Even Stevens

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Even Stevens was a Disney Channel series that ran from 2000 to 2003 and is best known now for launching the career of Actual Cannibal Shia LaBeouf.

The series focuses on the Stevens family. Steve, the father, is a lawyer whose wife, Eileen, serves as a state senator (the show being set in Sacramento, California). Their oldest son is Donnie Stevens, a dumb jock who obsesses over his hair. Most of the show's plots center on middle child Ren, the family's resident Smart Girl, [[Teacher's Pet|principal's pe] and perfectionist, and youngest child Louis Stevens, the show's king of the [[Zany Schem], get-rich-quick stunts and practical jokes.

This was the last "old school" Disney Channel Original Series before the [[Follow the Leader|paradigm shifte] [[Lizzie McGuir] premiered in 2001 and pioneered the now infamous [[Strictly Formula|Disney Channel Formul]. It remained the last show on the channel without a quirky "gimmick" as part of the premise until [[Good Luck Charli] premiered ten years later.

"Louis Stevens: Who's Alan? Alan Twitty: Dude, I have a first name too, you know."
 * [[Accidental Athlet]: Twitty in "Head Games".
 * All Cheering, All the Tim]: [[Invoked and [[Played for Laugh] in an episode Ren joins the squad, only to be criticized for not being perky enough; she takes this to heart and begins cheering all the time. This takes a turn for the bizarre where she cheers while doing laundry and suddenly realizes/cheers that a sock is missing... and still manages to make it rhyme and keep the pace.
 * [[Animated Credits Openin]: Done in [[Claymatio].
 * [[Anti-Sneeze Finge]: One episode uses this at the end, when Ren is getting a retake of her school photo. She is about to sneeze, but Louis puts his finger under her nose to stop it and save her from being photographed in mid-sneeze.
 * [[Bacon Addictio]: Beans' favorite food.
 * Breakout Characte]: The early episodes balanced Louis and Ren fairly evenly, perhaps even erring on the side of giving Ren more screen time. But somewhere along the line, the producers obviously came to realize that they had a star on their hands in the person of [[Shia LaBeouf, and Louis increasingly stole the spotlight.
 * The Cast Showoff: A few examples, most notably Christy Carlson Romano (Ren), A.J. Trauth (Twitty) and to a lesser degree Lauren Frost (Ruby).
 * [[Chained to a Railwa]: In "Louis in the Middle", Tawny pretends to be tied to a miniature railroad while Alan attempts to run her over with a train in an effort to shake Louis out of his 'hero syndrome' mindset.
 * [[Child Prodig]: Louis learned to walk at six months.
 * Criminal Doppelgange]: In the episode "Short Story", Louis gets [[Wrongfully Accused for the acts of another student from another school who looks exactly like him and even has the same name as he does.
 * Actually, the evil Louis was named "Loomis Freeman".
 * [[Deadpan Snarke]: Most of the cast, but Tawny seems to be the most prolific example.
 * [[Drop-In Characte]: Beans, probably doubling as [[The Scrapp].
 * [[Dumb Muscl]: Eldest brother Donnie.
 * [[Evil Twi]: Loomis Freeman in the episode "Short Story".
 * [[Extracurricular Enthusias]: Ren Stevens.
 * Fake Band: The Twitty/Stevens Connection.
 * Goth/Granola Girl: Tawny.
 * [[Happily Ever Afte]: Louis and Tawny.
 * [[It Came From the Fridg]: Louis' sloppiness has resulted in old food coming into vicious, evil life in both his school locker and under his bed. Never in the fridge, though, probably because other family members use it too.
 * It's a Wonderful Plo]: A Hanukkah special had Louis' great great great grandmother show him what the Stevens household would be like if he were never born. Without him, Donnie and Ren developed inferiority complexes from having a [[Marty Stu for a younger brother instead, and the lack of comic relief created misery among the family.
 * This is the only episode available on DVD, included on a compilation of various holiday specials starring Disney Channel characters.
 * [[Ivy League for Everyon]
 * [[Known Only By Their Nicknam]: Subverted with Twitty as he is rarefy referred to by his first name and never by Louis as he seems confused when someone calls him Alan.

"Tugnut: It has been pointed out that my obstacle course is dangerous, cruel and sadistic. It has also been pointed out that I myself am dangerous, cruel, and sadistic. So I have decided to cancel 6th period. Tugnut: Just Kidding. I'm also funny. I should add that."
 * Also Beans is rarely referred to as Bernard.
 * Last-Minute Hookup: a Disney Channel tradition..
 * Subverted, as their feelings towards each other were hinted multiple times throughout Season 2 and 3.
 * Not that anyone was surprised.
 * [[The Movi]: The family plus Beans is stranded on a desert island in a combination [[Survivo]/[[The Joe Schmo Show|Joe Schm]-type reality show hosted by [[Saturday Night Live|Tim Meadow].
 * [[Musical Episod]: "Influenza: The Musical".
 * Also a [[Fever Dream Episod].
 * [[Mr. Fanservic]: Donnie had his fair share of shirtless scenes.
 * Ren and her bikini could be an example of [[Ms. Fanservic] in [[The Movi], but your mileage may vary
 * [[Official Coupl]: Louis and Tawny.
 * [[Power Tri]: Louis, Twitty and Tawny. Also; Ren, Ruby, and Monique.
 * [[Put on a Bu]: Virtually all of Ren's friends except for Ruby and Monique.
 * Real Men Wear Pink: Donnie Donnie is quite Masculine but enjoys getting facials and shaves his legs. In one episode, he turns the safety valve of the hot water heater so he could use use the scalding hot water from the shower in order to turn the bathroom into a sauna. [[Hilarity Ensure] when Louis's candy bars that he has to sell melt after being to close to the heater.
 * Kids cheer*

"Miles: You have been shunned. Donnie: YES!
 * [[Sadist Teache]: Coach Tugnut, especially in "Influenza: The Musical".
 * [[Shout-Ou]: To The Tell-Tale Heart by [[Edgar Allan Po].
 * [[Slippery Swimsui]: Louis was trying to show his dad that he could be serious in a swimming contest, only for it to backfire horribly when he still managed to be the brunt of jokes due to his trunks falling off and his not realizing it until after Twitty points it out.
 * [[Spinning Clock Hand]: Gag version is done in one episode where Steve Stevens remarks he has to fix the clock.
 * [[Teen Geniu]: Ren, and to a lesser degree Tom Gribalski.
 * [[Throw It I]: In-Universe example: In the movie's beginning, during Ren's valedictorian speech, Louis and Beans (after tricking Donny into letting them go backstage) have a beach ball-shaped device bounce around the podium, with Tugnut (who was asleep during the speech) being ordered by Weskler into grabbing the ball and restoring order. Louis intended for the ball, when exploding, to release confetti. However, Beans (who presumably was the one who actually created the ball) misheard his instructions and said that he thought Louis said "spaghetti", right after the ball detonates and sprays the coach with the brunt of spaghetti and meatballs. Louis then said to Beans that his mishearing things made the prank even better.
 * [[Too Dumb to Liv]: Donnie. "When I look at the sun, I have to squint."
 * This sequence from [[The Movi] when the family learns that the "tribe" has shunned them.

Eileen: No, Donnie. That's bad."


 * [[Two Lines, No Waitin]: Virtually every episode had a main plot and "B" story, with one revolving around Louis and the other involving Ren. The show alternated which character received the A plot and which received the B plot.
 * Victorious Childhood Friend: Louis and Tawny.
 * Zany Schem]: Probably the show that first got [[Disney Channel addicted to the trope.

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