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* GeniusDitz: Nikki is not the brightest bulb in the shed... but she's a very talented artist, and her illustrations are one of the most entertaining parts of the series.[[note]]Actually done by Rachel Russell herself, and occasionally her daughter, also named Nikki.[[/note]]

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* GeniusDitz: Nikki is not the brightest bulb in the shed... but she's a very talented artist, and her illustrations are one of the most entertaining parts of the series. However, one of her blog entries says that she is normally a good student...[[BrilliantButLazy when she needs to be]].[[note]]Actually done by Rachel Russell herself, and occasionally her daughter, also named Nikki.[[/note]]



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's somewhat bratty and kind of shallow but she is overall a sweet-natured girl.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's somewhat bratty bratty, shallow, easily annoyed, and kind of shallow but can be overly dramatic. But she is overall a sweet-natured girl.girl who loves her friends and family.



* OnlySaneMan: The most adjusted of the cast.
* ParentalAbandonment: He's living with his grandparents. [[spoiler:His parents died.]]

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* OnlySaneMan: The Brandon is the most adjusted of the cast.
cast as his friends tend to be either [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Cloudcuckoolanders]] or NotSoAboveItAll.
* ParentalAbandonment: He's living with his grandparents. [[spoiler:His parents died.died sometime before the series.]]


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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Mackenzie is completely obsessed with Brandon and will do anything to make him her boyfriend, even though he makes it clear that he doesn't like her back because of her nasty attitude and the way she treats his friends and other people in general.
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* AesopAmnesia: Despite the fact that, at the end of each story, she learns that she should [[BeYourself be proud for being a dork]], the next book will always start with her being ashamed of it.
* AlmostKiss: [[spoiler:Happens twice between her and Brandon. They get interrupted by [=MacKenzie=] both times. They do get a real kiss between those two scenes though.]]


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* BrutalHonesty: Subverted as she often says something brutally honest, and then admits "but I just said that inside my head, so no one heard it but me."


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* CatchPhrase:
** "but I just said that inside my head, so no one heard it but me." whenever she is saying something, but is actually just thinking it.
** "Calling [=MacKenzie=] a mean girl is an understatement. [[MadLibsCatchPhrase She is a [insert dangerous animal] in [insert two fashionable items]!"]]
** "I just HATE it when [=MacKenzie=] sashays!" whenever she sees [=MacKenzie=] strut out of the scene in a fashionista-like manner.


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* EyePop: Her eyes fly out of their sockets when she imagines she'll get to meet-and-greet the hottest boy bands in the universe.


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* GymClassHell: Gym is easily her worst subject. Most her awkward, embarrassing or frustrating moments that happen in class here, from being PickedLast to failing at ice skating, having to deal with a SmallNameBigEgo karate teacher, or [[ItMakesSenseInContext almost drowning in four feet of water]].


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* HiccupHijinks: At one point in ''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl'', she and her family go to a funeral but she gets the hiccups to the point it's constantly interrupting a guy's euology.


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* LockedInTheBathroom: She often locks herself there when she's upset and/or very embarrassed.


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* NightmareSequence: Has one in ''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl'' [[ItMakesSenseInContext where she imagines herself being chocolate and people are eating her]]


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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Falls for Brandon because he is sweet and kind to her.


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* AlmostKiss: [[spoiler:Happens twice between him and Nikki. They get interrupted by [=MacKenzie=] both times. They do get a real kiss between those two scenes though.]]


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* SchoolNewspaperNewshound: He is the photographer for the school newspaper.


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* BrutalHonesty: She and Zoey are always quick to tell Nikki when her plans or ideas kind of suck.


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* BrutalHonesty: She and Chloe are always quick to tell Nikki when her plans or ideas kind of suck.


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* CatchPhrase:
** She frequently says "OMG" and "hon".
** In ''Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen'': "Yay me!"


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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:In the fourth book, she switches Nikki and her friends pretty outfits for the ice skating competition out for clown costumes. She also knows Nikki has problems not falling on the ice. Because of this, once Nikki goes on the ice dressed in her clown costume and falls, the audience thinks she's doing it on purpose and loves it and they win the competition.]]


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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Her first appearance has [[MakeWayForThePrincess a path immediately clearing for her]] as people shout out compliments to her.


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* GirlPosse: She has a group of avid followers, the most prominent member being her best friend Jessica.
* HostileShowTakeover: Does one in the ninth book, thanks to her stealing Nikki's diary and writing in it for some time.

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* DiscoSucks: She really hates it when her dad plays his disco cds.



* ParentalAbandonment: He's living with his grandparents. [[spoiler:His parents have died.]]

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* ParentalAbandonment: He's living with his grandparents. [[spoiler:His parents have died.]]


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* PuppyDogEyes: She and Zoey make a few in ''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl''


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* CelebrityResemblance: She claims to looks like Beyonce in ''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl''


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* PuppyDogEyes: She and Chloe make a few in ''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl''


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* EvilLaugh: She is often described as cackling like a witch.


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* GirlishPigtails: Wears them just as much as her sister.


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* AlphaBitch: So much to the point Nikki believes she out-[=MacKenzies MacKenzie=]


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* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: She is introduced in Book 11, who in Nikki's words, out-[=MacKenzies MacKenzie=].
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* WomenAreWiser: Inverted; he is the most sane character in the book


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* ThoseTwoGuys: With Zoey. Especially in the early books, when they had very little personality difference.


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* ThoseTwoGuys: With Chloe. Especially in the early books, when they had very little personality difference.


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** During her party in ''Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl'', she and Jessica flip a plate of fruit onto Nikki's dress but one of them ends up in a chocolate fountain. Shortly later, she and Jessica try to get their picture taken by the fountain but it explodes on them from the fruit piece clogging it up.
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* CoolLoser: Despite being a cute, friendly, and optimistic girl, she is the most unpopular student at her school.

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* TenderTomboyishnessFoulFemininity: She's a tomboyish geek who tries to fit in while her rival, Mackenzie Hollister, is a mean and rude RichBitch who always shuns her.



* {{Jerkass}}: She's rude, she's selfish, she's stuck-up and mean in every way.
* KarmaHoudini: Let's list some of the things she gets away with shall we?

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* {{Jerkass}}: She's rude, she's selfish, she's stuck-up and mean in every way.
* KarmaHoudini: Let's list some of the things Sometimes, she gets can get away with shall we?a few of her rotten schemes:



* TenderTomboyishnessFoulFemininity: She's a mean and rude RichBitch who always shuns Nikki, who is a tomboyish geek who tries to fit in.
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* HappyDance: Does this whenever she’s pleased, which she calls her "Snoopy happy dance".

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* HappyDance: Does this She does a happy dance whenever she’s pleased, which she calls her "Snoopy happy dance".
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* TenderTomboyishnessFoulFemninity: She's a mean and rude RichBitch who always shuns Nikki, who is a tomboyish geek who tries to fit in.

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* TenderTomboyishnessFoulFemninity: TenderTomboyishnessFoulFemininity: She's a mean and rude RichBitch who always shuns Nikki, who is a tomboyish geek who tries to fit in.
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* TenderTomboyishnessFoulFemnininity: She's a mean and rude RichBitch who always shuns Nikki, who is a tomboyish geek who tries to fit in.

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* TenderTomboyishnessFoulFemnininity: TenderTomboyishnessFoulFemninity: She's a mean and rude RichBitch who always shuns Nikki, who is a tomboyish geek who tries to fit in.
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* SatelliteLoveInterest: He's a NiceGuy, he works at Fuzzy Friends and he's Nikki's LoveInterest... and that's about all we know about him.
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* TrueCompanions: With Chloe and Zoey. No matter what happens, they remain friends.

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