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* Dude,Where'sMyRespect: Despite being the hero, everyone seems to expect him to [[EpicFail epically fail]] all the time.

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* Dude,Where'sMyRespect: DudeWheresMyRespect: Despite being the hero, everyone seems to expect him to [[EpicFail epically fail]] all the time.
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* DudeWhere'sMyRespect: Despite being the hero, everyone seems to expect him to [[EpicFail epically fail]] all the time.

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* DudeWhere'sMyRespect: Dude,Where'sMyRespect: Despite being the hero, everyone seems to expect him to [[EpicFail epically fail]] all the time.
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* DudeWhere'sMyRespect: Despite being the hero, everyone seems to expect him to [[EpicFail epically fail]] all the time.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be snarky and cynical, but in the end, he'll always stick up for his friends, no matter what. To the point where he'll die for them.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be As snarky and cynical, but cynical as he is, in the end, he'll always stick up for his friends, no matter what. To the point where he'll die for them.
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* SinsOfTheFather: [[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk When his father stole from the giant in the castle in the clouds, the giant chased him and destroyed everything in his path, and he became known as the biggest criminal to walk the land. As his son, Jack bears the brunt of this hate, as everyone treats him like dirt for it, and he ends up hating his father for this.]]

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* SinsOfTheFather: [[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk When his father stole from the giant in the castle in the clouds, the giant chased him and destroyed everything in his path, path]], and he became known as the biggest criminal to walk the land. As his son, Jack bears the brunt of this hate, as everyone treats him like dirt for it, and he ends up hating his father for this.]]
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* SinsOfTheFather: When his father stole from the giant in the castle in the clouds, the giant chased him and destroyed everything in his path, and he became known as the biggest criminal to walk the land. As his son, Jack bears the brunt of this hate, as everyone treats him like dirt for it, and he ends up hating his father for this.

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* SinsOfTheFather: [[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk When his father stole from the giant in the castle in the clouds, the giant chased him and destroyed everything in his path, and he became known as the biggest criminal to walk the land. As his son, Jack bears the brunt of this hate, as everyone treats him like dirt for it, and he ends up hating his father for this.]]

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* DeadpanSnarker: Often makes sarcastic and bitter comments.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Often makes sarcastic and bitter comments.comments and generally expects the worst to happen.



* SinsOfTheFather: When his father stole from the giant in the castle in the clouds, the giant chased him and destroyed everything in his path, and he became known as the biggest criminal to walk the land. As his son, Jack bears the brunt of this hate, as everyone treats him like dirt for it, and he ends up hating his father for this.
* TookALevelInBadass: He takes several as the adventure progresses.




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* WorkingClassHero: He's an average boy who lives with his grandfather in a small village.


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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She takes it upon herself to track down all the former rulers of the kingdoms the Wicked Queen conquered after the latter's death.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: With May.

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* BelligerentSexualTension: With May. A lot.



* BelligerentSexualTension: With Jack.

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* BelligerentSexualTension: With Jack. A lot.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be snarky and cynical, but in the end, he'll always stick up for innocent people and for his friends, no matter what. To the point where he'll die for them.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be snarky and cynical, but in the end, he'll always stick up for innocent people and for his friends, no matter what. To the point where he'll die for them.



* OfficialCouple: With Jack.



* WellExcuseMePrincess: Has this dynamic with Jack. They constantly snark at each other, throwing insults and barbs as they fight bad guys and run into all sorts of trouble.

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* WellExcuseMePrincess: Has this dynamic with Jack. They constantly snark at each other, throwing insults and barbs as they fight bad guys all the time, and run into she keeps expecting him to pull off epic fails all sorts of trouble.the time.

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* WellExcuseMePrincess: Has this dynamic with May. They constantly snark at each other, throwing insults and barbs as they fight bad guys and run into all sorts of trouble.



* RebelliousPrincess: She isn't a fan of acting out a Cinderella story she finds boring, and she isn't someone to sit around and wait for life to get better. After all, she ''was'' brought up in the real world, so she would know.

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* RebelliousPrincess: She isn't a fan of acting out a Cinderella story she finds boring, and she isn't someone to sit around and wait for life to get better. After all, she ''was'' brought up in the real world, so she would know.know.
* WellExcuseMePrincess: Has this dynamic with Jack. They constantly snark at each other, throwing insults and barbs as they fight bad guys and run into all sorts of trouble.

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* UptownBoy: Meets and falls in love with May (a princess). [[spoiler: It's actually an inversion of the original Cinderella story, as May, who is treated as royalty and actually is, since she's a princess, is supposed to be the peasant girl (she's Cinderella), and Jack, who grew up an average peasant with his grandfather, is supposed to be the royal boy, since he's the prince of Charm.]]

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* UptownBoy: Meets and falls in love with May (a princess). [[spoiler: It's actually an inversion of the original Cinderella story, as May, who everyone thinks is treated as royalty and actually is, since she's a princess, is supposed to be the peasant girl (she's Cinderella), and Jack, who grew up an average peasant with his grandfather, is supposed to be the royal boy, since he's the prince of Charm.]]



* DeadpanSnarker: A classic one. She doesn't go an hour without having something snarky or witty to say. [[spoiler: This is exploited by the prison imp, who takes her sarcasm in exchange for Jack reappearing inside the cell.]]

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* DeadpanSnarker: A classic one. She doesn't go an hour without having something snarky or witty to say. [[spoiler: This is exploited by the prison imp, who takes her sarcasm in exchange for Jack reappearing inside the cell.]]]]
* RebelliousPrincess: She isn't a fan of acting out a Cinderella story she finds boring, and she isn't someone to sit around and wait for life to get better. After all, she ''was'' brought up in the real world, so she would know.
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* UptownBoy: Meets and falls in love with May (a princess). [[spoiler: It's actually an inversion of the original Cinderella story, as May, who is treated as royalty and actually is, since she's Cinderella, is supposed to be the peasant girl, and Jack, who grew up an average peasant with his grandfather, is supposed to be the royal boy, since he's the prince of Charm.]]

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* UptownBoy: Meets and falls in love with May (a princess). [[spoiler: It's actually an inversion of the original Cinderella story, as May, who is treated as royalty and actually is, since she's Cinderella, a princess, is supposed to be the peasant girl, girl (she's Cinderella), and Jack, who grew up an average peasant with his grandfather, is supposed to be the royal boy, since he's the prince of Charm.]]
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* UptownBoy: Meets and falls in love with May (a princess). [[spoiler: It's actually an inversion of the original Cinderella story, as May, who is Cinderella, is supposed to be the peasant girl, and Jack, who is the prince of Charm, is supposed to be the royal boy.]]

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* UptownBoy: Meets and falls in love with May (a princess). [[spoiler: It's actually an inversion of the original Cinderella story, as May, who is treated as royalty and actually is, since she's Cinderella, is supposed to be the peasant girl, and Jack, who is the prince of Charm, grew up an average peasant with his grandfather, is supposed to be the royal boy.boy, since he's the prince of Charm.]]

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The adventure starts with him failing a princess rescue test in spectacular fashion.




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* UptownBoy: Meets and falls in love with May (a princess). [[spoiler: It's actually an inversion of the original Cinderella story, as May, who is Cinderella, is supposed to be the peasant girl, and Jack, who is the prince of Charm, is supposed to be the royal boy.]]
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A 14-year old girl who lives with her grandmother in the real world, her grandmother gets kidnapped by a guy in green and his minions, and she falls out of a blue fire portal and lands in Jack's world, in Giant's Hand.
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* FailureHero: He's the worst when it comes to rescuing princesses, as he's the only one in his class to actually ''fail'' the princess rescue test. He starts to grow into a true hero as the adventure goes on.

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* FailureHero: He's the worst when it comes to rescuing princesses, as he's the only one in his class to actually ''fail'' the princess rescue test. He starts to grow into a true hero as the adventure goes on.on, although that doesn't stop May from sardonically expecting him to pull epic fails all the time.



* UndyingLoyalty: To his friends.

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* UndyingLoyalty: To his friends.friends.

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* {{Adorkable}}: She has her moments.
* ActionGirl: Grows into this throughout the story.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Jack.
* DeadpanSnarker: A classic one. She doesn't go an hour without having something snarky or witty to say. [[spoiler: This is exploited by the prison imp, who takes her sarcasm in exchange for Jack reappearing inside the cell.]]

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be snarky and cynical, but in the end, he'll always stick up for innocent people and for his friends, no matter what.

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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: He pulls this off ''twice'', with his second one being the more awesome. The first one, when Lian and an army of mermen are chasing after the trio and their mermaid companion Meghan, he lets go of the mermaid and takes on Lian to give the group a chance to escape. And the second one, as he hangs his sword over Phillip's head in the Wicked Queen's throne room, he cuts out May's chains and triggers a fight in which the Queen kills him with his own sword.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be snarky and cynical, but in the end, he'll always stick up for innocent people and for his friends, no matter what. To the point where he'll die for them.



* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoiler: Turns out he and Jill are the Charmed One's nephew and niece, making them the prince and princess of the kingdom of Charm. In other words, he's Prince Charming. Does that ring a bell?]]

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* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoiler: Turns out he and Jill are the Charmed One's nephew and niece, making them the prince and princess of the kingdom of Charm. In other words, he's Prince Charming. Does that ring a bell?]]bell?]]
*UndyingLoyalty: To his friends.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: [[spoiler: For all the crap he gives Jill and his father, he really does care for them.]]

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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: [[spoiler: For all the crap As much as he gives Jill and hates his father, he really does care for them.still can't help but give him and Jill a hug when all the fighting is over and everyone is celebrating the victory over the Wicked Queen.]]



* FailureHero: He's the worst when it comes to rescuing princesses, as he's the only one in his class to actually ''fail'' the princess rescue test. He starts to grow into form as the adventure goes on.

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* FailureHero: He's the worst when it comes to rescuing princesses, as he's the only one in his class to actually ''fail'' the princess rescue test. He starts to grow into form a true hero as the adventure goes on.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: [[spoiler: For all the crap he gives Jill and his father, he really does care for them.]]

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* TheHero: While May and Phillip play as major a part in the story as he does, he is the one who sets off with May to rescue Snow White, and the story revolves around him the most.

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* TheHero: While May and Phillip play as major a part in the story as he does, he is the one who sets off with May to rescue Snow White, and he gets many of the story revolves around him central moments of the most.adventure.


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* OfficialCouple: With May.
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* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoilers: Turns out he and Jill are the Charmed One's nephew and niece, making them the prince and princess of the kingdom of Charm. In other words, he's Prince Charming. Does that ring a bell?]]

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* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoilers: [[spoiler: Turns out he and Jill are the Charmed One's nephew and niece, making them the prince and princess of the kingdom of Charm. In other words, he's Prince Charming. Does that ring a bell?]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be snarky and cynical, but in the end, he'll always stick up for innocent people and for his friends, no matter what.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be snarky and cynical, but in the end, he'll always stick up for innocent people and for his friends, no matter what.what.
* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoilers: Turns out he and Jill are the Charmed One's nephew and niece, making them the prince and princess of the kingdom of Charm. In other words, he's Prince Charming. Does that ring a bell?]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be snarky and cynical, but in the end, he'll always stick up for innocent people and for his friends, no matter what.
* TheHero: While May and Phillip play as major a part in the story as he does, he is the one who sets off with May to rescue Snow White, and the story revolves around him the most.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be snarky and cynical, but in the end, he'll always stick up for innocent people and for his friends, no matter what.
* TheHero: While May and Phillip play as major a part in the story as he does, he is the one who sets off with May to rescue Snow White, and the story revolves around him the most.most.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be snarky and cynical, but in the end, he'll always stick up for innocent people and for his friends, no matter what.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be snarky and cynical, but in the end, he'll always stick up for innocent people and for his friends, no matter what.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be snarky and cynical, but in the end, he'll always stick up for innocent people and for his friends, no matter what.what.
* TheHero: While May and Phillip play as major a part in the story as he does, he is the one who sets off with May to rescue Snow White, and the story revolves around him the most.
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* GuileHero: ''Oh boy.'' He makes mistakes most of the time, but when he puts his smarts and cunning to the test, he can pull off some ''truly'' awesome things. [[spoilers: He manages to outsmart and outplay ''[[TheDreaded the Wicked Queen]]'', of all people.]]

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* GuileHero: ''Oh boy.'' He makes mistakes most of the time, but when he puts his smarts and cunning to the test, he can pull off some ''truly'' awesome things. [[spoilers: [[spoiler: He manages to outsmart and outplay ''[[TheDreaded the Wicked Queen]]'', of all people.]]
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* GuileHero: ''Oh boy.'' He makes mistakes most of the time, but when he puts his smarts and cunning to the test, he can pull off some ''truly'' awesome things. [[spoilers: He manages to outsmart and outplay ''[[TheDreaded the Wicked Queen]]'', of all people.]]
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* ButtMonkey: Oh boy. One way or another, the world keeps finding hilarious and dumb ways to beat up on him.

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* ButtMonkey: Oh boy. One way or another, the world keeps finding hilarious and dumb ways to beat up on him.him.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With May.
* DeadpanSnarker: Often makes sarcastic and bitter comments.
* FailureHero: He's the worst when it comes to rescuing princesses, as he's the only one in his class to actually ''fail'' the princess rescue test. He starts to grow into form as the adventure goes on.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be snarky and cynical, but in the end, he'll always stick up for innocent people and for his friends, no matter what.
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* Adorkable: He has his moments, especially when he's around May.

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* Adorkable: {{Adorkable}}: He has his moments, especially when he's around May.
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!!Jack

The hero of the story, a 14-year old ordinary boy from the village of Giant's Hand. He lives with his grandfather and is at the bottom of his class when it comes to princess rescues.
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* Adorkable: He has his moments, especially when he's around May.
* ButtMonkey: Oh boy. One way or another, the world keeps finding hilarious and dumb ways to beat up on him.
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