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* {{Fanon}}: Camille's blood ties to Tyler aren't concrete. At most the two are half-siblings because she mentions her dad being in prison, but fans decided that they were related and the producers [[AscendedFanon just went with it]].

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* {{Fanon}}: Camille's blood ties to Tyler aren't concrete. Even Alyson Stoner said that they weren't sure the two were siblings or foster siblings. At most the two are half-siblings because she mentions her dad being in prison, but fans decided that they were related and the producers [[AscendedFanon just went with it]].
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* ContestedSequel: Some fans consider the third movie to be the high point of the franchise while others think it is the worst or second worst of the original five films.


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** Recurring characters the Santiago Twins have little dialogue or characterization in any of their appearances but are some of the best-liked supporting dancers for the main cast.
** Sophie from the second film does little dancing with the main cast, most of the scenes fleshing her out were deleted, and her LastMinuteHookUp with Moose is disliked and often ignored. Still, she has a respectable number of fans for her DefrostingTheIceQueen LovableAlphaBitch moments and for being a rare dancer in the franchise who also sings.
** The Robot Girl dancer and the Grim Knight twins from ''All In'' have almost no dialogue, relatively few scenes, and little plot importance beyond some PairTheSpares moments with Vladd and the Santiago Twins. Still, they get some good choreography and a few MeetCute moments that make them some of the best-liked dancers from the rival crews in the series, with some fans wishing they had gotten more screen-time.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Moose, introduced in ''The Streets''. The positive reception towards the character inevitably led to him coming back for the three subsequent sequels, with ''3D'' and ''All In'' giving him and Camille equal importance to the main couples. In ''Revolution'' he returns alongside Vladd, Jenny and Hair during the big final flash mob, but is the only one of the four to have speaking lines.

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** Missy is only in a secondary role in the second film and a minor one in the third, but has a lot of fans for the way she sticks with Andie after the rest of their crew unfairly ostracize her.


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* FanPreferredCutContent: Some fans think the deleted scenes in the second movie where Sophie rats out Andie’s (tenuous) connection to the school vandals and then feels bad about it and tries to make amends flesh her out in a way that the final cut doesn’t.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: ''Revolution'' features a scene of the heroes crashing the villain's party, where they throw in smoke bombs and then dance around while dressed completely in black with gas masks, to a song that includes gunshot sound effects. Even considering that this is ''plot-relevant'', it's rather jaw-dropping that the studio didn't feel the need to remove this scene after the massacre at an Aurora, Colorado screening of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' the week before the film's release, although advertising featuring said scene was pulled as a result.

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* ClicheStorm: Both the plots of ''3D'' and ''All In'' are every low-budged sports/competition convention thrown in, complete with the two rival team's lead dancers being former friends that had a falling out -- although, in ''All In'''s case, The Mob ends up taking a backseat to the Grim Knights as LMNTRIX's main rivals.

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Both the plots of ''3D'' and ''All In'' are every low-budged sports/competition convention thrown in, complete with the two rival team's lead dancers being former friends that had a falling out -- although, in ''All In'''s case, The Mob ends up taking a backseat to the Grim Knights as LMNTRIX's main rivals.



* JustHereForGodzilla: Quite a few people only saw 3D because [[EnsembleDarkhorse Adam Sevani and Alyson Stoner]] were in it and don't care for the main plot and other just watch for the dancing.

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Quite a few people only saw 3D because [[EnsembleDarkhorse Adam Sevani and Alyson Stoner]] were in it and don't care for the main plot and other just watch for the dancing.



* ReplacementScrappy: Many fans back in the day were upset that [[RememberTheNewGuy Andie]] was the star of The Streets rather than Camille.

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* SignatureScene: Definitely for ''Step Up 3D'', if not the entire franchise, the water dance battle set to Madcon’s ‘Beggin’ is often cited as one of the most remembered scenes from the movies.

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** Fans of Highwater were not happy with Christina Millan replacing Naya Rivera as Colette after the latter's death.
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** Likewise, many fans of ''Series/{{Glee}}'' and ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' have seen ''The Streets'' solely due to Harry Shum Jr. being part of the cast, and the casting of ''Series/SoYouThinkYouCanDance'' alumni such as Stephen "tWitch" Boss, Kathryn McCormick and Phillip "Pacman" Chbeeb in the following films helped draw fans of the show towards the franchise.

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** Likewise, many fans of ''Series/{{Glee}}'' and ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' have seen ''The Streets'' solely due to Harry Shum Jr. being part of the cast, and the casting of ''Series/SoYouThinkYouCanDance'' alumni such as Stephen "tWitch" Boss, Kathryn McCormick [=McCormick=] and Phillip "Pacman" Chbeeb in the following films helped draw fans of the show towards the franchise.
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** The final dance in the rain from ''Step 2'' is another contender.
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* SignatureScene: Definitely for ‘Step Up 3D’, if not the entire franchise, the water dance battle set to Madcon’s ‘Beggin’ is often cited as one of the most remembered scenes from the movies.

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* SignatureScene: Definitely for ‘Step ''Step Up 3D’, 3D'', if not the entire franchise, the water dance battle set to Madcon’s ‘Beggin’ is often cited as one of the most remembered scenes from the movies.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: ''Revolution'' features a scene of the heroes crashing the villain's party, where they throw in smoke bombs and then dance around while dressed completely in black with gas masks, to a song that includes gunshot sound effects. Even considering that this is ''plot-relevant'', it's rather jaw-dropping that the studio didn't feel the need to remove this scene after the massacre at an Aurora, Colorado screening of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' the week before the film was released, although television advertisements featuring said scene were pulled as a result.

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: ''Revolution'' features a scene of the heroes crashing the villain's party, where they throw in smoke bombs and then dance around while dressed completely in black with gas masks, to a song that includes gunshot sound effects. Even considering that this is ''plot-relevant'', it's rather jaw-dropping that the studio didn't feel the need to remove this scene after the massacre at an Aurora, Colorado screening of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' the week before the film was released, film's release, although television advertisements advertising featuring said scene were was pulled as a result.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: ''Revolution'' features a scene of the heroes crashing the villain's party, where they throw in smoke bombs and then dance around while dressed completely in black with gas masks, to a song that includes gunshot sound effects. Even considering that this is ''plot-relevant'', it's rather jaw-dropping that the studio didn't feel the need to remove this scene after the massacre at an Aurora, Colorado screening of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: ''Revolution'' features a scene of the heroes crashing the villain's party, where they throw in smoke bombs and then dance around while dressed completely in black with gas masks, to a song that includes gunshot sound effects. Even considering that this is ''plot-relevant'', it's rather jaw-dropping that the studio didn't feel the need to remove this scene after the massacre at an Aurora, Colorado screening of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' the week before the film was released, although television advertisements featuring said scene were pulled as a result.
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* SignatureScene: Definitely for ‘Step Up 3D’, if not the entire franchise, the water dance battle set to Madcon’s ‘Beggin’ is often cited as one of the most remembered scenes from the movies.

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* BadassDecay: The Mob go from viral sensations capable of pulling off elaborate, showstopping flash mobs in ''Revolution'' to empoverished {{Starving Artist}}s in ''All In''.
* ClicheStorm: Both ''3D'' and ''All In'''s plots are every low-budged sports/competition convention thrown in, complete with the two rival team's lead dancers being former friends that had a falling out -- although, in ''All In'''s case, The Mob ends up taking a backseat to the Grim Knights as LMNTRIX's main rivals.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Moose, introduced in ''The Streets''. The positive reception towards the character inevitably led to him coming back for the three subsequent sequels. In ''Revolution'' he returns alongside Vladd, Jenny and Hair, but is the only one of the four to have speaking lines.
* EvenBetterSequel: Step Up 2: The Streets was better received by critics for having a better plot and better dancing than the first movie. Step Up 3D, despite having a more {{Troperiffic}} plot, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools was even more well received.]]

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* BadassDecay: The Mob go from dancers with humble backgrounds who also happen to be viral sensations capable of pulling off elaborate, showstopping flash mobs in ''Revolution'' ''Revolution''... to even more empoverished {{Starving Artist}}s in ''All In''.
* ClicheStorm: Both the plots of ''3D'' and ''All In'''s plots In'' are every low-budged sports/competition convention thrown in, complete with the two rival team's lead dancers being former friends that had a falling out -- although, in ''All In'''s case, The Mob ends up taking a backseat to the Grim Knights as LMNTRIX's main rivals.
** ''Revolution'' follows a different cliché, specifically that of the protagonists trying to prevent a CommunityThreateningConstruction from going forward.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Moose, introduced in ''The Streets''. The positive reception towards the character inevitably led to him coming back for the three subsequent sequels. sequels, with ''3D'' and ''All In'' giving him and Camille equal importance to the main couples. In ''Revolution'' he returns alongside Vladd, Jenny and Hair, Hair during the big final flash mob, but is the only one of the four to have speaking lines.
* EvenBetterSequel: Step Up 2: The Streets ''The Streets'' was better received by critics for having a better plot and better dancing than the first movie. Step Up 3D, despite having a more {{Troperiffic}} plot, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools was even more well received.]]movie, and this only increased with the three subsequent sequels.



* FanonDiscontinuity: ''Year of the Dance'', due to taking place in China and having an all-local cast as result, is so divorced from the rest of the franchise that most of the fans just pretend it doesn't exist.



** Likewise, many fans of ''Series/{{Glee}}'' and ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' have seen ''The Streets'' solely due to Harry Shum Jr. being part of the cast.

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** Likewise, many fans of ''Series/{{Glee}}'' and ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' have seen ''The Streets'' solely due to Harry Shum Jr. being part of the cast.cast, and the casting of ''Series/SoYouThinkYouCanDance'' alumni such as Stephen "tWitch" Boss, Kathryn McCormick and Phillip "Pacman" Chbeeb in the following films helped draw fans of the show towards the franchise.

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* ClicheStorm: 3D's plot is every low-budged sports/competition convention thrown in, complete with the two rival team's lead dancers being former friends that had a falling out.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Camille from the first movie and Moose from ''The Streets''. Naturally people were happy when they were brought back for the third and they were even PromotedToLoveInterest for each other.

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* BadassDecay: The Mob go from viral sensations capable of pulling off elaborate, showstopping flash mobs in ''Revolution'' to empoverished {{Starving Artist}}s in ''All In''.
* ClicheStorm: 3D's plot is Both ''3D'' and ''All In'''s plots are every low-budged sports/competition convention thrown in, complete with the two rival team's lead dancers being former friends that had a falling out.
out -- although, in ''All In'''s case, The Mob ends up taking a backseat to the Grim Knights as LMNTRIX's main rivals.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Camille from the first movie and Moose from Moose, introduced in ''The Streets''. Naturally people were happy when they were brought The positive reception towards the character inevitably led to him coming back for the third three subsequent sequels. In ''Revolution'' he returns alongside Vladd, Jenny and they were even PromotedToLoveInterest for each other.Hair, but is the only one of the four to have speaking lines.



* {{Fanon}}: Camille's relation to Tyler is not concrete. At most the two are half-siblings because she mentions her dad being in prison, but fans decided that they were related and producers decided they agreed.
* FanPreferredCouple: Andie/Blake from ''The Streets''

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* {{Fanon}}: Camille's relation blood ties to Tyler is not aren't concrete. At most the two are half-siblings because she mentions her dad being in prison, but fans decided that they were related and the producers decided they agreed.
[[AscendedFanon just went with it]].
* FanPreferredCouple: Andie/Blake from ''The Streets''Streets'', and in some circles, Sean/Eddy from ''Revolution'' and ''All In''.



* HoYay: Between Sean and Eddy in ''Revolution'' and ''All In''.



** Likewise, many fans of ''Series/{{Glee}}'' and ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' have seen ''The Streets'' solely due to Harry Shum Jr. being part of the cast.



* ReplacementScrappy: Many fans were upset that [[RememberTheNewGuy Andie]] was the star of The Streets rather than Camille.

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* ReplacementScrappy: Many fans back in the day were upset that [[RememberTheNewGuy Andie]] was the star of The Streets rather than Camille.
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* StrangledByTheRedString: Violet and Chad from ''All In''. Throughout the movie, Violet comes across as ButchLesbian-coded and continuously rejects Chad's advances towards her, so their kiss at the end winds up coming across as jarring rather than satisfying.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Alyson Stoner is notoriously a prodigious hip-hop dancer, having been featured in Music/MissyElliot music videos in the past. However, her dance skills are criminally underused throughout the franchise.

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* StrangledByTheRedString: Violet and Chad from ''All In''. Throughout the movie, Violet comes across as ButchLesbian-coded and continuously rejects Chad's advances towards her, so their kiss at the end winds up coming across as jarring rather than satisfying.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Alyson Stoner is notoriously a prodigious hip-hop dancer, having been featured in Music/MissyElliot music videos in the past. However, her dance skills are criminally underused throughout the franchise.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: 3D features the return of Camille Gage, Tyler's sister. However this is never mentioned at all. They could have had her feel like she's in his shadow because he's a famous dancer. They also could have had some sort of flashback featuring the start of her friendship Moose or even started the movie with it before doing a flashforward

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* StrangledByTheRedString: Violet and Chad from ''All In''. Throughout the movie, Violet comes across as ButchLesbian-coded and continuously rejects Chad's advances towards her, so their kiss at the end winds up coming across as jarring rather than satisfying.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: 3D features Alyson Stoner is notoriously a prodigious hip-hop dancer, having been featured in Music/MissyElliot music videos in the return of Camille Gage, Tyler's sister. However this is never mentioned at all. They could have had past. However, her feel like she's in his shadow because he's a famous dancer. They also could have had some sort of flashback featuring dance skills are criminally underused throughout the start of her friendship Moose or even started the movie with it before doing a flashforwardfranchise.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Crossed in ''All In'' with the revelation that the dance tournament was rigged. Alexxa Brava especially went over with her being in cahoots with Grim Knight, who the producers were planning on crowning at the end [[spoiler:before [=LMNtrix=]'s show-stopping and spectacular performance forced them to change their minds, much to Alexxa's clear dismay]].

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* MoralEventHorizon: Crossed in ''All In'' with the revelation that the dance tournament was rigged. Alexxa Brava especially went over with her being in cahoots with the Grim Knight, Knights (most of all their frontman Jasper, whom she has a closet relationship with), who the producers were planning on crowning at the end [[spoiler:before [=LMNtrix=]'s show-stopping and spectacular performance forced them to change their minds, much to Alexxa's clear dismay]].
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* EvenBetterSequel: Step Up 2: The Streets was better received by critics for having a better plot and better dancing than the first movie. Step Up 3D, despite having a more {{Troperiffic}} plot, [[TropesAreNotBad was even more well received.]]

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* EvenBetterSequel: Step Up 2: The Streets was better received by critics for having a better plot and better dancing than the first movie. Step Up 3D, despite having a more {{Troperiffic}} plot, [[TropesAreNotBad [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools was even more well received.]]
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* CallBack: Jason, from the Pirates crew, appears also in Step Up 4.
** And of course Moose. Moose is the main secondary protagonist in Step Up 2. He does the same in Step Up 3 as Camille's romantic interest. [[spoiler:And then Jason calls him so he can appear at the end of Step Up 4, because no one would recognize it as a Step Up movie anymore without [[EnsembleDarkhorse the Ensemble Moose]] in it.]]



* EnsembleDarkhorse: Camille from the first movie and Moose from The Streets. Naturally people were happy when they were brought back for the third and they were even PromotedToLoveInterest for each other
* EvenBetterSequel: Step Up 2: The Streets was better recived by critics for having a better plot and better dancing than the first movie. Step Up 3D, despite having a more {{Troperiffic}} plot, [[TropesAreNotBad was even more well recieved.]]

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Camille from the first movie and Moose from The Streets. ''The Streets''. Naturally people were happy when they were brought back for the third and they were even PromotedToLoveInterest for each other
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* EvenBetterSequel: Step Up 2: The Streets was better recived received by critics for having a better plot and better dancing than the first movie. Step Up 3D, despite having a more {{Troperiffic}} plot, [[TropesAreNotBad was even more well recieved.received.]]



* FanPreferredCouple: Andie/Blake from The Streets

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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The series, with the exception of possibly the first one, haven't really made a cultural impact here in the States and each film is released to gradually dwindling box office numbers. But worldwide however, each film makes over $100 million and coupled with low production costs, is the main reason why sequels are made.

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* EvenBetterSequel: Step Up 2: The Streets was better recived by critics for having a better plot and better dancing than the first movie. Step Up 3D, despite having a more {{Troperiffic}} plot, [[TropesAreNotBad was even more well recieved.]]



* ReplacementScrappy: Many fans were upset that [[RememberTheNewGuy Andie]] was the star of The Streets rather than Camille
* {{Sequelitis}}: Averted, Step Up 2: The Streets was better recived by critics for having a better plot and better dancing than the first movie. Step Up 3D, despite having a more {{Troperiffic}} plot, [[TropesAreNotBad was even more well recieved.]]

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* ReplacementScrappy: Many fans were upset that [[RememberTheNewGuy Andie]] was the star of The Streets rather than Camille
* {{Sequelitis}}: Averted, Step Up 2: The Streets was better recived by critics for having a better plot and better dancing than the first movie. Step Up 3D, despite having a more {{Troperiffic}} plot, [[TropesAreNotBad was even more well recieved.]]
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: ''Revolution'' features a scene of the heroes crashing the villain's party, where they throw in smoke bombs and then dance around while dressed completely in black with gas masks, to a song that includes gunshot sound effects. It's rather jaw-dropping that the studio didn't feel the need to remove this scene after the massacre at an Aurora, Colorado screening of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.
* JustHereForGodzilla: Quite a few people only saw 3D because [[EnsembleDarkhorse Adam Sevani and Alyson Stoner]] were in it and don't care for the main plot and other just watch for the dancing.

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: ''Revolution'' features a scene of the heroes crashing the villain's party, where they throw in smoke bombs and then dance around while dressed completely in black with gas masks, to a song that includes gunshot sound effects. It's Even considering that this is ''plot-relevant'', it's rather jaw-dropping that the studio didn't feel the need to remove this scene after the massacre at an Aurora, Colorado screening of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.
* JustHereForGodzilla: Quite a few people only saw 3D because [[EnsembleDarkhorse Adam Sevani and Alyson Stoner]] were in it and don't care for the main plot and other just watch for the dancing. dancing.
* MoralEventHorizon: Crossed in ''All In'' with the revelation that the dance tournament was rigged. Alexxa Brava especially went over with her being in cahoots with Grim Knight, who the producers were planning on crowning at the end [[spoiler:before [=LMNtrix=]'s show-stopping and spectacular performance forced them to change their minds, much to Alexxa's clear dismay]].
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* JustHereForGodzilla: Quite a few people only saw 3D because [[EnsembleDarkhorse Adam Sevani and Alyson Stoner]] were in it and don't care for the main plot

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* JustHereForGodzilla: Quite a few people only saw 3D because [[EnsembleDarkhorse Adam Sevani and Alyson Stoner]] were in it and don't care for the main plot and other just watch for the dancing.

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