History FanFic / PopularMechanicsForLovers

%%* HeroesWantRedheads: Arnold and Phoebe.

* ACupAngst: {{Invoked}} by Wanda, who feels that Phoebe should suffer from it.
* TheAlcoholic: Wanda. Played for laughs.
* AlphaBitch: Janet.
* AscendedExtra: Mikey

* BetterAsFriends: [[spoiler: Keesha]] and Ralphie.

* CallBack: To the episodes "The Busasaurus", "Wet All Over" and "Holiday Special".
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Mikey]]

* ComingOfAgeStory
* DeadpanSnarker: Carlos.

* GeniusCripple: {{Averted}} with Mikey, despite his portrayal as such in {{Canon}}.
* GenkiGirl: Wanda.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Arnold and Phoebe.
* HighSchoolDance: The prom at the climax.
* IdiotBall: Tim writes a song about his and Arnold's rivalry over Phoebe, and then brings her on a date to one of his band's gigs. He plays an album by Brand New, whose first two albums - all that they had released at the time this story is set - were entirely about breakups, in his car on the way there. At the gig, he not only plays the song but dedicates it to "a girl in the audience tonight".

* JerkassWithAHeartOfGold: Wanda.
* LampshadeHanging: When a heartbroken [[spoiler: Phoebe]] locks herself in Carlos' bedroom and Carlos and Arnold run up after her, Wanda and Keesha begin discussing how the gang's lives are starting to resemble a teen soap.
** Just before this, Wanda and Keesha arrive at Carlos' house to talk to Ralphie (who is hiding from Janet there). Tim and Arnold arrive at the same time to see Phoebe (who is helping Mikey with his homework). Just as Carlos closes the door behind them, the doorbell rings. It's Dorothy Ann. Carlos' response?

* LeadBassist: Tim

* RefugeInAudacity: Wanda's response to being caught spying on Janet and Ralphie.

* ShipTease: a very long, complex one involving Arnold, Tim, Phoebe, Mikey, Janet, Carlos, Keesha, Wanda ''and'' Ralphie.

* TallDarkAndSnarky: Carlos.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Wanda and Phoebe.

* BlatantLies: When Wanda and Keesha decide to break up Janet and Ralphie, Wanda takes to spying on them from a tree in the garden. Unfortunately, she falls out, and has to explain what she's doing up a tree dressed in black. Her answer? She was chasing a rare kind of weasel, also a CallBack to her CatchPhrase in {{Canon}} ("Come on, you weaselly wimps!")

* HollywoodDateless: Tim and Arnold. {{Justified|Trope}} by their feelings for Phoebe.

* FoeYay: {{Invoked}} in-universe with Ralphie and Janet.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3528313/1/Popular_Mechanics_For_Lovers Popular Mechanics For Lovers]]'' is a humorous 7-chapter ''Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus'' FanFic by Creator/{{the ultimateSora}}. The gang are in high school. Tim and Arnold love Phoebe. She doesn't love them, but she is tutoring Mikey. Wanda and Keesha love Ralphie. He has a girlfriend. Dorothy Ann doesn't know who loves her, but she suspects that the anonymous notes inviting her to the end-of-year dance are from Carlos. Carlos ''seems'' oblivious to everything. HilarityEnsues. Despite the fact that the four girls call themselves 'The Fantasmic Four' and keep a joint scrapbook documenting their lives, it does not take place in the same continuity as ''FanFic/TheLifeAndTimesOfTheFantasmicFour''.

!!Tropes that appear in ''Popular Mechanics For Lovers'' include:

* NoodleIncident: The first time Wanda "[[{{CrowningMomentOfFunny}} broke her ass]]..."

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3528313/1/Popular_Mechanics_For_Lovers Popular Mechanics For Lovers]]'' is a humorous 7-chapter ''TheMagicSchoolBus'' FanFic by [[{{Creator/TheUltimateSora}} the ultimateSora]]. The gang are in high school. Tim and Arnold love Phoebe. She doesn't love them, but she is tutoring Mikey. Wanda and Keesha love Ralphie. He has a girlfriend. Dorothy Ann doesn't know who loves her, but she suspects that the anonymous notes inviting her to the end-of-year dance are from Carlos. Carlos ''seems'' oblivious to everything. HilarityEnsues. Despite the fact that the four girls call themselves 'The Fantasmic Four' and keep a joint scrapbook documenting their lives, it does not take place in the same continuity as ''FanFic/TheLifeAndTimesOfTheFantasmicFour''.

* BedMateReveal / WhatDidIDoLastNight: The morning after her date with [[spoiler: Arnold]], Phoebe wakes up in bed with him.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Phoebe and Arnold were the shyest kids in their third-grade class (as well as the only redheads and the only left-handed kids). Together [[{{CallBack}} they managed to outrun a T-Rex]].

* GenreSavvy: Wanda in the climax, when she [[{{LampshadeHanging}} lampshades]] the dramatic relationship revelations by remarking that they appear to be living in a mixture of a tragic play and a teen soap. Also Carlos, [[{{LampshadeHanging}} lampshading]] D.A.'s arrival.

* ShoutOut: DeathCabForCutie, Brand New and ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' all get namechecked. Dorothy Ann's surname is given as Ewing.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Phoebe and Arnold were the shyest kids in their third-grade class (as well as the only redheads and the only left-handed kids). Together [[{{CallBack}} they managed to outrun a T-Rex]].

* ShoutOut: DeathCabForCutie, Brand New and ''{{Dallas}}'' all get namechecked. Dorothy Ann's surname is given as Ewing.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Phoebe and Arnold were the shyest kids in their fourth-grade class (as well as the only redheads and the only left-handed kids). Together [[{{CallBack}} they managed to outrun a T-Rex]].

* PromNight: At the climax.