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* CursedWithAwesome:
** The N.E.R.D.S. agents' traits. Despite getting in the way of their lives, it's what allow them to get their upgrades and making them useful in combat.
** The Hyena has one naturally and is where she gets her moniker from, she has the stupidest sounding laugh ever and anyone who hears it is unable to stop themselves from laughing at it.



* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The central plot of the villain virus. Rogue nanobots infect people's brains, causing them to become super villains.

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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The central plot of the villain virus.''The Villain Virus''. Rogue nanobots infect people's brains, causing them to become super villains.



* CursedWithAwesome:
** The N.E.R.D.S. agents' traits. Despite getting in the way of their lives, it's what allow them to get their upgrades and making them useful in combat.
** The Hyena has one naturally and is where she gets her moniker from, she has the stupidest sounding laugh ever and anyone who hears it is unable to stop themselves from laughing at it.



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* AlphaBitch:
** The head cheerleader in Book 3. [[LovableAlphaBitch She eventually gets better.]]
** Tessa Lipton from Book 5: ''Attack of The Bullies'', who basically rules Sugarland Academy and is ''the president's daughter''. The school's old principal actually quit because Tessa bullied her with mean texts.

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* AlphaBitch:
AlphaBitch: Tessa Lipton from Book 5: ''Attack of The Bullies'', who basically rules Sugarland Academy and is ''the president's daughter''. The school's old principal actually quit because Tessa bullied her with mean texts.
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** The head cheerleader in Book 3. [[LovableAlphaBitch She eventually gets better.]]
** Tessa Lipton from Book 5: ''Attack of The Bullies'', who basically rules Sugarland Academy and is ''the president's daughter''. The school's old principal actually quit because Tessa bullied her with mean texts.



* BigSisterBully:
** Duncan's older sister is presented as this initially. They eventually come to an understanding after she reveals how much pressure is put on her because of his intellectual prowess.
** Gerdie's sisters on the other hand are this way and there's no evidence that ever changes.
* BlessedWithSuck/ CursedWithAwesome: The N.E.R.D.S. agents' upgrades and the traits that caused them qualify as both since the upgrades make the traits useful in combat and spying but they still can and will get in the way of their lives, which sucks.

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%% * BigSisterBully:
** %%** Duncan's older sister is presented as this initially. They eventually come to an understanding after she reveals how much pressure is put on her because of his intellectual prowess.
** %%** Gerdie's sisters on the other hand are this way and there's no evidence that ever changes.
* BlessedWithSuck/ CursedWithAwesome: CursedWithAwesome:
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The N.E.R.D.S. agents' upgrades and the traits that caused them qualify as both since the upgrades make the traits useful in combat and spying but they still can and will get traits. Despite getting in the way of their lives, which sucks.it's what allow them to get their upgrades and making them useful in combat.



* BrainlessBeauty: Most of the cheerleaders in Book 3.

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%% * BrainlessBeauty: Most of the cheerleaders in Book 3.



* BringMeMyBrownPants: Heathcliff's artwork induces this reaction in one of his fellow inmates in Book 3.

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* %%* BringMeMyBrownPants: Heathcliff's artwork induces this reaction in one of his fellow inmates in Book 3.



* DealWithTheDevil: Matilda considers the deal made with Heathcliff in Book 3 one of these. She's proven correct.

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* %%* DealWithTheDevil: Matilda considers the deal made with Heathcliff in Book 3 one of these. She's proven correct.



* ShipTease: Jackson and the Hyena and Duncan and Matilda.

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* %%* ShipTease: Jackson and the Hyena and Duncan and Matilda.
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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: It's not stated outright but in an early chapter of the first book, it's heavily implied that Matilda Choi suffered an extreme wedgie at the hands of future teammate Jackson Jones.
** This continues through the other books; Ruby, Matilda and the Hyena are just as likely to get knocked around, especially if it's funny, as the boys.
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* SelfServingMemory: Jackson spent most of the first book believing that he was popular and that teasing and picking on his nerdy classmates was harmless fun. When Duncan shows him a video of him bullying his teammates, he's stunned aTnd horrified at how cruel he was.

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* SelfServingMemory: Jackson spent most of the first book believing that he was popular and that teasing and picking on his nerdy classmates was harmless fun. When Duncan shows him a video of him bullying his teammates, he's stunned aTnd and horrified at how cruel he was.



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* SelfServingMemory: Jackson spent most of the first book believing that he was popular and that teasing and picking on his nerdy classmates was harmless fun. When Duncan shows him a video of him bullying his teammates, he's stunned and horrified at how cruel he was.

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* SelfServingMemory: Jackson spent most of the first book believing that he was popular and that teasing and picking on his nerdy classmates was harmless fun. When Duncan shows him a video of him bullying his teammates, he's stunned and aTnd horrified at how cruel he was.


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* StatingTheSimpleSolution: In book five, Heathcliff, after regaining his memories is tempted to return to evil and makes a beeline for the upgrade chair. Instead, he gets sent inside his mind where another version of himself tells him that he could have had a happy life. Heathcliff finally admits BeingEvilSucks, but argues that there's nothing he can do about it, right?
-->'''The Other Heathcliff:''' Just stop.
-->'''Heathcliff:''' Just stop?
-->'''The Other Heathcliff:''' Just stop. You have more important things to do, you know. It's time to use use that big brain for something good. Go save the world.
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Up To Eleven is a defunct trope


* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: In Book 3, Gerdie changes her appearance so thoroughly the NERDS team no longer knows what she looks like. Matilda is forced to go undercover as a cheerleader since a specific camp is their only lead and [[PlotAllergy Ruby is allergic to pompoms and]] [[UpToEleven being preppy]].

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* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: In Book 3, Gerdie changes her appearance so thoroughly the NERDS team no longer knows what she looks like. Matilda is forced to go undercover as a cheerleader since a specific camp is their only lead and [[PlotAllergy Ruby is allergic to pompoms and]] [[UpToEleven and being preppy]].
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** Book 4: Julio learns to have more confidence in his unpredictable mind, and use it to come up with creative strategies.
** Book 5: Ruby learns that, though her family bickers relentlessly and derails all her plans for an organized life, they still love each other in the end, and that's a miracle that she shouldn't take for granted. Heathcliff, the {{Deuteragonist}} of this book, learns that though he had a miserable childhood, he still had good friends, a loving family, and a bright future, and that he had no one but himself to blame for throwing it all away in his anger. However, he also learns that he now has a second chance and should treasure it with everything he has.
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* FantasticVoyagePlot: The climax of Book 4 has Flinch shrunk to microscopic size and injected into Heathcliff's bloodstream in order to destroy the villain virus from within. He gets some pretty awesome PoweredArmor to protect him. Things go horribly wrong on the outside, leaving him with [[MissionControl four juvenile delinquents]] guiding him through the body and [[BigBadDuumvirate the Antagonist and Miss Information]] following him inside.
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* KidHero: All the current NERDS are kids in elementary school (middle school starting with Book 4). Children are specifically selected for the program because they make the best spies and operatives have to retire when they turn 18.
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* PasteEater: Duncan Dewey: His enhancement allows him to make paste with his own body, so he can stick to any surface.
* PlotAllergy: Ruby is allergic to just about everything. Her special enhancement allows her to use her allergies almost as a form of precognition.

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