Line #159 Fanfic/Cinderjuice


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4	The "Contractually Obligated Chaos" series is the work of @/LadyNorbert, and is a series of fanfics based on the ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' cartoon, utilizing FairyTaleMotifs inspired by assorted Creator/{{Disney}} films. They each take way more than thirty minutes (with commercial breaks).
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6	The first installment, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11739058/1/ Cinderjuice]]'' ([[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5751283/chapters/13251904 alternate link]]), was intended as a stand-alone story.[[note]]Hence why the page is named for it and not the series.[[/note]] What initially starts out as a pretty clear ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' parody (with a little ''Film/TheGodfather'' thrown in) quickly jumps the tracks to become something a bit more crazy, which is only natural when Beetlejuice is involved.
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8	[[folder:The sequels]]
9	* The [[{{sequel}} second story]], ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11781446/1/ The Bug Princess]]'' ([[http://archiveofourown.org/chapters/13719711 alternate link]]), is loosely based on ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog.'' It takes place about [[TimeSkip four years later]] when Lydia is a senior in college. She and BJ take a trip to New Orleans for spring break, where they encounter a whole new kind of magically induced chaos. Thanks to a well-meaning medium, something foul is unleashed on the city, and BJ's worst nightmare comes true.
10	* Set during and slightly after the last few chapters of ''The Bug Princess'' is the one-shot {{interquel}} story ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11851924/1/ Meteor Shower]]'' ([[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6309487 alternate link]]). This shows the events of those chapters from the point of view of Prince Vince, and features the brief return of the Fairy Godfather.
11	* The third full-length story, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11880198/1/Sleeping-Beetle Sleeping Beetle]]'' ([[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6464482/chapters/14795740 alternate link]]), takes its cues from ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty''. Lydia's career gets a major break when a magazine hires her to do an on-location photo essay of a haunted castle in Romania. But when the resident horror tries to take the Ghost With the Most out of the picture, it'll take all her mortal wits to save them both. And the Fairy Godfather knows something important that he's not been sharing so far.
12	* The fourth story, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12109557/1/Bug-Princess-and-the-Seven-Months Bug Princess and the Seven Months]]'' ([[http://archiveofourown.org/works/7813744 alternate link]]), is partially inspired by ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''. After the revelation at the end of the previous story, Lydia settles down to wait. But when she succumbs to the power of an apple (no, really), it's up to the supporting cast to find out what's happened and put things right... because without his mortal morality chain to hold him back, BJ is more dangerous than they realized.
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15	!!Tropes present in these fanfictions:
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19	[[folder:The series as a whole]]
20	* AffectionateNickname: As in the show, Beetlejuice calls Lydia "Lyds" and "Babes," and her father Charles calls her "Pumpkin." Others start to appear regularly as the series progresses.
21	* AlienGeometries: The Neitherworld. According to Beetlejuice in the first story, it's sort of a Moebius strip.
22	-->'''BJ:''' Well, eventually it loops back on itself, kind of like the features menu on one of your [=DVDs=]. If you run far enough in one direction, sooner or later you come out the other side.
23	** It should be noted that the Neitherworld overall [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum is powered by nonsensoleum]], at least partially. The Alien Geometry is just one example.
24	* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Beetlejuice makes it clear a few times that Lydia is his priority above anything else. More than once he thinks to himself, or sometimes even acknowledges explicitly to another character, that his immediate surroundings would be in severe danger if he had to choose between them and her.
25	* AnachronismStew: Kinda. Things like ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'' and Website/{{Tumblr}} didn't exist in the time period when the show was in syndication, nor in the years immediately following, which is when these stories would theoretically be set. The 'timeless' nature of the series, however, allows for a massive TimeSkip to bring it into the 21st century.
26	* AncientKeeper: The later stories reveal that the Fairy Godfather is actually this.
27	* AnotherStoryForAnotherTime: The Fairy Godfather and Lady Delphine both have a tendency to say things like this.
28	* AscendedExtra: In the actual cartoon, Prince Vince and BJ's brother Donny each appear in only a couple of episodes, and are never onscreen together. They're given considerably larger roles here, Prince Vince especially, and develop their own friendship independent of the leads.
29	* BigDamnHeroes: There's at least one moment like this in each story, usually with one half of the OfficialCouple showing up to save the other.
30	* BoyMeetsGhoul: As in the cartoon. Played with, however, since as of the final chapter of the first story, [[spoiler:Lydia is partially a ghoul in her own right.]]
31	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Much like in the show; Beetlejuice is the worst offender, as usual, but even Lydia calls herself out on monologuing at one point.
32	* CallBack: The stories each contain ''several'' references to specific episodes of the show, regarding both characters and past adventures. The sequel stories also contain references to the previous installments. There are also a couple of lines from the film, but they're mostly just there as {{Mythology Gag}}s.
33	* CentralTheme: [[ThePowerOfLove Love - in any form - is stronger than anything, even death.]]
34	* CerebusSyndrome: The original story is much more lighthearted, and more closely resembles an episode of the show, than the sequels.
35	* CompletedFic: Three so far, plus the interquel.
36	* ContagiousPowers: A somewhat recurring theme. [[spoiler:Beetlejuice's powers occasionally transfer themselves to Lydia, in whole or in part, in a subconscious effort to protect her.]]
37	* {{Continuation}}: Of the animated series.
38	* CoolCar: Doomie, as in the show, is a SentientVehicle.
39	* CreatorInJoke: Since the prince remarks that he's aware of the changes to the situation every time the story updates, and that he gets his information from Website/{{Tumblr}}, the implication is that he's one of Lady Norbert's followers. This led to some RecursiveCanon as noted below.
40	* DirectLineToTheAuthor[=/=]RecursiveCanon: These two somewhat overlap repeatedly throughout the series, as Prince Vince makes use of his Website/{{Tumblr}} account to not only follow the author and keep tabs on the heroes through chapter updates, but also to occasionally [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou badger her about the story]]. This is explicitly stated to be the reason that ''Meteor Shower'' exists at all.
41	* [[FairyGodmother Fairy Godfather]]: The Neitherworld has one, whose wish granting takes the form of carefully constructed {{Magically Binding Contract}}s. Even in the stories where he doesn't appear, he's mentioned repeatedly and his influence is felt.
42	* FairyTaleMotifs: In bits, though the fairy tale parts of each plot swiftly get swallowed up by other nonsense.
43	* FlowerMotifs: Repeatedly.
44	** In ''Cinderjuice'', BJ's corsage for Lydia includes deadly nightshade (which fits her love of dark and spooky things) and calla lilies (which symbolize "magnificence" and "beauty," have a long association with funerals and death, and more recently [[spoiler:are sometimes used in [[{{Foreshadowing}} wedding bouquets]])]].
45	** In ''The Bug Princess'', one of Lydia's projects involves photographing plants based on the language of flowers. These include a forsythia ("anticipation"), a larch ("audacity"), a black poplar ("courage"), a juniper ("protection"), and a green locust tree ("affection beyond the grave"). All of these are meaningful with regards to their relationship, especially in light of what else is happening in the chapter. Later, there's a brief mention of deadly nightshade, which is a CallBack to Lydia's prom corsage in the first story.
46	* FriendshipAsCourtship: Technically speaking, there is never a point in the leads' relationship where they are dating, although it looks that way to observers in the Outerworld. [[spoiler:Due to the nature of the contract at the end of ''Cinderjuice'', they go directly from being best friends to being married.]]
47	* FunetikAksent: Jacques, as in the show, speaks GratuitousFrench with a heavy French accent, and his lines of dialogue are written to reflect this. When Dr. Zigmund Void shows up later in the series, his German-ish dialogue is given the same treatment.
48	* HumanityEnsues: As a result of the MagicallyBindingContract which kicks off the plot of the first story, Beetlejuice is subjected to this, wearing the form of a living human version of himself known as "BJ." Which form he's wearing at a given moment is clarified in the narrative by which name is used to refer to him. [[spoiler:As of the end of ''Cinderjuice'', he's able to assume this form at will... usually.]]
49	* IUhYouToo: "You're my idiot."[=/=]"I'm your idiot."
50	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The chapter titles in each full-length story are quotes - or, in ''Cinderjuice'', twisted versions thereof - from the Creator/{{Disney}} animated film which helped inspire the plot.
51	** The interquel, ''Meteor Shower'', takes its title and subheadings from the song by Music/OwlCity.
52	* IdiosyncraticWipes: As a nod to the cartoon, scene shifts within chapters will occasionally take the form of ''"Ripple dissolve to [location]."''
53	* IncrediblyLamePun: Much like the source material, there are a plethora of bad puns and terrible jokes all throughout the stories.
54	* TheLawOfConservationOfDetail: A ''lot'' of seemingly unimportant details in the earlier installments are revealed to be significant as the series continues. However, there are so many details that when the earlier stories are first read, there is absolutely no way to know which ones will ultimately prove important.
55	** DominoRevelation: As {{the prophecy}} is revealed, it shows that details and incidents from the earlier stories ''and also from the cartoon'' have built up to the Fairy Godfather's conclusion that Lydia and Beetlejuice are [[spoiler:meant to be the Avatars of Life and Death]].
56	* MediumAwareness: As noted elsewhere, Prince Vince is very aware that they're in a series of stories on the internet; however, from his point of view, these are not fiction, but rather take the form of an AfterActionReport which allow him to keep tabs on what his friends are doing. And as in the show, they're all more or less conscious of the fact that Mr. Monitor has a tendency to put them on television without notice; they blatantly make use of this fact on a few occasions.
57	* NarniaTime[=/=]YearInsideHourOutside:
58	** Time moves faster in the Neitherworld than it does in the Outerworld. Lydia has theorized as much for some while; it's mentioned in ''Cinderjuice'' and officially confirmed in ''The Bug Princess''.
59	** ''Seven Months'' finally clarifies the matter. The speed at which time passes is determined by where ''Lydia'' is at a given moment; if she's in the Neitherworld, time slows down in the Outerworld to compensate for her absence. [[spoiler:It's implied to be tied to her role as the Avatar of Life, somehow.]]
60	* OneWordTitle.
61	* OnlyMostlyDead: Beginning in the last chapter of ''Cinderjuice'', [[spoiler:this is Beetlejuice/BJ's condition. Lydia, by comparison, is Only Mostly Alive.]] The yin and yang pendants given in ''The Bug Princess'' represent this.
62	* OppositesAttract: Beetlejuice and Lydia. [[spoiler:{{The prophecy}} reveals that they are this trope taken to the ultimate extreme - Beetlejuice is the Avatar of ''Death'' and Lydia is the Avatar of ''Life''.]]
63	* OriginalCharacter: See the Characters sheet for a full list.
64	* PowersThatBe: This is who appears to be responsible for TheProphecy.
65	* TheProphecy: Starting in ''Meteor Shower'', the Fairy Godfather begins to drop hints of the existence of one of these. It gets more clearly explained in ''Sleeping Beetle.''
66	* RecursiveCanon: For quite some time, there actually ''was'' a Prince Vince Tumblr account (which has since been deleted) following that of the author, which would sometimes comment on the new chapters as they were posted.
67	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Prince Vince qualifies, of course, as does the title character of ''The Bug Princess''.
68	* RunningGag:
69	** TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}. Beetlejuice uses "Do not pass Go, do not collect $200" as part of his explanation to Lydia for how [[spoiler:the second MagicallyBindingContract]] works. Later stories contain references to various characters playing the game; Prince Vince warns one character that he will not be receiving a second GetOutOfJailFreeCard. Lady Delphine and the Fairy Godfather apparently play Monopoly together on a regular basis, but no one knows why.
70	** Website/{{Tumblr}}, as noted in various places.
71	** A gradual one emerges as the series goes on, in which Beetlejuice and Lydia become more or less resigned to the notion that "the plot" is in control, and it will cause them to end up where it wants them regardless of their own ideas. Eventually, the entire main cast more or less agrees that the plot is a SentientCosmicForce and they're all subject to its whims; it's even included on the Characters sheet.
72	* SeriesFic: It wasn't ''supposed'' to be, as the author is fond of pointing out (a bit wearily at times). ''Cinderjuice'' was meant to be a single stand-alone story, but then the sequels just sort of happened.
73	* SwitchingPOV: Most chapters are shown to be either from Lydia or Beetlejuice's points of view, but a few chapters bring in the viewpoints of other characters, such as [[BumblingDad Charles]], [[BigGood Prince Vince]], [[OriginalCharacter Hugo]], or even [[VillainEpisode Vasile]].
74	* ThemeNaming:
75	** The entire Juice family is named after insects: Beetlejuice, Bee Juice, Gnat Juice, and Dobsonfly (Donny) Juice. It's taken to the logical extreme when [[spoiler:Lydia gets pregnant; the child's nickname is Bug]].
76	** It's revealed that the Neitherworld royal family had a RhymesOnADime naming theme in the past. Prince Vince's father was also named Prince Vince, and his siblings were called Duke Luke and Marquise Louise.
77	* TheUnreveal: It never does get explained how the Fairy Godfather and Lady Delphine met or why they play Monopoly. The author says that [[IJustWriteTheThing they won't tell her]].
78	* VirtualSoundtrack: The series has one, as mentioned a few times in the author's notes. It includes a lot of Music/{{Nickelback}} songs.
79	* WackyMarriageProposal: Twice.
80	** In the first story, [[spoiler:the Fairy Godfather presents BJ with a second MagicallyBindingContract which - if both he and Lydia agree to its terms - will intertwine them irrevocably, to the point where the Neitherworld considers them to ''be'' married.]] Could also be considered an ArrangedMarriage, and a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage at that.
81	** In the second, [[spoiler:the ''Outerworld'' thinks they're just dating, even though it's been four years since they signed that contract. BJ therefore proposes... by slipping a ring onto Lydia's finger when she's not paying attention.]] He points out that, in light of the first spoiler, this is really just a formality, but it doesn't make the scene any less meaningful.
82	* WebSerialNovel
83	* WhoWritesThisCrap: Beetlejuice in particular has a tendency to complain about plot twists he doesn't like, making remarks about the talentless hacks employed by Mr. Monitor to write the current episode. At least once he's invoked the trope by name.
84	* WorldBuilding: A lot of effort was exerted to tie together a number of details from the cartoon and a handful of real-world facts and mysteries in order to create a cohesive whole, particularly with regards to the prophecy.
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87	[[folder:Cinderjuice]]
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89	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In order to go with Lydia to her prom, Beetlejuice allows himself to be turned into an age-appropriate powerless mortal. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, turning back is the real problem...]]
90	* BlandNameProduct: BJ guesses that Prince Vince orders his supply of Pocky through Scamazon.com, noting that "those drones deliver anywhere."
91	* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: BJ tries this in order to get Lydia to go back home [[spoiler:because she has the missing juice and he can't protect her.]]
92	* BroughtDownToNormal: As noted above, Beetlejuice allows himself to be turned into a powerless mortal teenager.
93	* ClaimedByTheSupernatural: A variant. [[spoiler:Lydia is this by the story's end; she already had a portion of Beetlejuice's power residing in her, and in return she gives up an equivalent portion of her own humanity. This has the side effect of bonding them permanently.]]
94	* ClingyCostume: The shoes the Fairy Godfather lends to Beetlejuice will not come off until the contract is fulfilled. [[spoiler:This is a problem, since he doesn't know ''why'' he can't fulfill its terms.]]
95	* CurbStompBattle: BJ versus Scuzzo (and anyone else dumb enough to get in his way), even without his "juice."
96	* TheDeadCanDance: Only Lydia knows he's dead, of course, but Beetlejuice - as in the show - loves to dance. Their rendition of "The Masochism Tango" leaves her entire class in stitches. [[spoiler:Well, except for Claire Brewster, who suspects it's foreplay.]]
97	* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Beetlejuice and Lydia's feelings towards each other are pretty clear to those around them. Played with in that they aren't exactly oblivious themselves, just [[IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship wary about changing the status quo]].
98	* ExactWords: The Fairy Godfather's contracts work off of this concept. He'll keep to his deal, just make sure to read the fine print.
99	* FakeOutMakeOut: Lydia kisses "BJ" at the end of the prom to freak out her father, who is watching from the window.
100	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Even after being turned into a powerless mortal, BJ can still be summoned and banished when Lydia says his name. [[spoiler:The Fairy Godfather didn't get all his "juice" after all.]]
101	* GratuitousLatin: Beetlejuice refers to Prince Vince as "''Il Principe''" in one chapter, for no particular reason.
102	* HandGagging: BJ does this to Lydia when they decide to visit the Neitherwoods, before she can finish saying "Grimdiana Bones." [[note]]In the cartoon episode "Beauty and the Beetle," when the location in question is visited, saying this name is a RunningGag which results in BJ getting run over by boulders and other heavy things.[[/note]]
103	* HeCleansUpNicely: BJ, in comparison to his normal ghost self.
104	* HighSchoolDance: Lydia's senior prom is the FramingDevice for HowWeGotHere.
105	* TheJailBaitWait: Played with. It's implied that Beetlejuice hasn't been waiting for Lydia to grow up quite so much as it's just taken him this long to figure out what to ''do''. He's mentioned a few times in the narrative to be somewhat dense about emotions.
106	* LetsGetDangerous: The instant he finds out Lydia is in trouble, BJ plows through anyone and everyone who tries to get between him and her.
107	* MagicallyBindingContract: What Beetlejuice has to sign with the Fairy Godfather. Naturally, he doesn't read the fine print.
108	-->'''Beetlejuice:''' Who actually ''reads'' a Terms of Service Agreement?
109	%%** And then there's a second one offered toward the end of the story.
110	* MementoMacGuffin: Lydia's spider brooch, given to her by Beetlejuice in the first episode of the cartoon, functions as this for part of the story.
111	* MonsterClown: Scuzzo, as in the show.
112	* MortalityEnsues: Beetlejuice spends a good portion of the story stuck as a mortal with no "juice."
113	* MythologyGag: Although it's a cartoon-verse fic, there are a couple of quotes from the [[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} film]].
114	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Since Beetlejuice doesn't have magic, he has to resort to this when Scuzzo gets in his way. Scuzzo is a VeryPunchableMan, so there is no remorse.
115	* NoodleIncident: Whatever punishment Prince Vince doles out to [[spoiler:Mr. Monitor]] for his role in the proceedings. It even gets referenced in a later story and is still not described, other than that it's "creative."
116	* OneWordTitle: Also a {{Portmantitle}}, being a blending of ''Cinderella'' and ''Beetlejuice''.
117	* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: The fact that BJ suddenly turns somewhat hostile and orders Lydia to leave causes her to experience a temporary HeroicBSOD, since it's so unlike him to not want her around. [[spoiler:As noted above, it's his attempt at BreakHerHeartToSaveHer. It doesn't work, but he gets credit for trying.]]
118	* ParentalObliviousness: Both Lydia and Beetlejuice comment on the fact that Charles and Delia are often profoundly guilty of this. It makes Charles attempting to be overprotective all the more amusing to Beetlejuice.
119	* PimpedOutDress: Lydia designs her own, complete with long HighClassGloves, for the senior prom; it's very accurately depicted in the page image.
120	* ThePowerOfLove: {{Invoked}} using a CallBack to a quote of Lydia's from the episode "Doomie's Romance."
121	-->''I believe that when you love someone, the impossible becomes possible.''
122	* RoaringRampageOfRescue: What BJ goes on when [[spoiler:the villains grab Lydia]]. It actually ''scares'' his brother.
123	* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: According to Prince Vince, the lawyers employed by the Fairy Godfather to write his contracts have honed this to an art form.
124	* SharpDressedMan: The Fairy Godfather's contract ensures that Beetlejuice is this for the occasion.
125	* SheIsAllGrownUp: Something Beetlejuice has been trying to avoid acknowledging.
126	* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Inverted; BJ calls Lydia that in one scene, even though she's technically not.
127	* ShipperOnDeck: Donny, BJ's brother, outright calls himself this in regards to the pairing. He's joined there by Prince Vince, Lydia's friends Prudence and Bertha, and... pretty much everyone who knows them, really.
128	* SleepCute: A cold night in Doomie's backseat results in the pair sharing his suit jacket.
129	* StealthPun: At one point, BJ takes a nap in Doomie's backseat. When she next sees him, Lydia remarks that he looks ''exhausted''.
130	* StormingTheCastle: What BJ has to do in the RoaringRampageOfRescue.
131	* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Lydia ends up this way [[spoiler:when the villains try to steal her portion of the juice.]]
132	* SuicideMission: Donny advises BJ against the RoaringRampageOfRescue because without his powers, there's a strong possibility that he'll be killed. He acknowledges that this is likely, but since Lydia needs him, "I'll take my chances."
133	* TranquilFury: BJ, during the RoaringRampageOfRescue, starts out with this; Prince Vince (who is the narrative character at the time) is somewhat mystified by it.
134	** UnstoppableRage: Then it turns into this, and the prince realizes just how [[LetsGetDangerous dangerous]] BJ is really willing to get.
135	* TravelMontage: {{Invoked}}, no less; this is how BJ and Lydia comb the Neitherworld in search of his missing juice.
136	* VillainTeamUp: The actual bad guys are [[spoiler: Mr. Big, from S.N.O.T.R.a.G., and Mr. Monitor, the television executive.]] Scuzzo and Lipscum help, but they're mostly just annoying. Even the spoilered characters don't like them and are pleased to see them [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown pulverized]].
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141	* AfterlifeAngst: [[spoiler:Lydia]] suffers from quite a bit of this following Hugo's ritual. [[spoiler:She doesn't mind being dead in and of itself, apart from knowing how much it will grieve her parents; she's just suffering because she's been forcibly divided from her husband.]] It's realizing the extent of her pain that prompts Prince Vince to bestow a royal title on her.
142	* AllUpToYou: Only BJ has the ability to [[spoiler:pull Lydia back to the Outerworld]], although Delphine doesn't clarify why this is. Possibly she herself doesn't know. However, the reader can (and, judging by the reviews, several did) figure out that it's because [[spoiler:he's the only one who knows ''how''. Anyone could do it if they had the idea to say her name three times, but he's the only one who knows the significance of doing so.]]
143	* BeingWatched: BJ feels like someone is watching them while on the tour of the cemeteries.
144	* TheBigEasy: Lydia and BJ head down to New Orleans, enjoying the music, eating the food, and exploring the cemeteries.
145	* BirthdayEpisode: Lydia celebrates her 22nd birthday in the final chapter.
146	* {{Bookends}}: The second and last chapters both involve surprise celebrations for Lydia.
147	* BreakThemByTalking: One of Erebos's main strategies, digging up vulnerable thoughts and doubts to exploit them.
148	* {{Bridezilla}}: Planning the Outerworld wedding is a nightmare. [[spoiler:The 'zilla in question, however, isn't the bride - it's Delia. In true CloudCuckoolander fashion, she goes all out in trying to plan the perfect wedding. Lydia, meanwhile, is more concerned with finishing her final year of college.]]
149	* BroughtDownToNormal: Once again, BJ is left powerless and [[MortalityEnsues mortal]]. This time, however, he wasn't expecting it.
150	* CaptainObvious: Whoever erected the signpost which welcomes Lydia to "the middle of nowhere." She even {{lampshade}}s it.
151	* CassandraTruth: One of Lydia's dorm mates, Tara, is certain that Lydia is bringing an unregistered male visitor into her room. However, when said male visitor is a shapeshifter, this is difficult to prove.
152	* CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler:What seems to happen to Erebos after Lydia's BigDamnHeroes moment.]]
153	* ChaseScene: Erebos chases BJ and Hugo out of the hotel room, down the streets, and through some side streets.
154	* CoolCrown: The title character wears one.
155	* DealWithTheDevil: What Erebos is trying to convince the characters to make with him.
156	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Teasingly invoked by BJ when Lydia both calls him her idiot and drops the L word in the same sentence.
157	* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: Dragon's blood opal, to be precise.
158	* FictionalHoliday: In honor of Beetlejuice and Lydia's tenth friendship anniversary, Prince Vince explains that he's declared a national holiday. He feels this is more appropriate than the actual suggestion he was given, which is that Lydia deserves a medal for putting up with Beetlejuice for a decade.
159	* {{Flashback}}: Has one that serves as the origin story of the cartoon, demonstrating how Lydia and Beetlejuice met. (It's heavily based on the origin story presented in the spinoff comic books.)
160	* GoodIsNotSoft: [[spoiler:The Princess of Beetles]] doesn't even think twice about ''obliterating'' Erebos when given the chance.
161	* GrandRomanticGesture: Charles describes BJ's birthday surprise to Lydia this way, and with good reason. [[spoiler:He buys and renovates a small house for her, sets up the wedding she told him she wanted in spite of Delia's efforts, and - right before the wedding - says that he loves her.]]
162	* HappilyEverAfter: Invoked during BJ's first confrontation with Erebos; are poltergeists supposed to get these? They can't quite decide.
163	* HowlOfSorrow: BJ produces one when [[spoiler:Lydia unexpectedly vanishes without a trace]], leaving him shocked and distraught. It would count as a DeathWail except that he doesn't actually know what happened.
164	* ImpliedDeathThreat: If Hugo doesn't find a way to [[spoiler:get Lydia back]], BJ promises to make his life a living hell "until you give up and die in self-defense".
165	** BrickJoke: BJ making the threat is not a joke. However, Hugo makes one [[spoiler:after Erebos is defeated. Lady Delphine explains that he basically destroyed himself in self-defense, and Hugo - recalling the threat - quips, "Better him than me."]]
166	* InsistentTerminology: Erebos refuses to identify Lady Delphine by name, instead calling her "the lady in blue."
167	* LightEmUp: How [[spoiler:the Princess of Beetles]] takes out Erebos in the end; [[spoiler:her coronet]] arguably counts as a HolyHandGrenade as well as an AmplifierArtifact.
168	* LikeBrotherAndSister: Lydia and Prince Vince have grown to see each other this way as she grew up. [[spoiler:Then he makes it official by adopting her into the royal family as his sister.]]
169	* LivingShadow: Erebos, a Shadow Man.
170	* MagicKiss: According to Lady Delphine, the solution to their problem is for BJ to kiss a princess. According to Hugo, that's her usual solution.
171	* MagicMirror: The mirror on Lydia's dressing table, as seen in the cartoon, is revealed to be connected to Beetlejuice haunting the Deetz residence, and even now he still can't pass through it without being summoned. She made a point of bringing it along to college for that reason.
172	* ManipulativeBastard: Erebos displays all the signs of being one, using mind games and preying on vulnerabilities in order to coax his targets into making a DealWithTheDevil.
173	* MementoMacGuffin: Lady Delphine presents BJ and Lydia with a farewell gift by which to remember their visit.
174	* MoralityChain: It's implied that Lydia is still serving as this for BJ; he remarks to Delphine that the longer he's away from her, the more "mindless and chaotic" he tends to be.
175	* MyBelovedSmother: Delia turns into this as she basically runs roughshod over the wedding plans. BJ figures out how to get around her.
176	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Hugo's reaction to [[spoiler:Lydia's disappearance]].
177	** He has this reaction again, almost word for word, when he finds out [[spoiler:Lydia ended up in the Neitherworld]]. BJ, by contrast, is far more reassured by the news.
178	* NeckLift: BJ does one to Hugo. Delphine asks him to please "put him down, there's a good lad."
179	* NiceGuy: Prince Vince proves himself to be this beyond the shadow of a doubt.
180	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Hugo tries to do something to protect his [[UsefulNotes/NewOrleans city]]. [[spoiler:Instead, his efforts banish Lydia.]]
181	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Erebos, while doing some offscreen gloating to Delphine, lets it slip that [[spoiler:Lydia is dead ''and'' that she's got Beetlejuice's magic]], which is the one thing they most need to know in order to stop him.
182	* NoSell: Erebos tries to attack the Princess of Beetles the same way he's been attacking Hugo and BJ. This is the result.
183	* NoodleIncident: Several are referenced, none of which get un-noodled.
184	** When Beetlejuice put a Gila monster in the mayor's shorts... the ''first'' time.
185	** Whatever happened when they visited Menace Beach in the Neitherworld.
186	** The reason Lydia once covered the MagicMirror with a sheet. Beetlejuice did something to annoy her, but we don't know what.
187	** How in the world Lady Delphine met the Fairy Godfather, and why she played TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}} with him.
188	* NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay: [[spoiler:Lydia was technically killed by Hugo's ritual, but Beetlejuice's magic transferred itself completely to her, allowing her to merely be transported to the Neitherworld. She comes back when summoned to save BJ and Hugo.]]
189	* OneTrueLove: Erebos mockingly refers to Lydia as Beetlejuice's one true love.
190	* PastExperienceNightmare: Turns out that [[spoiler:Beetlejuice]] has RecurringDreams of the events of the climax of ''Cinderjuice,'' when [[spoiler:Lydia was about to be killed and BJ was StormingTheCastle to save her]].
191	* {{Poltergeist}}: Beetlejuice is finally flat-out identified as one in the narrative. Lady Delphine observes that he's unusually benign for a poltergeist, something which he attributes to Lydia "[[KidWithTheLeash holding the leash]]."
192	* {{Protectorate}}: Lady Delphine and Hugo both regard New Orleans this way.
193	** Prince Vince confirms his status as a NiceGuy by [[spoiler:making Lydia ''his'' protectorate while she's separated from Beetlejuice]].
194	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: BJ states he died back in TheMiddleAges, and Erebos notes that he's been "rattling around" the Neitherworld for about six centuries.
195	* RelationshipUpgrade: As indicated by the end of the previous story. [[spoiler:Upgraded again in the fourth and last chapters.]]
196	* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: The Princess of Beetles has a silver coronet which looks like a spiderweb adorned with four jeweled beetles in different colors.
197	* RuleOfThree: Erebos encounters and tries to make [[DealWithTheDevil a deal]] with BJ three times over the course of the story.
198	** [[spoiler: Because Lydia ends up with BJ's "juice," saying her name three times summons her back.]] It takes a while for BJ to figure this out, however, because he's too distraught (and sleep-deprived) to put it together.
199	* RulesLawyer: Lady Delphine describes the Fairy Godfather as being exactly this.
200	* {{Shapeshifting}}: Used more than in the previous story. In particular, Beetlejuice amuses himself by turning into a bizarre-looking talking teddy bear in Lydia's dorm room.
201	* SecondaryCharacterTitle: Though it's not revealed until fairly late in the story just who the character in question actually is.
202	* ShirtlessScene: It is subtly mentioned that BJ isn't wearing his shirt in one scene when they're in the hotel room.
203	* ShownTheirWork: A lot of research about UsefulNotes/NewOrleans was done, including the cemeteries, a park, some of the history, and even a restaurant that Lydia and BJ visit.
204	* SickeninglySweethearts: Beetlejuice notes that he actually has a lot of fun pretending he and Lydia are a "cutesy couple," since it confuses if not nauseates onlookers (especially her parents). Lydia, for her part, sort of rolls her eyes when he does this, but nevertheless plays along.
205	* SolarAndLunar: Referenced by Erebos, during his initial conversation with BJ, trying to make him believe that his relationship with Lydia is doomed. He observes that "she's the sun and you're the moon, and no matter how much the darkness loves the daylight they can't ever be together."
206	* SurpriseParty: Beetlejuice and his neighbors throw one for Lydia to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the day he and she met. [[spoiler:At the end of the story, he does it again with a surprise ''wedding''.]]
207	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: BJ promises that Lydia's birthday present does not involve [[StuffBlowingUp explosions]]. She's not entirely reassured by this and even invokes the trope by name.
208	* TermsOfEndangerment: Erebos keeps calling BJ "brother," which annoys him. He even flat out tells Erebos that he already has a brother and doesn't need another one.
209	* TheyreCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason: During the anniversary party, the neighbors comment on Lydia's general lack of fear by saying that if [[spoiler:being eternally bonded to Beetlejuice]] didn't scare her, they aren't sure what could. She replies that there are a few things, none of which she wants to discuss. [[spoiler:She later admits to Prince Vince that what she fears is the thought of never seeing BJ again.]]
210	* TimeSkip: Set about four years after ''Cinderjuice.''
211	* TrappedInAnotherWorld: [[spoiler:What happens to Lydia after Hugo's interference; she ends up in the Neitherworld.]]
212	* TryNotToDie: Lady Delphine tells Hugo exactly this before he leaves.
213	* UglyCute: {{Invoked}} with "Beetle-bear." To keep Lydia from getting into trouble for having an unregistered male visitor in her college dorm, BJ sometimes shapeshifts into a talking teddy bear. It's more or less indicated to be adorably hideous.
214	* WeirdnessMagnet: Hugo is said to attract supernatural things and be attracted towards them. Lady Delphine surmises that Lydia is similar.
215	* WhoWritesThisCrap: When frustrated with events, BJ asks, "Who in the world wrote this episode?"
216	* YouDoNotWantToKnow: In the {{Flashback}} chapter, Beetlejuice acknowledges that he enjoys spending time as a human again, and he has his reasons... which he has no intention of revealing. Donny asks Prince Vince if he knows what his brother means, and the prince says that no, he doesn't - and he's pretty sure they don't want to know anyway. A later chapter partly reveals (to the reader) what he [[PastExperienceNightmare meant]].
217	[[/folder]]
218
219	[[folder:Meteor Shower]]
220	* BecauseDestinySaysSo: According to the Fairy Godfather, BJ and Lydia's wedding must take place for this reason.
221	%%* BouquetToss: And it's caught by [[spoiler:Donny]].
222	* CrypticConversation: In Donny's words, he leaves the Fairy Godfather's castle feeling more confused than when he arrived.
223	* FairytaleWeddingDress: Lydia's is one partly of her own design, magically constructed for her by the groom.
224	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Courtesy of the Fairy Godfather.
225	* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: As explained in the author's notes, Prince Vince bypassed the fourth wall and nagged Lady Norbert into doing this. See the Trivia page for details.
226	* IKnowYourTrueName: Beetlejuice, according to the Fairy Godfather, is unable to speak his own name because true names have power, and there was too great a risk of him giving that power to the wrong person in the Outerworld. So part of his {{curse}}, which may not actually be exactly that, prevents him from speaking his own name so that only the right person - Lydia, of course - can use it.
227	* {{Interquel}}: It takes place during and a bit after the last three chapters of ''The Bug Princess.''
228	* OddballInTheSeries: This installment of the series is different from the others in almost every respect. It has one single point of view (that of Prince Vince); it's a one-shot; and the IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming comes from the song of the same name by Music/OwlCity rather than from a Creator/{{Disney}} fairy tale.
229	* OldNewBorrowedAndBlue: BJ refers to ''himself'' as Lydia's "something old" (given that he's been dead for over 600 years). Even sillier, her "something borrowed" is a ''library book''.
230	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Donny, according to this story. His real first name, to fit the Juice family naming pattern, is Dobsonfly. However, as a small child Beetlejuice shortened it to Donny, and the nickname stuck.
231	** Conversely, it's explained that Beetlejuice is known as Beetlejuice because he's named after his maternal grandfather; people called him by his full name to tell them apart, and it eventually mutated into [[OnlyOneName a single word]].
232	* TitleDrop: BJ actually creates a short meteor shower after sundown on the day of the wedding.
233	* TitledAfterTheSong: The story is named after the song by Owl City.
234	[[/folder]]
235
236	[[folder:Sleeping Beetle]]
237	* ActuallyPrettyFunny: The Fairy Godfather cracks a rare smile when Beetlejuice, in reference to an ancient writing that almost no one even in the Neitherworld can translate, mutters, "Talk about your [[IncrediblyLamePun dead]] languages."
238	* AdvancingWallOfDoom: A non-video game example. [[spoiler:Since the fire used in the climax is magical fire, it moves a ''lot'' faster than normal fire.]]
239	* AlliterativeName: BJ's Outerworld exterminator business is called Beetleman's Bug Bouncers.
240	* AnimalMotif: ''Castel Bufniţă''[[note]]Literally, "Owl Castle"[[/note]] features owl statuary in its exterior design, and more owl imagery in the interior. Its owner, Vasile, can turn into an owl at will.
241	* AstralProjection: The best way to describe the "ghost of a ghost" situation in chapter 14.
242	* BoringButPractical: How Lydia escapes the climax. [[spoiler: She uses the juice and zaps them back to the Outerworld before the castle collapses.]]
243	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Justified in this instance by the fact that Beetlejuice is aware that Mr. Monitor's camera crew is on the scene; he's not speaking to the reader, but to the viewers.
244	* CrankyLandlord: Mr. Crumb wants to triple Beetlejuice's rent just because of his marriage to Lydia; in a CallBack to a specific episode, he states that the lease entitles him to do so for each additional relative in the house. When it's pointed out that they don't spend much time at the Roadhouse, he calls it a "storage fee." Thankfully, they have other options.
245	* {{Curse}}: The Fairy Godfather explains that Beetlejuice's "curse," as hinted in ''Meteor Shower'', isn't really a curse at all.
246	** CurseEscapeClause: {{Invoked}}; the lack of one of these is actually the biggest clue that the curse isn't a curse.
247	* CuteButCacophonic: Seems to be Prince Vince's opinion of Delia. He's surprised Charles hasn't gone deaf in self-defense, and he pities any dogs that encounter her.
248	* DiscussedTrope: It's heavily implied that Prince Vince has discovered This Very Wiki, and a few tropes actually come up in the course of this story.
249	** Prince Vince and Donny have a conversation about {{Love Triangle}}s.
250	** Later, DeusExMachina comes up when Prince Vince laments having to resort to this. Lydia also {{lampshade}}s it, referring to his involvement as "brother ex machina."
251	* ElementalRivalry: As indicated by {{the reveal}} of the prophecy, which suggests that [[spoiler:Beetlejuice is the Avatar of Death and Lydia is the Avatar of Life.]]
252	* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: One possible result of the prophecy.
253	* FakePregnancy: [[spoiler:Lydia tells Vasile she's pregnant so he'll stop offering her wine, partly because she isn't convinced that it really ''is'' wine.]]
254	* FeatheredFiend: Vasile's owl form, which at one point attacks Lydia's LoyalAnimalCompanion.
255	* FictionalDocument: ''Terricula''[[note]]Latin for "fright"[[/note]] is the magazine which gives Lydia her first professional assignment.
256	* {{Foil}}: Vasile serves as one of these to Beetlejuice, highlighting just how much worse he could have become.
257	* ForcedSleep: Courtesy of an enchanted spinning wheel spindle, just like WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty encountered.
258	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
259	** BJ suggests [[spoiler:going home and telling the magazine that the castle burned down and there was nothing to photograph.]] This ends up being exactly what happens.
260	** In the very first chapter, Beetlejuice quotes [[Film/TheAddamsFamily Gomez Addams]], observing his sleeping wife and remarking that, among other things, [[spoiler:"I would kill for her." He later insists on being the one to destroy Vasile, saying it's too dangerous for her.]]
261	** Turns out that [[spoiler:Lydia's FakePregnancy]] was the precursor to a real one.
262	* GeniusLoci: Owl Castle turns out to be something like this, actively [[spoiler:keeping Lydia prisoner and helping to get Beetlejuice out of the way]] per the wishes of its master.
263	* GirlInTheTower: Gender-flipped.
264	* GratuitousForeignLanguage: As part of the story takes place in Romania, actual locations are referenced, and the Romanian names are given. Lydia openly admits she isn't sure how to pronounce some of them.
265	* HalloweenEpisode: The first two chapters take place in the weeks leading up to Halloween as well as on the day itself.
266	* HappilyMarried: Now in the Outerworld as well as the Neitherworld.
267	* HauntedCastle: Lydia gets offered a job by a magazine to investigate what may be one of these near Transylvania.
268	* HauntedHouse: To help raise money to repair the library at Miss Shannon's School for Girls, Lydia and Beetlejuice spend most of October running a successful haunted attraction on their 1800s farm property.
269	* HeyThatsMyLine: Donny makes an IncrediblyLamePun that Lydia notes is so bad, she's surprised Beetlejuice didn't make it. Cue Beetlejuice grumbling that he ''did'', and Donny needs to stop stealing his jokes.
270	* IKnowYourTrueName: Carrying over from ''Meteor Shower'', the Fairy Godfather continues to explain how Beetlejuice teaching Lydia his name essentially placed him under her control, which was a first for any poltergeist, and how this continued to point toward them being the objects of {{the prophecy}}.
271	* IfIWantedYouDead: Not stated, but thought by Vasile with regards to Lydia. He very much does ''not'' want her dead, because he needs her alive for what he wants to do. [[spoiler:Siring {{dhampyr}} requires a mortal woman.]]
272	* IgnorantMinion: [[spoiler:The warlock]] reveals that he didn't really know just how poorly he judged in agreeing to aid Vasile, and pulls a HeelFaceTurn as TheAtoner.
273	* ImNotHungry: Lydia is doing her level best to avoid eating anything Vasile puts in front of her, because not only is she not sure it isn't poisoned, she's not completely sure it's ''food''. Unfortunately, being human, this is taking an unpleasant toll on her.
274	* InsaneTrollLogic: Arguably, what the Fairy Godfather has been using to determine that Beetlejuice and Lydia are the individuals described in the prophecy. It seems to strike them this way, at least.
275	* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: After [[spoiler:using Beetlejuice's powers to transform a door into a jar]], Lydia picks it up and takes it with her, observing that it's pretty much guaranteed to come in handy later. She's right, of course.
276	* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: {{Invoked}}; in the narrative, Beetlejuice notes that the Neitherworld is at least partially powered by [[TitleDrop nonsensoleum]].
277	* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:How Donny recommends getting rid of Vasile.]]
278	* LikeAGodToMe: Touched upon when the Fairy Godfather talks about the shrine to Lydia inside Beetlejuice's mind. He observes that best friends don't normally get shrines... but ''goddesses'' do. That's not quite what she is, but the point remains valid.
279	* LikeFatherLikeSon: What Beetlejuice is hoping. Once he starts actually thinking about the possibility of eventually being a father, he derives a certain amount of unholy glee from the idea that "my kid'll be an even bigger pain in everybody's collective ass than I ever was. And I can't wait to see it."
280	* LoveTriangle:
281	** {{Discussed}}; Prince Vince remarks that he hates them for being so overused in fiction.
282	** Lydia and Beetlejuice are together (and married), but Vasile wants Lydia for himself. The trope is actually {{invoked}}, with Prince Vince explaining it to Donny.
283	* LoyalAnimalCompanion[=/=]NonHumanSidekick: Lydia befriends a small bird during her time in the castle, who does its best to help her. It eventually receives the name Feathers.
284	* MagicCompass: Lydia turns her yang pendant into one of these to help her find [[spoiler:Beetlejuice.]]
285	* MagicKiss: Referenced by the Fairy Godfather, who advises Beetlejuice and Lydia to remember that kissing a princess actually will fix a lot of problems, which is why Lady Delphine favors it as a solution.
286	* TheMaze: The castle ''turns itself into this'' as part of its GeniusLoci behavior. It won't allow Lydia to find certain rooms, and if she tries, it brings her back to the same hallway where she started.
287	* MurderTheHypotenuse: What Vasile effectively tries to do. [[spoiler:Beetlejuice is already dead, so murder isn't really an option, but putting him into a ForcedSleep is the next best thing.]]
288	* MythologyGag: Mixed with a bit of LeaningOnTheFourthWall. When Lydia is compared to a Franchise/DisneyPrincess, she replies that must make BJ something from a Creator/TimBurton film. He ''is'', of course, but since these fics take place in the cartoon verse, the movie never happened.
289	* NewhartPhoneCall: Prince Vince phones Mr. Monitor, but the conversation is only seen from Monitor's side. He's very obviously uncomfortable.
290	* NoodleIncident: It still isn't explained just how Prince Vince punished Mr. Monitor for his involvement in the plot of ''Cinderjuice''; but whatever he did, Mr. Monitor is unwilling to risk suffering it a second time.
291	* OminousOwl: Seen throughout Owl Castle; Beetlejuice feels like they're glaring at him. (Given the nature of the place, they probably are.)
292	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The ''strigoi mort'' is a kind of poltergeist which feeds on the blood of the living.
293	* PassThePopcorn: Prince Vince and the Fairy Godfather indulge in this during the climax.
294	* {{Poltergeist}}: Beetlejuice being this is relevant to what the Fairy Godfather has to tell them; among other things, he explains how a poltergeist is formed. [[spoiler:It's the spirit of a lonely person who was brutally murdered.]]
295	* PrecisionFStrike: Beetlejuice has one about Vasile, calling him "you miserable fang-faced son of a ''bitch''!"
296	* TheProphecy: The actual wording of this, of which the Fairy Godfather dropped hints in the previous story, is finally revealed here; it has to do with Life and Death.
297	** EitherOrProphecy: The prophecy notes that [[spoiler:the offspring of the union of Life and Death]] will either save or [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowit destroy]] the world. Specifically, it says "''our'' world." It's unclear whether this means the Outerworld, the Neitherworld, or something else entirely.
298	* RuleOfDrama: Invoked during the climax.
299	* SelectiveObliviousness: Charles can't handle the idea of Lydia going to Transylvania for her magazine assignment, so he's convinced himself that she's going to ''Pennsylvania'' instead. She doesn't bother to correct him, figuring that he wouldn't hear her anyway.
300	* {{Sonnet}}: Prince Vince composes one and sends it to Lydia. And yes, it's in iambic pentameter.
301	* StockUnsolvedMysteries: The prophecy is written in the Voynich Manuscript. There are several pages known to be missing from this indecipherable document, which are revealed to be in the Fairy Godfather's keeping. He's one of the few who can actually understand what it says.
302	* TownWithADarkSecret: The locals around ''Castel Bufniţă'' know there is something wrong about the place. The train conductor tries to warn Lydia and BJ away from it by suggesting they visit other castles instead. And when they mention it at the restaurant, most of the other conversations fall silent. But at least one person (with the help of someone translating) is willing to give the pair a straightforward warning about the ''strigoi mort.''
303	* TrueLovesKiss: Mentioned as being the only antidote to the ForcedSleep.
304	* {{Uberwald}}: The Plot takes BJ and Lydia to Romania to poke around a HauntedCastle.
305	* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Vasile is a genuinely disturbing villain, who unfortunately finds himself trapped in the "colorful, cheerful, warped, and ''silly''" Neitherworld. He's not happy.
306	* VillainTeamUp: Vasile gets some help from [[spoiler:the warlock from "Bewitched, Bothered, and Beetlejuiced."]]
307	* WouldHurtAChild : The old woman in Romania explains that the ''strigoi mort'' will drink whatever human blood he can find, but prefers that belonging to children and young women.
308	[[/folder]]
309
310	[[folder:Bug Princess and the Seven Months]]
311	* AffectionateNickname: [[spoiler: Lydia's unborn baby is known as "Bug." This is a reference to the previous story, in which she mistook her early pregnancy symptoms for having "picked up a bug in Romania," but it also ties the child into the Juice family ThemeNaming.]]
312	** It's also an IncrediblyLamePun, since it means [[spoiler:the kid's name is Bug Juice]]. [[note]]For those unfamiliar with the term, 'bug juice' is a blanket name for any sort of fruit punch or other non-alcoholic juice drink served to children on camping trips in the United States, particularly in Scouting.[[/note]]
313	* AppealToFlattery: Donny persuades Beetlejuice that he needs to stay with Lydia instead of going along on Dr. Void's planned excursion by pointing out that her "big scary poltergeist" is the one protector no one will dare to cross. Once Beetlejuice is out of earshot, he admits to having learned the trick from Lydia herself.
314	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: {{Invoked}}. When the allies are collected in Prince Vince's throne room to discuss a plan, Donny explains Beetlejuice's LiteralGenie weakness to their living guests. Apropos of nothing, the television turns itself on and starts playing an advertisement for Worm Your Way Cologne.[[note]]Sound familiar? It appeared in the cartoon, in the episode "Out of My Mind."[[/note]]
315	-->'''Beetlejuice:''' They interrupted Donny's exposition for a crummy old commercial?
316	* TheBusCameBack: Dr. Zigmund Void[[note]]from the cartoon episodes "Forget-Me-Nuts" and "Not-So-Peaceful Pines"[[/note]] is summoned out of retirement to aid the heroes.
317	* TheCavalry: When he can't rouse Lydia from her weird coma, BJ says he's sending for this, and places a call to New Orleans for some help from Lady Delphine and Hugo.
318	* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase
319	* DancesAndBalls: The story begins with preparations for a grand ball to celebrate Prince Vince's 200th anniversary as ruler of the Neitherworld.
320	* DependingOnTheWriter: {{Invoked}}; Lady Delphine uses the exact phrase when noting that the plot isn't always more powerful than literary tradition.
321	* DopeSlap: Lady Delphine gives Hugo a mild one in Prince Vince's castle, though the way she hides a smile indicates that she thinks what he said is ActuallyPrettyFunny.
322	* EmergencyImpersonation: BJ fakes Lydia's voice on the phone with her parents so that they (well, Charles) won't panic about her suddenly having gone to "Florida."
323	* FindTheCure: The heroes have to figure out how to bring Lydia out of her enchanted sleep, and as fast as possible before BJ gets ''too'' far out of control.
324	* ForcedSleep: Courtesy of the magic apple.
325	* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Briefly, but BJ actually forgets to check if he still has his powers until Lady Delphine asks about it; he's too distracted by what's happened to Lydia. Once she reminds him, he confirms that he's still got them.
326	* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Lady Delphine outright states this.
327	-->'''Lady Delphine:''' And if there’s one other thing I know, it’s that the fourth wall does not protect you, me, or anyone else. BJ himself is pretty certain that the plot is up to something, and he doesn’t trust the [[SelfDeprecation hack writer]] as far as he can throw them.
328	* HalfHumanHybrid: Discussed. [[spoiler:Being the offspring of a mostly living mother and a mostly dead father, exactly what ''is'' Bug?]] Nobody seems to know.
329	* HalfIdenticalTwins: Beetlejuice describes Vince's cousins Milo and Anahita this way, noting that he almost can't tell them apart.
330	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In a more blatant example than usual, Hugo spends a few minutes contemplating his role as a supporting cast member in someone else's story. He decides that it's not really a bad place to be, since it means the plot isn't as interested in him, and concludes by noting that "he'd put enough of a mural on the fourth wall for the time being".
331	* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Feathers, the Neitherworld bird who aided Lydia in the previous story, has been living in Prince Vince's castle ever since. He returns in this installment to try to help her once again.
332	* MagicMisfire: Lady Delphine realizes that the spell on the apple was intended to ''kill'' its target. The only reason Lydia survived is because [[spoiler:her unborn baby's powers activated to protect her]], sending her into the coma instead. This is also the reason why [[CurseEscapeClause BJ's kiss fails to revive her]]; since the spell was altered, the usual resolution doesn't work.
333	* NewhartPhoneCall: When BJ phones Lady Delphine for help, Hugo (who is the POV character for the chapter) only hears her side of the conversation. Later, when Prince Vince calls Mr. Monitor again, the conversation is only heard from the royal side of things.
334	* NoFourthWall: Worse than usual. Midway through chapter seven, Prince Vince interrupts the conversation to politely inquire, "From whose point of view is this chapter being told?" After a {{beat}}, Lady Delphine volunteers, on the grounds that she hasn't had a POV chapter yet.
335	* ProtectedByAChild: [[spoiler:Lydia's unborn baby]] will not allow her to be killed by the deadly enchantment.
336	* RecursiveCanon: Dr. Void can't remember how to go inside someone's brain. Prince Vince decides that the best way to refresh his memory is for all of them to watch the episode of the cartoon in which he does exactly that.
337	* TemptingApple: As a ''Snow White'' analogue, this is to be expected.
338	* TrueLovesKiss: Averted; for the first time in the series, this fails to resolve the problem.
339	* TryToFitTHATOnABusinessCard: During the ball, several people end up having numerous titles announced upon their arrival, including Beetlejuice and Lydia themselves.
340	* UnwittingPawn: Donny is the innocent bearer of the enchanted fruit.
341	* WackyCravings: Played with. [[spoiler:BJ is convinced that sooner or later Lydia is going to want to eat some bugs, so he keeps offering.]] As it turns out, what she's actually craving is ''apples''.

Context Fanfic / Cinderjuice