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* DontGoInTheWoods: In her introductory quest, Janey tries to keep the main characters [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Max]] from lingering too long around a certain section of the local woods where a local Bigfoot-like creature is said to have attacked a campsite. [[spoiler:Actually, it's because she doesn't want them to know her family's mansion is located nearby--she's SecretlyWealthy and not happy about it]].
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* EpicFail: Autumn's attempt to play Legend of Clan Craft ends this way. [[spoiler: She singlehandedly kills her entire team and seems very confused by the fact that [[DuckHunt there are no ducks]] in the game.]]

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* EpicFail: Autumn's attempt to play Legend of Clan Craft ends this way. [[spoiler: She singlehandedly kills her entire team and seems very confused by the fact that [[DuckHunt [[VideoGame/DuckHunt there are no ducks]] in the game.]]
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* SharedUniverse: With SurvivingHighSchool, and probably ''VisualNovel/CauseOfDeath'', by extension. Of course, they also share a universe with {{VideoGame/Hollywood U|RisingStars}}, thei college spinoff.

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* SharedUniverse: With SurvivingHighSchool, and probably ''VisualNovel/CauseOfDeath'', by extension. Of course, they also share a universe with {{VideoGame/Hollywood U|RisingStars}}, thei their college spinoff.



* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The Auto Club help quest is not really a "help quest" as compared to every other help quest.

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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The Auto Club help quest is not really a "help quest" as compared to every other help quest. Same for the Goth help quest, where the Goth student isn't the one who needs help resolving an issue.

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* RandomlyDrops: The poll questions you answer give out different rewards, ranging from as low as 110 Coins, 15 Books or 1 Ring, to as high as 1 million Coins, 100,000 Books or 1000 Rings, and everything in between, and there's no way to predict how much of which item you'll get. The game encourages you to answer as many poll questions as you can in order to get more of the rarer items.

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The poll questions you answer give out different rewards, ranging from as low as 110 Coins, 15 Books or 1 Ring, to as high as 1 million Coins, 100,000 Books or 1000 Rings, and everything in between, and there's no way to predict how much of which item you'll get. The game encourages you to answer as many poll questions as you can in order to get more of the rarer items.items.
** The Rewards Center in the Weekly Goals tab gives you random gifts from both the Regular Gift and Premium Gift boxes (both of which can only be purchased using Tickets, which you gain from completing the Weekly Goals). The Regular Gift box gives you items that can be purchased with Coins or Rings at a cost of 10 Tickets, while the Premium Gift box gives you only Ring-costing items at a cost of 50 Tickets, and it is possible to get a rare student (including a Homecoming Girl or a Prom Girl) or up to ''250,000'' Rings through this avenue...but it's just as easy to get an extremely common outfit you don't need, so spend your Tickets at your own risk.
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* AntiPoopSocking: Some quests can take as long as 24 hours to complete, collection of books from the Classrooms can take up to 23 hours, and unlocking of plots to expand your school can take as long as ''4 days''. In other words, unless you're willing to waste Rings and real money to speed up the completion time for these things, you have no excuse not to actually live in the real world.

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* AntiPoopSocking: Some quests can take as long as 24 hours to complete, collection of books from the Classrooms can take up to 23 hours, and unlocking of plots to expand your school can take as long as ''4 days''.''a week or longer''. In other words, unless you're willing to waste Rings and real money to speed up the completion time for these things, you have no excuse not to actually live in the real world.
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* ExperiencePoints: Earned by completing main-story quests, or by completing specific achievements in the Google Play-Store (for example, leveling a Nerd to Level 10 gives you 500 XP).

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* ExperiencePoints: Earned There are two sets of experience points you can earn. In-game, you fill up the experience bar at the top of the screen by completing main-story quests, or quests; in terms of the Google Play-Store, you can get experience through this game by completing specific achievements in the Google Play-Store (for example, leveling a Nerd to Level 10 gives you 500 XP).XP in the Play-Store).

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* WorthIt: Phoebe makes this declaration after finally being able to shed her IncorruptiblePurePureness facade and revealing her ActionGirl abilities during her pageant performance, despite the disapproval of Professor Edwin [[spoiler:and ultimately losing the pageant crown to Kara]].

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Phoebe makes this declaration after finally being able to shed her IncorruptiblePurePureness facade and revealing her ActionGirl abilities during her pageant performance, despite the disapproval of Professor Edwin [[spoiler:and ultimately losing the pageant crown to Kara]].Kara]].
** Your Punk Rock student's band goes to play for a rather conservative venue, but initially play soft-rock ballads instead of the hardcore stuff they're more used to. Eventually they rebel and start playing their preferred tunes, getting mixed reactions from the crowd and ultimately getting thrown out...but the smiles on their faces indicate their belief that being true to themselves was worth getting canned.
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* MissingMom: Autumn's mother died a few years prior to the start of the game, and it's still a sensitive issue for her, especially since the event has caused a rift between her and her father. On the other hand, there's Mia's and Max's mother, who's still around but has never shown up in the game and has only been mentioned once with the implication being that she's divorced from Principal Warren.
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* TheUnreveal: During the Ace storyline, you have to deal with the protest actions of a group called NEW START, which consists of students at your school who are dissatisfied with the main character's representation of them on the district council. It's never revealed just who the members are, however; the most you hear about them is where Ace says they're a rather small group, six members at most.
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* ThePigPen: One reason for couples to break up in this game is that one half of the couple may be this.
--> '''Student 1:''' You’re breaking up with me?! Why?!
--> '''Student 2:''' How can I put this delicately? You...stink.
--> '''Student 1:''' So maybe I haven’t been very attentive lately, but I wouldn’t say that I stink at being--
--> '''Student 2:''' No. Like, you ''stink''. You smell bad. You need to take a shower. And use deodorant. And soap. And burn your clothes.
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** Your attempts to expose [[spoiler:Razor]] for planting fireworks on your float in The Mastermind end this way. [[spoiler:You not only get kicked out of your own school, but all of the evidence you collected is discredited.]]


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** In the Expelled quest, almost all of the main characters BSOD once they're [[spoiler:expelled from your school]].


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** In the Moment of Truth quest, [[spoiler:Razor's illegal fireworks warehouse]] explodes after you set off a few fireworks to attract police.


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** During the Expelled questline, Professor Edwin gives you this after finding illegal fireworks planted in your locker.
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* VirtualPaperDoll: You can change the outfits of your avatar and the non-main-character students. As it relates to the main characters (Autumn, Julian, Payton, etc.), you can't customize them yourself, although the game will change their outfits for special occasions or holidays.

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* VirtualPaperDoll: You can change the outfits of your avatar and the non-main-character students. As it relates to the main characters (Autumn, Julian, Payton, etc.), you can't customize them yourself, for a long time they couldn't be customized, although the game will would change their outfits for special occasions or holidays.holidays; recent updates have provided alternate costumes for them (some with different hairstyles), but nearly all of those can only be unlocked with Rings.
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* ThereAreNoAdults: You never see them, at least. Occasionally one shows up for plot-related reasons, but you always hear about it second-hand from other students telling you what the adult said or wants.
** InvisibleParents: Some of your classmates may talk about their parents, but they're as invisible as other adults. The only parents to appear so far are Ace's, and they only appear in the last quest of Ace's story.

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* ThereAreNoAdults: You never don't see them, at least. Occasionally one shows up for plot-related reasons, but you always hear about it second-hand from other students telling you what the adult said or wants.
** InvisibleParents: Some of your classmates may talk about their parents, but they're as invisible as other adults. The only parents to appear so far are Ace's, and they who only appear in the last quest of Ace's story.story, and Asher's father, who serves as the main villain for one series of quests.

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* SupremeChef: The recently-added Foodie classmate type proves to be this. Your Fast Food classmate has this going for them as well.



* WhatTheHellHero: During the Ace storyline, Wes gives your main character a sharp dressing-down on discovering that you've [[EnemyMine teamed up with]] [[ItsAllAboutMe Max]], [[LackOfEmpathy Asher]] and [[JerkAss Jack Carver]] [[spoiler:in a plot to publicly humiliate Ace in front of his parents and their upper-crust associates as payback for Ace trying to get your school shut down out of spite for [[DisproportionateRetribution losing the White House internship to your Class President]]]].

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During the Ace storyline, Wes gives your main character a sharp dressing-down on discovering that you've [[EnemyMine teamed up with]] [[ItsAllAboutMe Max]], [[LackOfEmpathy Asher]] and [[JerkAss Jack Carver]] [[spoiler:in a plot to publicly humiliate Ace in front of his parents and their upper-crust associates as payback for Ace trying to get your school shut down out of spite for [[DisproportionateRetribution losing the White House internship to your Class President]]]].


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** During the storyline in which you, Payton and Nishan work for Asher Rollins' father's baking company, Nishan gets this ''twice'' from both you and Payton. First, when you discover Mr. Rollins is a CorruptCorporateExecutive who ruthlessly crushes smaller companies to keep his stranglehold on the local pastry monopoly, Payton chews out Nishan for wanting to continue working for the company even after knowing all of that...then later the main character angrily calls out Nishan for only caring about the power that comes from working for Mr. Rollins and not caring that Mr. Rollins is planning to bring a lawsuit against Payton's already cash-strapped family because she went back to selling your cookies at your school instead of on the company's behalf.
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* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: While it's certainly possible to pair any two students together as a couple, an exception is made for siblings Talia and Tariq--if you're selecting one of them to be part of a couple, when you're going to select the other half of the couple, the other sibling will be blocked from selection.
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* PerspectiveFlip: "Hearst School Story" has you playing as Max, showing how a typical day goes for him, including his interactions with fellow students and teachers at Hearst High and how he handles being his football team's star player, plus his interactions with Mia and the main character and [[WellDoneSonGuy his desire for Principal Warren to attend even one of his games]].
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** Even Max gets to have some of this too. Sure, he's a [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] JerkAss who'll throw anyone under the bus to have his own way...but as "The Yearbook" reveals, he's very protective of Mia, despite their CainAndAbel dynamic, following her struggles with her eating disorder.

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** Even Max gets to have some of this too. Sure, he's a [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] JerkAss who'll throw anyone under the bus to have his own way...but as "The Yearbook" reveals, he's very protective of Mia, despite their CainAndAbel dynamic, following her struggles with her eating disorder. "Hearst School Story," which has you experience a day at school [[PerspectiveFlip through Max's eyes]], also reveals that he ''really'' wants his dad, Principal Warren, to come watch him at his football games, and him being disappointed when the man doesn't show.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Several side-quests, including ring-purchased quests, focus on certain members of the main cast, and of course the personal help-quests for your classmates showcase the issues they have to contend with and that your main character has to help them resolve. It's not just limited to your school, either, as "Hope's Story" focuses on Julian's sister Hope and her having to deal with cyber-bullying, and "Hearst School Story" has you experience a day in Max's life from his point of view.
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* TrainingFromHell: Your mascot gets subjected to this from two of your jocks, to help him/her get over a fear of falling. What does this training consist of? Jumping off a trampoline and landing properly on the ground ''over and over and over and OVER''.
--> '''Mascot:''' YAAAAAAAAAAAAH! ''(lands awkwardly on the ground)''


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* WellDoneSonGuy: Your Jazz Club student's parents don't approve of their playing jazz, preferring that they instead play classical music so as to get a prestigious music scholarship. Helping the student to overcome this hurdle forms part of that specific help-quest.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Your musician gets subjected to this from the other students after a music test results in the school's power being knocked out at an ''extremely'' inconvenient time for a number of active school clubs at that very moment. Your main character also gets this treatment during the Ace storyline [[spoiler:thanks to some skilled manipulation on Ace's part, to get your school and the district council against you]].


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* HeroicBSOD: A couple of times, across different quests.
** During the Pandora storyline, Nishan becomes almost like a walking zombie after Pandora manipulates him, Sakura and your main character into missing the CAT exams, which he'd spent a good deal of time trying to prepare your school to take.
** Again during the Pandora storyline, Autumn breaks down sobbing on your main character's shoulder [[spoiler:when Pandora steals [[TragicKeepsake Autumn's mother's locket]], [[KickTheDog then returns it in pieces]] despite you fulfilling the villain's requests to get it back]].
** In the Ace storyline, your main character has an emotional breakdown outside the entrance to City Hall [[spoiler:when the school district council elects to shut down your school, through Ace's manipulation]].
** This sometimes happens in some of the quests to help different students. For instance, your Homecoming student will BSOD at the realization that their efforts to make Homecoming more exciting have only alienated your school's students, something that had also happened at their previous school; while your mascot will freak out during an important game against another school when ''their'' mascot showcases a video of your mascot's earlier humiliating failures at performing gymnastic stunts.


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* WhatTheHellHero: During the Ace storyline, Wes gives your main character a sharp dressing-down on discovering that you've [[EnemyMine teamed up with]] [[ItsAllAboutMe Max]], [[LackOfEmpathy Asher]] and [[JerkAss Jack Carver]] [[spoiler:in a plot to publicly humiliate Ace in front of his parents and their upper-crust associates as payback for Ace trying to get your school shut down out of spite for [[DisproportionateRetribution losing the White House internship to your Class President]]]].
--> '''Wes:''' You're not a bully, (player's name). Don't do this.
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* CrazyPrepared: Sakura just ''happens'' to always have a video-game token with her in case she needs to use it as a makeshift screwdriver while sneaking through air-vents. Likewise, Julian just ''happens'' to always carry a snail around with him to use as a tool in a game of Truth or Dare.
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** Sakura even mentions ''UsefulNotes/TheLastOfUs'', possibly [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar the most family-unfriendly game]] you could reference in a game like this.

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** Sakura even mentions TheLastOfUs, possibly [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar the most family-unfriendly game]] you could reference in a game like this.

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** Sakura even mentions TheLastOfUs, ''UsefulNotes/TheLastOfUs'', possibly [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar the most family-unfriendly game]] you could reference in a game like this.

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* OneGenderSchool: Athena Academy.
* PictureDay: One quest revolves around the characters having to take part in this. The main aim of the quest is to get Koh, PerpetualFrowner extraordinaire, to smile for her pic.

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* OneGenderSchool: Athena Academy.
Academy, for girls.
* PictureDay: One quest revolves around the characters having to take part in this. The main aim One of the quest goals is to get Koh, PerpetualFrowner extraordinaire, to smile for her pic.



* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Whenever quests require you to wear something professional, a common choice is the Prep School Uniform.
** The Rebel help quest has your school being forced to employ a uniform policy.



* SharedUniverse: With SurvivingHighSchool, and probably ''VisualNovel/CauseOfDeath'', by extension.
* ShoutOut: There are lots of references to TV shows, books, and movies, usually under the auspices of a BlandNameProduct.

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* SharedUniverse: With SurvivingHighSchool, and probably ''VisualNovel/CauseOfDeath'', by extension. \n Of course, they also share a universe with {{VideoGame/Hollywood U|RisingStars}}, thei college spinoff.
* ShoutOut: There are lots of references to TV shows, books, and movies, usually under the auspices of a BlandNameProduct. The staff mentions that many of them are big gamers, which explains all of the game references.



** A set of books about [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] you can order is called "[[Literature/{{Twilight}} Sparkles:]] [[{{Glamour}} A Falacy]]".

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** A set of books about [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] you can order is called "[[Literature/{{Twilight}} Sparkles:]] [[{{Glamour}} A Falacy]]".Fallacy]]".



** The staff mentions that many of them are big gamers, which explains all of the game references.


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** While waiting for Mia and Payton to finish shopping, Julian is shown playing a phone game. He curses how the [[VideoGame/FlappyBird "stupid bird won't flap." ]]
**In the Fast Food quest, your character has to act for a commercial. The Filmmaker asks if you have have ever considered [[VideoGame/HollywoodURisingStars a Hollywood career. ]]
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* IllPretendIDidntHearThat: The main character says as much during Mia's personal help-quest, when she expresses frustration at her father cancelling her sweet-16 birthday party.
--> '''Mia:''' I'm so mad I could punch a kitten in the face!
--> '''MC:''' Okay, let's just calm down and pretend you didn't just say that.
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* VirtualPaperDoll: You can change the outfits of your avatar and the non-main-character students. As it relates to the main characters (Autumn, Julian, Payton, etc.), you can't customize them yourself, although the game will change their outfits for special occasions or holidays.

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* VirtualPaperDoll: You can change the outfits of your avatar and the non-main-character students. As it relates to the main characters (Autumn, Julian, Payton, etc.), you can't customize them yourself, although the game will change their outfits for special occasions or holidays.holidays.
* WorthIt: Phoebe makes this declaration after finally being able to shed her IncorruptiblePurePureness facade and revealing her ActionGirl abilities during her pageant performance, despite the disapproval of Professor Edwin [[spoiler:and ultimately losing the pageant crown to Kara]].
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** For her performance in a pageant piece, Hearst High's prom queen Phoebe showcases her martial-arts skills by breaking several strategically-placed boards...while the infamous ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' theme plays in the background.

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** InvisibleParents: Some of your classmates may talk about their parents, but they're as invisible as other adults.
** In fact, so far, the only adult to ever get a full model and dialogue is Professor Edwin, and she's not even from your school. She also shares an outfit with the female Student Govs. She even lampshades how the faculty presence at the school is almost non-existent, a concern of hers at first.
* ThoseTwoGuys: The Student Govs. The game even lampshades this in one of the messages on the loading screen.

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adults. The only parents to appear so far are Ace's, and they only appear in the last quest of Ace's story.
** In fact, so So far, the only adult to ever get a full model and dialogue in the main quest is Professor Edwin, and she's not even from your school. She also shares an outfit with the female Student Govs. She even lampshades how the faculty presence at the school is almost non-existent, a concern of hers at first.
* ThoseTwoGuys: The Student Govs. The game even lampshades this in one of the messages on the loading screen. {{Subverted|Trope}} in that they occasionally appear separately.
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** Autumn, in addition to being very artistic, is also revealed to be very athletic.

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