History Literature / RonjaTheRobbersDaughter

* AnAesop: Life and love are too precious to be wasted because of hatred and stubbornness.

* IHaveNoSon: Mattis's reaction when Ronja very deliberately allows herself to be taken hostage by Borka in order to force Mattis to give up his hostage. He goes into a BSOD and Lovis has to take over hostage negotiations to get her daughter back.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Depending on the weather and the time of year, Ronja prefers to go barefoot. This is likely because she is an EarthyBarefootCharacter.

%%* IHaveNoDaughter: Mattis's reaction when Ronja very deliberately allows herself to be taken hostage by Borka in order to force Mattis to give up his hostage - Birk.

* DubNameChange: There are two English translations: the 1983 Methuen Children's Books' ''The Robber's Daughter'' and the 1985 Puffin Books' ''Ronia, the Robber's Daughter''. Both versions made some changes in the character names, the former being far more drastic. In the Methuen version, Ronja is called "Kirsty" while Puffin simply modified the spelling to [[SpellMyNameWithAnS "Ronia"]]. Wiki/TheOtherWiki has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronja_Rövardotter#Translations more extensive list]] of name-changes.

* [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Daughter]]: Mattis's reaction when Ronja very deliberately allows herself to be taken hostage by Borka in order to force Mattis to give up his hostage - Birk.

* AdultFear: The things Mattis warns Ronja about when he sends her into the woods alone for the first time are just as worrying to a modern parent. Having your child get lost, fall into a river and drown, be taken by a predator (human or otherwise) or fall off a cliff is just as much a terror to a modern parent as it is to poor Mattis.

* NotSoDifferent: Mattis and Borka. Once they stop fighting, they get along quite well, [[VitriolicBestBuds in their own way]].

%%* CoolOldGuy: Noodle-Pete

* InevitableWaterfall

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Well, it's Swedish, so the radar is calibrated differently, but in the movie, when the robbers are celebrating Ronja's birth, Mattis is laughing because Borka doesn't have any children and "probably doesn't even know ''how to make 'em''." The great belly-laugh from the other robbers leave the adult viewer with no doubt as to what Mattis is talking about here.

* DeadpanSnarker: Skalle-Per/Noodle-Pete, very often. Lovis is also not too bad at it.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: When the weather permits it, Ronja prefers to go barefoot. This is likely because she is an EarthyBarefootCharacter.

* AllTrollsAreDifferent: There are numerous races of trolls, goblins and FairFolk living in Matt's wood, most of them based on Scandinavian folklore and all of them with drastically different personalities and appearances.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Well, it's Swedish, so the radar is calibrated differently, but in the movie, when the robbers are celebrating Ronja's birth, Matt is laughing because Borka doesn't have any children and "probably doesn't even know ''how to make 'em''." The great belly-laugh from the other robbers leave the adult viewer with no doubt as to what Matt is talking about here.

* HiddenElfVillage: The robbers hideout at Matt's castle, for obvious reasons.

* [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Daughter]]: Matt's reaction when Ronja very deliberately allows herself to be taken hostage by Borka in order to force Mattis to give up his hostage - Birk.

* LargeHam: Börje Ahlstedt as Matt in the movie is one of the largest and most legendary hams in Swedish cinematic history.

* LightningCanDoAnything: In the very first chapter, lightning strikes Matt's castle and splits it and the mountain beneath it in two, creating a deep chasm.

* NakedPeopleAreFunny: At one point, all of Matt's robbers are chased out of the fort, stark naked, to "bathe" in the snow. The scene is played entirely for laughs.
* NotSoDifferent: Matt and Borka. Once they stop fighting, they get along quite well, [[VitriolicBestBuds in their own way]].
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Even though they are rivals, Matt springs Borka and his men from jail at great personal risk.

* PapaWolf: Matt

* TheRival: Matt and Borka

* AWolfInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Borka, when he and his henchmen are dressed in women's clothing to ambush Matt]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: When the weather permits it, Ronja prefers to go barefoot. This is likely because she is an EarthyBarefootCharacter. The Creator/StudioGhibli series makes her ''always'' barefoot, even in snow to absolutely no discomfort at all. If anything, she even really seems to enjoy it.

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_4866_2.JPG]]

[[quoteright:243:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ronja_5184.jpeg]]

Ronja is the daughter of Mattis, the chief of a group of bandits living in a fort hidden in the woods.
One day she journeys out on her own and meets Birk, the son of Borka, the chief of a rival bandit clan. [[DefeatMeansFriendship While competing over who can leap over a chasm the best,]] Birk is rescued by Ronja from falling to his death, and they secretly become friends.

* MafiaPrincess

* OverlyLongScream: The film version has [[http://youtu.be/N-YqaoFo8bw a memorable one]].

* FaceDeathWithDignity: From the beginning of the book, Skalle-Per knows he's more than over the hill, and spends a few days peacefully reminiscing in bed before passing away.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Skalle-Per

* DubNameChange: There are two English translations: the 1983 Methuen Children's Books' ''The Robber's Daughter'' and the 1985 Puffin Books' ''Ronia, the Robber's Daughter''. Both versions made some changes in the character names, the former being far more drastic. In the Methuen version, Ronja is called "Kirsty" while Puffin simply modified the spelling to [[SpellMyNameWithAnS "Ronia"]]. TheOtherWiki has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronja_Rövardotter#Translations more extensive list]] of name-changes.

* RebelliousPrincess: Ronja; Birk is a gender inverted version.

* SadlyMythtaken: Harpies aren't part of Swedish folklore. In the original Swedish version they're called "Vildvittror" (wild wights).
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Boisterous and impulsive Ronja is balanced out by the levelheaded and cheeky Birk.

* WomenAreWiser: Lovis is the only female among the robbers, and the most levelheaded and sensible by a ''significant'' margin. Ronja becomes similarly practical as she grows out of her naiveté, and while not given much focus, Undis appears to be this for Borka's band as well.

Ronia is the daughter of Mattis, the chief of a group of bandits living in a fort hidden in the woods.
One day she journeys out on her own and meets Birk, the son of Borka, the chief of a rival bandit clan. [[DefeatMeansFriendship While competing over who can leap over a chasm the best,]] Birk is rescued by Ronia from falling to his death, and they secretly become friends.

!!''Ronia the Robber's Daughter'' provides examples of:

* CallingTheOldManOut: Ronia is not happy about finding out how her father makes his living. [[spoiler: She is even more displeased when she discovers he has kidnapped Birk]].

* DefeatMeansFriendship: Birk and Ronia pretty early, [[spoiler:Mattis and Borka at the end]].

* TheFairFolk: In one scene, Ronia is almost abducted by them when they hypnotize her with their songs.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Well, it's Swedish, so the radar is calibrated differently, but in the movie, when the robbers are celebrating Ronia's birth, Matt is laughing because Borka doesn't have any children and "probably doesn't even know ''how to make 'em''." The great belly-laugh from the other robbers leave the adult viewer with no doubt as to what Matt is talking about here.

* [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Daughter]]: Matt's reaction when Ronia very deliberately allows herself to be taken hostage by Borka in order to force Mattis to give up his hostage - Birk.

* LikeBrotherAndSister: Ronia and Birk begin to call each other "brother" and "sister" as a sign of their friendship despite their fathers being bitter enemies. Possible subversion in that they're only around 10 years old, so there's no romance ''yet.'' Birk's mother Undis even lampshades it:

* RebelliousPrincess: Ronia; Birk is a gender inverted version.

* ShipperOnDeck: [[WomenAreWiser Lovis knows perfectly well what's going on]] between Ronia and Birk, and is fairly OK with it; Undis notices as well, but isn't as pleased.