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* {{Badass}}: Baps.
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* SleepingWithTheBoss: Baps recalls that he slept with five of his maids.
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* YouDontLookLikeYou: "God looks like a peenie-wally."[[hottip:*:A firefly, in Jamaican parlance.]]
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* YouDontLookLikeYou: "God looks like a peenie-wally."[[hottip:*:A "[[note]]A firefly, in Jamaican parlance.]][[/note]]
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* TheFundamentalist: Baps's aunt, by his own bitter remembrance.
** Americans in Heaven, too. In fact, they’re angry with God because He has made Heaven into a place where negative emotions and feelings will elicit pleasurable feelings and also because there’s no proper FireAndBrimstoneHell.
** Americans in Heaven, too. In fact, they’re angry with God because He has made Heaven into a place where negative emotions and feelings will elicit pleasurable feelings and also because there’s no proper FireAndBrimstoneHell.
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* TheFundamentalist: Baps's aunt, by his own bitter remembrance.
**remembrance. Heavenly Americans are this, too; in Heaven, too. In fact, they’re angry with God because He has made Heaven into a place where negative emotions and feelings will elicit pleasurable feelings and also because there’s no proper FireAndBrimstoneHell.
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* AGodAmI: The atheistic philosopher, who up to this point has refused to believe that he’s really dead and in heaven, briefly comes to this conclusion about himself, much to [[BerserkButton Baps's anger.]]
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* AGodAmI: Two examples, one played for comedy and one for drama.
** The atheistic philosopher, who up to this point has refused to believe that he’s really dead and in heaven, briefly comes to this conclusion about himself, much to [[BerserkButton Baps's anger.]]
** The atheistic philosopher, who up to this point has refused to believe that he’s really dead and in heaven, briefly comes to this conclusion about himself, much to [[BerserkButton Baps's anger.]]
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[[caption-width-right:316:[[BlatantLies A perfectly ordinary Jamaican shop]].]]
[[caption-width-right:316:[[BlatantLies A perfectly ordinary Jamaican shop]].]]
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* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler:Genuine pain and suffering is revealed to be this for God, and the closer He is to it, the more agonizing it becomes for Him. When he's told this, Baps realizes that this is why there is no genuinely traditional FireAndBrimstoneHell.]]
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* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler:Genuine pain and suffering is revealed to be this for God, and the closer He is to it, the more agonizing it becomes for Him. When he's told this, Baps realizes that this is why there is no genuinely traditional FireAndBrimstoneHell.FireAndBrimstoneHell]].
* YouDontLookLikeYou: "God looks like a peenie-wally."[[hottip:*:A firefly, in Jamaican parlance.]]
* YouDontLookLikeYou: "God looks like a peenie-wally."[[hottip:*:A firefly, in Jamaican parlance.]]
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* BackFromTheDead / {{Reincarnation}}: As Miss B. explains to Baps, at random times a person who’s been in Heaven long enough will experience being “born again,” meaning they get sent back to Earth as a newborn in order to maintain the population of Earth – a kind of reincarnation. It’s later revealed that the philosopher has died, come to Heaven, and been sent back to Earth three times this way, but has never realized it each time due to his ArbitrarySkepticism. Baps eventually gets to go back to Earth at the end of the novel [[spoiler:by being returned to life by God at the moment of his first death.]]
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* BackFromTheDead / {{Reincarnation}}: As Miss B. explains to Baps, at random times a person who’s been in Heaven long enough will experience being “born again,” meaning they get sent back to Earth as a newborn in order to maintain the population of Earth – a kind of reincarnation. It’s later revealed that the philosopher has died, come to Heaven, and been sent back to Earth three times this way, but has never realized it each time due to his ArbitrarySkepticism. Baps eventually gets to go back to Earth at the end of the novel [[spoiler:by being returned to life by God at the moment of his first death.]]death]].
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Miss B. has sex with Baps on his first night in heaven, without his consent. 25 times.
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* RapeIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale: Miss B. does this to Baps on his first night in heaven. 25 times.
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* BestialityIsDepraved: [[spoiler:Narrowly subverted while Baps is in the form of Egbert. Baps later calls God out on it.]]
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* BestialityIsDepraved: [[spoiler:Narrowly subverted while Baps is [[spoiler:While he's in the form of Egbert. Egbert, Baps almost screws a sheep. He's later calls God out on it.]]horrified that he could have sunk so low]].
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* BackFromTheDead: As Miss B. explains to Baps, at random times a person who’s been in Heaven long enough will experience being “born again,” meaning they get sent back to Earth as a newborn in order to maintain the population of Earth – a kind of reincarnation. It’s later revealed that the philosopher has died, come to Heaven, and been sent back to Earth three times this way, but has never realized it each time due to his ArbitrarySkepticism. Baps eventually gets to go back to Earth at the end of the novel [[spoiler:by being returned to life by God at the moment of his first death.]]
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* BackFromTheDead: BackFromTheDead / {{Reincarnation}}: As Miss B. explains to Baps, at random times a person who’s been in Heaven long enough will experience being “born again,” meaning they get sent back to Earth as a newborn in order to maintain the population of Earth – a kind of reincarnation. It’s later revealed that the philosopher has died, come to Heaven, and been sent back to Earth three times this way, but has never realized it each time due to his ArbitrarySkepticism. Baps eventually gets to go back to Earth at the end of the novel [[spoiler:by being returned to life by God at the moment of his first death.]]
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''The Duppy'' (pronounced "duh-py") is a novel by Jamaican author AnthonyWinkler, published in 1997.
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''The Duppy'' (pronounced "duh-py") is a novel by Jamaican author AnthonyWinkler, Creator/AnthonyWinkler, published in 1997.
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* ButYouScrewOneGoat: [[spoiler:Narrowly subverted while Baps is in the form of Egbert. Baps later calls God out on it.]]
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* ButYouScrewOneGoat: BestialityIsDepraved: [[spoiler:Narrowly subverted while Baps is in the form of Egbert. Baps later calls God out on it.]]
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Taddeus Augustus Baps, shopkeeper, unexpectedly drops dead one Saturday morning, and finds himself having turned into a duppy (the Jamaican term for ghost). HilarityEnsues as he discovers that a lot of things he'd been taught about the afterlife are wrong, with Heaven being [[TheSameButMore suspiciously like Jamaica in terms of environment...]]
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Taddeus Augustus Baps, shopkeeper, unexpectedly drops dead one Saturday morning, and finds himself having turned into a duppy (the Jamaican term for ghost). HilarityEnsues as he discovers that a lot of things he'd been taught about the afterlife are wrong, with Heaven being [[TheSameButMore suspiciously like Jamaica in terms of environment...]]
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''The Duppy'' (pronounced "duh-py") is a novel by Jamaican author AnthonyWinkler, published in 1997.
Taddeus Augustus Baps, shopkeeper, unexpectedly drops dead one Saturday morning, and finds himself having turned into a duppy (the Jamaican term for ghost). HilarityEnsues as he discovers that a lot of things he'd been taught about the afterlife are wrong, with Heaven being [[TheSameButMore suspiciously like Jamaica in terms of environment...]]
!!Tropes present in ''The Duppy:''
* AGodAmI: The atheistic philosopher, who up to this point has refused to believe that he’s really dead and in heaven, briefly comes to this conclusion about himself, much to [[BerserkButton Baps's anger.]]
--> '''Philosopher:''' ''(kisses his own toe)'' My Lord and my God!
--> '''Baps:''' ''(suspiciously)'' What now?
--> '''Philosopher:''' I must be God! I didn’t realize it until just now! It just hit me! Please leave, so I can worship me.
--> '''Baps:''' You want me to kick you backside all over dis field?
** [[spoiler:Baps himself]] later becomes one briefly, even creating a world as part of an experiment agreed to by God. HilarityEnsues.
* AbusiveParents: Baps laments to God that he had a wicked aunt who used to beat him in order to make him learn his Bible properly.
* TheAtoner: Baps eventually becomes this.
* BackFromTheDead: As Miss B. explains to Baps, at random times a person who’s been in Heaven long enough will experience being “born again,” meaning they get sent back to Earth as a newborn in order to maintain the population of Earth – a kind of reincarnation. It’s later revealed that the philosopher has died, come to Heaven, and been sent back to Earth three times this way, but has never realized it each time due to his ArbitrarySkepticism. Baps eventually gets to go back to Earth at the end of the novel [[spoiler:by being returned to life by God at the moment of his first death.]]
* {{Badass}}: Baps.
* BadBoss: Moments after Baps drops dead, his maid and garden boy loudly agree that he was a tightwad when it came to their pay. Baps’s ghost, who can hear every word, is not amused.
* ButYouScrewOneGoat: [[spoiler:Narrowly subverted while Baps is in the form of Egbert. Baps later calls God out on it.]]
* ButtMonkey: Both Baps and the philosopher he meets in Heaven.
* [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling The Old Lady Out]]: Baps wants to do this to his [[EvilMatriarch aunt,]] but God talks him out of it.
* CharacterDevelopment: Baps eventually develops this through his experiences in Heaven.
* ComedicSociopathy: In ''The Duppy,'' injuries that would be life-threatening on Earth will only invoke pleasurable feelings in Heaven; in one instance a GroinAttack feels orgasmic to its recipient, while in another a man whose wife has just clouted him on the head with a rock begs her to do it again. In fact, in Heaven it’s considered an insult to withhold violence from its intended target.
* FireAndBrimstoneHell: Heavenly France has this, but since there is only pure pleasure and sweetness in Heaven in place of pain and suffering, it's a family-friendly destination. Heavenly America is not amused as a result.
* FlatEarthAtheist: The philosopher refuses to believe that anything around him exists.
--> '''Philosopher:''' To do, you must first be.
--> '''Baps:''' But you do be.
--> '''Philosopher:''' I do not be.
* TheFundamentalist: Baps's aunt, by his own bitter remembrance.
** Americans in Heaven, too. In fact, they’re angry with God because He has made Heaven into a place where negative emotions and feelings will elicit pleasurable feelings and also because there’s no proper FireAndBrimstoneHell.
* {{God}}: He's a main character, in case you haven’t figured it out thus far.
* GodIsGood: Baps eventually comes to this conclusion after hanging out with the TropeNamer long enough.
* HeelFaceTurn: Baps.
* JerkAss: Baps starts out this way, but later becomes a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* KickTheDog: One of the police officers investigating Baps’s death [[ItMakesSenseInContext kicks his body]] to prove that he’s really dead.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Duppies can’t directly interact with the living, but they can still see and hear everything that’s going on around them. They’re also capable of flight, and animals can sense their presence. With a little training, they can become momentarily solid enough to literally [[KickTheDog kick dogs]], as Baps discovers.
* PowerPerversionPotential: Baps momentarily considers what he can get away with now that he's a ghost.
* RapeIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale: Miss B. does this to Baps on his first night in heaven. 25 times.
* RuleOfFunny: Let's start with the "fact" that to get to Heaven in Jamaica, you have to cram yourself onto a crowded minibus to get to a special culvert which you must then crawl through...
* RunningGag: Baps's scuffles with various groups of Americans, which invariably end in pleasure instead of pain due to the nature of Heaven.
* ScaryBlackMan: Baps.
* TakeThat: Several directed at Americans.
* TrueCompanions: Baps, God and the philosopher.
* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler:Genuine pain and suffering is revealed to be this for God, and the closer He is to it, the more agonizing it becomes for Him. When he's told this, Baps realizes that this is why there is no genuinely traditional FireAndBrimstoneHell.]]
Taddeus Augustus Baps, shopkeeper, unexpectedly drops dead one Saturday morning, and finds himself having turned into a duppy (the Jamaican term for ghost). HilarityEnsues as he discovers that a lot of things he'd been taught about the afterlife are wrong, with Heaven being [[TheSameButMore suspiciously like Jamaica in terms of environment...]]
!!Tropes present in ''The Duppy:''
* AGodAmI: The atheistic philosopher, who up to this point has refused to believe that he’s really dead and in heaven, briefly comes to this conclusion about himself, much to [[BerserkButton Baps's anger.]]
--> '''Philosopher:''' ''(kisses his own toe)'' My Lord and my God!
--> '''Baps:''' ''(suspiciously)'' What now?
--> '''Philosopher:''' I must be God! I didn’t realize it until just now! It just hit me! Please leave, so I can worship me.
--> '''Baps:''' You want me to kick you backside all over dis field?
** [[spoiler:Baps himself]] later becomes one briefly, even creating a world as part of an experiment agreed to by God. HilarityEnsues.
* AbusiveParents: Baps laments to God that he had a wicked aunt who used to beat him in order to make him learn his Bible properly.
* TheAtoner: Baps eventually becomes this.
* BackFromTheDead: As Miss B. explains to Baps, at random times a person who’s been in Heaven long enough will experience being “born again,” meaning they get sent back to Earth as a newborn in order to maintain the population of Earth – a kind of reincarnation. It’s later revealed that the philosopher has died, come to Heaven, and been sent back to Earth three times this way, but has never realized it each time due to his ArbitrarySkepticism. Baps eventually gets to go back to Earth at the end of the novel [[spoiler:by being returned to life by God at the moment of his first death.]]
* {{Badass}}: Baps.
* BadBoss: Moments after Baps drops dead, his maid and garden boy loudly agree that he was a tightwad when it came to their pay. Baps’s ghost, who can hear every word, is not amused.
* ButYouScrewOneGoat: [[spoiler:Narrowly subverted while Baps is in the form of Egbert. Baps later calls God out on it.]]
* ButtMonkey: Both Baps and the philosopher he meets in Heaven.
* [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling The Old Lady Out]]: Baps wants to do this to his [[EvilMatriarch aunt,]] but God talks him out of it.
* CharacterDevelopment: Baps eventually develops this through his experiences in Heaven.
* ComedicSociopathy: In ''The Duppy,'' injuries that would be life-threatening on Earth will only invoke pleasurable feelings in Heaven; in one instance a GroinAttack feels orgasmic to its recipient, while in another a man whose wife has just clouted him on the head with a rock begs her to do it again. In fact, in Heaven it’s considered an insult to withhold violence from its intended target.
* FireAndBrimstoneHell: Heavenly France has this, but since there is only pure pleasure and sweetness in Heaven in place of pain and suffering, it's a family-friendly destination. Heavenly America is not amused as a result.
* FlatEarthAtheist: The philosopher refuses to believe that anything around him exists.
--> '''Philosopher:''' To do, you must first be.
--> '''Baps:''' But you do be.
--> '''Philosopher:''' I do not be.
* TheFundamentalist: Baps's aunt, by his own bitter remembrance.
** Americans in Heaven, too. In fact, they’re angry with God because He has made Heaven into a place where negative emotions and feelings will elicit pleasurable feelings and also because there’s no proper FireAndBrimstoneHell.
* {{God}}: He's a main character, in case you haven’t figured it out thus far.
* GodIsGood: Baps eventually comes to this conclusion after hanging out with the TropeNamer long enough.
* HeelFaceTurn: Baps.
* JerkAss: Baps starts out this way, but later becomes a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* KickTheDog: One of the police officers investigating Baps’s death [[ItMakesSenseInContext kicks his body]] to prove that he’s really dead.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Duppies can’t directly interact with the living, but they can still see and hear everything that’s going on around them. They’re also capable of flight, and animals can sense their presence. With a little training, they can become momentarily solid enough to literally [[KickTheDog kick dogs]], as Baps discovers.
* PowerPerversionPotential: Baps momentarily considers what he can get away with now that he's a ghost.
* RapeIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale: Miss B. does this to Baps on his first night in heaven. 25 times.
* RuleOfFunny: Let's start with the "fact" that to get to Heaven in Jamaica, you have to cram yourself onto a crowded minibus to get to a special culvert which you must then crawl through...
* RunningGag: Baps's scuffles with various groups of Americans, which invariably end in pleasure instead of pain due to the nature of Heaven.
* ScaryBlackMan: Baps.
* TakeThat: Several directed at Americans.
* TrueCompanions: Baps, God and the philosopher.
* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler:Genuine pain and suffering is revealed to be this for God, and the closer He is to it, the more agonizing it becomes for Him. When he's told this, Baps realizes that this is why there is no genuinely traditional FireAndBrimstoneHell.]]
