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* {{Irony}}: Spinelli's friends find her ([[PaidForFamily false]]) family more appalling than "cool" (for their overall [[{{Jerkass}} rude]] behavior and taking "their own daughter's" money), as opposed to her real parents who may be [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents pretty embarrassing]] but are [[GoodParents good people]] nonetheless.
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* {{Irony}}: {{Irony}}:
** Spinelli's friends find her ([[PaidForFamily false]]) family more appalling than "cool" (for their overall [[{{Jerkass}} rude]] behavior and taking "their own daughter's" money), as opposed to her real parents who may be [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents pretty embarrassing]] but are [[GoodParents good people]]nonetheless.nonetheless.
** What's more, as embarrassing as they come across, Spinelli's real parents are technically cooler than the thugs she paid to pretend to be her parents, on the grounds they're secret agents. The catch is, she can only confide in her friends this little secret, but never show it off at parent teacher conference to make up for their being embarrassing.
** Spinelli's friends find her ([[PaidForFamily false]]) family more appalling than "cool" (for their overall [[{{Jerkass}} rude]] behavior and taking "their own daughter's" money), as opposed to her real parents who may be [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents pretty embarrassing]] but are [[GoodParents good people]]
** What's more, as embarrassing as they come across, Spinelli's real parents are technically cooler than the thugs she paid to pretend to be her parents, on the grounds they're secret agents. The catch is, she can only confide in her friends this little secret, but never show it off at parent teacher conference to make up for their being embarrassing.
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* GenerationXerox: A couple of kids' parents are remarkably similar to them, example the Ashleys' mothers and Hustler Kid's father.
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* GenerationXerox: A couple of kids' parents are remarkably similar to them, example e.g., the Ashleys' mothers and Hustler Kid's father.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: T.J. looks like his mom (with his dad's personality), Gus resembles a younger less rugged version of his dad, Vince looks like his dad, Mikey looks like his mom (with his dad's hair color), and Gretchen resembles both of her parents. As for Spinelli, she bears only minor resemblance to her real parents.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: T.J. looks like his mom (with his dad's personality), Gus resembles a younger less rugged version of his dad, Vince looks like his dad, Mikey looks like his mom (with his dad's hair color), and Gretchen resembles both of her parents. As for Spinelli, she bears only a minor resemblance to her real parents.
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* GoodParents: As embarrassing as Spinellis' real parents are, they take the time to comfort her and to acknowledge that yes, they aren't as cool as she'd like them to be.
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* GoodParents: As embarrassing as Spinellis' real parents are, they take the time to comfort her and to acknowledge that yes, they aren't as cool as she'd like them to be.be, but [[NotSoDifferentRemark they understand]] what it's like to have embarrassing parents.
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* {{Irony}}: Spinelli's friends find her ([[PaidForFamily false]]) family more appalling than "cool" (for their overall [[{{Jerkass}} rude]] behavior and taking "their own daughter's" money), as opposed to her real parents who may be [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents pretty embarrassing]] but are [[GoodParents good people]] nonetheless.
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Not So Different has been renamed Not So Different Remark, and requires the characters to acknowledge the similarities in-universe.
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* NotSoDifferent: Spinelli's parents remind her that they were kids once, too, and constantly felt embarrassed by their parents. Her mom adds she would actively lie about her own father's job just to seem cool to her friends.
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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Spinelli's parents remind her that they were kids once, too, and constantly felt embarrassed by their parents. Her mom adds she would actively lie about her own father's job just to seem cool to her friends.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Spinelli's not-dad asks Miss Grotke for "a brew" after eating some cookies he didn't like. You can probably guess what he was actually asking for.
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: As Mikey pointed out, Spinelli keeps making strange excuses for why her parents never come to Parents' Night every year and doesn't keep her stories straight.
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: As Mikey pointed out, Spinelli keeps making strange stranger excuses for why her parents never come to Parents' Night every year and doesn't keep her stories straight.
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* AccidentalTruth: When Spinelli lies about her parents being secret agents, it turns out that her father actually is a secret agent.
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* AccidentalTruth: When Spinelli lies about her parents being secret agents, it turns out that her father father, and hinted her mother as well, actually is a secret agent.
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* AccidentalTruth: When Spinelli lies about her parents being secret agents, it turns out that her father actually is secret agent.
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* AccidentalTruth: When Spinelli lies about her parents being secret agents, it turns out that her father actually is a secret agent.
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* AccidentalTruth: When Spinelli lies about her parents being secret agents, it turns out that her father actually is secret agent.
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* NotSoDifferent: Spinelli's parents remind her that they were kids once, too, and constantly felt embarrassed by their parents. Her mom adds she would actively lie about her own father's job just to seem cool to her friends.
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*WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: Mikey and later Vince during the PottyEmergency scene.
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* {{Strong Family Resemblance}}: T.J. looks like his mom (with his dad's personality), Gus resembles a younger less rugged version of his dad, Vince looks like his dad, Mikey looks like his mom (with his dad's hair color), and Gretchen resembles both of her parents. As for Spinelli, she bears only minor resemblance to her real parents.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: As Mikey pointed out, Spinelli keeps making strange excuses for why her parents never came to Parents' Night and doesn't keep her stories straight.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: As Mikey pointed out, Spinelli keeps making strange excuses for why her parents never came to Parents' Night and doesn't keep her stories straight.
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* {{Strong Family Resemblance}}: StrongFamilyResemblance: T.J. looks like his mom (with his dad's personality), Gus resembles a younger less rugged version of his dad, Vince looks like his dad, Mikey looks like his mom (with his dad's hair color), and Gretchen resembles both of her parents. As for Spinelli, she bears only minor resemblance to her real parents.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: As Mikey pointed out, Spinelli keeps making strange excuses for why her parents nevercame come to Parents' Night every year and doesn't keep her stories straight.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: As Mikey pointed out, Spinelli keeps making strange excuses for why her parents never
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*{{Strong Family Resemblance}}: T.J. looks like his mom (with his dad's personality), Gus resembles a younger less rugged version of his dad, Vince looks like his dad, Mikey looks like his mom (with his dad's hair color), and Gretchen resembles both of her parents. As for Spinelli, she bears only minor resemblance to her real parents.
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* WhiteGloveTest: Gus' dad does this on his desk and compliments him on not having a speck of dust.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Upon meeting her daughter's friends, Mrs. Spinelli gets their names wrong.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Upon meeting her daughter's friends, Mrs. Spinelli gets their names wrong.wrong (all of them!).
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Upon meeting her daughter's friends, Mrs. Spinelli gets their names wrong.
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* GarbageHideout: When the gang spies on Spinelli at her house to try to get an idea of what her parents are actually like; Spinelli takes out the garbage for the evening, only to discover Mikey hiding in the garbage can, much to her aggravation.
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: As Mikey pointed out, Spinelli keeps making strange excuses for why her parents never came to Parents' Night and doesn't keep her stories straight.
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* RealAfterAll: One of Spinelli's lies about her parents being secret agents turns out to true at the end of the episode.
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* RealAfterAll: One of Spinelli's lies about her parents being secret agents turns out to be true at the end of the episode.
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* PottyEmergency: The gang invokes this by making Mikey drink lots of water from a hose in order to get invited into Spinelli's house. It doesn't work and poor Mikey is left there on the porch doing the PottyDance. The gang has to take him to a gas station five blocks away.
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* PottyEmergency: Invoked. The gang invokes this by making make Mikey drink lots of water from a hose in order to get invited into Spinelli's house. It doesn't work and poor Mikey is left there on the porch doing the PottyDance. The gang has to take him to a gas station five blocks away.
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* GoodParents: As embarrassing as Spinellis' real parents are, they take the time to comfort her and to acknowledge that yes, they aren't as cool as she'd like them to be.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The gang looks visibly regretful when Spinelli runs off after her real parents embarrass her.
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* PottyEmergency: The gang invokes this by making Mikey drink lots of water from a hose in order to get invited into Spinelli's house. It doesn't work and poor Mikey is left there on the porch doing the PottyDance. The gang has to take him to a gas station five blocks away.
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* TheStakeOut: The gang stakes out Spinelli's house in order to see what she's being so secretive about, but unfortunately for them she catches on when she finds Mikey inside a trash can.
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* TheStakeOut: The gang stakes out Spinelli's house in order to see what she's being so secretive about, but unfortunately for them she catches on when she finds Mikey inside a trash can.can.
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* PottyEmergency: The gang tries invoking this by making Mikey drink lots of water from a hose in order to get invited into Spinelli's house. It doesn't work and poor Mikey is left there on the porch doing the PottyDance.
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* PottyEmergency: The gang tries invoking invokes this by making Mikey drink lots of water from a hose in order to get invited into Spinelli's house. It doesn't work and poor Mikey is left there on the porch doing the PottyDance.
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* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: Spinelli's parents show her friends an old photo of her as a baby.
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* PottyEmergency: The gang tries invoking this by making Mikey drink lots of water from a hose in order to get invited into Spinelli's house. It doesn't work and poor Mikey is left there on the porch doing the PottyDance.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: The reason why Spinelli doesn't want her friends to meet her parents
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It's Parents' Night at Third Street School and everyone is excited, well everyone except Spinelli. TJ and the others are curious as to why Spinelli doesn't want to bring her parents to Parents' Night and try to find out why.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: The reason why Spinelli doesn't want her friends to meet her parents
* GenerationXerox: A couple of kids' parents are remarkably similar to them, example the Ashleys' mothers and Hustler Kid's father.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Spinelli's not-dad asks Miss Grotke for "a brew" after eating some cookies he didn't like. You can probably guess what he was actually asking for.
* PaidForFamily: Spinelli pays a couple of people to pose as her parents which goes fine until they take Spinelli's money and split.
* PottyEmergency: The gang tries invoking this by making Mikey drink lots of water from a hose in order to get invited into Spinelli's house. It doesn't work and poor Mikey is left doing the PottyDance.
* RealAfterAll: One of Spinelli's lies about her parents being secret agents turns out to true at the end of the episode.
* ShipTease: Spinelli's mom mentions that TJ is the one Spinelli has "the crush on".
* TheStakeOut: The gang stakes out Spinelli's house in order to see what she's being so secretive about, but unfortunately for them she catches on when she finds Mikey inside a trash can.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: The reason why Spinelli doesn't want her friends to meet her parents
* GenerationXerox: A couple of kids' parents are remarkably similar to them, example the Ashleys' mothers and Hustler Kid's father.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Spinelli's not-dad asks Miss Grotke for "a brew" after eating some cookies he didn't like. You can probably guess what he was actually asking for.
* PaidForFamily: Spinelli pays a couple of people to pose as her parents which goes fine until they take Spinelli's money and split.
* PottyEmergency: The gang tries invoking this by making Mikey drink lots of water from a hose in order to get invited into Spinelli's house. It doesn't work and poor Mikey is left doing the PottyDance.
* RealAfterAll: One of Spinelli's lies about her parents being secret agents turns out to true at the end of the episode.
* ShipTease: Spinelli's mom mentions that TJ is the one Spinelli has "the crush on".
* TheStakeOut: The gang stakes out Spinelli's house in order to see what she's being so secretive about, but unfortunately for them she catches on when she finds Mikey inside a trash can.
