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''Little Sophie and Lanky Flop'' (''Kleine Sofie en Lange Wapper'' ) is a Dutch children's book, written in 1984 by Els Pelgrom and illustrated by Thé Tjong-Khing. The book has won a ''lot'' of awards, and has been published in about a dozen languages, including English.
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''Little Sophie and Lanky Flop'' (''Kleine Sofie en Lange Wapper'' ) Wapper'') is a Dutch children's book, written in 1984 by Els Pelgrom and illustrated by Thé Tjong-Khing. The book has won a ''lot'' of awards, and has been published in about a dozen languages, including English.
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* CoolOldGuy: Bear can be this.
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Sophie is a curious young girl. She's heavily implied to be dying of cancer, and spends her days in bed, bored out of her mind. One night, her cat Terror and her dolls (Lanky Flop, Mr. Bear, and Arabella, among others) come alive in front of her eyes to stage a theatre play. Sophie is excited at the idea, and begs for a chance to join in. The cat and the dolls are reluctant -- but they decide to let her be part of the play, if she's so keen on finding out what's "for sale in life". Before she knows it, Sophie is drawn into the world of Terror's story, which suddenly seems frighteningly real.
Being a [[ValuesDissonance Dutch author]], Pelgrom pulls absolutely no punches. Sophie is quickly shown extreme poverty, death, sex, betrayal, and decadence. But because of what she's learned in her imaginary travels, she's able to imagine a happy ending for herself, and dreams of driving off on a new adventure with her new friends.
Being a [[ValuesDissonance Dutch author]], Pelgrom pulls absolutely no punches. Sophie is quickly shown extreme poverty, death, sex, betrayal, and decadence. But because of what she's learned in her imaginary travels, she's able to imagine a happy ending for herself, and dreams of driving off on a new adventure with her new friends.
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Sophie is a curious young girl. She's heavily implied to be dying of cancer, and spends her days in bed, bored out of her mind. One night, her cat Terror and her dolls (Lanky Flop, Mr. Bear, and Arabella, among others) come alive in front of her eyes to stage a theatre play. Sophie is excited at the idea, and begs for a chance to join in. The cat and the dolls are reluctant -- but they decide to let her be part of the play, if she's so keen on finding out what's "for sale in life". Before she knows it, Sophie is drawn into the world of Terror's story, which suddenly seems frighteningly real. \n\n Being a [[ValuesDissonance Dutch author]], Pelgrom pulls absolutely no punches. Sophie is quickly shown extreme poverty, death, sex, betrayal, betrayal and decadence. But because of what she's learned in her imaginary travels, she's able to imagine a happy ending for herself, and dreams of driving off on a new adventure with her new friends.decadence -- everything life is all about.
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Being a [[ValuesDissonance Dutch author]], Pelgrom pulls absolutely no punches. Sophie is quickly shown extreme poverty, death, sex, betrayal, and decadence; she loses her hair, ends up in an orphanage for "kids that came out wrong", is thrown in jail, gets lost at sea, and in the end, [[spoiler: dies in reality]]. But because of what she's learned in her imaginary travels, she's able to imagine a happy ending for herself, and dreams of driving off on a new adventure with her new friends.
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Being a [[ValuesDissonance Dutch author]], Pelgrom pulls absolutely no punches. Sophie is quickly shown extreme poverty, death, sex, betrayal, and decadence; she loses her hair, ends up in an orphanage for "kids that came out wrong", is thrown in jail, gets lost at sea, and in the end, [[spoiler: dies in reality]].decadence. But because of what she's learned in her imaginary travels, she's able to imagine a happy ending for herself, and dreams of driving off on a new adventure with her new friends.
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* NightmareFuel: ''Oh'' yes.
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* TheWoobie: Sophie.
* ValuesDissonance: Considered a good, wholesome book full of family values in the Netherlands.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Dutch culture is much, ''much'' more open about adult topics than American culture, and it shows.
* ValuesDissonance: Considered a good, wholesome book full of family values in the Netherlands.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Dutch culture is much, ''much'' more open about adult topics than American culture, and it shows.
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http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/LittleSophie_2291.jpg ''Kleine Sofie en Lange Wapper'' ("LittleSophieAndLankyFlop") is a Dutch children's book, written in 1984 by Els Pelgrom and illustrated by Thé Tjong-Khing. The book has won a ''lot'' of awards, and has been published in about a dozen languages, including English.
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''Little Sophie and Lanky Flop'' (''Kleine Sofie en Lange Wapper''
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http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/LittleSophie_2291.jpg ''Kleine Sofie en Lange Wapper'' ("LittleSophieAndLankyFlop") is a Dutch children's book, written in 1984 by Els Pelgrom and illustrated by Thé Tjong-Khing. The book has won a ''lot'' of awards, and has been published in about a dozen languages, including English.
Sophie is a curious young girl. She's heavily implied to be dying of cancer, and spends her days in bed, bored out of her mind. One night, her cat Terror and her dolls (Lanky Flop, Mr. Bear, and Arabella, among others) come alive in front of her eyes to stage a theatre play. Sophie is excited at the idea, and begs for a chance to join in. The cat and the dolls are reluctant -- but they decide to let her be part of the play, if she's so keen on finding out what's "for sale in life". Before she knows it, Sophie is drawn into the world of Terror's story, which suddenly seems frighteningly real.
Being a [[ValuesDissonance Dutch author]], Pelgrom pulls absolutely no punches. Sophie is quickly shown extreme poverty, death, sex, betrayal, and decadence; she loses her hair, ends up in an orphanage for "kids that came out wrong", is thrown in jail, gets lost at sea, and in the end, [[spoiler: dies in reality]]. But because of what she's learned in her imaginary travels, she's able to imagine a happy ending for herself, and dreams of driving off on a new adventure with her new friends.
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!!This book contains examples of:
* AdultsAreUseless: No one can really answer Sophie's questions, and when they can, they're too jaded by the horrors of life to really help her.
* AmusementParkOfDoom: Although it's more of a traditional village fair.
* BittersweetEnding
* BreakTheCutie
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Sophie? Yes. The target audience? Not so much.
* ConstantlyCurious: Sophie.
* CoolOldGuy: Bear can be this.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Discussed. Given a wish, Sophie asks for a nice warm coat for Lanky Flop. She isn't told until later that she's supposed to give something in return - her long, gorgeous hair. That way, the universe balances out... supposedly.
* HereWeGoAgain
* JumpingOutOfACake: Arabella. Naked.
* FriendsWithBenefits: Lanky Flop and Arabella.
* InnocentInaccurate: If it's cancer Sophie is dying of, her losing her hair in the fantasy world makes a ''lot'' of sense.
* NightmareFuel: ''Oh'' yes.
* OrphanageOfLove: Sophie briefly lives in one.
* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Sophie gets mad at Terror when it turns out his play involves people ''dying''. His response? That's just life.
* TheWoobie: Sophie.
* ValuesDissonance: Considered a good, wholesome book full of family values in the Netherlands.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Dutch culture is much, ''much'' more open about adult topics than American culture, and it shows.
* WomanInWhite: Sophie.
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Sophie is a curious young girl. She's heavily implied to be dying of cancer, and spends her days in bed, bored out of her mind. One night, her cat Terror and her dolls (Lanky Flop, Mr. Bear, and Arabella, among others) come alive in front of her eyes to stage a theatre play. Sophie is excited at the idea, and begs for a chance to join in. The cat and the dolls are reluctant -- but they decide to let her be part of the play, if she's so keen on finding out what's "for sale in life". Before she knows it, Sophie is drawn into the world of Terror's story, which suddenly seems frighteningly real.
Being a [[ValuesDissonance Dutch author]], Pelgrom pulls absolutely no punches. Sophie is quickly shown extreme poverty, death, sex, betrayal, and decadence; she loses her hair, ends up in an orphanage for "kids that came out wrong", is thrown in jail, gets lost at sea, and in the end, [[spoiler: dies in reality]]. But because of what she's learned in her imaginary travels, she's able to imagine a happy ending for herself, and dreams of driving off on a new adventure with her new friends.
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!!This book contains examples of:
* AdultsAreUseless: No one can really answer Sophie's questions, and when they can, they're too jaded by the horrors of life to really help her.
* AmusementParkOfDoom: Although it's more of a traditional village fair.
* BittersweetEnding
* BreakTheCutie
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Sophie? Yes. The target audience? Not so much.
* ConstantlyCurious: Sophie.
* CoolOldGuy: Bear can be this.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Discussed. Given a wish, Sophie asks for a nice warm coat for Lanky Flop. She isn't told until later that she's supposed to give something in return - her long, gorgeous hair. That way, the universe balances out... supposedly.
* HereWeGoAgain
* JumpingOutOfACake: Arabella. Naked.
* FriendsWithBenefits: Lanky Flop and Arabella.
* InnocentInaccurate: If it's cancer Sophie is dying of, her losing her hair in the fantasy world makes a ''lot'' of sense.
* NightmareFuel: ''Oh'' yes.
* OrphanageOfLove: Sophie briefly lives in one.
* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Sophie gets mad at Terror when it turns out his play involves people ''dying''. His response? That's just life.
* TheWoobie: Sophie.
* ValuesDissonance: Considered a good, wholesome book full of family values in the Netherlands.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Dutch culture is much, ''much'' more open about adult topics than American culture, and it shows.
* WomanInWhite: Sophie.
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