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{{quote|''If ever in your life you are faced with a choice,
''A difficult decision, a quandary,
''Ask yourself, "What would Edgar and Ellen do?"
''And do exactly the contrary.'' }}
The books and the animated series start with similar setups, but soon diverge. While the book series moves into an overarching plot, the animated series focuses on day-to-day hijinks.
# ''Rare Beasts'' (2003)
# ''Tourist Trap'' (2004)
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# ''Frost Bites'' (2008)
# ''Split Ends'' (2009)
The first six books comprise the first series, while the final three books form a sequel series.
Additional material includes: ''Mischief Manual'' (2007), ''Hair 'Em Scare 'Em
The animated series has 26 episodes, 24 of which were aired in 2007 and 2008.
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== Tropes shared by both ==▼
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* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: Explained in the books. First, they're the storm drain variety of sewer, not the sewage kind. Second, they were originally built so that people could take leisurely, well-lit strolls in them, but gradually fell into disrepair and had the lighting grates paved over.
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Stephanie Knightleigh
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* [[Trickster Twins]]
* [[The Voiceless]]: Heimertz
== Tropes from the books ==
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* [[Gold Fever]]: The town eventually succumbs to this in ''Nod's Limbs'', after many days of working on the treasure hunt together finally wear down their spirits.
* [[Humiliation Conga]]: ''Rare Beasts''. Not only was the twins' scheme a complete failure, they get blasted with hoses and left lying in the mud, while all the kids they wronged get some payback as they walk past by insulting them, kicking mud at them, pulling their hair, etc. Oh, and a jar of fire ants from earlier broke, so they're swarming all over the twins and biting them. [[Laser-Guided Karma|You can't say they didn't deserve it, though...]]
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Edgar in ''Split Ends''. He goes [[
* {{spoiler|[[Immortality]]: Regularly consuming balm will grant Type II. This is how Augustus Nod survived underground for 200 years.}}
* [[Kubrick Stare]]: {{spoiler|The Mayor}} in an illustration in ''Nod's Limbs''.
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* [[Stand Alone Episode|Stand Alone Book]]: ''Rare Beasts'' is unique in that it has no direct ties to the rest of the series. It basically serves as an introduction to the life of the twins.
* [[Story Arc]]: The 'original' series has its own. The Nodyssey books are the start of another.
* [[
* [[Wham! Line]]: {{spoiler|The man gave a smile so wide and eerie that both Pierre and Robbins recoiled. "My name," he said, "is Sigmund Heimertz."}}
== Tropes from the TV series ==
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