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* ShoutOutThemeNaming: Tom Thumb is named after the title character of ''Literature/TomThumb''. In some versions of the story, Tom Thumb marries King Arthur's daughter, Princess Huncamunca.
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* AMischiefOfMice: Downplayed. Sure, they vandalized the dollhouse, but they get better in the end.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite vandalising the dollhouse, the mice made amends -- Tom Thumb paid and Hunca Munca sometimes cleans it.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite vandalising the dollhouse, the mice made amends -- amends. Tom Thumb paid finds a crooked sixpence under the hearthrug. On Christmas Eve, he and Hunca Munca sometimes cleans it.put it into one of the stockings of Lucinda and Jane, to pay for the damages. Hunca Munca also begins sweeping the dollhouse every morning.
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* MustMakeAmends: Tom Thumb finds a crooked sixpence under the hearthrug. On Christmas Eve, he and Hunca Munca put it into one of the stockings of Lucinda and Jane, to pay for the damages. Hunca Munca also begins sweeping the dollhouse every morning.
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* MustMakeAmends: Tom Thumb finds pays for the damages with a crooked sixpence under the hearthrug. On Christmas Eve, he finds, and Hunca Munca put it into one of the stockings of Lucinda and Jane, to pay for the damages. Hunca Munca also begins sweeping the dollhouse every morning.
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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Parodied. It's outright stated that Jane, despite being designated as "the cook", never did any cooking because being a [[LivingToys sentient doll in a dollhouse]], all of her food is pre-made anyway and despite being sentient she still never has to eat it.
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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Parodied. It's outright stated that Jane, despite being designated as "the cook", never did any cooking because being because, since she's a [[LivingToys sentient doll in a dollhouse]], all of her food is pre-made anyway and despite being sentient sentient, she still never has to eat it.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: While one of Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca's children wears a gown, the other three just wear bows.
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* CivilizedAnimal: Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca.
* DullSurprise: Jane. She's a doll, after all, so it's not like she can move her face.
* LivingToys: Lucinda and Jane.
* DullSurprise: Jane. She's a doll, after all, so it's not like she can move her face.
* LivingToys: Lucinda and Jane.
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* CivilizedAnimal: Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca.
Munca -- they behave like real mice for the most part but use utensils and later on, they start using furniture and clothes.
* DramaticIrony: We're already told that the dolls' food is all fake, but Tom Thumb doesn't know and believes the reason the ham is hard is that it's underboiled.
* DullSurprise:Jane.Jane is supposed to be surprised but retains the same slight smile. She's a doll, after all, so it's not like she can move her face.
* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: Hunca Munca starts out naked but then later starts wearing Lucinda's dresses. One of her children also wears a gown.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite vandalising the dollhouse, the mice made amends -- Tom Thumb paid and Hunca Munca sometimes cleans it.
* LivingToys: Lucinda andJane.Jane are sentient dolls. They don't need food, but they can walk and talk.
* LostFoodGrievance:
** Upon realising that the "ham" is made of plaster, both mice fly into "rage and disappointment" and break the rest of the play food and throw it into the (play) fire.
** Hunca Munca's discovery that the jars contained no food despite being labelled "rice", "coffee", and "sago" is described as a disappointment for her.
* MayItNeverHappenAgain: Both of the humans try to prevent the mouse vandalism from happening again -- the girl gets a (presumably also living) police doll, while the nurse sets a mousetrap. It turns out to be moot anyway, since the mice have no interest in doing it again.
* DramaticIrony: We're already told that the dolls' food is all fake, but Tom Thumb doesn't know and believes the reason the ham is hard is that it's underboiled.
* DullSurprise:
* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: Hunca Munca starts out naked but then later starts wearing Lucinda's dresses. One of her children also wears a gown.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite vandalising the dollhouse, the mice made amends -- Tom Thumb paid and Hunca Munca sometimes cleans it.
* LivingToys: Lucinda and
* LostFoodGrievance:
** Upon realising that the "ham" is made of plaster, both mice fly into "rage and disappointment" and break the rest of the play food and throw it into the (play) fire.
** Hunca Munca's discovery that the jars contained no food despite being labelled "rice", "coffee", and "sago" is described as a disappointment for her.
* MayItNeverHappenAgain: Both of the humans try to prevent the mouse vandalism from happening again -- the girl gets a (presumably also living) police doll, while the nurse sets a mousetrap. It turns out to be moot anyway, since the mice have no interest in doing it again.
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* NoNameGiven: Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca's four children, plus the unseen little girl and nurse, are unnamed.
* PerpetualSmiler: Justified for Jane, who, despite being alive, still can't move her face due to being a doll and thus always smiles.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Parodied. It's outright stated that Jane, despite being designated as "the cook", never did any cooking because being a [[LivingToys sentient doll in a dollhouse]], all of her food is pre-made anyway and despite being sentient she still never has to eat it.
* RhymingNames: The female mouse (doe) is named Hunca Munca.
* PerpetualSmiler: Justified for Jane, who, despite being alive, still can't move her face due to being a doll and thus always smiles.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Parodied. It's outright stated that Jane, despite being designated as "the cook", never did any cooking because being a [[LivingToys sentient doll in a dollhouse]], all of her food is pre-made anyway and despite being sentient she still never has to eat it.
* RhymingNames: The female mouse (doe) is named Hunca Munca.
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!This book provides examples of:
* ChildrenAreInnocent: The girl who owns the dollhouse decides to prevent further mouse break-ins by getting a policeman doll.
* CivilizedAnimals: Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca.
* DullSurprise: Jane. She's a doll after all, so it's not like she can move her face.
* LivingToys: Lucinda and Jane.
* RhymingName: Hunca Munca
* UnholyMatrimony: The two bad mice in the title are also a married couple.
* WomenAreWiser: While Tom Thumb indulges in aimless vandalism, his wife ransacks the house for things that would actually be useful to them.
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!This book provides examples of:
* ChildrenAreInnocent: The girl who owns the dollhouse decides to prevent further mouse break-ins by getting a policeman doll.
* CivilizedAnimals: Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca.
* DullSurprise: Jane. She's a doll after all, so it's not like she can move her face.
* LivingToys: Lucinda and Jane.
* RhymingName: Hunca Munca
* UnholyMatrimony: The two bad mice in the title are also a married couple.
* WomenAreWiser: While Tom Thumb indulges in aimless vandalism, his wife ransacks the house for things that would actually be useful to them.
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