History Literature / Swindle

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* TheShowMustGoOn: Sheldon crashes through the set of ''Theater/JuliusCaesar," ruining the show. But Logan just complains that "You just can't get good marble these days!" and cites this trope. It pays off -- Celia dislikes the play overall but notes Logan's performance as the one bright spot.

* CaperCrew: With some variation because they are all eleven-year-old kids. Griffin is the Mastermind, his best friend Logan is the Partner in Crime, and Melissa is the Hacker. Logan, who is an actor, plays the part of the Conman, and bully Darren is the Muscle. Pitch, who loves to climb takes the role of the Burglar. Since the main security of the comic shop, they plan to rob is a vicious Doberman, instead of a Safe Cracker, they recruit "Animal Whisperer" Savannah to deal with it.

* KidsAreCruel: The students at JFK Academy.

* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: When Savannah approaches Griffin and tells him about her [[spoiler: actually correct]] theory that [[spoiler: a pack rat was the one that stole the ring and placed Griffin's retainer in the case]], she is absolutely sure of it, but Griffin reacts with unsurety. He reasons that if he brought this theory to the judge, he wouldn't be believed at all, as it would be like if he tried to convince them that [[ADogAteMyHomework the dog ate his homework]]. Before pressing on, Savannah insists that dogs don't eat homework.

* TrackingDevice: When Griffin is caught away from home while under house arrest, he has a electronic bracelet on his ankle. This gives him and his father grief and his mother cry. It even points out that Mr. Bing was made to pay for it.

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Griffin.
** TheLancer: Ben and Logan.
** TheSmartGuy: Melissa.
** TheBigGuy: Pitch.
** TheChick: Savannah.
** TeamPet: Luthor.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: All the media attention that Mr. Palomino rouses up with the baseball card turns against him when the media finds out that he got that card in the first place by ripping off a little boy. Thus, the town and the country realizes how untrustworthy he is, and stop costing his shop. That, and because of his now sudden unpopularity, he decides to close down his shop and leave town]].
** Also, the baseball ticket that Griffin and Ben buy to get the man out of the house came from the cash that he gave them in exchange for the baseball card. Griffin lampshades that it felt satisfying how this was instrumental in his downfall.

* IWasJustJoking: Mr. Martinez, the class teacher, has this when Pitch is called to the office after Darren [[spoiler: (because it was discovered by the police that both had a role in the heist)]].

* IWillOnlySlowYouDown: [[spoiler: As they are about to begin the heist, Ben brings Griffin aside and informs him of his narcolepsy, which means that he could suddenly fall asleep while on the harness up the roof and bring the whole team down. Upon realizing this, he asks Melissa to switch places with him and have him be a lookout]].

* LooseLips: [[spoiler: When all of the members of the heist are questioned by the police, one of them [[TalkingTooMuch got way into details]] and explained how Mr. Wendell cheated Griffin out of the card. This caused a newspaper to print this story, which got the town gossiping against Mr. Wendell and ruining his reputation]].
* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: [[spoiler: When Griffin's parents find out about their son's exploits and have their house searched by the police, they are furious at him and wonder if they taught him that stealing was okay]].

* SneezeOfDoom: While Griffin is explaining his strategy to his picks for the heist, a spying Darren sneezes from behind a pile of balls. This alerts the team that their secret might get out.

%%* AwesomeMcCoolName:

* TrainingThePet: This book contains a variation. As part of TheCaper, the kids have to get past a vicious guard dog named Luther. So they recruit "animal whisperer" Savannah to befriend Luthor so that the rest of them can steal the [[MacGuffin Babe Ruth trading card]].[[spoiler: She succeeds so well that she takes ownership of Luther after the caper and he is her pet for the rest of the series.]]

* AdrenalineMakeover:
* AshFace:
* BittersweetEnding:
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight:
* CrankyNeighbor:
* DespairEventHorizon:
* DudeNotFunny:
* EekAMouse:
* EnergyAbsorption:
* EnterStageWindow:
* GetOut:
* GirlsVsBoysPlot:
* HiddenInPlainSight:
* InnocentlyInsensitive:
* IronicEchoCut:
* JerkassRealization:
* KarmaHoudini:
* MistakenForMisogynist:
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup:
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
* PoorCommunicationKills:
* RedHerring:
* ShackleSeatTrap:
* TheSixthRanger:
* StaircaseTumble:
* TheStakeout:
* TemptingFate:
* UselessSecurityCamera:
* WhatTheHellHero:

* BadJobWorseUniform:
* BallroomBlitz:
* BarBrawl:
* BigDamnHero:
* DefensiveWhat:
* DeerInTheHeadlights:
* DespairEventHorizon:
* DiggingYourselfDeeper:
* EarnYourHappyEnding:

* GetOut:
* InformedJudaism:
* ItsAllAboutMe:
* KillTheLights:
* NotMeThisTime:
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
* RageBreakingPoint:
* RedHerring:
* RedSockRuinsTheLaundry:
* SantaClausmas:
* SeinfeldianConversation:
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
* TrashTheSet:
* UnconventionalVehicleChase:
* VillainousFriendship:
* YouAreGrounded:
* YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe:

* BallroomBlitz:
* BatmanGambit:
* BlatantLies:
* TheCameo:
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
* CrocodileTears:
* DeathGlare:
* DumpsterDive:
* EarnYourHappyEnding:
* EatingLunchAlone:
* EvenTheDogIsAshamed:
* FailedASpotCheck:
* HellIsThatNoise:
* LotteryOfDoom:
* MotorcycleDominoes:
* NaiveNewcomer:
* NeverWinTheLottery:
* ObliviousGuiltSlinging:
* PlayingTheVictimCard:
* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure:
* PoorCommunicationKills:
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
* {{Revenge}}:
* ShamedByAMob:
* TheSixthRanger:
* TakingTheHeat:
* TemptingFate:
* ThirdActMisunderstanding:
* ToughLove:
* {{Understatement}}:
* WackyFratboyHijinx:
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
* WhatTheHellHero:

* ABirthdayNotABreak:
* AgonyOfTheFeet:
* AllPartOfTheShow:
* AlphaBitch:
* AngerBornOfWorry:
* AttackTheInjury:
* BatmanInMyBasement:

* TheBusCameBack:
* CallForward:
* ConvenientEscapeBoat:
* CueTheRain:
* DeliciousDistraction:
* DoomedNewClothes:
* DudeNotFunny:

* EngineeredPublicConfession:
* ExactWords:
* GambitRoulette:
* GilliganCut:
* GossipyHens:
* GoThroughMe:
* HideTheEvidence:
* HufflepuffHouse:
* ImmediateSequel:
* ImplausibleDeniability:
* InnocentBetaBitch:
* InsistentTerminology:
* ItsAllAboutMe:
* NeverMyFault:
* PlotAllergy:
* ReturningBigBad:
* TheRival:
* TheShowMustGoOn:
* SoMuchForStealth:
* SummerCampy:
* TakeThat:
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt:
* ThreeActStructure:
* VehicularSabotage:
* YouHaveToBelieveMe:
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* BallroomBlitz:
* BatmanGambit:
* BlatantLies:
* TheCameo:
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
* CrocodileTears:
* DeathGlare:
* DumpsterDive:
* EarnYourHappyEnding: