Line #33 Literature/AivotonAikamatka


1	''Aivoton Aikamatka'' (Finnish for 'Brainless Time Travel') http://aivotonaikamatka.blogspot.com/ is a Finnish web novel written by web author Creator/{{Rupert F}}. The first seven parts of the series were originally released on Website/{{DeviantArt}} in 2009, but in August 2011 the series was started again in Website/{{Blogger}}.
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3	The story in a nutshell: 12 year old Mike Thurson is one fateful night kidnapped by ferocious {{Space Pirates}} for unknown reasons and taken to the [[TheFuture 2500's]]. There [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble (or then?)]] he and the privateers quickly get tangled into a mess concerning [[MacGuffin a valuable artifact]]. HilarityEnsues.
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6	!!This series provides examples of:
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8	* AmusingInjuries: Everyone and everywhere. Jin Fu and Max seem to be the most prominent [[ChewToy Chew Toys]].
9	* AppliedPhlebotinum: Pimeyden Ydin ("The Heart of Darkness"), [[GreenRocks a mysterious stone]] with [[MineralMacGuffin some kind of powers]] that are described as 'sort of Radioactive'.
10	* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: The World Main Office Building. Instead of renovating old space they build new floors and rooms on top the whole thing. This has led to the Office becoming a StarScraper.
11	* BlackCloak: Axel. Not that it helps him concealing his identity.
12	* BlackAndGrayMorality: The protagonists are SpacePirates who do not restrain themselves from cheating, stealing or even killing to achieve their ends. The bad guys are ''even worse''.
13	%% commented out as Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * CainAndAbel: Sam and Axel.
14	* CoatHatMask: Doctor Ego wears a wizard hat, long purple coat and [[BandagedFace bandages to conceal his face]]. Does this make him any less conspicuous, well...
15	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Jin Fu, after Mike hears him calling the pet monkey using mandarin chinese:
16	--> '''Mike:''' "Mandarin, eh?"\
17	'''Jin Fu:''' "No, that's a monkey. Don't they teach this kind of stuff to you at schools in the 1900's?"
18	* CoolAirShip: Rautamöykky ("The Iron Lump") is a [[SchizoTech flying galleon with plane wings]].
19	* EarlyBirdCameo: Dr. Ego appeared in deviantArt [[http://010001110101.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d36v7c6 Christmas Special meme]] a good year before his actual introduction in-story.
20	* EyepatchOfPower: Sam, who lost in a duel and [[UnreliableNarrator apparently]] popped an eye out of his head [[MarkOfShame out of pure shame]].
21	* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Mike.
22	* FullNameBasis: Jin Fu.
23	* FunWithAcronyms: Doctor Ego, though his nickname comes from his initials ('Ellsworth Gregory Owen').
24	* HeavySleeper: Max. He has tried to get medication for that, but reading all those informative labels is so tiring...
25	* HitmanWithAHeart: Jade [[PunnyName Lockhart]], a [[ProfessionalKiller mercenary]] hired to kill Sam, who also happens to be [[InLoveWithTheMark his ex-girlfriend]].
26	* LastNameBasis: Hooks. Supplemental material on Website/DeviantArt states his first name is Roland.
27	* MeaningfulName: Hooks. He has a [[HookHand hook hand]] as a part of a family in-joke.
28	* MoodSwinger: Axel. He goes from polite gentleman to [[AxCrazy violent raging lunatic]] and back in matter of seconds.
29	* MouthyKid: Mike. He just doesn't know when to shut up.
30	* MrExposition: Hooks mainly takes this role when explaining wonders of 2500 to Mike. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Sam at one point.
31	* NoNewFashionsInTheFuture: Sam wears stereotypical pirate apparel, Jin Fu sports a men's kimono, and Hooks's attire resembles a cowboy.
32	* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The woman at the World Main Office.
33	--> "Here's form 26855B. Stamps required here, here and here. Appropriate stamps can be acquired from floors 8, 17 and 23. By the way, the elevator's out of order."
34	* OhCrap: One from the whole crew when they discover that [[spoiler: Axel has stolen the Heart of Darkness.]]
35	* OrphanedSeries: ''Section C'', the prequel webcomic, which lasted for 5 pages.
36	* PunBasedTitle: The name ''Aivoton Aikamatka'' is a play on [[CompletelyDifferentTitle finnish name]] of Creator/RLStine's ''Tick Tock, You're Dead!''
37	* SadistTeacher: All Mike's teachers have shades of this, but the biology teacher Mr. Oldman is the worst offender.
38	* SchizoTech: Sam's weapon is half-rifle, half-sword. [[AwesomeButImpractical Which both are outdated from their point of view]]. Also, see CoolAirShip.
39	* ShoutOut: The class bully is named Jim Hopkins as a shout out to VideoGame/{{Bully}}.
40	** Also, In 2500's the preferred term for 'time machine' is 'VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'.
41	** The virtual currency in 2500's is called [[Literature/TheThirteenAndAHalfLivesOfCaptainBlueBear 'pyra']].
42	** Planet [[Franchise/RatchetAndClank Aquatos]] is mentioned.
43	** At one point, Jade is arguing with her mother on the phone about how [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 she's an assassin, not a crazed gunman]].
44	* StarScraper: See Bizarrchitecture above.
45	* TakingYouWithMe: Attempted by [[spoiler: Jade]] at the Casino.
46	* TheWatson: Mike. His [[http://010001110101.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=48#/d2fzmu7 character file]] specifically says that his purpose in the story is to ask all the questions that [[AudienceSurrogate audience would ask]].
47	* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Mike. The kid's ''12'' and he knows about Newton's apocalyptic scenarios and is able to recognize Mandarin Chinese when spoken.
48	* WhoIsDriving: When Max joins others for breakfast. Quickly followed by OhCrap moment.

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