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** [[InvertedTrope It fits curiously with the attitude of people towards Christopher himself]] - quite innocuous deeds like coloring his food red and loving maths and science infuriated his own mother so greatly [[DisproportionateRetribution she left her family and played dead]]. The boy didn't bully, steal, do drugs, make poorly in school, he was even unable to tell a lie.
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** [[InvertedTrope It fits curiously with the attitude of people towards Christopher himself]] - quite innocuous deeds like coloring his food red and loving maths and science [[spoiler: infuriated his own mother so greatly [[DisproportionateRetribution she left her family and played dead]]. for her married neighbor]]]]. The boy didn't bully, steal, do drugs, make poorly in school, school; he was even unable to tell a lie.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: It outrages Christopher that after he finds out that [[spoiler:his father]] killed Wellington, they won't even get punished for it because they'll only do it if Mrs. Shears presses charges.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: FelonyMisdemeanor:
** It outrages Christopher that after he finds out that [[spoiler:his father]] killed Wellington, they won't even get punished for it because they'll only do it if Mrs. Shears pressescharges.charges.
** [[InvertedTrope It fits curiously with the attitude of people towards Christopher himself]] - quite innocuous deeds like coloring his food red and loving maths and science infuriated his own mother so greatly [[DisproportionateRetribution she left her family and played dead]]. The boy didn't bully, steal, do drugs, make poorly in school, he was even unable to tell a lie.
** It outrages Christopher that after he finds out that [[spoiler:his father]] killed Wellington, they won't even get punished for it because they'll only do it if Mrs. Shears presses
** [[InvertedTrope It fits curiously with the attitude of people towards Christopher himself]] - quite innocuous deeds like coloring his food red and loving maths and science infuriated his own mother so greatly [[DisproportionateRetribution she left her family and played dead]]. The boy didn't bully, steal, do drugs, make poorly in school, he was even unable to tell a lie.
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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Christopher says his favourite subjects are mathematics, physics and mathematical physics.
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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Christopher says his favourite favorite subjects are mathematics, physics and mathematical physics.
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* PickyEater: Chris, a trait of his ASD. He refuses to eat any food that has touched a different kind of food on his plate, and keeps a bottle of food colouring in the kitchen for yellow foods (his least favourite colour).
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* PickyEater: Chris, a trait of his ASD. He refuses to eat any food that has touched a different kind of food on his plate, and keeps a bottle of food colouring in the kitchen for yellow foods (his least favourite favorite colour).
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* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Christopher ''loves'' strawberry milkshakes and mentions them several times in the book. He's also fond of Indian food.
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* TrademarkFavouriteFood: TrademarkFavoriteFood: Christopher ''loves'' strawberry milkshakes and mentions them several times in the book. He's also fond of Indian food.
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* ShoutOut: Christopher is a big fan of ScienceFiction and mentions several franchises he likes, including ''StarTrek'', ''StarWars'', ''DoctorWho'', ''Series/BlakesSeven'' and ''Film/BladeRunner''. He also talks about Literature/SherlockHolmes at length, who is his chief inspiration as a KidDetective.
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* ShoutOut: Christopher is a big fan of ScienceFiction and mentions several franchises he likes, including ''StarTrek'', ''StarWars'', ''DoctorWho'', ''Series/BlakesSeven'' and ''Film/BladeRunner''. He also talks about Literature/SherlockHolmes at length, who is his chief inspiration as a KidDetective.KidDetective, in fact the title is a line from "Silver Blaze" (''The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes").
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* CursedWithAwesome / BlessedWithSuck: Christopher is a mathematical genius but his social skills are in the minuses.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the "Kid Detective" genre of books. It shows what kind of person would be stupid enough to go out of their way to search for clues about a 'murder' in a world dictated by reality, all for the sake of wanting to being a detective. In fact, [[spoiler: The 'investigation' comes to a screeching halt less than halfway through the story because clues don't just fall into your lap]]
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the "Kid Detective" {{Kid Detective}} genre of books. It shows what kind of person would be stupid enough to go out of their way to search for clues about a 'murder' in a world dictated by reality, all for the sake of wanting to being a detective. In fact, [[spoiler: The 'investigation' comes to a screeching halt less than halfway through the story because clues don't just fall into your lap]]
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* [[Deconstruction]]: {{Deconstruction}}: Of the "Kid Detective" genre of books. It shows what kind of person would be stupid enough to go out of their way to search for clues about a 'murder' in a world dictated by reality, all for the sake of wanting to being a detective. In fact, [[spoiler: The 'investigation' comes to a screeching halt less than halfway through the story because clues don't just fall into your lap]]
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: In-universe. To most people, killing Wellington would be a pretty disgust-inducing KickTheDog (no pun intended) moment but not quite the MoralEventHorizon. To Christopher, it is as serious as killing a human being and [[spoiler:his father is a murderer and Christopher must escape from the house because his father could kill anyone.]]
** As discussed below WordOfGod is that Christopher has AspergerSyndrome but he actually shows lots of signs of being much lower down on the spectrum such as wetting himself and acting years younger than his actual age a lot.
* AspergerSyndrome: Although never mentioned by name in the novel.
** In fact only the Blurb of more recent editions of the book state he has Aspergers. Looking at the other students in his school as well as other indicators (such as attacking people who touch him), he may in fact have a more severe form of autism and ExecutiveMeddling later changed it to Aspergers to make it easier for readers to empathise with him.
** As discussed below WordOfGod is that Christopher has AspergerSyndrome but he actually shows lots of signs of being much lower down on the spectrum such as wetting himself and acting years younger than his actual age a lot.
* AspergerSyndrome: Although never mentioned by name in the novel.
** In fact only the Blurb of more recent editions of the book state he has Aspergers. Looking at the other students in his school as well as other indicators (such as attacking people who touch him), he may in fact have a more severe form of autism and ExecutiveMeddling later changed it to Aspergers to make it easier for readers to empathise with him.
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* AbusiveParents: It's mentioned that Christopher's mother hit him a few times as a kid simply because she didn't know how to deal with him. She did feel remorse though, and it's part of the reason she felt she wasn't a good enough mother for him.
** Christopher's father also
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: In-universe. To most people, killing Wellington would be a prettydisgust-inducing disgusting KickTheDog (no pun intended) moment but not quite the MoralEventHorizon. To Christopher, it is as serious as killing a human being and [[spoiler:his father is a murderer and Christopher must escape from the house because his father could kill anyone.]]
** As discussedbelow WordOfGod is below, it's commonly believed that Christopher has AspergerSyndrome but he actually shows lots of signs of being much lower down on the spectrum such as wetting himself and acting years younger than his actual age a lot.
* AmbiguousDisorder: While Christopher is clearly meant to be somewhere on the autistic spectrum, it never says in the novel what exactly he is diagnosed with, if anything, though it could be...
* AspergerSyndrome:Although never mentioned by name in the novel.
** In fact only the BlurbThe blurb of more recent editions of the book state states he has Aspergers. Looking Asperger's, although looking at the other students in his school as well as other indicators (such as attacking people who touch him), he may in fact have [[UsefulNotes/HighFunctioningAutism a more severe form of autism autism]] and ExecutiveMeddling later changed it to Aspergers Asperger's to make it easier for readers to empathise with him.
** Christopher's father also
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: In-universe. To most people, killing Wellington would be a pretty
** As discussed
* AmbiguousDisorder: While Christopher is clearly meant to be somewhere on the autistic spectrum, it never says in the novel what exactly he is diagnosed with, if anything, though it could be...
* AspergerSyndrome:
** In fact only the Blurb
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Christopher says his favourite subjects are mathematics, physics and mathematical physics.
* BrownNote: Christopher ''hates'' the colours yellow and brown, especially yellow. He also despises loud noises, which cause him to scream and cover his ears.
* BumblingDad: Christopher's dad isn't always the best father, but he at least tries to own up to his mistakes and it's clear he loves his son very much.
* CannotTellAJoke: Christopher doesn't understand humour very well because he is so LiteralMinded.
* CannotTellALie: Christopher refuses to outright lie, ever (though over the course of the story he becomes more comfortable telling ''white'' lies).
* BrownNote: Christopher ''hates'' the colours yellow and brown, especially yellow. He also despises loud noises, which cause him to scream and cover his ears.
* BumblingDad: Christopher's dad isn't always the best father, but he at least tries to own up to his mistakes and it's clear he loves his son very much.
* CannotTellAJoke: Christopher doesn't understand humour very well because he is so LiteralMinded.
* CannotTellALie: Christopher refuses to outright lie, ever (though over the course of the story he becomes more comfortable telling ''white'' lies).
* ConversationalTroping: Christopher often muses about what we would recognize as tropes to himself, and why they're [[DiscreditedTrope unrealistic]]. In one chapter he notes how silly the idea of HumanoidAliens is, and instead thinks they would be more likely to be [[StarfishAliens totally different]]. In another, he notices some people dressed as HornyVikings and comments on how anachronistic their clothing is.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: When adults don't understand what he's saying, Christopher tends to just repeat himself word for word.
* DirectLineToTheAuthor: In-universe, Christopher is the author of the book.
* DirectLineToTheAuthor: In-universe, Christopher is the author of the book.
* EvolutionaryLevels: Christopher ponders this trope at one point and dismisses it, saying that humans aren't the pinnacle of evolution but just one successful species out of many that have existed, and will probably go extinct in the future and be replaced by something else.
* FreakOut: Christopher gets overwhelmed easily by loud noises, physical contact and bright lights.
* GenreSavvy: Christopher often refers to DetectiveFiction tropes as a model for how he should investigate the crime.
* GenreSavvy: Christopher often refers to DetectiveFiction tropes as a model for how he should investigate the crime.
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* HardOnSoftScience: Despite Christopher having almost NoSenseOfHumour, he does enjoy one joke about inductive reasoning, because it shows a mathematician showing up an economist, and as he puts it, "economists aren't real scientists".
* HatesBeingTouched:Christopher
Christopher hates it so much that he reacts violently whenever anyone touches him, even his own parents. Instead of hugging him, they touch their fingertips to his when they want to show affection.
*IdiotSavant: ChristopherHeroicBSOD: Christopher goes nearly catatonic when he finds out [[spoiler: his father was the one who killed Wellington, and hid from him that his mother is not dead but merely abandoned them]].
* HyperAwareness: The reason Christopher says he doesn't like new places or people: he has no filters and can't help but notice every little detail about the environment around him, down to the smell of a policeman's aftershave and the vents in his teacher's shoes. It doesn't help that he has a self-described PhotographicMemory.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Ed does this a couple of times.
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* HyperAwareness: The reason Christopher says he doesn't like new places or people: he has no filters and can't help but notice every little detail about the environment around him, down to the smell of a policeman's aftershave and the vents in his teacher's shoes. It doesn't help that he has a self-described PhotographicMemory.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Ed does this a couple of times.
* IdiotSavant: Christopher.
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* KidDetective: What Chris wishes to become.
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* KidDetective: KidDetective / AmateurSleuth: What Chris wishes to become.
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* MysteryWriterDetective: Christopher is writing his book as he works on the mystery of who killed Wellington.
* NerdGlasses: Christopher mentions wearing glasses a few times.
* NoSocialSkills:ChristopherChristopher.
* NerdGlasses: Christopher mentions wearing glasses a few times.
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* PickyEater: Chris. This is Chris, a trait of his Asperger syndrome.ASD. He refuses to eat any food that has touched a different kind of food on his plate, and keeps a bottle of food colouring in the kitchen for yellow foods (his least favourite colour).
* TheRainman: Christopher is a classic example of the "autistic savant" trope: brilliant at math, poor at communicating, a CreatureOfHabit.
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* ScheduleFanatic: Chris.
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* ScheduleFanatic: Chris. He plans his daily routine down to the minute and gets upset when he isn't sure what time it is.
* ShoutOut: Christopher is a big fan of ScienceFiction and mentions several franchises he likes, including ''StarTrek'', ''StarWars'', ''DoctorWho'', ''Series/BlakesSeven'' and ''Film/BladeRunner''. He also talks about Literature/SherlockHolmes at length, who is his chief inspiration as a KidDetective.
* SirSwearsALot: Christopher's father, to the point where some of his lines resemble a ClusterFBomb.
* SuperOCD: Christopher gets very upset when anything in his house is changed and goes as far as measuring where the furniture is so he can put it back in the right places after his mother vacuums. He likes Mrs. Shears because she's very neat and organizes everything in the kitchen.
* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Christopher ''loves'' strawberry milkshakes and mentions them several times in the book. He's also fond of Indian food.
* ShoutOut: Christopher is a big fan of ScienceFiction and mentions several franchises he likes, including ''StarTrek'', ''StarWars'', ''DoctorWho'', ''Series/BlakesSeven'' and ''Film/BladeRunner''. He also talks about Literature/SherlockHolmes at length, who is his chief inspiration as a KidDetective.
* SirSwearsALot: Christopher's father, to the point where some of his lines resemble a ClusterFBomb.
* SuperOCD: Christopher gets very upset when anything in his house is changed and goes as far as measuring where the furniture is so he can put it back in the right places after his mother vacuums. He likes Mrs. Shears because she's very neat and organizes everything in the kitchen.
* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Christopher ''loves'' strawberry milkshakes and mentions them several times in the book. He's also fond of Indian food.
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* UnusualChapterNumbers: The chapter numbers are all prime numbers.
* UnreliableNarrator, although with his photographic memory it could also be a subversion.
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* UnusualChapterNumbers: The chapter numbers are all prime numbers.
numbers, which Christopher has a love for.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: Mark Haddon worked with autistics when he was younger and mentions that he based Christopher on two specific people he knew.
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If there\'s more to the story than that, and the title alone doesn\'t explain it all, then it\'s not an example of this trope. There is a big cleanup effort going on to remove misuse of this trope.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: It indeed was a curious incident involving a dog that happened in the night time. [[spoiler:It becomes more than that, though.]]
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'''''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time''''' (2003) is a novel by Mark Haddon. It is about young Christopher John Francis Boone, who knows all the countries of the world and all the prime numbers up to 7,057, but has almost no comprehension of human emotion. One late night (exactly 7 minutes after midnight), he finds his neighbor's dog killed by a garden fork, leading him into an investigation that becomes about more than just a dead dog, but about the real world told through the eyes of a 15-year-old with severe autism, right down to the unnecessary details.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Christopher once punched a girl who was bullying him so hard that he knocked her out and she had to be taken to hospital with concussion.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Christopher once punched a girl who was bullying him so hard that he knocked her out and she had to be taken to hospital with concussion. concussion.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: It outrages Christopher that after he finds out that [[spoiler:his father]] killed Wellington, [[spoiler:he]] won't even get punished for it because they'll only do it if Mrs. Shears presses charges.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: It outrages Christopher that after he finds out that [[spoiler:his father]] killed Wellington, [[spoiler:he]] they won't even get punished for it because they'll only do it if Mrs. Shears presses charges.
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* CaptainObvious: Christopher, for [[IncrediblyLamePun obvious]] [[UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome reasons.]]
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* CaptainObvious: Christopher, for [[IncrediblyLamePun obvious]] obvious [[UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome reasons.]]
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* CursedWithAwesome / BlessedWithSuck: Christopher is a mathematical genius but [[IncrediblyLamePun his social skills are in the minuses]].
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* CursedWithAwesome / BlessedWithSuck: Christopher is a mathematical genius but [[IncrediblyLamePun his social skills are in the minuses]].minuses.
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* INeverGotAnyLetters
INeverGotAnyLetters: [[spoiler: Ed is hiding letters from Christopher.]]
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "I killed Wellington, Christopher."]]
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* DoesntKnowHisOwnStrength: Christoper is very strong and doesn't realise he has to be careful at times.
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** Actual autistic-spectrum cases tend to react poorly to the idea that Christopher is supposed to be anything like them.
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** Actual People who are actually autistic-spectrum cases tend to react poorly to the idea that Christopher is supposed to be anything like them.
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* PickyEater: Chris. This is a trait of his Asperger syndrome.
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** As disscussed discussed below WordOfGod is that Christopher has AspergerSyndrome but he actually shows lots of signs of being much lower down on the spectrum such as wetting himself and acting years younger than his actual age a lot.
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** Haddon himself actually states that he never made the book specifically about someone on the autistic spectrum, but rather about someone who was an, "outsider".
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** As disscussed below WordOfGod is that Christopher has AspergerSyndrome but he actually shows lots of signs of being much lower down on the spectrum such as wetting himself and acting years younger than his actual age a lot.
* DoesntKnowHisOwnStrength: Christoper is very strong and doesn't realise he has to be careful at times.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Christopher once punched a girl who was bullying him so hard that he knocked her out and she had to be taken to hospital with concussion.
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** Though considering how LiteralMinded he is, an AlternateCharacterInterpretation of this is that he is TheComicallySerious. He might genuinely not understand the humor in that, and what he says is only coincidentally funny.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: It outrages Christopher that after he finds out that [[spoiler:his father]] killed Wellington, [[spoiler:he]] won't even get punished for it because they'll only do it if Mrs. Shears presses charges.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: It outrages Christopher that after he finds out that [[spoiler:his father]] killed Wellington, [[spoiler:he]] won't even get punished for it because they'll only do it if Mrs. Shears presses charges.
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** In fact only the Blurb of more recent editions of the book state he has Aspergers. Looking at the other students in his school as well as other indicators (such as attacking people who touch him), he may in fact have a more severe form of autism and ExecutiveMeddeling later changed it to Aspergers to make it esier for readers to empaphise with him.
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** In fact only the Blurb of more recent editions of the book state he has Aspergers. Looking at the other students in his school as well as other indicators (such as attacking people who touch him), he may in fact have a more severe form of autism and ExecutiveMeddeling ExecutiveMeddling later changed it to Aspergers to make it esier easier for readers to empaphise empathise with him.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: It indeed was a curious incident involving a dog that happened in the night time. [[spoiler:It becomes more than that, though...]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Christopher's conversation with Mrs. Alexander drops some interesting clues about [[spoiler:Christopher's mother's affair]], which can double as a RewatchBonus for those who didn't catch it the first time.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Christopher's conversation with Mrs. Alexander drops some interesting clues about [[spoiler:Christopher's mother's affair]], which can double as a RewatchBonus for those who didn't catch it the first time.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: It indeed was a curious incident involving a dog that happened in the night time. [[spoiler:It becomes more than that, though...]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Christopher's conversation with Mrs. Alexander drops some interesting clues about [[spoiler:Christopher's mother's affair]], which can double as a RewatchBonus for those who didn't catch it the first time.though.]]
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'''''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time''''' (2003) is a novel by Mark Haddon. It is about young Christopher John Francis Boone, who knows all the countries of the world and all the prime numbers up to 7,057, but has almost no comprehension of human emotion. One late night (exactly 7 minutes after midnight), he finds his neighbor's dog killed by a garden fork, leading him into an investigation that becomes about more than just a dead dog, but about the real world told through the eyes of a 15-year-old with severe autism, right down to the unnecessary details.
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!!''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: In-universe. To most people, killing Wellington would be a pretty disgust-inducing KickTheDog (no pun intended) moment but not quite the MoralEventHorizon. To Christopher, it is as serious as killing a human being and [[spoiler:his father is a murderer and Christopher must escape from the house because his father could kill anyone.]]
* AspergerSyndrome: Although never mentioned by name in the novel.
* CaptainObvious: Christopher, for [[IncrediblyLamePun obvious]] [[UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome reasons.]]
* ClusterFBomb / PrecisionFStrike: Lots of them.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Chris. Justified because of his autism.
* CursedWithAwesome / BlessedWithSuck: Christopher is a mathematical genius but [[IncrediblyLamePun his social skills are in the minuses]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Christopher claims to have no sense of humour but is given to moments of dry, sardonic wit, an example being: "I think dogs are more interesting than some people. Francis who goes to be school for instance needs help to eat his food and could not even fetch a stick. Siobhan tells me not to say this to Francis's mother."
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: It indeed was a curious incident involving a dog that happened in the night time. [[spoiler:It becomes more than that, though...]]
* HalfTruth: Chris's father on Chris's mother:
-->'''Father:''' She has a problem... a problem with her heart.
* HatesBeingTouched: Christopher
* IdiotSavant: Christopher
* INeverGotAnyLetters
* InnocentInaccurate: Christopher
* ItsAllAboutMe: Christopher, his mother and Mr and Mrs. Shears.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chris, although you can't really blame him. Also, Chris's parents.
* KidDetective: What Chris wishes to become.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: ''Silver Blaze'', a SherlockHolmes mystery (full quote at FairPlayWhodunnit).
* MissingMom: Christopher is raised by his father because his mother has died. [[spoiler:Or so he's been told. She is actually living elsewhere.]]
* NoSocialSkills: Christopher
* ParentsAsPeople
* PunchAWall: Ed punches a hole in a fence when Christopher won't talk to him.
* ReadingYourRights: Christopher gets this from the cop at the beginning, which he recognizes as standard procedure.
* ScheduleFanatic
* TroubledFetalPosition: Christopher does this when he is upset or overwhelmed.
* UnusualChapterNumbers: The chapter numbers are all prime numbers.
* UnreliableNarrator, although with his photographic memory it could also be a subversion.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: It outrages Christopher that after he finds out that [[spoiler:his father]] killed Wellington, [[spoiler:he]] won't even get punished for it because they'll only do it if Mrs. Shears presses charges.
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'''''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time''''' (2003) is a novel by Mark Haddon. It is about young Christopher John Francis Boone, who knows all the countries of the world and all the prime numbers up to 7,057, but has almost no comprehension of human emotion. One late night (exactly 7 minutes after midnight), he finds his neighbor's dog killed by a garden fork, leading him into an investigation that becomes about more than just a dead dog, but about the real world told through the eyes of a 15-year-old with severe autism, right down to the unnecessary details.
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!!''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: In-universe. To most people, killing Wellington would be a pretty disgust-inducing KickTheDog (no pun intended) moment but not quite the MoralEventHorizon. To Christopher, it is as serious as killing a human being and [[spoiler:his father is a murderer and Christopher must escape from the house because his father could kill anyone.]]
* AspergerSyndrome: Although never mentioned by name in the novel.
* CaptainObvious: Christopher, for [[IncrediblyLamePun obvious]] [[UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome reasons.]]
* ClusterFBomb / PrecisionFStrike: Lots of them.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Chris. Justified because of his autism.
* CursedWithAwesome / BlessedWithSuck: Christopher is a mathematical genius but [[IncrediblyLamePun his social skills are in the minuses]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Christopher claims to have no sense of humour but is given to moments of dry, sardonic wit, an example being: "I think dogs are more interesting than some people. Francis who goes to be school for instance needs help to eat his food and could not even fetch a stick. Siobhan tells me not to say this to Francis's mother."
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: It indeed was a curious incident involving a dog that happened in the night time. [[spoiler:It becomes more than that, though...]]
* HalfTruth: Chris's father on Chris's mother:
-->'''Father:''' She has a problem... a problem with her heart.
* HatesBeingTouched: Christopher
* IdiotSavant: Christopher
* INeverGotAnyLetters
* InnocentInaccurate: Christopher
* ItsAllAboutMe: Christopher, his mother and Mr and Mrs. Shears.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chris, although you can't really blame him. Also, Chris's parents.
* KidDetective: What Chris wishes to become.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: ''Silver Blaze'', a SherlockHolmes mystery (full quote at FairPlayWhodunnit).
* MissingMom: Christopher is raised by his father because his mother has died. [[spoiler:Or so he's been told. She is actually living elsewhere.]]
* NoSocialSkills: Christopher
* ParentsAsPeople
* PunchAWall: Ed punches a hole in a fence when Christopher won't talk to him.
* ReadingYourRights: Christopher gets this from the cop at the beginning, which he recognizes as standard procedure.
* ScheduleFanatic
* TroubledFetalPosition: Christopher does this when he is upset or overwhelmed.
* UnusualChapterNumbers: The chapter numbers are all prime numbers.
* UnreliableNarrator, although with his photographic memory it could also be a subversion.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: It outrages Christopher that after he finds out that [[spoiler:his father]] killed Wellington, [[spoiler:he]] won't even get punished for it because they'll only do it if Mrs. Shears presses charges.
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