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* HomeVersionSoundtrackReplacement: When the series was released on VHS, some licensed music was changed.
** For example, in Episode 1, the radio in the lorry that the Nomes stow away on to go to Arnold Bros (est. 1905) plays "2-4-6-8 Motorway" by the Tom Robinson Band. This was changed in the VHS release to generic rock music.
** For example, in Episode 1, the radio in the lorry that the Nomes stow away on to go to Arnold Bros (est. 1905) plays "2-4-6-8 Motorway" by the Tom Robinson Band. This was changed in the VHS release to generic rock music.
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* ReReleaseSoundtrack: When the series was released on VHS, some licensed music was changed. For example, in Episode 1, the radio in the lorry that the Nomes stow away on to go to Arnold Bros (est. 1905) plays "2-4-6-8 Motorway" by the Tom Robinson Band. This was changed in the VHS release to generic rock music.
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* TimeDissonance: As with ''Discworld/ReaperMan'' (which includes a similar description at the beginning), because nomes only live about ten years usually, they also experience time ten times ''faster'' than humans--which is the main reason why humans are unaware of their existence, they move too fast.
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* TimeDissonance: As with ''Discworld/ReaperMan'' ''Literature/ReaperMan'' (which includes a similar description at the beginning), because nomes only live about ten years usually, they also experience time ten times ''faster'' than humans--which is the main reason why humans are unaware of their existence, they move too fast.
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* InternalReveal: Masklin had been starting to wonder whether humans were NotSoDifferent from nomes for a while, but when he and Gurder are wondering what the humans in the cockpit of the Concord are saying while they're looking for Angelo, he's shocked when the Thing blandly offers to translate, explaining that human noises are only nome noises slowed down.
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* AlienFairFolk: The Nomes are actually aliens.
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* MatterReplicator: There's a food replicator onboard the spaceship.
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* ItIsDehumanizing: Humans are consistently referred to as "it" by the nomes and the narration alike, since the nomes fail to really understand the power and purpose of humans and view them as intelligent as cows or maybe even rats. Only at the very end does Masklin begin to use "he" to refer to humans, when he finally realises how similar to them humans actually are.
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** Another example is that in Episode 27, the speakers in the Concorde plane that Masklin, Angalo and Gurder stow away on to go to Florida play "Come Fly with Me" by Frank Sinatra. On the VHS release, this was changed to generic muzak.
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* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: In Episode 33, Masklin, Angalo and Gurder use geese to fly to the space shuttle. For close-up shots, models of geese were used, but for long distance shots, the production team used real geese. This disclaimer had to be added onto the credits of the episode as a result.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The Duke De Habedasheri. He is initially quite contemptuous of the outsiders. When his son (Angelo) goes missing on a lorry, however, he resolves to give Maslkin all the help he can give (which, as the head of a Department, is considerable) for a chance to see his son again.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The Duke De Habedasheri. He is initially quite contemptuous of the outsiders. When his son (Angelo) goes missing on a lorry, however, he resolves to give Maslkin Masklin all the help he can give (which, as the head of a Department, is considerable) for a chance to see his son again.
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* CargoCult: The Store nomes worship Arnold Bros Est. 1905, and the nomes of Florida worship NASA.
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* CargoCult: The Store nomes worship Arnold Bros Est. 1905, (est. 1905), and the nomes of Florida worship NASA.
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* GoodOldFisticuffs: Granny Morky does this to one of the Bandits, flooring him with a punch while he's showing off his skills.
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* GoodOldFisticuffs: Granny Morky does this to one of the Bandits, Bandits in Episode 4, flooring him with a punch while he's showing off his skills.
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* HomeVersionSoundtrackReplacement: When the series was released on VHS, some licensed music was changed.
** For example, in Episode 1, the radio in the lorry that the Nomes stow away on to go to Arnold Bros. Est 1905 plays "2-4-6-8 Motorway" by the Tom Robinson Band. This was changed in the VHS release to generic rock music.
** Another example is that in Episode 27, the speakers in the Concorde plane that Masklin, Angalo and Gurder stow away on to go to Florida play "Come Fly with Me" by Frank Sinatra. On the VHS release, this was changed to generic muzak.
* InMemoriam: Episode 13 was dedicated to the memory of Paul Simpson, who was a model, set and prop maker for ''WesternAnimation/{{The Wind in the Willows|1983}}'', ''WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures'', ''Literature/TheFoolOfTheWorldAndHisFlyingShip'' and the series itself.
* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: In Episode 33, Masklin, Angalo and Gurder use geese to fly to the space shuttle. For close-up shots, models of geese were used, but for long distance shots, the production team used real geese. This disclaimer had to be added onto the credits of the episode as a result.
** For example, in Episode 1, the radio in the lorry that the Nomes stow away on to go to Arnold Bros. Est 1905 plays "2-4-6-8 Motorway" by the Tom Robinson Band. This was changed in the VHS release to generic rock music.
** Another example is that in Episode 27, the speakers in the Concorde plane that Masklin, Angalo and Gurder stow away on to go to Florida play "Come Fly with Me" by Frank Sinatra. On the VHS release, this was changed to generic muzak.
* InMemoriam: Episode 13 was dedicated to the memory of Paul Simpson, who was a model, set and prop maker for ''WesternAnimation/{{The Wind in the Willows|1983}}'', ''WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures'', ''Literature/TheFoolOfTheWorldAndHisFlyingShip'' and the series itself.
* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: In Episode 33, Masklin, Angalo and Gurder use geese to fly to the space shuttle. For close-up shots, models of geese were used, but for long distance shots, the production team used real geese. This disclaimer had to be added onto the credits of the episode as a result.
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** In the sequence where the Nomes are searching for the bottle of 'Drink Me' (in itself a shout out to ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''), we get a brief glimpse of some ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' VHS tapes, with the old Video Collection International and Thames Video logos visible. Shortly afterwards, a Nome turns on a television showing clips from both ''Danger Mouse'' and Cosgrove Hall's version of ''Literature/TheWindInTheWillows''.
** At one point, as in the book, Masklin delivers the line, "It's a small step for a man, but it's a giant leap for Nomekind."
** At one point, as in the book, Masklin delivers the line, "It's a small step for a man, but it's a giant leap for Nomekind."
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** In the sequence in Episode 10 where the Nomes are searching for the bottle of 'Drink Me' (in itself a shout out to ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''), we get a brief glimpse of some ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' VHS tapes, with the old Video Collection International and Thames Video logos visible. Shortly afterwards, a Nome turns on a television in Prices Slashed's office showing clips from both ''Danger Mouse'' and Cosgrove Hall's version of ''Literature/TheWindInTheWillows''.
**At In one point, episode, as in the book, Masklin delivers the line, "It's a small step for a man, but it's a giant leap for Nomekind."
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* RealityEnsues: After the Nomes escape the store to go on living in the quarry at the end of the first book, the second and third book show that living outside is easier said than done for people used to the controlled environment and plentiful food of the store, and even the rations brought along run out -- and the new places aren't safe from being demolished by the humans either.
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* FrogsAndToads: In ''Wings'', a certain species of tiny frogs that only live in the water-filled interiors of Bromeliad flowers is mentioned several times. Grimma, in particular, sees them as such an obvious metaphor in regards the Nomes themselves that one of the last things The Ship does before leaving Earth is to stop and harvest a frog-filled flower. The series is even sometimes referred to as the Bromeliad Trilogy.
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* {{Masquerade}}: Nomes have concluded that dealings with humanity are too risky, and put a fair amount of effort into remaining hidden.
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* WainscotSociety: A fairly literal instance, especially with the store nomes, who live in the walls and under the floors of a human building.
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A trilogy of novels for younger readers by Creator/TerryPratchett, consisting of ''Truckers'', ''Diggers'' and ''Wings''. It is sometimes known as the "Bromeliad Trilogy", which is both a reference to something that happens late in the series and [[Literature/TheIlliad a pun]].
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A trilogy of novels for younger readers by Creator/TerryPratchett, consisting of ''Truckers'', ''Diggers'' and ''Wings''. It is sometimes known as the "Bromeliad Trilogy", which is both a reference to something that happens late in the series and [[Literature/TheIlliad [[Literature/TheIliad a pun]].
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A trilogy of novels for younger readers by Creator/TerryPratchett, consisting of ''Truckers'', ''Diggers'' and ''Wings''.
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A trilogy of novels for younger readers by Creator/TerryPratchett, consisting of ''Truckers'', ''Diggers'' and ''Wings''.
''Wings''. It is sometimes known as the "Bromeliad Trilogy", which is both a reference to something that happens late in the series and [[Literature/TheIlliad a pun]].
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* {{Lilliputians}}
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{{Lilliputians}}: The big point about the nomes.
*MouseWorldMouseWorld: The nomes are small, although big enough to keep rats as (relatively large) pets.
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* TheOutsideWorld: Initially, Masklin has to venture beyond his original home, and force his family to come with him; later, he has to make all the store nomes first leave the store, and then go much further.
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* ScavengedPunkScavengedPunk: Smarter nomes are very inventive with fragments of human junk.
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* WainscotSociety: A fairly literal instance, especially with the store nomes, who live in the walls and under the floors of a human building.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The plot of ''Diggers'' involves having to get the various squabbling factions of Store nomes to work together to avoid disaster.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The plot of ''Diggers'' ''Truckers'' involves having to get the various squabbling factions of Store nomes to work together to avoid disaster.
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* CityInABottleCityInABottle: The nomes who live in the Store never go outside, and many regard "the Outside" as a myth.
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* TheShangriLaTheShangriLa: The Klothians, a mystical society of Store nomes who live on the top floor of the Store, and get their food from the staffroom rather than the delicatessen (meaning they live on tea and yoghurt).
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* TeethClenchedTeamworkTeethClenchedTeamwork: The plot of ''Diggers'' involves having to get the various squabbling factions of Store nomes to work together to avoid disaster.
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Shamgri La is now The Shangri La. Bad examples are being removed, and \"fake\" examples being reported.
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* Bowdlerization: In the original broadcast of Episode 1, there was a brief scene showing Mr Mert being grabbed and eaten by a fox. The VHS release edited this scene so that we didn't actually see it happening (nor did we hear his subsequent screams). The scene was restored for the DVD release.
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* Bowdlerization: {{Bowdlerise}}: In the original broadcast of Episode 1, there was a brief scene showing Mr Mert being grabbed and eaten by a fox. The VHS release edited this scene so that we didn't actually see it happening (nor did we hear his subsequent screams). The scene was restored for the DVD release.
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* ShoutOut: In the sequence where the Nomes are searching for the bottle of 'Drink Me'(in itself a shout out to ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''), we get a brief glimpse of some [[DangerMouse Danger Mouse]] VHS tapes, with the old Video Collection International and Thames Video logos visible. Shortly afterwards, a Nome turns on a television showing clips from both [[DangerMouse Danger Mouse]] and Cosgrove Hall's version of [[WindintheWillows Wind In The Willows]].
** At one point, as in the book, Masklin delivers the line, "It's a small step for a man, but it's a giant leap for Nomekind.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** In the sequence where the Nomes are searching for the bottle of 'DrinkMe'(in Me' (in itself a shout out to ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''), we get a brief glimpse of some [[DangerMouse Danger Mouse]] ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' VHS tapes, with the old Video Collection International and Thames Video logos visible. Shortly afterwards, a Nome turns on a television showing clips from both [[DangerMouse Danger Mouse]] ''Danger Mouse'' and Cosgrove Hall's version of [[WindintheWillows Wind In The Willows]].
''Literature/TheWindInTheWillows''.
** At one point, as in the book, Masklin delivers the line, "It's a small step for a man, but it's a giant leap for Nomekind."
** In the sequence where the Nomes are searching for the bottle of 'Drink
** At one point, as in the book, Masklin delivers the line, "It's a small step for a man, but it's a giant leap for Nomekind."
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* ShoutOut: In the sequence where the Nomes are searching for the bottle of 'Drink Me'(in itself a shout out to [[AliceInWonderland Alice in Wonderland]]), we get a brief glimpse of some [[DangerMouse Danger Mouse]] VHS tapes, with the old Video Collection International and Thames Video logos visible. Shortly afterwards, a Nome turns on a television showing clips from both [[DangerMouse Danger Mouse]] and Cosgrove Hall's version of [[WindintheWillows Wind In The Willows]].
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* ShoutOut: In the sequence where the Nomes are searching for the bottle of 'Drink Me'(in itself a shout out to [[AliceInWonderland Alice in Wonderland]]), ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''), we get a brief glimpse of some [[DangerMouse Danger Mouse]] VHS tapes, with the old Video Collection International and Thames Video logos visible. Shortly afterwards, a Nome turns on a television showing clips from both [[DangerMouse Danger Mouse]] and Cosgrove Hall's version of [[WindintheWillows Wind In The Willows]].
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* CanonWelding: The first book is set in the real town of Grimethorpe, although it mentions the Neil Armstrong Shopping Centre. Since the Neil Armstrong Shopping Centre is a major location in the ''Literature/JohnnyMaxwellTrilogy'', the later books say the Store was in Blackbury.
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* CanonWelding: The first book is set in the real town of Grimethorpe, although it mentions the Neil Armstrong Shopping Centre. Since the Neil Armstrong Shopping Centre is a major location in the ''Literature/JohnnyMaxwellTrilogy'', the later books (and the TV series) say the Store was in Blackbury.
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* Bowdlerise: Bowdlerization: In the original broadcast of Episode 1, there was a brief scene showing Mr Mert being grabbed and eaten by a fox. The VHS release edited this scene so that we didn't actually see it happening (nor did we hear his subsequent screams). The scene was restored for the DVD release.
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* ShoutOut: In the sequence where the Nomes are searching for the bottle of 'Drink Me'(in itself a shout out to [[AliceInWonderland Alice in Wonderland]]), we get a brief glimpse of some [[DangerMouse Danger Mouse]] VHS tapes, with the old Video Collection International and Thames Video logos visible. Shortly afterwards, a Nome turns on a television showing clips from both [[DangerMouse Danger Mouse]] and Cosgrove Hall's version of [[WindintheWillows Wind In The Willows]].
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Thames TV released the series as a feature length version on VHS shortly after it came out, yet various rights issues have slowed down attempts by ITV plc. to release a DVD version
** An all-regions DVD release (in PAL picture format) was released on 7 October 2013. It shows the entire series in its original and uncut episodic format for the first time since it was originally aired on Children's ITV.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Thames TV released the series as a feature length version on VHS shortly after it came out, yet various rights issues have prevented slowed down attempts by ITV Plc. from releasing plc. to release a DVD version
** An all-regions DVD release (in PAL picture format) was released on 7 October 2013. It shows the entire series in its original and uncut episodic format for the first time since it was originally aired on Children's ITV.
** An all-regions DVD release (in PAL picture format) was released on 7 October 2013. It shows the entire series in its original and uncut episodic format for the first time since it was originally aired on Children's ITV.
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* CanonWelding: The first book is set in the real town of Grimethorpe, although it mentions the Neil Armstrong Shopping Centre. Since the Neil Armstrong Shopping Centre is a major location in the ''JohnnyMaxwellTrilogy'', the later books say the Store was in Blackbury.
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* CanonWelding: The first book is set in the real town of Grimethorpe, although it mentions the Neil Armstrong Shopping Centre. Since the Neil Armstrong Shopping Centre is a major location in the ''JohnnyMaxwellTrilogy'', ''Literature/JohnnyMaxwellTrilogy'', the later books say the Store was in Blackbury.
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* EncyclopediaExposita: The Thing.chapter headings feature epigraphs from ''The Book of Nome'' (a religious text) in the first two books and ''A Scientific Encyclopedia For The Enquiring Young Nome'' (which misunderstands things almost as much, but in a different way) in the third.
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Whilst ''Truckers'' is unambiguously the first in the trilogy, the second and third are a little more tangled. In short, the first part of ''Diggers'' is the direct sequel to ''Truckers'', the end of ''Diggers'' and most of ''Wings'' happen simultaneously, and the end of ''Wings'' is the end of the trilogy.
* AncientAstronauts: The Nomes are implied to be the cause of the various "little people" legends of humanity -- all stories of fairies, elves, gnomes, dwarves, pixies, etcetera ultimately stemming from the early Nomish attempts to communicate with and educate humans before they eventually devolved to the point that it became impossible and lost all knowledge of their ancestry.
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* EncyclopediaExposita
EncyclopediaExposita: The Thing.
*FrogsAndToads
FrogsAndToads: In ''Wings'', a certain species of tiny frogs that only live in the water-filled interiors of Bromeliad flowers is mentioned several times. Grimma, in particular, sees them as such an obvious metaphor in regards the Nomes themselves that one of the last things The Ship does before leaving Earth is to stop and harvest a frog-filled flower. The series is even sometimes referred to as the Bromeliad Trilogy.
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* HumansAreCthulhuHumansAreCthulhu: A very rare example where this does not impress or intimidate the Nomes. Humans are huge and incomprehensible, but at the same time they are slow, the Nomes don't understand how many there are or how powerful they are (they actually believe humans are less intelligent than rats are, because of their inability to understand what humans do), and most importantly humans not only have problems noticing the Nomes, but seem to be quite docile. In a world where every fox, dog, cat, hawk, owl or even an oversized frog is a potential killer, the giant creatures that are actively apathetic to your presence just aren't scary.
* HumansThroughAlienEyes: The Nomes, as mentioned above, find humans quite baffling because they just don't comprehend what they are.
* HumansThroughAlienEyes: The Nomes, as mentioned above, find humans quite baffling because they just don't comprehend what they are.
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NeverMessWithGranny: Granny Morky is one tough old Nome and everybody knows it.
*OurGnomesAreWeirderOurGnomesAreWeirder: They're tiny HumanAliens who exist on Earth because, untold centuries ago, their scouting vessel crash-landed, leaving them stranded and with no way to get back to their mothership.
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A trilogy of novels for younger readers by Creator/TerryPratchett, consisting of ''Truckers'', ''Diggers'' and ''Wings''.
It begins with a small (and shrinking) tribe of Nomes, tiny people who live in woodland near a motorway. Among their few and valued possessions is the Thing, a black cube that is reputed to talk and give good advice.
And one day it does talk, and reveals that it knows the true history of Nomes, how they came to be where they are, and how they can get Home.
There's just one or two small problems they need to overcome first...
''Truckers'' has been adapted for television by Creator/CosgroveHall animation. A movie version is in DevelopmentHell.
!!The trilogy provides examples of:
* BuffySpeak: The nomes tend to describe new things in terms of things they already understand, leading to this. For example, a JCB is "a truck with teeth" and a space shuttle is a "going-straight-up jet".
* CanonWelding: The first book is set in the real town of Grimethorpe, although it mentions the Neil Armstrong Shopping Centre. Since the Neil Armstrong Shopping Centre is a major location in the ''JohnnyMaxwellTrilogy'', the later books say the Store was in Blackbury.
* CargoCult: The Store nomes worship Arnold Bros Est. 1905, and the nomes of Florida worship NASA.
* CityInABottle
* DinkyDrivers: Occurs in all three books.
** ''Truckers'' - the nomes drive a truck.
** ''Diggers'' - the nomes drive a JCB backhoe.
** ''Wings'' - [[SubvertedTrope Subverted;]] Angalo ''wants'' to fly a Concorde jet, but is foiled. A plan to fly the Space Shuttle was also briefly considered...
* EncyclopediaExposita
* FrogsAndToads
* GiantFlyer (relatively speaking)
* GulliverTieDown:
** Discussed in ''Truckers'' after one of the Nomes sees the illustration in a copy of ''Literature/GulliversTravels''. Masklin concludes that the most impressive thing about it is the amount of co-operation required; if a group of Nomes tried it, they'd start arguing and never get the job done.
** In ''Diggers'', Masklin turns out to be wrong; the Nomes achieve it after becoming very, ''very'' angry at poison being put down for what the humans think are rats.
* HumanAliens: Aside from their size and the TimeDissonance issues, the Nomes are more or less identical to humans.
* HumansAreCthulhu
* InsistentTerminology:
** Nomes referring to space shuttles as "Going Straight Up Jets".
** "Grandson Richard, 39" is always referred to as that, because that's what the newspaper called him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The Duke De Habedasheri. He is initially quite contemptuous of the outsiders. When his son (Angelo) goes missing on a lorry, however, he resolves to give Maslkin all the help he can give (which, as the head of a Department, is considerable) for a chance to see his son again.
* {{Lilliputians}}
* MouseWorld
* NeverMessWithGranny
* OurGnomesAreWeirder
* ReactionlessDrive: The Nomes' Ship has one, which initially confuses Masklin in how it can hover 'without flames or smoke coming out'. The Thing reassures him that 'flames and smoke are not required'.
* ScavengedPunk
* ShamgriLa
* TakeAThirdOption: To quote the back cover blurb of ''Diggers'':
-->"And Grimma said, We have two choices. We can run, or we hide. And they said, Which shall we do? She said, We shall Fight."
* TechnologyPorn: Especially in the description of Concorde.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork
* TimeDissonance: As with ''Discworld/ReaperMan'' (which includes a similar description at the beginning), because nomes only live about ten years usually, they also experience time ten times ''faster'' than humans--which is the main reason why humans are unaware of their existence, they move too fast.
!!The TV series provides examples of:
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Many of the characters were modeled on recognisable TV personalities. The Abbot, for example, was based on Malcom Muggeridge.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Granny Morky does this to one of the Bandits, flooring him with a punch while he's showing off his skills.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Thames TV released the series as a feature length version on VHS shortly after it came out, yet various rights issues have prevented ITV Plc. from releasing a DVD version
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A trilogy of novels for younger readers by Creator/TerryPratchett, consisting of ''Truckers'', ''Diggers'' and ''Wings''.
It begins with a small (and shrinking) tribe of Nomes, tiny people who live in woodland near a motorway. Among their few and valued possessions is the Thing, a black cube that is reputed to talk and give good advice.
And one day it does talk, and reveals that it knows the true history of Nomes, how they came to be where they are, and how they can get Home.
There's just one or two small problems they need to overcome first...
''Truckers'' has been adapted for television by Creator/CosgroveHall animation. A movie version is in DevelopmentHell.
!!The trilogy provides examples of:
* BuffySpeak: The nomes tend to describe new things in terms of things they already understand, leading to this. For example, a JCB is "a truck with teeth" and a space shuttle is a "going-straight-up jet".
* CanonWelding: The first book is set in the real town of Grimethorpe, although it mentions the Neil Armstrong Shopping Centre. Since the Neil Armstrong Shopping Centre is a major location in the ''JohnnyMaxwellTrilogy'', the later books say the Store was in Blackbury.
* CargoCult: The Store nomes worship Arnold Bros Est. 1905, and the nomes of Florida worship NASA.
* CityInABottle
* DinkyDrivers: Occurs in all three books.
** ''Truckers'' - the nomes drive a truck.
** ''Diggers'' - the nomes drive a JCB backhoe.
** ''Wings'' - [[SubvertedTrope Subverted;]] Angalo ''wants'' to fly a Concorde jet, but is foiled. A plan to fly the Space Shuttle was also briefly considered...
* EncyclopediaExposita
* FrogsAndToads
* GiantFlyer (relatively speaking)
* GulliverTieDown:
** Discussed in ''Truckers'' after one of the Nomes sees the illustration in a copy of ''Literature/GulliversTravels''. Masklin concludes that the most impressive thing about it is the amount of co-operation required; if a group of Nomes tried it, they'd start arguing and never get the job done.
** In ''Diggers'', Masklin turns out to be wrong; the Nomes achieve it after becoming very, ''very'' angry at poison being put down for what the humans think are rats.
* HumanAliens: Aside from their size and the TimeDissonance issues, the Nomes are more or less identical to humans.
* HumansAreCthulhu
* InsistentTerminology:
** Nomes referring to space shuttles as "Going Straight Up Jets".
** "Grandson Richard, 39" is always referred to as that, because that's what the newspaper called him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The Duke De Habedasheri. He is initially quite contemptuous of the outsiders. When his son (Angelo) goes missing on a lorry, however, he resolves to give Maslkin all the help he can give (which, as the head of a Department, is considerable) for a chance to see his son again.
* {{Lilliputians}}
* MouseWorld
* NeverMessWithGranny
* OurGnomesAreWeirder
* ReactionlessDrive: The Nomes' Ship has one, which initially confuses Masklin in how it can hover 'without flames or smoke coming out'. The Thing reassures him that 'flames and smoke are not required'.
* ScavengedPunk
* ShamgriLa
* TakeAThirdOption: To quote the back cover blurb of ''Diggers'':
-->"And Grimma said, We have two choices. We can run, or we hide. And they said, Which shall we do? She said, We shall Fight."
* TechnologyPorn: Especially in the description of Concorde.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork
* TimeDissonance: As with ''Discworld/ReaperMan'' (which includes a similar description at the beginning), because nomes only live about ten years usually, they also experience time ten times ''faster'' than humans--which is the main reason why humans are unaware of their existence, they move too fast.
!!The TV series provides examples of:
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Many of the characters were modeled on recognisable TV personalities. The Abbot, for example, was based on Malcom Muggeridge.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Granny Morky does this to one of the Bandits, flooring him with a punch while he's showing off his skills.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Thames TV released the series as a feature length version on VHS shortly after it came out, yet various rights issues have prevented ITV Plc. from releasing a DVD version
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