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* {{Deuteragonist}}: Annie, at least in the first five books

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* DumbBlonde: {{Inverted}} with Annie. Extremely intelligent, inherited from her scientist dad Eric.

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* BlackBeadEyes: Garry Parsons' illustrations draw the characters' eyes this way

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* BlackBeadEyes: Garry Parsons' illustrations draw the characters' eyes this wayway.
* ChildProdigy: Annie.
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----* ShipTease: There is a bit between George and Annie, most notably in ''Big Bang'' when Annie kissed George's cheek after he [[spoiler: used Dr Reeper's supercomputer Pooky to meet Reeper on a comet in the Andromeda Galaxy and got 'space-sickness' after coming back]]
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* OnlyChildSyndrome: Both George and Annie start the series as only children, although this is later averted as George's sisters Juno and Hera are born between the ''Cosmic Treasure Hunt'' and ''Big Bang'' [[spoiler: and Nimu from ''Ship of Time'' is Annie's half-sister]]

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** The Order of Science as a whole don't appear after the third book (apart from Eric, George and Annie of course), though this is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as all computers in the world save Cosmos stopped working in ''Unbreakable Code'' and the Order were likely working on how to get them back (Eric himself was helping the Prime Minister) and George and Annie spend much of ''Blue Moon'' at astronaut camp. ''Ship of Time'' takes place in a dystopian future where science is banned and most of the members of the Order would have died anyway

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** The Order of Science as a whole don't appear after the third book (apart from Eric, George and Annie of course), though this is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as all computers in the world save Cosmos stopped working in ''Unbreakable Code'' and the Order were likely working on how to get them back (Eric himself was helping the Prime Minister) and George and Annie spend much of ''Blue Moon'' at astronaut camp. ''Ship of Time'' takes place in a dystopian future where science is banned and most of the members of the Order would have died anywayanyway.
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* TrilogyCreep: The series was originally intended to be just three books long, but ended up being six books long. TropesAreNotBad, however, and books 4-6 are arguably even better than the first three books.

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* TrilogyCreep: The series was originally intended to be just three books long, but ended up being six books long. TropesAreNotBad, Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, however, and books 4-6 are arguably even better than the first three books.

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''George's Secret Key to the Universe'' is a children's sci-fi series written by Lucy Hawking with her father Creator/StephenHawking.

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''George's Secret Key to the Universe'' is a children's sci-fi book series written by Lucy Hawking with her father Creator/StephenHawking.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Hero freeing the kids from Wonder Academy]] in ''Ship of Time''
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* OnlyChildSyndrome: Both George and Annie start the series as only children, although this is later subverted as George's sisters Juno and Hera are born between the ''Cosmic Treasure Hunt'' and ''Big Bang'' [[spoiler: and Nimu from ''Ship of Time'' is Annie's half-sister]]

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* OnlyChildSyndrome: Both George and Annie start the series as only children, although this is later subverted averted as George's sisters Juno and Hera are born between the ''Cosmic Treasure Hunt'' and ''Big Bang'' [[spoiler: and Nimu from ''Ship of Time'' is Annie's half-sister]]

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* {{Expy}}: Trellis Dump from ''Ship of Time'' is one of Donald Trump.


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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Trellis Dump from ''Ship of Time'' is very similar to Donald Trump.
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* OnlyChildSyndrome: Both George and Annie start the series as only children, although this is later subverted as George's sisters Juno and Hera are born between the ''Cosmic Treasure Hunt'' and ''Big Bang'' [[spoiler: and Nimu from ''Ship of Time'' is Annie's half-sister]]
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* BlackBeadEyes: Garry Parsons' illustrations draw the characters' eyes this way
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* CaptainObviousReveal: The reveal in "Ship of Time" that [[spoiler: Annie is the mysterious "her" of Na-h Alba]], was pretty easy to guess, as Empyrean had previously said to Nimu that George knew "her", which would make the reader immediately think that that this "her" is [[spoiler: Annie]]
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* CaptainObviousReveal: The reveal in "Ship of Time" that [[spoiler: Annie is the mysterious "her" of Na-h Alba]], was pretty easy to guess, as Empyrean had previously said to Nimu that George knew "her", which would make the reader immediately think that that this "her" is [[spoiler: Annie]]
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* PurpleProse: There is quite a bit of this, especially in the earlier books


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* TakeThat: The junior astronaut training program in ''Blue Moon'' is one to both Mars One and reality shows such as ''Series/BigBrother''
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* CoolOldLady: [[spoiler: Annie]] in ''Ship of Time''.
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Dr Reeper makes one at the end of ''Cosmic Treasure Hunt''

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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Dr Reeper makes one at the end of ''Cosmic Treasure Hunt'' Hunt'']]
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Dr Reeper makes one at the end of ''Cosmic Treasure Hunt''
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** In ''Ship of Time'' Eden's motto is that they live in the BestOfAllPossibleWorlds
* TimeDilation: In ''Ship of Time'', George spends an indeterminate amount of time on the ''Artemis'', but is still a preteen boy when he touches back down in a very different world. It is later explained that it is actually the year 2081 and Einstein's physics made time go by slower for him.
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* PutOnABus: Eric spends much of ''Unbreakable Code'' having a meeting with the Prime Minister.

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* PutOnABus: OutOfFocus: Eric spends much of ''Unbreakable Code'' having a meeting with the Prime Minister.
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* PutOnABus: Eric spends much of ''Unbreakable Code'' having a meeting with the Prime Minister.
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* VagueAge: George and Annie's age is only stated once, in ''Unbreakable Code'' when they are eleven

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* VagueAge: George and Annie's age is only stated once, in ''Unbreakable Code'' when they are eleveneleven
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Dr Reeper does not appear after the third book despite [[spoiler: being accepted into the Order of Science at the end of that book]]
** The Order of Science as a whole don't appear after the third book (apart from Eric, George and Annie of course), though this is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as all computers in the world save Cosmos stopped working in ''Unbreakable Code'' and the Order were likely working on how to get them back (Eric himself was helping the Prime Minister) and George and Annie spend much of ''Blue Moon'' at astronaut camp. ''Ship of Time'' takes place in a dystopian future where science is banned and most of the members of the Order would have died anyway
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Dr Reeper, [[spoiler: though this becomes a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] when he makes a HeelFaceTurn at the end of ''Cosmic Treasure Hunt'']]
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* AuthorAvatar: Eric is based on a younger Creator/StephenHawking


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** In ''Unbreakable Code'', an old woman called Beryl Wilde, who was involved in breaking the Enigma Machine's code in World War II, visits the Bellises. In RealLife Beryl Wilde was the name of Stephen Hawking's first wife's mother (also Lucy's maternal grandmother)
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** Wonder Academy from ''Ship of Time'' could be one to Bolvangar from ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'', as both are government-run institutions where have something taken away from them ([[spoiler: their souls]] in Bolvangar and [[spoiler: their intelligence]] in Wonder Academy). In addition,[[spoiler: the kids in Wonder Academy and Bolvangar were both freed by young girls (Lyra Belacqua for Bolvangar and Hero Bellis for Wonder Academy)]]

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** Wonder Academy from ''Ship of Time'' could be one to Bolvangar from ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'', as both are government-run institutions where children have something taken away from them ([[spoiler: their souls]] in Bolvangar and [[spoiler: their intelligence]] in Wonder Academy). In addition,[[spoiler: the kids in Wonder Academy and Bolvangar were both freed by young girls (Lyra Belacqua for Bolvangar and Hero Bellis for Wonder Academy)]]
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NOTE: Page title should include an apostrophe (so ''George's Secret Key to the Universe'' instead of ''Georges Secret Key To The Universe''.

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* VagueAge: George and Annie's age is only stated once, in''Unbreakable Code'' when they are eleven

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* VagueAge: George and Annie's age is only stated once, in''Unbreakable in ''Unbreakable Code'' when they are eleven
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* TrilogyCreep: The series was originally intended to be just three books long, but ended up being six books long. TropesAreNotBad, however, and books 4-6 are arguably even better than the first three books.

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* TrilogyCreep: The series was originally intended to be just three books long, but ended up being six books long. TropesAreNotBad, however, and books 4-6 are arguably even better than the first three books.books.
* VagueAge: George and Annie's age is only stated once, in''Unbreakable Code'' when they are eleven

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