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A [[Sequel Series]] to ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'' by [[Rick Riordan]]. It takes the same setting as its predecessor and is set a short time after.

 

 

 

The third book in the series, to be titled ''The Mark of Athena'', is slated for October 2, 2012. However, a sneak peek of the first chapter was read aloud by Riordan while on tour for a different book. Video of the reading can be found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSU2bMG02m0&feature=player_embedded here] while a transcript of what was read can be found [http://cedarleaf-7.livejournal.com/795.html here].

 

General tropes about the setting carried over from ''Percy Jackson'' should be left neatly at the bottom of the page.

 

 

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* [[Abusive Parents]]/[[Parental Abandonment]]: Jason's mom.

*** Subverted with her father, Pluto. His deliberately turning a blind eye to her means she won't have to go back to the Underworld, even though she's supposed to be dead.

* [[Adults Are Useless]]

* [[Affirmative Action Legacy]]/[[Affirmative Action Girl]]: While a good majority of the characters in [[Percy Jackson and The Olympians|the original series]] were Caucasian, of the five new heroes, one is Native American<ref>Piper</ref>, one is Hispanic<ref>Leo</ref>, one is African American<ref>Hazel</ref>, one is Chinese-Canadian<ref>Frank</ref> -- and only ''one''<ref>Jason</ref> is white. See [[Five-Token Band|Seven Token Band]].

* [[Alaska]]: The land beyond the gods. Where Percy, Frank, and Hazel go on their quest in ''Son of Neptune''.

* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: Polybotes' invasion of New Rome.

* [[Amazon Brigade]]: The actual Amazons show up in Seattle.

** [[Lady Land]]: Amazon HQ.

** [[Product Placement]]/[[Hidden in Plain Sight]]: Apparently {{spoiler|[http://www.amazon.com Amazon.com] is a front company for the [[wikipedia:Amazons|actual Amazons]].}} And they apparently read on their Kindles when they ought to be on guard duty (though it's less likely to be [[Product Placement]] than [[Just for Pun]]).

* [[Amnesiac Lover]]: Averted. Jason quickly reciprocates Piper's feelings, but he doesn't want to lead her on when he isn't entirely sure how he feels about her (first because of his amnesia, then because it turns out {{spoiler|they were never dating in the first place}}, and ''then'' because of {{spoiler|Reyna}}).

** Subverted with {{spoiler|Percy. Annabeth is the one thing he's absolutely sure about from his old life}}.

* [[Ancient Grome]]: The ultimate aversion.

* [[Animorphism]]: {{spoiler|The Zhang family.}}

** Well, he WAS born before they really had invented it yet...

* [[Art Shift]]: The covers of the first two books. Probably deliberate, to accentuate the more culturally refined nature of the Greeks (featured in [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DBkee5OgTYc/TB6Wc1InFpI/AAAAAAAABCA/xAePhaAzyGs/s1600/The_Lost_Hero_FINAL.JPG ''The Lost Hero'']) verses the rougher, grittier {{spoiler|Romans}} (featured in [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9QkM-He0xxU/Td5GLWHnq6I/AAAAAAAABQE/e1I6_B_8bF4/s1600/Son%2Bof%2BNeptune%2BFinal%2BJacket.jpg ''The Son of Neptune'']).

* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: One of the two possible ways to get promoted to praetor.

** Still in full effect for {{spoiler|General Tyson of the Cyclops Army}} too.

** {{spoiler|Euryale and Stheno, Medusa's sisters, in ''Son Of Neptune''}} Also, Hazel and after the war games, Gwen (aka: Centurion Shish-ka-bob).

** Let's just knock out all the tropes associated with "The Doors of Death are open, and Greek villains and monsters are coming back to life willy nilly":

*** [[Death Is Cheap]]

*** [[First-Episode Resurrection]]

* [[Badass Army]]: The 12th legion.

* [[Badass Boast]]: Jason and {{spoiler|Porphyrion}} both during their boasting match.

'''Leo:''' Wow, dude. You been eating red meat? }}

** Percy to {{spoiler|Polybotes}}, “You. Me. To the finish.”

* [[Bag of Holding]]: Leo's magic toolbelt, which can produce any sort of tool (so long as it's not too huge) and apparently [[Noodle Implements|breath mints.]]

* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent|Basilisks Are Abhorrent]]: And they [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|destroyed Frank's bow]]!

* [[Batman Gambit]]: Double subverted. {{spoiler|Percy tricks Phineas into giving up the location of Alcyoneus' lair, but it involves using himself as blackmail against Gaea and gambling that she'll come through for him.}} It works.

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: {{spoiler|Percy, Frank, and Hazel and the Amazons during the invasion of New Rome.}}

*** [[Cavalry Betrayal]]: Polybotes's army assumes the Amazons are there to ''attack'' New Rome.

** Leo, in addition to his technological talent, has {{spoiler|fire powers}}. Great for fighting monsters, right?Yeah, except for the fact that {{spoiler|said powers are difficult to control and extremely dangerous. Just ask Leo's mom. Oh, wait, you can't: she died in a fire ''started by accident by her son''.}} And Apparently the last son of Hephaestus with the ability {{spoiler|started the Great Fire of London.}} So that should give you an idea of what we're dealing with here.

** Hazel can summon precious minerals from underground {{spoiler|as per her mother's wish}}. While the ability has come in useful before, it absolutely ''ruined'' her {{spoiler|first}} life, as the stones curse anyone who holds onto them...

* [[Blood Magic]]: Gaea plans to use Percy’s blood in some kind of sacrifice to bring down the gods.

* [[Break the Cutie]]: {{spoiler|Leo's mom's death. Later, Festus dying on Leo.}}

* [[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu|Broke Your Arm Punching Out The Titans]]: The gods of Olympus are in no shape to fight a war against the giants precisely because they're still broke from fighting the Titans and Typhon.

* [[Brought Down to Badass]]: Percy.

* [[Charm Person]]/[[Jedi Mind Trick]]: Piper, Drew, certain other children of Aphrodite, and Medea.

* [[Chekhov's Gag]]/[[Brick Joke]]: Five books later, Annabeth proclaiming the Laistrygonian giants to be "Canadians" in Sea of Monster is brought back up in ''Son of Neptune'' where Percy calls them Canadians... in front of genuine Canadian Frank Zhang. Frank is not pleased.

** And now Terminus. Seemingly a one-off gag, but then comes back in the climax {{spoiler|to help Percy defeat a Giant.}}

* [[Cliff Hanger]]

* [[Clockwork Creature]]: Festus.

* [[Compelling Voice]]: Medea, Drew and Piper all display this ability.

** {{spoiler|Thanatos}} in "The Son of Neptune".

** And the bronze dragon also makes its first appearance in ''The Demigod Files''.

** Also, while shopping in {{spoiler|Medea's}} shopping mall, a bronze breastplate that is corroded with acid is mentioned along with other merchandise belonging to deceased campers. This troper can't be sure, but her first thought was that the armor belonged to {{spoiler|Clarisse}} and was last used by {{spoiler|Silena}}.

** Nereus, the old man of the sea, last seen in ''Titan's Curse'', makes a blink-and-you'll-miss-it but funny cameo in ''Son of Neptune''.

** Vitellius, in ''Son of Neptune'', asks whether or not Percy cleans stables during their first conversation. Since Percy's memory has gone, he can't remember that he did in ''Battle of the Labyrinth''.

* [[Cool Boat]]: {{spoiler|Percy blatantly calls the Argo II the most incredible ship he's ever seen.}} Averted by the beat-up dinghy that constitutes the entire Roman navy.

* [[Cool Sword]]: Jason's Imperial Gold sword, which can also turn into a javelin- see [[Swiss Army Weapon]]. {{spoiler|Sadly, it broke during the fight with Enceladus.}}

* [[Crazy Prepared]]: The Zhangs have an armory in their attic that's almost as well stocked as the one at Camp Jupiter. They have everything from swords, bows, arrows, spears, even potato launchers for taking out earthborn. It comes in handy. (Don't forget the water-hose on the roof!)

* [[Crossover Cosmology]]: When meeting his dad for the first time in a dream, Leo exclaims, "Holy Mother!" Hephaestus chides him, "It's 'holy father', boy. I would think you'd know the difference."

** Topped in ''The Son of Neptune'' by rainbow goddess Iris, who hasn't quite decided whether her personal creed should be...Buddhism or Taoism. Amusingly, Buddhism canonicaly sees nothing wrong with being a god and buddhist at the same time.

* [[Crush Blush]]: Ella, Tyson.

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Percy, Frank, and Hazel against the First and Second cohorts in the war games.

** Also, Hazel and Frank against {{spoiler|Alcyoneus the giant.}} It wasn't a totally one-sided battle, but they really gave him a beatdown.

* [[Cyclops]]: Ma Gasket and her sons. {{spoiler|Also, [[Gentle Giant|Tyson]]}}.

* [[Dark Secret]]: Piper thinks she'll have to betray her friends.

** {{spoiler|Hazel is directly responsible for Gaea bringing back Alcyoneus .}}

** Eventually, even some demigods are able to come back from the dead without even realizing that they are. {{spoiler|Freeing Thanatos puts a stop to that}}.

* [[Death Glare]]: Used by Percy in ''Son of Neptune''.

* [[Delinquents]]: Jason and his friends are apart of a 'Wilderness School,' a [[Boarding School]] in Nevada for 'bad kids.'

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Annabeth, Chiron, and Clarisse.

* [[Disney Death]]: Oh no, Percy Jackson just fell off a cliff in a [[No Escape but Down]] situation! ... [[Averted Trope|wait]]. He fell into water.

* [[Does Not Understand Sarcasm]]: Hephaestus. He's not too smart dealing with organic life forms.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: An amnesiac hero with a ton of martial skills and esoteric knowledge named [[The Bourne Series|Jason]].

* [[Doting Parent]]: I never thought I'd say this, but {{spoiler|Mars to Frank. Compared to how Ares treated Clarisse, his Roman counterpart nearly rivals Percy's father.}}

** {{spoiler|That Mars would be much kinder than Ares makes sense in that Mars is a god of agriculture as much as a god of war, he's basically the badass sergeant to his more brutal greek counterpart.}}

* [[The Dragon]]: {{spoiler|Porphyrion, the king of the Giants}}.

* [[The Dulcinea Effect]]: Probably not what Reyna meant when she asked for Percy’s help, but Percy interpreted it that way. See [[Ship Tease]].

* [[Easy Amnesia]]: Zigzagged. Both Jason and Percy have their memories stolen by Hera/Juno, {{spoiler|but get them back a few days after joining the other camp of demigods. Jason joins the Greeks almost immediately after waking up with amnesia, but only gets most of his memories back at first. The rest take presumably months to return. Percy wakes up with and spends roughly two months with only the faintest memory of Annabeth and little else, but gets all of his memory back pretty much all at once. While this is appropriate, as Jason needed time to learn to trust the Greeks while Percy’s [[Fatal Flaw]] [[Fridge Brilliance|allowed him to trust the Romans quickly]],}} YMMV as to whose amnesia was easier. {{spoiler|Percy's memories returning quickly was also partly caused by his drinking gorgon's blood.}}

* [[Elemental Powers]]

** [[Dishing Out Dirt|Earth]]: Hazel

** [[Blow You Away|Wind]]: Jason

*** Also, [[Shock and Awe]]

** [[The Power of Love|Heart]]: Piper

** [[Black Magic|Death]]/[[Casting a Shadow|Darkness]]: Nico

* [[Eternal Recurrence]]: How many times do you think the Titans and giants will keep going after the Olympians?

** Invoked with Monsters, which regenerate to be fought again, and with immortals, as they don't change (much). Addressed further in [[The Kane Chronicles]], which [[The Verse|share a universe.]]

* [[Everything Sounds Sexier in French]]: Aphrodite apparently thinks so. Children of Aphrodite can speak and understand French. Why? Because it's the language of love, of course.

** Subverted in ''Son of Neptune''. Frank and Hazel try to talk to each other in French, but they’re pretty bad at it.

* [[Extremely Short Timespan]]/[[Time Bomb]]/[[Cosmic Deadline]]

* [[Fan Nickname]]: {{spoiler|Camp Purple}}/ {{spoiler|Camp Bizarro}}/{{spoiler|Camp More-Badass-Than-Thou}} for {{spoiler|the Roman demigod camp, Camp Jupiter}}.

*** [[And Another Thing|Possibly justified]]. They could have indeed become more or less the same if people began to believe that they were with different names. In the first series, it was said that the Titans Helios and Selene faded after the Romans reassigned their duties over the sun and moon to Apollo and Artemis, so it's not unprecedented for them to have been blended them together into the same creature/species.

**** And as of ''Son Of Neptune'', we've seen fauns, and they are, in fact, not the same as satyrs, to Percy's confusion.

 

* [[Foreshadowing]]: When Reyna summons Percy to a private meeting with her in the principia, {{spoiler|he sits in the other praetor's chair while waiting for her}}.

** Though it's really in name only. Gaia isn't really angry at humans polluting the environment, she's angry at the Gods for killing the Titans. Destroying the gods and thus unmaking western civilization would have a similar effect, however.

** And Gaea's powers appear to be more Earth based and less nature based: that was Pan's domain.

* [[Gentle Giant]]: In their native home, the Hyperborean giants are peaceful. {{spoiler|Percy and Co. are still use one to help them escape from some griffins.}}

** {{spoiler|Tyson also technically counts}}.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Schist.

** In "The Lost Hero", it mentions that Drew dumped, ''"everything from the bathroom waste bin- some pretty ''nasty'' things- all over the floor"''.

Also, Pipers father says that he thinks " That Indian and Greek stuff is all bull "

* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Jason has a little one on his lip from trying to eat a stapler when he was two. Lit, Midas' son and bodyguard is covered in them.

* [[G-Rated Drug]]: Dakota, a son of Bacchus, is addicted to Kool-Aid.

* [[Gunship Rescue]]: {{spoiler|Subverted. The Argo II doesn’t get to Camp Jupiter until the day after the invasion}}.

* [[Have You Seen My God?|Have You Seen My Gods]]: Olympus has been closed and the gods have gone MIA. {{spoiler|Subverted. Even though Zeus ordered it, thinking it would lull Gaea back to sleep, several of the gods, thinking Zeus is making a mistake, have defied his orders. They had to do so covertly, however.}}

** In ''The Son of Neptune'' he seems to have changed his mind (or bowed to the inevitability of the others meddling making the plan moot), allowing Mars to order a quest.

* [[Human Popsicle]]: Quite a few, from those in Boreas' fortress and {{spoiler|the Hunters for a short time during the battle at the Wolf House}}. Midas' "house guests" probably count, too.

* [[Indy Ploy]]:

“A lot,” Frank added. }}

* [[Inelegant Blubbering]]: The Earthborn. "Yay-son! Where Yay-son? Kill Yay-son!"

* [[Interspecies Romance]]: {{spoiler|Ella and Tyson}}

* [[Invisible to Normals]]: The entrance to Camp Jupiter and New Rome.

* [[Jedi Mind Trick]]: Charmspeaking.

* [[The Last of These Is Not Like the Others]]:

* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: After taking most of ''The Lost Hero'' to be revealed, Gaea being the new [[Big Bad]] is spoiled in the first chapter of ''Son of Neptune''.

* [[Locked Out of the Loop]]: The gods, Chiron, and Lupa are keeping a big secret. The Lares of Camp Jupiter, too.

** Hazel is {{spoiler|Nico’s}} sister and Frank turns out to be {{spoiler|a descendent of Poseidon, so Percy and Tyson adopt him as their brother}}.

** Leo is related to {{spoiler|Sammy Valdez, Hazel's boyfriend from back during World War 2--specifically, he seems to be the grandson or great-grandson.}}

** Khione, the goddess of snow, is fond of doing this.

** [[Love Triangle]]: There is potential between Hazel, Leo, and Frank, but it remains to be seen if there will be one.

* [[Mama Bear]]: An evil example with Ma Gasket. {{spoiler|Frank's mother protected her son from an actual bear by [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|turning into one herself.]]}}

* [[Myth Arc]]: The Gigantomachy.

* [[Mythology Gag]]: Pun not intended.

** There was only one named camper from the Aphrodite cabin in the first series, and she was never in a situation where speaking French would have been remotely helpful. Combining that with the fact that Piper seemed honestly surprised she could speak it, and it's fairly justified.

** It was also never really delved into in the first series just ''what'' powers were granted to each god's children, and they seem to vary quite a lot among themselves as well.

* [[Oh Crap]]: {{spoiler|Alcyoneus after Frank and Hazel drag him into Canada. Polybotes when he realizes that Percy’s got a god on his side.}}

* [[One-Man Army]]: It was mentioned that Greek Heroes are trained to handle things solo compared to the Romans who rely on military teamwork. Percy's fighting style is repeatedly mentioned to be un-Romanly because of this.

** There's also a Jason at Camp Half-Blood playing Capture the Flag in Titan's Curse.

* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: [[Humongous Mecha|Festus.]]

** Percy, Hazel, and Frank.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Except that the word "freaking" is used instead of the normal phrase. Going toe-to-toe against an ice goddess is definitely one of Leo's [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Crowning Moments Of Awesome.]]

* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: "My turn."

* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]: Percy gets an awesome one in on {{spoiler|Polybotes}}.

** Frank also has a good one on {{spoiler|Alcyoneus}}

* [[Prophetic Fallacy]]: Several new prophecies are mentioned in ''Son of Neptune'', but are only half complete, leaving their ultimate meaning unclear.

* [[Prophecies Rhyme All the Time]]: Lampshaded by Octavian who insists that Mars' prophecy rhyme and be cryptic and vague. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Mars pulls out a grenade.]]

** And turns it into a pen. Its mightier then a sword afterall.

* [[Prophecy Twist]]: Spoofed by Mars in ''Son of Neptune''. When asked by Octavian for a prophecy, a cryptic poem to guide the quest, Mars writes down the most bluntly straightforward prophecy ever with absolutely no ambiguity whatsoever.

* [[Purple Is Powerful]]: The demigods in Camp Jupiter wear purple shirts.

* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Minor character Butch, a bulky dude with a shaved head and a face like a pile of bricks. His mother is Iris, the Rainbow Goddess. Got a problem with that?

* [[Rummage Fail]]: When facing off against {{spoiler|Lycaon}}, a nervous Leo reaches into his [[Bag of Holding|tool belt]] for a weapon and initially grabs breath mints before hastily swopping them for a hammer. He hopes no one noticed. This is turned into a [[Brick Joke]] ''seconds'' later when the perspective switches to Jason, and while evaluating his assets, he thinks about "''Leo, who apparently thought he could defeat the armies of darkness with breath mints.''"

* [[Sadistic Choice]]: {{spoiler|In the second excerpt of ''Son of Neptune'', "June" (Juno) tells Percy that he can endure suffering and tragedy and maybe save his friends, or live happily under the ocean while the world ends.}}

** Several characters outright state that Percy’s gonna have to make another one sometime in the future, but likely won't be able to, due to his fatal flaw: loyalty to his friends above all else.

* [[Save Your Deity]]: Jason, Piper, and Leo have to {{spoiler|rescue Hera before the solstice.}}

** Hazel's time {{spoiler|in the Underworld}} also qualifies.

* [[Secret Test of Character]]: Percy thinks "June" is trying to put him through one in the beginning of ''Son of Neptune''.

* [[Self-Made Orphan]]: Subverted and ''very'' tragic. {{spoiler|Leo killed his mother by accident after Gaea tricked him.}}

** {{spoiler|Hazel killed her mother and herself to stop Gaea from raising Alcyoneus back in 1942.}}

** Particularly jarring when compared to the first series, where there were almost no minority characters. Makes some sense, as Rome was much more diverse then Ancient Greece.

* [[Sir Swearsalot]]: [[Cool Horse|Arion,]] according to Percy.

* [[Ship Tease]]: Percy and Reyna as well as Reyna and Jason. While she and Jason weren’t a couple, Reyna is shown to be fond of him. It's also fairly common for praetors to become romantically involved. Then Jason disappears for eight months {{spoiler|and Percy becomes the new praetor}}.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Jason suggests Leo jump off a building and yell "[[Fantastic Four|Flame on!]]"

** {{spoiler|Iris}} owns a shop with the acronym R.O.F.L whose workers are called ROFLcopters. Also when {{spoiler|Leo is working on the warship, he}} complains about the [[World of Warcraft|samophlange]].

** The name "Perry" getting mentioned in the scene with [[Phineas and Ferb|Phineas]].

*** Not only that, but in ''Son of Neptune,'' Alcyoneus calls [[Cool Horse|Arion]] a "little pony".

** There's a character called Gwen, who plays a major part in demonstrating that people can come back to life indefinitely. Perhaps coincidental, but it certainly reminds this troper of a couple characters in [[Torchwood|a certain TV series]].

* [[Staying Alive]]: Gaea grants her minions this.

* [[Steampunk]]: Leo describes the Hephaestus cabin as steampunk. The term also applies to [[Humongous Mecha|Festus.]]

* [[Summon Magic]]: Frank's godly parent gives him a spear tipped with a Dragon's Tooth that will regrow thrice. Breaking it off in the ground creates a zombie warrior roughly akin to the Terminator.

* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Reyna and Piper.

** {{spoiler|Played straight during Hazel's ''first'' life, when she discovers she was being manipulated by Gaia into reviving Alcyoneus, the giant. She uses her powers as a daughter of Pluto to bring down the cave where the giant was forming, killing herself, her mother and effectively delaying the giant's revival for several decades.}}

* [[Team Mom]]/[[Team Dad]]: {{spoiler|Lupa}} and Chiron.

* [[Title Drop]]: Hera/Juno does it while speaking with Jason about his destiny in the last chapter of ''The Lost Hero''.

* [[Token Minority Couple]]: Frank and Hazel.

* [[Token Trio]]: Jason as the [[White Male Lead|quest leader]], Piper as the Native-American love interest and Leo as the [[Black Best Friend|Latino Best Friend]].

** Also in "The Son of Neptune" with Percy (white), Frank (Asian), and Hazel (black).

* [[Trojan Horse]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked by]] {{spoiler|[[Obstructive Bureaucrat|Octavian]], who uses the "beware Greeks bearing gifts" line to try and [[Exploited Trope|incite conflict with the Greek demigods]] and so maintain his own power}}. [[Cool Boat|It's not exactly a horse though, and nor is that actually the plan.]]

* [[True Companions]]: Percy comes to consider Hazel and Frank as important to him as anyone from Camp Half-Blood.

* [[Truly Single Parent]]: Aphrodite was born from the sea foam produced from Ouranus's body when it fell into the ocean.

* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: Lampshaded when Percy runs through traffic with "June" {{spoiler|Juno}} in ''Son of Neptune'', most of the drivers, "''just swirved and looked irritated, as if they had to deal with a lot of ratty teenagers carrying old hippie women across the freeway.''" Its [[Weirdness Censor|The Mist]] again.

** Because the Senate wouldn't give you any eagles of course.

** Because Percy ''hates'' to fly on anything that isn't a Pegasus. Zeus might kill him for trying it.

* [[Walking Wasteland]]: Hazel's life gives off this vibe. Wherever she goes, cursed gems and gold emerge from the earth that could kill innocents who picked them up. Pluto seemed to imply that most of his children are like this to some extent, Hazel just takes it [[Up to Eleven]].

* [[White Male Lead]]: Subverted in ''Son of Neptune'' - Frank is the official leader of the quest.

* [[Window Love]]: Piper and her father {{spoiler|after he's lost his memory}} do this through a video chat, with their hands touching on "opposite sides" of the computer screen. [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on whether this is possible, considering for this actually to work they'd have to put their fingers on the camera...

** She's a child of Aphrodite. [[The Power of Love]] [[A Wizard Did It|did it?]] [[The Four Loves|Not all love is romantic afterall.]]

* [[The Windy City]]: Although Riordan doesn't seem to realize that Chicago is called the "Windy City" because of blustering politicians, not the weather. It ''is'' windy, though. Especially in the winter, when it's also freezing cold. Also, perceptions are important in this series, so if people think that Chicago is literally windy, that's where the Wind will go.

* [[With This Herring]]: The only formal aid the Roman Senate gives Percy, Frank, and Hazel on their quest to save Camp Jupiter in ''Son Of Neptune'' is the piece-of-crap dinghy that sinks outside of Seattle.

* {{spoiler|[[The Man Behind the Man|Woman Behind The Man]]: Gaea, behind her son, [[The Dragon|Porphyrion]]}}

* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: Riordan being Riordan, almost as frequent as snarking. Special mention goes to Lupa, directed to Jason: "As always, you are our saving ''Grace''."

* [[Wrench Wench]]: Leo's mom and his half-sister Nyssa.

* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: the Senates decision to send Percy and company to Alaska [[With This Herring|in a leaky dinghy.]]

 

 

* [[Divine Parentage]]

* [[Everyone Is Related]]

* [[Fluffy the Terrible]]

* [[Hero]]

* [[Psychic Dreams for Everyone]]

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]

* [[Super-Hero School]]: Or rather, Superhero Summer Camp.

* [[Super Reflexes]]

 

{{reflist}}