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* AerithAndBob: Craig, Haley, Will and Amy are featured alongside Torcon, Ickett, Syvier and Joliesque.
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Known for being [[GenreShift strikingly distinct]] and DarkerAndEdgier than its predecessor, which was essentially ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia'' with [[OurMonstersAreWeird acid-trip monsters,]] as well as heavier emotional stakes and more thoroughly developed characters. ''Teenage Wastelands'' has since become [[Franchise/TeenageWastelands the overarching title of the saga.]] At least one more book is set to follow within the next twelve to eighteen months, called ''Escape From Concordia.''
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Known for being [[GenreShift strikingly distinct]] and DarkerAndEdgier than its predecessor, which was essentially ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia'' with [[OurMonstersAreWeird acid-trip monsters,]] as well as heavier emotional stakes and more thoroughly developed characters. ''Teenage Wastelands'' has since become [[Franchise/TeenageWastelands the overarching title of the saga.]] At least one more book is set to follow within the next twelve to eighteen months, A sequel followed in 2024, called ''Escape From Concordia.''Literature/EscapeFromConcordia.''
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* ShoutOut: Syvier loves [[Music/TomWaits Tom Waits]] and sings 'Underground' often. She dances with her husband to songs from the album it's on. Haley sings Sinatra and other classic songs to Craig, which is part of why he falls in love with her. Sky Valley itself is named after the {{Music/Kyuss}} album ''Welcome To Sky Valley.'' The song 'Odyssey' from said album is quoted.
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* ShoutOut: Syvier loves [[Music/TomWaits Tom Waits]] and sings 'Underground' often. She dances with her husband to songs from the album it's on. Haley sings Sinatra and other classic songs to Craig, which is part of why he falls in love with her. Sky Valley itself is named after the {{Music/Kyuss}} album ''Welcome To to Sky Valley.'' Valley'', which in turn is named after a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Valley,_California real place]] in California. The song 'Odyssey' "Odyssey" from said album is quoted.
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* HegemonicEmpire: How the Raquin Dynasty functions, though in this novel we see only its capital, the eponymous Sky Valley.
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* CallBack: the remains of certain cryptids are seen as trophies in the Stadium Vindicta, and Syvier mentions passing through Shadow Creek (and refers to it as a bombed-out wasteland).
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* CallBack: the remains of certain cryptids are seen as trophies in the Stadium Vindicta, Majora, and Syvier mentions passing through Shadow Creek (and refers to it as a bombed-out wasteland).
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* GladiatorGames: Sky Valley's citizens fight out their differences in the Stadium Vindicta, which was once a High School Gymnasium. Malthaires warriors train there, criminals are forced into combat there, and it's implied cryptids are sometimes brought there; though we only see their bones. [[spoiler: Eventually Will, Craig and Amy are forced to kill there.]]
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* GladiatorGames: Sky Valley's citizens fight out their differences in the Stadium Vindicta, Majora, which was once a High School Gymnasium. Malthaires warriors train there, criminals are forced into combat there, and it's implied cryptids are sometimes brought there; though we only see their bones. [[spoiler: Eventually Will, Craig and Amy are forced to kill there.]]
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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process
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* HumanoidAbomination: Indrid Cold, the being that appears to Craig in nightmares and hallucinations. It wears an overcoat that bulges and undulates as if it conceals [[BodyHorror a very nonhuman body,]] and it changes faces every time Craig sees it - [[UncannyValley when it's not wearing a lifeless Manniquin's face, that is]].
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* HumanoidAbomination: Indrid Cold, the being that appears to Craig in nightmares and hallucinations. It wears an overcoat that bulges and undulates as if it conceals [[BodyHorror a very nonhuman body,]] and it changes faces every time Craig sees it - [[UncannyValley when it's not wearing a lifeless Manniquin's face, that is]].is.
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* AdultFear: most of Sky Valley's 'civilians' are teenagers who escaped abusive homes or worse. The fact that [[spoiler: all of them commit suicide at age twenty-one, practice ritual endocannibalism, and murder each other and the adult populations of entire towns]] is just as bad, even if it is tinged with light UrbanFantasy elements.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Most of Sky Valley's 'civilians' are teenagers who escaped abusive homes or worse. The fact that [[spoiler: all of them commit suicide at age twenty-one, practice ritual endocannibalism, and murder each other and the adult populations of entire towns]] is just as bad, even if it is tinged with light UrbanFantasy elements.
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* SpyFiction: Lightly, where it concerns Will's parts of the story. [[spoiler: Near the end, Amy joins in, making it a case of both Ammonia/Absinthe Spy Fiction and AgentsDating stories.]]
