History Literature / Wondla

** "Orbona" comes from the Latin word for orphaned. A fitting rename for a planet where life (appeared to have) ended.

** [[spoiler:Cadmus is secretly building an army, with the help of Arius and Zin's brother Loroc.]]

* ArcWords: [=WondLa=], of course. The ending to ''Search'' reveals it's actually [[spoiler:The '''Wond'''erful Wizard of Oz, by '''L'''. Fr'''a'''nk Baum]]. take a backseat for much of ''Hero'', but then resurface when Eva Eight reveals [[spoiler:she had brought a book back to their sanctuary to read with her, but got into a heated argument with MUTHR about it, and left the book behind to decay into its signature form.]] As of ''Battle'' the significance of the word changes from a specific place than a metaphor for home, family, and eventually peace.

* EarthAllAlong: At first, inverted; [[spoiler:Eva has been led to believe that the planet she's on is an abandoned and far-evolved Earth. When Rovender hears the planet's name, however, he chuckles and tells her and MUTHR that they're on a different planet entirely, named Orbana.]] Then, when the final act comes to a close, [[spoiler:[[DoubleSubversion it's revealed that]] Orbana ''is'' Earth, and that Eva's first presumption was also correct.]]

** [[spoiler:Orbana is not an alien planet. It is Earth, recolonized by alien settlers millennia after it’s destruction.]]

* ArcWords: [=WondLa=], of course. The ending to ''Search'' reveals it's actually [[spoiler:The '''Wond'''erful Wizard of Oz, by '''L'''. Fr'''a'''nk Baum]]. The words take a backseat for much of Hero, but then resurface when Eva Eight reveals [[spoiler:she had brought a book back to their sanctuary to read with her, but got into a heated argument with MUTHR about it, and left the book behind to decay into its signature form.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Orbana is not an alien planet. It is Earth, recolonized by alien settlers millennia after it’s destruction.]]

* AffectionateNickname: Eva starts calling Rovender "Rovee" after getting to know him.
* TheAloner: Eva after chapter 4 of ''Search'', where she is made to survive above ground by herself.
* AntiHero: Eva Eight from ''Hero''. Sure, she alerts Eva to a major threat in [[spoiler:Cadmus' Orwellian settlement]] and helps Eva escape from it, but she also [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead badmouths MUTHR]], suggests ditching Rovender (who has by this point grown to be one of Eva's TrueCompanions), and [[spoiler:only wants to get her hands on the main life-generator to spite Cadmus, the latter of which is brought up as a specific example of NotSoDifferent when she's confronted on it.]]

* AwesomeMccoolname: Rovender Kitt.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Eva's one desire at the start of ''Search'' is to explore the outside world. She gets her wish when the Sanctuary is destroyed and she ''has'' to escape to the outside world.
* BerserkButton: Rovender does ''not'' take being compared to [[TheDreaded Besteel]] very kindly.
* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:Otto at the end of ''Search''. [[TheBusCameBack He returns]] in ''Hero'', though.]]
* ColdSniper: Besteel, the marauder responsible for destroying Eva's sanctuary, uses a long-range beamrod as his weapon of choice, often from long distances. He's also a complete jerk, even with [[spoiler:his FreudianExcuse of wanting to free his brother.]]
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Besteel's fate at the end of ''Search'' is to be [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath eaten alive by sand scratchers and dragged underground.]]]]

* TheDrifter: Rovender. He mentions having traveled up and down the continent, yet claims early on that his home is "far from here." 'Here', in this case, meaning the forest Eva meets him in.
* TheEmpath: Once outside her Sanctuary, Eva discovers she has the ability to feel the emotions of creatures and {{Planimal}}s, and communicate with them. Although it's painted as {{telepathy}}, Eva describes it not as speaking, but "feeling very hard."

* FishOutOfWater:
** Eva at first, when her Omnipod proves close to useless in identifying literally anything about the outside world. [[spoiler:'''MUTHR''' takes this role too when Eva manages to convince the Sanctuary to let her exit.]]
** Eva takes the role again in the second book, where she finally [[spoiler:meets other humans, but doesn't form a human connection with any of them due to the other humans not believing her stories (which we know to be true).]]
* FunWithAcronyms: '''MUTHR''' = '''M'''ulti-'''U'''tility '''T'''ask '''H'''elp '''R'''obot.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Muthr takes an energy blast from Besteel’s boom rod [[MamaBear meant for Eva]].]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Eva forms one with Rovender. [[KidHero Eva]] is twelve, while Rovender is "almost eight trilustralis," or at the very least old enough to have had a family.
* [[TheLastOfHisKind The Last Of Her Kind]]: [[spoiler:Subverted. Eva is set up to be the last known human in existence, but another one shows up at the end of the first book.]]
* TheLostLenore: While never discussed in depth [[spoiler:until the second book]], a passage early on all but states it (and OutlivingOnesOffspring) happened to Rovender.
-->"Do you have a family back home, Rovender?"\\
"A family?" He took a drink, [[DrowningMySorrows swallowing audibly.]] "No family. Not anymore." Rovender's voice sounded distant. Lonely.
* MagicalComputer: Eva's Omnipod, which is sort of like what you'd get if you gave Siri her own independent device and heavily upgraded her abilities. Too bad it's damn near useless outside of the Sanctuary.
* MeaningfulName: The [[ColourfulThemeNaming Cærulean]] aliens have blue skin.
* MrExposition: Rovender is set up to be one, but [[SubvertedTrope doesn't actually give much exposition in the story proper, meaning Eva has to find out everything for herself.]]
* OneSteveLimit: Eva Nine is the main character, but Eva Eight becomes a major character in ''Hero''. To get around this, the former is referred to simply as "Eva", while the latter as "[[YouAreNumberSix Eight]]".

* RaisedByRobots: True to her name, Muthr is Eva's mother in all but blood. Although they may not always see eye-to-eye, Eva loves her very much and vice versa.

* WalkingTheEarth: Rovender has taken to a nomadic lifestyle as a means of cleansing his grief over losing his mate and child.

* YouAreNumberSix: The closest our heroine has to a last name is "Nine". [[spoiler:It is not until the second book that Eva learns she is the ninth Eva from of brood of test tube babies.]]

* AntiHero: Eva Eight from ''Hero''. Sure, she alerts Eva to a major threat in [[spoiler:Cadmus' Orwellian settlement]] and helps Eva escape from it, but she also [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead badmouths MUTHR]], suggests ditching Rovender (who has by this point grown to be one of Eva's TrueCompanions), and [[spoiler:only wants to get her hands on the main life-generator so she can keep it out of Cadmus' hands, which is brought up as a specific example of NotSoDifferent when she's confronted on it.]]

* EarthAllAlong: At first, inverted; [[spoiler:Eva has been led to believe that the planet she's on is an abandoned and far-evolved Earth. When Rovender hears the planet's name, however, he chuckles and tells her and MUTHR that they're on a different planet entirely, named Orbana.]] Then, when the final act comes to a close, [[spoiler:it's revealed that Orbana ''is'' Earth, and that Eva's first presumption was also correct.]]
* FishOutOfWater: Eva at first, when her Omnipod proves close to useless in identifying literally anything about the outside world. [[spoiler:'''MUTHR''' takes this role too when Eva manages to convince the Sanctuary to let her exit.]]

* TheLostLenore: While never discussed in depth, it's implied this could be the case for Rovender.

* ArcWords: [=WondLa=], of course. It's actually [[spoiler:The '''Wond'''erful Wizard of Oz, by '''L'''. Fr'''a'''nk Baum]]

** Chapter 4 of ''Search'', aptly titled "Boom", in which [[spoiler:the Sanctuary gets destroyed and Eva is forced to abandon MUTHR and flee to above ground.]]
** Chapter 16 of ''Search'', "Puzzle", is when [[spoiler:Eva first learns that the planet she's on isn't Earth, but rather an alien planet named "Orbana".]]

* WhamLine: "Eva Nine was dying." ''That's the first line of the series.'' [[spoiler:It falls victim to MoodWhiplash when it's revealed to be part of a virtual reality survival exercise.]]

* ArcWords: [=WondLa=], of course.

'''''[=WondLa=]''''' is a trilogy of science-fiction fantasy adventure novels written by Tony [=DiTerlizzi=], one half of the fantastical driving force behind ''Literature/TheSpiderwickChronicles'' alongside Creator/HollyBlack. The series was released between 2010 and 2014.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Eva forms one with Rovender. [[KidHero Eva]] is twelve, while [[InTouchWithNature Rovender]] is "almost eight trilustralis," or at the very least old enough to have had a family.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Rovender Kitt.

* MagicalComputer: Eva's Omnipod, which is sort of like what you'd get if you gave Siri her own independent device and heavily upgraded her abilities.

[[caption-width-right:350:From L to R: Rovender Kitt, Eva Nine, and MUTHR.]]

* MagicComputer: Eva's Omnipod, which is sort of like what you'd get if you gave Siri her own independent device and heavily upgraded her abilities.

* CompanionCube: Eva's Omnipod, which is sort of like what you'd get if you gave Siri her own independent device and heavily upgraded her abilities.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Muthr takes a energy blast from Besteel’s boom rod [[MamaBear meant for Eva]].]]

** The epilogue of ''The Search for [=WondLa=]'' beats all with a CliffHanger: [[spoiler:Just after Muthr's funeral, an airship lands in front of Eva and Rovender, and it's pilot, a human boy , tells Eva that he has come to take her home.]]

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 4 of ''Search'', aptly titled "Boom", in which [[spoiler:the Sanctuary gets destroyed and Eva is forced to abandon MUTHR and flee to above ground.]]
* WhamLine: "Eva Nine was dying." ''That's the first line of the series.''

The series stars [[KidHero Eva]] [[RebelliousPrincess Nine]], a 12-year old girl [[RaisedByRobots raised by]] MUTHR [[FunWithAcronyms (Multi-Utility Task Help Robot)]] in an underground sanctuary, where she is cast off from the great outside and has been for all of her life. Her only connection to the outside world is through [[HolographicTerminal holograms]] and a piece of cardboard [[ArcWords with the fragmented words "wond" and "la"]]. Her facility is then attacked by a hostile marauder, [[YouCantGoHomeAgain forcing Eva to abandon MUTHR and flee for her life to the outside world]], which obviously comes with [[FishOutOfTemporalWater some difficulties]]. As Eva struggles to find other humans like her, she is driven by [[DrivingQuestion finding the answer to the ultimate question of what WondLa and the cardboard truly represent]].

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