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* CradleOfLoneliness: Tara sleeps curled around [[spoiler:the bag of her father's cremated ashes]].
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* CradleOfLoneliness: Tara sleeps curled around [[spoiler:the bag of her father's cremated ashes]].
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* ComicallyInappropriateFuneralUrn: After [[spoiler:Russ Simmons]] is murdered, his family finds out he was a philandering criminal. Urns at the funeral home start at $100, so his wife, who hates his memory and didn't really want the ashes to begin with, takes them home in a beat-up cardboard box.
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* ComicallyInappropriateFuneralUrn: A serious example. After [[spoiler:Russ Simmons]] is murdered, his family finds out he was a philandering criminal. Urns at the funeral home start at $100, so his wife, who hates his memory and didn't really want the ashes to begin with, takes them home in a beat-up cardboard box.
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* ComicallyInappropriateFuneralUrn: After [[spoiler:Russ Simmons]] is murdered, his family finds out he was a philandering criminal. Urns at the funeral home start at $100, so his wife, who hates his memory and didn't really want the ashes to begin with, takes them home in a beat-up cardboard box.
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* BrokenPedestal: Tara Simmons grew up on her father's lavender farm. While her father used to do drugs and run with a rough crowd, she thought he gave up all that when he married her mom and moved to the country. [[spoiler:In fact, he was dealing drugs and having affairs during his "business trips." Tara and her mom never learned the truth until Karla killed him.]]
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* {{Adorkable}}: In-universe example. When Mary Louise calls Tommy cute, Leann references this trope by name.
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* EndearinglyDorky: Discussed. When Mary Louise calls Tommy cute, Leann uses the term "adorkable".
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* TakingTheKids: Dwight and his mom finally leave his dad after he violently beats them one too many times.
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* TakingTheKids: Dwight and his mom finally leave his dad after he violently beats them one too many times.
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* FryingPanOfDoom: Dwight's mom uses one to try to defend herself against her abusive husband, but it only briefly stuns him.
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* TakingTheKids: Dwight and his mom finally leave his dad after he violently beats them one too many times.
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''Evidence of Things Not Seen'' is a 2014 novel by Lindsey Lane. It follows the search for Tommy Smythe, a high school junior in a rural community who goes missing on the evening of May 4. Each chapter is narrated by a different character, some in the first person and some in the third person, mixed in with entries from Tommy's journal. Tommy was a physics nerd who believed that everything is possible, and was constantly wandering off, trying to satisfy his curiosity. Was he abducted? Did he wander off and get killed? Or did he find a way into another dimension?
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''Evidence of Things Not Seen'' is a 2014 novel by Lindsey Lane. It follows the search for aftermath of the disappearance of Tommy Smythe, a high school junior in a rural small Texas community who goes missing on the evening of May 4. Each chapter is narrated by a different character, some in the first person and some in the third person, mixed in with entries from Tommy's journal. Tommy was a physics nerd who believed that everything is possible, and was constantly wandering off, trying to satisfy his curiosity. Was he abducted? Did he wander off and get killed? Or did he find a way into another dimension?
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[spoiler:It's never explained exactly what happened to Tommy. His goggles are found months after his disappearance, and months after that he's sighted in a field but immediately vanishes, both of which would seem to point towards the alternate dimension explanation.]]
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* GeneHunting: Tommy was adopted, and one theory for his disappearance is that he went looking for his biological parents.
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* LearntEnglishFromWatchingTelevision: Chuy learned most of his English from comic books.
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* DispenseWithThePleasantries: When Sheriff Caldwell acts excessively formal towards Hallie Stillwell, she says, "For crying out loud, Eugene Caldwell, I have known you since you were a spit of a thing. Don't give me any of that 'Ms. Stillwell, I need to ask you a few questions' baloney. If you get all official on me, I'll official you right off my property."
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* DispenseWithThePleasantries: When Sheriff Caldwell acts excessively formal towards Hallie Stillwell, the owner of the highway pull-out where Tommy's motorbike was found, she says, "For crying out loud, Eugene Caldwell, I have known you since you were a spit of a thing. Don't give me any of that 'Ms. Stillwell, I need to ask you a few questions' baloney. If you get all official on me, I'll official you right off my property."
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* MakeOutPoint: The highway pull-out where Tommy's motorbike is found is a popular spot for horny teenagers, as well as the subject of a lot of terrible jokes about girls putting out or boys pulling out.
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* MakeOutPoint: The highway pull-out where Tommy's motorbike is found is a popular spot for horny teenagers, as well as the subject of a lot of terrible jokes about girls putting out or boys pulling out.
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* DispenseWithThePleasantries: When Sheriff Caldwell acts excessively formal towards Hallie Stillwell, she says, "For crying out loud, Eugene Caldwell, I have known you since you were a spit of a thing. Don't give me any of that 'Ms. Stillwell, I need to ask you a few questions' baloney. If you get all official on me, I'll official you right off my property."
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* WaxingLyrical: Frank asks Stella if she would like to swing on a star and carry moonbeams home in a jar.
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* LivesInAVan: Carla used to live in a car with her prostitute mother.
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* LivesInAVan: Carla Karla used to live in a car with her prostitute mother.
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* CradleOfLoneliness: Tara Simmons sleeps curled around [[spoiler:the bag of her father's cremated ashes]].
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* DrowningMySorrows: When Tara's mom learns that [[spoiler:her husband was a drug dealer murdered by a seventeen-year-old prostitute he'd had an affair with]], she goes straight to her room with a bottle of wine and drinks until she passes out.
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* {{Adorkable}}: In-universe example. When Mary Louise calls Tommy cute, Leann references this trope by name.
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* LivesInAVan: Carla used to live in a car with her prostitute mother.
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* ThisIsReality: Physics teacher Mr. [=McCloud=] doesn't believe the speculation that Tommy crossed over into another dimension, because "we are not living in the panels of Creator/{{Marvel}} comics."
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* LiteralMinded: When Rachel asked what Tommy was doing, he would often answer "Talking to you." She would have to ask more specific questions, like "Where are you going?" or "What are you going to do?"
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* TheirFirstTime: Izzy decides to have sex with her friend Alex so that her virginity won't be a factor in future sex-related decisions. Unfortunately, she assumes that AManIsAlwaysEager and doesn't check in with him first, resulting in what amounts to accidental sexual assault.
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* SecurityBlanket: Tommy is so attached to his notebook that James Houghton compares it to his blankie.
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* CharacterTics: At the end of class, when the teacher was droning on about due dates and the final, Tommy used to tap his pencil and jerk his legs to try to make time pass faster.
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* MakeAnExampleOfThem: Alvin Clark's dad, who owns the salvage yard, shoots tools that don't work properly. He tells the other tools, "This is what happens to lousy tools."
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* MissingMom: Alvin's mother disappeared when he was ten. His father never reported it.
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''Evidence of Things Not Seen'' is a 2014 novel by Lindsey Lane. It follows the search for Tommy Smythe, a high school junior in a rural community who goes missing on the evening of May 4. Each chapter is narrated by a different character, some in the first person and some in the third person, mixed in with entries from Tommy's journal. Tommy was a physics nerd who believed that everything is possible, and was constantly wandering off, trying to satisfy his curiosity. Was he abducted? Did he wander off and get killed? Or did he find a way into another dimension?
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!!''Evidence of Things Not Seen'' contains examples of:
* CreepyUncle: Leann Jordan was sexually abused by her uncle, and later her cousin. Both told her it was okay because they loved her. When her mother found out, she [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming called her a tease]] and sent her to live with her aunt.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Tommy used to drive his motorbike at high speeds, then abruptly stop so he could look at things.
* MakeOutPoint: The highway pull-out where Tommy's motorbike is found is a popular spot for horny teenagers, as well as the subject of a lot of terrible jokes about girls putting out or boys pulling out.
* PoliceBrutalityGambit: When a cop tries to arrest Alvin, he smashes own his head into the car door, hoping his threat of a police brutality complaint will get the cop to leave him alone.
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!!''Evidence of Things Not Seen'' contains examples of:
* CreepyUncle: Leann Jordan was sexually abused by her uncle, and later her cousin. Both told her it was okay because they loved her. When her mother found out, she [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming called her a tease]] and sent her to live with her aunt.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Tommy used to drive his motorbike at high speeds, then abruptly stop so he could look at things.
* MakeOutPoint: The highway pull-out where Tommy's motorbike is found is a popular spot for horny teenagers, as well as the subject of a lot of terrible jokes about girls putting out or boys pulling out.
* PoliceBrutalityGambit: When a cop tries to arrest Alvin, he smashes own his head into the car door, hoping his threat of a police brutality complaint will get the cop to leave him alone.
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