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* SameStoryDifferentNames: The same "FauxAffablyEvil NiceGirl tries to TakeOverTheWorld with MandatoryHappiness" plot is used for both CATE and Joy in "The End of Terminator" and "The Snide Piper" respectively.
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* WorldOfSnark: Absolutely every character, the antagonists included (though usually it's one or two lines for them), is prone to snarking circumstantially.
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* MyLittlePhony: The 'Pinky the Pony' toyline (spelt 'Pikky the Pony' on a poster in the credits).
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* PrecociousCrush: Becky is implied to have a crush on Mr. Garden, the English teacher.
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* {{Meganekko}}: Becky Butters.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The Twins have blue hair. Becky has pink hair.

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The Twins have blue hair. Becky has pink hair.----
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* BritishBrevity: Two seasons of 13 episodes each.


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* WholePlotReference: "A Strange Hill Christmas" is this to ''Film/TheShining''.
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[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Do not confuse it for]] the different spooky schools seen in two seperate comics that are ''also'' called Strange Hill (one in ''ComicBook/WhizzerAndChips'', the other in ''[[ComicBook/TheDandy The Dandy]]''), both derive their name from being a pun on ''Series/GrangeHill.'' Compare with Series/BlackHoleHigh, a show with a similar premise of strange goings-on in a school.

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[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Do not confuse it for]] the different spooky schools seen in two seperate comics that are ''also'' called Strange Hill (one in ''ComicBook/WhizzerAndChips'', the other in ''[[ComicBook/TheDandy The Dandy]]''), both derive their name from being a pun on ''Series/GrangeHill.'' Compare with Series/BlackHoleHigh, ''Series/BlackHoleHigh'', a show with a similar premise of strange goings-on in a school.

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The series consists of puppets combined with CGI animation.

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The series consists of puppets combined with Japanese toys and CGI animation.


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[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Do not confuse it for]] the different spooky schools seen in two seperate comics that are ''also'' called Strange Hill (one in ''ComicBook/WhizzerAndChips'', the other in ''[[ComicBook/TheDandy The Dandy]]''), both derive their name from being a pun on ''Series/GrangeHill.'' Compare with Series/BlackHoleHigh, a show with a similar premise of strange goings-on in a school.

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* DivideByZero: In "The 101% Solution", Mitchell cheats to get 101% on a test and ends up breaking mathematics.


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* RealityBreakingParadox: In "The 101% Solution", Mitchell cheats to get 101% on a test and ends up "breaking mathematics".

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** In "Crushing Embarrassment", Tyson says this when he sees a picture of baby Mitchell in the bath:
--->'''Tyson:''' You can see his winky!"
** Also in the same episode, Mitchell gets MistakenForGay when he grabs Templeton's hand and pulled into the a Embarrassment Beast's lair.
** In "Mitchell Junior", the way the Baby Doll and Abercrombie act when they sample Choc O Splosion candy bar. Also see ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** In "Crushing Embarrassment", Tyson says
GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this when he sees a picture of baby Mitchell in the bath:
--->'''Tyson:''' You can see his winky!"
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** In "Mitchell Junior", the way the Baby Doll and Abercrombie act when they sample Choc O Splosion candy bar. Also see ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin.
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* AcademyOfAdventure: The story follows the unusual and absurd occurrences that happen at the inner-city school `Strange Hill High'. Students Mitchell, Tanner, Becky Butters and Templeton find themselves in the middle of every event, as they try to unravel the school's secrets and mysteries.
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* Really700YearsOld: Mr. Balding has been working at the school for centuries.

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* Really700YearsOld: ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Mr. Balding has been working at the school for centuries.

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** In "Mitchell Junior", the way the Baby Doll and Abercrombie act when they sample Choc O Splosion candy bar. also see ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin.

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** In "Mitchell Junior", the way the Baby Doll and Abercrombie act when they sample Choc O Splosion candy bar. also Also see ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin.


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* TheGoodOldBritishComp: Although many would dispute the 'good', But the school is undeniably ''old''.
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* MetaFiction: The show tends to note and exploit tropes for comedic reasons. Becky and Templeton once commented on the StylisticSuck the show has, describing their universe as people who are "odd-looking puppets with rods coming out of their arms."

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* CatchPhrase: Matthews's "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!"

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* CatchPhrase: CatchPhrase:
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Matthews's "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!"



* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In "Crushing Embarrassment", Tyson says this when he sees a picture of baby Mitchell in the bath:

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
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In "Crushing Embarrassment", Tyson says this when he sees a picture of baby Mitchell in the bath:



-->'''Mitchell''': So what does this mean?
-->'''Templeton:''' That the world is just a smaller version of the one true cube.
-->'''Templeton''': Chainsaws don't kill people, Becky. People do. People with chainsaws.

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-->'''Mitchell''': So what does this mean?
-->'''Templeton:'''
mean?\\
'''Templeton:'''
That the world is just a smaller version of the one true cube.
-->'''Templeton''':
cube.\\
'''Templeton''':
Chainsaws don't kill people, Becky. People do. People with chainsaws.



--->'''Becky:''' I! Need! NOUGAT!!

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--->'''Becky:''' -->'''Becky:''' I! Need! NOUGAT!!



-->'''Becky:''' Mitchell, you can't just make a person do anything you want. People aren't odd-looking puppets with rods coming out of their arms.
-->'''Templeton:''' That would be really strange. Really, really, really... ''(notices the rods on his arms)'' ...weird.

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-->'''Becky:''' Mitchell, you can't just make a person do anything you want. People aren't odd-looking puppets with rods coming out of their arms.
-->'''Templeton:'''
arms.\\
'''Templeton:'''
That would be really strange. Really, really, really... ''(notices the rods on his arms)'' ...weird.
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* CantYouReadTheSign: A sign in "Health & Safety" reads "OBEY THIS SIGN", and nothing else.
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* XRaySparks: Happens to Abercrombie when is electrocuted while trying to unplug the projector at the end of "Health & Safety".
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* ShoutOut: The audio-visual room, the most feared room in the school, is located in [[Literature/NinetyEightyFour Room 101]].

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* ShoutOut: The audio-visual room, the most feared room in the school, is located in [[Literature/NinetyEightyFour [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Room 101]].
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* ShoutOut: The audio-visual room, the most feared room in the school, is located in [[Literature/NinetyEightyFour Room 101]].

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* BlowingSmokeRings: After a grizzly bear attacks the classroom in "Health & Safety", it steals Mr. Garden's pipe and starts blowing smoke rings. (ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext)



* SmokeRings: After a grizzly bear attacks the classroom in "Health & Safety", it steals Mr. Garden's pipe and starts blowing smoke rings. (ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext)
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* NowDoItAgainBackwards: In "Health & Safety", Mitchell, Becky and Templeton are [[TrappedInTvLand trapped in a old safety film]]. They eventually discover that the way to escape to reenact the events of the film backwards until they arrive at the point where they entered.


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* SmokeRings: After a grizzly bear attacks the classroom in "Health & Safety", it steals Mr. Garden's pipe and starts blowing smoke rings. (ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext)
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* MadeOfExplodium: In "Health & Safety", a giant papier-mâché head of Winston Churchill (ItmakesSenseInContext) explodes into flam after it collides with ta wall. {{Lampeshaded}} and [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as they are [[TrappedInTVLand trapped in a health and safety film]] where everything is dangerous.

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* MadeOfExplodium: In "Health & Safety", a giant papier-mâché head of Winston Churchill (ItmakesSenseInContext) (ItMakesSenseInContext) explodes into flam flames after it collides with ta aa wall. {{Lampeshaded}} {{Lampshaded}} and [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as they are [[TrappedInTVLand trapped in a health and safety film]] where everything is dangerous.
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* MadeOfExplodium: In "Health & Safety", a giant papier-mâché head of Winston Churchill (ItmakesSenseInContext) explodes into flam after it collides with ta wall. {{Lampeshaded}} and [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as they are [[TrappedInTVLand trapped in a health and safety film]] where everything is dangerous.
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* IndyEscape: In "Health & Safety", Tanner, Becky and Templeton are chased along a corridor by a giant papier-mâché head of Winston Churchill.
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* Short-Runners: The series only lasted a year with 2 seasons with 13 episodes each.

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* Short-Runners: ShortRunners: The series only lasted a year with 2 seasons with 13 episodes each.
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* AnnoyingLaugh: Matthews. In fact, he makes this laugh in almost every single time he appears on the show.


* JerkassFacade: The reason Mr Abercrombie hates Valentine's Day so much is that he is a friendless, sad old guy.
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* PeterPanParody: In "The Lost and Found Boy", Mitchell, Becky and Templeton encounter an immortal schoolboy named Peter Dustpan who has been living in the school's lost and found room for over a century.

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