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* [[Academy of Adventure]]

* [[Action Girl]]: Maggie, if the [[Fight Scene]] in "Thor's Slammer" was any indication of where her character is going.

* [[Air Vent Passageway]]: Used by Henry, Jasper, and {{spoiler|Uncle Brian }} in ''Past, Presidents and Future''

* [[Beneath Suspicion]]: Ambassador Tolo's PR representative.

* [[Book Ends]]: Shown in "The Liberian Candidate".

* [[Brainy Brunette]]: Maggie.

* [[Cannot Tell a Joke]]: Henry in spades.

* [[Ceiling Cling]]: Henry does this in "The Fountain of Truth".

* [[The Cheerleader]]: Subverted when {{spoiler|the 'dumb cheerleader' turned out to be incredibly smart, and was dosing the team with the 'fountain of youth' in secret. The reason she pretended to be dumb was so boys would like her}}.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: {{spoiler|Chekhov's Muffins.}}

** And <s> Chekhov's</s> [[Harry Houdini|Houdini]]'s {{spoiler|Key in "Now You See Me"}}.

* [[The Cracker]]: Part of the [[Five-Bad Band]] in "Maximum Insecurity".

* [[Cut Short]]: The [[Season Finale]] had set up [[What Could Have Been]] the start of season two. [[Too Good to Last|Then came the announcement on November 20th]]...

* [[Dawson Casting]]: Italia Ricci (Maggie) is 24. A bit of a stretch for someone playing a high schooler, but she makes it work.

* [[Deadly Gas]]: A bordeline case used in Professor Morneau's greenhouse.

* [[Designated Girl Fight]]: Maggie and the female professor/scientist in "Thor's Slammer".

* [[Elaborate University High]]: Surprisingly [[Averted Trope|averted]]. Smithson High is reasonably sized ([[Your Mileage May Vary]]), considering the fact that it's connected to a museum.

* [[Family-Friendly Firearms]]: '''Completely and utterly averted!'''

* [[Fan Service]]: Seeing Maggie wearing an old west showgirl dress in "The Griffin Gang". Until Jasper makes her [[Fan Disservice|show those ugly teeth dentures...]]

* [[Female Gaze]]: After it's mentioned in a roundabout way that Henry goes commando ("It's a formal dance Henry, so wear underwear!"), the camera follows his bum as it walks upstairs for a little longer than necessary.

* [[Fish Out of Water]]: Henry lived in pretty much everywhere on Earth except in urban society.

* [[Freudian Trio]]: Henry (id), Jasper (superego), and Maggie (ego).

* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: Inverted with the DOUM Room.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: [[Unnatural History/Radar|Has its own page.]]

* [[Going Commando]]: It's been hinted that Henry does this. See [[Female Gaze]].

* [[Green-Eyed Epiphany]]: Jasper spends most of one episode in a jealous sulking when he suspects that Henry's taking Maggie to the eclipse viewing. What happens [[Virgin Sacrifice|is much worse]].

* [[Haunted House]]: E.W.'s definitely felt like one at first, minus the run down look.

* [[Ho Yay]]: Henry and Jasper. Jasper calls Henry his "butt posse" and "someone to cover his rear end" before explaining that "girls call them bff's" and hurrying away.

** In "Maximum Insecurity", after the scuff marks he and Maggie have been following to find Jasper disappear, Henry reveals that he knows Jasper's scent well enough to ''follow it.'' [[Fridge Brilliance]] also brings up the point that Henry not only managed to pick out the scent as Jasper's, he was able to distinguish it from the scent of the thieves who've been running up and down the hall ''and'' several hours after Jasper had been there. [[Stalker with a Crush|It's a bit interesting, to say the least.]]

* [[Hollywood Hacking]]

* [[I Need No Ladders]]: Henry all the way. The other two of the trio get into it too, although Jasper is [[Geek Physiques|less than pleased]].

* [[Kissing Cousins]]: Henry/Jasper is the most popular pairing in the fandom. [[Justified Trope|It's not exactly]] [[Ship Tease|unwarranted.]]

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: "Henry, please tell me you've been in the exact same situation before and have some kind of astounding escape plan." {{spoiler|He does.}}

* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: Or more precisely, {{spoiler|Henry-guided blowdart.}}

* [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]]: Anyone who's ever been to [[Washington DC|Washington, D.C.]] knows that it's not the National Museum Complex but the ''Smithsonian'' or the ''National Mall''.

* [[Le Parkour]]: Part of Henry's basic skillset. This does beg the question of how he knows it if he's never really lived in a city, but let's chalk it up to [[Rule of Cool]].

* [[Linked-List Clue Methodology]]: Episodes that focus on Henry's godfather Dante tend to involve this.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: An [[Adventurer Archaeologist]] named Henry. [[Indiana Jones|Where have I heard of this before...]] Also, Smithson High is named after the founder of the Smithsonian Institution, which, as every good Indy fanboy knows, keeps the dangerous magical artifacts out of the hands of the crazies. In real life, the Smithsonian is simply the largest museum in America; pious skeptic Ales Hrdlicka's been dead longer than most people here have been alive.

* [[Mighty Whitey]]: Henry has apparently lived with members of every African and Asian culture and excelled at all their skills, though we don't know how good he was in comparison to the natives. Of course, this ''does'' leave him with problems being a standard North American teenage boy. It's not clear if this is supposed to be a [[Deconstructed Trope]] or not.

* [[My Greatest Failure]]: Working on the rocket with Jasper, according to Maggie.

* [[My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That]]: Upon being introduced to Maggie by Jasper the first thing Henry asks him afterwards is if he's asked her out yet.

* [[Nerds Are Sexy]]: Jasper.

* [[No MacGuffin, No Winner]]: {{spoiler|Henry destroys a rare plant so no one will be able to abuse the powerful stimulant it produces.}}

* [[Nobody Here But Us Birds]]: Played straight to lure the bad guys around the museum in "Maximum Insecurity". {{spoiler|Well, they thought it would work, till Jasper fails to do so. Played straight later in the climax.}}

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: See [[The Cheerleader]].

* [[One of Us]]: One of the producers of the show [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=raonkyeayxthdw01dcaheda6&page=3#52 posts on TV Tropes' forums.]

** Mike Werb [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=raonkyeayxthdw01dcaheda6&page=5#113 posts there, too].

* [[Out of Order]]: Subtle hints of this.

* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: Professor Morneau.

* [[Playing Against Type]]: Before Unnatural History Kevin G. Schmidt (Henry) had a recurring role in ''The Young And The Restless'' and a minor part [[Disney Channel]] Original Movie. Meanwhile Italia Ricci (Maggie) was cast in the likes of ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' and ''[[Secret Girlfriend]]''.

* [[Potty Failure]]: Jasper. [[Justified Trope|Justfied]] in that he was six and [[It Makes Sense in Context|hanging in a net from a tree]].

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Henry is obsessed with figuring things out and steadfastly refusing to be tied down by convention, while Jasper is preoccupied with fitting in and doing what his father tells him (for the things his father pays attention to, at least).

* [[Sailor Earth]]: When they're not writing Jasper/Henry [[Kissing Cousins|slash]], fanfic authors enjoy pairing up the already hinted [[Pair the Smart Ones|Maggie/Jasper]] relationship, and writing in an OC (usually very well-travelled as well) to act as a [[Love Interest]] to Henry. These can stray into [[Mary Sue]] territory.

* [[Samus Is a Girl]]: [[Girl of the Week|Hoshi's]] introduction.

** [[Animation Age Ghetto]], for live-action.

* [[Ship Sinking]]: Maggie has said that "boyfriend land" is the one place she will not go with Henry.

** One of the two places. The other was the [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|boys' locker room]].

* [[Ship Tease]]: Hints of this, alternating between [[Uptight Loves Wild|Henry/Maggie]], [[Pair the Smart Ones|Jasper/Maggie]], and [[Kissing Cousins|Henry/Jasper]].

* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Henry gets a lot of them, being a [[Mighty Whitey]] and all.

* [[Slow Motion]]: Just for [[Rule of Cool]].

* [[Take That]]: To [[The Jonas Brothers]]. The only time they're mentioned, they're [[Eek! A Mouse!|hiding from a group of mice]], and one of them can clearly be heard yelling "Mommy!"

* [[Three Amigos]]

* [[Toilet Humor]]: Occasionally.

* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: Jasper's known Maggie almost all his life. When he asks her out, she just [[Sarcasm Failure|stares at him and walks away]].

* [[The Un-Reveal]]: "Maximum Insecurity" started off with Jasper and Henry making a deal that whoever got the better exam scores would plan their weekend. After an offer from Mr. Bartlett to excuse them from taking the test so they could fit in both plans, Henry refuses because he'd already studied so hard. We never see how the boys do. Most assume [[Book Dumb|Henry]] [[The Ace|got the better score]].

* [[Verbal Tic]]: Henry [[Self-Demonstrating Article|does not]] really use contractions.

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Jasper.

* [[Wham! Line]]: From "Now You See Me", after E.W. leaves:

* [[What Could Have Been]]: Canned after its first season.

** [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=raonkyeayxthdw01dcaheda6&page=8#198 And the second season and beyond sounds so much interesting]. The whole first season sounds like exposition [[Filler]] compared to it.

* [["What Do They Fear?" Episode]]: "Public School Enemies". See [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]].

* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[National Treasure]]'' meets ''[[Harry Potter]]'', minus the magic.

** ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' meets ''[[National Treasure]]'' meets ''[[Harry Potter]]''?

*** Plus a little ''[[Martin Mystery]]'' for the inappropriate UST between Henry and Jasper.

** One of the commercials for the show calls it "a cross between ''[[The Hardy Boys]]'' and ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' with ''[[National Treasure]]'' thrown in for good measure".

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