- Accidental Downer Ending: Maradonia and the Law of Blood, the last published book, ends with a cliffhanger where the protagonists are poisoned, slip into unconsciousness and then "deeper and deeper until they reach a very different place". Then the creators decided to focus on the film adaptation Maradonia and the Shadow Empire, which ended up being so horribly received that the Maradonia series as a whole was Quietly Cancelled and buried, so the last book, Maradonia and the Battle for the Key, was never released even though it had been promoted as available for sale.
- Franchise Killer: The Troubled Production and financial failure of Maradonia and the Shadow Empire seems to have not only killed off the Maradonia series, but tainted Gloria's reputation to the point where she has evidently given up on itnote and is trying to distance herself from it. She released her next book, The Secret of Moon Lake, under the name Sofia Nova and described it as her debut novel, effectively disowning Maradonia.
- Keep Circulating the Tapes: For some reason, the e-book re-releases are no longer available for purchase. The physical copies themselves seem to be out of print as well, since most, if not all copies currently being sold are used.
- Parody Retcon: Following the release of a book trailer that could charitably be called "amateurish", Gloria Tesch's publicist responded to criticism by classifying the trailer as "obviously comic satire". Nobody bought it.
- Quietly Cancelled: The last book in the series, Maradonia and the Battle for the Key, was promoted as though it had been published, but it was never actually released. The series as a whole was quietly abandoned after the failure of The Film of the Book from 2016 Maradonia and the Shadow Empire, which ended on an orphaned "Will Return" Caption.
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