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* BigBrotherInstinct: Peter has a few moments where he willingly helps Fudge.
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* ThemeNaming: Lampshaded by Peter when he notes that he now has siblings nicknamed "Fudge" and "Tootsie".
-->Maybe what my parents really wanted was a candy factory.
-->Maybe what my parents really wanted was a candy factory.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Sheila.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Sheila. Sheila is actually a subversion, in that she's insecure and a bit cowardly, and well aware of it. Her Small Name Big Ego routine is partly a defense mechanism.
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** Averted somewhat in later books, where Fudge's favoritism decreases, and he's punished more accordingly
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** Averted somewhat in later books, where Fudge's favoritism decreases, books as Fudge gets older and he's punished more accordingly
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Fudge[[hottip:*:Farley Drexel Hatcher]], and later, baby Tootsie[[hottip:*:Tamara Roxanne Hatcher]].
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Fudge[[hottip:*:Farley Fudge[[labelnote:*]]Farley Drexel Hatcher]], Hatcher[[/labelnote]], and later, baby Tootsie[[hottip:*:Tamara Tootsie[[labelnote:*]]Tamara Roxanne Hatcher]].Hatcher[[/labelnote]].
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-->'''Fudge:''' Pete got dizzy from Izzy[[hottip:*:short for Isabella]] at the library!
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-->'''Fudge:''' Pete got dizzy from Izzy[[hottip:*:short Izzy[[labelnote:*]]short for Isabella]] Isabella[[/labelnote]] at the library!
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Fudge, and later, baby Tootsie.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Fudge, Fudge[[hottip:*:Farley Drexel Hatcher]], and later, baby Tootsie.Tootsie[[hottip:*:Tamara Roxanne Hatcher]].
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Examples Are Not Arguable. Aren\'t they a bit young to be having sexual tension, anyway?
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Peter and Sheila, arguably.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Peter and Sheila, arguably.
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* FirstPetStory: Peter caring for Dribble in "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing"
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* TedBaxter: Sheila.
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* TedBaxter: SmallNameBigEgo: Sheila.
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* PrecociousCrush:
-->'''Fudge:''' Pete got dizzy from Izzy[[hottip:*:short for Isabella]] at the library!
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* ExactWords: Fudge describes Peter's Myna Bird Uncle Feather as having a "yellow nose", and refuses to call it a bill. This leads to more than one conversation with a confused adult.
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* KarmaHoudini: Fudge eating Dribble, Peter's pet turtle. While everyone is worried about Fudge, no one seems to consider how ''Peter'' feels on the subject, and Fudge is never punished in any way.
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* KarmaHoudini: Fudge eating Dribble, Peter's pet turtle. While everyone is worried about Fudge, no one seems to consider how ''Peter'' feels on the subject, subject. Peter eventually gets some acknowledgment for "being a good sport" through the whole thing and is given a dog, but Fudge is never punished in any way.way. Then again, being in the hospital for days while the doctors repeatedly try to induce you to vomit isn't entirely unlike a punishment.
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* RaceLift: The race of Peter's best friend Jimmy is never stated in the text but the illustrations in ''Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing'' seem to show a Caucasian. In the film and subsequent tv show, he's African American.
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* RaceLift: The race of Peter's best friend Jimmy is never stated in the text but the illustrations in ''Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing'' seem to show a Caucasian. In the film and subsequent tv show, he's African American.black.
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* BookEnds: {{Lampshaded}}. The first book ends Fudge eating Peter's pet turtle. [[spoiler: The last book has Mini, Fudge's cousin and Expy, eating Fudge's tooth]]. Peter points out the similarity in situations.
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** Averted somewhat in later books, where Fudge's favoritism decreases, and he's punished more accordingly
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* VitriolicBestBuds: While Peter and Sheila have made it clear they'll always hate each other, they do seem to hang around each other regardless. Pete's relationship with Jimmy Fargo also borders on this.
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* AlphaBitch: Sheila. In the book that is written from Sheila's point of view, both she and her older sister Libby qualify.
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* AlphaBitch: Sheila. In the book that is written from Sheila's point of view, both she and her older sister Libby qualify. Neither girl seems to be especially popular, though.
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** Ironically, once Tootsie is born, the favoritism seems to shift more to her, and the adults become more aware of Fudge's bad behaviour and punish him more for it, like when Fudge and his friend Daniel run away from home after Peter refuses to take them both on a picnic he's having with his friend, so the parents punish the younger boys by taking their bikes away.
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* DinnerWithTheBoss: "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" has Fudge wreak havoc at one of these (with a client at an advertising agency), and it's implied that the agency lost the account because of this. The connection is made more direct in the TV adaptation, Superfudge.
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* FoeYay: Peter and Sheila definitely have this type of relationship.
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* BlackBestFriend: Jimmy. In the adaptations, at least.
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* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Peter spends much of the books complaining about Fudge but does not take it well when Fudge's kindergarten teacher claims that there's something wrong with him.
-->"There's nothing wrong with him!"
-->"There's nothing wrong with him!"
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* ButtMonkey: Peter.
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* JerkAss: Daniel in ''Superfudge''.
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* TheUnfavorite: Peter often feels like this.
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* KarmaHoudini: Fudge eating Dribble, Peter's pet turtle. While everyone is worried about Fudge, no one seems to consider how ''Peter'' feels on the subject, and Fudge is never punished in any way.
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* RaceLift: The race of Peter's best friend Jimmy is never stated in the text but the illustrations in ''Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing'' seem to show a Caucasian. In the film and subsequent tv show, he's African American.
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* BerserkButton: Fudge will only respond to his nickname. His initial kindergarten teacher discovers this when, after insisting on calling him by one of his legal names, he [[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} kicks her in the shin and climbs on top of a shelf in protest]], resulting in his transfer to the other kindergarten class. Peter sometimes pushes the button.
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* BerserkButton: Fudge will only respond to his nickname. His initial kindergarten teacher discovers this when, after insisting she insists on calling him by one of his legal names, he [[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} kicks her in the shin and climbs on top of a shelf in protest]], resulting in his transfer to the other kindergarten class. Peter sometimes pushes the button.
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* DeadGuyJunior: Of a sort. [[spoiler:After Fudge eats Dribble, Peter's pet turtle, in ''Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing'', their parents buy Peter a dog - whom Peter names Turtle.]]
* DecemberDecemberRomance: In ''Fudge-a-mania'', Peter's widowed grandmother marries Sheila's widowed grandfather, making the archenemies step-cousins.
* DecemberDecemberRomance: In ''Fudge-a-mania'', Peter's widowed grandmother marries Sheila's widowed grandfather, making the archenemies step-cousins.
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* TheNotSecret: In ''Superfudge'', Peter is asked by his parents to humor Fudge's belief in Santa, despite never having believed himself. After receiving his coveted red bicycle, Fudge confides to him that he's never believed, either, and pretends for his parents' sake.
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* TheNotSecret: In ''Superfudge'', Peter is asked by his parents to humor Fudge's belief in Santa, despite never having believed himself. After receiving his coveted red bicycle, Fudge confides to him Peter that he's never believed, either, and pretends for his their parents' sake.
* OnlySaneMan: Peter appears this way at least as often as not - though to be fair, the books are almost all from his point of view.
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* ParentsAsPeople: Peter's parents are nice, but often butt heads with their sons over various things (moving temporarily to Princeton, having a third child, etc).
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* ParentsAsPeople: Peter's parents are nice, but often butt heads with their sons over various things (moving temporarily to Princeton, having a third child, etc). Peter's mother in particular is often shown blaming Peter for Fudge's actions, and the way she fawns over Fudge in ''Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing'' after [[spoiler:he's hospitalized for ''eating Peter's turtle'']] is downright sickening when you consider that the kid did it to himself.
* TheScapegoat: Peter, often. One example is Fudge falling and knocking out his two front teeth in ''Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing''. This somehow was Peter's fault, even though ''Sheila'' was babysitting Fudge at the time.
* TheScapegoat: Peter, often. One example is Fudge falling and knocking out his two front teeth in ''Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing''. This somehow was Peter's fault, even though ''Sheila'' was babysitting Fudge at the time.
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** To a lesser extent, Tootsie. But she isn't the focus.
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* ParentalFavoritism: Fudge gets away with murder, while big brother Peter CantGetAwayWithNuthin and gets repeatedly whacked over the head with AnAesop about loving his brother. However, it's shown that his parents know when to draw the line when Fudge ruins Peter's art project for school and their mother punishes the former with spanking.
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* ParentalFavoritism: Fudge gets away with murder, murder (literally, if pets count), while big brother Peter CantGetAwayWithNuthin and gets repeatedly whacked over the head with AnAesop about loving his brother. However, it's shown that his parents know when to draw the line when Fudge ruins Peter's art project for school and their mother punishes the former with spanking.
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* BerserkButton: Fudge will only respond to his nickname. His initial kindergarten teacher discovers this when, after insisting on calling him by one of his legal names, he [[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} kicks her in the shin and climbs on top of a shelf in protest]], resulting in his transfer to the other kindergarten class. Peter sometimes pushes the button.
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* AlphaBitch: Sheila. In the book that is written from Sheila's point of view, both she and her older sister Libby qualify.
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* TheLibby: Sheila. In the book that is written from Sheila's point of view, both she and her older sister Libby qualify.
