History Literature / Uncle

* CouldntFindAPen: A trademark of the Badfort Crowd is writing in blood, just to spite people.

* TheDragon: Beaver Hateman is this to Hootman.

** TheSmartGuy: Wizard Blenkinsop.

The first two books were reprinted in a facsimile hardback edition by the New York Review of Books in 2007 and again in 2009. In March 2013, a Kickstarter campaign was announced to reprint all six Uncle books in an omnibus edition. The reprint had the support of — and contributions from — several authors and illustrators, including NeilGaiman, Justin Pollard, GarthNix, Martin Rowson, Andy Riley, Kate Summerscale, and Richard Ingrams. The campaign was fully funded in a little over four hours. The book was published on 31 October 2013 under the title of ''The Complete Uncle''. The series are published around the world in six languages, with a Chinese version in the works.

* NeverLiveItDown: Uncle once borrowed a bicycle without permission when he was at the University, and, being rather heavy, broke it. The Badfort gang always make fun of him stealing this bike.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Uncle is certainly a reasonable figure (at when people don't call him fat) in a position of power, who listens to people with strange tales to tell. However, he's not somebody who the protagonists talk to; he ''is'' the protagonist, much of the time. The King of the Badgers may also match the trope.

A series of six children's novels by English author J.P. Martin, illustrated by Quentin Blake. The series chronicles the adventures of Uncle, an extremely wealthy yet kindhearted elephant who wears a purple dressing gown and lives in Homeward, which resembles more of a city than a house, with great clusters of towers and skyscrapers connected by railway-lines and stairs. Uncle is often accompanied by The Old Monkey, Goodman the Cat and Cowgill the Mechanic, among others.

* CouldntFindAPen: A trademark of the Badfort Crowd is writing in blood.

* EldritchAbomination: Jellytrussle, a grey wobbly monster.

* HairTriggerTemper: The Maestro.
* HauntedHouse: Homeward has a haunted tower. Badfort also has a ghost.
* TheHero: Uncle.

** Hateman, a cruel and hateful person.

** Hitmouse, a tiny and vicious person.

** Oily Joe.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Uncle is certainly a reasonable figure (at least on the face of it) in a position of power, who listens to people with strange tales to tell. However, he's not somebody who the protagonists talk to; he ''is'' the protagonist, much of the time. The King of the Badgers may also match the trope.

* WeaponOfChoice: Beaver Hateman always carries a stone club, while Hitmouse is armed with skewers.

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A series of six children's novels by English author J.P. Martin, illustrated by Quentin Blake. The series chronicles the adventures of Uncle, an extremely wealthy yet kind-hearted elephant who wears a purple dressing gown and lives in Homeward, which resembles more of a city than a house, with great clusters of towers and skyscrapers connected by railway-lines and stairs. Uncle is often accompanied by The Old Monkey, Goodman the Cat and Cowgill the Mechanic, among others.

Across the moat from Homeward is Badfort, a tumble-down fortress populated by a group of thugs called The Badfort Crowd. The Badfort Crowd constantly plot against Uncle, their schemes ranging from elaborate pranks to plots to kill him. The stories typically feature Uncle exploring new towers and regions of his castle, visiting the nearby Badgertown, and leading his friends into battle against The Badfort Crowd.

* AmoralAttorney: Mr. Goatsby.

* CoolUncle

* BigNameFan: In 2013, Uncle fan Marcus Gipps organised the republication of the entire Uncle series in a hardback anthology, funded through Website/{{Kickstarter}}. In the process, he also arranged for it to include introductory notes and essays by various big names from elsewhere, including Creator/NeilGaiman, Creator/GarthNix, Creator/DavidLangford, and noted mainstream literary novelist Will Self.

** Uncle.
** Also, the King of the Badgers and the Marquis of Wolftown.

* TheNapoleon: Hitmouse, a vicious dwarf who lives in a hut ouside Badfort and loves stabbing people with skewers.

* TheNapoleon: Hitmouse, a vicious dwarf who lives in a hut ouside Badfort and loves stabbing people with Skewers.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

* BigNameFan: In 2013, Uncle fan Marcus Gipps organised the republication of the entire Uncle series in a hardback anthology, funded through Website/Kickstarter. In the process, he also arranged for it to include introductory notes and essays by various big names from elsewhere, including Creator/NeilGaiman, Creator/GarthNix, Creator/DavidLangford, and noted mainstream literary novelist Will Self.

Across the moat from Homeward is Badfort, a tumble-down fortress populated by a group of thugs who call themselves The Badfort Crowd. The Badfort Crowd constantly plot against Uncle, their schemes ranging from elaborate pranks to plots to kill him. The stories typically feature Uncle exploring new towers and regions of his castle, visiting the nearby Badger Town, and leading his friends into battle against The Badfort Crowd.

* AmoralAttorney: Mr. Goatsby.
* AppropriateAnimalAttire: Uncle almost always wears a purple dressing gown and trousers underneath, but has no problem with wearing nothing.
* ArchEnemy: Beaver Hateman, the grimy and rude bully from Badfort.
* BerserkButton: Uncle's music teacher, The Maestro, goes mad with rage every time Uncle plays a false note.
* BigBad: Although Beaver Hateman is Uncle's nemesis, The Badfort Crowd are ultimately controlled by an evil spirit called Hootman.
* BigGood: Uncle.
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Almost all of the characters are either good or bad. A rare exception is Old Whitebeard, who isn't necessarily an evil person, or an ally of the Badfort Crowd, but is so selfish and miserly that everyone on both sides despises him.
* BrainsAndBrawn: Hootman and Hateman respectively.
* CoolHouse: This doesn't even begin to describe Homeward.
* CoolOldGuy: Uncle himself.

* CouldntFindAPen: A trademark of the Badfort Crowd is writing in blood.

* EldritchAbomination: Jellytrussle, a grey wobbly monster.
* GoKartingWithBowser: Every Christmas, the Homeward lot and the Badfort Crowd put aside their differences and celebrate together before resuming their antagonism. Naturally, the Badfort Crowd often cannot resist causing trouble even then.
* TheGoodKing: Uncle.
** Also, the King of the Badgers.
* HairTriggerTemper: The Maestro.
* HauntedHouse: Homeward has a haunted tower. Badfort also has a ghost.
* TheHero: Uncle.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Several, most of them either living in Homeward or Badfort.
* MeaningfulName:
** Uncle, a kind older character.

** Oily Joe.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Hateman brothers and their home, Badfort.
** Cloutman is a non-villainous example.
* TheNapoleon: Hitmouse, a vicious dwarf who lives in a hut ouside Badfort and loves stabbing people with Skewers.
* NiceGuy: The Old Monkey.
* TheObiWan: The Wizard Blenkinsop.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Hootman is described as being a "sort of ghost" who can thrive in mud and seems to resemble a wispy half-man half-spirit.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Uncle's boyd-guards, Cloutman and Gubbins.
* VillainousFashionSense: The Badfort Crowd all wear dirty, ragged clothes. The Hateman brothers in particular choose to wear grubby sacks.
* WeaponOfChoice: Beaver Hateman always carries a stone club, while Hitmouse is armed with skewers.
* TheWorkaholic: The One-Armed Badger, who is never happier than when carrying parcels. His equivalent at Badfort seems to be The Wooden-Legged Donkey.

* CoolHouse: Homeward.

* BrainAndBrawn: Hootman and Hateman respectively.

* Workaholic: The One-Armed Badger, who is never happier than when carrying parcels. His equivalent at Badfort seems to be The Wooden-Legged Donkey.

A series of six children's novels by English author J.P. Martin, illustrated by [[Main\QuentinBlake]]. The series chronicles the adventures of Uncle, an extremely wealthy yet kind-hearted elephant who wears a purple dressing gown and lives in Homeward, which resembles more of a city than a house, with great clusters of towers and skyscrapers connected by railway-lines and stairs. Uncle is often accompanied by The Old Monkey, Goodman the Cat and Cowgill the Mechanic, among others.

A series of six children's novels by English author J.P. Martin, illustrated by Quentin Blake. The series chronicles the adventures of Uncle, an extremely wealthy yet kind-hearted elephant who wears a purple dressing gown and lives in Homeward, which resembles more of a city than a house, with great clusters of towers and skyscrapers connected by railway-lines and stairs. Uncle is often accompanied by The Old Monkey, Goodman the Cat and Cowgill the Mechanic.

* Go-KartigWithBowser: Every Christmas, the Homeward lot and the Badfort Crowd put aside their differences and celebrate together before resuming their antagonism. Naturally, the Badfort Crowd often cannot resist causing trouble even then.

* GoKartigWithBowser: Every Christmas, the Homeward lot and the Badfort Crowd put aside their differences and celebrate together before resuming their antagonism. Naturally, the Badfort Crowd often cannot resist causing trouble even then.

* Couldn'tFindAPen: A trademark of the Badfort Crowd is writing in blood.

* TheDragon: Beaver Hateman is this to Hootman.

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