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| 2 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/everything_better_with_elves.png]] |
| 3 | An UrbanFantasy by Megan Smith, ''Everything's Better With Elves'' is a collection of interconnected short stories featuring a mischievous elf named Sal, his various relations, and a hall of female college students, headed up by Laura, "the upright and virtuous RA". |
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| 5 | !!Tropes this work uses include: |
| 6 | * CuriousAsAMonkey: Sal has shades of this, especially in the prequel, "If You Give an Elf a Cookie". |
| 7 | * DoomedByCanon: Adrav has to die, because it was established in the first book that Sal only has one living sister. |
| 8 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Laura and Kim are the only humans with names; everyone else is known by various descriptions, most prominently the girl with improbably long hair, and her roommate, mostly called the "Elf Goddess". |
| 9 | * ExtremeOmnivore: Sal's primary diet consists of trash, and he'll eat anything besides ceramic. It hurts his teeth. |
| 10 | %%* FootnoteFever: |
| 11 | %%* FriendToAllLivingThings: Laura |
| 12 | %%* GoodSamaritan: Laura again |
| 13 | %%* TheHeart: Laura, yet again |
| 14 | * LoveAtFirstSight: Sal instantly falls for the pretty blond roommate. |
| 15 | %%* LemonyNarrator |
| 16 | %%* MouthyKid: Many of Sal's children, particularly Addie |
| 17 | * {{Nephewism}}: Sal's 11 nieces/nephew/adopted children come to live with him. |
| 18 | * OurElvesAreDifferent: The elves act like perpetually hyperactive children. |
| 19 | * RetCon: Sal went from having only one sister to only one ''living'' sister...and a whole mess of nieces (and a nephew) |
| 20 | %%* SweetTooth: ''Sal.'' His children inherited his taste buds, apparently. |
| 21 | %%* VitriolicBestBuds: Addie and Tully |
| 22 | %%* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Sal's mother felt this way about Adrav |
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