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* CockFight: A rare example where one half of the equation is purely platonic. Brandon and Andre cannot stand each other's guts and continually vie for Nikki's attention, but while Brandon is interested in [[RelationshipUpgrade something more]], Nikki and Andre are clearly JustFriends.
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* BreatherEpisode: ''Not-So-Happily Ever After'' is the immediate follow-up to Nikki and Brandon's [[spoiler:BigDamnKiss]] in the seventh book.
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* BringMyBrownPants: Nikki frequently expresses that she "almost/might have peed [her] pants!" in response to the many shocking occurrences in her life. For the most part she is just exaggerating, but there are a few instances where she admits she has [[PlayedStraight played it straight.]]
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Brianna. Her [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} wacky antics]] and overactive imagination drive [[BadlyBatteredBabysitter Nikki]] insane on a regular basis.
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* KissTheCookApron: For Father's Day, Nikki, strapped-for-cash, finds a bargain bin full of tacky aprons with slogans like "Kiss the Cook!," "When Mama Ain't Happy, Ain't Nobody Happy!," and "My Dad Is the World's Greatest Cook!," which she buys for her dad as a Father's Day present. Later, she mentions that most of the letters on the apron were burned off in a barbecue accident and it now reads "My Dad eat s ook!"
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* LastResortTakeout: ''Tales From a Not-So-Fabulous Life'' features a comic strip story where Nikki's dad disturbs a wasp nest while trying to barbecue. After spraying it with Raid, he gets chased while the barbecue overheats. The final panel is him looking angry, covered in burn and sting marks, while holding takeaway bags from UsefulNotes/McDonalds.
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* MichaelJacksonsThrillerParody: In "Tales from a Not-So Fabulous Life", Nikki discovers that her PE teacher's CD of ''Theatre/SwanLake'' is actually a CD of Music/MichaelJackson's ''Thriller'' album. She ends up doing the zombie dance from the music video with her ballet group, leading to them flunking the class.
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* EccentricExterminator: Nikki's father. He drives to the job in a van with a giant roach (affectionately named Max) on top, dances while fumigating his daughter's school, and even once tried to land himself a TV role as an exterminating superhero. His job as an exterminator is even the reason why Nikki attends Westchester Country Day.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Nearly the entire cast to varying degrees. Brianna is a neverending source of wacky ideas and plans, Chloe and Zoey's [[ZanyScheme Zany Schemes]] can become quite over-the-top at times, Theo believes [[Literature/HarryPotter Hogwarts]] [[DaydreamBeliever is real]], and so on. Mr. Zimmerman from ''Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All'' deserves special mention for being completely scatterbrained, absent-minded, and very, ''very'' eccentric.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Nearly the entire cast to varying degrees. Brianna is a neverending source of wacky ideas and plans, Chloe Zoey and Zoey's especially Chloe's [[ZanyScheme Zany Schemes]] can become quite over-the-top at times, Theo believes [[Literature/HarryPotter Hogwarts]] [[DaydreamBeliever is real]], and so on. Mr. Zimmerman from ''Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All'' deserves special mention for being completely scatterbrained, absent-minded, and very, ''very'' eccentric.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:In the fourth book, Mackenzie switches Nikki and her friends pretty outfits for the ice skating competition out for clown costumes. She also knows Nikki has problems not falling on the ice. Because of this, once Nikki goes on the ice dressed in her clown costume and falls, the audience thinks she's doing it on purpose and loves it and they win the competition.]]
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:In the fourth book, Mackenzie switches Nikki and her friends pretty outfits for the ice skating competition out for clown costumes. She also knows Nikki has problems not falling on the ice. Because of this, once Nikki goes on the ice dressed in her clown costume and falls, the audience thinks she's doing it on purpose and loves it and they win the competition.]]
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Chloe and Zoey used to be treated as one similar, inseparable pair, but later on, Chloe became more of the silly one while Zoey became the mature one of the duo.
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* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Chloe and Zoey used to be treated as one similar, inseparable pair, but later on, Chloe became more of the silly one while Zoey became the mature one of the duo.
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* NeverMyFault: Whenever Brianna does something bad, she has a tendency to blame it on her sock puppet, Miss Penelope.
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%% * NiceGuy: This is Brandon's character and one of Nikki's reasons for being into him.
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* NeverMyFault: Whenever Brianna does something bad, she has a tendency to blame it on her sock hand puppet, Miss Penelope.
%% * NiceGuy: This is Brandon's character as he's really nice to most people he runs into and one of Nikki's reasons for being into him.him.
** In ''Tales From a Not-So-Fabulous Life'', Nikki trips during lunch and gets food all over her. Many people start laughing at her but despite that, Brandon helps her up.
** In ''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl'', after all the trouble Nikki had during the school Halloween dance, Brandon still forgives her and even cheers her up when she starts crying.
** In ''Tales From a Not-So-Fabulous Life'', Nikki trips during lunch and gets food all over her. Many people start laughing at her but despite that, Brandon helps her up.
** In ''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl'', after all the trouble Nikki had during the school Halloween dance, Brandon still forgives her and even cheers her up when she starts crying.
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%% * ValleyGirl: [=MacKenzie=], and, to a much lesser extent, Nikki.
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** Mackenzie's best friend Jessica too as she contains everything Mackenzie has but unlike Mackenzie, Jessica [[PopularIsDumb isn't that bright]]
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** In '''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl'', Chloe and Zoey's initial plan for the Halloween dance was to lie that their boyfriends are the band members playing there. At the end of the book, Mackenzie and Jessica claim that their boyfriends are the band members at said dance. Not realizing that its Theodore's band that's playing.
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** In '''Tales ''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl'', Chloe and Zoey's initial plan for the Halloween dance was to lie that their boyfriends are the band members playing there. At the end of the book, Mackenzie and Jessica claim that their boyfriends are the band members at said dance. Not realizing that its Theodore's band that's playing.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Brandon n ''Not-So-Secret Crush Catastrophe'', when Nikki starts spending time with Andre.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Brandon n in ''Not-So-Secret Crush Catastrophe'', when Nikki starts spending time with Andre.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Brandon lives with his grandparents. [[spoiler:His parents have died.]]
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* ParentalAbandonment: Brandon lives with his grandparents. [[spoiler:His parents have died.]]
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* BadLiar: Usually when has to think of a lie on the spot, chances are she'll come up with something completely ridiculous, such as having to take care of a sick unicorn. Some people believe her anyway.
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* BadLiar: Usually when Nikki has to think of a lie on the spot, chances are she'll come up with something completely ridiculous, such as having to take care of a sick unicorn. Some people believe her anyway.
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* BadLiar: Usually when has to think of a lie on the spot, chances are she'll come up with something completely ridiculous, such as having to take care of a sick unicorn. Some people believe her anyway.
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* CelebrityResemblance: Zoey claims she looks like Beyonce in ''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl''
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* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Chloe and Zoey used to be treated as one similar, inseparable pair, but later on, Chloe became more of the silly one while Zoey became the mature one of the duo.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Brandon n ''Not-So-Secret Crush Catastrophe'', when Nikki starts spending time with Andre.
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* HeroesLoveDogs: Brandon loves the dogs at Fuzzy Friends and wants them all to find nice, caring homes. When Fuzzy Friends has no room for Holly and her puppies he is genuinely upset at the thought that she might get into a different shelter without a no-kill policy.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Brandon lives with his grandparents. [[spoiler:His parents have died.]]
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* ShipperOnDeck: Chloe and Zoey are all for Nikki and Brandon becoming a couple.
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* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Zoey and Chloe respectively, especially in later books.
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* TrueCompanions: Nikki, Chloe, and Zoey. No matter what happens, they remain friends.
* TwiceShy: Nikki and Brandon. They clearly like each other, but they just can't muster the courage to ''tell'' each other. [[spoiler:Brandon did finally muster the courage to kiss NIkki in ''Not-So-Glam TV Star'' though. Which doesn't mean that they're dating now.]]
* TwiceShy: Nikki and Brandon. They clearly like each other, but they just can't muster the courage to ''tell'' each other. [[spoiler:Brandon did finally muster the courage to kiss NIkki in ''Not-So-Glam TV Star'' though. Which doesn't mean that they're dating now.]]
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* EverybodyCries: Nikki, Chloe and Zoey have a big cry fest in ''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl''
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* NightmareSequence: Nikki has one in ''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl'' [[ItMakesSenseInContext where she imagines herself being chocolate and people are eating her]]
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* TheReveal
** ''Tales From a Not-So-Fabulous Life'': The house where Nikki's dad is working at and where Brianna has to make a PottyEmergency is [[spoiler:where Mackenzie lives]]
** ''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl'': Mrs. Hargrove, the woman who hired Nikki for Brianna's Halloween party, is [[spoiler:Mackenzie's aunt]]
** ''Tales From a Not-So-Fabulous Life'': The house where Nikki's dad is working at and where Brianna has to make a PottyEmergency is [[spoiler:where Mackenzie lives]]
** ''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl'': Mrs. Hargrove, the woman who hired Nikki for Brianna's Halloween party, is [[spoiler:Mackenzie's aunt]]
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* TwoTimerDate: {{Downplayed}} as it's actually involves just one date and are three things going on but at the climax of the second book, Nikki tries to: hang out with Chloe and Zoey at the Halloween dance ([[ItMakesSenseInContext dressed as trash bags]]); be Brandon's date at the Halloween dance (dressed as Juliet); and help out at Brianna's ballet class Halloween party (dressed as a giant rat). [[EpicFail It doesn't work out very well]].
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* TwoTimerDate: {{Downplayed}} {{Downplayed|Trope}} as it's actually involves just one date and are three things going on but at the climax of the second book, Nikki tries to: hang out with Chloe and Zoey at the Halloween dance ([[ItMakesSenseInContext dressed as trash bags]]); be Brandon's date at the Halloween dance (dressed as Juliet); and help out at Brianna's ballet class Halloween party (dressed as a giant rat). [[EpicFail It doesn't work out very well]].
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* LaserGuidedKarma: During Mackenzie's party in ''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl'', Mackenzie and Jessica flip a plate of fruit onto Nikki's dress but one of them ends up in a chocolate fountain. Shortly later, Mackenzie and Jessica try to get their picture taken by the fountain but it explodes on them from the fruit piece clogging it up.
* NeverMyFault: Whenever Brianna does something bad, she has a tendency to blame it on her sock puppet, Miss Penelope.
* StageMom: In ''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl'' Nikki and Brianna's mom makes Brianna do ballet despite Brianna not wanting to because their mom wanted to do ballet when she was young. Prior to Brianna, Nikki was made to do ballet but was let go due to not fitting in.
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* TwoTimerDate: At the climax of the second book, Nikki tries to: hang out with Chloe and Zoey at the Halloween dance ([[ItMakesSenseInContext dressed as trash bags]]); be Brandon's date at the Halloween dance (dressed as Juliet); and help out at Brianna's ballet class Halloween party (dressed as a giant rat). [[EpicFail It doesn't work out very well]].
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* TwoTimerDate: At {{Downplayed}} as it's actually involves just one date and are three things going on but at the climax of the second book, Nikki tries to: hang out with Chloe and Zoey at the Halloween dance ([[ItMakesSenseInContext dressed as trash bags]]); be Brandon's date at the Halloween dance (dressed as Juliet); and help out at Brianna's ballet class Halloween party (dressed as a giant rat). [[EpicFail It doesn't work out very well]].
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** In '''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl'', Chloe and Zoey's initial plan for the Halloween dance was to lie that their boyfriends are the band members playing there. At the end of the book, Mackenzie and Jessica claim that their boyfriends are the band members at said dance. Not realizing that its Theodore's band that's playing.
* DiscoSucks: Nikki's dad is really into disco as he likes to play on car rides and Nikki hates it everytime he does.
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* DistaffCounterpart: The series is a somewhat obvious one to the ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' series, from both the main characters getting into predicaments and such right down to the non-canonical do-it-yourself installment between books 3 and 4.
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* DistaffCounterpart: The series is a somewhat obvious often seen as one to the ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' series, from both the main characters getting into predicaments and such right down to the non-canonical do-it-yourself installment between books 3 and 4.
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* PrankCall: Nikki, Chloe and Zoey like to make them during their free time in the library in ''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl'',
* PuppyDogEyes: Chloe and Zoey make a few in ''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl''
* PuppyDogEyes: Chloe and Zoey make a few in ''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl''
