History Literature / WizardsWarriorsAndYou

* KnightInShiningArmor: The titular Warrior is brimming with weapons, wears a full suit of plate mail, and is a loyal servant of King Henry, always ready to face whatever challenge threatens the kingdom, the king, Princess Saralinda, and the people. Weirdly, it is noted that he wears no heraldry, and given how he's always referred to as Warrior, and doesn't seem to ride into battle with the rest of the kingdom's knights when they're attacked, he may not even be considered a knight.

* KnightInShiningArmor: The titular Warrior is brimming with weapons, wears a full suit of plate mail, and is a loyal servant of King Henry, always ready to face whatever challenge threatens the kingdom, the king, Princess Saralinda, and the people. Weirdly, it is noted that he wears no heraldry, and given how he's always referred to as Warrior, he may not even be a knight.

* ArtifactOfDeath: The Warrior has two of these in his arsenal. The Cutlass of Cornwall is a flying sword that fights on its own, but always has a chance to turn on its owner. The other is the Rejuvenating Battlesword, which is a magical two-handed sword that will regenerate its blade whenever it gets broken, but each regeneration has a chance of the sword impaling its owner after spawning. The Warrior has, however, used these properties to his advantage, including tricking his EvilTwin into using the Rejuvenating Battlesword, and then breaking it on purpose so it'll kill him.

* BagOfSpilling: After every six books the heroes' arsenals would be mostly replaced with new stuff, for no particular reason other than to keep the experience fresh.

* MonsterInTheMoat: ''Who Kidnapped Princess Saralinda?" reveals there's one in the moat of the castle where the heroes live. A little strangely, ''Haunted Castle of Ravencurse'' '''doesn't''' have one to go with its numerous other hazards.

* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: Creator/RLStine doesn't know you don't given chicken bones to dogs, with the Warrior about to give one to the castle hounds at the beginning of one story.

* MagicKnight: The villain of ''Tournament for Terror'' is Marquith, the king's childhood friend who tried to be both his Wizard ''and'' his Warrior, and is a mighty warrior who also has formidable magical powers.

* GiantSpider: One of the many hazards of ''The Haunted Castle of Ravencurse''.

* BrokeEpisode: The impetus for ''Haunted Castle of Ravencurse'' is the treasury's empty, and to rectify it the king sends Wizard and Warrior to find a magic basket that provides unlimited money, and a magic crown that makes the wearer really smart when it comes to money.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The two heroes are only ever referred to by their titles, even to each other despite being such TrueCompanions.

* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Lots of books describe the Wizard as gathering his cloak around him as he casts a spell; in one book it gets burnt and it even says the Wizard can't work his magic without it, [[DeusExitMachina although mainly to explain why he can't help the Warrior against the book's]] FinalBoss.

* LuckBasedMission: Many challenges are based purely on coin flips, the time of day, the date of your birthday, or other similarly random events. One notable challenge has the duo trapped in the age of dinosaurs, and the Wizard theorizing the conditions within an active volcano can simulate the energies needed to jump through time. It's random if this succeeds, or the pair die by [[UnexpectedlyRealisticGameplay jumping into an active volcano.]]

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: A weird in-universe example. One of the Wizard's spells is named Merlin's Fire, but the description openly admits there's nothing to confirm Merlin devised or ever used that spell. Which implies a creator/user may have claimed Merlin was involved just to get free legitimacy.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: They're intelligent and can't be destroyed. But they can be incapacitated or fooled.

* OurMonstersAreWeird: The series had plenty of "standard" fantasy monsters like trolls, zombies, giants and dragons, but had some that just about defy description. Like the weird spiked, multilegged thing guarding the Scarlet Sword of Shalimar, or the headless, multi-eyed, multi-eyed horror Morgan le Fay sics on the Warrior. In the last book there's a big [[CombatTentacles tentacled]] beastie with a dragon's head made entirely out of fire.

* ZillionDollarBill: The treasures that needed to be found in ''Haunted Castle of Ravencurse'' include a magic basket that provides an unlimited amount of gold coins, as well as a magic crown that makes its wearer a financial genius.

* LoopholeAbuse: The Wizard's most directly offensive spell, Merlin's Fire, can't be cast on living things. In one book (during the Warrior's path, so not a spoiler) he gets around this by first using another spell on his opponent to turn them into a flammable object, ''then'' using Merlin's fire on them.

* WildMagic: It's mentioned in the spell descriptions that a lot of them can work unpredictably or wear off when least expected.

* UnwinnableByDesign: The Warrior is limited to only taking three weapons. There are many times where not having the right weapon (And almost as many where having the ''wrong'' weapon) will result in an unavoidable death and failure.

* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: R.L. Stine doesn't know you don't given chicken bones to dogs.