History Literature / FunnyBusiness

* AlphaBitch: Isabella. Sharon and her friends are [[DownplayedTrope a minor example]].
* AllJustADream: See DoingInTheWizard below.

* CheerfulChild: The main cast. [[spoiler:Though in Jeanette's case, this is just a facade so that nobody worries about her mental health.]]

* DeconstructorFleet: While writing, the author tried to deconstruct as many tropes as possible.
* {{Depower}}: At the very end, [[spoiler:Jeanette does this to herself, for good]].
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Jeanette]] has lived on the wrong side of this trope for [[spoiler:more than seven years]].

* EvilOldFolks: Well, he's more [[AntiVillain schizophrenic]] than evil, really.
* {{Flashback}}: Which takes up about half the story.
* FormerFriendOfAlphaBitch: The extended flashback reveals that [[spoiler:Isabella]] used to be an {{Expy}} of Lucy until Jeanette [[GoneHorriblyRight made her more social]].
* GooGooGodlike: Jeanette as a toddler.
* HardLight: Jeanette makes this happen once. The effects are more widespread than she anticipates.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Jeanette entered one as a young child after [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone seeing the consequences of frivolous use of her powers]] and remains in such a state until the very end of the book.]] [[StepfordSmiler She just hides it really well.]]

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Frederick and Coco]] are hit with this twice, because Jeanette thinks that they'd hate her if they knew what really happened.
* LittleMissAlmighty

* LogicBomb: Jeanette accidentally creates one after changing the rules on arithmetic to do well on a math test.

* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: The originally planned reason for why Jeanette [[spoiler:doesn't like her powers]], but by the time the story was actually written, Jeanette's motivation was changed, and this trope only shows up in [[TraumaSwing one scene]].
* OldShame: The author ''loathes'' this story on multiple levels, considering it to be poorly written and doesn’t want to be reminded of its existence. However, he still likes the idea and thinks he could do it better, though his [[ContinuityReboot planned rewrite ]] is currently on hold due to other projects.

* PersonalHorror: If Jeanette were not traumatized, there would be no story.

* RealityWarper: The main character, of course.

* StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler:Jeanette]] is a Type A.

* TroubledChild: [[spoiler:Jeanette]]

--> -- [[Literature/TheBible Job 41:1-9]] [[note]][[NeverTrustATrailer Never actually quoted in the book.]][[/note]]

* OldShame: The author ''loathes'' this story on multiple levels, considering it to be poorly written and doesn’t want to be reminded of its existence. However, he still likes the idea and thinks he could do it better, though his [[ContinuityRewrite planned rewrite ]] is currently on hold due to other projects.

* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: The originally planned reason for why Jeanette [[spoiler:doesn't like her powers]], but by the time the story was actually written, Jeanette's motivation was changed, and this trope only shows up in [[SwingOfSadness one scene]].

* ParentsAsPeople: Frederick and Coco. They may be focused on their own lives and oblivious to their child's situation[[note]]and in Coco's case, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} not be all right in the head}}]]]], but they still care about her, as proved when [[spoiler:TheMasquerade gets broken]].

* NextSundayAD: The main story is set in the year 2026, but the only indication of future technology is Kylie's mention of quantum computers. The long flashback is, of course, even closer to the present, but still in the future.

* ParentsAsPeople: Frederick and Coco.

* BroughtDownToNormal: At the very end, [[spoiler: Jeanette does this to herself, for good.]]

* EsotericHappyEnding: Yes, [[spoiler: Jeanette bringing herself down to normal and erasing all memory of ever having her powers]] is supposed to be a happy ending.

* EideticMemory: A [[RequiredSecondaryPowers Required Secondary Power]] of Jeanette. If she forgets anything, the time in which the forgotten event happened, as well as all later times, would ''[[CriticalExistenceFailure cease to exist]].

Jeannette Swanson is a new student at Maude Wilkins Elementary School. After an event involving untied shoelaces, she accidentally reveals to her fellow classmates that she [[RealityWarper can do anything]], without regards to physics or [[LogicBomb logic]]. HilarityEnsues, for a while... [[{{Deconstruction}} but things turn out to be not as nice as they seem]].

* CheerfulChild: The main cast. [[spoiler:Though in Jeannette's case, this is just a facade so that nobody worries about her mental health.]]

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Jeannette]] has lived on the wrong side of this trope for [[spoiler:more than seven years]].
* DoingInTheWizard: [[spoiler:The reason Jeannette is a RealityWarper is because she is actually a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boltzmann_brain Boltzmann brain]] simulating the setting.]]
* EnfantTerrible: {{Deconstructed}}. [[spoiler:As a toddler, Jeannette was like this, because toddlers don't comprehend that other people have feelings and can be hurt. Once she grows out of it, she suffers a major HeroicBSOD which continues to the time of the main story.]]

* FormerFriendOfAlphaBitch: The extended flashback reveals that [[spoiler:Isabella]] used to be an {{Expy}} of Lucy until Jeannette [[GoneHorriblyRight made her more social]].
* GooGooGodlike: Jeannette as a toddler.
* HardLight: Jeannette does this once. The effects are more widespread than she anticipates.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Jeannette entered one as a young child after [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone seeing the consequences of frivolous use of her powers]] and remains in such a state until the very end of the book.]] [[StepfordSmiler She just hides it really well.]]
* InexplicablyAwesome: {{Subverted}}. [[DoingInTheWizard Jeannette's powers are eventually explained.]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Frederick and Coco]] are hit with this twice, because Jeannette thinks that they'd hate her if they knew what really happened.

* LogicBomb: Jeannette accidentally creates one after changing the rules on arithmetic to do well on a math test.
* MouseWorld: The scale model of Maple Shade that Jeannette shrinks herself and her friends into.
* MythologyGag: Frederick and Coco were originally characters in a completely unrelated short story by the same author.
* TheOmnipotent: Lewis {{lampshade}}s the extent of Jeannette's powers when he has her demonstrate the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnipotence_paradox omnipotence paradox]].
* PalsWithJesus: Lucy and Lewis don't care much that their friend has the powers of a god. It's {{deconstructed}} when it turns out that [[spoiler:Lucy ''does'' view Jeannette as God, and so follows her without question]].

* StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler:Jeannette]] is a Type A.
* ThatCloudLooksLike: Jeannette and Lucy get bored and start watching the clouds to pass the time. Eventually, Jeannette starts to make the shapes real.

* TroubledChild: [[spoiler:Jeannette]]

Jeanette Swanson is a new student at Maude Wilkins Elementary School. After an event involving untied shoelaces, she accidentally reveals to her fellow classmates that she [[RealityWarper can do anything]], without regards to physics or [[LogicBomb logic]]. HilarityEnsues, for a while... [[{{Deconstruction}} but things turn out to be not as nice as they seem]].

* HardLight: Janet does this once. The effects are more widespread than she anticipates.