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{{quote|"''Being a half-blood is dangerous. It's scary. Most of the time, it gets you killed in painful, nasty ways.''"}}
'''''Percy Jackson & the Olympians''''' is a [[Fantasy]] series by [[Rick Riordan]] based on [[Classical Mythology|Greek mythology]]. A [[Sequel Series]], ''[[The Heroes of Olympus]]'',
In the books the Greek gods have moved to the United States, and their home, Olympus, is now located above the Empire State Building. They have many [[Half-Human Hybrid|demigod]] children with mortal humans. Unfortunatly, these demigods [[Weirdness Magnet|attract mythological monsters]], so they must travel to a safe haven in Long Island, NY, called "Camp Half-Blood", and learn to fight. The books get progressively [[Darker and Edgier]] throughout the series as a war with the Titans approaches.
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* ''The Ultimate Guide''
* ''Demigods and Monsters''
* ''The Demigod Files''
'''Please add all new character tropes to the [[Percy Jackson & the Olympians/Characters|Character Sheet]].'''
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* [[A Birthday, Not a Break]]: Percy forgets his [[Dangerous Sixteenth Birthday|sixteenth birthday]].▼
* [[Abusive Parents]]: Many gods neglect their children. It's the biggest reason why there ''is'' a Titan army. There are kids who are ''never'' claimed.
** {{spoiler|Nemesis, God of Balance and Revenge,}} to Ethan. The one time they meet, she blinds his left eye with the promise that he would {{spoiler|bring balance to the world once again}}.
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* [[Achilles in His Tent]]: {{spoiler|Clarisse}} in ''The Last Olympian''.
* [[Action Girl]]: Tons. Annabeth, Thalia, Bianca and Zoe to name a few. Just as helpful as the boys, usually.
* [[Adaptational Jerkass]]: Subverted with Hades. While Percy believes him to be the [[Big Bad]] in book one, his uncle is actually quite reasonable if a bit old-fashioned, stiff, and [[Brutally Honest]]. He reveals that he took Percy's mother hostage because Percy was framed for stealing his helm. When Percy reveals that Ares {{spoiler|and Luke}} actually took it, as well as the lightning bolt, Hades returns his mother unharmed and they agree to a truce. {{spoiler|Indeed, while Hades dislikes that Percy exists, he also admits that he owes the kid for protecting his son Nico to the bitter end, and prepares to spare him from the final book's bloodbath}}.
* [[Affably Evil]]: Geryon. He makes omelettes from the eggs of endangered species, slaughters the cattle of the sun, sells to Kronos' army, and enslaves Nico. On the other hand, he doesn't interfere with quests, holds barbecues for his captives, and gives people a grand tour of his ranch.
{{quote|'''Grover:''' You slaughter Apollo's sacred cows?! [[You Monster!]]!
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** Zoe when Atlas is about to stab Artemis.
** {{spoiler|Atlas being returned to his chains.}} "NOT AGAIN!"
▲* [[A Birthday, Not a Break]]: Percy forgets his [[Dangerous Sixteenth Birthday|sixteenth birthday]].
* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: Help the Gods who are often [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|jerkasses]] and sometimes cause problems, or serve a [[Big Bad|Titan]] who [[Abusive Parents|devoured his own kids]] and uses humanity as a source of [[Gladiator Games|cheap amusement]] or as [[To Serve Man|a snack]].
* [[Blessed with Suck]] / [[Cursed with Awesome]]: [[Your Mileage May Vary]] depending on whether you prefer being dyslexic, but having a perfect understanding of ancient Greek, and whether you are willing to tolerate having ADHD as a side effect of your supernatural combat instincts. And then there's all the monsters you attract, especially if you carry a cell phone
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* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]
* [[Changeling Fantasy]]
* [[Chaos Entity]]:
** Eris is the Greek Goddess of Chaos, Strife, and Discord, who seems to work under Hermes.
** The Egyptian God of Chaos is Set in the ''[[Kane Chronicles]]'' where his strength is tied with Osiris and Horus. He and his brothers are the only forces said to counter Apophis whenever the serpent rises. He can gain more power from anything that causes chaos, like storms, and become almost invincible.
** Apophis is the manifestation of chaos and the main antagonist of the Kane Chronicles; he is the leader of the Forces of Chaos, an army made to fulfill his goal of swallowing Ra and plunging the world into eternal chaos.
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Remember Circe's assistant in ''[[The Sea Of Monsters]]''? Now read the second book of the second series.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: Kronos
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* [[Green Aesop]]: Various sea and river creatures get uppity around water pollution, and {{spoiler|the quest for Pan eventually turns out to be all about the current state of the environment; this one is extremely well-done, though}}.
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: The Minotaur is just one of the first examples.
* [[Hate Sink]]: Luke, Kronos and their combined forces have done lots of despicable things, but they are far more human compared to Percy's stepfather, Gabe Ugliano, who treats Percy and Sally like shit and as a character is the polar opposite of the sweet and kind Sally. {{spoiler|Thankfully, the karma gods (such as Nemesis) aren't mocked and thanks to Sally, she uses Medusa's head to turn him into a statue}}.
* [[Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist]]: Mentioned word for word in Lightning Thief.
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: {{spoiler|Daedalus}} and {{spoiler|Prometheus}}.
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* [[Put on a Bus]]: {{spoiler|Thalia, the Hunters, Chris. The implication is that they're off having adventures, just like Percy and his friends.}}
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: All the gods, plus several demi-gods.
* [[Rebellious Prisoner]]:
** Percy's mother acts like this when Hades takes her hostage, mistakenly believing that Percy stole his helm. She tells her son not to worry about her. To his credit, Hades is revealed to be a [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]; when Percy proves he was framed by Ares {{spoiler|and Luke}} while returning the helm, Hades returns her to the mortal world unharmed.
** It runs in the family; Percy also reacts this way whenever he is captured or incapacitated. When {{spoiler|Luke}} corners him, Annabeth and Tyson about the Golden Fleece, Percy honestly says that he doesn't have it {{spoiler|because he gave it to Claire to deliver, since this was her quest in the first place and so she can win her father's approval, and proceeds to do an [[Engineered Public Confession]] that Luke poisoned Thalia's tree, clearing counselor Chiron's name for the deed}}. Later, when Hades as a [[Cruel Mercy]] imprisons Percy {{spoiler|to spare him from the final battle and have his son Nico take Percy's place in the Prophecy, Percy is fighting the whole time and nearly strangles Nico when the latter comes to free him. Nico did betray him to his father, but under the condition that Percy wouldn't be hurt. He also admits he should have known Hades would use [[Exact Words]].}} In the sequel series, when Hera wipes his memories and uses him for a pawn in a new scheme, Percy during a dream tosses her into a river after getting his memories back.
* [[Recycled in Space|Recycled]] <small>[[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE]]</small>: Although [[Tropes Are Not Bad|it's done well]] in this case. Many of the plots or subplots are the major arcs of well-known Greek myths. ''Sea of Monsters'' is Jason and the Argonauts and the Oddessey stuck together. {{spoiler|Silena's fight against the monster in the final book and Clarisse's subsequent beatdown of the monster that killed her is Patroclus stealing Achilles' armor and Achilles' fight with Hector, complete with dragging the corpse around behind her chariot.}} Riordan was quite clever in working the myths into his books.
** This is Justified in the fifth book, when Prometheus says that patterns repeat themselves in the world.
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