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* [[Love At First Punch]] - Pete Garvey develops this for Amanda after she physically punishes him for his treatment of David. It also results in him no longer bullying David.
* [[The Meddling Kids Are Useless]] - Played surprisingly straight in ''Janie's Private Eyes''. While the kids actually ''do'' find out who the dognappers are and get proof, it's someone else who calls the cops and solves the case, rescuing the kids (who are in danger) in the process.
* [[Never Say "Die"]] - At least not in English. When David begins to think that their kidnappers might kill them all, in the second book, the words "die" or "kill" are never used in the narration. The Italian word for dead, "morto", is used when Amanda is being told to write a ransom note in English by the Italian-speaking captors, but Janie refuses to translate the word.
* [[Police Are Useless]] - Subverted. They end up being quite useful.
* [[Prolonged Prologue]] - Happens in ''The Famous Stanley Kidnapping Case''. Much of the first 90 pages of the book are the author spending a lot of time showing us unimportant things about Italy, before the plot kicks in.
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