History Literature / HIVESeries

* [[spoiler:CloningBlues: Otto has these. And, given the ending of ''Deadlock'', it looks like things are going to get much worse on this front]].

''H.I.V.E.'', which stands for the [[AcademyOfEvil Higher Institute of Villainous Education]], is a VillainProtagonist series by Creator/MarkWalden about, as the title suggests, a school for villains. The series consists of nine books (plus a short World Book Day story) but, due to NoExportForYou, the last six volumes have only been released recently in America. The author, Mark Walden, seems to enjoy his fanbase, and has a blog, a small forum, and a separate email account for fans. Online, there is little evidence to show the books' popularity, but H.I.V.E.'s forum is bursting with enthusiastic members.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Because of persistent and rampart misuse, this example was removed. Please check the trope page to see if your example fits the current definition.

* AwesomeMcCoolname

** Bloodline takes this UpToEleven, with almost every scene doing its best to fit as much snark as reasonably possible, probably as a LastHurrah for the series.

* ''H.I.V.E.'': Otto Malpense is kidnapped and taken to a school for villains. Here he meets five other new students and some of them make an escape attempt together. [[spoiler:It doesn't work. The headmaster, Dr Nero, knew what they were up to the whole time. They're just about to be punished for it when something large, green and carnivorous interrupts. And it's not [[TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk.]]]]

%% ** [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters And that's not even everyone in the main cast.]]

%% * LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: eventually.

There were four main characters of ''H.I.V.E.,'' but as LotsAndLotsOfCharacters started to take hold, about twelve protagonists and antagonists share roughly equal amounts of narration time. The original four heroes are [[ScienceHero Otto]], the main character; [[TheStoic Wing]], Otto's Chinese best friend; [[PlayfulHacker Laura]], the Scottish computer hacker; and [[MasterOfUnlocking Shelby]], the American lock-picking genius. Book four introduced Lucy, [[spoiler:mind-controlling granddaughter of a character killed in book 3.]] In the secondary character section(all of whom have now joined the main tier), we have Nigel, son of famous deceased supervillain Diabolus Darkdoom, [[spoiler:Number One's replacement when he goes all crazy and dies]], who is very good with plant life and biology; and Franz, the German son of an owner of a chocolate factory. He's very good with finance and also serves as the team sniper. Later on, [[spoiler: Tom and Penny, Otto's old accomplices from the orphanage, join the group]]. Then, in ''Deadlock'', [[spoiler:Tom dies, leaving Penny distanced from the group]].

* AcademyOfAdventure
* AcademyOfEvil: The titular institute.
* ActionGirl: Raven, along with Shelby, Constance, and Verity.

* AdultFear: Cypher's motivation in the ''Overlord Protocol.'' [[spoiler:His son, Wing, was taken to boarding school without his permission.]]

* BaldOfEvil: Trent (and not even in a good way). Diabolus Darkdoom is the AffablyEvil version.
* BaldOfAwesome: Nigel Darkdoom and his father, Diabolus Darkdoom. To quote Nero: "Why is it always the bald ones?"
* TheBaroness: Raven.
* BeautyBrainsandBrawn: the Lucy/Laura/Shelby team is this, in order.
* BigBadEnsemble: The Disciples
* BigEater: Franz, unsurprisingly.

* BlackEyesOfCrazy: those infected by the Animus sport these until the formula is improved.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Shelby, Lucy, and Laura again.

* CaperCrew: the roles change from book to book as characters come and go, but the basic structure runs a bit like this:
** The Mastermind: Nero.
** The Partner in Crime: Diabolus.
** The Backer: Number One.
** The Hacker/ The Gadget Guy: Otto and Laura switch off or work together on both.
** The Coordinator: Laura or Raven, depending on the mission.
** The Conman: Lucy
** The Distraction: Tom
** The Burglar: Shelby.
** The Pickpocket: Penny
** The Driver: Raven or Wing, once Wing knows how to drive.
** The Muscle: Wing
** The Acquisitioner: Pike
** [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters And that's not even everyone in the main cast.]]
* CastHerd

* TheChessmaster: Most of the main cast.
* ChildProdigy: Otto, Laura, Wing, Shelby, and Franz.
* ChildSoldier: When the going gets tough, Nero calls on his Alphas.
** This is pretty much the entire point of the Glasshouse.

* [[spoiler:ClonesArePeopleToo:]] and can be good or bad.
* ColonelBadass: Colonel Francisco.

* CoolSword: Raven's katanas.

* DarkActionGirl: Raven.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Raven.
* DeadpanSnarker: Raven, Otto, Nero... to be honest, anyone with a sense of humour becomes one at some point.

* DigitalAvatar: Overlord, H.I.V.E.mind, [[spoiler:Otto, and Anna]] all have one.

* DoesntLikeGuns: Wing.

* EvenTheGuysWantHim: [[spoiler:Franz]] as of Bloodline.

** EvilVersusOblivion: The cut and thrust of the series is that GLOVE may be evil, but they're not "destroy Earth and everyone on it" evil. Like the bad guys are.
* ExtranormalInstitute: H.I.V.E.
* FacialRecognitionSoftware: Overwatch.

* ForgivenessRequiresDeath: [[spoiler:the Contessa.]]

* [[spoiler:GrandTheftMe: Number One's plan for Otto.]]

* HeDidntMakeIt: [[spoiler:Otto]] at the end of ''Dreadnought.'' [[spoiler: And the end of Bloodline.]]

* HumanShield: Raven, Lucy, Shelby, and Franz each pull this at some point.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Laura and Wing versus [[spoiler:Otto. Laura]] wins.

* KnightTemplar: Sebastian Trent and HOPE.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: eventually.

* ManEatingPlant: Violet.

* {{Ninja}}: Otto calls Wing one in ''Escape Velocity''. Actually, pretty much everyone calls Wing a ninja at some point. And Raven.

* OddFriendship: Laura and Shelby, and Franz and Nigel.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Dr. Nero.

* TheOrder: G.L.O.V.E.
* OutGambitted: The main four find that Dr. Nero has done this to an incredible extent in the first book.

* PraetorianGuard: the Phalanx.
* ProfessionalKiller: Raven.
* PsychoSerum: The Animus.

* SpyCatsuit: Raven's infiltration get-up.

* TheSyndicate: G.L.O.V.E.
* TimePassesMontage: One occurs in book one.

* TrueCompanions: Otto, Laura, Wing, Shelby, Franz, Nigel, Lucy, and Raven.

* VillainProtagonist: Most of the cast.

* [[SealedWithAKiss Sealed With A Hug]]: In the final paragraph of the series, {{spoiler: Otto wakes up in a new body and goes to Scotland to find Laura a year after his death. Mary Brand watches her daughter desperately hug a stranger "with snow white hair."]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: As the series goes on, it seems to care less about avoiding dirty jokes.
** Everyone constantly wonders whether [[spoiler:Diabolus Darkdoom]]'s habit of collecting giant vehicles is because he's CompensatingForSomething.
** In Rogue, [[spoiler: there's several jokes about the potential HoYay between Block and Tackle.]]
** In Deadlock, [[spoiler: there's a lengthy joke where H.I.V.E.mind talks about meeting another female artificial intelligence, but through weighty computer networking words like "secure socket" and "layers" it's like a wall of DoubleEntendre.]]
** In Bloodline, [[spoiler: apparently Shelby goes through Colonel Francisco's underwear drawer in her free time. Also, a really weird one. Otto's "real" name, 0110, is 6 in binary. At the end of the story, he's reborn in tank 9, which used to belong to Anna/A99A. If it isn't a deliberate 69 joke, it's a bizarre coincidence.]]

* ''Zero Hour'': Released September 2010. [[spoiler:Overlord uses the Animus fluid to take over a US military facility and H.I.V.E. itself in an attempt to capture Otto]]. Also, some of the main characters [[GetUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld begin dating]]. Widely regarded as the series' best installment.

* ''Dreadnought'': Released September 2009. The main characters take Lucy, a newbie who has been put into their year, under their wing. They are about to go on a school expedition to the Arctic circle, but, naturally, they meet trouble on the way. [[spoiler: Darkdoom Sr. gets captured by a rogue G.L.O.V.E. member, and chaos ensues]]. First true {{cliffhanger}} of series is found here.

* HeDidntMakeIt: [[spoiler:Otto]] at the end of ''Dreadnought.''

* TimeSkip: Between books two and three.

* WorldOfSnark: Especially evident in the scene where the students are all riding together in a stolen car in ''Zero Hour''. Everyone makes fun of everyone until everyone starts bragging about who is funnier than everyone else...and that's just the first two pages.

* EvilOverlordList: To be expected, seeing as the premise of the series is supervillains. Rules obeyed include 20, 27, 32, 33, 45, 56, 57, 58, and 65. Rules broken at any point in the series include 1, 2 (lampshaded by Otto), 6, 9, 10, 13, 15, 17 (Number One, I'm looking at you), 18 [[spoiler: again, I'm looking at you Number One]], 23, 36, 46, 52, 59, 67, 73, 78, 84, and 96.

''H.I.V.E.'', which stands for the [[AcademyOfEvil Higher Institute of Villainous Education]], is a VillainProtagonist series by Creator/MarkWalden about, as the title suggests, a school for villains. The series consists of nine books (plus a short World Book Day story) but, due to NoExportForYou, the last six of the nine volumes have only been released recently in America. The author, Mark Walden, seems to enjoy his fanbase, and has a blog, a small forum, and a separate email account for fans. Online, there is little evidence to show the books' popularity, but H.I.V.E.'s forum is bursting with enthusiastic members.

''H.I.V.E.'', which stands for the [[AcademyOfEvil Higher Institute of Villainous Education]], is a VillainProtagonist series by Creator/MarkWalden about, as the title suggests, a school for villains. It currently has eight released books (plus a short World Book Day story) but, due to NoExportForYou, the last six of the eight volumes have only been released recently in America. The author, Mark Walden, seems to enjoy his fanbase, and has a blog, a small forum, and a separate email account for fans. Online, there is little evidence to show the books' popularity, but H.I.V.E.'s forum is bursting with enthusiastic members.

* AbusiveParents: Raven, [[spoiler:She doesn’t know the Furans are her Aunt and Uncle until bloodline but the setup is fuctionaly the same]].

* AbusiveParents: Raven. [[spoiler:Although Furan is not her actual father, the setup is pretty much the same]].

** [[PosthumousCharacter Xiu Mei]] is the wife of [[LoveMakesYouEvil Wu Zhang]] and the mother of [[GentleGiant Wing,]] as well as the programmer ("mother") of [[AIIsACrapshoot Overlord]]. In addition to referring to Xiu Mei as his mother, Overlord refers to [[BenevolentAI H.I.V.E.mind]] as his brother because they share a code base, and vice versa. H.I.V.E.mind's programmer/"father" is [[MotherlyScientist Professor Theodore Pike]]. Overlord has fourteen known sons, including [[EvilKnockoff Zero]], the twelve other clones introduced in book eight, and [[ScienceHero Otto]]. Otto was raised by [[FosteringForProfit Mrs. McCreedy]] along with [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome Tom]] and [[RoseHairedSweetie Penny]]. Otto seems on track to marry [[GadgeteerGenius Laura]], whose parents are Mary and Andrew Brand, and whose younger brother, Dougie, will likely be an Alpha as well once he is older. Shelby is also a likely candidate to enter the family via Wing.

* VillainProtagonist: Most of the cast.