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A series of children's books by Charles Ogden<ref>actually a pen name used by multiple authors</ref> that was adapted into an animated series. The title characters, a pair of 12-year-old twins, are notorious pranksters who cause mischief and mayhem in the town of Nod's Limbs. The two of them live in a thirteen-story house on the edge of town with their pet (named 'Pet'), a strange creature that vaguely resembles a one-eyed, hairy mop head. Their groundskeeper, Heimertz, lives in a shack near the house, never says a word, and wears a perpetual [[Slasher Smile]]. There is also a junkyard near the house where the twins get parts for the many unlikely contraptions that they build. Nod's Limbs itself is an overly cheerful town run by the inept Mayor Knightleigh. His daughter, Stephanie Knightleigh, is Edgar and Ellen's main rival in their quest for amusement.

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{{tropelist|The books and TV series provide examples of:}}

== Tropes shared by both ==

* [[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.

* [[Trickster Twins]]

* [[The Voiceless]]: Heimertz

 

== Tropes from the books ==

* [[Talking to Themself]]: Edgar in ''Split Ends''.

* [[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 ==