History Literature / ElephantAndPiggie

** The inside covers of each book feature a repeating pattern related to the story at hand; the pattern inside the back cover always includes a [[TheCameo cameo]] by the Pigeon from Willems' ''[[Literature/PigeonSeries Don't Let the Pigeon Drive The Bus!]]'' series. Additionally, the one in ''Pigs Make Me Sneeze!'' [[spoiler:shows Piggie clutching a Knuffle Bunny for comfort because she caught Gerald's cold.]] In ''The Thank You Book'', Piggie thanks the Pigeon for never giving up and apologizes to him for not getting to be in her and Gerald's books. To this, Pigeon gives an aside to the reader, "That is what you think."

* ThankingTheViewer: "The Thank You Book" ends, after Piggie has thanked every character to ever appear in the books, with Piggie thanking the reader.

* BackForTheFinale: The last book in the series, ''The Thank You Book'', features appearances from all of the characters who have appeared over the course of the previous books.

* RedOniBlueOni: Piggie is red to Gerald's blue.

* SpeechBubbles: In "Waiting Is Not Easy!", Gerald keeps saying "GROOOOOOOOOOOAN" as he loses patience waiting for Piggie's big surprise. Piggie is repeatedly squashed by the giant speech bubbles.
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: After Gerald gets exasperated with two birds building a nest on his head and hatching three chicks in "There Is a Bird on Your Head!", Piggie suggests that he could just politely ask the birds to nest somewhere else. It works.

-->[{{Beat}}; Piggie gives an AsideGlance]

-->'''Gerald:''' "What if it's a costume party?"
-->'''Piggie:''' "A fancy pool costume party?"
-->'''Gerald:''' "WE MUST BE READY!"

* DamningWithFaintPraise: In "Listen to My Trumpet!", when Piggie asks Gerald what he thought about her trumpet-playing, he tactfully says that her trumpet is loud and shiny and that she holds it very well.

* NewFriendEnvy: The plot of "My New Friend is So Fun!" Gerald and Snake are initially thrilled that their respective best friends Piggie and Brian Bat are getting along so well, until they begin fearing that they may be having more fun together than with them. Their fears are alleviated when Piggie and Brian Bat show them that they drew "best friend" pictures of them.

''Elephant & Piggie'' is a series of children's books for early readers. They are written and drawn by Mo Willems (best known for ''[[Literature/PigeonSeries Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!]]'' and the Cartoon Network series ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity''), and debuted in 2007.

* ArentYouForgettingSomeone: This is the essential premise of ''The Thank You Book''. Piggie is thanking as many people as possible, but Gerald is convinced that there's someone she's forgetting to thank.

* ADogNamedDog: Piggie is, of course, a pig.

* PlatonicLifePartners

* AccidentalArt: In "Elephants Cannot Dance", Gerald's frustrated tantrum at his failure to learn how to dance is interpreted by a pair of passing squirrels as a hot new dance move, "The Elephant."

* TheCloudCuckoolanderWasRight: See the first example under CrazyPrepared below.

* ShoutOut: The inside covers of each book feature a repeating pattern related to the story at hand; the pattern inside the back cover always includes a [[TheCameo cameo]] by the Pigeon from Willems' ''[[Literature/PigeonSeries Don't Let the Pigeon Drive The Bus!]]'' series. Additionally, the one in ''Pigs Make Me Sneeze!'' [[spoiler:shows Piggie clutching a Knuffle Bunny for comfort because she caught Gerald's cold.]] In ''The Thank You Book'', Piggie thanks the Pigeon for never giving up and apologizes to him for not getting to be in her and Gerald's books. To this, Pigeon gives an aside to the reader, "That is what you think."

* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: In "I Broke My Trunk!" Hippo's sister shows up. Hippo's sister is marked as a girl by having big round eyes (Hippo's eyes are dots) and eyelashes, and she is wearing a bow.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: In "Should I Share My Ice Cream?", Gerald gets some ice cream while Piggie is off somewhere else. Gerald spends the whole book debating whether to eat all the ice cream before Piggie comes back. He finally decides he will share his ice cream with Piggie, only to realize that all his ice cream has melted. Piggie finally shows up with her own ice cream, which she shares with Gerald.

* BrickJoke