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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: When Tyler is explaining to [[TheSmartGuy Kelley]] how [[spoiler: Mr. Click died]], she says, "Are you kidding me?", "Are you serious?", and "You can't be serious! Are you kidding me?".

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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: When Tyler is explaining to [[TheSmartGuy Kelley]] how [[spoiler: Mr.[[spoiler:Mr. Click died]], she says, "Are you kidding me?", "Are you serious?", and "You can't be serious! Are you kidding me?".



* WhamLine: Esmeralda the doll-maker tells [[AntiHero Tyler]] and [[TheChick Kelley]], [[spoiler:"[[[TheDitz Adam]]] add to power of doll. Make it super-magical. He [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]].", revealing that [[TheDitz Adam]] of all people is TheChosenOne.]].

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* WhamLine: Esmeralda the doll-maker tells [[AntiHero Tyler]] and [[TheChick Kelley]], Kelley, [[spoiler:"[[[TheDitz Adam]]] add to power of doll. Make it super-magical. He [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]].", revealing that [[TheDitz Adam]] of all people is TheChosenOne.]].
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''A Bad Day For Voodoo'' is a young adult fiction novel written by Jeff Strand, and published in 2012. It is about a high school sophomore, Tyler Churchill, who gets an undeserved F from his teacher [[SadistTeacher Mr. Click]]. His crazy best friend, Adam Westell, comes to him with a VoodooDoll of Mr. Click, and tells him to jab some pins into it in the middle of Mr. Click's class. He declines, but Adam wants him to humor him, so he does. Unfortunately, Mr. Click's leg comes off, and he gets sent to the hospital. Naturally, they both freak out. Along the way, Tyler's girlfriend Kelley comes to [[TheChick mediate conflicts between Tyler and Adam]]. To make matters worse, Adam has a voodoo doll of Tyler made, and it's in danger of being destroyed by a Rottweiler, a gang of thugs, and a family of cannibals. The main plot is the trio trying to rescue the doll so Tyler doesn't get killed.

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''A Bad Day For Voodoo'' is a young adult fiction novel written by Jeff Strand, and published in 2012. It is about a high school sophomore, Tyler Churchill, who gets an undeserved F from his teacher [[SadistTeacher Mr. Click]]. His crazy best friend, Adam Westell, comes to him with a VoodooDoll of Mr. Click, and tells him to jab some pins into it in the middle of Mr. Click's class. He declines, but Adam wants him to humor him, so he does. Unfortunately, Mr. Click's leg comes off, and he gets sent to the hospital. Naturally, they both freak out. Along the way, Tyler's girlfriend Kelley comes to [[TheChick mediate conflicts between Tyler and Adam]].Adam. To make matters worse, Adam has a voodoo doll of Tyler made, and it's in danger of being destroyed by a Rottweiler, a gang of thugs, and a family of cannibals. The main plot is the trio trying to rescue the doll so Tyler doesn't get killed.
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* TheChick: Kelley. She always tries to break up fights between [[AntiHero Tyler]] and Adam.
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''A Bad Day For Voodoo'' is a young adult fiction novel written by Jeff Strand, and published in 2012. It is about a high school sophomore, Tyler Churchill, who gets an undeserved F from his teacher [[SadistTeacher Mr. Click]]. His crazy best friend, Adam Westell, comes to him with a voodoo doll of Mr. Click, and tells him to jab some pins into it in the middle of Mr. Click's class. He declines, but Adam wants him to humor him, so he does. Unfortunately, Mr. Click's leg comes off, and he gets sent to the hospital. Naturally, they both freak out. Along the way, Tyler's girlfriend Kelley comes to [[TheChick mediate conflicts between Tyler and Adam]]. To make matters worse, Adam has a voodoo doll of Tyler made, and it's in danger of being destroyed by a Rottweiler, a gang of thugs, and a family of cannibals. The main plot is the trio trying to rescue the doll so Tyler doesn't get killed.

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''A Bad Day For Voodoo'' is a young adult fiction novel written by Jeff Strand, and published in 2012. It is about a high school sophomore, Tyler Churchill, who gets an undeserved F from his teacher [[SadistTeacher Mr. Click]]. His crazy best friend, Adam Westell, comes to him with a voodoo doll VoodooDoll of Mr. Click, and tells him to jab some pins into it in the middle of Mr. Click's class. He declines, but Adam wants him to humor him, so he does. Unfortunately, Mr. Click's leg comes off, and he gets sent to the hospital. Naturally, they both freak out. Along the way, Tyler's girlfriend Kelley comes to [[TheChick mediate conflicts between Tyler and Adam]]. To make matters worse, Adam has a voodoo doll of Tyler made, and it's in danger of being destroyed by a Rottweiler, a gang of thugs, and a family of cannibals. The main plot is the trio trying to rescue the doll so Tyler doesn't get killed.
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* WhamLine: Esmeralda the doll-maker tells [[AntiHero Tyler]] and [[TheChick Kelley]], "[[spoiler:[[[TheDitz Adam]]] add to power of doll. Make it super-magical. He [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]].", revealing that [[TheDitz Adam]] of all people is TheChosenOne.]].

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* WhamLine: Esmeralda the doll-maker tells [[AntiHero Tyler]] and [[TheChick Kelley]], "[[spoiler:[[[TheDitz [[spoiler:"[[[TheDitz Adam]]] add to power of doll. Make it super-magical. He [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]].", revealing that [[TheDitz Adam]] of all people is TheChosenOne.]].
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* WhamLine: Esmeralda the doll-maker tells [[AntiHero Tyler]] and [[TheChick Kelley]], "[[spoiler:[[[TheDitz Adam]]] add to power of doll. Make it super-magical. He [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]].", revealing that [[TheDitz Adam]] of all people is TheChosenOne.]]".

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* WhamLine: Esmeralda the doll-maker tells [[AntiHero Tyler]] and [[TheChick Kelley]], "[[spoiler:[[[TheDitz Adam]]] add to power of doll. Make it super-magical. He [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]].", revealing that [[TheDitz Adam]] of all people is TheChosenOne.]]".]].
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* WhamLine: Esmeralda the doll-maker tells [[AntiHero Tyler]] and [[TheChick Kelley]], "[[spoiler:[[[TheDitz Adam]]] add to power of doll. Make it super-magical. He [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]].", revealing that [[TheDitz Adam]] of all people is TheChosenOne.]]".
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* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: Esmeralda, the maker of the voodoo dolls, explains to [[AntiHero Tyler]] and [[TheSmartGuy Kelley]] that [[TheDitz Adam]] is this, and will one day defeat the hobgoblins. When Kelley questions this, she explains that only the chosen one could have made the dolls so powerful.]]

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* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: Esmeralda, the maker of the voodoo dolls, explains to [[AntiHero Tyler]] and [[TheSmartGuy Kelley]] that [[TheDitz Adam]] is this, and will one day defeat the hobgoblins. When Kelley questions this, she explains that only the chosen one could have made the voodoo dolls so powerful.]]
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* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: Esmeralda, the maker of the voodoo dolls, explains to [[AntiHero Tyler]] and [[TheSmartGuy Kelley]] that Adam is this, and will one day defeat the hobgoblins. When Kelley questions this, she explains that only the chosen one could have made the dolls so powerful.]]

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* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: Esmeralda, the maker of the voodoo dolls, explains to [[AntiHero Tyler]] and [[TheSmartGuy Kelley]] that Adam [[TheDitz Adam]] is this, and will one day defeat the hobgoblins. When Kelley questions this, she explains that only the chosen one could have made the dolls so powerful.]]
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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: When Tyler is explaining to [[TheSmartGuy Kelley]] how [[spoiler: Mr. Click died]], she says, "Are you kidding me", "Are you serious?", and "You can't be serious! Are you kidding me?".

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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: When Tyler is explaining to [[TheSmartGuy Kelley]] how [[spoiler: Mr. Click died]], she says, "Are you kidding me", me?", "Are you serious?", and "You can't be serious! Are you kidding me?".
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* BigNo: After Mr. Click’s leg comes off, Tyler and Adam go to Tyler’s house to watch the news, and the reporter announces that [[spoiler: Mr. Click is dead]]. Adam shouts, "No!".
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: When Tyler is explaining to [[TheSmartGuy Kelley]] how [[spoiler: Mr. Click died]], she says, "Are you kidding me", "Are you serious?", and "You can’t be serious! Are you kidding me?".

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* BigNo: After [[SadistTeacher Mr. Click’s Click's]] leg comes off, Tyler and Adam go to Tyler’s Tyler's house to watch the news, and the reporter announces that [[spoiler: Mr. Click is dead]]. Adam shouts, "No!".
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: When Tyler is explaining to [[TheSmartGuy Kelley]] how [[spoiler: Mr. Click died]], she says, "Are you kidding me", "Are you serious?", and "You can’t can't be serious! Are you kidding me?".



* {{Foreshadowing}}: After Adam gets a voodoo doll made of Tyler to ensure that he won’t tell the cops about the voodoo doll of Adam got made of [[SadistTeacher Mr. Click]], Tyler asks him how he paid for another one when they cost 80 dollars, since Adam was out of money. Adam doesn’t answer. [[spoiler: As it turns out, Esmeralda the doll-maker made the doll for free because Adam is TheChosenOne.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: After Adam gets a voodoo doll made of Tyler to ensure that he won’t won't tell the cops about the voodoo doll of Adam got made of [[SadistTeacher Mr. Click]], Tyler asks him how he paid for another one when they cost 80 dollars, since Adam was out of money. Adam doesn’t doesn't answer. [[spoiler: As it turns out, Esmeralda the doll-maker made the doll for free because Adam is TheChosenOne.]]
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''A Bad Day For Voodoo'' is a young adult fiction novel written by Jeff Strand, and published in 2012. It is about a high school sophomore, Tyler Churchill, who gets an undeserved F from his teacher [[SadistTeacher Mr. Click]]. His crazy best friend, Adam Westell, comes to him with a voodoo doll of Mr. Click, and tells him to jab some pins into it in the middle of Mr. Click's class. He declines, but Adam wants him to humor him, so he does. Unfortunately, Mr. Click's leg comes off, and he gets sent to the hospital. Naturally, they both freak out. Along the way, Tyler's girlfriend Kelley comes to [[TheChick mediate conflicts between Tyler and Adam]]. To make matters worse, Adam has a voodoo doll of Tyler made, and it's in danger of being destroyed by a Rottweiler, a gang of thugs, and a family of cannibals. The main plot is the trio trying to rescue the doll so Tyler doesn't get killed.
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!! A Bad Day For Voodoo contains examples of:

* AntiHero: Tyler is the protagonist, and always tries to do the right thing, but states to the reader that he is definitely not a role model.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Tyler tries to [[spoiler: chase after his stolen car which has the voodoo doll of himself in it]], he curses: "S-word, f-word, s-word, d-word, s-word times three, f-word, and a z-word that [he] made up on the spot".
* BigNo: After Mr. Click’s leg comes off, Tyler and Adam go to Tyler’s house to watch the news, and the reporter announces that [[spoiler: Mr. Click is dead]]. Adam shouts, "No!".
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: When Tyler is explaining to [[TheSmartGuy Kelley]] how [[spoiler: Mr. Click died]], she says, "Are you kidding me", "Are you serious?", and "You can’t be serious! Are you kidding me?".
* TheChick: Kelley. She always tries to break up fights between [[AntiHero Tyler]] and Adam.
* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: Esmeralda, the maker of the voodoo dolls, explains to [[AntiHero Tyler]] and [[TheSmartGuy Kelley]] that Adam is this, and will one day defeat the hobgoblins. When Kelley questions this, she explains that only the chosen one could have made the dolls so powerful.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: After Adam gets a voodoo doll made of Tyler to ensure that he won’t tell the cops about the voodoo doll of Adam got made of [[SadistTeacher Mr. Click]], Tyler asks him how he paid for another one when they cost 80 dollars, since Adam was out of money. Adam doesn’t answer. [[spoiler: As it turns out, Esmeralda the doll-maker made the doll for free because Adam is TheChosenOne.]]
* IBangedYourMom: Implied by the cab driver. When Tyler is in the cab, he tells the cab driver that he needs to borrow his phone to call his mom, and when he hands him the phone, he jokes that she’s probably already in his contacts list.
* SadistTeacher: Mr. Click. He gives [[AntiHero Tyler]] an undeserved F, and announces to the entire class when a kid gets a bad grade.
* UnreliableNarrator: Defied. Tyler assures the reader that he is telling the complete truth.
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