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* CoolSword: The enchanted sword that Prince Hal picks up at a tavern appears to be utterly useless--one character comments, "Mr. Genius here gets the only magic sword that guarantees you'll get your but kicked"--but it's still a cool sword, beautifully crafted from the finest quality materials. It's a "singing sword", which, as Hal explains, doesn't mean it ''actually'' sings, but that it's so well made that it emits a musical tone when tapped. It becomes even cooler once Hal figures out the trick to using it.
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* CoolSword: The enchanted sword that Prince Hal picks up at a tavern appears to be utterly useless--one character comments, "Mr. Genius here gets the only magic sword that guarantees you'll get your but butt kicked"--but it's still a cool sword, beautifully crafted from the finest quality materials. It's a "singing sword", which, as Hal explains, doesn't mean it ''actually'' sings, but that it's so well made that it emits a musical tone when tapped. It becomes even cooler once Hal figures out the trick to using it.
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Caroline has spent months methodically sifting through the swamp to find that one frog who is a prince. After she finally kisses the right one, though, she's severely disappointed. Prince Hal isn't ugly or anything, but he's pretty geeky; hardly the sort of thing girls dream about. She knows her rights, and a beautiful girl who kisses the right frog is owed a ''handsome'' prince.
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Caroline has spent months methodically sifting through the swamp to find that one frog who is a prince. After she finally kisses the right one, though, she's severely disappointed. Prince Hal isn't ugly or anything, but he's pretty geeky; hardly the sort of thing girls dream about. She knows her rights, and a beautiful girl who kisses the right frog is owed a ''handsome'' prince.
prince. It's the law.
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* CoolSword: The enchanted sword that Prince Hal picks up at a tavern appears to be utterly useless--one character comments, "Mr. Genius here gets the only magic sword that guarantees you'll get your but kicked"--but it's still a cool sword, beautifully crafted from the finest quality materials. It's a "singing sword", which, as Hal explains, doesn't mean it ''actually'' sings, but that it's so well made that it emits a musical tone when tapped. It becomes even cooler once Hal figures out the trick to using it.
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* TheTourney: Melinower hosts a regular one, with separate categories for regular and enchanted weapons. Prince Hal decides to enter with the apparently-useless enchanted sword he recently bought, and, since no one knows that he's finally discovered the sword's secret, he can bet heavily on himself.
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* PrinceCharmless: A tricky variation in ''The Unhandsome Prince''. The titular Prince Hal is ''not'' this trope, but Caroline doesn't want to marry him--the reward for kissing the right frog is supposed to be a ''handsome'' prince, and Hal is...well, not the thing girls dream about. His oldest brother, Prince Kenneth, on the other hand, seems like all Caroline could ask for, except for the rudeness, the arrogance, the mean streak, the cruelty to animals, the utter ruthlessness....
* RagsToRoyalty: In ''The Unhandsome Prince'', Caroline ''knows'' she's destined for this. It was hard work finding the right frog to kiss. The only problem is that the standard deal is for a ''handsome'' prince. She knows that ''she's'' beautiful, and she'll be damned if she's going to settle!
* RagsToRoyalty: In ''The Unhandsome Prince'', Caroline ''knows'' she's destined for this. It was hard work finding the right frog to kiss. The only problem is that the standard deal is for a ''handsome'' prince. She knows that ''she's'' beautiful, and she'll be damned if she's going to settle!
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* PrinceCharmless: A tricky variation in ''The Unhandsome Prince''. The titular Prince Hal is ''not'' this trope, but Caroline doesn't want to marry him--the reward for kissing the right frog is supposed to be a ''handsome'' prince, and Hal is...well, not the thing girls dream about. His oldest brother, Prince Kenneth, on the other hand, seems like all Caroline could ask for, except for the rudeness, the arrogance, the mean streak, the cruelty to animals, the utter ruthlessness....
* RagsToRoyalty:In ''The Unhandsome Prince'', Caroline ''knows'' she's destined for this. It was hard work finding the right frog to kiss. The only problem is that the standard deal is for a ''handsome'' prince. She knows that ''she's'' beautiful, and she'll be damned if she's going to settle!
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* SecretStabWound: In ''The Unhandsome Prince'', the title character wins a tournament with an enchanted sword ... except that when he struck the winning blow, his opponent's dagger slipped beneath his breastplate and gravely wounded him. (The judges didn't see it.) Since the winner had bet on himself (at 100-1 odds), he couldn't reveal his injury or he'd lose the tournament (and his winnings, which he needed to keep his family from going bankrupt).
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: In ''The Unhandsome Prince'', the character who insists she is entitled to marry a handsome prince is shocked and repelled by one brother of the unhandsome prince she disenchanted; she seriously considers marrying the unhandsome prince. As he has [[spoiler:fallen in love with someone else]] in the meantime, she [[spoiler:ends up marrying the third brother, who is both handsome and nice]].
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: In ''The Unhandsome Prince'', the character who insists she is entitled to marry a handsome prince is shocked and repelled by one brother of the unhandsome prince she disenchanted; she seriously considers marrying the unhandsome prince. As he has [[spoiler:fallen in love with someone else]] in the meantime, she [[spoiler:ends up marrying the third brother, who is both handsome and nice]].
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* SecretStabWound: In ''The Unhandsome Prince'', the The title character wins a tournament with an enchanted sword ... except that when he struck the winning blow, his opponent's dagger slipped beneath his breastplate and gravely wounded him. (The judges didn't see it.) Since the winner had bet on himself (at 100-1 odds), he couldn't reveal his injury or he'd lose the tournament (and his winnings, which he needed to keep his family from going bankrupt).
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan:In ''The Unhandsome Prince'', the character who insists she is entitled to marry a handsome prince Caroline is shocked and repelled by one brother of the unhandsome prince she disenchanted; she seriously considers marrying the unhandsome prince. As he has [[spoiler:fallen in love with someone else]] in the meantime, she [[spoiler:ends up marrying the third brother, who is both handsome and nice]].
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* TwiceToldTale: ''The Unhandsome Prince'', in addition to being [[FracturedFairyTale very loosely based]] on ''Literature/TheFrogPrince'', includes encounters with a hair-obsessed woman living in a tower, named ''Literature/{{Rapunzel}}'', and a dwarf with a magic spinning spell named ''Literature/{{Rumpelstiltskin}}''.
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* TwiceToldTale: ''The Unhandsome Prince'', in In addition to being [[FracturedFairyTale very loosely based]] on ''Literature/TheFrogPrince'', includes encounters with a hair-obsessed woman living in a tower, named ''Literature/{{Rapunzel}}'', and a dwarf with a magic spinning spell named ''Literature/{{Rumpelstiltskin}}''.
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* PhilosophersStone: It was Prince Hal's attempt to steal this from Emily's mother that lead to him getting turned into a frog.
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* PhilosophersStone: It was Prince Hal's attempt to steal this from Emily's mother that lead led to him getting turned into a frog.frog. In addition to its traditional power of turning things into gold, it also causes anyone that touches it to start spouting philosophy (although not necessarily very ''deep'' philosophy).
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* RuleOfFunny: The book runs on this. For example, touching the PhilosophersStone makes you start spouting philosophy--not one of its traditional powers.
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''The Unhandsome Prince'' is a comedic fantasy novel of the FracturedFairyTale variety by Creator/JohnMoore. Like most of his fantasies, it's set in a place called "The Twenty Kingdoms", where fairy-tale rules always apply. In this case, in a kingdom called Melinower.
Caroline has spent months methodically sifting through the swamp to find that one frog who is a prince. After she finally kisses the right one, though, she's severely disappointed. Prince Hal isn't ugly or anything, but he's pretty geeky; hardly the sort of thing girls dream about. She knows her rights, and a beautiful girl who kisses the right frog is owed a ''handsome'' prince.
Emily is the daughter and heir of the now-deceased witch who enchanted Prince Hal. Still an apprentice magic-user, she needs the magical things she inherited from her mother to have a chance of finding a first-rate magician willing to take her on. If she can't find an adequate prince for Caroline, though, she may be forced to sell it all in order to pay Caroline legal compensation.
Prince Hal is a nice guy, and smart, even if he's not a looker. He wants to help the girls, and he does have two older brothers who are both as handsome as anyone could ask for. Caroline's lack of a dowry may complicate matters, especially since his family is having money troubles, but Caroline ''is'' beautiful, so maybe something can be arranged. So together, the three set off for the capital.
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!! Tropes found in this work:
* BewitchedAmphibians: The prince has been turned into a frog, but when the beautiful maiden rescues him with a kiss, she's not pleased with her prize.
* FracturedFairyTale: In addition to murdering ''Literature/TheFrogPrince'', the story gives us fractured versions of ''Rumpelstilskin'' and ''Rapunzel''.
* GreedyJew: Invoked--this is one of the reasons the King and Prince Kenneth (not the prince of the title) cite to support their plan to kick the Jews out of the kingdom and confiscate their property (neatly solving the family's money problems).
* ImpoverishedPatrician: The King has a severe gambling problem, which is why the family is having money troubles.
* MurderInc: Subverted. The capital of Melinower does have an Assassin's Guild—but it's actually a fake, run by the palace guard, to catch people who might want to hire or join such an organization.
* PhilosophersStone: It was Prince Hal's attempt to steal this from Emily's mother that lead to him getting turned into a frog.
* PrinceCharmless: A tricky variation in ''The Unhandsome Prince''. The titular Prince Hal is ''not'' this trope, but Caroline doesn't want to marry him--the reward for kissing the right frog is supposed to be a ''handsome'' prince, and Hal is...well, not the thing girls dream about. His oldest brother, Prince Kenneth, on the other hand, seems like all Caroline could ask for, except for the rudeness, the arrogance, the mean streak, the cruelty to animals, the utter ruthlessness....
* RagsToRoyalty: In ''The Unhandsome Prince'', Caroline ''knows'' she's destined for this. It was hard work finding the right frog to kiss. The only problem is that the standard deal is for a ''handsome'' prince. She knows that ''she's'' beautiful, and she'll be damned if she's going to settle!
* SecretStabWound: In ''The Unhandsome Prince'', the title character wins a tournament with an enchanted sword ... except that when he struck the winning blow, his opponent's dagger slipped beneath his breastplate and gravely wounded him. (The judges didn't see it.) Since the winner had bet on himself (at 100-1 odds), he couldn't reveal his injury or he'd lose the tournament (and his winnings, which he needed to keep his family from going bankrupt).
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: In ''The Unhandsome Prince'', the character who insists she is entitled to marry a handsome prince is shocked and repelled by one brother of the unhandsome prince she disenchanted; she seriously considers marrying the unhandsome prince. As he has [[spoiler:fallen in love with someone else]] in the meantime, she [[spoiler:ends up marrying the third brother, who is both handsome and nice]].
* StandardRoyalCourt: The royal court of Melinower is very much a standard one, as you would expect in a FracturedFairyTale.
* TrueLovesKiss: Subverted when Caroline's kiss frees Prince Hal from being a frog. She takes one look and demands a better prince.
* TwiceToldTale: ''The Unhandsome Prince'', in addition to being [[FracturedFairyTale very loosely based]] on ''Literature/TheFrogPrince'', includes encounters with a hair-obsessed woman living in a tower, named ''Literature/{{Rapunzel}}'', and a dwarf with a magic spinning spell named ''Literature/{{Rumpelstiltskin}}''.
* VirginPower: The one-use-only magic spell that Rumpelstiltskin has for turning straw into gold requires the ''loss'' of virginity--which is why Rumpel is still looking for the ''right'' girl.
* WickedWitch: Emily's mother wasn't ''really'' wicked, but she definitely had leanings in that direction, and certainly looked the part. And she did turn Prince Hal into a frog (although, to be fair, he was trying to steal something from her at the time).
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Rumplestiltskin never actually admits to being Jewish (in a world where antisemitism is definitely a real thing), but he seems to drop a lot of Yiddish into his conversation, and he becomes much more interested in Rapunzel when he finds some clues that ''she'' may be Jewish.
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Caroline has spent months methodically sifting through the swamp to find that one frog who is a prince. After she finally kisses the right one, though, she's severely disappointed. Prince Hal isn't ugly or anything, but he's pretty geeky; hardly the sort of thing girls dream about. She knows her rights, and a beautiful girl who kisses the right frog is owed a ''handsome'' prince.
Emily is the daughter and heir of the now-deceased witch who enchanted Prince Hal. Still an apprentice magic-user, she needs the magical things she inherited from her mother to have a chance of finding a first-rate magician willing to take her on. If she can't find an adequate prince for Caroline, though, she may be forced to sell it all in order to pay Caroline legal compensation.
Prince Hal is a nice guy, and smart, even if he's not a looker. He wants to help the girls, and he does have two older brothers who are both as handsome as anyone could ask for. Caroline's lack of a dowry may complicate matters, especially since his family is having money troubles, but Caroline ''is'' beautiful, so maybe something can be arranged. So together, the three set off for the capital.
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!! Tropes found in this work:
* BewitchedAmphibians: The prince has been turned into a frog, but when the beautiful maiden rescues him with a kiss, she's not pleased with her prize.
* FracturedFairyTale: In addition to murdering ''Literature/TheFrogPrince'', the story gives us fractured versions of ''Rumpelstilskin'' and ''Rapunzel''.
* GreedyJew: Invoked--this is one of the reasons the King and Prince Kenneth (not the prince of the title) cite to support their plan to kick the Jews out of the kingdom and confiscate their property (neatly solving the family's money problems).
* ImpoverishedPatrician: The King has a severe gambling problem, which is why the family is having money troubles.
* MurderInc: Subverted. The capital of Melinower does have an Assassin's Guild—but it's actually a fake, run by the palace guard, to catch people who might want to hire or join such an organization.
* PhilosophersStone: It was Prince Hal's attempt to steal this from Emily's mother that lead to him getting turned into a frog.
* PrinceCharmless: A tricky variation in ''The Unhandsome Prince''. The titular Prince Hal is ''not'' this trope, but Caroline doesn't want to marry him--the reward for kissing the right frog is supposed to be a ''handsome'' prince, and Hal is...well, not the thing girls dream about. His oldest brother, Prince Kenneth, on the other hand, seems like all Caroline could ask for, except for the rudeness, the arrogance, the mean streak, the cruelty to animals, the utter ruthlessness....
* RagsToRoyalty: In ''The Unhandsome Prince'', Caroline ''knows'' she's destined for this. It was hard work finding the right frog to kiss. The only problem is that the standard deal is for a ''handsome'' prince. She knows that ''she's'' beautiful, and she'll be damned if she's going to settle!
* SecretStabWound: In ''The Unhandsome Prince'', the title character wins a tournament with an enchanted sword ... except that when he struck the winning blow, his opponent's dagger slipped beneath his breastplate and gravely wounded him. (The judges didn't see it.) Since the winner had bet on himself (at 100-1 odds), he couldn't reveal his injury or he'd lose the tournament (and his winnings, which he needed to keep his family from going bankrupt).
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: In ''The Unhandsome Prince'', the character who insists she is entitled to marry a handsome prince is shocked and repelled by one brother of the unhandsome prince she disenchanted; she seriously considers marrying the unhandsome prince. As he has [[spoiler:fallen in love with someone else]] in the meantime, she [[spoiler:ends up marrying the third brother, who is both handsome and nice]].
* StandardRoyalCourt: The royal court of Melinower is very much a standard one, as you would expect in a FracturedFairyTale.
* TrueLovesKiss: Subverted when Caroline's kiss frees Prince Hal from being a frog. She takes one look and demands a better prince.
* TwiceToldTale: ''The Unhandsome Prince'', in addition to being [[FracturedFairyTale very loosely based]] on ''Literature/TheFrogPrince'', includes encounters with a hair-obsessed woman living in a tower, named ''Literature/{{Rapunzel}}'', and a dwarf with a magic spinning spell named ''Literature/{{Rumpelstiltskin}}''.
* VirginPower: The one-use-only magic spell that Rumpelstiltskin has for turning straw into gold requires the ''loss'' of virginity--which is why Rumpel is still looking for the ''right'' girl.
* WickedWitch: Emily's mother wasn't ''really'' wicked, but she definitely had leanings in that direction, and certainly looked the part. And she did turn Prince Hal into a frog (although, to be fair, he was trying to steal something from her at the time).
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Rumplestiltskin never actually admits to being Jewish (in a world where antisemitism is definitely a real thing), but he seems to drop a lot of Yiddish into his conversation, and he becomes much more interested in Rapunzel when he finds some clues that ''she'' may be Jewish.
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