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1	This page covers tropes found in ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''.
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10	* MadeOfIron: Everyone, the most notable being the time when Shego got kicked from the roof of a building several stories high, into an electrical signal tower, which not only electrocuted her but also collapsed right on top of her. And she walked away with slightly torn clothes and frazzled hair.
11	* MadMathematician: The Mathter.
12	* MadScientist: Drakken, [=DNAmy=], Prof. Dementor, and even a fair number of the "good guys" qualify.
13	* MagicMeteor: The origin of Team Go. "A glowing, rainbow-colored comet!"
14	* MaleGaze: The series has a fair amount of close up butt shots, and sometimes lingers on Shego.
15	* ManiacMonkeys: Monkey Fist's monkey ninjas.
16	* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Kim and Ron, as well as Shego and Dr. Drakken. Kim and Ron remember their first Halloween together; take a wild guess which one wore a cowboy outfit and which one wore a tutu.
17	* MassHypnosis: Drakken tries this, using shampoo of all things, and a scheme involving teens' [=MP3=] players that didn't work out. The Seniors try it with a love ray.
18	* MasterOfDisguise: Camille Leon.
19	* MayContainEvil: "Dr Drakken's Brainwashing Shampoo and Cranium Rinse".
20	* MeaningfulName: Almost everyone.
21	* MeaninglessVillainVictory: Drakken steals the royalty money Ron gets for inventing the Naco. After Kim fails to get it back, he spends it on a giant laser that doesn't work as expected and destroys itself and his lab.
22	* MementoMacGuffin: Ron's titanium-reinforced belt helped Kim remember that they were dating in "Clean Slate".
23	* MerryChristmasInGotham: Ron tries to take on Drakken by himself so Kim can have a nice Christmas with her family. Ends up with Ron and Drakken bonding over an old TV show, whose theme they sing together. The episode ends with Drakken, Shego and the Possible family sitting down to Christmas dinner in an escape pod in the Arctic:
24	--> '''Shego:''' Uh - Dr. D... you ''serious?''
25	--> '''Kim:''' Actually, this is... this is... I don't know ''what'' this is.
26	* MetronomicManMashing: The ninja toddler Hana does this to Monkey Fist.
27	* MicroMonarchy: The Kingdom of Rodigan, where Prince Wally is from, is quite possibly this, even though we don't get precise info on the country's size.
28	* MindControlDevice: The series offers quite a few examples:
29	** Compliance Chips ("Total mind control!");Mood-controlling "Moodulator";
30	** "Hypno-Ray" inside a disco ball;
31	** Love-creating Cupid Ray;
32	** "Dr. D's Brainwashing Shampoo and Cranium Rinse."
33	* MinionShipping: Drakken and Shego.
34	* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Senor Senior, Jr.
35	* MinoredInAsskicking: Kim's family, while mostly the {{Science Hero}}es to Kim's ActionHero, does not have much difficulty in keeping up with her when they end up accompanying her in the field despite no preparation beforehand.
36	* MirrorMoralityMachine: The [=HenchCo=] Attitudinator takes both the good and evil out of a person, then only puts the evil part back. When wrecked, it instead releases both parts in the two nearest people, with Ron ending up with all of Drakken's evil and Drakken being stuck with only his good side. It's later reworked by Electronique into a more typical version of the trope, being a ranged weapon that hits targets with beams that turn them good or evil depending on their current alignment.
37	* MissedHimByThatMuch: Kim nearly bumps into Ron so many times in "Adventures In Rufus-Sitting".
38	* MissedTheCall: Kim initially set up her website looking for ordinary teenager jobs like babysitting, but got drawn into adventuring after a rescue call to Team Impossible accidentally reached her instead.
39	* MissionControl: Wade, quintessentially.
40	* MistakenForCheating: Averted. In the episode "Homecoming Upset", Bonnie forces a kiss upon Ron just as Kim coincidentally enters the restaurant they're in. However, Kim's anger is directed completely at Bonnie, following up Ron's desperate pleas that he's innocent by saying she didn't doubt him whatsoever. After all, it took him "12 sticking years for [him] to kiss [her]."
41	* MixAndMatchCritters: [=DNAmy=]'s creations and Cuddlebuddies.
42	* ModifiedClone: One of Drakken's evil plans involves cloning Kim. In order to make sure the clones aren't heroic, he modifies them to have the reflexes of a king cobra, the strength of a rogue elephant, and the killer instinct of [[FluffyTheTerrible Commodore Puddles.]]
43	* MonsterOfTheWeek: The series manages a good deal of character development with nary an arc to be had.
44	* MostDefinitelyNotAVillain: Malcolm in "Virtu-Ron".
45	* MotiveDecay: The Mathter; He went from terrorizing Go City to making Ron his personal {{archenemy}} just because he used a variable (saying his tape recorder cost twenty dollars) in less than two minutes after they first meet. That's got to be some sort of record. This, like everything else in the series, is also [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]].
46	-->'''Ron''': Oh great, now the math guy's back!\
47	'''Kim''': And he's not even our villain!
48	* MoodSwinger: Doctor Drakken can be ranting with malicious glee about destroying his teenage foe one minute, and then switch to looking for milk in a supermarket. The "Moodulator" chips make Kim and Shego act this way too.
49	* MoonLandingHoax: In the episode "Stop Team Go": Shego is [[MirrorMoralityMachine temporarily turned good]], but Kim has trouble convincing Ron.
50	-->'''Kim:''' ''(elbowing Ron)'' Ron, that's Shego!\
51	'''Ron:''' Nah, it's not Shego, it's Miss Go -- see, it says so on the board.\
52	'''Kim:''' Putting something on the board doesn't make it true!\
53	'''Ron:''' Oh, sure, y'know, when I said that in 20th Century History, I got sent to the office!\
54	'''Kim:''' The moon landing wasn't faked in the Arizona desert, Ron!\
55	'''Ron:''' ''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint New Mexico]]'', Kim!
56	* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Drakken is the guiltiest as he dropped out of college and therefore has no degree to speak of.
57	* MoralityDial: The Attitudinator in "Bad Boy" and "Stop Team Go".
58	* MouthScreen: During "Hidden Talent", Kim is trying to master a high note. When she finally masters it while trying to break a layer of ice, the camera cuts to a closeup of her mouth and slowly zooms in to emphasize her waggling uvula, but never enters her mouth.
59	* TheMovie: Two of them. ''A Sitch in Time'' and ''So the Drama'', the latter ending up as the SeriesFauxnale.
60	* MultipleDemographicAppeal
61	* MuggingTheMonster: During "Graduation, Part 2", Ron, unbeknownst to the Lowardians, comes into control of a very great power, making Warhok and Warmonga's mocking him a very poor idea. It crosses into BullyingADragon when they continue messing with him even after he's taken out all their tripods and thrown Warhok across the landscape.
62	* MusclesAreMeaningless: [[TheDragon Future Drakken]] versus [[{{Sidekick}} Ron Stoppable]]. Enough said.
63	** Amazingly, it was also inverted in that same episode, since Dr. Drakken wiped the floor with both Kim Possible ''and'' a CharlesAtlasSuperpower Monique. After beating them, Shego gloats, making Ron mad. '''Big Mistake'''.
64	** Usually, Kim: perfectly willing and able to knock down men twice her size. Even discussed when she and Shego faced two huge wrestlers while TrappedInTVLand; "Well, this shouldn't be a problem."
65	** Ron and Drakken's henchmen wear muscle-enhancing rings in "Ron The Man", but it's still Kim and Shego doing most of the fighting, maybe even more than usual.
66	** Señor Senior Junior is the most buff-looking of the regular villains, but doesn't get into fights. Maybe he [[TheDandy doesn't want to mess up his hair]].
67	* MysteryMeat: Frequently served at Middleton High's cafeteria, to the disgust of the students. One episode had Kim and her class forced to watch a video saying what exactly went into Mystery Meat; the class ran out screaming and wanting to vomit.
68	** In another episode, Mr. Barkin is filling in for [[NoodleIncident yet another absent teacher]] who "made a mistake many first-year teachers make -- she ate the cafeteria meatloaf". The class [[ReactionShot reacts with horror]].
69	** In another episode, Wade analyzed the gravy that a ghost [[spoiler:actually Sensei's astral projection]] used to write a message to Ron on the cafeteria wall. Wade told Kim and Monique that they do not want to know what's in it until they graduate. From college.
70	* MythologyGag: In several episodes, including "Graduation", you briefly hear Creator/AprilWinchell voicing a news reporter, and Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson is also heard in the "next time"/"Previously on" segments when "Graduation" rerun. Both used those specific voices in ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' (the former as another news anchor, the latter as the narrator and Lando); that series was also produced by Disney (via Touchstone Television), Chris Bailey and Steve Loter produced both shows, and Stephen Silver designed the character models for both shows as well.
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74	* {{Nanomachines}}: The Nano-Tick in "Tick-Tick-Tick" (though it's not really on a nano-scale - according to Drakken, it just sounds cooler that way) and probably the source of Camille Leon's [[ShapeShifting shapeshifting]] ability.
75	* NerdHoard: Villain [=DNAmy=] has a collection of every Cuddle Buddy (a Toys/BeanieBabies expy with MixAndMatchCritters) ever made, and is former president of the Cuddle Buddy Collectors Club. While Kim geeks out a bit over the collection, having loved the toys as a kid, it doesn't stop her from stopping [=DNAmy=]'s attempts to make real Cuddle Buddies via illegal genetic splicing.
76	* NerdyNasalness: Ned, the recurring Bueno Nacho employee, speaks with a very nasally voice, signifying him to be even nerdier than the show's main nerd, Ron. It helps a great deal that he's voiced by Creator/EddieDeezen.
77	* NeverMessWithGranny: Nana Possible went through the [[TheSpartanWay Navy SEALS Underwater Demolitions Training]], and owns Kim at kung fu, tough enough for ya?
78	* NeverMyFault: Gill blames Ron for his mutation, citing the fact that Ron "let" him take his swim time, while Ron took arts and crafts (even though the flashback made it clear that Gill planned to stay in the lake either way).
79	* NeverSayDie: {{Zig Zagg\|ingTrope}}ed. When referring to their attempts to kill Kim, villains usually talk about "destroying" or "eliminating" her, but the direct mention of the concept of death or dying does come up a few times:
80	** In "Mind Games", Mr. Possible asks if the Neutronalizer is one of those "IdTellYouButThenIdHaveToKillYou" deals.
81	** In "Number One" Killigan says that Kim will have to pry his golf clubs from his "cold, dead hands".
82	** In "Pain King vs Cleopatra", Kim talks openly to Monique about how the desert prince she was protecting in a previous mission almost died.
83	** Averted in the tie-in games, which freely talk about the villains' attempts to kill Kim (or in the case of Falsetto Jones' defenses, how they're not at full power and thus not really trying to kill her).
84	%% * NewJobEpisode: Played straight in "Bueno Nacho". Subverted and played straight in "The Big Job"
85	* NiceGirl: Kim [[CharacterDevelopment grows]] to become this after Season 1, following a few BreakTheHaughty moments. Yori is this in all her appearances. As is Tara.
86	* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
87	** The Seniors would have been content to be rich and eccentric, if Ron hadn't accidentally convinced them that EvilIsCool.
88	** Monkey Fist wouldn't have realized "the infant" who beat him earlier was "The Han" he was looking for...especially if Kim hadn't tried to insult his intelligence by mentioning Hana "Han" Stoppable was Ron's sister.
89	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In ''A Sitch in Time'', after Overlord Shego won, Drakken talks her into [[JustBetweenYouAndMe gloating]].
90	* {{Ninja}}: Good human ninjas hail from the Yamanouchi Ninja School in Japan, and evil monkey ninjas are aligned with Monkey Fist. The evil sumo ninja makes a one-off appearance as a henchman of Drakken in ''So the Drama''.
91	** And the Embarrassment Ninjas.
92	** And Global Justice's Ninjabots.
93	%% * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
94	%% ** Britina, MC Honey, Heather, the Holson twins, the CausticCritic host of "[[Series/AmericanIdol American Starmaker]]" and Camille Leon, among others.
95	%% ** One TrappedInTVLand episode had a pink haired spy fighting Kim over a device. [[Series/{{Alias}} Who could that be?]]
96	%% * NoGravityForYou: Occurs sometimes in space-related episodes and acts as a level gimmick in the third GBA game.
97	* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Kim reasons this as why she doesn't have a date to the prom.
98	* NoIndoorVoice:
99	** Dementor's excitable METHOD OF ''SPEAKING!''
100	** And there's Dr. Drakken. In the Halloween episode, after yelling on the phone with Duff Killigan, Shego tells him to use his indoor voice.
101	* NoNonsenseNemesis: Shego in ''A Sitch In Time''. She manages to TakeOverTheWorld and cause a BadFuture.
102	* NoPrisonSegregation: Shego is explicitly shown sharing a prison with Drakken and other male prisoners whenever she's locked up, though she could be a special case since she's a supervillain and not a standard criminal.
103	* NoSeatBelts: Averted. The show makes sure that they put on helmets or parachutes or buckle up in their flying car.
104	* NonhumanSidekick: Rufus the Naked Mole Rat.
105	* NonLethalWarfare: With HarmlessVillain Drakken around, this is unsurprisingly the norm. Not that he and the other villains don't ''try'' to blow Kim away, though.
106	** Kim also gets a few exceptions, at one point firing a homing missile at Drakken and Shego's fleeing hover car, and kicking Shego of a roof into an electrical tower at the climax of ''So The Drama''.
107	* NoodleIncident: ''Kim Possible'' loves this trope.
108	-->'''Barkin:''' And don't let them tell you they're supposed to have class outside! We put stop to that after the jellyfish incident.\
109	'''Miss Go:''' Oh that's so nice! You took the class to the beach!\
110	'''Barkin:''' No beach. Just jellyfish. Don't ask.
111	** Also:
112	-->'''Kim:''' Like that time you cleaned your room.\
113	'''Ron:''' We agreed never to speak of that dark day.
114	** There was also the "paper machete" incident. Not paper mache, machete.
115	** Kim and Ron also tend to hitch rides from people whom they have helped in the past, often in some spectacular fashion that is briefly described by the ride-giver and [[ThinkNothingOfIt downplayed]] by [[HumbleHero Kim]]. They do this [[OnceAnEpisode a lot]]. A few of their rides are {{Call Back}}s to previous episodes.
116	** Occasionally, Mr. Barkin will begin a class with a brief explanation of why he's [[TwoTeacherSchool substituting for another teacher]].
117	-->'''Barkin:''' A fungal experiment [[GoneHorriblyWrong went horribly wrong]]. [[YouDontWantToKnow I didn't press for details]].
118	** Supposedly, he also saved the world once, if his speech to Ron about graduation is any indication;
119	-->'''Barkin:''' Ah, Senior Year, I remember it well. Best two years of my life; big man on the football team [...] dated the most popular girl in school [...] I even helped save the world a time or two.
120	-->'''Ron:''' Right on -- wait, what?! You?!
121	** Though, Barkin is probably lying here about saving the world. He's probably only saying that as to get into Ron's head and get himself more credibility from Ron and make Ron freak out about how "it's all downhill from here" and "the center cannot hold" as bullying Ron is basically Mr. Barkin's M.O. Barkin's statement even directly contradicts his actions in the GrandFinale, where he was basically a DirtyCoward while the Lowardians invaded.
122	** And from the episode where they thought Bird-themed villain Aviarius:
123	-->'''Ron:''' [[ChickenWalker That]] is the second-biggest flamingo I've ever seen.
124	* NotDisabledInVR: Felix uses a wheelchair in real life, but has the use of his legs in their virtual reality game world. Also played with, in that badass, athletic Kim is a tiny little helpless pixie who can do little more than float in the same game world, and the Mighty Tunnel Lord is Rufus, the naked mole rat, tiniest of them all in the real world.
125	* NotMeThisTime: When Kim finds out that Dr. Drakken has been broken out of prison by a woman with "green energy blasts", she naturally drops in on his {{sidekick}} Shego, only to find out later that it was actually an alien who did it.
126	-->'''Shego:''' I'm. On. Va''cation!''\
127	'''Ron:''' So, it ''wasn't'' you that busted out Drakken?\
128	'''Shego:''' Who do you think I'm vacationing ''from?''
129	** Also done in the first part of the two-parter series finale, "Graduation Part 1". When several golf courses were undergoing eruptions, Kim Possible suspects Duff Killigan for the event. When confronted with the issue, Killigan explains that he wasn't involved, and even takes it a step further to reveal that his own golf course was defaced in a similar manner.
130	** Also done in "Gorilla Fist" where Ron and Yori go looking for Monkey Fist thinking he kidnapped Yori's Sensei, not knowing it was a BatmanGambit by [=DNAmy=]. When found, Monkey Fist explains he wouldn't kidnap him because [[PragmaticVillainy he was of no value to him]].
131	* NotSoAboveItAll: A common gag. In general, it's a running theme in the show that Kim is nowhere near as infallible in her regular life as she is in "mission mode".
132	* NotSoDire: A fair number of episode teasers establish an apparent crisis, only to reveal that the real sitch is relatively benign.
133	* NotWhatItLooksLike: Played with in "Homecoming Upset". Bonnie forces a kiss on Ron just as Kim arrives on the scene. Ron (who is sitcom-savvy) assumes Kim will immediately assume the worst and be furious with him. Kim points out that she knows very well that Ron hasn't been romancing Bonnie:
134	-->'''Kim:''' No kidding! It took ya twelve stinkin' years to kiss me!
135	** Played straight in "Ill Suited", where Ron is trying to explain why he stole Kim's battlesuit.
136	-->'''Ron:''' Wait wait! It's not what you think!\
137	'''Kim:''' Oh? So you're not a cheater, a liar and a ''thief''?!\
138	'''Ron:''' ... OK, it is what you think.
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142	* ObliviousToLove: Ron was completely oblivious of the cheerleader Tara's crush on him until it was too late. He was equally oblivious to Yori's crush on him. In both cases, Kim had to tell him. This led him to tell Kim that girls should just say how they feel.
143	* ObsessedAreTheListmakers: Dr. Drakken dreams up a great plan to TakeOverTheWorld, but later forgets it. To avoid this happening again, he starts writing everything he plans to do on note-cards. This bites him when he forgets to write down a crucial step of his next plan and so misses it out, fatally endangering himself, his {{sidekick}} Shego, Kim, and Ron. At this point, Shego [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere bails out and leaves him to it.]]
144	* OffhandBackhand: Shego to Mego: "He always does that move. It never works."
145	* OfficialCouple: Kim and Ron, from ''So The Drama'' onward. WordOfGod is they were planned from the start, [[JustFriends which is unsurprising]]. WordOfGod goes on to further state that if there were any doubts, their relationship from "Graduation" onwards will indeed continue and flourish. More specifically that they will be together forever.
146	** Bonnie and Senor Senior Jr. from "Homecoming Upset" onwards.
147	** Dr. Drakken and Shego are strongly implied to be this, as per the end of "Graduation".
148	* OffscreenVillainDarkMatter: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]], as it's repeatedly pointed out that Drakken frequently has trouble with his finances and often can't afford to keep his {{Mooks}} employed, while Professor Dementor ends up fleeing and turning over a hostage to Team Possible when it emerges the ransom amount couldn't cover the cost of the equipment he'd been using that day. Jack Hench is also a subversion, as his presence explains not only ''where'' [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys villains get their mooks and equipment]], but also explains the origin of the term "henchman".
149	* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Shego has been known to take other villains' attempts at defeating Kim personally.
150	--> '''Shego:''' Need some help?
151	--> '''Kim:''' Are you ''offering?''
152	--> '''Shego:''' Look, I just don't want to lose to a giant ''flamingo,'' OK?
153	* OhCrap: Shego gets a spectacular one in "Bad Boy". When Evil Ron declares that Shego is nothing more than the hired help, Shego decides to blast him...only for Evil Ron to completely NoSell the blast with a force field. She gets an even bigger OhCrap when Evil Ron makes it clear that he has no problem with offing the hired help...
154	* OhWaitThisIsMyGroceryList
155	* OlderThanTheyLook: Granny Crocket after extensive surgery.
156	-->'''Granny Crocket:''' Granny had [[{{Understatement}} a little]] work done.
157	* OneOfTheBoys: In "Steal Wheels", Kim gets jealous of Ron spending so much time hanging out with Felix, so she tries to be one of these in order to fit in with them. She can't pull it off, and she doesn't even enjoy any of the activities they do.
158	* OneShotCharacter: [[MeaningfulName Falsetto]] Jones the GentlemanThief only appeared in one half-episode.
159	* OneSteveLimit: Ron Stoppable and Ron Reager. {{Lampshaded}} during the latter's first appearance.
160	** A slight case with Kim's detention mate Junior in "Tick-Tick-Tick" appearing one episode after the introduction of (Señor Senior) Junior. Detention!Junior never appears after that episode though, while SSJ becomes a recurring character.
161	* OneWingedAngel: Gleefully subverted; Drakken is mutated by one of his own chemicals, but it makes him even less threatening. Played straight, again by Drakken, later in the same episode.
162	* {{Open Minded Parent}}s: The Possibles, natch. Kim can go halfway around the world, battle giant robots, and get lost in time and space (maybe all three at once), yet her parents won't bat an eye.
163	** Her parents are experts at [[ThisAintRocketSurgery two of the most notoriously difficult jobs on the planet]]. [[JustifiedTrope One would hope that they are open minded.]]
164	* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Kim and Ron certainly go to HighSchool, and most certainly SaveTheWorld on a semi-regular basis: 'ordinary'... not so much. (From the theme tune: "I'm your basic average girl, and I'm here to save the world.")
165	* OutOfContextEavesdropping: [[ThisLoserIsYou Ron Stoppable]] breaks into his girlfriend's house, then her closet, steals her super battle suit, joins the football team as star quarterback, gets caught with the suit and controlled by a villain, ends up in a physical and emotional fight with Kim, then ends up on the team anyway (and is still a star player just in a different position), all because he thought Kim was going to take [[AlphaBitch Bonnie]]'s advice about "trading up" to a socially acceptable jock boyfriend. Ron then overheard Kim talking with Monique about trading up and agreeing with Bonnie. Turns out they were talking about a new mobile phone.
166	* OutOfFocus: The comic stories in ''Magazine/DisneyAdventures'' [[ScrewedByTheNetwork tended to focus more on lame Rufus-centric gags]] than Kim saving the world.
167	* OutOfOrder: "Tick-Tick-Tick" is clearly Team Possible's first encounter with Drakken and Shego, and has Drakken's first appearance lit by flickering firelight to set up a later reveal of his blue skin... but the two villains had already appeared (by original broadcast order) in "Crush".
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171	* PaintingTheMedium: Ron at the end of "Grande Size Me".
172	* PairTheSmartOnes: Kim's parents, Dr. Possible the rocket scientist and Dr. Possible the brain surgeon.
173	* PairTheSpares: Ron's Season 2 interest Zita, was dug out of limbo to be set up with Felix, another B-Character in the GrandFinale.
174	* PaperThinDisguise: Averted with Camille Leon, except in her second appearance.
175	* ParentalBonus:
176	** A number of sly references. "[[Series/QueerEyeForTheStraightGuy Evil Eye For The Bad Guy]]"?
177	** "[[Series/GilligansIsland Killigan's Island]]".
178	** This show is a nearly non-stop maker of references to older movies and 70s-80s music.
179	* ParentalTitleCharacterization: Kim usually refers to her parents as "Mom" and "Dad" like a typical teen. But when she wants to be taken seriously, she'll call her Mom "Mother" (she never does the gender-equivalent with her Dad, due to her father's tendency to still treat her like a little girl). And when she's in an affectionate mood and plays up her cuteness on the occasions where she accepts and wants her father's [[MyBelovedSmother smothering]], she'll refer to him as "Daddy".
180	* PercussiveMaintenance: Rufus uses this in "Sink or Swim" to help Ron start a malfunctioning motorboat.
181	* PerpetualFrowner: Shego.
182	** Who becomes a PerpetualSmiler in ''[[NotHerself Stop Team Go]]''.
183	* PerplexingPlurals: In "Naked Genius", Drakken captured Ron (thinking he got the brainpower he was after instead of Rufus) and forced him to build a doomsday device or else he'd be sleeping with the "fishes". He then gets confused if that is correct and asks Shego. Shego tells him that both fishes and fish are correct plurals for the word.
184	* PersonalitySwap: Ron and Drakken swap their "good" and "evil" essences in one episode.
185	* PetTheDog: Some villains get these moments - PlayedForLaughs, of course.
186	** Shego tutoring Junior. Her constant world-weary sarcasm fades a bit as she begins to enjoy teaching her dim (but determined) student rather than enduring Drakken's perpetual stupidities.
187	** Drakken in ''Possible Christmas.'' To hilarious lengths. Not only does he pay for Shego's Christmas vacation and invite the Possibles to Christmas dinner, he ''remembers Ron's name''.
188	--> '''Kim:''' Well, this is - this is... I don't know what this is.
189	* PhysicalMysticalTechnological: The show does this with the three main human members of the primary crimefighting team. Kim is the physical muscle, Wade with his gadgets is technological, and Ron has his mystical monkey powers.
190	* APirate400YearsTooLate: Played with in "Cap'n Drakken" where Dr. Drakken gets possessed by a pirate ghost:
191	-->'''Drakken:''' Aye. Set the mainsail, wench.\
192	'''Shego:''' Okay, first of all we don't have any sails. Second of all, call me 'wench' again and we'll be planning a ''burial at sea''.\
193	'''Drakken:''' ''(nervously)'' Yearr. Arrgh.
194	* PlotParallel: Often found between the "basic average girl" and "here to save the world" plots of any given episode. For instance, Señor Senior Senior's controlling attitude toward Junior's disco in "Coach Possible" showed Kim the error of her overzealous approach in coaching the soccer team.
195	* PlotPants: The titular heroine and her sidekick, Ron Stoppable, alternate between hip, casual clothes at school and home, and their mission fatigues when out saving the world.
196	* PlotRelevantAgeUp: Kim's brothers in Season 4.
197	** Maybe. They actually skipped an undisclosed number of grades to enter high school early; Kim's four or five years older than them (as established in ''A Sitch in Time'').
198	* PlotTechnology: Nearly all of the MadScientist {{supervillain}}s are guilty of this, [[NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup often with all sorts of advanced tech vanishing after the episode in question]].
199	* PluckyComicRelief: Usually Ron, though Drakken has his own share of moments as well. Drakken is Shego's comic relief (and vice versa) and Ron is Kim's comic relief.
200	* PoliceAreUseless: When they show up at all, all that's left for them to do is haul off the defeated villains.
201	* PomPomGirl: Kim that is the head cheerleader, but also a nice girl and never bitchy. The other cheerleaders are also really nice and seem to have average intelligence, while Kim's archrival, Bonnie Rockwaller, is truly the only [[CruelCheerleader mean-spirited cheerleader]] on the squad and Tara's the only one implied to be a BrainlessBeauty.
202	* PostKissCatatonia: Ron falls into one of these when Kim first kisses him [[KissingUnderTheInfluence under the influence of the Moodulator]] in "Emotion Sickness".
203	* PovertyFood: Ron complains about the indeterminate "pudding" served by the school cafeteria, which is contrasted with the fine fare served at the "senior table".
204	* PowerFloats: Ron with his monkey power.
205	* PowerGlows: Shego and Team Go, Ron's Monkey Power and some of the mad-science machinery, among other things.
206	* ThePowerOfPotential: Ron Stoppable starts the series as Kim's bumbling sidekick. However, he proves to be a competent villain when brainwashed once, hinting at his true potential. As the series progresses, Ron learns how to fight, becomes Kim's equal, and he's the one who takes out the FinalBoss in the series finale.
207	* PowersAsPrograms: Aviarius extracts Team Go's powers for himself, though Kim gets one at first.
208	* PrimpOfContempt: It's commonplace for Dr. Drakken to wax ecstatically about his upcoming scheme while Shego files her nails, obviously nowhere near as invested as her teammate. Interestingly, she's normally using this file while her gloves are on, implying that she's filing the nails of her gloves.
209	* PrisonerPerformance: At the end of the episode "[[Recap/KimPossibleS2E24OhBoyz Oh Boyz]]", Senor Senior, Junior is in prison performing a concert for several other imprisoned members of Kim's RoguesGallery, most of whom do not seem to be enjoying the rather [[DreadfulMusician dismal performance]].
210	* ProdigalFamily:
211	** Shego's brothers have the ultimate embarrassing secret: She used to be good. However, their quirks (namely Hego's adherence to comic book-style heroics and Mego's complex regarding his powers) along with her own troubles and impatience prompt her to leave. She does still care about them, enough to where it's implied she let Kim strip off the rest of her brothers' powers so they can have them again (though she didn't like that being brought up.)
212	** Dr. Drakken has his own prodigal family, to a lesser extent: his mother and ''Motor Ed.'' (They're cousins. Seriously.)
213	* ProductPlacement: "Triple S" has Kim go to the X Games, which happen to be owned by fellow Disney unit Creator/{{ESPN}}.
214	* PronouncingMyNameForYou: Kim meets her brothers' guidance counselor, named Guide.
215	-->'''Kim:''' Miss... Guide?\
216	'''Miss Guide:''' "Guh-DAY", dear.\
217	'''Kim:''' Uh, [[WhosOnFirst g'day to you too.]]
218	* ProphecyTwist: Two.
219	** The "Royal Pain" episode features an ancient prophecy that states the monarchy of a small nation will end with Wallace III. His father, Wallace II is naturally concerned and hires Kim to protect him. At the end of the episode, Wallace III decides he's going to abdicate the throne when he comes of age and instate a democracy. Ron {{Lampshades}} this. There's also a minor twist wherein the line "in the shadow of the castle" winds up referring to a castle on a mini golf course, not the actual royal palace.
220	** Monkey Fist's prophecy regarding the Ultimate Monkey Master ends with the line "he shall be unstoppable." It turns out that this is a bad translation (it was literally translated by a monkey), and should actually have been "he shall be ''Ron'' Stoppable."
221	* ProWrestlingEpisode: "Pain King vs. Cleopatra", which was also Monique's debut episode.
222	* ProdigalFamily:
223	** Shego's brothers have the ultimate embarrassing secret: She used to be good. However, their quirks (namely Hego's adherence to comic book-style heroics and Mego's complex regarding his powers) along with her own troubles and impatience prompt her to leave. She does still care about them, enough to where it's implied she let Kim strip off the rest of her brothers' powers so they can have them again (though she didn't like that being brought up.)
224	** Dr. Drakken has his own prodigal family, to a lesser extent: his mother and ''Motor Ed.'' (They're cousins. Seriously.)
225	* ProtagonistTitle
226	* PunnyName: Kim, Jim, Tim and Ron, obviously. In fact, as mentioned above, the majority of the characters have punny or [[MeaningfulName meaningful]] names.
227	* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Happens a few times, though most notable in "So the Drama."
228	* PuppyDogEyes: Kim's (nearly) irresistible "Puppy Dog Pout". Her mom also uses it a few times... [[HoistByHisOwnPetard even on Kim.]] And (during a bout of temporary goodness) so did Shego. Even Ron and Rufus used it on Kim in unison in "Car Alarm."
229	* PutOnABus: Brick Flagg. (Turns out he finally graduated. Only took him seven years)
230	* PsychoElectro: Electronique. Well, as psycho as you can be on the Disney Channel.
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234	* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: Lord Monty Fiske fits this trope to a T, before he became "Monkey Fist".
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237	[[folder:R]]
238	* RapidFireTyping: Wade, as MissionControl and uber-hacker, and anyone depicted using a computer. Except Ron, seen pecking at the keys.
239	* RapidHairGrowth: Mr. Barkin's beard apparently grows so fast that he has to shave it 15 times a day.
240	* RaygunGothic: The show's design ethic, most obviously in Drakken's lairs and the Possibles' home.
241	* ReactiveContinuousScream: After suffering a nightmare where he witnesses Kim turn into a Synthodrome in the start of the episode ''Ill Suited'', [[CatapultNightmare Ron screams awake in horror]], waking up Rufus in the process and causing him to make a squeaking scream as well. They both ensue screaming one at a time only for a moment.
242	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: After Janet Jackson's Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction, the clothing trend among teen girls became showing less skin. That led to Kim ditching the crop top look.
243	* RebusBubble: Ron + Battlesuit = Victory.
244	* RedShirt: Parodied in season three, in the Trapped In TV Land episode called "Dimension Twist", when Kim is temporarily sent to a Star Trek-esque TV show and appears in a red uniform:
245	-->'''Wade:''' [[ThisIsThePartWhere This is the part of the show where]] they pick series regulars to go on a mission. Just make sure you're not the one wearing...\
246	'''Kim:''' ... A red shirt?\
247	'''Pseudo-Kirk:''' And... (to Kim) you! You're expendable.
248	** Also, Drakken's hapless rank-and-file henchmen are dressed in red, and (with occasional exceptions) are as close to RedShirt status as it gets in a NonLethalWarfare setting, serving as little more than speed bumps in Kim's path.
249	* RefugeInAudacity: {{Area 51}} only [[SarcasticConfession leaks information that is 100% true]] so that the public at large doesn't think the stuff that goes on there is actually happening.
250	* RenamedTheSame: Gil, renaming himself Gill.
251	* ResetButtonEnding: TimeTravel incurred this once.
252	** In a lot of ways, ''So the Drama'' did this, perhaps most evidently with Bonnie's character development. She returns to being even more of an AlphaBitch from here on in.
253	* ReunionRevenge
254	* RelationshipUpgrade: Kim and Ron from ''So The Drama'' onward. Implied for Drakken and Shego in [[SeriesFinale "Graduation"]].
255	* ResortToPouting:
256	** Kim has a patented version of a pout she calls the "Puppy Dog Pout"[[note]] It combines the soulful PuppyDogEyes with a heavily protruding bottom lip[[/note]]. She's even pulled it against some of her arch-enemies, to great effect. However, she apparently inherited it from her Mother, Anne Possible, who once wielded it against Kim herself, causing Kim to protest, "Not the Puppy Dog Pout! That's mine!", but relenting and allowing her mother to accompany her on a mission for Mother's Day.
257	** In one episode, Kim mock-pouts after Wade uses a remote control to bypass a security gate to avoid having to "jump over stuff."
258	--->'''Kim:''' (pouting voice and face) ''But I'' '''''like''''' ''jumping over stuff.''
259	* RichBoredom: Senior Senior Sr.
260	* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: [[spoiler:Oliver]] and [[spoiler:Eric.]]
261	* RightHandCat: Played with at least thrice.
262	* RockStarParking: PlayedForLaughs in "The Big Job".
263	* RoguesGallery
264	* RoyalBrat: Prince Wally in the episode ''Royal Pain''.
265	* RugbyIsSlaughter: And Mr Barkin plays it.
266	* {{Rule 34}}: Literally search for images of any female character. Now turn off safesearch, and...yeah.
267	** The male characters aren’t safe either. Fans often edit out Ron’s shirt from the episode [[Recap/KimPossibleS1E20RonTheMan Ron the Man]], where he gained a HeroicBuild. And that’s a safe version. The fanarts of [[CrossoverShip Ron Stoppable-]][[WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong Jake Long]] ship can get very {{NSFW}}.
268	* RunningGag:
269	** Ron losing his pants, which he started to {{lampshade}}.
270	** In the first season, upon seeing an enormous obstacle/opponent that they would have to face, he would often exclaim:
271	-->'''Ron:''' That would be ''so cool'' if it wasn't gonna hurt us!
272	** Ron being 'micro chipped' by Wade.
273	** Kim and Ron frequently hitch rides from people they helped in the past. The problems they helped solve usually sound very outlandish, with Kim trying to downplay the equally outlandish way she resolved it.
274	** As stated above, the number of almost kisses between Kim and Ron became a gag in season 4.
275	** Motor Ed's verbal tic. Seriously.
276	** The [[FoulCafeteriaFood dreadful food]] served in the Middleton High cafeteria.
277	** After "Rappin' Drakken," that plan's horrific failure becomes a running gag that spans Season 4 - mostly via Shego's snark or someone only remembering him because of the shampoo. This culminates in him being able to easily put together a MassHypnosis plan because "there was plenty of the mind control shampoo left over."
278	** Several episodes, particularly the ones with two shorts that were more humor related instead of one full story, have the running gag of Kim getting stuck with the worst luck or having a much harder time dealing with something while Ron skates through the sitch with good luck and a total lack of interest. This includes Ron being bumped up to first class on a commercial flight - twice - while Kim is stuck in coach (Ron has the decency to try to pretend it wasn't awesome, though he fails), Kim being totally blindsided and humiliated by [[TruthSerums having the tell the truth all the time]] while it makes Ron instantly popular, Ron bonding with an overgrown roach monster while Kim is so grossed out she constantly freaks out (after telling Ron not to worry about bugs, no less), both episodes that focus on Felix and the first half of "Sick Day."
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