History Literature / Grunvale

* HeroesWantRedheads: Inverted. The orange-haired rabbit/leporine Margo Hynde has a crush on brunet skunk/mephitine August Lowry.

''Grunvale'' is a serialized novel posted on [=DeviantArt=], written by P.R. Storm and posted on his account, '[=PhoenixOfGrunvale=]'. Set in a world of anthropomorphic animals, the novel focuses on a group of four eleven-year-old characters, collectively called the 'Oddball Tetrad', the drama in their lives, and the strange things they encounter in their town.

* ShownTheirWork: Chandler describes not being able to play "So Far Away" from [[Music/DireStraits Dire Straits]]' ''Brothers in Arms'' on ''[[VideoGame/VibRibbon Vib-Ribbon]]''. This is a reference to the way PlayStation discs were actually programmed; the first track contains data, while the rest contains the soundtrack. In ''Vib-Ribbon'''s case, this prevents the first track on a custom CD from being played.

* BlandNameProduct: Margo and Paddy are fans of "The Cacophony Colony", a cartoon about [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse a white-haired leporine boy with ten sisters]]. This is played with, however, as the narrator assumes that the reader has heard of 'something' like ''The Cacophony Colony''.

* FunetikAksent: April Lowry's dialogue is written this way, to reflect her Scottish accent.

** In "The Grunvale Mall", Gilda remarks in passing, that 'Guh-Glenn' (a corruption of her first and middle name) sounds 'like something an idiot would mumble while watching Fatal Attraction on an iPhone.' Four chapters later, in "Eggs and Bacon", Gilda sees Chandler's neighbor, Oliver Jr., doing exactly this.

** In "The Grunvale Mall":
--->'''Gilda:''' Yeah, that does sound stupid. 'Guh-Glenn'. That sounds like something an idiot would mumble while watching Fatal Attraction on an iPhone."\\
''(later, in "Eggs and Bacon")''\\
'''Oliver Jr.:''' I, uh... I need to finish watching Fatal Attraction! ''(goes to watching it on his iPhone)'' Heheheh... Guh-Glenn.

* ShownTheirWork: Chandler describes not being able to play "So Far Away" from [[Music/DireStraits Dire Straits]]' ''Brothers in Arms'' on ''[[VideoGame/VibRibbon Vib-Ribbon]]''. This is a reference to the way PlayStation discs are actually programmed; the first track contains data, while the rest contains the soundtrack. In ''Vib-Ribbon'''s case, this prevents the first track on a custom CD from being played.

** In fact, "Eggs and Bacon" itself has one. The narrator wonders the reason for this the title... and later figures out the first part when [[spoiler:Oliver Jr. eggs Chandler's house]], and the latter part when [[spoiler:Randy finds a bloody slug(?) resembling bacon outside the bathroom]].

** In fact, "Eggs and Bacon" itself has one. The narrator wonders the reason for this the title... and later figures out the first part when [[spoiler:Oliver Jr. eggs Chandler's house]], and the latter part when [[spoiler:Randy finds a bloody slug resembling bacon outside the bathroom]].

** "Eggs and Bacon" itself has one. The narrator wonders why the title is called this. And then figures out the first part when [[spoiler:Oliver Jr. eggs Chandler's house]], and the latter part when [[spoiler:Randy finds a bloody slug resembling bacon outside the bathroom]].

--->'''Gilda in "The Grunvale Mall":''' Yeah, that does sound stupid. 'Guh-Glenn'. That sounds like something an idiot would mumble while watching Fatal Attraction on an iPhone."\\

'''Oliver Jr.:''' I, uh... I need to finish watching Fatal Attraction! ''(goes to watching it on his iPhone) Heheheh... Guh-Glenn.

--->'''Gilda in "The Grunvale Mall":''' Yeah, that does sound stupid. 'Guh-Glenn'. That sounds like something an idiot would mumble while watching Fatal Attraction on an iPhone."
''(later, in "Eggs and Bacon")''

* ShownTheirWork: Chandler describes not being able to play "So Far Away" from [[Music/DireStraits Dire Straits]]' ''Brothers in Arms'' on ''[[VideoGame/Vib-Ribbon]]''. This is a reference to the way CD-ROMs are actually programmed; the first track on any CD-ROM contains data, while the rest contains the soundtrack. In ''Vib-Ribbon'''s case, this prevents the first track on a custom CD from being played.

* PrecisionFStrike: While the story is littered with swears, there are several moments that stand out.
** Randy utters '¡joder!' (the Spanish equivalent of an F-bomb) while examining Gilda's sweat.
** Alan drops an F-bomb when he sees that Harper has written a racial slur written on his gym locker.
** Gilda utters a long, drawn out 'fuck!' as she succumbs to the effects of the roofie Truman slips in her Sprite... just as she sees him coming towards her with the knife.

* RunningGag: Gilda's hatred for the music of [[Music/JamesTaylor James Taylor]].

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* WaxingLyrical: The chapter "April Bails" has two of these:

The story begins with Gilda Grime, a raccoon (referred to as a 'procyonine', the -ine name of a raccoon) with a big nose and a love for citrus fruit who prefers old technologies like Walkmans and Laserdisc players over smartphones (and is frequently bullied for all of it), who, one rainy night, decides to get revenge on her four abusive brothers by fixing up a sour drink with grapefruit, oranges, lemons and limes (which she calls the 'GOLL'). However, it works on Gilda's second-eldest brother, Truman, a little too well, burning and scarring his mouth and tongue and leaving him with impaired speech. When Gilda sees that Truman is now out for revenge for what she has done to him, she goes on the run. And the story only gets crazier from there.

The [=FurAffinity=] version of ''Grunvale'' can be read [[https://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/phoenixofgrunvale/folder/512185/Grunvale here]].

* BigBrotherBully: Truman, inverted with Troy and Tom. Terence starts out as this in Gilda's Brothers, but when he sees what Truman is becoming, he tries (and frequently fails) to reform himself in front of Gilda throughout the story.

* Precision F-Strike: While the story is littered with swears, there are several moments that stand out.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes?: April hates insects. Even the bipedal, anthropomorphic ones.