Line #62 Series/LivAndMaddie


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3	''Liv and Maddie'' is a Creator/DisneyChannel sitcom created by John D. Beck and Ron Hart. A "special preview" of the pilot episode premiered July 19, 2013 after ''Film/TeenBeachMovie''; it officially premiered in September 15, 2013, and ran for four seasons before concluding on March 24, 2017.
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5	Liv Rooney (Creator/DoveCameron) returns home in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, after four years filming a successful TV show in Hollywood, ''Sing It Loud!'' She rejoins her parents, her two brothers and her identical twin sister Maddie [[ActingForTwo (also played by Dove Cameron)]], who shaped up to have a very different personality from hers -- [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Maddie is a tomboyish basketball player, while Liv is girly and peppy]]. Their parents are Karen (Kali Rocha), their school's psychologist (promoted to vice-principal in season two), and Pete (Benjamin King), the school's coach. Their brothers are the awkward Joey (Creator/JoeyBragg) and the mischievous Parker (Tenzing Norgay Trainor[[note]]Yes, he is named after the sherpa who accompanied Edmund Hillary to the top of Mount Everest; he's his grandfather[[/note]]).
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7	The Rooney boys Parker and Joey crossed over into ''{{Series/Jessie}}'' with ''Jessie's Aloha Holidays'' ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin With Parker and Joey]]'' which aired for the Christmas Holiday in 2014; the 2015 HalloweenEpisode "Haunt-A-Rooney" was a {{Crossover}} with ''Series/BestFriendsWhenever''.
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9	!!Tropes-a-Rooney!
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11	* AbhorrentAdmirer: Maddie's friend Willow to Joey, she has had an [[StalkerWithACrush unrelenting and desperate stalker-love for Joey]] since they met. She turned out successful though.
12	** Liv has Artie, who is a creepy obsessed fanboy of hers because of her time on ''Sing It Loud!''.
13	** Liv thought Parker's friend Reggie was this to her until he revealed he actually has a crush on a fellow martial arts student. Though it is not because she finds Reggie repulsive or unlikable, she just knows that he is way too young for her.
14	* AccidentalHug: Parker and Val share one and both are noticeably embarrassed afterwards.
15	* AccidentalPublicConfession: Happens in "Sweet 16-A-Rooney" when Karen and Pete are testing the karaoke machine which turns on the moment Karen accidentally reveals Liv and Maddie were born on separate days.
16	* AnAesop:
17	** The episode ''Rate-a-Rooney'' addresses how girls are not a number that defines their appearance.
18	** In a similar vein to ''Rate-a-Rooney'', ''Ask Her More-a-Rooney'' teaches a lesson about how girls and women are more than just their appearance.
19	** Much like what was done in ''Jessie'', the episodes "Flugelball-a-Rooney", "Triangle-a-Rooney", and "Scoop-a-Rooney" show that the type of perfect, happy ending-relationship that tends to get reinforced on Disney Channel don't always end as such, and can get derailed for legitimate reasons beyond a person's control. Even when two people are perfect for each other, circumstances might force them to drift apart anyway.
20	** From "Kathy Kan-A-Rooney", boys do watch shows about girls and there's nothing shameful about it. This was likely done as a nod to the male audience who watches the show.
21	** "Roll Model-A-Rooney" addresses that boys and girls should be equal and accepting of each other, and it shouldn't matter what speaks their mind when it comes to designing and racing.
22	* AlliterativeList: The song ''One Second Chance'' from season 4 mentions a boy who stole "a ''b''ackpack, a ''b''ike and a ''b''oat''".
23	* AllJustADream: The events of "Helgaween-A-Rooney" turn out to be a hypnosis-induced dream that Maddie had.
24	* AllWomenLoveShoes: Surprisingly it is [[{{Tomboy}} Maddie]] who had a bad case of this after being forced into a GirlinessUpgrade by Liv.
25	** Resident [[TheFashionista fashionistas Liv]] and [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent Karen]], naturally, have a case of this too.
26	* AlmostKiss:
27	** Occurs in "Triangle-A-Rooney" when Liv and Holden are rehearsing a song, but Willow walks in on them, ruining the moment.
28	** A RunningGag is when every time Maddie and Diggie are about to kiss, an oblivious Joey shows up an interrupts, assuming Diggie is his best friend and there to see Joey.
29	* AndStarring: "with Kali Rocha and Benjamin King".
30	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: During Stephanie Einstein's PepTalkSong to Sasha in the first episode of ''Sing it Louder!!'', she mentions a male student stole a backpack, a bike, and a boat for souvenirs, a female student ditched seventh grade to sell her mom's shoes, and a male student pierced the ears of his parrot.
31	* TheArtifact: The ConfessionCam segments are a holdover from when the show was originally envisioned as ''Bits and Pieces'' (see the Trivia Page for more details)
32	** The series finale reveals that these segments really ''are'' part of ''Bits and Pieces'', an [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe reality show]] that airs in Luxembourg. [[FailedASpotCheck Dump Truck was the only one to not notice that cameras have been following the family everywhere for 4 years]]. That would certainly explain why he never had a confessional.
33	* AsHerself: Kristen Bell appears as herself in "Ask Her More-A-Rooney", as does Nancy O'Dell in "Scoop-A-Rooney."
34	* TheBadGuyWins: At the end of "Move-A-Rooney," Joey's arch-nemesis, Artie, humiliates him in the hallway, and becomes king of rocket club forever. Thanks to Joey being victim to PoorCommunicationKills, he let him win the race, thinking that his family was moving away. Artie also wins in "Dream-a-Rooney"; Joey and Artie are the ones competing in a game to raise money for the school's music program where the winner of a mystery prize (which they think in an electric skateboard) is one who can touching on the school's porcupine statue. Although Joey and Parker manage to trick Artie into breaking contact, and Joey wins... a lunch with Karen at the sponsors Beef [=McGravy=]. Meanwhile, Karen sells the electric transport (which she did have hidden) online, and Artie buys it.
35	* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Liv ([[DitzyGenius who is also pretty smart herself]]), Joey, and Maddie (she is just as beautiful as Liv, but far more physically fit than her sister or Joey).
36	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In "Helgaween-A-Rooney," Liv and Maddie's attempts to get rid of their magically created triplet Helga result in Maddie using the pendant that created her (when she wished she wasn't a twin) to wish that she was a twin again. [[spoiler: It works - but now she's ''Helga's'' twin and Liv no longer exists.]]
37	* BedtimeBrainwashing: The TwistEnding of "Helgaween-A-Rooney". It turns out the entire episode was just a dream Maddie was having when Karen hypnotized her into not worrying about her sprained foot.
38	* BerserkButton: Liv accidentally pushes Maddie's when she reveals she kissed Diggie in the "Froyo YOLO" video in "New Year's Eve-A-Rooney", until she reveals it wasn't what she thought.
39	* BigNo:
40	** Liv in "Premiere-A-Rooney" when her hair gets caught in the meat grinder.
41	** Parker and Evan in "Champ-A-Rooney" when the season finale of ''Linda and Heather'' ends on a cliffhanger.
42	** Joey in ''[=SkyVolt-A-Rooney=]'' upon seeing [=SkyVolt's=] HeroicSacrifice.
43	* BigWhat:
44	** Maddie's {{catchphrase}}, "''BAM!'' ''WHAT?!''". There are situations where the catchphrase goes [[DefensiveWhat defensive]] or [[FlatWhat flat]] ("BAM! [=What=] have I done?"), but most of the time it is big.
45	** Johnny Nimbus's "Helloooooooooo Stevens Point!"
46	** Gemma's "Look at me! ''Closer!''"
47	* BlandNameProduct: One episode has Joey trying to win a contest to get an obvious Batman parody into one of these ([[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron The Revengers 2: Rage of Fulton]]). Interestingly, as Disney is Marvel's distributor, they probably could have used the title of the actual movie without any problems, and even in a previous episode did they mention the Avengers movie. The same was also done with [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 Custodians of The Cosmos 2]] in ''Tiny House-A-Rooney''. This is likely intentional, as it is Disney's way of stealthily promoting upcoming Marvel Movies.
48	* BlindWithoutEm: Maddie cannot see well without her glasses, meanwhile Liv {{invert\|edTrope}}s it by not seeing well with Maddie's glasses.
49	* BoardingSchool: Monahan Academy, the therapeutic school Stephanie Einstein attended on ''Sing it Loud!'', and where Sasha attends in its sequel ''Sing it Louder!!''.
50	* {{Bookends}}:
51	** The series begins with the family having a welcome home party for Liv when she comes home, and ends with them having a going away party before they all go their separate ways.
52	** The first season began with Liv's show ''Sing it Loud!'' airing its series finale. The final season had her start the show's spinoff, ''Sing it Louder!!'', which ends here with its first season.
53	* BorrowedCatchphrase: Everyone's catchphrase (except Liv's) is borrowed at least once: Maddie's "''[[BigWhat BAM! WHAT?!]]''" by Reggie and Bernard, Joey's "''[[FlatWhat What. Is. Happening?]]''" by Liv, Karen's "''Drop a butt-bomb of Mom''" by Bree, Parker's "''munch''" by Evan.
54	* ABoyAGirlAndABabyFamily: Played with. Liv and Maddie being twins fills the girl role, and they have two brothers: one in high school and one in elementary school.
55	* BreadEggsMilkSquick: The Guess that Food game is back, now with various {{Squick}}ful variants.
56	* BreakTheCutie: Liv, after her idiot skateboarding boyfriend dumped her in a text message in the episode "Skate-a-Rooney."
57	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Every other scene or so a character will [[ConfessionCam get a close up and talk to the audience about whatever is going on]]. Eventually subverted in the series finale, where it was revealed that the Rooneys were being filmed for a reality show the entire time.
58	* BriefAccentImitation: In "Kang-A-Rooney", Liv speaks with an Australian accent while wearing her kangaroo costume.
59	* {{Bromance}}: As of "Howl-a-Rooney", Joey and Diggie seem to officially have this going on.
60	* BuffySpeak: Liv, being a DitzyGenius, slips into this from time to time.
61	--> '''Liv:''' And who went on to win top prize on in the school kick ball-y thing?
62	* CharacterCatchphrase:
63	** Maddie's "''BAM!'' ''WHAT?!''"
64	** Also, Joey's "What. Is. Happening?"
65	** Karen used to have one, which is taken away by Bree: "''Drop a butt-bomb of Mom''"
66	** Parker has a tendency to call others "munch", and [[BorrowedCatchphrase is called so by Evan]].
67	** Gemma: "Look at me -- closer!"
68	* CannotSpitItOut: Liv cannot admit her feelings for Holden after Andie asks him out first, because she doesn't want to hurt her feelings.
69	* CannotTellALie: This was why Holden ended up breaking up with Andie in ''Triangle-A-Rooney''--Nimbus grilled him about his feelings, and he couldn't lie on TV.
70	* ChekhovsGag: Parker's extensive TunnelNetwork is a RunningGag throughout the show. In the Season 3 finale, [[spoiler: [[TrashTheSet it causes the Rooney house to collapse.]]]]
71	* {{Chickification}}: Maddie gave herself this after Liv forced a GirlinessUpgrade on her. Luckily Liv stopped her from this soon enough.
72	* ChocolateBaby: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with Parker. His actor is half-nepalese.
73	* ChristmasEpisode: "Fa-la-la-a-Rooney," Joy To-A-Rooney," and "Cali Christmas-A-Rooney."
74	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome:
75	** Ocean wasn't seen after "Kang-a-Rooney", due to her actor being in ''Mighty Med''.
76	** Stains has been absent since "Pottery-A-Rooney" and some people think she was replaced by [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Lacey]], minus the stains of course. Her locker however, does appear one more time at the end of Season 2, and she does come back in Season 3 as if nothing happened, and we find out what her real name is.
77	* CliffHanger: The end of Season 2: Will Maddie catch Diggie in time to tell her how she feels? In show, [[ItMakesSenseInContext who will Linda take to the International Space Station?]] Lampshaded, of course. Both those cliffhangers ''do'' get resolved.[[spoiler: Although the latter is left hanging until season 4's "Linda And Heather-A-Rooney." Linda takes Heather - Liv does a guest shot on the show, and the episode is set on the space station.]]
78	* ColorblindCasting: Parker's actor is of half Nepalese although the Rooney family is supposed to be white.
79	* ConnectedAllAlong: A ''Sing it Louder!!'' segment in "Falcon-A-Rooney" reveals Sasha is Stephanie's long-lost sister.
80	* ContinuityNod: "New Year's Eve-A-Rooney" reveals that Diggie was in the robot costume in the "Froyo [=YOLO=]" music video from "Song-A-Rooney".
81	* CoolBigSis: Maddie is this to her brother Parker. Liv tries her best to do so to Parker in "Sleep-A-Rooney" but has trouble being one (due to her being away from him since he was 6) and later succeeds.
82	* ContinuitySnarl: In "SPARF-A-Rooney" Maddie complains that South Salamanca tried to steal her then boyfriend Diggie in "BFF-A-Rooney," even though the episode revolved about Maddie not wanting to admit publicly they were a couple, and the moment South realized Diggie was spoken for she instantly backed off... not to mention [[RetCon the rewriting of South, as suddenly both Maddie and Diggie think she's annoying despite her previous appearance having no indications of that]].
83	* CoverVersion: Liv covers Music/ImagineDragons' "On Top of the World" in the first episode.
84	* CreatorBacklash: In-universe example in "Song-A-Rooney," when Liv (already not crazy about having to sing "Froyo[=YOLO=]," a song about frozen yogurt) is absolutely mortified by the accompanying video - as is the rest of the family - and doesn't want to sing it again. (Liv remains mortified when it comes up in "Video-A-Rooney.")
85	* DangerousSixteenthBirthday: The episode "Sweet 16-A-Rooney" has the twins turning 16 and finding out they have separate birthdays[[note]]Liv was born at 11:56 PM on the 5th; Maddie was born at 12:02 AM on the 6th[[/note]].
86	* ADayInTheLimelight: Quite a few:
87	** "Detention-A-Rooney" is very much a Parker episode.
88	** "Cowbell-A-Rooney" centers around Josh being introduced to Stevens Point customs.
89	** "Friend-A-Rooney" is an Andie-centered episode regarding her relationship with Dump Truck.
90	** "Ex-A-Rooney", despite the title referring to Maddie's and Josh's former relationship, centers more around Joey and how he feels about bringing in Maddie while Josh is around.
91	* {{Deuteragonist}}: An in-universe example. Liv's role of Stephanie Einstein in ''Sing it Loud!'' is the second focal of its spinoff, ''Sing it Louder!!'', to Ruby's role Sasha.
92	* DiedInYourArmsTonight: In the season finale of Voltage, Garrison holds a dying Tess in his arms as he becomes the new [=SkyVolt=].
93	* DisproportionateRetribution: Karen Rooney grounding Joey, only because he turned the backyard into the campground…not to mention that that is one of the less strange things that have happened in that backyard.
94	** Inverted in ''Continued-A-Rooney'', where Joey DOESN'T get punished, even if he took Maddie with him. Joey DidntSeeThatComing.
95	** Again in "Voltage-A-Rooney" Karen tells Joey and Parker that they'll have to "pay off" using a gift card that the boys their parents for their anniversary SIX MONTHS AGO, that they both readily admit they had absolutely no intention of using themselves. To be fair, the punishment was also for the gift itself, considering that their gift is not quite proper for an anniversary. Plus, their punishment also involves treating them to a better dinner afterwards, which is her in-universe excuse that also makes them come off as comes off as ungrateful.
96	** In "Frame-A-Rooney," Artie reacts to the idea that Maddie dumped Diggie by framing her for destroying the school's mascot and getting her suspended and thus unable to play in the big basketball playoffs. He's called on it when he asks why Diggie didn't tell the truth and Diggie replying "it's because you do stupid stuff like this!"
97	* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Dove Cameron sings the opening credits song, "Better in Stereo".
98	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
99	** Joey and Artie's building of bigger rockets in "Move-A-Rooney".
100	** When Maddie tells her Dad she no longer wants him as her partner for a tag-team tournament, it sounds like a girl breaking up with her boyfriend. She even says ItsNotYouItsMe.
101	* DoubleInLawMarriage: "Frame-a-Rooney" reveals that Artie wishes for this with him with Liv and his brother Diggie with Maddie. Unfortunately, Diggie and Maddie [[spoiler: break up]] and Liv [[AbhorrentAdmirer has no interest in Artie]].
102	* DullSurprise: The kindest description of Brandon Crawford's acting AsHimself in "Home-Run-A-Rooney." Especially in TheStinger.
103	* DumbBlonde: Both girls avert this trope, but Liv's character in ''[[ShowWithinAShow Sing it Loud!]]'' played it straight, with the sarcastic name Stephanie Einstein. Liv herself is more of a DitzyGenius, but she states herself she's no Einstein either. As for Maddie, she may have any academic strengths, but science is not one of them, as shown in "Tiny House-A-Rooney".
104	* EndOfSeriesAwareness: The GrandFinale finale is called "End-A-Rooney". Fittingly, since it's the ''end'' of the series. Joey also panics in the last confessional that he won't be able to talk to the camera anymore. The final VanityPlate reads "Thank you for watching!" as a crew yells, "And cut!"
105	* ExactWords:
106	** At one point, when Joey and Parker split their room into two halves, Parker gets to choose which. His choice is the bottom half, seemingly banning Joey from their room, since he can never be on the floor. However, Joey manages to exploit this loophole by building a supported tent with cables that lets him keep Parker from standing up, since he gets the upper half.
107	** When trying to get rid of Helga in "Helgaween-A-Rooney", Maddie wishes, "I wish I was a twin again." The spell ends up keeping Helga while wiping ''Liv'' out of existence.
108	** In the beginning of Season 3, Liv is asked to perform on ''Voltage'' but the set relocates to Stevens Point so she can stay with her sister "for her senior year". Once she graduates, the show has to move back to Los Angeles.
109	* ExtendedDisarming: A variation at the end of "Slumber Party-a-Rooney" when Maddie forces Parker to give up tunneling and hand over his shovels. He complies and, when pressed, produces one final shovel from ''[[{{Hammerspace}} inside Maddie's hood]]''.
110	* ExtremeOmnivore: Maddie's teammate [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Stains]] attempted a restaurant's challenge to eat an entire roast chicken in under an hour to win a t-shirt, and indeed she did eat the entire thing, bones and all.
111	--> "When I commit, I ''commit'', man."
112	* FaceDoodling: In ''Upcycle-A-Rooney'', after Andie gets a picture of Maddie's twin charm bracelet while she was asleep, Andie wants to draw a mustache on Maddie. However, Liv tells Andie off because that's not what they're there to do.
113	* FanBoy: Being stereotypical nerds, Joey and Artie are also really obsessed with fictional, "geeky" science fiction stuff.
114	* TheFashionista: Liv. Maddie even directly [[LampshadeHanging called her that]].
115	* FlatWhat: Joey's {{catchphrase}} "What. Is. Happening?" There are situations the catchphrase is the prelude to a HeroicBSOD or PunctuatedForEmphasis ("''WHAT?'' ''IS?'' ''HAPPENING?!''"), but most of the case it is flat.
116	* TheFilmOfTheBook: In universe, Liv auditions for (and wins) the role of [[MeaningfulName Tristan Lycanth]] ([[GenderFlip who was male in the source material]]) in the film version of "Space Werewolves", a graphic novel about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin werewolves]] [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace in space]].
117	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
118	** There are several hints that the ConfessionCam segments are a ShowWithinAShow:
119	*** While Diggie is in Tundrabania, his confessionals are done with shots of him through [=FaceTime=] over a laptop instead of actually in Tundrabania.
120	*** In "Helgaween-A-Rooney", during Helga's sudden confessional, she says, "Who are you people? Why are you staring at HELGA?"
121	*** One of the confessionals in "Flashback-A-Rooney" occurs ''in the past.''
122	** The cookbook at the end of "Ask-Her-More-A-Rooney" gets one final shot, and has a role much MUCH later.
123	* FormerChildStar: Liv, but more like Semi-Retired Actress. Much of the show is based on her readjustment to non-star life. However, it just seems no matter what, Hollywood will never leave Liv (and indeed she returns there in the final season, mentoring her cousin, another aspiring child star).
124	%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
125	%%** [[GenkiGirl Liv]]: [[AttentionWhore sanguine]]
126	%%** [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Parker]]: [[ThePrankster choleric]]
127	%%** [[TheEeyore Joey]]: [[TheUnfavourite melancholic]]
128	%%** [[LovableJock Maddie]]: [[BigEater phlegmatic]]
129	* FriendOrIdolDecision:
130	** "[=SkyVolt-A-Rooney=]" has Liv torn between choosing acting and her sister when ''Voltage'' moves back to Los Angeles for Season 2; she chooses the latter.
131	** In "Sing it Live!!!-A-Rooney", Liv is faced with the decision of performing on ''Sing it Live!!!'' and risk harming her vocal cords before her throat surgery, or letting her throat rest but risk the show being cancelled. She goes along with the former after Maddie voices her concerns, and manages to pull it off to the end without a hitch, but ends up hurting her throat so badly she is immediately sent to the hospital for her surgery.
132	* GenderFlip: An InUniverse example: a MythArc in Season 1 focuses on Liv getting a lead role in "Space Werewolves" as the hero Tristan Lycanth. Tristan is a ''boy'', but the producers saw a certain episode of Liv's former show ''Sing It Loud!'' and loved it so much they changed the role of Tristan into a girl just for her.
133	* GeniusDitz: Liv shows off this vibe in "Brain-A-Rooney".
134	%%* GenkiGirl: Liv.
135	* GraduateFromTheStory:
136	** The series finale of Liv's original show ''Sing it Loud!'' had Stephanie and her class graduate from Monahan Academy.
137	** Season 3 ends with Liv and Maddie graduating from Ridgewood.
138	* GrandFinale: The series finale (appropriately titled "End-A-Rooney") ends with the whole family going their separate ways (Liv goes of to star in a broadway musical, Maddie enrolls in a grant to build tiny houses for the homeless, Parker joins a biodome expedition on Mars, Joey goes on a comedy tour) and having one last campfire together.
139	* GreenEyedMonster: Liv toward Andie for asking out Holden right before she could.
140	* GRatedDrug: Maddie's new shoes in "Shoe-A-Rooney."
141	* HalloweenEpisode: "Kang-A-Rooney", "Helgaween-A-Rooney," "Haunt-A-Rooney," and "Scare-A-Rooney."
142	* HeresJohnnyHomage: In "Haunt-A-Rooney", Johnny emerges as a zombie from the haunted port-a-potty and cries out, "Here's Johnny!"
143	* TheHeroDies: In ''Voltage'', Tess dies in the season finale and her powers get transferred to Garrison, because Liv decided to leave the show to stay with Maddie.
144	* HollywoodGenetics:
145	** The youngest son is clearly Asian.
146	** Played for laughs in how everyone is amazed to learn Diggie and Artie are brothers. Naturally, Artie doesn't see the big deal, convinced the resemblance is obvious (and that he's actually more handsome than Diggie).
147	* HollywoodEconomics: In the Season 3 premiere Maddie and Joey buy plane tickets, last minute to Los Angeles from Milwaukee which costs roughly at least $300, and then when in Los Angeles Maddie follows this by buying a ticket to Australia which costs at least $1,000. The show makes no attempt to explain how two unemployed 15-16 year olds could afford upwards of $1,600 in plane tickets.
148	** Probably Liv is acting [[UnclePennybags Aunt Pennybags]] behind the scenes. Her four-year stint in Hollywood earned her enough money to run her family on the current scale for a few years if not for life so as long as Liv is willing to support financially, one adventure or two would not be a problem. Also she finished filming a movie and released a few songs both as an individual and as part of a band by that time, those all add up. This is not however expressly explained, and Maddie still spent an extra thousand dollars on her own accord.
149	** {{Hammerspace}} may be in effect, because the Rooneys, especially Joey and Parker, tend to obtain and have things they shouldn't logically have in their possession. The same might be true for Maddie as well. That's also not getting into how Parker was able to build a ''military-grade'' tunnel in Los Angeles, materials for with that are near-impossible for him to even acquire without a ton of money, or even ''salvage''.
150	* IdiotBall: When the show you are producing is dependent on two female leads and a female co-star, Zach should have known better then to write an episode that establishes male superiority in the mechanical design field. Doubly foolish since Liv is actually skilled at mechanical design thanks to her friendship with [[TheBlacksmith Andie]].
151	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Most episodes' names follow the pattern "''keyword''-A-Rooney" (including the pilot, called "Twin-A-Rooney").
152	** This makes sense, since the show was created by two former writers from ''Series/ShakeItUp'', which gave us the phrase "Rock-a-rooney, queen of the laser dweebs".
153	* ImpostorForgotOneDetail: Quite a lot of details in fact in [[spoiler: "Grandma-A-Rooney," which makes Maddie think "Grandma" is her twin sister/Great-Aunt Hilary, like treating "Grandma" not gushing over Maddie, Parker not getting $20...]]
154	* InjuredLimbEpisode: In the Season 1 finale, Maddie buckles her knee during a basketball game and undergoes knee surgery, and spends the first quarter of the following season in crutches and later a knee brace as she recovers.
155	* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode:
156	** Liv's music video for "Froyo YOLO" in "Song-A-Rooney" plays a bigger part in "New Year's Eve-A-Rooney" as it reveals a huge connection with Diggie, but it's not what Maddie thinks.
157	** "Ask Her-More-A-Rooney" was big on emphasizing that girls are more than their appearance, but ended up being important because it also revealed that the house is built on an unstable foundation, and the events of such unfold in the Season 3 finale.
158	** "Falcon-A-Rooney" revolves around Joey's Falcon persona being revealed as false, but a brief dialogue between Liv and Ruby references the health problems which eventually lead to Liv's potentially career ending vocal surgery.
159	* JerkJock: Todd Stetson, full stop.
160	* JockDadNerdSon: Pete and Joey, Pete was captain of the basketball team while in school and hopes his son will on day aspire to sports, while Joey's set against it.
161	* KilledOffForReal: In-universe. In the Season finale of ''Voltage'', [=SkyVolt=] performs a HeroicSacrifice on herself and transfers her powers to Garrison, due to Liv leaving the show.
162	* TheLadette: Maddie has her moments showing off the Ladette vibe, sans drinking and sex.
163	* LampshadeHanging:
164	** After performing her one person play as both Romeo and Juliet, Liv says it challenges her to play [[ActingForTwo two completely different characters]].
165	** Referenced again during the end of "Ex-A-Rooney" by having Liv point out how difficult it must have been for Joey to play two parts in his movie.
166	* LargeHam: Johnny Nimbus is always loud and drawn-out. Parker once imitated him when volunteering as an assistant announcer.
167	* LastEpisodeThemeReprise: The final episode ends with the family and others singing an acoustic version of the theme song around a campfire.
168	* LethalChef: Maddie can be this in "Cook-A-Rooney".
169	* LogoJoke: No Disney Channel show loves this trope as much as this one does; it features the Beck & Hart productions logo in the style of the "Sisters by chance, friends by choice" picture with Beck and Hart replacing the twins, and holding a sun sandwich and pizza in place of their key objects.
170	** In "Flashback-A-Rooney" Liv sees the picture of Liv and Maddie when they were younger on their bedroom wall come to life, with their real faces in place of the drawing; consequently the Beck & Hart Productions VanityPlate after the end credits has the real faces of creators John D. Beck and Ron Hart superimposed on their drawn bodies.
171	** "Helgaween-A-Rooney" has the Helga drawing in the logo, with Beck and Hart presenting offerings of pizza and sandwiches while Helga is heard shouting "[[NoIndoorVoice KNEEL BEFORE]] [[ThirdPersonPerson HELGA!]]"
172	** "Rate-A-Rooney" has Beck and Hart holding up sheets of paper with "10" on them, with Karen saying "What'cha doing, Honeybunch?"
173	** "Cook-A-Rooney" has Beck and Hart holding up copies of [[SmallNameBigEgo the home ec teacher's self-published memoirs]].
174	** "Band-A-Rooney" replaces Beck and Hart with a picture of Crispy Kitty's album cover while Joey and Artie - i.e. Crispy Kitty - shout the band name in unison.
175	** "Triangle-A-Rooney" leaves Beck and Hart alone - but has Johnny Nimbus standing next to them with ''Nimbus At Night'''s chicken puppet Janice squawking.
176	** "Continued-A-Rooney" has two planes in the background - one with Diggie's face on it, the other following with the faces of Maddie and Joey on it.
177	** "Co-Star-A-Rooney" has (real) Artie right in front of Beck and Hart while he shouts "END SCENE!"
178	** "Voltage-A-Rooney" has (real) Liv as [=SkyVolt=], the superhero alterego of her ''Voltage'' character Tess, zapping Beck and Hart.
179	** "Cowbell-A-Rooney" replaces the drawing of Beck and Hart holding up food with a photograph of them on the back of a cow while Maddie shouts "YOU JUST GOT MILKED!"
180	** "Grandma-A-Rooney" has the Beck & Hart Productions logo accompanied with Maddie saying "[[ShoutOut What a crazy pair!]]"
181	** "Falcon-A-Rooney" replaces the picture with a memorial dedicated to Joey's "falcon" alter-ego after giving it up as of that episode.
182	** The series finale "End-a-Rooney" has Beck and Hart holding signs saying "[[EndOfSeriesAwareness thank you for watching!]]"
183	* LongLostRelative: In Liv's new show ''Sing It Louder!!'', the main protagonist Sasha discovers that Stephanie Einstein is her long lost sister.
184	* LoopedLyrics: The chorus of "You and Me and the Beat" from "New Year' Eve-a-Rooney" contains four straight repetitions of the phrase, "You and me, and the beat, go great together."
185	* MaintainTheLie: When Liv invites the cast and crew to Christmas dinner, she talks a lot of how Karen always makes a fantastic Christmas meal and thus, when a deli calls about an order, Liv tells them to forget it. It turns out that all these years, Karen has been using the deli for her "home-cooked meals" and now has to handle it herself. In desperation, she talks Liv into getting Artie to cook the meal and Liv agrees to keep it quiet so the rest of the family doesn't know the truth of Karen's "meals."
186	* MaliciousMisnaming: In the final season, Parker's BOOMS classmates refer to him as "Pucker".
187	* TheMockbuster: An in-universe example. The high levels of publicity involved with Liv being cast in Space Werewolves inspired a rival movie studio to make a substandard imitation called Lunar Foxes. The studio then schedules their premiere for the same night as Space Werewolves and projects their movie on the surface of the moon, all as part of a plan to destroy their competition.
188	* {{Mooks}}: Artie's "minions", or the three nerds that follow him around.
189	* TheMovingExperience: "Move-A-Rooney."
190	* MundaneSolution:
191	** Averted in "Switch-A-Rooney," when the girls could have gotten away with it all, had they simply gotten a pair of Maddie's frames ''and put regular glass in them.'' Especially egregious when you consider that all of the Rooney kids are pretty cunning, and one of the boys would have suggested this for a scam '''long ago.'''
192	** They try this again in "Champ-A-Rooney," proving that those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat it (or repeat it again, since Maddie tried to impersonate Liv in "BFF-A-Rooney"). In "Champ-A-Rooney", they only get away with it this time because even after their mom finds out, she allows it due the cause being love. Liv actually pulls it off in "Ex-A-Rooney" with a Switch-A-Rooney proposed by Joey [[spoiler: except the ''real'' Maddie unexpectedly arrives]].
193	* NameAndName: ''Liv'' and ''Maddie''.
194	* NerdyBully: Artie Smalls is an obnoxious nerd who constantly mocks and belittles Joey, and is always followed by a group of other nerdy students he calls his "minions".
195	* NewSeasonNewName: On August 19, 2016, showrunner John D. Beck [[https://twitter.com/JohnDBeckTV/status/766752625152888832 announced on Twitter]] that the series' fourth and final season will premiere on September 23rd, and would be retitled ''Liv & Maddie: Cali Style'', in reference to Willow and the Rooney family relocating to Aunt Dena's house in California.
196	* NewYearHasCome: The episode "New Years Eve-A-Rooney".
197	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In "Falcon-A-Rooney" Artie shows Joey's schoolmates how dorky he really is in an aim to ruin Joey's life (again). Instead Joey comes clean, and he winds up just as beloved by the school as he was when he was Falcon.
198	* NoFullNameGiven: Grandma Janice, Great-Aunt Hillary, Aunt Dena and Ruby. Gemma also didn't have one until she married Johnny Nimbus.
199	* NoodleIncident:
200	** Apparently Joey keeping a secret once resulted in 64 white mice ending up in Parker's bed. No further explanation of the event or what secret he was keeping was ever given.
201	** It was mentioned in the first episode of ''Sing it Louder!!'' that Stephanie tagged and signed her name on the principal's car, resulting in her sent to Monahan Academy in the original show.
202	* NotWhatItLooksLike: The main conflict of "New Year's Eve-A-Rooney" has Maddie go berserk after learning Liv kissed Diggie in the music video for "Froyo YOLO"; this lasts until she admits the kiss was not what she thought, and Diggie was the robot in the video and she only kissed his ''mask''.
203	* OfficialCouple:
204	** Maddie and Diggie, until their breakup in "Flugelball-A-Rooney".
205	** Liv almost formed one with Holden in "Prom-A-Rooney", but Andie does it first, making her jealous. They eventually break up in "Triangle-A-Rooney" and Holden becomes a couple with Liv, until ''they'' break up as well in "Scoop-A-Rooney".
206	** Maddie and Josh in Season 3, until Diggie returned.
207	** Johnny Nimbus and Gemma in Season 3, eventually leading them to be married.
208	* OhCrap: Liv in "New Year's Eve-A-Rooney" when she realizes Maddie found out she kissed her boyfriend in the "Froyo YOLO" video and is destroying her shoes as payback, not knowing the kiss is NotWhatItLooksLike.
209	* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Liv was assumed to be a DumbBlonde just like her character [[PunnyName Stephanie]] [[NonindicativeName Einstein]] in ''[[ShowWithinAShow Sing it Loud!]]''. Not to mention Joey and Parker [[spoiler: destroying their home in Stevens Point.]]
210	* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: Happy Carrot as the biggest carrot-based franchise in Wisconsin.
211	* PepTalkSong: The song "One Second Chance" in the first episode of ''Sing it Louder!!'' has Stephanie encourage Sasha she's not a bad kid and she'll get through Monahan Academy just fine.
212	* PolarOppositeTwins: Of the TomboyAndGirlyGirl variety. And of course this is lampshaded when Patty Duke guest stars.
213	* PowersInTheFirstEpisode: InUniverse on ''Voltage''; Liv’s character Tess receives her electricity powers in the show's first episode.
214	* PrankDate: In "Match-A-Rooney", this is what Joey was led to believe would happen after Emily the cheerleader asked him to the dance. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when she revealed she was actually interested in him.
215	* PrecociousCrush: Parker towards South in "BFF-A-Rooney".
216	** Subverted with Reggie: He tells Liv about his crush and because of his description she assumes that he's talking about her. Turns out he was talking about a girl in his martial arts class all the time.
217	* PreviouslyOn: In the Season 3 premiere, Joey sums up everything that happened up until then.
218	* ProsceniumReveal: The series finale reveals all the fourth-wall confessionals throughout the show were part of a reality show in Luxembourg called ''Bits & Pieces''.
219	* PublicHaterPrivateFan: Parker's friends relentlessly mock him for watching a girly comedy show, but while doing so, they use an obscure catchphrase that only a fan would be aware of. This immediately gives him the realisation that his friends also watch the show.
220	* PutOnABus: Benjamin King confirmed he won't be returning for the final season, and was replaced by Lauren Lindsey-Donzis who plays Aunt Dena's daughter Ruby.
221	* RaisedByWolves: To improve her chances of getting a role in ''Space Werewolves'', Liv enlists help from a girl who was literally raised by wolves.
222	* RelationshipUpgrade: In "Band-A-Rooney", Andie ends up dating Holden after the prom much to Liv's jealousy, until he breaks up with her on ''Nimbus at Night'' and forming a relationship with Liv in "Triangle-A-Rooney", before they broke up in "Scoop-A-Rooney".
223	* TheReveal:
224	** "Frame-A-Rooney" reveals Diggie is Artie's brother. Liv and Maddie knew all along, of course, but several other students were surprised.
225	** In "Ask-Her-More-a-Rooney", Joey and Parker's tunnels under the house are revealed to have a support beam of househeld objects to keep the house upright; if it ever is removed, the house will collapse, which does happen in the season 3 finale.
226	** InUniverse on ''Sing It Louder!!'': One episode reveals Sasha (Ruby’s character) is Stephanie’s (Liv’s character) long-lost sister.
227	** The GrandFinale reveals every ConfessionCam held on the show was actually a ShowWithinAShow called ''Bits & Pieces'', as noted by Dump Truck when he interrupts one of Joey’s and notices the cameras set up.
228	* RiddleForTheAges:
229	** What is Parker's middle name?
230	** Who did South Salamanca portray on ''Sing it Loud!''?
231	** What did Sasha do that got her sent to Monahan Academy in ''Sing it Louder!!''?
232	* RunningGag: Whenever anyone mentions ''Sing It Loud!'' or ''Sing It Louder!!'' they sing the title. [[DeadpanSnarker Except Joey]]. (And Liv ''herself'' in "Dodge-A-Rooney," when during her roadside cleanup duties she finds someone's thrown away a season 1 DVD.) Exaggerated in "BFF-A-Rooney," when Liv and South talk about doing the show and take turns singing the title louder. And longer. And ''louder''. And ''longer.'' And '''LOUDER.''' And '''LONGER'''.
233	* SadisticChoice: Both twins end up in a heart-wrenching one in ''Scoop-A-Rooney''. The media stated that Liv (which was really Maddie without her glasses) was dating Josh. If Liv clears it up, it will put Maddie in a tough spot because Diggie will be devastated if he finds out Maddie is with another guy [[spoiler:after their breakup]]. But if Liv doesn't clear it up, she'll have a hard time going out with Holden with the media hounding her. Likewise with Maddie, if she tells Diggie [[spoiler:she moved on]], he will be devastated, and if she doesn't, Liv will have problems with Holden. It bites them back in the worst way possible: [[spoiler:Holden breaks up with Liv because he sees she has too much to worry about that she can't make time for him. For Maddie, Diggie figures out it's she and not Liv before Maddie can even contact him]].
234	* SamusIsAGirl: In "Neighbors-A-Rooney'', a mysterious cloaked member within Artie's Intergalactic Council Meeting (a LARP-style club), wants to push forth a nomination for his character to make a cameo and when the member uncloaks, she reveals herself to be a girl named Aubrey, much to everyone's surprise.
235	* SecondYearProtagonist: The twins are sophomores, presumably so freshman Joey can be their ''younger'' brother and still go to the same school (Bragg ''is'' younger than Cameron in real life but only by 5 months).
236	* SecretKeeper: In ''[[ShowWithinAShow Voltage]]'', Garrison is this to Tess, in addition to being her love interest.
237	* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Joey and Parker respectively.
238	* SequelSeries: InUniverse, ''Sing It Loud!'' gets one called ''Sing It Louder!!''
239	* SexinessScore: "Rate-A-Rooney" has the girls getting into conflict with {{Jerkass}} Todd Stetson and his friends due to them starting rating all the girls in school, via a HoldUpYourScore as they pass the school hallway.
240	* ShaggyDogStory: "Roll Model-A-Rooney" is one for Maddie and Willow. True to the theme of defying gender stereotypes in the episode, Maddie and Willow try to win a MasochistsMeal challenge that had so far been only won by men. [[spoiler:After their victory speech about how proud they are to be the first women to win, they are told that plenty of women have won before. Refusing to believe this, they read the names on the wall again, this time out loud: [[GenderBlenderName Max... Chris... Terry...]]]]
241	* SheCleansUpNicely: The {{Tomboy}} Maddie can be just as stunning as, if not more than [[GirlyGirl Liv]]. Granted as they [[ActingForTwo share an actress]].
242	* SherlockScan: In "Frame-A-Rooney", Maddie was able to accurately deduce how Parker and Reggie got themselves stuck on a chair, down to the last detail.
243	* ShipperOnDeck: Liv to [[OfficialCouple Miggie]]
244	* ShoutOut: The Z-Phones in "Steal-A-Rooney" are from ''Series/ANTFarm'' (and connect the show to the Franchise/DisneyChannelLiveActionUniverse).
245	** In "Fa-La La La La La-A-Rooney," the [[Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation Griswolds]] are mentioned as being Christmas House decoration rivals.
246	** ''[[ShowWithinaShow Sing it Loud!]]'' to ''Series/{{Glee}}'' and ''Series/ShakeItUp''.
247	*** And to ''Series/HannahMontana'' (this is especially evident in the first episode)
248	** The "[[BreadEggsMilkSquick Guess this Food]]" is back from ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie''.
249	** Nevell's Novelty Shop from "Switch-a-Rooney" could be a shout out to ''iCarly''.
250	*** In the same episode, in said shop, when the camera switches to Joey and Parker you can see a box that says "Bites & Pieces." This is a shout-out to the show's in-development title, "Bits & Pieces."
251	** The record label that releases Liv's song in "Song-A-Rooney" shares its name with one of the show's production companies, Oops Doughnuts Productions.
252	** [[invoked]]The ShowWithinAShow ''Linda and Heather'', a favourite of Parker's [[spoiler: and, it turns out, [[TestosteroneBrigade other boys]] in spite of it being for girls]], is named after Linda Mathious and Heather [=MacGillvray=], two of ''Liv and Maddie'''s writers.
253	** The villain in ''Sing It Louder!!'''s live episode "Sing It Live!" is called Peaslee - after the episode's writer John Peaslee. And the series is set at Monahan Academy (as in co-producer David Monahan, also co-writer of the SeriesFinale).
254	** Parker was grounded for [[Film/BackToTheFuture1 trying to turn the refrigerator into a time machine]] [[note]]the time machine in Back To The Future was going to be made from a refrigerator in the original script[[/note]].
255	** The origin story for Tess aka [=SkyVolt=] from Voltage is similar to ComicBook/TheFlash.
256	** In "Voltage-A-Rooney" Joey is wearing the [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Decadriver]], albeit with too many stickers.
257	** When invited to the Voltage Set, Andie calls the Engine Room to request "more power" and Willow screams "I'm giving her all she's got". They are referencing scenes from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.
258	** The old black-and-white photo of young Grandma Janice and Great Aunt Hillary that Karen shows on the ConfessionCam early on in "Grandma-A-Rooney" is really a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Patty_Duke_Show#/media/File:Patty_Duke_Show_1964.jpg photo still]] from ''Series/ThePattyDukeShow'' of Patty and Cathy Lane. Also, when the real Grandma Janice arrives at the awards ceremony Liv is recieving an award at, and Janice and Great Aunt Hillary explain their TwinSwitch to Liv and Maddie, Maddie exclaims, "What a crazy pair!", [[WaxingLyrical quoting from the Patty Duke Show's theme song]].
259	** The table behind Aunt Dena's couch in "Californi-A-Rooney" (the season 3 finale, [[note]]first run in June 2016, four months after Duke's death, and eight months after "Grandma-A-Rooney" first aired[[/note]]) holds a number of framed family pictures, the middle one of which is a photo of Patty Duke as Grandma Janice from "Grandma-A-Rooney". It really comes into focus in the background of several key scenes.
260	** In "Tiny House-A Rooney", multiple posters for "[[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 Custodians of the Cosmos 2"]] can be seen in the background of the movie theater.
261	** In "Muffler-A-Rooney", Maddie, Willow and Lacey strike a [[Series/CharliesAngels very familiar trio pose]].
262	* ShowWithinAShow:
263	** ''Sing It Loud!'', the show Liv formerly starred in (and its SequelSeries ''Sing It Louder!!'').
264	** ''Raise The Roof'', which Liv's friend South stars in (as mentioned in "BFF-A-Rooney" - Parker says that "''Raise The Roof'' is about four lady carpenters who build houses by day and sing by night - but still find time to solve mysteries and compete in beauty pageants! I don't know how they do it!").
265	** The in-universe [[TransAtlanticEquivalent Korean version]] of ''Sing It Loud!'' ("Kathy Kan-A-Rooney").
266	** ''Linda and Heather'', which Parker loves ("Kathy Kan-A-Rooney"). See also ShoutOut above.
267	** Liv's new superhero show, ''Voltage''.
268	* SiblingYinYang: Artie Smalls is always bossy and hot-headed, compared to his nice and laid-back brother Diggie.
269	* SmartPeopleBuildRobots: Joey's on the robotics team. So far, only mentioned in passing. Apparently Parker has somehow stolen Joey's robotics talent as it's mentioned nearly OnceAnEpisode.
270	* SocietyOnEdgeEpisode: An arc in ''Sing it Louder!!'' focuses on Sasha and Stephanie working to stop an evil CEO, Larabee Peasley, from destroying Monahan Academy and turning it into a mall.
271	* SpannerInTheWorks: Joey and Parker's scheme to prevent Liv from getting the role of Tristin Lycander for the film ''Space Werewolves'' is foiled when Liv and Maddie perform a "switch-a-rooney" without anyone knowing about it. Maddie manages to sway Artie and his gang to her side, and even Parker is convinced.
272	* SpecialGuest: Several, e.g. Creator/LauraMarano and Kel Mitchell in "Howl-A-Rooney," Creator/GarryMarshall in "Space Werewolves-A-Rooney," Creator/KristenBell in "Ask Her More-A-Rooney," Creator/PattyDuke in "Grandma-A-Rooney" (in her final television appearance), and Brandon Crawford of the San Francisco Giants in "Home Run-A-Rooney".
273	* SpiritualSuccessor:
274	** A Disney Channel Sitcom about two polar opposite twins. [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody Now where have we seen that before?]]
275	** The show is one to ''Series/SisterSister''.
276	** Additionally, the twins are played by the same actress, a la ''Film/{{The Parent Trap\|1961}}''.
277	** Disney's direct successor to ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'' as the resident DomCom. Most of their other shows are of the AdultsAreUseless variety with splashes of DisappearedDad & MissingMom.
278	** Quite obviously, ''Series/ThePattyDukeShow'' which is openly lampshaded with Creator/PattyDuke herself guest-starring as the twins' grandmother and her look-alike sister in "Grandma-A-Rooney".
279	* StalkingIsFunnyIfItIsFemaleAfterMale: Willow's pursuit Joey, which is almost outright abuse and heavily played for laughs. [[DoubleStandard If it had been the other way round, with Joey using the tactics Willow employed (Nets and assault and the like) it's very unlikely the show could have been kept on a kids channel.]]
280	* StandardizedSitcomHousing
281	* StealthPun: In "Co-Star-A-Rooney", Liv describes Holden as an ex-bandmate, ex-crush, and the ex-boyfriend of her friend, so it appears that she thinks of him [[{{pun}} in a triple-ex way]].
282	* SteppingOutToReact: In "Sing it Louder!!-A-Rooney", when Ruby is asked to audition for the lead character Sasha on ''Sing it Louder!!'', she calmly excuses herself, goes inside the house and screams, "NO WAY, NO WAY! BEST DAY EVER!" She then comes back outside and accepts.
283	* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: Happens to Diggie after he gets back from Tundrabania, his experiences have changed him, so Steven's Point no longer interests him the way it used to. Unfortunately this leads to him longing to leave again [[spoiler: which leads to him and Maddie breaking up.]]
284	* StoryArc:
285	** Most of Season 1 features Liv trying to get into and prepare for the main role in ''Space Werewolves''. In Season 2, there's one about Maddie's [[spoiler:break-up]] with Diggie.
286	** The last two Season 3 episode feature the twins graduating, Liv's show Voltage reaching it's end, and the consequences of her decisions later on.
287	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Splat, for Evan in one episode. Lacey for Stains. Season 4 has Val for Alex.
288	* SynchronizedMorningRoutine: The TitleSequence shows the family taking turns to get in front of the bathroom washbasin (with them filmed from the [[InUniverseCamera POV of a vanity mirror]] over the basin).
289	* TakeOurWordForIt: The events of the ''Linda and Heather'' show that Parker watches are never actually seen, and it isn't until the final season where we finally get to see what the show looks like.
290	* TalentDouble: Maddie's breakdancing in "Howl-A-Rooney" is all-too-obviously ''not'' being done by Dove Cameron.
291	* TitleDrop: "Switch-A-Rooney," when Liv and Maddie pull a... you know.
292	* ThankingTheViewer : The final VanityPlate has Beck and Hart holding signs saying "Thank You For Watching!"
293	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Maddie and Liv, respectively. The actress portraying them is a mix of both types.
294	* TomboyishPonytail: Maddie's usual hairstyle.
295	* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: All resident tomboys have this one way or another. Liv even believes every girl has a "sparkle", tomboy or not, and her statement is quite accurate: Stains have some [[PinkMeansFeminine pink PJs]], Willow is [[AbhorrentAdmirer boy crazy]] towards Joey, and Maddie has a [[TheFashionista Liv mode]] with a crazy fashion sense.
296	* TouchedByVorlons: [[spoiler: Liv's character on ''Voltage''. The 'lightning' that gave her powers was actually energy from a UFO.]]
297	* TrashTheSet: In The Season 3 finale "Californi-a-Rooney", Joey switches Karen's cookbook from the tower that holds up the whole house with her yoga ball, but it pops and the tower is undone, causing the house to fall apart and the whole Rooney family moves in with Aunt Dena.
298	* TunnelNetwork: Parker built a network of "Parker Tunnels" that go around the neighborhood and even to the high school. Parker's tunnel obsession became a serious problem in the Season 3 finale, because the house was on the brink of collapse. Thanks to Joey's blunder in closing the tunnels, it collapses.
299	* TwinSwitch:
300	** Quite obviously done although the only time the girls tried it on their parents, it backfired big-time. They did it again in the Season 2 Finale, but that one went better. Notably, when the girls' grandmother (Creator/PattyDuke!) came for a visit, Maddie thought something was wrong with her behavior. It turned out it was really her grandmother's own twin sister as the real grandmother couldn't make it from Africa in time and talked her daughter into helping cover.
301	--> '''Maddie''': (to her mom) Wait, you pulled a switch? You hate switches!
302	** She agrees to keep it quiet for Liv's ceremony. Guess who suddenly shows up in the middle of the ceremony right off her flight from Africa...
303	* TheUnfavorite: Joey sometimes feels this way, because he has a tendency to mess up and break things and [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood his siblings constantly picking on him and keeping him from getting enough food.]]
304	* TheUnreveal:
305	** Parker's middle name. Even in the finale, he still refuses to reveal it.
306	** InUniverse on ''Sing it Louder!!''; whatever Ruby’s character Sasha did that got her sent to Monahan Academy. She refuses to tell everyone, even Stephanie (Liv’s character).
307	* ValleyGirl: Liv picked up some of that vibe during her four-year stay in Hollywood.
308	* VerySpecialEpisode: "Roll Model-A-Rooney" is focused on gender equality and gender-equal stereotypes, which Liv mentions throughout.
309	* VocalEvolution: From the last quarter of Season 1 onward, Dove uses a high-pitched valley girl voice for Liv; yet she retains her normal voice as Maddie.
310	* WhamLine:
311	** From "Sweet-16-A-Rooney":
312	--->'''Pete:''' Honey, it's time to come clean. We've kept the secret for too long.\
313	'''Karen:''' No, Pete! I'm not telling them they were born on separate days!
314	** From "Flugelball-A-Rooney":
315	--->'''Diggie:''' Traveling really changed me, it's really different now. That's why I wanna be a foreign exchange student again.
316	** InUniverse in ''Voltage'' from "[=SkyVolt=]-A-Rooney":
317	--->'''Tess:''' I can't. You're [=SkyVolt=] now.
318	** From "Californi-A-Rooney":
319	--->'''Parker:''' You moved that?
320	** From "Sing it Live!!!-A-Rooney":
321	--->'''Liv:''' Something happened. It's bad.
322	* WrongGenreSavvy:
323	** Often, Liv believes that anything in her life can be handled just as it was on her TV show or movies. Naturally, her "help" backfires as she fails to realize real kids don't act that way.
324	** When a pretty cheerleader asks him to a dance, Joey is convinced he's being set up as the butt of a major joke and arrives in a full "protective case" to gloat on how the trick won't work. Naturally, it turns out the cheerleader really was interested in him but is upset he didn't trust her.
325	* {{Xenafication}}: Liv gave her this in order to be the part of a werewolf. She commented that this makes her more like Maddie.
326	* JustForFun/XMeetsY: In-universe, Joey describes ''[[ShowWithinAShow Space Werewolves]]'' as a result of ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' having a child and that child being adopted by ComicBook/TheAvengers.

Context Series / LivAndMaddie