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* AccidentalMurder: Flapoon accidentally fires his blunderbuss when he thinks he hears the Ickabog and hits [[spoiler: Major Beamish]].

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* AccidentalMurder: Flapoon accidentally fires his blunderbuss when he thinks he hears the Ickabog and hits [[spoiler: Major [[spoiler:Major Beamish]].



* AmbiguouslyHuman: [[spoiler: Or humans are Ambiguously Ickabog with the creature claiming that humans are descended from Ickabogs. The LemonyNarrator says at the end that she doesn't know if this is true or not.]]

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* AmbiguouslyHuman: [[spoiler: Or [[spoiler:Or humans are Ambiguously Ickabog with the creature claiming that humans are descended from Ickabogs. The LemonyNarrator says at the end that she doesn't know if this is true or not.]]



* BabiesEverAfter: At the end [[spoiler: The Ickabog]] has two babies and Roderick and Martha have five children.

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* BabiesEverAfter: At the end [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The Ickabog]] has two babies and Roderick and Martha have five children.



* OneGenderRace: Ickabogs are implied to be. [[spoiler: When asked if it'll be a mother or a father when it has its Ickaboggles, it says it will be an Icker]].

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* OneGenderRace: Ickabogs are implied to be. [[spoiler: When [[spoiler:When asked if it'll be a mother or a father when it has its Ickaboggles, it says it will be an Icker]].



* PolarOppositeTwins: [[spoiler: The two baby Ickabogs at the end as they respond to how they're treated as they're born. The first hates humans as they were trying to kill it and its Icker. The second is friendly as things had calmed down when it was born a few minutes later.]]

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* PolarOppositeTwins: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The two baby Ickabogs at the end as they respond to how they're treated as they're born. The first hates humans as they were trying to kill it and its Icker. The second is friendly as things had calmed down when it was born a few minutes later.]]



* RhymesOnADime: [[spoiler: The Ickabog's]] song conveniently rhymes even though it's normally sung in Ickerish and had only just been translated so humans could understand it.

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* RhymesOnADime: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The Ickabog's]] song conveniently rhymes even though it's normally sung in Ickerish and had only just been translated so humans could understand it.
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* MadnessMantra: just sings the national anthem over and over again after years of working in the dungeon.

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* MadnessMantra: Dan just sings the national anthem over and over again after years of working in the dungeon.
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* AKindOfOne: King Fred is surprised that his soldiers are killing so many Ickabogs because he thought there was only one.

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* AKindOfOne: King Fred is surprised that his soldiers are killing claiming to kill so many Ickabogs because he thought there was only one.
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The first fantasy novel written by Creator/JKRowling that is unrelated to the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' franchise.
It was released online in 34 free daily instalments to entertain children during the 2020 Covid lockdown before being published as a physical book.

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The first fantasy novel written by Creator/JKRowling that is unrelated to the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' franchise.
franchise. It was released online in 34 free daily instalments to entertain children during the 2020 Covid lockdown lockdown, before being published as a physical book.
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* AccidentalMurder: Flapoon accidentally fires his blunderbuss when he thinks he hears the Ickabog and hits [[spoiler:Major Beamish]].

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* AccidentalMurder: Flapoon accidentally fires his blunderbuss when he thinks he hears the Ickabog and hits [[spoiler:Major [[spoiler: Major Beamish]].



* AmbiguouslyHuman: [[spoiler:Or humans are Ambiguously Ickabog with the creature claiming that humans are descended from Ickabogs. The LemonyNarrator says at the end that she doesn't know if this is true or not.]]

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* AmbiguouslyHuman: [[spoiler:Or [[spoiler: Or humans are Ambiguously Ickabog with the creature claiming that humans are descended from Ickabogs. The LemonyNarrator says at the end that she doesn't know if this is true or not.]]



* BabiesEverAfter: At the end [[spoiler:The Ickabog]] has two babies and Roderick and Martha have five children.

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* BabiesEverAfter: At the end [[spoiler:The [[spoiler: The Ickabog]] has two babies and Roderick and Martha have five children.



* EvilOrphanageLady: Ma Grunter beats and barely feeds her children, only taking them in to get more money off the government that she can spend on wine.
* FaintInShock: Mrs Beamish when she finds out [[spoiler:her husband is dead]].

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* EvilOrphanageLady: Ma Grunter beats and barely feeds her children, only taking them in to get more money off from the government that she can spend on wine.
* FaintInShock: Mrs Mrs. Beamish when she finds out [[spoiler:her husband is dead]].



* IAmAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:The Ickabog keeps Bert, Daisy, Roderick and Martha to fatten them up before it eats them. It later admits it's never ate a human before then eventually decides not to kill them, hoping they'll raise it's children.]]

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* IAmAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:The Ickabog keeps Bert, Daisy, Roderick and Martha to fatten them up before it eats them. It later admits it's never ate eaten a human before then eventually decides not to kill them, hoping they'll raise it's its children.]]



* KickTheDog: Spittleworth literally kicks the dog rlthat they thought had been eaten by the Ickabog when he finds it entangled in branches.

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* KickTheDog: Spittleworth literally kicks the dog rlthat that they thought had been eaten by the Ickabog when he finds it entangled in branches.



* OneGenderRace: Ickabogs are implied to be. [[spoiler:When asked if it'll be a mother or a father when it has its Ickaboggles, it says it will be an Icker]].

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* OneGenderRace: Ickabogs are implied to be. [[spoiler:When [[spoiler: When asked if it'll be a mother or a father when it has its Ickaboggles, it says it will be an Icker]].



* PolarOppositeTwins: [[spoiler:The two baby Ickabogs at the end as they respond to how they're treated as they're born. The first hates humans as they were trying to kill it and its Icker. The second is friendly as things had calmed down when it was born a few minutes later.]]

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* PolarOppositeTwins: [[spoiler:The [[spoiler: The two baby Ickabogs at the end as they respond to how they're treated as they're born. The first hates humans as they were trying to kill it and its Icker. The second is friendly as things had calmed down when it was born a few minutes later.]]



* RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: When King Fred asks Spittleworth and Flapoon how they can kill the Ickabog's without them multiying and they bluff that they don't multiply if you hit them on the head first.
* RhymesOnADime: [[spoiler:The Ickabog's]] song conveniently rhymes even though it's normally sang in Ickerish and had only just been translated so humans could understand it.

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* RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: When King Fred asks Spittleworth and Flapoon how they can kill the Ickabog's Ickabogs without them multiying multiplying and they bluff that they don't multiply if you hit them on the head first.
* RhymesOnADime: [[spoiler:The [[spoiler: The Ickabog's]] song conveniently rhymes even though it's normally sang sung in Ickerish and had only just been translated so humans could understand it.



* WouldntHurtAChild: Private Prodd can't bring himself to kill Daisy because she reminds of his niece so he dumps her at Ma Grunter's orphanage instead.

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* WouldntHurtAChild: Private Prodd can't bring himself to kill Daisy because she reminds him of his niece so he dumps her at Ma Grunter's orphanage instead.
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* LastOfItsKind: [[spoiler:The Ickabog is the last one after humans hunted them to near extinction.

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* LastOfItsKind: [[spoiler:The Ickabog is the last one after humans hunted them to near extinction.]]
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* PolarOppositeTwins: [[The two baby Ickabogs at the end as they respond to how they're treated as they're born. The first hates humans as they were trying to kill it and its Icker. The second is friendly as things had calmed down when it was born a few minutes later.]]

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* PolarOppositeTwins: [[The [[spoiler:The two baby Ickabogs at the end as they respond to how they're treated as they're born. The first hates humans as they were trying to kill it and its Icker. The second is friendly as things had calmed down when it was born a few minutes later.]]
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* WouldntHurtAChild: can't bring himself to kill Daisy because she reminds of his niece so he dumps her at Ma Grunter's orphanage instead.

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* AmbiguouslyHuman: [[spoiler:Or humans are Ambiguously Ickabog with the creature claiming that humans are descended from Ickabogs. The LemonyNarrator says at the end that she doesn't know if this is true or not.]]



* LackOfItsKind: [[spoiler:The Ickabog

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* LackOfItsKind: LastOfItsKind: [[spoiler:The IckabogIckabog is the last one after humans hunted them to near extinction.



* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: Rowling asked online for children to send in the book's illustrations.
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The first fantasy novel written by Creator/JKRowling that is unrelated to the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' franchise.
It was released online in 34 free daily instalments to entertain children during the 2020 Covid lockdown before being published as a physical book.

Set in the fictional kingdom of Cornucopia and deals with a king trying to capture the titular mythical creature.

* AccidentalMurder: Flapoon accidentally fires his blunderbuss when he thinks he hears the Ickabog and hits [[spoiler:Major Beamish]].
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: [[spoiler:The Ickabog knows English even though it has its own language, Ickerish]].
* AlliterativeFamily;
** Any named character from the Beamish, Dovetail or Roach family has an AlliterativeName, also a few minor characters.
** The King called himself The '''F'''earless because it sounded well beside '''F'''red.
** His father was called '''R'''ichard The '''R'''ighteous.
* AsteroidsMonster: It's rumoured that the Ickabog will split into two Ickabogs when killed.
* TheAtoner: King Fred by the end [[spoiler:he volunteers to look after the more vicious Ickabog child that won't let anybody near it.]]
* BabiesEverAfter: At the end [[spoiler:The Ickabog]] has two babies and Roderick and Martha have five children.
* BrainyBaby: [[spoiler:Ickabogs are born knowing how to talk and know anybody their parent knows.]]
* ChildHater: Spittleworth and Flapoon hate children because they wake them from their afternoon naps.
* ConstructedWorld: It's set in a fictional kingdom called Cornucopia with a few neighbouring kingdoms.
* DeathByChildbirth: Ickabogs die when they're "bornding".
* EvilOrphanageLady: Ma Grunter beats and barely feeds her children, only taking them in to get more money off the government that she can spend on wine.
* FaintInShock: Mrs Beamish when she finds out [[spoiler:her husband is dead]].
* FoodPorn: Being written by Creator/JKRowling, it's not surprising that we get detailed descriptions of the different foods that Cornucopia's towns produce.
* IAmAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:The Ickabog keeps Bert, Daisy, Roderick and Martha to fatten them up before it eats them. It later admits it's never ate a human before then eventually decides not to kill them, hoping they'll raise it's children.]]
* IdenticallyNamedGroup: Ma Grunter renames all her orphans to John and Jane.
* KickTheDog: Spittleworth literally kicks the dog rlthat they thought had been eaten by the Ickabog when he finds it entangled in branches.
* AKindOfOne: King Fred is surprised that his soldiers are killing so many Ickabogs because he thought there was only one.
* LackOfItsKind: [[spoiler:The Ickabog
* MadnessMantra: just sings the national anthem over and over again after years of working in the dungeon.
* NoseNuggets: Daisy and Bert laugh at how their teacher picks his nose when he thinks they're not looking.
* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: Rowling asked online for children to send in the book's illustrations.
* OneGenderRace: Ickabogs are implied to be. [[spoiler:When asked if it'll be a mother or a father when it has its Ickaboggles, it says it will be an Icker]].
* PocketProtector: When Flapoon shoots Bert, the bullet hits his father's medal that he's wearing under his shirt.
* PolarOppositeTwins: [[The two baby Ickabogs at the end as they respond to how they're treated as they're born. The first hates humans as they were trying to kill it and its Icker. The second is friendly as things had calmed down when it was born a few minutes later.]]
* RealAfterAll: [[spoiler:It would be a boring book if there was no Ickabog.]]
* ReformedBully: Roderick decides to be less of a jerkass after his parents are gone and he needs to survive with the other three.
* RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: When King Fred asks Spittleworth and Flapoon how they can kill the Ickabog's without them multiying and they bluff that they don't multiply if you hit them on the head first.
* RhymesOnADime: [[spoiler:The Ickabog's]] song conveniently rhymes even though it's normally sang in Ickerish and had only just been translated so humans could understand it.
* StealingTheCredit: Fred's main claim to glory is that he once captured and killed a wasp all by himself if you don't count the five footmen and the boot boy.
* TrulySingleParent: Implied with the Ickabog [[spoiler:as there's no mention of who got it pregnant and the rest of them died out years ago.]]
* UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn: Eslanda's maid Hetty had a boy and a girl shortly after getting married.
* UptownGirl: Captain Goodfellow is secretly in love with Lady Eslanda and has no idea that she loves him back
* WouldntHurtAChild: can't bring himself to kill Daisy because she reminds of his niece so he dumps her at Ma Grunter's orphanage instead.

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