History WesternAnimation / SallyBollywood

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Literally in the case of Dharshie, Zoe, Jessica, Stan, Betty, Nirmala [[note]] technically blue green, but still counts [[/note]] & Alma. Also some characters have purple hair (Sally, Bob, Sam, Kevina), green (Jaya, Jasmine), and even pink (Cassy, Christina).

* ShoutOut: Mr Big, the kid who sets up a rival detective agency in the episode of the same name bears a striking resemblance to the main protagonist of Manga/DetectiveConan.

** In "Poster Boy" someone is putting up posters for [[HannahMontana Jeanie Bambini]] around the school.

* {{Adorkable}}: Doowee. Sally can also fall under this sometimes.

* AnAesop

* BareYourMidriff: Sally

* HardNosedSkeptic: Anytime the culprit is believed to be a ghost, or spirit, or anything supernatural, Sally will always be quick to point out that such things don't exist and there must be a logical solution.

* [[spoiler: SamusIsAGirl: The White Knight from the episode of the same name turned out to be the daughter of the evil king and the founder of Little Bombay.]]

** Also, for their classmates; there are kids with normal names like Jeremy, Sam, Bob, Cassie, Albert, Betty, Ernest, etc. and then you have kids with names like Kevina, Dharshie, Alma, Devindra, Achmed, Erna, Nirmala, Svetlana, Vanille...the list goes on.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: Doowee is often a victim of this.

* TurnInYourBadge: In "Cockroach Capers" Sally's father bans her from detective work, but she disobeys him to work on a case.

* {{Animesque}}: Glens a bit from anime for it's style though doesn't uses any of the tropes associated with the genre.

* TheBGrade: In "Cockcroach Capers" Harry bans Sally from doing more detective work just because she got a C+ in a test. Though it was more for arriving late to school that caused her to fail in the first place.

* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: GOOD LORD this trope is TakenToEleven. Whenever characters are viewed from a far angle, only the eyes, (and sometimes even the mouths) are shown. This happens at least OnceAnEpisode.

** Bridget Brickhouse changes Nigel Neutron's grades to all F's (except in gym) in "the Killer Curry" because she hated that he did well in every subject (except gym, which she excelled at) and wanted him to get yelled at by his parents for once.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Doowee suffers this at the hands of Sinitta in "Trouble at the Museum. [[spoiler:Too bad she turned out to be EvilAllAlong.]]

* FreudianExcuse: In "Liz's Secret Diary" Liz admits the reason she's mean to everyone is people have always been mean to her so she decided rather than risk getting hurt she would make the first move and push away any possible friends. Sally straightens her out and tells her that's not the right way to go about it.

** In "Poster Boy" someone is putting up posters for [[HannaMontana Jeanie Bambini]] around the school.

** According to [[http://student.thestandard.com.hk/liberal/PDF/j/file_20101108125224070554.pdf supplementary material]], [[DeathByChildbirth she died giving birth to Sally]]. Then again, the same supplementary material claims that Harry is retired and Little Bombay is in New Jersey, both of which are false.

* [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield Where the Hell is Cosmopolis?]]: Likely Australia, as in "The Black Sheep" there's a stall at the fair selling fairy floss, the Australian term for cotton candy. Though judging from a few wide shots, it's likely somewhere near San Francisco too.

** According to [[http://student.thestandard.com.hk/liberal/PDF/j/file_20101108125224070554.pdf supplementary material]], [[DeathByChildbirth she died giving birth to Sally]].

* PaperThinDisguise: In "Storm Clouds Over the SBI" Cindy and Melvin disguise themselves badly as Sally and Doowee. No one questions that "Sally and Doowee" suddenly switched skin tones on the security video.

* IncestuousCasting: InUniverse. In "From Bombay with Love" it's mentioned that Javed's sister was originally supposed to play his love interest in the film, but their parents objected saying she was too young for the role, so it was given to Kareena instead.

* IncestuousCasting: InUniverse. In "From Bombay with Love" it's mentioned Javed's sister was originally supposed to play his love interest in the film, but their parents objected saying she was too young for the role, so it was given to Kareena instead.

* IncestuousCasting: InUniverse. In "From Bombay with Love" it's mentioned Javed's sister was originally supposed to play his love interest in the film instead of Kareena.

* IncestuousCasting: InUniverse. In "From Bombay with Love" it's mentioned Javed's sister was originally supposed to play his love interest in the film.