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Seems like an unnecessary oversimplification. What does being gay have to do with a lunch lady making love potion cookies or a genie riding a bicycle?
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** Due to their flamboyant character designs and secretiveness, one of the sillier interpretations is that what the kids are missing is that the adults are actually [[CastFullOfGay all gay]].
--->''[[https://storygirl000.tumblr.com/post/617049237698609152/marzipanandminutiae-cursed-mike-vining alternate title: young children gawk at flaming homosexuals]]''
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* MemeticMutation: Interpreting Mr. Jenkins the werewolf as gay, due to his artwork and (surprisingly detailed) in-book description making him seem like TheBear. This also extends to many of the other "monsters," as the original book covers make them look very [[{{Camp}} campy.]]
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* MemeticMutation: Interpreting Mr. Jenkins the werewolf as gay, due to his artwork and (surprisingly detailed) in-book description making him seem like TheBear. This also extends to many of the other "monsters," as the original book covers make them look very [[{{Camp}} campy.]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: Scout from "Ghouls Don't Scoop Ice Cream" bears [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EChs7__XYAAtk4u.jpg a notable resemblance]] to L from ''Manga/DeathNote''.
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* HilariousInHindsight: HilariousInHindsight:
** Scout from "Ghouls Don't Scoop Ice Cream" bears [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EChs7__XYAAtk4u.jpg a notable resemblance]] to L from ''Manga/DeathNote''.
** "Leprechauns Don't Play Basketball"? [[Film/TheLuckOfTheIrish Yeah, about that...]]
** Scout from "Ghouls Don't Scoop Ice Cream" bears [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EChs7__XYAAtk4u.jpg a notable resemblance]] to L from ''Manga/DeathNote''.
** "Leprechauns Don't Play Basketball"? [[Film/TheLuckOfTheIrish Yeah, about that...]]
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: All of the "monsters" that appear are subject to this. The story can seem entirely different depending on whether you believe a character is supernatural or just quirky.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: All of the "monsters" that appear are subject to this. The story can seem entirely different depending on whether you believe a character is supernatural or just quirky.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Scout from "Ghouls Don't Scoop Ice Cream" bears [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EChs7__XYAAtk4u.jpg a notable resemblance]] to L from ''Manga/DeathNote''. It gets even worse when you view [[https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/xMbXvXz0bOOAGY3tY7HIT0LJdNuzpYe4nRK6N_HoS9Wq17Vpt1wmQyqFRJhVfPxLOxGe_ObdSpnz7vniC4PBcnYfhHaH0SPwPWHsyA7P2rTrMg7iXo0rMQkDrTtDbQ this]] illustration.
* HollywoodPudgy: Occasionally treated this way--Mr. Jenkins, in particular, seems to consider her "soft"--but the illustrations don't really bear it out.
* HollywoodPudgy: Occasionally treated this way--Mr. Jenkins, in particular, seems to consider her "soft"--but the illustrations don't really bear it out.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Scout from "Ghouls Don't Scoop Ice Cream" bears [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EChs7__XYAAtk4u.jpg a notable resemblance]] to L from ''Manga/DeathNote''. It gets even worse when you view [[https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/xMbXvXz0bOOAGY3tY7HIT0LJdNuzpYe4nRK6N_HoS9Wq17Vpt1wmQyqFRJhVfPxLOxGe_ObdSpnz7vniC4PBcnYfhHaH0SPwPWHsyA7P2rTrMg7iXo0rMQkDrTtDbQ this]] illustration.
* HollywoodPudgy: Occasionally treated this way--Mr. Jenkins, in particular, seems to consider her "soft"--but the illustrations don't really bear it out.
* HollywoodPudgy: Occasionally treated this way--Mr. Jenkins, in particular, seems to consider her "soft"--but the illustrations don't really bear it out.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Scout from "Ghouls Don't Scoop Ice Cream" bears [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EChs7__XYAAtk4u.jpg a notable resemblance]] to L from ''Manga/DeathNote''. It gets even worse when you view [[this]] illustration.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Scout from "Ghouls Don't Scoop Ice Cream" bears [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EChs7__XYAAtk4u.jpg a notable resemblance]] to L from ''Manga/DeathNote''. It gets even worse when you view [[this]] [[https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/xMbXvXz0bOOAGY3tY7HIT0LJdNuzpYe4nRK6N_HoS9Wq17Vpt1wmQyqFRJhVfPxLOxGe_ObdSpnz7vniC4PBcnYfhHaH0SPwPWHsyA7P2rTrMg7iXo0rMQkDrTtDbQ this]] illustration.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Scout from "Ghouls Don't Scoop Ice Cream" bears [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EChs7__XYAAtk4u.jpg a notable resemblance]] to L from ''Manga/DeathNote''. It gets even worse when you view [[this]] illustration.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Scout from "Ghouls Don't Scoop Ice Cream" bears [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EChs7__XYAAtk4u.jpg a notable resemblance]] to L from ''Manga/DeathNote''.
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* NightmareFuel: In "Bigfoot Doesn't Square Dance" Mr. Squash [[spoiler: chases the kids off the mountain for unexplained reasons and the kids are saved at the last second by the bus. In the last chapter, the park ranger confirms she's never heard of Mr. Squash and the last settler moved away years ago.]] Not only do the readers never learn just who Mr. Squash really is, it's one of the few times the monster being real would have arguably been the less scary option [[spoiler: as opposed to a crazy homeless man who was trying to kill the kids.]]
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* NightmareFuel: In "Bigfoot Doesn't Square Dance" Mr. Squash [[spoiler: chases the kids off the mountain for unexplained reasons and the kids are saved at the last second by the bus. In the last chapter, the park ranger confirms she's never heard of Mr. Squash and the last settler moved away years ago.]] Not only do the readers never learn just who Mr. Squash really is, it's one of the few times him the monster being real would have arguably been the less scary option.
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* NightmareFuel: In "Bigfoot Doesn't Square Dance" Mr. Squash [[spoiler: chases the kids off the mountain for unexplained reasons and the kids are saved at the last second by the bus. In the last chapter, the park ranger confirms she's never heard of Mr. Squash and the last settler moved away years ago.]] Not only do the readers never learn just who Mr. Squash really is, it's one of the few times him the monster being real would have arguably been the less scary option.option [[spoiler: as opposed to a crazy homeless man who was trying to kill the kids.]]
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* NightmareFuel: In "Bigfoot Doesn't Square Dance" Mr. Squash [[spoiler: chases the kids off the mountain for unexplained reasons and the kids are saved at the last second by the bus. In the last chapter, the park ranger confirms she's never heard of Mr. Squash and the last settler moved away years ago.]] Not only do the readers never learn just who Mr. Squash really is, it's one of the few times him the monster being real would have arguably been the less scary option.
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* NarmCharm: The original cover artwork was a large part of why many people read the series when it was first released, similar to how people first noticed ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' due to the cover art by Tim Jacobus. The biggest reason why the original covers are considered so memorable's due to how frequently scandalized and over the top the four kids ''will'' appear in reaction to whomever they'll be investigating, alongside the expressions of the title character being just as flamboyant. Their expressions are both ridiculous and at the same time iconic.
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** Due to their flamboyant character designs and secretiveness, one of the sillier interpretations is that what the kids are missing is that the adults are actually gay.
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** Due to their flamboyant character designs and secretiveness, one of the sillier interpretations is that what the kids are missing is that the adults are actually gay.[[CastFullOfGay all gay]].
-->''[[https://storygirl000.tumblr.com/post/617049237698609152/marzipanandminutiae-cursed-mike-vining alternate title: young children gawk at flaming homosexuals]]''
-->''[[https://storygirl000.tumblr.com/post/617049237698609152/marzipanandminutiae-cursed-mike-vining alternate title: young children gawk at flaming homosexuals]]''
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* {{Applicability}}: A big part of the series' appeal. The kids' regular encounters with "monsters" can be easily viewed as a metaphor for a child's feelings of befuddlement about the adult world, particularly since most of the monsters are adult authority figures.
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** On occasion, if they are monsters, the supernatural creatures come off as just guys trying to cause as little trouble as possible. The plot of "Leprechauns Don't Play Basketball" has the kids save Ms. Jeepers from a vengeful leprechaun. She even shows a little appreciation for it.
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** On occasion, if they are monsters, the supernatural creatures come off as just guys trying to cause as little trouble as possible. The plot of "Leprechauns Don't Play Basketball" has the kids save Ms. Jeepers from a vengeful leprechaun. She even shows a little appreciation for it.it.
* GeniusBonus: There are a few subtle references that might go over the heads of some kids in the target age group. For example: the titular pirate in ''Pirates Don't Wear Pink Sunglasses'' is named "Captain Teach" after Edward Teach (better known as UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}}). And in ''Frankenstein Doesn't Slam Hockey Pucks'', the kids speculate that Frank learned to ice-skate at the North Pole--referencing the ending of Mary Shelley's ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'', where the Creature flees to the North Pole.
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* GeniusBonus: There are a few subtle references that might go over the heads of some kids in the target age group. For example: the titular pirate in ''Pirates Don't Wear Pink Sunglasses'' is named "Captain Teach" after Edward Teach (better known as UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}}). And in ''Frankenstein Doesn't Slam Hockey Pucks'', the kids speculate that Frank learned to ice-skate at the North Pole--referencing the ending of Mary Shelley's ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'', where the Creature flees to the North Pole.
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** On ocassion, if they are monsters, the supernatural creatures come off as just guys trying to cause as little trouble as possible. The plot of "Leprachauns Don't Play Basketball" has the kids save Ms. Jeepers from a vengeful leprachaun. She even shows a little appreciation for it.
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** On ocassion, occasion, if they are monsters, the supernatural creatures come off as just guys trying to cause as little trouble as possible. The plot of "Leprachauns "Leprechauns Don't Play Basketball" has the kids save Ms. Jeepers from a vengeful leprachaun.leprechaun. She even shows a little appreciation for it.
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** Are the kids really encountering supernatural monsters or are they just a bunch of paranoid sociopaths who enjoy tormenting people?
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** Are the kids really encountering supernatural monsters or are they just a bunch of paranoid sociopaths who enjoy tormenting people?people?
** On ocassion, if they are monsters, the supernatural creatures come off as just guys trying to cause as little trouble as possible. The plot of "Leprachauns Don't Play Basketball" has the kids save Ms. Jeepers from a vengeful leprachaun. She even shows a little appreciation for it.
** On ocassion, if they are monsters, the supernatural creatures come off as just guys trying to cause as little trouble as possible. The plot of "Leprachauns Don't Play Basketball" has the kids save Ms. Jeepers from a vengeful leprachaun. She even shows a little appreciation for it.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation - All of the "monsters" that appear are subject to this. The story can seem entirely different depending on whether you believe a character is supernatural or just quirky.quirky.
** Are the kids really encountering supernatural monsters or are they just a bunch of paranoid sociopaths who enjoy tormenting people?
** Are the kids really encountering supernatural monsters or are they just a bunch of paranoid sociopaths who enjoy tormenting people?
