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* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Twinkle, being a toddler, understandably has quite the overbearing lisp. Still, it drives Sophie mad, [[spoiler:more understandable given tat it's ''Howl'' in a disguise.]]
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* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Twinkle, being a toddler, understandably has quite the overbearing lisp. Still, it drives Sophie mad, [[spoiler:more understandable given tat that it's ''Howl'' in a disguise.]]
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Up To Eleven is a defunct trope
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* StringOnFingerReminder: Peter needs to tie different colors of string to his fingers because he can't remember left from right. Taken UpToEleven when he appears with ''several'' strings around almost all of his fingers in order to navigate the titular House.
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* StringOnFingerReminder: Peter needs to tie different colors of string to his fingers because he can't remember left from right. Taken UpToEleven up to eleven when he appears with ''several'' strings around almost all of his fingers in order to navigate the titular House.
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Crosswicking and adding a few tropes, I'll also need to work this in somehow: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/8JAyx
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Lubbocks and lubbockin.
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* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Twinkle, who [[spoiler:is actually Howl in magical disguise]].
* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong: How lubbocks reproduce. If you're male, then you'll have the mercy of dying. If you're female... *shivers*
* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong: How lubbocks reproduce. If you're male, then you'll have the mercy of dying. If you're female... *shivers*
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* CategoryTraitor: [[spoiler:Rollo the kobolb is accused of this by Timmins for taking bribes from the Lubbock]].
* ColorCodedEyes: Purple eyes have very dark connotations here. [[spoiler:Offspring between a lubbock (an evil, magical creature that can change its size and is purple with the body of a man, fuzzy wings and the grotesque head of an insect, which either tears people apart or lays its eggs inside them depending on the season) and a female human are distinguishable often only by their purple eyes and violent tempers.]]
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Twinkle, who [[spoiler:is actually Howl in magicaldisguise]].
disguise]], its in part an act to draw attention to himself and not his "playmate" Morgan.
* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Twinkle, being a toddler, understandably has quite the overbearing lisp. Still, it drives Sophie mad, [[spoiler:more understandable given tat it's ''Howl'' in a disguise.]]
* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong: How lubbocksreproduce.reproduce, paralysing and attacking their victims to laying their eggs in them. If you're male, then you'll have the mercy of dying. If you're female... *shivers**shivers* [[spoiler:You give birth to purple-eyed AlwaysChaoticEvil {{Half Human Hybrid}}s creatures called lubbockin. As it turns out, the mysterious disease infecting the hero's uncle is that he's been attacked and "impregnated" by a lubbock. Worse they can absorb magic, so being planted in a wizard leads to them being nearly indestructible, unless you're a fire demon.]]
* ColorCodedEyes: Purple eyes have very dark connotations here. [[spoiler:Offspring between a lubbock (an evil, magical creature that can change its size and is purple with the body of a man, fuzzy wings and the grotesque head of an insect, which either tears people apart or lays its eggs inside them depending on the season) and a female human are distinguishable often only by their purple eyes and violent tempers.]]
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Twinkle, who [[spoiler:is actually Howl in magical
* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Twinkle, being a toddler, understandably has quite the overbearing lisp. Still, it drives Sophie mad, [[spoiler:more understandable given tat it's ''Howl'' in a disguise.]]
* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong: How lubbocks
* FountainOfYouth: A demonstration of this show's how accomplished a Wizard Howl has become, [[spoiler:by becoming Twinkle]] partly as a disguise and partly (he said) because he felt he deserved a better childhood than the one he'd actually had.
* GrandeDame: Aunt Semporania, not strictly related to Charmain she still sets up her house sitting jb and essentially decides the girls whole future.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Lubbockin are the result of insectoid lubbocks laying eggs in humans with uteruses, the victim will usually die in childbirth, and the resulting offspring usually have purple eyes or skin and are AlwaysChaoticEvil. They can interbreed with humans into UnevenHybrid, but will usually retain some tell-tale trait, [[spoiler:Just ask Prince Ludovic]].
* HalfHumanHybrid: Lubbockin are the result of insectoid lubbocks laying eggs in humans with uteruses, the victim will usually die in childbirth, and the resulting offspring usually have purple eyes or skin and are AlwaysChaoticEvil. They can interbreed with humans into UnevenHybrid, but will usually retain some tell-tale trait, [[spoiler:Just ask Prince Ludovic]].
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* TheIllegible: Howl's handwriting is frankly horrible -- Charmain wonders to herself if he uses a pen or a poker when he's writing.
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* HouseFey: Charmain has to deal with the kobolds going on strike from their house and garden chores while she's house-sitting for Great-Uncle Norland.
* TheIllegible: Howl's handwriting is frankly horrible -- Charmain wonders to herself if he uses a pen or a poker when he's writing. It hasn't improved in two books.
* TheIllegible: Howl's handwriting is frankly horrible -- Charmain wonders to herself if he uses a pen or a poker when he's writing. It hasn't improved in two books.
* KarmaHoudini: The lubbock that appears in the book, [[spoiler:it seems to be the one responsible for Norland's condition, with the local Lubbockin being allied at least goal wise, the only comeuppance it 'might' get is the fact it's likely been dead for several years, if the window Charmain went through really was to the past]].
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* OurElvesAreDifferent: ''House Of Many Ways'' has a few brief appearences of elves of the "very tall, very beautiful" variety. They're also the best doctors, so although they're aloof, they aren't entirely stuck-up.
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* MysticalWaif: Central trope to the work, especially as it features a little white dog who is actually ''named'' Waif, who had been living with Charmain's great-uncle William (Wizard Norland) for a short time. [[spoiler:Waif is no ordinary dog, but a rare, magical enchanting dog. Later, we find out that Waif actually is the latest generation of the Elf Gift, which (or, as it turns out, who) is supposed to protect the royal family of High Norland. However, unlike most examples, besides having magical powers Waif does not act very mystical, but like an ordinary dog, who begs for scraps, overindulges on human food, and clings to Charmain who she has adopted as her owner.]]
* OhLookMoreRooms: Perfect example though the door at the back is actually the door in the middle. What starts out as a cottage with two rooms and one inside door turns out to have two rooms, a dark hallway, and another hallway with bedrooms and a washroom, ''then'' is eventually revealed to contain part of the brownies-by-any-other-name's underground caves and [[spoiler:the entirety of the indoors of the royal castle a two-hour walk away]].
* OurElvesAreDifferent: ''House Of Many Ways'' has a few briefappearences appearances of elves of the "very tall, very beautiful" variety. They're also the best doctors, so although they're aloof, they aren't entirely stuck-up.
* OhLookMoreRooms: Perfect example though the door at the back is actually the door in the middle. What starts out as a cottage with two rooms and one inside door turns out to have two rooms, a dark hallway, and another hallway with bedrooms and a washroom, ''then'' is eventually revealed to contain part of the brownies-by-any-other-name's underground caves and [[spoiler:the entirety of the indoors of the royal castle a two-hour walk away]].
* OurElvesAreDifferent: ''House Of Many Ways'' has a few brief
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* PortalToThePast: Among the house's many ways.
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* PortalToThePast: Among the house's many ways.ways, how 'many' portals to the past or future aren't explicated though.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Lubbocks and all related creatures are purple, they're definitely dangerous too.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Lubbocks and all related creatures are purple, they're definitely dangerous too.
* SpellBook: As expected for a wizard's library, they contain spells for flying, housework and food, interestingly they showcase a mischievous mind of their own, deliberately turning their pages so Charmain messes up her spells.
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* StringOnFingerReminder: Peter needs to tie different colours of string to his fingers because he can't remember left from right. Taken UpToEleven when he appears with ''several'' strings around almost all of his fingers in order to navigate the titular House.
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* StringOnFingerReminder: Peter needs to tie different colours colors of string to his fingers because he can't remember left from right. Taken UpToEleven when he appears with ''several'' strings around almost all of his fingers in order to navigate the titular House.
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* WickedWasps: Lubbocks, primary antagonists of the book, they and their gets (lubbockin) have historically caused a lot of trouble in High Norland. For what makes them so terrifying, they look like tiny purple wasps but are also {{Sizeshifter}}s that can become man-sized, while holding on to a few insect traits like their NonHumanHead.
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* OurElvesAreBetter: ''House Of Many Ways'' has a few brief appearences of elves of the "very tall, very beautiful" variety. They're also the best doctors! So although they're aloof, they aren't entirely stuck-up.
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* OurElvesAreBetter: OurElvesAreDifferent: ''House Of Many Ways'' has a few brief appearences of elves of the "very tall, very beautiful" variety. They're also the best doctors! So doctors, so although they're aloof, they aren't entirely stuck-up.
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* WeWantOurJerkBack: A variant; it's revealed [[spoiler:Twinkle was Howl in child-form, and he bonded with Morgan]]. At the end of the book, Morgan throws a tantrum when [[spoiler:Twinkle is nowhere to be seen.]]
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* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: The Elfgift several of the characters are looking for is actually [[spoiler:Waif the dog]].
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* StringOnFingerReminder: Peter needs to tie different colours of string to his fingers because he can't remember left from right. Taken UpToEleven when he appears with ''several'' strings around almost all of his fingers in order to navigate the titular House.
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Better phrasing.
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It is set two years after the preceding book, ''Literature/CastleInTheAir''; a child born in that book is now two years old. Again, a new protagonist is introduced as the book follows the story of Charmain, a sheltered bookworm who is assigned to caretake a cottage for her Great Uncle (who is also the Royal Wizard) but soon discovers the cottage is a magical labyrinth in disguise. The cast of the first book are given more involved roles than their cameo appearances in ''Literature/CastleInTheAir'', but still stay secondary to Charmain's plot.
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It is set two years after the preceding book, ''Literature/CastleInTheAir''; ''Literature/CastleInTheAir'', since a child born in that book is now two years old. Again, a new protagonist is introduced as the book follows the story of Charmain, a sheltered bookworm who is assigned to caretake a cottage for her Great Uncle (who is also the Royal Wizard) but soon discovers the cottage is a magical labyrinth in disguise. The cast of the first book are given more involved roles than their cameo appearances in ''Literature/CastleInTheAir'', but still stay secondary to Charmain's plot.
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When talking about how much time has passed, it makes more sense to talk about the immediately previous book, especially when it's an event from that book that you're using as a guide. Spoiler tags are not allowed in plot summaries.
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It is set more than two years after Howl's Moving Castle, given that Sophie and Howl's [[spoiler:son, Morgan]], is two years old. Again, a new protagonist is introduced as the book follows the story of Charmain, a sheltered bookworm who is assigned to caretake a cottage for her Great Uncle (who is also the Royal Wizard) but soon discovers the cottage is a magical labyrinth in disguise. The cast of the first book are given more involved roles than their cameo appearances in ''Literature/CastleInTheAir'', but still stay secondary to Charmain's plot.
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It is set more than two years after Howl's Moving Castle, given the preceding book, ''Literature/CastleInTheAir''; a child born in that Sophie and Howl's [[spoiler:son, Morgan]], book is now two years old. Again, a new protagonist is introduced as the book follows the story of Charmain, a sheltered bookworm who is assigned to caretake a cottage for her Great Uncle (who is also the Royal Wizard) but soon discovers the cottage is a magical labyrinth in disguise. The cast of the first book are given more involved roles than their cameo appearances in ''Literature/CastleInTheAir'', but still stay secondary to Charmain's plot.
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'Cause "predescessor" is unclear on whether its the first sequel or the first book.
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It is set more than two years after its predecessor, given that Sophie and Howl's [[spoiler:son, Morgan]], is two years old. Again, a new protagonist is introduced as the book follows the story of Charmain, a sheltered bookworm who is assigned to caretake a cottage for her Great Uncle (who is also the Royal Wizard) but soon discovers the cottage is a magical labyrinth in disguise. The cast of the first book are given more involved roles than their cameo appearances in ''Literature/CastleInTheAir'', but still stay secondary to Charmain's plot.
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It is set more than two years after its predecessor, Howl's Moving Castle, given that Sophie and Howl's [[spoiler:son, Morgan]], is two years old. Again, a new protagonist is introduced as the book follows the story of Charmain, a sheltered bookworm who is assigned to caretake a cottage for her Great Uncle (who is also the Royal Wizard) but soon discovers the cottage is a magical labyrinth in disguise. The cast of the first book are given more involved roles than their cameo appearances in ''Literature/CastleInTheAir'', but still stay secondary to Charmain's plot.
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Time information.
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It is set a couple of years after its predecessor. Again, a new protagonist is introduced as the book follows the story of Charmain, a sheltered bookworm who is assigned to caretake a cottage for her Great Uncle (who is also the Royal Wizard) but soon discovers the cottage is a magical labyrinth in disguise. The cast of the first book are given more involved roles than their cameo appearances in ''Literature/CastleInTheAir'', but still stay secondary to Charmain's plot.
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It is set a couple of more than two years after its predecessor.predecessor, given that Sophie and Howl's [[spoiler:son, Morgan]], is two years old. Again, a new protagonist is introduced as the book follows the story of Charmain, a sheltered bookworm who is assigned to caretake a cottage for her Great Uncle (who is also the Royal Wizard) but soon discovers the cottage is a magical labyrinth in disguise. The cast of the first book are given more involved roles than their cameo appearances in ''Literature/CastleInTheAir'', but still stay secondary to Charmain's plot.
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'Cause that's mentioned in Samus Is A Girl, but needs its own entry. And the former entry needs indentation fix.
* GenderBender: Waif, the dog, who was initially male, but transformed himself after imprinting of Charmain.
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* SamusIsAGirl: Waif the dog is originally thought to be male. Notable in that the third person omniscient narrator also makes the mistake until Peter points out that Waif is female.
** Not a mistake. Waif pulled a GenderBender after meeting (and effectively imprinting upon) Charmain.
** Not a mistake. Waif pulled a GenderBender after meeting (and effectively imprinting upon) Charmain.
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* SamusIsAGirl: Waif the dog is originally thought to be male. Notable in that the third person omniscient narrator also makes the mistake until Peter points out that Waif is female.
** Not a mistake.female. But actually, Waif pulled a GenderBender after meeting (and effectively imprinting upon) Charmain.
** Not a mistake.
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'''''House of Many Ways''''' is the second sequel to Creator/DianaWynneJones's novel ''Literature/HowlsMovingCastle''.
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* RedheadedHero: Charmain.
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* MacGuffinGirl: [[spoiler: And she's a ''dog.'']]
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* ParentingTheHusband: Poor Sophie finds herself having to do this a little more literally than usual.
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* BaldOfEvil: [[spoiler:Prince Ludovic.]] [[spoiler:He]] wears a wig to cover it up.
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* BaldOfEvil: [[spoiler:Prince Ludovic.]] [[spoiler:He]] Ludovic, who]] wears a wig to cover it up.
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* [[spoiler:HeroicDog]]: [[spoiler: Waif, being the Elfgift and all that.]]
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* [[spoiler:HeroicDog]]: HeroicDog: [[spoiler: Waif, being the Elfgift and all that.]]
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* [[spoiler:HeroicDog]]: [[spoiler: Waif, being the Elfgift and all that.]]
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* BaldOfEvil: [[spoiler:Prince Ludovic.]] [[spoiler:He]] wears a wig to cover it up.
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''House of Many Ways'' is the second sequel to DianaWynneJones's novel ''Literature/HowlsMovingCastle''.
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''House of Many Ways'' is the second sequel to DianaWynneJones's Creator/DianaWynneJones's novel ''Literature/HowlsMovingCastle''.
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Zero Context Example of a highly misused trope; please check definition at Adorably Precocious Child before re-adding
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* CuteShotaroBoy: Twinkle, and perhaps Peter.
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* Bookworm: Charmain and Princess Hilda.
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* Bookworm: {{Bookworm}}: Charmain and Princess Hilda.
