History Series / VIP

* PowerDynamicsKink: ImpliedTrope in the episode [[Recap/VIP2x16NghtHardValsNight Hard Val's Night]]. When Nikki starts bossing the members of Lit around and engages in some MaliciousMisnaming towards the group, drummer Alan Shellenberger is shown loving the hell out of it and asking his band mates if any of them are turned on too.

* PowerDynamicsKink: ImpliedTrope in the episode [[Recap/VIP2NghtHardValsNight Hard Val's Night]]. When Nikki starts bossing the members of Lit around and engages in some MaliciousMisnaming towards the group, drummer Alan Shellenberger is shown loving the hell out of it and asking his band mates if any of them are turned on too.

''VIP'', an action/comedy Creator/PamelaAnderson vehicle created by J.F. Lawton, aired in syndication for four seasons from 1998 to 2002. Anderson plays Valerie Irons, a... [[DumbBlonde blonde]]... who lucks into a celebrity date to a movie premiere, [[AccidentalHero blunders into saving his life]], and – after her date lies to save face by claiming she was his bodyguard – is snapped up by a local celebrity protection agency as a [[AuthorityInNameOnly figurehead leader]]/mascot to draw in business. HilarityEnsues.

* BareYourMidriff: Despite her tomboyish nature Nikki is very fond of this.

** From just the first season there's "Bloody Val-entine," "Diamonds Are a Val's Best Friend," "One Wedding and Val's Funeral," "Val Got Game," "Good Val Hunting," "Val on the Run," "Raging Val"... you get the idea.

* {{Meganekko}}: Kay.

* CaliforniaDoubling: The Protocon International building in "Diamonds are a Val's Best Friend" is The House of the Book performance hall and library building at the American Jewish University, Brandeis-Bardin Campus in Simi Valley, California.
* TheCameo: Justified in VIP's role as a celebrity protection agency. Prevalent in the first season but dropped altogether later on. Notable cameos included Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin, [[Series/TheTonightShow Jay Leno]], Coolio, Charles Barkley and [[Series/TheJerrySpringerShow Jerry Springer]].

* DoNotAdjustYourSet: At one point Kay delivers a rare heroic version of this, hijacking televisions all over the world to broadcast a villain's EngineeredPublicConfession.

''VIP'', an action/comedy Creator/PamelaAnderson vehicle created by J.F. Lawton, aired in syndication for four seasons from 1998 to 2002. Anderson plays Valerie Irons, a... [[TheDitz blonde]]... who lucks into a celebrity date to a movie premiere, [[AccidentalHero blunders into saving his life]], and – after her date lies to save face by claiming she was his bodyguard – is snapped up by a local celebrity protection agency as a [[AuthorityInNameOnly figurehead leader]]/mascot to draw in business. HilarityEnsues.

* DeathByMusicVideo: After protecting them for the episode, ''"Hard Val's Night"'' ends with Val getting to star in Music/{{Lit}}'s newest [[Music/{{Miserable}} music video]], where she plays herself as a giant woman who lounges around in a bikini and platform heels while the band serenades her. She's nice to the band at first but at the end of the video [[spoiler: Val gleefully captures each member of Lit and swallows him alive.]]

* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Tasha
** TheLancer: Quick
** TheSmartGuy: Kay
** TheBigGuy: Nikki
** TheChick: Val
** TheSixthRanger: Johnny

* FakeUltimateHero: Val. Early episodes have Tasha in particular more than annoyed at how she and the team do the jobs and Val gets all the credit as even the bad guys who are beaten ghive Val far more credit than deserved. She does get better as the show goes alo ng.

* FakeUltimateHero: Val. Early episodes have Tasha in particular more than annoyed at how she and the team do the jobs and Val gets all the credit as even the bad guys who are beaten give Val far more credit than deserved. She does get better as the show goes along.

* HumanShield: Val gets this treatment from her date in the first episode when he's in danger.

* BlackBestFriend: Maxine, to Val.