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* [[3D Movie]]
* [[Agent Scully]]: Max's parents don't believe Sharkboy and Lavagirl ate the cookies despite the shark bitemarks and the melted glass.
* [[An Aesop]]: The movie sets up for a "you need to solve your problems in the real world" aesop (i.e., the protagonist has a problem, goes to a fantasy world, learns how to fix their problem, goes back to the real world and applies their newly learned lessons without the aid of their fantasy friends).
** The real aesop is below.
* [[Badbutt]]: Minus. On Planet Drool, where dreams become reality, he has a lot of potential for cruelty, but it is deliberately scaled back so the heroes aren't in ''too'' much danger since they are always given an opportunity to save themselves.
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* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|Lavagirl}}.
* [[The Ditz]]: Lavagirl
* [[Dull Surprise]]: Jacob Davich as Linus/Minus gives a fairly wooden performance. Though it could be intentional due to how cynical and depressed Linus is.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Most obviously invoked when the scene during which the Ice Princess [[Rule of Symbolism|hands over her crystal heart]] is treated like a marriage ceremony. Much more subtly, however, is that Mr. Electricidad treats Max -- a fourth-grader -- like he's trying to put the moves on his daughter.
* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: Mr. Electric's tendency to explain his electric-related puns.
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* [[Faux Action Girl]]: Much is made of Lavagirl's destructive power, but she fails to hurt Mr. Electric, does nothing to any of his minions, and spends most of her time in the Ice Castle frozen where it would have [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors|made the most sense for her fire to come into play]].
* [[Follow the Leader]]: In-universe example: after Max tells his story about Sharkboy and Lavagirl to the class, the next day they all have their own set of boy-girl superheroes (e.g., Metalboy and Plasticgirl).
* [[Foreshadowing]]: Mr. Electricidad says they might have to change Linus's name to "[[Meaningful Name|Minus]]," the name that belongs to his Planet Drool alter-ego.
* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: [[Justified Trope|Cleverly]] invoked when they realize Sharkboy's vehicle has no gas. Lavagirl looks at the chocolate coming out of the tailpipe, and says "fudge" with the inflection and facial expression of its R-rated counterpart.
* [[Groin Attack]]: During the chase scene at the playground, Max slips on a jungle gym and ends up straddling a rope by his groin.
* [[Grumpy Bear]]: Sharkboy, who is angry about being unable to find his father, the frozen waters, and not being made King of the Ocean.
* [[Guys Smash, Girls Shoot]]: Sharkboy rips things to shreds with his claws and teeth while Lavagirl shoots flames from her hand.
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: It doesn't take much to set Sharkboy off.
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Sharkboy.
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* [[Opposites Attract]]: Lavagirl and Sharkboy.
* [[Or Was It a Dream?]]: Zig-zagged.
* [[Painting the Medium]]: The spaceship scene was blatantly designed for Lavagirl to instruct the audience to put on their 3D glasses from within the movie. A cheap set of glasses were even packaged with the DVD. The scene is, however, [[It Makes Sense in Context|somewhat out of place]] if you don't have any or are watching the movie on television.
* [[Plot Hole]]: When they get to the Land of Milk and Cookies, Sharkboy says he hates chocolate. So why did he eat the cookies Max's mom made?
* [[Quest for Identity]]: Throughout the movie, Lavagirl keeps trying to find out who she really is and what her purpose is.
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* [[Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up]]: Minus, aka Linus.
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: Tobor
* [[Shark Man]]: Shark Boy, of course.
* [[Sound Effect Bleep]]: When Sharkboy is singing Max to sleep, he either does [[This Trope Is Bleep|this to himself]], or just actually calls Max a "blip."
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Lavagirl is a Type A. It's hard being upbeat when everything you touch literally goes up in smoke.
* [[Stock Aesops]]: Of the "follow your dreams" variety, but presented as "dream a better dream."
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