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* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Over this and the prior novel. In [[Literature/PhoneHomePersephone the original]], the epilogue has Hades offer to tell Hyperion the true story of Medusa. In the updated version of that one, he offers to tell the Furies this story. However, in this novel, the Furies are present for most of the story, including the climax, so they should already know the true story of Medusa without Hades having to tell them.
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* YouCantFightFate: The entire phrase is said by Persephone in the epilogue, after she learns that [[spoiler:Perseus' grandfather failed to escape his prophesised death at Perseus' hands.]]
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* YouCantFightFate: The entire phrase is said by Persephone in the epilogue, after she learns it's brought up that [[spoiler:Perseus' grandfather failed to escape his prophesised death at Perseus' hands.]]
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* OnTheNext: In the epilogue, Hades and Persephone begin recounting [[Literature/NiceShotCupid the romance between a gawky Cupid and the beautiful Psyche]]. Unlike Hyperion and the Furies in the previous books' epilogues, P-Phone debunks Zeus' version -- which refers to Cupid as a "handsome god" -- before Hades does.
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* OnTheNext: In the epilogue, epilogue of the updated version, Hades and Persephone begin recounting [[Literature/NiceShotCupid the romance between a gawky Cupid and the beautiful Psyche]]. Unlike Hyperion and the Furies in the previous books' epilogues, P-Phone debunks Zeus' version -- which refers to Cupid as a "handsome god" -- before Hades does.
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''Say Cheese, Medusa!'' is Book III in Kate [=McMullan=]'s ''Literature/MythOMania'' series, published in 2002. Hades recounts the OriginStory origin story of {{Medusa}}, and the true story of her confrontation with Perseus.
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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Pegasus' traditional OriginStory states that after Perseus beheaded Medusa, the winged horse sprung out of her neck. Since Medusa never gets beheaded in this book, Pegasus instead appears as her steed, and she offers to tell Hades how she got him.
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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Pegasus' traditional OriginStory origin story states that after Perseus beheaded Medusa, the winged horse sprung out of her neck. Since Medusa never gets beheaded in this book, Pegasus instead appears as her steed, and she offers to tell Hades how she got him.
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* OnTheNext: In the epilogue, Hades and Persephone begin recounting [[Literature/NiceShotCupid the romance between a gawky Cupid and the beautiful Psyche]]. Unlike Hyperion and the Furies in the previous books' epilogues, P-Phone debunks Zeus' version -- which refers to Cupid as a "handsome god" -- before Hades does.
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* OnTheNext: In the epilogue, Hades and Persephone begin recounting [[Literature/NiceShotCupid the romance between a gawky Cupid and the beautiful Psyche]]. Unlike Hyperion and the Furies in the previous books' epilogues, P-Phone debunks Zeus' version before Hades does.
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* VerbalTicName: Athena names her [[TheOwlKnowingOne pet owl]], "Hooa", after the sound it makes.
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* ShipTease: In addition to their dance in ''Literature/PhoneHomePersephone'', Poseidon and Medusa have further hints of romantic potential, from Po inviting Medusa and her sisters for a party at "his" (actually Athena's) temple, to Po helping Medusa and her sisters hide from a vengeful Athena.
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* ShipTease: ShipSinking: In addition to their dance in ''Literature/PhoneHomePersephone'', Poseidon and Medusa have further hints of romantic potential, ShipTease, from Po inviting Medusa and her sisters for a party at "his" (actually Athena's) temple, to Po helping Medusa and her sisters hide from a vengeful Athena. Athena. However, Medusa seems to only like Po as a friend, at best.
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''Say Cheese, Medusa!'' is Book III in Kate [=McMullan=]'s ''Literature/MythOMania'' series, published in 2002. Hades recounts the OriginStory of {{Medusa}}, and the ''true'' story of her confrontation with Perseus.
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''Say Cheese, Medusa!'' is Book III in Kate [=McMullan=]'s ''Literature/MythOMania'' series, published in 2002. Hades recounts the OriginStory of {{Medusa}}, and the''true'' true story of her confrontation with Perseus.
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* TheRival: Athena to Poseidon. Their rivalry dates back to when the founders of what is now Athens offered to name their city[[note]]which originally went by, "Guytown", according to ''Keep a Lid On It, Pandora!''[[/note]] after the god who gave them the best gift, and Athena won the contest after the judges deemed her olive tree more useful than Po's salt-water spring.
* ShipTease: In addition to their dance in ''Phone Home, Persephone!'', Poseidon and Medusa have further hints of romantic potential, from Po inviting Medusa and her sisters for a party at "his" (actually Athena's) temple, to Po helping Medusa and her sisters hide from a vengeful Athena.
* ShipTease: In addition to their dance in ''Phone Home, Persephone!'', Poseidon and Medusa have further hints of romantic potential, from Po inviting Medusa and her sisters for a party at "his" (actually Athena's) temple, to Po helping Medusa and her sisters hide from a vengeful Athena.
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* TheRival: Athena to Poseidon. Their rivalry dates back to when the founders of what is now Athens offered to name their city[[note]]which originally went by, "Guytown", according to ''Keep a Lid On It, Pandora!''[[/note]] ''Literature/KeepALidOnItPandora''[[/note]] after the god who gave them the best gift, and Athena won the contest after the judges deemed her olive tree more useful than Po's salt-water spring.
* ShipTease: In addition to their dance in''Phone Home, Persephone!'', ''Literature/PhoneHomePersephone'', Poseidon and Medusa have further hints of romantic potential, from Po inviting Medusa and her sisters for a party at "his" (actually Athena's) temple, to Po helping Medusa and her sisters hide from a vengeful Athena.
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''Say Cheese, Medusa!'' is Book III in Kate [=McMullan=]'s ''Literature/MythOMania'' series, published in 2002. Hades recounts the OriginStory of {{Medusa}}, and the ''true'' story of her confrontation with Perseus.
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!!This book provides examples of:
* BitByBitTransformation: Athena's chant for changing Medusa, Eno, and Riley from beautiful moon goddesses to snake-haired, reptilian Gorgons encompasses several stanzas, giving her victims and the witnesses ample time to let the TransformationHorror sink in.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Gorgons, with Eno as the blonde, Medusa as the brunette, and Riley as the redhead.
* BodyDouble: The Furies disguise as Gorgons to sidetrack Perseus from his search to behead Medusa.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: Poseidon and Medusa attract Athena's rage by having a picnic in her temple, as opposed to making out inside the temple. When Stone Arch reprinted this book with a more traditional retelling of Medusa's story in the back, it used a version that removes Po altogether; while the main story keeps him, the back instead has Athena punish Medusa for boasting that she looked so beautiful, that the architects of the temple should've built it in her honor, instead.
* BrownBagMask: Medusa wears variations (including a seaweed mask and a blue silk bag) whenever Hades visits her, so she doesn't accidentally turn him to stone.
* CameraFiend: Eno loves taking photographs, resulting in her delivering the {{Title Drop}}s.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Hades meets baby Perseus and his mother, Princess Danaë of Argos, after discovering that one of the Underworld's jewel mines leads to a brass cube, in which Danaë's father imprisoned her.[[note]]A sibyl warned the king that Danaë's son would kill him, so he attempted to ban her from falling in love with any male mortals; she gave birth to Perseus after Zeus broke into the cube as a golden shower, impregnating her.[[/note]] Hades and Persephone both befriend Danaë, who afterwards appoints the couple as Perseus' god-parents.
* DrivenByEnvy: [[spoiler:Medusa eventually figures out that Athena cursed her and her sisters with snake hair out of jealousy with how much finer their real hair looked than Athena's constant case of helmet hair. She convinces Athena to reverse the curses by offering a remedy for helmet hair in exchange.]]
* GenerationXerox: Perseus looks similar to Zeus, and shared his pompous and untruthful traits for a few years.
* HumanPopsicle: When Hades tries to talk Athena out of punishing Medusa, for partying in one of Athena's temples, Athena freezes Hades instead. He [[PlayingWithFire melts the ice]] after Athena starts subjecting Medusa and her sisters to a monstrous transformation, but right before the victims reach the stage where they develop spiked tails.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each chapter title has a pun regarding cheese, with one exception.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Perseus might act as boastful and deceitful as Zeus, but he only desires Medusa's head because giving it to King Polydectes would halt the wicked monarch's attempts to force Danaë to marry him. [[spoiler:Hades and Riley help save both Danaë and Medusa by giving Perseus a sculpture of the latter's head, to give Polydectes in lieu of the real one.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: After Hades figures out that Zeus is Perseus' father, Danaë decides not to tell Perseus, whose ego would grow even larger after learning he has such a powerful dad. Consequently, Perseus doesn't discover his father's identity until the second-to-last chapter, when [[InternalReveal Zeus tells him in person]].
* MagicMisfire: When Medusa accidentally turns [[spoiler:Perseus]] into stone, Athena ends up taking three tries to change him back. [[spoiler:Her first two tries turn Perseus into butter and cheese, instead.]]
* RhymesOnADime: Calliope, the muse of poetry, taught Athena how to cast rhyming, extra-powerful curses.
* TheRival: Athena to Poseidon. Their rivalry dates back to when the founders of what is now Athens offered to name their city[[note]]which originally went by, "Guytown", according to ''Keep a Lid On It, Pandora!''[[/note]] after the god who gave them the best gift, and Athena won the contest after the judges deemed her olive tree more useful than Po's salt-water spring.
* ShipTease: In addition to their dance in ''Phone Home, Persephone!'', Poseidon and Medusa have further hints of romantic potential, from Po inviting Medusa and her sisters for a party at "his" (actually Athena's) temple, to Po helping Medusa and her sisters hide from a vengeful Athena.
* SurferDude: Riley's favorite model, Troy of Hyperboria[[note]]the land that the epilogue claims eventually became UsefulNotes/{{California}}[[/note]], behaves like one while giving Hades directions to the Gorgons' beach house.
* TakenForGranite: Athena curses Medusa to turn everyone who sees her face into stone.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In universe example; Hades claims that Athens would've gone by, "Poseidonville", if the people better appreciated Po's gift.
* YouCantFightFate: The entire phrase is said by Persephone in the epilogue, after she learns that [[spoiler:Perseus' grandfather failed to escape his prophesised death at Perseus' hands.]]
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!!This book provides examples of:
* BitByBitTransformation: Athena's chant for changing Medusa, Eno, and Riley from beautiful moon goddesses to snake-haired, reptilian Gorgons encompasses several stanzas, giving her victims and the witnesses ample time to let the TransformationHorror sink in.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Gorgons, with Eno as the blonde, Medusa as the brunette, and Riley as the redhead.
* BodyDouble: The Furies disguise as Gorgons to sidetrack Perseus from his search to behead Medusa.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: Poseidon and Medusa attract Athena's rage by having a picnic in her temple, as opposed to making out inside the temple. When Stone Arch reprinted this book with a more traditional retelling of Medusa's story in the back, it used a version that removes Po altogether; while the main story keeps him, the back instead has Athena punish Medusa for boasting that she looked so beautiful, that the architects of the temple should've built it in her honor, instead.
* BrownBagMask: Medusa wears variations (including a seaweed mask and a blue silk bag) whenever Hades visits her, so she doesn't accidentally turn him to stone.
* CameraFiend: Eno loves taking photographs, resulting in her delivering the {{Title Drop}}s.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Hades meets baby Perseus and his mother, Princess Danaë of Argos, after discovering that one of the Underworld's jewel mines leads to a brass cube, in which Danaë's father imprisoned her.[[note]]A sibyl warned the king that Danaë's son would kill him, so he attempted to ban her from falling in love with any male mortals; she gave birth to Perseus after Zeus broke into the cube as a golden shower, impregnating her.[[/note]] Hades and Persephone both befriend Danaë, who afterwards appoints the couple as Perseus' god-parents.
* DrivenByEnvy: [[spoiler:Medusa eventually figures out that Athena cursed her and her sisters with snake hair out of jealousy with how much finer their real hair looked than Athena's constant case of helmet hair. She convinces Athena to reverse the curses by offering a remedy for helmet hair in exchange.]]
* GenerationXerox: Perseus looks similar to Zeus, and shared his pompous and untruthful traits for a few years.
* HumanPopsicle: When Hades tries to talk Athena out of punishing Medusa, for partying in one of Athena's temples, Athena freezes Hades instead. He [[PlayingWithFire melts the ice]] after Athena starts subjecting Medusa and her sisters to a monstrous transformation, but right before the victims reach the stage where they develop spiked tails.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each chapter title has a pun regarding cheese, with one exception.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Perseus might act as boastful and deceitful as Zeus, but he only desires Medusa's head because giving it to King Polydectes would halt the wicked monarch's attempts to force Danaë to marry him. [[spoiler:Hades and Riley help save both Danaë and Medusa by giving Perseus a sculpture of the latter's head, to give Polydectes in lieu of the real one.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: After Hades figures out that Zeus is Perseus' father, Danaë decides not to tell Perseus, whose ego would grow even larger after learning he has such a powerful dad. Consequently, Perseus doesn't discover his father's identity until the second-to-last chapter, when [[InternalReveal Zeus tells him in person]].
* MagicMisfire: When Medusa accidentally turns [[spoiler:Perseus]] into stone, Athena ends up taking three tries to change him back. [[spoiler:Her first two tries turn Perseus into butter and cheese, instead.]]
* RhymesOnADime: Calliope, the muse of poetry, taught Athena how to cast rhyming, extra-powerful curses.
* TheRival: Athena to Poseidon. Their rivalry dates back to when the founders of what is now Athens offered to name their city[[note]]which originally went by, "Guytown", according to ''Keep a Lid On It, Pandora!''[[/note]] after the god who gave them the best gift, and Athena won the contest after the judges deemed her olive tree more useful than Po's salt-water spring.
* ShipTease: In addition to their dance in ''Phone Home, Persephone!'', Poseidon and Medusa have further hints of romantic potential, from Po inviting Medusa and her sisters for a party at "his" (actually Athena's) temple, to Po helping Medusa and her sisters hide from a vengeful Athena.
* SurferDude: Riley's favorite model, Troy of Hyperboria[[note]]the land that the epilogue claims eventually became UsefulNotes/{{California}}[[/note]], behaves like one while giving Hades directions to the Gorgons' beach house.
* TakenForGranite: Athena curses Medusa to turn everyone who sees her face into stone.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In universe example; Hades claims that Athens would've gone by, "Poseidonville", if the people better appreciated Po's gift.
* YouCantFightFate: The entire phrase is said by Persephone in the epilogue, after she learns that [[spoiler:Perseus' grandfather failed to escape his prophesised death at Perseus' hands.]]
