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** [[spoiler: Dr. Cactus [=McCactus=], a disgraced doctor trying to get the camp closed, serves as a threat throughout Season 9.]]



** Randy, a camper who died in a car crash four years before the start of the show. He shows up in a flashback.

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** Randy, a camper who died in a car crash four years before the start of the show. He shows up in a flashback. [[spoiler: Subverted in Season 9, which reveals he actually faked his death to flee to Scotland and start a new life, becoming Doctor [=McCactus=].]]
* RepetitiveName: [[spoiler: Subverted with Doctor Cactus [=McCactus=],]] who is revealed to really be named [[spoiler: Randy Founder.]]


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* SpontaneousCrowdFormation: In the Season 9 premier, a crowd forms when Pierre first encounters [[spoiler: Dr. [=McCactus=].

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* AesopAmnesia: Several times.
** Gabrielle never catches on that CheatersNeverProsper.
** Season 6, episode 3 is dedicated to Paulette's team being turned against her by Gabrielle, with only Percy and Pierre believing in her. After they discover the truth (working to expose it despite their hang-ups with each other and the Color War, because they're honest), the camp learns an important lesson about not believing in gossip and not jumping to conclusions incriminating friends... and one season later, Paulette is ''again'' the primary suspect for something.



* NeutralFemale: Paulette zig-zags this. There's a lot of episodes that are basically about Percy and Pierre with her as the prize, but she has won some contests herself, and there are episodes dedicated to her relationships with her teammates (neither Percy nor Pierre appear in Season 2, episode 5), and her attempts at solving conflict within the camp. [[spoiler: She's also the one who finally kills the Undead Wanderer.]]



* NubileSavage: The cavewomen seen in the visuals accompanying [[spoiler: the Undead Wanderer's explanation for how he came to be]] look absurdly healthy and attractive.

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* NubileSavage: The cavewomen seen in the visuals accompanying [[spoiler: the Undead Wanderer's explanation for how he came to be]] look absurdly surprisingly healthy and attractive.beautiful from a modern perspective.



* RonTheDeathEater: Poor Paulette gets this InUniverse as well as out. She's usually the first person to be suspected of any sabotage because of all the time she spends with Percy and Pierre (who are on the other team). In Season 6, Episode 3, Gabrielle uses her reputation to slander her, hoping to make her team start infighting (and as a cover for Gabrielle's own cheating). According to Gabrielle's rumors, Paulette has ChronicBackstabbingDisorder and is using the Color War to weasel her way into (false) friendships in both sides. Or maybe she's just a {{Yandere}} who loves Pierre so much she'll sabotage her own team for him. The rumors weren't all that consistent, but everyone but Percy and Pierre believed it.



** Sara Chavez, one of the cooks, is the only Latin American.

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** Sara Alicia Chavez, one of the cooks, is the only Latin American.
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** [[spoiler: The Devil Werewolf]] acts as the primary source of overarching conflict in Season 3. [[spoiler: He returns in Season 7, although he shares this role with the New Campers, who provide more personal conflict.]]

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** [[spoiler: The Devil Werewolf]] acts as the primary source of overarching conflict in Season 3. [[spoiler: He returns in Season 7, although he shares this role with the New Campers, Campers (well, mostly Lucian, Isabel, and James- the rest are InnocentlyInsensitive for the most part, but they trust those three), who provide more personal conflict.]]

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** [[spoiler: The Devil Werewolf]] acts as the primary source of overarching conflict in Season 3.

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** [[spoiler: The Devil Werewolf]] acts as the primary source of overarching conflict in Season 3. [[spoiler: He returns in Season 7, although he shares this role with the New Campers, who provide more personal conflict.]]


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** Sara Chavez, one of the cooks, is the only Latin American.


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* ZombieInfectee: A good part of Season 7's plot is finding who the [[spoiler: Devil Werewolf]] may have infected and became the person stalking the camp. Paulette is a prime suspect, due to the events of the Season 3 finale. [[spoiler: It's no one. The wound on Paulette's wrist was a RedHerring; Paulette and Percy really ''did'' stop the Devil Werewolf from turning her. The one responsible is the spirit of the Devil Werewolf himself, brought back by a few of the campers using New Camper Kiara's occult books (going behind her back). The suspicion against Paulette ''did'' serve a purpose, as the Devil Werewolf was trying to isolate her so he could finish what he started. It unfortunately doesn't work, since Paulette befriended some of the New Campers, who mostly didn't believe in the Devil Werewolf.]]

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* EmotionEater: [[spoiler: The Undead Wanderer is this.]] It is revealed he is drawn to the camp because of Paulette's uncertainty. [[spoiler: Yes, ''uncertainty'' is his favorite "flavor".]]

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* EmotionEater: [[spoiler: The Undead Wanderer is this.]] It is revealed he is drawn to the camp because of Paulette's uncertainty. [[spoiler: Yes, ''uncertainty'' is his favorite "flavor"."flavor", although he also has a taste for paranoia and distrust, to a lesser extent.]]



* FatalFlaw: Paulette's uncertainty and inability to make decisions. [[spoiler: It's the reason the Undead Wanderer attacked the camp. She eventually exploits it by using herself as bait to lure him into an ambush. Her uncertainty over the danger of the whole thing prevented him from realizing that it was a trap.]]



* HiccupHijinks: The Season 4 premier actually had someone having the hiccups a plot point.

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* HiccupHijinks: The Season 4 premier actually had someone having the hiccups be a serious plot point.



* MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome: Parodied; a poster for a missing middle aged Latina is shown to be much smaller than a ''gigantic'' picture of a young blonde that says "I'm more important" (and nothing else) in the police station. Dialogue indicates that the blonde was found ''years ago'', but that some [[SarcasmMode genius]] insisted on having the poster permanently glued to the wall.

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* MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome: Parodied; a the missing poster for Alicia Chavez, a missing middle aged Latina Latina, is shown to be much smaller than a ''gigantic'' picture of a young blonde that says "I'm more important" (and nothing else) in the police station. Dialogue indicates that the blonde was found ''years ago'', but that some [[SarcasmMode genius]] insisted on having the poster permanently glued to the wall.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The show's website and tie-in book ''Pining for More'', reveals several details not mentioned in the show itself.
** A lot of the characters full names are revealed:
*** Francois' full name is [[RepetitiveName Francois Francois, Jr.]]
*** Kozue's last name is Ikenaga.


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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Statue, though she's eventually revealed to be named Ruth Luther.
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The camp janitor is always referred to as just that or even just "the janitor"...[[SubvertedTrope until the Season 6 premiere]], where Officer Francois introduces him to Officer Patel as Ludwig Fick.

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* MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome: Parodied; a poster for a missing middle aged Latina is shown to be much smaller than a ''gigantic'' picture of a young blonde that says "I'm more important" (and nothing else) is seen in the police station. Dialogue indicates that the blonde was found ''years ago''.

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* MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome: Parodied; a poster for a missing middle aged Latina is shown to be much smaller than a ''gigantic'' picture of a young blonde that says "I'm more important" (and nothing else) is seen in the police station. Dialogue indicates that the blonde was found ''years ago''.ago'', but that some [[SarcasmMode genius]] insisted on having the poster permanently glued to the wall.
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* FanserviceWithASmile: Jackie and Flappy's, a breakfast-focused restaurant in town, has waitresses who dresses in revealing plaid flannel shirts and jean hot pants. As such, Counselor Jacques doesn't want the campers.\ to go there when they go to town for supplies. Interestingly, a line by a minor female character suggests the waitresses [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl chose to dress that way because they enjoy how daring it looks.]]

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* FanserviceWithASmile: Jackie and Flappy's, a breakfast-focused restaurant in town, has waitresses who dresses dress in revealing plaid flannel shirts and jean hot pants. As such, Counselor Jacques doesn't want the campers.\ campers to go there when they go to town for supplies. supplies (so of course some of them do). Interestingly, a line by a minor female character suggests the waitresses [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl chose choose to dress that way because they enjoy how daring it looks.]]
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* FanserviceWithASmile: Jackie and Flappy's, a breakfast-focused restaurant in town, has waitresses who dresses in revealing plaid flannel shirts and jean hot pants. As such, Counselor Jacques doesn't want the campers.\ to go there when they go to town for supplies. Interestingly, a line by a minor female character suggests the waitresses [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl ''choose'' to dress that way because they enjoy how daring it looks.]]

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* FanserviceWithASmile: Jackie and Flappy's, a breakfast-focused restaurant in town, has waitresses who dresses in revealing plaid flannel shirts and jean hot pants. As such, Counselor Jacques doesn't want the campers.\ to go there when they go to town for supplies. Interestingly, a line by a minor female character suggests the waitresses [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl ''choose'' chose to dress that way because they enjoy how daring it looks.]]
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* FanserviceWithASmile: Jackie and Flappy's, a breakfast-focused restaurant in town, has waitresses who dresses in revealing plaid flannel shirts and jean hot pants. As such, Counselor Jacques doesn't want the campers.\ to go there when they go to town for supplies. Interestingly, a line by a minor female character suggests the waitresses [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl ''choose'' to dress that way because they enjoy how daring it looks.]]


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* MurderousMask: A mask shaped like a skull with a large fin on top is seen as one of the [[spoiler: items owned by the Undead Wanderer.]] It is never used, but it implied to make anyone who wears it go ballistic and then ''explode''.


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* TurtleIsland: [[spoiler: The final BeachEpisode of Season 5 reveals that an island off in the distance is actually a large monster that [[MixAndMatchCritter looks like a giant manatee with a turtle-like shell]].]] The episodes writer confirmed in an interview that it was a reference to a dream he had, and it is otherwise irrelevant to the plot.

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* DidYouJustRomanceCthulu: Statue says her ex-boyfriend was, and we quote, "a 70-foot tall tentacled insect-crustacean hybrid with fire for blood and the screams of thousand perishing galaxies for a voice, who rules the eternally nebula born of humanity's suffering as he bathes in the water mountains of cosmic decimation". She never clarifies if she was kidding or not.

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* DidYouJustRomanceCthulu: Statue says her ex-boyfriend was, and we quote, "a 70-foot tall tentacled insect-crustacean hybrid with fire for blood and the screams of thousand perishing galaxies for a voice, who rules the eternally traveling nebula born of humanity's suffering as he bathes in the water mountains of cosmic decimation". She never clarifies if she was kidding or not.

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* AmericanGothicCouple: The camp was previously land owned by two deceased farmers (Stale Bread and Rice Pudding Smith), who are shown in a picture aping the painting ''American Gothic''.


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* DidYouJustRomanceCthulu: Statue says her ex-boyfriend was, and we quote, "a 70-foot tall tentacled insect-crustacean hybrid with fire for blood and the screams of thousand perishing galaxies for a voice, who rules the eternally nebula born of humanity's suffering as he bathes in the water mountains of cosmic decimation". She never clarifies if she was kidding or not.


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* MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome: Parodied; a poster for a missing middle aged Latina is shown to be much smaller than a ''gigantic'' picture of a young blonde that says "I'm more important" (and nothing else) is seen in the police station. Dialogue indicates that the blonde was found ''years ago''.


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* NubileSavage: The cavewomen seen in the visuals accompanying [[spoiler: the Undead Wanderer's explanation for how he came to be]] look absurdly healthy and attractive.


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* PosthumousCharacter: A few examples...
** Stale Bread and Rice Pudding Smith, the long deceased farmers whose land became the camp.
** Counselor Jacques's father is deceased. This comes up in dialogue because [[LikeFatherLikeSon said father was also a counselor for the camp.]]
** Randy, a camper who died in a car crash four years before the start of the show. He shows up in a flashback.
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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: [[spoiler: The Devil Werewolf has BlackEyesOfEvil, [[BioluminescenceIsCool glows in the dark]], is essentially a human who just has wolf-like attributes, is stuck in his form permanently (which obviously mean he doesn't require a full moon to transform), is harmed by the sunlight like a ''vampire'', can teleport in puffs of red smoke, and is vulnerable to, not silver, but ''rust'' from metal.]]
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* GenreShift: The first two seasons were very rooted in normal life and teen romance drama, while Season 3 begins to introduce supernatural creatures. The latest seasons include psychological horror and crime thriller elements.
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SnowMeansDeath: [[spoiler: The Undead Wanderer died in a pile of thick snow.]]

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* SnowMeansDeath: [[spoiler: The Undead Wanderer died in a pile of thick snow.]]
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** Paulette gets teased for her ''Crying Breakfast Friends'' plushies.

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* BeachEpisode: Season 5 had ''[[UpToEleven twelve]]'' episodes taking place at the beach. The first few were {{Justified}}, as it was the setting of some of the events. The rest, not so much.

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* BeachEpisode: Season 5 had ''[[UpToEleven twelve]]'' episodes taking place at the beach. The first few were {{Justified}}, as it the camp is near a lake and the beach was used for the setting of some events- canoeing, firemaking, swimming, and sandcastle building respectively. The rest... not so much. The one with a listing under BizarroEpisode is probably the most pointless.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Paulette is probably the kindest person in camp and part
of the events. The rest, not reason she hesitates so much.much is that she doesn't want to make anyone upset by her actions, [[spoiler: but she's the one who ultimately lures out and (re)kills the Undead Wanderer.]]

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** Counselor Jacques has posters for the films Film/JakobTheLiar and Film/HoneyWeShrunkOurselves in his new office he gets in Season 6. He also has a framed autographed photo of the late Music/TupacShakur, an action figure of the [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Blue Galaxy Ranger]] and a copy of Literature/BlackBeauty on his desk.

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** Counselor Jacques has posters for the films Film/JakobTheLiar Film/TheBirdcage and Film/HoneyWeShrunkOurselves in his new office he gets in Season 6. He also has a framed autographed photo of the late Music/TupacShakur, an action figure of the [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Blue Galaxy Ranger]] and a copy of Literature/BlackBeauty on his desk.

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* SnowMeansDeath: [[spoiler:The Undead Wanderer died in a pile of thick snow.]]

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* ** Counselor Jacques has posters for the films Film/JakobTheLiar and Film/HoneyWeShrunkOurselves in his new office he gets in Season 6. He also has a framed autographed photo of the late Music/TupacShakur, an action figure of the [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Blue Galaxy Ranger]] and a copy of Literature/BlackBeauty on his desk.
SnowMeansDeath: [[spoiler:The [[spoiler: The Undead Wanderer died in a pile of thick snow.]]


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** Season 6 introduces Francois' new partner, an Indian Canadian named Officer Patel.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gabrielle, despite doing some rather eye raising things, actually regards her team as her friends. Outside of the Color War, it's shown she actually doesn't have anything against those not on her team, even if she treats it as seriously as everyone else does.


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* UnexplainedAccent: Madelyn has a stereotypical [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents Upper Midwestern]] accent despite no indication she isn't a homegrown Canadian. This is because her [[FakeNationality actress is from Granite City, USA.]]

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* EmotionEater: [[spoiler: The Undead Wanderer is this.]] It is revealed he is drawn to the camp because of Paulette's uncertainty. [[spoiler: Yes, ''uncertainty'' is his favorite "flavor".]]



%%* HiccupHijinks: The Season 4 premier actually had someone having the hiccups a plot point.

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%%* * HiccupHijinks: The Season 4 premier actually had someone having the hiccups a plot point.



%%* TheIgor: The last BeachEpisode of Season 5 has a man who fits every facet of this trope appear...but without a mad scientist, instead being the assistant to a JerkAss ''ice cream vendor''.

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%%* * TheIgor: The last BeachEpisode of Season 5 has a man who fits every facet of this trope appear...but without a mad scientist, instead being the assistant to a JerkAss ''ice cream vendor''.
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* Statue is shown reading Literature/NorwegianWood in the Season 5 premiere.

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* ** Statue is shown reading Literature/NorwegianWood in the Season 5 premiere.
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** The two police detectives met in the Season 3 finale are a man named [[Literature/MissMarple Marple]] and a woman named [[Literature/HerculePoirot Poirot]]. While in their cruiser, a show on their radio also mentions [[Film/TheRock a man known as Mason escaping from Alcatraz.]]

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%%* ArcVillain:
%%** [[spoiler: The Devil Werewolf]] in Season 3.
%%** [[spoiler: The Undead Wanderer]] in Season 4, though his role is a tad more hands off.
* BeachEpisode: Season 5 had ''[[UpToEleven twelve]]'' of them. The first few were {{Justified}}, as it was the setting of some of the events. The rest, not so much.

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%%* * ArcVillain:
%%** ** [[spoiler: The Devil Werewolf]] acts as the primary source of overarching conflict in Season 3.
%%** ** [[spoiler: The Undead Wanderer]] in Season 4, 4 provides a similar source of conflict, though his role is a tad more hands off.
* BeachEpisode: Season 5 had ''[[UpToEleven twelve]]'' of them.episodes taking place at the beach. The first few were {{Justified}}, as it was the setting of some of the events. The rest, not so much.



%%* EjectionSeat: Wilfred of Ivanhoe inexplicably has one, leading to a RunningGag throughout Season 2 involving other cops.
* HealthcareMotivation: The reason the burglars in Season 2, Episode 7 try to rob Counselor Jacques is to pay for an operation for one of their younger sisters.

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%%* * EjectionSeat: Wilfred of Ivanhoe inexplicably has one, an "Eject" button ([[BigRedButton big and red, naturally]]) on his dashboard, leading to a RunningGag throughout Season 2 involving other cops.
* HealthcareMotivation: The reason the burglars in Season 2, Episode 7 try to rob Counselor Jacques is to pay for an operation for one of their younger sisters. Upon finding this out, Jacques convinces the burglars to leave by reminding them that they live in Canada and thus have universal healthcare anyway.



** The two burglars from Season 2, episode 7 look and act just like [[Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo.]]



%%* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: [[spoiler:The Devil Werewolf has these.]] Notably, he is shown to have had them [[spoiler:back when he was human]] in a flashback.

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%%* * YellowEyesOfSneakiness: [[spoiler:The Devil Werewolf has these.glowing yellow eyes.]] Notably, he is shown to have had them [[spoiler:back when he was human]] in a flashback.
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* HypnoPendulum: In an attempt to get Pierre and Percy to work together in one episode of Season 2, Paulette uses a cameo that she wears around her neck [[spoiler: which was given to her by her mother]] as one. Her hypnosis goes awry when [[spoiler: she realizes that someone forgot to cover the mirrors and she hypnotizes herself because of it.]]
* TheIgor: The last BeachEpisode of Season 5 has a man who fits every facet of this trope appear...but without a mad scientist, instead being the assistant to a JerkAss ''ice cream vendor''.
* LoveTriangle: Following Percy's introduction, he and Pierre fight for Paulette's affections, all the while Paulette becomes more and more unsure of who she truly loves.

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* HypnoPendulum: In an attempt to get Pierre and Percy to work together in one episode of Season 2, Paulette uses a cameo that she wears around her neck [[spoiler: which was given to her by her mother]] as one. Her hypnosis goes awry when [[spoiler: she realizes that someone forgot to cover the mirrors mirrors, and she hypnotizes herself because of it.]]
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* LoveTriangle: Following Percy's introduction, he and Pierre fight for Paulette's affections, and all the while Paulette becomes more and more unsure of who she truly loves.
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* NiceGirl: Paulette is friendly to everyone at camp and just wants everyone to get along.


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* SeriousBusiness: The Color War. Paulette's about the only camper who treats it more as a game than an actual war, which has caused friction between her and her team.

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-->-- ''Percy''

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-->-- ''Percy''
'''Percy'''



Camp Pining Hearts is a popular Canadian teen soap opera [[note]]at least in the world of WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse[[/note]] set in the titular camp. It focuses on two campers and StarCrossedLovers, Pierre and Paulette. Unfortunately, Pierre and Paulette are on opposite sides of the Color War. The Color War is a yearly competition where the campers must compete with each other in various sporting events. One of the rules of the Color War is that participants cannot talk to each other in fear of strategies being leaked out to opposing teams. In season 2, the scenario complicates itself even further with the introduction of Percy, the strongest man in the camp who is also vying for Paulette's affection while struggling to work with Pierre.

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Camp Pining Hearts is a popular Canadian teen soap opera [[note]]at least in the world of WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse[[/note]] ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''[[/note]] set in the titular camp. It focuses on two campers and StarCrossedLovers, Pierre and Paulette. Unfortunately, Pierre and Paulette are on opposite sides of the Color War. The Color War is a yearly competition where the campers must compete with each other in various sporting events. One of the rules of the Color War is that participants cannot talk to each other in fear of strategies being leaked out to opposing teams. In season 2, the scenario complicates itself even further with the introduction of Percy, the strongest man in the camp who is also vying for Paulette's affection while struggling to work with Pierre.



%%* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: [[spoiler:The Devil Werewolf has these.]] Notably, he is shown to have had them [[spoiler:back when he was human]] in a flashback.

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%%* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: [[spoiler:The Devil Werewolf has these.]] Notably, he is shown to have had them [[spoiler:back when he was human]] in a flashback.flashback.
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Must've been one screwy episode...

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