History Literature / SkippyjonJones

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Skippyjon Jones and his alter ego, El Skippito Friskito.
%%* [[BigEater Big Eaters]]: Los Chimichangos.

* [[VileVillainSaccharineShow Vile Villain, Saccharine Series]]: Darwin from ''Big Bones'' is a pretty scary-looking fella. After all, '''no one''' messes with Darwin.

The first book, simply named ''Skippyjon Jones'', was released in 2003, with the latest entry so far, ''Snow What'', released in 2014. The book series is intended to introduce basic Spanish to English-speaking children, although it has attracted [[OvershadowedByControversy controversy]] for [[UnfortunateImplications allegedly being offensive to Mexicans]] through a very insensitive and stereotypical depiction of Mexican culture.

* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Los Chimichangos. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since they're Skippyjon's {{Imaginary Friend}}s.

* [[BigEater Big Eaters]]: Los Chimichangos.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Skippyjon Jones is definitely this. He absolutely believes he's a Chihuahua, thus refuses to act like a proper cat and more like a dog, which Junebug does not like. And then there's [[MrImagination his imaginary adventures]] with [[ImaginaryFriend Los Chimichangos]].

* FracturedFairyTale: ''Snow What''.

* LargeHam: Skippy. [[RiddlingSphinx The Finx]] also counts.

* RhymesOnADime: The books do this quite frequently.

The '''Skippyjon Jones''' series by Judith Byron Schachner stars the eponymous {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Siamese cat, who thinks he's a Chihuahua, much to the dismay of his mother, Mama Junebug. Whenever he's alone, he hides in the closet, hang outs with an [[ImaginaryFriend imaginary group of chihuahuas]], Los Chimichangos, and goes on crazy and fantastic adventures with them, with plenty of English and Spanish wordplay hit back and fourth.

The first book, simply named ''Skippyjon Jones'', was released in 2003, with the latest entry so far, ''Snow What'', released in 2014. The book series is intended to introduce basic Spanish to English-speaking children, although it has attracted [[OvershadowedByControversy controversy]] for [[UnfortunateImplications allegedly being offensive to Mexicans]].

* ContinuityNod: Remember the first villain of the series, El Blimpo Bumblebeeto Bandito? Well, he, [[spoiler: an ordinary piñata]], can be found in Skippy's closet in ''In The Doghouse''.
* ElSpanishO: There's plenty of Mock Spanish, such as English words having "o", "to", or "-ito" at their ends to give them a Spanish-esque effect.

* ElSpanishO: Some words in the books add "-ito" to their ends to give them a Spanish-esque effect.

* CloudCuckoolander: Skippyjon Jones is definitely this. He absolutely believes he's a Chihuahua, thus refuses to act like a proper cat and more like a dog, which Junebug does not like. And then there's [[MrImagination his imaginary adventures]] with [[ImaginaryFriend Los Chimichangos]].

* CloudCuckoolander[=/=]MrImagination: Skippyjon Jones is definitely this. He refuses to act like a proper cat and more like a dog, much a dismay to Junebug. Oh, and his crazy adventures with the Los Chimichangos are all imaginary.

The '''Skippyjon Jones''' series by Judith Byron Schachner stars the eponymous {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Siamese cat, who thinks he's a Chihuahua, much to the dismay of his mother. Whenever he's alone, he hides in the closet, hang outs with an [[ImaginaryFriend imaginary group of chihuahuas]], and goes on crazy and fantastic adventures with them, with plenty of English and Spanish wordplay hit back and fourth.