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* FunetikAksent: Eejit's Cockney-esque accent is written this way.

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* FunetikAksent: Eejit's Cockney-esque accent SimpletonVoice is written this way.

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--> '''Mrs Prince:''' Take a seat.

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--> '''Mrs '''Miss Prince:''' Take a seat.



--> '''Mrs Prince:''' What?

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--> '''Mrs '''Miss Prince:''' What?



--> '''Mrs Prince:''' Just ''sit!''

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--> '''Mrs '''Miss Prince:''' Just ''sit!''



* NervousTics: When Jiggy is nervous or agitated, his feet dance and his arms flap, hence his nickname.

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* NervousTics: When Jiggy is nervous nervous, upset, or agitated, his feet dance and his arms flap, hence his nickname.



* PunnyName: Mr ''Bake''lite the "Fodder Technology"[[note]]Cookery[[/note]] teacher. There's also Mr Dent, who teaches woodwork and metalwork.

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Mr ''Bake''lite the "Fodder Technology"[[note]]Cookery[[/note]] teacher. teacher.
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There's also Mr Dent, who teaches woodwork and metalwork.metalwork.
** Jiggy's classmate Neil Downey[[note]]kneel down[[/note]].


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* RedHerring: In ''Maggot Pie'', all the signs point to [[spoiler: Mr Dent]] being a genie, but it actually turns out to be [[spoiler: sickly-looking Science teacher Mr Flowerdew]].

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Much to Jiggy's chagrin, Eejit constantly asks to join the Musketeers. He also has a crush on Angie in ''Maggot Pie''.

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Much to Jiggy's chagrin, Eejit constantly asks to join the Musketeers. He also has a crush on Angie in ''Maggot Pie''.''The Toilet Of Doom''.



** In ''Ryan's Brain'', the class try to distract Mr Bakelite by asking about his hobbies. He says he enjoys bell-ringing (as in ringing bells in a church) to which someone replies that Eejit Atkins is one of those. Turns out what Eejit actually does is the game where you ring people's doorbells and run away.

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** In ''Ryan's Brain'', the class try to distract Mr Bakelite by asking about his hobbies. He says he enjoys bell-ringing (as in ringing bells in a church) to which someone replies that Eejit Atkins is one of those.does that too. Turns out what Eejit actually does is the game where you ring people's doorbells and run away.


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* ToiletHumour: As much as you can expect from a book series aimed at young boys.

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-> "One for all and all for lunch!"
-->-- The Musketeers' CatchPhrase



* ''Evilution: The Troof" (World Book Day 2011)
* ''Murder & Chips'' (2011)

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* ''Evilution: The Troof" Troof'' (World Book Day 2011)
* ''Murder & Chips'' (2011)
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Eejit to Angie.

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Much to Jiggy's chagrin, Eejit constantly asks to Angie.join the Musketeers. He also has a crush on Angie in ''Maggot Pie''.



** Jiggy's dad has shades of this.
--> '''Mel:''' When I was a kid I knew nothing.
--> '''Peg:''' And he's proud of it!
* BigBrotherInstinct: Inverted. Bryan Ryan saved his little brother Russell from electrocution when they were younger. In return, Russell protects Bryan with his psychic abilities.
* BrilliantButLazy: Jiggy's narration is hilariously witty but he can't really be bothered with school most of the time. He's also quite good at drawing but doesn't really work on it, he just does it for fun.



* ControlFreak: Peg, Jiggy's mum.

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* ControlFreak: Peg, Jiggy's mum. Jiggy's dad thinks she has OCD.


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* LimitedWardrobe: Mr Rice always wears a red tracksuit. Jiggy wonders whether it's always the same one or if he's got a wardrobe full of identical ones.

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The ''Jiggy [=McCue=] series'', by Michael Lawrence, is a series of children's books that center around a young preteen boy named [[ProtagonistTitle Jiggy McCue]] and the unlucky, often fantastical situations that he finds himself in.

There are 13 (12 in the relaunch which took out The Curse of the Poltergoose) books in the series:
* The Curse of the Poltergoose
* The Killer Underpants
* Toilet of Doom
* Maggot Pie/The Meanest Genie
* The Snottle
* Nudie Dudie
* Neville the Devil
* Ryan's Brain
* The Iron, the Switch and the Broom Cupboard
* Kid Swap
* One for All and All for Lunch!
* Rudie Dudie
* Murder & Chips

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The ''Jiggy [=McCue=] series'', by Michael Lawrence, is a series of children's books that center around a young preteen (later teenage) boy named [[ProtagonistTitle Jiggy McCue]] and the unlucky, often fantastical situations that he finds himself in.

There are 13 (12 14 (13 in the relaunch which took out The Curse of the Poltergoose) books in the series:
* The ''The Curse of the Poltergoose
Poltergoose'' (1999)
* The ''The Killer Underpants
Underpants'' (2000)
* Toilet ''Toilet of Doom
Doom'' (2001)
* Maggot Pie/The ''Maggot Pie'' / ''The Meanest Genie
Genie'' (2002)
* The Snottle
''The Snottle'' (2003)
* Nudie Dudie
''Nudie Dudie'' (2004)
* Neville ''Neville the Devil
Devil'' (2005)
* Ryan's Brain
''Ryan's Brain'' (2006)
* The ''The Iron, the Switch and the Broom Cupboard
Cupboard'' (2007)
* Kid Swap
''Kid Swap'' (2008)
* One ''One for All and All for Lunch!
Lunch!'' (2009)
* Rudie Dudie
''Rudie Dudie'' (2010)
* Murder ''Evilution: The Troof" (World Book Day 2011)
* ''Murder
& Chips
Chips'' (2011)



* BookDumb: Pete is not the brightest lamp in the shop.

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* BookDumb: AllMenArePerverts: Angie lampshades this whenever she catches Pete and Jiggy looking at something suggestive.
* BookDumb:
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Pete is not the brightest lamp in the shop.shop.
** Eejit, hence the nickname.
--> '''Jiggy:''' You'll have to apply in writing.
--> '''Eejit''': Writin'?
--> '''Jiggy''': Block capitals'll do.



** In ''Ryan's Brain'', the class try to distract Mr Bakelite by asking about his hobbies. He says he enjoys bell-ringing (as in ringing bells in a church) to which someone replies that Eejit Atkins is one of those. Turns out what Eejit is actually talking about is the game where you ring people's doorbells and run away.
* EmbarrassingNickname: "Face-Ache" Dakin the Maths teacher and "Eejit" (a dialect form of "idiot") Atkins.

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** In ''Ryan's Brain'', the class try to distract Mr Bakelite by asking about his hobbies. He says he enjoys bell-ringing (as in ringing bells in a church) to which someone replies that Eejit Atkins is one of those. Turns out what Eejit is actually talking about does is the game where you ring people's doorbells and run away.
* ControlFreak: Peg, Jiggy's mum.
* CreepyChild: Russell Ryan, younger brother of Jiggy's SitcomArchNemesis Bryan Ryan.
* EmbarrassingNickname: "Face-Ache" Dakin the Maths teacher and "Eejit" (a "Eejit"[[note]]a dialect form of "idiot") "idiot"[[/note]] Atkins.



* FunetikAksent: Eejit's Cockney-esque accent is written this way.
* TheGoodOldBritishComp: Ranting Lane, Jiggy's school.



* LivingClothes: ''The Killer Underpants'' is about Jiggy receiving a tacky coloured, talking pair of underpants who control whoever's wearing them.

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Played with. Sometimes it seems Jiggy's aware he's a book character, and other times he's not.
* LivingClothes: ''The Killer Underpants'' is about Jiggy receiving a tacky coloured, tacky, talking pair of underpants who that control whoever's wearing them. them.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Basically the entire premise of ''Nudie Dudie''.



* OneOfTheBoys: Angie, to the point she says it's a shame she was born a girl.



* PunnyName: Mr ''Bake''lite the "Fodder Technology" (Cookery) teacher.

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* PunnyName: Mr ''Bake''lite the "Fodder Technology" (Cookery) teacher.Technology"[[note]]Cookery[[/note]] teacher. There's also Mr Dent, who teaches woodwork and metalwork.


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* ShoutOut: The cult classic DVD the Musketeers watch in ''Ryan's Brain'' is not named, but we can deduce from the plot description that it's Film/TheWickerMan1973. In the same book, Jiggy finds an old drawing he did of a character from [[WesternAnimation/FiremanSam "a kiddie programme about firemen"]].

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''Jiggy McCue series'', by Michael Lawrence, is a series of children's books that center around a young preteen boy named [[ProtagonistTitle Jiggy McCue]], and the unlucky, often fantastical situations that he finds himself in.

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The ''Jiggy McCue [=McCue=] series'', by Michael Lawrence, is a series of children's books that center around a young preteen boy named [[ProtagonistTitle Jiggy McCue]], McCue]] and the unlucky, often fantastical situations that he finds himself in.



* AbhorrentAdmirer: Eejit to Angie.
* BookDumb: Pete is not the brightest lamp in the shop.



* EmbarrassingNickname: "Face-Ache" Dakin the Maths teacher and "Eejit" (a dialect form of "idiot") Atkins.



* InSeriesNickname: Jiggy loves to nickname people he knows, such as "Sugar Ricicle" for Mr Rice and "The Mint" for Angie.



* NervousTics: When Jiggy is nervous or agitated, his feet dance and his arms flap, hence his nickname.



* ProtagonistTitle: The entire series is called the Jiggy Mccue series, and every book cover has 'A Jiggy Mccue story' on it.
* SadistTeacher: Mr Hurley and Mr Rice (PE).

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* PunnyName: Mr ''Bake''lite the "Fodder Technology" (Cookery) teacher.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: At the end of ''The Iron, The Switch and the Broom Cupboard'', the teenage Jiggy's parents [[spoiler:announce they're expecting a new baby.]]
* ProtagonistTitle: The entire series is called the Jiggy Mccue [=McCue=] series, and every book cover has 'A Jiggy Mccue [=McCue=] story' on it.
* SadistTeacher: Mr Hurley (History) and Mr Rice (PE).



* TooDumbToLive: Eejit. When Jiggy has to headbutt the goalpost in ''Ryan's Brain'', Eejit ends up in hospital too. He didn't move out of the way like Jiggy told him to because he thought he was joking about that part.

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* TooDumbToLive: Eejit. When Jiggy has to headbutt the goalpost and injure himself in ''Ryan's Brain'', Eejit ends up in hospital too. He didn't move out of the way like Jiggy told him to because he thought ''thought he was joking about that part.''

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''Jiggy Mccue series'', by Michael Lawrence, is a series of children's books that center around a young preteen boy named [[ProtagonistTitle Jiggy McCue]], and the unlucky situations that he finds himself in.

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''Jiggy Mccue McCue series'', by Michael Lawrence, is a series of children's books that center around a young preteen boy named [[ProtagonistTitle Jiggy McCue]], and the unlucky unlucky, often fantastical situations that he finds himself in.



* The Iron, the Switch and the Broom

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* The Iron, the Switch and the BroomBroom Cupboard


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* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
** Jiggy does this constantly, often on purpose.
--> '''Mrs Prince:''' Take a seat.
--> '''Jiggy:''' Where?
--> '''Mrs Prince:''' What?
--> '''Jiggy:''' Where would you like me to take it?
--> '''Mrs Prince:''' Just ''sit!''
** In ''Ryan's Brain'', the class try to distract Mr Bakelite by asking about his hobbies. He says he enjoys bell-ringing (as in ringing bells in a church) to which someone replies that Eejit Atkins is one of those. Turns out what Eejit is actually talking about is the game where you ring people's doorbells and run away.
* FootnoteFever: A defining feature of the series.


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* SadistTeacher: Mr Hurley and Mr Rice (PE).


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* TooDumbToLive: Eejit. When Jiggy has to headbutt the goalpost in ''Ryan's Brain'', Eejit ends up in hospital too. He didn't move out of the way like Jiggy told him to because he thought he was joking about that part.
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* LivingClothing: ''The Killer Underpants'' is about Jiggy receiving a tacky coloured, talking pair of underpants who control his body.

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* LivingClothing: LivingClothes: ''The Killer Underpants'' is about Jiggy receiving a tacky coloured, talking pair of underpants who control his body.whoever's wearing them.
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* LivingClothing: ''The Killer Underpants'' is about Jiggy receiving a tacky coloured, talking pair of underpants who control his body.
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* FreakyFridayFlip: ''The Toilet of Doom'' is about a website that Jiggy goes on which causes him and Angie to swap bodies.

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* FreakyFridayFlip: ''The Toilet of Doom'' is about a website computer program that Jiggy goes on uses which causes him and Angie to swap bodies.
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* FreakyFridayFlip: ''The Toilet of Doom'' is about a website that Jiggy goes on which causes him and Angie to swap bodies.
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''Jiggy Mccue series'', by Michael Lawrence, is a series of children's books that center around a young boy named [[ProtagonistTitle Jiggy McCue]].

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''Jiggy Mccue series'', by Michael Lawrence, is a series of children's books that center around a young preteen boy named [[ProtagonistTitle Jiggy McCue]].
McCue]], and the unlucky situations that he finds himself in.
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* DefiniteArticleTitle: 'The Curse of the Poltergoose', 'The Killer Underpants', 'The Snottle', 'The Iron, the Switch and the Broom'

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* DefiniteArticleTitle: 'The Curse of the Poltergoose', 'The Killer Underpants', 'The Snottle', 'The Iron, the Switch and the Broom'



* {{Tomboy}}: Angie.

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* %%* {{Tomboy}}: Angie.
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* DefiniteArticleTitle: 'The Curse of the Poltergoose', 'The Killer Underpants', 'The Snottle', 'The Iron, the Switch and the Broom'



* TheTheTitle: 'The Curse of the Poltergoose', 'The Killer Underpants', 'The Snottle', 'The Iron, the Switch and the Broom'
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* ProtagonistTitle: The entire series is called the Jiggy Mccue series, and every book cover has 'A Jiggy Mccue story' on it.


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* {{Tomboy}}: Angie.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Jiggy's real name is Joseph, but everyone calls him Jiggy. Similarly, Eejit's real name is Ralph, but everyone except from his mother calls him Eejit.
* TheTheTitle: 'The Curse of the Poltergoose', 'The Killer Underpants', 'The Snottle', 'The Iron, the Switch and the Broom'



* TheTheTitle: 'The Curse of the Poltergoose', 'The Killer Underpants', 'The Snottle', 'The Iron, the Switch and the Broom'

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* TwoGuysAndAGirl: The main characters consist of Jiggy, the protagonist, and his two best friends, Pete and Angie.

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* TwoGuysAndAGirl: The main characters consist of Jiggy, the protagonist, and his two best friends, Pete and Angie. They call themselves the Three Musketeers.
*TheTheTitle: 'The Curse of the Poltergoose', 'The Killer Underpants', 'The Snottle', 'The Iron, the Switch and the Broom'
* UnfortunateName: When naming their house, Jiggy wrote down several joke names and unfortunately one of his ideas was chosen. Thus, 'The Dorks'.
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''Jiggy Mccue series'', by Michael Lawrence, is a series of children's books that center around a young boy named [[ProtagonistTitle Jiggy McCue]].

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''Jiggy Mccue series'', by Michael Lawrence, is a series of children's books that center around a young boy named [[ProtagonistTitle Jiggy McCue]].McCue]].

There are 13 (12 in the relaunch which took out The Curse of the Poltergoose) books in the series:
* The Curse of the Poltergoose
* The Killer Underpants
* Toilet of Doom
* Maggot Pie/The Meanest Genie
* The Snottle
* Nudie Dudie
* Neville the Devil
* Ryan's Brain
* The Iron, the Switch and the Broom
* Kid Swap
* One for All and All for Lunch!
* Rudie Dudie
* Murder & Chips

The series contains examples of:
*TwoGuysAndAGirl: The main characters consist of Jiggy, the protagonist, and his two best friends, Pete and Angie.
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''Jiggy McCue series'', by Michael Lawrence, is a series of children's books that center around a young boy named [[ProtagonistTitle Jiggy McCue]].

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''Jiggy McCue Mccue series'', by Michael Lawrence, is a series of children's books that center around a young boy named [[ProtagonistTitle Jiggy McCue]].
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''Jiggy McCue series'', by Michael Lawrence, is a series of children's books that center around a young boy named [[ProtagonistTitle Jiggy McCue]].

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