History Literature / LevenThumps

* AbusiveParents: Addy and Terry Graph to Leven. Justified with Janet Frore as [[spoiler: she was chosen to be Winter's adoptive mom because she was such a {{Jerkass}}]]. Played straight with [[spoiler: Elton, who wants to kill Leven, because Maria Thumps died in childbirth]].
* AntiHero: [[spoiler: Azure]] after his HeelFaceTurn.

* BadassNormal: [[spoiler: Elton]] who, despite having no gift is strong enough to beat up [[TheChosenOne Leven]] even though Leven was in his fully powered state.

* BigBad: The [[spoiler: Dearth]], source of all hatred and evil.
* BigGood: The Want aka [[spoiler: Hector Thumps, then Leven Thumps]] and the Tree.

* BrickJoke: In book four we find out Leven's favourite number is 11. In book five [[spoiler: it's the number of whacks to destroy the tree and also his name]].
* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: Winter's]] gift is stolen because Jamoon sucks it out with a machine [[spoiler: that Winter actually created]].
* CallingTheOldManOut: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. [[spoiler: Leven]] is happy to see [[spoiler: [[AbusiveParents Elton]]]] but [[spoiler: Elton calls Leven out for killing Maria Thumps in childbirth]].
* TheChosenOne: Leven. [[spoiler: Which is partially why [[AbusiveParents Elton Thumps]] hates him so much]].

* DemonicPossession: Dennis [[spoiler: by Sabine]] for the first half of book three.

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Hector Thumps, Amelia Thumps, Elton Thumps, Dennis O. Wood and Clover]].
* TheDragon: Jamoon to Sabine, Sabine and Azure to [[spoiler: The Dearth]].
* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler: Jamoon]] becomes the BigBad after [[spoiler:Sabine's death]].

* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The Dearth, a soil monster]].
* EleventhHourSuperpower: When Leven [[spoiler: gets the force]].

%%* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: The Tree]].

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Ezra, Azure, Jamoon, Terry and Ady, and Phoebe]].
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler: Azure was Geth's friend, but pulled a FaceHeelTurn and joined the Dearth until Book Four. Then he pulled a HeelFaceTurn and teamed up with Leven.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. [[spoiler: Azure almost died at the end of book four, but was okay in book five. Leven was supposed to pull one, but didn't.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Sometimes Leven, Terry and Ady, [[spoiler: Hector Thumps]]/The Want, [[spoiler: Elton Thumps]]. Let's just say all [[spoiler: Thumps]] are like this. Also [[AbusiveParents Janet Frore]].
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Terry and Ady.]]
* LawyerFriendlyCameo: From Franchise/StarWars. Darth Vader shows up, and at the end of book five [[spoiler: Leven gets the force]].

* LiteralSplitPersonality: Ezra, manifestation of all the hatred and evil in [[spoiler: Geth]]. Also, Janet's whisp.

* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler: Leven to Elton in book five]].
* TheMasquerade: It's revealed at the end of book four that [[spoiler: the government knows about Foo.]]

** Winter, [[spoiler: The Dearth (the words death and earth),]] and [[spoiler: E.]] Leven Thumps, [[spoiler: the number of thumps to knock down the tree and defeat The Dearth]].
** "Dearth" [[spoiler: goes beyond being a portmanteau off "death" and "earth"--"dirt"'s implied in there too, and "dearth" means scarcity, famine, lack--which is exactly what the Dearth intends to cause for both worlds.]]
* MindScrew: As Janet puts it in book five [[spoiler: "I came back to tell myself I was sorry?"]]
* NeverTrustATitle: In ''Wrath of Ezra'', the titular wrath is when Ezra says he hates [[spoiler: Elton]] on the last page.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Leven unleashing [[spoiler: [[BigBad The Dearth]] and the secret of how to kill sycophants]].
%%* ObviouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Farrow]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Winter is [[spoiler: 38, but looks 13]].
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: The Dearth after getting to reality]].
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: [[spoiler: Leven is actually his middle name]].
* ResetButton: [[spoiler: The ending of book five.]]

* SwallowedWhole: Happens in book one [[spoiler: when the gang is eaten by an earth snake]].
** Also happens in book 2 [[spoiler: when Leven accidentally swallows Geth]].
* ThemeNaming: [[spoiler: Winter's original family, seeing as she had a sister named Spring.]]
* WeaksauceWeakness: Vacuums for whisps. [[spoiler: Clapping]] for shadows.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: At the end of book two it turns out the secret [[spoiler: is how to kill sycophants.]]

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: From StarWars. Darth Vader shows up, and at the end of book five [[spoiler: Leven gets the force]].

* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Geth's personality.

* EvilUncle: Terry.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: The Tree]].

* ObviouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Farrow]]

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Dennis and Ezra.

* TheChosenOne: Leven. [[spoiler: which is partially why [[AbusiveParents Elton Thumps]] hates him so much]].

* {{Badass}}: Sabine and Winter got into a freezing and thawing contest on the edge of the gateway. Winter held her own for an incredibly long time, considering Sabine is a master of dark magic and she's a thirteen-year-old girl. However, Sabine one-upped her in BadAss when he froze [[spoiler: the ''entire world'']].

* {{Badass}}: Sabine spoiler: froze the entire world!

* AbusiveParents: Justified with Janet Frore as [[spoiler: she was chosen to be Winter's adoptive mom because she was such a {{Jerkass}}]]. Played straight with [[spoiler: Elton, who wants to kill Leven, because Maria Thumps died in childbirth]].

It begins with fourteen-year-old Leven Thumps living an awful life with his [[AbusiveParents step aunt Addy and her husband Terry Graph]] in a trailer home at Burnt Culvert, Oklahoma. One day,[[DeadpanSnarker Clover]], a [[ExpositionFairy Sycophant]], reveals himself. Clover tells Leven that he's been watching over him all his life, usually invisible. He and Leven have got to find the gateway into the world called ''Foo'' and then destroy that gateway. Foo is Clover's world, [[DreamLand the place that makes dreams possible]].

It begins with fourteen-year-old Leven Thumps living a sucking life with his [[AbusiveParents step aunt Addy and her husband Terry Graph]] in a trailer home at Burnt Culvert, Oklahoma. One day,[[DeadpanSnarker Clover]], a [[ExpositionFairy Sycophant]], reveals himself. Clover tells Leven that he's been watching over him all his life, usually invisible. He and Leven have got to find the gateway into the world called ''Foo'' and then destroy that gateway. Foo is Clover's world, [[DreamLand the place that makes dreams possible]].

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: [[spoiler: The Dearth.]]

->''"An UnFOOgettable Series"''

->''"[[IncrediblyLamePun An UnFOOgettable Series]]"''

* AntiHero: [[spoiler: Azure]] after [[spoiler: his]] HeelFaceTurn.
* AntiVillain: [[LiteralSplitPersonality Ezra]] even though his ultimate goal is to [[spoiler: kill Geth and take over the world]].
* {{Badass}}: Sabine [[spoiler: froze the entire world!]]

* BigBad: Sabine, [[spoiler: Jamoon]], Azure, and [[spoiler: The Dearth source of all hatred and evil.]]
* BigGood: The Want aka [[spoiler: Hector Thumps, then Leven Thumps]] and [[spoiler: The Tree.]]

* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Dennis by Sabine]] for the first half of book three.

* ''Leven Thumps And The Gateway To Foo'' (2005)
* ''Leven Thumps And The Whispered Secret'' (2006)
* ''Leven Thumps And The Eyes Of The Want'' (2007)
* ''Leven Thumps And The Wrath Of Ezra'' (2008)
* ''Leven Thumps And The Ruins Of Alder'' (2009)

** [[IntangibleMan Fade In And Out]]

** [[SuperSpeed Run Like The Wind]]

** [[BreathWeapon Breath]] [[PlayingWithFire Fire]]

** [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway Push And Bind Dreams]]

* BlessedWithSuck: Rants. Half of them is always what someone is dreaming of and they cannot manipulate dreams. Cue [[{{Batman}} Two-Face]] jokes.

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