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* SpiritualLicensee: Just by looking at some plot-related elements, the main protagonists and a couple of ShoutOuts, you might as well see the show as either an AnimatedAdaptation of ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' or an unofficial spinoff set in the same universe.

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** Harper doesn't appear much, but is loved by the fandom because of her love for dinosaurs.
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** Yadina and Brad are both bi according to the fandom. Brad is more obvious, especially since he spent most of "I Am Albert Einstein" gushing over Einstein's hair.
** All three of the kids are neurodivergent. Specifically, Xavier has ADHD and Brad is autistic.
** The show takes place in the same universe as ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', since a FreezeFrameBonus, whenever the kids are in the Secret Museum, shows that Journal 3 is located in one of the cubbies.



* ToyShip: Some people ship Yadina/Brad, due to OppositesAttract.

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Some people ship Yadina/Brad, due to OppositesAttract.OppositesAttract.
** Harper/Xavier is gaining traction, helped by their interactions in "I Am Sir Arthur Conan Doyle".
** On Wattpad, people ship Brad with Brian (owing to the popular headcanon that Brad is bisexual). This consequently makes Brian an ArmouredClosetGay in fanfiction.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The art style is clearly a tribute to such comic strips as ''Franchise/{{Peanuts}}'' and ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', and the animation is pretty fluid.

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The art style is clearly a tribute to such comic strips as ''Franchise/{{Peanuts}}'' and ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', and the animation is pretty fluid.fluid.
** "I Am Maya Angelou" includes powerful, colorful visuals to accompany Maya's poem. The colors stand out. Yellow is used for positivity, like when the kids are protected from the rain. Red is used for negativity when the memories of Xavier and Yadina's hurtful comments towards each other come flooding back. Towards the start, a silhouette of a king is shown. Someone whispers something mean into his ear, and he literally shatters, showing that no one is immune to unkind words, not even mighty kings.
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* BrokenBase: "I Am Jackie Robinson" is a point of contention for the fanbase. It gets praise for tackling racism (something rarely done in modern preschool shows), but it also gets criticized for comparing serious issues like systemic racism to minor disagreements between kids; Yadina wasn't allowed to play on the swings because of her red coat, which is something she can change, unlike skin color. Jackie befriending Sarah, who was racist to him, was also criticized for teaching kids to befriend bigots, which can have disastrous consequences.

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* BrokenBase: "I Am Jackie Robinson" is a point of contention for the fanbase. It gets praise for tackling racism (something rarely done in modern preschool shows), but it also gets criticized for comparing serious issues like systemic racism to minor disagreements between kids; Yadina wasn't allowed to play on the swings because of her red coat, which is something she can change, unlike skin color. Jackie befriending Sarah, who was racist to him, was also criticized for teaching kids to befriend bigots, which can have disastrous consequences. As such, the episode was banned from PBS along with its sister episode, "I Am Anna Pavlova".

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* {{Anvilicious}}: Each episode carries a moral, and they're went at with all the subtlety of throwing a cinder block at someone's head. Then again, that's probably the point, and the lessons are good for kids anyways.

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* BrokenBase: "I Am Jackie Robinson" is a point of contention for the fanbase. It gets praise for tackling racism (something rarely done in modern preschool shows), but it also gets criticized for comparing serious issues like systemic racism to minor disagreements between kids; Yadina wasn't allowed to play on the swings because of her red coat, which is something she can change, unlike skin color. Jackie befriending Sarah, who was racist to him, was also criticized for teaching kids to befriend bigots, which can have disastrous consequences.
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** "I Am Billie Jean King" teaches that boys and girls can do the same things. Girls are allowed to play sports, boys are allowed to do ballet, etc. It promotes gender-nonconformity in a way kids can understand, and this moral is very much needed.

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* NightmareFuel: In "I Am Madam President", [[spoiler:Berby '''''dies''''' due to her batteries running low, and drifts off into space]].

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In "I Am Madam President", [[spoiler:Berby '''''dies''''' due to her batteries running low, and drifts off into space]].space]].
** "I Am Harriet Tubman" is equally terrifying, especially due to its subject matter of slavery. Harriet and her family were enslaved and treated cruelly all because of their skin color, something they have no control over. Harriet risks her life to escape from slavery and rescue her family from the clutches of the slavemaster.
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** Jamie, the new kid at school who debuted in "I Am Arthur Ashe", is already popular because of her sweet personality and adorable design.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Brad seems to be this based on the preview trailers. He is really shy, nervous, and loves comics and butterflies.
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* NightmareFuel: In "I Am Madam President", [[spoiler:Berby '''''dies''''' due to not having anymore gas, and drifts off into space]].

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* NightmareFuel: In "I Am Madam President", [[spoiler:Berby '''''dies''''' due to not having anymore gas, her batteries running low, and drifts off into space]].
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** Helen Keller is the most popular of the historical heroes due to her adorable design and inspirational, heartwarming story. Of the main trio, Brad is the most popular [[ThisLoserIsYou because he's so relatable]].

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** Helen Keller is the most popular of the historical heroes due to her adorable design and inspirational, heartwarming story. Of the main trio, Brad is the most popular [[ThisLoserIsYou because he's so relatable]].
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* PeripheryDemographic: The show already has a loyal teen and adult fanbase thanks to its clever writing and use of historical heroes. Even '''''Website/FourChan''''' [[http://boards.4channel.org/co/thread/111276986/xavier-riddle-and-the-secret-museum is fond of the show]], and that speaks volumes.

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* PeripheryDemographic: The show already has a loyal teen and adult fanbase thanks to its clever writing and use of historical heroes. Even '''''Website/FourChan''''' [[http://boards.4channel.org/co/thread/111276986/xavier-riddle-and-the-secret-museum [[https://boards.fireden.net/co/thread/111276986/ is fond of the show]], and that speaks volumes.
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* CriticalDissonance: Joyce Slaton of ''Website/CommonSenseMedia'' [[ItWillNeverCatchOn bashed the show for containing "historical inaccuracies"]], but the show has managed to score a decent-sized fandom, not minding the reviews [[https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/xavier-riddle-and-the-secret-museum on the page]] left by [[{{Troll}} obvious Trolls]].

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* CriticalDissonance: Joyce Slaton of ''Website/CommonSenseMedia'' [[ItWillNeverCatchOn bashed the show for containing "historical inaccuracies"]], but the show has managed to score a decent-sized fandom, not minding the reviews [[https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/xavier-riddle-and-the-secret-museum on the page]] left by [[{{Troll}} obvious Trolls]].[[note]]Whether or not they're [[AstroTurf AstroTurfers]] has not been confirmed, but speculating so [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment isn't good for the wiki]][[/note]].
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* CriticalDissonance: Joyce Slaton of ''Website/CommonSenseMedia'' [[ItWillNeverCatchOn bashed the show for containing "historical inaccuracies"]], but the show has managed to score a decent-sized fandom, not minding the reviews [[https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/xavier-riddle-and-the-secret-museum on the page]] left by {{Troll}}s.

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* CriticalDissonance: Joyce Slaton of ''Website/CommonSenseMedia'' [[ItWillNeverCatchOn bashed the show for containing "historical inaccuracies"]], but the show has managed to score a decent-sized fandom, not minding the reviews [[https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/xavier-riddle-and-the-secret-museum on the page]] left by {{Troll}}s.[[{{Troll}} obvious Trolls]].
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* CriticalDissonance: Joyce Slaton of ''Website/CommonSenseMedia'' [[ItWillNeverCatchOn bashed the show for containing "historical inaccuracies"]], but the show has managed to score a decent-sized fandom.

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* CriticalDissonance: Joyce Slaton of ''Website/CommonSenseMedia'' [[ItWillNeverCatchOn bashed the show for containing "historical inaccuracies"]], but the show has managed to score a decent-sized fandom.fandom, not minding the reviews [[https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/xavier-riddle-and-the-secret-museum on the page]] left by {{Troll}}s.
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* CriticalDissonance: Joyce Slaton of ''Website/CommonSenseMedia'' [[ItWillNeverCatchOn bashed the show for "historical inaccuracies"]], but the show has managed to score a decent-sized fandom.

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* CriticalDissonance: Joyce Slaton of ''Website/CommonSenseMedia'' [[ItWillNeverCatchOn bashed the show for containing "historical inaccuracies"]], but the show has managed to score a decent-sized fandom.
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* CriticalDissonance: Joyce Slaton of ''Website/CommonSenseMedia'' [[ItWillNeverCatchOn bashed the show for "historical inaccuracies"]], but the show has managed to score a decent-sized fandom.
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* NightmareFuel: In "I Am Madam President", [[spoiler:Berby '''''dies''''' due to not having anymore gas, and drifts off into space]]. How was this approved for ''PBS Kids'' again?

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* NightmareFuel: In "I Am Madam President", [[spoiler:Berby '''''dies''''' due to not having anymore gas, and drifts off into space. How was this approved for ''PBS Kids'' again]]?

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* NightmareFuel: In "I Am Madam President", [[spoiler:Berby '''''dies''''' due to not having anymore gas, and drifts off into space. space]]. How was this approved for ''PBS Kids'' again]]?again?
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* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler:In "I Am Madam President", Berby '''''dies''''' due to not having anymore gas, and drifts off into space. How was this approved for ''PBS Kids'' again]].

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* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler:In "I Am Madam President", Berby '''''dies''''' due to not having anymore gas, and drifts off into space. How was this approved for PBS again? Alabama wouldn't let Sally Ride make any mention of her sexuality, yet they were completely fine with a main character dying. Riiiight]].

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* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler:In "I Am Madam President", Berby '''''dies''''' due to not having anymore gas, and drifts off into space. How was this approved for PBS again? Alabama wouldn't let Sally Ride make any mention of her sexuality, yet they were completely fine with a main character dying. Riiiight]].''PBS Kids'' again]].

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Helen Keller is the most popular of the historical heroes due to her adorable design and inspirational, heartwarming story. Of the main trio, Brad is the most popular [[ThisLoserIsYou because he's so relatable]].

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Helen Keller is the most popular of the historical heroes due to her adorable design and inspirational, heartwarming story. Of the main trio, Brad is the most popular [[ThisLoserIsYou because he's so relatable]].relatable]].
** Sally Ride is the most popular of the heroes featured in "I Am Madam President", thanks to being the first LGBTQ+ hero featured in the series and due to her segment being the most dramatic and inspiring. [[spoiler:Great-Great Grandma Riddle has developed quite the fanbase as well]].


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* AwardSnub: The show did get nominated at the Annies, but lost in its 2 categories to ''WesternAnimation/AskTheStorybots'' and ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie''.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: They missed the chance to make a ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' reference in "I Am Alexander Hamilton."

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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** In "I Am Helen Keller", Helen learns how to speak in her own unique way. She learns how to say the name of her dog, Belle, and hugs her when she does.
** In "I Am Zora Neale Hurston", Brad shares his very personal story with Xavier and Yadina. He got his signature cape as a blanket when he was a baby, and he believes that it gave him superpowers, and now he has the best friends in the world. And then they all share a GroupHug.
** In "I Am Johann Sebastian Bach", Xavier works hard, practices, and eventually rocks the school talent show. Brad and Yadina couldn't be prouder.
** In "I Am Marie Curie", Brad starts his own butterfly club. The older kids want to join, and it becomes an "everyone butterfly club". At the end of the episode, a butterfly lands on Brad's shoulder, and he blushes and squeals a bit in delight.

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** In "I Am Helen Keller", Helen learns how to speak in her own unique way. She learns how to say the name of her dog, Belle, and hugs her when she does.
** In "I Am Zora Neale Hurston", Brad shares his very personal story
SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[Heartwarming/XavierRiddleAndTheSecretMuseum Now with Xavier and Yadina. He got his signature cape as a blanket when he was a baby, and he believes that it gave him superpowers, and now he has the best friends in the world. And then they all share a GroupHug.
** In "I Am Johann Sebastian Bach", Xavier works hard, practices, and eventually rocks the school talent show. Brad and Yadina couldn't be prouder.
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its own butterfly club. The older kids want to join, and it becomes an "everyone butterfly club". At the end of the episode, a butterfly lands on Brad's shoulder, and he blushes and squeals a bit in delight.page]].



* TearJerker: In "I Am Marie Curie", Brad can't join the butterfly club because he's not 10 years old yet. He's utterly ''crushed'' by this.

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* TearJerker: In "I Am Marie Curie", Brad can't join the butterfly club because he's not 10 years old yet. He's utterly ''crushed'' by this.[[TearJerker/XavierRiddleAndTheSecretMuseum Now with its own page]].
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* {{Anvilicious}}: Each episode carries a moral, and they're went at with all the subtlety of throwing a cinder block at someone's head. Then again, that's probably the point, and the lessons are good for kids anyways.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped:
** Heroes aren't reality TV stars or people who are famous for being famous. Real heroes are ordinary people who change the world. People who are kind and caring. People who made mistakes. People who struggled along the way, but kept on trying and achieved their goal. That's what makes a hero.
** Nobody is perfect. The show makes it clear that none of the heroes featured are perfect human beings whatsoever, as they are shown making mistakes, and there are even some that had made questionable decisions or said questionable things in real life. [[note]]Like George Washington and Winston Churchill, to name a few[[/note]] But the show is about believing the best of everyone and remembering people for the good they put into the world.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The theme song is extremely catchy and manages to explain the premise of the show and get your excited for it.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The theme song is extremely catchy and manages to explain the premise of the show and get your you excited for it.



* FriendlyFandoms: With the ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'', ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'', and ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'' fandoms, thanks to them all being well-written and educational modern PBS cartons. It helps that Yadina from ''Xavier'' and Honey from ''Luna'' have the same exact VA - Zoe Hatz. Also, Brad is somewhat similar to Sean from ''Jet''.

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* FriendlyFandoms: With the ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'', ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'', and ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'' fandoms, thanks to them all being well-written and educational modern PBS cartons. cartoons. It helps that Yadina from ''Xavier'' and Honey from ''Luna'' have the same exact VA - Zoe Hatz. Also, Brad is somewhat similar to Sean from ''Jet''.
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** In "I Am Johann Sebastian Bach", Xavier works hard, practices, and eventually rocks the school talent show. Brad and Yadina couldn't be prouder.
** In "I Am Marie Curie", Brad starts his own butterfly club. The older kids want to join, and it becomes an "everyone butterfly club". At the end of the episode, a butterfly lands on Brad's shoulder, and he blushes and squeals a bit in delight.


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* TearJerker: In "I Am Marie Curie", Brad can't join the butterfly club because he's not 10 years old yet. He's utterly ''crushed'' by this.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The art style is clearly a tribute to such comic strips as ''Franchise/{{Peanuts}}'' and ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', and the animation is pretty fluid.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The theme song is extremely catchy and manages to explain the premise of the show and get your excited for it.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Helen Keller is the most popular of the historical heroes due to her adorable design and inspirational, heartwarming story. Of the main trio, Brad is the most popular [[ThisLoserIsYou because he's so relatable]].
* FriendlyFandoms: With the ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'', ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'', and ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'' fandoms, thanks to them all being well-written and educational modern PBS cartons. It helps that Yadina from ''Xavier'' and Honey from ''Luna'' have the same exact VA - Zoe Hatz. Also, Brad is somewhat similar to Sean from ''Jet''.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** In "I Am Helen Keller", Helen learns how to speak in her own unique way. She learns how to say the name of her dog, Belle, and hugs her when she does.
** In "I Am Zora Neale Hurston", Brad shares his very personal story with Xavier and Yadina. He got his signature cape as a blanket when he was a baby, and he believes that it gave him superpowers, and now he has the best friends in the world. And then they all share a GroupHug.
* {{Moe}}: Thanks to the SuperDeformed art style and BlackBeadEyes that everyone has, all the child characters can come off as this. Shout out to Xavier, Yadina, and Brad, for having cute personalities to match their cute appearances.
* PeripheryDemographic: The show already has a loyal teen and adult fanbase thanks to its clever writing and use of historical heroes. Even '''''Website/FourChan''''' [[http://boards.4channel.org/co/thread/111276986/xavier-riddle-and-the-secret-museum is fond of the show]], and that speaks volumes.
* {{Squick}}: In "I Am George Washington", Yadina gets a crush on Kid!George Washington, but it comes off as somewhat cringeworthy rather than cute because George Washington eventually grew up, married someone else, and died, so essentially Yadina is crushing on a dead person.
* ToyShip: Some people ship Yadina/Brad, due to OppositesAttract.
* UncannyValley: The characters' huge mouths can come off as this to some people.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The effects used when the kids travel through time are well-done and have a great color palette.
* TheWoobie: It's pretty hard to not feel bad for Brad. He has very low self-esteem despite all his talents and accomplishments, has many allergies, and is always apprehensive to go back in time. Special mention to "I Am Susan B. Anthony" and "I Am Alexander Graham Bell". In the former, Xavier and Yadina won't let him have a vote on what will go where in the Secret Museum, and in the latter, he loses his voice, and Xavier and Yadina won't listen to him.

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