History Series / LizzieMcGuire

%%* ParentalBonus: A surprisingly large number of these.

Meet Lizzie [=McGuire=], a completely normal 13-year-old girl, living a completely normal life. She goes to a completely normal school, with completely normal students (the AlphaBitch Kate Sanders, [[TheDitz ditzy]] hottie Ethan Craft), and completely normal friends (dependable but emotional Miranda Sanchez, and TeenGenius David Gordon, aka Gordo). Her home life is completely stereotypical, with a NuclearFamily that consists of her gnome-loving dad, Sam; level-headed mom, Jo, and bratty brother, Matt.

''Lizzie [=McGuire=]'', created by Terri Minsky, is one of Creator/DisneyChannel's biggest hit series, airing for a full 65 episodes from [[TurnOfTheMillennium January 2001 to February 2004]], and playing a role in the mainstream breakout of star actress Music/HilaryDuff as well as her transformation into a successful IdolSinger. It is commonly {{misblamed}} for being the first of Disney's tween sitcoms geared toward a more suburban audience. That title belongs to ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'', and even then, it wasn't the last show to be produced by [[Series/HannahMontana It's]] [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody a]] [[Series/SonnyWithAChance Laugh]] [[Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace Productions]] (the last Disney Channel show produced outside of It's a Laugh was ''Series/PhilOfTheFuture''). It also has the honor of being the first live-action Disney Channel series to gain a theatrical movie, a feat followed by ''Series/HannahMontana''.

In August 2019, it was announced that a {{revival}} was in the works for Creator/DisneyPlus, with Duff reprising the titular role. The new series would follow Lizzie as a thirty year-old living in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, with her animated asides remaining part of the show. It was going to begin streaming in 2020, but CreativeDifferences between Terri Minsky and Disney+ executives resulted in Minsky stepping down as show runner before production could finish. Duff has been vocal that she and Minsky wanted to tell stories about an adult Lizzie and all that entailed (with many articles reporting that the pilot would feature a sexual infidelity) but Disney+ insisted on a more family-friendly presentation, and fired Minsky when she refused to agree. This sent production into limbo, with Duff refusing to go along with Disney+ and hoping for a soft-landing on a more adult-friendly platform like Creator/{{Hulu}}, as had happened with ''Series/LoveVictor''. Whatever progress might have been made was halted altogether by the COVID-19 pandemic, and Duff announced the cancellation of the reboot series on her Instagram on December 16, 2020.

* RawEggsMakeYouStronger: Lizzie's mother serves her glasses of raw eggs as she trains for a rhythmic gymnastics competition, but Lizzie dumps the eggs into a frying pan instead of drinking them.

Now has a [[Characters/LizzieMcGuire Character page]].

* {{Act of True Love}}: In TheMovie, Gordo distracts Ms. Ungermeyer from discovering that Lizzie's been sneaking out during their trip to Italy, and in doing so ends up getting himself sent home.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: An interesting example of this one. Instead of using the original opening, the Japanese dub uses a dubbed version of "I Can't Wait" sung by Chieko Kawabe.

* AlphaBitch: Played ludicrously straight with evil head cheerleader Kate. Complete with GirlPosse, right down to having a second-in-command Claire who's even ''more'' of an AlphaBitch than she is. Just to elaborate on the point above. When Kate broke her arm, Claire not only had her removed from the squad to take her position at the top, she banned non popular girls from using the bathrooms, and wouldn't let non cheerleader students use tables for lunch forcing them to sit on the grass.......[[AdultsAreUseless all of which could have been avoided if they told a teacher]]. She was doing it to every kid in school not just Lizzie or Kate, the teachers would have believed half the student body complaining about the same girl. Once Kate recovers though Claire breaks her wrist, but unlike her Kate treats her kindly.

* AnimationBump: Animated Lizzie gets one [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x_W2dqjRGLw/TiFPlMenTGI/AAAAAAAABQU/-v_7Z9nhNrU/s1600/lizziemcguiremovie19.jpg in the feature film]], as compared to her appearance in the series.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Matt seems to spend half the show annoying Lizzie with his pranks and insults.

* EntertainmentAboveTheirAge: The episode "Rated Aargh!" shows Lizzie is too young to see the R-rated ''Vesuvius: The Eruption''.

* CoolLoser: Lizzie isn't supposed to be ''ugly'', but she's considered a loser. Creator/RogerEbert laughed at this in his review of the film, wondering how someone with a smile ''that shines brighter than all the stars in the sky'' could be unpopular. The show once explained that Lizzie and Miranda are losers because they developed later than the other girls. The friends that developed early turned on them.

* {{Defictionalization}}: If you would like to read a ''real'' version of ''The Orchids and Gumbo Poker Club'', [[https://archive.org/details/orchidsgumbopoke00alic choose this link.]]

* ThreeAmigos: Lizzie, Miranda and Gordo.

* SuckECheeses: Sort of, a western-themed tourist trap called Grubby Longjohn's Western Emporium.
* StrawLoser: One of Lalaine's reasons for leaving the show.
* SpiritualSuccessor:
** ''Series/HannahMontana'' as mentioned above, TropeCodifier for the Disney KidCom.
** ''Series/KirbyBuckets'' revived the live action/animation combo albeit with the animated characters explicitly created by the title character.
** ''Series/AndiMack'', as a LaughTrack-free, low concept show created by Terri Minsky.

%%* ExtravertedNerd: Lawrence "Larry" Tudgeman III.

%%* FreakyFridayFlip: Lizzie and Matt switch bodies for a day.

''Lizzie [=McGuire=]'', created by Terri Minsky, is one of Creator/DisneyChannel's biggest hit series, airing for a full 65 episodes from [[TurnOfTheMillennium January 2001 to February 2004]], and playing a role in the transformation of Music/HilaryDuff into an IdolSinger. It is commonly {{misblamed}} for being the first of Disney's tween sitcoms geared toward a more suburban audience. That title belongs to ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'', and even then, it wasn't the last show to be produced by [[Series/HannahMontana It's]] [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody a]] [[Series/SonnyWithAChance Laugh]] [[Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace Productions]] (the last Disney Channel show produced outside of It's a Laugh was ''Series/PhilOfTheFuture''). It also has the honor of being the first live-action Disney Channel series to gain a theatrical movie, a feat followed by ''Series/HannahMontana''.