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| title = Struwwelpeter
| original title = Der Struwwelpeter
| image = Struwwelpeter.png
| author = Heinrich Hoffmann
| central theme = If you don't behave, horrid things will happen to you
| elevator pitch = A collection of cautionary tales, for children
| genre =
| publication date = 1845
| source page exists =
| wiki URL =
| wiki name =
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''[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12116/12116-h/12116-h.htm Der Struwwelpeter]'' (Shaggy-Peter or ''Shockheaded Peter''), written and illustrated by Heinrich Hoffmann, is an 1845 German children's book filled with cautionary tales. These cautionary tales are more grim than others, however -- they often end in death or dismemberment for the child. They are a source of plenty of [[Nightmare Fuel]], too.
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* "Shockheaded Peter" ("Struwwelpeter"): Peter doesn't groom himself, until he is universally detested.
* "The Story of Bad Frederick" ("Die Geschichte vom bösen Friederich"): A mean kid terrorizes adults and animals, until a dog bites him, causing him to lie through a bitter medicine treatment.
* "The Dreadful Story of Pauline and the Matches" ("Die gar traurige Geschichte mit dem Feuerzeug"): Pauline plays with matches and [[Kill It
* "The Story of the Inky Boys" ("Die Geschichte von den schwarzen Buben"): Three kids who tease a black boy get their just desserts when [[Santa Claus|Nikolaus]] (or "Agrippa" in at least one translation) dips them into ink.
* "The Story of the Wild Huntsman" ("Die Geschichte von dem wilden Jäger"): A hare steals a hunter's rifle and eyeglasses and hunts him.
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An English translation was done by [[Mark Twain]] under the title ''Slovenly Peter'' (though that translation was not published before 1935).
''Struwwelpeter'' was [[The Musical|adapted into the opera]] ''Shockheaded Peter'' (premiered in 1998), with music by [[
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* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Here are some things this book discourages; racism, playing with dangerous objects, beating animals, starving yourself... and [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|thumb-sucking]].
* [[Black Comedy]]
* [[Color Me Black]]: "The Story of the Inky Boys".
* [[Enfante Terrible]]:
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''A horrid wicked boy was he;''
''He caught the flies, poor little things,''
''And then tore off their tiny wings,''
''He killed the birds, and broke the chairs,''
''And threw the kitten down the stairs;''
''And oh! far worse than all beside,''
''He whipped his Mary, till she cried.'' }}
* [[Family-Unfriendly Death]]: Pauline, who played with matches.
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''The fire has caught her apron-string;''
''Her apron burns, her arms, her hair?''
''She burns all over everywhere.'' }}
** As well as Kaspar, who didn't eat his soup.
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''He scarcely weighs a sugar-plum;''
''He's like a little bit of thread,''
''And, on the fifth day, he was -- dead!'' }}
* [[Fingore]]
* [[Jerkass]]: Frederick from "The Story of Bad Frederick".
* [[Never Found the Body]]:
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''They were nearly out of sight.''
''And the hat went up so high,''
''That it nearly touched the sky.''
''No one ever yet could tell''
''Where they stopped, or where they fell:''
''Only this one thing is plain,''
''Bob was never seen again!'' }}
* [[Scare'Em Straight]]
* [[Space Whale Aesop]]
* [[Talking Animal]]:
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''And they began to hiss,''
''And stretch their claws,''
''And raise their paws;''
''"Me-ow," they said, "me-ow, me-o,''
''You'll burn to death, if you do so."'' }}
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Most of the children in the stories.
* [[Truth in Television]]: Playing with Lucifer matches really could burn you to death that quickly, though not as cartoonishly. Also, if you stop eating, [[Captain Obvious|you'll die]], eventually.
* [[Wild Hair]]:
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''With his nasty hair and hands.''
''See! his nails are never cut;''
''They are grimed as black as soot;''
''And the sloven, I declare,''
''Never once has combed his hair;''
''Anything to me is sweeter''
''Than to see Shock-headed Peter.'' }}
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