History Literature / Stuck

* SaltAndPepper: Tre and Nora, sort of.

* TheyDo: [[spoiler: Tre and Nora, after dealing with stalkers with crushes, their big misunderstanding and breakup, and their WillTheyOrWontThey stage during Episode 3, finally reunite at the end of the book.]]
** A smaller one with [[spoiler: Grassy and Allie. When Grassy finally musters up the courage to ask her out, she just replies with the three words we all were waiting for:]]
-->[[spoiler: It's about time!]]

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Aside from sharing a few passing references to [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} the same work]], has nothing to do with the webcomic Webcomic/{{STuCK}}.

Tre Listman is a generally normal teenager with a tendency to daydream and a hidden sense of wit laid under an awkward exterior. Or at least, he ''was'' generally normal. But then after an accident involving root beer and a shopping cart, he gets trapped inside the Westland Galleria Mall amidst the chaos between a rowdy group of other kids and a team of rent-a-cops that take their jobs a bit too seriously. What follows is a night full of strange inner monologues, awkward teen romances, giant robots, mobsters and people in duck costumes. [[StuckAtTheGalleria And that's just Episode One of this strange tale from Greyson City.]]

* StuckAtTheGalleria (currently being published on Wattpad.com, [[http://bit.ly/stuckwattpad readable here]]) is about Tre and the Crew as they go up against the security guards at the mall, amongst other things like deadly laser tag. Has its own page.

* [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield Where The Frak's Greyson City?]]: Somewhere in the USA, as far as we know.

Aside from sharing a few passing references to [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} the same work]], has nothing to do with the webcomic Webcomic/STuCK.

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[[DevelopmentHell After numerous delays]], [[WordOfGod Terry]] has finally declared the books' official releases will be "whenever I get around to it", but until then, the series is [[http://bit.ly/stuckwattpad being published on Wattpad.com]].

Stuck is a novel series by Lyle Terry that focuses on Tre's (mis)adventures over the couse of three "episodes", which is just the fancy term Tre uses for books. [[ShoutOut/{{Stuck}} Shout outs are aplenty,]] and generally there's a high amount of {{postmodernism}} involved. Two notable trademarks of the series include [[SwitchingPOV the changing perspective over each "act",]] as well as the extremely self-referential nature of the characters, [[MetaGirl Nora]] in particular.

Stuck is a planned episodic novel by Lyle Terry (aka the troper @/{{Tre}}). The story focuses on a 13-year-old guy, also named Tre, and his posse of friends (aka The Crew) as they grow up in a sprawling metropolis called Greyson City, a place known for being rather [[CityOfAdventure strange]] in comparison to other cities like it.

Okay, that's not even half of it.

The books also have crazed night guards, insane teenagers, odd teachers, blossoming teenage love, root beer that has, ahem, [[DrunkOnMalts interesting effects]], karate-kicking young ladies and a bit of coming-of-age sprinkled in just for fun.

The series has three planned entries:

* ''Literature/StuckAtTheGalleria'', in which Tre gets himself stuck in a mall, meets The Crew, and gets hassled by the rent-a-cop there named Carl Weisberger (a.k.a. Cow),
* ''Stuck at School'', in which Tre and The Crew get themselves into hot water with the start of their high school years,
* and ''Stuck at the Wheel'', in which The Crew [[spoiler: become fugitives.]]

* CerebusRollercoaster: It happens within the books themselves as well, but in general Episode 1 is funny and ridiculous, while Episode 2 is grounded and a bit less focused on the humor. Episode 3 is a blend of both styles, making it a frenetic dramedy.

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Episode 1 and Episode 3, with the latter taking place over a week and a day and former being over a single night.

* OddballInTheSeries: Episode 2, which is basically a straight-up teen drama... sandwiched between the campy adventure Episode 1 and the less-campy-but-still-funny adventure Episode 3.

* SequelEscalation: While Stuck at School [[BreatherEpisode averts this]], the other two episodes wallow in it.
** SerialEscalation: And all three do this.

* TimeSkip: A minor one between Episodes One and Two skips a week. Episode Three, however, starts about a month after the end of Episode Two.

Aside from sharing a few passing relations to [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} the same work]], has nothing to do with the webcomic Webcomic/STuCK.

[[DevelopmentHell After numerous delays]], [[WordOfGod Terry]] has finally declared the books' official releases will be "whenever I get around to it", but until then, the first drafts of the first and second episodes are available online:

* [[http://bit.ly/stuckwattpad Stuck at the Galleria]]
* [[http://db.tt/n6c5kuP Stuck at School]]

* PostCyberpunk: Has a few elements of it during the latter two books.

* SwitchingPOV: The books are divided into "acts", each narrated by the protagonist of the act. Tre does most of them, though each book has at least two acts done by someone else.

* [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/29015320/Stuck-at-the-Galleria Stuck at the Galleria]]

** SequelEscalation: And all three do this.

* SerialEscalation: While Stuck at School [[BreatherEpisode averts this]], the other two episodes wallow in it.

* EvilIsPetty: Carl.
* FourthWallObserver: Of the whole cast, Nora shows the most [[MediumAwareness medium awareness]]; however, it's implied that everyone knows except Tre (and even so, he eventually deduces it, and his AuthorAvatar status)

* ''Literature/StuckAtTheGalleria'', in which Tre gets himself stuck in a mall, meets The Crew, and gets hassled by the rent-a-cop there named Carl Weisberger,