History Fanfic / APossibleEncounterForAPhantom

* HeroesWantRedheads: Danny has a crush on Kim Possible, a redhead.

** Bonnie takes a quick liking towards Danny. As attractive as she is, Danny dislikes her due to her awful personality, to the point where he prefers Ember over Bonnie.

* CruelCheerleader: Bonnie is a very rude and snobby AlphaBitch to the point Team Phantom considers her worse than Paulina. It only gets worse when she develops a crush on Danny and doesn't mind blackmailing him into dating her by threatening to expose his secret identity. It's somewhat downplayed later as she develops a soft spot for Danny and is willing to help him, for a price of course.

* DirtyCoward: When caught by Lancer, Dash tries to pin the blame on the cooler incident entirely on Paulina by claiming it was all her idea, but she's already gone, and nobody believes him.

* EasilyForgiven: Downplayed as it's not so much Danny forgives Bonnie for blackmailing him into being her boyfriend but they've established some common ground and agreed to move on.

* EntitledToHaveYou: Bonnie has shades of this to Danny as she's very clingy and possessive toward him to the point she goes to Amity Park to see him and outright blackmails him into dating her along with staying away from Kim. She later drops this attitude as they form something of a friendship.

* SocialMediaBeforeReason: Drakken posted information on the Faction's secret plots with the Terakons, despite them obviously trying to maintain a low profile. Once Dementor finds out, he deletes all posts. Dementor later blackmails Drakken with revealing what he did in exchange for letting him join.

* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: When Bonnie blackmails Danny into being her boyfriend and avoiding Kim Possible by threatening to tell the world his secret identity as Danny Phantom, Kim turns the tables by forcing her to leave him alone or else she'll reveal to Bonnie's family that she stole her older sisters' credit cards to pay for a hotel room in Amity Park.

** Ron assumes the villains are up to something only he considers evil, while the rest don't, is something from the first season of the series. In this case, he genuinely thought evil dragons wanted to steal cartoons, only for Vlad to inform him that isn't the plan at all.

* AffablyEvil: Señor Senior, Sr. and his son Señor Senior, Jr. are shameless Card-Carrying Villains but genuinely cordial and don't actually have anything personal against the heroes.

** Averted with Dash as both Kim AND Bonnie hate him for being an inmature bully and vastly prefer the charming Nice Guy Danny Fenton over the annoying Je-rk Jock Dash Baxter.

* AlphaBitch: Bonnie and Paulina are this in their respective schools as they revel in being beautiful, popular cheerleaders and bullying the heroes. The heroes understandably see them as this.

** Danny admits Bonnie is this to Paulina when it comes to looks and cheerleading.

* AndThisIsFor: In chapter 8, Dash throws a cooler's contents at Kim and says "This is for not going out with me!".

* BrainlessBeauty: Danny mocks Connie and Lonnie for being this by telling them they're not as smart as they claim to be.
** The heroes have a rather low opinion of Paulina's intelligence, Danny flat out calls her an airhead. Danny also sees Bonnie's older sisters as this as he tells them they're not as smart as they claim to be.

* CannotKeepASecret: When meeting Kim's Uncle Slim and cousin Joss, Danny and Kim had a cover story for him. Ron, unable to keep his mouth shut, unintentionally added in a hint that he's Danny Phantom. Slim and Joss realize it and Kim and Danny aren't happy with Ron for it.

'''Ron''': ''(Defensively)'' I panicked! What was I supposed to say?\\

** Bonnie is a rare female example. Her attempts to steal Danny from Kim only annoy him to no end because of her rudeness, bullying of Kim, refusal to accept rejection, and lack of respect for his personal space.

* TheGentlemanOrTheScoundrel: Both Kim and Bonnie are drawn to the warmth and kindness of Nice Guy Danny Fenton (Gentleman) but utterly despise the stupidity, bullying, and immaturity of the Big Je-rk on Campus Dash Baxter (Scoundrel).

* GoodCounterpart: Brick Flagg is this to Dash Baxter. Both are blonde football players that had an interest in Kim but that's all they have in common. Brick is a LovableJock who gets along well with the main characters and supports Kim's relationship with Danny since he got over her when she turned him down. Dash however is a BigJerkOnCampus who bullies the main characters and harasses Kim after she rejects him, all the main characters have nothing but disdain for him for being such a Jerkass.

* HeadTurningBeauty

** Bonnie values more than just looks and popularity in a guy as she doesn't hesitate to reject Big Je-rk on Campus Dash Baxter for bullying someone.

** She later returns the favor when he's under the Rage Pearl but ends up having to kiss him because of how the pearl works.

* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Bonnie acts like your typical Alpha Bit-ch, but her relationship with her older sisters shows she's much more insecure than she lets on, and that maybe the reason she acts the way she does.

** When Danny first meets the monkey ninjas, he asks Kim if they're ninja monkeys and she replies "monkey ninjas".

* JerkassHasAPoint: While not really a Jerka-ss, Kim is correct that Dash shouldn't be given a free pass for his bullying because of his football skills, and it's the school's job to punish him for harming students. Lancer eventually admits Kim was right about Dash's attitude being a problem when he goes too far by throwing a cooler full of grape juice in an attempt to humiliate Kim publicly, and Danny takes the hit for her in the gymnasium. Lancer decides to stop being lenient and punishes Dash for the cooler incident by letting Kim beat him up.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Bonnie is right to call Dash out on his immaturity for finding it funny to pelt Nathan with trash at the Amity Park mall.

* LovableJock: Danny is completely flabbergasted by how much of a NiceGuy Brick Flagg is despite being the star quarterback of Middleton High School's football team.

* LovePotion: Ember uses her guitar's love powers on Danny and Kim. Danny had the Fenton Phones on and it let him remain unaffected. Kim, who wasn't wearing them, becomes head over heel in love with him.

* MeetCute: The chapter where Danny and Kim is called this and their meeting is the [[CrashIntoHello accidental crashing kind]].

* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling : Whenever Kim admits to not liking Bueno Nacho that much to Danny, Ron, who is still miles away from her, senses that something is wrong.

** Drakken needing James to get access to something top secret is straight from ''So The Drama''.

-->'''Ron''': YOU'LL NEVER TAKE OUR CARTOONS AWAY, YOU MONSTER!
-->({{Beat}})
-->'''Vlad''': Cartoons? These are beasts from before the dawn of mankind! What could they possibly care about animated programming, you buffoon?!

* NotGoodWithRejection: Bonnie dislikes it when the target of her desires rejects her advances.

** Bonnie also loves giving Danny Forceful Kisses, much to his irritation.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: Team Phantom and Kim can't help but notice the similarities between Bonnie Rockwaller and Paulina Sanchez since they're both snobby Cruel Cheerleaders that only care about their looks and popularity.

* OperationJealousy: When Dash first flirted with Bonnie she was originally going to give him a chance partly because she was attracted to him for being a jock and partly as a means to make Danny jealous. Subverted as she abandons the idea when he turns out to be too immature for her standards after watching him bully a guy by pelting him with trash.
* OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe: Kim accidentally falls on Danny at one point. She feels something poking into her and Danny reveals it's his pen. Later, they get trapped in a box by the Guys in White and Kim feels something poking in her thigh, she asks (hopes) that Danny put his pen in his pocket. He reveals, much to her chagrin, his jumpsuit has no pockets.

* ParentsAsPeople: Nonnie loves her daughters but tends to spoil them and doesn't realize how bad they're. Although she does have limits and will punish them for inappropriate behavior.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: {{Inverted|Trope}}]. Kim threatens to use her personal connections to force Principal Ishiyama and Mr. Lancer to enforce the rules and punish Dash.

** Jazz is very vocal about thinking Danny and Kim would make a good couple. When Danny is hit with the Rage Pearl, and Kim kisses him to free him, she’s the only one who is overjoyed. When Kim falls under the spell, she suggests Danny kiss her.
** Danielle went to Kim for aid because she thought she was Danny's girlfriend. She then suggests the two go looking for the bad guys together, hoping they turn it into a date.

** Kim and Danny are having noodles and realize they're eating the same noodle. Kim says "that's something you don't see happening to anyone but ''[[WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp cartoon dogs]]''".

** Danny visiting Rufus's dreams was based on an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''.
** The chapter where Kim and Danny thwart Dementor's attempt at cloning Terrakon's is a reference to an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''.

* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: Bonnie becomes even more interested in Danny after finding out his secret as she rationalizes her crush on a Nice Guy like him based on being a popular superhero in secret.

** This also applies to Bonnie as she starts to develop feelings for Danny when he defends her from her mean older sisters verbal abuse.

* SkewedPriorities: Even if the fate of the world were at stake Bonnie would always put her own needs first as Danny needs to bribe her into helping him by offering her dates and make-out sessions.
* SoapBoxSadie: Sam makes her animal rights views as clear as possible whenever she can. She became hostile to Ron regarding Rufus, not realizing at first Rufus despises her for how she treats his best friend. Then, Sam thinks setting the Terakon free would show it mercy [[spoiler: and is horrified to learn it's a natural killing machine that went on a rampage when let loose.]]

* SympathyForTheDevil: Well, more like "Sympathy for the Alpha Bitch" but Danny becomes much more sympathetic to Bonnie after realizing that her mean attitude is a result of losing her father and having two mean older sisters.
* TakeThat: Jokes at Bueno Nacho are a deliberate one to real life chain, Taco Bell. Like Bueno Nacho is said in story, Taco Bell is disliked by real Mexicans for their “unauthentic” food and banned from Mexico as a result.
* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: When Bonnie blackmails Danny into being her boyfriend and avoiding Kim Possible by threatening to tell the world his secret identity as Danny Phantom, Kim turns the tables by forcing her to leave him alone or else she'll reveal to Bonnie's family that she stole her older sisters credit cards to pay for a hotel room in Amity Park.

-->'''Kim:''' Is that a thermos?
-->'''Danny:''' Is that a hairdryer?
-->'''Kim:''' Touché.

* CasanovaWannabe: Dash is this to Kim and Bonnie as they won't give him the time of day since they find him too obnoxious to stand being around.

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Kim ends up developing an interest in Danny, seeing him as a heroic and friendly NiceGuy rather than a boy younger than her. It helps that he admires her for own heroism and good deeds.

* ScorpiaUltimatum: Bonnie gives a G-rated version to Danny by threatening to expose his secret identity if he doesn't date her and stay away from Kim Possible. She backs off when Kim threatens to tell her family that she stole her older sisters credit cards to purchase a hotel room in Amity Park.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Bonnie is at first angry when she sees Danny and Kim kissing [[spoiler:after she herself kissed him]], then thinks it's neat he has some bad boy qualities in him.

* SaltAndPepper: Kim (salt) and Monique (pepper), along with Ron (salt) and Wade (pepper), Sam (salt) and Tucker (pepper), and Operative O (salt) and Operative K (pepper).

* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: In Rufus's mind, he speaks in a deep, eloquent voice and mannerism.

* IHaveYourWife: Drakken and Skulker managed to force James to give them the password to a satellite they need by using the twins as a bargaining chip.
* HeadTurningBeauty: Kim is very attractive and most boys, including Danny, are drawn to her once they see her.

** Jazz is very vocal about thinking Danny and Kim would make a good couple. When Danny is hit with the Rage Pearl and Kim kisses him to free him, she’s the only one who is overjoyed. When Kim falls under the spell, she suggests Danny kiss her.

* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Since this is Kim during season 3 of her series, she's a Junior in high school while Danny is still a Freshman, so she's depicted as taller than him. This doesn't affect his interest one bit.

* VagueAge: Danny assumes Shego is at least a decade older than him, but isn't sure.

* WhyCantIHateYou: Sam is starting to have a real hard time hating Kim after she stood up to both Dash and Paulina.
* WomanChild: Bonnie's older sisters Connie and Lonnie act more like spoiled teenagers than adults.

* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Mr. Lancer normally sides with Dash and favors him. But after Dash throws a cooler full of grape juice in an attempt to publicly humiliate Kim and Danny takes the hit for her in the gymnasium, even Mr. Lancer is disgusted with him. Realizing Kim was right, he decides to let her beat Dash up.
** Even though Danny finds her even less appealing than Paulina, he defends Bonnie from the verbal abuse she gets from her sisters by calling them out on not being as smart or pretty as they think they are.
** While they usually pick on their sister when it comes to boys, Jim and Tim and pretty uncomfortable when she makes a StalkerShrine for Danny while under a spell.
** Bonnie quickly loses any interest in Dash Baxter after watching him bully another student, admitting that even she has standards on who she dates.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Bonnie may be an Alpha Bit-ch with a preference for jocks but she DOES have standards and won't hesitate to reject a guy when she doesn't like his personality as in Dash's case as she finds him to be nothing but a creep for bullying a student by throwing trash at him.

** Bonnie takes a quick liking towards Danny. As attractive as she is, Danny dislikes how awful a person she is, to the point where he prefers Ember over her.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Bonnie is first angry when she sees Danny and Kim kissing [[spoiler:after she herself kissed him]], then thinks it's neat he has some bad boy qualities in him.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Bonnie was originally dismissing of Danny for his younger age and low social status. However, after Danny sticks up for her against her even meaner older sisters despite not liking her, Bonnie seems to have developed a complicated interest in him, despite him being 2 years younger than her and the fact that she is already in an on-and-off relationship with Brick Flagg.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: Defied. Jack Hench states he coined the term of henchmen. Freakshow states the origin of the word, which is someone who cares for horses. The modern usage of the word was ages before he could've been born. Hench's reaction suggests he was indeed lying.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Kim is a genial person. But she won't hesistate to give you a black eye if you act out.

* BigBrotherBully: Danny finds out that Bonnie has two meaner, snobbier older sisters, Connie and Lonnie. They are so deplorable that he, despite not even liking Bonnie, is quick to come to her defense.

* CruelCheerleader: Bonnie is a very rude and snobby Alpha Bit-ch to the point Team Phantom considers her worse than Paulina and it only gets worse when she develops a crush on Danny and doesn't mind blackmailing him into dating her by threatening to expose his secret identity. It's somewhat downplayed later as she develops a soft spot for Danny and is willing to help him, for a price of course.

* DisappearedDad: Bonnie's parents are implied to have had a very messy divorce and it's also hinted that it might be part of the reason Bonnie acts out.

* EvilIsPetty: More "Bitc-hy" than evil but Bonnie isn't above sabotaging Kim out of jealousy by stealing her homework assignment so she'll fail class and Bonnie gets the chance to replace her as squad captain. Danny doesn't believe even Paulina would stoop this low.

* HeightAngst: Kim's villains and Bonnie comment on how much shorter Danny is then Kim. It gets annoying for him to the point where he threatens to harm Falsetto Jones for almost finishing that sentence.

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Danny finds Bonnie's older sisters to be even more horrible and unbearable than she is cause of how emotionally abusive they're to her.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Unlike her snobby daughters, Nonnie Rockwaller is a very pleasant and jovial lady.
* LikesOlderWomen: Kim is 2 years older than him and Danny is smitten with her. He also has a crush on Shego, who is at least a decade older.

* PomPomGirl: Unlike [[CruelCheerleader Paulina]], Kim averts all the negative stereotypes associated with cheerleaders, and proves to be much better at the sport than her.

* ShipTease: Danny and Kim bond a lot, causing a mutual attraction between the two. Kim suggests becoming kissing buddies to alleviate their attraction, but it only strengthens it.
** Danny actually gets this twice more, once with Ember, although that mostly plateau's at their fight banter becoming more flirtatious and occasional kissing as Danny, while finding her attractive, is unwilling to commit to anything with her whilst she's still [[EvilDiva evil]], which Ember finds fair. The other is with Bonnie, which curiously enough appears to be progressing, with Danny helping her out with [[BigBrotherBully her sisters]], gradually shedding his dislike of her and admitting that he'd consider dating Bonnie if they become friends first.

* SympathyForTheDevil: Well, more like "Sympathy for the Alpha Bit-ch" but Danny becomes much more sympathetic to Bonnie after realizing that her mean attitude is a result of losing her father and having two bullying older sisters.

* UltimateLifeForm: According to Fright Knight, the Terakons had evolved and adapted to the point where they were a threat to literally every other life form on the planet, hence necesstitating their original genocide.

** Dash is a handsome and muscular football player but also a total Je-rkass bully and Dumb Jock to the point that Kim and even Bonnie have nothing but disdain for his obnoxious and immature personality.
** Bonnie is a very beautiful teenage girl to the point Danny considers her hotter than Paulina (but not as hot as Kim) but her cruel behavior makes him want to avoid her whenever possible. It's somewhat downplayed as they do develop a sorta bond later.

* NoJustNoReaction: When Freakshow meets Dani Phantom, finding out there are two Danny Phantoms, he has this reaction out of disbelief.

* BeenThereShapedHistory: Defied. Jack Hench states he coined the term of henchmen. Freakshow stated the origin of the word, which is someone who cares for horses. The modern usage of the word was ages before he could've been born. Hench's reaction suggests he was indeed lying.

* AdultsAreUseless: Principal Ishiyama and Mr. Lancer like in canon turn a blind eye to Dash's bullying and plan to punish Kim for defending Danny from him. Kim turns the tables on them when she use her connections to force them to punish Dash. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when Dash throws a cooler full of grape juice at Kim that instead hit Danny in the gymnasium. Mr. Lancer is disgusted with Dash over his actions and realizes that Kim was right, so he punishes Dash and even lets Kim get back at him.

** Sam grows to greatly dislike Kim for being someone Danny is very attracted to, although she admits she doesn't ''hate'' Kim, since she doesn't like Dash either.

* JerkassRealization: In chapter 8, Mr. Lancer realizes that Kim was right about Dash when his attempt to publicly humiliate her is foiled by Danny. He decides to no longer play favorites because of Dash's football skills as it's let him get away with too much.

* [[OpenMindedParent Open-Minded Parents]]: Sam is stunned and jealous to see how casual Kim's parents are in regards to her teen hero career, to the point of letting her spend a week by herself in a different city.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Kim threatens to use her personal connections to force Principal Ishiyama and Mr. Lancer to enforce the rules and punish Dash.

** Sam is the only one of her friends that does not like Kim because she's a cheerleader and part of the popular kids she hates. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when Sam sees Kim is not like Dash and Paulina and stands up to them even though she is jealous that Danny has feelings for her.
** Sam can't accept the fact there's an animal (Rufus) who doesn't like her.

* TemptingFate: In Chapter 8, Dash says Kim wouldn't beat him up in front of Mr. Lancer. Feeling like Dash deserves the beating, Mr. Lancer comes up with an excuse to leave the area.

* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Since this is Kim during season 3 of her series, she's a Junior in high school, while Danny is still a Freshman. She's depicted as taller than him. This doesn't affect his interest one bit.

* UltimateLifeForm: According to Fright Knight, the Terakons had evolved and adapted to the point where they were a threat to literally every other life form on the planet, hence necestitating their original genocide.

* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Danny finds it hard to believe Ember is Skulker's ex-girlfriend, admitting she's hot while he's... not.

* BareYourMidriff: Danny notices Kim’s midriff a lot, especially when he has to have his arm around her.

* TheCameo: [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong The Huntsman, Eli Pandarus,]] [[WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily Wizard Kelly]] and [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch Dr. Hämsterviel]] make appearances in an auction for Terakons.

-->'''Kim''': Ron! Secret identity, ''remember?!''
-->'''Ron''': ''(Defensively)'' I panicked! What was I supposed to say?
-->'''Danny''': Nothing! You were supposed to say ''NOTHING!''

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Kim threatens to expose how Casper High turns a blind eye to Dash's bullying for the sake of his football skills to the media thanks to her connections. Realizing this would give them too much bad press, Principal Ishiyama and Mr. Lancer agree to start giving Dash his punishments.
** In chapter 8, Dash throws a cooler full of grape juice at Kim that instead hits Danny in the gymnasium. Mr. Lancer and all the students are appalled by his actions. Because Dash did something like that in full view of everyone, he's in big trouble and punished for his actions; even Mr. Lancer, who once favored Dash, is disgusted by him and decides to leave Kim to watch Dash so she can have her revenge on him.
** In a rare moment of applying how people in the real world would react to a common scenario in cartoons, Danny shoots down Ron's suggestion to break Ember's love spell on Kim by kissing a random girl, as he brings up that said girl would assault him, if she doesn't call the police on him.
** As Ember admits, basing a relationship on a mutual desire to hurt someone isn't healthy.
** When Danny first arrives at Middleton, he decides to go for a walk and explore the town. He isn't out long before a couple of cops pick him up for suspected truancy.

* TheCheerleader: Kim averts all the stereotypes associated with cheerleaders, though Paulina exhibits them despite it becoming clear she's less impressive at cheerleading as Kim.

* AdultFear: Drakken and Skulker managed to force James to give them the password to a satellite they need by using the twins as a bargaining chip.

** Mr. Lancer normally sides with Dash and favors him. But after Dash threw a cooler full of grape juice in an attempt to publicly humiliate Kim and Danny took the hit for her in the gymnasium, he was disgusted with Dash. Realizing Kim was right, Mr. Lancer decides to let Kim beat him up.
** Even though Danny finds her even less appealing than Paulina, Danny defends Bonnie from the verbal abuse she gets from her sisters by calling them out on not being as smart or pretty as they think they are.

* JerkassRealization: In chapter 8, Mr. Lancer realizes that Kim was right about Dash when his attempt to publicly humiliate her was foiled by Danny. He decides to no longer play favorites because of Dash's football skills as it's let him get away with too much.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Ember tells Danny that Skulker would be about 19 in human years, while she herself is 16, at least physically. Thus, in her mind, hitting on Danny is totally legal.

* AdultsAreUseless: Principal Ishiyama and Mr. Lancer like in canon turn a blind eye to Dash bullying and plan to punish Kim for defending Danny for Dash. Kim turn the tables on them when use her connection to force them to punish Dash. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when Dash throws a cooler full of grape juice at Kim that instead hit Danny in the gymnasium. Mr. Lancer was disgusted with Dash for his actions and realize that Kim was right, he punishes Dash and even let Kim get back at Dash.

* AmnesiacDissonance: Kim has conflicted feelings about Danny due to the 2 year age difference. However, when she temporarily had amnesia, she admitted outright liking him rather quickly, not caring that he's younger.

** Mr. Lancer normally sides with Dash and favors him. But when Dash threw a cooler full of grape juice in an attempt to publicly humiliate Kim and Danny took the hit for her in the gymnasium, he was disgusted with Dash. Realizing Kim was right, he decides to let Kim beat him up.
** Even though Danny finds her less appealing than Paulina, Danny defends Bonnie from the verbal abuse she gets from her sisters by calling them out on not being as smart or pretty as they think they are.

** Danielle questions Sam and why she calls herself an ultra-recyclo vegetarian instead of a vegan. Sam states it's because vegan is too mainstream, while Danielle states it's less of a mouthful or "pretentious".

* ItsPersonal: By making her almost harm Ron thanks to the Rage Pearl, Vlad goes from another bad guy to Kim to someone she wants to take down.

* LoveDodecahedron: Danny falls for Kim, who wasn't interested at first but grew attached to him. Kim's best friend is Ron, who has yet to realize his feelings for Kim yet. At the same time, Danny has a crush on Shego, who is too old and evil for him. Sam has hidden feelings for Danny, Paulina in interested in Danny Phantom, Bonnie has a growing interest in Danny Fenton, Danny believes a rumor that Star has a crush on him and Ember reveals she has a thing for him.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Yori is very dedicated to her ninja training, but she couldn't resist going to the carnival once Danny mentioned that Ron was going. She's also shown to have dabbled in Animology

* PuppyDogEyes: Kim uses her iconic "puppy dog pout" to get Danny, Sam and Tucker to agree to let her keep an eye on Danny. Sam's scowling and Tucker's attempts at flirtation have no effect on her, Danny even uses invisibility but even that doesn't get her to stop. They give in.

* SoapBoxSadie: Sam makes her animal rights views as clear as possible when she can. She became hostile to Ron regarding Rufus, not realizing at first Rufus despises her for how she treats his best friend. Then, she thinks setting the Terakon free would show it mercy [[spoiler: and is horrified to learn it's a natural killing machine that went on a rampage when let loose.]]

* StopBeingStereotypical: Kim dislikes the stereotype of the mean cheerleader, when Paulina told Kim "Don't you have to hang around some nerd?" scornfully, Kim says she's not stereotypical.

** Kim threatens to expose how Casper High turns a blind eye to Dash's bullying for the sake of his football skills to the media thanks to her connections. Realizing this would give them too much bad press, Principal Ishiyama and Mr. Lancer agree to start giving Dash his punishment.
** In chapter 8, Dash throws a cooler full of grape juice at Kim that instead hits Danny in the gymnasium. Mr. Lancer and all the students are appalled by Dash's actions. Because he did something like that in full view of everyone, he's in big trouble and punished for his actions; even Mr. Lancer who favors Dash is disgusted by him and decide to leave Kim to watch Dash so she can have his revenge on him.
** In a rare moment of applying how people in the real world would react to a common scenario in cartoons, Danny shoots down Ron's suggestion to break Ember's love spell on Kim by kissing a random girl, as he brings up said girl would assault him if she didn't call the police on him.

* UnfortunateNames: In "The Faction", several villains decided to form a team and, considering their enemies are teenagers, all of them agree it's a bad idea to call the team "The Predators" when Skulker suggested it.

* WhyCantIHateYou: Sam is starting to have a real hard time hating Kim because she stands up to both Dash and Paulina.

* YouCanTalk: [[spoiler:The revelation that the Terakon race can talk caught everyone off guard.]]

* HypotheticalCasting: Since this is a fanfiction and not an actual animated canon work, the author has his casting choices for the voices of original characters, [[spoiler:the Terakons]].
** Thirorex - Keith David
** Trescorn - Bill Fagerbakke
** Skyscreech - Steve Blum
** Scorex - Josh Keaton
** Slashfang - Charlie Adler
** Seastorm - David Sobolov

* CorruptedCharacterCopy: The Terakon at first appears to be a blatant {{Expy}} of Predaking in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''. Both of them are members of a long extinct race of dragons brought back to life via genetic engineering by the villains to use as a weapon. While some elements play out the same, the two are different characters. Predaking has no memories of his past life and was loyal to Megatron and the Decepticlna out of gratitude, wanting his race back because he didn't want to be the only one of his kind. [[spoiler: Thirorex, by contrast, has his memories return and is in face a sociopath with ambitions for world domination, and wanted the revival of his race to possess an army to make it possible.]]