Nicholas Nickleby: Difference between revisions

* [[Henpecked Husband]]: Mr. Mantalini. None of his endearments ("my soul's delight"; "my cup of essential pineapple", etc.) can prevent his wife's spying on him, scolding him, and finally putting him to work washing clothes. Perhaps understandable, since he is a [[Casanova Wannabe]] who hits on every woman he meets, including the seamstresses employed by his wife.

* [[Ho Yay]]: Nicholas and Smike, the mentally handicapped orphan he meets at Dotheboys Hall {{spoiler|and later rescues}}.

* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Frank Cheeryble is described that way, for attacking a man who was talking dirty about {{spoiler|Madeline}}.

* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Tim Linkinwater to the Cheeryble Brothers.

* [[The Scrooge]]: Ralph, also Arthur Gride in a lesser fashion. Averted by the Cheeryble Brothers, who are not only moneylenders, but some of the kindest, most sensible people in the novel.

* [[They Call Me Mister Tibbs]]: Newman is only called "Mr. Noggs" by his housemates, who still remember him as a gentleman; Ralph derisively calls him "Noggs". Meanwhile, when Fanny Squeers decides to {{spoiler|put a final end to her volatile friendship with Tilda}}, she invokes this trope as well:

* [[Unholy Matrimony]]: Mr. and Mrs. Squeers. She calls him "Squeery" and saves all the best food for him; he compliments her lovingly on her ability to break the students' spirits.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Fanny and Tilda; Sir Mulberry and Lord Verisopht.