History Literature / TheHeroesOfOlympus

* [[FiveTokenBand Seven Token Band]]: So far, the seven demigods of the prophecy include a Native American girl (Piper), a Latino (Leo), a Chinese guy (Frank), a black girl (Hazel), and two white guys (Percy and Jason).

* ShownTheirWork: Rick Riordan has been around in real life, and had used to be an editor for mythology books. And it shows.

** [[spoiler: Hazel killed her mother and herself to stop Gaea from raising Alcyoneus back in 1944.]]

** In "The Lost Hero", it mentions that Drew dumped, and I quote, ''"everything from the bathroom waste bin- some pretty ''nasty'' things- all over the floor"''. This female troper was in hysterics. [[NoPeriodsPeriod Wink wink,]] [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean nudge nudge.]]

* FanNickname: [[spoiler:Camp Purple]]/[[spoiler: Camp Bizarro]]/[[spoiler:Camp More-Badass-Than-Thou]] for the [[spoiler:Roman demigod camp, Camp Jupiter]].

** In "The Lost Hero", it mentions that Drew dumped, and I quote, ''"everything from the bathroom waste bin- some pretty ''nasty'' things- all over the floor"''. This female troper was in hysterics. Wink wink, nudge nudge.

* HellYesMoment: The Fifth cohort after Percy, Hazel, and Frank storm the defenders’ fortress during the war games. [[spoiler: The entire legion, especially Reyna, when they pull a BigDamnHeroes during the invasion. Not to mention "TWELFTH LEGION FULMINATA!"]]

* AHouseDivided

* MamaBear: An evil example with Ma Gasket. [[spoiler: Frank's mother protected her son from an actual bear by turning into one herself.]]

** It was revealed in the second book that the doors to death are open and heroes can escape death for the same reason that monsters reform almost instantly. ThePowerOfLove probably helped, but Gwen got back by herself, so...

* RecycledINSPACE: The Argo II [[InUniverse in-universe]].
* RummageFail: When facing off against [[spoiler: Khione]] in the Wolf House, a nervous Leo reaches into his [[BagOfHolding tool belt]] for a weapon and initially grabs breath mints before hastily swopping them for a hammer. He hopes no one noticed. This is turned into a BrickJoke ''seconds'' later when the perspective switches to Jason, and while evaluating his assets, he thinks about "''Leo, who apparently thought he could defeat the armies of darkness with breath mints.''"

* SaveYourDeity

* SelfMadeOrphan: Subverted and very tragic. [[spoiler: Leo killed his mother by accident after Gaea tricked him.]]
** [[spoiler: Hazel killed her mother and herself to stop Gaea from raising Alcyoneus back in the 1940s.]]

** There's a possible shout out to the show ''{{Charmed}}''. The three main characters names are Piper, Leo, and Jason, and one of Artemis's Huntresses is named Phoebe. While this might be a coincidence, if any of the other new demigods are named Paige, Prue, or Derek, we definitely have ourselves a major shout out.

* SteamPunk: Leo describes the Hephaestus cabin as steampunk. The term might also apply to the dragon.
* SummonBiggerFish: Summon Hyperborian giant, actually.

* ThreeAmigos: Jason, Leo, and Piper.

** Also in "The Son of Neptune" with Percy (White), Frank (Asian), and Hazel (Black).

* TrojanHorse: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] [[spoiler: [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Octavian]] uses the "beware Greeks bearing gifts" line to try and [[ExploitedTrope exploit]] the trope to incite conflict with the Greek demigods]]. It's not exactly a horse though.

* TrulySingleParent: Aphrodite was born from Ouranus's body when it fell into the ocean.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl

** Because Percy hates to fly on anything that isn't a Pegasus

* WhiteMaleLead: Subverted in ''Son of Neptune'', Frank is the official leader of the quest.

* YouNoTakeCandle: Somewhat [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] with Ella, who despite her intelligence speaks like this because she is a harpie.

* HellYesMoment: The Fifth cohort after Percy, Hazel, and Frank storm the defenders’ fortress during the war games. [[spoiler: The entire legion, especially Reyna, when they pull a BigDamnHeroes during the invasion.]]

* AbusiveParents / ParentalAbandonment: Jason's mom.

-->''"As they trudged on, Percy thought about all the crazy places he'd seen. None of them left him speechless like Alaska. He could see why it was a land beyond the gods. Everything here was rough and untamed. There were no rules, no prophecies, no destinies--just the harsh wilderness and a bunch of animals and mosnters. Mortals and demigods came here at their own risk."''

** {{ProductPlacement}}/{{HiddenInPlainSight}}: Apparently [[spoiler:[[http://www.amazon.com Amazon.com]] is a front company for the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons actual Amazons]].]] And they apparently read on their Kindles when they ought to be on guard duty (though it's less likely to be ProductPlacement than JustForPun).

*** DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist:[[spoiler: Pretty much the entire theme of The Son of Neptune - Death has been chained and the literal doors to the afterlife are now open.]]

* BadassInDistress / DistressedDude: [[spoiler:Percy in ''The Lost Hero''. Nico takes up the position from him by the end of ''Son of Neptune''.]]

* BlessedWithSuck/ CursedWithAwesome: A good portion of the main cast has to deal with powers that can be either crappy or awesome, depending on the situation.

* CharmPerson / JediMindTrick: Piper, Drew, certain other children of Aphrodite, and Medea.
* ChekhovsGag / BrickJoke: Five books later, Annabeth proclaiming the Laistrygonian giants to be "Canadians" in Sea of Monster is brought back up in Son of Neptune where Percy calls them Canadians... in front of genuine Canadian Frank Zhang. Frank is not pleased.

* CrazyPrepared: The Zhangs' have an armory in their attic that's almost as well stocked as the one at Camp Jupiter. They have everything from swords, bows, arrows, spears, even potato launchers for taking out earthborn. It comes in handy. (Don't forget the water-hose on the roof!)

** Topped in The Son of Neptune by rainbow goddess Iris, who hasn't quite decided whether her personal creed should be...Buddhism or Taoism.

* ExtremelyShortTimeSpan / TimeBomb / CosmicDeadline

* HumanPopsicle: Quite a few, from the those in Boreas' fortress and [[spoiler: the Hunters for a short time during the battle at the Wolf House]]. Midas' "house guests" probably count, too.
* IndyPloy

* LongLostRelative / EveryoneIsRelated: [[spoiler:Jason and Thalia have the same mother, as well as being kids of the same god (Jupiter/Zeus respectively) but in different aspects.]]

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Apparently certain children of Hephaestus can wield fire. Oh, and all children of Aphrodite have apparently always been able to speak French, and some have charm-speak people into doing what they want. {{Justified}} as it's stated that controlling fire and charmspeaking are ''ridiculously rare'', though some fans still think Aphrodite's children speaking French came from left-field.

** There's a possible shout out to the show {{Charmed}}. The three main characters names are Piper, Leo, and Jason, and one of Artemis's Huntresses is named Phoebe. While this might be a coincidence, if any of the other new demigods are named Paige, Prue, or Derek, we definitely have ourselves a major shout out.

* TeamMom / TeamDad: [[spoiler:Lupa]] and Chiron.

** ProductPlacement/HiddenInPlainSight: Apparently [[spoiler:[[http://www.amazon.com Amazon.com]] is a front company for the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons actual Amazons]].]] And they apparently read on their Kindles when they ought to be on guard duty (though it's less likely to be ProductPlacement than JustForPun).

** ProductPlacement: Apparently [[spoiler:[[http://www.amazon.com Amazon.com]] is a front company for the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons actual Amazons]].]] And they apparently read on their Kindles when they ought to be on guard duty (though it's less likely to be ProductPlacement than JustForPun).

** ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin / HiddenInPlainSight: The Amazons [[spoiler: run amazon.com]]

** Butch, the stable keeper at Camp Half-Blood, is a son of Iris, the Rainbow Goddess. He likes Pegasi. [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipisMagic Remind you of anypony?]]

** ** In "The Lost Hero", it mentions that Drew dumped, and I quote, ''"everything from the bathroom waste bin- some pretty ''nasty'' things- all over the floor"''. This female troper was in hysterics. Wink wink, nudge nudge.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Orange and purple [[spoiler:for the Greek and Roman camps, respectively.]]

** [[FridgeBrilliance: Come to think of it, given the steady stream of Lupa's graduates trying to make it to Camp Jupiter, regular commuters might indeed be accustomed to ratty kids being chased by monsters across their traffic lane.]]

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