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* {{spoiler|[[Bittersweet Ending]]: Superheroes. Trish lives, but Amelia doesn't find out until years later- and she never sees Trish again}}.
* [[Black Best Friend]]: Sunday Jones, Amelia's best friend in New York City.
* [[The Cape (trope)]]: Captain Amazing ''tries'' to be this.
* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: A mild example.
* [[Chest Insignia]]: All the members of GASP have this, usually an initial from or symbol directly relating to their superhero name.
* [[Chick Magnet]]: Pajamaman, ''somehow''.
* [[City Mouse]]: New York City girl Amelia is suddenly deposited in the suburbs after her parents split up. She even complains that the local nature trail is "too much green" for her.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Elderly babysitter Kate Kadingo.
** And, to a somewhat lesser extent, Reggie.
* [[Cute and Psycho]]: <s>Mary</s> Ultra Violet is a slightly less homicidal version of this.
* [[Deliberately Cute Child]]: Rhonda's little pageant-kid sister Reenie. Of course she's [[Spoiled Brat|a hellion underneath]].
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Amelia is shocked when her mother's date calls her "Mary"; she's used to her mother being just "Mom".
** And, of course, Pajamaman.
* [[Expressive Shirt]]: Pajamaman.
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* [[Hot Shounen Mom|Hot Shounen Aunt]]: Tanner.
* [[Ill Girl]]: Played brutally straight; {{spoiler|Trishia has a ventricular septal defect. Trishia's sister had the same condition, and she didn't make it}}.
* [[Jerkass]]: Kyle. Especially during the game of Truth or Dare in ''Superheroes''.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: As in ''Peanuts'', everyone pretty much wears the same thing every day.
* [[Meaningful Background Event]]: So subtle you'll miss it: {{spoiler|In a flash forward to high school, we see an over-the-shoulder shot of Rhonda from behind as she chats with Amelia. The jacket she's wearing has an athlete's number on the back topped with the letters "G-R-A-B-I..."}}
* [[Military Brat]]: Ninja Joan, whose father is deployed to Iraq.
* [[Mr. Imagination]]: Reggie. And how!
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* [[Slice of Life]]
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: The comic occasionally tips over to the cynical side, but for the most part is pretty idealistic.
* [[Smitten Teenage Girl|Smitten Elementary School Girl]]: Rhonda simply adores Reggie. Only she knows why.
* [[Spin the Bottle]]: Amelia gets dragged into a game and winds up having to kiss Kyle. She never lives it down.
* [[True Companions]]: The four members of GASP.
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