupine Named Fluffy'' is a 1986 children's book written by Creator/HelenLester and illustrated by Lynn Munsinger.
A proud pair of porcupine parents think about the perfect name for their son, eventually settling on "Fluffy." As he grows older, Fluffy tries to live up to his name. Then a meeting with a rhino changes everything.
!!This book includes examples of the following tropes:
* CommonalityConnection: Fluffy and Hippo bond over the ludicrousness of their ironic names.
* IronicName:
** The protagonist, a spiky porcupine, gets named Fluffy. As he grows up, he realizes it doesn't fit and tries all sorts of schemes to make himself fluffier, to no avail.
** The rhinoceros he meets partway through the book is called Hippo.
* MeaningfulName: Many of the names Mr. and Mrs. Porcupine consider before settling on "Fluffy" reference how spiky porcupines are (e.g., Lance, Quillian, Needleroozer, etc).
A proud pair of porcupine parents think about the perfect name for their son, eventually settling on "Fluffy." As he grows older, Fluffy tries to live up to his name. Then a meeting with a rhino changes everything.
!!This book includes examples of the following tropes:
* CommonalityConnection: Fluffy and Hippo bond over the ludicrousness of their ironic names.
* IronicName:
** The protagonist, a spiky porcupine, gets named Fluffy. As he grows up, he realizes it doesn't fit and tries all sorts of schemes to make himself fluffier, to no avail.
** The rhinoceros he meets partway through the book is called Hippo.
* MeaningfulName: Many of the names Mr. and Mrs. Porcupine consider before settling on "Fluffy" reference how spiky porcupines are (e.g., Lance, Quillian, Needleroozer, etc).
