History Literature / MrsPiggleWiggle

%%* RadishCure: The TropeNamer and the usual method by which Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's cures work.

* {{Aesoptinum}}
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Various magic cures.

* CoolHouse: It's literally upside-down!
* CoolOldLady: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle.

* ThePigPen: Patsy

* RadishCure: The TropeNamer and the usual method by which Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's cures work.

* TeamMom: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle.

* TheMusical: Written for Seattle Children's Theatre.

* TrashOfTheTitans: Hubert Prentiss

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** CanonForeigner: Pete the Delivery Man, fussy law officer Norbert Wainwright, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's grown daughter Potsy, and Howard the Hat-Tree, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's [[PlantPerson talking tree]] roommate whose branches carry magic hats that provide Mrs. P. with her cures. The kids and their parents also have mostly different names than their book counterparts.
** PragmaticAdaptation: The books' [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters loads and loads of kids with bad habits]] are reduced to a small regular cast who repeatedly need cures.
** SparedByTheAdaptation: Mr. Piggle-Wiggle isn't dead in this version, just away at sea most of the time, and occasionally makes appearances.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Many non-magical cures involve giving the children ''exactly'' what they want, so that they can learn that they don't really want it after all. For example, the boy who doesn't want to share learns that this means other kids won't want to play with him or be his friend, and the kids who don't want to go to bed learn that if they stay up all night, they'll miss out on fun things during the day because they're so tired.

* ReversePsychology: Some of the cures. For example, the Never-Want-To-Go-To-Bedders cure involves letting the children stay up all night, and the Won't-Pick-Up-Toys treatment is letting the room get as messy as possible. Although in this case, the idea is not that they'll do the opposite, but that they ''will'' initially go along since they're getting what they want, and then learn by experience why the rule exists in the first place.

* ReversePsychology: Some of the cures. For example, the Never-Want-To-Go-To-Bedders cure involves letting the children stay up all night, and the Won't-Pick-Up-Toys treatment is letting the room get as messy as possible. Although in this case, the idea is that they ''will'' do the thing initially, and then learn by experience why the rule exists in the first place.

* ReversePsychology: Some of the cures. For example, the Never-Want-To-Go-To-Bedders cure involves letting the children stay up all night, and the Won't-Pick-Up-Toys treatment is letting the room get as messy as possible.

* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: All but one of the books have Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle living in an upside-down house, designed and built by Mr. Piggle-Wiggle. She literally walks ''up'' upside-down stairs while living in it. Missy Piggle-Wiggle assumes control of the house in the ''Missy Piggle-Wiggle'' books, though in ''The Sticky-Fingers Cure'', it ends up for several week being a right-side-up house due to an unusual illness known as the "Winter Effluvia."

* TreasureMap

* WidowWitch

* [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice Job Raising Them, Parent]]: Many of the cures are only necessary because the parents actively let it get to that point, through either overindulging a child or trying to be too controlling in general. If Herbert Prentiss's mother hadn't kept caving and cleaning up his room for him, Herbert would have discovered years ago that if he didn't want to step on blocks and wanted a place to sleep, he'd better clean it up. In other cases, the parents undermined their own authority by using BecauseISaidSo in place of actual reasons, so their children simply don't listen to them anymore because it seems like they don't know what they're talking about. Generally, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is the last resort: only a few consult an expert when a problem comes up.

** A more localized incident appears in Lester's first story. The mother of the boy who Lester is teaching serves pork chops for dinner and Lester [[GreenAroundTheGills quickly goes green]] [[IAteWhat when he realizes]] [[ImAHumanitarian just what he ate]] though good manners prevent him from allowing his discomfort to be known. Then the boy comes downstairs the next day to his mother making bacon and promptly scolds her for being so rude to Lester.

* [[NotGoodWithPeople Not Good With Adults]]: Although she will happily discuss the children's problems over the phone when the parents call, she does not invite adult guests over or socialize with them like she does with the neighborhood kids. (This would be considered creepy today.)

* [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice Job Raising Them, Parent]]: Many of the cures are only necessary because the parents actively let it get to that point, through either overindulging a child or trying to be too controlling in general. If Herbert Prentiss's mother hadn't kept caving and cleaning up his room for him, Herbert would have discovered years ago that if he didn't want to step on blocks and wanted a place to sleep, he'd better clean it up. In other cases, the parents undermined their own authority by using BecauseISaidSo in place of actual reasons, so their children simply don't listen to them anymore because it seems like they don't know what they're talking about. Generally, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is the last resort: only a few are GenreSavvy enough to consult an expert when a problem comes up.

* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: All but one of the books have Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle living in an upside-down house, designed and built by Mr. Piggle-Wiggle. She literally walks ''up'' upside-down stairs while living in it.
* CelibateHero: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is never mentioned as being so much as interested in other men after the death of her husband. And in ''Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure'', in which he's not dead, [[DeterminedWidow she sets off on a journey to find him after he goes missing]].

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: "The Waddle-I-Doers", the final story in "Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic," lacks the magical cures of the rest of the book. Instead, Lee and Mimi Wharton are bored by the rain (which isn't terribly bad) and go to Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's for a party with all of the other neighborhood children, where she tells them that she's run out of money and fears for the future. This leads the kids to search the house for the hidden drawers, containers, and other concealed places where Mr. Piggle-Wiggle left a fortune. In the end, Mimi discovers the biggest cache of all in the attic, saving Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle from destitution.

* LocalHangout: All the kids keep coming to Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's house.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: In ''Missy Piggle-Wiggle'', similar to the television show, Mr. Piggle-Wiggle isn't dead, simply missing.

In 2016, a new spin-off of the series, titled ''Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure'' was released, featuring Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's spunky niece Missy Piggle-Wiggle, written by Ann M. Martin and Annie Parnell, with illustrations by Ben Hatke. Following the success of this first book in the new series, a second, titled ''Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Won't-Walk-the-Dog Cure'' was [[https://www.amazon.com/Missy-Piggle-Wiggle-Wont-Walk-Dog-Cure/dp/1250071704 released]] on September 5, 2017.

In 2016, a new spin-off of the series, titled ''Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure'' was released, featuring Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's spunky niece Missy Piggle-Wiggle, written by Ann M. Martin and Annie Parnell, with illustrations by Ben Hatke. Following the success of this first book in the new series, a second, titled ''Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Won't-Want-the-Dog Cure'' was [[https://www.amazon.com/Missy-Piggle-Wiggle-Wont-Walk-Dog-Cure/dp/1250071704 released]] on September 5, 2017.

In 2016, a new spin-off of the series, titled ''Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure'' was released, featuring Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's spunky niece Missy Piggle-Wiggle, written by Ann M. Martin and Annie Parnell, with illustrations by Ben Hatke. Following the success of this first book in the new series, a second, titled ''Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Won't-Want-the-Dog Cure'' is [[https://www.amazon.com/Missy-Piggle-Wiggle-Wont-Walk-Dog-Cure/dp/1250071704 slated for release]] on September 5, 2017.

* CelibateHero: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is never mentioned as being so much as interested in other men after the death of her husband. And in ''Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure'', in which he's not dead, she sets off on a journey to find him after he goes missing.

* NoEnding: Some of the stories fail to illustrate how the children have learned from and grown past their cures, with the assumption that they stopped the cure and kept the improvements like always, but the lack flip conclusion has the accidental implication that the children were permanently altered instead.

* ReversePsychology: Some of the cures.