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* HeavySleeper: Pete's husband Ray sleeps through a bear attack and once slept through a flight where horrible turbulence made every other passenger scream or vomit.
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* SocialMediaBeforeReason: quite a few people following a trend of streaming videos of themselves spanking zoo animals in ''Tyrannosaurus Wrecks'', are mentioned as having been badly injured in the process.
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** Quite a few people following a trend of streaming videos of themselves spanking zoo animals in ''Tyrannosaurus Wrecks'', are mentioned as having been badly injured in theprocess.process.
** In ''Bear Bottom,'' a tourist named Morton provokes a herd of elk while taking selfies, then continues taking selfies in the middle of being chased by an angry bull elk that gouges his butt. ''Then'' immediately after getting out of the hospital, he climbs into an angry rodeo bull's pen for another selfie and ends up being chased into an outhouse, which gets knocked over, leaving him CoveredInGunge.
** Quite a few people following a trend of streaming videos of themselves spanking zoo animals in ''Tyrannosaurus Wrecks'', are mentioned as having been badly injured in the
** In ''Bear Bottom,'' a tourist named Morton provokes a herd of elk while taking selfies, then continues taking selfies in the middle of being chased by an angry bull elk that gouges his butt. ''Then'' immediately after getting out of the hospital, he climbs into an angry rodeo bull's pen for another selfie and ends up being chased into an outhouse, which gets knocked over, leaving him CoveredInGunge.
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* ManlyGay: The seventh book reveals that Pete Thwacker is married to a man named Ray who works as a carpenter, loves the outdoors, and has gone running with the bulls in Spain.
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* TheQuietOne: In ''Bear Bottom,'' it takes two days for Teddy to hear ranch hand Gavin utter a single word. That being said, he is happy to talk about how much he loves living in Montana and has no ambition to see anything or anywhere else (except maybe the New York subway).
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* ScarilyCompetentTracker: In ''Bear Bottom,'' Evan, the video-game-playing ranch kid, is a surprisingly good tracker. He can determine how fast a bear was moving and when a sneaker print was made while following tracks indoors.
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The [=FunJungle=] series by Stuart Gibbs (also author of the ''Literature/SpySchool'' series). The books follow Teddy Fitzroy, the son of two employees at a combination zoo/theme park in Texas, getting involved with several mysteries with Summer, the park owners daughter. There are currently six seven books in the series.
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5. ''Lion Down.'' A wild mountain lion is falsely accused of killing the dog of an unpopular local celebrity, with Teddy and Summer trying to prove its innocence while hunters pursue the animal.
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5. ''Lion Down.'' A wild mountain lion is falsely accused of killing the dog of an unpopular a controversial local celebrity, with Teddy and Summer trying to prove its innocence while hunters pursue the animal.
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* GirlsWithMoustaches: In the first book Charlie Connors (who has a history with the dead hippo( mentions that when he was bitten by Henry the Hipo at his previous job (a circus) his life was saved by Bettina the bearded lady (who he notes took a lot of testosterone every morning to get that beard, which also made her strong enough to pry the hippo's mouth open).
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* GirlsWithMoustaches: In the first book Charlie Connors (who has a history with the dead hippo( hippo) mentions that when he was bitten by Henry the Hipo at his previous job (a circus) his life was saved by Bettina the bearded lady (who he notes took a lot of testosterone every morning to get that beard, which also made her strong enough to pry the hippo's mouth open).
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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Most of FunJungle's security guards only work there because they couldn't get hired as real cops and tend to make a lot of silly mistakes.
* GuiltRiddenAccomplice: [[spoiler: Doc]] in the first book, who is sick of what he's been sued to do and is preparing to turn in the evidence. It's enough to keep him from getting arrested or fired.
* GuiltRiddenAccomplice: [[spoiler: Doc]] in the first book, who is sick of what he's been sued to do and is preparing to turn in the evidence. It's enough to keep him from getting arrested or fired.
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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Most of FunJungle's [=FunJungle=]'s security guards only work there because they couldn't get hired as real cops and tend to make a lot of silly mistakes.
* GuiltRiddenAccomplice: [[spoiler: Doc]] in the first book, who is sick of what he's beensued used to do and is preparing to turn in the evidence. It's enough to keep him from getting arrested or fired.
* GuiltRiddenAccomplice: [[spoiler: Doc]] in the first book, who is sick of what he's been
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chief Honneeker is kind of gruff and proud, but is dedicated to the job and becomes a more reliable ally after the first time he sees Teddy solve a case. J.J. himself also applies, being a tough businessman who doesn't always have Teddy;s best interests at heart, but is generally grateful at the end of a case and is capable of decent and generous deeds.
* KidDetective: Teddy, who is the one to solve all six cases (although by the third book he's a little relcutant to get novel in them and sometimes has to be cajoled into doing so).
* KidDetective: Teddy, who is the one to solve all six cases (although by the third book he's a little relcutant to get novel in them and sometimes has to be cajoled into doing so).
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chief Honneeker is kind of gruff and proud, but is dedicated to the job and becomes a more reliable ally after the first time he sees Teddy solve a case. J.J. himself also applies, being a tough businessman who doesn't always have Teddy;s Teddy's best interests at heart, but is generally grateful at the end of a case and is capable of decent and generous deeds.
* KidDetective: Teddy, who is the one to solve all six cases (although by the third book he's a littlerelcutant reluctant to get novel in them and sometimes has to be cajoled into doing so).
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* PomPomGirl: Violet, the middle schools head cheerleader, is fairly down to Earth and part of Teddy's circle of friends by t h end of the second book, often volunteering to help out Teddy and Summer with their investigations.
* RankUp: Large Marge gets promoted to had of security at the end of the first book after capturing the fleeing villain (something Teddy and Summer consider a lucky fluke on her part), but is demoted twice over the following books for various failures.
* RankUp: Large Marge gets promoted to had of security at the end of the first book after capturing the fleeing villain (something Teddy and Summer consider a lucky fluke on her part), but is demoted twice over the following books for various failures.
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* PomPomGirl: Violet, the middle schools head cheerleader, is fairly down to Earth and part of Teddy's circle of friends by t h the end of the second book, often volunteering to help out Teddy and Summer with their investigations.
* RankUp: Large Marge gets promoted tohad head of security at the end of the first book after capturing the fleeing villain (something Teddy and Summer consider a lucky fluke on her part), but is demoted twice over the following books for various failures.
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* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Arthur Koenig, a keeper who rats Teddy out to park security in ''Poached'' later gets into tho water himself for [[spoiler: illegally selling pictures of the new tiger cubs]].
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* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Arthur Koenig, a keeper who rats Teddy out to park security in ''Poached'' later gets into tho hot water himself for [[spoiler: illegally selling pictures of the new tiger cubs]].
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** In the "Panda-monium'', no one can figure out how the thieves managed to break into a moving trailer truck and snatch the panda (and Doc Deakin).
** In ''Tyrannosaurus Wrecks'', the T-Rex skull disappeared from the (very muddy) dig without anyone leaving footprints, during the middle of a storm which would have prevented anything like a helicopter from taking it.
** In ''Tyrannosaurus Wrecks'', the T-Rex skull disappeared from the (very muddy) dig without anyone leaving footprints, during the middle of a storm which would have prevented anything like a helicopter from taking it.
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** In the "Panda-monium'', no one can figure out how the thieves managed to break into a moving trailer truck and snatch the panda (and Doc Deakin).
Deakin). [[spoiler: The truck driver drugged the guard with him (Large Marge) and pulled over to the side of the road to where the thieves were waiting with a second trailer with nearly identical furnishings. They then switched trailers, and the thieves left with the trailer containing the panda to make it seem that the theft occurred while the truck was moving.]]
** In ''Tyrannosaurus Wrecks'', the T-Rex skull disappeared from the (very muddy) dig without anyone leaving footprints, during the middle of a storm which would have prevented anything like a helicopter from taking it.[[spoiler: The thieves rolled the skull on logs, dragging a board behind them to hide their new tracks, then reburied it about thirty feet away from the original excavation site so they could come back for it later.]]
** In ''Tyrannosaurus Wrecks'', the T-Rex skull disappeared from the (very muddy) dig without anyone leaving footprints, during the middle of a storm which would have prevented anything like a helicopter from taking it.[[spoiler: The thieves rolled the skull on logs, dragging a board behind them to hide their new tracks, then reburied it about thirty feet away from the original excavation site so they could come back for it later.]]
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* GirlsWithMoustaches: In the first book Charlie Connors (who has a history with the dead hippo( mentions that when he was bitten by Henry the Hipo at his previous job (a circus) his life was save by Bettina the beard lady (who he notes took a lot of testosterone every morning to get that beard, which also made her strong enough to pry the hippo's mouth open).
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Large Marge and her sister Molly (and FBI agent) have one of these going on, although neither of them really qualifies as especially smarter.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Large Marge and her sister Molly (and FBI agent) have one of these going on, although neither of them really qualifies as especially smarter.
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* GirlsWithMoustaches: In the first book Charlie Connors (who has a history with the dead hippo( mentions that when he was bitten by Henry the Hipo at his previous job (a circus) his life was save saved by Bettina the beard bearded lady (who he notes took a lot of testosterone every morning to get that beard, which also made her strong enough to pry the hippo's mouth open).
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Large Marge and her sister Molly(and (an FBI agent) have one of these going on, although neither of them really qualifies as especially smarter.
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** In ''Poached'', no one can figure out how anyone could have broken into the koala enclosure without setting off alarms, or without being caught on the security cameras. [[spoiler: It turns out that the crime actually happened a day earlier, at a time when the door was unlocked, and Large Marge hadn't thought to check back that far]].
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** In ''Poached'', no one can figure out how anyone could have broken into the koala enclosure without setting off alarms, or without being caught on the security cameras. [[spoiler: It turns out that the crime actually happened a day earlier, at a time when the door was unlocked, and Large Marge hadn't thought to check back the tapes that far]]. far back.]]
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* MissingMom: Downplayed, but Summer's mother doesn't like Texas much and spends most of her time at the families other houses, rarely if ever appearing in the series.
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* MissingMom: Downplayed, but Summer's mother doesn't like Texas much and spends most of her time at the families other houses, rarely if ever appearing in the series.
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* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Pete Thwacker eventually notices how much attention the various disasters that befall upon the park get for visitors and stops making any efforts to disguise them, while encouraging J.J. to wait longer to clean up any damage people might be coming to see.
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* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: InUniverse Pete Thwacker eventually notices how much attention the various disasters that befall upon the park get for visitors and stops making any efforts to disguise them, while encouraging J.J. to wait longer to clean up any damage people might be coming to see.
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* PapaWolf: Teddy's father. His mother is also a MamaBear but his father gets to show it more. In the first book when he hears someone jhmgiht be trying to kill Teddy because HeKnowsTooMuch he flies half way around the world in thirty hours to get back there (having to ride in the back of several trucks and such) and shows up just in time to use a broom handle and some stern words to drive back a tiger that has been released in another murder attempt and is approaching his wife and son.
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* PapaWolf: Teddy's father. His mother is also a MamaBear but his father gets to show it more. In the first book when he hears someone jhmgiht might be trying to kill Teddy because HeKnowsTooMuch he flies half way around the world in thirty hours to get back there (having to ride in the back of several trucks and such) and shows up just in time to use a broom handle and some stern words to drive back a tiger that has been released in another murder attempt and is approaching his wife and son.
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1. Belly Up. Teddy investigates the mysterious death of the parks mascot, and star attraction Harry the Hippo, uncovering motives among the park staff ranging from smuggling, to pure spite.
2. Poached. Teddy finds himself under suspicion when a koala on loan to the park is stolen.
3. Big Game. A mysterious poacher continuously attempts to kill one of the rhinos, leading to desperate efforts to stop the mystery criminal.
4. Panda-Monium, the parks new panda is stolen while in transit to the park.
5. Lion Down. A wild mountain lion is falsely accused of killing the dog of an unpopular local celebrity, with Teddy and Summer trying to prove its innocence while hunters pursue the animal.
6. Tyrannosaurus Wrecks. Teddy and his friends find themselves looking into both the trafficking of exotic animals being sold in the area, and the theft of a t-rex skull from a nearby dig site, with Summer's father being one of the police's prime suspects.
2. Poached. Teddy finds himself under suspicion when a koala on loan to the park is stolen.
3. Big Game. A mysterious poacher continuously attempts to kill one of the rhinos, leading to desperate efforts to stop the mystery criminal.
4. Panda-Monium, the parks new panda is stolen while in transit to the park.
5. Lion Down. A wild mountain lion is falsely accused of killing the dog of an unpopular local celebrity, with Teddy and Summer trying to prove its innocence while hunters pursue the animal.
6. Tyrannosaurus Wrecks. Teddy and his friends find themselves looking into both the trafficking of exotic animals being sold in the area, and the theft of a t-rex skull from a nearby dig site, with Summer's father being one of the police's prime suspects.
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1. Belly Up. ''Belly Up.'' Teddy investigates the mysterious death of the parks mascot, and star attraction Harry the Hippo, uncovering motives among the park staff ranging from smuggling, to pure spite.
2.Poached. ''Poached.'' Teddy finds himself under suspicion when a koala on loan to the park is stolen.
3.Big Game. ''Big Game.'' A mysterious poacher continuously attempts to kill one of the rhinos, leading to desperate efforts to stop the mystery criminal.
4.Panda-Monium, the ''Panda-Monium.'' The parks new panda is stolen while in transit to the park.
5.Lion Down. ''Lion Down.'' A wild mountain lion is falsely accused of killing the dog of an unpopular local celebrity, with Teddy and Summer trying to prove its innocence while hunters pursue the animal.
6.Tyrannosaurus Wrecks. ''Tyrannosaurus Wrecks.'' Teddy and his friends find themselves looking into both the trafficking of exotic animals being sold in the area, and the theft of a t-rex skull from a nearby dig site, with Summer's father being one of the police's prime suspects.
7. ''Bear Bottom.'' Teddy’s family and several other [=FunJungle=] employees visit a ranch outside of Yellowstone National Park and find an adventure involving disappearing bison, a rambunctious grizzly bear, and a disappearing necklace.
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7. ''Bear Bottom.'' Teddy’s family and several other [=FunJungle=] employees visit a ranch outside of Yellowstone National Park and find an adventure involving disappearing bison, a rambunctious grizzly bear, and a disappearing necklace.
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* BaldOfEvil: Walter Oglivy' saboteur Hank the Tank, and James von Amberg from ''Panda-Monium''.
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The [=FunJungle=] series follows by Stuart Gibbs (also author of the ''Literature/SpySchool'' series). The books follow Teddy Fitzroy, the son of two employees at a combination zoo/theme park in Texas, getting involved with several mysteries with Summer, the park owners daughter. There are currently six books in the series.
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* InspectorJavert: Large Marge O'Malley spends the first three books utterly obsessed with proving Teddy is guilty of something and getting him thrown out of the park after he pulls a prank on her.
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** Large Marge O'Malley spends the first threebooks utterly obsessed with proving Teddy is guilty of something and getting him thrown out of the park after he pulls a prank on her.her.
** Sheriff Esquiviel and his deputies are quick to try and arrest J.J. for the dinosaur theft in the sixth book on circumstantial grounds. This conduct becomes a lot less professional-looking when Summer reveals that the sheriff has a long-term grudge against J.J. for stealing his girlfriend in High School.
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** Sheriff Esquiviel and his deputies are quick to try and arrest J.J. for the dinosaur theft in the sixth book on circumstantial grounds. This conduct becomes a lot less professional-looking when Summer reveals that the sheriff has a long-term grudge against J.J. for stealing his girlfriend in High School.
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* PapaWolf: Teddy's father. His mother is also a MamaBear but his father gets to show it more. In the first book when he hears someone jhmgiht be trying to kill Teddy because HeKnowTooMuch he flies half way around the world in thirty hours to get back there (having to ride in the back of several trucks and such) and shows up just in time to use a broom handle and some stern words to drive back a tiger that has been released in another murder attempt and is approaching his wife and son.
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* PapaWolf: Teddy's father. His mother is also a MamaBear but his father gets to show it more. In the first book when he hears someone jhmgiht be trying to kill Teddy because HeKnowTooMuch HeKnowsTooMuch he flies half way around the world in thirty hours to get back there (having to ride in the back of several trucks and such) and shows up just in time to use a broom handle and some stern words to drive back a tiger that has been released in another murder attempt and is approaching his wife and son.
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* GirlsWithMoustaches: In the first book Charlie Connors (who has a history with the dead hippo( mentions that when he was bitten by Henry the Hipo at his previous job (a circus) his life was save by Bettina the beard lady (who he notes took a lot of testosterone every morning to get that beard, which also made her strong enough to pry the hippo's mouth open).
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* SuspectIsHatless: Summer deliberately wears a lot of pink all the time in public so that if she puts something else on over it, she can slip past her bodyguards and/or the press easier.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Tracey Boyd and ultimately Chief Honneker.
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* OnlyInFlorida: In the sixth book Summer tells Teddy about all of the Zebra spanker copycats and notes there's a guy in Miami who punched a kangaroo, but isn't really a true copycat since he didn't do it for social media fame, but because he drunkenly believed the kangaroo made a face at him. She then adds that kinds of thing apparently happens a lot in Florida.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Subverted. Teddy may be the one to solve the cases, but th adults take things seriously, often listen to him at the right points and can find out useful stuff on their own.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent: Julie, one of the dig volunteers in the sixth book gets a couple "Mom!" Exclamations from her daughter for revealing she liked to pretend she was a stegosaurus on the playground in Kindergarten, and commenting about how she oodles over the local quarterback.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent: Julie, one of the dig volunteers in the sixth book gets a couple "Mom!" Exclamations from her daughter for revealing she liked to pretend she was a stegosaurus on the playground in Kindergarten, and commenting about how she oodles ogles over the local quarterback.
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* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: In ''Panda-monium'' a variation of this happens when a dolphin keeps stealing swimsuits.
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* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: In ''Panda-monium'' a variation of this happens when a dolphin keeps stealing swimsuits.swimsuits off of people's bodies as they swim.
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* InspectorJavert: Large Marge O'Malley spends the first three books utterly obsessed with proving Teddy is guilty of something after he pulls a prank on her and getting him thrown out of the park.
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* InspectorJavert: Large Marge O'Malley spends the first three books utterly obsessed with proving Teddy is guilty of something after he pulls a prank on her and getting him thrown out of the park.park after he pulls a prank on her.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chief Honneeker is kind of gruff and proud, but is dedicated to the job and becomes a more reliable ally after the first time he sees Teddy solve a case. J.J. himself also applies, being a tough businessman who doesn't always have Teddy;s best interests at heart, but is generally grateful at the end of a fas and is capable of decent and generous deeds.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chief Honneeker is kind of gruff and proud, but is dedicated to the job and becomes a more reliable ally after the first time he sees Teddy solve a case. J.J. himself also applies, being a tough businessman who doesn't always have Teddy;s best interests at heart, but is generally grateful at the end of a fas case and is capable of decent and generous deeds.
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* KindlyVet: Doc Deakin is a real curmudgeon but he absolutely won't tolerate any harm coming to animals. [[spoiler: unless your'e threatening to turn in his daughter to the police]].
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* KindlyVet: Doc Deakin is a real curmudgeon but he absolutely won't tolerate any harm coming to animals. [[spoiler: unless your'e you're threatening to turn in his daughter to the police]].police if he interferes with your plans]].
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* LonelyRichKid: Summer doesn't have too many friends until meeting Teddy and alter moving to his school, and still takes a while to fit in there afterwards.
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* ToiletHumor: A decent amount of comedy comes form things like Henry Hippo firing his poop at anyone standing near his enclosure.
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* EgomaniacHunter: Zigzagged, as Violet's aunt and uncle run a game farm, but, along with most of their clients, are also conservationists who see their efforts as heeling preserve animals (although Summer points out this is partially so they can continue to hunt them in the future). Played straight with the mysterious poacher from the third book, and Lincoln Stone and most of the people his bounty attracts in ''Lion Down'', although a hunter from that same book subverts this by having only been hired by J.J. to frighten the lion away from the park (and not actually kill it) and ends up saving Teddy's life at one point.
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* EgomaniacHunter: Zigzagged, as Violet's aunt and uncle run a game farm, but, along with most of their clients, are also conservationists who see their efforts as heeling helping preserve animals (although Summer points out this is partially so they can continue to hunt them in the future). Played straight with the mysterious poacher from the third book, and Lincoln Stone and most of the people his bounty attracts in ''Lion Down'', although a hunter from that same book subverts this by having only been hired by J.J. to frighten the lion away from the park (and not actually kill it) and ends up saving Teddy's life at one point.
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* CrimeOfSelfDefense: An animal version in [[spoiler: ''Lion Down'']], where [[spoiler: the missing dog was fatally hit on the head by a boy it was in the process of biting, with his family covering it up to avoid legal troubles from the dogs powerful and unpleasant owner]].
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* DumbMuscle: The entire Barksdale family has a reputation for this.
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* MissingMom: Downplayed, but Summer's mother doesn't like Texas much and spends most of her time at the families other houses, rarely if ever appearing in the series.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Dash and Ethan are always seen or mentioned together, and occasionally have some comic banter while learning details about the newest case from Teddy and Summer.
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* BodyguardBetrayal: [[spoiler: One of Sumer's bodyguards turns out to be the BigBad of the third book]].
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* AnimalWrongsGroup: Doc Deakin's daughter took part in bombing a meatpacking plant once, although by the main series her methods are less extreme, albeit still bending the law.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Several characters apply,
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Due to his ignorance of animals, Pete sometimes falls victim to this during his PR events, such as claiming that the main food source for coyotes are [[RoadRunnerVsCoyote roadrunners]].
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* LittlePeople: The park employs a few little people to wear animal costumes with one, Charlie Connors, being a suspect on two occasions.
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* ReassignedToAntarctica: Doc Deakin's daughter is mentioned to have joined an environmental group that literally conduct operations near Antarctica, partially in order to [[spoiler: lay low due to her AnimalWrongsGroup acts]].
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* UltimateJobSecurity: Pete Thwacker has his share of screw-ups and annoying moments (mainly in the first two books) but his skills as a promotor and spin doctor for the park are good enough to ensure that he stays hired, and trusted.
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* FluffyTheTerrible: A few of the animals throughout the series, such as the Barksdale's (illegally-purchased) pet alligator Snappy.
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* NotMeThisTime: Walter Oglivy;s saboteur in ''Poached'' had nothing to do with [[spoiler: the stolen koala]].
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* NotMeThisTime: Walter Oglivy;s Oglivy's saboteur in ''Poached'' had nothing to do with [[spoiler: the stolen koala]].
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: At the end of the first book, Harry the Hippo turns out to have impregnated the one female hippo in the enclosure.
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--> '''J.J.:''' Henry Hippo Jr. I believe we can market that.
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* ToiletHumor: A decent amount of comedy comes form things like Harry the hippo firing his poop at anyone standing near his enclosure.
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* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Arthur Koenig, a keeper wh orate otu Teddy to park security in ''Poached'' later gets into tho water himself for [[spoiler: illegally selling pictures of the new tiger cubs]].
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* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Arthur Koenig, a keeper wh orate otu who rats Teddy out to park security in ''Poached'' later gets into tho water himself for [[spoiler: illegally selling pictures of the new tiger cubs]].
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* SocialMediaBeforeReason: quite a few people following a trend of streaming videos of themselves spankgin zoo animals in ''Tyrannosaurus Wrecks'', are mentioned as having been badly injured in the process.
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* TheWarOnStraw: Many (although by no means all) anti-environmentalist characters fall victim to this, such as Lincoln Stone, a conservative radio commentator (and the owner of the dead dog from the fifth book) who wants to abolish the Endangered Species Act.
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* TheWarOnStraw: Many (although by no means not all) anti-environmentalist characters fall victim into this category to this, such as Lincoln Stone, a conservative radio commentator (and the owner of the dead dog from the fifth book) and morally bankrupt liar who wants to abolish the Endangered Species Act.
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* FatBestFriend: Savier Gonzalez serves as this to Teddy.
* FriendOnTheForce: Fish and Wildlife officer Tommy Lopez, in the two most recent books.
* FriendOnTheForce: Fish and Wildlife officer Tommy Lopez, in the two most recent books.
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* FatBestFriend: Savier Xavier Gonzalez serves as this to Teddy.
* FriendOnTheForce: Fish and Wildlife officer Tommy Lopez, in the two most recent books. Chief Honneker has shades of this by the fourth book, although he still answers to J.J. before letting them in the loop.
* FriendOnTheForce: Fish and Wildlife officer Tommy Lopez, in the two most recent books. Chief Honneker has shades of this by the fourth book, although he still answers to J.J. before letting them in the loop.
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* BrawnHilda: Large Marge is a fairly hefty woman.
* EveryManHasHisPrice: [[spoiler: Athmani]] who takes part in the rhino poaching incident for much-needed money, [[spoiler: despite years of having prevented poaching as a game warden]] and because the plan involves [[spoiler: getting rhinos de-horned without killing them, supposedly as a precaution against the poacher]].
* EvilPoacher: People who exploit and/or kill wildlife appear fairly often and are consistently portrayed as despicable.
* EvilPoacher: People who exploit and/or kill wildlife appear fairly often and are consistently portrayed as despicable.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Large Marge and her sister Molly (and FBI agent) have one of these going on, although neither of them really qualifies as especially smarter.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Sheriff Esquiviel's refusal to properly investigate the missing dinosaur skull is portrayed unsympathetically, but even Teddy and Summer acknowledge that he has a point about how there would/should be signs of excavation in the mud if it had been stolen.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Various antagonists often suffer from this, such as the zebra spanker having a humiliating video of himself being attacked by otters after a smoothie that was thrown in his face.
* LonelyRichKid: Summer doesn't have too many friends until meeting Teddy and alter moving to his school, and still takes a while to fit in there afterwards.
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* SlaveToPR: Pete Thwacker,r although public relations are his job.
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* SouthernBelle: Animal collector Flora Hancock is an aging one.
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* EgomaniacHunter: Zigzagged, as Violet's aunt and uncle run a game farm, but, along with most of their clients, are also conservationists who see their efforts as heeling preserve animals (although Summer points out this is partially so they can continue to hunt them in the future). Played straight with the mysterious poacher from the third book, and Lincoln Stone and most of the people his bounty attracts in ''Lion Down'', although a hunter from that same book subverts this by having only been hired by J.J. to frighten the lion away from the park (and not actually kill it) and ends up saving Teddy's life at one point.
* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: In ''Panda-monium'' a variation of this happens when a dolphin keeps stealing swimsuits.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chief Honneeker is kind of gruff and proud, but is dedicated to the job and becomes a more reliable ally after the first time he sees Teddy solve a case. J.J. himself also applies, being a tough businessman who doesn't always have Teddy;s best interests at heart, but is generally grateful at the end of a fas and is capable of decent and generous deeds.
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The FunJungle series follows Teddy Fitzroy, the son of two employees at a combination zoo/theme park in Texas, getting involved with several mysteries with Summer, the park owners daughter. There are currently six books in the series.
1. Belly Up. Teddy investigates the mysterious death of the parks mascot, and star attraction Harry the Hippo, uncovering motives among the park staffff ranging from smuggling, to pure spite.
2. Poached. Teddy finds himself under suspicion when a koala on loan to the park is stolen.
3. Big Game. A mysterious poacher continuously attempts to kill one of the rhinos, leading to desperate efforts to stop the mystery criminal.
4. Panda-Monium, the parks new panda is stolen while in transit to the park.
5. Lion Down. A wild mountain lion is falsely accused of killing the dog of an unpopular local celebrity, with Teddy and Summer trying to prove its innocence while hunters pursue the animal.
6. Tyrannosaurus Wrecks. Teddy and his friends find themselves looking into both the trafficking of exotic animals being sold in the area, and the theft of a t-rex skull from a nearby dig site, with Summer's father being one of the police's prime suspects.
!! Tropes:
* AdultsAreUseless: Subverted. Teddy may be the one to solve the cases, but th adults take things seriously, often listen to him at the right points and can find out useful stuff on their own.
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Tim and Jim Barksdale, to the point that for a lot of the series, their practically TheDividual.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent: Julie, one of the dig volunteers in the sixth book gets a couple "Mom!" Exclamations from her daughter for revealing she liked to pretend she was a stegosaurus on the playground in Kindergarten, and commenting about how she oodles over the local quarterback.
* BaldOfEvil: Walter Oglivy' saboteur Hank the Tank, and James von Amberg from ''Panda-Monium''.
* BigDamnHeroes: Ethan and Dash saving Teddy form getting a swirly from Vance Jessup in the second book.
* BreakoutCharacter: InUniverse harry the Hippo was this to the TV show being used to promote Funjungle while it was under construction.
* TheBully: Vance Jessup and the Barksdale twins.
* CoattailRidingRelative: Lincoln Stone's brother Walter, whose a vice-president at his company but never does anything besides parrot his brother on social media. Jeb Weems in the sixth book is also said to mooch off of his cousin Harper on occasion.
* CoolBigBro: Xavier's brother is willing to help him try to impress a girl and give him rides.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: J.J.'s rival Harlan Oglivy, who has been trying to sabotage the park since before he was mentioned. J.J. himself can let profit cloud his judgment and isn't afraid to twist Teddy's arm for something, although his conscience generally prevails. The parks initial manager Martin Del Gatto also tried to run it like a corporation, ignoring how the animals are more fragile than that and got involved in [[spoiler: smuggling jewels from South America]] to cover his losses.
* DaddysGirl: Summer's desire to have a safari (at a time when she was too young to go abroad for one) helped inspire J.J. to make the park, and he tends to give up on his more selfish business plans when she finds out and gets upset about them.
* DirtyCoward: Nearly all villains tend to cringe, whine and beg when threatened with jail time or thinking they're being attacked by dangerous creatures.
* EcoTerrorist: Doc Deakin's daughter took part in bombing a meatpacking plant once, although by the main series her methods are less extreme, albeit still bending the law.
* FatBestFriend: Savier Gonzalez serves as this to Teddy.
* FriendOnTheForce: Fish and Wildlife officer Tommy Lopez, in the two most recent books.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Most of the main characters.
* GoodParents: Teddy's mom and Dad, and for all of his flaws, J.J.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Most of FunJungle's security guards only work there because they couldn't get hired as real cops and tend to make a lot of silly mistakes.
* GuiltRiddenAccomplice: [[spoiler: Doc]] in the first book, who is sick of what he's been sued to do and is preparing to turn in the evidence. It's enough to keep him from getting arrested or fired.
* HiredForTheirLooks: Kristy the koala keeper does love animals, but has no real experience and was hired for this. Eventually, after making a costly mistake by [[spoiler: not locking the koala enclosure]], she's transferred to the PR department.
* HiredToHuntYourself: An accidental example in ''Lion Down'', where one of the guards trying to figure out whose been making the giraffes sick is the one whose been doing it themselves (by innocently feeding them a plant that they have a bad reaction with).
* HuntersAreEvil: Zigzagged, as Violet's aunt and uncle run a game farm, but, along with most of their clients, are also conservationists who see their efforts as heeling preserve animals (although Summer points out this is partially so they can continue to hunt them in the future). Played straight with the mysterious poacher from the third book, and Lincoln Stone and most of the people his bounty attracts in ''Lion Down'', although a hunter from that same book subverts this by having only been hired by J.J. to frighten the lion away from the park (and not actually kill it) and ends up saving Teddy's life at one point.
* InspectorJavert: Large Marge O'Malley spends the first three books utterly obsessed with proving Teddy is guilty of something after he pulls a prank on her and getting him thrown out of the park.
* IronicFear: Aerospace CEO Harper Weems is afraid of flying.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chief Honneeker is kind of gruff and proud, but is dedicated to the job and becomes a more reliable ally after the first time he sees Teddy solve a case. J.J. himself also applies, being a tough businessman who doesn't always have Teddy;s best interests at heart, but is generally grateful at the end of a fas and is capable of decent and generous deeds.
* KidDetective: Teddy, who is the one to solve all six cases (although by the third book he's a little relcutant to get novel in them and sometimes has to be cajoled into doing so).
* KindlyVet: Doc Deakin is a real curmudgeon but he absolutely won't tolerate any harm coming to animals. [[spoiler: unless your'e threatening to turn in his daughter to the police]].
* LockedRoomMystery:
** In ''Poached'', no one can figure out how anyone could have broken into the koala enclosure without setting off alarms, or without being caught on the security cameras. [[spoiler: It turns out that the crime actually happened a day earlier, at a time when the door was unlocked, and Large Marge hadn't thought to check back that far]].
** In the "Panda-monium'', no one can figure out how the thieves managed to break into a moving trailer truck and snatch the panda (and Doc Deakin).
** in ''Tyrannosaurus Wrecks'', the T-Rex soul ldissapeared form the (very muddy) dig without anyone leaving footprints, during the middle of a storm which would have prevented anything like a helicopter from taking it.
* LovableJock: Basketball stars Ethan and Dash, who befriend Teddy in the second book and are sometimes willing to help him out in later books.
* MoralityPet: The Barksdale's have a cat that they like (it's pretty mean though) and are upset when a snake eats it.
* MysteriousPast: No one knows if Chief Honneker was in military intelligence or regular law enforcement, just that he has a background in one of them.
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: A non-human example is provided by Harry the Hippo, who has attacked various people at the past circuses an zoos he works, and enjoys squirting poop at anyone who gets too close to him, but is beloved due to the merchandising from the television show where he's the main character.
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Pete Thwacker eventually notices how much attention the various disasters that befall upon the park get for visitors and stops making any efforts to disguise them, while encouraging J.J. to wait longer to clean up any damage people might be coming to see.
* NotMeThisTime: Walter Oglivy;s saboteur in ''Poached'' had nothing to do with [[spoiler: the stolen koala]].
* PomPomGirl: Violet, the middle schools head cheerleader, is fairly down to Earth and part of Teddy's circle of friends by t h end of the second book, often volunteering to help out Teddy and Summer with their investigations.
* RankUp: Large Marge gets promoted to had of security at the end of the first book after capturing the fleeing villain (something Teddy and Summer consider a lucky fluke on her part), but is demoted twice over the following books for various failures.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Tracey Boyd and ultimately Chief Honneker.
* RedeemingReplacement: Tracey Boyd, who succeeds Martin Del Gatto as park manager, actually does love animals, is willing to give Teddy a lot of leeway, orders the security force not to automatically assume his guilt in the koala theft, and while she does threaten to fire Teddy's parents, only does so on J.J.'s orders (something she doesn't reveal to Teddy when it would have been easy to try and paint J.J. as the bad guy). Unfortunately, she ends up suffering a nervous breakdown between books, causing her to leave the park.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Arthur Koenig, a keeper wh orate otu Teddy to park security in ''Poached'' later gets into tho water himself for [[spoiler: illegally selling pictures of the new tiger cubs]].
* SeriesContinuityError: Doc calls his daughter Susie in the first book, but her name is Lily in ''Lion Down.''
* SharpDressedMan: Typically, when P.R. head Pete Thwacker shows up, his immaculate appearance gets mentioned.
* SlaveToPR: Pete Thwacker,r although public relations are his job.
* SocialMediaBeforeReason: quite a few people following a trend of streaming videos of themselves spankgin zoo animals in ''Tyrannosaurus Wrecks'', are mentioned as having been badly injured in the process.
* StunGuns: The park security force uses them. In ''Panda-monium'' guard Kevin Wilks tris to stop a fleeing criminal with his stun gun but trips over a little kid as he's about to shoot and accidentally tasers an old lady instead (although the crook then trips over her and knocks himself out).
* ToiletHumor: A decent amount of comedy comes form things like Harry the hippo firing his poop at anyone standing near his enclosure.
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Teddy generally investigates multiple or shenanigans around the park at the same time, such as how one of the primates has been getting out of its cage at the same time he looks into the rhino poacher, or whose been swimming in the dolphin tank at night during the panda kidnapping.
* TheWarOnStraw: Many (although by no means all) anti-environmentalist characters fall victim to this, such as Lincoln Stone, a conservative radio commentator (and the owner of the dead dog from the fifth book) who wants to abolish the Endangered Species Act.
1. Belly Up. Teddy investigates the mysterious death of the parks mascot, and star attraction Harry the Hippo, uncovering motives among the park staffff ranging from smuggling, to pure spite.
2. Poached. Teddy finds himself under suspicion when a koala on loan to the park is stolen.
3. Big Game. A mysterious poacher continuously attempts to kill one of the rhinos, leading to desperate efforts to stop the mystery criminal.
4. Panda-Monium, the parks new panda is stolen while in transit to the park.
5. Lion Down. A wild mountain lion is falsely accused of killing the dog of an unpopular local celebrity, with Teddy and Summer trying to prove its innocence while hunters pursue the animal.
6. Tyrannosaurus Wrecks. Teddy and his friends find themselves looking into both the trafficking of exotic animals being sold in the area, and the theft of a t-rex skull from a nearby dig site, with Summer's father being one of the police's prime suspects.
!! Tropes:
* AdultsAreUseless: Subverted. Teddy may be the one to solve the cases, but th adults take things seriously, often listen to him at the right points and can find out useful stuff on their own.
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Tim and Jim Barksdale, to the point that for a lot of the series, their practically TheDividual.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent: Julie, one of the dig volunteers in the sixth book gets a couple "Mom!" Exclamations from her daughter for revealing she liked to pretend she was a stegosaurus on the playground in Kindergarten, and commenting about how she oodles over the local quarterback.
* BaldOfEvil: Walter Oglivy' saboteur Hank the Tank, and James von Amberg from ''Panda-Monium''.
* BigDamnHeroes: Ethan and Dash saving Teddy form getting a swirly from Vance Jessup in the second book.
* BreakoutCharacter: InUniverse harry the Hippo was this to the TV show being used to promote Funjungle while it was under construction.
* TheBully: Vance Jessup and the Barksdale twins.
* CoattailRidingRelative: Lincoln Stone's brother Walter, whose a vice-president at his company but never does anything besides parrot his brother on social media. Jeb Weems in the sixth book is also said to mooch off of his cousin Harper on occasion.
* CoolBigBro: Xavier's brother is willing to help him try to impress a girl and give him rides.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: J.J.'s rival Harlan Oglivy, who has been trying to sabotage the park since before he was mentioned. J.J. himself can let profit cloud his judgment and isn't afraid to twist Teddy's arm for something, although his conscience generally prevails. The parks initial manager Martin Del Gatto also tried to run it like a corporation, ignoring how the animals are more fragile than that and got involved in [[spoiler: smuggling jewels from South America]] to cover his losses.
* DaddysGirl: Summer's desire to have a safari (at a time when she was too young to go abroad for one) helped inspire J.J. to make the park, and he tends to give up on his more selfish business plans when she finds out and gets upset about them.
* DirtyCoward: Nearly all villains tend to cringe, whine and beg when threatened with jail time or thinking they're being attacked by dangerous creatures.
* EcoTerrorist: Doc Deakin's daughter took part in bombing a meatpacking plant once, although by the main series her methods are less extreme, albeit still bending the law.
* FatBestFriend: Savier Gonzalez serves as this to Teddy.
* FriendOnTheForce: Fish and Wildlife officer Tommy Lopez, in the two most recent books.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Most of the main characters.
* GoodParents: Teddy's mom and Dad, and for all of his flaws, J.J.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Most of FunJungle's security guards only work there because they couldn't get hired as real cops and tend to make a lot of silly mistakes.
* GuiltRiddenAccomplice: [[spoiler: Doc]] in the first book, who is sick of what he's been sued to do and is preparing to turn in the evidence. It's enough to keep him from getting arrested or fired.
* HiredForTheirLooks: Kristy the koala keeper does love animals, but has no real experience and was hired for this. Eventually, after making a costly mistake by [[spoiler: not locking the koala enclosure]], she's transferred to the PR department.
* HiredToHuntYourself: An accidental example in ''Lion Down'', where one of the guards trying to figure out whose been making the giraffes sick is the one whose been doing it themselves (by innocently feeding them a plant that they have a bad reaction with).
* HuntersAreEvil: Zigzagged, as Violet's aunt and uncle run a game farm, but, along with most of their clients, are also conservationists who see their efforts as heeling preserve animals (although Summer points out this is partially so they can continue to hunt them in the future). Played straight with the mysterious poacher from the third book, and Lincoln Stone and most of the people his bounty attracts in ''Lion Down'', although a hunter from that same book subverts this by having only been hired by J.J. to frighten the lion away from the park (and not actually kill it) and ends up saving Teddy's life at one point.
* InspectorJavert: Large Marge O'Malley spends the first three books utterly obsessed with proving Teddy is guilty of something after he pulls a prank on her and getting him thrown out of the park.
* IronicFear: Aerospace CEO Harper Weems is afraid of flying.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chief Honneeker is kind of gruff and proud, but is dedicated to the job and becomes a more reliable ally after the first time he sees Teddy solve a case. J.J. himself also applies, being a tough businessman who doesn't always have Teddy;s best interests at heart, but is generally grateful at the end of a fas and is capable of decent and generous deeds.
* KidDetective: Teddy, who is the one to solve all six cases (although by the third book he's a little relcutant to get novel in them and sometimes has to be cajoled into doing so).
* KindlyVet: Doc Deakin is a real curmudgeon but he absolutely won't tolerate any harm coming to animals. [[spoiler: unless your'e threatening to turn in his daughter to the police]].
* LockedRoomMystery:
** In ''Poached'', no one can figure out how anyone could have broken into the koala enclosure without setting off alarms, or without being caught on the security cameras. [[spoiler: It turns out that the crime actually happened a day earlier, at a time when the door was unlocked, and Large Marge hadn't thought to check back that far]].
** In the "Panda-monium'', no one can figure out how the thieves managed to break into a moving trailer truck and snatch the panda (and Doc Deakin).
** in ''Tyrannosaurus Wrecks'', the T-Rex soul ldissapeared form the (very muddy) dig without anyone leaving footprints, during the middle of a storm which would have prevented anything like a helicopter from taking it.
* LovableJock: Basketball stars Ethan and Dash, who befriend Teddy in the second book and are sometimes willing to help him out in later books.
* MoralityPet: The Barksdale's have a cat that they like (it's pretty mean though) and are upset when a snake eats it.
* MysteriousPast: No one knows if Chief Honneker was in military intelligence or regular law enforcement, just that he has a background in one of them.
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: A non-human example is provided by Harry the Hippo, who has attacked various people at the past circuses an zoos he works, and enjoys squirting poop at anyone who gets too close to him, but is beloved due to the merchandising from the television show where he's the main character.
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Pete Thwacker eventually notices how much attention the various disasters that befall upon the park get for visitors and stops making any efforts to disguise them, while encouraging J.J. to wait longer to clean up any damage people might be coming to see.
* NotMeThisTime: Walter Oglivy;s saboteur in ''Poached'' had nothing to do with [[spoiler: the stolen koala]].
* PomPomGirl: Violet, the middle schools head cheerleader, is fairly down to Earth and part of Teddy's circle of friends by t h end of the second book, often volunteering to help out Teddy and Summer with their investigations.
* RankUp: Large Marge gets promoted to had of security at the end of the first book after capturing the fleeing villain (something Teddy and Summer consider a lucky fluke on her part), but is demoted twice over the following books for various failures.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Tracey Boyd and ultimately Chief Honneker.
* RedeemingReplacement: Tracey Boyd, who succeeds Martin Del Gatto as park manager, actually does love animals, is willing to give Teddy a lot of leeway, orders the security force not to automatically assume his guilt in the koala theft, and while she does threaten to fire Teddy's parents, only does so on J.J.'s orders (something she doesn't reveal to Teddy when it would have been easy to try and paint J.J. as the bad guy). Unfortunately, she ends up suffering a nervous breakdown between books, causing her to leave the park.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Arthur Koenig, a keeper wh orate otu Teddy to park security in ''Poached'' later gets into tho water himself for [[spoiler: illegally selling pictures of the new tiger cubs]].
* SeriesContinuityError: Doc calls his daughter Susie in the first book, but her name is Lily in ''Lion Down.''
* SharpDressedMan: Typically, when P.R. head Pete Thwacker shows up, his immaculate appearance gets mentioned.
* SlaveToPR: Pete Thwacker,r although public relations are his job.
* SocialMediaBeforeReason: quite a few people following a trend of streaming videos of themselves spankgin zoo animals in ''Tyrannosaurus Wrecks'', are mentioned as having been badly injured in the process.
* StunGuns: The park security force uses them. In ''Panda-monium'' guard Kevin Wilks tris to stop a fleeing criminal with his stun gun but trips over a little kid as he's about to shoot and accidentally tasers an old lady instead (although the crook then trips over her and knocks himself out).
* ToiletHumor: A decent amount of comedy comes form things like Harry the hippo firing his poop at anyone standing near his enclosure.
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Teddy generally investigates multiple or shenanigans around the park at the same time, such as how one of the primates has been getting out of its cage at the same time he looks into the rhino poacher, or whose been swimming in the dolphin tank at night during the panda kidnapping.
* TheWarOnStraw: Many (although by no means all) anti-environmentalist characters fall victim to this, such as Lincoln Stone, a conservative radio commentator (and the owner of the dead dog from the fifth book) who wants to abolish the Endangered Species Act.
