History Literature / OlogySeries

* {{Irony}}: Several historical figures throughout history in the Ology Series are implied to be vampires. Believe it or not, Vlad the Impaler was not one of them.

** In both ''Mythology'' and ''Oceanology'', one of the protagonists gets cursed by what is supposedly an Olympian deity, which John Oro receiving the golden touch from Zeus and Zoticus de Lesseps suffering from the Curse of Poseidon after stealing from Atlantis. However, it's ambiguous whether or not either of these gods actually exist or if the two unlucky mortals merely invoked some sort of magic spell, as magic itself is confirmed to exist within the series.

** Both ''Mythology'' and ''Oceanology'' result in the protagonists getting cursed by Zeus and Poseidon respectively. However, it's ambiguous whether or not these gods actually exist or if the unlucky mortals merely invoked some sort of magic spell, as magic itself is confirmed to exist within the series.

** While we're on the subject of ''Oceanology'', Zoticus' sighting of the multi-headed monster could have been his mind playing tricks on him, and his subsequent near-death experience in a whirlpool may very well have been a coincidence. However, it's heavily implied that Zoticus encountered the Scylla and Charybdis of classical myth, having been unleashed when Zoticus stole the piece of trident from Atlantis. For the record, ''The Monsterology Handbook'' does outright confirm the existence of Scylla as a species, so it's entirely possible that Zoticus encountered the real thing.

** While we're on the subject of ''Oceanology'', Zoticus' sighting of the multi-headed monster could have been his mind playing tricks on him, and his subsequent near-death experience in a whirlpool may very well have been a coincidence. However, it's heavily implied that Zoticus encountered the Scylla and Charybdis of classical myth. For the record, ''The Monsterology Handbook'' does outright confirm the existence of Scylla as a species, so it's entirely possible that Zoticus encountered the real thing.

** While we're on the subject of ''Oceanology'', Zoticus' sighting of the multi-headed monster could have been his mind playing tricks on him, and his subsequent near-death experience in a whirlpool may very well have been a coincidence. However, it's heavily implied that Zoticus encountered the Scylla and Charybdis of classical myth. For the record, ''The Monsterology Handbook'' does outright confirm the existence of Scylla as a species, but the Scylla represented in ''Oceanology'' looks absolutely nothing like the Scylla documented by Ernest Drake.

** While we're on the subject of ''Oceanology'', Zoticus' sighting of the multi-headed monster could have been his mind playing tricks on him, and his subsequent near-death experience in a whirlpool may very well have been a coincidence. It could also have been an encounter with the Scylla and Charybdis of classical myth. ''The Monsterology Handbook'' does outright confirm the existence of Scylla as a species, but the Scylla in ''Oceanology'' looks nothing like the Scylla as documented by Ernest Drake.

** The existence of gods in general is open to debate, as while some of them are confirmed to be mortals or even vampires masquerading as gods, both ''Mythology'' and ''Oceanology'' heavily imply the existence of real deities such as Zeus and Poseidon. Of course, ''Wizardology'' claims that Hermes was a very powerful wizard, so it's entirely possible that the so-called divine effects shown throughout the franchise are merely ancient spells and curses.

* ATrueStoryInMyUniverse: Arthur Conan Doyle's ''[[Literature/TheLostWorld1912 The Lost World]]'' is implied to be loosely inspired by Percy Fawcett's expedition to Yannapalu and discovery of living dinosaurs. Played straight in Oceanology, where the events of ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'' are implied to be based on the actual voyage of the Nautilus, relayed to Jules Verne by Zoticus de Lesseps.

* FaunsAndSatyrs: Fauns are goat-legged and –horned humanoids with pointed ears; they cannot speak, but communicate with a complex system of panpipe melodies.

* FlyingBroomstick: Mentioned as a method of flight in ''Wizardology'', though Merlin states they’re [[RealityEnsues uncomfortable to sit on and not widely used]].

* FlyingDutchman: This interpretation of the Dutchman isn't cursed to sail the seas. The only reason it does so is because the sailors ''don't even know they're dead''!

* TheUnreveal: We never find out exactly what a ghost is, do to that page having been ripped out of ''Ghostology'' by the ghost of its own author.

* LadyOfAdventure: Lady Hestia in ''Mythology''

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Jules Verne was nearly assassinated in real life and the Ology Series. ''Oceanology'' implies that it could have been the Curse of Poseidon still at work, but it could just as well have been a coincidence.

* Irony: Several historical figures throughout history in the Ology Series are implied to be vampires. Believe it or not, Vlad the Impaler was not one of them.

* ATrueStoryInMyUniverse: Arthur Conan Doyle's ''[[Literature/TheLostWorld1912 The Lost World]]'' is implied to be loosely inspired by Percy Fawcett's expedition to Yannapalu and discovery of living dinosaurs. Played straight in Oceanology, where the events of ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'' was based on the actual voyage of the Nautilus, relayed to Jules Verne by the [[SoleSurvivor sole survivor]] of the expedition, Zoticus de Lesseps.

* ATrueStoryInMyUniverse: Percy Fawcett's expedition to Yannapalu and discovery of extant dinosaurs inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to write ''[[Literature/TheLostWorld1912 The Lost World]]'', which was loosely inspired by the events. Played straight in Oceanology, where the events of ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'' was based on the actual voyage of the Nautilus, relayed to Jules Verne by the [[SoleSurvivor sole survivor]] of the expedition, Zoticus de Lesseps.

* ATrueStoryInMyUniverse: Percy Fawcett's expedition to Yannapalu and discovery of extant dinosaurs inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to write [[Literature/TheLostWorld1912 ''The Lost World'']], which was loosely inspired by the events. Played straight in Oceanology, where the events of ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'' was based on the actual voyage of the Nautilus, relayed to Jules Verne by the [[SoleSurvivor sole survivor]] of the expedition, Zoticus de Lesseps.

* ATrueStoryInMyUniverse: Percy Fawcett's expedition to Yannapalu and discovery of extant dinosaurs inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to write ''Literature/TheLostWorld'', which was loosely inspired by the events. Played straight in Oceanology, where the events of ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'' was based on the actual voyage of the Nautilus, relayed to Jules Verne by the [[SoleSurvivor sole survivor]] of the expedition, Zoticus de Lesseps.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Zigzagged with vampires. While the Moloch and Ba'al bloodlines are definitely this trope, the Belial are capable of at least ''trying'' to be peaceful. However, they are still vampires, which means they are just as dangerous as the rest of their kin. The only truly good and noble vampire is the Belial known as the Slayer, who discovered a way to repress her instincts and became a hunter of her own kind.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Zigzagged with vampires. While the Moloch and Ba'al bloodlines are definitely this trope, the Belial are capable of at least ''trying'' to be peaceful. However, they are still vampires, which means they are just as dangerous as the rest of their kind. The only truly good and noble vampire is the Belial known as the Slayer, who discovered a way to repress her instincts and became a hunter of her own kind.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Zigzagged with vampires. While the Moloch and Ba'al bloodlines are definitely this trope, the Belial are capable of at least ''trying'' to be peaceful. However, they are still vampires, and are ultimately just as dangerous as the rest of their kin. The only truly good and noble vampire is the Belial known as the Slayer, who discovered a way to repress her instincts and became a hunter of her own kind.