Ben Elton: Difference between revisions

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* [[Coitus Ensues]] - In several books, to the point where ''The First Casualty'' earned Elton a nomination for the Bad Sex Awards (an annual prize given to the author of the worst sex scene in fiction that year.)

* [[Crapsack World]] - ''Blind Faith'' and ''This Other Eden'' are set in this.

* [[Depraved Kids Show Host]] - Chloe in ''High Society''. Tommy mentions that almost every children's TV presenter he has met was a drug user, because, he imagines, it is too much stress for them to constantly act perky and cheerful for their audience.

* [[Depraved Kids' Show Host]] - Chloe in ''High Society''. Tommy mentions that almost every children's TV presenter he has met was a drug user, because, he imagines, it is too much stress for them to constantly act perky and cheerful for their audience.

* [[During the War]] - ''The First Casualty'' is set during [[World War One]].

* [[Expy]] - ''Blind Faith'' didn't do as well as Elton's other books, partly because of criticism that its plot was too heavily borrowed from ''[[Nineteen Eighty Four]]''.

* [[Expy]] - ''Blind Faith'' didn't do as well as Elton's other books, partly because of criticism that its plot was too heavily borrowed from ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''.

** Scout and Wayne in ''Popcorn'' are obvious Expies of Mickey and Mallory in ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'', the entire book being a satire of the [[Moral Panic]] over media violence.

* [[Fiery Redhead]] - Jessie in ''High Society''

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* [[Holding the Floor]] - In ''Dead Famous'', Inspector Coleridge talks on television for five and a half minutes to delay the end of the show so his colleagues can arrive with {{spoiler|faked}} evidence to prompt a confession from the murderer.

* [[Ladette]] - Kelly and Moon in ''Dead Famous'' fit the trope, with Geraldine referring to Kelly as "the little ladette slapper."

* [[Lawyer Friendly Cameo]] - Prince Charles is a major character in ''Chart Throb'', but is never named.

* [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]] - Prince Charles is a major character in ''Chart Throb'', but is never named.

* [[Little Miss Badass]] - Anna Leman in ''High Society''

* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]

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* [[New Eden]] - the basic plot of ''This Other Eden''

* [[Only One Name]] - In ''Dead Famous'', we never find out Trish's surname, or Sergeant Hooper's first name.

* [[Screw the Rules I Have Money]] - most of the cast of ''Meltdown'' begin like this, until [[Foregone Conclusion|the recession hits and they are left with nothing.]]

* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]] - most of the cast of ''Meltdown'' begin like this, until [[Foregone Conclusion|the recession hits and they are left with nothing.]]

* [[Stalker With a Crush]] - Peter in ''Blast From the Past'', Carlisle in ''Dead Famous''

* [[War Is Hell]] - pretty much ''First Casualty'' in a nutshell.