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* ''Literature/IDidNOTGiveThatSpiderSuperhumanIntelligence'': Neon Rider speaks in heavy slang in a PeriodPiece set over thirty years before it was written.
--> ''[Y]our home is the funk. I don't dig your profession, but that rad pad almost makes it cool.''
--> ''[Y]our home is the funk. I don't dig your profession, but that rad pad almost makes it cool.''
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---> ''"A big ten-four to that, good buddy," said Tails. "We've gotta get hip and dig his crazy scene, find his pad, cash his chips and everything will be copacetic. It'll be very."''
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* Exaggerated in a series of children's novels based on the UK ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' comics, where even the ''narration'' is done this way. ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogInRobotniksLaboratory'' also included what one can only hope is a LampshadeHanging, as Sonic and Tails gently mock the monkeys of Emerald Hill for using "totally out of date" [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Cockney accents]]. From ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogAndTheSiliconWarriors'';
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* Exaggerated in a series of children's novels based on the UK ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' comics, ''Comicbook/SonicTheComic'', where even the ''narration'' is done this way. ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogInRobotniksLaboratory'' also included what one can only hope is a LampshadeHanging, as Sonic and Tails gently mock the monkeys of Emerald Hill for using "totally out of date" [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Cockney accents]]. From ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogAndTheSiliconWarriors'';
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* Turned UpToEleven in a series of children's novels based on the UK ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' comics, where even the ''narration'' is done this way. ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogInRobotniksLaboratory'' also included what one can only hope is a LampshadeHanging, as Sonic and Tails gently mock the monkeys of Emerald Hill for using "totally out of date" [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Cockney accents]]. From ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogAndTheSiliconWarriors'';
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* Turned UpToEleven Exaggerated in a series of children's novels based on the UK ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' comics, where even the ''narration'' is done this way. ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogInRobotniksLaboratory'' also included what one can only hope is a LampshadeHanging, as Sonic and Tails gently mock the monkeys of Emerald Hill for using "totally out of date" [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Cockney accents]]. From ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogAndTheSiliconWarriors'';
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* ''Literature/LOLShakespeare'' turns Shakespearean plays into textspeak. This includes "YOLO" being used in ''2015'' and "FOMO" being used much more than it actually is.
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* ''Literature/LOLShakespeare'' ''Literature/OMGShakespeare'' turns Shakespearean plays into textspeak. This includes "YOLO" being used in ''2015'' and "FOMO" being used much more than it actually is.
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* A 2011 issue of ''National Geographic'' (which tends to be aimed at ages 18 and up) introduced a story about the "teenage brain" with [[LikeIsLikeAComma "Like, totally!"]] Teenagers haven't seriously used that expression for about two decades now.
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* The series ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' slips into this at times, but it's not too bad. You just see the occasional overuse of "totally", "dude", and the modern "tween" protagonists talking about how they're going to "whoop some monster butt". It gets much better as the series progresses.
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* All of Creator/JamesPatterson's young adult novels [[Literature/MaximumRide suffer]] [[Literature/WitchAndWizard from]] [[Literature/DanielX this]]. The second ''Witch and Wizard'' book (''The Gift'') does this deliberately at one point - Whit likens the slangy talk of the guys asking about the illegal rock concert to camp counselors trying too hard to sound cool. It's these little details that make Whit suspect they are secretly [[ANaziByAnyOtherName New]] [[DayOfTheJackboot Order.]]
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* All of Creator/JamesPatterson's young adult novels [[Literature/MaximumRide suffer]] [[Literature/WitchAndWizard from]] [[Literature/DanielX this]]. The second ''Witch and Wizard'' ''Literature/WitchAndWizard'' book (''The Gift'') does this deliberately at one point - Whit likens the slangy talk of the guys asking about the illegal rock concert to camp counselors trying too hard to sound cool. It's these little details that make Whit suspect they are secretly [[ANaziByAnyOtherName New]] [[DayOfTheJackboot Order.]]
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* The girls in the ''BabysittersClub'' books often use outdated slang, as much of the series seems to be stuck in Ann Martin's own 1960s childhood. In one particularly cringe-worthy example, Claudia uses the phrase "What a hoot!" in a completely non-ironic manner. The girls also have a habit of inventing their own words to use in place of "cool," such as "dibble" to mean "incredible".
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* The girls in the ''BabysittersClub'' ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' books often use outdated slang, as much of the series seems to be stuck in Ann Martin's own 1960s childhood. In one particularly cringe-worthy example, Claudia uses the phrase "What a hoot!" in a completely non-ironic manner. The girls also have a habit of inventing their own words to use in place of "cool," such as "dibble" to mean "incredible".
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* Turned UpToEleven in a series of children's novels based on the UK ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgeho''g comics, where even the ''narration'' is done this way. ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogInRobotniksLaboratory'' also included what one can only hope is a LampshadeHanging, as Sonic and Tails gently mock the monkeys of Emerald Hill for using "totally out of date" [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Cockney accents]]. From ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogAndTheSiliconWarriors'';
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* Turned UpToEleven in a series of children's novels based on the UK ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgeho''g ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' comics, where even the ''narration'' is done this way. ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogInRobotniksLaboratory'' also included what one can only hope is a LampshadeHanging, as Sonic and Tails gently mock the monkeys of Emerald Hill for using "totally out of date" [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Cockney accents]]. From ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogAndTheSiliconWarriors'';
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* Elinor M Brent-Dyer's ''Literature/ChaletSchool'' books from the '20s-'30s had American Chalet Girls using all kinds of weird and wonderful slang, such as 'rubber-necked four-flusher', 'glumph' and 'splay-footed'.
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* Elinor M Brent-Dyer's ''Literature/ChaletSchool'' books from the '20s-'30s had have American Chalet Girls using all kinds of weird and wonderful slang, such as 'rubber-necked four-flusher', 'glumph' "rubber-necked four-flusher", "glumph" and 'splay-footed'."splay-footed".
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* In the ''Literature/LegendsOfDune'' prequels there are things called 'Cymeks,' apparently trying to combine 'cyborg' and 'mech' with a [[XtremeKoolLetterz Really Kool K]]. Cybernetic ''and'' mechanical, huh?
* Probably the oldest example here, Creator/PGWodehouse used a lot of slang from the 1890s in his works. Probably intentionally. While a keen observer of human nature, playing with language was Wodehouse's priority and he tended to write characters as rather broad archetypes or even stereotypes. The anachronisms serve as a shorthand for each character type and tend not to detract from the overall sparkling dialogue. An example is his American characters, who are constantly, clumsily, forcing words like "gee" and "okay" into their speech.
* The series ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' slips into this at times, but it's not too bad. You just see the occasional overuse of "totally", "dude", and the modern "tween" protagonists talking about how they're going to "whoop some monster butt". And it gets much better as the series progresses.
* Probably the oldest example here, Creator/PGWodehouse used a lot of slang from the 1890s in his works. Probably intentionally. While a keen observer of human nature, playing with language was Wodehouse's priority and he tended to write characters as rather broad archetypes or even stereotypes. The anachronisms serve as a shorthand for each character type and tend not to detract from the overall sparkling dialogue. An example is his American characters, who are constantly, clumsily, forcing words like "gee" and "okay" into their speech.
* The series ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' slips into this at times, but it's not too bad. You just see the occasional overuse of "totally", "dude", and the modern "tween" protagonists talking about how they're going to "whoop some monster butt". And it gets much better as the series progresses.
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* In the ''Literature/LegendsOfDune'' prequels there are things called 'Cymeks,' "Cymeks," apparently trying to combine 'cyborg' "cyborg" and 'mech' "mech" with a [[XtremeKoolLetterz Really Kool K]]. Cybernetic ''and'' mechanical, huh?
* Probably the oldest example here, Creator/PGWodehouse used a lot of slang from the 1890s in hisworks. Probably works, probably intentionally. While a keen observer of human nature, playing with language was Wodehouse's priority and he tended to write characters as rather broad archetypes or even stereotypes. The anachronisms serve as a shorthand for each character type and tend not to detract from the overall sparkling dialogue. An example is his American characters, who are constantly, clumsily, forcing words like "gee" and "okay" into their speech.
* The series ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' slips into this at times, but it's not too bad. You just see the occasional overuse of "totally", "dude", and the modern "tween" protagonists talking about how they're going to "whoop some monster butt".And it It gets much better as the series progresses.
* Probably the oldest example here, Creator/PGWodehouse used a lot of slang from the 1890s in his
* The series ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' slips into this at times, but it's not too bad. You just see the occasional overuse of "totally", "dude", and the modern "tween" protagonists talking about how they're going to "whoop some monster butt".
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* Creator/EEDocSmith's ''Literature/{{Lensman}}'' series is set at some point in the indeterminate future in which interstellar travel and communication is a relatively casual matter. While "Doc" Smith essentially created the 'SpaceOpera' genre, his characters use slang based on 1920s United States constructions, such as a male addressing a female as "toots". Of course, even if the 20s slang were missing, the [[ValuesDissonance mores and culture]] present in the books would still make the books wholly dated. There's also a fair amount of constructed slang, such as the substitution "QX" for "OK," and the constant use of the word "jets" for... personal ability and competence or something like that. This is all parodied hilariously in Creator/RandallGarrett's short story "Backstage Lensmen" where the slang gets so thick that even the characters don't understand what they are talking about.\\
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* Creator/EEDocSmith's ''Literature/{{Lensman}}'' series is set at some point in the indeterminate future in which future, where interstellar travel and communication is a relatively casual matter. While "Doc" Smith essentially created the 'SpaceOpera' genre, his characters use slang based on 1920s United States constructions, such as a male addressing a female as "toots". Of course, even if the 20s slang were missing, the [[ValuesDissonance mores and culture]] present in the books would still make the books wholly dated. There's also a fair amount of constructed slang, such as the substitution "QX" for "OK," and the constant use of the word "jets" for... personal ability and competence or something like that. This is all parodied hilariously in Creator/RandallGarrett's short story "Backstage Lensmen" Lensmen", where the slang gets so thick that even the characters don't understand what they are talking about.\\
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Much of the communication in the series is done telepathically using [[AppliedPhlebotinum the Lenses]], which can be used to talk to everything from humans to StarfishAliens. The author's use of 1920s-era slang may be a translation convention, intended to represent to the reader the way that Kinnison's thoughts sound ''inside his own head''. It still sounds really weird, and it contributes to the Zeerust atmosphere of the series.
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Much of the communication in the series is done telepathically using [[AppliedPhlebotinum the Lenses]], which can be used to talk to everything from humans to StarfishAliens. The author's use of 1920s-era slang may be a translation convention, intended to represent to the reader the way that Kinnison's thoughts sound ''inside his own head''. It still sounds really weird, and it contributes to the Zeerust {{zeerust}} atmosphere of the series.
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* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' made fun of this with Greg getting a book for Christmas titled [[TwoDecadesBehind "Math is Rad," with a picture on the front of a person with spiked hair and sunglasses]].
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* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' made makes fun of this with Greg getting a book for Christmas titled [[TwoDecadesBehind "Math is Rad," with a picture on the front of a person with spiked hair and sunglasses]].
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* Turned UpToEleven in a series of children's novels based on the UK SonicTheHedgehog comics, where even the ''narration'' is done this way. "Literature/SonicTheHedgehogInRobotniksLaboratory" also included what one can only hope is a LampshadeHanging, as Sonic and Tails gently mock the monkeys of Emerald Hill for using "totally out of date" [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Cockney accents]]. From Literature/SonicTheHedgehogAndTheSiliconWarriors;
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* Turned UpToEleven in a series of children's novels based on the UK SonicTheHedgehog ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgeho''g comics, where even the ''narration'' is done this way. "Literature/SonicTheHedgehogInRobotniksLaboratory" ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogInRobotniksLaboratory'' also included what one can only hope is a LampshadeHanging, as Sonic and Tails gently mock the monkeys of Emerald Hill for using "totally out of date" [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Cockney accents]]. From Literature/SonicTheHedgehogAndTheSiliconWarriors;''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogAndTheSiliconWarriors'';
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* Neatly sidestepped by Anthony Buckridge in his "Jennings" series of school stories, by making up most of the schoolboys' slang, so it couldn't be "wrong" or dated.
* Averted in ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'': author Anthony Burgess, a professional linguist, actually thoroughly studied contemporary teenage slang, but then decided not to use it as he wanted his story to be set in an undecided point in the somewhat near future. The result was a special slang he invented named ‘Nadsat’ (from Russian ‘-nadtsat'’, meaning ‘-teen’), which was English mixed with some rhyming slang, archaisms (intentionally using YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe), a few neologisms and borrowings, and lots and lots of Russian words (as it was The Cold War and Russian, which Burgess spoke, was very intimidating, hence suitable for gangsters).
* Averted in ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'': author Anthony Burgess, a professional linguist, actually thoroughly studied contemporary teenage slang, but then decided not to use it as he wanted his story to be set in an undecided point in the somewhat near future. The result was a special slang he invented named ‘Nadsat’ (from Russian ‘-nadtsat'’, meaning ‘-teen’), which was English mixed with some rhyming slang, archaisms (intentionally using YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe), a few neologisms and borrowings, and lots and lots of Russian words (as it was The Cold War and Russian, which Burgess spoke, was very intimidating, hence suitable for gangsters).
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* Neatly sidestepped Sidestepped by Anthony Buckridge in his "Jennings" ''Jennings'' series of school stories, by making up most of the schoolboys' slang, so it couldn't be "wrong" or dated.
* Averted in ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'': author Anthony Burgess, a professional linguist, actually thoroughly studied contemporary teenage slang, but then decided not to use it as he wanted his story to be set in an undecided point in the somewhat near future. The resultwas is a special slang he invented named ‘Nadsat’ "Nadsat" (from Russian ‘-nadtsat'’, "-nadtsat", meaning ‘-teen’), "-teen"), which was is English mixed with some rhyming slang, archaisms (intentionally using YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe), a few neologisms and borrowings, and lots and lots of Russian words (as it was The Cold War and Russian, which Burgess spoke, was very intimidating, hence suitable for gangsters).
* Averted in ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'': author Anthony Burgess, a professional linguist, actually thoroughly studied contemporary teenage slang, but then decided not to use it as he wanted his story to be set in an undecided point in the somewhat near future. The result
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* All of Creator/JamesPatterson's young adult novels [[Literature/MaximumRide suffer]] [[Literature/WitchAndWizard from]] [[Literature/DanielX this]]. The second W&W book (''The Gift'') does this deliberately at one point - Whit likens the slangy talk of the guys asking about the illegal rock concert to camp counselors trying too hard to sound cool. It's these little details that make Whit suspect they are secretly [[ANaziByAnyOtherName New]] [[DayOfTheJackboot Order.]]
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* All of Creator/JamesPatterson's young adult novels [[Literature/MaximumRide suffer]] [[Literature/WitchAndWizard from]] [[Literature/DanielX this]]. The second W&W ''Witch and Wizard'' book (''The Gift'') does this deliberately at one point - Whit likens the slangy talk of the guys asking about the illegal rock concert to camp counselors trying too hard to sound cool. It's these little details that make Whit suspect they are secretly [[ANaziByAnyOtherName New]] [[DayOfTheJackboot Order.]]
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* Turned UpToEleven in a series of children's novels based on the UK SonicTheHedgehog comics, where even the ''narration'' is done this way. "Literature/SonicTheHedgehogInRobotniksLaboratory" also included what one can only hope is a LampshadeHanging, as Sonic and Tails gently mock the monkeys of Emerald Hill for using "totally out of date" [[BritishAccents Cockney accents]]. From Literature/SonicTheHedgehogAndTheSiliconWarriors;
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* Turned UpToEleven in a series of children's novels based on the UK SonicTheHedgehog comics, where even the ''narration'' is done this way. "Literature/SonicTheHedgehogInRobotniksLaboratory" also included what one can only hope is a LampshadeHanging, as Sonic and Tails gently mock the monkeys of Emerald Hill for using "totally out of date" [[BritishAccents [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Cockney accents]]. From Literature/SonicTheHedgehogAndTheSiliconWarriors;
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* In the column "Dude, Read All About It," DaveBarry explains how newspapers have been trying to attract younger readers to boost their declining readership:
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** TheFilmOfTheBook further emphasizes this disconnect by having a lecturer using '50s slang (the story is set in 1971) as part of a laughably inaccurate description of the drug scene.
* In Creator/HarryTurtledove's ''Literature/{{Timeline 191}}'' series, the majority of which is set between 1914 and 1945, we get an early 20th century version that could be considered a subtle parody: numerous characters comment on the word "swell" replacing "bully," and their difficulty adjusting.
** Turtledove is also fond of using the phrase "lick 'em" (It basically means "we'll kick their ass!"). It shows up in just about every time period his books are set in: 1880s, 1910s, 1940s, 2080s...
* In Creator/HarryTurtledove's ''Literature/{{Timeline 191}}'' series, the majority of which is set between 1914 and 1945, we get an early 20th century version that could be considered a subtle parody: numerous characters comment on the word "swell" replacing "bully," and their difficulty adjusting.
** Turtledove is also fond of using the phrase "lick 'em" (It basically means "we'll kick their ass!"). It shows up in just about every time period his books are set in: 1880s, 1910s, 1940s, 2080s...
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* The Literature/{{Animorphs}} usually steered clear of Totally Radical by just not having their characters use slang. For a period lasting 2 or 3 books, however, they tried to introduce "honkin'" as a slang term. It didn't stick.
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** The series usuallysteered steers clear of Totally Radical by just not having their characters use slang. For a period lasting 2 or 3 books, however, they tried to introduce "honkin'" as a slang term. It didn't stick.
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* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' Harry briefly talks like this to the Red King, since his words are being translated into the language the Red Court uses (presumably an ancient Mayan dialect) and he decided to annoy that translator by choosing words that would be difficult to give any kind of reasonable definition for in ''English'' let alone in a language dead for hundreds of years.
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** Harry briefly talks like this to the Red King, since his words are being translated into the language the Red Court uses (presumably an ancient Mayan dialect) and he decided to annoy that translator by choosing words that would be difficult to give any kind of reasonable definition for in ''English'' let alone in a language dead for hundreds of years.
** Harry briefly talks like this to the Red King, since his words are being translated into the language the Red Court uses (presumably an ancient Mayan dialect) and he decided to annoy that translator by choosing words that would be difficult to give any kind of reasonable definition for in ''English'' let alone in a language dead for hundreds of years.
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* Turned UpToEleven in a series of children's novels based on the UK SonicTheHedgehog comics, where even the ''narration'' is done this way. "Literature/SonicTheHedgehogInRobotniksLaboratory" also included what one can only hope is a LampshadeHanging, as Sonic and Tails gently mock the monkeys of Emerald Hill for using "totally out of date" [[BritishAccents Cockney accents]].
** There are four of these UK Sonic novels, and the later ones are composed entirely out of LampshadeHanging, {{Genre Savv|y}}iness, NoFourthWall, anachronistic slang, and pop culture references. In places, they practically deconstruct TotallyRadical.
** From Literature/SonicTheHedgehogAndTheSiliconWarriors;
** There are four of these UK Sonic novels, and the later ones are composed entirely out of LampshadeHanging, {{Genre Savv|y}}iness, NoFourthWall, anachronistic slang, and pop culture references. In places, they practically deconstruct TotallyRadical.
** From Literature/SonicTheHedgehogAndTheSiliconWarriors;
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* Turned UpToEleven in a series of children's novels based on the UK SonicTheHedgehog comics, where even the ''narration'' is done this way. "Literature/SonicTheHedgehogInRobotniksLaboratory" also included what one can only hope is a LampshadeHanging, as Sonic and Tails gently mock the monkeys of Emerald Hill for using "totally out of date" [[BritishAccents Cockney accents]].
** There are four of these UK Sonic novels, and the later ones are composed entirely out of LampshadeHanging, {{Genre Savv|y}}iness, NoFourthWall, anachronistic slang, and pop culture references. In places, they practically deconstruct TotallyRadical.
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** There are four of these UK Sonic novels, and the later ones are composed entirely out of LampshadeHanging, {{Genre Savv|y}}iness, NoFourthWall, anachronistic slang, and pop culture references. In places, they practically deconstruct TotallyRadical.
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* A combination of this and MostWritersAreAdults happens in ''Does My Head Look Big in This?'' by Randa Abdel-Fattah.
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* All of Creator/JamesPatterson's young adult novels [[Literature/MaximumRide suffer]] [[Literature/WitchAndWizard from]] [[Literature/DanielX this]].
** The second W&W book (''The Gift'') does this deliberately at one point - Whit likens the slangy talk of the guys asking about the illegal rock concert to camp counselors trying too hard to sound cool. It's these little details that make Whit suspect they are secretly [[ANaziByAnyOtherName New]] [[DayOfTheJackboot Order.]]
** The second W&W book (''The Gift'') does this deliberately at one point - Whit likens the slangy talk of the guys asking about the illegal rock concert to camp counselors trying too hard to sound cool. It's these little details that make Whit suspect they are secretly [[ANaziByAnyOtherName New]] [[DayOfTheJackboot Order.]]
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* All of Creator/JamesPatterson's young adult novels [[Literature/MaximumRide suffer]] [[Literature/WitchAndWizard from]] [[Literature/DanielX this]].
**this]]. The second W&W book (''The Gift'') does this deliberately at one point - Whit likens the slangy talk of the guys asking about the illegal rock concert to camp counselors trying too hard to sound cool. It's these little details that make Whit suspect they are secretly [[ANaziByAnyOtherName New]] [[DayOfTheJackboot Order.]]
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* Likewise, the band in ''The Last Days'' use the word "fawesome". Over. And Over. And Over. And Over. And Over. It's not clear if the author knows that that its an abbreviation of 'fuck awesome'.
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* Likewise, the The band in ''The Last Days'' use the word "fawesome". Over. And Over. And Over. And Over. And Over. It's not clear if the author knows that that its an abbreviation of 'fuck awesome'.
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* Scott Turow's ''Innocent'' (Sequel to ''Presumed Innocent'') has the youngest character (28, compared to the main characters being in their 50s and 60s) talking in the most totally radical way, especially about how "completely tuned in" his girlfriend is.
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* Scott Turow's ''Innocent'' (Sequel (sequel to ''Presumed Innocent'') has the youngest character (28, compared to the main characters being in their 50s and 60s) talking in the most totally radical way, especially about how "completely tuned in" his girlfriend is.
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* [[http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc334/makzii/12990938_10154176871753783_5627065708669801550_n_zps83edagb4.jpg This]] edition of {{Macbeth}}. [[http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc334/makzii/12439346_10154176871748783_4684349759779195133_n_zpszhfe7x3g.jpg The story]] [[http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc334/makzii/12963473_10154176871743783_8898059012303324166_n_zpst4jng3ee.jpg is told]] entirely in the form of a text conversation between the characters, including emoticons and things like Lady MacBeth saying "Did he RSVP?". [[http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc334/makzii/12994550_10154176871758783_974154014973744443_n_zps4isvtwkc.jpg Two more plays were given the same treatment.]] Clearly done in an attempt to connect younger readers to Shakespeare, these books not only invoke this trope but also scream WereStillRelevantDammit.
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* [[http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc334/makzii/12990938_10154176871753783_5627065708669801550_n_zps83edagb4.jpg This]] edition of {{Macbeth}}. [[http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc334/makzii/12439346_10154176871748783_4684349759779195133_n_zpszhfe7x3g.jpg The story]] [[http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc334/makzii/12963473_10154176871743783_8898059012303324166_n_zpst4jng3ee.jpg is told]] entirely in the form of a text conversation between the characters, including emoticons and things like Lady MacBeth saying "Did he RSVP?". [[http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc334/makzii/12994550_10154176871758783_974154014973744443_n_zps4isvtwkc.jpg Two more plays were given the same treatment.]] Clearly done in an attempt to connect younger readers to Shakespeare, these books not only invoke this trope but also scream WereStillRelevantDamnit.
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* [[http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc334/makzii/12990938_10154176871753783_5627065708669801550_n_zps83edagb4.jpg This]] edition of {{Macbeth}}. [[http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc334/makzii/12439346_10154176871748783_4684349759779195133_n_zpszhfe7x3g.jpg The story]] [[http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc334/makzii/12963473_10154176871743783_8898059012303324166_n_zpst4jng3ee.jpg is told]] entirely in the form of a text conversation between the characters, including emoticons and things like Lady MacBeth saying "Did he RSVP?". [[http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc334/makzii/12994550_10154176871758783_974154014973744443_n_zps4isvtwkc.jpg Two more plays were given the same treatment.]] Clearly done in an attempt to connect younger readers to Shakespeare, these books not only invoke this trope but also scream WereStillRelevantDamnit.WereStillRelevantDammit.
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* [[http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc334/makzii/12990938_10154176871753783_5627065708669801550_n_zps83edagb4.jpg This]] edition of {{Macbeth}}. [[http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc334/makzii/12439346_10154176871748783_4684349759779195133_n_zpszhfe7x3g.jpg The story]] [[http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc334/makzii/12963473_10154176871743783_8898059012303324166_n_zpst4jng3ee.jpg is told]] entirely in the form of a text conversation between the characters, including emoticons and things like Lady MacBeth saying "Did he RSVP?". [[http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc334/makzii/12994550_10154176871758783_974154014973744443_n_zps4isvtwkc.jpg Two more plays were given the same treatment.]] Clearly done in an attempt to connect younger readers to Shakespeare, these books not only invoke this trope but also scream WereStillRelevantDamnit.
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* All of Creator/JamesPatterson's young adult novels [[Literature/MaximumRide suffer]] [[WitchAndWizard from]] [[Literature/DanielX this]].
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* All of Creator/JamesPatterson's young adult novels [[Literature/MaximumRide suffer]] [[WitchAndWizard [[Literature/WitchAndWizard from]] [[Literature/DanielX this]].
