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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Dylan was widely despised by the fandom for shunting Fang out of the way while proclaiming himself superior in every way ([[InformedAttribute he wasn't]]) and for taking the books' infamous RomanticPlotTumor up to [[UpToEleven previously unseen levels.]] A lot of fans felt he managed to redeem himself in the final book, however, when [[spoiler: he realizes that Max will only love Fang and gives his life to revive Fang so he and Max can be together once more.]]

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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Dylan was widely despised by the fandom for shunting Fang out of the way while proclaiming himself superior in every way ([[InformedAttribute he wasn't]]) and for taking the books' infamous RomanticPlotTumor up to [[UpToEleven previously unseen levels.]] levels. A lot of fans felt he managed to redeem himself in the final book, however, when [[spoiler: he realizes that Max will only love Fang and gives his life to revive Fang so he and Max can be together once more.]]

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** Roland suggesting that the under aged Max and Dylan (who is really 8 months old) breed together. Not later when they're older, no they should do it right now. He even has a home set up for them already, not to mention how Jeb agrees with him. Thankfully Dr. Martinez goes MamaBear on his ass.

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** Roland suggesting that the under aged underage Max and Dylan (who is really 8 months old) breed together. Not later when they're older, no they should do it right now. He even has a home set up for them already, not to mention how Jeb agrees with him. Thankfully Dr. Martinez goes MamaBear on his ass.


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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The experiments that the Flock frees in the first book could have easily made re-appearances later (especially the bird girl, who is implied to have become the leader of the group similar to Max), but they only appear once.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: Anyone who knows anything about Game Boys could tell you that they don't have downloadable games, and certainly wouldn't have a bunch of them pre-installed if they did. And that you don't sell the display copy of a game console. The manga fixes the first issue by turning it into a BlandNameProduct, but not the second.
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* ShockingSwerve: Virtually every twist in the series applies, but the one that really takes the cake is [[spoiler:Mr. Chu being some sort of... alien... thing wearing a Scooby Doo-style mask]]. This was never explained, or even ''mentioned'' for the rest of the series.

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* MemeticMutation:
** I vill now destroy de Snickuhs bahrs.
** "You looooooooooove me. You love me thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis much."
** Fnick and Figgy.
* MST3KMantra: Mostly applies to the first three books, but the series is a lot more enjoyable if you focus less on logic and more on the fact that superpowered bird kids are fighting an evil corporation and their wolf henchmen.

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* %%* MemeticMutation:
** %%** I vill now destroy de Snickuhs bahrs.
** %%** "You looooooooooove me. You love me thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis much."
** %%** Fnick and Figgy.
* MST3KMantra: Mostly applies to the first three books, but the series is a lot more enjoyable if you focus less on logic and more on the fact that superpowered bird kids are fighting an evil corporation and their wolf henchmen.
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* AssPull: When the kids develop all kinds of new powers in ''The Final Warning'', there's no proper explanation for why they've got ''those'' kinds of powers in particular, or for why they all got the new powers at roughly the same time even though they're of different ages.

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* AssPull: AssPull:
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When the kids develop all kinds of new powers in ''The Final Warning'', there's no proper explanation for why they've got ''those'' kinds of powers in particular, or for why they all got the new powers at roughly the same time even though they're of different ages.ages.
** Angel reveals in ''Nevermore'' that she is the Voice. Despite the fact that the Voice knew things she didn't or shouldn't have known.
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* JerkassWoobie: Maya is Max's evil clone who tried to take over the Flock but everything that happened to her is quite sad. She was supposed to be the "superior" of the two but failed, her father figure keeps comparing her negatively to Max, and no one likes her. She joins Fang's new group under the name of "Maya" and, when Max finds out, she mocks her for trying to separate herself from Max. Maya finds love win Fang but Fang internally keeps comparing her to Max and how much better he prefers Max. And finally she dies and is immediately forgotten for the rest of the book.

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* TheScrappy:
** Dylan has virtually no fans due to being a bland replacement for Fang as of the end of ''Fang''.

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* TheScrappy:
** Dylan has virtually no fans due to being
TheScrappy: Dylan. The Max/Fang shippers hate him because the series hyped him up as a bland replacement better love interest for Fang Max than Fang, and everyone else hates him because he was subjected to a high level of CharacterShilling despite having a personality as of flat as cardboard and his presence only made the end of ''Fang''.RomanticPlotTumor worse.
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Fixed a minor error. Max is 15 by the end of the series, although it is implied a few times that the flock don't know their true ages, so Max could be older than she looks?


* EsotericHappyEnding: ''Maximum Ride Forever''. [[spoiler:The world has been ravaged by an apocalypse that pretty much kills all of the Flock's loved ones, the new world is a dangerous place inhabited mostly by mutants, and chances of survival are looking fairly slim. But hey, [[OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding the whole Flock is alive!]] [[BabiesMakeEverythingBetter And Max gave birth!]] [[TeenPregnancy At fourteen]]...yeah.]]

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* EsotericHappyEnding: ''Maximum Ride Forever''. [[spoiler:The world has been ravaged by an apocalypse that pretty much kills all of the Flock's loved ones, the new world is a dangerous place inhabited mostly by mutants, and chances of survival are looking fairly slim. But hey, [[OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding the whole Flock is alive!]] [[BabiesMakeEverythingBetter And Max gave birth!]] [[TeenPregnancy At fourteen]]...fifteen]]...yeah.]]

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