History YMMV / StClares

* {{Narm}}: Anne Marie's poetry is considered this in universe (except by the teacher, who considers it to be a rip-off of her own poetry and isn't amused).

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: When it comes to bullying, main characters are given way more slack than antagonists.
** When the twins arrive to St Clare intending to be as rude as disruptive as they can, the other girls call them "stuck-up" twins but leave them alone otherwise until they get over themselves. When Mirabel does it, the entire form go full StockShoujoBullyingTactics against her. Granted, part of it was instigated by Elsie and they eventually felt bad about it but they never were so hateful towards the twins even at their worst.
** Their bullying of Alma Pudden is treated as harmless and justified because she is fat and unpleasant, even after learning she can't help it. In an earlier book they were disgusted when Prudence mocked Carlotta's background especifically because it was something Carlotta couldn't change.

** Their bullying of Alma Pudden is treated as harmless and justified because she is fat and unpleasant, even after learning she can't help it. In an earlier book they were disgusted when Prudence mocked Carlota's background especifically because it was something Carlota couldn't change.

** Their bullying of Alma Pudden is treated as harmless and justified because she is fat and unpleasant. After learning about her condition Doris still makes an unflatering imitation of her.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Alison standing up to Angela.
** Carlotta and her circus friend [[spoiler: rescuing Sadie from her kidnappers]] on their own.

--> ''Jane gave a sob and rushed out of the room. In a few minutes Violet Hill came in, thrilled to be sent for. Angela gave her orders in a lazy voice, amused to see how the little first former almost trembled with excitement as she tidied up the room and hung on Angela's lightest word.'

* InsaneTrollLogic: A meta example. The girls call Alma Pudden "Pudding" because of her last name and because of her weight. The narration says if Alma would have taken the mockery with humour, they would call her "Pudding" with affection. [[FlatWhat WHAT?]] How can a malicious taunt about a physical flaw be affectionate? And why would Alma take that with humour? Enid Blyton and her ideas about bullying...

* UnfortunateImplications: See AllOfTheOtherReindeer on the main page. The forms are very clannish in that anyone who is open, friendly and tries to fit in will be accepted, but anyone who isn't won't, and often the girls will blame them for not trying to fit in and be welcome when they never tried to make them welcome.
** In ''Second Form at St. Clare's'', the girls, sick of Mirabel's [[{{Jerkass}} jerkassery]], start to use [[StockShoujoBullyingTactics stock shoujo bullying tactics]] against her. When she ends up in trouble because of it (they put stones in her shoes so she's late to class, sew up her coat sleeves so she can't put it on, spill ink on her homework, take the water out of the flowers when it's her job to keep them topped up, etc) she decides not speak in her own defense because she would be a "tattletale". In general, when the main characters bully other girls it's always a) because the victim deserved it or b) she didn't deserve it, but when the others are made aware of this it all works out fine and nobody cares. [[SarcasmMode Yeah, because bullying works this way in real life.]]
** In ''Summer Term At St. Clare's'', Bobby is asked to be a reserve girl for an upcoming game of tennis. She refuses on the grounds that reserve girls never play and she doesn't want to have to spend time working on her tennis, as she'd be required to. During the game, Isabel sprains her ankle and is replaced by Janet, the reserve girl, who loses the match because she and Pat don't work well together. Everyone blames Bobby for this, ignoring the fact that Bobby had every right to say no and was in no way obligated to play, but of course that doesn't matter, because tennis is SeriousBusiness.
** Claudine and her sister are funny and nice girls but when they do something risky, unorthodox or dishonest, we're told it's because they're French and lack 'English honour'. The other girls, in fact, repeat the "French people are so strange" sentence and its variants so many times that we could have a drinking game with only the books Claudine and Antoinette appear in.
** Alma is a very offensive FatGirl stereotype. Detailed descriptions of just how horribly fat she is? Check. Extremely gluttonous and greedy? Check. [[FatBastard Unpleasant and nasty]]? Check. Lack of intelligence? Check. Sure, it's explained later she has a glands disease but that doesn't explain her stupidity and JerkAss behaviour. And the girls still make fun of her after they discover her problem.
*** Not to mention, they deliberately bully her, calling her 'Pudding' because of her [[UnfortunateNames last name]] and her weight, and also because she hates it. Blyton blames Alma for this, saying that it's her fault for not just laughing it off, admitting she has a weight problem and being a bit more light-hearted. Apparently ''not bullying her'' isn't an option. Thanks, Blyton.

* InsaneTrollLogic: A meta example. The girls call Alma Pudden "Pudding" because her last name and because her weight. The narration says if Alma would have taken the mockery with humour, they would call her "Pudding" with affection. [[FlatWhat WHAT?]] How can a taunt about a physical flaw be affectionate? And why would Alma take that with humour? Enid Blyton and her ideas about bullying...

* Narm: Anne Mary's poetry is considered this in universe.

** Claudine and her sister are funny and nice girls but when they do something risky, unorthodox or dishonest is because they are french and lack "english honor". The other girls, in fact, repeat the "she is so different from us, the english girls" sentence and its variants so many times that we could have a drinking game only with those books.

** Alma is a very offensive FatGirl stereotype. Detailed descriptions of just how horribly fat she is? Check. Extremely gluttonous and greedy? Check. [[ FatBastard Unpleasant and nasty]]? Check. Lack of intelligence? Check. Sure, it's explained later she has a glands disease but that doesn't explain her stupidity and JerkAss behaviour. And the girls still make fun of her after they discover her problem.

** In Second Form at St. Clare's the girls, sicks of Mirabel's [[{{Jerkass}} jerkassery]], start to use [[StockShoujoBullyingTactics stock shoujo bullying tactics]] against her. When she ends up in trouble because of it (they put stones in her shoes so she's late to class, sew up her coat sleeves so she can't put it on, spill ink on her homework, take the water out of the flowers when it's her job to keep them topped up, etc) she decides not speak in her own defense because she would be a "tattletale". In general, when the main characters bully other girls it's always a) because the victim deserved it or b) she didn't deserve it, but when the others are made aware of this it all works out fine and nobody cares. [[SarcasmMode Yeah, because bullying works this way in real life.]]

* InsaneTrollLogic: A meta example. The girls call Alma Pudden "Pudding" because her last name and because her weight. The narration says if Alma would have taken the mockery with humour, they would call her "Pudding" with affection. [[FlatWhat WHAT?]] Can a taunt about a physical flaw to be affectionate? And why would Alma take that with humour? Enid Blyton and her ideas about bullying...

** In Second Form at St. Clare's the girls, sicks of Mirabel´s [[Jerkass Jerkassery]], start to use [[StockShoujoBullyingTactics stock shoujo bullying tactics]] against her. When she end in troubles by that (they put stones in her boots so she was late to training) she decides not speak in her own defense because she would be a "tattletale". In general, when the main characters bully other girls is always a) because the victim deserved it or b)she didn´t deserve it and when the others are made aware of it everybody is BFF.[[SarcasmMode Yeah, because bullying works this way in real life.]]

** In Second Form at St. Clare's the girls, sicks of Mirabel´s [[Jerkass jerkassery]], start to use [[StockShoujoBullyingTactics]] against her. When she end in troubles by that (they put stones in her boots so she was late to training) she decides not speak in her own defense because she would be a "tattletale". In general, when the main characters bully other girls is always a) because the victim deserved it or b)she didn´t deserve it and when the others are made aware of it everybody is BFF.[[SarcasmMode Yeah, because bullying works this way in real life.]]

** In ''Summer Term At St. Clare's'', Bobby is asked to be a reserve girl for an upcoming game of tennis. She refuses on the grounds that reserve girls never play and she doesn't want to have to spend time working on her tennis, as she'd be required to. During the game, Isabel sprains her ankle and is replaced by Pam, the reserve girl, who loses the match because she and Pat don't work well together. Everyone blames Bobby for this, ignoring the fact that Bobby had every right to say no and was in no way obligated to play, but of course that doesn't matter, because tennis is SeriousBusiness.