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* PeskyPigeons: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. The Pigeon constantly tries to convince the reader into giving him what he wants and throws temper tantrums when he is denied. However, it's done in such a way that keeps him a loveable scamp, rather than an outright nuisance.
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* ADogNamedDog: The Pigeon is a pigeon named Pigeon, or "the Pigeon."
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* VanityLicensePlate: In '"Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!'', {{Santa}}'s sleigh has a license plate reading "[=HOX3=]." (Ho x 3 - i.e. "Ho ho ho.")
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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: In ''Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!'', the Pigeon decides that [[spoiler:he'd rather not drive the sleigh after learning that he'd be spending time with large smelly reindeer.]] He declares "FOR! GET! IT!"
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* ''Be the Bus: The Lost & Profound Wisdom of The Pigeon'' (April 4, 2023)
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* ''Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!'' (September 5, 2023)
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* ComplianceGame: Attempted in "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus", where the Pigeon is trying to [[BreakingTheFourthWall persuade the viewer]] to let him drive the bus. At one point, he says, "Let's play 'Drive the Bus'," but this doesn't work.
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* ComplianceGame: TheComplianceGame: Attempted in "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus", where the Pigeon is trying to [[BreakingTheFourthWall persuade the viewer]] to let him drive the bus. At one point, he says, "Let's play 'Drive the Bus'," but this doesn't work.
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* ComplianceGame: Attempted in "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus", where the Pigeon is trying to [[BreakingTheFourthWall persuade the viewer]] to let him drive the bus. At one point, he says, "Let's play 'Drive the Bus'," but this doesn't work.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: One of the birds in "The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster" wears a watch.
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* BadLiar: The Pigeon, full stop.
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* BabyTalk: In "The Pigeon HAS to Go to School", the Pigeon says that he wishes he was a "little-itty-bitty-not-going-to-school-baby-waybie pigeon".
* BadLiar: The Pigeon, full stop. He often makes claims when the reverse is quite plainly true.
* BadLiar: The Pigeon, full stop. He often makes claims when the reverse is quite plainly true.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The pigeon wants a puppy!
* BigNo: The audience's expected response to the Pigeon in "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" and "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!" [[spoiler: The Pigeon himself does this in "The Duckling Gets a Cookie?"]]
* BigWordShout: The Pigeon gets one in every book, inevitably filling up a two-page spread while doing so.
* BigNo: The audience's expected response to the Pigeon in "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" and "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!" [[spoiler: The Pigeon himself does this in "The Duckling Gets a Cookie?"]]
* BigWordShout: The Pigeon gets one in every book, inevitably filling up a two-page spread while doing so.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The pigeon wants a puppy!
puppy! However, when he gets one, it's way too big for a bird to keep for a pet.
* BigNo: The audience's expected response to the Pigeon in "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" and "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!" is to yell, "NO!". [[spoiler: The Pigeon himself does this in "The Duckling Gets a Cookie?"]]
* BigWhy: When lamenting that the Duckling got a cookie just by asking, while he never gets what he asks for in "The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?", the Pigeon yells, "Why? WHY!? WHY!?".
* BigWordShout: The Pigeongets one yells a one-word sentence in every book, inevitably filling up a two-page spread while doing so.
* BigNo: The audience's expected response to the Pigeon in "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" and "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!" is to yell, "NO!". [[spoiler: The Pigeon himself does this in "The Duckling Gets a Cookie?"]]
* BigWhy: When lamenting that the Duckling got a cookie just by asking, while he never gets what he asks for in "The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?", the Pigeon yells, "Why? WHY!? WHY!?".
* BigWordShout: The Pigeon
* BuffySpeak: In "The Duckling Gets a Cookie?!", when complaining about never getting what he asks for, the Pigeon calls himself the "asking-est pigeon in town".
* BunniesForCuteness: Exploited in "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!", when the Pigeon whips out a toy bunny and claims it wants to stay up late as well, saying, "You can't say no to a bunny, can you?".
* BunniesForCuteness: Exploited in "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!", when the Pigeon whips out a toy bunny and claims it wants to stay up late as well, saying, "You can't say no to a bunny, can you?".
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* TheDeterminator: As Mo Willems notes in an interview available on the DVD of the animated version of "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!", this is the Pigeon's defining characteristic and something that he shares in common with real-life pigeons.
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* CatchingSomeZs: At the end of "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!", the Pigeon snores with Z's coming out of his mouth.
* ContinuityNod: Some of the items on the Pigeons list of things he wants in "The Pigeon Wants a Puppy" are "drive a bus" and "a driver's license" (referencing "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus"), "eat a hot dog all by myself" (referencing "The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog" in which he had to share one with the Duckling), and "stay up late" (referencing "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late").
* CopycatMockery: In "The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog", the Pigeon is frustrated with the Duckling interrogating him on what hot dogs taste like and calling himself a "curious bird", so he mocks him by saying, "I'm a curious bird! What do they taste like? Blah, blah, blah!".
* DeathGlare: In "The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog", the Pigeon scowls at the Duckling for asking him what hot dogs taste like.
* TheDeterminator: As Mo Willems notes in an interview available on the DVD of the animated version of "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!",this determination is the Pigeon's defining characteristic and something that he shares in common with real-life pigeons.
* ContinuityNod: Some of the items on the Pigeons list of things he wants in "The Pigeon Wants a Puppy" are "drive a bus" and "a driver's license" (referencing "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus"), "eat a hot dog all by myself" (referencing "The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog" in which he had to share one with the Duckling), and "stay up late" (referencing "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late").
* CopycatMockery: In "The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog", the Pigeon is frustrated with the Duckling interrogating him on what hot dogs taste like and calling himself a "curious bird", so he mocks him by saying, "I'm a curious bird! What do they taste like? Blah, blah, blah!".
* DeathGlare: In "The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog", the Pigeon scowls at the Duckling for asking him what hot dogs taste like.
* TheDeterminator: As Mo Willems notes in an interview available on the DVD of the animated version of "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!",
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* FakeInteractivity: The answer to the Pigeon is always "No!"
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* EverybodyHatesMathematics: In "The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!", when the Pigeon is listing the reasons he's scared to go to school, he says, "What if there is MATH? Or numbers?".
* EveryoneHasStandards: The three flies in "The Pigeon Needs a Bath" think the pigeon is too dirty even though they're ''flies''.
* ExerciseExcuse: When trying to pretend he's not tired in "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!", the Pigeon claims he was not yawning, but stretching.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: When the Pigeon starts to become tired in "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!", he gets bags under his eyes.
* FakeInteractivity: The answer to the Pigeon is always"No!""No!".
* FirstDayOfSchoolEpisode: "The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!" is about the Pigeon being reluctant about starting school.
* EveryoneHasStandards: The three flies in "The Pigeon Needs a Bath" think the pigeon is too dirty even though they're ''flies''.
* ExerciseExcuse: When trying to pretend he's not tired in "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!", the Pigeon claims he was not yawning, but stretching.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: When the Pigeon starts to become tired in "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!", he gets bags under his eyes.
* FakeInteractivity: The answer to the Pigeon is always
* FirstDayOfSchoolEpisode: "The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!" is about the Pigeon being reluctant about starting school.
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* {{Foil}}: The Duckling is this to the Pigeon in a sense.
** Subverted by the Mad Cow from "Don't Let the Pigeon Finish This Activity Book!"
* FoodPorn: Done with a hot dog in "The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!"
* HairTriggerTemper: The Pigeon is prone to this.
* IllBeYourBestFriend: This is one of the Pigeon's tactics.
** Subverted by the Mad Cow from "Don't Let the Pigeon Finish This Activity Book!"
* FoodPorn: Done with a hot dog in "The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!"
* HairTriggerTemper: The Pigeon is prone to this.
* IllBeYourBestFriend: This is one of the Pigeon's tactics.
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%%** The Duckling is this to the Pigeon in a sense.
* FoodPorn: Done with a hot dog in "The Pigeon Finds a Hot
* GettingReadyForBedPlot: "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!" is all about the reader trying to convince the pigeon to go to bed.
* GoToSleepEnding: The Pigeon falls asleep on the floor at the end of "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!".
* GreenEyedMonster: In "The Duckling Gets a Cookie?!", the Pigeon is jealous of the Duckling, since he gets a cookie while the Pigeon doesn't, and the Duckling gets what he asked for, while he never does.
* HairTriggerTemper: The Pigeon is prone to
* IdeaBulb: In "The Pigeon HAS to Go to School", he thinks that there should be a place to practice before starting school, with "experts to help you", other birds to mingle with, and a playground. Then, a lightbulb goes off over his head as he says, "Oh, that ''is'' school".
%%* IllBeYourBestFriend: This is one of the Pigeon's
* InsaneTrollLogic: One excuse the Pigeon has for staying up late in "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!" is that it's daytime in China.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: In "The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!", the Pigeon says he doesn't need to go to school as he already knows anything. However, when the reader asks him a question, he doesn't know the answer. He then claims he knows ''almost'' anything.
* LivingToys: In the Pigeon's dream at the end of "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!", the toy bunny has come alive and is eating hot dogs with him.
* LivingToys: In the Pigeon's dream at the end of "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!", the toy bunny has come alive and is eating hot dogs with him.
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* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: The Mad Cow.
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* NotAMorningPerson: In "The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!", the Pigeon claims that he's bad in the morning to get out of going to school, since school hours start in the morning. However, it's unclear if this is actually true, since he has lied to get out of doing things before.
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%%* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: The Mad Cow.
* QuestioningTitle: One book is called "The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?".
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* TastesLikeChicken: What the Duckling wonders a hot dog [[CarnivoreConfusion tastes like.]]
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* ShapedLikeItself: When the Duckling asks if a hot dog tastes like chicken, the Pigeon yells, "IT JUST TASTES LIKE A HOT DOG, OKAY!?".
* SingingInTheShower: The Pigeon sings in the bathtub in "The Pigeon Needs a Bath".
* SweetTooth: On the list of things the Pigeon wants in "The Pigeon Wants a Puppy" are "candy" and "more candy", and in "The Duckling Gets a Cookie?!", he becomes steamed at not getting a cookie.
* TastesLikeChicken: What the Duckling wonders a hot dog [[CarnivoreConfusion tastes like.]]]] At one point, he asks if it tastes of chicken.
* SingingInTheShower: The Pigeon sings in the bathtub in "The Pigeon Needs a Bath".
* SweetTooth: On the list of things the Pigeon wants in "The Pigeon Wants a Puppy" are "candy" and "more candy", and in "The Duckling Gets a Cookie?!", he becomes steamed at not getting a cookie.
* TastesLikeChicken: What the Duckling wonders a hot dog [[CarnivoreConfusion tastes like.
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** When the Pigeon yawns in "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!", it's written as "YAWN!".
** When the Duckling flaps his wings in "The Duckling Gets a Cookie?!", it's written as "flappy flip flap".
** When the Pigeon yawns in "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!", it's written as "YAWN!".
** When the Duckling flaps his wings in "The Duckling Gets a Cookie?!", it's written as "flappy flip flap".
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: In "The Pigeon HAS to Go to School", the Pigeon claims that the unknown "stresses [him] out".
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: This is the Pigeon's reaction, word for word, to the roller coaster in ''The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!'', which turns out to be a pathetic little putt-putt affair riding along a straight line, rather than anything really worthy of the name "roller coaster." However, when asked if he wants to go again, he immediately agrees.
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* RussianReversal: In ''The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!'', the Pigeon states that the question is not will he be ready for the roller coaster but rather will it be ready for him.
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* ''The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!'' (upcoming - September 6, 2022)
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* ''The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!'' (upcoming - September 6, 2022)
Coaster!''
