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* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: Benny is Sanguine, Violet is Melancholic, Jessie is Phlegmatic, and Henry, is Choleric. |
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: Benny is Sanguine, Violet is Melancholic, Jessie is Phlegmatic, and Henry, is Choleric. |
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* [[Name's the Same]]: Henry James Alden is named after his grandfather, and in the first book uses his first two names as a pseudonym -- it doesn't help them hide from the grandfather. |
* [[Name's the Same]]: Henry James Alden is named after his grandfather, and in the first book uses his first two names as a pseudonym -- it doesn't help them hide from the grandfather. |
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* [[Orphan's Ordeal]]: The whole plot of the first book. |
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* [[Outlived Its Creator]]: ''The Boxcar Children'' series had only 19 books by its original creator, Gertrude Chandler Warner. Then, over a decade after her death, Albert Whitman of ''Albert Whitman & Company'' resurrected the series, producing over '''''100''''' more books due to reinterest (including a kid-friendly cookbook). Unsurprisingly, after Warner stopped writing them, [[Canon Dis Continuity|continuity went right out the window.]] Notably, a couple pets introduced in her later books suddenly disappear, and sadly the storytelling quality does, too. |
* [[Outlived Its Creator]]: ''The Boxcar Children'' series had only 19 books by its original creator, Gertrude Chandler Warner. Then, over a decade after her death, Albert Whitman of ''Albert Whitman & Company'' resurrected the series, producing over '''''100''''' more books due to reinterest (including a kid-friendly cookbook). Unsurprisingly, after Warner stopped writing them, [[Canon Dis Continuity|continuity went right out the window.]] Notably, a couple pets introduced in her later books suddenly disappear, and sadly the storytelling quality does, too. |
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* [[Parental Abandonment]] |
* [[Parental Abandonment]] |