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* [[Anime Hair]]: Usually when she's in her Lola disguise. This was [[Lampshaded]] twice.
* [[Anime Hair]]: Usually when she's in her Lola disguise. This was [[Lampshaded]] twice.
* [[Big Eater]]: Skinny as she is, [[Hammerspace|one wonders where she puts it all]].
* [[Big Eater]]: Skinny as she is, [[Hammerspace|one wonders where she puts it all]].
* [[Blind Without Em]]: Lilly can't tell a person from a post without her contacts.
* [[Blind Without'Em]]: Lilly can't tell a person from a post without her contacts.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Distinctive more in the way she says them that the words themselves:
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Distinctive more in the way she says them that the words themselves:
** "Eep!"
** "Eep!"
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* [[Medium Awareness]]: Lilly seems to be developing this in Season 3, when she can not only predict a daydream, but also points out to Miley where on screen it will be appearing.
* [[Medium Awareness]]: Lilly seems to be developing this in Season 3, when she can not only predict a daydream, but also points out to Miley where on screen it will be appearing.
* [[Morality Chain]]: Often, Lilly is the only thing reigning in Miley's diva-ness.
* [[Morality Chain]]: Often, Lilly is the only thing reigning in Miley's diva-ness.
* [[Paper Thin Disguise]]: Garish outfits and candy-colored wigs practically guaranteed to draw attention to the fact that she's wearing what amounts to a costume.
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Garish outfits and candy-colored wigs practically guaranteed to draw attention to the fact that she's wearing what amounts to a costume.
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: Lilly and Oliver were this prior to their [[Relationship Upgrade]].
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: Lilly and Oliver were this prior to their [[Relationship Upgrade]].
* [[Relationship Upgrade]]: Lilly and Oliver became a couple in mid-Season 3.
* [[Relationship Upgrade]]: Lilly and Oliver became a couple in mid-Season 3.
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* [[Series Continuity Error]]: Two of the most egregious examples pertain directly to Lilly:
* [[Series Continuity Error]]: Two of the most egregious examples pertain directly to Lilly:
** Lilly's birthday, which was implied in [[The Movie]] to be in the summer, but came around again just seven months later in "Can't Get Home to You Girl".
** Lilly's birthday, which was implied in [[The Movie]] to be in the summer, but came around again just seven months later in "Can't Get Home to You Girl".
** In one episode, Lilly ''spectacularly'' butchers the pronunciation of "empanada" (so as to rhyme with "[[Canada Eh]]") but in another episode, is taking AP Spanish, and able to tutor another girl in exchange for her math tutoring services.
** In one episode, Lilly ''spectacularly'' butchers the pronunciation of "empanada" (so as to rhyme with "[[Canada, Eh?]]") but in another episode, is taking AP Spanish, and able to tutor another girl in exchange for her math tutoring services.
* [[Sidekick]]: At one point Lilly refers to herself as such saying that she's just a sidekick who needs to learn to say no. She almost never does.
* [[Sidekick]]: At one point Lilly refers to herself as such saying that she's just a sidekick who needs to learn to say no. She almost never does.
* [[Stalker With a Crush]]: Lilly's got it bad for [[Pirates of the Caribbean|Orlando Bloom]], and takes her stalking to near-pathological levels in her Lola persona.
* [[Stalker With a Crush]]: Lilly's got it bad for [[Pirates of the Caribbean|Orlando Bloom]], and takes her stalking to near-pathological levels in her Lola persona.
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* [[Book Dumb]]: He's obviously not stupid, but he gets horrible grades.
* [[Book Dumb]]: He's obviously not stupid, but he gets horrible grades.
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Can't Get Away With Nuthin]]: Frequently disproportionately punished for infractions that would rate, at most, a stern talking-to for Miley.
* [[Can't Get Away With Nuthin']]: Frequently disproportionately punished for infractions that would rate, at most, a stern talking-to for Miley.
* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: Jackson tries every cheesy pickup line and crazy scheme in the book to get girls.
* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: Jackson tries every cheesy pickup line and crazy scheme in the book to get girls.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Played by Jason Earles, born in 1977.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Played by Jason Earles, born in 1977.
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: Given to Jackson by a bump on the head from a fight with Miley. Subverted when said amnesia turns out to be fake, a joke played on Miley by Jackson and Robbie Ray to teach her a lesson about fighting with her brother (Jackson is promised a car for playing along).
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: Given to Jackson by a bump on the head from a fight with Miley. Subverted when said amnesia turns out to be fake, a joke played on Miley by Jackson and Robbie Ray to teach her a lesson about fighting with her brother (Jackson is promised a car for playing along).
** "Amnesia? What do you think this is, an episode of ''[[Gilligans Island]]''?"
** "Amnesia? What do you think this is, an episode of ''[[Gilligans Island]]''?"
* [[G Rated Drug]]: Jackson developed a chocolate addiction while attempting to break Rico of his.
* [[G-Rated Drug]]: Jackson developed a chocolate addiction while attempting to break Rico of his.
* [[Hollywood Dateless]]: Jackson is portrayed as a uncouth, socially-awkward loser who couldn't get a date if his life depended on it. This in spite of the fact that he's played by the boyishly-handsome Jason Earles, takes a different girl out every third episode, and has even had a few random women come on to him (usually when he's ''not trying'' to be charming).
* [[Hollywood Dateless]]: Jackson is portrayed as a uncouth, socially-awkward loser who couldn't get a date if his life depended on it. This in spite of the fact that he's played by the boyishly-handsome Jason Earles, takes a different girl out every third episode, and has even had a few random women come on to him (usually when he's ''not trying'' to be charming).
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]
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* [[Hot for Student]]: The school nurse has a conversation with Lilly and Miley that makes it sound like she's having an affair with Oliver, though it turns out she's actually talking about him having diabetes. The girls are appropriately horrified, though they'd have a harder time getting away with this joke had the genders been reversed.
* [[Hot for Student]]: The school nurse has a conversation with Lilly and Miley that makes it sound like she's having an affair with Oliver, though it turns out she's actually talking about him having diabetes. The girls are appropriately horrified, though they'd have a harder time getting away with this joke had the genders been reversed.
* [[Idol Singer]]: By the end of Season 3, Oliver has been on national TV and is ready to go on a concert tour.
* [[Idol Singer]]: By the end of Season 3, Oliver has been on national TV and is ready to go on a concert tour.
* [[Paper Thin Disguise]]: Oliver's consists of a fake goatee and some hip-hop clothes.
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Oliver's consists of a fake goatee and some hip-hop clothes.
* [[Pretty Fly for A White Guy]]: Oliver tries to incorporate far too much hip-hop culture into his persona.
* [[Pretty Fly for A White Guy]]: Oliver tries to incorporate far too much hip-hop culture into his persona.
* [[Secret Identity]]: Mic Stand... Mic Stan... ley... The 3rd. Oh, I mean Mike Stanley III, a moniker he came up with very much off-the-cuff.
* [[Secret Identity]]: Mic Stand... Mic Stan... ley... The 3rd. Oh, I mean Mike Stanley III, a moniker he came up with very much off-the-cuff.
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Rico is the owner's son, and ''de facto'' manager, of Rico's Surf Shop, a beachfront establishment that sells [[Honest Johns Dealership|mediocre, overpriced]] food and merchandise. Rico is a bona fide genius, particularly in math and science, [[Insufferable Genius|and isn't shy about it]]. He's in the same class as Miley, Lilly and Oliver, despite being several years younger. He has, at various times, been both a [[Vitriolic Best Buds|frenemy]] and employer to both Jackson and Oliver.
Rico is the owner's son, and ''de facto'' manager, of Rico's Surf Shop, a beachfront establishment that sells [[Honest John's Dealership|mediocre, overpriced]] food and merchandise. Rico is a bona fide genius, particularly in math and science, [[Insufferable Genius|and isn't shy about it]]. He's in the same class as Miley, Lilly and Oliver, despite being several years younger. He has, at various times, been both a [[Vitriolic Best Buds|frenemy]] and employer to both Jackson and Oliver.
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Rico provides examples of the following tropes:
Rico provides examples of the following tropes:


* [[Anti Hero]]
* [[Anti-Hero]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Rico has quite a few:
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Rico has quite a few:
** "''Rrrrrrrr'ico!"
** "''Rrrrrrrr'ico!"
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* [[Eighties Hair]]: He wants his mullet back!
* [[Eighties Hair]]: He wants his mullet back!
* [[Hot Dad]]: They don't call him "The Honky-Tonk Heartthrob" for nothin'!
* [[Hot Dad]]: They don't call him "The Honky-Tonk Heartthrob" for nothin'!
* [[Paper Thin Disguise]]: Robbie's consists of a mustache and a hat.
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Robbie's consists of a mustache and a hat.
* [[Parental Favoritism]]: Towards Miley naturally.
* [[Parental Favoritism]]: Towards Miley naturally.
* [[Porn Stache]]: Robbie dons one in his stage persona.
* [[Porn Stache]]: Robbie dons one in his stage persona.