Line #32 Literature/OlliesOdyssey


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3	''Ollie's Odyssey'' is a 2016 children's book by Creator/WilliamJoyce.
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5	Ollie is a toy made for a young boy named Billy by his mother, which Billy dubbed his favorite toy when he got him. The two are practically inseparable. They do everything together, go everywhere together (so long as their mom says so), and to Billy, Ollie is so much more than a simple toy. He's Billy's best friend.
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7	However, one day, Billy secretly brings Ollie along to a wedding he and his family are attending. When Billy isn't looking, Ollie is swiped and taken away by a group of scary creatures made out of garbage and scraps. These creatures work for Zozo, the former attraction of the "Bonk A Zozo" game lying in [[AbandonedArea the ruins of the old amusement park]], who wants all favorite toys in the neighborhood. Now, Billy has to track Ollie down, and Ollie has to escape from the clutches of Zozo.
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9	A [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action/CGI mini-series]] titled ''Series/LostOllie'' arrived on Creator/{{Netflix}} August 24, 2022 with Creator/JonathanGroff voicing the titular character and Shannon Tindle (creator/co-writer of ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings'') as the show's developer.
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12	!!''Ollie's Odyssey'' contains examples of:
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14	* AbandonedArea: The old ruins of an amusement park where Zozo makes his base of operations.
15	* AlliterativeTitle: '''O'''llie's '''O'''dyssey.
16	* AmusementPark: Zozo makes his base in the [[AbandonedArea abandoned ruins]] of one.
17	* AnimateInanimateObject: It's not just favourite toys that come to life. Billy finds a whole junkyard full of living discarded objects (see DownInTheDumps), Ollie meets a sentient tin can after escaping from Zozo, and in the old amusement park, Billy finds the horses of the merry-go-round are alive.
18	* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence:
19	** [[spoiler:The Ballerina did this when she was all worn out, and now exists as a cluster of fireflies.]]
20	** [[spoiler:The same thing happens to Zozo after his HeroicSacrifice.]]
21	* BigBad: Zozo.
22	* BlackCloak: Zozo took to wearing one of these after his FaceHeelTurn.
23	* BuriedAlive: [[spoiler:Zozo. He reunites with the ballerina he loved in death.]]
24	* DownInTheDumps: Billy finds himself in a junk yard in his search for Ollie. It's where he meets multiple other living objects who seem to just sit around reminiscing about when they were useful. Billy rallies them into a rescue team to help him save Ollie.
25	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Zozo holds the collapsing ceiling of the tunnel of love up long enough for everyone else to escape.]]
26	* HidingInPlainSight: Zozo's minions, whenever a human is nearby, collapse to the ground to be mistaken for piles of junk.
27	* InTheHood: Ollie wears a hood.
28	* InvisibleToAdults: Only children can see toys move. To adults, they're just inanimate objects.
29	* LivingToys: Naturally.
30	* LoveAtFirstSight: Zozo is immediately smitten by the ballerina who's brought to his booth.
31	* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler:Zozo's brief reunion with the spirit of the Ballerina makes him realize what it is he's been doing.]]
32	* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Zozo dies after his HeelFaceTurn.]]
33	* SneakyDeparture: Billy sneaks out after bedtime to find Ollie.
34	* SpiderTank: Zozo made one of these out of parts of various rides.
35	* TrailOfBreadCrumbs: Or rather, a trail of action figures in Billy's case.
36	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In the final days of the amusement park's life, a young girl came to the Bonk A Zozo game. She won, and as her prize, she claimed the ballerina Zozo loved. On her way out, she named it her favorite toy. This was what started Zozo down the path that made him into the toy-stealing villain he became. [[spoiler: That little girl was Billy's mom.]]

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