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Tropes A to F | Tropes G to L | Tropes M to R | Tropes S To Z | YMMV

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  • Sadistic Choice: Adrena Lynn makes Kim save both Ron and Brick in this manner. She manages to save them both with ease.
  • Safety Worst: "Odds Man In".
  • Save the Villain:
    • The rescue of Monkey Fist in "Gorilla Fist".
    • Saving Drakken and Shego from electrocution in "Rewriting History", and saving Drakken from drowning in "Cap'n Drakken".
    • Averted when a crook robs the Senor Seniors. Rather than ignore their efforts against the con artist to regain what is rightfully theirs, Kim tries to capture them. Technically, she was trying to save the crook from Senior's revenge, so she did save a villain, just not the ones who for all intents and purposes had built their wealth legitimately and treat villainy as a hobby.
  • Scary Dogmatic Aliens: The Lorwardians.
  • School Newspaper Newshound: Ron tried his hand at it, going so far as to expose Adrena Lynn.
  • Science Fair: Kim and Justine build a portal to another dimension. Ron and Monique build a volcano at the last minute.
  • Science Hero: In contrast to Kim's Action Hero, the rest of the Possible family is almost entirely comprised of scientific geniuses, whether present or in the making. Doctors James and Anne Possible are both highly knowledgeable in their fields (rocket science and neurosurgery, respectively), which they have occasionally used to help their daughter. Jim and Tim have constructed various impressive gadgets over the years, notably a portable silicon phase disrupter, something that both its original creator and Dr. Drakken thought to be impossible. Slim created a series of cybertronic robot horses that are able to mimic the form and function of a real horse (along with handy magnahooves) and developed an advanced satellite surveillance system capable of monitoring his entire ranch and the surrounding area. Joss, while idolizing her cousin and wishing to be like her is clearly more this trope, which can be seen with her self-made grappling hook and impressive knowledge of her father's equipment. Nana, Kim's grandmother, is the only one who is able to match and even surpass her granddaughter's fighting abilities.
  • Scout-Out: The Pixie Scouts.
  • Scotireland: Duff Killigan is Scottish in every way, save for his very Irish surname.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Shego has occasionally walked out on Drakken after one of his schemes started going south or he just got too annoying.
  • Sdrawkcab Alias: Shego uses the alias "Ms. Ogehs" in "A Sitch In Time" to Transfer Ron's mother to Norway to split up Kim and Ron.
  • Secret Public Identity: Everybody knows who Kim is, but her heroics don't prevent her from having a "basic average girl" life.
  • Sexophone: Shego (as "Miss Wobakoff") has one of these played for her in "The Mentor Of Our Discontent", whilst trying to distract Martin Smarty.
  • Sealed with a Kiss: Kim and Ron in So The Drama, originally and again in the second finale of the series.
  • Second Year Protagonist: In the first season, Kim and Ron are sophomores in high school. The second season is a little ambiguous, but the third season clearly has them in junior year with So the Drama taking place around prom, and the final season covers their senior year and graduation).
  • Shades of Conflict: The show at first glance seems to be an obvious Black-and-White Morality. A closer look at the various moral issues and the actions of the characters in some episodes usually yields more of a Grey-and-Gray Morality.
  • Shark Pool: Both straight and parodied.
  • She-Fu: Kim; justified to some degree: she's a cheerleader, so she's supposed to be flexible.
  • She Is Not My Girlfriend: Ron hilariously makes this objection before the Relationship Upgrade (completely without provocation too). Shego makes similar denials about Drakken in the Grand Finale. Drakken had earlier made the same denial about Shego while trying to charm DNAmy into helping with one of his schemes. And Monkey Fist also states this about DNAmy in "Gorilla Fist".
  • Shell-Shocked Veteran: Mr. Barkin, especially in "Fashion Victim".
  • Ship Sinking: Although Drakken and Shego had a strong Ship Tease moment at the end of "Graduation", both Bob Schooley's AMA and the sketch that he and Mark McCorkle wrote for the Kim Possible 20th anniversary that was played on Christy Carlson Romano's I Hear Voices podcast imply that it's not a long-term relationship.
  • Ship Tease: Between Ron and Kim in many third-season episodes, leading up to a literal Last Minute Hook Up in the Grand Finale. Then the show was unexpectedly Un-Canceled. Oops.
    • The biggest offender was "Emotion Sickness", which also teased both the above and Drakken/Shego mercilessly, in the most cringeworthy way possible.
    • "Homecoming Upset" had its fair share of Ron/Bonnie teases.
    • Then there was "Stop Team Go", which had Kim/Shego shippers in hysterics.
      • Likewise with "Mad Dogs And Aliens".
    • From day one of the second season, we have all manner of ship teases. Whether it be Kim worrying about Ron to a scene that mirrors the upside down kiss between Spider-Man and Mary Jane. It was lampshaded in "Bad Boy". where Kim hints at Ron bringing her as a date, and context galore throughout even before "Emotion Sickness" pretty much confirmed it.
    • How about when Ron is trying to get the attention of Zita, and has a little exchange with Kim.
    Ron: If she saw us coming out of a date movie together, she might, you know...
    Kim: You. And me. On a date?
    Ron: (suddenly incredibly awkward) Not that we, y'know, would or anything...
    • There was also the beginning of "Fearless Ferret" where Ron has a dream about saving Kim's life, which he actually did in the last parts of the episode, where he actually carried her in a Bridal Carry and laid her down gently on the floor.
    • Two to Tutor introduced a Shego/Senor Senior Jr. teacher/student relationship that showed pretty strong signs - but Senor Senior Sr. sabotaged it (in a very gentlemanly way, of course).
    • The series finale "Graduation" strongly teases Drakken and Shego as well.
  • Shoe Phone: Straight and subverted. Much of Kim's gear looks like ordinary teenage-girl stuff, though it's purely stylistic rather than a serious attempt to conceal anything.
  • Shoo Out the New Guy: Totally Radical extreme-stunts TV star Adrena Lynn appeared heavily in trailers and was intended to be a recurring arch-rival to Kim. Negative audience response saw her cut down to a one-shot villain and she never appeared again (unusual, since most villains made at least two appearances). She pops up in The Stinger for the Grand Finale, which is probably the only other time we see her.
  • Short-Lived Leadership: Throughout the series, Bonnie tries to replace Kim as cheer captain. In one episode, Kim decides she has enough on her plate saving the world and resigns as cheer captain, letting Bonnie take over. After Bonnie realizes how much work comes with the position she apparently quits and Kim is back in charge by the next episode.
  • Short Teens, Tall Adults: Despite being seniors and probably past puberty at the end of the show, neither Kim nor Ron pass an adult's shoulders note  in terms of height.
  • Shout-Out: Has his page.
  • Shown Their Work: The Game Boy Advance games. The second and third one especially put a lot of effort into getting all the little details right, from the ridiculous Drakken plot to Ron dancing like the Oh Boyz, they nailed the look and feel of the episodes.
  • Show Within a Show: The soap opera "Agony County" is mentioned a few times, in addition to the shows from "TV Trashheap". A whole load of them are used when Trapped in TV Land in "Dimension Twist".
  • Sibling Seniority Squabble: Gemini and Dr. Director. Avoided by Kim's twin brothers, strangely enough.
  • Sick and Wrong: Trope Namer. Ron would frequently describe squicky things as being "sick and wrong". Really weird stuff elicits the response "This goes beyond sick and wrong, it's Wrongsick!''" Even Kim uses it at some point.
  • Sickeningly Sweet: Anyone forcibly turned good by the Attitudinator becomes this to most other people. They don't just stop wishing to commit crimes but practically become compelled to be as over-the-top nice as possible. The most standout example is both Drakken and Shego referring to chocolate milk as "cocoa moo" while under its effects.
  • Sick Episode: One in which nearly every named character eventually succumbs.
  • Sickly Green Glow: Shego's power glows green, and she has a lot of green highlights.
  • Sidekick: Ron to Kim, Shego to Dr. Drakken. It's likely that Ron stepped up from sidekick to actual partner after the Grand Finale, given what he did there.
  • Sigh of Love: When Kim is under the influence of the Moodulator in the episode "Emotion Sickness", it gets inadvertently set to Love, and she sighs happily before she starts eagerly hitting on Ron.
  • Signed Up for the Dental
  • Single-Minded Twins: The Wegos don't seem to have separate personalities, which could be related to their superpower. Jim and Tim Possible, however, just seem to be on the same wavelength. All the time.
    From Mind Games
    Jim: I wanna swap brains with you.
    Tim: Who could tell the difference?
  • Sitcom Archnemesis: Ron and Mr. Barkin, though there is a Friendly Enemy undercurrent between them. Also Kim and Bonnie, for whom...there isn't. Dementor is this to Drakken as well.
  • Snowlems: In the episode "Day of the Snowmen".
  • Skewed Priorities: While hanging on to Mr. Nakasumi's legs, as they are both being dragged behind Shego's jet, narrowly avoiding impact with Tokyo skyscrapers, Kim gets a call from Monique, via Wade;
    Wade: It wasn't important, just something about Bonnie and Brick...
    Kim: What?! Put her on, like, now!
    Wade: Okay, okay!
    Kim: Monique, off or on?
    Monique: On, again!
    Kim: How many times can two people break up with each other and then get back together?
    Monique: She loves the drama.
    Kim: She just needs a date for the prom. (large skyscraper appears in their path) Monique, gotta go...
  • Sleep Cute: Kim and Ron during a boring field trip. The shippers had a field day. Note that this was before they became an Official Couple.
  • Sleeves Are for Wimps: Kim inverts this trope. She usually wears a sleeveless tank top as part of her civilian outfit, but her mission outfit has a shirt with full-length sleeves. Although there have been times that she has had to engage in combat when still dressed in her everyday clothes.
  • Smug Super: Shego makes sure that everyone she feels is inferior KNOWS that they are, including her brothers, her boss, and occasionally the heroic sidekick. She also mocks Kim, but considers her an equal, maybe more.
  • Snap Back: Creators Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley stated that the show only had "continuity by accident". Drakken's lair is always rebuilt by his next appearance; Ron's attempts to improve his popularity or social standing never stick; Kim cedes the captaincy of the cheer squad to Bonnie at the end of "Number One" but is back in the role later; and "Monkey Ninjas In Space" ends with an army of monkey ninjas claiming Ron as their leader, and are never mentioned again. As time went by, there was more Continuity Creep and Character Development, especially when the series returned for season four.
  • Socially Awkward Hero: Kim can easily take down supervillains around the world. Asking the boy she has a crush on to the school dance, on the other hand...
  • Something Else Also Rises: "Homecoming Upset", the fire hose Ron is holding starts spraying all over the place when Bonnie hugs him.
  • Space Is Noisy: The garbage makes the clinking of glass as it floats through space? Check. The engines make wooshing noises as it dodges between said garbage? Check.
  • Spanner in the Works: Ron Stoppable can render any plans made by anyone, no matter how complex useless by wandering around and touching random objects. He does have moments where he does it on purpose.
    • Global Justice even called it the "Ron Factor" and the secret to Kim's success.
  • The Spark of Genius: The various Mad Scientist characters appear to operate this way. For instance, when Kim's parents try to figure out one of Professor Dementor's devices, they get nowhere and conclude that they can only understand real science, not mad science.
  • Speaks Fluent Animal: Ron, most often with Rufus. He has also shown that he can communicate very well with other animals: Chippy, Roachie, and Professor Dementor's giant dogs, to name a few. He was also somehow able to play cards with a gorilla.
  • Speech-Impaired Animal: Also Rufus.
  • Spell My Name with a "The": Ron, for an episode.
  • Spinning Clock Hands: Subverted.
    Barkin: Darn clock's busted again!
  • Spoiler Opening: Lord Monty a.k.a. Monkey Fist appears in the opening theme from the very first episode onwards, however his first appearance was not until episode 13, where it was written as if Monty turning out to be the bad guy was a big twist.
    • This is somewhat justified, as Monkey Fist's debut episode was actually the third episode produced. It was the thirteenth that Disney aired, for whatever reason.
    • This happens again in the last season when the Opening changed, spoiling Warmonga well before her episode appearance. Once more her episode is written as if we're not supposed to have any idea who this other green skin lady who's helping Drakken who isn't Shego was.
  • Spoonerism: The aliens that invade in the final episode of are from Lorwardia, which seems to have taken its name from the spoonified version of Warlord.
  • Stab the Sky: "Virt-U-Ron" Ron completes the Heroic Fantasy episode in true style.
  • Stable Time Loop: "A Sitch In Time", if one accepts the implication that destroying the Tempus Simia erases it from ever existing. Otherwise it's a Timey-Wimey Ball.
  • Status Quo Is God: Very few things change on the show even when they should, both inverting it and playing it straight.
    • In Season 4 the writers tried to add a number of other changes so the Relationship Upgrade wouldn't seem so out of place like: Ron on the football team, Kim's new car, Kim's brothers in high school, new jobs, new clothes, a few new villains, etc. Their interaction still remains largely the same, however, with Kim being the Straight Man to Ron's Cloud Cuckoo Lander tendencies.
  • Stealth Pun: Mego, coloured purple (violet), has his super-power described as "He's a shrinker". In "Big Bother", Ron is conflicted between his school assignment bag of flour and his new sister Hana (which is Japanese for Flower.)
  • Steven Ulysses Perhero: Villainous example, D.N.Amy.
  • Still Wearing the Old Colors: Shego still wears her Team Go uniform.
  • Strictly Formula
  • Strange Minds Think Alike: The Internet Search for "really valuable" and "heavily guarded". The discussion of outsourcing.
    • Also, wondering if the building is covered in cheese, but finding out that its really 100% Wisconsin Swiss.
  • Strong Family Resemblance: Steve Barkin's father Franklin turns out to have the exact same look and personality as his son.
    • Not to mention everyone's ancestors during Rewriting History. Justified by it being All Just a Dream (probably).
  • Stuff Blowing Up
  • Suck E. Cheese's: J.P. Bearymore's Pizza Partytorium. At least for females. Almost every male cast member that goes in there seems to think it's the Greatest Thing Ever!
  • Suddenly Fluent in Gibberish: In the episode "Roachie", Ron befriends a giant cockroach and soon begins having full conversations with it, imitating its clicking-noise speech.
    Kim: You're like the Roach Whisperer.
    Ron: Y'know, if you're trying to speak 'roach, you've got it all wrong, KP. You've gotta click with your mandible.
  • Sue Donym: Shego's other alias of "Ms. Wobackoff".
  • Summon to Hand: Magic sword!
  • Super Cell Reception:
    • The Kimmunicator has never once failed due to signal interference, unless it was deliberately jammed. It works anywhere on Earth or in near-orbit space, even deep underground. At one point, the Kimmunicator sprouts wheels in order to get to Kim. According to Wade, it also has its own satellite. She has, however, lost it a few times, and when the writers got sick of that plot, they gave her a compact wrist-mounted version.
    • In the Christmas Episode, Drakken's cell phone was able to make calls from the North Pole.
  • Super Family Team: Team Go!
  • Superhero Team Uniform: Team Go wears identical outfits uniforms in different colors. Hego wears blue, Wego wear red, and Mego wears purple. Shego is in fact their missing sister, with her color being green.
  • Superpowered Evil Side: Despite being capable of being a badass, Ron is normally an immature slacker who puts in little effort into most of what he does. When he is turned evil by the attitudinator, however, he becomes frighteningly competent. Evil Ron is excellent at devising intricate plans and staying one step ahead while easily building super weapons that outclass anything Drakken could ever hope to create. His fighting skills are visibly much better and his whole personality in general becomes so evil that he is able to scare Shego of all people into submission and make her do what she's told. Without a doubt, Evil Ron is easily the most dangerous villain in the entire series.
  • Supervillain: Nearly every episode has at least, at least one that appears. Some have two and a couple have entire conventions of them.
  • Sure, Let's Go with That: "The Mentor of Our Discontent", Drakken has Shego don a blonde wig and dress in order to distract Martin Smarty, whilst he and Frugal Lucre break into his office. The distraction works, but Smarty becomes just a little too enamoured with Shego for her tastes, leading to this exchange;
    Martin Smarty: Well, hello... Being a single father such as I am, it would be my privilege to assist you, Miss...?
    Shego: Whoa! Back off!
    Martin Smarty: Miss... Wobakoff??
    Shego: Yeah... fine. Miss Wobakoff. Yeah... clever.
    *As Kim is about to jump out of the Sloth onto the Kepler*
    Wade: Wait! Before you go-
    * The glove box pops open revealing two golden rings. Kim and Ron stare wide-eyed at each other whilst Rufus hums "Here Comes The Bride"*
    Ron: ... I had nothing to do with this!
    Wade: Ron... They're Magno-Rings. They'll help you hold on to the side of the Kepler.
    Ron: Haha! Right. That's what I thought they were... y'know... for.
  • Surrounded by Idiots: A henchwoman variation. Shego is obviously more intelligent than Drakken and it’s also one of the reasons why she left Team Go.

    T 
  • Teen Superspy: The trope's page image, Kim is both a high schooler and a highly effective spy.
  • Telecom Tree: Whenever Kim has to travel to some remote location, Kim can always count on someone she has helped before to provide free transportation.
  • Tempting Fate:
    Kim: Spikes. Gee. Where are the snakes?
    (snakes appear)
    Kim: I was just being sarcastic!
  • Terrible Pick-Up Lines: In the episode "Partners", Dr. Drakken charms DNAmy into working with him, using the old "Were you injured when you fell from heaven, for surely you must be an angel?" line. Thanks to DNAmy's saccharine personality, it actually works.
  • That Came Out Wrong: In "Ill Suited", Ron steals Kim's battlesuit and uses it to cheat his way into the position of star quarterback of the football team out of fear that Kim would dump him for a jock (based in part on misunderstanding a conversation he overheard). This is revealed when Professor Dementor uses a remote device to take control of the suit, whilst Ron is still in it. He attempts to explain his position... poorly at first (whilst being controlled to fight Kim).
    Kim: You cheated your way onto the football team!
    Ron: Yeah, but that was just a perk. I was really trying to cheat on you... *notices Kim's angrier expression* -For you! To win you!
  • Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: All females have a pronounced upper lip, unless wearing lipstick in which case both lips are accentuated. Men have thin lines for lips. Also, for some reason Kim is always shown with an angular bust line while nearly every other female has a curved look.
  • The Bad Guy Wins: A Sitch in Time explores this possibility with a Bad Future if Shego were to ever seize control of the world.
  • The Greatest Story Never Told: Ron in Japan during "Exchange", though Kim found out about it eventually.
    • "A Sitch in Time" takes this up to 11. Not only is it never told, not only does nobody remember it, but it retcons itself into nonexistence.
  • The Power of Friendship: Kim is much less successful in villain-fighting without Ron's backup, as proven in A Sitch in Time. Interestingly, Ron never shows his Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass capabilities when Kim can still handle the situation and not incapacitated in some way.
  • The Smart Guy: Wade is most definitely the techno-whiz of the group, making random inventions just in the nick of time for just the right mission, though a few episodes have portrayed him as not being so smart in the field.
    • He's even voiced by former Smart Guy Taj Mowry.
    • The twins may rival him in genius by the 4th season. After all, they were the ones who built Kim's new Cool Car.
  • There Was a Door:
    • In Season Three's "Bonding", Ron and Barkin (and a Pixie troop) storm into Dementor's lair:
      Dementor: Why did you have to break down the door? It wasn't locked, and I just had it painted!
    • Lampshaded in Season Four's "Homecoming Upset":
      Kim: How are you at gate jumping?
      Wade: Terrible, but I don't usually find it necessary.
      [He opens the gate with a remote.]
      Wade: After you.
      Kim: [pouting] But I like jumping over stuff...
  • They Are All Grown Up: In A Sitch in Time, both Kim's little brothers and Wade.
  • Think Nothing of It: When the people who give Kim rides to the mission site thank her for helping them previously, she always shugs it off as "No big." More prevalent in the early seasons.
  • This Ain't Rocket Surgery: The show plays with the idea. Kim's dad is a rocket scientist and her mom is a brain surgeon. This has been the source of many jokes in the series.
    • They come up with a summer job at the fast food place to ease money troubles:
    Kim: A rocket scientist and a brain surgeon and this is all you could come up with?
    • And on tax forms, while Kim's father is calling an accountant:
    Mr Possible: Yes, I know it's tax season; that's why I'm calling an accountant. (pause) Look, ma'am, I'm no rocket scientist - well, actually I am - (whoever is on the other end hangs up) Hello? Hello?
    • When the Possible family's TV stops working:
    Tim: You're a rocket scientist! Can't you do something?
    Mr. Possible: Well, I could put it in geosynchronous orbit, but I'm not sure how that would help.
  • This Billboard Needs Some Salt: The Dimension Monster and "Gronde" both try this.
  • This Is Reality: Wade suggests he should "be myself" to attract his crush, and Ron replies "That only works in cartoons!"
    • Subverted in another episode: "This isn't one of your stupid science fiction games, Larry! Ron's facing a kung fu mutant with bio-engineered hands, and mystical monkey powers, and..." At that point, Kim decides to give Larry's idea a try.
  • This Looks Like a Job for Aquaman: Ron's father, an actuary, spends an entire episode trying to be a hero to his son. Luckily, his number-crunching skills turned out very useful when they faced the Mathter:
    Kim: Did you know your dad had it in him?
    Ron: No, but who knew we’d be facing a math-crazed villain?
    Kim: Yep. So convenient.
  • This Page Will Self-Destruct: "Job Unfair".
  • Title Drop: Not the series title (too easy), but the line "Can't anyone stop Team Go?" in the episode...well, guess.
  • Title Sequence: The show uses clips from the show during the theme. The first montage is used throughout the first 3 seasons, but it updated during the fourth. Though in the first montage there is some debate about the brief scene of a giant Shego battling a miniature Kim, as nothing of the sort actually happens in the show. A Bait And Switch Clip Perhaps?
  • Tormented Teacher: Steve Barkin has had to fill in for almost every class at Middleton High. In the course of his time on the series, he's had students run from detention (Kim herself, though in her defense, she had a bomb on her nose and was being targeted by her Arch-Villain). been attacked by a mutant at a campground, been altered in a man/mole-rat hybrid (he got better), had monkey ninjas rampage through his school, dated The Dragon of Kim's arch nemesis, and had his car vaporized by Kim's brothers at her graduation. All-in-all, the guy has it rough. Not that he's entirely sympathetic, as he is the Stern Teacher, though he is also fair.
  • Trap Door: It comes with the territory. Straight, Subverted and Lampshaded. "And suddenly, the world was full of holes."
  • Trapped in TV Land: "Dimension Twist".
  • Tripod Terror: The Lorwardian walkers; technically four-legged, but they fit the trope.
  • Tron Lines: Kim's battlesuit.
  • Trope Namer: Sick and Wrong and Give Geeks a Chance
  • Troperiffic
  • Troubled Fetal Position: Occurs a few times throughout the series, such as Drakken assuming this position when Shego freaks out in the lair from the Moodulator and when Ron locks himself in his panic room.
  • TV Teen: Adrena Lynn with her (fake) stunt show.
  • Twin Banter: Jim and Tim, naturally. "Hicka-bicka-boo?" "Hooshaw!"
  • Two Girls and a Guy: Kim's best friends in high school are Ron and Monique, and together they form this type of trio.
  • Two Lines, No Waiting: Most episodes contain a supervillain plot and something from Kim's normal life.
  • Two-Teacher School: Due to the Noodle Incident, Mr Barkin will be teaching this class/trip/whatever. How many members of staff do we see apart from Barkin?
    • The lunch lady appears on a recurring basis, though her expression never changes.
    • We actually saw the journalism teacher in season 1, a math teacher in season 2 and Ms. Go as a sub in season 4, and someone who might have been the principal in the Grand Finale. That's it.
    • Interestingly, one episode referred to Miss Go being a substitute for a Miss Carlson, injured while skateboarding. Yes, as in Kim's voice actress.
    • Home Economics is so underappreciated in Middleton High that, when Kim and Ron took the class, (which they only did because they missed the chance to take other classes instead of that one), it was revealed to them, to the viewers and the faculty that the last Home Economics teacher retired years ago. Mr. Barkin was then put in charge. However, his whole experience on the subject consisted on looking for food in the forests he was deployed in during his military days. He even brought a shovel to class. He was even fair enough to step out as soon as Ron proved himself more knowledgeable on Home Economics than him.
  • Tyke-Bomb: Hana Stoppable aka "The Weapon" or "The Han".

    U 
  • Uncanceled: It was only supposed to go up to season 3.
  • Under Strange Management: Dr Drakken once owned a muffin company. It was more successful than the original evil plan. But he recognised the success and was going to cancel the original plan.
  • Underwater Base: Drakken's had more than one of these. The big glass window tends not to last long.
  • Under the Mistletoe: Kim and Ron. Except that it's parsley. Works anyway, though.
  • Unnamed Parent: Kim's parents were both just Dr. Possible - a rocket scientist and a brain surgeon - but each finale episode contained a reveal for one of them. Kim's father was revealed as James Timothy Possible in So The Drama, and Kim's mother was called Annie in "Graduation".note  The fandom still generally refers to them by the nicknames Ron gave them, that were adopted by the fandom early on: MrDrPossible and MrsDrPossible.
  • Unraveled Entanglement: While Kim is trying to fix up the hand-me-down car her dad gave her, Ron keeps finding himself entangled in wires for no particular reason — even when he tries to stay well clear.
    Ron: I wasn't even helping! How'd this happen?
  • The Unreveal: Several throughout the series, but notably the very last episode ends just as Dr. Drakken is about to tell the story about how his skin turned blue.
  • Unspoken Plan Guarantee: Played with in So The Drama. Drakken kept his plan a secret, not only from the audience but from Shego. He reasoned that if Shego couldn't guess his plan then Kim couldn't either. It almost worked, until Ron pulled Kim from the brink of the Despair Event Horizon.

    V 
  • Vague Age:
    • Shego. She apparently has a degree in teaching. She has also apparently shown romantic feelings for Drakken (who was in college with Kim's father), and definitely dated Mr. Barkin. On the other hand, she acts like a teenager and is young enough to date Senor Senior Jr, who might be Kim's age (sixteen - eighteen). Shego claims in "Clean Slate" to an amnesia-afflicted Kim that she was a senior when Kim was a freshman, and owes Shego $10. She likely only said this because she knew she looks young enough to pull off the lie (and get some cash off her arch-enemy to boot).
    • The ages of Kim and Ron (and by extension, their fellow students) are also never really addressed beyond Word of God describing them as "high school age". Although given a few details throughout the series (moving to senior year, being able to drive, graduating etc.) it can be reasonably assumed that they start out in the series at 14/15, before ending up at 17/18 in the final season.
  • Vapor Wear: The animators of Kim Possible probably did not foresee the unintended implications of this screenshot...◊
  • Verbal Tic: Motor Ed, seriously. Even the annoying Frugal Lucre is bothered by it.
    • Dementor has a habit of speaking AS THOUGH CAPSLOCK IS ZE CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL!!!!! He also has ze German style of speech, yes.
  • Vile Villain, Laughable Lackey: Inverted. Drakken is the apparent Big Bad, but given his immaturity and tendency to go off on tangents, he's not a very serious villain. His dragon Shego, however, is an intelligent, competent combatant and is either a supervillainess in her own right or wields powerful fist weapons. Either way, she gives Kim Possible a real fight.
  • Villain Ball: Outright embraced by several villains, especially Señor Senior Senior, who took up villainy because he was rich and bored. Seeing how close he can get to victory while strictly adherring to the so-called "code of villainy" seems to be the whole point of the challenge for him.
    • Notably snapped up by Shego in "A Sitch in Time" when she has Drakken strap Kim to a Bond Villain-esque torture table instead of just killing her. Slightly jarring after Shego managed to conquer the world by sole virtue of being far more competent than the three other villains who had been busy juggling the Villain Ball between them for the entire first act.
  • Villain Decay: Mostly played straight, but sometimes averted and Zig-Zagged. Some villains like Duff Killigan and Professor Dementor play it straight, however Monkey Fist averts it and Drakken goes from Harmless Villain to Not-So-Harmless Villain as the story needs.
  • Villain: Exit, Stage Left: Frequently, often with enough time for Drakken to deliver his Character Catchphrase. A Cardboard Prison is too good for some villains.
  • Villains Never Lie: The villains who appeared in the Halloween Episode chimed in, agreeing that lying to her parents was a terrible thing to do.
    • When Dr. Drakken tried to take over the world by marketing a brain-washing shampoo with a label that warned people about the brain-washing, Drakken said it was Truth In Advertising.
  • Villains Out Shopping: Shown many times, once even literally.
  • Villain Song: Dr. Drakken gets a rap number to promote his new brand of brainwashing shampoo in the episode "Rappin’ Drakken"
  • Villain Team-Up: Drakken, Shego, and Motor Ed in "Steal Wheels", Drakken, Monkey Fist, Killigan, and Shego in "A Sitch in Time", Drakken and Lucre in "The Mentor of Our Discontent", Shego and Junior in "Two to Tutor" and "The Big Job", Shego and Motor Ed in "Car Alarm", and Drakken, Shego, and Hamsterviel in the Lilo & Stitch: The Series episode "Rufus".
  • Violent Glaswegian: Duff Killigan's temper got him banned from every golf course in the world.
  • Visible Invisibility: The cloaking device on the Wadebot 2.0, Kim's Battlesuit and one of Drakken's lairs.
  • Visions of Another Self: The episode with Kim's ancestor Miriam "Mim" Possible, also multiple Identical Grandchildren bordering on Generation Xerox.

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  • Wanted a Son Instead: As a kindergartner, Kim expected to have a baby sister. She ended up having twin brothers.
  • "Wanted!" Poster: Shego and Drakken have these. They're in Kim's locker at her school.
  • Was Just Leaving: In "The Big Job", Ron, who has unacknowledged feelings for Kim, knows that she is crushing on him. The problem? He's in a pickled-themed knight uniform (for his new job) and so, is terribly embarrassed at the idea of Kim seeing him like that. When she inevitably finds him, he freaks out and books it after excusing himself. Kim thinks it's adorable.
    Ron: AAH! KIM!
    Kim: Ronnie, I have a little favor to ask...
    Ron: (Loud Gulp) Uh, Sorry, KP, I was just... leaving!
    Kim: He's shy, but so cute!
    Monique: I'd say green and freaked.
  • Wax On, Wax Off: In "Oh No! Yono!" Ron's showing Hana the "Flippie Dance" gives her the agility and acrobatic moves needed to beat Yono and Monkey Fist.
  • Weakness Turns Her On: Kim to Ron since she is much stronger than him. At least until the Grand Finale. Then she might be turned on by his level in badass.
  • Weaksauce Weakness: The fake clones that Drakken creates of Bonnie, Kim, Ron, and Rufus disintegrate into green goo on contact with soda.
  • We Were Your Team: As more about Shego's heroic past in Team Go with her brothers is disclosed, it is revealed that she was basically the one who kept the team coordinated when they were all heroes; after Shego became a villain, her brothers couldn't operate as an actual team because their respective egos or impulsiveness got in the way.
  • We Will Meet Again: Pretty much what all the villains in the show say when defeated.
    • Occasionally inverted when Drakken declares "We won't meet again!" after springing a Death Trap.
  • Weather-Control Machine: Drakken uses these once in a while, as did the temporarily-evil Ron with his "Mega-Weather-Generator".
  • A Weighty Aesop: Executive Meddling enforced this, which is why "Grande Size Me" exists (complete with subtle Lampshade Hanging).
  • Weirdness Coupon: No-one really seems bothered by Kim and Ron skipping out of school to fly around the world fighting supervillains, despite Kim being fairly famous for it. Drakken and Shego never attract attention for their unusual appearance.
  • Welcome to My World:
    • In Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time, Monique acts as a substitute for Ron while he is in Norway. Kim says this to Monique during a battle after Monique is shocked when one of Duff Killigan's golfballs explodes.
    • When Drakken interrogates a kidnapped scientist in another episode, she tells him "You make no sense to me." Shego replies "Welcome to my life."
  • We Want Our Jerk Back!:
    • Drakken in "Bad Boy".
    • Ron has this attitude towards Shego in "Stop Team Go".
    • Kim also has this attitude towards Bonnie in "Ron Millionaire," when the latter only acts nice to Ron because he won $99 million.
  • What Is Evil?: Drakken tries to invoke this with Kim, referencing Shades of Conflict, in the episode ‘Ron Millionaire’. Kim ignores him.
  • What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: Ron unwisely mocks Burns' number-crunching abilities. Other examples occur throughout.
  • What Measure Is a Non-Human?: The fatalities of the series includes The Bebes (robots), Syntho-Drone 901 (a ridiculously human synthodrone), Warmonga and Warhawk (aliens), and Drakken's insta-clones of Kim, Ron, Rufus, and Bonnie (from "Kimitation Nation"). No human was harmed.
    • Save for Monkey-Fist. Kinda. Well, he was turned to stone and then buried under dozens of tons of sand. And then he showed up in a cafe in the trailer of the last episode... still as a stone.
  • When Elders Attack: In 'The Golden Years', Drakken's army of seniors attacks Kim.
  • Where The Heck Is Middleton?: A question asked frequently of the creators, which not even they are entirely sure of how to answer.
  • Who Would Want to Watch Us?: "And the Mole Rat Will Be CGI".
  • Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: In Ron's case, monkeys.
    • Played straight with Kim, when she was exploring that Monkey Temple, for the Monkey artifact.
      • "Gee where are the snakes?"(cue snakes surrounding her) "I was just being SARCASTIC!"
    • One episode had Kim telling Ron to basically quit being a sissy for complaining about a spider bite on his face, while walking in the sewers looking for some mad scientist. When a bunch of cockroaches the size of a medium-to-large dog run by, she goes into Heroic BSoD, and nearly throws up. It seems to be an acquired phobia.
  • Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him?: Asked by Senor Senior Junior and answered by Shego.
  • Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Monkey Fist's "artifact assault" in "Oh No Yono", and Drakken's response to Shego's fight with Warmonga.
  • Wicked Cultured: Senor Senior Senior, Falsetto Jones.
  • Wimp Fight: Ron and Drakken sometimes engage in ineffectual slapfights while Kim and Shego carry on a more serious battle. There's also Ron's battle with Junior, which basically boils down to them messing each other's hair up.
  • World of Action Girls: Provides the trope quote.
  • World of Pun: The show is notorious for this, as Kim herself has noted once or twice.
  • World of Snark: It's hard to name a significant character in this show who doesn't at one point get in a witty quip.
  • Would Hit a Girl: Various male opponents try to hit Kim and Shego; they just don't succeed at it very often.
  • Writing Around Trademarks: Many.
  • Wrong Insult Offence: This exchange from "Clothes Minded":
    Shego: Huh, pretty impressive for a college reject.
    Drakken: Hey! College dropout, Shego. They let me in, I let myself out.
  • Wunza Plot: She's a highschool cheerleader, he's her bumbling best friend since early childhood...

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