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* ReplacementScrappy: Betty for replacing Mary in the GrandFinale. She's considered to be a bland character who doesn't accomplish anything that Mary couldn't have done.
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* ReplacementScrappy: Betty for replacing Mary in the GrandFinale. She's considered to be a bland character who doesn't accomplish anything that Mary couldn't have done.done.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: After her all CharacterDevelopment Eleanor never gets a chance to confront her abusive father, as the book ends with her return to Canada and the wrap-up just offhandedly mentions her father died in a accident.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: After her all CharacterDevelopment Eleanor never gets a chance to confront her abusive father, as the book ends with her return to Canada and the wrap-up just offhandedly mentions her father died in a accident.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In ''The Iron Sceptre'', the reveal that [[GodGuise Poseidon is a big doll worked by little goblins]]. It is never explained why they are putting on this ruse, it doesn't fit with Poseidon's knowledge of the sword of Gerburah, it has no bearing on the larger plot since they'd already escaped Poseidon, and is never mentioned again. It feels like White hastily inserted this bit to avoid any criticism for including a pagan deity in his book, something that Creator/CSLewis got for the Narnia books.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: AssPull: In ''The Iron Sceptre'', the reveal that [[GodGuise Poseidon is a big doll worked by little goblins]]. It is never explained why they are putting on this ruse, it doesn't fit with Poseidon's knowledge of the sword of Gerburah, it has no bearing on the larger plot since they'd already escaped Poseidon, and is never mentioned again. It feels like White hastily inserted this bit to avoid any criticism for including a pagan deity in his book, something that Creator/CSLewis got for the Narnia books. Oddly he would go on to feature Pan in a latter book without any indication he wasn't the real deal.
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* FirstInstallmentWins: The first book, ''The Tower of Geburah'' is the best reviewed of the series.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: Shagah gets a good bit of build-up in ''The Tower of Geburah'' as a powerful EvilSorcerer, but goes down as quickly as Hocohino without much fanfare in the final battle.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In ''The Iron Sceptre'', the reveal that [[GodGuise Poseidon is a big doll worked by little goblins]]. It is never explained why they are putting on this ruse, it has no bearing on the larger plot since they'd already escaped Poseidon, and is never mentioned again. It feels like White hastily inserted this to avoid any criticism for including a pagan deity in his book, something that Creator/CSLewis got for the Narnia book.
* ReplacementScrappy: Betty for replacing Mary in the GrandFinale.
* ReplacementScrappy: Betty for replacing Mary in the GrandFinale.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In ''The Iron Sceptre'', the reveal that [[GodGuise Poseidon is a big doll worked by little goblins]]. It is never explained why they are putting on this ruse, it doesn't fit with Poseidon's knowledge of the sword of Gerburah, it has no bearing on the larger plot since they'd already escaped Poseidon, and is never mentioned again. It feels like White hastily inserted this bit to avoid any criticism for including a pagan deity in his book, something that Creator/CSLewis got for the Narnia book.
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* ReplacementScrappy: Betty for replacing Mary in the GrandFinale. She's considered to be a bland character who doesn't accomplish anything that Mary couldn't have done.
* ReplacementScrappy: Betty for replacing Mary in the GrandFinale. She's considered to be a bland character who doesn't accomplish anything that Mary couldn't have done.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In ''The Iron Sceptre'', the reveal that [[GodGuise Poseidon is a big doll worked by little goblins]]. It is never explained why they are putting on this ruse, it has no bearing on the larger plot since they'd already escaped Poseidon, and is never mentioned again. It feels like White hastily inserted this to avoid any criticism for including a pagan deity in his book, something that Creator/CSLewis got for the Narnia book.
* ReplacementScrappy: Betty for replacing Mary in the GrandFinale.
* ReplacementScrappy: Betty for replacing Mary in the GrandFinale.
