History Series / AustinAndAlly

* TraumaCongaLine: In the second episode, Trish gets a job at a dry cleaners, from which she "borrows" a leather jacket for the video shoot. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Over the course of a few minutes, it gets stretched by a kangaroo and thrown in a bucket of caramel]]. What makes it even worse is the name of the guy who owns the jacket? "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Face Puncher]]". Even worse? He has a [[spoiler:daughter]] named ''Mad Dog''! [[spoiler:The cleaning process both shrinks the jacket and discolors it from black to pink. Mad Dog is delighted with "her" new jacket.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Tilly Thompson in "Bloggers & Butterflies" has hated Ally since kindergarten because Ally's good song was picked over her terrible one for an insect-themed play. She even takes this grudge out on Austin.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Fans of the short-lived show ''Back to You'' may notice Ally as the first actress to play Gracie.

* HumiliationConga: A condensed one when Ally accidently destroys a television studio.

* PoorCommunicationKills: When Austin reads Ally's song book before she has the chance to tell him about her crush... [[ShallowLoveInterest on Dallas]].

* RunningGag[=/=]CatchPhrase: "Don't touch my [[SecretDiary book]]!"

* TraumaCongaLine: In the second episode, Trish gets a job at a dry cleaners, from which she "borrows" a leather jacket for the video shoot. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Over the course of a few minutes, it gets stretched by a kangaroo and thrown in a bucket of caramel]]. What makes it even worse is the name of the guy who owns the jacket? ''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Face Puncher]]''. Even worse? He has a [[spoiler:daughter]] named ''Mad Dog''! [[spoiler:The cleaning process both shrinks the jacket and discolors it from black to pink. Mad Dog is delighted with "her" new jacket.]]

* CuteBookworm: Ally.

-->'''Ally:''' Wow, Hater Girl is good. [[DiggingYourselfDeeper I mean she's bad, because she's a bad person, but she's good at being bad]] and I'm going to stop talking now.

* EverythingsBetterWithKangaroos: Played with in "Kangaroos and Chaos". The kangaroo causes most of the damage and conflict in the episode, but hundreds of people pay just to see it in the music store.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: An alliterative "X and/& X".

* TheIllegible: Ally's chicken-scratch leads to multiple misunderstandings in "Kangaroos and Chaos". Ally claims this is just due to being rushed, because she really went to [[BrainyBrunette calligraphy camp]].

** Ally: "There's no eating in X!" Once in "Rockers and Writers", four times in "Bloggers & Butterflies"

-->'''Ally''': Wow, Hater Girl is good. [[DiggingYourselfDeeper I mean she's bad, because she's a bad person, but she's good at being bad]] and I'm going to stop talking now.

* TallDarkAndBishoujo: Ally.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Again, Ally.

** In "Bloggers & Butterflies", we learn that Trish got fired from her first job in Kindergarten because she didn't realize a hall monitor can't charge people to use the restroom. In other words, she's been doing this since she was five.

** Tilly Thompson gets one in "Bloggers & Butterflies", first accidentally admitting she faked her negative video footage of Austin, then had a meltdown in front of the audience she'd lined up to see Ally embarrass herself. She was so humiliated that she had to shut down her blog.

* BeyondTheImpossible: Dez deep fries an ''entire restaurant'' in "Bloggers & Butterflies", including the tables and chairs.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Tilly Thompson in "Bloggers & Butterflies" has hated Ally since kindergarten because Ally's good song was picked over her terrible one. She even takes this grudge out on Austin.

* DuetBonding: Austin intentionally averts this in "Secrets and Songbooks" by avoiding practicing with Ally with the door closed.

* LadyInRed: [[GoodAngelBadAngel Devil!Trish]] in "Secrets and Songbooks".
* LongingLook: Ally to Dallas in "Secrets and Songbooks".

* CaughtOnTheJumbotron: Ally unknowingly admits her crush on [[ShallowLoveInterest the cellphone accessory guy]] on the mall Jumbotron.

* ChildhoodMemoryDemolitionTeam: Ally's favorite pond being torn down.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: An alliterative "X and X".
** Subverted for "Cloud Watchers and Zaliens", [[FridgeBrilliance perhaps to show how different the two elements and people really are]].

* ShallowLoveInterest: Dallas, the cell phone accessory guy, for Ally.

* TwoScenesOneDialogue: "Secrets & Songbooks" has Austin mistakenly believing Ally has fallen for him when he reads her SecretDiary; meanwhile Ally elaborates on her crush on the [[ShallowLoveInterest Cell Phone Accessory Guy]].

* TwoScenesOneDialogue: "Secrets & Songbooks" has Austin mistakenly believing Ally has fallen for him when he reads her SecretDiary; meanwhile Ally elaborates on her crush on the [[ShallowLoveInterest Cell Phone accessory cart guy]].

* TwoScenesOneDialogue: ''Secrets & Songbooks'' has Austin mistakenly believing Ally has fallen for him when he reads her SecretDiary; meanwhile Ally elaborates on her crush on the [[ShallowLoveInterest Cell Phone accessory cart guy]]
* UptightLovesWild: Doubly played with. Austin is only [[LighterAndSofter a rocker while on stage]]; also, Austin tries to convince Ally that [[ItMakesSenseInContext she doesn't have a crush on him]], because [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming he doesn't want to ruin their friendship.]]

* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs: A RunningGag with Trish. She goes through three or four jobs in the pilot before finally becoming Austin's manager. According to Austin, her resume was ''eight pages''.

* TwoScenes,OneDialog: ''Secrets & Songbooks'' has Austin mistakenly believing Ally has fallen for him when he reads her SecretDiary; meanwhile Ally elaborates on her crush on the [[ShallowLoveInterest Cell Phone accessory cart guy]]

* TwoScenesOneDialog: ''Secrets & Songbooks'' has Austin mistakenly believing Ally has fallen for him when he reads her SecretDiary; meanwhile Ally elaborates on her crush on the [[ShallowLoveInterest Cell Phone accessory cart guy]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: Fans of the short-lived show BackToYou may notice Ally as the first actress to play Gracie.

* LongingStare: Ally to Dallas in "Secrets and Songbooks".

* OddFriendship: Calm Austin and neurotic Ally.

!!Tropes found in this show:

* TheConfidant: Trish. [[SarcasmMode She's just not very good at it.]]

* {{Keet}}:
-->"I'm Austin, and I like [[TrademarkFavoriteFood pancakes]]!"

* RunningGag[=/=}CatchPhrase: "Don't touch my [[SecretDiary book]]!"

-->"[[AntiLoveSong This is not a love song]]...."