Gone (novel): Difference between revisions

* [[Homeschooled Kids]]: {{spoiler|Emily and her brother, [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Brother]].}} Well, before the FAYZ, anyways.

** And Orsay.

* [[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]: {{spoiler|Brittney begging Sam to kill her (and Drake) in Lies and Plague.}}

** In Plague {{spoiler|after Dekka gets hit by a greenie.}}

* [[A Nazi By Any Other Name]]: The Human Crew.

* [[No Bisexuals]]: Sexual orientation is pretty much always discussed in terms of gay/straight, with no indication that someone could be in between.

* [[Not Quite Dead]]: {{spoiler|Albert gets shot in the head by Lance, yet manages to survive nearly bleeding out.}}

** Played with with {{spoiler|Drake.}} He gets (presumably) killed by Caine in Hunger, but returns in Lies {{spoiler|sharing a body with Brittney.}} Who is also a case, as she gets both legs broken and shot in the chest, yet can't be killed.

* [[Not Using the Z Word]]: Everyone to Brittney in Lies, though Howard just comes out and says it.

* [[One Word Title]]: Each book has one.

* [[Only Fatal to Adults]]: The premise of the story.

* [[Steven Ulysses Perhero]]: Mary and her brother John become foster parents for pretty much all children under five. Eventually they earn the nicknames Mother Mary and Brother John.

* [[Stock Super Powers]]:

** Brianna: [[Super Speed]]

** Brittney: {{spoiler|Shared with Drake from Lies forward: [[Immortality]], [[Healing Factor]]}}

* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: The kids come up with a few terms to describe what happens when {{spoiler|people turn 15 and disappear}}. Some of the more frequently-used ones are "poof", "blink", and "make the jump". Basically, they're all just euphemisms for {{spoiler|dying}}.

* [[Villainous BSOD]]: Caine during the period between ''Gone'' and ''Hunger.''

* [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?|Who Names Their Kid "Brother"?:]] Emily's... [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|''brother'']] Brother, from Lies.

** A lot of names come under this. Duck, Zil and for starters.