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* YoureNotMyType: Lexy and Jack tell this to people who think they are a couple.

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* YoureNotMyType: Lexy and Jack tell this to people who think they are a couple.couple.
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Lexy Gold lives among the wealthy and elite of New York. She prides herself on her ability to get the scoop and serve it up in her school newspaper's gossip column. She competes for status on the newspaper with Jack Downey, the editor. When a photograph Lexy has taken of her teacher, Mr. Walker, is published in the city's daily paper, he goes missing and his car is found in the East River. With help from Lexy's best friend Jennifer Hervey and one of her schoolmates Gabe, Lexy and Jack set out to solve the mystery behind the disappearance.

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Lexy Gold lives among the wealthy and elite of New York. She prides herself on her ability to get the scoop and serve it up in her school newspaper's gossip column. She competes for status on the newspaper with Jack Downey, the editor. When a photograph Lexy has taken of her teacher, Mr. Walker, is published in the city's daily paper, he goes missing and his car is found in the East River. With help from Lexy's best friend Jennifer "Jenn" Hervey and one of her schoolmates Gabe, Lexy and Jack set out to solve the mystery behind the disappearance.
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Lexy Gold lives among the wealthy and elite of New York. She prides herself on her ability to get the scoop and serve it up in her school newspaper's gossip column. She competes for status on the newspaper with Jack Downey, the editor. When a photograph Lexy has taken of her teacher, Mr. Walker, is published in the city's daily paper, he goes missing and his car is found in the East River. With help from Lexy's best friend Jennifer and one of her schoolmates Gabe, Lexy and Jack set out to solve the mystery behind the disappearance.

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Lexy Gold lives among the wealthy and elite of New York. She prides herself on her ability to get the scoop and serve it up in her school newspaper's gossip column. She competes for status on the newspaper with Jack Downey, the editor. When a photograph Lexy has taken of her teacher, Mr. Walker, is published in the city's daily paper, he goes missing and his car is found in the East River. With help from Lexy's best friend Jennifer Hervey and one of her schoolmates Gabe, Lexy and Jack set out to solve the mystery behind the disappearance.
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''Get a Clue'' is a 2002 Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movie starring Creator/LindsayLohan as Lexy Gold, a high-school student who investigates a mystery after one of her teachers goes missing.

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''Get a Clue'' is a 2002 Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movie starring Creator/LindsayLohan as Lexy Alexandra "Lexy" Gold, a high-school student who investigates a mystery after one of her teachers goes missing.
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%%* DeadpanSnarker: Jack.
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Not to be confused with a [[Series/GetAClue Game Show Network original that takes the same title]].
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* MirrorScare: Lexy freaks out upon seeing Grandville in a mirror.

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%%* AlphaBitch: Jennifer.



%%* GrumpyBear: Again, Jack.



* KingIncognito: The recurring homeless bum that is seen throughout the movie is [[spoiler:an affluent city councilman who went to live on the streets for a month to truly understand the plight of the homeless]].

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* KingIncognito: The recurring homeless bum that is seen throughout the movie is [[spoiler:an [[spoiler: an affluent city councilman who went to live on the streets for a month to truly understand the plight of the homeless]].



%%* SnoopingLittleKid: Technically they're teens.
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* FreeRangeChildren: The kids are only 13, yet they wander aimlessly around New York City with little to no supervision from their parents.

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* FreeRangeChildren: The kids are only 13, teenagers, yet they wander aimlessly around New York City with little to no supervision from their parents.

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* ActionSurvivor: Lexy, a amateur journalist along with her friends are all thrust into a life-threatening conspiracy involving theft and blackmail.



* BigApplesauce: The story takes place in Manhattan.
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Detective Charles Meaney aka Falco Grandville]].



* ClearMyName: Lexy and her friends set out to help [[spoiler: Mr. Walker]] do this.



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%%* SnoopingLittleKid: technically Technically they're teens.teens.
* WronglyAccused: [[spoiler: Mr. Walker was wrongly accused of stealing $10,000,000, forcing him to change his identity]].
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* RealSongThemeTune: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jTC1onUNcE "Get a Clue"]] by Canadian band {{Music/Prozzak}}.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Lexy's interest in fashion, [[spoiler: leads her to properly identify Mrs. Petrossian's brooch as Falco's true goal]].

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* ChekhovsSkill: Lexy's interest in fashion, fashion [[spoiler: leads her to properly identify Mrs. Petrossian's brooch as Falco's true goal]].



* EurekaMoment: When Lexy realizes that [[spoiler: Mrs. Petrossian's "tacky" brooch is far more valuable than it appears.]]

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* EurekaMoment: When Lexy realizes that [[spoiler: Mrs.[[spoiler:Mrs. Petrossian's "tacky" brooch is far more valuable than it appears.]]



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%%* KidDetective* KidDetective: The main characters are preteens who solve a case that the FBI didn't get.



* RealSongThemeTune: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jTC1onUNcE Get a Clue]] by Canadian band, {{Music/Prozzak}}.

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* RealSongThemeTune: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jTC1onUNcE Get "Get a Clue]] Clue"]] by Canadian band, band {{Music/Prozzak}}.
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* AmateurSleuth: Lexy Gold, Jack Downey, along with Lexy's friend Jennifer and their schoolmate Gabe go to great lengths try and get the inside scoop on the disappearance of their teacher.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Lexy's interest in fashion, [[spoiler: leads her to properly identify Mrs. Petrossian's brooch as Falco's true goal]].


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* EurekaMoment: When Lexy realizes that [[spoiler: Mrs. Petrossian's "tacky" brooch is far more valuable than it appears.]]
* GenkiGirl: Lexy Gold, whose impetuousness annoys Jack (who actually has a bit of a crush on her) to no end.


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* PoliceAreUseless: Well, not entirely, but Lexy does have to lead them to [[spoiler: Falco]] in the end.


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* SmugSnake: Detective Meaney [[spoiler: aka Falco Grandville]] turns out to be one nasty piece of work.
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Lexy Gold lives amongst the wealthy and elite of New York. She prides herself on her ability to get the scoop and serve it up in her school newspaper's gossip column. She competes for status on the newspaper with Jack Downey, the editor. When a photograph Lexy has taken of her teacher, Mr. Walker, is published in the city's daily paper, he goes missing and his car is found in the East River. With help from Lexy's best friend Jennifer and one of her schoolmates Gabe, Lexy and Jack set out to solve the mystery behind the disappearance.

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Lexy Gold lives amongst among the wealthy and elite of New York. She prides herself on her ability to get the scoop and serve it up in her school newspaper's gossip column. She competes for status on the newspaper with Jack Downey, the editor. When a photograph Lexy has taken of her teacher, Mr. Walker, is published in the city's daily paper, he goes missing and his car is found in the East River. With help from Lexy's best friend Jennifer and one of her schoolmates Gabe, Lexy and Jack set out to solve the mystery behind the disappearance.


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* KingIncognito: The recurring homeless bum that is seen throughout the movie is [[spoiler:an affluent city councilman who went to live on the streets for a month to truly understand the plight of the homeless]].
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''Get a Clue'' is a 2002 DisneyChannel Original Movie starring LindsayLohan as Lexy Gold, a high-school student who investigates a mystery after one of her teachers goes missing.

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''Get a Clue'' is a 2002 DisneyChannel Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movie starring LindsayLohan Creator/LindsayLohan as Lexy Gold, a high-school student who investigates a mystery after one of her teachers goes missing.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The fact that Lexy had a web cam (in 2002) was probably supposed to indicate that she was rich, but nowadays web cams come built into most computers.
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* ShoutOut: To Spy movies in general.

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* ActionGirl: Lexy.
* AlphaBitch: Jennifer.
* DeadpanSnarker: Jack.

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* ActionGirl: Lexy.
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* GrumpyBear: Again, Jack.
* KidDetective

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* SnoopingLittleKid: technically they're teens.

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* %%* SnoopingLittleKid: technically they're teens.
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* RealSongThemeTune: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jTC1onUNcE Get a Clue]] by Canadian band, ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_and_Milo Prozzäk]]''

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* RealSongThemeTune: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jTC1onUNcE Get a Clue]] by Canadian band, ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_and_Milo Prozzäk]]'' {{Music/Prozzak}}.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Who knew that [[Film/MeanGirls Cady Heron]] would ever team up with [[TheLittleRascals Alfalfa Switzer]] and [[Film/TheSocialNetwork Christy Lee]] / [[TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody London Tipton]] to find [[Series/CougarTown Andy Torres]] who has a crush on [[Film/PulpFiction Honey Bunny]]?
** The BigBad is [[TheNanny Mr. Sheffield]]
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* FreeRangeChildren: The kids are only 13, yet they wander aimlessly around the city with little to no supervision from their parents.

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* FreeRangeChildren: The kids are only 13, yet they wander aimlessly around the city New York City with little to no supervision from their parents.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Who knew that [[Film/MeanGirls Cady Heron]] would ever team up with [[TheLittleRascals Alfalfa Switzer]] and [[TheSocialNetwork Christy Lee]] / [[TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody London Tipton]] to find [[Series/CougarTown Andy Torres]] who has a crush on [[PulpFiction Honey Bunny]]?

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Who knew that [[Film/MeanGirls Cady Heron]] would ever team up with [[TheLittleRascals Alfalfa Switzer]] and [[TheSocialNetwork [[Film/TheSocialNetwork Christy Lee]] / [[TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody London Tipton]] to find [[Series/CougarTown Andy Torres]] who has a crush on [[PulpFiction [[Film/PulpFiction Honey Bunny]]?
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Who knew that [[Film/MeanGirls Cady Heron]] would ever team up with [[TheLittleRascals Alfalfa Switzer]] and [[TheSocialNetwork Christy Lee]] / [[TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody London Tipton]] to find [[CougarTown Andy Torres]] who has a crush on [[PulpFiction Honey Bunny]]?

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Who knew that [[Film/MeanGirls Cady Heron]] would ever team up with [[TheLittleRascals Alfalfa Switzer]] and [[TheSocialNetwork Christy Lee]] / [[TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody London Tipton]] to find [[CougarTown [[Series/CougarTown Andy Torres]] who has a crush on [[PulpFiction Honey Bunny]]?
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''Get a Clue'' is a 2002 DisneyChannel Original Movie starring LindsayLohan as Lexy Gold, a high-school student who investigates a mystery after one of her teachers goes missing.

Lexy Gold lives amongst the wealthy and elite of New York. She prides herself on her ability to get the scoop and serve it up in her school newspaper's gossip column. She competes for status on the newspaper with Jack Downey, the editor. When a photograph Lexy has taken of her teacher, Mr. Walker, is published in the city's daily paper, he goes missing and his car is found in the East River. With help from Lexy's best friend Jennifer and one of her schoolmates Gabe, Lexy and Jack set out to solve the mystery behind the disappearance.

Their teacher, Miss Dawson, becomes involved as she and Mr. Walker were having an affair. Jack receives a message from Mr. Walker about a scholarship. Lexy and Jack search his old apartment, where they run into Detective Charles Meany, who is searching for Mr. Walker. Jenn and Gabe watch Miss Dawson at Gabe's house with a video camera to keep an eye on her. Lexy and Jack later meet Mrs. Petrossian, who is Mr. Walker's mother, at her house. They discover that Mr. Walker changed his identity after being accused of stealing $10,000,000. Mr. Walker later receives a letter from the real person who stole the money, framing Mr. Walker...

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!!The movie exhibits the following tropes:

* ActionGirl: Lexy.
* AlphaBitch: Jennifer.
* DeadpanSnarker: Jack.
* FreeRangeChildren: The kids are only 13, yet they wander aimlessly around the city with little to no supervision from their parents.
* GrumpyBear: Again, Jack.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Who knew that [[Film/MeanGirls Cady Heron]] would ever team up with [[TheLittleRascals Alfalfa Switzer]] and [[TheSocialNetwork Christy Lee]] / [[TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody London Tipton]] to find [[CougarTown Andy Torres]] who has a crush on [[PulpFiction Honey Bunny]]?
** The BigBad is [[TheNanny Mr. Sheffield]]
* KidDetective
* RealSongThemeTune: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jTC1onUNcE Get a Clue]] by Canadian band, ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_and_Milo Prozzäk]]''
* ShoutOut: To Spy movies in general.
* SnoopingLittleKid: technically they're teens.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: The fact that Lexy had a web cam (in 2002) was probably supposed to indicate that she was rich, but nowadays web cams come built into most computers.
* YoureNotMyType: Lexy and Jack tell this to people who think they are a couple.

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