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* AmbiguousSyntax: Elliot tells his father he's going to do research at the library about Magellan (the penguin, not the explorer). His father says in third grade, he got Captain Cook. The reader is made to think he's talking about a research project about James Cook, but since he owns a tortoise named Captain Cook, it's more likely he's telling his son he got the tortoise when he in third grade.
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* UncattyResemblance: Elliot "adopts" Magellan because the penguin's appearance and mannerism reminds Elliot of himself. His father, as a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}, looks like a tortoise with his roundness and green clothing, and at the end of the book, he is shown to own a green Galápagos tortoise.
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* UncattyResemblance: Elliot "adopts" Magellan because the penguin's appearance and mannerism reminds remind Elliot of himself. His father, as a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}, looks like a tortoise with his roundness and green clothing, and at the end of the book, he is shown to own a green Galápagos tortoise.
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* ColorContrast: The SplashOfColor in several illustrations has a lot of contrasting color, like red scarf and backpack with blue ice packs and green clothes and red hair.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the latter half of the book, whenever Elliot's father shows up, he has his feet propped on a large green footstool, and he owns a lot of green and turtle/tortoise-themed items. Turns out the footstool is his tortoise, hence why he has no qualms about Elliot keeping a penguin.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the latter half of the book, whenever Elliot's father shows up, he has his feet propped on a large green footstool, and he owns a lot of green and turtle/tortoise-themed items. Turns out the footstool is his tortoise, hence why he has no qualms about Elliot keeping a penguin.
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* ColorContrast: The SplashOfColor in several illustrations has a lot of contrasting color, like Magellan's red scarf and backpack with contrasting blue ice packs packs, and Elliot's father's green clothes and contrasting his red hair.
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* BlueMeansCold: The "Cool" in the title is colored light blue, and the same shade of blue is used for the bags of ice that Elliot buys for Magellan.
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''One Cool Friend'' is a 2012 children's picture book by Toni Buzzeo, with illustrations by David Small.
During a visit to the aquarium, Elliot sees his dream pet: a Magellanic penguin. It's in a tux and has a proper posture, like him. He asks his father for a penguin, and his father, believing he meant a stuffed animal, says yes and gives him money. Elliot picks the smallest penguin from the exhibit and takes it home.
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!! Tropes:
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Elliot is a sharply dressed and bright little boy with impeccable manners, who's not interested in the exhibits at the aquarium that are popular (and crowded) with children, but he still has a childish innocence that excuses him from stealing an animal from an aquarium exhibit.
* AmbiguousSituation: It's revealed to the reader that Elliot's father is totally fine with his son keeping a penguin and himself has a giant tortoise. How much he knew about Magellan and whether Elliot was trying to sneak the penguin around are both left ambiguous.
* AmbiguousSyntax: Elliot tells his father he's going to do research at the library about Magellan (the penguin, not the explorer). His father says in third grade, he got Captain Cook. The reader is made to think he's talking about a research project about James Cook, but since he owns a tortoise named Captain Cook, it's more likely he's telling his son he got the tortoise when he in third grade.
* AsideGlance: Elliot looks at the reader at the end, as a smirk upon the reveal that the household has a tortoise, a fact that has been hidden until the last page.
* BaitAndSwitch: At the end of the book, when Elliot's father discovers Magellan in the bathtub, he calls to his son, "Young man, where did this penguin come from?", seemingly shocked or upset. Elliot answers the penguin came from the southern tip of Argentina. His father says that's right and points out that his tortoise, Captain Cook, is from the Galápagos Islands.
* BigEater: Magellan, who's about a foot tall, clears out at least four boxes of frozen seafood from the freezer overnight.
* BlindWithoutThem: Elliot's father wears glasses. During the night, he gets a carton of ice cream from the freezer and squints at the carton while not seeing the penguin lounging on the ice tray.
* ColorContrast: The SplashOfColor in several illustrations has a lot of contrasting color, like red scarf and backpack with blue ice packs and green clothes and red hair.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the latter half of the book, whenever Elliot's father shows up, he has his feet propped on a large green footstool, and he owns a lot of green and turtle/tortoise-themed items. Turns out the footstool is his tortoise, hence why he has no qualms about Elliot keeping a penguin.
* MediumBlending: The illustrations are in ink, ink wash, and colored pencil. A few pages mix in photos, scientific diagrams, and text.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous:
** The species of penguin Elliot encounters is the Magellanic penguin. He names the one he takes home Magellan.
** Elliot's father named his tortoise Captain Cook.
* TheReveal: Despite Elliot seemingly trying to hide Magellan's presence in their home, Elliot's father is not ignorant of the penguin and is totally OK with Elliot keeping one. The last page also reveals that Elliot's father has a tortoise named Captain Cook.
* SharpDressedMan: Much younger than the typical subject of this trope. Elliot is a sharp-dressed little boy with good manners. The black-and-white penguins at the aquarium remind him of himself.
* SpeechBubbles: All of the dialogue is written in line with the rest of the book's text but is wrapped in a speech bubble. Even the blurb on the dust jacket has the lines by Elliot and his father in speech bubbles.
* SplashOfColor: Most illustrations have objects in a grayscale wash save for a couple of things that are colored, such as the aquarium being blue, Elliot's backpack colored red, and Elliot's father [[ColorCodedCharacters having a green theme]].
* ThemeNaming: Elliot and his father both named their pets after explorers: Magellan the penguin and Captain Cook the tortoise.
* UncattyResemblance: Elliot "adopts" Magellan because the penguin's appearance and mannerism reminds Elliot of himself. His father, as a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}, looks like a tortoise with his roundness and green clothing, and at the end of the book, he is shown to own a green Galápagos tortoise.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Ms. Stanbridge the librarian looks at Magellan and provides Elliot library resources on penguins and the Antarctic without blinking an eye.
* UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople: Strait-laced and tuxedo-wearing Elliot adopts a penguin, and his lenient, absentminded father, who loves tortoises enough to have a themed scrub brush, owns a tortoise named Captain Cook.
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During a visit to the aquarium, Elliot sees his dream pet: a Magellanic penguin. It's in a tux and has a proper posture, like him. He asks his father for a penguin, and his father, believing he meant a stuffed animal, says yes and gives him money. Elliot picks the smallest penguin from the exhibit and takes it home.
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!! Tropes:
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Elliot is a sharply dressed and bright little boy with impeccable manners, who's not interested in the exhibits at the aquarium that are popular (and crowded) with children, but he still has a childish innocence that excuses him from stealing an animal from an aquarium exhibit.
* AmbiguousSituation: It's revealed to the reader that Elliot's father is totally fine with his son keeping a penguin and himself has a giant tortoise. How much he knew about Magellan and whether Elliot was trying to sneak the penguin around are both left ambiguous.
* AmbiguousSyntax: Elliot tells his father he's going to do research at the library about Magellan (the penguin, not the explorer). His father says in third grade, he got Captain Cook. The reader is made to think he's talking about a research project about James Cook, but since he owns a tortoise named Captain Cook, it's more likely he's telling his son he got the tortoise when he in third grade.
* AsideGlance: Elliot looks at the reader at the end, as a smirk upon the reveal that the household has a tortoise, a fact that has been hidden until the last page.
* BaitAndSwitch: At the end of the book, when Elliot's father discovers Magellan in the bathtub, he calls to his son, "Young man, where did this penguin come from?", seemingly shocked or upset. Elliot answers the penguin came from the southern tip of Argentina. His father says that's right and points out that his tortoise, Captain Cook, is from the Galápagos Islands.
* BigEater: Magellan, who's about a foot tall, clears out at least four boxes of frozen seafood from the freezer overnight.
* BlindWithoutThem: Elliot's father wears glasses. During the night, he gets a carton of ice cream from the freezer and squints at the carton while not seeing the penguin lounging on the ice tray.
* ColorContrast: The SplashOfColor in several illustrations has a lot of contrasting color, like red scarf and backpack with blue ice packs and green clothes and red hair.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the latter half of the book, whenever Elliot's father shows up, he has his feet propped on a large green footstool, and he owns a lot of green and turtle/tortoise-themed items. Turns out the footstool is his tortoise, hence why he has no qualms about Elliot keeping a penguin.
* MediumBlending: The illustrations are in ink, ink wash, and colored pencil. A few pages mix in photos, scientific diagrams, and text.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous:
** The species of penguin Elliot encounters is the Magellanic penguin. He names the one he takes home Magellan.
** Elliot's father named his tortoise Captain Cook.
* TheReveal: Despite Elliot seemingly trying to hide Magellan's presence in their home, Elliot's father is not ignorant of the penguin and is totally OK with Elliot keeping one. The last page also reveals that Elliot's father has a tortoise named Captain Cook.
* SharpDressedMan: Much younger than the typical subject of this trope. Elliot is a sharp-dressed little boy with good manners. The black-and-white penguins at the aquarium remind him of himself.
* SpeechBubbles: All of the dialogue is written in line with the rest of the book's text but is wrapped in a speech bubble. Even the blurb on the dust jacket has the lines by Elliot and his father in speech bubbles.
* SplashOfColor: Most illustrations have objects in a grayscale wash save for a couple of things that are colored, such as the aquarium being blue, Elliot's backpack colored red, and Elliot's father [[ColorCodedCharacters having a green theme]].
* ThemeNaming: Elliot and his father both named their pets after explorers: Magellan the penguin and Captain Cook the tortoise.
* UncattyResemblance: Elliot "adopts" Magellan because the penguin's appearance and mannerism reminds Elliot of himself. His father, as a bit of {{Foreshadowing}}, looks like a tortoise with his roundness and green clothing, and at the end of the book, he is shown to own a green Galápagos tortoise.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Ms. Stanbridge the librarian looks at Magellan and provides Elliot library resources on penguins and the Antarctic without blinking an eye.
* UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople: Strait-laced and tuxedo-wearing Elliot adopts a penguin, and his lenient, absentminded father, who loves tortoises enough to have a themed scrub brush, owns a tortoise named Captain Cook.
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