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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Sam's older sister, the first-born Princess Eleanor is this in Illyria.
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** TheLeader: Sam. Partly because she seems to gravitate to the role naturally, and partly because the others see her as this because of her mom.
** TheLancer: January. She's almost an exact opposite of Sam in so many ways, including how they see their siblings as future leaders. There's also the fact that they ''were'' arguably the closest friends of the group, and that January is the most powerful/dangerous member of the team.
** TheBigGuy: [[PlayingWithATrope Tuma.]] He has (''arguably'') the most interactive combat power of the team, and is the tallest member.
** TheSmartGuy: Matteo (almost by default). The implications from his comments about his school life indicate that he's studious as a way of adapting to his near-total social isolation. His insect-control powers also indicate that he's got some real intelligence in order to be able to use it effectively.
** TheChick: Roxana. Her invisibility powers and personality lend themselves well to this - as does her blossoming possible relationship with Matteo.
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* CoolTeacher: Let's go down the list with James. A handsome professor? Check. Has a CoolPet? Check. Has super-powers? Check. Wants to be a host of a reality TV show? Check. Helps the kids but doesn't let them steamroll him in the process? Check. A bad-ass fighter who can hang in there in a '[[StealthPun one-on-one]]' fight against a rogue, Society-trained telekinetic? Check!

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* CoolTeacher: Let's go down the list with James. A handsome professor? Check. Has a CoolPet? Cool Pet? Check. Has super-powers? Check. Wants to be a host of a reality TV show? Check. Helps the kids but doesn't let them steamroll him in the process? Check. A bad-ass fighter who can hang in there in a '[[StealthPun one-on-one]]' fight against a rogue, Society-trained telekinetic? Check!
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: They have a club [[TheyFightCrime to fight crime]].

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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: They have a club [[TheyFightCrime to fight crime]].crime.
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* CoolTeacher: Let's go down the list with James. A handsome professor? Check. Has a CoolPet? Check. Has super-powers? Check. Wants to be a host of a reality TV show? Check. Helps the kids but doesn't let them steamroll him in the process? Check. A bad-ass fighter who can hang in there in a '[[StealthPun one-on-one]]' fight against a rogue, Society-trained telekinetic? [[UpToEleven Check!]]

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* CoolTeacher: Let's go down the list with James. A handsome professor? Check. Has a CoolPet? Check. Has super-powers? Check. Wants to be a host of a reality TV show? Check. Helps the kids but doesn't let them steamroll him in the process? Check. A bad-ass fighter who can hang in there in a '[[StealthPun one-on-one]]' fight against a rogue, Society-trained telekinetic? [[UpToEleven Check!]]Check!
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* WeakButSkilled: None of the group's powers are offensive as SuperSenses (Sam), {{Invisibility}} (Roxanna), [[PestController controlling insects]] (Matteo), CompellingVoice (Tuma) and arguably [[PowerParasite power stealing]] (January)[[note]]Since she needs to touch someone to acquire their powers and the closest people around are her support-orientated teammates, leaving them vulnerable to attacks should she steal them[[/note]] isn't something you normally see in combat. However, they hone their skills, combat and teamwork to defeat a highly powerful telekinetic by creatively use of their powers and become the cream of the crop, something which James says in his end narration.

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* WeakButSkilled: None of the group's powers are offensive as SuperSenses (Sam), {{Invisibility}} (Roxanna), [[PestController controlling insects]] (Matteo), CompellingVoice (Tuma) and arguably [[PowerParasite power stealing]] (January)[[note]]Since she needs to touch someone to acquire their powers and the closest people around are her support-orientated teammates, leaving them vulnerable to attacks should she steal them[[/note]] isn't something you normally see in combat. However, they hone their skills, combat and teamwork to defeat a highly powerful telekinetic by creatively creative use of their powers and become the cream of the crop, something which James says in his end narration.

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* {{Main/Teleportation}}: The Queen has the power to teleport herself or others with pinpoint accuracy, as we see when [[spoiler: Sam gets teleported into a chair by the Queen as she walks into James' office]].

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* {{Main/Teleportation}}: {{Teleportation}}: The Queen has the power to teleport herself or others with pinpoint accuracy, as we see when [[spoiler: Sam gets teleported into a chair by the Queen as she walks into James' office]].


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* WeakButSkilled: None of the group's powers are offensive as SuperSenses (Sam), {{Invisibility}} (Roxanna), [[PestController controlling insects]] (Matteo), CompellingVoice (Tuma) and arguably [[PowerParasite power stealing]] (January)[[note]]Since she needs to touch someone to acquire their powers and the closest people around are her support-orientated teammates, leaving them vulnerable to attacks should she steal them[[/note]] isn't something you normally see in combat. However, they hone their skills, combat and teamwork to defeat a highly powerful telekinetic by creatively use of their powers and become the cream of the crop, something which James says in his end narration.

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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: There's three "S"s in '''S'''ecret '''S'''ociety of '''S'''econd Born Royals.



** TheLancer: January. She's an almost an exact opposite of Sam in so many ways, including how they see their siblings as future leaders. There's also the fact that they ''were'' arguably the closest friends of the group, and that January is the most powerful/dangerous member of the team.

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** TheLancer: January. She's an almost an exact opposite of Sam in so many ways, including how they see their siblings as future leaders. There's also the fact that they ''were'' arguably the closest friends of the group, and that January is the most powerful/dangerous member of the team.



** TheSmartGuy: Matteo (almost by default). The implications from his comments about his school life indicate that he's studious as a way of adapting to his near-total social isolation. His ibsect-control powers also indicate that he's got some real intelligence in order to be able to use it effectively.

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** TheSmartGuy: Matteo (almost by default). The implications from his comments about his school life indicate that he's studious as a way of adapting to his near-total social isolation. His ibsect-control insect-control powers also indicate that he's got some real intelligence in order to be able to use it effectively.
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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: This overlaps with IdiotBall, as the Society has the technology to strip persons of their powers and modify their memories - but for some unfathomable reason, chose to do neither with Edmund and instead use a power dampener on him while keeping him in a special prison.
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* PersonalityComesFromTheFather: It is made very clear by multiple characters that Sam's strong belief in democracy clearly came from her father, and that he was also interested in bringing equality between the commoners and the monarchy.

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* PersonalityComesFromTheFather: LineageComesFromTheFather: It is made very clear by multiple characters that Sam's strong belief in democracy clearly came from her father, and that he was also interested in bringing equality between the commoners and the monarchy.
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* KinslayingIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Upon learning how her father really died, Sam is heartbroken and sickened, seeing her uncle as nothing more than a monster. Edmond himself knows that Sam will never forgive him for this.

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* AbdicateTheThrone: Queen Catherine is resigning from the throne to allow her elder daughter Elanor to become Queen in her stead.
* ActorAllusion: Peyton Elizabeth Lee plays the second born child of a monarch, that has superpowers and is ordered into a group to protect the world. Lee had priorly voiced Rani in The Lion Guard, where she was the love interest of Kion, who had the exact same character arc.



* AffectionateNickname: Sam's father called her "Snowflake".

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* AffectionateNickname: Sam's father called her "Snowflake". This gets exploited by Edmond when he calls her this, knowing that Sam will come after him for answers.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Subverted. Catherine sees Sam's friendship with Mike as a bad influence on her, but he is actually shown to be a genuinely nice guy, who just happens to share her interests. Mike's father also believes that Sam is a bad fit for his son, telling him that royals aren't interested in ordinary people.



* BrokenBird: Sam has clearly not gotten over her father's death, and it is implied that part of why she is so headstrong, and hesitant to be part of the Society initially, is because she is still grieving over her father's death. Learning the truth about he died only makes her worse for a while.



* DamnYouMuscleMemory: In the climax, Tuma tries to use his power on Edmond, despite being well aware that his power won't work on him. Edmond instinctively turns and looks at him, and this allows the invisible Roxana to kick him in the groin and steal the device.



* EvilUncle: Averted. Edmond still loves Sam, and does genuinely lament the fact that Sam will only see him as a monster when she forces to confess the truth about what happened to her father.



* TheHero: Sam.

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* TheHero: Sam.Sam, though it takes a while for her to grow into the role.



* ManBitesMan: When Inmate 34 holds Sam as a hostage in the school, she bites him hard enough to draw blood to make him let her go.



* PersonalityComesFromTheFather: It is made very clear by multiple characters that Sam's strong belief in democracy clearly came from her father, and that he was also interested in bringing equality between the commoners and the monarchy.



* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: Thanks to being sent to summer school as a cover to induce her into the Society, Sam and Mike's friendship gets severely strained. Sam wants to be honest, but is explicitly forbidden, and Mike even begins to wonder does see him as a friend. Revealing the truth to him in the climax and him becoming a SecretKeeper helps repair it.



* SecretKeeper: In the climax, Sam reveals the Society's existence to Mike, who keeps it secret out of respect, and allows the two to reconcile. Later on, Catherine reveals the Society's existence to Elanor, which allows the two siblings to finally be honest with each other.



* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: When Inmate 34 calls Sam "snowflake", a name only her father called her, Sam is understandably in shock, believing that the inmate knew her father. Her decision to chase him to get answers almost gets her and James killed.



* ShipTease: Sam and Mike have a lot of this throughout the film, to the point that Mike becomes a SecretKeeper.
** Ditto for Matteo and Roxana, and it is implied at the end that they are dating.



* WhamLine: When Sam asks James who is in charge of the Society, [[spoiler: the Queen says "I am," as she appears in the back of the room]]. [[BerserkButton This does not go over well with Sam.]]

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* WhamLine: When Sam asks James who is in charge of the Society, [[spoiler: the Queen says "I am," as she appears in the back of the room]]. [[BerserkButton This does not go over well with Sam.]]]]
* WillfullyWeak: It quickly becomes obvious, especially on rewatch, that the reason Inmate 34 does not kill James in the forest fight, or be more aggressive to Sam, is because he deliberately allowed himself to be recaptured.
* YouKilledMyFather: Sam spends the vast majority of the film believing her father died in a plane accident, but upon learning that he was murdered by her uncle, who she genuinely loved, she drops all form of love for him and only sees him as a monster.
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** [[spoiler: January: ]] A twisted, UnreliableNarrator of a villain, yes - but [[spoiler: she imprisons her team so they won't fall victim to Edmund's device]], and although [[spoiler: she has no problem with Edmond dispatching her twin brother, she only wants it because (in her eyes) her brother's not cut out to be a leader that can actually help their subjects.]]

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** [[spoiler: January: January.]] A twisted, UnreliableNarrator of a villain, yes - yes, but [[spoiler: she imprisons her team so they won't fall victim to Edmund's device]], and although [[spoiler: she has no problem with Edmond dispatching her twin brother, she only wants it because (in her eyes) her brother's not cut out to be a leader that can actually help their subjects.]]
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** While Edmond [[spoiler:killed his own brother for the throne and sought to wipe out all other royals too, including his own niece]], his ideology about [[spoiler:equalizing royals and commoners was still shared by his brother]] who rather wanted to do it the right way and given that Sam and Eleanor shared it too, it wasn’t a bad idea, it’s just that he attempted to execute it in completely the wrong way.

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** While Edmond [[spoiler:killed his own brother for the throne and sought to wipe out all other royals too, including his own niece]], niece, he still loved him though while doing so reluctantly and]] his ideology about [[spoiler:equalizing royals and commoners was still shared by his brother]] who rather wanted to do it the right way and given that Sam and Eleanor shared it too, it wasn’t a bad idea, it’s just that he attempted to execute it in completely the wrong way.



* {{Hypocrite}}: Edmond plans to eliminate monarchies all across the globe, [[spoiler:and yet he managed to get January's cooperation by promising her to help her take her own country's throne]].

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Edmond plans to eliminate monarchies all across the globe, [[spoiler:and yet he managed to get January's cooperation by promising her to help her take her own country's throne]]. Could be argued though that he felt he needed to make the sacrifice for his own country.
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** While Edmond [[spoiler:killed his own brother for the throne and sought to wipe out all other royals too, including his own niece]], his ideology about [[spoiler:equalizing royals and commoners was still shared by his brother who rather wanted to do it the right way and given that Sam and Eleanor shared it too, it wasn’t a bad idea, it’s just that he attempted to execute it in completely the wrong way.

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** While Edmond [[spoiler:killed his own brother for the throne and sought to wipe out all other royals too, including his own niece]], his ideology about [[spoiler:equalizing royals and commoners was still shared by his brother brother]] who rather wanted to do it the right way and given that Sam and Eleanor shared it too, it wasn’t a bad idea, it’s just that he attempted to execute it in completely the wrong way.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: January: ]] A twisted, UnreliableNarrator of a villain, yes - but [[spoiler: she imprisons her team so they won't fall victim to Edmund's device]], and although [[spoiler: she has no problem with Edmond dispatching her twin brother, she only wants it because (in her eyes) her brother's not cut out to be a leader that can actually help their subjects.]]

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[[spoiler: January: ]] A twisted, UnreliableNarrator of a villain, yes - but [[spoiler: she imprisons her team so they won't fall victim to Edmund's device]], and although [[spoiler: she has no problem with Edmond dispatching her twin brother, she only wants it because (in her eyes) her brother's not cut out to be a leader that can actually help their subjects.]]]]
** While Edmond [[spoiler:killed his own brother for the throne and sought to wipe out all other royals too, including his own niece]], his ideology about [[spoiler:equalizing royals and commoners was still shared by his brother who rather wanted to do it the right way and given that Sam and Eleanor shared it too, it wasn’t a bad idea, it’s just that he attempted to execute it in completely the wrong way.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Though not in the way he intended, Edmond’s desire and plan to [[spoiler:make it so that royals don’t have power or authority over common folk and thus, equalize everyone]] is followed through when [[spoiler:Eleanor’s first act as Queen is to create a Parliament so the people will be given a choice instead]].
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* PowerParasite: January's power -- she can steal the power of the last person she touched for a period of time. [[spoiler:[[BadPowersBadPeople Which is another bit of foreshadowing regarding her true nature]]]].

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* PowerParasite: January's power -- she can steal the power of the last person she touched for a period of time. [[spoiler:[[BadPowersBadPeople [[spoiler: Which is another bit of foreshadowing regarding her true nature]]]].nature]].
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* StraightGay: James mentions when he first appears that he has a boyfriend but there’s no other indication he’s gay.
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''Secret Society of Second-Born Royals'' is a science fiction action film starring Creator/PeytonElizabethLee, Skylar Astin and Creator/ElodieYung released in 2020 on Creator/DisneyPlus.

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''Secret Society of Second-Born Royals'' is a science fiction action film starring Creator/PeytonElizabethLee, Skylar Astin Creator/SkylarAstin and Creator/ElodieYung released in 2020 on Creator/DisneyPlus.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Fans of {{WebAnimation/RWBY}} will instantly think ''of just how much'' the Society's training area looks and acts like the training area at ''[[MilitaryAcademy Atlas Academy]]''.
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* RoyaltySuperpower: But of course. Unusual for the trope though, only the SpareToTheThrone has powers, and they keep it completely hidden from their royal families.

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* RoyaltySuperpower: But of course. Unusual Unusually for the trope though, only the SpareToTheThrone has powers, and they keep it completely hidden from their royal families.



* SecretTestOfCharacter: Tuma's pairing with Charlie, the dog. Upon the kids' graduation into the Society, [[spoiler: James tells Tuma that his power doesn't work on animals - but they paired him with George to get him to think about someone more than himself]].

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* SecretTestOfCharacter: Tuma's pairing with Charlie, the dog. Upon the kids' graduation into the Society, [[spoiler: James tells Tuma that his power doesn't work on animals - but they paired him with George Charlie to get him to think about someone more than himself]].
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* CainAndAbel: Kind of inevitable when one sibling has superpowers and the other is the heir to the throne. [[spoiler:January wants to kill her brother (though indirectly) and Edmond succeeded in killing his.]]
* CategoryTraitor: Sam and [[spoiler:Edmond]] are both royals who want to get rid of monarchy. Sam usually does it by protesting. [[spoiler:Edmond wants to do it by mass murder of any with royal blood.]]


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* MagicGenetics: Supposedly, there's a gene in most royal bloodlines, no matter where they are located in the world or when they rose to power, and it only manifests in the second-born child. Even if it's a pair of twins and it was a toss-up which one of them was born first, the power still only manifests in the second-born child. It's best not to think about it too much.


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* RoyaltySuperpower: But of course. Unusual for the trope though, only the SpareToTheThrone has powers, and they keep it completely hidden from their royal families.
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** James notes in the kids' first test run that Roxana is also quite athletic.

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** James notes in the kids' first test run that Roxana is and January are also quite athletic.
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* SaveThePrincess: in the OpeningNarration, James tells us upfront that SSOSSR is ''not'' that kind of a movie.
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* IdiotBall: The Society. If they were going to keep Edmund in life imprisonment for murdering his brother the King (and covering it all up by saying that they both died in a plane crash), then the choice to dampen his powers instead of stripping them away outright makes you wonder why the Queen is in charge of things.
** Sam grabs it pretty hard when she disobeys James to pursue Edmund - and the resulting fight puts James in the hospital.

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* IdiotBall: The Society. If they were going to [[spoiler: keep Edmund in life imprisonment for murdering his brother the King (and covering it all up by saying that they both died in a plane crash), then the choice to dampen his powers instead of stripping them away outright and modifying his memories]] makes you wonder why ''why'' the Queen is in charge of things.
** Sam grabs it pretty hard when she disobeys James [[spoiler: James]] to pursue Edmund [[spoiler: Edmund]] - and the resulting fight puts James [[spoiler: James]] in the hospital.



* {{Main/SelfDuplication}}: James' power. It appears that he can only create four duplicates at first, but he takes his power straight into {{Main/MesACrowd}} territory when he takes on Edmund.

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* {{Main/SelfDuplication}}: James' power. It appears that he can only create four duplicates at first, but he takes his power straight into {{Main/MesACrowd}} territory when [[spoiler: he takes on Edmund.Edmund]].
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** Despite Sam and Roxana's earlier opinions of him, Tuma [[spoiler: is actually a kind person who doesn't really enjoy what his powers do to others, once he understood the ramifications of such. We see this when he and Matteo talk after becoming roommates. He also feels actual remorse after his prank on Charlie the dog, and encourages Matteo to go for a relationship with Roxana]].
** For a fashion queen who lives her life online, Roxana [[spoiler: certainly gravitated towards the quiet, withdrawn and cute Matteo quickly enough. The ''real'' surprise is that her interest in genuine]].

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** Despite Sam and Roxana's earlier opinions of him, Tuma [[spoiler: is actually a kind person who doesn't really enjoy what his powers do to others, once he understood the ramifications of such. We see this when he and Matteo talk after becoming roommates. He also feels actual remorse after his prank on Charlie the dog, and encourages Matteo to go for a relationship with Roxana]].
Roxana, and wants people to really like him for himself]].
** For a fashion queen who lives her life online, online and certainly dates constantly, Roxana [[spoiler: certainly gravitated towards the quiet, withdrawn and cute Matteo quickly enough. The ''real'' surprise is that her interest in him is genuine]].

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