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Thus begins the adventure of a lifetime for both of them. Between hiding from museum security in the bathroom in the mornings, tagging along with tour groups all day, and bathing in the museum fountain by night, Claudia becomes obsessed with a mysterious marble angel, sold to the museum for a mere $225, that may or may not be a lost Creator/{{Michelangelo}}.

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Thus begins the adventure of a lifetime for both of them. Between hiding from museum security in the bathroom in the mornings, tagging along with tour groups all day, and bathing in the museum fountain by night, Claudia becomes obsessed with a mysterious marble angel, sold to the museum for a mere $225, that may or may not be a lost Creator/{{Michelangelo}}.Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti.



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* UnusualEuphemism: Jamie's favorite minced oath is "boloney", which gives Claudia the EurekaMoment required to solve the Michelangelo mystery.

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* UnusualEuphemism: Jamie's favorite minced oath is "boloney", which gives Claudia the EurekaMoment required to solve the Michelangelo mystery.mystery.
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* CatchPhrase: Jamie's is "Oy, baloney!" [[spoiler: Turns out to be helpful for Claudia to remember the city of ''Bologna'', Italy.]]

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* CatchPhrase: Jamie's is "Oy, baloney!" "Oh, boloney!" [[spoiler: Turns out to be helpful for Claudia to remember the city of ''Bologna'', Italy.]]



* PublicBathhouseScene: An unusual example in that it's not in an actual bathhouse, but rather in the Met's fountain after hours. There's even a double-page spread of Claudia and Jamie nude in that fountain! [[note]]The fountain is ''The Fountain of the Muses'' by Carl Milles, which was relocated to South Carolina in 1982.[[/note]]



* UnusualEuphemism: Jamie's favorite minced oath is "BALONEY," which gives Claudia the EurekaMoment required to solve the Michelangelo mystery.

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* UnusualEuphemism: Jamie's favorite minced oath is "BALONEY," "boloney", which gives Claudia the EurekaMoment required to solve the Michelangelo mystery.


* TheRunaway: Claudia and Jamie

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* TheRunaway: Claudia and JamieJamie.


* CatchPhrase: Jamie's is "Oy, baloney!" [[spoiler: Turns out to be helpful for Claudia to remember the city of ''Bologna'', Italy]]

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* CatchPhrase: Jamie's is "Oy, baloney!" [[spoiler: Turns out to be helpful for Claudia to remember the city of ''Bologna'', Italy]]Italy.]]


* SenselessViolins: Claudia and Jamie pack most of their clothes in viola and trumpet cases.

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* SenselessViolins: Claudia and Jamie pack most of their clothes in viola Claudia's violin case and Jamie's trumpet cases.case.


* EatTheEvidence: On the night before they leave, Claudia leaves a list of instructions for Jamie, which he is to destroy after reading. He decides to do so by eating it. On finding that it tastes like dried-up bubble gum and turns his teeth blue, he tears up the note and throws it in the trash.

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* EatTheEvidence: On the night before they leave, Claudia leaves a list of instructions for Jamie, which he is to destroy after reading. He decides to do so by eating it. On taking a couple of bites and finding that it tastes like dried-up bubble gum and turns his teeth blue, he tears up the note and throws it in the trash.

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* EatTheEvidence: On the night before they leave, Claudia leaves a list of instructions for Jamie, which he is to destroy after reading. He decides to do so by eating it. On finding that it tastes like dried-up bubble gum and turns his teeth blue, he tears up the note and throws it in the trash.


* CoolOldLady: Mrs. Frankweiler, who is old and rich and amuses herself by setting the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a wild goose chase as to who the sculptor of the angel is, simply so she can watch the fun from afar. [[spoiler:Then she gives the invaluable secret of the statue to a twelve-year-old girl she's only met once solely on the basis of recognizing a kindred spirit.]]

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* CoolOldLady: Mrs. Frankweiler, who is old and rich and amuses herself by setting the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a wild goose chase as to who the sculptor of the angel is, simply so she can watch the fun from afar. [[spoiler:Then she gives the invaluable secret of the statue to a twelve-year-old girl she's only met once once, solely on the basis of recognizing a kindred spirit.]]


* UnusualEuphemism: Jamie's favorite minced oath is "BALONEY", which gives Claudia the EurekaMoment required to solve the Michelangelo mystery.

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* UnusualEuphemism: Jamie's favorite minced oath is "BALONEY", "BALONEY," which gives Claudia the EurekaMoment required to solve the Michelangelo mystery.


* EpistolaryNovel: The entire book is a single long letter from Mrs. Frankweiler to her lawyer.

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* EpistolaryNovel: The entire book is a single long letter from Mrs. Frankweiler to her lawyer.lawyer, Saxonberg.


* CoolOldLady: Frankweiler, who is old and rich and amuses herself by setting the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a wild goose chase as to who the sculptor of the angel is, simply so she can watch the fun from afar. [[spoiler:Then she gives the invaluable secret of the statue to a twelve-year-old girl she's only met once solely on the basis of recognizing a kindred spirit.]]

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* CoolOldLady: Mrs. Frankweiler, who is old and rich and amuses herself by setting the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a wild goose chase as to who the sculptor of the angel is, simply so she can watch the fun from afar. [[spoiler:Then she gives the invaluable secret of the statue to a twelve-year-old girl she's only met once solely on the basis of recognizing a kindred spirit.]]



* EccentricMillionaire: Frankweiler, who sells a [[spoiler:genuine]] Michelangelo to the Met for pocket change, then refuses to provide authentication just so that she can watch the curators squirm.
* EpistolaryNovel: The entire book is a single long letter from Frankweiler to her lawyer.

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* EccentricMillionaire: Mrs. Frankweiler, who sells a [[spoiler:genuine]] Michelangelo to the Met for pocket change, then refuses to provide authentication just so that she can watch the curators squirm.
* EpistolaryNovel: The entire book is a single long letter from Mrs. Frankweiler to her lawyer.



* GratuitousFrench: Frankweiler offers Claudia and Jamie a lunch of ''nouilles et fromage en casserole''... and laughs when they realize it's just macaroni and cheese.

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* GratuitousFrench: Mrs. Frankweiler offers Claudia and Jamie a lunch of ''nouilles et fromage en casserole''... and laughs when they realize it's just macaroni and cheese.



* {{Narrator}}: Mrs. Frankweiler narrates the story in her letter to Saxonberg.



* SayingTooMuch: Jamie accidentally reveals where they've been hiding out to Mrs Frankweiler while Claudia's upstairs in the bath. His confession skims very close to IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou.

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* SayingTooMuch: Jamie accidentally reveals where they've been hiding out to Mrs Mrs. Frankweiler while Claudia's upstairs in the bath. His confession skims very close to IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou.


* UnusualEuphemism: Jamie's favorite minced oath is "BALONEY", which provides Claudia the EurekaMoment required to solve the Michelangelo mystery.

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* UnusualEuphemism: Jamie's favorite minced oath is "BALONEY", which provides gives Claudia the EurekaMoment required to solve the Michelangelo mystery.


* FancyCamping: Claudia's reasoning for choosing the Met is that she wants to run away somewhere clean and comfortable.

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* FancyCamping: Claudia's reasoning for choosing the Met is that she wants to run away to somewhere clean clean, comfortable, and comfortable.beautiful.


* CoolOldLady: Frankweiler, who is so old and rich and lacking in fucks to give that she amuses herself by setting the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a wild goose chase simply so she can watch the fun from afar. [[spoiler:Then she gives the invaluable secret of the statue to a twelve-year-old girl she's only met once solely on the basis of recognizing a kindred spirit.]]

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* CoolOldLady: Frankweiler, who is so old and rich and lacking in fucks to give that she amuses herself by setting the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a wild goose chase as to who the sculptor of the angel is, simply so she can watch the fun from afar. [[spoiler:Then she gives the invaluable secret of the statue to a twelve-year-old girl she's only met once solely on the basis of recognizing a kindred spirit.]]

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