Trivia
The members of the High Command of Rumbles corresponds directly to one of the main characters of The Wombles:
- Vulgarian (Great Uncle Bulgaria)
- Bingo (Bungo)
- Chalotte (Madame Cholet)
- Torreycanyon (Tobermory)
- Orococco (Orinoco)
- Stonks (Tomsk)
- Napoleon Boot (Wellington)
- Sydney (Miss Adelaide)
The Borribles themselves can be read as savage parodies of and replies to Mary Norton's Borrowers series about a fragmented community of tiny people who live in wainscotting and survive by 'borrowing' or stealing from full-sized 'human beans'.
Read more about this topic: The Borrible Trilogy
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