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The story of '''''Freak the Mighty''''' is narrated by Maxwell Kane, a large boy who is self
A 1993 young adult novel by by Rodman Philbrick. The book has a sequel called ''Max the Mighty,'' which takes past post ''Freak the Mighty'
For more by Rodman Philbrick see ''[[The Last Book in
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* [[Badass Boast]]: “Were Freak the Mighty that's who we are. We're nine feet tall, in case you haven't noticed.”
* [[Brains and Brawn]]: Max and Freak, of course. For crying out loud, Freak has read almost the whole dictionary and was ''smarter than the teacher'' in his advanced placement class, but he's crippled and pretty much physically weak. Max is said to be dumb from appearance, couldn't even read that well until Freak taught him how, but is big and has strength on his side. Together, with Freak being the control of Max of course, they make Freak The Mighty.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Freak
* [[Complete Monster]]:
* [[Disappeared Dad]]- Both the protagonist's fathers. Max's dad had {{spoiler|been arrested for killing his mom}} but eventually though, he {{spoiler|came back at Christmas and kidnapped him}}. Freak's dad, although he never gets mentioned again, was said from Loretta to disappear right after he heard that his son had a birth defect.
* {{spoiler|[[Death
* [[Domestic Abuse]]: {{spoiler|Max's dad strangled his wife when Max was very young.}}
* [[Downer Ending]], or at best [[Bittersweet Ending]]
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* [[Missing Mom]]: Max's mom, ever since before the beginning of the story. The grandparents were even talking about their "dearly departed" daughter every so often. Turns out that she {{spoiler|was strangled by his dad when he was a toddler.}}
* [[Odd Friendship]]: Freak and Max.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Not exactly as huge as other characters. According to Freak's Dictionary at the end of the book, Freak is exactly seventy centimeters. That's only two feet and four inches. He still wears kid-like clothes. With that blond hair all over him, he looked like a five year old from the back, just like he was in his preschool days. [[Justified]] on the fact that he has [
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* [[Teen Genius]]: If Freak knowing more than the teacher isn't one, then what is?
▲* [[This Is Sparta|This! Is! SPARTA!]]: One of the front covers has a caption underneath their picture saying, "Max. Freak. Best Friends. Forever.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Freak loves American Chop Suey.
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