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* [[Adult Fear]]:

** Why Counselor Arya calls Philip after {{spoiler|realizing that Nemo has been skipping classes to sleep her days in the boiler room}}. As she puts it, {{spoiler|no one knew where Nemo was all day, and she could have been hurt.}} Philip also admits that he doesn't know how to parent a child, while dealing with the grief of losing his brother and angry at Nemo for not giving him a chance.

* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Subverted. When some of the kids gossip about Nemo, they sound very sympathetic on hearing that her father died.

* [[Armor-Piercing Question]]: A variant; Nemo tells both Flip and {{spoiler|Philip that they're not her father. Philip responds that he knows he isn't. But he wants them to be family regardless}}.

* [[Cool Uncle]]: Philip wants to be this, but he knows that he is a boring person. He's also not equipped to take in his preteen niece. When he does lose his temper at her, he admits that he is at a complete loss on how to handle her grief, and his.

* [[Face Your Fears]]: Philip is revealed to be afraid of the water, or sailing, which makes his buying a boat for Nemo a sweet gesture. That his brother drowned at sea didn't help. {{spoiler|He dives into the stormy ocean, without his life jacket, to rescue his niece from suffering the same fate.}}

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]:

** Counselor Arya is sympathetic about the fact that Nemo is acting out on her grief, {{spoiler|complete with her sleeping in the boiler room. As she puts it, Nemo is not in trouble for {{spoiler|lying about going to school, but she's worried about repressing her feelings. She knows that Philip is doing the same.}}