History WesternAnimation / TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee

Strangely enough, a similar premise of an urban Chinese-American teenager as TheChosenOne protector of a hidden world of magic with a talking dog sidekick existed in the concurrently-running Creator/DisneyChannel show ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong''.

Strangely enough, a similar premise of an urban Chinese-American teenager as TheChosenOne protector of a hidden world of magic existed in the concurrently-running Creator/DisneyChannel show ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong''.

* TheCastShowOff: This show really put Creator/LaraJillMiller through her paces, in both shouting tone and singing.

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The show has the distention of being the first Cartoon Network original show produced in widescreen.

** The Sandman tries to trap June in [[YourWorstNightmare her worst nightmare]]: being in a school production of ''Film/TheWizardofOz''... and she forgot her lines! [[spoiler: It doesn't work because June knows she's asleep already, which June lampshades]].

* YourWorstNightmare: In "Enter Sandman", June's is revealed to be [[spoiler:forgetting her lines in the school play]]. Fortunately, she's clever enough not to be fazed by it (her first clue being that Ophelia's playing the Tin Man).
** Ironically enough, Ophelia actually '''''does''''' play ''that exact role'' in a much later episode, "There's No Mitzvah Like Snow-Mitzvah," at Jody's sister's Bat Mitzvah play, where all three of June's friends have roles and costumes they had in the dream.

* DotingGrandparent: Jasmine Lee to both June and Ray Ray.

* BalefulPolymorph: "The Great Escape", when Juniper is turned into a lemur and imprisoned in a zoo with other transformed magical beings.

* JerkassHasAPoint: In "A Helping H.A.M.", when it's revealed Monroe was actually going to help the Leader of H.A.M., he mocks how the Leader's backstory [[DisappointedByTheMotive boils down to a pathetic fanboy having sour grapes syndrome]]. Although it comes off as snide, he's certainly not wrong in that the Leader has wasted away his life trying to destroy magic instead of moving on. As it's revealed, when the Leader is trying to get a job in the hiring agency, his talk of hunting down and destroying magic doesn't exactly fly as a resume.

* MarkOfTheSupernatural: The red-pink streak running down June's otherwise raven hair, which is actually a skunk stripe that she dyes. Justified in-universe as the physical mark of her powers as a Te Xuan Ze.

* TemporaryBulkChange: Happens to Monroe who fattens up in "Magic Takes a Holiday". He tries burning off the extra poundage during the credits.

* MarkOfTheSupernatural: The red-pink streak running down June's otherwise raven hair, which is actually a SkunkStripe that she dyes. Justified in-universe as the physical mark of her powers as a Te Xuan Ze.

** What's more, [[spoiler: Jody]] is carrying a book on how to spot magical creatures. So...yeah.

* LeftHanging: See CutShort, not that the last episode doesn't feel like a finale and it was obvious the writers left that in there in case they got another season. But yeah...

* MulticoloredHair: The red-pink streak running down June's otherwise raven hair, which is actually a SkunkStripe that she dyes. Justified in-universe as the physical mark of her powers as a Te Xuan Ze.

* MeaningfulEcho: "Out of the Past" starts with Juniper debating with Ahma that she wants to use dark magical artifacts to win her battles more easily. She asks "Why fight when we can just... win?" Ahma can only offer cryptic and mysterious advice about how the Te Xuan Ze is to never cut corners or take the easy way as it is [[EvilIsEasy the path of corruption]]. Midway through the episode, she learns that the reason Ahma is strongly against cutting corners is because this sort of thinking is what lead Kai taking the path of trying to destroy the Elders. So when Kai offers "[[WeCanRuleTogether Why fight when we can just win]]?" Juniper has a definite answer:

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: "I get by with a little Help from my Elf" ends with a heart-to-heart between Juniper and Ah-Mah concerning the shenanigans that resulted from the episode. When June admits she fell for the "Helper" Elf's scam because of how overwhelmed she'd been feeling lately, Ah-Mah voices she doesn't need a so-called "helper elf" to get by. [[YouAreNotAlone She has her grandmother, Monroe and even Ray-Ray]]. This brings comfort to June that if she has people in her corner, juggling her normal life with her duties as the Te Xuan Ze doesn't necessarily have to be a struggle.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: During their younger sister's birthday, Ahma's sisters look on as she seemingly greets imaginary friends (really her own magical friends, who are InvisibleToMuggles) and [[SincerityMode pity]] that her mind is going. For a moment, they credit that at least she's still prettier than them. ...before they rescind their statement with a Wayne's-World-esque "NOT!" (It's implied that they pick on Ahma because of [[FreudianExcuse jealousy]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: During their younger sister's birthday, Ahma's sisters look on as she seemingly greets imaginary friends (really her own magical friends) and [[SincerityMode pity]] that her mind is going. For a moment, they credit that at least she's still prettier than them. ...before they rescind their statement with a Wayne's-World-esque "NOT!" (It's implied that they pick on Ahma because of [[FreudianExcuse jealousy]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Ahma's sisters are a variety. [[FreudianExcuse Deep down]], it's implied they pick on her and tease her age because they envy how she's younger and prettier than they are. However, if thier dialogue is any indication, they enjoy making Ahma feel like dirt too much to ever admit it to themselves.

* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: Just one of ''many'' examples of this from the 2000s.

* WhamEpisode: "Dog Show Afternoon" becomes this at the end, where it's revealed that the Te Xuan Ze is physically incapable of ever leaving Orchid Bay until they have a descendant who can take their place. Poor June looks so heartbroken when Ah-Mah tells her the bad news.

[[caption-width-right:350:You can't stop the girl!]]

* TheCastShowOff: This show really put Lara Jill Miller through her paces, in both shouting tone and singing.