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4	Welcome to Pinkerton Academy, a experimental boarding-school built in the middle of a park. It has only two teachers, 32 students, a computer-operated kitchen that prepares all your favorite foods and makes them nutritionally balanced, and a main classroom with glass-domed walls and a tree growing through it. Surely this would be a ''paradise'', except for one minor problem.
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6	Meet your teacher, Miss Sadie [=McBeth=], a rather psychotic 20-something witch who has made it her mission in life to control, enslave and basically torture kids any way she can... If Miss [=McBeth=] had her way, Pinkerton would have been transformed into a totalitarian hell-hole ''long'' ago.
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8	Fortunately, there's one thing that keeps getting in her way: the Invisible Network of Kids. These four Pinkerton students joined forces and formed a spy organization dedicated to blocking, subverting and basically just driving Miss [=McBeth=] even crazier than she already is. These for kids are the only thing standing in the way of [=McBeth=] and total domination of the school. And these intrepid heroes are...
9	* [[TheLancer Vin]]: The school pretty boy, with the ego to match. This orphan views himself as an action hero and will not hesitate to jump in to a mission. The only thing he values more than his friends is his unending quest to find out who his parents are and what happened to them.
10	* [[MissionControl Trixie]]: The unofficial leader of the team. She remains behind in the secret headquarters and guides the others through missions against [=McBeth=]. But she isn't afraid to get her hands dirty when she needs to. Trixie, by far, is the most practical and level-headed member of the group, which occasionally leads to her coming off as cold to the people around her, but she's just trying to find the best way to get the job done.
11	* [[TheSmartGuy Newton]]: Pinkerton's resident ChildProdigy. This 7-year-old has an I.Q. of 240, attends school with kids who are 12 or 13 and keeps near-perfect grades. He has recently decided to pull back to 98% to give himself a break. But Newton is still a kid at heart, which is best shown by his affinity for practical jokes and anything gross. If it makes rude noise or blows up in people's face, he's all over it. Newton is the resident tech-head and is responsible for building all of I.N.K.'s gadgets.
12	* [[PerkyGoth Zero]]: The team bruiser. A goth girl loner with a mysterious past, she views herself as a kind-hearted rebel and joined I.N.K. to lend her muscle to the side of good. She is a trained fighter and is fully capable of flattening anyone else at Pinkerton. Zero seems fascinated by Asian culture. She is extensively trained in Kung-Fu, among other fighting styles and routinely enjoys sushi at meals. Zero places great value in strength, especially her own. She is terrified of being seen as a coward and the one time she lost a fight, to a cybernetically enhanced bully, she almost broke down in tears.
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14	''I.N.K. Invisible Network of Kids''[[note]]Known as ''Mission : Invisible !'' in France[[/note]] is a French animated series produced by Samka Productions that premiered in 2010 on France 3 and Gulli. It was a ShortRunner that lasted for just one season and 26 episodes, and [[NoExportForYou flew under the radar]] in the US; but still gained an English dub and was dubbed in many other languages.
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16	The distribution rights for the series are now in the hands of Jetpack Distribution.
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18	!!''I.N.K. Invisible Network of Kids'' features examples of:
19	* ActuallyPrettyFunny: In "Saving Agent Newton" when Mr. Soper lists a few pranks Newton pulled in the past, he says this about the last one.
20	* AdultsAreUseless: Subverted with Mr. Soper, who's actually very good teacher and cares about each of his students. Played absolutely straight with Miss [=McBeth=]. She's lousy at math, has trouble pronouncing big words, can't even spell her own goldfish's name right and, oh yeah, is ''utterly'' crazy.
21	* AmazonChaser: Vin has a crush on Zero, who is [[TinyGuyHugeGirl taller and stronger than he is]] and could easily kick his ass if she wanted to.
22	* AmbiguouslyBrown: Trixie has dark skin, but her exact ethnicity is vague.
23	* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: In "Macbeth Feels the Sting", when Macbeth's invention backfires on her and turns her into a nitwit, she completely forgets how evil and strict she used to be. The kids waste no time in taking advantage of this.
24	* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: The "Science Club" shorts
25	* ArtisticLicense: In "Round Up the Usual Suspects" Macbeth has hidden camera footage stored on [=DVDs=], yet the footage has tracking lines like on VHS.
26	* BadassAdorable: Zero.
27	* BambooTechnology: There is literally nothing Newton can not make bubblegum do.
28	** In "Ego Ergo" Zero playfully makes fun of how nearly all his inventions involve gum.
29	* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Subverted in "Mission Forgotten?" when Macbeth stops Zero and Vin from showering until they break and confess. They're both filthy, though Zero doesn't have flies buzzing around her like Vin does.
30	* BerserkButton: Go ahead, pick on someone smaller than you while Zero's around, I dare you.
31	* BigEater: Ben
32	* BottleEpisode: Most of them. We rarely see any places outside of the school.
33	* BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill: In "Armed to the Teeth" Miss [=McBeth=] puts these on Vin and uses them to control him.
34	** Esentially Vin has Dock Ock arms coming out of his mouth.
35	* BreakTheCutie: Trixie in "The Queen's Game".
36	** Zero in "Burt the Brute" when a suped-up Burt beats her up and locks her in a safe. When the gang get her out she's close to tears.
37	*** It's a bit hard to see with her pale skin, but she did shed [[SingleTear one tear]].
38	* CheatersNeverProsper: Double subverted in "The Queen's Game".
39	* ChildHater: Miss [=McBeth=].
40	* ChildProdigy: Newton, of course. Also, Trixie is shown to be a natural at chess.
41	* ClipShow: "Round Up the Usual Suspects"
42	* CreepyShadowedUndereyes: Pervy from "The New Student" has these. She loses them after her HeelFaceTurn.
43	* DecoyGetaway: Each member of INK has an inflatable double they can put in their place when they need to go somewhere in a hurry.
44	* DistinguishingMark: Zero's biggest embarrassment? The pink pony-shaped birthmark on her left shoulder.
45	* DressOMatic: The opening sequence shows how Newton, after ignoring his alarm clock for too long, is launched out of his bed and lands on a chair, after which a robot puts him into his daytime clothes.
46	* DumbIsGood: In "Macbeth Feels the Sting" Macbeth gets stung by her own invention; flies that turn people into idiots. In addition to making her dumb(er) it also makes her nicer. Later, she invents another type of fly to act as the opposite to the other one, turning people ''evil'' while keeping their intelligence the same.
47	* ElaborateUniversityHigh: The school has a tree-dome and an actual automatic kitchen!
48	* [[EmbarrassingOldPhoto Embarrassing Old Video]]: In the final episode, INK find one of Miss Macbeth and blackmail her with it.
49	* EurekaMoment: Often a lesson or speech Mr. Soper gives will inspire Macbeth's scheme of the day.
50	* EvenEvilHasStandards: In "Lovestruck Stinkbomb" when it looked like Zero and Vin were going to fall to their deaths, Miss [=McBeth=] looked genuinely concerned.
51	** In "Burt the Brute" Burt started having second thoughts about his alliance with Macbeth when she revealed her plan to go from stuffing kids in garbage cans they can easily fit in to garbage cans the size of thimbles. Though he still goes along with it after some convincing.
52	* EvilBrit: Miss [=McBeth=]
53	* EvilIsHammy: Miss [=McBeth=]. Every time she appears on screen, she [[ChewingTheScenery chews the scenery]] to a hilarious degree.
54	* EvilTeacher: Miss [=MacBeth=], obviously.
55	* FanDisservice: Occasionally Miss [=McBeth=] will get into a sexy outfit for her musical number.
56	* FMinusMinus: In "Burt the Brute" when Macbeth is grading the kids' tests she just gives zero scores to everyone.
57	* FormerChildStar: I.N.K find out that Miss [=McBeth=] of all people was once a teen pop star that went by [[StageNames Valentine Bergonia]], and an old music clip of hers winds up being broadcasted in front of the entire student body. An embarassed [=McBeth=] fully expects them all to laugh at her, but she's taken aback when the kids cheer in admiration and ask for an encore.
58	* FracturedFairyTale: The episode "Donkeyboy", which mashes together the Pied Piper with Pinocchio and throws in a giant robotic 'Big Bad Wolf' for good measure.
59	* FreudianExcuse: Miss [=McBeth=], oh dear lord, Miss [=McBeth=]! Certain serial killers have had more pleasant upbringings than she did.
60	* FunHatingConfiscatingAdult: Miss [=MacBeth=]. At the end of each term, she incinerates all of the toys she has confiscated.
61	* GagNose: Macbeth's nose.
62	* GeniusDitz: Miss [=McBeth=] even fails at basic mathematics, but creating mind control devices and other complex things? Not a problem.
63	* HereWeGoAgain: The final episode ends with INK making a new enemy in Macbeth's SpearCounterpart.
64	* HumiliationConga: In "Saving Agent Newton" Newton tricks Macbeth into doing a series of humiliating tasks.
65	* HypnoticEyes: One of Miss [=McBeth's=] favorite weapons against people.
66	* IdenticalStranger: Subverted with Charlene in "The Queen's Game". She doesn't look completely identical to Trixie, but she looks close enough that Trixie can impersonate her.
67	* InspectorJavert: Ernest [=DeLoop=] from the final episode.
68	* InterruptedDeclarationOfLove: In "Back to the Past" Zero attempts to confess her feelings to Vin before [=MacBeth=] erases her from existence, but she disappears before she can finish.
69	* KickChick: A flying kick is Zero's primary attack.
70	* LargeHam: Miss [=McBeth=]. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Oh. So. Very. Much.]] It's pretty apparent the character's voice actress is having the time of her life recording her lines.
71	--> '''Miss [=McBeth=]''': It's too bad that zero is too high...because ''you'' have...[[SuddenlyShouting MINUS TWELVE!!!]] And for each negative number, you copy one thousand times 'I am a lowly worm when it comes to math'!
72	* LeanAndMean: Miss [=McBeth=].
73	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: In "Mission: Forgotten?" Newton invents a device that specifically erases memories of INK.
74	* LetsDuet: Miss Macbeth and Miss Frank in "Macbeth Feels the Sting".
75	* LetsGetDangerous: Whenever Mr. Soper is let in on what's going on, he's proven himself to be a valuable ally.
76	* LovableAlphaBitch: Van, short for Vanessa, is not really mean, just a self-absorbed airhead. The only time she said anything mean was when she was under the effects of a truth ray.
77	* MagicSkirt
78	* MissionControl: Newton and Trixie are this to "field agents" Vin and Zero.
79	* ModernMajorGeneral: Ms. [=McBeth=], a math teacher who's terrible at math and teaching, but ''very'' skilled in multiple other matters.
80	* MoneyFetish: The burglar in "Santa Claws", to the point where Soper manages to distract him for several hours by reading a book about money.
81	* MoralityPet: [=McBeth's=] pet goldfish, Vagner.
82	* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Vagner is supposed to be a goldfish, but has teeth like a pirahna.
83	* MysteriousPast: Very little is known about Vin and Zero's pasts.
84	* NaughtyNurseOutfit: Macbeth in "Patient Zero". She attempts to look like a HospitalHottie, but she has no medical knowledge and she's ''not'' a hottie!
85	* NonNudeBathing: In the episode "Voodoo Shampoo", all kids shower in either their underwear or bathing suits. Justified since the shower scenes take up a large portion of the episode and would require an impossible amount of SceneryCensor if this trope was not in effect.
86	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Zero.
87	* PaperThinDisguise: Somehow [=McBeth=] has a hard figuring out who the I.N.K. agents are under their disguises, despite their voices and clothes being very recognizable.
88	* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish:
89	** In "The Butterfly Effect" the password to Macbeth's safe was Vagner, the name of her goldfish.
90	** In another episode the password to Macbeth's computer is actually 'password', because the computer told her to [[LiteralMinded 'enter password']]!
91	* ThePollyanna: Miss Frank, Macbeth's substitute in "Macbeth Feels the Sting", when not under the effects of Macbeth's meanness potion.
92	* ProfessionalButtKisser: Daryl to Miss [=McBeth=]. Even when under the influence of a truth-ray he has nothing but really nice things to say about her.
93	* ThePsychoRangers: The Shadow Avengers: Daryl, Van, Burt and Hector are recruited by Miss [=McBeth=] to serve as her own version of I.N.K, and function as the [[EvilCounterpart counterparts]] to Trixie, Vin, Zero and Newton, respectively.
94	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mr. Soper.
95	* TheRunaway: Zero apparently ran away from her parents. The principal, Mr. Soper, allowed her to enroll herself at Pinkerton.
96	* RunningGag: In every episode Miss [=McBeth=] discovers the identities of I.N.K., but something usually makes her forget. Zero's favorite method of retribution involves suspending kids from the coat rack by their undies.
97	* SadistTeacher: Miss [=McBeth=].
98	* SecretSecretKeeper: In "The Truth, the Whole Truth" it's revealed Soper knows what happened to Vin's parents.
99	* SeriesContinuityError: According to "A Strict Diet" Miss Macbeth hates food and can only eat tasteless nutrition paste- but in "Santa Claws" she's trying to cook a turkey for her Christmas dinner.
100	* SeriousBusiness: Anytime Miss [=McBeth=] gets the upper hand, the kids see it as the end of the world.
101	* ShipperOnDeck: In "Lovestruck Stinkbomb" Mr. Soper shows that he supports Vin/Zero. Though he still doesn't tolerate them sneaking off at night.
102	* ShoutOut: At one point Vin and Zero have [[Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon a face-off that sees them battling across the treetops]], until it devolves into a tickle fight, anyway.
103	** The school the show takes place in is called Music/{{Pinkerton}} Academy. All the characters hate the school, just like Rivers Cuomo hated Harvard!
104	%%* SmartBlonde: Kathy
105	* TheStoic: Zero. Though she gets quite a lot of NotSoStoic moments.
106	* TheStoolPigeon: Daryl is the only student at Pinkerton who actually ''wants'' to get on Miss [=McBeth=]'s good side to the point where he is prone to tattling on the protagonists whenever he can.
107	* TeenSuperspy
108	* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Kind of. Zero is several inches taller than Vin, made especially clear in "Pinkertomb" when they switch clothes.
109	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Zero and Trixie fit this trope nicely.
110	* TragicKeepsake: Vin owns a pendant inscribed with a note from his long-lost mother. He loses it on a mission and Miss [=McBeth=] finds it.
111	* {{Tsundere}}: Zero is Type B for Vin.
112	** Zero is even tsundere for her pet bunny in "The Robot Rabbit Group".
113	--->'''Zero:''' ''(talking to her bunny)'' Okay, you don't budge, you hate to be petted, you bite anyone who touches you and you are a rat, got it?
114	* TwoTeacherSchool: A literal case!
115	** In "The Outcast" a bunch of other teachers show up to assembly, most of them in shadow, but Soper and [=MacBeth=] are the only teachers that get any focus.
116	* TyopOnTheCover: In "Voodoo Shampoo" the title is misspelled as "Vodoo Shampoo".
117	* VerbalTic: In "Ego Ergo" after getting her ego inflated, Zero starts putting emphasis on words like 'I' and 'me'.
118	* VillainSong: Miss [=McBeth=] gets one song for OnceAnEpisode.
119	** A few times INK joined in, turning it partly into a TheVillainSucksSong.
120	* VocalDissonance: Despite being a preteen girl, [[PerkyGoth Zero]] speaks with the voice of a adult woman.
121	* WeWantOurJerkBack: "The Ghost of Pinkerton"
122	* WhatDoTheyFearEpisode: In "Pinkertomb", Miss [=McBeth=]'s new plan is to scope out what the students fear the most.
123	** Newton is afraid of a mummy he once saw in a scary movie. Considering how young he is, this one's pretty understandable.
124	** Trixie's biggest fear is, quite oddly, a [[TerribleTicking metronome]] from when she was taking piano lessons, which doesn't scare her so much as it gives her anxiety.
125	** Vin's biggest fear calls itself "Mom", [[AbusiveParents which might hint to Vin having not had a great time in foster care...]]
126	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Zero is scared of chickens.
127	* WillTheyOrWontThey: Vin and Zero. As the first season progresses, it becomes more and more obvious that they're an item; they just never say it out loud.
128	* WouldHitAGirl: Burt, at least in the case of Zero since she can stand up for herself.
129	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Miss [=McBeth=]. Believe it or not, she's canonically in her twenties.

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