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* {{Cliffhanger}}: While Valerie agrees to keep the job at Uncle's Rare Finds, Valmont reassures Shendu that he'll find out who she is.
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* CassandraTruth: Jade bluntly tells Valerie about her and Jackie's current adventures, but Valerie goodnaturedly writes them off as imagination until she sees Jade using the Rabbit Talisman and the Enforcers try to kidnap her.
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* JawDrop: This is Valerie's reaction when Uncle assesses her to be a good employee and when Jade has used the Rabbit Talisman in front of her eyes.
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* JawDrop: This is Valerie's reaction when Uncle assesses her to be a good employee and employee, when Jade has used the Rabbit Talisman in front of her eyes.eyes, and after Jackie has demonstrated his acrobatic skills.
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* CallBack: Jade gives Valerie a brief recount of what canonically happened before this point, and she proves her words by using the Rabbit Talisman – which happens to be at Uncle's Rare Finds since Section 13 hasn't finished building the vault yet.
* EyeOfNewt: During Valerie's second day on the job, Uncle is out buying ingredients, half of which Valerie doesn't want to recall, including powdered rat liver. Still unaware he's a wizard, she can only guess they're for his herbal tea.
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* JawDrop: This is Valerie's reaction when Uncle assesses her to be a good employee.
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* JawDrop: This is Valerie's reaction when Uncle assesses her to be a good employee.employee and when Jade has used the Rabbit Talisman in front of her eyes.
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* ThisCannotBe: Valerie is on the brink of hysterics after she sees Jade using the Rabbit Talisman.
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* HandBehindHead: Jackie scratches the back of his neck as he tries to write off to Valerie Jade's recount of his adventures.
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* HandBehindHead: Jackie scratches the back of his neck as he tries to write off to Valerie Jade's recount of his adventures.adventures as imagination.
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* FriendlyAddressPrivileges: Jackie quickly tells Valerie that she doesn't need to call him Mr. Chan.
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* FriendlyAddressPrivileges: FriendlyAddressPrivileges:
** Jackie quickly tells Valerie that she doesn't need to call him Mr.Chan. Chan.
** Upon first meeting Valerie, Jade asks if she can call her Val or Ray-ray? Valerie politely declines, but has no issue being called Val in future chapters.
** Jackie quickly tells Valerie that she doesn't need to call him Mr.
** Upon first meeting Valerie, Jade asks if she can call her Val or Ray-ray? Valerie politely declines, but has no issue being called Val in future chapters.
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* HandBehindHead: Jackie scratches the back of his neck as he tries to write off to Valerie Jade's recount of his adventures.
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* JawDrop: This is Valerie's reaction when Uncle assesses her to be a good employee.
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* PetTheDog: After frustrating Valerie with his nitpicking during her whole first day on the job, Uncle surprises her when he tells Jackie that she's good enough to continue working for them.
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* ContinuityNod: When Uncle complains to Jackie that nobody asked him if he wants a shop assistant, Jackie's reply is "didn't want to bother you". This is [[IronicEcho the same answer he received from Uncle]] in the show's first episode to his protest that no one asked his opinion about Jade coming to live with him.
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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
** When Uncle complains to Jackie that nobody asked him if he wants a shop assistant, Jackie's reply is "didn't want to bother you". This is [[IronicEcho the same answer he received from Uncle]] in the show's first episode to his protest that no one asked his opinion about Jade coming to live withhim.him.
** Uncle complains that [[Recap/JackieChanAdventuresS1E1TheDarkHand coffee is the only thing keeping his ancient heart beating]] when he chastises Valerie for making him decaffeinated coffee.
** When Uncle complains to Jackie that nobody asked him if he wants a shop assistant, Jackie's reply is "didn't want to bother you". This is [[IronicEcho the same answer he received from Uncle]] in the show's first episode to his protest that no one asked his opinion about Jade coming to live with
** Uncle complains that [[Recap/JackieChanAdventuresS1E1TheDarkHand coffee is the only thing keeping his ancient heart beating]] when he chastises Valerie for making him decaffeinated coffee.
* FriendlyAddressPrivileges: Jackie quickly tells Valerie that she doesn't need to call him Mr. Chan.
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* LastSecondWordSwap: Not wanting to tell Valerie about the existence of magic, Jackie explains to Uncle that he's hired her to help cleaning and watching over the shop while the old man does his "private work".
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* LastSecondWordSwap: Not wanting to tell Valerie about the existence of magic, Jackie explains to Uncle that he's hired her to help cleaning and watching over the shop while the old man does his "private work". He also tells Valerie that Uncle's too busy with his "other hobbies" to watch the shop.
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* LastSecondWordSwap: Not wanting to tell Valerie about the existence of magic, Jackie explains to Uncle that he's hired her to help cleaning and watching over the shop while the old man does his "private work".
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* StatingTheSimpleSolution: With four Talismans in the heroes' possession so far, Shendu tells Valmont to find out Section 13's location by having the Enforcers trail Jackie there. Valmont asks if the Shadowkhan weren't better suited for said task, but Shendu replies that since the shadow-ninjas cannot talk, they'd still have to escort the Enforcers to Section 13 after locating it, so having the Enforcers do the job by themselves would save time. The Enforcers get impatient on waiting though and decide to speed things along by kidnapping Jade and making her take them to Section 13, only to be thwarted by Valerie before Jackie enters the fray.
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* StatingTheSimpleSolution: With four Talismans in the heroes' possession so far, Shendu tells Valmont to find out Section 13's location by having the Enforcers trail Jackie there. Valmont asks if the Shadowkhan weren't better suited for said task, but Shendu replies that since the shadow-ninjas cannot talk, they'd still have to escort the Enforcers to Section 13 after locating it, so having the Enforcers do the job by themselves would save time. The Enforcers get impatient on waiting though and decide to speed things along by kidnapping Jade and making her take them to Section 13, only to be thwarted by Valerie before Jackie enters the fray.fray.
* WouldHitAGirl: Uncle gives Valerie his trademark DopeSlap when he blames her for letting the Enforcers in and thus risking his antiques getting broken.
* WouldHitAGirl: Uncle gives Valerie his trademark DopeSlap when he blames her for letting the Enforcers in and thus risking his antiques getting broken.
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* BroomstickQuarterstaff: Valerie fights the Enforcers with a broom surprisingly successfully. When Valmont is told of this, he assesses that his three henchmen are hopelessly incompetent if a woman can fight them off with a mere broom.
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* BroomstickQuarterstaff: Valerie fights the Enforcers with a broom surprisingly successfully. When Valmont is told of this, he assesses that his three henchmen are hopelessly incompetent if a random woman can fight them off with a mere broom.
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* ActionSurvivor: Valerie is established to be an average young woman who's not fought anyone before. Even she is surprised when she manages to deck Ratso by using her broom like a baseball bat.
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A young university student named Valerie Payne has just moved from Toronto to San Francisco, and gets hired as an assistant at Uncle's Rare Finds. She discovers on her second day on the job that magic is real and criminals are in conflict with the Chans.
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A young university student named Valerie Payne has just moved from Toronto to San Francisco, and gets hired as an assistant at Uncle's Rare Finds. She discovers on her second day on the job that magic is real and criminals are in conflict with the Chans. Takes place between [[Recap/JackieChanAdventuresS1E5ShellGame "Shell Game"]] and [[Recap/JackieChanAdventuresS1E5ProjectAForAstral "Project A, for Astral"]].
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A young university student named Valerie Payne accepts a job as an assistant at Uncle's Rare Finds and soon finds herself entangled in the Chans' conflict against the Dark Hand over the Talismans.
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A young university student named Valerie Payne accepts a job has just moved from Toronto to San Francisco, and gets hired as an assistant at Uncle's Rare Finds Finds. She discovers on her second day on the job that magic is real and soon finds herself entangled criminals are in the Chans' conflict against with the Dark Hand over the Talismans.Chans.
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* BroomstickQuarterstaff: Valerie fights the Enforcers with a broom. When Valmont is told of this, he assesses that his three henchmen are hopelessly incompetent if a woman can fight them off with a mere broom.
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* BroomstickQuarterstaff: Valerie fights the Enforcers with a broom.broom surprisingly successfully. When Valmont is told of this, he assesses that his three henchmen are hopelessly incompetent if a woman can fight them off with a mere broom.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: A downplayed heroic version; Captain Black informs Valerie that it would be best for her to remain working at the shop so that Section 13 can better protect her from the Dark Hand, and also because they can't let her spread classified information.
-->'''Captain Black''': … treason is a bad sentence…
-->'''Captain Black''': … treason is a bad sentence…
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* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Shendu tells Valmont to find out Section 13's location by having the Enforcers trail Jackie there. Valmont asks if the Shadowkhan weren't better suited for said task, but Shendu replies that since the shadow-ninjas cannot talk, they'd still have to escort the Enforcers to Section 13 after locating it, so having the Enforcers do the job by themselves would save time. The Enforcers get impatient on waiting though and decide to speed things along by kidnapping Jade and making her take them to Section 13, only to be thwarted by Valerie before Jackie enters the fray.
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* StatingTheSimpleSolution: With four Talismans in the heroes' possession so far, Shendu tells Valmont to find out Section 13's location by having the Enforcers trail Jackie there. Valmont asks if the Shadowkhan weren't better suited for said task, but Shendu replies that since the shadow-ninjas cannot talk, they'd still have to escort the Enforcers to Section 13 after locating it, so having the Enforcers do the job by themselves would save time. The Enforcers get impatient on waiting though and decide to speed things along by kidnapping Jade and making her take them to Section 13, only to be thwarted by Valerie before Jackie enters the fray.
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* BerserkButton: Mishandling Valerie's books turns out to be one for her when Finn attempts to use one of them as a weapon against her.
-->'''Valerie''': Nobody touches my books!
-->'''Valerie''': Nobody touches my books!
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* GetOut: When Jackie jumps from the shop's second floor, he tells the Enforcers to scram, and they obey.
-->'''Jackie''': Leave. Now.
-->'''Jackie''': Leave. Now.
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* ShoutOut: Valerie considers [[DiscoDan Finn's]] outfit to look something straight off of ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'', and she refers to Jade's act of demonstrating the Rabbit Talisman's power as turning into a mini version of the Franchise/TheFlash.
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* ShoutOut: Valerie considers [[DiscoDan Finn's]] outfit to look something straight off of ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'', and she refers to Jade's act of demonstrating the Rabbit Talisman's power as turning into a mini version of the Franchise/TheFlash.Franchise/TheFlash.
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Shendu tells Valmont to find out Section 13's location by having the Enforcers trail Jackie there. Valmont asks if the Shadowkhan weren't better suited for said task, but Shendu replies that since the shadow-ninjas cannot talk, they'd still have to escort the Enforcers to Section 13 after locating it, so having the Enforcers do the job by themselves would save time. The Enforcers get impatient on waiting though and decide to speed things along by kidnapping Jade and making her take them to Section 13, only to be thwarted by Valerie before Jackie enters the fray.
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Shendu tells Valmont to find out Section 13's location by having the Enforcers trail Jackie there. Valmont asks if the Shadowkhan weren't better suited for said task, but Shendu replies that since the shadow-ninjas cannot talk, they'd still have to escort the Enforcers to Section 13 after locating it, so having the Enforcers do the job by themselves would save time. The Enforcers get impatient on waiting though and decide to speed things along by kidnapping Jade and making her take them to Section 13, only to be thwarted by Valerie before Jackie enters the fray.
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* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Uncle initially mistakes Valerie for Jackie's girlfriend. The Enforcers make the same assumption upon first meeting her. She corrects them both times.
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* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Uncle initially mistakes Valerie for Jackie's girlfriend. The Enforcers make the same assumption upon first meeting her. She corrects them both times.times.
* ShoutOut: Valerie considers [[DiscoDan Finn's]] outfit to look something straight off of ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'', and she refers to Jade's act of demonstrating the Rabbit Talisman's power as turning into a mini version of the Franchise/TheFlash.
* ShoutOut: Valerie considers [[DiscoDan Finn's]] outfit to look something straight off of ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'', and she refers to Jade's act of demonstrating the Rabbit Talisman's power as turning into a mini version of the Franchise/TheFlash.
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* BroomstickQuarterstaff: Valerie fights the Enforcers with a broom. When Valmont is told of this, he assesses that his three henchmen are hopelessly incompetent if a woman can fight them off with a mere broom.
* ContinuityNod: When Uncle complains to Jackie that nobody asked him if he wants a shop assistant, Jackie's reply is "didn't want to bother you". This is [[IronicEcho the same answer he received from Uncle]] in the show's first episode to his protest that no one asked his opinion about Jade coming to live with him.
* FaintInShock: Right after Jade uses the Rabbit Talisman to prove to Valerie that magic exists, the Enforcers burst in to kidnap the girl, and Valerie fights them despite having no experience until Jackie jumps from the second floor with a flip and scares the Enforcers away. After all is said and done, Valerie faints in shock.
* PuppyDogEyes: As the Chans and Captain Black wait for Valerie's answer if she still wants anything to do with them after her first scuffle with the Dark Hand, Jade is pulling this on her.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Uncle initially mistakes Valerie for Jackie's girlfriend. The Enforcers make the same assumption upon first meeting her. She corrects them both times.
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* BroomstickQuarterstaff: Valerie fights the Enforcers with a broom. When Valmont is told of this, he assesses that his three henchmen are hopelessly incompetent if a woman can fight them off with a mere broom.
* ContinuityNod: When Uncle complains to Jackie that nobody asked him if he wants a shop assistant, Jackie's reply is "didn't want to bother you". This is [[IronicEcho the same answer he received from Uncle]] in the show's first episode to his protest that no one asked his opinion about Jade coming to live with him.
* FaintInShock: Right after Jade uses the Rabbit Talisman to prove to Valerie that magic exists, the Enforcers burst in to kidnap the girl, and Valerie fights them despite having no experience until Jackie jumps from the second floor with a flip and scares the Enforcers away. After all is said and done, Valerie faints in shock.
* PuppyDogEyes: As the Chans and Captain Black wait for Valerie's answer if she still wants anything to do with them after her first scuffle with the Dark Hand, Jade is pulling this on her.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Uncle initially mistakes Valerie for Jackie's girlfriend. The Enforcers make the same assumption upon first meeting her. She corrects them both times.
