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* [[Broken Bridge]]: All the time on a small scale. See also [[Closed Circle]].

** Lampshaded in ''5th grade'':

* [[Chickification]]: Joni, though admittedly this mostly involved her abandoning her [[Fearless Fool]] tendencies.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: It's a good thing that Laptrap yells at Owen for using him as a mirror in reading!

* [[Closed Circle]]: 5th grade, 6th grade, and Reading have game-wide examples. 5th grade deserves special notice in that everyone on the island is trapped, having tried and failed to get off for generations--they say [[Genius Loci|it doesn't want them to leave]].

* [[Collective Groan]] / [[First Name Ultimatum]]: In the opening of 3rd grade:

'''All:''' '''''OWEN!''''' }}

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: In ''Search & Solve Adventures'', a villain forces [[Ridiculously-Human Robots]] to work as her slaves, keeping them in line by [[Denied Food as Punishment|denying them new batteries]].

* [[Evil Is Not a Toy]]: {{spoiler|The fourth game's villain learns this the hard way.}}

* [[Evil Laugh]]: Parodied/subverted:

* [[Fan Nickname]]: Because nearly every game package shows Joni as pointing toward something, some people refer to her as "the pointing girl."

* [[Fearless Fool]]: Joni in the earlier games, played as a [[Running Gag]].

* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: you can carry anything in "the backpack" -- including bridge planks in the 6th grade game.

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: During the spelling catwalks challenge:

** They also Lampshaded the use of [[Fetch Quest|Fetch Quests]] in ''Search and Solve Adventures''.

* [[Let's Split Up, Gang!]]: Every main game except 4th grade.