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* AccidentalHero: One episode opens with TheBully stealing Kirby's skateboard, only to lose balance and knock himself out. A crowd of kids sees Kirby standing over the unconscious bully and instantly declare him a hero.
-->'''Ricky:''' Kirby Buckets knocked out Pearly Todd!\\
'''Kirby:''' No, no, that's not what -\\
'''Ricky:''' Kirby Buckets is a hero!



* AllElectionsAreSeriousBusiness: Simply mentioning an election in Fish's presence risks turning him into, in his own words, "a political werewolf" - an entire split personality who acts like a stereotypical gladhanding politician.



%%* BumblingDad: Kirby's father (needs elaboration)

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%%* * BumblingDad: Kirby's father (needs elaboration)is well-meaning but a massive dork, and should not be allowed near computers.
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* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Kirby gets one after a toilet explodes while he is using it.
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The show premiered on October 20th, 2014 and was renewed for a second season in January of 2015.

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The show premiered on October 20th, 2014 and was renewed for a second season in January of 2015.
2015. The series was confirmed for a third season over the summer of 2016.
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* LoveableAlphaBitch: Mandy is this towards Kirby and his friends when she's not being a straight-up AlphaBitch towards Dawn and Belinda.

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* LoveableAlphaBitch: LovableAlphaBitch: Mandy is this towards Kirby and his friends when she's not being a straight-up AlphaBitch towards Dawn and Belinda.

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* HotGirlsAreBitches: Dawn and Mandy, Dawn's rival. The two are almost comically mean-spirited and selfish, though Dawn does have rare moments where she becomes more sympathetic.


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* {{Jerkass}}: Dawn and Mandy, Dawn's rival. The two are almost comically mean-spirited and selfish, though Dawn does have rare moments where she becomes more sympathetic.
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->''"That's me, [[PowerTrio Kirby, and those are my friends: Eli, and Fish]]. That's a gang of [[MonsterClown angry clowns]], and that's their [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking angry pig]]. I'd like to say this sort of thing doesn't usually happen to us. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday But it totally does]]."''

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->''"That's me, [[PowerTrio Kirby, and those are my friends: Eli, and Fish]]. That's a gang of [[MonsterClown angry clowns]], and that's their [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking angry pig]]. I'd like to say this sort of thing doesn't usually happen to us. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday But it totally does]].does."''

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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Dawn drops her malicious attitude often whenever Belinda is around.



%%* MoralityPet: Belinda to Dawn. (needs elaboration)

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%%* * MoralityPet: Belinda to Dawn. (needs elaboration)Dawn usually acts like a nice teenage girl instead of a bossy one whenever she's around Belinda.

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* AlphaBitch: Dawn has the attitude, but she's also rivals with another one.

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* AlphaBitch: Dawn has the "Bitch" attitude, but she's also rivals with another one. one who has the "Alpha" (Mandy).



* BetaBitch: Belinda, though she isn't as malicious as Dawn is.

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* BetaBitch: Belinda, though she isn't as malicious as Dawn is.is, and in fact is rarely unlikeable.



* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Dawn.



* LoveableAlphaBitch: Mandy is this towards Kirby and his friends when she's not being a straight-up AlphaBitch towards Dawn and Belinda.



* NeverTrustATrailer: Some of the ads promoting the show before it premiered made the entire premise appear to be about Kirby obtaining a special drawing pen that caused his drawings to come to life and [[HilarityEnsues dealing with the shenanigans this caused]]. This turned out to be a plot for ''one'' episode, but not one for the entire show.

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* NeverTrustATrailer: Some of the ads promoting the show before it premiered made the entire premise appear to be about Kirby obtaining a special drawing pen that caused his drawings to come to life and [[HilarityEnsues dealing with the shenanigans this caused]]. This turned out to be a plot for ''one'' episode, but not one for the entire show.show, and the drawings are for the most part Kirby's imagination.



** Also one for ''Series/ZekeAndLuther'', Disney XD's previous single-camera sitcom show. Many of the characters are obvious {{Exp|y}}ies of those from ''Z&L'' (i.e. Dawn and Ginger, Belinda and Poochie, Gil and Don, the Babcocks and the Plunks) and some very similar episode plots ("All Hands on Dexter" is an obvious rehash of "Not My Sister's Keeper")



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* TwoLinesNoWaiting: One of the few Disney shows with a specific character formula for this trope, as the plots are pretty much always going to be Kirby/Fish/Eli and Dawn/Belinda.
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* [Gasshole]: Dawn loudly (and proudly) burps in her brother's face in 'All Hands on Dexter' (Season One, Episode 17).

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* [Gasshole]: {{Gasshole}}: Dawn loudly (and proudly) burps in her brother's face in 'All Hands on Dexter' (Season One, Episode 17).
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* Gasshole: Dawn loudly (and proudly) burps in her brother's face in 'All Hands on Dexter' (Season One, Episode 17).

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* Gasshole: [Gasshole]: Dawn loudly (and proudly) burps in her brother's face in 'All Hands on Dexter' (Season One, Episode 17).
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* [[Gasshole]]: Dawn loudly (and proudly) burps in her brother's face in 'All Hands on Dexter' (Season One, Episode 17).

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* [[Gasshole]]: Gasshole: Dawn loudly (and proudly) burps in her brother's face in 'All Hands on Dexter' (Season One, Episode 17).
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* Gasshole: Dawn loudly (and proudly) burps in her brother's face in 'All Hands on Dexter' (Season One, Episode 17).

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* Gasshole: [[Gasshole]]: Dawn loudly (and proudly) burps in her brother's face in 'All Hands on Dexter' (Season One, Episode 17).
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* Gasshole: Dawn loudly (and proudly) burps in her brother's face in 'All Hands on Dexter' (Season One, Episode 17).
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--> "That's me, [[PowerTrio Kirby, and those are my friends: Eli, and Fish]]. That's a gang of [[MonsterClown angry clowns]], and that's their [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking angry pig]]. I'd like to say this sort of thing doesn't usually happen to us. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday But it totally does]]."
--> -The OpeningNarration in the {{Pilot episode}}


"Kirby Buckets" is a KidCom that airs on Creator/DisneyXD.

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--> "That's ->''"That's me, [[PowerTrio Kirby, and those are my friends: Eli, and Fish]]. That's a gang of [[MonsterClown angry clowns]], and that's their [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking angry pig]]. I'd like to say this sort of thing doesn't usually happen to us. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday But it totally does]]."
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* BlondeGuysAreEvil: Principal Mitchell takes pride in his long, blonde hair, but everything about him screams evil.
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* {{Expy}}: Basically, the show is a live-action version of ''[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb]]'', with a few of the characters sharing the personalities:
** Kirby is similar to Phineas, even with the same personality.
** Eli and Fish seem to act like Buford and Baljeet, though they also have a few traits of Ferb as well,
** Dawn's personality is very similar to Candace, except Dawn is truly malicious towards her brother.
** Belinda also looks and acts like Stacy Hirano dead-on.
** Mr. and Mrs. Buckets are similar to Linda and Lawrence.
** Principal Mitchell acts a lot like Dr. Doofenshmirtz.

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The series follows Kirby Buckets (Jacob Bertrand), an aspiring animator with an [[MrImagination overactive imagination]]. Kirby and his friends, Fish and Eli often find themselves on [[WeirdnessMagnet unpredictable adventures]] accompanied by [[RogerRabbitEffect Kirby's drawings]] . The show follows a basic formula each episode and the main trio always comes out on top because [[StatusQuoisGod Status Quo is God]].

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The series follows Kirby Buckets (Jacob Bertrand), an aspiring animator with an [[MrImagination overactive imagination]]. Kirby and his friends, Fish and Eli Eli, often find themselves on involved in [[WeirdnessMagnet unpredictable adventures]] accompanied by escapades at school]], while [[RogerRabbitEffect Kirby's drawings]] . drawings]] provide a sort of commentary on the various events. The show follows a basic formula each episode and episode, usually with Kirby causing or encountering some kind of problem that [[StatusQuoIsGod usually gets resolved by the main trio always comes out on top because [[StatusQuoisGod Status Quo is God]].
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The show premiered on October 20th, 2014 and was renewed for a second season in January of 2015. The show is currently in it's second season

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The show premiered on October 20th, 2014 and was renewed for a second season in January of 2015. The show is currently in it's second season
2015.



* AbsenteeActor: Tiffany Espensen, who plays Belinda, has been missing for 6 episodes so far.

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* AbsenteeActor: Tiffany Espensen, who plays Belinda, has been missing for 6 episodes so far.isn't always present and tends to be omitted from various episodes.



* BumblingDad: Kirby's father

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* %%* BumblingDad: Kirby's fatherfather (needs elaboration)



* CloudCuckooLander: Wild Gil

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* %%* CloudCuckooLander: Wild GilGil (needs elaboration)



* HotGirlsAreBitches: Dawn.
** Mandy, Dawn's rival.

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* HotGirlsAreBitches: Dawn.
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Dawn and Mandy, Dawn's rival. rival. The two are almost comically mean-spirited and selfish, though Dawn does have rare moments where she becomes more sympathetic.



* MoralityPet: Belinda to Dawn.

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* %%* MoralityPet: Belinda to Dawn. (needs elaboration)
* NeverTrustATrailer: Some of the ads promoting the show before it premiered made the entire premise appear to be about Kirby obtaining a special drawing pen that caused his drawings to come to life and [[HilarityEnsues dealing with the shenanigans this caused]]. This turned out to be a plot for ''one'' episode, but not one for the entire show.



* PowerTrio: Kirby, Fish, and Eli

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* %%* PowerTrio: Kirby, Fish, and EliEli (needs elaboration)



* RogerRabbitEffect: Kirby's drawings.

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* RogerRabbitEffect: Kirby's drawings.drawings, which is one of the main gimmicks of the show.
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* MoralityPet: Belinda to Dawn.



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** Mandy, Dawn's rival.

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* {{Expy}}: Dawn's personality is very similar to Candace Flynn's from ''[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb]]'', except Dawn is truly malicious towards her brother.

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* {{Expy}}: Dawn's personality Basically, the show is very similar to Candace Flynn's from a live-action version of ''[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb]]'', with a few of the characters sharing the personalities:
** Kirby is similar to Phineas, even with the same personality.
** Eli and Fish seem to act like Buford and Baljeet, though they also have a few traits of Ferb as well,
** Dawn's personality is very similar to Candace,
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** Mr. and Mrs. Buckets are similar to Linda and Lawrence.
** Principal Mitchell acts a lot like Dr. Doofenshmirtz.

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* BetaBitch: Belinda, though she isn't as malicious as Dawn is.



* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Dawn drops her malicious attitude often whenever Belinda is around.



* {{Expy}}: Dawn's personality is very similar to Candace Flynn's from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb]]'', except Dawn is truly malicious towards her brother.

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* {{Expy}}: Dawn's personality is very similar to Candace Flynn's from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb]]'', ''[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb]]'', except Dawn is truly malicious towards her brother.brother.
** Belinda also looks and acts like Stacy Hirano dead-on.



* RogerRabbitEffect: Kirby's drawings

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* RogerRabbitEffect: Kirby's drawingsdrawings.
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Also notable is the mixed-media format of the show with animated characters based on Kirby's creations often coming into the scene. In this way it can be seen as similar to ''Series/OutOfJimmysHead'' (except more successful) or a SpearCounterpart to Disney's own ''Series/LizzieMcGuire''.

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* BlondeGuysAreEvil: Principal Mitchell takes pride in his long, blonde hair, but everything about him screams evil.



* DiabolicalMastermind: Principal Mitchell has all the traits of one--scheming and conniving from behind the scenes, finds creative ways to either get rid of Kirby or make his life miserable, sometimes has minions with him, and has a RightHandCat.



* FreudianExcuse:
** Dawn may be malicious and easy to hate, but there is a sympathetic angle to her--she was always picked on and made fun of in school, and her brother contributed to it.
** Part of Principal Mitchell's problems comes from trying not to get on the Superintendent's side--and the superintendent is ''[[AbusiveParents his father]]''.



* RightHandCat: Principal Mitchell's cat, Laughy Cat, who is a well-known internet celebrity (so much so that even ''Series/MightyMed'' and ''Series/LabRats'' characters watch his online show).

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* RightHandCat: Principal Mitchell's cat, Laughy Cat, who is a [[VillainWithGoodPublicity well-known internet celebrity celebrity]] (so much so that even ''Series/MightyMed'' and ''Series/LabRats'' characters watch his online show).
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/OutOfJimmysHead''. Don't worry though, this one's much more tolerable.
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* ToiletHumour: The show relies heavily on this with one of Kirby's character's even being named Tri-Butt.

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* ToiletHumour: ToiletHumor: The show relies heavily on this with one of Kirby's character's even being named Tri-Butt.
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* HotGirlsAreBitches: Dawn.
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* AlphaBitch: Dawn.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Kirby to Dawn

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* AlphaBitch: Dawn.
Dawn has the attitude, but she's also rivals with another one.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Kirby to DawnDawn, but Dawn herself isn't very nice either.



* {{Expy}}: Dawn's personality is very similar to Candace Flynn's from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb]]''.
* FakeCharity: Kirby fakes a disease and ends up causing the entire school to hold a fundraiser to try and help cause a cure for it.

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* {{Expy}}: Dawn's personality is very similar to Candace Flynn's from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb]]''.
''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb]]'', except Dawn is truly malicious towards her brother.
* FakeCharity: Kirby fakes a disease and ends up causing the entire school to hold a fundraiser to try and help cause a cure for it. He ''narrowly'' got away with it.
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* AuthorAvatar: Averted. Kirby doesn't really have a "himself" character.

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* ToiletHumour: The show relies heavily on this with one of Kirby's character's even being named Tri-Butt

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* ToiletHumour: The show relies heavily on this with one of Kirby's character's even being named Tri-Butt.
-->"I have a special toilet!"
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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: An upcoming episode called "It's A Kirbyful Life!" is likely to follow a plot similar to this.

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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: An upcoming episode called ItsAWonderfulPlot: "It's A Kirbyful Life!" is likely has a variation - Kirby was still born and exists, but never learned to follow a plot similar to this.draw.

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