Bears Are Bad News: One in the Lewis and Clark episode comes to steal food, trapping Samantha against a tree.Bad Future: It's not seen on screen, but this apparently what becomes of Samantha's time in the episode where they accidentally allow Napoleon to win Waterloo.And as noted above, they get two episodes of their own. In the books they only appear a few other times after their duet, while the series at least one of them is in most of the episodes in the latter half. Ascended Extra: Jodie, Freddi, and Samantha.Ironically, she's said to have more skills in using the Book than her brother. Annoying Younger Sibling: Joe's sister Anna who tags along every now and then.Samantha has six punky pigtails that stick out over her head. Anime Hair: Jodie's hair is bigger and more frizzy than most other girls.Or I will rain fire upon your house, dry up your wells, and plague you with itches in hard to scratch places! Adaptation Name Change: In the books, Jodie was named Joanie while Samantha liked to be called Samza.Sam is also more cowardly and paranoid, Jodie is more of a selfish Valley Girl than in the book series (though this is much more toned down in the later episodes), and Freddi has become as cowardly as Sam, which was slightly hinted in at least one book. Adaptation Personality Change: The boys are less snarky and selfish than they were in books.Additionally, extra lore regarding people who use The Book and a story arc is added to the series.Destroying it would spell the doom of the universe.
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In the book series, it's never seen as more than a time machine (though it could warp them into books and plays as well) but in the TV show, it actually is the entire space-time continuum incarnate. Adaptation Expansion: The powers of The Book has been expanded.Achilles' Heel: The concept is directly discussed in "My Big Fat Greek Olympics" upon discovering that Joe, Sam, and Fred's opponent is afraid of blood.If you're looking for the original books, go HERE. Despite a second season being ordered and it briefly being moved to a new and more appropriate time slot, said second season never made it to air.