Hoot: Tropes

Signature tropes

The ones that say the most about Hoot. Pick one to read it.

• Conveniently Distorted Evidence FootageRare · in 21 titlesAs part of his plan to present evidence that there are endangered burrowing owls at the pancake house site, Roy gives his camera to Mullet Fingers and asks him to take a picture of one.Read →
• Useless Bystander ParentRare · in 37 titlesThe second time Roy goes to Dana Matherson's house, he meets Dana's father, who, in sharp contrast to both his son and his wife, is weedy and timid.Read →
• Endangered PestRare · in 17 titlesThe burrowing owls aren't pests, but they happen to live in a lot scheduled to become a pancake house.Read →
• Kid Has a PointRare · in 22 titlesA recurring theme in nearly all of Hiaasen's young adult novels.Read →
• "Where Are They Now?" Epiloguein 1,509 titlesRoy's parents decided they'll be making Florida their permanent home.Read →
• Artistic License – Ornithologyin 135 titlesIn the film, the burrowing owls are "dubbed" with the deep, resonant hoots of the much larger and more common great horned owl.Read →