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Staying away from broad and cartoonish plots; the show is one of [[Slice of Life|the subtler among animated comedies]], with much of the humor deriving from its many one-liners ([[Screams Like a Little Girl|and Tino's screams, of course]]).
Noted for its surprisingly good writing, averting the [[Limited Wardrobe]] (unusual for an animated show) and for [[No Fourth Wall|often breaking the fourth wall]], with the audience being addressed directly by (usually) Tino, serving as a narrator of sorts; other characters have also taken this role, or even [[Lampshaded]] it on occasion. Also had quite a set of [[Once an Episode]] recurring gags, such as the seemingly indecisive [[Local Hangout|pizza place]] (never having the same name or theme twice), Tino's Mom serving highly questionable food, and of course "[[Catch Phrase|Later Days!]]" One other reason this show stands out is the aversion of the [[Adults Are Useless]] trope - showing that adults ''can'' be useful and ''still'' have a good show.
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* [[Alliterative Name]]: Tino Tonatini.
** As well as his near-clone, Tony Tordellaro.
* [[Amicably Divorced]]: Tino's parents. While Tino's dad doesn't visit very often, his relationship with his mom still seems to be friendly enough that they can have a friendly dinner now and then with her new boyfriend.
* [[Bad Bad Acting]] / [[Dull Surprise]]: Lor whenever she tries to act or lie.
** Take this scene from ''"Radio Drama"'' for example:
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** ''inverted'' in "Brain Dead". This trope usually entails the "nerd" overreacting to a low score, while his/her friends wonder what's so bad. In "Brain Dead", Tish tries to brush off her "B" grade, but her friends are hesitant to accept the fact that she didn't get an "A". This leads the group attempting to give Tish a new ''reputation'', since she could no longer be the "nerd".
* [[Big Eater]]: Carver. Tish's mother, when she hangs out with them she wins a chili dog eating contest.
* [[Black Best Friend]]: Carver
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: The group as a whole is a mixed example: [[Fiery Redhead|Lor]], [[Brainy Brunette|Tish]], [[Darkskinned Blonde|Tino]], and [[Black Best Friend|Carver]].
* [[The Cameo]]: [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]] in "My Punky Valentine."
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* [[Different in Every Episode]]: The pizza restaurant has a different theme and the museum offers a sample of a different exotic food in each episode.
* [[The Ditz]]: Lor...kind of. In one episode she takes it to the extreme when shes acting like a teen in a TV show when the gang are being filmed by a documentarist. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].
** Bluke isn't [[Metaphorgotten|the brightest bulb in the knife drawer either.]]
** "The Tao of Bluke" reveals that he's really just simple, rather than stupid as revealed at the episode's end when they won pizzas instead of the pool table.
{{quote|'''Bluke:''' I think we won the best prize...I mean with a pizza, you can split it five ways, but how are you going to split a pool table?}}
* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]/[[G-Rated Drug]]: In the "Celebrity" episode in which Tish becomes a [[Local Celebrity]], she can be seen drowning her sorrows in Chug-A-Freezes when she realizes she's not famous anymore. She even asks for another, but the man at the counter tells her he thinks she's had enough.
* [[Dysfunctional Family]]: Lor's family doesn't have many personal problems or anything like that. But Lor has so many brothers that it reaches the double digits, and quite frankly she admits that she does not know how many brothers she has. That has to count for something. She has somewhere between thirteen and sixteen.
* [[Feud Episode]]: ''"Taking Sides"''
* [[Free-Range Children]]: They're allowed to go everywhere in Bahia Bay on the weekends it seems. They never run into any issues where their parents specifically forbid them from going somewhere. It's possible that since they're in middle school and they rarely travel alone that their parents will think they're okay.
* [[Flowers for Algernon Syndrome]]: ''"Sense and Sensitivity"''
* [[Five-Token Band]]: Black Carver, Scottish-American Lor, Eastern European Jewish Tish, and Italian-American Tino (whose family is apparently also pagan)
* [[Flat Joy]]: One of the problems with Lor's [[Bad Bad Acting]]. Tish fixes it later by having Tino say shes still under the zombie curse.
* [[Funny Foreigner]]: Tish's mother, whose main purpose was to mangle "kiss and make up" into "kitchen my cup".
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Tino's mom.
{{quote|'''Tino''': "How do you know something's up?"
'''Tino's Mom''': "Oh, it just seems like you always have some kind of problem by Saturday night." }}
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*** "And she'll need her trusty sidekick, Carver Lad!"
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: It was a popular subtle animated show on Disney that didn't involve singing, so ''of course'' it has no DVDs to speak of and is completely forgotten by their company.
** It has no VHS's either. It aired on television, randomly, up until 2008 or 2009 too.
* [[Knife Nut]]: Frances likes pointy things.
* [[The Ladette]]: Lor is about as close to this trope as a 12 year old girl can get on a kid's show.
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* [[Malaproper]]: Tish's mom. "Now why don' you kitchen my cup?" "You mean 'kiss and make up'?" "Is what I say!"
* [[The Makeover]]: Tish in the episode where she become a local celebrity.
* [[Massive
* [[Meaningful Name]]: When Tish is having an identity crisis after [[The "B" Grade|getting a B]], she goes to get help from her parents, who reveal that every person in [[The Old Country]] receives a [[Meaningful Name]] at birth. They re-name her to Petratishkova so she wouldn't be saddled with an identity due to her name.
** It turns out her name means "girl with one nose."
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* [[Overly Narrow Superlative]]: In one episode, one of the yearbook superlatives is "Best Tino." The main character didn't even win it.
* [[Pac-Man Fever]]: Averted. In the episode "Shoes of Destiny" Lor and Tino are playing a game involving space robots fighting. The sounds match up to the movements, and when Carver shows up, the Konami pause sound even plays as the screen goes blank!
** Not to mention, anyone with a keen ear can recognize the sound effects - plenty of which actually come from ''[[Super Mario Bos]]''.
* [[Parental Bonus]]: As with almost every cartoon, references most kid won't get show up in the dialogue. For example, in one episode when Tish was babysitting Carver's brother, Todd, she tries to read ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'' to him (she even described it as a story for [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?|kids of all ages]]).
* [[Parent with New Paramour]]: Tino's Mom dates Dixon, who often gets along with the gang. And in a rare instance for cartoons, not only did he appear in future episodes instead of just being a oneshot character, they also didn't immediately jump to the two of them going straight to marriage.
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* [[Wrench Wench]]: Tino's mom would sometimes be shown working on her car.
* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[Saved by the Bell]]'' meets ''Recess''.
** more like ''[[Saved by the Bell]]'' meets ''[[All Grown Up!]]'' it's more akin to a young tween comedy than it is an out right kids show. Helps that they are actually in middle school.
* [[Vocal Evolution]]: Lor's voice is higher in season 4.
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