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* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Italian dub uses a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWvjenTN34Y completely different theme song]] just like most series that aired on Italia 1 at the time.

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* CanadaEh: The series takes place in Montreal, Quebec. The Maple Leaf is everywhere (including on Jacob's skateboarding helmet), the (fictional) Prime Minister is a recurring character, and everyone reveres ice hockey. To make this series more Canadian than it already is, you'd have to dress up the entire cast in RCMP uniforms.


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* MooseAndMapleSyrup: The series takes place in Montreal, Quebec. The Maple Leaf is everywhere (including on Jacob's skateboarding helmet), the (fictional) Prime Minister is a recurring character, and everyone reveres ice hockey. To make this series more Canadian than it already is, you'd have to dress up the entire cast in RCMP uniforms.
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* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: Every episode is titled like this.
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* ComedicUnderwearExposure: In "Jacob Two Two and the Colossal Candy Challenge" Principal Greedyguts's pants fall down while he is stuck in the ceiling, leaving him in heart-printed boxer shorts.
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* ThreeAmigos: Jacob, Buford, and Renée.
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* HulkingOut: No actual Hulk parody has been featured in the show. However, the series of growth spurts Jacob went through in "Jacob Two-Two and the Too Big Tomato" all borrow a few aspects to this trope, which include the following:
** Although Jacob's skin turned more red as he grew, his hair [[MyHairCameOutGreen did become sort of a brownish shade of green]].
** By his final form, all of Jacob's clothes completely tore apart, including his pants. He had to use two window covers as clothes (one acting as a pair of pants (naturally), and another acting as a shirt).

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* HulkingOut: No While no actual Hulk parody has been featured in the show. However, show, the series of growth spurts Jacob went through in "Jacob Two-Two and the Too Big Tomato" all do borrow a few aspects to this trope, which include the following:
** Although Jacob's skin turned more red as he grew, his hair [[MyHairCameOutGreen did become sort of a brownish shade of blackish green]].
** By his final form, all of Jacob's clothes [[ClothingDamage completely tore apart, including his pants.pants]]. He had to use two window covers as clothes (one acting as a pair of pants (naturally), and another acting as a shirt).
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* HulkingOut: No actual Hulk parody has been featured in the show. However, all of Jacob's growth spurts in "Jacob Two-Two and the Too Big Tomato" did borrow a few aspects to this trope, which include the following:
** Although Jacob's skin NEVER turned green (instead turning more red as he grew), his hair sure did.
** By his final form, all of Jacob's clothes completely tore apart, including his pants. He had to use two window covers as clothes (one obviously for his pants, and another for his shirt).

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* HulkingOut: No actual Hulk parody has been featured in the show. However, all the series of Jacob's growth spurts Jacob went through in "Jacob Two-Two and the Too Big Tomato" did all borrow a few aspects to this trope, which include the following:
** Although Jacob's skin NEVER turned green (instead turning more red as he grew), grew, his hair sure did.
[[MyHairCameOutGreen did become sort of a brownish shade of green]].
** By his final form, all of Jacob's clothes completely tore apart, including his pants. He had to use two window covers as clothes (one obviously for his pants, acting as a pair of pants (naturally), and another for his acting as a shirt).

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* HulkingOut: No actual Hulk parody has been featured in the show. However, all of Jacob's growth spurts in "Jacob Two-Two and the Too Big Tomato" did borrow a few aspects to this trope, which include the following:
** Although Jacob's skin NEVER turned green (instead turning more red as he grew), his hair sure did.
** By his final form, all of Jacob's clothes completely tore apart, including his pants. He had to use two window covers as clothes (one obviously for his pants, and another for his shirt).



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jacob's siblings may treat Jacob as a nuisance (with the twins going as far as to get him blamed for things he didn't do), but they truly and genuinely love him and wouldn't truly get him in serious trouble. [[BigBrotherInstinct And heaven help you if you try to hurt the kid.]]

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jacob's siblings may treat Jacob as a nuisance (with the twins going as far as to bully Jacob and get him blamed for things he didn't do), but they truly and genuinely love him and wouldn't truly get him in serious trouble. [[BigBrotherInstinct And heaven help you if you try to hurt the kid.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jacob's siblings may bully Jacob and get him blamed for things he didn't do, but they truly and genuinely love him and wouldn't truly get him in serious trouble. [[BigBrotherInstinct And heaven help you if you try to hurt the kid.]]

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jacob's siblings may bully treat Jacob and as a nuisance (with the twins going as far as to get him blamed for things he didn't do, do), but they truly and genuinely love him and wouldn't truly get him in serious trouble. [[BigBrotherInstinct And heaven help you if you try to hurt the kid.]]
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Jacob himself grows into this somewhat round, red-skinned humanoid giant in the episode "Jacob Two-Two and the Too Big Tomato".

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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Jacob himself grows into this a somewhat round, red-skinned humanoid giant in the episode "Jacob Two-Two and the Too Big Tomato".
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Jacob himself grows into this somewhat in the episode "Jacob Two-Two and the Too Big Tomato".

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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Jacob himself grows into this somewhat round, red-skinned humanoid giant in the episode "Jacob Two-Two and the Too Big Tomato".

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** Even Miss Sour Pickle is also horrified of the latter upon learning the truth to a point that she escaped to tell Jacob, Buford, and Renée.

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** *** Even Miss Sour Pickle is also horrified of the latter upon learning the truth to a point that she escaped to tell Jacob, Buford, and Renée.



* FatBastard: Principal Greedyguts. He can barely squeeze himself through doorways, and he is not a pleasant man.

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* FatBastard: Principal I.M. Greedyguts and his identical twin brother Y.B. Greedyguts. He They can barely squeeze himself themselves through doorways, and he is they (especially the latter) are not a pleasant man.men.



* PoliceAreUseless: Jacob doesn't even try to call the cops on all the villains he's faced.

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* PoliceAreUseless: Jacob doesn't even try to call the cops on all the villains he's faced. There were two exceptions however:
** "Jacob Two-Two and the Fantastic Fountain" featured Carl Fester King getting arrested at the end for drilling underneath Miss Darling Sweetiepie's backyard after her Fountain of Eternal Youth.
** "Jacob Two-Two and the Pirated Pastry" completely averts this trope when Jacob actually calls the cops on Greedyguts upon learning that he stole Lloyd Sugarloaf's jelly doughnut recipe.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Jacob doesn't even try to call the cops on Greedyguts or Sour Pickle.

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* PoliceAreUseless: Jacob doesn't even try to call the cops on Greedyguts or Sour Pickle.all the villains he's faced.
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* BathtubScene: In "...and the Big Bagel Bungle", Florence relaxes in the bath while Morty, Zadie, and the twins make brunch. Oddly enough, [[RingAroundTheCollar she still wears her pearl necklace]].

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''Jacob Two-Two'' is a Canadian animated TV series produced by the Canadian animation studio Creator/{{Nelvana}} (with Creator/NineStoryMediaGroup handling animation for the final season) that aired on Creator/{{YTV}}. It is loosely based on [[Literature/JacobTwoTwo a series of children's books]] created by the late Jewish-Canadian author Creator/MordecaiRichler.

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''Jacob Two-Two'' is a Canadian animated TV series that aired on Creator/{{YTV}}. It was produced by the Canadian animation studio Creator/{{Nelvana}} (with Creator/{{Nelvana}}, with Creator/NineStoryMediaGroup handling animation for the final season) that aired on Creator/{{YTV}}.season. It is loosely based on [[Literature/JacobTwoTwo a series of children's books]] created by the late Jewish-Canadian author Creator/MordecaiRichler.


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* DownToTheLastPlay: During the big hockey game at the end of "Jacob Two Two and the Purloined Hockey Card", the opposing team gets a penalty shot with one second left on the clock. The puck appears to roll past Jacob, but he uses SuperReflexes to stop it from passing the goal line.
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* PictureDay: In "Jacob Two-Two and the Unlickable Cowlick", Jacob [[BadHairDay wakes up with a cowlick]] the day before Picture Day, and his attempts to fix it end up [[MyHairCameOutGreen turning his hair green]].
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** Jacob attends Dreary Meadows for the first time in the second episode, "Jacob Two-Two and the Staff Room of Doom". Jacob borrows one of Daniel's T-shirts to look cool, but winds up getting it confiscated thanks to the school's draconian dress code. Along the way, Jacob meets Buford and Renée.

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** Jacob attends Dreary Meadows for the first time in the second episode, "Jacob Two-Two and the Staff Room of Doom". Jacob borrows one of Daniel's T-shirts to look cool, but winds up getting it the shirt gets confiscated thanks to the school's draconian dress code. Along the way, Jacob meets Buford and Renée.
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''Jacob Two-Two'' is a Canadian animated TV series produced by the Canadian animation studio Creator/{{Nelvana}} that aired on Creator/{{YTV}}. It is loosely based on [[Literature/JacobTwoTwo a series of children's books]] created by the late Jewish-Canadian author Creator/MordecaiRichler.

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''Jacob Two-Two'' is a Canadian animated TV series produced by the Canadian animation studio Creator/{{Nelvana}} (with Creator/NineStoryMediaGroup handling animation for the final season) that aired on Creator/{{YTV}}. It is loosely based on [[Literature/JacobTwoTwo a series of children's books]] created by the late Jewish-Canadian author Creator/MordecaiRichler.



** Ann from "Jacob Two-Two and Renée's Rival", an awkward girl who quickly takes Renée's place as the school's best student. She turns out to be [[MeaningfulName an android]]. Greedyguts and Sour Pickle ordered her so they can claim a large cash prize that is being offered to their best student. At the end of the episode, Jacob and his friends send Ann to another school.

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** An awkward girl named Ann from transfers to Dreary Meadows in "Jacob Two-Two and Renée's Rival", an awkward girl who and she quickly takes Renée's place as the school's best student. She turns out to be [[MeaningfulName an android]]. Greedyguts and Sour Pickle ordered her so they can claim a large cash prize that is being offered to their best student. At the end of the episode, Jacob and his friends send Ann to another school.school where she could be safe.



* RoboticReveal: Ann from "Jacob Two Two and Renee's Rival", when the trio found her instruction manual in Greedygut's office.

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* RoboticReveal: Ann from "Jacob Two Two and Renee's Rival", when the trio found her instruction manual in Greedygut's Greedyguts's office.

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* NewTransferStudent: Ann from "Jacob Two-Two and Renée's Rival", an awkward girl who quickly takes Renée's place as the school's best student. She turns out to be [[MeaningfulName an android]]. Greedyguts and Sour Pickle ordered her so they can claim a large cash prize that is being offered to their best student. At the end of the episode, Jacob and his friends send Ann to another school.

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* NewTransferStudent: NewTransferStudent:
** Jacob attends Dreary Meadows for the first time in the second episode, "Jacob Two-Two and the Staff Room of Doom". Jacob borrows one of Daniel's T-shirts to look cool, but winds up getting it confiscated thanks to the school's draconian dress code. Along the way, Jacob meets Buford and Renée.
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Ann from "Jacob Two-Two and Renée's Rival", an awkward girl who quickly takes Renée's place as the school's best student. She turns out to be [[MeaningfulName an android]]. Greedyguts and Sour Pickle ordered her so they can claim a large cash prize that is being offered to their best student. At the end of the episode, Jacob and his friends send Ann to another school.
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* NewTransferStudent: Ann from "Jacob Two-Two and Renée's Rival", an awkward girl who quickly takes Renée's place as the school's best student. She turns out to be [[MeaningfulName an android]]. Greedyguts and Sour Pickle ordered her so they can claim a large cash prize that is being offered to their best student. At the end of the episode, Jacob and his friends send Ann to another school.
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** Overlapping with CharacterizationMarchesOn, in his first appearance, Carl Fester King really lived up to his last name, acting like an ersatz king, and his plan revolved around that. All his other appearances have him as just a regular ConMan.
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* ArcNumber: 22 is Jacob's lucky number.


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* PublicDomainSoundtrack: "StandardSnippet/OdeToJoy" frequently plays throughout the series. It appears to be Jacob's personal theme song, as he hums it to himself in a couple of episodes.

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* AdaptedOut: In the books, Jacob had friends named Mickey, Robby, and Chris. They were replaced by Buford and Renée.



* CanonForeigner: Buford and Renée were both created for the cartoon, presumably to give Jacob some friends.

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* CanonForeigner: Buford and Renée were both created for the cartoon, presumably to give Jacob some friends.cartoon.
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* CoolOldLady: Mrs. Sweetiepie. She's a sweet, yet talkative old lady who bakes cookies... and she's also a secret agent.

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* CoolOldLady: Mrs. Miss Darling Sweetiepie. She's a sweet, yet talkative old lady who bakes cookies... and she's also a secret agent.



* FreakyFridayFlip: In ''Jacob Two Two and the Big Brain Exchange'', Jacob accidentally switches brains with Principal Greedyguts. He uses his new position to try and make life better at Dreary Meadows School. And yes, [[VoicesAreMental their voices switch bodies too]].

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* FreakyFridayFlip: In ''Jacob "Jacob Two Two and the Big Brain Exchange'', Exchange", Jacob accidentally switches brains with Principal Greedyguts. He uses his new position to try and make life better at Dreary Meadows School. And yes, [[VoicesAreMental their voices switch bodies too]].



* MeaningfulName: Lots of the adult supporting characters: I.M. Greedyguts, Miss Sour Pickle, Mrs. Darling Sweetiepie, Auntie Goodforyou, Sergeant Law and Corporal Order, Mrs. Bountiful.

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* MeaningfulName: Lots of the adult supporting characters: [[FatBastard I.M. Greedyguts, Greedyguts]], [[SadistTeacher Miss Sour Pickle, Mrs. Pickle]], [[CoolOldLady Miss Darling Sweetiepie, Sweetiepie]], [[GranolaGirl Auntie Goodforyou, Goodforyou]], [[BadCopIncompetentCop Sergeant Law and Corporal Order, Mrs. Bountiful.Order]], and [[SupremeChef Miss Bella Bountiful]].



* RoboticReveal: Ann from ''Jacob Two Two and Renee's Rival'', when the trio found her instruction manual in Greedygut's office.

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* RoboticReveal: Ann from ''Jacob "Jacob Two Two and Renee's Rival'', Rival", when the trio found her instruction manual in Greedygut's office.

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