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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Nick takes this almost to the extreme, as the premise is she's a teenage criminal who manipulated a seemingly wholesome family into thinking she was a LongLostRealtive and [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan recently orphaned]], solely to rob them blind. The first episode she comes close to drugging them before ransacking their house... HilarityEnsues? But Nick pulls back when needed, trying to minimize the harm she does while also showing she is being manipulated by both her foster parents and a dad in prison.
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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Nick takes this almost to the extreme, as the premise is she's a teenage criminal who manipulated a seemingly wholesome family into thinking she was a LongLostRealtive LongLostRelative and [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan recently orphaned]], solely to rob them blind. The first episode she comes close to drugging them before ransacking their house...home... HilarityEnsues? But Nick pulls back when needed, trying to minimize the harm she does while also showing she is being manipulated by both her foster parents and a dad in prison.
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* FawltyTowersPlot: Any given episode has Nick trying to push through a scheme, all while trying to keep the original lie going on.
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* Gayngst: Averted, [[spoiler: Jeremy]] doesn't seem to have much of a problem with his identity, he just wants to come to terms with it by himself before opening up, and when he finally does nobody seems to care except to thank him for the trust.
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* Gayngst: {{Gayngst}}: Averted, [[spoiler: Jeremy]] doesn't seem to have much of a problem with his identity, he just wants to come to terms with it by himself before opening up, and when he finally does nobody seems to care except to thank him for the trust.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed with Sam and Dorothy, Nick's actual foster parents. They're shown to genuinely care for their foster children, but the show doesn't shy away from the fact that turning children in your care into tools for your scams is very wrong and doesn't portray them as good people.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed with Sam and Dorothy, Nick's actual foster parents. They're shown to genuinely care for their foster children, but the show doesn't shy away from the fact that turning children in your care into tools for your scams is very wrong and doesn't portray them as good people. If anything it exaggerates their hypocrisy.
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* PoliticalCorrectnesGoneMad: Exploited by Nick in the costume dance. She pressures Jeremy into letting the volunteer squad fine people with insensitive or offensive costumes, then she finds a way to interpret ''every'' costume as insensitive or offensive, such as fining a ninja for cultural appropriation, or a vampire for being insensitive to haemophiliacs.
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* PoliticalCorrectnesGoneMad: PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Exploited by Nick in the costume dance. She pressures Jeremy into letting the volunteer squad fine people with insensitive or offensive costumes, then she finds a way to interpret ''every'' costume as insensitive or offensive, such as fining a ninja for cultural appropriation, or a vampire for being insensitive to haemophiliacs.
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* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Defied. One of the main themes of the StoryArc is that people oustide of yourself and yours also matter and whatever bad thing you do to them, even if it is to help your loved ones, is wrong and has consequences.
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* SoapboxSadie: Molly is pretty vocal about her passion for social and environment causes, being part of the "Volunteer Squad" at school, though little effort is put in to making it seem like [[ItsAllAboutMe she isn't in it for the social media attention she gets]]. Many of Nick's scams involve utilizing their connections or skimming off their fundraising.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Nick takes this almost to the extreme, as the premise is she's a teenage criminal who manipulated a seemingly wholesome family into thinking she was a LongLostRealtive and [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan recently orphaned]], solely to rob them blind. The first episode she comes close to drugging them before ransacking their house... HilarityEnsues? But Nick pulls back when needed, trying to minimize the harm she does while also showing she is being manipulated by both her foster parents and a dad in prison.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Nick takes this almost to the extreme, as the premise is she's a teenage criminal who manipulated a seemingly wholesome family into thinking she was a LongLostRealtive and [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan recently orphaned]], solely to rob them blind. The first episode she comes close to drugging them before ransacking their house... HilarityEnsues? But Nick pulls back when needed, trying to minimize the harm she does while also showing she is being manipulated by both her foster parents and a dad in prison.
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** Inverted, then subverted tih Eric. He and Jeremy bond over similar interest, but Jeremy is then so horrified by Eric being a conspiracy nut that he dismisses him outright. Later Jeremy comes to realize that being a conspitacy nut doesn't change the fact that Eric is a kind, fun guy, and it's implied that they might give it another chance.
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** Inverted, then subverted tih with Eric. He and Jeremy bond over similar interest, interests, but Jeremy is then so horrified by Eric being a conspiracy nut that he dismisses him outright. Later Jeremy comes to realize that being a conspitacy conspiracy nut doesn't change the fact that Eric is a kind, fun guy, and it's implied that they might give it another chance.
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* GrayingMorality: The show initially seems to have a ver clear morality, with the Thompsons being a kind and loving family and Nick a villain trying to steal from them. We soon learn that Nick is being pressured into it by her father, and that she genuinely cares about the Thompsons. However, the morality gets maximum grey in ''The Italian Job'', where we learn that [[spoiler: The Thompsons are far from innocent, and the Franzellis are completely justified in blaming them for the unfair ruin of their livelihood, even inf they're still wrong in wanting revenge.]]
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* GrayingMorality: The show initially seems to have a ver clear morality, with the Thompsons being a kind and loving family and Nick a villain trying to steal from them. We soon learn that Nick is being pressured into it by her father, and that she genuinely cares about the Thompsons. However, the morality gets maximum grey in ''The Italian Job'', where we learn that [[spoiler: The Thompsons are far from innocent, and the Franzellis are completely justified in blaming them for the unfair ruin of their livelihood, even inf if they're still wrong in wanting revenge.]]
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* SequelHook: The final episode of season 2 does a good job of tying up loose ends, with the main characters facing their flaws and the consequences of their actions and starting on their way of making amends. However, in the last few minutes we see [[spoiler: a picture of Nick's mome with Sam and Dorothy]], setting up a mystery for a possible next season.
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* SequelHook: The final episode of season 2 does a good job of tying up loose ends, with the main characters facing their flaws and the consequences of their actions and starting on their way of making amends. However, in the last few minutes we see [[spoiler: a picture of Nick's mome mom with Sam and Dorothy]], setting up a mystery for a possible next season.
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* Gayngst: Averted, [[spoiler: Jeremy]] doesn't seem to have much of a problem with his identity, he just wants to come to terms with it by himself before opening up, and when he finally does nobody seems to care except to thank him for the trust.
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** Inverted, then subverted tih Eric. He and Jeremy bond over similar interest, but Jeremy is then so horrified by Eric being a conspiracy nut that he dismisses him outright. Later Jeremy comes to realize that being a conspitacy nut doesn't change the fact that Eric is a kind, fun guy, and it's implied that they might give it another chance.
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* PercussiveTherapy: The "Feel your feels" station made by Ed (patent pending) to help Molly let out her frustration by destroying old stuff with a bat, Liz also benefits fromit.
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* PoliticalCorrectnesGoneMad: Exploited by Nick in the costume dance. She pressures Jeremy into letting the volunteer squad fine people with insensitive or offensive costumes, then she finds a way to interpret ''every'' costume as insensitive or offensive, such as fining a ninja for cultural appropriation, or a vampire for being insensitive to haemophiliacs.
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* RichBitch: Ms. Chang. She's the top client in Ed's bank and uses her position to belittle and disrespect him any chance she gets.
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** For Molly it's Becky, who also wants to be the leader of the volunteer squad
** For Jeremy is Lisa, the former vice president of the student council who also wants to be the new president.
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** For Molly it's Becky, who also wants to be the leader of the volunteer squad
** For Jeremy is Lisa, the former vice president of the student council who also wants to be the new president.
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* SkewedPriorities: The volunteer squad, and particularly Molly and Becky, seem more interested in exploiting causes for their own self promotion than into making a real difference in the world. It's usually played for laughs, but in later episodes it's shown with more seriousness as a character flaw.
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* GrayingMorality: The show initially seems to have a ver clear morality, with the Thompsons being a kind and loving family and Nick a villain trying to steal from them. We soon learn that Nick is being pressured into it by her father, and that she genuinely care about the Thompsons. However, the morality gets macimum grey in ''The Italian Job'', where we learn that [[spoilers: The Thompsons are far from innocent, and the Franzellis are completely justified in blaming them for the unfair ruin of their livelihood, even inf they're still wrong in wanting revenge.]]
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* GrayingMorality: The show initially seems to have a ver clear morality, with the Thompsons being a kind and loving family and Nick a villain trying to steal from them. We soon learn that Nick is being pressured into it by her father, and that she genuinely care cares about the Thompsons. However, the morality gets macimum maximum grey in ''The Italian Job'', where we learn that [[spoilers: [[spoiler: The Thompsons are far from innocent, and the Franzellis are completely justified in blaming them for the unfair ruin of their livelihood, even inf they're still wrong in wanting revenge.]]
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* BirdsOfAFeather:
** Nick and Will quickly bond over having parents in prison and the trauma that it conveys. Later, they also bond over [[spoiler: being used by Sam and Dorothy to scam someone they've come to really care for]]
** Jeremy and [[spoiler: Eric]] have a lot of the same interests that develop into mutual attraction.
** Nick and Will quickly bond over having parents in prison and the trauma that it conveys. Later, they also bond over [[spoiler: being used by Sam and Dorothy to scam someone they've come to really care for]]
** Jeremy and [[spoiler: Eric]] have a lot of the same interests that develop into mutual attraction.
* ContinuityNod: All over the place. The show has a surprising attention to continuity, with what seems to be one-off characters and jokes being referenced or showing up again later.
** Nick mentions that a girl in her old soccer team always pretended that she was playing [[Literature/HarryPotter Quiditch]]. Later, during a flashback, Riley mentions that same girl while warning Nick that she's wearing her Hufflepuff robes.
** In the flashback to Franzelli's, we see at the restaruant several people who we've seen (or will see) help Nick in her schemes, justifying how he knows them and gets favors from them.
** Nick mentions that a girl in her old soccer team always pretended that she was playing [[Literature/HarryPotter Quiditch]]. Later, during a flashback, Riley mentions that same girl while warning Nick that she's wearing her Hufflepuff robes.
** In the flashback to Franzelli's, we see at the restaruant several people who we've seen (or will see) help Nick in her schemes, justifying how he knows them and gets favors from them.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Eric is very protective of Jeremy and has trouble remaining impartian during the poker tournament [[spoiler: we later see them kissing.]]
** During the escape room Eric "corrects" the mention of the moon landing for "alleged moon landing", several episodes later we learn that he's a conspiracy nut.
** During the escape room Eric "corrects" the mention of the moon landing for "alleged moon landing", several episodes later we learn that he's a conspiracy nut.
* GrayingMorality: The show initially seems to have a ver clear morality, with the Thompsons being a kind and loving family and Nick a villain trying to steal from them. We soon learn that Nick is being pressured into it by her father, and that she genuinely care about the Thompsons. However, the morality gets macimum grey in ''The Italian Job'', where we learn that [[spoilers: The Thompsons are far from innocent, and the Franzellis are completely justified in blaming them for the unfair ruin of their livelihood, even inf they're still wrong in wanting revenge.]]
* HeelRealization: Since the show runs on GreyAndGrayMorality, the only difference between the good and bad characters is that the good one eventually realize that they're the villain in someone else's story, and show genuine regret and growth from this realization.
* HiddenDepths: For a small time, barely competent crook with a BA in sports administration, Todd is a surprisingly good therapist.
* InLoveWithTheMark: A non-romantic example in Nick who develops a sincere attachment and appreciation for the Thompsons. Played completely straight with [[spoiler: Will]]
* HiddenDepths: For a small time, barely competent crook with a BA in sports administration, Todd is a surprisingly good therapist.
* InLoveWithTheMark: A non-romantic example in Nick who develops a sincere attachment and appreciation for the Thompsons. Played completely straight with [[spoiler: Will]]
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* NeverMyFault:
** Molly. When Nick points out that she's going through the same she put other people through she dismisses the lesson and claims that it's different because this time ''she'' is the victim. The more Nick tries to force an epiphany on her the more Molly leans onto her role of "innocent victim". It's not until her run in the "Feel your feels" station that she finally breaks down and admits that a lot of her problems are just the consequences of her own wrongdoing.
** Tony. While he's right about the Thompsons [[spoiler: unfairly and underhandedly running his restaurant out of business.]] The fact that he's [[spoiler: In deep debt with the mob and in prison]] is a result of his own bad choices.
* OneHourWorkWeek:Lyz Liz and Ed have jobs that in real life require a lot of time and effort, yet they're very often just hanging around the house in the middle of the day.
** Molly. When Nick points out that she's going through the same she put other people through she dismisses the lesson and claims that it's different because this time ''she'' is the victim. The more Nick tries to force an epiphany on her the more Molly leans onto her role of "innocent victim". It's not until her run in the "Feel your feels" station that she finally breaks down and admits that a lot of her problems are just the consequences of her own wrongdoing.
** Tony. While he's right about the Thompsons [[spoiler: unfairly and underhandedly running his restaurant out of business.]] The fact that he's [[spoiler: In deep debt with the mob and in prison]] is a result of his own bad choices.
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* AntiHero / AntiVillain}: The whole main cast. They all did/do underhanded, unethical things for their family, and while the show portrays them as fundamentally good people whose love is genuine and positive, it doesn't let them off the hook and makes them confront the consequences of their actions and how they affect other people.
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* AntiHero / AntiVillain}: AntiVillain: The whole main cast. They all did/do underhanded, unethical things for their family, and while the show portrays them as fundamentally good people whose love is genuine and positive, it doesn't let them off the hook and makes them confront the consequences of their actions and how they affect other people.people.
* BecomingTheMask: Nick scheme against the Thompsons was entirely motivated by revenge but being part of a loving family ''who think they took in an orphan'' make them act extra kind to her, and she can't help but appreciate having a sister, brother and parents who are HappilyMarried.
* BecomingTheMask: Nick scheme against the Thompsons was entirely motivated by revenge but being part of a loving family ''who think they took in an orphan'' make them act extra kind to her, and she can't help but appreciate having a sister, brother and parents who are HappilyMarried.
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* InstantExpert: Subverted. When Nick is gathering votes for Jeremy we see her telling BlatantLies about him to several clubs. She concludes her talk to the soccer team by keeping the ball in the air in a day display of skill that's very impressive for a girl with no real interest in the sport. However, later in the season we learn that she used to be in the soccer team of her old school. Which makes her skills justified.
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* RealityEnsues: Nick developed a clever plan to steal a bunch of expensive wine from Liz's restaurant by switching the labels with cheap wine. Unfortunately, the value of wine is almost entirely in the label itself, so she just ended up with a bunch blank wine bottles with functionally no commercial value.
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* SequelHook: The final episode of season 2 does a good job of tying up loose ends, with the main characters facing their flaws and the consequences of their actions and starting on their way of making amends. However, in the last few minutes we see [[spoiler: a picture of Nick's mome with Sam and Dorothy]], setting up a mystery for a possible next season.
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* AntiaHero AntiHero / AntiVillain}: The whole main cast. They all did/do underhanded, unethical things for their family, and while the show portrays them as fundamentally good people whose love is genuine as positive, it doesn't let them off the hook and makes them confront the consequences of their actions and how they affect other people.
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* {Deconstruction}: {{Deconstruction}} : Of the "family first" aesop. Done in as brutal and ruthless a way as can be done in a children's show. The characters do whatever it takes for their families, which is often underhanded and results in the suffering of innocents. It's most notorious when mobsters, arguably the only characters without any redeeming qualities, justify their actions by saying they just have to do it for the (crime) family.
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* ProperlyParanoid: Jeremy is very suspicious of Nick and suspects ulterior motives in everything she does. Of course, Nick is lying about everything and has ulterior motives for an her actions.
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* AntiHero/AntiVillain: {Antihero}/{Antivillain}: The whole main cast. They all did/do underhanded, unethical things for their family, and while the show portrays them as fundamentally good people whose love is genuine as positive, it doesn't let them off the hook and makes them confront the consequences of their actions and how they affect other people.
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* CouchGag: The intro consists of 4 pictures: The Thompsons pre-Nick, The Thompsons with Nick, Nick happy by herself, and finally Nick sad by herself holding an item related to the following episode.
* {Deconstruction}: Of the "family first" aesop. Done in as brutal and ruthless a way as can be done in a children's show. The characters do whatever it takes for their families, which is often underhanded and results in the suffering of innocents. It's most notorious when mobsters, arguably the only characters without any redeeming qualities, justify their actions by saying they just have to do it for the (crime) family.
* {Deconstruction}: Of the "family first" aesop. Done in as brutal and ruthless a way as can be done in a children's show. The characters do whatever it takes for their families, which is often underhanded and results in the suffering of innocents. It's most notorious when mobsters, arguably the only characters without any redeeming qualities, justify their actions by saying they just have to do it for the (crime) family.
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* PitbullDatesPuppy: Liz is the stronger personality in the family, while Ed is laid back and often in his own world.
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''No Good Nick'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}} original {{Dramedy}} centering on Nicole "Nick" Franzelli, a teenage ConArtist who inserts herself into an upper-class family, The Thompsons, in order to rob them. However, she finds herself growing increasingly attached to them as she spends more time in their home.
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''No Good Nick'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}} original {{Dramedy}} {{Sitcom}} centering on Nicole "Nick" Franzelli, a teenage ConArtist who inserts claimed to be a LongLostRelative whose parents recently died to insert herself into an upper-class family, The Thompsons, in order Thompsons. The mother Liz (Creator/MelissaJoanHart) runs an Italian restaurant and father Ed (Creator/SeanAstin) works at a loan company, while their children Jeremy and Molly are high school aged. Nicks' real goals are to rob them.use their connections to scam them out of money. However, she finds herself growing increasingly attached to them as she spends more time in their home.
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* {{Dramedy}}: Despite being a sitcom with a LaughTrack, the show frequently depicts criminal actions with appropriate seriousness.
* GambitRoulette: Nick initially started her scheme with the help of her actual foster parents, but she is actually manipulating them for a revenge plan against the Thompsons developed by her dad, who is in prison. Trying to juggle all the lies takes up a lot of her time.
* GambitRoulette: Nick initially started her scheme with the help of her actual foster parents, but she is actually manipulating them for a revenge plan against the Thompsons developed by her dad, who is in prison. Trying to juggle all the lies takes up a lot of her time.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Nick is very smart and can easily manipulate circumstances to get what she wants in the immediate future, but her schemes almost invariably have unintended consequences that complicate the situation, because she fails to realize that events don't occur in a vacuum and her "solution" affects more than just the current moment.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Nick starts out with the intention of robbing the Thompson's blind, but warms up to them and reconsiders her scheme over the course of the series, [[spoiler: ultimately abandoning it at the end of Part 2.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: Nick starts out with the intention of robbing the Thompson's Thompsons blind, but warms up to them and reconsiders her scheme over the course of the series, [[spoiler: ultimately abandoning it at the end of Part 2.]]
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* {{Revenge}}: Nick's true motivation for targeting the Thompsons. [[spoiler: Her father, Tony, was once the owner of a successful Italian restaurant, but when the Elizabeth Thompson started her new restaurant, she sought to eliminate the competition by poaching their costumers. Each member of the family had a hand in the subsequent downfall of Franzelli's: Elizabeth redesigned her menu to make the same kind of food as Franzelli's, but at a lower cost, Molly and her friends posted fake bad reviews on Yelp, Jeremy interfered with a campaign to bring back customers by stealing menus that Nick and Tony distributed, and Ed used his position as a bank manager to deny Tony an extension on a loan. Driven to desperation, Tony took a loan from a Mafia boss, then robbed a store in an attempt to pay it back, which resulted in his arrest and imprisonment.]]
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* {{Revenge}}: Nick's true motivation for targeting the Thompsons. [[spoiler: Her father, Tony, was once the owner of a successful Italian restaurant, but when the Elizabeth Thompson started her new restaurant, she sought to eliminate the competition by poaching their costumers. Each member of the family had a hand in the subsequent downfall of Franzelli's: Elizabeth redesigned her menu to make the same kind of food as Franzelli's, but at a lower cost, Molly and her friends posted fake bad reviews on Yelp, Jeremy interfered with a campaign to bring back customers by stealing menus that Nick and Tony distributed, and Ed used his position as a bank manager to deny Tony an extension on a loan. Driven to desperation, Tony took a loan from a Mafia boss, then robbed a store in an attempt to pay it back, which resulted in his arrest and imprisonment.]]
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* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Nick comes to realize this over the course of the series. Her vengeful scheming against the Thompsons didn't make her feel better or bring back the happy life she used to have. [[spoiler: In "A Fool's Errand", she sets aside her hatred towards them for good.]]
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* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Nick comes to realize this over the course of the series. Her vengeful scheming against the Thompsons didn't make her feel better or bring back the happy life she used to have. [[spoiler: In "A "The Fool's Errand", she sets aside her hatred towards them for good.]]
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* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Nick comes to realize this over the course of the series. Her vengeful scheming against the Thompsons didn't make her feel better or bring back the happy life she used to have. [[spoiler: In "A Fools Fool's Errand", she sets aside her hatred towards them for good.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: Nick starts out with the intention of robbing the Thompson's blind, but warms up to them and reconsiders her scheme over the course of the series, [[spoiler: ultimately abandoning it at the end of Season 2.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: Nick starts out with the intention of robbing the Thompson's blind, but warms up to them and reconsiders her scheme over the course of the series, [[spoiler: ultimately abandoning it at the end of Season Part 2.]]
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* PunBasedTitle: "Nogoodnik" is an archaic term for someone untrustworthy and prone to criminal behavior, much like Nick, pre-CharacterDevelopment.
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]]loan. Driven to desperation, Tony took a loan from a Mafia boss, then robbed a store in an attempt to pay it back, which resulted in his arrest and imprisonment.]]
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Nick comes to realize this over the course of the series. Her vengeful scheming against the Thompsons didn't make her feel better or bring back the happy life she used to have. [[spoiler: In "A Fools Errand", she sets aside her hatred towards them for good.]]
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* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Nick comes to realize this over the course of the series. Her vengeful scheming against the Thompsons didn't make her feel better or bring back the happy life she used to have. [[spoiler: In "A Fools Errand", she sets aside her hatred towards them for good.]]
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''No Good Nick'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}} original {{Dramedy}} centering on Nicole "Nick" Franzelli, a teenage ConArtist who inserts herself into an upper-class family, The Thompsons, in order to rob them. However, she finds herself growing increasingly attached to them as she spends more time in their home.
WARNING: Despite being a sitcom, ''No Good Nick'' has a heavily serialized plot with many dramatic reveals and twists. Here there be spoilers.
!! This series includes examples of:
* CallingTheOldManOut: In "The Fool's Errand", Nick calls out Tony for dragging her into [[spoiler: his revenge scheme against the Thompsons]], pointing out that, regardless of what they did to him, the decisions that landed him in prison were his and his alone.
* OriginsEpisode: "The Italian Job" shows how Tony ended up in prison, why Nick ended up in foster care, and why she targeted the Thompson family.
* {{Revenge}}: Nick's true motivation for targeting the Thompsons. [[spoiler: Her father, Tony, was once the owner of a successful Italian restaurant, but when the Elizabeth Thompson started her new restaurant, she sought to eliminate the competition by poaching their costumers. Each member of the family had a hand in the subsequent downfall of Franzelli's: Molly and her friends posted fake bad reviews on Yelp, Jeremy interfered with a campaign to bring back customers by stealing menus that Nick and Tony distributed, and Ed used his position as a bank manager to deny Tony an extension on a loan.
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WARNING: Despite being a sitcom, ''No Good Nick'' has a heavily serialized plot with many dramatic reveals and twists. Here there be spoilers.
!! This series includes examples of:
* CallingTheOldManOut: In "The Fool's Errand", Nick calls out Tony for dragging her into [[spoiler: his revenge scheme against the Thompsons]], pointing out that, regardless of what they did to him, the decisions that landed him in prison were his and his alone.
* OriginsEpisode: "The Italian Job" shows how Tony ended up in prison, why Nick ended up in foster care, and why she targeted the Thompson family.
* {{Revenge}}: Nick's true motivation for targeting the Thompsons. [[spoiler: Her father, Tony, was once the owner of a successful Italian restaurant, but when the Elizabeth Thompson started her new restaurant, she sought to eliminate the competition by poaching their costumers. Each member of the family had a hand in the subsequent downfall of Franzelli's: Molly and her friends posted fake bad reviews on Yelp, Jeremy interfered with a campaign to bring back customers by stealing menus that Nick and Tony distributed, and Ed used his position as a bank manager to deny Tony an extension on a loan.
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