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* BittersweetEnding: Poor Claire died for trying to do the right thing and Mandy has discovered her mother is a straight up sociopath but she is able to recover her relationship with Zach and seems to be back on the path to recover. Plus she has a new, supportive friend in Alexis.

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* BittersweetEnding: Poor Claire died for trying to do the right thing and Mandy has discovered her mother is a straight up sociopath but straight-up sociopath. However, she is able to recover her relationship with Zach and seems to be back on the path to recover. Plus recover, plus she now has a new, new supportive friend in Alexis.



* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Mandy is clearly intended to be based on Music/MileyCyrus, to the extent that she had a TV series where she played a crime-fighting popstar whose "disguise" was just sunglasses and a wig, evidently intended to reference ''Series/HannahMontana''.
* PaperThinDisguise: Discussed, when talking about Mandy's old show, but Mandy plays this straight in the present, just she just puts up her hood and puts on some sunglasses.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Mandy is clearly intended to be based on Music/MileyCyrus, to the extent that she had a TV series where she played a crime-fighting popstar pop star whose "disguise" was just sunglasses and a wig, evidently intended to reference ''Series/HannahMontana''.
* PaperThinDisguise: Discussed, Discussed when talking about Mandy's old show, but show. Mandy plays this straight in the present, just present when sneaking into a club to speak to a friend, as she just puts up her hood and puts on wears sunglasses. Predictably, she's discovered once some patrons get a good look at her face sans sunglasses.



* SheKnowsTooMuch: Mandy's mom faked the photo that made Zach break up with Mandy. When Claire threatened to expose the truth, she killed her.

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* SheKnowsTooMuch: Mandy's mom faked paid Jesse and Claire to fake the photo that made Zach break up with Mandy. When Claire had a change of heart and threatened to expose the truth, she Marilyn killed her.



* StageMom: Mandy's mom forcibly broke Mandy and Zach up because Mandy was planning to run away with Zack. She justifies it by saying she didn't want her pop star daughter to leave her fame behind.

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* StageMom: Mandy's mom Marilyn forcibly broke Mandy and Zach up because Mandy was planning to run away with Zack. She justifies it by saying she didn't want her pop star daughter to leave her fame behind.

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When a popular singer's body double is killed, she's placed in police protection where she befriends Alexis.

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When a popular popular, yet troubled singer's body double is killed, she's placed in police protection where she befriends Alexis.



* HeKnowsTooMuch: Mandy's mom faked the photo that made Zach break up with Mandy. When Claire threatened to expose the truth, she killed her.


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* SheKnowsTooMuch: Mandy's mom faked the photo that made Zach break up with Mandy. When Claire threatened to expose the truth, she killed her.
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* BodyDouble: The murder victim was actually Mandy’s double Claire, intended to deflect attention from Mandy at key moments. [[spoiler:It turns out that she was the intended target rather than Mandy, as she was going to confess her role in "framing" Mandy for cheating on her current boyfriend with her more destructive ex]].

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* BodyDouble: The murder victim was actually Mandy’s double Claire, intended to deflect attention from Mandy at key moments. [[spoiler:It It turns out that she was the intended target rather than Mandy, as she was going to confess her role in "framing" Mandy for cheating on her current boyfriend with her more destructive ex]].ex.
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* HiddenDepths: Mandy hates her life and was planning to run away from it with her boyfriend.


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* PaperThinDisguise: Discussed, when talking about Mandy's old show, but Mandy plays this straight in the present, just she just puts up her hood and puts on some sunglasses.


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* SatchelSwitcheroo: Alexis and Mandy accidentally swap phones, leading them to connect and give each other some advice.
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* SkewedPriorities: It seems Mandy's mother would prefer her daughter be famous and successful (and this making her successful) than healthy and happy.

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* SkewedPriorities: It seems Mandy's mother would prefer her daughter be famous and successful (and this thus making her successful) successful by proxy) than healthy and happy.
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* SkewedPriorities: It seems Mandy's mother would prefer her daughter be famous and successful (and this making her successful) than healthy and happy.
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* BittersweetEnding: Poor Claire died for trying to do the right thing and Mandy has discovered her mother is a staight up sociopath but she is able to recover her relationship with Zach and seems to be back on the path to recover. Plus she has a new, supportive friend in Alexis.

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* BittersweetEnding: Poor Claire died for trying to do the right thing and Mandy has discovered her mother is a staight straight up sociopath but she is able to recover her relationship with Zach and seems to be back on the path to recover. Plus she has a new, supportive friend in Alexis.
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* BittersweetEnding: Poor Claire died for trying to do the right thing and Mandy has discovered her mother is a staight up sociopath but she is able to recover her relationship with Zach and seems to be back on the path to recover. Plus she has a new, supportive friend in Alexis.
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* BodyDouble: The murder victim was actually Mandy’s double, intended to deflect attention from Mandy at key moments. [[spoiler:It turns out that she was the intended target rather than Mandy, as she was going to confess her role in "framing" Mandy for cheating on her current boyfriend with her more destructive ex]].

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* BodyDouble: The murder victim was actually Mandy’s double, double Claire, intended to deflect attention from Mandy at key moments. [[spoiler:It turns out that she was the intended target rather than Mandy, as she was going to confess her role in "framing" Mandy for cheating on her current boyfriend with her more destructive ex]].
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* BodyDouble: The murder victim was actually Mandy’s double, intended to deflect attention from Mandy at key moments. [[spoiler:It turns out that she was the intended target rather than Mandy, as she was going to confess her role in “framing” Mandy for cheating on her current boyfriend with her more destructive ex]].
* {{Expy}}: Mandy is clearly intended to be based on Music/MileyCyrus, to the extent that she had a TV series where she played a crime-fighting popstar whose "disguise" was just sunglasses and a wig, evidently intended to reference ''Series/HannahMontana''.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Mandy's mom faked the photo that made Zach break up with Mandy. When Claire found out and threatened to expose it, she killed her.

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* BodyDouble: The murder victim was actually Mandy’s double, intended to deflect attention from Mandy at key moments. [[spoiler:It turns out that she was the intended target rather than Mandy, as she was going to confess her role in “framing” "framing" Mandy for cheating on her current boyfriend with her more destructive ex]].
* {{Expy}}: Mandy is clearly intended to be based on Music/MileyCyrus, to the extent that she had a TV series where she played a crime-fighting popstar whose "disguise" was just sunglasses and a wig, evidently intended to reference ''Series/HannahMontana''.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Mandy's mom faked the photo that made Zach break up with Mandy. When Claire found out and threatened to expose it, the truth, she killed her. her.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Mandy is clearly intended to be based on Music/MileyCyrus, to the extent that she had a TV series where she played a crime-fighting popstar whose "disguise" was just sunglasses and a wig, evidently intended to reference ''Series/HannahMontana''.
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* {{Expy}}: Mandy is clearly intended to be based on Music/MileyCyrus, to the extent that she had a TV series where she played a crime-fighting popstar whose ‘disguise’ was just sunglasses and a wig, evidently intended to reference ''Series/HannahMontana''.

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* {{Expy}}: Mandy is clearly intended to be based on Music/MileyCyrus, to the extent that she had a TV series where she played a crime-fighting popstar whose ‘disguise’ "disguise" was just sunglasses and a wig, evidently intended to reference ''Series/HannahMontana''.



* RightBehindMe: Alexis talks with Castle about how stupid Mandy’s old show was in the station’s waiting room and only learns after she’s made her rant that Mandy is alive and in the same room.

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* RightBehindMe: Alexis talks with Castle about how stupid Mandy’s old show was in the station’s station's waiting room about how she loved Mandy's old show but then goes into about how much of a HardDrinkingPartyGirl she ended up being, calling her a "hot mess" and only learns after she’s she's made her rant that Mandy is alive and in the same room.
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* {{Expy}}: Mandy is clearly intended to be based on Music/MileyCyrus, to the extent that she had a TV series where she played a crime-fighting popstar whose ‘disguise’ was just sunglasses and a wig, evidently intended to reference Series/HannahMontana.

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* {{Expy}}: Mandy is clearly intended to be based on Music/MileyCyrus, to the extent that she had a TV series where she played a crime-fighting popstar whose ‘disguise’ was just sunglasses and a wig, evidently intended to reference Series/HannahMontana.''Series/HannahMontana''.
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* BodyDouble: The murder victim was actually Mandy’s double, intended to deflect attention from Mandy at key moments. [[spoiler:It turns out that she was the intended target rather than Mandy, as she was going to confess her role in “framing” Mandy for cheating on her current boyfriend with her more destructive ex]].
* {{Expy}}: Mandy is clearly intended to be based on Music/MileyCyrus, to the extent that she had a TV series where she played a crime-fighting popstar whose ‘disguise’ was just sunglasses and a wig, evidently intended to reference Series/HannahMontana.


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* RightBehindMe: Alexis talks with Castle about how stupid Mandy’s old show was in the station’s waiting room and only learns after she’s made her rant that Mandy is alive and in the same room.
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* StageMom: Mandy's mom forcibly broke Mandy and Zach up because Mandy was planning to run away with Zack. She justifies it by saying she didn't her pop star daughter to leave her fame behind.

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* StageMom: Mandy's mom forcibly broke Mandy and Zach up because Mandy was planning to run away with Zack. She justifies it by saying she didn't want her pop star daughter to leave her fame behind.
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When a popular singer's body double is killed, she's placed in police protection where she befriends Alexis.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Mandy's mom faked the photo that made Zach break up with Mandy. When Claire found out and threatened to expose it, she killed her.
* StageMom: Mandy's mom forcibly broke Mandy and Zach up because Mandy was planning to run away with Zack. She justifies it by saying she didn't her pop star daughter to leave her fame behind.

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