History Series / Unfabulous

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All episodes begin with “[[DefiniteArticleTitle The]]”.

''Unfabulous'' was a Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} original teen sitcom created by Sue Rose (Of ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'') that started in 2004. It starred Creator/EmmaRoberts as Addie Singer, a CoolLoser girl with braces and a guitar. The show is all about her life, and her friends as she grows up through middle school. She starts out as 13 years old and in the 3rd season, turns 14. Her best friends are Geena (Creator/MaleseJow) and Zack, and they attend Rocky Road Middle School [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield somewhere on the East Coast]]. The first season is mostly about her awkward struggles just getting used to middle school, but her [[SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy obsessive crush on Jake Behari]] takes most screen time of the second and third season.

''Unfabulous'' was a Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} original teen sitcom created by Sue Rose (Of ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'') that started in 2004. It starred Creator/EmmaRoberts as Addy Singer, a CoolLoser girl with braces and a guitar. The show is all about her life, and her friends as she grows up through middle school. She starts out as 13 years old and in the 3rd season, turns 14. Her best friends are Geena (Creator/MaleseJow) and Zack, and they attend Rocky Road Middle School [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield somewhere on the East Coast]]. The first season is mostly about her awkward struggles just getting used to middle school, but her [[SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy obsessive crush on Jake Behari]] takes most screen time of the second and third season.

The show was supposed to end in 2007, but instead continued into 2008.

* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: In "The Rep," everyone is assigned to a different clique for a week for a history project. Addy is assigned to the "Popular" clique, and, as she spends more time with [[AlphaBitch Maris]], she starts acting snottier and more narcissistic. However, she does start feeling guilty about ditching her friends. She finally decides to put her foot down when Maris takes an unflattering picture of Geena from Addy's house and decides to make a billboard-sized copy to display in the hallway at lunch for everyone to see.

* AlphaBitch: Maris and Cranberry qualify at first, but at the end of the first season become members of Addy's TrueCompanions (Until the SnapBack for season 2.)

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Ben thinks Addy is this most of the time.

* BigBrotherBully: Ben acts like this towards Addy and her friends.
* BigBrotherMentor: Ben acts as this sometimes towards Addy and her friends.
* BigBrotherInstinct: On rare occasions, Ben can be somewhat protective of Addy.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Addy.

* BrutalHonesty: Addy wants her friends to do this in ''The Secret''
* ButtMonkey: Maris and Cranberry in Addy's daydreams.

* CharacterDevelopment: Addy changing from TheEveryman into a girl who speaks her mind and goes for whatever she wants. Zack changing from a [[GranolaGirl granola boy]] into an intelligent young man. Geena upgrading from an easily angered fashionista into the down-to-earth member of the group. Jake growing into an actual character from generic boy. Even Maris and Cranberry somehow get in on the CharacterDevelopment, thought it has to happen again after their SnapBack in season 2.

* CoolLoser: Addy and Geena.
* ContinuityNod: Randy Klein becoming Addy's boyfriend after being TheGhost for the first season.
** One episode has Addy singing about her dead goldfish, the Science Fair episode reveals that she's the one who killed it.

* EndingTheme: An instrumental version of whatever song Addy sang in that episode, usually with an entirely different arrangement.

* TheFashionista: Geena, in contrast to Addy.

* InformedJudaism: Addy and Randy.

* LyricalDissonance: Some of Addy's songs.
* MsImagination: Addy.
* NoodleIncident: Addy's failed science projects.

* PopStarComposer: Jill Sobule, who also wrote and performed the opening theme and all of Addy's songs (Including the guitar riffs/instrumentals played as the {{Ending Theme}}s.)

* RelationshipUpgrade: Addy and Jake in ''The Perfect Moment'', Zack and Geena in ''The Best Trip Ever''.

* SiblingRivalry: Many episodes focus on Ben and Addy's rivalry.
* ShipperOnDeck: Jake actively supports Geena/Zach and htries multiple times to get them together in season 3.
* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: Addy toward Jake Behari, especially in ''The 66th Day''

* SoundtrackDissonance: The ''Mexican Wrestler'' song after Addy learns Jake has a girlfriend.
* StalkerWithACrush: ''The 66th Day'' reveals a lot about how Addy stalks Jake, not to mention producing a CD with 65 songs about him on it.
* StrippingSnag: In the “Book Club” episode, Addy tries sneaking out of her home through the front door while her mom is meditating in the living room. Addy makes it, but her skirt doesn’t.
* StylisticSuck: Addy's songs.
* ThreeAmigos: Addy, Geena, and Zack.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Zack and Abby in ''The List of Kissed''.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: One episode has Geena explicitly mention that Health is code for Sex Ed (She turns out to be wrong though).

''Unfabulous'' was a Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} original teen sitcom created by Sue Rose (Of ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'') that started in 2004. It starred Creator/EmmaRoberts as Addy Singer, a CoolLoser girl with braces and a guitar. The show is all about her life, and her friends as she grows up through middle school. She starts out as 13 years old and in the 3rd season, turns 14. Her best friends are Geena (MaleseJow) and Zack, and they attend Rocky Road Middle School [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield somewhere on the East Coast]]. The first season is mostly about her awkward struggles just getting used to middle school, but her [[SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy obsessive crush on Jake Behari]] takes most screen time of the second and third season.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All episodes begin with “[[TheTheTitle The]]”.

* BlackBestFriend: Zack.

* CirclingBirdies: In "The Toot," during a [[DaydreamSurprise daydream sequence]], Addie imagines herself passing gas with enough force to send her boyfriend Jake flying. He crashes into a soda machine and looks dazed as bird sounds play and soda cans clonk him on the head.

* ShipperOnDeck: Jake actively supports Geena/Zach and tries multiple times to get them together in season 3.

'''Unfabulous''' was a Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} original teen sitcom created by Sue Rose (Of ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'') that started in 2004. It starred Creator/EmmaRoberts as Addy Singer, a CoolLoser girl with braces and a guitar. The show is all about her life, and her friends as she grows up through middle school. She starts out as 13 years old and in the 3rd season, turns 14. Her best friends are Geena (MaleseJow) and Zack, and they attend Rocky Road Middle School [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield somewhere on the East Coast]]. The first season is mostly about her awkward struggles just getting used to middle school, but her [[SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy obsessive crush on Jake Behari]] takes most screen time of the second and third season.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Zack and Abby in ''The List of Kissed''.
* XMeetsY: ''Seriee/LizzieMcGuire'' meets ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll''.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Ben thinks Addie is this most of the time.

* BigBrotherBully: Ben acts like this towards Addie and her friends.
* BigBrotherMentor: Ben acts as this sometimes towards Addie and her friends.
* BigBrotherInstinct: On rare occasions, Ben can be somewhat protective of Addie.

* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Addie.

** One episode has Addie singing about her dead goldfish, the Science Fair episode reveals that she's the one who killed it.

* SiblingRivalry: Many episodes focus on Ben and Addie's rivalry.

* AscendedExtra: Randy Klein in season 2

* BlackBestFriend: Zack

* [[GranolaGirl Granola Boy]]: Zack in the first season.

* IndulgentFantasySequence: Many, many times.

* [[MrImagination Ms. Imagination]]: Addy.

* SlapSlapKiss: Ben and Jen

* TwentyFourHourPartyPeople: ''The Party''

* WrongGenreSavvy: Zack and Abby in ''The List of Kissed''

Notable as being the only show in the NickVerse to not have Creator/DanSchneider involved in writing. As a result, the show tends to be overlooked by Nick Verse fans.

* HowWeGotHere: The majority of the later episodes began this way.

* HowWeGotHere: The majority of the later episodes began this way

* ThreeAmigos

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents

* CoolLoser

* GeniusDitz: Geena Fabiano, who alternates between fashion obsessed teen and somebody with an encyclopedic knowledge of Sociology.

* HollywoodNerd: Marry Fery, Freddy, and Dwayne.

'''Unfabulous''' was a Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} original teen sitcom created by Sue Rose (Of ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'') that started in 2004. It starred Creator/EmmaRoberts as Addy Singer, a CoolLoser girl with braces and a guitar. The show is all about her life, and her friends as she grows up through middle school. She starts out as 13 years old and in the 3rd season, turns 14. Her best friends are Geena and Zack, and they attend Rocky Road Middle School [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield somewhere on the East Coast]]. The first season is mostly about her awkward struggles just getting used to middle school, but her [[SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy obsessive crush on Jake Behari]] takes most screen time of the second and third season.