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* TheSmartGuy: Garth is the one who puts the pieces together first. In addition, he knows that America is named after Amerigo Vespucci.UsefulNotes/AmerigoVespucci.
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ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Teancum is AFatherToHisMen and gives Jim and Garth a very fair deal; serve as translators for a time with minimal danger and a lot of protection, and we’ll help you get Jenny back.
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SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Killing Amalickiah doesn’t end the war, as his supporters and brother simply take up the cause in his stead.
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TeensAreMonsters: Jim is going through a rebellious phase and does some hurtful things.
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TranslatorMicrobes: Explained in detail in this book by Garth as he puts the pieces together. No one in this time should be speaking English, but they KNOW people speak different languages because they don’t understand each other. The only conclusion they can reach is that time traveling has given them the gift of tongues and the gift of interpretation of tongues. Per Book of Mormon doctrine, this is the ability to speak and understand foreign languages, not a proclaiming of future events or incoherent rambling upon contact with spiritual power.
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AntiClimax: [[spoiler: Instead of a final battle, Teancum sneaks into Amalickiah's tent at night and kills him in his sleep.]] Done on purpose, since the whole point is striking when least expected.
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AndNowYouMustMarryMe: A ''ten-year-old'' Jenny is forced to be a potential concubine for Amalickiah, since among other things, her blond hair and white skin make her the only one of her kind in ancient times.
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AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Jenny plays this role, only coming along because she threatens to tell their mom what Jim and Garth are doing.
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BigBad: Amalickiah, the Nephite-turned-Lamanite fascist. In the period we see, he's become king of the Lamanites after years of backstabbing to get there and is preparing to march on the Nephites.
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BigDamnHeroes: After being rescued from Amalickiah and their rescuer being killed, his murderer prepares to kill Jim and Garth. He pulls back his bowstring ... and is shot by another archer, who turns out to be a member of Captain Teancum's party.
*BeenThereShapedHistory
BavarianFireDrill: Halfway through the story, some Amulonites (a small ethnic group) infiltrate a war camp and steal supplies because they act like they belong. [[spoiler: At the end, Teancum does the same thing to infiltrate Amalickiah's time.]]
*BetterToDieThanBeKilled
BeenThereShapedHistory: Jim is revealed to be the unnamed servant that came with Amalickiah to kill Teancum. He's allowed to come so [[spoiler: they can try to retrieve Jenny on the way.]]
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BetterToDieThanBeKilled: At least one [[spoiler: co-conspirator]] decides to kill himself rather than be arrested.
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BigDamnKiss: Jim has one with Menochin before he has to leave.
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TheClan: The ancient Americans are shown living with their extended families (referred to as kinships) and even shipping out to war with their war-worthy members.
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CoolOldLady: Jim's grandma is one. A little manic sometimes, but at least she's determined to be positively involved in her grandkids' life.
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CoolSword: Since it's very difficult to forge metal swords in their time, everyone has spike-studded clubs. Except for Teancum, who has one of the few they ''do'' have. It's unclear if it's an AncestralWeapon or his role as captain merits him one.
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ChekhovsGunman: The Amulonites' infiltrating the camp becomes important later.
*ExactEavesdropping
EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The only book where the story is described as being written down in-universe. See FramingDevice for more details.
*FancyDinner
EveryoneLovesBlondes: In a case of TruthInTelevision, Jenny's blond hair makes her a total anomaly in ancient America, and unfortunately draws some unwanted attention.
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ExactEavesdropping: Jim and Garth eavesdrop on a meeting of conspirators and overhear their plans to overthrow the current government.
*ForegoneConclusion
FancyDinner: Jim and Garth get to have a great feast with Teancum's kinship.
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FishOutOfTemporalWater: The central trio. It takes about a week for them to start grasping it.
*HeroSecretServiceForegoneConclusion: Those who have read the Book of Mormon know that the war won't end for several more years.
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KilledOffForReal: Amalickiah, [[DoomedByCanon as the canon dictates.]]
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LaserGuidedAmnesia: The kids are warned that if they treat their special testimony-building experience as a story to tell just anyone their memories of it will fade. Garth keeps a lid on it, but [[SocialButterfly Social Butterflies]] Jim and Jenny share them almost immediately and end up forgetting. [[SequelHook For now, that is.]]
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MildlyMilitary: As in the Book of Mormon, the Nephites seem to mainly have captains and chief captains. Having smaller numbers compared to modern militaries, no units or branches, and most men being divided by clan affiliation are a few explanations for this.
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MementoMacGuffin: Jim is given blue-stone ring by Menochin to remember her by. It ends up being important in the next book.
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NarniaTime: The kids spend roughly two months in Nephite times and when they return, expect to have to explain why they've been missing and just face the consequences. But when they get back, it turns out to be late at night on the same day they left, and their mothers are just upset with them for staying out so late.
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NarrativeProfanityFilter: In a fit of rebellion, Jim tells his parents (at the dinner table) to "get off my [[PaintingTheMedium _____ ______]]'ing back!" Since they don't swear much in his family, it's not well-received.
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NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: The Lamanite Middoni succumbs to conscience and rescues Garth and Jim from being executed. The rest of the Lamanites know it must've been him and kill everyone in his kinship, and then he's killed by his kinship's last survivor in retaliation.
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The first book of the Literature/TennisShoesAdventureSeries.
Jim Hawkins has a bad attitude. What's more, he enjoys having a bad attitude about everything — especially about church. Garth Plimpton is a fanatic. He's spent so much time studying the scriptures and thick books on archeology that he can't carry on a normal conversation with other kids. That's why they consider him a nerd.
Through an unusual chain of events, these two opposites become fast friends. Following a faded Indian legend, Garth and Jim accidentally stumble upon a mysterious passageway hurling them into another world — an ancient American world.
Join Jim, Garth, and Jim's pesky little sister, Jennifer, as they journey in a land where the names Helaman, Teancum, and Captain Moroni are more than just words on a page. A world where danger and suspense are a way of life. . .
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Jim Hawkins has a bad attitude. What's more, he enjoys having a bad attitude about everything — especially about church. Garth Plimpton is a fanatic. He's spent so much time studying the scriptures and thick books on archeology that he can't carry on a normal conversation with other kids. That's why they consider him a nerd.
Through an unusual chain of events, these two opposites become fast friends. Following a faded Indian legend, Garth and Jim accidentally stumble upon a mysterious passageway hurling them into another world — an ancient American world.
Join Jim, Garth, and Jim's pesky little sister, Jennifer, as they journey in a land where the names Helaman, Teancum, and Captain Moroni are more than just words on a page. A world where danger and suspense are a way of life. . .
!!Tropes appearing in Literature/TennisShoesAmongTheNephites
