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* ActionizedSequel: The original game was nothing more than a word-forming puzzle game. The Bookworm Adventures games on the other hand, have you using said word-forming prowess to turn words into weapons and magic to battle famous characters from literature and history.
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* Wake-UpCallBoss: Medusa at the end of ''Volume 1.'' If you've successfully beaten every enemy on the first try in the first part of the game, congratulations! With the experience you arrive at Medusa with and tithout the right defensive item, Medusa can petrify you and kill you from maximum hitpoints in a single turn.
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* Wake-UpCallBoss: WakeUpCallBoss: Medusa at the end of ''Volume 1.'' If you've successfully beaten every enemy on the first try in the first part of the game, congratulations! With the experience you arrive at Medusa with and tithout the right defensive item, Medusa can petrify you and kill you from maximum hitpoints in a single turn.
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* Wake-UpCallBoss: Medusa at the end of ''Volume 1.'' If you've successfully beaten every enemy on the first try in the first part of the game, congratulations! With the experience you arrive at Medusa with and tithout the right defensive item, Medusa can petrify you and kill you from maximum hitpoints in a single turn.
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* UnderTheSea: A chapter in ''Volume 2''. Averted as the dynamics are exactly the same as the rest of the game.
** UnderwaterBossBattle: The Dragon King. Again, the dynamics are no different.
** UnderwaterBossBattle: The Dragon King. Again, the dynamics are no different.
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* UnderTheSea: A chapter in ''Volume 2''. Averted as the dynamics are exactly the same as the rest of the game.
** UnderwaterBossBattle:game. The Dragon King.King is fought [[UnderwaterBossBattle underwater]]. Again, the dynamics are no different.
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* StandardStatusEffects: Enemies can poison, stun, petrify, burn, cut, freeze and/or depower Lex, sometimes with more than one effect in a single attack. On the other hand, Lex can poison, burn, depower and/or freeze them right back with the right types of gem tiles, cut them with specific treasures, stun them with the right treasure or companion, and purify himself of all negative status effects with a blue potion, crystal tile or a specific companion. Some treasures also protect him from specific effects, but usually not all the time.
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* DemBones: Dracula has an army of skeletal warriors.warriors, which oddly has a Mummy as the commander.
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: Lex defeats TheGrimReaper.]] In the [[demo]]((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxoUFJPwWYE)) of the game he beats Odin.
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: Lex defeats TheGrimReaper.]] In the [[demo]]((https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxoUFJPwWYE)) com/watch?v=DxoUFJPwWYE demo]] of the game he beats Odin.
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: Lex defeats TheGrimReaper.]] In the [demo](https://www.[[demo]]((https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxoUFJPwWYE) com/watch?v=DxoUFJPwWYE)) of the game he beats Odin.
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: Lex defeats TheGrimReaper.]] In the [[demo]](https://www.[demo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxoUFJPwWYE) of the game he beats Odin.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Creator/HGWells in the sequel.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Creator/HGWells in the sequel. Also UsefulNotes/WongFeiHung.
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* SevenDeadlySins: The second chapter of Book 5 sees Lex go up against five monks representing one of the sins- lust and envy get left out.
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The demo really does exist. It’s right here. https://youtu.be/DxoUFJPwWYE
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* ButterflyOfDoom: A boss in ''Volume 2''.
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* ButterflyOfDoom: A boss in ''Volume 2''.2'', based of Bradbury's "A Sound Of Thunder".
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Intro]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The Intro]]
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* TyrannosaurusRex: A juvenile & adult are enemies in the sequel.
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*BearsAreBadNews: In ''Volume 2'', as the Papa Bear will steal your jeweled tiles with his "pilfer" ability. Adding insult to injury, he'll smash your tiles, too.
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* BittersweetEnding:In ''Bookworm Adventures Volume 2'', [[spoiler: the Lex (and companions) get to the Magic Pen, but, unfortunately, it's broken down the middle and Lex doesn't have enough time to fix it, though, before self-destructing, the Pen sacrifices itself to save the Great Library]].
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* BittersweetEnding:In BittersweetEnding: In ''Bookworm Adventures Volume 2'', [[spoiler: the Lex (and companions) get to the Magic Pen, but, unfortunately, it's broken down the middle and Lex doesn't have enough time to fix it, though, before self-destructing, the Pen sacrifices itself to save the Great Library]].
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* DefeatEqualsFriendship: The Monkey King and [[spoiler:Skeletrox]].
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* TheGrimReaper: He [[spoiler:falsely]] [[spoiler: falsely]] claims to Lex that Cassandra & Codex have died.
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Land]]: Caused by rifts only the Magic Pen and its guardian can solve.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Bookworm Heroes'', a defunct multiplayer mobile game, can be seen as this.
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** ''Bookworm Heroes'', a defunct multiplayer mobile game, can be seen asthis.this.
** ''Letter Quest'', a similar game which added a few more RPG elements.
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** ''Letter Quest'', a similar game which added a few more RPG elements.
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*HeroicSacrifice" [[spoiler: The Magic Pen. After Lex beats the Machine, the Magic Pen greets him, explains that it's broken down the middle, and sacrifices itself to bring back the Great Library]]
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* BerzerkButton: Lex faces almost every situation with a cheery attitude...[[spoiler:until he sees someone burning books.]]
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* SequelHook: ''Volume 2'' ends with "For now… The end!", although it's presently unknown whether or not there will be a third installment.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: It's perhaps the only [=E10+=] rated game in which a BlobMonster with a Southern accent exclaims "Now that there's a fine can of whoopass!" [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Then again, maybe it's the only video game at all with that.]]
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Green bookworm Lex, the mascot of the previous {{Creator/PopCap game|s}} ''VideoGame/{{Bookworm}}'', is back for more word-creating action in 2006's ''Bookworm Adventures'', but with [[RPGElements RPG-style combat]] added to the mix.
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Green bookworm [[LiteralBookworm bookworm]] Lex, the mascot of the previous {{Creator/PopCap game|s}} ''VideoGame/{{Bookworm}}'', is back for more word-creating action in 2006's ''Bookworm Adventures'', but with [[RPGElements RPG-style combat]] added to the mix.
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** We have the titular bookworm Lex, who is an intelligent green bookworm with glasses and a red bowtie. The premise of the game is to feed Lex by creating words with the tiles given to you.
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** We have the titular bookworm Lex, who is an intelligent green bookworm with glasses and a red bowtie. The premise of the game is to feed Lex by creating words with the tiles given to you.
** We also have Mirage Xel. Mirage Xel is an EvilCounterpart version of Lex (although Xel says Lex is the evil version) and also is real as a HollywoodMirage. Xel is [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack purple]], wears a black tie and black [[EvilIsAngular pointy]] glasses, and he's the boss of Chapter 7 of Book 2 as the guardian of the Robe of the Unseen.
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: Lex defeats TheGrimReaper. In a demo game, he defeats Odin from Myth/NorseMythology.]]
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* FlyingDutchman: In Chapter 2 of "Lexonomicon", the Final Boss is called the Eternal Wanderer. Based on the lantern the Boss carries, the Boss is probably based on Jack O' Lantern.
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* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:Dracula attempts to persuade Lex that he is not the villain and that they should team up against Codex, which Lex dismisses as ridiculous. The very next chapter reveals that he was telling the truth and that Codex is the true enemy.]]
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* ArabianNightsDays: The theme of the second book.
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