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4	''I'm in the Band'' is a TV series on ''Creator/DisneyXD'' about 15-year-old guitarist, Tripp Campbell who won a chance to meet his favorite rock band, Iron Weasel. He learns that lead singer Derek Jupiter, bassist Burger Pitt and drummer Ash Tyler haven't had a big gig in years and now live out of their tour van. Tripp asks to join their band after their original lead guitarist, Bleed broke up with them. They say no at first but after showing them his guitar playing skill, and convincing his single mom into letting them live with them, they accept. Tripp is also taking point on securing new gigs for Iron Weasel and trying to make them popular again.
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6	But yeah, the thing about Derek, Burger and Ash, they're lazy, shallow, stupid (mainly Ash) and incredibly childish. Tripp's best friend, Izzy Fuentes, an aspiring singer and borderline-obsessive rock fan, can help the situation or make things worse. Add to the fact that most of Tripp's ambitious plans for Iron Weasel backfire and HilarityEnsues. It is chronologically the sixth series in the Franchise/DisneyChannelLiveActionUniverse. Has a CrossOver episode with ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOnDeck''.
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8	The series is noted for having slightly more crass and inappropriate humor in comparison to the Disney Channel sitcoms, being made for the then-new boys-oriented ''Creator/DisneyXD'' channel.
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10	Only lasted two seasons and was cancelled due to low ratings.
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12	!!The main cast:
13	* Tripp Campbell (Creator/LoganMiller)
14	* Burger Pitt (Creator/GregBaker)
15	* Ash Tyler (Creator/StephenFull)
16	* Derek Jupiter (Creator/SteveValentine)
17	* Izzy Fuentes (Creator/CaitlynTaylorLove)
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20	!!''I'm in the Band'' provides examples of:
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22	%%* {{Acrofatic}}: Burger
23	* AdvertisedExtra: Izzy, while listed as a main character, is the only member of the main cast to ever be absent, not appearing in 18 episodes throughout the series.
24	* AllThereInTheManual: Ash's last name was only shown in promotional material.
25	* ArchEnemy: Charles "Chucky" Albertson and Metal Wolf serve as such for Iron Weasel in Season 2, actively trying to sabotage the band so they'll lose their record label with Simon Craig.
26	%%* {{Badbutt}}: The entire show.
27	%% * Berserk Button:
28	%% ** Never touch Derek's motorcycle.
29	%% ** For Charles, it can be described in four words: [[NoIndoorVoice NOBODY CALLS ME CHUCKY]]!
30	%%* BigEater: Burger
31	%%* BigFun: Burger, again.
32	* BilingualBonus: Derek in "Annoying Arlene." Apparently, he's fluent in Spanish, Finnish, and Turkish. Or at least knows how to say "Her neck smells like vanilla" in all three.
33	* BirthdayEpisode: "Birthdazed" has everyone celebrating Tripp's birthday with two parties. One is thrown by Beth which is more of a kid's party, another by the band to showcase that Tripp's a teenager. Beth learns to accept that her son's too old for her parties and allows him to celebrate how he wants to.
34	* BreakingTheFellowship:
35	** Happens to Iron Weasel in the Season 2 premiere, "I'm Out of the Band" when Tripp's frustrations with the guys [[spoiler:leads him to quitting Iron Weasel and joining Metal Wolf. They later make up and hijack Metal Wolf's gig at the Super Bowl halftime show.]]
36	** Happens to the guys again in "Weasels on a Plane" after a nasty plane crash. [[spoiler:Ash succeeds in getting the band back together at the end of the episode by renting another plane for them all to go up in so Iron Weasel can work together as friends in landing it]].
37	* [[BrilliantButLazy "Brilliant" But Lazy]]: Derek, Ash, and Burger.
38	* CharacterCatchphrase:
39	-->'''Tripp:''' Guys
40	-->'''Iron Weasel:''' What?
41	-->'''Tripp:''' tells them to do something
42	-->'''Iron Weasel:''' Kay.
43	** Also:
44	--->'''Derek''': Well played.
45	** And:
46	--->'''Derek''': Well, it didn't go as smoothly as we'd hoped, but I don't think anyone noticed.
47	** Ash's "Aaaaawwww, yeah."
48	* CastingGag: On the show it is revealed that Derek used to be a StageMagician as well as the band's singer. In RealLife, Steve Valentine is a StageMagician as well as an actor.
49	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Jared doesn't appear in the second season, so his role of Tripp's best friend was reassigned to Ash.
50	%%* ClipShow: "Kicked Out for Band Behavior".
51	* CouchGag: The lining in the guitar case in the intro is a different color every episode.
52	%%* CrossCounter: "WEASEL SLAP!!!"
53	* {{Crossover}}: With ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOnDeck'' in the episode "Weasels on Deck".
54	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Tripp and Derek.
55	* {{Determinator}}: Tripp, who is probably the most committed into making Iron Weasel a success again.
56	* DidntThinkThisThrough: In "Weasels on a Plane" when Ash succeeds in getting Iron Weasel back together as friends through landing a plane together, he doesn't realize that he was also putting his own life at risk until Tripp pointed it out.
57	---> '''Tripp:''' Our friendship means more to him than his own personal safety!
58	---> '''Ash:''' I did ''WHAT?!?''
59	* DissensionRemorse: In "Weasels on a Plane", after their first plane crash, Iron Weasel don't speak to each other (apart from band business). The reality kicks in early for Ash, then it hits Tripp, Burger, and Derek once Ash takes them up in another plane so they can reconcile and land it together.
60	%%* DistaffCounterpart: The Diamond Sharks to Iron Weasel. Izzy is the only character to not have a SpearCounterpart.
61	%%* TheDitz: Izzy shows signs of this.
62	* DownerEnding: Happens a lot. Though it's as down as a Disney comedy gets.
63	* DumbAndDrummer: Ash is considered a GeniusDitz... at best, especially in "Weasels on a Plane".
64	* DumbBlonde: Tripp dates Lana in "I Wanna Punch Stuff", and she isn't very intelligent. When the band needs to make him angry so he'll finish writing a song, they trick Lana into breaking up with him.
65	%%* EightiesHair: Derek and Burger.
66	* EvilCounterpart: Iron Weasel has a rival band, Metal Wolf, who constantly steal the spotlight from them.
67	* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Iron Weasel will always fail in becoming successful. [[StatusQuoIsGod SQIG]] after all. [[spoiler:Subverted when the guys end up under the label of Simon Craig with a new album titled "Back in your Face" being released.]]
68	* FakeBrit: Bryan Callen as Bleed. [[spoiler:This applies in-universe too, as Bleed is also faking a British accent]]. Subverted with Steve Valentine as Derek (He's [[{{Scotireland}} Scottish]] pretending to be English).
69	* {{Gasshole}}: Izzy learned to burp the names of state capitals from either Burger or the band in general. Eventually she was able to put as much force behind them as Burger can.
70	%%* GeniusDitz: Derek, Ash, and Burger
71	* HypocriticalHumor: After finding out that Ash has called his pet fish "Sushi", Burger complains that "Sushi's a food, not a name." Lampshaded by Tripp.
72	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Somewhat, as many of the episode titles contained the word "Weasel".
73	* ImprobableHairstyle: The members of Iron Weasel sans Tripp have rather unusual hairdos: Ash's hair looks like a porcupine, Derek has too-wavy hair, and Burger has feminine wavy hair held up by a sweatband.
74	%%* JabbaTableManners: Burger.
75	%%* JerkJock: Tripp's arch nemesis in high school, Bryce Johnson.
76	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Derek.
77	%%* {{Keet}}: Burger.
78	* LikesOlderWomen: Burger has a crush on Tripp's mother Beth.
79	* LiteralMinded: Ash, being TheDitz, has a tendency to take things overly literally. For example, when he hears about a gig that's going to "put Iron Weasel on the map," he has an ImagineSpot where his face is literally on a map.
80	%%* ManChild: Derek, Burger, and Ash, mainly the latter two.
81	* NotSoAboveItAll: Tripp is the most responsible member of the band by far, but he's still a teenager and does act immature at times. An example was when Derek, Burger, and Ash lost all their money to support elderly while they were taking skydiving lessons in "Geezers Rock".
82	--> [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I can't believe you guys. You went skydiving without me!?]]
83	%%* OnlySaneMan: Tripp's Mom, Tripp when his mom's not around.
84	* ParentalSubstitute: Tripp admits that he considers Derek to be his father figure at the end of "Lord of the Weasels".
85	%%* PlotAllergy: Tripp's peanut allergy.
86	* PokeThePoodle: The band attempts to make Tripp angry in "I Wanna Punch Stuff"; they aren't able to insult him without apologizing soon after.
87	%%* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Ash.
88	* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Jared and Tripp.
89	* SignatureMove: Iron Weasel's "flip of doom". Unfortunately, they haven't done it in a while.
90	* ShoutOut:
91	** The episode "What Happened?" to the movie ''Film/TheHangover''.
92	** In "Road Tripp", Burger yells "Skateboard on the sidewalk, [[Series/ZekeAndLuther Zeke!]]"
93	* SmallNameBigEgo: Derek in spades, as he always focuses on himself more than the band.
94	---> '''Derek:''' They're not chanting for Izzy. They're chanting for Derek!
95	---> '''Crowd:''' Iron Weasel! Iron Weasel!
96	---> '''Tripp:''' They're chanting Iron Weasel.
97	---> '''Derek:''' [[HypocriticalHumour Well, kid, you hear what you want to hear.]]
98	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Izzy is the only girl in the main cast.
99	* StageMagician: Derek, [[BerserkButton much to his chagrin]], used to be one and retains all of his skill.
100	%%* StalkerWithACrush: Arlene, on Tripp.
101	%%* StraightMan: Tripp, to the rest of Iron Weasel and Izzy.
102	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Principal Jenkins from the second season is similar personality-wise to Principal Strickland from the first season.
103	%%* TakeThat: Had one to reality/competition TV shows.
104	* TeenGenius: Tripp, when it comes to playing the guitar.
105	* TitleDrop: Towards the end of "[[CrossOver Weasels On Deck]]" and complete with a partial one for ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOnDeck''.
106	--> '''Tripp:''' So, you go to school on a ship?
107	--> '''Cody:''' Yeah, it's a sweet life. You should join us!
108	--> '''Tripp:''' Can't, I'm in the Band.
109	%%* TooDumbToLive: Ash.
110	%%* VitriolicBestBuds: Derek and Burger. It's especially highlighted in Season 2.
111	* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Arlene's cat Hip-Hop and her turtle Jazz.
112	* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Tripp, though that's only because his best friends are idiotic, childish, and lazy.

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