History Literature / Jumper

* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted. Davy is a virgin at the start of the novel. [[spoiler: It takes a long time for Davy to feel safe enough to have a sexual relationship with Millie, most likely due to barely escaping a gang-rape at the hands of Topper Robbins and his trucker buddies.]]

* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Used word-for-word when Cent talks about the possibility of de-orbiting government spy satellites, costing the United States billions of dollars. Cent is much more active and aggressive about keeping the [[GovernmentConspiracy alphabet soup]] honest than Davy was, since [[GenreSavvy she knows from her father's experience]] that government agencies behave about as well as they're forced to.

* TheArtifact: The NebulousEvilOrganization really have very little to do with the plot of ''Exo''. They show up [[spoiler: and are taken out within a couple of chapters]] essentially to avert WhatHappenedToTheMouse. ''Exo'' is instead about Cent's space program.

* AuthorAppeal: At one point in the novel, one of the teenagers who tried to seduce Davy while drunk hawks Alanon (Alcoholics Anonymous... for the affected family and friends). Davy is a complete teetotaler, and often [[{{NiceToTheWaiter}} tips generously]] or tries to help out those who are less fortunate. Apparently becomes something of a character ''weakness'' in the sequel, ''Reflex'', but it's still heavily present.

* {{Badass}}: A terrorist with a gun, knife, and grenade gets dropped into the sinkhole where Davy has already imprisoned Brian Cox, who at the time is naked. When Davy returns, Cox is the one holding all three.

* MenAreStrongWomenAreSexy: Cent's ever-observant mind objects to the [=YouTube=] comments about how hot "Space Girl" is, because of this trope. It doesn't matter that she's a female astronaut lifting satellites into orbit; because she's a girl, her attractiveness is ''always'' relevant.

* ThouShaltNotKill: Davy is unwilling to kill anyone. Even terrorists, NSA agents, or his dad - though he comes really close with Dad.

* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Used word-for-word when Cent talks about the possibility of de-orbiting government spy satellites, costing the United States billions of dollars. Cent is much more active and aggressive about keeping the [[GovernmentConspiracy alphabet soup]] honest, since [[GenreSavvy she knows from her father's experience]] that government agencies behave about as well as they're forced to.

* {{Masquerade}}: Not strictly applied, but Davy tries to keep a low profile. It doesn't work very well - the government figures out that something's up almost immediately. [[spoiler: In ''Exo'', Cent decides "screw it," and goes public as Space Girl.]]

* IJustWantToBeNormal: Once she's able to jump, Cent puts her foot down and tells her parents that she is going to go to school and be a regular teenager [[IJustWantToHaveFriends with regular friends]]. [[spoiler: The "normal life" part doesn't work out, but she does manage to make some friends. She's still waiting on the ice cream, though.]]

* LatexSpaceSuit: In ''Exo'', Cent uses the family's money to invest in the development of one of these to fulfill her dream of space flight. The main sticking point is that the suit is impossible to get ''on''. [[spoiler: Cent can teleport into it, though.]]

** Cent applies this trope with ''style'', using her power to become a one-woman space program.

--> Help, I'm being held captive by two teleporting aliens. Please send friends. Will accept ice cream.

* MundaneUtility: Davy uses Jumping to travel the world and make moving faster. After the TimeSkip before ''Reflex'' he has an off-the-books job with the US government inserting intelligence agents.

The novel has a 2004 sequel called ''Reflex'', where Davy is kidnapped and Millie must track him. Oh, she unconsciously learned how to Jump.

The 2014 fourth book in the series, ''Exo'', will be released in September 2014.

* AuthorAppeal: At one point in the novel, one of the teenagers who tried to seduce Davy while drunk hawks Alanon (Alcoholics Anonymous... for the affected family and friends). Davy is a complete teetotaler, and often tips generously or tries to help out those who are less fortunate. Apparently becomes something of a character ''weakness'' in the sequel, ''Reflex'', but it's still heavily present.

* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted. Davy is a virgin at the start of the novel.

** In the third book, ''Impulse'', [[Davey's daughter, Cent, figures out how to ''un-cancel'' this momentum, granting her very temporary boosts of SuperSpeed and SuperStrength.]]
* {{Intangibility}}: It's discovered that whenever Davy jumps he becomes a gateway for a fraction of a second. [[UpToEleven Taken to the next level]] in book 2 when [[spoiler: he works out how to twin himself between to separate locations.]]

* InertiaIsACruelMistress: Averted. Every time Davy jumps, his momentum is cancelled.

* InertiaIsACruelMistress: Averted. Every time Davy jumps his momentum is cancelled.

* Intangibility: It's discovered that whenever Davy jumps he becomes a gateway for a fraction of a second. [[UpToEleven Taken to the next level]] in book 2 when [[spoiler: he works out how to twin himself between to separate locations.]]

EstablishingCharacterMoment: In Impulse, we learn everything we need to know about Cent before we even meet her based on this note she pastes on her bedroom door.