Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Literature / PeterAndTheStarcatchers

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Cleanup requirement.


%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

to:

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Getting Crap Past The Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
By TRS decision Whip It Good is now a disambiguation page. Moving entries to appropriate tropes when possible.


* WhipItGood: Little Richard uses a whip to keep his lower-ranked crewmates and the boys they're taking to become royal slaves in another country in line in book 1.

to:

* WhipItGood: WhipOfDominance: Little Richard uses a whip to keep his lower-ranked crewmates and the boys they're taking to become royal slaves in another country in line in book 1.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: They evolved from fish in the lagoon on the cost of what became Never Land, courtesy of exposure to starstuff, and it takes a while - when Slank and Little Richard first meet them, their teeth are more like sharks' teeth. By the time Peter meets one, her teeth are fully human.

to:

* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: They evolved from fish in the lagoon on the cost coast of what became Never Land, courtesy of exposure to starstuff, and it takes a while - when Slank and Little Richard first meet them, their teeth are more like sharks' teeth. By the time Peter meets one, her teeth are fully human.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* BurninfTheShips: In the first act of the first book, the pirate Black Stache dumps most of his water overboard so that the only way his men can avoid dying of thirst is by fully committing themselves to chasing and catching the ship Stache is after and taking its water.

to:

* BurninfTheShips: BurningTheShips: In the first act of the first book, the pirate Black Stache dumps most of his water overboard so that the only way his men can avoid dying of thirst is by fully committing themselves to chasing and catching the ship Stache is after and taking its water.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Black Stache aka Captain Hook is a filthy unwashed, thug with a HookHand, a far cry from Barrie's Gentleman Pirate obsessed with "good form."

to:

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Black Stache aka Captain Hook is a filthy unwashed, filthy, unwashed thug with a HookHand, a far cry from Barrie's Gentleman Pirate obsessed with "good form."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* BurninfTheShips: In the first act of the first book, the pirate Black Stache dumps most of his water overboard so that the only way his men can avoid dying of thirst is by fully committing themselves to chasing and catching the ship Stache is after and taking its water.

Added: 241

Changed: 270

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** Fighting Prawn and his Mollusk Tribe are stealthy, strong, cunning fighters who are only ever at a disadvantage due to superior numbers or IHaveYourWife hostage situations. Even when they're taken prisoner in ''The Secret of Rundoon'', they launch an effective SlaveRevolt.* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: When Molly is talking to the porpoises, she [[RunningGag keeps telling them her teeth are green when she means hello.]] She eventually figures out the mistake, but by then the porpoises have made a joke out of it.

to:

** Fighting Prawn and his Mollusk Tribe are stealthy, strong, cunning fighters who are only ever at a disadvantage due to superior numbers or IHaveYourWife hostage situations. Even when they're taken prisoner in ''The Secret of Rundoon'', they launch an effective SlaveRevolt.SlaveRevolt.
* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: When Molly is talking to the porpoises, she [[RunningGag keeps telling them her teeth are green when she means hello.]] She eventually figures out the mistake, but by then the porpoises have made a joke out of it.



* ScaryBlackMan: African MookLieutenant Cheeky O'Neal once ripped a man's hair out by the roots, and threatens to throw his men into a volcano when they take a break from tossing vegetation into it for a smoke signal.

to:

* ScaryBlackMan: African MookLieutenant Cheeky O'Neal once ripped a man's hair out by the roots, helps hold children hostage, and threatens to throw his men into a volcano when they take a break from tossing vegetation into it for a smoke signal.

Added: 747

Changed: 231

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: When Molly is talking to the porpoises, she [[RunningGag keeps telling them her teeth are green when she means hello.]] She eventually figures out the mistake, but by then the porpoises have made a joke out of it.

to:

* MenOfSherwood:
** In the first book, Captain Scott and the crew of the ''Wasp'' are brave, intelligent, and skilled in fighting the pirates. They probably could have inflicted serious damage if Scott hadn't surrendered early to avoid a massacre.
** Fighting Prawn and his Mollusk Tribe are stealthy, strong, cunning fighters who are only ever at a disadvantage due to superior numbers or IHaveYourWife hostage situations. Even when they're taken prisoner in ''The Secret of Rundoon'', they launch an effective SlaveRevolt.
* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: When Molly is talking to the porpoises, she [[RunningGag keeps telling them her teeth are green when she means hello.]] She eventually figures out the mistake, but by then the porpoises have made a joke out of it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
removed incorrectly formatted zero-context Five Man Band example


* FiveManBand: The orphan boys from St. Norbert.
** TheHero: Peter
** TheLancer: James
** TheBigGuy: Tubby Ted
** TheSmartGuy: Thomas
** TheChick: Prentiss, the youngest of the group
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The two pirates who are taken aboard the ''Neverland'' in the first book, Preston and Harbuckle, disappear after they reveal the news of Black Stache's plans to attack the ''Wasp''. Likewise, [[spoiler: Slank]] completely disappears from the story after ''Shadow Thieves'' despite being a major antagonist in the first few books.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* FamilialFoe: Lord Ombra is opposed by four different generations (not all of them consecutive) of Peter Pan's allies, the Asters.

Added: 197

Changed: 197

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* OvershadowedByAwesome: Leonard Aster is part of an AncientOrderOfProtectors, and shows a lot of bravery and quick thinking against both The Others and Captain Hook. Still, his accomplishments generally pale next to Peter and Molly's KidHero accomplishments, especially once Peter gets the power to fly.* PhlebotinumHandlingEquipment: The only way to safely handle starstuff is wearing an entire suit of gold clothing. This is also why the Starcatchers keep their personal stock in pure gold lockets.

to:

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Leonard Aster is part of an AncientOrderOfProtectors, and shows a lot of bravery and quick thinking against both The Others and Captain Hook. Still, his accomplishments generally pale next to Peter and Molly's KidHero accomplishments, especially once Peter gets the power to fly.fly.
* PhlebotinumHandlingEquipment: The only way to safely handle starstuff is wearing an entire suit of gold clothing. This is also why the Starcatchers keep their personal stock in pure gold lockets.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Happens in the BackStory of ''Cave of The Dark Wind.'' A cursed treasure aboard a Spanish galleon makes everyone who looks at it except a cabin boy go blind. The men who spent less time looking at the treasure and get their sight back promptly flee in the two longboats, not wanting to risk being blinded again. Only one of the longboats makes it to land.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** In ''Blood Tide,'' after a mermaid saves Hook from drowning, he's touched by the gesture and responds appropriately.
--> [H]e spoke two words that he had never-not once-uttered or even thought of uttering. Two words that to him sounded almost like a foreign language. But they were the two most honest words he'd ever spoken. "Thank you," he said.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** When Hook sends two men to steal a goat for him to eat in ''Cave of The Dark Wind,'' he's so excited at the thought of something new in his diet that he promises to share the meat with them. Smee views this as an unprecedented act of generosity from Hook.

to:

** ''Cave of The Dark Wind.'' When Hook sends two men to steal a goat for him to eat in ''Cave of The Dark Wind,'' him, he's so excited at the thought of something new in his diet that he promises to share the meat with them. Smee views this as an unprecedented act of generosity from Hook.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** When Hook sends two men to steal a goat for him to eat in ''Cave of The Dark Wind,'' he's so excited at the thought of something new in his diet that he promises to share the meat with them. Smee views this as an unprecedented act of generosity from Hook.

Added: 879

Changed: 304

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ExitPursuedByABear: Slank is never seen or mentioned after running away from a pack of wolves in the second book's climax (although Captain Nezerra, who fled with him, does reappear).



* PhlebotinumHandlingEquipment: The only way to safely handle starstuff is wearing an entire suit of gold clothing. This is also why the Starcatchers keep their personal stock in pure gold lockets.

to:

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Leonard Aster is part of an AncientOrderOfProtectors, and shows a lot of bravery and quick thinking against both The Others and Captain Hook. Still, his accomplishments generally pale next to Peter and Molly's KidHero accomplishments, especially once Peter gets the power to fly.* PhlebotinumHandlingEquipment: The only way to safely handle starstuff is wearing an entire suit of gold clothing. This is also why the Starcatchers keep their personal stock in pure gold lockets.lockets.
* PetTheDog:
** At the beginning of the second book, Lord Ombra has his henchmen release their hostage (one of Fighting Prawn's daughters) once they've retreated to their boats. This is the ''only'' time in the series where a villain actually intends to keep their word to release a hostage once the heroes meet their demands.
** In ''Sword of Mercy,'' Cheeky O'Neal yells for his fellow henchmen to join him in sliding on a log to escape a lava flow rather than abandoning them.


Added DiffLines:

* ScaryBlackMan: African MookLieutenant Cheeky O'Neal once ripped a man's hair out by the roots, and threatens to throw his men into a volcano when they take a break from tossing vegetation into it for a smoke signal.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


A new series in the same universe of ''Peter and the Starcatchers'' begins with the book ''The Bridge to Neverland''.

to:

There are also three significantly shorter spinoff novels about The Lost Boys and Fighting Prawn's younger daughter: ''Escape from the Carnivale'', ''Cave of the Dark Wind,'' and ''Blood Tide.'' A new series in the same universe of ''Peter and the Starcatchers'' begins with the book ''The Bridge to Neverland''.
Neverland''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Hook here .. is nothing like Barrie's version

Added DiffLines:

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Black Stache aka Captain Hook is a filthy unwashed, thug with a HookHand, a far cry from Barrie's Gentleman Pirate obsessed with "good form."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the first book, Slank is quite clearly heard having sex with Molly's governess.

to:

%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the first book, Slank is quite clearly heard having sex with Molly's governess.future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

Added: 1145

Changed: 490

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming

to:

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNamingIdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All the book titles, prior to the spinoff, start with "Peter and the".



* MayflyDecemberRomance: Peter and Molly

to:

* MayflyDecemberRomance: Peter and MollyMolly, since he ends up eternally young while she ultimately grows up.



* NeverGrewUp: Peter

to:

* NeverGrewUp: PeterPeter ends up with eternal youth as a result of the starstuff.
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: The island that becomes Never Land is home to Mr. Grin, an enormous crocodile who was friendly until he developed a taste for human flesh as a result of being tormented by a group of English sailors; the native Mollusk tribe nearly has to kill him until they decide they can use him to dispose of future unwanted visitors. And naturally, he ends up eating Black Stache's severed hand.



* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: Book 2 reveals that after Slank and Little Richard were sent back out to sea by the mermaids, Slank was forced to kill and eat Little Richard in order to survive long enough to get back to land.



* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: They evolved from fish in the lagoon on the cost of what became Never Land, courtesy of exposure to starstuff, and it takes a while - when Slank and Little Richard first meet them, their teeth are more like sharks' teeth. By the time Peter meets one, her teeth are fully human.



* ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines: Wendy's Uncle Neville has built an ornithopter, which after a rocky first test is able to fly reasonably well. [[spoiler:Wendy steals it and uses it to fly to Never-Land.]]



* ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines: Wendy's Uncle Neville has built an ornithopter, which after a rocky first test is able to fly reasonably well. [[spoiler:Wendy steals it and uses it to fly to Never-Land.]]

to:

* ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines: Wendy's Uncle Neville has built an ornithopter, which after a rocky first test is able to fly reasonably well. [[spoiler:Wendy steals it and WhipItGood: Little Richard uses it a whip to fly keep his lower-ranked crewmates and the boys they're taking to Never-Land.]]become royal slaves in another country in line in book 1.



* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: In the third book, after [[spoiler:Peter locates the starstuff. Zarboff decides to feed the boys to the snake anyway--he only promised that if Peter ''didn't'' do as he was instructed, he ''would'' feed them to the snake. He didn't say anything about ''not'' feeding them to the snake if he ''did'' follow the instructions.]]

to:

* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: In the third book, after [[spoiler:Peter locates the starstuff. Zarboff decides to feed the boys to the snake anyway--he anyway -- he only promised that if Peter ''didn't'' do as he was instructed, he ''would'' feed them to the snake. He didn't say anything about ''not'' feeding them to the snake if he ''did'' follow the instructions.]]]]
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* TwoPartTrilogy: The first work can actually stand by itself, acting as an introduction with the major plot points (of that book) more or less resolved. Around ''Shadow Thieves'', the series starts to blend together into a bigger story arc.

to:

* TwoPartTrilogy: The first work can actually stand by itself, acting as an introduction with the major plot points (of that book) more or less resolved. Around ''Shadow Thieves'', the series starts to blend together into a bigger story arc. However, it went back to a relative trilogy with ''Sword of Mercy'' which itself is a relative standalone story.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Molly eventually grows up to become [[spoiler: Mrs. Darling.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


''Theatre/PeterandTheStarcatcher'' is a play based on the novel.

to:

''Theatre/PeterandTheStarcatcher'' ''Theatre/PeterAndTheStarcatcher'' is a play based on the novel.

Top