History Literature / FrancesTheBadger

* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Frances and her sister Gloria usually wear no clothes, but they wear dresses to school and on special occasions. Likewise, Frances's male friend Albert wears pants (yet no shirt) to school, but nothing outside of school. Meanwhile, [[PantslessMalesFullyDressedFemales Father never wears clothes, but Mother usually wears a dress]], or sometimes a skirt with no blouse.

* HereWeGoAgain: In the episode, "A Whiny Sister for Francs", Gloria becomes sick with the flu, and Frances is upset as her parents are too tired from taking care of Gloria to do anything with her. In the end, when Gloria finally recovers, Frances gets sick.

* {{Hypocrite}}: When Thelma realizes that Frances put a penny in the sugar bowl of her old tea set as part of a ruse, she criticizes her for playing such a trick on a friend. Frances points out it wasn't a very nice trick Thelma played on her to talk her into buying the tea set.

* ManipulativeBitch: In ''A Bargain for Frances'', Frances talks about saving her allowance to buy a china tea set. Thelma tricks her into buying her cheap plastic tea set instead, and then goes and buys a china tea set for herself with the money Frances gave her.

* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Frances and her sister Gloria usually wear no clothes, but they wear dresses to school and on special occasions. Likewise, Frances's male friend Albert wears pants (yet no shirt) to school, but nothing outside of school. Meanwhile, [[PantslessMaleFullyDressedFemale Father never wears clothes, but Mother usually wears a dress]], or sometimes a skirt with no blouse.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: In ''A Bargain for Frances'', Frances' mother warns her to take care when she says she's going to play with Thelma, because she always winds up worse off for it.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Frances's personality was based on Russell and Lillian Hoban's daughter Phoebe.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: In ''A Bargain for Frances'', Frances' mother warns her to take care when she says she's going to play with Thelma, because she always winds up worse off for it.

Frances, a young badger, lives a comfortable life with her friends and family. Her story began with the 1960 book ''Bedtime for Frances'', written by Russell Hoban and illustrated by Garth Williams. From there, it spun off into a beloved children's book series about Frances' adventures and misadventures as she tackles the life of a small child.

* GettingReadyForBedPlot: "Bedtime for Frances," where Frances can't sleep because her imagination keeps running away with her and picturing scary things.

** In "A Baby Sister for Frances," Frances is annoyed that baby Gloria is taking up her parents' attention, so she decides to [[TheRunaway run away]]. She only goes as far as the kitchen table, though, and she decides to "come home" after her parents purposefully have an EasilyOverheardConversation about how much they miss her and how much Gloria will miss having a big sister.

* MistakenForInsane: In the AnimatedAdaptation episode "A Whiny Sister for Frances", Gloria's somewhat out-of-it due to her stomach flu, and Frances briefly wonders if Gloria has lost her mind before her father clarifies what's wrong with her.

* IronicEcho: When Thelma talks Frances into buying her tea set rather than trying to find one of the china ones she wants, she warns her that there will be "no backsies." Later, while Frances messes with Thelma by suggesting that she left something valuable in the tea set when she sold it to her, she repeats that she doesn't have to tell her what is in the sugar bowl because Thelma declared "no backsies."

* RadishCure: In ''Bread and Jam for Frances'', Frances the badger only wants to eat bread and jam, and is unwilling to try any other foods. Her parents decide to give her bread and jam for every meal, and while she's happy about it at first, she eventually gets tired of it and asks to try some spaghetti at one meal. The story ends with her bringing a lunch to school that consists of a wide variety of foods, with no jam to speak of.

* ScaryShadowFakeout: In ''Bedtime for Frances'', Frances sees a large, dark shape in the corner and thinks it's a hostile giant. When she asks it what it wants, it turns out to be a robe draped over a chair.

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