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* PokeThePoodle: Mr. Maggs's evil manifesto includes moving the letter Q further back in the alphabet and changing the way Christmas trees are drawn.
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* PokeThePoodle: Mr. Maggs's evil manifesto includes moving the letter Q further back in the alphabet and changing the way Christmas trees are drawn. [[spoiler: This is because his writing the manifesto came about after Le Fay from the future (whom he hadn't met prior to that point) told Maggs that he'd written one, and, [[StableTimeLoop realising what was going on]], he decided to have fun with it.]]
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* InMediasRes: The first books begins with Fergal falling to his death, then describes the events that lead up to that point.
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* InMediasRes: ForegoneConclusion: The first books begins with Fergal falling to his death, then describes the events that lead up to that point.point. His death is in fact the end of the book.
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* SiblingTeam: The 5 [=McNally=] children all have various special powers.
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* SiblingTeam: SuperpowerfulGenetics: The 5 [=McNally=] children all have various special powers.
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The books in the trilogy are ''The Fall of Fergal'', ''Heir of Mystery'' and ''Rise of the House of [=McNally=]''
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* InMediaRes: InMediasRes: The first books begins with Fergal falling to his death, then describes the events that lead up to that point.
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A darkly humorous trilogy of children's books about the fall and rise of the downtrodden McNally family. The first book opens with young Fergal McNally falling to his death from a hotel window, setting the tone for the rest of the series.
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A darkly humorous trilogy of children's books about the fall and rise of the downtrodden McNally [=McNally=] family. The first book opens with young Fergal McNally [=McNally=] falling to his death from a hotel window, setting the tone for the rest of the series.
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* SiblingTeam: The 5 McNally [=McNally=] children all have various special powers.
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A darkly humorous trilogy of children's books about the fall and rise of the downtrodden McNally family. The first book opens with young Fergal McNally falling to his death from a hotel window, setting the tone for the rest of the series.
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!! Tropes found in the ''Unlikely Exploits'' series:
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Mr. Maggs is not quite human looking, with a round head, long thin limbs and a shark-like grin. [[spoiler: He's an evolved descendant of humans from the distant future]].
* {{Animorphism}}: Jackie can turn into a jackal.
* BrainInAJar: Fergal's brain at the end of Book 1.
* BrainTransplant: Fergal's brain is eventually transplanted into a dog. [[spoiler: Mr. Maggs's teddy bear has a brain in it as well]]
* InMediaRes: The first books begins with Fergal falling to his death, then describes the events that lead up to that point.
* LemonyNarrator: The narrator tells the story in a quirky style reminiscent of ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents''
* PhenotypeStereotype: The Mcnallys are all pale-skinned Irish redheads with lots of freckles.
* PokeThePoodle: Mr. Maggs's evil manifesto includes moving the letter Q further back in the alphabet and changing the way Christmas trees are drawn.
* PromotionToParent: Jackie, the oldest daughter, after their father's death.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler: Why Mr. Maggs came back from the future]]
* SiblingTeam: The 5 McNally children all have various special powers.
A darkly humorous trilogy of children's books about the fall and rise of the downtrodden McNally family. The first book opens with young Fergal McNally falling to his death from a hotel window, setting the tone for the rest of the series.
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!! Tropes found in the ''Unlikely Exploits'' series:
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Mr. Maggs is not quite human looking, with a round head, long thin limbs and a shark-like grin. [[spoiler: He's an evolved descendant of humans from the distant future]].
* {{Animorphism}}: Jackie can turn into a jackal.
* BrainInAJar: Fergal's brain at the end of Book 1.
* BrainTransplant: Fergal's brain is eventually transplanted into a dog. [[spoiler: Mr. Maggs's teddy bear has a brain in it as well]]
* InMediaRes: The first books begins with Fergal falling to his death, then describes the events that lead up to that point.
* LemonyNarrator: The narrator tells the story in a quirky style reminiscent of ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents''
* PhenotypeStereotype: The Mcnallys are all pale-skinned Irish redheads with lots of freckles.
* PokeThePoodle: Mr. Maggs's evil manifesto includes moving the letter Q further back in the alphabet and changing the way Christmas trees are drawn.
* PromotionToParent: Jackie, the oldest daughter, after their father's death.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler: Why Mr. Maggs came back from the future]]
* SiblingTeam: The 5 McNally children all have various special powers.
