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Hello Megan! is a show that started in 2011, revolving around the life of Megan Moss after a tragic accident causes her to move from Kansas to Gotham City to live with her uncle, Jonathon Harker. The show has proven to be more popular than originally thought, due to the engaging plot threads and the charming nature of the main characters.

The series follows the life of Megan Moss as she moves to Gotham, and ends up going to Gotham High where she meets Timothy Grace (Jesse Mc Cartney), Kay Dorin (Khary Payton), William East (Jason Spisak), Conner Kendell (Nolan North), and Arty Cook (Stephanie Lemelin). All of them have their own issues, not the least of which being their high school lives, and as Megan learns more about them, she is forced to re-evaluate her own place in the world, and decide where she wants to be when she grows up.

Tropes used in Hello Megan!

• A Day in the Limelight: Everyone has had at least one episode devoted to them. What's unusual, though, is that at one point all of the adults get an episode as well.
• Abusive Parents:
  • Conner. His Mum never told her high school sweetheart that he was a father, instead keeping him in the dark until she was arrested, and Conner dropped on his Dad's doorstep. His dad was... Not thrilled. So far it's been emotional abuse, with Christopher ignoring Conner at every corner.
  • Will. Just Will. His Dad's a part of the criminal underground in Gotham, and when he comes home... Meanwhile his Mom just ignores him. Mostly he goes and hangs at his Aunt and Uncle's house.
• Accidental Athlete: Coach Boomer woud CRY GOLD if Conner ever joined the football team.
• Accidental Misnaming: Will's name is "Will", not "Willy".
• Affectionate Parody: After the bomb, Will has a dream that is this for the 1930's jazz age.
• Ah, Crap: In the pilot, Will's reaction to Dez shutting the door on him. Sure, he's a track star, but stopping? Yeah, he needs to work on that.
• Almost Kiss: In the pilot, between Megan and Dez, and of the "he's trying to force her" variety.
  • For real in episode nine between Megan and Conner, but interrupted by the dog.
• Always Save the Girl: This is what Will wants to do... But it's mostly cats he ends up saving.

• Art Shift: Some of the sillier attempts of Megan to try and cook are like this.
• Badass Family: Arty Cook's family. Her dad and sister are in the Mob, her mom is a retired criminal
• Beach Episode: The fourth episode includes a Beach Opening Scene, though it turns out to be just another of Megan's daydreams.
• Betty and Veronica: Provided he actually cares about either of them, Megan and Arty would, respectively, be Betty and Veronica toward Conner.

• Blond, Brunet, Redhead: A male version of this is in the pilot episode where the initial three guys Megan meets are are Kay (blond), Tim (brunet), and Will (redhead).
• Break the Cutie: Attempted with Megan, but it didn't succeed. However, there are hints that this is what happened to Arty, Will and Conner.
• Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl: The Conner/Megan angle.
• Bully Hunter: Will and Timothy. Will as an outlet for the feelings of hopelessness that follow the parental abuse perpetrated by his father, Timothy to keep Will from ending up in the hospital.
• Catchphrase:
  • "Hello, Megan!"
  • Not a phrase, per se - but Timothy's signature untraceable echoing chuckle, which is generally the only sign he is somewhere around you hiding stealthily. He also has a habit of removing the prefixes from words, like "overwhelmed" and "disaster". "Whelmed" seems to have caught on with his friends to the point that even Conner is using it.

• Christmas In July Episode: Only because it's not Christmas yet...
• Class Clown: Will, again.
• Cleans Up Nicely: It's a high school dance, so of course there's an element of this.
• Cool Bike: Timothy, though it begs the question of how it's legal for him... Of course, his Dad is super rich, so...

• Covered in Gunge: Conner ends up on the receiving end of this when he's helping Megan in home econs, and she tosses ingredients at him faster than he can catch.

• Did Not Get the Girl: Wait, Will, you were trying to get Megan's attention... Right?
• Disappeared Dad: In spirit for Conner, on and off for Will
• Distressed Damsel / Distressed Dude: Everyone gets a chance to be the DID.

• Domestic Abuse: When Arty hits Will, it's Played for Laughs... Until we see his home life.

• Dysfunction Junction:
  • Kay- Parents died, angst about his new life, Trisha....
  • Will- Son of a mob enforcer and high up.
  • Conner- Mom in jail, Dad refusing to acknowledge his existance...
  • Arty- Mob daughter
  • Megan- All we know is that she had to leave home.
  • Timothy- the only one who seems to have a normal home life was adopted from a young age because his parents were brutally murdered.
• Emotionally Tongue-Tied: Conner spends episode three uncertain on how to apologize to Megan after he lashes out at her for trying to talk to him while he was in a bad mood.

• Mr. Fanservice: The frequently shirtless Conner.
• Fictional Document: "The Adventures of Ebeneezer Badde in the Worlds Above” book series as seen randomly appearing in the background. Titles seem to include 'Through The Wicket Gate', 'The Secrets of Slaughter Swamp', 'In Blue Rafters', and 'Return to Limbo Town'. A Guilty Pleasure of Will's.

• From Roommates to Romance: Conner and Megan, after Megan's uncle gives Conner their spare room. Naturally, this probably contributes to her crush on him.
• Girl of the Week: Averted. Will seems like the guy to do this, but instead he focuses on the girl of his affections (Megan) and the girl he loathes (Arty). Probably a good thing too given who his father is...
• Gratuitous Spanish: Bane has a tendency to do this.
• Guilty Pleasure: For the adults/older teens who admit to watching it, as it's supposedly for a younger age group.

• Heterosexual Life-Partners: Timothy and Will according to Word of God.
• Hidden Depths: Everyone. It's part of why the show is so popular.
• Hilariously Abusive Childhood: Will tries to play his life off as this when it comes up. He also tries to makes sure it doesn't come up.
• Holding Hands: Plenty moments in "Partings", from Will taking Arty's hand to support her when she checks into the hospital to Conner grabbing Megan's hand to help her face her mother.

• Hot for Teacher: Will, in true Will style, starts to flirt with Ms. Diana as soon as she appears as their new math teacher.
• Hot Teacher: For the guys, Ms. Diana. For the girls, Megan's Uncle John, presumed to be a Shout-Out to another archaeology professor.

• I Shall Taunt You: Both Timothy and William are the "chatter until the bullies gets pissed off" types.

• Know Your Vines: On the obligatory camping trip episode, 'natch.
• Lethal Chef: Megan. She tries, but... It doesn't turn out very well. Becomes an in-universe Moment of Heartwarming when she finally gets the cookies she's been trying to make for Conner to come out right.
• Le Parkour: William and Timothy. It's how they met, though Will's more the "stumbly, not-always-exactly-as-intended" type of guy and Timothy's the stylish one.
• Loners Are Freaks: The initial reason Troubled, but Cute Conner was left alone.
• Long-Lost Relative: It's been speculated that Arty is this to Oscar Cranston. Rick is not happy about her, whatever the deal is.
• Love Dodecahedron: Will likes Megan and "hates" Arty. Megan likes Conner and recommends to Arty that she should ask Will out. Arty also likes Conner. Conner likes...pouting.
• Manly Tears: All the guys (sans Conner). And Arty.
• Massive Numbered Siblings: Megan casually mentions having twelve sisters back at home... Making her number thirteen. Given some of the hints from the show, though, it's been speculated that it was a really tough multiples birth, and that is one of the reasons why Megan moved away.
• Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: A major point of debate between Will and Daniel about Mr. Niles' stage act.
• Mysterious Past: Everyone, though Arty's is hinted at the most with there being hints of her being a mob brat.

• No Social Skills: All over the damn place. From Timothy not communicating properly without electronic support to Conner overreacting to every little setback to Megan having no clue about how to act in the big city outside of mimicking TV.
• Opinion Flip-Flop: Will changes his opinion on the existence of magic, which he believes to be nothing but technology obscured with false mysticism, as soon as he hears that Megan believes it is real.

• Perpetual Frowner: Conner when he first moves to the city, but he's lightening up.
• Pet the Cat: Even after Daniel Meek attacked Mr. Niles, Will took Niles' words to heart, and did his best to forgive Daniel. Later when he found Daniel trying to get his cat out of the tree, Will didn't even hesitate to help him get his cat out- though he did tell Daniel that, if he tried to hurt his friends, Will wouldn't be so mercifull.

• Pregnant Badass: Kay's adoptive mother is pregnant, and just a few minutes later she's kicking all sorts of ass when Will shows up with bruises.
• Promotion to Parent: Happens to Christopher with Conner... kinda. Christopher does not handle it very well.
• Real Men Wear Pink: Will. He can cook (though that's not a big deal), but he also joined the cheerleading squad. Granted, he originally do so to impress Ms. Diana who was leading the cheer squad, but even after she stepped down, he chose to stay on the team.
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Kay after Trisha is seriously injured by a mugger.
• Rule of Funny: The only thing that keeps everything from getting too heavy
• Running Gag:
  • Timothy's obsession with prefixes and his tendency to create back-formations by removing them.
  • Will's habit of always having food on him.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Rick doesn't like staying at home and being groomed to take over his Dad's company, so he runs off to college in Washington.
• Screams Like a Little Girl: Will. And Kay.
• Shippers On Deck: Arty and Megan take turns with this in "Denial", although it is apparently to turn each other away from their mutual interest: Conner.

• Shirtless Scene:
  • Kay and Conner both get one near the end of "Welcome To Gotham High."
  • All the boys are shirtless in "Aquatica".
• Shout-Out:
  • Mr. Harper: "These aren't your normal meddling kids."
  • Timothy's little hacker icon things are very Radical Edward.
  • Will taunts the bullies in the pilot by calling him an "incredible bulk."
  • Will: "Guy knows a little sleight of hand and uses it to Dumbledore it up to impress the babes."
• Show Within a Show: The kids are seen watching 'Wendy the Werewolf Stalker' and 'The Grey Ghost'.

• Smitten Teenage Girl: Megan is quite smitten over Conner.
• Star-Crossed Lovers: It's shaping up this way for Arty and Will who may or may not be the children of two rival underground families.
• Stealth Hi/Bye: Tim's main mode of transportation.
  Will: One of these days, I'm gonna nail his fins to the sand.
• Tattooed Crook: Inverted with Kay, who has very large and noticeable tattoos on both arms.
• That Thing Is Not My Child!: See "Well Done, Son" Guy below.
• Teen Genius: Tim (when it comes to technology and mathematics) and Will (when it comes to science and lateral thinking).
• There Are No Therapists: Averted with Conner talking to the school psychiatrist every Friday about his daddy issues.

• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Arty and Megan are fitting this dynamic.
• Tonight, Someone Kisses: Was it Will and Arty? Conner and Megan? Conner and Kay ? No. It was Conner and Will and it's kind of a long story... Sadly for the shippers, nothing actually came of it.

• Verbal Tic: Timothy's tendency to ponder words and their prefixes ("whelmed", for example) and his giggling. Episode 5 shows that he actually puts in a lot of thought to it, and that the rest of his friends are picking up on it and using it.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: Timothy and Will are a mild form of Type 2.
• "Well Done, Son" Guy: Conner just wants to have a relationship with Christopher, but Christopher is distancing himself from him.
  Thomas Harter: That boy needs his father.
  Christopher Kendell: (angrily) I am not his father!

• Who Would Want to Watch Us? / Who Writes This Crap?!!?: Timothy finds the idea of anyone watching their lives hilarious.
• Wig, Dress, Accent: Will has some... interesting disguises.
• Will They or Won't They? : Megan/Conner, Will/Arty
• Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Played with with the main characters, but shown to be a real problem for Megan at the dojo where she practices, as she can't get any of the guys to take her seriously.
• Wrongly Accused: Conner for the drugs bust.
• Xanatos Speed Chess: The mob plots might as well been written by Kira.

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