Line #29 Literature/TheTerribleTwo


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3	''The Terrible Two'' is a kid's novel by Jory John, Mac Barnett, and Kevin Cornell. It was published in 2015. It is the first in a series.
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5	Miles Murphy has just moved to the boring town of Yawnee Valley, known for its many cows. As his old school's most infamous prankster, he looks forward to continuing his pranking at his new school. The problem is, there's already a prankster there.
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7	It was followed by ''Literature/TheTerribleTwoGetWorse'' in 2016. A third book came out in 2017, titled ''Literature/TheTerribleTwoGoWild''. The fourth and final book, ''Literature/TheTerribleTwosLastLaugh'', was published in the same year.
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10	!!Tropes:
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12	* AlliterativeName: Miles Murphy, along with Bertrand Barkin and his sons Barry and Bob Barkin.
13	* AuthorCatchphrase: A few lines are used many times across the series.
14	** ”I don’t remember any of this!”
15	** ”Ha, ha!” said [blank]. (He actually said “ha, ha!”)
16	* BadassLongcoat: Miles is bothered by how cool Niles looks in a turtleneck and trenchcoat.
17	* BaitAndSwitchCharacterIntro: Niles is introduced as a teacher’s pet that is dedicated to academic excellence. As we find out, however, this is all a show to keep the school staff off his back.
18	* BlackSheep: Though Jimmy Barkin was a principal like all other Barkins, he was notable for being a kind and fun-loving man (even called the Smiling Principal) in comparison to the other Barkins. Because this was in dissonance with the Barkins' family values, he is looked down on and often used as a bad example by his own son.
19	* BilingualBonus: When the prank lab is introduced, Miles picks out a bit of French written on the wall: "oú est le magasin de bonbons le plus proche?" This translates to "Where is the nearest candy store?"
20	* TheBully: Josh Barkin, the principal's son, picks on other kids including Miles.
21	* ChekhovsGun: One of the cow facts ends up as this. [[spoiler: The fact that cows can walk up stairs, but not down them, is used to fill the school with cows.]]
22	* FictionalDocument: Excerpts from the cow facts booklet are scattered throughout the book.
23	* FirstEpisodeTwist: [[spoiler: Niles being one half of the Terrible Two. In fact, the cover practically gives it away for you.]]
24	* TheHyena: Stuart is introduced this way. He loves to laugh at his own jokes, despite [[ToughRoom nobody else finding him funny]].
25	* IndyPloy: Miles is good at improvising when he needs to.
26	* LonelyRichKid: Niles' family is pretty well off, but he's never had a friend over.
27	* OddFriendship: From the outside, Miles and Niles appear to have this.
28	* ThePrankster: The premise of the book.
29	* RhymeThemeNaming: Rivaling pranksters Miles and Niles.
30	* RunningGag:
31	** Principal Barry Barkin’s face turning all sorts of colors whenever he’s angry: “purple”, “indigo”, “eggplant”, and “nectarine”, just to name a few.
32	** Miles’s inability to bake.
33	** Barry Barkin’s tendency to drag out a metaphor way longer than it needs to be. It’s even made fun of in the last book when Miles gets lost in his own metaphor and Niles points out how similar the two sound.
34	** Stuart laughing at his own jokes when nobody else does.
35	* TeachersPet: Niles is a student aide and very enthusiastic about following the rules.

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