History Literature / EdgarAndEllen

* AntiHero / VillainProtagonist: In the books, the twins are {{Villain Protagonist}}s in the first book and {{Anti Hero}}es in the rest. In the cartoon, it varies from episode to episode.
* BlackSheep: Miles is sometimes shown as one of these within his family, such as when he's the only one to take interest in Ellen's carnivorous plant.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* AlternateContinuity: Not explicitly, but there are some important differences between books and show which clearly set each apart as its own thing. Pet's lethargy is not carried over from the books. And the show cannot be set after Pet was cured of it, because by that point in the books, [[spoiler: Ellen's pet plant Berenice was dead.]]

A series of children's books by Charles Ogden[[note]]actually a pen name used by multiple authors[[/note]] that was adapted into an animated series. The title characters, a pair of 12-year-old twins, are notorious pranksters who cause mischief and mayhem in the town of Nod's Limbs. The two of them live in a thirteen-story house on the edge of town with their pet ([[ADogNamedDog named 'Pet']]), a strange creature that vaguely resembles a one-eyed, dirty mop head. Their groundskeeper, Heimertz, lives in a shack near the house, never says a word, and wears a perpetual SlasherSmile. There is also a junkyard near the house where the twins get parts for the many unlikely contraptions that they build. Nod's Limbs itself is an overly cheerful town run by the inept Mayor Knightleigh. His daughter, Stephanie Knightleigh, is Edgar and Ellen's main rival in their quest for amusement.

%%* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Cassidy, Pepper, and Stephanie.
%%* BrainlessBeauty: Blake Glide.

%%* DaddysGirl: Stephanie Knightleigh.

* {{Shadowland}}: Nod's Limbs has Smelterburg in the TV series, and Lach Lufless in the books.

%%* SlasherSmile: Just... Heimertz.

%%* ArtifactOfAttraction: The balm, to some.

%%* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler: Ormond and the Mayor]] in ''High Wire''.

* LessEmbarrassingTerm: Edgar's purse-- um, "temporary satchel substitute." He also refers to the dolls of himself and Ellen as Action Figures.

-->'''Edgar:''' (''to a JerkJock asking him to publicly humiliate Ellen'') That’s my sister you want me to humiliate for your entertainment! And when I humiliate my sister, it’s for ''my'' entertainment only!)

* LessEmbarrassingTerm: Edgar's purse-- um, "temporary satchel substitute."
** He also refers to the dolls of himself and Ellen as Action Figures.

* BeeAfraid: In "Manners Marathon," the twins present Stephanie with an exploding pot of honey, drenching her in the sticky stuff and attracting a nearby swarm of bees that chase her away. She's badly stung in the next scene.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In “Trickery Dickory Clock”, after the twins finish doing a bunch of dances which are traditionally performed by couples, they lovingly gaze at each other while holding hands before realizing [[{{Twincest}} just how wrong that is]]. They then decide to [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain never speak about it again.]]

* FourthWallMailSlot: Sometimes in the last segment, Edgar and Ellen would answer a fan letter that had either a question or a prank idea.

* FourthWallMailSlot: Edgar and Ellen would answer a fan letter sometimes in the last segment answering a question or suggesting a prank idea.

%%** The prologues of ''High Wire'' and ''Nod's Limbs''.

* AdaptationalWimp: Edgar. In the books, he was usually on the same partnership level with Ellen. In the show, Ellen's more cleary the leader, and Edgar tends to be more submissives, sensitive, and unlucky.

* AdaptationalWimp: Edgar. In the books, he was usually on the same partnership level with Ellen. In the show, Ellen's more cleary the leader, and Edgar tends to be more emotional, vulnerable, and unlucky.

* AdaptationalWimp: Edgar. In the books, he was usually on the same partnership level with Ellen. In the show, Ellen's more clearlt the leader, and Edgar tends to be more emotional, vulnerable, and unlucky.

* AdaptionalWimp: Edgar. In the books, he was usually on the same partnership level with Ellen. In the show, Ellen's more clearlt the leader, and Edgar tends to be more emotional, vulnerable, and unlucky.

** The prologues of ''High Wire'' and ''Nod's Limbs''.

* KarmicTrickster: The twins are a combination of this trope and ScrewySquirrel.

%%* AlphaBitch: Stephanie Knightleigh.

%%* CheerfulChild: Miles
%%* ComplexityAddiction: Edgar falls into this sometimes.
%%* CreepyChild: Edgar and Ellen.

%%* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Edgar and Ellen.

%%* NonHumanSidekick: Pet

%%* PerpetualSmiler: Heimertz.

%%* ThePrankster: Of course.

%%* SlasherSmile: Just...Heimertz.
%%* TheSpeechless: Pet
%%* SpoiledBrat: Stephanie Knightleigh

%%* ThemeTwinNaming

%%* TricksterTwins
%%* TheVoiceless: Heimertz

%%* AntiVillain: Eugenia

%%* BigBad: [[spoiler: Stephanie]] in the Nodyssey books.

%%* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Heimertz]] in ''Nod's Limbs''.

** Edgar in ''Split Ends''.

* LaserGuidedKarma: ''Rare Beasts'' puts the twins through a HumiliationConga at the end, and ''Tourist Trap''--despite the twins having far more sympathetic goals this time around--ends with them getting caught in a rain of pigeon poop.

* LawfulStupid: Everyone in Lach Lufless. They have regulations for everything, even if that doesn't make sense.

* PlotDevice: Balm. Eventually, everything comes back to balm.

* BittersweetEnding:
** ''Frost Bites'', as the twins are forced to separate at the end.
** [[spoiler: ''Under Town'']]--the one thing that keeps it from being a total DownerEnding is [[spoiler: the seed that's beginning to sprout.]]

** [[spoiler: ''Under Town''. The twins fail to protect the Gadget Graveyard and it gets demolished, killing Ellen's pet plant Berenice.]] There is ''one'' ray of hope left though, noted above under BittersweetEnding.

* FatIdiot: The Mayor, at least by our standards. By Nod's Limbs standards, he's perfectly average.

A series of children's books by Charles Ogden[[note]]actually a pen name used by multiple authors[[/note]] that was adapted into an animated series. The title characters, a pair of 12-year-old twins, are notorious pranksters who cause mischief and mayhem in the town of Nod's Limbs. The two of them live in a thirteen-story house on the edge of town with their pet ([[ADogNamedDog named 'Pet']]), a strange creature that vaguely resembles a one-eyed, hairy mop head. Their groundskeeper, Heimertz, lives in a shack near the house, never says a word, and wears a perpetual SlasherSmile. There is also a junkyard near the house where the twins get parts for the many unlikely contraptions that they build. Nod's Limbs itself is an overly cheerful town run by the inept Mayor Knightleigh. His daughter, Stephanie Knightleigh, is Edgar and Ellen's main rival in their quest for amusement.