Line #26 Literature/Mouseheart


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2	''Mouseheart'' is a series of children's adventure novels by Lisa Fiedler. The series follows Hopper, a pet store mouse that escapes, only to end up in Atlantia, a colony created entirely of rats that lies underneath the city of Brooklyn. He quickly makes friends, however he also finds that the colony is constantly plagued by rebels and various other troubles.
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4	The series consists of:
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6	* ''Mouseheart (2014)''
7	* ''Hopper's Destiny (2015)''
8	* ''Return of the Forgotten (2015)''
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10	!!This series provides examples of:
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12	* {{Battlecry}}: Firren's "Aye, aye, aye!" [[spoiler: She later reveals this is in tribute to Ira, who had a stuttering problem.]]
13	* BigFriendlyDog: Capone the bulldog.
14	* BigSisterBully:
15	** Pinkie acts like this to Hopper and Pup at first, though she eventually mellows out.
16	** Most of Princess Hope's elder siblings are this as well, but they grow out of it eventually.
17	* BrokenPedestal: Hopper initially looks up to Emperor Titus, but loses practically all of his respect and compassion for him when he learns of the true purpose of Titus's refugee camps.
18	* CardCarryingVillain: Felina flat-out states that she has no good points.
19	* CatsAreMean: Played straight with Felina and her band of ferals, but averted with Ace.
20	* {{Conscription}}: Pinkie institutes this after taking control of the Mūs village.
21	* EarNotch: Hopper and Pinkie both have this due to them biting each other's ears near the start of the first book.
22	* TheEmperor: Titus of Atlantia. He is later succeeded by Zucker.
23	* EmpireWithADarkSecret: Atlantia is kept safe from the ferals due to a peace accord made between Emperor Titus and Queen Felina. However, what most of the population, and even Prince Zucker initially, are kept in the dark about is that the price of the accord is that the rodents from Atlantia's "refugee camps" are regularly offered as sacrifices to the ferals, under the guise of being sent to colonize the tunnels under Brooklyn.
24	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: As cold as he is, Titus, deep down, does love his son. [[spoiler:The reason he struck the peace accord with Felina was in exchange for her sparing his family, and in his final moments, he offers his life in exchange for Zucker's.]]
25	* EyeScream: Cyclone the cat gets his eye impaled on an iron spike at the start of ''Mouseheart'', earning him the nickname "Cyclops".
26	* FaceHeelTurn: Pup in ''Hopper's Destiny'', though he switches back early on in the following book.
27	* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Dodger faked his death at Cassius' hands so he could move above-ground, sire a litter, and return to the subways to take up the mantle of La Rocha.]]
28	* FantasticRacism: Pinkie refuses to allow any non-mouse refugees to enter the Mūs village, reasoning that their larger size means they will consume more resources.
29	* FromNobodyToNightmare: Titus used to be a lowly commoner rat until he struck a peace accord with feral queen Felina, leaving the other rats indebted to him and allowing him to proclaim himself emperor.
30	* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Felina is the queen of the ferals.
31	* TheGoodKing: Zucker becomes this after assuming the throne following his father's death.
32	* GreenEyedMonster: Pup begins to envy his older siblings for overshadowing him, driving him to attempt to kill Queen Felina by himself to prove his worth and, when that fails, vows vengeance against Hopper and his allies. He gets over this by the next book, though.
33	* HeelFaceTurn:
34	** Pinkie in ''Hopper's Destiny'' after [[spoiler:discovering her father is alive.]]
35	** Pup early on in ''Return of the Forgotten'', not that he was really evil to begin with.
36	* LargeAndInCharge: Titus is the emperor of Atlantia and practically towers over his subjects.
37	* TheLoad: Pup views himself as this.
38	* MookLieutenant: General Cassius, Titus' oldest friend and the leader of Atlantia's soldiers.
39	* MyGreatestFailure: Firren considers [[spoiler:not saving Devon's brother Ira]] to be hers.
40	* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Dodger.]]
41	* PoliceState: The Mūs village becomes this in ''Hopper's Destiny'' after Pinkie stages her coup and takes over.
42	* RailroadTracksOfDoom: How [[spoiler:Felina]] meets her end.
43	* RatKing: Emperor Titus of Atlantia. His son Zucker later takes his place.
44	* RebelLeader: Firren is the leader of the rangers seeking to overthrow Titus' evil regime.
45	* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Titus]] allows himself to be devoured by Felina in exchange for her sparing [[spoiler:Zucker.]]
46	* TheResenter: Pup in ''Hopper's Destiny''. He begins to hate how much his elder siblings overshadow him, with Hopper being TheChosenOne and Pinkie the new leader of the Mūs, and thus tries to prove his worth.
47	* {{Revenge}}: Devon's primary motivation in ''Return of the Forgotten''.
48	* RevengeBeforeReason: Devon is determined to kill Firren and her family [[spoiler:because she didn't help save Ira while they were in the hunting grounds, leading to his death.]] However, as pointed out by other characters, Firren was just a child at the time and petrified due to being in such a terrifying situation, so he was expecting too much from someone so young.
49	* RevengeByProxy: Devon schemes to get revenge on Firren for [[spoiler:not saving his younger brother Ira from death]] by abducting and murdering her children.
50	* TellMeAboutMyFather: Hopper says this to Zucker regarding his father Dodger.
51	* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Pinkie after taking control of the Mūs village, quickly turning it into a PoliceState, ordering every able-bodied mouse be conscripted into her military, and refusing to allow Atlantian refugees be allowed to seek shelter. [[spoiler:Luckily, Dodger manages to get her to come to her senses.]]
52	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Titus is revered by his subjects due to his peace accord keeping them safe from the ferals. [[spoiler:However, this all [[BrokenPedestal goes down the drain]] once they learn the truth of his deal with Felina.]]
53	* TheWisePrince: Prince Zucker, who later graduates to TheGoodKing.
54	* YouDirtyRat: Averted with the majority of the rats, but played straight with Titus and his soldiers.
55	* YouKilledMyFather:
56	** General Cassium murdered Hopper's father Dodger. [[spoiler:Or so it seems.]]
57	** Zucker's grudge against Queen Felina is primarily motivated by her eating his mother, Queen Conseylea.

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