History Series / BestFriendsWhenever

* IveHeardOfItWhatIsIt: Shelby does this in the episode "The Butterfly Effect".

* ObliviousToOnesOwnDescription:

* ObliviousToYourOwnDescription:

* ObliviousToLove: Shelby never seems to understand when a guy likes her.

* AGoodNameForARockBand/InsultBackfire: Both Barry and Naldo agree that "Heart Rocket" would be one in "A Time to Jump and Jam." [[ContinuityNod In an alternate present in "The Butterscotch Effect", they've formed a rock band with this name.]]

* InsultBackfire/AGoodNameForARockBand: Both Barry and Naldo agree that "Heart Rocket" would be one in "A Time to Jump and Jam." [[ContinuityNod In an alternate present in "The Butterscotch Effect", they've formed a rock band with this name.]]

* AGoodNameForARockBand: Both Barry and Naldo agree that "Heart Rocket" would be one in "A Time to Jump and Jam." [[ContinuityNod In an alternate present in "The Butterscotch Effect", they've formed a rock band with this name.]]

* ArcSymbol: The mysterious symbol in the lab in the BadFuture. It appears every time the girls go there, including on the suit of one of the researchers, and most importantly, [[spoiler: as the desktop image on Barry's laptop. It's later revealed to be logo of MegaCorp GloboDigiDyne. Turns out Barry is a fan of the company, and has plenty of merchandise. Shelby's family now has dinnerware with this symbol]].

* BadFuture:

* AGoodNameForARockBand: Both Barry and Naldo agree that "Heart Rocket" would be one in "A Time to Jump and Jam." [[ContinuityNod In an alternate present in "The Butterscotch Effect", they've formed a rock band with this name.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: In the pilot, Barry appears to have some difficulty with associating facial expression and internal emotion, which can be a sign of autism. This trait carries over in later episodes, so it is presumably an actual character trait and not a one-off joke.

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: "Night Of The Were-Diesel." Shelby tries this [[spoiler:when [[ItMakesSenseInContext Cyd becomes a werewolf]].]]

* InsultToRocks: A punk album featuring a song that claims that "disco stinks" also has an apology written on it to stink for comparing it to disco.

* PlotDevice: The big laser in Barry's lab, which gave Cyd and Shelby the ability to time travel.

* RunningGag: Shelby and Cyd's "Time Selfies". Whenever they travel to another time period, they look at themselves on their phones in order to see how they look in that time.
** in "The Butterscotch Effect", characters going "Wait...what?" before Cyd and Shelby travel back in time

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: A rare aversion for a Creator/DisneyChannel live-action series (Landry Bender isn't a singer, although Lauren Taylor is) - ''Series/TheXFactor''-generated group Forever In Your Mind do the theme song "Whenever". Since Ricky Garcia is the lead singer, it still counts.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each episode is called "A Time To [X]." This pattern appears to have been broken after six episodes.

** "Epic Girls Day" reveals a previously unexplored aspect of the girls' powers. [[spoiler: If they both try to travel to different points in time, each girl will end up in a different timeline where they traveled to their intended destination.]]

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: In "Girl Code" Shelby asks two male members of the computer club to build a website for her, they agree if she gives them tips as to they can tell if a girl they like is interested in them. One of the tips she gives them is that might offer them some treats - at which point she goes home to make them something r the work they're doing for her. Then at home Shelby tells Cyd what she's been doing. As sShelby goes over it, Cyd figures the name of the girl they like a ''lot'' faster than Shelby does...

** "Revenge of the Past": [[spoiler: Sebastian shows up in the present, looking for Daisy. The gang eventually manages to send him back, but Shelby ends up stuck there, without Cyd.]] They get her back, but then [[spoiler: Daisy volunteers to marry Sebastian in order to protect her friends.]] Just when you think it's heading for a DownerEnding, [[spoiler: ''all four'' of the main cast members travel back to 1522.]]

** "Revenge of the Past": [[spoiler: Sebastian shows up in the present, looking for Daisy. The gang eventually manages to send him back, but Shelby ends up stuck there, without Cyd.]]

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: A rare aversion for a DisneyChannel live-action series (Landry Bender isn't a singer, although Lauren Taylor is) - ''Series/TheXFactor''-generated group Forever In Your Mind do the theme song "Whenever". Since Ricky Garcia is the lead singer, it still counts.

* OppositesAttract: A double platonic version, its acknowledged in the first episode Cyd and Shelby have very little in common, but this is the reason they get along. Likewise Barry and Naldo have equally little in common, and yet they still hang out regularly and are very close.

** How did Cyd and Shelby get the power to time travel? [[spoiler:Naldo's unique hair gel]].

** The basic premise of the show. Cyd and Shelby transport themselves into their own bodies in whatever year they travel to, past or future. Barry is trying to crack their secret so he can replicate it.