History Literature / AmericanGirlsFelicity

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Angry because Penny is being willful, Jiggy Nye mutters that anyone who can ride her can have her, and Felicity takes this literally. With patience, she is able to befriend and tame Penny in secret, and rides her into town to show her family the horse is tame...but ultimately, Penny doesn't belong to her. When Jiggy Nye shows up to take Penny back, Felicity has to let her go. The best she can do is secretly going to Penny's pasture one more time and setting her free.

* AllGirlsLikePonies: Felicity sure does, at least.

* CharacterDevelopment: At first, Ben is very outspoken about hating the king and the governor for their treatment of the colonists, and gets mad at Felicity in ''Felicity's Surprise'' for wanting to go to the dancing lesson at the governor's palace. Later, his views become more nuanced, and he stops blindly hating all Loyalists. In ''Changes for Felicity'', he's horrified when he hears that Elizabeth's father has been arrested just for being a Loyalist, and gives Felicity his condolences when her grandfather, also a Loyalist, dies. In ''Very Funny, Elizabeth!'', he also has a civil conversation with Lord Harry where they both agree to fight for what they believe is right, even if it means Harry will join the king's army and Ben will join the Patriot army.

* CharacterDevelopment: At first, Ben is very outspoken about hating the king and the governor for their treatment of the colonists, even getting mad at Felicity in ''Felicity's Surprise'' for wanting to go to the dancing lesson at the governor's palace. Later, his views become more nuanced, and he stops blindly hating all Loyalists. In ''Changes for Felicity'', he's horrified when he hears that Elizabeth's father has been arrested just for being a Loyalist, and gives Felicity his condolences when her grandfather dies. In ''Very Funny, Elizabeth!'', he also has a civil conversation with Lord Harry where they both agree to fight for what they believe is right, even if it means Harry will join the king's army and Ben will join the Patriot army.

* FriendshipTrinket: When Mr. Cole is arrested for being a Loyalist, Mrs. Cole refuses to let any Patriot family come to her house, preventing Felicity from seeing Elizabeth. At church, Felicity gives Elizabeth her sampler with ''Faithful Friends Forever Be'' stitched on it, and Elizabeth later puts it in the window of her house where Felicity can see it, reaffirming that no matter what happens, they'll always be friends.

* FriendshipTrinket: When Mr. Cole is arrested for being a Loyalist, Mrs. Cole refuses to let any Patriot family come to her house, preventing Felicity from seeing Elizabeth. At church, Felicity gives Elizabeth her sampler with ''Faithful Friends Forever Be'' stitched on it, and Elizabeth later puts it in the window of her house where Felicity can see it, reaffirming that no matter what happens, they are still friends.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: From Felicity's perspective, Jiggy Nye's occupation as a tanner makes him one, as he kills horses and cows too old to work anymore and makes leather from their hides. It's unpleasant, but not necessarily abusive. What absolutely ''is'' abusive, though, is his treatment of his horse Penny, who he beats, whips, and starves because she is willful and refuses to let him ride her.

* KickTheDog: In ''Learns a Lesson'', when it is Annabelle's turn to prepare and serve the tea during their lessons, she makes a show of serving everyone their tea but Felicity, says that she did so because she wouldn't want Felicity to throw the tea all over the carpet, and in the ensuing argument calls Felicity's father a traitor to the king because he has decided to stop selling tea.

* SnubByOmission: In ''Learns a Lesson'', when it is Annabelle's turn to serve the tea, she fills Miss Manderly's cup, Elizabeth's cup, and then her own cup. When Miss Manderly points out that she has forgotten to fill Felicity's cup, Annabelle rudely says that she wouldn't want Felicity to throw the tea all over the carpet.

* ObnoxiousInLaws: In ''Very Funny, Elizabeth!'', Annabelle is engaged to Lord Harry, but his sister Priscilla is extremely obnoxious and keeps insulting the Cole sisters with backhanded compliments while teaching them to behave like proper English ladies. She is so much of a pain to deal with that Annabelle and Harry both call off the engagement because of her -- Harry because his sister bullied him into it, and Annabelle because she knows that, while she might be able to live happily with Harry, she could never stand having Priscilla as a sister-in-law.

* CharacterDevelopment: At first, Ben is very outspoken about hating the king and the governor for their treatment of the colonists, and even gets mad at Felicity in ''Felicity's Surprise'' for wanting to go to the dancing lesson at the governor's palace. Later, his views become more nuanced, and he stops blindly hating all Loyalists. In ''Changes for Felicity'', he's horrified when he hears that Elizabeth's father has been unjustly arrested, and gives Felicity his condolences when her grandfather dies. In ''Very Funny, Elizabeth!'', he also has a civil conversation with Lord Harry where they both agree to fight for what they believe is right, even if it means Harry will join the king's army and Ben will join the Patriot army.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Ben is a staunch Patriot who hates England and the King, but he doesn't blindly hate all Loyalists. He's horrified when he hears that Elizabeth's father has been unjustly arrested and gives Felicity his condolences when her grandfather dies.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: In ''Felicity Saves the Day'', Ben is running away from his apprenticeship at Mr. Merriman's store because the war is starting and he wants to join the Patriot army. When Felicity tries to tell him it's wrong, Ben tells her that she'd understand if she was older. Felicity responds with, "I understand enough to know that this is not a brave beginning! If you run away from my father, what will happen when you meet an enemy?"

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Although Felicity enjoys activities typical for boys in her day, such as horseback-riding and climbing trees, she comes to enjoy the etiquette lessons at Miss Manderly's house and is thrilled at the idea of attending a fancy ball at the Governor’s mansion in a beautiful blue velvet gown.

* KindlyHousekeeper: Felicity's servants were probably [[ValuesDissonance slaves]] and in some of the mysteries, are ''outright stated'' to be, but they fit the trope somewhat nonetheless.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: From Felicity's perspective, Jiggy Nye's occupation as a tanner makes him one, as he kills horses and cows too old to work anymore and makes leather from their hides. What absolutely ''is'' abusive, though, is his treatment of his horse Penny, who he beats, whips, and starves because she is willful and refuses to let him ride her.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Ben may be a staunch Patriot, but he doesn't blindly hate all Loyalists. He's horrified when he hears that Elizabeth's father has been unjustly arrested and gives Felicity his condolences when her grandfather dies.