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'''Hannah:''' You have ''no'' idea. }}

'''''Hannah Montana''''' (2006-2011) is about a teenager named Miley Stewart (played by [[Miley Cyrus]]) who seems like an ordinary girl to the kids at her school. But secretly, she is also [[Teen Idol|teen pop sensation]] Hannah Montana, and the only people who know besides her family are her best friends, Lilly and Oliver.

* [[Crossover]]: ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]] [[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody|On Deck]] with Hannah Montana'' and ''[[That's So Raven]] [[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody|Suite Life]] of Hannah Montana''. Characters and settings from ''[[Cory in The House]]'' appear in the episode "Take This Job and Love It". BeacauseBecause [[Selena Gomez]] plays both Alex Russo and Hannah's rival, Mikayla, none of the ''Hannah Montana'' cast directly interact with any of the ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' cast.

* [[Deep South]]: [[Miley Cyrus]] hails from Franklin, Tennessee in [[Real Life]], and her dad comes from Kentucky. The Stewarts, being Southerners, came from the fictional town of Crawley Corners, Tennessee, as [[The Movie]] makes quite clear. The show never lets you forget the Stewarts' Southern roots for too long, the strong accents Billy Ray and Miley have for starters. The episodes featuingfeaturing Mammaw, Uncle Earl and/or and Aunt Dolly only reinforce the issue.

* [[ExtravertedExtroverted Nerd]]: Rico, again.

* [[Happier Home Movie]]: In one episode, Miley watches a family Christmas from when her mom was still alive.

* [[Honest John's Dealership]]: Rico charges exorbitant prices for mediocre food at his surf shop, has some questionably-legal business practices (eg:e.g. charging for restrooms, in the home state of the Congresswoman who that practice abolished, no less), and has had more than one run-in with the Health Department.

** Susan Stewart, seen in flashbacks, played by [[Brooke Shields]].

* [[I'm a Man, I Can't Help It]]: Gender inverted with Miley in S2Season Ep08,2 Episode 8 "Take This Job and Love It", where Miley gives this as the reason she didn't want to take Roxy, her overprotective bodyguard with her on a date.

'''Robbie:''' Please tell me you just said you're a girl who has knees. }}

'''Miley:''' I don't care, as long as you stop talking. }}

* [[Keeping Secrets Sucks]]: Oh, does it ever. To maintain her secret identity, Miley has to lie to her friends, endure bullying at school, and suffer through constant discrimination or embarrassment... all the time knowing she could make all of it go away so easily. It's no picnic for Miley's family and friends either. Robbie Ray and Jackson both give up their own happiness to protect her, torching their respective relationships with Lorelai and Siena (albeit temporarily, as Miley eventually shares the secret with both). {{spoiler|The realization that the secret demands too much sacrifice from her loved ones is what finally pushes Miley into going on national TV and revealing that she's Hannah Montana.}}.

* [[Line-of-Sight Name]]: Miley is doing a radio interview from her kitchen while eating spaghetti and claims to be speaking from a cafe in Italy. When she is asked where she is, her father passes her the pasta box. She reads the first words she sees and claims to be in the small village of "Sodium Free". She immediately ammendsamends this to "Sodium Freme" (said in an Italian accent).

* [[The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life]]: A recurring trope throughout the series, with increasing significance each time. Early on, it's played for laughs, with Miley going on a date... to a Hannah Montana concert. Later on, she lets Jake in on her secret when the guilt of continually lying to him becomes too much to bear. In the movie, everything comes tumbling down when Miley tries to have a romantic dinner with Travis while simultaneously attending the mayor's banquet as Hannah. Finally, in Season 4, {{spoiler|it's not even enough for Jesse to know that Miley is Hannah -- the [[Keeping Secrets Sucks|burden of dealing with her dual identities]] puts a severe strain on their relationship.}}.

'''Robbie:''' [[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter's cloak of invisibility?]] }}

* [[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.

'''Lilly:''' Because, every time his name comes up, you ''act'' like you can't stand him. }}

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Jackson and Rico. {{spoiler|It takes them until the series finale to admit it.}}.

'''Lola:''' A pirate, a carrot... }}

** Never cheat on Miley. It'll lead to Hannah {{spoiler|beating the crap out of you during a live Christmas special.}}.

* [[BLAMNon Sequitur Episode]]: The episode "Kiss It All Goodbye", where Miley is suddenly hated and accused of being a liar, was highly implausible given Hannah's universal popularity {{spoiler|and the initial warm reception to her revelation of the secret.}}.

'''Lilly:''' Thank you, Captain ''Duh''! }}

** Season 4 gives us "Wherever I Go", which Miley sings {{spoiler|to say goodbye to Hannah, as she discards the secret identity and moves forward to face the world as her real self.}}.

*** Another version of "Wherever I Go" was released, in which {{spoiler|Miley and Lilly are saying goodbye to each other,}}, [[Foreshadowing|giving a nod to the series finale]] when {{spoiler|Lilly goes off to college but Miley doesn't, which proves ineffective as Miley ends up joining Lilly at college anyway.}}.

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: In the episode where they go to Washington, Miley asks Lilly if they can't resolve their fight, at which point 'the audience in her head will go aww', when they do make up, the audience, both in show and on the track says 'aww'.

'''Lilly:''' Oh. }}

'''Lilly:''' [[Your Costume Needs Work|You can't fool me with that fake Miley accent!]] }}

* [[Near-Death Clairvoyance]]: When Miley was unconscious in the hospital, she leaves her body and observes what's happeneinghappening around her.

** Hannah and her friends sometimes end up on morning talk shows. Early in the series, the show would be ''Wake Up, It's Wendy!'' hosted by an ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show|Oprah]]'' parody. Later on, Hannah appears several times on ''Mack and Mickey in the Morning'', which closely mimics [[FoxFOX]]'s ''The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet''.

** Subverted in Season 4. In "Hannah Montana to the Principal's Office", Barack Obama impressionist [https://web.archive.org/web/20120101150142/http://www.reggiebrown.net/ Reggie Brown] makes an appearance. Miley Stewart mentions in one scene that Hannah Montana once sang for the President's kids. In real life, Miley Cyrus performed (though not as Hannah) at the ''Kid's Inaugural: We Are The Future'' concert where First Daughters Malia and Sasha Obama sat in the front row.

'''Miley:''' I think they're the circle. }}

[[Revised Ending]] The original ending was a [[All Just a Dream]] senarioscenario. The show was revealed to be the dream of a young Miley Cyrus. Thanks to [[Executive Meddling]] it was thought to be too confusing for children and the ending was changed to {{spoiler|Miley giving up the movie in Paris to attend college with Lily}}.

* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: Both played straight and subverted in the episode, "You Are So Sue-able To Me". When Lilly's crush Matt asks her to the school dance, Miley convinces Lilly to get a [[Girliness Upgrade]] to impress him. When Lilly later shows up at school with her new look, she has quite a few guys drooling over her, but then she gets stood up by Matt. It turns out he preferred her [[Tomboy]] look.

** [[America's Next Top Model|Tyra Banks]] and [[Taylor Swift]] in [[The Movie]].

'''Flight Attendant:''' And I'd like to have a job where I don't have to smile all the time no matter how annoyed I am. }}

{{quote|'''Miley''' (looking at a tabloid pic of Hannah): I look ''good'' in a moustachemustache. Oh yeah. I'd definitely date me.

'''Miley and Lilly''' (in unison): Awkward! }}

'''Miley:''' ...It's not like I'm twelve anymore, not like I'm gonna follow them into some restaurant and hide behind a potted plant and then get underneath the dessert cart when I can't hear them anymore. Pfft! ''Please!'' }}

{{quote|''[[Discussed Trope|If we were a movie]], you'd be [[Official Couple|the right guy]]''<br />

''And I'd be the best friend that you [[Childhood Friend Romance|fall in love with]]''<br />

''In the end we'd be laughing, [[Watching the Sunset]]''<br />

''[[Fade to Black]], [[Closing Credits|show the names]], [[Ending Theme|play the happy song]]'' }}

'''Miley:''' Please tell me that's a blueberry muffin. }}

'''Miley:''' I could've gone my whole life not knowing that. }}

* [[TradesnarkTradesnark™]]: Jackson and Oliver ended their (in)famous cheese jerky rap with "Sizzlin' Stewart & Smokin' Oken Enterprises. Patent pending." Also, Rico owns the North American rights to his [[Catch Phrase|catch phrases]] "Hey-O!" and "Muahahahaha!"

* [[Twist Ending]]: {{spoiler|In the finale, when Miley and Lilly are about to leave for Paris, Lilly doesn't want to go, and tells Miley that her own dream has always been college, no matter what Miley's is. So she stays at Standford while Miley takes off on her flight to Paris. But ''then'', Miley comes back to Standford, admitting that she has to take the one chance to go to college with her BFF, as opposed to many chances for big movies and the like.}}.

* [[Very Special Episode]]: "Been Here All Along", in Season 4, honors military families with a touching episode that includes cameo appearances by real families of the [[Yanks With Tanks|U.S. Armed Forces]].

* [[Well -Intentioned Replacement]]: In "Bye Bye Ball", Jackson accidentally dismembers Miley's childhood teddy bear. She retaliates by destroying his prized possession, a baseball signed by a retired and embittered player. When Jackson gives Miley back a repaired bear, she goes to [[Zany Scheme|insane lengths]] to replace his ball before he finds out that it's missing. She's eventually successful in obtaining a signed ball, but it turns out the original one was actually a forgery.

'''Miley:''' I ''am'' a girl, what's your excuse? }}

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