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* ThisBananaIsArmed: As per usual in the spy genre, there are items that look mundane, but are actually secret weapons.
** Lydia's pom-bomb, looks like an ordinary cheerleader's pom-pom (aside from the black color scheme, but explodes when thrown at someone.
** Lydia also has a lipstick that doubles as a laser. She fires it at Mr Kraft when he demands her hall pass.
** Mrs Doohickey's erasers emit a poisonous chalk dust when clapped. She knocks out Vivian as a demonstration, then Mr Kraft when he bothers her.

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* AssPull: Characters that come to life with the Magical Typewriter cannot do anything they haven't been described to be able to do in the story, or does not match their personalities (as was {{discussed|Trope}} between Zelda and Hilda). EvilCripple Dr. Bad rejects Zelda's ending because he does not care about the legal ramifications of killing Derek, while Derek initially has no idea how to disarm the bomb until Sabrina writes a backstory on how he knows how to do so.

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* AssPull: An in-universe example. Characters that come to life with the Magical Typewriter cannot do anything they haven't been described to be able to do in the story, or does not match their personalities (as was {{discussed|Trope}} between Zelda and Hilda). EvilCripple Dr. Bad rejects Zelda's ending because he does not care about the legal ramifications of killing Derek, while Derek initially has no idea how to disarm the bomb until Sabrina writes a backstory on how he knows how to do so.



* CruelCheerleader: Taken to new extremes with Lydia, Libby's alter ego in the spy story. She's an assassin in a cheerleading uniform that has explosives hidden in her pom poms.



* GagEcho: Sabrina and her teacher share a moment talking about how awful climbing the rope in gym class is. After the conversation is over, an excited Harvey runs by her and says "we get to climb the rope" in gym.



** Derek's partner, Vivian Soontodie, is based on Valerie. She has long hair and wears a catsuit.

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** Derek's partner, Vivian Soontodie, is based on Valerie. She has long waist-length hair and wears a catsuit.

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* AssPull: In-universe. Zelda attempts to change the ending of Sabrina's story by having Dr Bad reconsider killing Derek for legal reasons - which is so out of character, Dr Bad rejects it immediately.

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* AssPull: In-universe. Characters that come to life with the Magical Typewriter cannot do anything they haven't been described to be able to do in the story, or does not match their personalities (as was {{discussed|Trope}} between Zelda attempts to change the ending of Sabrina's story by having Dr Bad reconsider killing Derek for legal reasons - which is so out of character, Dr and Hilda). EvilCripple Dr. Bad rejects it immediately.Zelda's ending because he does not care about the legal ramifications of killing Derek, while Derek initially has no idea how to disarm the bomb until Sabrina writes a backstory on how he knows how to do so.



* ChekhovsSkill: Sabrina has to write this into the story to make Derek able to disarm the bomb; she gives him a backstory of having previously worked at the bomb disposal unit of the UsefulNotes/{{FBI}}.

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* ChekhovsSkill: Sabrina has to write this Early into the story to make episode, Sabrina's teacher tells her that creating realistic characters involves knowing their strengths and weaknesses, and what drives them. Sabrina ends up in a situation where Derek able has to disarm the bomb; she gives a bomb, but does not know how. She ends up giving him a backstory of having previously worked at the bomb disposal unit of the UsefulNotes/{{FBI}}.



* GainaxEnding: Hilda justifies her idea of a DancePartyEnding by saying it's unexpected.



* OutOfCharacterMoment: {{Defied|Trope}} by the Magical Typewriter. The characters will outright refuse to go on with the story if they think their actions make no sense, as demonstrated when Zelda tried to make Dr. Bad not kill Derek due to all the legal consequences that would entrail.



* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Zelda suggests Sabrina use a typewriter in the attic to do her story, not realizing it's actually Hilda's magic one.

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Zelda suggests Sabrina use a typewriter in the attic to do her story, not realizing it's actually Hilda's magic one.one.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: InUniverse. Sabrina, in an attempt to create realistic character, makes all the characters in her SpyFiction story based on people she knows.
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Occurs twice when Sabrina tells her aunts what's going on:

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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Occurs twice when Sabrina tells her aunts what's going on:on and how she was too tired to write the ending, to which they tell her that the characters cannot die, because when that happens, their real-world counterparts die, as well:

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* DancePartyEnding: Both Hilda and Salem's suggestions for the ending involve all the characters square dancing.



* DancePartyEnding: Both Hilda and Salem's suggestions for the ending involve all the characters square dancing.
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'''Hilda:''' By "get rid of" you don’t mean ‘kept’ do you?\\

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'''Hilda:''' By "get rid of" of", you don’t mean ‘kept’ "kept", do you?\\
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'''Zelda:''' Oh dear, what kind of an ending did you write for your story?\\

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'''Zelda:''' Oh Oh, dear, what kind of an ending did you write for your story?\\
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'''Sabrina:''' Can we come up with a solution? There’s a group of international spy’s running around my school! And my neck is killing me.\\

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'''Sabrina:''' Can we come up with a solution? There’s a group of international spy’s spies running around my school! And my neck is killing me.\\

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