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* HarsherInHindsight: In "Buck the Magic Rat", Kenzie makes a comment saying the titulat rat has dreams as does ''Creator/AnthonyBourdain''. Bourdain committed suicide about a year and a half after the airing of the episode.
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* CutShort: The show was cancelled shortly after Season 3 started airing, the Season itself ending on a cliffhanger that goes unresolved.
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* HollywoodNerd: Kenzie
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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: In "Snackpot!" when they Babe and Trip go get frozen yogurt until they discovered that some of there stuff was stolen by The Fangs with Kenzie trapped in a duffle bag, However kenzie told them that not to open the sack because the girls also took her romper leaving her completely naked inside the sack with Babe and Trip start laughing hysterically.

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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: In "Snackpot!" when they Babe and Trip go get arrived at the studio after buying frozen yogurt until they discovered that some of there stuff was stolen by The Fangs with Kenzie trapped in a duffle bag, However kenzie told them that not to open the sack because the girls also took her romper leaving her completely naked inside the sack with Babe and Trip start laughing hysterically.
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* BirthdayEpisode: Kenzie in "Hungry Hungry Hypno".
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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: In "Snackpot!" when they Babe and Trip go get frozen yogurt until they discovered that some of there stuff was stolen by The Fangs with Kenzie trapped in a duffle bag, However kenzie told them that not to open the sack because the girls also took her romper leaving her completely naked inside the sack with Babe and Trip laughing about.

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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: In "Snackpot!" when they Babe and Trip go get frozen yogurt until they discovered that some of there stuff was stolen by The Fangs with Kenzie trapped in a duffle bag, However kenzie told them that not to open the sack because the girls also took her romper leaving her completely naked inside the sack with Babe and Trip start laughing about.hysterically.
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** "SNACKPOT!" ends with Babe and Trip trying to stop dub from arguing with the wheelchaired boy's mom for taking his favorite drink in the slot vending machine, however they left kenzie in the subway trapped in a sack [[spoiler: completely naked]]

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** "SNACKPOT!" "Snackpot!" ends with Babe and Trip trying to stop dub from arguing with the wheelchaired boy's mom for taking his favorite drink in the slot vending machine, however they left kenzie in the subway trapped in a sack [[spoiler: completely naked]]machine instead of finding and getting back there stolen items and Kenzie's Romper from The Fangs.
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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: In "Snackpot!" when they Babe and Trip go get frozen yogurt until they discovered that some of there stuff was stolen by The Fangs with Kenzie trapped in a sack, However kenzie told them that not to open the sack because the girls also took her romper leaving her completely naked inside the sack.

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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: In "Snackpot!" when they Babe and Trip go get frozen yogurt until they discovered that some of there stuff was stolen by The Fangs with Kenzie trapped in a sack, duffle bag, However kenzie told them that not to open the sack because the girls also took her romper leaving her completely naked inside the sack. sack with Babe and Trip laughing about.
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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: In "SNACKPOT!" when they Babe and Trip go get frozen yogurt until they discovered that some of there stuff was stolen by The Fangs with Kenzie trapped in a sack, However kenzie told them that not to open the sack because the girls also took her romper leaving her completely naked inside the sack.

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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: In "SNACKPOT!" "Snackpot!" when they Babe and Trip go get frozen yogurt until they discovered that some of there stuff was stolen by The Fangs with Kenzie trapped in a sack, However kenzie told them that not to open the sack because the girls also took her romper leaving her completely naked inside the sack.
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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: In "SNACKPOT!" when they Babe and Trip go get frozen yogurt until they discovered that some of there stuff was stolen by The Fangs with Kenzie trapped in a sack, However kenzie told them that not to open the sack because the girls also took her romper leaving her completely naked inside the sack.
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** "SNACKPOT!" ends with Babe and Trip trying to stop dub from arguing with the wheelchaired boy's mom for taking his favorite drink in the slot vending machine, however they left kenzie in the subway trapped in a sack [[spoiler: completely naked]]

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* AIIsACrapshoot: [=MeGo=] in "[=MeGo=] the Freakish Robot." It starts out as a normal robot, but becomes very attached to Hudson, missing him when he is gone. At the end [[spoiler: [=MeGo=] tries to kill Trip when he made Hudson late coming back from their trip]].

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[=MeGo=] in "[=MeGo=] the Freakish Robot." It starts out as a normal robot, but becomes very attached to Hudson, missing him when he is gone. At the end [[spoiler: [=MeGo=] tries to kill Trip when he made Hudson late coming back from their trip]].



* AsHimself: The gang go to meet Nathan Kress to determine who Freddie loved on ''Series/ICarly''.

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* AsHimself: The AsHimself:
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gang go to meet Nathan Kress to determine who Freddie loved on ''Series/ICarly''.



* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: In "Snoop Therapy", after Bunny makes a mistake, Babe, Trip, and Kenzie predict Dub is going to yell, throw food, or spray him with a hose. Hudson then combines them that he would yell while throwing food and spraying a hose.

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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: BreadEggsBreadedEggs:
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In "Snoop Therapy", after Bunny makes a mistake, Babe, Trip, and Kenzie predict Dub is going to yell, throw food, or spray him with a hose. Hudson then combines them that he would yell while throwing food and spraying a hose.



* ChekhovsGun: Kenzie's Blip-It game and Double-G's nostalgia for having it in his youth ends up being what leads him to work ''with'' the Game Shakers instead of ruining them.

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Kenzie's Blip-It game and Double-G's nostalgia for having it in his youth ends up being what leads him to work ''with'' the Game Shakers instead of ruining them.



* DescriptionCut: In the episode "You Bet Your Bunny", while the Game Shakers fret over losing Bunny in a bet to Todd, Triple G tries to cheer them up by saying that he might be enjoying himself. The scene then cuts to Todd treating a miserable Bunny like his personal slave.

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In the episode "You Bet Your Bunny", while the Game Shakers fret over losing Bunny in a bet to Todd, Triple G tries to cheer them up by saying that he might be enjoying himself. The scene then cuts to Todd treating a miserable Bunny like his personal slave.



* {{Expy}}: In the second part of "Clam Shakers", The Clam Jumper restaurant is shown to have a character named the Clam Burglar, a look-alike of [=McDonald's=] Hamburglar.

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In the second part of "Clam Shakers", The Clam Jumper restaurant is shown to have a character named the Clam Burglar, a look-alike of [=McDonald's=] Hamburglar.



* FreeRangeChildren: The preteen girl gang the Fangs in "Snackpot!" hang out in the subway without parents.

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* FreeRangeChildren: The preteen girl gang the Fangs in "Snackpot!" hang out in the subway without parents.FreeRangeChildren:



** The preteen girl gang the Fangs in "Snackpot!" hang out in the subway without parents.



* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Right before the second commercial break in "Bear Butt Laser Runner", Babe announces they have enough time to go to the bathroom and grab a snack before their meeting. In going with the RealTime nature of the episode, when they get back, about two minutes and 35 seconds have passed.
-->Kenzie: "We'll be back after this short break"

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Right before the second commercial break in "Bear Butt Laser Runner", Babe announces they have enough time to go to the bathroom and grab a snack before their meeting. In going with the RealTime nature of the episode, when they get back, about two minutes and 35 seconds have passed.
-->Kenzie: --->Kenzie: "We'll be back after this short break"



* MadeOfIron: Many times, Trip has been shown to get hurt, but nonetheless remain un-injured from things that would seriously injure someone of his age.

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Many times, Trip has been shown to get hurt, but nonetheless remain un-injured from things that would seriously injure someone of his age.



* NoodleIncident: Whatever happened to babe with peaches when she was younger that turned her off from them.
** Possibly explained in "War and Peach" when it was revealed in third grade, Kenzie built a machine that could throw a peach at 90 mph. It hit Babe in the face.

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* NoodleIncident: Whatever happened to babe Babe with peaches when she was younger that turned her off from them.
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them. This was possibly explained in "War and Peach" when it was revealed in third grade, Kenzie built a machine that could throw a peach at 90 mph. It hit Babe in the face.



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Double G and Triple G, further nicknamed Dub and Trip. For Double G, it is his [[StageNames stage name]]. Only Dub's ex-wife/Trip's mother call them by their names, Gail and Grover.

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Double G and Triple G, further nicknamed Dub and Trip. For Double G, it is his [[StageNames stage name]]. Only Dub's ex-wife/Trip's mother call them by their names, Gail and Grover.



* PersonaNonGrata: In "Flavor City", the Shakers go to see a broadway musical but they don't get the front row; in the middle of Babe's engineered performance, Dub comes onstage and demands to punish whoever didn't give him what they deserved; this causes the Shakers to be banned from Flavor City for life.



* PersonaNonGrata: In "Flavor City", the Shakers go to see a broadway musical but they don't get the front row; in the middle of Babe's engineered performance, Dub comes onstage and demands to punish whoever didn't give him what they deserved; this causes the Shakers to be banned from Flavor City for life.

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* PersonaNonGrata: In "Flavor City", PreMortemOneLiner: Dub gives one to [=MeGo=] in "[=MeGo=] the Shakers go Freakish Robot" prior to see a broadway musical but they don't get throwing him off the front row; in the middle of Babe's engineered performance, Dub comes onstage and demands to punish whoever didn't give him what they deserved; this causes the Shakers to be banned from Flavor City for life.roof.
-->'''[=Dub=]:''' Hey, you! Knock, knock!\\
'''Mego:''' Who's there?\\
'''[=Dub=]:''' NOT YOU!



* ShoutOut: In "Lost Jacket, Falling Pigeons", among the items that are in the Lost and Found are [[Series/{{iCarly}} Gibby's fake head and Sam's iCarly remote]], an Series/AllThat coffee mug, and a Series/HenryDanger comic book.

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In "Lost Jacket, Falling Pigeons", among the items that are in the Lost and Found are [[Series/{{iCarly}} Gibby's fake head and Sam's iCarly remote]], an Series/AllThat coffee mug, and a Series/HenryDanger comic book.



* SpiritualSuccessor: Can be seen as ''Series/ICarly'', but [[RecycledInSpace with video games]]. Characters such as Babe and Hudson resemble Sam and Gibby respectively.



* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: "Double-G" as played by Kel Mitchell is pretty much just a straight name change of his "Peezy-B" character from ''Series/SamAndCat''. Confirmed by Kel himself [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/kel-mitchell-game-shakers-821541 here]].

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"Double-G" as played by Kel Mitchell is pretty much just a straight name change of his "Peezy-B" character from ''Series/SamAndCat''. Confirmed by Kel himself [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/kel-mitchell-game-shakers-821541 here]].



* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: One of the protagonists is called "Babe." Nothing we've seen so far has suggested that this is a nickname.

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: In "The One with the Coffee Shop", Trip had an annoying girl named Candace who talked and laughed annoyingly. She bordered on ''StalkerWithACrush'' when it was revealed she knew Trip was back at the cafe because she put a tracking device on him. As with most of the things in the episode, she was an ''Expy'' of Janice, a similar character to Chandler on ''Series/Friends''.

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: In "The One with the Coffee Shop", Trip had an annoying girl named Candace who talked and laughed annoyingly. She bordered on ''StalkerWithACrush'' when it was revealed she knew Trip was back at the cafe because she put a tracking device on him. As with most of the things in the episode, she was an ''Expy'' of Janice, a similar character to Chandler on ''Series/Friends''.''{{Series/Friends}}''.
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* {{Mondegreen}}: In "Boy Band Cat Nose", Kenzie visits a plastic surgeon to fix her cat's nose holes and also to give him a bath and make him clean. Due to the surgeon and assistant's foreign accents, they mishear the word "clean" as "green", and thus, they end up dying the cat green.

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* {{Mondegreen}}: MondegreenGag: In "Boy Band Cat Nose", Kenzie visits a plastic surgeon to fix her cat's nose holes and also to give him a bath and make him clean. Due to the surgeon and assistant's foreign accents, they mishear the word "clean" as "green", and thus, they end up dying the cat green.
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* HighConcept: Yet another such series from Dan Schneider who has made a name for himself with shows featuring kids who become celebrities ala ''Series/{{iCarly}}''.
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* AbsentAnimalCompanion: In "You Bet Your Bunny", Kenzie is shown to own a pocket weasel named Cujo, who has not been seen since then. It was mentioned in "Buck the Magic Rat" that Cujo had been repossessed because it's illegal to own a pocket weasel in Brooklyn.

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* PaperThinDisguise: In "Revenge at Tech Fest", [[spoiler: [=MeGo=]]] is wearing a cape, sunglasses, a hat, and a fake mustache. No one is fooled.

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** In "Nasty Goats", Babe disguises herself as the weather woman Lance crushes on so he can date her should they wish to have their game taken down, when the real deal gets sent away to report on a snowstorm last minute.
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In "Revenge at Tech Fest", [[spoiler: [=MeGo=]]] is wearing a cape, sunglasses, a hat, and a fake mustache. No one is fooled.
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** As revealed in "Boy Band Cat Nose", Kenzie introduces her [[''Series/{{Victorious}}'' cat]] [[Series/SamAndCat Valentine]].

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** As revealed in "Boy Band Cat Nose", Kenzie introduces her [[Series/{{Victorious}} cat]] [[Series/SamAndCat Valentine]].

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** As revealed in "Boy Band Cat Nose", Kenzie introduces her [[Series/{{Victorious}} [[''Series/{{Victorious}}'' cat]] [[Series/SamAndCat Valentine]].



* A scottish man, who is an obvious reference to Scotty from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' is in two episodes, "Spy Games" and "Dancing Kids, Flying Pig".

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* ** A scottish man, who is an obvious reference to Scotty from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' is in two episodes, "Spy Games" and "Dancing Kids, Flying Pig".Pig".
** "Buck the Magic Rat" had a reference to the original trilogy of ''Franchise/StarWars'' films complete with Dub's lightsaber.

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* JustOneMoreLevel: In "The Mason Experience", Babe becomes so addicted to her Mason Kendall Experience that she doesn't take the VR goggles off for several hours, and when it came time for someone else to try it, she is temporarily blinded by the light when the goggles are removed. Then when she comes to, she steals the goggles back and wears them continuously once again.



* RealityEnsues: In "The Mason Experience", Babe becomes so addicted to her Mason Kendall Experience that she doesn't take the VR goggles off for several hours, and when it came time for someone else to try it, she is temporarily blinded by the light when the goggles are removed. Then when she comes to, she steals the goggles back and wears them continuously once again.
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Following Schneider's exit from Nickelodeon in early 2018, it was announced the series was canceled and will end after the third season. The final episode aired on June 8, 2019.

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** A variation in "Bear Butt Laser Runner" occurs. The gang are arguing with each other about a game idea. Babe wants a game with butts running around, Kenzie wants a game about laser hair surgery, and Trip wants a game about bears. In the end, Hudson combines the three into a game about a bear who is being chased by butts armed with lasers and has to get home before he is naked. Everyone loves it.

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* AndMissionControlRejoiced: Happens at the end of "Trip Steals The Jet" after Babe has to land the plane by herself. The people at the airport's flight control celebrates.

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* AndMissionControlRejoiced: Happens at the end of "Trip Steals The Jet" after Babe has to land the plane by herself. The people at the airport's flight control celebrates.celebrate.


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* BearerOfBadNews: The gang must decide who should break the news to Dub that his multi-million dollar television shattered because of an accident on their part.


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* DestinationDefenestration: Trying to [[ItMakesSenseInContext convince a boy Babe has a violent sleeping sickness to break up with him]], Babe throws Kenzie out of the school's window. However, she did get it replaced by the Hollywood glass to make it safe for Kenzie.
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* KissOfLife: Played for laughs in at the end of "Babe and the Boys" when Kenzie starts to choke on her water she is drinking at a restaurant called the Beach. After the lifeguard "saves" her she asks him what would happen if she passed out, which he stated he would do C.P.R. Cue her pretending to pass out.
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* NeverMyFault: Dub blames all the babies in the nursery crying the night of Trip's birth which caused him to fear babies, when really, it was the result him dropping Trip, causing him and the other babies to cry in the first place.
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* AndMissionControlRejoiced: Happens at the end of "Trip Steals The Jet" after Babe has to land the plane by herself. The people at the airport's flight control celebrates.
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* HappyBirthdayToYou: In "Llama Llama Spit Spit", Kenzie and Hudson gather everyone at Hudson to sing this to a girl whose birthday was nine weeks ago, to distract them while Babe and Trip try to get their photo on the wall.

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* HappyBirthdayToYou: In "Llama Llama Spit Spit", Kenzie and Hudson gather everyone at Hudson Fooders to sing this to a girl whose birthday was nine weeks ago, to distract them while Babe and Trip try to get their photo on the wall.
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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: In "Snoop Therapy", after Bunny makes a mistake, Babe, Trip, and Kenzie predict Dub is going to yell, throw food, or spray him with a hose. Hudson then combines them that he would yell while throwing food and spraying a hose.


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** Happens twice in "Boy Band Cat Nose", both times with Babe. The first, the vet surgeon who is going to help Kenzie's cat improve his nostrils, he looks at Babe closely, after which she says, "All right, scene's over" which ends the scene. At the end, he does the same thing, which she says, "All right, show's over", after which the episode ended.

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* ParentalAbandonment: With the exception of Dub and Trip, Babe, Kenzie and Hudson’s parents were never shown throughout the series, apart from mentions.

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* ParentalAbandonment: With the exception of Dub and Trip, Babe, Kenzie and Hudson’s Hudson's parents were never shown throughout the series, apart from mentions.


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* PersonaNonGrata: In "Flavor City", the Shakers go to see a broadway musical but they don't get the front row; in the middle of Babe's engineered performance, Dub comes onstage and demands to punish whoever didn't give him what they deserved; this causes the Shakers to be banned from Flavor City for life.

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