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* BizarreTasteInFood: Granny Mavis's peculiar cooking combinations are a source of equal fascination and dread in the Gates family; for example, putting a banana on a pizza or serving custard with carrots.
* CosmeticsCatastrophe: Delia ends up unintentionally dyeing her hair green in "Genius Ideas (mostly)." Tom also suffers from this on occasion, when he tries applying his mother's hair products or gel without reading the bottle in an attempt to improve his appearance.
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* JerkAss: Marcus.
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* JerkAss: Marcus.Marcus Meldrew.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: However as the series goes on Marcus increasingly gets a few moments showing sympathy or kindness.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: However as the series goes on Marcus increasingly gets a few moments showing sympathy or kindness.
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* TheKlutz: Norman Watson, Tom's classmate who has a tendency to bump into people and things when he gets excited. Younger schoolmate Joey Dawson in "Genius Ideas (mostly)" manages to put even him to shame.
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* TwoDecadesBehind: In ''A Tiny Bit Lucky'', Tom and Derek plaster Delia's bedroom with photos of a popular boy band called "Seven", an obvious riff on Music/{{Five}} (a group who were very popular in the early 2000s).
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** "The VERY Annoying Boys and The Super Smart Kid" by Marcus, a AlienAbduction story loosely based on an interaction between him, Tom and Derek.
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** "The VERY Annoying Boys and The Super Smart Kid" by Marcus, a an AlienAbduction story loosely based on an interaction between him, Tom and Derek.
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** "The VERY Annoying Boys and The Super Smart Kid" by Marcus, loosely based on an interaction between him, Tom and Derek.
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** "The VERY Annoying Boys and The Super Smart Kid" by Marcus, a AlienAbduction story loosely based on an interaction between him, Tom and Derek.
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** A fantasy story written by Norman titled "The Dragon and the Cheese".
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** A fantasy story written by Norman titled "The "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Dragon and the Cheese".Cheese]]".
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* EmoTeen: Delia.
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* EmoTeen: Delia. She dresses in consistently black clothing, wears sunglasses all the time and hardly ever smiles.
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** "Great-Aunt Aggie’s Fake Bird Hat", a lengthy recount of a event in Tom's life in which his parents attend a fancy dress party, and The Fossils surprise Rita with an old hat made by her great-aunt. Everything goes well until [[spoiler:the hat is destroyed by a stray cat, resulting in her ending up [[WorstNewsJudgementEver on the front page of the]] ''Oakfield Gazzette''. Rita fixes the hat]] just in time for another party at the Leafy Green Old Folks' Home.
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** "Great-Aunt Aggie’s Fake Bird Hat", a lengthy recount of a event in Tom's life in which his parents attend a fancy dress party, and The Fossils surprise Rita with an old hat made by her their great-aunt. Everything goes well until [[spoiler:the hat is destroyed by a stray cat, resulting in her ending up [[WorstNewsJudgementEver on the front page of the]] ''Oakfield Gazzette''. Rita fixes the hat]] just in time for another party at the Leafy Green Old Folks' Home.
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Less redundant.
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* ProductDisplacement: In "Five Star Stories (Hooray!)", Tom eats a box of "Chocteezers" (Maltesers) while watching ''[[ShowWithinAShow Swamp Monster 3]]'' (a musical about swamp monsters) at the cinema.
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* ProductDisplacement: In "Five Star Stories (Hooray!)", Tom eats a box of "Chocteezers" (Maltesers) while watching ''[[ShowWithinAShow Swamp Monster 3]]'' (a musical about swamp monsters) creatures) at the cinema.
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* ProductDisplacement: In "Five Star Stories (Hooray!)", Tom eats a box of "Chocteezers" (Maltesers) while watching ''[[ShowWithinAShow Swamp Monster 3]]'' (a musical about swamp monsters) at the cinema.
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** "A poem about my missing sock”, written by Amy.
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** "A poem about my missing sock”, sock", written by Amy.
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* BigBad: Bully Buster in "Top of The Class (Nearly)", who is famous in Oakfield School for once getting stuck in a window. He takes a HeelFaceTurn near the end and admits to liking the drawing Tom made of one of his nicknames.
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* BigBad: Bully Buster Jones in "Top of The Class (Nearly)", who is famous in Oakfield School for once getting stuck in a window. He takes a HeelFaceTurn near the end and admits to liking the drawing Tom made of one of his nicknames.
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** "Fun and Names", a story written by a "mystery student" about the world's most boring school teacher, Mr. Tedious.
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** "Fun and Names", a story written by a "mystery student" student"[[note]]hinted to be Buster Jones[[/note]] about the world's most boring school teacher, Mr. Tedious.
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* GenreRoulette: The stories in Oakfield School's "Five-Star Stories Vol. 1", which include:
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* GenreRoulette: The stories in Oakfield School's "Five-Star Stories Vol. Volume 1", which include:
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** "Great-Aunt Aggie’s Fake Bird Hat", a lengthy recount of a event in Tom's life in which his parents attend a fancy dress party, and The Fossils surprise Rita with an old hat made by her great-aunt. Everything goes well until [[spoiler:the hat is destroyed by a stray cat, resulting in her ending up [[WorstNewsJudgementEver on the front page of the ''Oakfield Gazzette'']]. Rita fixes the hat]] just in time for another party at the Leafy Green Old Folks' Home.
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** "Great-Aunt Aggie’s Fake Bird Hat", a lengthy recount of a event in Tom's life in which his parents attend a fancy dress party, and The Fossils surprise Rita with an old hat made by her great-aunt. Everything goes well until [[spoiler:the hat is destroyed by a stray cat, resulting in her ending up [[WorstNewsJudgementEver on the front page of the the]] ''Oakfield Gazzette'']].Gazzette''. Rita fixes the hat]] just in time for another party at the Leafy Green Old Folks' Home.
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*GenreRoulette: The stories in Oakfield School's "Five-Star Stories Vol. 1", which include:
**A nonsense song written by Florence titled "The Silly Song of Sounds".
**"Fun and Names", a story written by a "mystery student" about the world's most boring school teacher, Mr. Tedious.
**"A poem about my missing sock”, written by Amy.
**"The VERY Annoying Boys and The Super Smart Kid" by Marcus, loosely based on an interaction between him, Tom and Derek.
**A collection of "FUNNY WORDS that Make Me LAUGH" by Julia.
** A fantasy story written by Norman titled "The Dragon and the Cheese".
**Leroy pranks the reader by claiming to show a magic trick to them, only for the reader to turn the page and realise that there is no magic track.
**"Great-Aunt Aggie’s Fake Bird Hat", a lengthy recount of a event in Tom's life in which his parents attend a fancy dress party, and The Fossils surprise Rita with an old hat made by her great-aunt. Everything goes well until [[spoiler:the hat is destroyed by a stray cat, resulting in her ending up [[WorstNewsJudgementEver on the front page of the ''Oakfield Gazzette'']]. Rita fixes the hat]] just in time for another party at the Leafy Green Old Folks' Home.
**A nonsense song written by Florence titled "The Silly Song of Sounds".
**"Fun and Names", a story written by a "mystery student" about the world's most boring school teacher, Mr. Tedious.
**"A poem about my missing sock”, written by Amy.
**"The VERY Annoying Boys and The Super Smart Kid" by Marcus, loosely based on an interaction between him, Tom and Derek.
**A collection of "FUNNY WORDS that Make Me LAUGH" by Julia.
** A fantasy story written by Norman titled "The Dragon and the Cheese".
**Leroy pranks the reader by claiming to show a magic trick to them, only for the reader to turn the page and realise that there is no magic track.
**"Great-Aunt Aggie’s Fake Bird Hat", a lengthy recount of a event in Tom's life in which his parents attend a fancy dress party, and The Fossils surprise Rita with an old hat made by her great-aunt. Everything goes well until [[spoiler:the hat is destroyed by a stray cat, resulting in her ending up [[WorstNewsJudgementEver on the front page of the ''Oakfield Gazzette'']]. Rita fixes the hat]] just in time for another party at the Leafy Green Old Folks' Home.
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* TheHero: Tom.
* KidSidekick: Derek.
* KidSidekick: Derek.
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* TheHero: Tom.
* KidSidekick: Derek.InstantWebHit: After Tom's attempts at filming a video for his song "[=DogZombies=] Rule" fail, the residents of the Leafy Green Old Folks' Home record their own rendition of the song, which becomes so popular that it revives country singer Teacup Tony's career.
* KidSidekick: Derek.
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* TheHero: Tom.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Marcus' story for Oakfield School's first "Five-Star Stories" book is based on an incident where Tom and Derek pretended to see a UFO and tried to gather as much kids as possible. In his version, a spaceship actually comes and abducts both Tom and Derek.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In "Ten Tremendous Tales", one of the spy films starring Sasha Tosay and Rod Stable is called ''The Spy Who Spied''.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In "Ten Tremendous Tales", one of the spy films starring Sasha Sacha Tosay and Rod Stable is called ''The Spy Who Spied''.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In "Ten Tremendous Tales", one of the spy films starring Sasha Tosay and Rod Stable is called ''The Spy Who Spied''.
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* BigBad: Bully Buster in “Top of The Class (Nearly)”, who is famous in Oakfield School for once getting stuck in a window. He takes a HeelFaceTurn near the end and admits to liking the drawing Tom made of one of his nicknames.
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* BigBad: Bully Buster in “Top "Top of The Class (Nearly)”, (Nearly)", who is famous in Oakfield School for once getting stuck in a window. He takes a HeelFaceTurn near the end and admits to liking the drawing Tom made of one of his nicknames.
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* SequelHook: At the end "Family, Friends and Furry Creatures", Tom finally gets to meet his second, [[WalkingTheEarth endlessly-travelling]] set of grandparents, "The Wrinklies". They have a prominent role in the following book, "Epic Adventure (Kind Of)".
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* SequelHook: At the end of "Family, Friends and Furry Creatures", Tom finally gets to meet his second, [[WalkingTheEarth endlessly-travelling]] set of grandparents, "The Wrinklies". They have a prominent role in the following book, "Epic Adventure (Kind Of)".
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** The ''Tom Gates Mixtape'' includes a cover of The Troggs' "Wild Thing" performed by [=Dude3=], and a cover of and Music/{{Queen}}'s "We Will Rock You" performed by [=DogZombies=].
** [[InUniverse In-universe]] examples include [=DogZombies=] covering "[[Music/DeepPurple Smoke On The Water]]" at their Leafy Greens Old Folks Home concert, the school teachers (as "[=You3=]") performing a parody of "[[Music/{{Steppenwolf}} Born To Be Wild]]" at the school talent show and Tom and his parents performing "[[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Let It Go]]" at a karaoke bar.
** [[InUniverse In-universe]] examples include [=DogZombies=] covering "[[Music/DeepPurple Smoke On The Water]]" at their Leafy Greens Old Folks Home concert, the school teachers (as "[=You3=]") performing a parody of "[[Music/{{Steppenwolf}} Born To Be Wild]]" at the school talent show and Tom and his parents performing "[[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Let It Go]]" at a karaoke bar.
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** The ''Tom Gates Mixtape'' includes a cover of The Troggs' "Wild Thing" performed by [=Dude3=], and a cover of and Music/{{Queen}}'s "We Will Rock You" performed by [=DogZombies=].
** [[InUniverse In-universe]] examples include [=DogZombies=] covering "Wild Thing" and "[[Music/DeepPurple Smoke On The Water]]" at their Leafy Greens Old Folks Home concert, the school teachers (as "[=You3=]") performing a parody of "[[Music/{{Steppenwolf}} Born To Be Wild]]" at the school talent show and Tom and his parents performing "[[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Let It Go]]" at a karaoke bar.
** [[InUniverse In-universe]] examples include [=DogZombies=] covering "Wild Thing" and "[[Music/DeepPurple Smoke On The Water]]" at their Leafy Greens Old Folks Home concert, the school teachers (as "[=You3=]") performing a parody of "[[Music/{{Steppenwolf}} Born To Be Wild]]" at the school talent show and Tom and his parents performing "[[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Let It Go]]" at a karaoke bar.
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* BoyBand: [=Dude3=], a three-piece band who Tom calls “the best band in the world wide world”. He is excited about going to a concert of theirs, until Rooster eats his tickets.
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* BoyBand: [=Dude3=], a three-piece band who Tom calls “the "the best band in the world wide world”.world". He is excited about going to a concert of theirs, until Rooster eats his tickets.
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** The ''Tom Gates Mixtape'' includes a cover of The Troggs' "Wild Thing" performed by [=Dude3=], and a cover of and Music/{{Queen}}'s "We Will Rock You" performed by [=DogZombies=].
** [[InUniverse In-universe]] examples include [=DogZombies=] covering "[[Music/DeepPurple Smoke On The Water]]" at their Leafy Greens Old Folks Home concert, the school teachers (as "[=You3=]") performing a parody of "[[Music/{{Steppenwolf}} Born To Be Wild]]" at the school talent show and Tom and his parents performing "[[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Let It Go]]" at a karaoke bar.
** The ''Tom Gates Mixtape'' includes a cover of The Troggs' "Wild Thing" performed by [=Dude3=], and a cover of and Music/{{Queen}}'s "We Will Rock You" performed by [=DogZombies=].
** [[InUniverse In-universe]] examples include [=DogZombies=] covering "[[Music/DeepPurple Smoke On The Water]]" at their Leafy Greens Old Folks Home concert, the school teachers (as "[=You3=]") performing a parody of "[[Music/{{Steppenwolf}} Born To Be Wild]]" at the school talent show and Tom and his parents performing "[[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Let It Go]]" at a karaoke bar.
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* GarageBand: [=DogZombies=], a band founded by Tom with himself on guitar, his best friend Derek on keyboard and Norman on drums.
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* KidSidekick: Derrick.
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* KidSidekick: Derrick.Derek.
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* SequelHook: At the end “Family, Friends and Furry Creatures”, Tom finally gets to meet his second, [[WalkingTheEarth endlessly-travelling]] set of grandparents, “The Wrinklies”. They have a prominent role in the following book, “Epic Adventure (Kind Of)”.
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* SequelHook: At the end “Family, "Family, Friends and Furry Creatures”, Creatures", Tom finally gets to meet his second, [[WalkingTheEarth endlessly-travelling]] set of grandparents, “The Wrinklies”. "The Wrinklies". They have a prominent role in the following book, “Epic "Epic Adventure (Kind Of)”.Of)".
* ShoutOut: Some of the names Marcus writes on Tom's poster for a new [=DogZombies=] drummer include WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse, WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and ComicBook/{{Superman}}.
* ShoutOut: Some of the names Marcus writes on Tom's poster for a new [=DogZombies=] drummer include WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse, WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and ComicBook/{{Superman}}.
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** TheLeader: Tom Gates
** TheLancer: Derek Fingle
** TheSmartGuy: Norman Watson
** TheBigGuy: Soloman "Solid" Stewart
** TheChick: Amy Porter
** TheLeader: Tom Gates
** TheLancer: Derek Fingle
** TheSmartGuy: Norman Watson
** TheBigGuy: Soloman "Solid" Stewart
** TheChick: Amy Porter
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* BoyBand: Dude3, a three-piece band who Tom calls “the best band in the world wide world”. He is excited about going to a concert of theirs, until Rooster eats his tickets.
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* BoyBand: Dude3, [=Dude3=], a three-piece band who Tom calls “the best band in the world wide world”. He is excited about going to a concert of theirs, until Rooster eats his tickets.
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* BoyBand: Dude3, a three-piece band who Tom calls “the best band in the world wide world”. He is excited about going to a concert of theirs, until Rooster eats his tickets.
