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* UnconventionalFoodUsage: The protagonist dreams of sleeping on marshmallow-stuffed pillows.
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* AllForNothing: The protagonist finds the only way into Solla Sollew is unreachable by a small creature who slaps the doorman's key every time he tries to open the door. After this, he realizes that going to Boola Boo Ball is not worth any more troubles.
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* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Solla Sollew is not the city of no troubles that it was claimed to be… but Boola Boo Ball is. Subverted, in that the main character stops there, and doesn't go on to Boola Boo Ball.
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* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Solla Sollew is not the city of no troubles that it was claimed to be… but Boola Boo Ball is. Subverted, in that the main character stops there, and doesn't go on to Boola Boo Ball.Ball.
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* ThePromisedLand[=/=]{{Utopia}}: Solla Sollew is supposed to be one. It gets deconstructed, and after that, Boola Boo Ball is said to be one, though it's implied that it probably isn't really one either.
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* ThePromisedLand[=/=]{{Utopia}}: Solla Sollew is supposed to be one. It gets deconstructed, and after that, Boola Boo Ball is said to be one, though it's it is implied that it probably isn't really one either.
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* BoringReturnJourney.BoringReturnJourney: The narrative jumps from Solla Sollew straight back to the Valley of Vung.
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* HereWeGoAgain: Averted. The hero tacitly anticipates this, and returns home instead.
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* HereWeGoAgain: Averted. The Rather than risk another arduous, fruitless venture, the hero tacitly anticipates this, passes on the trip to Boola Boo Ball and returns home instead.
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* ActionSurvivor: The protagonist.
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* BadassBoast: The closing lines. "Now my troubles are going/To have troubles with ME!"
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* BoringReturnJourney.
* BrainsAndBrawn: The Wubble chap invokes this in the name of "teamwork". Conveniently, this allows him to sit back and bark out orders while the hero does all the heavy work.
* BrainsAndBrawn: The Wubble chap invokes this in the name of "teamwork". Conveniently, this allows him to sit back and bark out orders while the hero does all the heavy work.
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* FeatheredFiend: The Quilligan Quail.
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* HereWeGoAgain: Averted. The hero tacitly anticipates this, and returns home instead.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The Wubble driver is an unusual case. We see his "heart of gold" side first, when he invites the hero to join him on his journey. Only when the going gets tough do we learn that he isn't ''quite'' as selfless as he initially appeared (see BrainsAndBrawn above).
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* CitadelCity: Solla Sollew is one. Deconstructed, as it means that a single problem with the single door in and out is enough to turn the city on it's head.
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* CitadelCity: Solla Sollew is one. Deconstructed, as it means that a single problem with the single door in and out is enough to turn the city on it's its head.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: This was the start of Seuss's more sombre stories, although it's still fairly light. The ending is especially unusual: Instead of a happy ending in Solla Sollew like most children's books would have, the protagonist discovers that the door is locked and the doorman cannot unlock it because of a Key Slapping Slippard in the door. It even considers the possibility of ''killing'' the Slippard, noticeably averting NeverSayDie in the process.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: This was the start of Seuss's more sombre somber stories, although it's still fairly light. The ending is especially unusual: Instead of a happy ending in Solla Sollew like most children's books would have, the protagonist discovers that the door is locked and the doorman cannot unlock it because of a Key Slapping Slippard in the door. It even considers the possibility of ''killing'' the Slippard, noticeably averting NeverSayDie in the process.
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* CrapsackWorld: Solla Sollew will eventually descend into this, what with a Key-Slapping Slippard in the keyhole of their only door and there being superstition around killing the little bastard. The doorman even mentions that "now the town's gone to pot" because of the Slippard.
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* CrapsackWorld: Solla Sollew will have to eventually descend into this, what with a Key-Slapping Slippard in the keyhole of their only door and there being superstition around killing the little bastard. The doorman even mentions that "now the town's gone to pot" because of the Slippard.bastard.
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* CrapsackWorld: Solla Sollew will have to descend into anarchy, what with a Key-Slapping Slippard in the keyhole of their only door and there being superstition around killing the little bastard. The doorman even mentions that "now the town's gone to pot" because of the Slippard.
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* CrapsackWorld: Solla Sollew will have to eventually descend into anarchy, this, what with a Key-Slapping Slippard in the keyhole of their only door and there being superstition around killing the little bastard. The doorman even mentions that "now the town's gone to pot" because of the Slippard.
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* CrapsackWorld: Solla Sollew will now descend into this state, what with a Key-Slapping Slippard in the keyhole of their only door and there being superstition around killing these little bastards. The doorman even mentions that because of that Slippard, "now the town's gone to pot".
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* CrapsackWorld: Solla Sollew will now have to descend into this state, anarchy, what with a Key-Slapping Slippard in the keyhole of their only door and there being superstition around killing these the little bastards. bastard. The doorman even mentions that because of that Slippard, "now the town's gone to pot".pot" because of the Slippard.
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* CrapsackWorld: Solla Sollew will now descend into this state, what with a Key-Slapping Slippard in the keyhole of their only door and there being superstition around killing these little bastards. The doorman even mentions that because of that Slippard, "now the town's gone to pot".
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* DarkerAndEdgier: This was the start of Seuss's more sombre stories, although it's still fairly light.
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* RealityEnsues: At the beginning, the narrator trips over a rock and thinks he will stay out of trouble forever if he keeps looking forward. This doesn't stop a quail from biting his tail from behind, a mosquito from stinging his neck from above, or a gopher from biting his toe from below.
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* RhymingWithItself: A variation. At one point, "position" is rhymed with "physician".
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* CatsAreMean: The Perilous Poozer of Pompelmoose Pass, which has the appearance of a lion. What's worse is that there are more of them.
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* {{Conscription}}: The main character is drafted to join the war against the the Perilous Poozer of Pompelmoose Pass.
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* {{Conscription}}: The main character is drafted to join the war against the the Perilous Poozer of Pompelmoose Pass.
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* MilesGloriosus: General Genghis Khan Schmitz and his soldiers.
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* CitadelCity: Solla Sollew is one. Deconstructed, as it means that a single problem with the single door in and out is enough to turn the city on it's head.
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* ThePromisedLand[=/=]{{Utopia}}: Solla Sollew is supposed to be one. It gets deconstructed, and after that, Boola Boo Ball is said to be one, though it's implied that it probably isn't really one either.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The story is ''full'' of people making decisions like this.
** The story begins when the protagonist decides to leave home in this fashion.
** Implied that the wubble chap left home in a similar fashion.
** The chap who leaves his house to avoid the Mid Winter Gipper.
** General Genghis Kahn Schmitz when he sees the poozers.
** The gatekeeper of Solla Sollew at the end.
** The story begins when the protagonist decides to leave home in this fashion.
** Implied that the wubble chap left home in a similar fashion.
** The chap who leaves his house to avoid the Mid Winter Gipper.
** General Genghis Kahn Schmitz when he sees the poozers.
** The gatekeeper of Solla Sollew at the end.
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**General Genghis Kahn Schmitz when he sees the
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**The story begins when the protagonist decides to leave home in this fashion.
**Implied that the wubble chap left home in a similar fashion.
**The chap who leaves his house to avoid the Mid Winter Gipper.
**General Genghis Kahn Schmitz when he sees the poozers.
**The gatekeeper of Solla Sollew at the end.
**The story begins when the protagonist decides to leave home in this fashion.
**Implied that the wubble chap left home in a similar fashion.
**The chap who leaves his house to avoid the Mid Winter Gipper.
**General Genghis Kahn Schmitz when he sees the poozers.
**The gatekeeper of Solla Sollew at the end.
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* {{Utopia}}: Solla Sollew is supposed to be one. It gets deconstructed, and after that, Boola Boo Ball is said to be one, though it's implied that it probably isn't really.really one either.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The refrain about Solla Sollew says that they have "very few" problems. In fact, they have only one, but nobody's been able to solve it.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The refrain about Solla Sollew says that they have "very few" problems. In fact, they have only one, but nobody's been able no troubles or "at least, very few." This gives an early hint that Solla Sollew is not the perfect place it's said to solve it.be.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: This was the start of Seuss's more sombre stories, although it's still fairly light.
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*TheHerosJourney: The story takes this form, beginning with the main character running away from his problems, and ends with him growing up and facing them. It chronicles his departure, journey, and return.
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-->'''General Genghis Kahn Schmitz''': There's a war going on! And it's time that you knew\\
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-->'''General Genghis Kahn Schmitz''': Schmitz''':\\
There's a war going on! And it's time that you knew\\
There's a war going on! And it's time that you knew\\
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->''"Young fellow, what has happened to you\\
Has happened to me and to other folks, too.\\
So I'll tell you what I have decided to do…\\
I'm off to the City of Solla Sollew\\
On the banks of the beautiful River Wah-Hoo,\\
Where they '''never''' have troubles! At least, very few.\\
It's not very far.\\
And my camel is strong.\\
He'll get us there fast.\\
So hop on! Come along!"''
-->--'''The Wubble chap'''
''I Had Trouble In Getting To Solla Sollew'' is a story written and illustrated by Creator/DrSeuss that was first published in 1965. It's a TheHerosJourney story, chronicling an unnamed protagonist's TraumaCongaLine as he searches for {{Utopia}}, and learns that GrassIsGreener.
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!This book provides examples of:
*AnAesop: Don't run away from your problems.
*ArcWords: "Solla Sollew, on the banks of the beautiful River Wah-Hoo, where they never have troubles! At least, very few."
*{{Conscription}}: The main character is drafted to join the war against the the Perilous Poozer of Pompelmoose Pass.
-->'''General Genghis Kahn Schmitz''': There's a war going on! And it's time that you knew\\
Every lad in this land has his duty to do.
*CueTheRain: How could walking over 100 miles to Solla Sollew be worse? If it were raining.
*JourneyToFindOneself: At the end of the book, the main character grows up and stops running away from his problems.
*NoNameGiven: The story is told in first person, and the main character's name is never given.
*TraumaCongaLine: The whole book is one long series of random woes that befall the main character.
* {{Utopia}}: Solla Sollew is supposed to be one. It gets deconstructed, and after that, Boola Boo Ball is said to be one, though it's implied that it isn't really.
*YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Solla Sollew is not the city of no troubles that it was claimed to be… but Boola Boo Ball is. Subverted, in that the main character stops there, and doesn't go on to Boola Boo Ball.
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->''"Young fellow, what has happened to you\\
Has happened to me and to other folks, too.\\
So I'll tell you what I have decided to do…\\
I'm off to the City of Solla Sollew\\
On the banks of the beautiful River Wah-Hoo,\\
Where they '''never''' have troubles! At least, very few.\\
It's not very far.\\
And my camel is strong.\\
He'll get us there fast.\\
So hop on! Come along!"''
-->--'''The Wubble chap'''
''I Had Trouble In Getting To Solla Sollew'' is a story written and illustrated by Creator/DrSeuss that was first published in 1965. It's a TheHerosJourney story, chronicling an unnamed protagonist's TraumaCongaLine as he searches for {{Utopia}}, and learns that GrassIsGreener.
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!This book provides examples of:
*AnAesop: Don't run away from your problems.
*ArcWords: "Solla Sollew, on the banks of the beautiful River Wah-Hoo, where they never have troubles! At least, very few."
*{{Conscription}}: The main character is drafted to join the war against the the Perilous Poozer of Pompelmoose Pass.
-->'''General Genghis Kahn Schmitz''': There's a war going on! And it's time that you knew\\
Every lad in this land has his duty to do.
*CueTheRain: How could walking over 100 miles to Solla Sollew be worse? If it were raining.
*JourneyToFindOneself: At the end of the book, the main character grows up and stops running away from his problems.
*NoNameGiven: The story is told in first person, and the main character's name is never given.
*TraumaCongaLine: The whole book is one long series of random woes that befall the main character.
* {{Utopia}}: Solla Sollew is supposed to be one. It gets deconstructed, and after that, Boola Boo Ball is said to be one, though it's implied that it isn't really.
*YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Solla Sollew is not the city of no troubles that it was claimed to be… but Boola Boo Ball is. Subverted, in that the main character stops there, and doesn't go on to Boola Boo Ball.
