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* ConfrontingYourImposter: [[spoiler:Rat in Verkhovtsev's guise]] is literally unmasked by none other than [[spoiler:Verkhovtsev himself]].
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* PlanetaryRelocation: Project Venus, a venture to move Venus farther from the Sun and make it habitable. In the ending, one of the characters mentions that the project is almost completed, but it's never brought up again in the other books of the franchise, so it remains unknown whether it really was a success and what were the exact results.
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* PlanetaryRelocation: Project Venus, a venture to move Venus farther from the Sun and make it habitable. In the ending, one of the characters mentions that the project is almost completed, but it's never brought up again in the other books of the franchise, so it remains unknown whether it really was a success and what were the exact results.results were.
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* PlanetaryRelocation: Project Venus, a venture to move Venus farther from the Sun and make it habitable. In the ending, one of the characters mentions that the project is almost completed, but it's never brought up again in the other books of the franchise, so it remains unknown whether it really was a success and what were the exact results.
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* HeroicSuicide: [[spoiler:The Second Captain]], barely holding on after [[spoiler:four years of imprisonment]], decides that, if help doesn't come in time, he'll blow up himself and his ship to ensure [[spoiler:the pirates never get the fuel formula]].
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* MechanicalAnimals: Robots from Shelezyaka build robotic animals to make their planet look more natural. They give several of these to Alice and her father, and it's mentioned that the animals take a liking to Alice (her father sees her cuddling a mechanical cat).
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* SpannerInTheWorks: The president of Fiks goes to visit Dr. Verkhovtsev right when [[spoiler:Rat in Verkhovtsev’s disguise attacks a Fiksian ship]]. This is the only reason Dr. Verkhovtsev isn’t [[spoiler:accused of space piracy]].
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* AnimatedAdaptation: Was turned into ''WesternAnimation/TheMysteryOfTheThirdPlanet'' in 1981.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The space pirates are different even compared to their next appearance in ''Literature/OneHundredYearsAhead''.
** With the attempted ''genocide'' of two planets (Bluk and Shelezyaka), they are a lot crueler in the novella than in any of their later appearances.
** Their behavior implies that Jolly U is the smarter leader and mastermind and Rat the dumber second-in-command. In the following books, it quickly changed in favor of the traditional FatAndSkinny dynamic.
** Jolly U easily spouts philately trivia. That's the only time in the franchise he shows any expertise at anything beyond piracy.
** With the attempted ''genocide'' of two planets (Bluk and Shelezyaka), they are a lot crueler in the novella than in any of their later appearances.
** Their behavior implies that Jolly U is the smarter leader and mastermind and Rat the dumber second-in-command. In the following books, it quickly changed in favor of the traditional FatAndSkinny dynamic.
** Jolly U easily spouts philately trivia. That's the only time in the franchise he shows any expertise at anything beyond piracy.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The space pirates are different even compared to their next appearance in ''Literature/OneHundredYearsAhead''.
** With the attempted ''genocide'' of two planets (Bluk and Shelezyaka), they are a lot crueler in the novella than in any of their later appearances.
** Their behavior implies that Jolly U is the smarter leader and mastermind and Rat the dumber second-in-command. In the following books, it quickly changed in favor of the traditional FatAndSkinny dynamic.
** With the attempted ''genocide'' of two planets (Bluk and Shelezyaka), they are a lot crueler in the novella than in any of their later appearances.
** Their behavior implies that Jolly U is the smarter leader and mastermind and Rat the dumber second-in-command. In the following books, it quickly changed in favor of the traditional FatAndSkinny dynamic.
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* GenocideSurvivor: The villains attempt to kill a particular bird by exterminating its entire species. The bird they are after seems to be the only survivor.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: With the attempted ''genocide'' of two planets (Bluk and Shelezyaka), the space pirates are a lot crueler in the novella than in any of their later appearances.
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* TheEeyore: Zelyony. His catchphrases are "This won't end well" and "I did warn you".
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The space pirates are different even compared to their next appearance in ''Literature/OneHundredYearsAhead''.
** With the attempted ''genocide'' of two planets (Bluk and Shelezyaka), they are a lot crueler in the novella than in any of their later appearances.
** Their behavior implies that Jolly U is the smarter leader and mastermind and Rat the dumber second-in-command. In the following books, it quickly changed in favor of the traditional FatAndSkinny dynamic.
* TheEeyore: Zelyony. His catchphrases are "This won't end well" and "Idid warn warned you".
** With the attempted ''genocide'' of two planets (Bluk and Shelezyaka), they are a lot crueler in the novella than in any of their later appearances.
** Their behavior implies that Jolly U is the smarter leader and mastermind and Rat the dumber second-in-command. In the following books, it quickly changed in favor of the traditional FatAndSkinny dynamic.
* TheEeyore: Zelyony. His catchphrases are "This won't end well" and "I
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* JustFollowingOrders: [[spoiler:Jolly U]] tries to assure everyone he was just an UnwittingPawn in [[spoiler:Rat]]'s hands. Nobody believes it.
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* JustFollowingOrders: [[spoiler:Jolly U]] Jolly U tries to assure everyone he was just an UnwittingPawn in [[spoiler:Rat]]'s Rat's hands. Nobody believes it.
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* LateArrivalSpoiler: There is a reason why this book is recommended as one of the first to be read in the ''Alice'' cycle. If you have read the later books, such as ''One Hundred Years Ahead'' or ''Literature/AMillionAdventures'', [[spoiler:it will hardly take you long to figure out why Dr. Verkhovtsev takes turns being NotHimself]].
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* LateArrivalSpoiler: There is a reason why this book is recommended as one of the first to be read in the ''Alice'' cycle. If you have read the later books, such as ''One Hundred Years Ahead'' ''Literature/OneHundredYearsAhead'' or ''Literature/AMillionAdventures'', [[spoiler:it will hardly take you long to figure out why Dr. Verkhovtsev takes turns being NotHimself]].
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* KickTheDog: Jolly U trips up the indicator when the latter tries to help the govorun.
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* WackyWaysideTribe: Entire planets of them. Aldebaran's eighth planet, the Empty Planet and Sheshineru have nothing to do with the main plot whatsoever (except being first brought up by Dr. Verkhovtsev). To a lesser extent, Arcturus Minor – the scouts from its base do provide a clue related to the Three Captains, but it's not crucial. There is a reason all of this got AdaptedOut from the movie.
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