History Literature / TwiceUponATime

* NamesTheSame: The novel shares a title with the 1980s animated feature by George Lucas.

* PapaWolf: Played UpToEleven. When the Sea King finds out that [[spoiler: his daughter, Meghan, went into human hands because she fell in love with a human, namely Prince Maarten, otherwise known as Bluebeard, he sends ''his entire army'' to wipe out the humans.]]

WARNING: If you have not yet read Half Upon A Time, then from this point on there will be SPOILERS. You have been warned.

Jack and co. embark on a quest to find a Fairy Queen who can perform the counter curse before it's too late. Following is the final book in the series Literature/OnceUponTheEnd.

* PapaWolf: [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]]. When the Sea King finds out that [[spoiler: his daughter, Meghan, went into human hands because she fell in love with a human, namely Prince Maarten, otherwise known as Bluebeard, he sends ''his entire army'' to wipe out the humans. It's always awesome to stand up for your people, but ''that'' is a ''bit'' too much.]]

* PapaWolf: [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]]. When the Sea King finds out that [[spoiler: his daughter, Meghan, went into human hands because she fell in love with a human, namely Prince Maarten, otherwise known as Bluebeard, he sends ''his entire army'' to wipe out the humans.]]

* PapaWolf: [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]]. When he finds out that [[spoiler: his daughter went into human hands because she fell in love with a human, namely Prince Maarten, otherwise known as Bluebeard, he sends ''his entire army'' to wipe out the humans.]]

* DownerEnding: The Fairy Kingdom is saved, and May's identity is discovered. However, [[spoiler: Jack has left with Lian to join the ranks of The Eyes, and it's appears the Wicked Queen has kept track of them the whole time.]]

Jack and co. embark on a quest to find a Fairy Queen who can perform the counter curse before it's too late. Following is the final book in the series OnceUponTheEnd.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Inverted. [[spoiler: Bluebeard is not the wife-killing monster we know from fairy tales, but an alias devised by Prince Maarten to safely search for his mermaid lover without incurring The Sea King's wrath upon his kingdom.]]

Jack and co. embark on a quest to find a Fairy Queen who can perform the counter curse before it's too late.

* BlondeBrunetteAndRedhead: The trio of mermaids that Jack, May, and Phillip meet are this.

''Twice Upon A Time'' is a 2012 FracturedFairyTale novel written by James Riley, and is a sequel to HalfUponATime.

At this point, they encounter one of The Wiched Queen's much feared soldiers, a member of The Eyes, a young girl who calls herself Lian, who delights in tormenting our heroes. Lian informs them that four battalions of dragons are en route to the Fairy Kingdom to [[ScorchedEarth burn it to the ground]], along with all of its currently slumbering citizens.

* VoluntaryShapeShifter: The Wolf King again.

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: The heroes had everything they needed to break the curse with them when they arrived in The Fairy Kingdom from the beginning. Their entire quest was a series of misdirections played out by Lian, to take out The Wicked Queen. Unfortunately, our heroes fall for it every step of the way.]]

* DownerEnding: The Fairy Kingdom is saved, and May's identity is discovered. However, [[spoiler: it's heavily implied that The Wicked Queen ''wanted'' this outcome, and Jack is now on his way to join her ranks.]]

* VoluntaryShapeShifter: The Wolf King again [[spoiler: , and Lian, who can turn into a bird.]]

* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Jack pitches his sword at Lian, tripping her up. [[spoiler: However, Lian later reveals that she needed Jack and the others to win.]]

* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Jack pitches his sword at Lian, tripping her up. [[spoiler: However, Lian later reveals that she needed Jack and the others to win.

Jack and co. embark on a quest to find a Fairy Queen who can perform the counter curse before [[TheClockIsTicking it's too late.]]

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: The heroes had everything they needed to break the curse with them when they arrived in The Fairy Kingdom from the beginning. Their entire quest was a series of misdirections played out by Lian at the behest of The Wicked Queen. Unfortunately, our heroes fall for it every step of the way.]]

** Also inverted with Mako, who, despite being named after a vicious shark, is actually one of the nicer, more decent mermen.

* [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]: Lian, all the way.

ActionGirl: May has grown much more into this role from the first book.
BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: The heroes had everything they needed to break the curse with them when they arrived in The Fairy Kingdom from the beginning. Their entire quest was a series of misdirections played out by Lian at the behest of The Wicked Queen. Unfortunately, our heroes fall for it every step of the way.]]
[[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]: Lian, all the way.

Three months after unwittingly releasing TheWickedQueen on the world, Jack, Phillip, and May are searching for the entrance to [[TheFairFolk The Fairy Kingdom]] to find [[FairyGodmother Merriweather]] and ask her the truth about May's identity.

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