History KimPossible / TropesSToZ

-->'''Martin Smarty:''' Well, ''[[HelloNurse hello]]''... Being a ''single'' father such as I am, it would be my privilege to assist you, Miss...?\\

* ShortLivedLeadership: Throughout the series, Bonnie tries to replace Kim a cheer captain. In one late episode, Kim decides she has enough on her plate saving the world and resigns as cheer captain, letting Bonnie take over. After Bonnie realizes how much work comes with the position she quits and Kim agrees to take over again.

** From day one of the second season, we have all manner of ship teases. Whether it be Kim worrying about Ron to a scene that mirrors the upside down kiss between {{Spiderman}} and Mary Jane. It was {{lampshaded}} in "Bad Boy". where Kim hints at Ron bringing her as a date, and context galore throughout even before "Emotion Sickness" pretty much confirmed it.

* UnnamedParent: Kim's parents were both just Dr. Possible - a rocket scientist and a brain surgeon - but each finale episode contained a reveal for one of them. Kim's father was revealed as James Timothy Possible in ''So The Drama'', and Kim's mother was called Annie in "Graduation".[[note]] Which explains why their twin boys are named Jim and Tim! Also, Kim's middle name was revealed to be Anne quite early.[[/note]] The fandom still generally refers to them by the nicknames Ron gave them, and were adopted by the fandom early on: MrDrPossible and MrsDrPossible.

* UnnamedParent: Kim's parents were both just Dr. Possible - a rocket scientist and a brain surgeon - but each finale episode contained a reveal for one of them. Kim's father was revealed as James Timothy Possible in ''So The Drama'', and Kim's mother was called Annie in "Graduation".
* TheUnreveal: Several throughout the series, but notably the very last episode ends as Dr. Drakken is about to tell the story about how his skin turned blue when the series ends.

* SuckECheeses: J.P. Bearymore's Pizza Partytorium.

* ShownTheirWork: The GameBoy Advance games. The second and third one especially put a lot of effort into getting all the little details right, from the ridiculous Drakken plot to Ron dancing like the Oh Boyz, they nailed the look and feel of the episodes.

* SaveTheVillain: The rescue of Monkey Fist in "Gorilla Fist".
** Also saving Drakken and Shego from electrocution in "Rewriting History", and saving Drakken from drowning in "Cap'n Drakken".
*** Averted when a crook robs the Senor Seniors. Rather than ignore their efforts against the con artist to regain what is rightfully theirs, Kim tries to capture them. Technically, she was trying to save the crook from Senior's revenge, so she ''did'' save a villain, just not the ones who for all intents and purposes had built their wealth legitimately and treat villainy as a hobby.

* StabTheSky "Virt-U-Ron" Ron completes the HeroicFantasy episode in true style.

* VagueAge: Shego. She apparently has a degree in teaching. She has also apparently shown romantic feelings for Drakken (who was in college with Kim's father), and definitely dated Mr. Barkin. On the other hand, she acts like a teenager and is young enough to date Senor Senior Jr, who might be Kim's age (sixteen - eighteen).
** Shego claims in "Clean Slate" to an amnesia-afflicted Kim that she was a senior when Kim was a freshman, and owes Shego $10. She likely only said this because she knew she looks young enough to pull off the lie (and get some cash off her arch-enemy to boot).

** The biggest offender was "Emotion Sickness", which also teased Drakken/Shego mercilessly.

** There's also ''[[Series/DancingWithTheStars Ballroom With B Actors,]]'' and celebs like the [[MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen Holsen twins]], [[Music/BritneySpears Britina]] and [[Music/{{NSYNC}} Oh]] [[Music/BackstreetBoys Boyz.]]

* TwinBanter: Jim and Tim, naturally. Hicka-bicka-boo? Hooshaw!

* ThisAintRocketSurgery: Kim's dad is a rocket scientist and her mom is a brain surgeon. This has been the source of many jokes in the series.

* WeWantOurJerkBack: Drakken in "Bad Boy". Ron has this attitude towards Shego in "Stop Team Go".

* SueDonym: Shego's other alias of "Ms. Whoabackoff".

* TrappedInTvLand: "Dimension Twist".

* VisionsOfAnotherSelf: (the episode with Kim's ancestor Miriam "Mim" Possible, also multiple [[IdenticalGrandson Identical Grandchildren]] bordering on GenerationXerox.

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway?: Ron unwisely mocks Burns' number-crunching abilities. Other examples occur throughout.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman?: The fatalities of the series includes The Bebes (robots), Syntho-Drone 901 (a [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot ridiculously human synthodrone]]), Warmonga and Warhawk (aliens), and Drakken's insta-clones of Kim, Ron, Rufus, and Bonnie (from "Kimitation Nation"). No human was harmed.

* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs?: "And The Molerat will be CGI".

** Sometimes this would be inconsistent: BradPitt and Creator/JuliaRoberts are mentioned by name, where others are {{Lawyer Friendly Cameo}}s, and Ron has the Sony Ericsson ringtone.

* ShoutOut:
** "[[Film/AnimalHouse Toga! Toga! Toga!]]" (and plenty more.)
** Kim made a reference to [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer combusting cheerleaders]].
** Shop Smart. Shop [[Film/ArmyOfDarkness Smarty Mart]].
** Team Impossible's uniforms are highly reminiscent of ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}, especially how he looked in the 90's.
*** The show is savvy enough to have a boat pilot named ''[[VideoGame/SplinterCell Sam]]'', in an episode where Kim dons a black stealth suit. An incomplete list of shout outs can be found on tv.com.
*** A near impossible to spot one comes when Ron has to merge the staff of NewForest with the sword in the Everworld episode. The magic words? [[Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks 'Treguna, mecoides']].
** In the first episode of the fourth season, we hear "[[VideoGame/ZeroWing All your battle suit are now belong to me!]]"
** Drakken's real name is Dr. Drew Lipsky, and he tells his mother he's a radio talk show psychologist. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Pinsky Remind you of anyone?]]
** Ron knocks down a mini golf Film/{{Titanic|1997}}, as a SuspiciouslySimilarSong of the film's tune plays.
** The name "Brick Flagg" implies that at least one of the writers was a fan of Creator/DCComics' ''[[ComicBook/SuicideSquad.''
** In the Christmas episode, Drakken goes into [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas a very Grinch-esque rant about Christmas, which mentions "roast beast"]] [[{{Angrish}} and eventually devolves into Seuss-esque nonce words]] (which Shego lampshades)
** A quick and dirty one from Kim:
-->[[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo "'Haunted island'? 'Keep out meddling kids'?]] [[SarcasmMode ''Puh-leze''."]]
** ''A Sitch In Time'' pulls a double whammy: Not only does young Drakken wear a skull t-shirt just like [[CreepyChild Sid]] of WesternAnimation/ToyStory, the design echos ThePunisher's style of wardrobe.
** "Monkey Fist Strikes" has Kim retrieving an artifact for the titular villain, before knowing he was evil. The scene of her retrieving the artifact is Kim's love letter to ''Franchise/TombRaider''.
** [[Disney/TheLionKing "It's the circle of life."]] Kim even lampshades it.
** [[Film/JamesBond "Good evening Miss Possible]]. The name's Schtoppable. [[SeanConnery Ron Schtoppable]]."
** And yet another obscure ShoutOut to [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer you know who]]. Kim's casual clothes are the same gym outfit Buffy wore a few times.
** A particular phrase that Barkin shouts early in ''Captain Drakken'' ("Move that bus!") is reminiscent of a [[Series/ExtremeMakeoverHomeEdition certain other show]].
** Rufus In Show: Kim, Ron and Rufus survive a jump off a cliff using, of all things, a [[Literature/AliceInWonderland dress parachute]].
** Drakken's line from Sick Day: "[[Music/ThePointerSisters I'm so excited and I just can't hide it!]]"
** In "The Golden Years" there's one with a lot of ParentalBonus points, after describing all the ways Nana Possible is a [[BadassGrandpa Badass Grandma]]
-->'''Drakken:''' She's a baaad Grandmother...\\
'''Kim:''' [[CurseCutShort SHUT YOUR MOUTH!]]\\
'''Drakken:''' [[Film/{{Shaft}} I'm just talking 'bout Nana!]]
** Larry’s Birthday: "[[Film/{{Jaws}} We're gonna need a bigger boat.]] And water."
** Ron tells Monkey Fist to [[Film/{{PlanetOfTheApes}} "Get your stinking paws off me!"]] in the episode "Monkey Ninjas in Space".
** Another ParentalBonus: "There it is... [[Series/GilligansIsland Killigan's Island.]]"
** "[[Music/TalkingHeads This is not a party, this is not a disco, this is not fooling around!]]"
** The entire "Fearless Ferret" episode is a homage to Creator/AdamWest's ComicBook/Batman.
** In the first season 4 episode, Ron said "[[Fallout2 Oil can]]" when Dementor hijacked Kim's battlesuit, which he was wearing.