History Literature / TimmyFailure

* AdultFear: While not focused on too much, Timmy's mom's struggles are revealed rather frankly as she struggles to hold a job while raising Timmy on her own. You can imagine how she felt when her boyfriend Crispin ended up endangering Timmy by forcing him to drive.
** When Timmy and Molly run away in the fourth book, their parents are appropriately terrified.

* Timmy Failure: Zero To Hero, officially marked as the “zeroth” book, revealing Timmy’s origin, and featuring pictures from the movie.

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:Timmy and Corrina Corrina, as she reveals in the third book: like Timmy, she hasn't had very many friends and even had a penguin for an imaginary friend. Though Timmy might have known that if he didn't establish Corrina Corrina as the BigBad.]]

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Timmy is firmly convinced that "garbanzo" is another word for the adjective "giant" despite multiple corrections from others saying that it actually refers to a type of bean.

* UnfortunateName: Timmy's family name. It was once Fayleure, but "somebody changed it". Timmy immediately claims that he is "anything but," although his actions throughout the series have made the name quite fitting.

* ToiletHumor: Most apparent in the fourth book, which is called ''Sanitized for Your Protection'' and has Timmy standing in a toilet on the cover. The fact that the fans voted on the title and cover of the fourth book likely contributed to this.

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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Timmy is firmly convinced that "garbanzo" is another word for the adjective "giant" despite multiple corrections from others saying that it actually refers to a type of bean.

Stephan Pastis revealed during his 2015 book tour that a feature film is to be in development by Disney, however, he's also warned that [[{{Disneyfication}} it'll be very toned down for audiences]]. It would later be revealed to be one of the first feature films set for Creator/DisneyPlus from director [[Film/{{Spotlight}} Tom McCarthy]].

* Corrina Corrina, AKA 'Weevil Bun,' 'Satan,' 'The Wedgie' and several other names. Timmy thinks she's evil. [[spoiler:In the third book, it's revealed he has a crush on her. He doesn't act like he does.]]

* Catchphrase: Timmy often says "Mendacity!" when he thinks someone is lying to him.

*** RousingSpeech: In the second book, Great-Aunt Colander's talk with Timmy about the solution to life's unfairness. Timmy then realizes who he is, and grabs his distinctive scarf from a trash can and holds it up in pride. Tom John John, Timmy's rival in the final book, has a middle and last name that are both the same.

** Tom John John, Timmy's rival in the final book, has a middle and last name that are both the same.

* AdultsAreUseless: Subverted. Timmy doesn't think much of the adult presence in his life, but his attempts to do things on his own always result in rather big problems, and his mom usually has to deal with the result in the end. Averted with Great-Aunt Colander, as she and Timmy develop a mutual respect. You can imagine how she felt when her boyfriend Crispin ended up endangering Timmy by forcing him to drive.
* AdultFear: While not focused on too much, Timmy's mom's struggles are revealed rather frankly as she struggles to hold a job while raising Timmy on her own.

* Malaproproper: Timmy often makes the mistake of replacing words with similar-sounding but wrong ones. For example, when he sees Bingo the gardener working on a topiary statue, he believes it's a "tapioca" statue.

* EmbarrassingNickname: For some reason, Molly often calls her little brother "Snot", even though his real name is Micah. He doesn't;t really seem to mind it, though, and because Molly calls him "Snot" a lot, he thinks it's his real name and often writes it on many different places, including tablecloths and walls. He even vandalized a painting at a museum by crossing out the original painter's name and replacing it with "Snot".

* ProneToTears: Even though Molly is normally upbeat and excited, she's actually very sensitive. This is especially true in "Sanitized for Your Protection", when she and Timmy visit the Draconian hotel, and they ask the doorman if Yergi Plimkin lives there, but the doorman's constant questioning leads Molly to start crying uncontrollably until the doorman allows her and Timmy into the hotel.

* [[GeniusSlob Fat genius]] Rollo Tookus, Timmy's "best friend".

* FragileFlower: Even though Molly is normally upbeat and excited, she's actually very sensitive. This is especially true in "Sanitized for Your Protection", when she and Timmy visit the Draconian hotel, and they ask the doorman if Yergi Plimkin lives there, but the doorman's constant questioning leads Molly to start crying uncontrollably until the doorman allows her and Timmy into the hotel.

* TheCutie: Molly's naïve and sweet demeanor makes her this.

* ForWantOfANail: Timmy ''gets himself expelled and sent to a correctional school'' just so he has more time to work on a detective contest. When his mom finds out, she goes absolutely ballistic to the point of being broken.

* Portmanteau: Molly is prone to combining words in her everyday speech, such as "handsomeful", "fantastical", and "splendiferous".