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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: At book’s end, Apollus admits to Megan that he realized how much he loved her when he realized she was in danger, and that he wasn’t being honest with her earlier.
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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: After visiting the Nephite era and the Biblical era, the Plimpton kids and Mary end up in 1830’s Palestine, a straightforward historical location. There ends up being a scriptural connection, but hardly one you’d recognize from the previous settings.
** This book also marks the first time we get narration from an ancient times character, as Apollus narrates much of the book.
** This book also marks the first time we get narration from an ancient times character, as Apollus narrates much of the book.
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* AwwwTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: At book’s end, Apollus admits that he realized how much he loved her when he realized she was in danger, and that he wasn’t being honest with her earlier.
* AwwwTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: At book’s end, Apollus admits that he realized how much he loved her when he realized she was in danger, and that he wasn’t being honest with her earlier.
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* AwwwTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: At book’s end, Apollus admits that he realized how much he loved her when he realized she was in danger, and that he wasn’t being honest with her earlier.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: At book’s end, Apollus admits that he realized how much he loved her when he realized she was in danger, and that he wasn’t being honest with her earlier.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Joshua comforts Becky while they’re kidnapped and devises a plan that gets her freed from his clutches.
* BigSisterInstinct: Mary has this when she’s looking after the Plimpton kids.
* BigSisterInstinct: Mary has this when she’s looking after the Plimpton kids.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: BigBrotherInstinct:
** Joshua comforts Becky while they’re kidnapped and devises a plan that gets her freed from his clutches.
* BigSisterInstinct: ** Mary has this when she’s looking after the Plimpton kids.
** Joshua comforts Becky while they’re kidnapped and devises a plan that gets her freed from his clutches.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter:
** Fireborn, Spearthrower Owl, Blue Crocodile
* HostageSituation
* IHaveYourWife
* UsefulNotes/{{Islam}}: The Plimptons and Mary end up in 1830’s Palestine and meet a number of them, most notably [[{{Jerkass}} Sheikh Farabi.]] Rebecca notes that the Muslims she’s met are very nice, and that Farabi is a jerk under his own power. Joshua meanwhile is only familiar with the cliches of blowing themselves up and throwing rocks.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** Joshua is foolish to suggest that they use time travel to save the Nephites, but he is right to say it feels wrong to leave them to die when they could do something about it.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter:
** Fireborn, Spearthrower Owl, Blue Crocodile
* HostageSituation
* IHaveYourWife
* UsefulNotes/{{Islam}}: The Plimptons and Mary end up in 1830’s Palestine and meet a number of them, most notably [[{{Jerkass}} Sheikh Farabi.]] Rebecca notes that the Muslims she’s met are very nice, and that Farabi is a jerk under his own power. Joshua meanwhile is only familiar with the cliches of blowing themselves up and throwing rocks.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** Joshua is foolish to suggest that they use time travel to save the Nephites, but he is right to say it feels wrong to leave them to die when they could do something about it.
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* UsefulNotes/{{Islam}}: The Plimptons and Mary end up in 1830’s Palestine and meet a number of them, most notably [[{{Jerkass}} Sheikh Farabi.]] Rebecca notes that the Muslims she’s met are very nice, and that Farabi is a jerk under his own power. Joshua meanwhile is only familiar with the cliches of blowing themselves up and throwing rocks.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
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* ShoutOut
** Ryan references Series/TheLoneRanger, Creator/ClintEastwood, and Film/{{Spartacus}} when snarking at Apollus.
** Meagan mentions entertaining the villager kids with her own Lamanite tellings of Film/TheWizardOfOz and Franchise/StarWars.
** Ryan references Series/TheLoneRanger, Creator/ClintEastwood, and Film/{{Spartacus}} when snarking at Apollus.
** Meagan mentions entertaining the villager kids with her own Lamanite tellings of Film/TheWizardOfOz and Franchise/StarWars.
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* ShoutOut
ShoutOut:
** Ryan referencesSeries/TheLoneRanger, ''Series/TheLoneRanger'', Creator/ClintEastwood, and Film/{{Spartacus}} ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'' when snarking at Apollus.
** Meagan mentions entertaining the villager kids with her own Lamanite tellings ofFilm/TheWizardOfOz ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' and Franchise/StarWars.'''Franchise/StarWars''.
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* WhamEpisode:
** This book features the return of a long-time enemy, the reveal that they can travel to more than two scriptural eras, and [[spoiler: the return of the Sword of Akish and Akish himself.]]
* WhamLine
** [[spoiler: “The name is Finlay. Todd Finlay.”]]
** [[spoiler: “The man was aiming a rifle.”]]
** [[spoiler: “I AM Akish!”]]
** This book features the return of a long-time enemy, the reveal that they can travel to more than two scriptural eras, and [[spoiler: the return of the Sword of Akish and Akish himself.]]
* WhamLine
** [[spoiler: “The name is Finlay. Todd Finlay.”]]
** [[spoiler: “The man was aiming a rifle.”]]
** [[spoiler: “I AM Akish!”]]
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* WhamEpisode:
**WhamEpisode: This book features the return of a long-time enemy, the reveal that they can travel to more than two scriptural eras, and [[spoiler: the return of the Sword of Akish and Akish himself.]]
* WhamLine
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* BeenThereShapedHistory
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* BigBrotherInstinct
* BigSisterInstinct
* CannotSpitItOut
* ContrivedCoincidence
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* BadLiar
AwwwTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: At book’s end, Apollus admits that he realized how much he loved her when he realized she was in danger, and that he wasn’t being honest with her earlier.
*BeenThereShapedHistory
AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: After visiting the Nephite era and the Biblical era, the Plimpton kids and Mary end up in 1830’s Palestine, a straightforward historical location. There ends up being a scriptural connection, but hardly one you’d recognize from the previous settings.
** This book also marks the first time we get narration from an ancient times character, as Apollus narrates much of the book.
*BigBrotherInstinct
BadLiar: Apollus is a hilariously bad one when trying to bluff Finlay out in their first meeting.
*BigSisterInstinct
BeenThereShapedHistory: Discussed. The time travel in this book is completely accidental, but both parties eventually end up finding something historically significant to interfere in. See ContrivedCoincidence.
*CannotSpitItOut
BigBrotherInstinct: Joshua comforts Becky while they’re kidnapped and devises a plan that gets her freed from his clutches.
*ContrivedCoincidenceBigSisterInstinct: Mary has this when she’s looking after the Plimpton kids.
* CannotSpitItOut: Apollus has a difficult time admitting any feelings for Meagan, as he feels their relationship is a youthful dalliance and that they’re too different from each other.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Discussed by Joshua when they end up accidentally time-traveling. Every time their family’s traveled there’s been some mysterious purpose they ended up helping fulfill, so they might as well head to a big city center instead of bee-lining for home. [[spoiler: And he turns out to be right.]]
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** This book also marks the first time we get narration from an ancient times character, as Apollus narrates much of the book.
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*
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* CannotSpitItOut: Apollus has a difficult time admitting any feelings for Meagan, as he feels their relationship is a youthful dalliance and that they’re too different from each other.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Discussed by Joshua when they end up accidentally time-traveling. Every time their family’s traveled there’s been some mysterious purpose they ended up helping fulfill, so they might as well head to a big city center instead of bee-lining for home. [[spoiler: And he turns out to be right.]]
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HiddenBackupPrince
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* JerkassHasAPoint:
** Joshua is foolish to suggest that they use time travel to save the Nephites, but he is right to say it feels wrong to leave them to die when they could do something about it.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** Joshua is foolish to suggest that they use time travel to save the Nephites, but he is right to say it feels wrong to leave them to die when they could do something about it.
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*{{Narrator}}: Ten-year-old Rebecca Plimpton and transplanted-to-modern-days Apollus are the primary narrators of this adventure, although the prologue and epilogue are narrated by different characters and Meagan narrates when she’s separated from Apollus.
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* ProperlyParanoidProperlyParanoid: Becky gets the strong impression that they shouldn’t stay the night in the monastery, so they leave. [[spoiler: It’s later revealed that either Akish or Finlay would’ve attacked them if they’d stayed.]]
*RescueArc: This is the arc that kicks off the rest of the series, as Meagan, Ryan, Apollus, the Plimpton kids, and Mary accidentally time-traveling will prompt their family members to come after them. The epilogue is written by Harry as [[spoiler: he, Garth, Marcos and Steffanie split up to get the two groups.]]
*TheReveal: A number of them.
** Todd Finlay has returned and become a purveyor of Satanic artifacts in the meantime.
** [[spoiler: They can travel to any era of history, including 1830’s Jerusalem.]]
** [[spoiler: Shika is actually Akish, the Book of Mormon sorcerer. This means he’s been using the time travel tunnels. Also, his sorcerery is real and discernible. Also, he has the Sword of Coriantumr.]]
** And the final, [[spoiler: the reason Todd Finlay lusts for the sword is because of a StableTimeLoop. He was killed by the sword in the past/now, so when he found the sword in the past/future, he was literally part of it.]]
*RescueArc: This is the arc that kicks off the rest of the series, as Meagan, Ryan, Apollus, the Plimpton kids, and Mary accidentally time-traveling will prompt their family members to come after them. The epilogue is written by Harry as [[spoiler: he, Garth, Marcos and Steffanie split up to get the two groups.]]
*TheReveal: A number of them.
** Todd Finlay has returned and become a purveyor of Satanic artifacts in the meantime.
** [[spoiler: They can travel to any era of history, including 1830’s Jerusalem.]]
** [[spoiler: Shika is actually Akish, the Book of Mormon sorcerer. This means he’s been using the time travel tunnels. Also, his sorcerery is real and discernible. Also, he has the Sword of Coriantumr.]]
** And the final, [[spoiler: the reason Todd Finlay lusts for the sword is because of a StableTimeLoop. He was killed by the sword in the past/now, so when he found the sword in the past/future, he was literally part of it.]]
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*WhamEpisode:
** This book features the return of a long-time enemy, the reveal that they can travel to more than two scriptural eras, and [[spoiler: the return of the Sword of Akish and Akish himself.]]
** This book features the return of a long-time enemy, the reveal that they can travel to more than two scriptural eras, and [[spoiler: the return of the Sword of Akish and Akish himself.]]
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** [[spoiler: “The name is Finlay. Todd Finlay.”]]
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*RubberBandHistory: This is discussed heavily, as Joshua discusses his dream of saving the Nephites. The Hawkinses changed things in the past, but only when they felt they’d already put something out of place.
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* FishOutOfWater
* HeroesPreferSwords
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* HostageSituation
* IHaveYourWife
* TakeMeInstead
* WhamLine:
** [[spoiler: “The man was aiming a rifle.”]]
* BigBrotherInstinct
* BigSisterInstinct
* ContrivedCoincidence
* DeliberateValuesDissonance
* FakingDisability
* FishOutOfWater
* HeroesPreferSwords
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* HostageSituation
* IHaveYourWife
* TakeMeInstead
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** [[spoiler: “The man was aiming a rifle.”]]
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* BigBrotherInstinct
* BigSisterInstinct
* ContrivedCoincidence
* DeliberateValuesDissonance
* FakingDisability
* FishOutOfWater
* HeroesPreferSwords
* HistoricalDomainCharacter
* HostageSituation
* IHaveYourWife
* TakeMeInstead
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*BadLiar
*BeenThereShapedHistory
*BigBrotherInstinct
*BigSisterInstinct
*CannotSpitItOut
*ContrivedCoincidence
*DeliberateValuesDissonance
*EverythingIsDifferent
*EvilArabs
*FishOutOfWater
*GenreSavvy
*GodGuise: Apollus, Meagan, and Ryan are confused for them by a Lamanite village and - unsure of what will happen if they tell the truth - try to use it to teach them about Jesus Christ.
*GracefulInTheirElement: Ryan is pretty cool by modern standards, but is totally out of his depth as a time traveler. In his defense, he gets better.
*HeroesPreferSwords: Apollus insists on retaining his in the modern day, and puts it to good use as a security guard for Mexican laborers. When he loses it, he switches to the obsidian-edged clubs the Lamanites use.
*HiddenPrince
*HistoricalDomainCharacter
*Fireborn, Spearthrower Owl, Blue Crocodile
*HostageSituation
*IHaveYourWife
*JerkassHasAPoint
*LoveTriangle: There’s briefly one between Meagan, Apollus, and Ryan. But Ryan gives up quickly since he realizes who Meagan really wants.
{{Narrator}}:
*ObfuscatingDisability: Finlay pretends to be a mostly wheelchair-bound man to kidnap the Plimpton kids.
*ProperlyParanoid
*ShoutOut
*Creator/ClintEastwood, Film/Spartacus
*WizardOfOz, Franchise/StarWars
*ShownTheirWork:
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** In a more literal example, the end of each chapter (and an addendum in later editions) features a section explaining the real-life historical references in it, as well as which elements are conjecture or artistic license.
*StableTimeLoop: Discussed.
*StarCrossedLovers
*StayInTheKitchen: Apollus refuses to let Meagan accompany them to Tikal.
*TakeMeInstead: Mary tries to trade Joshua for herself when negotiating with Finlay. He rejects it, but it was a good try.
*TakeThatKiss: Meagan gives Apollus one before he leaves for Tikal.
*ThisIsReality: Apollus explains to Ryan that he shouldn’t expect to become good with a sword in one hour.
*TwoLinesNoWaiting: The narrative switches between Becky and Apollus for the most part, with the two also ending up in different timelines. Ocasional chapters are narrated by Meagan when she’s with Apollus in Nephite times.
*WhamLine
**[[spoiler: “The man was aiming a rifle.
**[[spoiler: “I AM Akish!”]]
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Leave all your expectations behind as your favorite characters from the Tennis Shoes adventure series are reunited in a miraculous journey into worlds never before imagined, where villains old and new must be stopped to keep the landscape of history from becoming permanently altered.
When Becky and Josh Plimpton are kidnapped by Todd Finlay, Megan and her two suitors, Ryan and Apollus, attempt to rescue them, but through the mysterious powers of the Rainbow Room, one group ends up in nineteenth-century Jerusalem and the other in central America hundreds of years after the visitation of the Savior to the Nephites.
!!Tropes:
BeenThereShapedHistory
BigBrotherInstinct
BigSisterInstinct
ContrivedCoincidence
DeliberateValuesDissonance
FakingDisability
FishOutOfWater
HeroesPreferSwords
HistoricalDomainCharacter
HostageSituation
IHaveYourWife
TakeMeInstead
WhamLine:
**[[spoiler: “The man was aiming a rifle.”]]
When Becky and Josh Plimpton are kidnapped by Todd Finlay, Megan and her two suitors, Ryan and Apollus, attempt to rescue them, but through the mysterious powers of the Rainbow Room, one group ends up in nineteenth-century Jerusalem and the other in central America hundreds of years after the visitation of the Savior to the Nephites.
!!Tropes:
BeenThereShapedHistory
BigBrotherInstinct
BigSisterInstinct
ContrivedCoincidence
DeliberateValuesDissonance
FakingDisability
FishOutOfWater
HeroesPreferSwords
HistoricalDomainCharacter
HostageSituation
IHaveYourWife
TakeMeInstead
WhamLine:
**[[spoiler: “The man was aiming a rifle.”]]
