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%%* ScrapbookStory* ScrapbookStory: The ''Abadazad'' series has been released in small graphic novels, each an enchanted [[strike:diary]]log in which she details her adventures to this point. The "enchanted" part comes to play when the book records things she wasn't around for, as well as turning from text to pictures and back, and bringing in full pages of the "original" ''Abadazad'' books whenever someone reads or refers to them.
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It turns out that due to DirectLineToTheAuthor, Oz was... brightened up a bit for kids. Made safe. And the little girl who told the story of her adventures to the author was [[ButNotTooBlack a little too black]] for that era to accept as the hero of a kids' book, so the author changed her into a little white girl.

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It turns out that due to DirectLineToTheAuthor, Oz was... brightened up a bit for kids. Made safe. And the little girl who told the story of her adventures to the author was [[ButNotTooBlack a little too black]] black for that era to accept as the hero of a kids' book, so the author changed her into a little white girl.

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* AdultFear: Your son can be kidnapped, and finding him seems very unlikely.


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* MissingChild: Your son can be kidnapped, and finding him seems very unlikely.
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* {{Cephalothorax}}: Professor Headstrong.

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* TheDragon: According to WordOfGod, the Lanky Man has a literal example called The Burping Dragon.

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* TheDragon: According to WordOfGod, Word Of God, the Lanky Man has a literal example called The Burping Dragon.



* TheHighQueen: Queen Ija.

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* {{Steampunk}}: Implied with the Wretchedly Awful City, the headquarters of the Lanky Man.

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** When Kate gets zapped into several different outfits, she finds herself dressed as [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]], [[Disney/PeterPan Tinkerbell]], and [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Glinda]]. She is not amused by that last one.

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** When Kate gets zapped into several different outfits, she finds herself dressed as [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]], [[Disney/PeterPan [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Tinkerbell]], and [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Glinda]]. She is not amused by that last one.

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Literary Agent Hypothesis is YMMV and based on fanon; Direct Line To The Author is its objective counterpart


It turns out that due to the LiteraryAgentHypothesis, Oz was... brightened up a bit for kids. Made safe. And the little girl who told the story of her adventures to the author was [[ButNotTooBlack a little too black]] for that era to accept as the hero of a kids' book, so the author changed her into a little white girl.

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It turns out that due to the LiteraryAgentHypothesis, DirectLineToTheAuthor, Oz was... brightened up a bit for kids. Made safe. And the little girl who told the story of her adventures to the author was [[ButNotTooBlack a little too black]] for that era to accept as the hero of a kids' book, so the author changed her into a little white girl.



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** The series as a whole can be seen as a ShoutOut to L.
** Frank Baum's ''[[Literature/LandOfOz Oz]]'' books.

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L. Frank Baum's ''[[Literature/LandOfOz Oz]]'' books.

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* ShoutOut: The series as a whole can be seen as a ShoutOut to L.

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* BigBad: The Lanky Man.
* ByThePowerOfGraySkull

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* CreepyChild: The Lanky Boys.
* {{Disneyfication}}: An in-universe example.
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* MadScientist: The Lanky Man.
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* [[spoiler: SaveBothWorlds: According to the author's outline, this would have been the plot near the end, had the series not been cancelled.]]
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* ShoutOut: The series as a whole can be seen as a ShoutOut to L. Frank Baum's ''[[Literature/LandOfOz Oz]]'' books.

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* [[spoiler: SaveBothWorlds: According [[spoiler:According to the author's outline, this would have been the plot near the end, had the series not been cancelled.]]
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* ShoutOut: The series as a whole can be seen as a ShoutOut to L. L.
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Frank Baum's ''[[Literature/LandOfOz Oz]]'' books.
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** The name of the guy who wrote the "original" ''Abadazad'' is Franklin O. Davies. Originally, his name was Franklin O. Barrie. Both "Davies" and "Barrie" relate to the real-life people behind PeterPan.

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** The name of the guy who wrote the "original" ''Abadazad'' is Franklin O. Davies. Originally, his name was Franklin O. Barrie. Both "Davies" and "Barrie" relate to the real-life people behind PeterPan.''Franchise/PeterPan''.
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The 2004 series was made by Creator/CrossGen and bought out by Disney.

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The 2004 series was made written by Creator/CrossGen J. M. [=DeMatteis=] and drawn by Mike Ploog. The comic was published by Creator/CrossGen, which was bought out by Disney.Creator/{{Disney}}, who published a few childrens' books based on the comic.

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* FishPeople: The Waterlogged Warlock, one of the Elders of Abadazad.

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* FishPeople: FishPerson: The Waterlogged Warlock, one of the Elders of Abadazad.
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The 2004 series was made by CrossGen and bought out by Disney.

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The 2004 series was made by CrossGen Creator/CrossGen and bought out by Disney.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''{{Imaginalis}}'', a young adult novel written by series writer J.M. [=DeMatteis=] as a form of catharsis over the series' cancellation.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''{{Imaginalis}}'', ''Literature/{{Imaginalis}}'', a young adult novel written by series writer J.M. [=DeMatteis=] as a form of catharsis over the series' cancellation.

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* AdultFear: The creepy clown at the local fair might want to kidnap your son.

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* AdultFear: The creepy clown at the local fair might want to kidnap your son.Your son can be kidnapped, and finding him seems very unlikely.


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* [[spoiler: SaveBothWorlds: According to the author's outline, this would have been the plot near the end, had the series not been cancelled.]]
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You know ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''?

No, you don't.

It turns out that due to the LiteraryAgentHypothesis, Oz was... brightened up a bit for kids. Made safe. And the little girl who told the story of her adventures to the author was [[ButNotTooBlack a little too black]] for that era to accept as the hero of a kids' book, so the author changed her into a little white girl.

We find all this out while reading ''Abadazad''. Okay, so it's not the real Oz, but it's a brilliant and colorful CaptainErsatz of the place.

Kate was pretty young when her [[DisappearedDad father]] [[ParentalAbandonment abandoned her family]] and her mother started drinking. So she was pretty much responsible for [[PromotionToParent raising her kid brother by herself]]. No wonder she felt so responsible over him getting kidnapped.

Only, thing is, he was actually taken to Abadazad. Kate only learns this a few years later from the woman across the hall in their apartment building -- an old black woman who seems to know a little too much about those kids' books that have been around forever....

Oh, and this book you're reading? It's Kate's magic diary, which she gets shortly after entering the MagicalLand. Sometimes it writes things for itself; things Kate shouldn't even know about.

The 2004 series was made by CrossGen and bought out by Disney.
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!!This comic provides examples of:
* AdultFear: The creepy clown at the local fair might want to kidnap your son.
* BigBad: The Lanky Man.
* ByThePowerOfGraySkull
* {{Cephalothorax}}: Professor Headstrong.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: War doesn't exist in Abadazad because nobody believes in it.
* CreepyChild: The Lanky Boys.
* {{Disneyfication}}: An in-universe example.
* DownTheRabbitHole
* DisappearedDad: Kate's parents divorced when she and her brother were young, and they haven't heard from their dad since then.
* TheDragon: According to WordOfGod, the Lanky Man has a literal example called The Burping Dragon.

* ExtraEyes: Queen Ija has three eyes.
* FishPeople: The Waterlogged Warlock, one of the Elders of Abadazad.
* GodIsFlawed
* TheHighQueen: Queen Ija.
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis
* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: Kate comments that the clown Mr. Balloon just seemed to come out of nowhere to offer her and her brother tickets for a ride. [[spoiler: It's really The Lanky Man, who then kidnaps Matt while he's on the ride]].
* {{MacGuffin}}: The Blue Globe, whose only purpose is to get people from Earth to Abadazad.
* MadScientist: The Lanky Man.
* MagicalLand
* MedievalStasis: In Abadazad "Time has no meaning," to the point that the calendar is hard to decipher. However, Uncle Waterlogged comments that Abadazad does rebuild itself once in a while.
* {{Mooks}}: The Rocketheads are this for the Lanky Man.
* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Averted. As mentioned above, Martha was given a RaceLift in the books so she could be TheHero.
* PostModernism
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: The Lanky Man has kidnapped various children in order to use their dreams to fuel his "Great Machine."
* ScrapbookStory
* ShoutOut: The series as a whole can be seen as a ShoutOut to L. Frank Baum's ''[[Literature/LandOfOz Oz]]'' books.
** The name of the guy who wrote the "original" ''Abadazad'' is Franklin O. Davies. Originally, his name was Franklin O. Barrie. Both "Davies" and "Barrie" relate to the real-life people behind PeterPan.
** When Kate gets zapped into several different outfits, she finds herself dressed as [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]], [[Disney/PeterPan Tinkerbell]], and [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Glinda]]. She is not amused by that last one.
* SpiritualSuccessor: ''{{Imaginalis}}'', a young adult novel written by series writer J.M. [=DeMatteis=] as a form of catharsis over the series' cancellation.
* {{Steampunk}}: Implied with the Wretchedly Awful City, the headquarters of the Lanky Man.
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