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** For Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical fans, the simple fact that this site features Harry and Draco in a SlapSlapKiss style romance. (And that Tanya is an archetypal DracoInLeatherPants.)
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** Ginny's song "Harry" from Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical first appears here as "Sami" (WordOfGod is they ran out of time to write songs be assumed no one would have seen this show). The hilarity comes in with the fact that this song is sung by Darren Criss, Harry's actor, making the two songs when juxtaposed sound like an ironic AllLoveIsUnrequited situation. (Starkid actually did arrange "Harry" and "Sami" into a duet for the 2012 Apocalyptour.)

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** Ginny's song "Harry" from Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical first appears here as "Sami" (WordOfGod is they ran out of time to write songs be and assumed no one would have seen this show). The hilarity comes in with the fact that this song is sung by Darren Criss, Harry's actor, making the two songs when juxtaposed sound like an ironic AllLoveIsUnrequited situation. (Starkid actually did arrange "Harry" and "Sami" into a duet for the 2012 Apocalyptour.)
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** Ginny's song "Harry" from Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical first appears here as "Sami" (WordOfGod is they ran out of time to write songs be assumed no one would have seen this show). The hilarity comes in with the fact that this song is sung by Darren Criss, Harry's actor, making the two songs when juxtaposed sound like an ironic AllLoveIsUnrequited situation. (Starkid actually did arrange "Harry" and "Sami" into a duet for the 2012 Apocalyptour.)
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Aside from all the members of Creator/TeamStarkid in the cast, there's also the female vocalist for the ThemeTune "Caught in the Lie" and "Duder's a Spy", Michelle Chamuel, who became known nationally as a member of {{Creator/Usher}}'s team on the 2013 season of Series/TheVoice.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Aside from all the members of Creator/TeamStarkid in the cast, there's also the female vocalist for the ThemeTune "Caught in the Lie" and "Duder's a Spy", Michelle Chamuel, who became known nationally as a member of {{Creator/Usher}}'s {{Music/Usher}}'s team on the 2013 season of Series/TheVoice.
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** Kevin's aunt to Tanya:
-->[[Film/WeNeedToTalkAboutKevin You should come by for tea some time, so we can talk about Kevin!]]
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** Out-of-universe, the SPACE Tour contains an epic moment where Creator/LaurenLopez and Brian Holden teased the possibility of Little White Lie Season 2 coming out in 2012... before definitively [[{{Troll}} it was not]] because "Little White Lie is over. It's over now" and then ''immediately'' segueing into [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome "It's Over Now"]].

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** Out-of-universe, the SPACE Tour contains an epic moment where Creator/LaurenLopez and Brian Holden teased the possibility of Little White Lie Season 2 coming out in 2012... before definitively stating [[{{Troll}} it was not]] because "Little White Lie is over. It's over now" and then ''immediately'' segueing into [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome "It's Over Now"]].

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Aside from all the members of Creator/TeamStarkid in the cast, there's also the female vocalist for the ThemeTune "Caught in the Lie" and "Duder's a Spy", Michelle Chamuel, who became known nationally as a member of {{Creator/Usher}}'s team on the 2013 season of Series/TheVoice.


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* RetroactiveRecognition: Aside from all the members of Creator/TeamStarkid in the cast, there's also the female vocalist for the ThemeTune "Caught in the Lie" and "Duder's a Spy", Michelle Chamuel, who became known nationally as a member of {{Creator/Usher}}'s team on the 2013 season of Series/TheVoice.
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* TheScrappy: Sami. She's an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: We're not ''supposed'' to like her. Elona Finlay, the actress who played Sami, was very glad that people picked up on this.

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* TheScrappy: Sami. She's an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: We're not ''supposed'' to like her. Elona Finlay, the actress who played Sami, was very glad that people picked up on this.this -- in fact, she said many PetTheDog moments for Sami were edited out of the final cut of the series so people would understand how unforgivable her actions are.
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** Out-of-universe, the SPACE Tour contains an epic moment where Creator/LaurenLopez and Brian Holden teased the possibility of Little White Lie Season 2 coming out in 2012... before definitively [[{{Troll}} it was not]] because "Little White Lie is over. It's over now" and then ''immediately'' segueing into [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome "It's Over Now"]].
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Aside from all the members of Creator/TeamStarkid in the cast, there's also the female vocalist for the ThemeTune "Caught in the Lie" and "Duder's a Spy", Michelle Chamuel, who became known nationally as a member of {{Creator/Usher}}'s team on the 2013 season of Series/TheVoice.

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* DesignatedHero: Sami, who despite being the protagonist, continuously lies and takes credit for Kevin's work.
* DesignatedVillain: Despite being incredibly cruel to those around her, Tanya honestly cares about Kevin's welfare, is raising money to pay for his hospital bills and her only real "evil" acts are trying to uncover the truth that Sami stole Kevin's music. [[spoiler: Granted, her main reason for caring about Kevin is because of guilt over hitting him with her car and putting him in the hospital in the first place, but she does feel genuine remorse.]]



* DesignatedHero: Sami, who despite being the protagonist, continuously lies and takes credit for Kevin's work.
* DesignatedVillain: Despite being incredibly cruel to those around her, Tanya honestly cares about Kevin's welfare, is raising money to pay for his hospital bills and her only real "evil" acts are trying to uncover the truth that Sami stole Kevin's music. [[spoiler: Granted, her main reason for caring about Kevin is because of guilt over hitting him with her car and putting him in the hospital in the first place, but she does feel genuine remorse.]]
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* MoralEventHorizon: If you didn't think Sami's initial decision to steal Kevin's music was this, then she probably crosses it when she '' deletes Kevin's personal website'' just to keep from getting caught. Everything he hosted there other than his music -- blog posts, videos, fanfic -- is now irretrievably gone. Keep in mind she still doesn't know if he'll ever wake up.
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** Arguably a meta form of Fridge Heartwarming: This is a show about a couple of frustrated creative young people who find fame and fortune seem totally out of their reach, until fame and fortune suddenly hit them all at once from an unexpected source. That mirrors the real-life journey of Creator/TeamStarKid, who worked incredibly hard on this series only to watch it sink without a trace -- until it suddenly found an audience after their silly [[Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical Harry Potter parody]] went viral.
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* FridgeBrilliance: The S2 synopsis reveals that all of Kevin's songs were inspired by his hopeless crush on Sami. In that light, the lyrics of "It's Over Now", his most recent song and the one Little White Lie steals to be their BreakthroughHit, is a song about ''giving up'' on chasing Sami and striking out for success on his own terms. He was likely ''just about to'' get up the courage to release his music publicly, if not for Sami's audition poster convincing him to try to get close to her one last time.

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* FridgeBrilliance: The S2 synopsis reveals that all of Kevin's songs were inspired by his hopeless crush on Sami. In that light, the lyrics of "It's Over Now", his most recent song and the one Little White Lie steals to be their BreakthroughHit, is a song about ''giving up'' on chasing Sami and striking out for success on his own terms. He was likely ''just about to'' get up the courage to release his music publicly, if not for Sami's audition poster convincing him to try to get close to her one last time. And then a freak car accident changed everything...
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* FridgeBrilliance: The S2 synopsis reveals that all of Kevin's songs were inspired by his hopeless crush on Sami. In that light, the lyrics of "It's Over Now", his most recent song and the one Little White Lie steals to be their BreakthroughHit, is a song about ''giving up'' on chasing Sami and striking out for success on his own terms. He was likely ''just about to'' get up the courage to release his music publicly, if not for Sami's audition poster convincing him to try to get close to her one last time.
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** Meredith Stepien as Tanya's rival mean girl, for people who've seen {{Theatre/Firebringer}}.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The co-composer of the music on the show, Grant Anderson, was involved in a near-fatal car accident during filming, and ended up in a coma and suffering serious brain damage. Eric Kahn Gale describes being nearly floored by the irony of how the real-life situation mirrored the plot he'd written for the show.
** TearJerker: Anderson recuperated enough to attend the premiere of the show in a wheelchair, but his memory was damaged enough that he didn't actually remember any of the work he did on it. (This ''also'' mirrors the planned plot for Season 2, where Kevin initially suffers from amnesia before hearing his music jogs his memory.)

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** ''Duder's a spyyyyyyyyy, Duder's a spyyyyyyyyy (Duder! Duder! Duder!)''

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* HilariousInHindsight: Toby describes Little White Lie's song as [[Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical "Totally Awesome"]]

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* DesignatedVillain: Despite being incredibly cruel to those around her, Tanya honestly cares about Kevin's welfare, is raising money to pay for his hospital bills and her only real 'evil' acts are trying to uncover the truth that Sami stole Kevin's music. [[spoiler: Granted, her main reason for caring about Kevin is because of guilt over hitting him with her car and putting him in the hospital in the first place, but she does feel genuine remorse.]]

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* DesignatedVillain: Despite being incredibly cruel to those around her, Tanya honestly cares about Kevin's welfare, is raising money to pay for his hospital bills and her only real 'evil' "evil" acts are trying to uncover the truth that Sami stole Kevin's music. [[spoiler: Granted, her main reason for caring about Kevin is because of guilt over hitting him with her car and putting him in the hospital in the first place, but she does feel genuine remorse.]]



* TearJerker: Duder trying to work up the confidence to talk to girls with the help of Tanya, before admitting his crush on her, only for her to awkwardly leave to find Toby.

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Duder trying to work up the confidence to talk to girls with the help of Tanya, before admitting his crush on her, only for her to awkwardly leave to find Toby.



* TheScrappy: Sami
** UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: We're not ''supposed'' to like her. Elona Finlay, the actress who played Sami, was very glad that people picked up on this.
* TheWoobie: Arguably Duder, he seems like a honestly decent kid who defers to his sister on what they should do, though he would rather quit and be honest more than once. His confession of his feelings for Tanya are heartfelt and sincere that he honestly likes her for who she is, not how popular she is with the 'in crowd'.
** Not to mention Kevin.

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* TheScrappy: Sami
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Sami. She's an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: We're not ''supposed'' to like her. Elona Finlay, the actress who played Sami, was very glad that people picked up on this.
* TheWoobie: TheWoobie:
** Kevin, so much.
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Arguably Duder, he seems like a honestly decent kid who defers to his sister on what they should do, though he would rather quit and be honest more than once. His confession of his feelings for Tanya are heartfelt and sincere that he honestly likes her for who she is, not how popular she is with the 'in crowd'.
** Not to mention Kevin.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Toby describes Little White Lie's song as [[AVeryPotterMusical "Totally Awesome"]]
** One scene has Tanya hopping up onto a table which caused many viewers to expect her to start rolling around on it like [[AVeryPotterMusical Draco]].

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* HilariousInHindsight: Toby describes Little White Lie's song as [[AVeryPotterMusical [[Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical "Totally Awesome"]]
** One scene has Tanya hopping up onto a table which caused many viewers to expect her to start rolling around on it like [[AVeryPotterMusical [[Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical Draco]].
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments: DesignatedHero and DesignatedVillain they might be, but the high-stakes race between Sami and Tanya--Sami trying to find and delete Kevin's website before Tanya finds it and discovers his music--is thrilling and full of tension.
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Say what you will about the band-obsessed student body, but they're certainly not transphobic. Tanya spreads a rumor that Sami is getting a sex change, and everyone's response is to be incredibly supportive, and later confronting Tanya about how disrespectful the lie was to actual trans people. It's all very open-minded for a bunch of rowdy teenagers.
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* JerkSue: Sami

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** ''Duder's a spyyyyyyyyy, Duder's a spyyyyyyyyy (Duder! Duder! Duder!)''



** ''Duder's a spyyyyyyyyy, Duder's a spyyyyyyyyy (Duder! Duder! Duder!)''

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* DesignatedVillain: Despite being incredibly cruel to those around her, Tanya honestly cares about Kevin's welfare, is raising money to pay for his hospital bills and her only real 'evil' acts are trying to uncover the truth that Sami stole Kevin's music.
** She honestly cares about Kevin's welfare? I must have missed it with the way she ''doesn't know his name''. Is the excuse of not wanting to print up another batch of everything legitimate? Yes, but she continues to call him Calvin (at least in public) after corrected. And she could still change the name of the club.
*** Also, just because the supposed hero isn't a true protagonist, it doesn't mean that Laur- Tanya is either. I see it more as like a [[MeanGirls Regina George and Cady]] interaction. Just because one side is awful and bitchy, doesn't mean the other side can't be also.
** She also [[spoiler: hit Kevin with her car and drove away]]. But she seems to be genuinely remorseful for this.

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* DesignatedVillain: Despite being incredibly cruel to those around her, Tanya honestly cares about Kevin's welfare, is raising money to pay for his hospital bills and her only real 'evil' acts are trying to uncover the truth that Sami stole Kevin's music.
** She honestly cares about Kevin's welfare? I must have missed it with the way she ''doesn't know his name''. Is the excuse of not wanting to print up another batch of everything legitimate? Yes, but she continues to call him Calvin (at least in public) after corrected. And she could still change the name of the club.
*** Also, just because the supposed hero isn't a true protagonist, it doesn't mean that Laur- Tanya is either. I see it more as like a [[MeanGirls Regina George and Cady]] interaction. Just because one side is awful and bitchy, doesn't mean the other side can't be also.
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music. [[spoiler: hit Granted, her main reason for caring about Kevin is because of guilt over hitting him with her car and drove away]]. But putting him in the hospital in the first place, but she seems to be genuinely remorseful for this. does feel genuine remorse.]]
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Many fans believe that Tanya is the real hero as she persecutes Sami for mostly unselfish reasons, whereas Sami is only concerned with her own goals and keeping the truth hidden.


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** ''Duder's a spyyyyyyyyy, Duder's a spyyyyyyyyy (Duder! Duder! Duder!)''
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** She honestly cares about Kevin's welfare? I must have missed it with the way she ''doesn't know his name''. Is the excuse of not wanting to print up another batch of everything legitimate? Yes, but she continues to call him Calvin after corrected.

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** She honestly cares about Kevin's welfare? I must have missed it with the way she ''doesn't know his name''. Is the excuse of not wanting to print up another batch of everything legitimate? Yes, but she continues to call him Calvin (at least in public) after corrected.corrected. And she could still change the name of the club.
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** She honestly cares about Kevin's welfare? I must have missed it with the way she ''doesn't know his name''. Is the excuse of not wanting to print up another batch of everything legitimate? Yes, but she continues to call him Calvin after corrected.
*** Also, just because the supposed hero isn't a true protagonist, it doesn't mean that Laur- Tanya is either. I see it more as like a [[MeanGirls Regina George and Cady]] interaction. Just because one side is awful and bitchy, doesn't mean the other side can't be also.
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* DesignatedHero: Sami, who despite being the protagonist, continuously lies and takes credit for Kevin's work.
* DesignatedVillain: Despite being incredibly cruel to those around her, Tanya honestly cares about Kevin's welfare, is raising money to pay for his hospital bills and her only real 'evil' acts are trying to uncover the truth that Sami stole Kevin's music.
** She also [[spoiler: hit Kevin with her car and drove away]]. But she seems to be genuinely remorseful for this.
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* LesYay : Between Sami and Tanya

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