History Fanfic / ResurrectedMemories

** Ember keeps her promise to make Paulina stay away from Danny and let Sam dress Paulina as a witch upon winning her bet with the Hispanic mean girl.

* SchoolBullyingIsHarmless: [[spoiler: Greatly {{averted}} as it's revealed that when Ember was alive, she was severely bullied by the popular students, most especially by a girl named Alexandria Green. It's obvious that the bullying, along with several other issues she had, is what jaded and embittered her into becoming an EvilDiva in the first place.]]

* TeensAreMonsters: [[spoiler: The A-Listers as per canon are a group of snobby popular kids who bully others they deem beneath them, but it's stated that the popular kids from Ember's backstory are even ''worse''.]]

* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: Paulina is in love with Danny but even though he had a crush on her in season 1, he saw firsthand how cruel and shallow she really is, with Paulina making it clear to Danny that she considered him a loser, treating him like garbage, and only going out with him to spite Sam. Now, Danny wants nothing to do with Paulina because he knows that her interest in him is only because he a popular superhero and he has since moved on from his old crush.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: The original Amberline [=McLain=] was implied to have been a very shy, but still decent person who truly loved her little sister and just wanted friends and a chance to achieve her dream. However, severe bullying at school, a difficult family life with neglectful and controlling parents, and being stood up by her crush, topped off by dying young, had jaded and embittered the girl into becoming the vengeful Ember [=McLain=].
** It's worth noting that according to Ember, her parents used to treat her better when she was younger.

* HundredPercentHeroismRating: Danny became the most famous celebrity on Earth for stopping the Disasteroid.

* BigSHUTUP!": Danny gives one to Paulina after getting fed up listening to her insult Amberline (Ember).

* CatFight: Sam gets into one with Paulina in the girl's bathroom after she insults her and tries to convince her into helping her take down Amberline (Ember). Amberline (Ember) tries to stop the fight but eventually joins in when Paulina hits her until their feud is broken up by the teachers and both girls are given detention while Amberline (Ember) is left off the hook for trying to end their battle.

* EasilyForgiven: Danny and Valerie bury the hatchet after accepting that they both made mistakes and that they were never really enemies to begin with partly because Vlad manipulated their conflict from behind the scenes so they'd end up at each other's throats.

** Unlike Paulina, Sam doesn't try to get together with Danny despite her lingering feelings for him after he's crushed upon finding out Amberline is really Ember [=McLain=] because he's in a vulnerable state, so she just comforts him but gives him enough space.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: It never occurred to Vlad that Maddie would completely hate his guts (even more than before) for putting herself, her family, and the entire world in danger with his villainous schemes, especially when Danny reveals to her the full extent of Vlad's crimes.
** Vlad is actually surprised that Maddie would easily believe Danny when he's told her about all of Vlad's crimes; she has to point out that of course she believes Danny over Vlad because he's her son whom she loves dearly and, unlike Vlad, is actually a good person.

* HumiliationConga: At the end of the story, Paulina has lost her popularity, been suspended from school for a month and is grounded by her parents because of her underaged drinking thanks to Star ratting her out, gets pelted by food from the other students at the prom, loses the title of prom queen to Star, is forced by Ember to do all sorts of embarrassing punishments for an entire month, has to permanently stay away from Danny who still won't give her the time of day, and is dressed up like a witch by Sam for everyone at Nasty Burger to laugh at her.

* KickTheSonofABitch:
** While disguised as Donny Felton, Danny gets back at Dash for harassing him and Amberline (Ember) at the smoothie bar by turning his pants intangible so everyone at the shop laughs at his pink teddy bear-printed boxers, much to Ember's amusement.
** Danny delivers a rather brutal beating to Vlad who is later imprisoned.

*** Is given a black eye by Sam during their Cat Fight.
*** Is humiliated by Danny at her own party when he trips her while he's invisible after she tries to sabotage his friends concert by trying to turn off their music which causes her to fall into mud puddle that leaves her with her hair and dress ruined then she flees home after everyone starts laughing at her, Danny even admits he doesn't feel bad about doing it.
*** At prom Star beats her for the title of prom then exposes her alcohol addiction to the school staff which gets her suspended for a month and grounded by her parents and after that she's pelted by food by the other students.
*** After losing the bet to Ember she has to do all sorts of humiliating things for a whole month like at Nasty Burger she has to let Sam dress her as a witch along with a makeover, forbid her from having any contact with Danny, make her bark like a dog, ask out the geeky Wendell only to get rejected by him, let Kaitlyn throw a banana cream pie in her face, give the entire chess club foot massages, be forced to compliment everyone she came into contact with, and admit on videotape that she is a shallow witch with no personality or future. Ember also had Paulina go to the mall's food court at 3:30 pm dressed like a baby with a bonnet, binky, rattle, and diaper; she had to offer to give free pictures to whoever walked past her. Also, for the entire month, Paulina can't wear any makeup at all, no insulting and just complimenting everybody she speaks to, and Sam will be in charge of what Paulina will be wearing when she returns to school from her monthly suspension, with the first outfit will be having her dress like a clown.
* LackOfEmpathy: Unlike Sam, Paulina doesn't care that Danny is upset after [[spoiler:finding out Amberline is really Ember [=McLain=]]] as she takes the chance to flirt with him. This only earns her an angry Danny yelling at her to leave him alone.
* LaserGuidedKarma:
** Paulina is in love with Danny but even though he had a crush on her in season 1, he saw firsthand how cruel and shallow she really is, with Paulina making it clear to Danny that she considered him a loser and treating him like garbage. Now that Paulina wants him, Danny wants nothing to do with her because he now knows that her interest in him is only because he a popular superhero and he has since moved on from his old crush.
** Also, when Paulina tries to sabotage his friends' concert, an invisible Danny stops her by tripping her, which causes Paulina to fall into a mud puddle, ruining her hair and dress, leading to everyone laughing at her humiliation so she runs home to her parents. Danny even admits he doesn't feel bad about it.

* LovedbyAll: Danny not only became a beloved celebrity for saving Earth from the Disasteroid, but even those from the Ghost Zone have grown to respect him.

* LovingAShadow: [[spoiler: Ember spends some time worrying that Danny is an {{Inverted}} case of this, fearing that he only likes her alter ego "Amberline".]]
** Danny refuses to associate with Paulina because he's become well aware of her shallowness since she only likes the superhero side of him and couldn't care less about who he really is as a person.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Ember is 46 years old but having spent 30 years as a non-aging full ghost [[spoiler: before becoming half-human]], she is for all intents and purposes still a 16-year-old girl. [[spoiler: This is best demonstrated by the fact that the mother of Ember's 14-year-old band member Zoe is none other then Ember's [[LongLostRelative little sister]].]]

* ParentalNeglect: [[spoiler: From all of the flashbacks, it's obvious that Ember's parents weren't good parents, being more focused on work and social climbing to notice their daughter's needs, which may have contributed to her hatred of adult authority. Luckily, Ember's sister Amy turned out to be [[GoodParents a much better parent]] to her two children.]]

** Danny drives Dash away whenever he harasses Amberline (Ember)

** Sam comforts Danny after he becomes heartbroken and depressed upon finding out that Amberline is really Ember [=McLain=]. Despite her jealousy issues with Danny dating anyone else following their breakup, she puts those aside to be there for her friend in his time of need.

** Ember keeps her promise to make Paulina stay away from Danny upon winning her bet with the mean girl.
** Unlike Sam and Paulina, Amberline (Ember) is except from getting detention despite participating in the Cat Fight between them because she initially tried to stop their fighting.
** Ember keeps her promise to let Sam dress Paulina as a witch upon winning her bet with the mean Hispanic girl.

* ProperlyParanoid: During their concert right next to Paulina's party, Sam has Danny as security because she knows Paulina is too stubborn and petty to let go of a grudge especially when it's about someone stealing her spotlight and she's proven correct when Paulina tries to turn off their so an invisible Danny stops her by tripping her then she runs home embarrassed after everyone laughs at her for falling into a mud puddle and staining her hair and dress.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Both Mr. Lancer and Mrs. Murray's seem to be good at their jobs and only want what's best for their students.

** Danny also gives one to Paulina after she pushes him too far by constantly insulting Amberline (Ember) by telling her to shut up and that she'll never be even half the woman Amberline (Ember) is.

* TurnedOffBytheJerkass: Danny has completely lost interest in Paulina for her looks and just regards her as a major nuisance after accepting she's nothing but an irritating AlphaBitch with an unhealthy obsession with his ghost-self. Her ClingyJealousGirl and EntitledToHaveYou attitude certainly doesn't help as it just makes him avoid her even more.

* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: In season 1, Danny had a big crush on Paulina but moved on when he saw firsthand her unpleasant personally along with her making it clear she saw him as a loser and only went out with him to spite Sam. Now, Paulina's interested in Danny because she knows he is a popular superhero.

* WastedBeauty: Danny realizes that Paulina's beauty just hides what an annoying mean girl she is and won't even give her the time of day.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Vlad is actually surprised that Maddie would easily believe Danny when he's told her about all of Vlad's crimes; she has to point out that of course she believes Danny over Vlad because he's her son whom she loves dearly and, unlike Vlad, is actually a good person.

* ObliviousToHatred: Paulina is too thickheaded to figure out that Danny can't stand her.

** Dash Baxter may be a handsome and popular quarterback, but Embers finds him too dumb and obnoxious to stand.
** Ember and Kitty don't want anything to do with Rancor because they find him too sleazy (and the latter is already dating Johnny 13).

* GracefulLoser: Dash and Kwan don't mind Danny beating them in the contest to become Prom King since they're among the ones applauding in congratulations for him.

** [[spoiler: After being saved by Danny and realizing that he and the others truly see her as their friend, Ember simultaneously undergoes this and TookALevelInCheerfulness. Thanks to her relationship with Danny, Ember becomes a much nicer person.]]

** After "Chapter 38: Realizations, [[spoiler: Ember wonders just how true her new friendship with Danny is after he treated her ghost half with distrust and hostility.]]
** [[spoiler: Danny himself after discovering Ember and Amberline's connection. We the reader knows that Ember truly has changed but Danny doesn't.]]

* SympathyForTheHero: Even when Ember hated Danny she still felt bad for him for having to deal with someone as unbearably annoying as the AlphaBitch SpoiledBrat Paulina Sanchez.

* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: By the end of the story Paulina has lost her popularity, didn't become Prom Queen, is humiliated at prom by getting food pelted at her, is suspended from school for a month, is grounded by her parents, has to stay away from Danny forever, and is forced to do whatever humiliating tasks Ember has for her for an entire month.

* SympathyfortheHero: Even when Ember hated Danny she still felt bad for him for having to deal with someone as unbearably annoying as the AlphaBitch SpoiledBrat Paulina Sanchez.

** Even Star has a limit on how much crap she can take from Paulina. When Paulina pushes Star too far by insulting her at prom, the blonde retaliates by [[spoiler:exposing Paulina's alcohol stash to the teachers so she will get in trouble.]]

** Ember is correct that Paulina's pathetic for obsessing over Danny since he clearly hates her and rejects her every chance he gets, but she's too delusional to accept it.

** Even Ember admits that Danny deserves much better than his Abhorrent Admirer Stalker with a Crush Paulina Sanchez.

** Even Danny admits Paulina was right that is relationship with Sam wasn’t going to last when she breaks up with him.

* BackstabbingTheAlphaBitch: Having had enough of Paulina's abuse after being insulted too many times, Star reveals to the entire school at prom that Paulina [[spoiler:has been smuggling and drinking alcohol on school grounds]]. This leads to Paulina getting a month's suspension and being grounded by her parents.

** Star seems like the typical BetaBitch, being completely stuck up, snobby, and insulting to the unpopular kids. [[spoiler:However, it's eventually revealed that she only acts that way to please Paulina. Deep down, she is a very insecure, neurotic girl who only follows Paulina out of ''fear''.]]

** Star starts out as the typical “satellite” to AlphaBitch Paulina... [[spoiler:except that deep down, she is a tragic {{Deconstruction}} of one. Star is shown to secretly be very insecure and neurotic and only seems to follow Paulina out of ''fear'' of being cast out of the A-Listers and rendered friendless, much like Valerie. The way Star broke down in tears after being criticized one too many times by Paulina had Ember genuinely pity her.]]

* TheDogBitesBack: At prom, the entire student body of Casper High has enough of Paulina's when she calls them losers and demands they stop cheering for Star when she's elected Prom Queen so they retaliate by pelting her with food.

** Even Star has a limit on how much crap she can take since Paulina pushes her too far by insulting her at prom, so the blonde retaliates by [[spoiler:exposing her alcohol stash to the teachers so Paulina will get in trouble.]]

* Paulina treats Star more like a servant than a friend, constantly bossing her around and berating her for extremely minor reasons. It's deconstructed since Star eventually decides that popularity isn't worth putting up with Paulina after she insults Star at prom, prompting the blonde girl to get her in trouble as revenge.
** Danny doesn't want to associate with the A-List because they only like him for his fame, and Paulina is way too annoying to put up with.

* GrewASpine: Star spent the whole story being a [[ExtremeDoormat doormat]] [[BetaBitch satellite]] to Paulina but finally stands up to her when she insults Star at prom by revealing to the staff that Paulina [[spoiler:brought alcohol to school]], thus getting her in trouble.

--> '''Paulina''': Can you believe her?!\\

** Valerie justifiably doesn't want anything to do with the A-Listers because she still holds a grudge against them for kicking her out when her family went broke, and doesn't waste any time rejecting their membership offer back into their group.

** Valerie points out to Star that she's better off without Paulina because the latter not a good friend, considering what she and the A-Listers previously did to Valerie.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler: Even after her HeelFaceTurn, Ember doesn't magically lose all of her vices overnight and tends to shift to this attitude for a while due to her desire to still manipulate Star against Paulina in order to win the bet.]]

** Whenever a plan goes wrong, Paulina's default attitude is to blame Star, even when it was Paulina's idea, or Star had nothing to do with it.

** [[spoiler: Valerie decides to give Nathan just one dance at their junior prom, though she was reluctant to do so.]]

** Sam comforts Danny after he becomes heartbroken and depressed upon finding out that Amberline is really Ember [=McLain=]. Despite her jealousy issues with Danny dating anyone else following their break up, she puts those aside to be there for her friend in his time of need.
** Ember also keeps her promise to make Paulina stay away from Danny upon winning her bet with the mean girl.

* ReformedButNotTamed: [[spoiler: Even after her HeelFaceTurn, Ember is a tough and assertive rocker chick but she becomes much nicer over the course of the story.]]

* EveryoneHasStandards:
** [[spoiler: Sam, despite expressing annoyance and jealousy over Danny and Amberline’s growing feelings for each other, is disgusted when Paulina suggests they team up. Her first reaction is to slap Paulina and explode that she would even think Sam would betray her friends. It ends with a catfight between the two in the girls bathroom.]]
** Paulina is a SpoiledBrat with an unhealthy obsession with Danny, but she [[KnowWhenToFoldEm knows to back down when Lancer threatens to give her detention]] over her tantrum in class.
** The Casper High faculty may favor the A-Listers but they, especially Lancer, have limits on what they'll tolerate. Lancer threatens Paulina with detention when she throws a tantrum over his refusal to make her Danny's partner on a book report, stops her from bothering Danny when he's recovering in the nurse's office, gives her detention as punishment for getting into a fight with Sam in the girl's bathroom, and suspends her for a month for [[spoiler:bringing alcohol on school grounds.]]
** Unlike Paulina, Sam doesn't try to get together with Danny despite her lingering feelings for him after he's crushed upon finding out Amberline is really Ember [=McLain=] because he's in a vulnerable state, so she just comforts him but gives him enough space.
** Even Star has a limit on how much crap she can take since Paulina pushes her too far by insulting her at prom, so the blonde retaliates by [[spoiler:exposing her alcohol stash to the teachers so Paulina will get in trouble.]]
** Paulina's parents may spoil her and pay Casper High to keep her there, but they ground her for [[spoiler:stealing alcohol from them]] and let Ember humiliate her for an entire month as part of their bet.

** The Casper High faculty may favor the A-Listers but they, especially Lancer, have limits on what they'll tolerate, as Lancer threatens Paulina with detention when she throws a tantrum over his refusal to make her Danny's partner on a book report, stops her from bothering Danny when he's recovering in the nurse's office, give her detention as punishment for getting into a fight with Sam in the girl's bathroom, and suspends her for a month for [[spoiler:bringing alcohol on school grounds.]]

* FilleFatale: Paulina has no qualms using her looks to manipulate boys into giving her what she wants. Last year, a boy named Wendell did all her homework and final science project to the point of neglecting his own, which cost him two decimal points on his once-perfect GPA, in the hopes of getting a date, but she refused and had Dash forcefully make him leave her alone when he tried to complain. Wendell [[TheDogBitesBack gets back at Paulina]] by cruelly rejecting her when Ember forces her to ask him out.

** [[spoiler: Between Ember as Amberline and Sam of all people, though {{Downplayed}} slightly when you take their [[CommonalityConnection similar likes and attitudes]] into account.]]

** Dash Baxter develops a crush on "Amberline" solely for her good looks and is constantly harassing her for a date, much to Ember's immense annoyance. Dash isn't ugly and is a popular quarterback but it's his ego, low I.Q and lack of respect that repulses Ember to no end.

** Paulina is this of the AlphaBitch and Spoiled Brat, with the story showing how a domineering and entitled harpy like her would really be. Danny wants nothing to do with Paulina to the point he wants her out of his life just to get some peace from her stalkerish behavior; she made a dangerous enemy of Ember [=McLain=] by bullying her; Star turns on her after being pushed too far, she gets into a lot of trouble with her parents who ground her for [[spoiler:drinking alcohol while underage]], she's suspended for a month for [[spoiler:bringing alcohol onto campus]] and her parents have to bribe the school into not expelling her, and by the end of the story, all of Casper High gets so sick of her callous and self-centered behavior that they pelt her with fruit at prom and partake in Ember's humiliation of Paulina at Nasty Burger by making her do all kinds of degrading punishments.
** Paulina is also one of the {{fangirl}} because her CelebCrush on Danny has completely stopped being endearing and grew into an unhealthy obsession which just makes her come off as creepy and irritating to everyone.

** Unlike Paulina, Sam doesn't try to get together with Danny despite her lingering feelings for him after he's crushed upon finding out Amberline is really [=Ember McLain=] because he's in a vulnerable state, so she just comforts him but gives him enough space.

* LackOfEmpathy: Unlike Sam, Paulina doesn't care that Danny is upset after finding out Amberline's secret that she's really Ember McLain as she takes the chance to flirt with him. This only earns her an angry Danny yelling at her to leave him alone.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Sam realizes how deeply hurt Danny is after finding out Amberline's secret when he outright yells at Paulina to leave him alone instead of just ignoring her or giving an annoyed rebuke like he usually does whenever she flirts with him.

* ScrewThisI'mOuttaHere: It's unlikely that Danny would've stuck around at the dance if Paulina had become Prom Queen, promise or no promise to Lancer.

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Both Danny and Amberline have denied on separate occasions when someone says they think that they are romantically involved together.

* HundredPercentHeroismRating: Danny became the most famous celebrity on Earth for stopping the Disasteroid, and even ghosts have grown to respect him.

* BadassFamily: The Fenton Family, just like in canon.
* BadBoss: Paulina treats Star more like a servant than a friend; constantly bossing her around and berating her for extremely minor reasons. It's deconstructed since Star eventually decides that popularity isn't worth putting up with Paulina after she insults Star at prom so the blonde girl gets revenge by telling the teachers about Paulina's secret supply of alcohol to get her in trouble.

* DownerBeginning: The story starts with Danny miserable over getting dumped by Sam, having to deal with the downsides of fame, and constantly being harassed by his most obnoxious wannabe suitor Paulina.

* LovedbyAll: Danny became the most popular celebrity on Earth for saving the planet from the Disasteroid and those from the Ghost Zone have grown to respect him.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Paulina becomes this for her horrible treatment of Star at the school dance and being Jerkass bully in general.
* AbhorrentAdmirer: Several are presented during the course of this story.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Some Casper High students laugh when Amberline (Ember) insults Paulina's intelligence since she didn't expect her even to know what "implying" means, let alone successfully use it in a sentence.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Ember gives up her villainous ways after befriending Danny and reconnecting with her sister Amy.
* AdaptationalSympathy: Star was a generic Beta Bit-ch in the show but here she's portrayed in a tragic light where she only hangs out with Paulina for the sake of popularity and puts up with her abuse out of fear of becoming an outcast.
* AdultsAreUseless: [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]]. [[spoiler:The adults in Ember's past qualify, with her parents and teachers ignorant to the fact that she was being severely bullied at school and thus did nothing to stop it, leaving her with several emotional scars. In the present however, this is {{Averted}} as most adult figures are shown to be kindhearted individuals who are good at their jobs and care about those under their watch, with Mr. Lancer doing what he can to try and make Danny's very difficult life a little easier and especially Mrs. Murray, who is shown to enjoy her job as a teacher, is a [[GoodParents great mother to her two daughters]], and a loving sister to Ember, [[LongLostRelative once the two figure out each other's true identity, that is]].]]
* AintTooProudToBeg
** After Amberline (a disguised Ember) makes a bet with Paulina that she'll have to do whatever Amberline says for a month if she doesn't win Prom Queen, Danny practically begs her to make Paulina stay away from if she wins. In the end, Ember keeps her word, and Paulina is to have no contact with Danny of any kind, much to his relief.
** Star outright begs Amberline (Ember) not to tell anyone about Paulina's alcohol problem because she knows Paulina would figure it was Star who revealed it. Ember reluctantly agrees.

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: As unpleasant as Amberline is (at first anyway), Danny still vastly prefers having her as a partner for their school assignment over someone as unbearably annoying as Clingy Jealous Girl Paulina.

* AlmostKiss: [[spoiler: A brief RunningGag was that after falling for Danny, Ember as Amberline would try to kiss him, only to be interrupted several times, much to the annoyance of both of them.]]
* AlphaBitch: Paulina is this to a T. [[spoiler: When Ember was alive, she dealt with an even worse one named Alexandria Green.]]

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: The appropriately titled chapter “The Truth is Out” has Ember accidentally reveal herself to Danny right after sharing a kiss with him. Danny, in a fog of anger and betrayal, rejects her and Ember, having truly fallen in love with him, begs him not to leave her, that she truly has changed, and she wants to be with him, to the point of offering to give up her ghost powers permanently.]]
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Kitty asks Ember this [[spoiler: after Ember is saved by Danny and decides to do a HeelFaceTurn and become his friend:]]

* ArmorPiercingResponse: [[spoiler: While Kitty tries to talk a lovestruck Ember out of remaining Amberline permanently in order to date Danny, Ember gives this response:]]

** In the end, Paulina loses all her popularity, is suspended from school for a month for bringing alcohol, is in a lot of trouble with her parents for underage drinking, is forced to stay away from Danny forever, and has to suspend an entire month doing any humiliating task Ember gives her due to losing their bet. Everyone just laughs at her.

* AttentionWhore: With the exception of Danny, Paulina really doesn't like it when somebody else gets more attention than her. Ember herself is one, since her biggest goal in the series is to use her power to get legions of fans to idolize her and then take over the world. [[spoiler: She eventually [[CharacterDevelopment outgrows]] the more negative aspects of this trope over the course of the story, as while she still likes attention and wants to be famous, she eventually starts to go about obtaining it in a far more healthier and "normal" manner.]]
* BackstabbingTheAlphaBitch: Having had enough of Paulina's abuse after being insulted too many times, Star reveals to the entire school at prom that Paulina has been smuggling and drinking alcohol on school grounds. This leads to Paulina getting a month's suspension and being grounded by her parents.

* BadBoss: Paulina treats Star more like a servant than a friend, constantly bossing her around and berating her for extremely minor reasons. It's deconstructed since Star eventually decides that popularity isn't worth putting up with Paulina after she insults Star at prom. Hence, the blonde girl gets revenge by telling the teachers about Paulina's secret supply of alcohol to get her in trouble.

** [[spoiler: Mrs. Murray seems like a smart, understanding and fair teacher who loves her job and is a loving wife and mother. However, she is haunted by the death of her older sister (aka [[LongLostRelative Ember]]) three decades ago and deep down has some emotional scars of her own.]]

** Star seems like the typical BetaBitch, being completely stuck up, snobby, and insulting to the unpopular kids. [[spoiler: However, it's eventually revealed that she only acts that way to please Paulina. Deep down, she is a very insecure, neurotic girl who only follows Paulina out of ''fear''.]]

** Paulina has two girls going near Danny, and anyone but Danny is getting more attention than her.

* TheBet: Ember as Amberline and Paulina get into a huge one about whether or not Paulina will lose the title of Prom Queen this year. Should Paulina win, Amberline has to wear whatever Paulina wants her to, but should Ember win, Paulina has to do whatever Amberline says.
* BetaBitch: Star starts out as the typical “satellite” to AlphaBitch Paulina... [[spoiler:except that deep down, she is a tragic {{Deconstruction}} of one. Star is shown to secretly be very insecure and neurotic and only seems to follow Paulina out of ''fear'' of being cast out of the A-Listers and rendered friendless, much like Valerie. The way Star broke down in tears over being criticized one too many times by Paulina had Ember genuinely pity her.]]

** Dash Baxter ''used'' to be this, he is the school quarterback and male head of the A-Listers but ever since the Disasteroid, Danny has him beat in status. Heck, it's implied that the ''only'' reason Dash is still in charge of the A-Listers is because Danny didn't want to join them.

** [[spoiler: Ember herself was and still is very protective of her younger sister Amy, once fending off a stray dog in order to protect her when they were kids. This protectiveness remains even after she discovers Amy has grown up to become Mrs. Murray, as Ember is quick to order her to leave Amity Park and get her children someplace safe due to Vlad's oncoming invasion.]]

* BlatantLies: At prom, when the teachers find alcohol in Paulina's purse, as Star said, she accuses Star of planting it, but nobody buys it since Lancer points out Paulina's lipstick marks are on the bottle.
* BluntYes: This is Danny's response when Paulina asks him if he's harassing her when Amberline accuses her of doing that because Paulina refuses to leave Danny alone despite being rejected.
* BrainyBrunette: Technically auburn as a human but Ember/Amberline has a lot of natural cunning and perspective. In addition, she also works hard to get good grades during her time as a student at Casper High. [[spoiler: At one point, she gets her progress report and earns an A-B average, all on her own merit. Another instant, Mr. Lancer is considering her among several other students for an upcoming scholarship.]]
* BrainlessBeauty: Paulina is too dense to see through Danny's disguise when he's dressed as Donny Felton.

** Ember is very open about her disdain for Dash and Rancor for constantly annoying her and not taking a hint that she's not interested.

* Bullying ADragon:

* CantTakeCriticism:
** Paulina acts like a huge brat whenever Danny rejects her because she refuses to accept that he has no interest in her for her annoying attitude.
** Paulina never takes it well whenever Amberline (Ember) reminds her she has no shot with Danny.

** Paulina is a Rare Female Example of Danny. All of Paulina's attempts to seduce Danny do nothing but annoy him to no end, given she treats him only as a trophy because of her obvious lack of concern for his feelings or personal space.
** Dash's obnoxious flirting severely irritates Amberline (Ember) to the point Danny's intervention is the only thing that stops her from hurting the Dumb Jock.

* CelebrityIsOverrated: Danny has come to believe this due to his worldwide fame from having saved the world and revealing his secret identity as after several months of being subjected to having to the {{Paparazzi}} and people obsessing over him, he greatly misses his privacy.

** Danny after the Disasteroid. He has hundreds of fan girls, Paulina being the most obvious. [[spoiler: Even Ember ends up falling for him, though much more genuinely.]] Even Zoe Murray admits she thinks Danny is cute and jokingly entertained asking him out.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Paulina, much to Danny’s dismay. [[spoiler: And while they both would initially deny it, both Ember and Sam also become this towards Danny to different degrees.]]

** [[spoiler: How Sam and Ember/Amberline end up becoming friends, along with the former’s willingness to help the latter defeat Paulina in the prom bet. Both girls are fans of dark clothing, the band Kiss, and share a mutual hatred towards Paulina and the A-Listers, which helps cement a genuine friendship between the two girls.]]

* CoolandUnusualPunishment: Upon winning the bet with Paulina, Ember makes her do all kinds of humiliating things at Nasty Burger in front of everyone: let Sam dress her as a witch along with a makeover, forbid her from having any contact with Danny, make her bark like a dog, ask out the nerdy Wendell only to get rejected, let Kaitlyn throw a banana cream pie in her face, give the entire chess club foot massages, be forced to compliment everyone she came into contact with, and admit on videotape that she is a shallow witch with no personality or future. Ember also had Paulina go to the mall's food court at 3:30 pm dressed like a baby with a bonnet, binky, rattle, and diaper; she had to offer to give free pictures to whoever walked past her. Also, for the entire month, Paulina can't wear any makeup at all, no insulting, just complimenting everybody she speaks to, and Sam will be in charge of what Paulina will be wearing when she returns to school from her monthly suspension, which the first outfit will be having her dressed like a clown.

* CoolBigSis: During her first life as Amberline [=McLain=], Ember was this to her little sister Amy. This comes back to [[{{Pun}} haunt]] Amy quite literally when decades later, [[spoiler: she, now going by the nickname A.J., becomes a long-term substitute at Casper High around the same time that a still 16-year-old but now half-ghost Ember infiltrates the school under the [[SarcasmMode very clever]] name of [[RealNameAsAnAlias Amberline]] ''Lain'' who then ends up saving Amy's younger daughter Maggie and befriending her older one Zoe, all without Ember, Maggie, or Zoe [[UnknownRelative suspecting their connection]] until [[BigDamnReunion Amy confronts Ember in Chapters 61 and 62]].]]

* CuteGhostGirl: Technically half-ghost and one who spends a lot of time in human form but Ember is one, especially when she [[spoiler: starts to fall for Danny]], though for the most part her attitude tends to make her more “hot” then “cute”.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: As shown from flashbacks, Ember [=McLain=] had a very difficult human life. Originally called Amberline [=McLain=], she was an unpopular girl with big dreams of rock stardom who was frequently bullied and subjected to pranks from the popular kids, raised by ControlFreak parents who didn't understand and [[ParentalNeglect neglected]] her, and suffered from an [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited]] [[HopelessSuitor love]] towards David Parker, the most popular guy at her school. One day, David asked her out to the movies and she waited for him all night, thinking that he was just late. However, she eventually went home after realizing she was stood up and cried herself to sleep, unaware that her home had mysteriously caught on fire. She died in the flames and out of anger for her untimely death and horrible life, renamed herself Ember [=McLain=] and became the vengeful EvilDiva seen in canon. In fact the only good thing about Ember’s human life appears to have been her little sister.]]
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Paulina is this of the AlphaBitch and Spoiled Brat by showing how unlikable a domineering and entitled harpy like her would be. Danny wants nothing to do with her to the point he wants her out of his life just to get some peace from her stalker-ish behavior; she made a dangerous enemy of Ember McLain by bullying her; Star turns on her after being pushed too far by her, she gets into a lot of trouble with her parents who ground her for drinking alcohol, she's suspended from school for a month for bringing alcohol to school, and her parents have to bribe the school into not expelling her, and by the end of the story, all of Casper High gets so sick of her callous and self-centered behavior that they pelt her with fruit at prom and partake in Ember's humiliation of Paulina at Nasty Burger by making her do all kinds of degrading punishments.
** Paulina is also one of the Fangirl because her Celeb Crush on Danny has completely stopped being endearing and grew into an unhealthy obsession that just makes her come off as creepy and irritating to everyone to the point Danny is desperate to get her out of his life just to get some peace and quiet.

* TheDogBitesBack: At the prom the entire student body of Casper High has enough of Paulina's when she calls them losers and tells them to stop cheering for Star when she's elected prom queen so they retaliate by pelting her with food.
* DoggedNiceGuy: The OC Christopher Morgan is a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example. He likes Sam and flirts with her, but he is never aggressive and makes it clear that he respects her feelings and that he would back off if she genuinely didn’t feel the same way. [[spoiler: If anything, he is a {{Deconstruction}} of one, as while he does like Sam, he was genuinely hurt when she told him to get lost and lost his patience when Sam said she still likes him, accusing her of being a MasterOfTheMixedMessage and demanding to know if she truly does like him or not, explaining that he can accept rejection, but he refuses to be strung along.]]
* DudeMagnet: Ember is kind of one in both forms since she has managed to get the interest of many guys due to her good looks and feisty nature, such as [[CrazyJealousGuy Skulker]] and [[CasanovaWannabe Rancor]] in the Ghost Zone. This extends to [[FanBoy several groups of boys]] at Casper High, along with [[AbhorrentAdmirer Dash]], briefly Tucker, and eventually [[spoiler: Danny]].

** Sam sums this up as Paulina's attitude to Danny as she doesn't care if Danny is already in a relationship or can't stand her as she believes they belong together no matter what because she's too spoiled to take "no" for an answer.
** Vlad is a much more extreme case as he's willing to launch an invasion of Amity Park to get revenge on his enemies and try to make Maddie his. Even when Maddie made it clear how much she loves her husband and family and how she cannot stand him for his evil actions and for thinking that she would ever leave her family for him, Vlad made it clear that he does not care what she thinks and plans on marrying her and for Maddie to have his child.
* EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler: Sam, despite expressing annoyance and jealousy over Danny and Amberline’s growing feelings for each other, is disgusted when Paulina suggests they team up. Sam's first reaction is to slap Paulina and explode that she would even think Sam would betray her friends. It ends with a catfight between the two in the girls bathroom.]]
** Paulina's parents may spoil her and pay Casper High to keep her but they still grounding for stealing alcohol from them and let Ember humiliate her for an entire month as part of their bet.
** Paulina is a SpoiledBrat with an unhealthy obsession with Danny but she knows to back down when Lancer threatens to give her detention if she keeps throwing a tantrum over not being made Danny's partner for their book report on The Little Mermaid.
** The Casper High faculty may favor the A-Listers but they, especially Lancer, have limits on what they'll tolerate as Lancer is willing to threaten her with detention when she throws a tantrum over his refusal to make her Danny's partner on a book assignment, stop her from bothering Danny when he's recovering in the nurse's office, give her detention as punishment for getting into a fight with Sam in the girl's bathroom, and suspend her for a month for bringing alcohol on school grounds.
** Unlike Paulina, Sam doesn't try to get together with Danny after he's crushed upon finding out Amberline's secret that she's really Ember McLain because he's in a vulnerable position, so she just comforts him but gives him enough space.
** Even Star has a limit on how much cr-ap she can take since Paulina pushes her too far by insulting her at prom, so the blonde retaliates by exposing her alcohol stash to the teacher so Paulina will get in trouble.

** Ember finds Paulina’s StalkerShrine to Danny to be disgusting and thinks the girl needs mental help because of it. [[spoiler: A more altruistic example was that Ember was genuinely horrified and furious that Skulker deliberately tried to shoot at both her (not knowing it was Ember) and [[UnknownRelative a small child]] in order to hunt Danny. She gave him a well-deserved beatdown in the Ghost Zone later for this very reason.]]
** Despite her hatred of Danny, even Ember thinks he deserves better than someone as unbearably annoying as Paulina.

** Ember is enraged that Skulker would resort to such a cowardly tactic as attacking her human self just to get Danny's guard down during their battle.
** Ember is disgusted with Paulina's shallowness since she ended her friendship with Valerie just because her family lost their money.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Vlad is actually surprised that Maddie would easily believe Danny when he's told her about all of Vlad's crimes; she has to point out that, of course, she believes Danny over Vlad because he's her son, whom she loves dearly and, unlike Vlad, is actually a good person.

* ExactWords: Paulina only promised Wendell that she'd think about going out with him if he did her science project; she never said she would go out with him.
* ExtremeDoormat: Star to Paulina.

** Star only puts up with Paulina out of fear of becoming unpopular but finally has enough of her abuse when she insults her at prom and gets her in trouble by exposing that she's been smuggling alcohol onto school grounds.

* FilleFatale: Paulina is okay with using her looks to manipulate boys into giving her what she wants. Last year, one boy named Wendell did all her homework and final science project to the point of neglecting his own, which cost him two decimal points on his once-perfect GPA, in the hopes of getting a date, but she refused and had Dash forcefully make him leave her alone when he tried to complain. Wendell gets back at Paulina by cruelly rejecting her when Ember forces her to ask him out.

* GoofyPrintUnderwear: When Dash harasses Amberline (Ember) and a disguised Danny (who's going as Donny Felton) at the smoothie bar, Danny makes his pants intangible so everyone at the shop laughs at his pink, teddy bear printed boxers, much to Ember's amusement.

* GracefulLoser: Dash and Kwan don't mind Danny beating them in the contest to become prom king since they're among the ones applauding in congratulations for him.
* GreenEyedMonster: There are three notable examples, two romantic and one platonic.
** [[AlphaBitch Paulina]] is a [[ClingyJealousGirl extremely possessive]] of Danny despite him wanting nothing to do with her and gets very jealous of any other girl he so much as looks at, which causes the bulk of the conflict in the story.
** Sam is a {{Downplayed}} example, being somewhat jealous of [[spoiler: Amberline’s relationship with Danny, but she doesn’t let it get in the way of her friendship with the girl.]]
** Kitty with regards to Ember’s Amberline identity, being jealous that her best friend seemed to be picking the humans over her and scared that Ember would forget about her, though she eventually gets over this.
* GrewASpine: Star spent the whole story being an Extreme Doormat to Paulina but stands up to her when she insults her at prom by revealing to the school staff she brought alcohol to school, thus getting her in trouble.

** [[spoiler: Somewhat played with at the end of the story when Ember gets invited to live with the Murray family after discovering that Mrs. Murray is in fact her sister.]]
* HappilyMarried: Jack and Maddie Fenton, just like in canon. Also, it's implied that the sub teacher A.J. Murray has this with her own husband.
* HatedByAll: By the end of the story nobody can stand Paulina; she loses her popularity, the students of Casper High get fed up with her bullying, she's suspended from school for bringing alcohol, her parents ground indefinitely, and she has to spend a month being humiliated by Ember and the rest of the students.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: [[spoiler: Ember has this problem following her HeelFaceTurn since Team Phantom still considers her to be an enemy.]] Though this is [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] since Ember’s human identity Amberline is very popular around Casper High. [[spoiler: This very nearly costs her everything once Danny learns the truth about “Amberline”.]]

* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: By the end of the story Paulina has lost her popularity, didn't become homecoming queen, is humiliated by prom by getting food pelted at her, is suspended from school for a month, is grounded by her parents, has to stay away from Danny forever, and is forced to do whatever humiliating tasks Ember has for her for an entire month.

** Dash has zero chance with Amberline (Ember) because she can immediately see him for the moronic Jerk Jock he is.
** Vlad has become this to Maddie even more now since she couldn't stand him even before finding out he's a half-ghost supervillain because he's a Slimeball who tried to get her to leave her husband for him.

* Hypocrite: Danny doesn't say it out loud, but he calls Sam out on this when she praises Amberline (Ember) for pranking Paulina by putting clown makeup on her, while in the past, she scolded Danny whenever he got payback on Dash for his bullying.
* ImaginaryLoveTriangle: Early in the fic, Paulina (who it should be noted Danny has no interest in at this point) accuses Ember/Amberline of having an interest in Danny when the two get paired together for an assignment. Ember reacts in disgust and tells her that she has no interest in the half-ghost boy but Paulina doesn't buy it. [[spoiler: However, Danny and Ember ''do'' eventually fall for one another.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: There have been several examples in this story so far.

--> '''Paulina''': Can you believe her?!
--> '''Star''': What? You mean her rejecting Dash?
--> '''Paulina''': No, I mean how she carriers herself... she walks around here like she's too good for everyone.

* ItRunsInTheFamily: [[spoiler: One of the earliest hints that Ember is related to the Murray family is the fact that they tend to have an affinity for music, with Ember being an EvilDiva prior to a HeelFaceTurn, Mrs. Murray aka Ember's [[LongLostRelative long-lost little sister]] being a music teacher, and Zoe, Mrs. Murray's older daughter, who is not only putting a band together but also goes to an arts school as a music student.]] [[spoiler: Another trait seems to be stubbornness as Amy shares this trait with Ember.]]

** Danny's dislike for fame is understandable, given how exhausting his overzealous fans can be, especially when one tried to steal his underwear from his room.
** Danny's refusal to join the A-Listers is understandable, given their history of bullying him and his friends. He especially doesn't want anything to do with Paulina because she continues to mistreat his loved ones, and her Entitled to Have You attitude towards him doesn't help since it makes her completely unbearable to be around due to her stubborn refusal to accept that he utterly loathes her now.
** Valerie justifiably doesn't want anything to do with the A-Listers because she still holds a grudge against them for kicking her out when her family went broke and doesn't waste any time rejecting their membership offer back into their group.

** Even Ember finds Paulina's Stalker Shrine to Danny Phantom seriously creepy and a sign that she needs professional help.

** Valerie points out to Star that she's better off without Paulina because she's not a good friend since she and the A-Listers kicked Valerie out because her family broke.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: When Paulina tries to sabotage his friends concert, an invisible Danny stops her by tripping her which causes her to fall in a mud puddle thus ruining her hair and dress then leading to everyone laughing at her humiliation so she runs home to her parents. Danny even admits he doesn't feel bad about it.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Paulina is in love with Danny but even though he had a crush on her in season 1, he saw firsthand how cruel and shallow she really is, with Paulina making it clear to Danny that she considered him a loser and treating him like garbage. Now that Paulina wants him, Danny wants nothing to do with her because he now knows that her interest in him is only because he a popular superhero and he has since moved on from his old crush.
* LazyAlias: Amberline (Ember) points out how uncreative the name "Donny Felton" is for Danny's disguise, but he counters that nobody was ever able to make the connection between Danny Fenton and Danny Phantom.

* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: [[spoiler: It's eventually revealed that Amy has grown up to be very different from her and Ember's parents. While their parents were more focused on their own work and social climbing than their children's well-being, Amy is a very loving and nurturing mother to her two daughters, Zoe and Maggie.]]

* LovedbyAll: Danny became the most popular celebrity on Earth for saving the planet from the Disasteroid, and those from the Ghost Zone have grown to respect him.

** Paulina is head over heels for Danny and wants to date him but he refuses due to knowing that she is only interested in his ghost half and wants nothing to do with her now.

* MamaBear: Mrs. Murray is very much protective of her two children.

** [[spoiler: With Danny, as both he and Ember are not only halfa's in this story, but the biggest reason Ember didn't want to reveal her secret was out of fear of being rejected by her new friends, much like how Danny was afraid to reveal himself out of fear of being rejected by his parents.]]

** [[spoiler: With Star. Ember and Star both act prideful and mean towards people they don't like but deep down, they are very insecure girls who try to hide their vulnerabilities.]]

* NiceGuy: Danny.
** He is ultimately a kind-hearted individual who always uses his powers to do the right thing and is extremely loyal to his friends, not hesitating to protect them. [[spoiler: It's these traits that eventually make Ember become attracted to him, due to the fact that he genuinely cared for her human self as a friend.]]
** The OC Christopher Morgan is also a NiceGuy who [[spoiler: becomes Ember's bandmate and]] is even interested in Sam to boot. It's to the point that he is so far the only one of Ember's friends who doesn't feel betrayed when he learns the truth about "Amberline".
* NoGuyWantstoBeChased: Danny doesn't hide his irritation over constantly dealing with rabid fangirls who only like him for his fame since they're always hounding him for an autograph and dates. Paulina just happens to be Danny's most annoying fan of all.

* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted as Ember, having become half human, eventually gets her period once again, much to her immense dismay.

* OblivioustoHatred: Paulina is too thickheaded to figure out that Danny can't stand her.

** [[spoiler: Between Ember as Amberline and Sam of all people, though {{Downplayed}} slightly when you take their [[CommonalityConnection similar likes and attitudes]] into account. This trope is also in play with Amberline and Valerie, to a lesser extent.]]

* OnlyFriend: Star was Valerie's only genuine friend in the A-List because they still hung out when Valerie was kicked out.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Sam realizes Danny is deeply hurt after finding out Amberline's secret that she's really Ember McLain when he yells at Paulina to leave him alone instead of ignoring her or giving an annoyed rebuke like he usually does whenever she flirts with him.

** Amberline (Ember) does keep her promise to Star not to reveal Paulina's alcohol addiction even though doing so could help her win the bet by getting Paulina in serious trouble.
** Sam comforts Danny after he becomes depressed upon finding out that Amberline is really Ember McLain despite her jealousy issues with Danny dating anyone else despite their break up. She puts those issues aside to generally comfort her friend Danny in his time of need because of his heartbreak.
** Ember keeps her promise to make Paulina stay away from Danny upon winning her bet with the mean girl by forbidding her from having contact of any kind with him.

* RealNameAsAnAlias: PlayedWith. Ember ends up telling Danny that her name is "Amberline", which happens to be her birth name only because she couldn't think of anything else in that moment. She decides to stick with it for the rest of the story, even shortening her surname from ''[=McLain=]'' to ''Lain''.

--> '''Ember/Amberline''': You know what Paulina, I've been doing a lot of thinking lately and I think I know now why you're such a bitch.
--> '''Paulina''': What did you just call me?!
--> '''Ember/Amberline''': Listen here Paulina, you're only popular because your daddy spoils you rotten and always hands everything to you on a silver platter and that you've developed pretty early and started putting out soon after to the first remotely acceptable guy that made a pass at you and now you can't stand to look at yourself in the mirror… because all you see is a spoiled, weak-minded little child who can't do anything on her own who gradually grew up into becoming a whore who's nothing without her pretty face and daddy's money to protect her. That's the reason why you go out of your way to find victims to pick on in order to both gratify your swollen ego and to avoid the inevitable realization that once high school is over, there'll be nothing left for you but memories and several possible STD's and all you'll end up becoming is little more than some scumbag's concubine who's sole survival skills will consist of nothing but these 5 words: "Daddy, I need another loan." ...Am I in the ballpark?

* IRejectYourReality: As far as Paulina is concerned, Danny is her soulmate, and no amount of rejection will change that.
* {{Revenge}}: This concept specifically against Danny is a major motivator for more then one character throughout the story as it was Ember's primary reason for infiltrating Casper High [[spoiler: until her BecomingTheMask led to a HeelFaceTurn.]] This also appears to be Vlad's entire motivation given that his goals are to kill Danny and destroy Amity Park for no other reason than to make Danny suffer.

** While not shown often, Ember technically is well-off, having enough money to pay off a half a million dollar bail on the ghost writer just to get him to do work for her and be able to afford comforts from the human world without any difficulty.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney!: Paulina's parents convince Casper High not to expel her for her bullying and underaged drinking by promising to provide the school a new wing. Downplayed as she still faces a month's suspension and is grounded at home.
* ScrewThisI'mOuttaHere: It's unlikely that Danny would've stuck around at the dance if Paulina had become prom queen, promise or no promise to Lancer.
* SelfProclaimedLoveInterest: As far as Paulina is concerned, she and Danny are soulmates no matter how often he rejects her.

** [[spoiler:In the past, Ember, then known as Amberline Carol [=McLain=], had a crush on David Park, the most popular guy at her school.]]

* StalkingIsFunnyifitIsFemaleAfterMale: Averted. Ember and Team Phantom make it very clear that Paulina's harassment of Danny is NOT ok, as best demonstrated when Danny practically begs Amberline (Ember) to make Paulina stay away from him if she wins the bet.

* StalkerWithACrush: Paulina is always bugging Danny to the point he outright demanded her to stay away after she kept crashing his dates with Sam and even Ember lampshades she's basically harassing him since she can't take "no" for an answer.
* SuperPoweredAlterEgo: {{Inverted}}. Ember [=McLain=] is a powerful ghost but her alas Amberline Lain is supposed to be a normal human teenage girl.

* TeasingfromBehindtheLanguageBarrier: While disguised as Donny Felton, Danny insults Dash and Paulina in Esperanto.

* TeensAreMonsters: [[spoiler: The A-Listers as per canon are a group of snobby popular kids who bully others they deem beneath them but it's stated that the popular kids from Ember's backstory are even ''worse''.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler: After being saved by Danny and realizing that he and the others truly see her as their friend, Ember simultaneously undergoes this and TookALevelInCheerfulness.]]
** Ember becomes a much nicer person thanks to her relationship with Danny.

** Dash and Kwan have stopped harassing Team Phantom and clap for Danny in congratulations when he's voted as prom king.

* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: In season 1, Danny had a big crush on Paulina but moved on when he saw firsthand her unpleasant personally and with her making it clear she saw him as a loser. Now, she's interested in him because she knows he is a popular superhero.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: Ember's HeelFaceTurn is put to the test in chapter 38, appropriately called "Temptations". Ember is confused over how real her friendship with Danny is and has discovered from Star a major secret that could get Paulina expelled but promised to keep it quiet. That night, she has a dream where she is confronted by a representation of her former self who tries to tempt Ember into taking advantage of her situation by using Star's information to win the bet and use her powers in order to take over the world with the help of her fans. For a moment, Ember is tempted, only to remember how much she has grown to care about Danny and how he genuinely trusts her, and remembers that if she reveals Paulina's secret, she may very well end up ruining Star's high school life in the process. Ember remains firm and says point blank that she will not betray Danny or Star's trust, thus cementing her HeelFaceTurn.]]

* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: Valerie decides to give Nathan just one dance at their junior prom, though she was reluctant to do so.]]