Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide: Difference between revisions

Originally the primary emphasis was delivering the tips and focusing on school matters such as homework, lockers and school clubs. But soon the stories expanded to focus on the [[Love Dodecahedron|complex relationships]] between the maturing characters and the tips focused on how to deal with social situations. A brief synopsis of these relationships would be:

* The nerd Lisa Zemo had a huge crush on Cookie, who accepted her [[Just Friends|as a friend]] but was oblivious to her affection. When she came back from summer break [[She's All Grown Up|changed]] and [[Beautiful All Along|stunningly beautiful]], he found himself in competition with a fanclub of her new admirers. Meanwhile, he developed a rivalry and potential romance with [[Tsundere|loud, scary,]] [[Yandere|and slightly-psycho]] Evelyn Kwong.

 

While [[Official Couple|Ned and Moze]] are trying to work out their feelings for each other and their other [[Love Interests]] (which they have ''plenty'' of), they're surrounded by a cast of quirky students and teachers who will always ensure that [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* [[Asian and Nerdy]]: Evelyn. But the trope is played with since she is also scarily insane.

* [[Aside Glance]]

** An unintentional funny moment in the Dutch dub, where the obvious Dutch stereotype referee becomes German.

* [[Awesome Yet Practical]]: All of the tips, despite how goofy the show can be, have real value.

** Shandra Taylor, one of Moze's few female friends who disappears without a word before season two.

** Also Mr. Munroe, who was listed in the opening credits in season one and appeared in every episode; he [[Demoted to Extra|made only a few token appearances]] in season two, and vanished without a trace in season three. This is very glaring because Munroe was originally intended as the mentor figure for the protagonists; on the other hand, as his prominence decreased, the other teachers became more developed.

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Missy

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Many characters, but [[Brainless Beauty|Seth]] in particular.

* [[Dawson Casting]]: The characters are supposed to be 13 (7th grade) and for the most part they aimed to get actors in the realm of 12-15 to play those kids (at the start Devon Werkheiser was 13, Lindsay Shaw was 15). But the series progressed [[Webcomic Time|slower than real life]] and the actors ended up pushing 17-18 when they were supposed to still be 14.

* [[A Day At the Bizarro]]: The Halloween special.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: The [[Genre Savvy]] Moze

* [[The Ditz]]: Seth Powers

* [[The European Carry All]]: Ned's experimental "School Survival Cushion Protector" (an ordinary bedroom pillow). Also the "Guide to Volunteering", which is about community service as a school requirement, not actual ''volunteering''.

* [[Evil Twin]]: Ned planned on using this trope to explain away him kissing Moze.

* [[Extraverted Nerd]]: Cookie

* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: Gordy's eternal pursuit of The Weasel.

* [[First-Name Basis]]

* [[Free the Frogs]]

* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: In "Survival Guide to Tests", when Ned decides that, to pass the three tests he will have on the same day, he will have to become "the opposite of Ned Bigby". Gordy then asks "Den Ybgib?", and he goes with it. When he passes, he gets a G.E.E.K. membership card with the backwards name on it.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Several to ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' (Which is appropriate considering Daran Norris, the voice of quite a few characters on FOP, plays Gordy), many to (what else?) ''[[Star Wars]]'' in the "Guide to Dodgeball"

{{quote| '''Teacher:''' Please welcome... (is handed a piece of paper from Cook) ...Lord Simon Nelson-Cook, [[The Dukes of Hazzard|The Duke of Hazzard]].}}

** Another episode has Ned's gross school lunch [[Better Off Dead|slowly moving off of the plate.]] It helps that both the film and the episode were directed by Savage Steve Holland.

* [[Single-Minded Twins]]: Nerdy oboe-playing [[Theme Twin Naming|Stacy and Tracy]]. Comically subverted/deconstructed in "Guide to: Shyness" in that Tracy is actually much more dependent than her sister and copies whoever she gets close to... leading to her taking on personas like "Troze," "Treth," "Trisa" and "Tred" throughout the episode.

* [[Sliding Scale of Shiny Versus Gritty]]: Not ''quite'' as shiny as contemporary and subsequent [[Disney]] and Dan Schneider equivalents, but pretty darn close.

* [[Stock Sound Effects]]: and ''how''.

* [[Stuffed Into a Locker]]: Coconut Head, of course, in Guide to Vice Principals

'''Loomer:''' Dude, you haven't said anything since we've known you.<br />

'''[[The Voiceless|Rodriguez]]:''' Everything's been fine up to this point. }}

* [[Webcomic Time]]: Sort of; the show was [[Retool|retooled]] after the first nine episodes; after that (and a year-long [[hiatus]]), the "new" first and second seasons each covered one semester, while the third season covered all of eighth grade and first aired roughly concurrently with the [[Present Day|2006-07 school year]].

* [[Where's the Fun In That?]]: A variant of this became a [[Running Gag]] whenever Gordy does his [[Zany Scheme]] and someone (usually Ned) asked him the reason for it while [[Stating the Simple Solution]]: