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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Everyone's treatment of [[spoiler: toddler]] Barbarossa near the end of the book.
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Doesn't provide a Bait And Switch and too fantastical for the last one.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: A group of kids trying to peddle stolen goods can't do business with just anyone, and thus they have no choice but to keep coming back to Barbarossa, a crook who doesn't care where their loot comes from as long as he can make a profit on it.
** [[spoiler: Scipio's parents might not be the most nurturing, but they aren't stupid, and they do eventually notice that Scipio has been both stealing things from the house and sneaking out. The only reason Scipio isn't punished for the former is because his parents think the nanny is responsible for the thefts.]]
** [[spoiler: After being de-aged, Barbarossa tries to demand a trip to the bank so he can withdraw his money, only for Victor and Scipio to point out that the bank isn't just going to hand out Ernesto Barbarossa's money to some five-year-old boy.]]
** [[spoiler: Scipio's parents might not be the most nurturing, but they aren't stupid, and they do eventually notice that Scipio has been both stealing things from the house and sneaking out. The only reason Scipio isn't punished for the former is because his parents think the nanny is responsible for the thefts.]]
** [[spoiler: After being de-aged, Barbarossa tries to demand a trip to the bank so he can withdraw his money, only for Victor and Scipio to point out that the bank isn't just going to hand out Ernesto Barbarossa's money to some five-year-old boy.]]
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* [[MeddlingParents Meddling Aunt]]: To Prosper, Esther is the annoying variety.
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Deleting Five Man Band ZCE tree as per cleanup requirement.
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* FiveManBand: The Thief Lord's gang is something of this:
** TheHero: Scipio.
** TheLancer: Prosper.
** TheBigGuy: Mosca.
** TheSmartGuy: Usually Hornet, though sometimes Mosca or Prop as well.
** TheChick: Hornet.
** TagalongKid: Bo.
** Poor Riccio is mostly just the [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief]].
** TheHero: Scipio.
** TheLancer: Prosper.
** TheBigGuy: Mosca.
** TheSmartGuy: Usually Hornet, though sometimes Mosca or Prop as well.
** TheChick: Hornet.
** TagalongKid: Bo.
** Poor Riccio is mostly just the [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief]].
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* NeverHadToys: Renzo had to work as a servant since he was little, and spends the story trying to reassemble a FountainOfYouth to make up for it. He manages to use it to become a kid again, but then just feels bored when he gets a chance to play with a roomful of toys he hoarded. Realizing he can't get his childhood back even if he looks like a child, he has a HeelFaceTurn and helps the main characters.
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* AllForNothing: The Conte, [[spoiler: or rather Renzo, manipulates the runaways into helping him repair the magic merry-go-round after years of research so he can regain his lost youth. He then finds out that he doesn't actually enjoy being a kid again, and Barbarossa ends up breaking the merry-go-round anyway]].
