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*RunningGag:
**Principal Barry Barkin’s face turning all sorts of colors whenever he’s angry: “purple”, “indigo”, “eggplant”, and “nectarine”, just to name a few.
**Miles’s inability to bake.
**Barry Barkin’s tendency to drag out a metaphor way longer than it needs to be. It’s even made fun of in the last book when Miles gets lost in his own metaphor and Niles points out how similar the two sound.
**Stuart laughing at his own jokes when nobody else does.
**Principal Barry Barkin’s face turning all sorts of colors whenever he’s angry: “purple”, “indigo”, “eggplant”, and “nectarine”, just to name a few.
**Miles’s inability to bake.
**Barry Barkin’s tendency to drag out a metaphor way longer than it needs to be. It’s even made fun of in the last book when Miles gets lost in his own metaphor and Niles points out how similar the two sound.
**Stuart laughing at his own jokes when nobody else does.
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*AuthorCatchphrase: A few lines are used many times across the series.
**”I don’t remember any of this!”
**”Ha, ha!” said [blank]. (He actually said “ha, ha!”)
**”I don’t remember any of this!”
**”Ha, ha!” said [blank]. (He actually said “ha, ha!”)
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*BaitAndSwitchCharacterIntro: Niles is introduced as a teacher’s pet that is dedicated to academic excellence. As we find out, however, this is all a show to keep the school staff off his back.
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* BadassLongcoat: Miles is bothered by how cool Niles looks in a turtleneck and trenchcoat.
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* AlliterativeName: Miles Murphy.
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* AlliterativeName: Miles Murphy.Murphy, along with Bertrand Barkin and his sons Barry and Bob Barkin.
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It was followed by ''The Terrible Two Get Worse'' in 2016. A third book came out in 2017, titled ''Literature/TheTerribleTwoGoWild''. The fourth and final book, ''Literature/TheTerribleTwosLastLaugh'', was published in the same year.
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It was followed by ''The Terrible Two Get Worse'' ''Literature/TheTerribleTwoGetWorse'' in 2016. A third book came out in 2017, titled ''Literature/TheTerribleTwoGoWild''. The fourth and final book, ''Literature/TheTerribleTwosLastLaugh'', was published in the same year.
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''The Terrible Two'' is a kid's novel by Jory John and Mac Barnett, published in 2015. It is the first in a series.
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''The Terrible Two'' is a kid's novel by Jory John and John, Mac Barnett, and Kevin Cornell. It was published in 2015. It is the first in a series.
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Moved tropes addressing second book to the new second book page :D
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* ChekhovsGun:
** One of the cow facts ends up as this. [[spoiler: The fact that cows can walk up stairs, but not down them, is used to fill the school with cows.]]
** The concept is {{discussed|Trope}} in book 2. [[spoiler: The dissolving thread and Barry Barkin's sewing projects both become relevant by the end. And thus, the concept of a Chekhov's gun is in itself a Chekhov's gun.]]
** One of the cow facts ends up as this. [[spoiler: The fact that cows can walk up stairs, but not down them, is used to fill the school with cows.]]
** The concept is {{discussed|Trope}} in book 2. [[spoiler: The dissolving thread and Barry Barkin's sewing projects both become relevant by the end. And thus, the concept of a Chekhov's gun is in itself a Chekhov's gun.]]
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* ChekhovsGun:
**ChekhovsGun: One of the cow facts ends up as this. [[spoiler: The fact that cows can walk up stairs, but not down them, is used to fill the school with cows.]]
** The concept is {{discussed|Trope}} in book 2. [[spoiler: The dissolving thread and Barry Barkin's sewing projects both become relevant by the end. And thus, the concept of a Chekhov's gun is in itself a Chekhov's gun.]]
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** The concept is {{discussed|Trope}} in book 2. [[spoiler: The dissolving thread and Barry Barkin's sewing projects both become relevant by the end. And thus, the concept of a Chekhov's gun is in itself a Chekhov's gun.
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* OccamsRazor: Discussed in book 2.
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* PantsPullingPrank: Book 2 involves trying to pull one of these on the new principal, who wears suspenders ''and'' a belt to ensure his pants stay up.
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* SpoiledByTheFormat: Lampshaded in book 2.[[invoked]]
-->Was this the end of the Terrible Two?\\
Had the story of these two great pranksters come to an end?\\
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No way, of course not. There are still thirty-eight pages left in this book.
-->Was this the end of the Terrible Two?\\
Had the story of these two great pranksters come to an end?\\
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No way, of course not. There are still thirty-eight pages left in this book.
