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* MadeASlave: The story begins with Thorby being sold to Baslim. According to his backstory, Thorby has been sold several times since then. Shortly after buying him, Baslim suspects that Thorby wasn't born a slave, but had been captured by slavers. [[spoiler:Turns out he was right.]]
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* MadeASlave: The story begins with Thorby being sold to Baslim. According to his backstory, Thorby has had been sold several times since before then. Shortly after buying him, Baslim suspects that Thorby wasn't born a slave, but had been captured by slavers. [[spoiler:Turns out he was right.]]
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* KanagrooCourt: Defied. Weemsby and the judge on his payroll attempt to set one up when Thorby seeks to declare his parents legally dead and set himself up as the rightful heir to their estate, but his savvy and equally underhanded lawyer makes sure the case is handled fairly by filling the courtroom with reporters and high-ranking judges.
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* KanagrooCourt: KangarooCourt: Defied. Weemsby and the judge on his payroll attempt to set one up when Thorby seeks to declare his parents legally dead and set himself up as the rightful heir to their estate, but his savvy and equally underhanded lawyer makes sure the case is handled fairly by filling the courtroom with reporters and high-ranking judges.
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* KanagrooCourt: Defied. Weemsby and the judge on his payroll attempt to set one up when Thorby seeks to declare his parents legally dead and set himself up as the rightful heir to their estate, but his savvy and equally underhanded lawyer makes sure the deck is stacked in their favor by filling the courtroom with reporters and high-ranking judges.
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* KanagrooCourt: Defied. Weemsby and the judge on his payroll attempt to set one up when Thorby seeks to declare his parents legally dead and set himself up as the rightful heir to their estate, but his savvy and equally underhanded lawyer makes sure the deck case is stacked in their favor handled fairly by filling the courtroom with reporters and high-ranking judges.
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* KanagrooCourt: Defied. Weemsby and the judge on his payroll attempt to set one up when Thorby seeks to declare his parents legally dead and set himself up as the rightful heir to their estate, but his savvy and equally underhanded lawyer makes sure the deck is stacked in their favor by filling the courtroom with reporters and high-ranking judges.
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* EvilUncle: Weemsby asks Thorby to call him Uncle John even though they're not actually related (he's the stepfather of a cousin-by-marriage of Thorby's, as well as an old family friend). He's also more ambitious than actually evil, but then, AmbitionIsEvil.
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* EvilUncle: Weemsby asks Thorby to call him Uncle John even though they're not actually related (he's the stepfather of a cousin-by-marriage cousin of Thorby's, as well as an old family friend). He's also more ambitious than actually evil, but then, AmbitionIsEvil.
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* KissingCousins: "Uncle" John tries to foist Leda on Thorby, and she isn't completely against the idea. Thorby is {{Squick}}ed out at first, until he goes over their lineage in his head and realizes that, at least by Free Trader standards, she's not taboo. He still remains against the idea though, because he intends to stay a ChasteHero.
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* EvilUncle: Weemsby asks Thorby to call him Uncle John even though they're not actually related (he's the stepfather of a cousin-by-marriage of Thorby's, as well as an old family friend). He's also more ambitious than actually evil, but then, AmbitionIsEvil.
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* CunningLinguist: Thorby knows a smattering of several languages when Baslim buys him, and he learns two or three more throughout the course of the novel.
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* CunningLinguist: Thorby knows a smattering of several languages when Baslim buys him, and he learns two or three more throughout the course of the novel. It's implied that Baslim knew even more.
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* CunningLinguist: Thorby knows a smattering of several languages when Baslim buys him, and he learns two or three more throughout the course of the novel.
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WretchedHive: Jubbalpore, Capitol of the Nine Worlds. Or at least, the area of it where Thorby spends most of his time.
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* WretchedHive: Jubbalpore, Capitol of the Nine Worlds. Or at least, the area of it by the spaceport where Thorby spends most of his time.
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* {{Mutant}}: Humans have mutated in several different directions since spreading out among the stars. When Baslim first buys Thorby, he thinks the boy is between 10-12 years old, but is unsure since some mutants look like normal humans, but age at different rates. When Baslim is able to determine that Thorby is non-mutated, this causes Baslim to conclude that Thorby is probably from the Terran Hegemony, and possibly even Earth.
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WretchedHive: Jubbalpore, Capitol of the Nine Worlds. Or at least, the area of it where Thorby spends most of his time.
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* FantasticRacism: Like any clannish society, the Free Traders (or the People, as they call themselves) consider everyone else beneath them. Interestingly, they don't differentiate between humans and aliens: if you're not People, you're nobody.
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* FantasticRacism: Like any clannish society, the Free Traders (or the People, as they call themselves) consider everyone else beneath them. Interestingly, they don't differentiate between humans and aliens: if you're not People, you're nobody. Captain Krausa of ''Sisu'' (and possibly other ship captains) is a bit looser about this, probably because he is often in direct contact with outsiders.
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* FantasticRacism: Like any clannish society, the Free Traders (or the People, as they call themselves) consider everyone else beneath them. Interestingly, they don't differentiate between humans and aliens: if you're not People, you're nobody.
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* RagsToRiches: Thorby goes back and forth, but goes from being a penniless beggar to a member of the well-off Free Trader ship ''Sisu'', and finally becomes [[spoiler:heir to one of the largest MegaCorps in human space]].
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* RagsToRiches: Thorby goes back and forth, but goes from being a penniless beggar to a member of the well-off Free Trader ship ''Sisu'', and finally becomes [[spoiler:heir to one of the largest MegaCorps {{MegaCorp}}s in human space]].
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* CoolOldGuy: Baslim the Cripple [[AKA Colonel Richard Baslim.]]
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* CoolOldGuy: Baslim the Cripple [[AKA [[spoiler: AKA Colonel Richard Baslim.]]
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* CoolOldGuy: Baslim the Cripple [[AKA Colonel Richard Baslim.]]
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* WhatWouldXDoWhatWouldXDo: A Colonel mentions that whenever he's faced with a difficult situation, he always asks himself what his former commander [[spoiler: Col. Baslim]] would do.
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* RidiculousFutureInflation: Thorby at one point is given a book called a "Megabuck," which contains a number of bills or vouchers equivalent to about 1 million dollars. Weembsy seems to be under the impression that Thorby will burn through it quickly, though whether that's the result of super-inflation, or because a million dollars isn't a lot of money to a rich guy like Weemsby isn't made clear.
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* RidiculousFutureInflation: Thorby at one point is given a book called a "Megabuck," which contains a number of bills or vouchers equivalent to about 1 million dollars. Weembsy seems to be under the impression intimates that Thorby will burn through it quickly, though whether that's the result of super-inflation, or because a million dollars isn't a lot of money to a rich guy like Weemsby isn't made clear.
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* RidiculousFutureInflationRidiculousFutureInflation: Thorby at one point is given a book called a "Megabuck," which contains a number of bills or vouchers equivalent to about 1 million dollars. Weembsy seems to be under the impression that Thorby will burn through it quickly, though whether that's the result of super-inflation, or because a million dollars isn't a lot of money to a rich guy like Weemsby isn't made clear.
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* FailedASpotCheck: A sergeant of the guard has a conversation with a fortune teller about Thorby, while Thorby is standing mere feet away pretending to be changing the letters on a theater marquee. Though from the nature of the conversation, it's possible the guy knew it was Thorby, and was trying to subtly tell him to run as far and fast as he can.
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* FailedASpotCheck: A sergeant of the guard has a conversation with a fortune teller about how he is searching for Thorby, while Thorby is standing mere feet away pretending to be changing the letters on a theater marquee. Though from the nature of the conversation, it's possible the guy knew it was Thorby, and was trying to subtly tell him to run as far and fast as he can.
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* FailedASpotCheck: A sergeant of the guard has a conversation with a fortune teller about Thorby, while Thorby is standing mere feet away pretending to be changing the letters on a theater marquee. Though from the nature of the conversation, it's possible the guy knew it was Thorby, and was trying to subtly tell him to run as far and fast as he can.
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* MadeASlave: The story begins with Thorby being sold to Baslim. According to his backstory, Thorby has been sold several times since then.
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* MadeASlave: The story begins with Thorby being sold to Baslim. According to his backstory, Thorby has been sold several times since then. Shortly after buying him, Baslim suspects that Thorby wasn't born a slave, but had been captured by slavers. [[spoiler:Turns out he was right.]]
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* MadeASlave: The story begins with Thorby being sold to Baslim. According to his backstory, Thorby has been sold several times since then.
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* SoldIntoSlavery: The story begins with Thorby being sold to Baslim. According to his backstory, Thorby has been sold several times since then.
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* SoldIntoSlavery: The story begins with Thorby being sold to Baslim. According to his backstory, Thorby has been sold several times since then.
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* DecidedByOneVoteDecidedByOneVote: A slightly more realistic, if no less dramatic, version. Thorby's cousin Leda announces at the very last moment that she, and the thousands of shares in stock she holds, is voting for Thorby.
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* NoodleIncident: The exact reasons behind the debt the People owe Baslim. It's hinted at one point that Baslim discovered that one of the Free Traders was engaged in slave trading, and put an end to it, but nothing definite is ever said.
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AuthorCatchphrase: Characters saying "So?", meaning in the sense of "Is that so?" in context. Several of Heinlein's other works using the phrase are on the trope page.
*ChasteHeroChasteHero: As usual for a Heinlein juvenile-novel hero, Thorby has a gift for missing other characters' romantic overtures, even after still other characters mention it to him. He's still not above feeling pleasantly embarrased by some engineered romantic moments, and does show symptoms of TheDulcineaEffect when the situation seems to warrant it.
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NeuroVault: Before he's killed by the Sargon's forces, Baslim takes the time to hypnotize Thorby to memorize his final report, along with a series of messages to the captains of several Free Trader ships (like the ''Sisu''), in their unique languages, asking them to take Thorby offworld.
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RagsToRiches: Thorby goes back and forth, but goes from being a penniless beggar to a member of the well-off Free Trader ship ''Sisu'', and finally becomes [[spoiler:heir to one of the largest MegaCorps in human space]].
*RagsToRoyaltyRagsToRoyalty: See above.
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When Baslim is hunted down and killed as a spy, Thorby is forced to obey the last request of his Pop and escape on one of the ships of the Free Traders, a insular yet ProudMerchantRace who owe a debt to Baslim that can't be repaid -- although adopting Thorby would be a good start.
So Thorby begins a journey that takes him from one end of the galaxy to the other, and his journey that started with him in the depths of slavery catapults him to the highest levels of society. And at every step, he has to struggle with the nature of freedom and how he can find it in his circumstances, even while fulfilling his responsibilities.
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I\'m just gonna skip the third step of starting a discussion explaining the problem because it\'s obvious
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''Citizen Of The Galaxy'' is a science fiction novel by Creator/RobertAHeinlein first published as a serial in 1957.
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