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The chemical gives her an... [[Combo-Platter Powers|interesting variety of superhuman powers]]: [[Psychic Powers|telekinesis]], the ability to [[Shock and Awe|zap electricity]] from her fingers, the ability to <s>turn into a puddle of cheesy CGI "water"</s> melt a la ''[[Terminator]] 2'', and glow when she senses danger or gets upset. Her best friend Ray Alvarado (Darris Love) and her older sister Annie (Meredith Bishop) learn soon after and try to keep it a secret from anyone else. Unfortunately, Danielle Atron (Louan Gideon)--the head of the chemical plant that created GC-161--wants to see what effect the chemical has on human beings and has decided that finding the kid who was drenched and experimenting on him/her is a good way to go about this. She enlists the help of Vince Carter (John Marzilli), the head of plant security, to track her down. Vince is partnered up with Dave Watt (John Nielsen), the driver responsible for the accident, who may or may not (more likely the latter) be able to recognize the child.

 

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* [[Accidental Art]]: Robyn's oral narrative "The Dogs Ate My Homework" gets a good grade, even though that ''really was'' the story of what happened.

* [[Accidental Athlete]]: Alex is sprinting down the hallway of her school attempting to avoid being late to class and getting in trouble. She is still late for class, but instead of getting chastised she is recruited for the track team.

* [[Correspondence Course]]: One plot has Dave taking a course in detective work and eventually discovering Alex's secret identity. This also led to him using [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] for the rest of the show to stop anyone from realizing he knew,

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Danielle Atron

* [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]]: When Danielle Atron realized that GC-161 has too many side effects to be used as a weight loss product she decided to sell it as such anyway and leave the country with the money before the FDA would realize what happened. It never occurred to her that she would be able to make a lot more money (and not be an outlaw) if she would sell it to the army as a [[Super Serum]].

* [[The Dragon]]: Vince. Even after being fired he constantly tries to convince Danielle to re-hire him.

* [[Freaky Friday Flip]]: Alex switches bodies with her mom, but it was [[All Just a Dream]].

* [[Free the Frogs]]

* [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]]: Annie and Alex, though the rivalry itself takes a back seat to Annie's fascination with Alex's powers and Alex's reliance on Annie's smarts when she gets in trouble.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Alex ends up naked after morphing the first time. Also, in a later episode, her aunt talks of how she made a jackass out of herself at christmas.

* [[Naive Everygirl]]

* [[Never Bareheaded]]: You almost never see Alex without some sort of hat on her head. [[Lampshaded]] as sometimes others even mention her frequent hat usage.

* [[Ordinary High School Student]]: Alex, she even says "I was just another average kid until an accident changed my life" in the opening credits. It's also worth noting that she wore a similar outfit to the one mentioned in the description of this trope on the day she was soaked with the chemicals that gave her superpowers.

* [[Parental Obliviousness]]: Rather selective. The Mack parents often notice the problem of the episode that Alex and/or Annie is having, but didn't notice Alex's powers or Annie studying her for four years.

* [[Phlebotinum Breakdown]]: Alex's powers go haywire when she gets the common cold.

* [[Phlebotinum Rebel]]

* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: Alex and Ray, a rare example of a platonic friendship portrayed realistically.

* [[Power-Up Food]]: Whenever Alex eats curry, she'd gain [[Super Strength]].

* [[Tomboyish Name]]: Never really pointed out in the show, but it's funny now that there's an [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=12616 Alex Mack] in the National Football League.

** She prefers it to her [[Embarrassing First Name|real first name]], "Alexandra."

* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: The "shape" being an amorphous puddle, but whatever.

* [[What If]]: Ray has an [[All Just a Dream]] episode where [[Lightning Can Do Anything|a bolt of lightning]] causes Alex's powers to jump to him and Alex has two [[What If]] episodes: one where she switches bodies with her mother (making her mom have Alex's powers) and one where [[Wonderful Life|Alex sees what the world would be like if she were never born]], which also includes her mom being the victim of the chemical accident that led to Alex's powers.

 

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