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|'''Cleolinda Jones''', ''How to explain Secret Life''}}
''[[The Secret Life of Dolls]]'' is an ongoing [[Fanfic|dollfic]] written by [[Cleolinda Jones]] (of ''[[Movies in Fifteen Minutes]]'' internet-fame). ▼
▲{{quote| ''1) "It's this girl who usually writes about movies and books and stuff but she also likes dolls, who are generally movie-related, and she wrote about the dolls a couple of times in passing as if they were real, and then one day she started writing about them picking out other dolls because she thought it was funny, and then it developed into a [[Mega Crossover|multi-fandom]] [[Soap Opera]] that she writes for fun, and some of the dolls are in love with each other and some of the others want to kill each other and one of them has a [[My Little Pony]] ranch. He's a [[Twilight (Literature)|sparklepire]]!"''<br />}}
▲{{quote|''2) "It's this girl and she's [[Cloudcuckoolander|out of her mind, basically]]."''|'''Cleolinda Jones''', ''How to explain Secret Life''}}
▲''The Secret Life of Dolls'' is an ongoing [[Fanfic|dollfic]] written by [[Cleolinda Jones]] (of Movies in Fifteen Minutes internet-fame).
It started out as a comedic short starring her (at the time) small collection of dolls. As it got more installments, the plot became [[Mega Crossover|more complicated]]. A big part of it was due to readers being generous, buying Cleo ''more'' dolls to use in the story. This led to a mini [[Creator Breakdown]]. She eventually had to ask readers (very apologetically) to only send in props, since the number of characters had become overwhelming to write for and she was uncomfortable with getting such expensive gifts.
The story and humor is almost solely character-based. Although the dolls are similar in personality to the movie/book characters they are based on, they each are clearly unique from them (perhaps with the exception of Tonner [[Twilight (
''Secret Life'' has to be one of the most fun fanfics out there, and it's somewhat addictive. You can start reading it [http://cleoland.pbworks.com/Secret+Life+Read-Through here].
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* [[All Women Are Lustful]]: Most noticeable in the earliest installments. The girls of the Shelf are like frat boys.
* [[Anachronic Order]]: Due to some spillover from [[Real Life Writes the Plot]] (Cleo's computer had a meltdown during 2009), recent episodes have been jumping back and forth.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Regarding [[Twilight (
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* [[Ax Crazy]]: [[Van Helsing|Anna Dollerious]] is this most of the time.
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* [[Badass Boast]]: Eowyn. OK, she's [[Cat Fight|challenging Ellowyne for the rights to romance]] [[Twilight (
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Cleo has a few in the story, like when Tonner [[Twilight (
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"Yes, I have--"
"You're--how old are you?"
"YES I AM THIRTY AND I HAVE CRAYONS, I HAVE A BOX OF EMERGENCY CRAYONS IN THE CABINET UNDER THE TV BECAUSE EVERYBODY NEEDS CRAYONS SOMETIMES, OKAY? ''EVERYBODY NEEDS CRAYONS''." }}
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]] / [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Crouching Cuckoolander Hidden Badass]]: White Arwen casually blasting squirrels. We probably should have anticipated this given how calm she was when Little Edward tried to bite Iorek.
* [[Bishounen]]: [[The Golden Compass|Lyra]] and [[Pirates of the Caribbean|Elizabeth Swann]] had this discussion about a picture of the Will Turner doll:
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"Well, that's just how guys dressed back... now."
"In tights?"
She sighed. "Sometimes Will was prettier than I was." }}
* [[Bi the Way]]: Anna and Elizabeth.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: [[The Lord of the Rings|Fugagorn, the Fug Of Men]] (A "really frickin' ugly" doll of [[The Lord of the Rings|Aragorn]] that Cleo got because it was retailed less than a more expensive doll.).
* [[Cats Are Mean]]: Bad Cat, and White Arwen's one-time pet Mr. Whiskers.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: White Arwen. Her slightly smushed face makes Cleo imagine she's [[Adult Child|childlike]]. In something of a subversion, though, she's much calmer and more capable in emergencies than most of the other characters.
* [[Companion Cube]]/[[Living Toys]]: Cleo's collection.
* [[Creepy Doll]]: Particularly bad with Tonner Edward Dollen, but at first when Anna Dollerious says what she thinks about getting [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/cleoicons/dolls/secret_life/sld_nightterrors.gif The Littlest Edward]:
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And we all shudder together. It's a nice feeling, sisterly solidarity. }}
* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: The Valentine's Day installments. They are just pure awwww.
** [http://pics.livejournal.com/cleolinda/pic/0014dw3d This picture.] That is all. (It's from [http://cleoland.pbworks.com/slod-09-0321-early this installment], if you were wondering.)
** Also, Bella's reaction to {{spoiler|Edward's My Little Pony habit:}}
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* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: in [http://cleoland.pbworks.com/w/page/slod-10-1009-gathering ''The Gathering Storm''].
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* [[Double Entendre]]: ''Lots'' of jokes about swords. Also:
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* [[Fan Nickname]]: Tonner Edward has: Tallward, Edward Tallen, Dollenpants, Doucheward.
* [[Fee Fi Faux Pas]]: Tonner Bella accidentally petting Pan.
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* [[Full Name Ultimatum]]: Cleo has to stop mid-rant to look up The Littlest Edward's full name so she can properly express her outrage.
** Later on she doesn't even bother:
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*** It gets better.
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* [[The Fun in Funeral]]: {{spoiler|poor Ellowyne Two.}}
* [[Happily Married]]: Fugagorn to White Arwen and Helm's Deep Aragorn to Purple Arwen.
* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: Anna, [http://cleoland.pbworks.com/slod-09-0303-monsters in an installment] which was named after the trope itself.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Cleo saying:
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* [[Good Name for A Rock Band]]: White Arwen and the Aragorns, Galadriel and the Arwens, Lyra and the [[Twilight (
* [[Guilty Pleasures]]: Oh god is it this. A soap opera played by ''dolls.'' Multiple primary characters are from Twilight. And this male troper CAN'T STOP READING IT.
* [[Hands
* [[Ho Yay]]: Legolas and Faramir Two, much? Since Faramir Two is canonically gay and Legolas is a bit ambiguously so, this is dancing along the line between [[Ho Yay]] and textual [[UST]].
* [[Incompatible Orientation]]: Faramir Two and Fugagorn, Faramir Two and Serafina.
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** {{spoiler|[[Cute Ghost Girl|Sort of.]]}}
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: There is a ''lot'' of this. Just one example:
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* [[Literal Split Personality]]: The Faramirs. Faramir Two has the charisma, tactical and strategic leadership abilities. Faramir One has the [["Well Done, Son" Guy]] complexes and Eowyn.
* [[Mars Needs Women]]: Dolls Need Man Dolls. Fugagorn just wasn't cutting it for the girls. Getting an Edward Dollen/Faramir doll was a central topic for a while, as well as getting a doll for Faramir Two. Then, later, Bella dolls were needed for the ''Edwards'' after they came.
* [[Meanwhile Back At The]]: Parodied (Cleolinda links to the trope page.):
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* [[Mega Crossover]]
* [[Narm]]: Comparing The Littlest Edward's danger factor (Danger to toys.) to Tonner Edward's danger factor (Real blood.) leads squarely into this trope in story, when looking back on TLE's Wangst:
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* [[Official Couple]]: Anna Dollerious and Elizabeth Swann, Fugagorn and White Arwen, Helm's Deep Aragorn and Purple Arwen, Eowyn and Faramir One.
* [[Running Gag]]: Swords/weapons, roll of felt, pie, have you killed anyone, etc. Also lots of gag immigrants from elsewhere in her writing, mostly the Twilight Recaps. Also, regarding the Bellae, "And then she fell over."
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* [[Percussive Prevention]]: In ''Stars And Stripes'', {{spoiler|Lyra}}.
* [[The Speechless]]: [[Barbie]] [[The Lord of the Rings|Galadriel]].
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* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: Anna Dollerious even [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshades]] it with "I got better."
* [[Wham! Episode]]: ''Paradise Lost'', in which {{spoiler|Tonner Edward actually makes good on his warnings that he's dangerous, and ''kills Ellowyne Two''.}}
* [[What Do You Mean
* [[Yandere]]: The Littlest Bella, although it's played for laughs.
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