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* EmbarrassinglyDresslikeOutfit: When Tom is admitted into a hospital, he is embarrassed because the only available nightwear is a pink nightie.
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* IllGirl: Sally is a sweet little girl with a serious disease.
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* WomanChild: Justified for Nellie, who's delusional and believes she ''is'' a little girl.girl.
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I Ate What clean up. The trope is when a character eats something, unaware of what they are consuming, and then reacts in disgust after they find out what it is. Misuse will be deleted or moved to another trope when applicable. Administrivia.Zero Context Examples will be removed or commented out depending on the amount of context within the entry. Also, I Ate What is not a character trope.
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* IAteWhat: Tom apparently used to get forced to eat rabbit droppings at school.
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The book was published on November 3rd, 2016.
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* BaldnessMeansSickness: Sally is struck with a serious illness that's implied to be cancer and it's unclear whether she'll live. She's bald, which is said to be from the treatment.
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* OminousHairLoss: Sally has an ambiguous, serious illness that acts like cancer, including she's bald and it's said to be from the treatment.
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* EmbarrassingPyjamas: Tom is embarrassed by having to wear a pink nightie at the hospital.
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* OutSick: While Tom, Robin, and Amber go on adventures despite their injuries, Sally's illness is too scary for her to go with them.
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* IllGirl: Sally is a sweet little girl with a serious disease.
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* InSeriesNickame: Tom has nicknamed all his former teachers, calling them things like "Mr Dead-Skunk-On-His-Head."
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* LittlestCancerPatient: Zigzagged. While Sally's disease is mentioned as being possibly terminal, nobody says it definitely is.
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* TheDitz: All of the kids have occasional dumb ideas, but they seem smart in general. The doctor, on the other hand, thinks, "Yes, it hurt when I walked past a fish tank" is a legitimate reply to being asked if one is experiencing pain when one "passes water".
* InSeriesNickame: Tom has nicknamed all his former teachers, calling them things like "Mr Dead-Skunk-On-His-Head."
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: At one point, the senile old woman Nellie flies up into the air with a bunch of balloons and out of her clothes. People point out the ridiculousness of seeing a naked old woman flying with balloons.
* OneSteveLimit: [[spoiler: Subverted. Initially, nobody shared a first name, then the porter adopts Tom's.]]
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* TheTonsillitisEpisode: Downplayed. George has recently had his tonsils out.out.
* WomanChild: Justified for Nellie, who's delusional and believes she ''is'' a little girl.
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''The Midnight Gang'' is a comedy novel designed to be read by both children and adults and written by Creator/DavidWallams.
It focuses on a twelve-year-old boy named Thomas, or "Tom" for short, who injures his head getting hit with a ball in his strict boarding school and gets sent to a dilapidated hospital.
There, he makes friends with the children there: a chubby, Cockney boy with a SweetTooth named George, a snarky boy named Robin, a tough girl in a wheelchair named Amber, and a seriously ill girl named Sally.
He discovers that the nameless, scary-faced porter helps entertain the children there in very elaborate ways, making their ambitions come true, at midnight (hence the name 'Midnight Gang').
!! ''The Midnight Gang'' provides examples of
* ActionGirl: Amber is a daredevil and wants to be an adventurer when she's older.
* AmnesiaEpisode: When Tom first arrives in hospital, he can't remember his own name. He recovers quickly, though.
* BigEater:
** George scarfs down a lot of candy.
** When the matron gets her hands on candy, she eats an awful lot of it.
** Raj orders a very big meal with a ''lot'' of poppadoms.
* BigFun: George is quite round and very happy-go-lucky.
* BlatantLies:
** When asked if he has any pain when he "passes water", Tom replies, "Yes! It hurt when I walked past a fish tank!". The doctor buys it.
** When Tom pretends that he is the doctor and the porter is the patient, the porter tells Tom to lie
* BoldExplorer: Not yet, but Amber wants to be an explorer and explore places like the North Pole when she grows up.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The porter may have a freaky-looking face but he's actually very friendly and wanting to give the kids what they want. Played for drama because he gets shunned for his freaky-looking face.
* DeadpanSnarker: All the kids can be cheeky sometimes, but Robin has a very snarky, dry wit.
* DeathOfAChild: The porter used to know someone who died as a little girl. In this book, no kids die, although Sally's future is left ambiguous.
* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: Sally's disease seems a lot like some sort of cancer, but it's never actually revealed.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Initially, nobody knew the porter's name, then it was revealed [[spoiler: that he had no name, but then named himself Thomas Senior.]] Played straight for the matron, whose name we never find out.
* {{Flight}}: George's wish is to be able to fly.
* IAteWhat: Tom apparently used to get forced to eat rabbit droppings at school.
* InjuredLimbEpisode: Amber is in a wheelchair because she broke both arms and both legs.
* TheLeader: Amber is the unofficial leader of the Midnight Gang.
* LiteralMinded: When asked if he feels "pain when [he passes] water", Tom replies, "Yes, it hurt when I walked past a fish tank!".
* TheMedic: There are a few doctors and nurses in this story, but they're not very competent.
* NameAmnesia: When he first arrives, Tom can't remember his name.
* TheNameless: The matron and Tom's former teachers don't have names that we know of. The porter used to actually have no name, but [[spoiler: eventually he starts going by Thomas Senior.]]
* NoNameGiven: We never find out the names of the matron or Tom's former teachers, although there's no reason to believe they don't have them.
* PlayingSick: When Tom's head injury recovers, he wants to stay in the hospital with his friends, so replies "yes" to all the symptoms he's asked about.
* SickEpisode: For Sally. It's unclear what she has, although it is serious.
* SoapOperaDisease: Zigzagged for Sally's disease. While it acts like cancer (fluctuating, treatment makes her bald, etc) it is never actually revealed what the disease is. And while she ''might'' die from it, it's never revealed if she survives.
* SweetTooth: Both George and the matron really like chocolate.
* ToiletHumour: This book features jokes about bottoms, rabbit droppings and peeing occasionally.
* TheTonsillitisEpisode: Downplayed. George has recently had his tonsils out.
It focuses on a twelve-year-old boy named Thomas, or "Tom" for short, who injures his head getting hit with a ball in his strict boarding school and gets sent to a dilapidated hospital.
There, he makes friends with the children there: a chubby, Cockney boy with a SweetTooth named George, a snarky boy named Robin, a tough girl in a wheelchair named Amber, and a seriously ill girl named Sally.
He discovers that the nameless, scary-faced porter helps entertain the children there in very elaborate ways, making their ambitions come true, at midnight (hence the name 'Midnight Gang').
!! ''The Midnight Gang'' provides examples of
* ActionGirl: Amber is a daredevil and wants to be an adventurer when she's older.
* AmnesiaEpisode: When Tom first arrives in hospital, he can't remember his own name. He recovers quickly, though.
* BigEater:
** George scarfs down a lot of candy.
** When the matron gets her hands on candy, she eats an awful lot of it.
** Raj orders a very big meal with a ''lot'' of poppadoms.
* BigFun: George is quite round and very happy-go-lucky.
* BlatantLies:
** When asked if he has any pain when he "passes water", Tom replies, "Yes! It hurt when I walked past a fish tank!". The doctor buys it.
** When Tom pretends that he is the doctor and the porter is the patient, the porter tells Tom to lie
* BoldExplorer: Not yet, but Amber wants to be an explorer and explore places like the North Pole when she grows up.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The porter may have a freaky-looking face but he's actually very friendly and wanting to give the kids what they want. Played for drama because he gets shunned for his freaky-looking face.
* DeadpanSnarker: All the kids can be cheeky sometimes, but Robin has a very snarky, dry wit.
* DeathOfAChild: The porter used to know someone who died as a little girl. In this book, no kids die, although Sally's future is left ambiguous.
* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: Sally's disease seems a lot like some sort of cancer, but it's never actually revealed.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Initially, nobody knew the porter's name, then it was revealed [[spoiler: that he had no name, but then named himself Thomas Senior.]] Played straight for the matron, whose name we never find out.
* {{Flight}}: George's wish is to be able to fly.
* IAteWhat: Tom apparently used to get forced to eat rabbit droppings at school.
* InjuredLimbEpisode: Amber is in a wheelchair because she broke both arms and both legs.
* TheLeader: Amber is the unofficial leader of the Midnight Gang.
* LiteralMinded: When asked if he feels "pain when [he passes] water", Tom replies, "Yes, it hurt when I walked past a fish tank!".
* TheMedic: There are a few doctors and nurses in this story, but they're not very competent.
* NameAmnesia: When he first arrives, Tom can't remember his name.
* TheNameless: The matron and Tom's former teachers don't have names that we know of. The porter used to actually have no name, but [[spoiler: eventually he starts going by Thomas Senior.]]
* NoNameGiven: We never find out the names of the matron or Tom's former teachers, although there's no reason to believe they don't have them.
* PlayingSick: When Tom's head injury recovers, he wants to stay in the hospital with his friends, so replies "yes" to all the symptoms he's asked about.
* SickEpisode: For Sally. It's unclear what she has, although it is serious.
* SoapOperaDisease: Zigzagged for Sally's disease. While it acts like cancer (fluctuating, treatment makes her bald, etc) it is never actually revealed what the disease is. And while she ''might'' die from it, it's never revealed if she survives.
* SweetTooth: Both George and the matron really like chocolate.
* ToiletHumour: This book features jokes about bottoms, rabbit droppings and peeing occasionally.
* TheTonsillitisEpisode: Downplayed. George has recently had his tonsils out.
