History Literature / TheIncredibleWorldsOfWallyMcDoogle

* BrokenPedestal: Wally's Uncle Max, a famous stuntman, in ''My Life as a Bigfoot Breath Mint'' to Wally himself. At first, Max seems like the cool guy everyone (including Wally) thinks he is. As the book goes on, though, it becomes clear that Max is just a shallow, selfish scumbag who only lives and cares for himself (and is a target of loan sharks), to the point that he ''[[DirtyCoward leaves Wally to drown in a flooded stadium just to save his own skin]]'' then tells the media that ''he'' saved Wally, when it was actually Wally's dad who [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments risked his life to save Wally]]. Needless to say, Wally isn't happy when this happens.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''My Life As Crocodile Junkfood'' was considerably darker than any of the previous books as well as any of the subsequent books, presenting the reader with several cases of FamilyUnfriendlyViolence and at least one TearJerker moment.

* NoSenseOfHumor: Pretty much everyone in Wally's superhero stories (usually the superhero) groans at "bad" jokes, even the ones that are funny. Everyone in the "Real World" is also this to a lesser extent. And they all think that the reader has no sense of humor too, expecting you to groan at every joke. (Something it shares with sister series Series/McGeeAndMe.)

* SaveTheVillain: Book 14: [[spoiler:My Life as a Screaming Skydiver: The spy that Wally has been unknowingly helping accidentally ejects himself out of his own plane without a parachute. Wally dives out after him and hands him an extra parachute.]]

* SeriesContinuityError: In book #18 "Beat-Up Basketball Backboard", Wall Street mentions making money off of Wally since kindergarten, but Wally's only known her (and Opera) since the first book, where they were '''twelve'''.

* StatusQuoIsGod: A recurring plot-line is that Wally's dad wants Wally to 'be a man' and that writing seems lame. Come book #11, where Dad, after [[spoiler: Wally saves the town]], accepts that Wally wants to be a writer and thinks he's a man. Unfortunately, after that book, [[SnapBack Dad's back to wanting Wally to be a man and that writing seems lame.]]

* TakeThat: There's quite a few in book 18, such as this rather harsh one at WesternAnimation/BluesClues:

%%* ThreeAmigos: Wally, Opera, and Wall Street

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* TwoGuysAndAGirl: The main trio fit both the gender roles and the trope, but while Wall Street is the girl, ''she's'' TheLancer, while Opera is TheChick.

* BalefulPolymorph: ''My Life As A Haunted Hamburger, Hold the Pickles''. Yes, Wally ''does'' get turned into a giant hamburger, though whether he actually became a hamburger [[AmbiguousSituation is left up in the air]].

%%* HollywoodNerd: Type 1.

** During the events of the same book, Wally reminisces about his mis-adventures...thinking about how he saved the town from being flooded back in "Polluted Pond Scum"...except he actually saved the water from being contaminated by a disgruntled sewage employee who was in cahoots with a shady MegaCorp rather than merely preventing a flood.

* NoSenseOfHumor: Pretty much everyone in Wally's superhero stories (usually the superhero) groans at "bad" jokes, even the ones that are ActuallyPrettyFunny. Everyone in the "Real World" is also this to a lesser extent. And they all think that the reader has no sense of humor too, expecting you to groan at every joke. (Something it shares with sister series Series/McGeeAndMe.)

* ExtremeSportExcusePlot: Book 21, ''My Life as a Skysurfing Skateboarder'', is themed around a skateboarding competition.

* AnimalWrongsGroup: Save The Snails

* AntiHero: Opera is a Type I. Wally is a Type II. Wall Street alternates between Type I and Type V.

** FutureMeScaresMe: [[spoiler: The future Wally becomes a dictator who gets meaner and meaner before having everyone killed. Oh, and he's a EldritchAbomination, too. Again, this was thankfully just in a dream]].

* CloserToEarth: Wally's mom.
* DarkAndTroubledPast:

* DeadpanSnarker: Wally himself.

* DisappearedDad: Gary
* TheDreaded: Gary, at first.

* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Them Wall Street And Opera]]: Even school officials and the kids' parents. We do eventually find out that Opera's real name is Oliver in ''My Life As a Human Hockey Puck'', but Wall Street's real name is never revealed.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:George]] in book 4. [[spoiler:Subverted in that he actually survived]].

* HollywoodNerd: Type 1.

* TheKlutz: Wally, and ''how''
* LemonyNarrator: Wally

* PursuedProtagonist: Wally in books 4 and 5.

* SpyFiction: Book 14 is basically one huge parody of the Martini variety.

* TeenSuperspy: In book 14. Naturally, this was PlayedForLaughs
* ThreeAmigos: Wally, Opera, and Wall Street

* WhosLaughingNow: The BigBad in ''My Life As Polluted Pond Scum''.
* [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield Where The Heck Is Middleton]]: It's never shown were Wally's town is, but there are several implications that it may be in Ohio or another state in the Midwest.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Wally's relationship with Wall Street is best described as this.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[invoked]] In at least one book, Wally describes how lazy his older brothers are to the point that Wally surmises that they don't even leave the couch to go to the bathroom. It's after this observation that Wally then recalls seeing a garden hose going from said couch to the bathroom. [[{{Squick}} Try not to think too hard about the implications of that.]]

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Carrie, Wally's little sister, who rather comes across as a [[{{Peanuts}} Sally]] {{Expy}}

''The Incredible Worlds Of Wally [=McDoogle=]'' is a Christian book series by Bill Myers (also known for his work on ''Series/McGeeAndMe''), which follow the strange adventures of the titular Wally [=McDoogle=], the world's most accident-prone kid, and his friends, the greedy Wall Street and BigEater Opera, as they go on wild adventures either at home or abroad.

[[caption-width-right:228: So, a twelve-year-old boy being chased by news media, an AnimalWrongsGroup, a SWAT team, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the schoolyard bully]] is now hanging for dear life from a T-Rex skeleton? Must be Monday again for young Wally...]]