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The ''Peter and the Starcatchers'' saga, written by [[Dave Barry]] and Ridley Pearson, is a series of fantasy novels; prequels to Sir J.M Barrie's ''[[
* ''Peter and the Starcatchers''
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A new series in the same universe of ''Peter and the Starcatchers'' begins with the book ''The Bridge to Neverland''.
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* [[Action Prologue]]: ''Sword of Mercy'' opens with {{spoiler|a battle between Charlemagne and Ogier the Dane.}} Receives a [[Call Back]] at the end of the novel {{spoiler|with one between Peter and Hook.}}
* [[Always Save the Girl]]: Every time the villains organize a [[Hostage for Macguffin]].
* [[Androcles' Lion]]: The mermaids side with Peter after he heals their leader with some starstuff.
* [[Bad Boss]]: In the very first scene with Black Stache, we see him tying up his two fattest sailors and marooning them in a dory, just to make the ship lighter. (They survive.)
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Peter, in the first book, when Slank has a knife to Molly's throat.
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* [[Empty Promise]]: Peter finds himself making these to the other boys quite often.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: Shining Pearl and the pirates in the third book.
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: It's mentioned that Black Stache only ever loved his mother, and [[Self
* [[Evil Gloating]]: Slank to Molly in the first book.
* [[False Reassurance]]: King Zarboff. See [[You Said You Would Let Them Go]].
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]]: Peter
** [[The Lancer]]: James
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* [[Living Shadow]]: A major plot point from ''Shadow Thieves''-onwards.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dr. Glotz, the evil scientist who devises a plan to force large quantities of starstuff to fall.
* [[Mayfly
* [[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]]: When Molly is talking to the porpoises, she [[Running Gag|keeps telling them her teeth are green when she means hello.]]
* [[Narrative Profanity Filter]]: Commonly used.
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* [[Never Grew Up]]: Peter
* [[No One Gets Left Behind]]
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* [[Running Gag]]: You know that whenever Peter translates Tinker Bell's speech for someone, that's ''not'' what she said...
* [[Sustained Misunderstanding]]: A standard gag between Smee and the Cap'n. Tubby Ted gets in on it too:
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'''Prentiss:''' We don't have scurvy, you twit.
'''Tubby Ted:''' Then why do we have the figs?
'''James:''' They're for the monkeys.
'''Tubby Ted:''' The monkeys have scurvy? }}
* [[Tactful Translation]]: Peter's translations for Tinker Bell.
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* [[They Called Me Mad]]: Dr. Glotz cackles this in his first appearance.
* [[Trilogy Creep]]: Originally the book started as a trilogy, and then came ''Sword of Mercy'', acting as a full fledged prequel to the events of ''[[Peter Pan]]''.
* [[Two
* [[Unspoken Plan]]: Shining Pearl's plan to attack the Scorpions.
* [[The Watson]]: Peter. There's a whole chapter where Molly goes on a [[Character Filibuster]] to tell him all about Starstuff and the history of the Starcatchers, and another bit where Fighting Prawn explains Mr. Grin's origin story to him.
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[[Category:Peter Pan (Literature)]]▼
[[Category:Fantasy Literature]]
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