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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