History YMMV / HiddenTalents

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The sequel. The first book was relatively benign, with a comedic tone and the highest stakes being that the main characters had to deal with a school bully; the worst a character suffered was a broken arm. The second book, on the other hand, has [[spoiler: the boys being separated, Martin running away from his abusive dad, Trash being kidnapped and experimented on, and Lucky undergoing SanitySlippage and being institutionalized.]] [[SarcasmMode What fun!]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The sequel. The first book was relatively benign, with a comedic tone and the highest stakes being that the main characters had to deal with a school bully; the worst a character suffered was a broken arm. The second book, on the other hand, has [[spoiler: the boys being separated, Martin running away from his abusive dad, Trash being kidnapped and experimented on, and Licky undergoing SanitySlippage and being institutionalized.]] [[SarcasmMode What fun!]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: How much of the teachers poor treatment of Martin due to [[spoiler: him accidentally using his powers to piss them off?]]
** [[spoiler: Were Martin’s friends aware of their powers to begin with? Even though all of them initially disbelieve Martin, they seem uncharacteristically angry when he insists; a far cry from the goofballs they were earlier. Is it possible Martin read their souls and felt that deep down, they knew ''something'' was wrong with them?]]
** [[spoiler: Are the voices in Lucky’s head real? A brief thought of his brings this into question. It’s possible that Lucky’s only ability is to sense lost objects while the voices in his head are potentially an undiagnosed [[HearingVoices mental condition]].]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The sequel. The first book was relatively benign, with a comedic tone and the highest stakes being that the main characters had to deal with a school bully; the worst a character suffered was a broken arm. The second has [[spoiler: the boys being separated, Martin running away from his abusive dad, Trash being kidnapped and experimented on, and Licky undergoing SanitySlippage and being institutionalized.]] [[SarcasmMode What fun!]]

* CreatorsFavorite: Lubar has mentioned that he likes Trash.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: [[MindOverMatter Trash]] is virtually the only thing people recall when remembering the books.

* MainstreamObscurity: While plenty of people remember reading Hidden Talents, David Lubar’s {{Literature/Weenies}} Series is ''far'' more well known.

EnsembleDarkHorse: [[MindOverMatter Trash]] is virtually the only thing people recall when remembering the books.

* LesserKnownWork: David Lubar’s {{Literature/Weenies}} Series is far more well known than Literature/HiddenTalents.

* LesserKnownWork: David Lubar’s {{Literature/Weenies}}Series is far more well known than Literature/HiddenTalents.

AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: How much of the teachers poor treatment of Martin due to [[spoiler: him accidentally using his powers to piss them off?]]

** Is Lip really a bully, or is he only tagging along with Bloodbath to avoid becoming his target? His small stature and relative harmlessness when not around Bloodbath would suggest the latter.

*** [[spoiler: Are the voices in Lucky’s head real? A brief thought of his brings this into question. It’s possible that Lucky’s only ability is to sense lost objects while the voices in his head are potentially an undiagnosed [[HearingVoices mental condition]].]]
*** Is Lip really a bully, or is he only tagging along with Bloodbath to avoid becoming his target? His small stature and relative harmlessness when not around Bloodbath would suggest the latter.

* FridgeLogic: Unusual example. What are wimpy, so called "runts" doing at a correctional facility? They appear to only be there for Bloodbath to terrify.
** Cheater was there for apparently cheating on tests all the time. Who's to say the "runts" weren't misbehaving in ways that weren't physical?
** Most of the main cast are explained. Torchie was there for his fires, Trash was there for throwing things, Flinch disrupted class either with jokes or anticipatory reactions to things, Martin annoyed all the wrong people, and Lucky was reported for theft due to his habit of mysteriously "finding" other people's "lost" things.

** Most of the main cast are explained. Torchie was there for his fires, Trash was there for throwing things, Flinch disrupted class either with jokes or anticipatory reactions to things, Martin annoyed all the wrong people, and Lucky was reported for theft due to his habit of mysteriously "finding" other people's "lost" things.
* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler: In Book 2, Lucky goes insane from the voices of lost toy soldiers buried in his school's foundation, and actually starts tearing down the school trying to get to them. He then gets committed. Meanwhile, Trash has been kidnapped and drugged for the purpose of experimentation...]]
* JustForFun/TheseLookLikeJobsForTheSuperman: In ''True Talents'', Flinch applies his precognitive abilities to stand-up comedy; by anticipating hecklers before they start, he has more time to come up with witty retorts.