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* [[The Couch]].
* [[Country Matters]].
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Either Doonan parent, as they both get VERY protective.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Averted. For a show about gay teenagers, they were rather explicit that they wanted the kids to look their age.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Kylie's father is never mentioned until season 2, when he shows up... and promptly is written out of the show in a very dramatic manner.
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* [[Dramatic Pause]]: For comedy!
* [[Dysfunction Junction]]: Its a show about two kids and their suburban families. Of course this will happen.
* [[EverythingsEverything's Better With Sparkles]]: Debbie loves her Body Glitter, Simon and Kylie love their sequins.
* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]]: Two first season episodes use Hair styles as a plot, the second series gave Simon greasier hair to emphasis him going through puberty (and the memories we all have of how we looked back then).
* [[The Faceless]]: Subverted. Kylie's dad appears at the start of "How I Got My Camp", but his face is hidden. He later shows up, quite faced.
* [[Feud Episode]]: Kylie to Simon in "How I Got My Tongs".
* [[First Episode Spoiler]]: More akin to First Minute Spoiler - every episode builds up to how Simon acquired an item mentioned either explicitly or in the show titles.
* [[Five -Man Band]]: The Doonan Family.
** [[The Hero]]: Simon.
** [[The Lancer]]: Ashlene.
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* [[Future Me Scares Me]]: 2009!Simon frightens 1990s!Simon when he appears as the "Ghost of Gay Future."
* [[Granola Girl]]: Aunty Hailey.
* [[Hands -Off Parenting]]: Although often strict, the Doonans believe that making sure their children are happy is more important than enforcing rules.
* [[Happily Married]]: Subverted in "How I Got My Groom".
* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]: See "Butt Monkey" entry.
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* [[Master of the Mixed Message]]: Anyone on the show.
* [[Myth Arc]]: Simon is telling the story of his childhood.
* [[Open -Minded Parent]]: To Eleven.
* [[Running Gag]]: Several, mostly in the form of catchphrases. Hailey's Blindness, Simon and Kylie's Camp and Ashlene and Reba(Slut)'s sluttiness are also prime examples of this.
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Simon often corrects people's grammar and pronunciation, even though he can't say Epitome properly.
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* [[True Companions]]: The Extended Doonan Family - The Doonans, Hailey, Kylie.
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: Most of Simon's schoolmates don't even notice him and Kylie camping it up - unless the plot calls for it.
* [[Very Loosely Based Onon a True Story]]: The show is based on the memoirs of Simon Doonan, the creative director of Barney's Department Store. They took his 1950s childhood, moved it to the 90s and changed not only most of the names but also the stories. For example, fictional Simon's older sister, Ashlene, is a sexually promiscuous girl who gets pregnant at sixteen; the real Simon's older sister, Shelagh, is a lesbian.
* [[X Called They Want Their Y Back]].
 
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