* {{Adorkable}}: Tino. Comic lover, shrilly scream, and very awkward around his crush, Tasha.
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Tish at the end of "Tish's Hair", where she reverts to her original hairstyle. There's three possible reasons: first is the one that she gives, where she simply decided she didn't like it or found it too goofy. A second possibility is that she became aware of the other kids styling it like that and pointedly went against the trend. A third is that she actually guessed that her friends were trying to tell her they didn't like it, she agreed with them and made up the excuse to spare their feelings.
%%* {{Anvilicious}} And how. Beyond so. But it's quite tastefully done, so even older audiences will actually think about the "lesson" and not just snigger their way through it. And they're useful lessons for someone of that age, too.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skssn2b7n84 The theme song]], sung by comedian/singer Creator/WayneBrady (best known for ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway''--which at the time was also an ABC show--and ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'').
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment There are a few of these in the series, but the most egregious example is the episode when Jennifer Love Hewitt pops out of absolutely nowhere to try to get Tino to develop a crush on her. [[FlatWhat What.]]
* CreatorsPet: While arguably the least popular of the main characters, Tish seemed to get a lot of episodes focused around her.
* CultClassic: The series is mostly forgotten by casual viewers, but retains a strong fanbase of 2000s kids.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Tino's mother is widely regarded as one of, if not ''the'', best mother in television history for how utterly understanding and supportive she is of her son ''and'' his friends, and the way she completely defied the AdultsAreUseless trope.
* GeniusBonus:
** The first bad event that happens in "The Awful Weekend" is Tino breaking a shoelace. Breaking a shoelace is considered an omen of bad things to come.
** Some of the books Tish reads are, '''really''', not appropriate for her age.
---> '''Tish''': This is a story for all ages, it's called [[Theatre/OedipusTheKing Oedipus Rex]].
** "To Be or Not to Be", where Tish acts in a production of ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'', is a lot funnier if you've read the play. Tish briefly stops hanging out with the group after they make fun of [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]], but relents when she realizes that her adult castmates look down on her for playing a "lesser" part. Peaseblossom, the character that Tish plays, [[BitCharacter is only in one scene]].
* HilariousInHindsight: In "The Perfect Weekend", Tino looks around in a clothing store and finds a bin full of "Irregular Socks". [[http://anightvaleintern.tumblr.com/post/9261635964/12ozofpaper-totallyjerkin-gamblechocolate He pulls out one that loosely resembles]] [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Finn the Human's]] trademark hat.
** In "Cry", the local pizzeria has a "futuristic"-styled machine that makes pizza and "prints" it. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YrBg0lObjro Such a thing exists]].
* ShipMates: For an event she planned, Tish suggests [[PitbullDatesPuppy Tino/Tasha]], [[PrecociousCrush Carver/Moira]], [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan Lor/Thompson]] and [[OppositesAttract herself/Bluke]]. All of these pairings, except ''maybe'' [[CrackPairing Tish/Bluke]], have been largely accepted by the fandom.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Lor's mother, despite being the only other female in the house, doesn't have much of a presence and is rarely shown. It's her ''dad'' that gives her the pep talks.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The presence of bulky cell phones, Cathode-Ray tube monitors, [=CD-ROMs=], as well as the characters' fashion trends are all ''very'' much a thing of the [[TurnOfTheMillennium early 2000s]].
* ValuesResonance:
** Tino's mother explaining to Tino about what the meaning behind BeYourself means -- it's not "be yourself and they'll like you" because that leads to entitlement and false hope; it means be yourself because you shouldn't pretend to be something you aren't and you'll end up miserable.
** Ms. Tonitini is one of the earliest depictions in 2000s animated TV shows who was an aversion of AdultsAreUseless and comedic AbusiveParents who was still able to be likable, wise, funny, well-rounded, and a [[GoodParents good parent]].
** This [[https://theflyingredrobot.tumblr.com/post/98346594770/murkymuckymuzzymarie-dontnuketheducks-gender post]] explains some of the gender nonconforming attitude the four main characters had.
* {{Wangst}}: Tish's attempt at getting Tino to show emotions in "Cry":
-->'''Tish''': ''(weeps)'' I SPILLED MY CHUG-A-FREE-EE-EEZE!!!!
-->'''Tino''': Whate...[[LampshadeHanging okay, that wouldn't even be sad even if I HAD emotions]].
-->'''Tish''': Of course it's sad! I ruined a $20 blouse!
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