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9	''Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil'' is one of Creator/{{Disney}} Television Animation's line of animated series, focusing on the eponymous character, a seemingly fearless 10-year-old with the looks of a cute mascot coupled with the [[SmokyVoice six-packs-a-day vocals]] and personality similar to Wolverine, who aspires to become the world's greatest daredevil. His adventures are aided by his best friend/stunt coordinator/sidekick [[FatBestFriend Gunther]], and hindered by his older brother [[BigBrotherBully Brad]], who despises his younger brother's antics with a vengeance. The show premiered on Creator/DisneyXD on February 13, 2010 and ended on December 2, 2012. It has also received a few UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash games, which are listed [[VideoGame/KickButtowskiSuburbanDaredevil here]].
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11	!!''Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil'' provides examples of:
12	* AdjacentToThisCompleteBreakfast: In "Obsession for Kick", Gunther serves Kick some Chewy Bran Chunks with a Cheetah Chug Chaser for breakfast, until Jackie takes him away.
13	* AffectionateParody: "Kyle E. Coyote" to the old ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner]]'' shorts.
14	* AllCheeringAllTheTime: "2-4-6-8! Battle Snax is super great!"
15	* AllForNothing: A couple of Kick's escapades have resulted in less than positive results:
16	** During "A Very Buttowski Mother's Day", both Kick and Brad take on all sorts of challenges to prepare a Mother's Day breakfast for Honey, their mother, with Kick grabbing all his ingredients from the farm with a bull hot on his tail, and Brad going through a Black Friday level mob at the grocery store. And after everything, [[spoiler:not only does Harold try to mooch off their breakfasts after realizing his own gift to his wife (A couple of lazily made "chore coupons") won't suffice, but Honey's not even in the house when the boys break into her room. Brianna's already taken her to a restaurant for Mother's Day breakfast.]]
17	** Throughout all of "Braking the Grade", Kick pretty much goes through hell and back to prevent Harold from seeing his report card, fearing his grades will result in him deciding not to take him to the demolition derby that night. And after being bombarded by a ton of feral animals from Harold's mail opening, and several brawls with Brad, [[spoiler:all of which culminate in Kick being in a fullbody cast a result of his injuries, Harold manages to get ahold of the report card and open it... Revealing Kick's grades have actually improved, thus leaving all his efforts for naught and only leaving him in said fullbody cast for the demolition derby, unable to fully enjoy it. And then Harold takes his debris shard souvenir, assuming it's the letter opener Kick promised he'd get. [[FromBadToWorse And then he grounds Kick for messing with his mail]].]]
18	* AlliterativeName:
19	** Bradley and Brianna Buttowski.
20	** There's also Brianna's arch rival, Penelope Patterson.
21	** Gordon Gibble, anyone?
22	** Gunther's father, Magnus Magnusson.
23	** Shogun Sanchez and his little brother Papercut Peterson.
24	* AlphaBitch: Kelly. She only pretended to like Brad so she could humiliate him in public as part of an initation.
25	* AnnoyingPopUpAd: In "Only the Loan-ly", an ad pops up on the computer Gunther's using just as Kick states he needs speed, power, and something to make Bonesaw go up the Dead Man's Drop. The former complains that stupid ads like this one never provide anything useful, until the boys realise that the promoted engine is just what they need. Unfortunately, after they loan cash from Brianna and buy it, it turns out to be useless.
26	* AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering: In "Stumped!", Kick needs a way to get to the stadium in time
27	-->'''Kick:''' Are you thinking what I'm thinking?\
28	'''Gunther:''' Not likely.\
29	'''Kick:''' How about now?\
30	'''Gunther:''' Nope!\
31	'''Kick:''' How about now?\
32	'''Gunther:''' Uhhhh...\
33	'''Kick:''' Wade, pop the trunk.\
34	'''Gunther:''' Oh yeah! Trunk! I was totally thinking that!
35	* ArtEvolution: The character animation got more expressive overtime. Also, several character lacked eye highlights initially (e.g. Brad, Mouth, Kyle), but gained them at some point during the shows run.
36	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: While Kick and Brad have an intense and violent SiblingRivalry they still care deeply about each other.
37	** The basic formula of any episode involving Kick and Brianna.
38	* {{Badbutt}}: The very name. Well, ComicBook/KickAss was already taken...
39	* BaitAndSwitch: In ”Bwar and Peace”, when Gunter is whisked off to TheOldCountry, his parents exchange flirty glances, run off to the bedroom, and the sound of squeaky bedsprings are heard...because they were jumping on the bed.
40	* {{Balloonacy}}: In "Love Stinks!", Kick suspends a skateboard ramp in the air above his house by means of helium balloons.
41	* BenevolentBoss: The CEO of the Food 'N Fix company in "Wade Against The Machine". Kick and Gunther's attempts to get Wade demoted back to store clerk, only got him into the CEO's good side and promote him further. He's a complete opposite of his more strict assistant who's more orderly and strongly dislikes Wade.
42	* BewareOfViciousDog: Oscar the dog. Given that he's the pet of Ms. Chicarelli, he's usually an enemy to Kick.
43	* BigBrotherBully: Brad, unless he's dating someone. Also, Shogun Sanchez to Papercut Peterson.
44	* BigEater: Jackie in "Snowpocalypse". She eats all the food supplies and even after that she's still hungry.
45	* BigLittleBrother: Papercut Peterson is taller than Shogun Sanchez.
46	* BirdsOfAFeather: Kick and Scarlet are both adrenaline addicted, stunt loving kids.
47	* BindleStick: Represented in the opening image of "Live in Wade".
48	* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Kick's three love interests are Kendall (blonde), Jackie (brunette), and Scarlet (redhead).
49	* BookEnds: The show begins, and ends with Kick going to shred Dead Mans Drop.
50	* BookshelfDominoes: Kick knocks over all the bookcases in the Mellowbrook library battling the evil Librarian in ''If Books Could Kill''.
51	* BoyBand: The Yeah Brads -- right down to sheer lavender T-shirts and music intended to freak girls out.
52	* BrandX: Kick and Gunther's favorite energy drink, Cheetah Chug, is supposedly made from real cheetah sweat.
53	* BrattyHalfPint: Kick and Brad's younger sister Brianna is a pageant girl.
54	* BrokenRecord: Only the words "Kick Buttowski" are used in the show's theme.
55	* ButtMonkey:Brad and Emo Kid go through a lot of misfortune. Justified for the former, but the latter just has bad luck.
56	* CainAndAbel: Kick and Brad, in a soft form. Kick is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold to Brad's {{Jerkass}}.
57	* CaptiveAudience: In "Kick or Treat" Kendall invites all the kids to her house to make them listen to her report on the history of Halloween.
58	* ChainedHeat: "Hand in Hand"
59	* ChaosWhileTheyreNotLooking: Kick and Brad
60	* CharactersAsDevice: "For the Love of Gunther" has Jackie's mom. Her only purpose was to appear for a minute and list several of Jackie's interests in a row to get the plot going.
61	* CharacterCatchphrase:
62	** Kick has "Biscuits!", sometimes extended to "Aw, biscuits!"
63	** For one episode, there was also "Chimichanga!"
64	** "''I'' '''''Don't.''''' '''''KNOW.'''''"
65	** "This is gonna Kick Buttowski!"
66	** Brad says "Yeah, Brad!" when ever it seems he's winning at something. Also, "Dillweed" when referring to Kick and/or Gunther.
67	* ChekhovsGun: "OH NO! PAPERCUTS! [[LargeHam MY ONLY]] [[WeaksauceWeakness WEAKNESS!]] And ''don't you forget it!''"
68	* TheChewToy: Brad, Emo Kid, and even Kick at times (especially Season 2).
69	* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: "Kick the Habit"
70	** The same thing happens in "Runaway Recital" and "Clothes Call", except that Kick isn't actually trying to go cold turkey; He's just unable to take advantage of the ridiculously convenient offers that turn up in theses episodes.
71	* CompanionCube: Harold and Honey Buttowski are both very fond of their cars. Honey calls hers "Antonio", while Harold calls his "Monique", and he is afraid that "Monique" will be jealous if "she" finds out that he's married to Honey.
72	** Kick has this same trait. His skateboard is "Ol' Blue", his [=BMX=] bike is "Bonecrusher", and his sled is "Blue Lightning".
73	* CompressedHair: Exaggerated in "Sleepover" when one of Gunther's mom's pigtails is undone and it fills the entire house.
74	* ContinuityNod: In "A Very Buttowski Mother's Day" Brad has the same pink bike helmet he stole from a little girl in the second episode.
75	* ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping: "A Cousin Kyle Christmas" has Kick spending all of ten seconds drawing eyes on a stinky, old sock and sticking it in a bag for Cousin Kyle's gift. Kick cared only enough to actually make a puppet out of the sock. The trope is then subverted as Kick goes all-out to get Kyle not only a puppet but the nicest one in the store.
76	* CoolHelmet: Apparently, Kick's helmet is a mass-produced toy helmet he got when he was a toddler. Nevertheless, [[CompanionCube he treats it like it's unique]] and [[SeriousBusiness completely irreplaceable]], and never takes if off (except in the one episode where he lost it, and he still kept his hair covered up in the meantime).
77	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Gunther all the way. He once took down an enraged bull with his bare hands. When he gets really mad, he becomes a professional-level rapper.
78	* CruelCheerleader: The heartless variety appears in "Love Stinks". Apparently becoming a cheerleader at Mellowbrooke High requires dating a gross, terminally unhip loser and humiliating him in front of a large crowd in addition to breaking his heart as part of the initiation.
79	* CrushFilter:
80	** Subverted with Kick's crush on the stunt girl from his sister's favorite show.
81	** Played straight with Gunther's crush on Wacky Jackie.
82	* DetentionEpisode: The episode "Detained" has Kick and his friends getting detention, with Miss Chicarelli, who already hates Kick with a burning passion, being hired to watch the room.
83	* DisguisedInDrag: As part of an unusual plan Gunther shows up at the Buttowski's doorstep dressed in drag, when Brad opens the door this is his reaction:
84	-->'''Brad''': ''(sighs wearily)'' [[OhNoNotAgain Not this again]], Gunther.
85	* DishDash:
86	** Played with: Brad in "There Will Be Nachos" grabs a bunch of flyers for a party out of the air and stuffs them into his clothes before his parents can see them.
87	** Kick does a genuine DishDash in "Stand and Delivery". Gunther drops a huge stack of dishes. Kick plucks them out of the air.
88	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: "In Battle For The 'Snax", when Kick decides Gunther's family's restaurant needs a theme, there's a quick scene of Gunther entertaining the thought of boogying around in an outfit reminiscent of a Hooters waitress. And to top it off, the shirt has two blue-footed boobies on it.
89	* ADogAteMyHomework: Kick uses this excuse every time he misses an assignment for the whole semester. The teacher does not believe him until she sees it with her own eyes, prompting an IronicEcho from Kick of her smirky "mm-HMM" noise. It is implied that that particular day is the first time Oscar actually eats Kick's homework.
90	* DoNotTryThisAtHome: Everything Kick does on his skateboard/bike etc.
91	* DontExplainTheJoke:
92	-->'''Gunther:''' Hey Kick, what's all the racket? (''guffaws'') Get it? Racket! You're holding rackets.
93	* DoubleEdgedAnswer: Honey Buttowski's reaction to Kick asking if the pink sequined jumpsuit with the H shaped belt buckle was hers.
94	-->'''Honey:''' No. Yes! No!
95	* DoubleEntendre:
96	** In "Not Without My Cereal", Kick accidentally bumps into Honey's rear in the store, causing the bag of bread buns she was holding to fly upwards and then land in the arms of a nearby shopper, making it look like he stole them, Honey's response?
97	-->'''Honey:''' I'll thank you to kindly keep your hands off my buns!
98	** From "The Treasure of Dead Man Dave":
99	-->'''Gunther:''' So how ''did'' you escape from [inside] the Giant Rat queen?\
100	'''Kick:''' Oh that's easy. [[IncrediblyLamePun I just ran around in circles till I was all]] [[ToiletHumor pooped out.]]
101	* DrunkWithPower: The ScaryLibrarian in "If Books Could Kill" who considers everything in the library her property, including people.
102	** Mouth's big brother Pantsie when he's assistant manager at the movie theater in "Box Office Blitz".
103	* ElectricJoybuzzer: At the end of "You've Been Brad'd!", Kick shakes hands with Brad as part of a truce, but it turns out he was holding a joybuzzer to "Kick" him as revenge. It doesn't shock Gunther when he tries it earlier, though.
104	* EmbarrassingCoverUp: In "Hand in Hand" Kick and Kendall each impose one on the other.
105	* EpisodeTitleCard: Each episode starts with a title and a simplistic drawing related to it.
106	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep:
107	** Almost everyone calls Kick by his nickname. Only Kendall regularly calls him by his real name, the less than badass Clarence.
108	** Same goes for Mouth (real name Christopher) and Emo Kid (NoNameGiven).
109	** Even Kick's mother refers to him as Kick, only calling him Clarence when he's in trouble or she's doing something official with him. Likewise, Brianna calls him Kick unless she's upset with him for something.
110	* ExtracurricularEnthusiast: Kendall. In "Snowpocalypse!" she even had her dad make a call to keep the school open on a snow day.
111	* ExtremeOmnivore: In "Snowpocalypse!" all of the kids except for Kendall get so hungry while waiting for help they consider eating the bus seats. For most of the kids this is just desperation, but with Jackie it's a mix of desperation and her actually finding them tasty.
112	* EyeAmWatchingYou: The librarian to Kick, on the subject of making sure he stays quiet.
113	* FakeOutMakeOut:
114	** Kick kisses Kendall to avoid getting thrown out of the movie theater by a local bully turned overzealous usher.
115	** They wind up doing it again when their hands get stuck together.
116	* FakedGiftAcceptance: In "Love Stinks", Brad goes out with a girl who only pretends to like him as part of her cheerleader initiation. When Brad gives her a box of chocolates, she pretends to find it cute, but after he goes away, she throws it in the trash with disgust.
117	* FatSlob: In "Petrified!" Honey and Brianna of all people, when the boys are out of the house. [[spoiler:Though at the end it's shown to just be part of Kick's made-up story, so it might not be true.]]
118	* {{Flanderization}}: In the span of three episodes about her, Wacky Jackie goes from rabid fangirl to FLAT OUT INSANE, though this may just be because she has no idea how to throw a party. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools And, honestly, besides the rabid fangirl thing, she really didn't have much characterization for those three episodes.]]
119	* TheFaceless: Gordie's father, Mr. Gibble. In his first onscreen appearance, "Goodbye, Gully", he only ever appears as a shadowy silhouette.
120	* FatAndSkinny: There are two sets of ThoseTwoGuys: The two guys who run Skittzee's bike shop, and the two who run the puppet and hobby shop across the street from Skittzee's.
121	* {{Fiction 500}}: Gordie's father, Mr. Gibble, has a money tree. Also, his son's methods of transportation include a limo, a drivable yacht, and a blimp which are all chauffeur driven. And Gordie frequently buys entire stores via his father's cash. In fact, it's safe to assume ALL of Gordie's spending habits are financed by his father, and if so, Mr. Gibble certainly deserves to be in this category.
122	* FlungClothing: Gunther can switch from any one of his {{Paper Thin Disguise}}s back to his normal look this way.
123	* FlushingToiletScreamingShower: Brad does this to Kick in "Love Stinks!" as one of his cruel pranks.
124	* FollowInMyFootsteps: Both Kick's mother and Kick's grandfather (though we're not sure if it's maternal or paternal grandfather) were both daredevils in their youth as well. And despite the parental grumping about being careful, they're both proud of Kick.
125	* FrameUp: In "Frame Story", [[spoiler:the janitor]] frames Kick for vandalism to get him expelled [[spoiler:because he's sick of cleaning after him]].
126	* FriendlyEnemy:
127	** Whenever Kick and Brad don't have any real ''reason'' to fight each other, they fight each other anyway, [[RuleOfFun just because they both get a kick out of it]] (pun not intended).
128	** Kick seems to view a number of his antagonists as this, though it's usually more one-sided (the most obvious exceptions being his siblings (mostly Brad) and sometimes Kendall due to their BelligerentSexualTension). He'll [[WorthyOpponent compliment]] or even end up helping someone he was fighting against moments before.
129	* FunHatingConfiscatingAdult:
130	** Ms. Chickarelli. Any toy she snatches goes into her trash (unless it's at school where she uses it as evidence for the kid's ''permanent record'').
131	** The librarian is also a confiscator. Anything that enters the library she considers hers for keeps.
132	* {{Gasshole}}: Gunther. Also Brad sometimes. Surprisingly Kendall who rips one on a level equal to that of Gunther, and them implies that it happens often
133	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: An in-universe example in "Rank of Awesome": Gunther is apparently ''very'' popular in Scandinavia.
134	* GenkiGirl: Brianna's best friend, Madison.
135	* GoodAngelBadAngel: In Kick's case, Gunther is the angel, and Brad is the devil.
136	* GottaPassTheClass: In "Morning Rush", Kick has to complete two months worth of homework in a single night or fail. After he does, [[ADogAteMyHomework Oskar eats it]], so now he has ''six minutes'' to do it again. Miraculously, he manages to do just that and he passes.
137	* GratuitousSpanish: Gunther. Usually when an animal is very large.
138	-->'''Gunther:''' El moth gigante!
139	-->'''Gunther:''' El pescado grande!
140	* GreenAroundTheGills: All the kids who got food poisoning in "Bee Awesome".
141	* HadTheSillyThingInReverse: Kick and a bunch of snowblowers all strapped together.
142	* {{Hammerspace}}: In "Box Office Blitz" Kendall pulls a whistle from out of nowhere.
143	* HeavyMetalUmlaut: Not heavy metal per se, but the restaurant sign reading "Föød".
144	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Kick and Gunther.
145	* HollywoodAtlas: Gunther's old country seems to be NorseByNorsewest with vikings and added elements from YodelLand and rural Holland.
146	* {{Homage}}: In "Poll Position", Gunther does a full riff on Linus from ''Franchise/{{Peanuts}}'' explaining Christmas to Charlie Brown; except he's explaining the way school elections work to Kick Buttowski.
147	** A whole cartoon long one to the Creator/TexAvery cartoon involving "not having to wake the sleeper with a loud noise".
148	* HugeSchoolgirl: Brianna's other best friend, Abbie.
149	* HypocriticalHumor:
150	-->'''Honey:''' You're going to your grandpa's!\
151	'''Kick:''' No! Not Grandpa's! Anything but Grandpa's!\
152	'''Honey:''' Oh, come on now. What's so bad about Grandpa?\
153	'''Kick:''' His voice is weird, he always wears the same thing, and his butt sticks out.\
154	'''Honey:''' [[LampshadeHanging You might have more in common with him than you think.]]
155	* IdenticalGrandson: Kick looks exactly like his grandpa did when he was younger. Right down to not having a nose.
156	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All involving the word "Kick". This has been dropped in newer episodes.
157	* IncrediblyLameFun: In "Sew What", Kick pranks his grandma by taking her to places like a sloth farm, a cardboard box factory, and a dry wall museum in an attempt to show he's no longer into stunts and prefers boring stuff.
158	* {{Jerkass}}:
159	** Brad Buttowski prides himself on bullying Kick and being the jerkiest kid in the neighborhood.
160	** [[LawfulStupid Ms Chicarelli]] is even worse. She's the neighborhood narc and a FunHatingConfiscatingAdult.
161	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
162	** Brianna Buttowski. Despite of all, she loves her brother.
163	** Kendall Perkins. She may be an annoying girl on her first episodes, but after, we saw she is not that bad.
164	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Kelly. Kick thinks she's having second thoughts about [[spoiler:dumping Brad in front of the whole school]], but she's really just [[spoiler:thinking about how she can make it even more humiliating for him.]]
165	* KickMeSign: At the end of "Sew What", Kick and his grandma pat each other on the back, before the camera reveals they have put "KICK ME" signs on their backs. It's technically true for the former.
166	* KissedKeepsake: Jackie swears she'll never wash her finger after touching Kick's helmet for the first time.
167	* KnowYourVines: Kick and Brad are lost in the woods. While Kick, who likes to rough it, sleeps in the bare ground, Brad brags about how Kick wishes he had a comfy blanket of natural foliage like him. Kick's SarcasmMode response? "You're right, Brad. I wish I had a blanket of poison ivy."
168	* LamarckWasRight: Honey and Brianna both share an appreciation for [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles sparkles and glitter]]. Honey had a sequined suit when she was Honey Splash, and Brianna is a pageant girl whose performances usually involve glitter of some kind.
169	* LamePunReaction: A RunningGag throughout "A Fistful of Ice Cream", as whenever a character makes a punny BondOneLiner or anything of the sort, the show cuts to a cow from an earlier incident in the episode booing the pun.
170	* LaserGuidedKarma: Should Kick ever keep his promise, fix his own mistakes, or just simply do the right thing out of his own free will, the episode usually ends with him getting his way.
171	* LastSecondWordSwap: In "Brad's Diary", Brad is just about to mention his diary, before correcting it to a connect the dots book.
172	* LaughWithMe: Gordon Gibble snaps his fingers every time he wants his henchmen to laugh at something he just said. Ronaldo demands the same thing from his pit crew in the episode "Mellowbrook Drift". At one point he says: "Laugh harder!" On another occasion, he stops them, stating "It wasn't that funny!"
173	* LittleBigBrother: Shogun Sanchez is shorter than Papercut Peterson.
174	* LittleMissBadass: Brianna Buttowski. She's a pageant girl first, last and always, but she is Kick's little sister and employs his tricks when the need arises,
175	* LoonyFan: Jackie who becomes a StalkerWithACrush, right down to the PsychoStrings MoodMotif.
176	* LovableAlphaBitch: Kendall Perkins. She is stuck up most of the time but very sweet when she wants to be,
177	* LoveTriangle:
178	** Kick, Kendall and [[spoiler:Ronaldo.]]
179	** Kick, Jackie and Gunther in a subverted, BettyAndVeronica kind of way.
180	* MadeOfIron: Kick; he suffers little to no damage from his stunts (DependingOnTheWriter).
181	* TheMafia: Parodied in the form of Luigi Vendetta.
182	* MagicPants: Averted. In the first two episodes, Kick loses his clothes once in each (by flying through a rosebush and getting splashed with toxic waste, respectively). Fortunately, CensorSteam and the like does come up.
183	* MooseAndMapleSyrup: [[TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily Luigi Vendetta]] stays at ''Fugetabootit'', [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative "East Mellowbrook's finest Italian-Canadian Café"]]. While Luigi himself is all Cosa Nostra, his henchpeople dress as Canadian stereotypes, and finishes every sentence with an "eh".
184	* MotivationOnAStick: Gunther's backside is used as the carrot on the stick to get the crazy little dog to chase him and thereby pull the sled to rescue the schoolbus full of kids from a snow-filled gully.
185	* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Kick loses his clothes several times.
186	* NiceMeanAndInbetween: Kick is the nice sibling who goes out of his way to help people, Brad is the mean sibling who acts like a jerk towards everyone, and Brianna is the in-between sibling who is bratty and vain, but has a couple PetTheDog moments.
187	* NightmareFetishist: In "Gift of Wacky", Kick has Brad make him a present for Jackie that will make her hate him forever. [[TakeOurWordForIt They never show what it is]], but whatever it is it scared every other kid off and only made her love him even more.
188	* NoDialogueEpisode: "Kyle E. Coyote", except for Kyle saying "chug-chug" over and over.
189	* NoodleIncident: In "Tattler's Tale" a bunch of kids and Mr. Vickle are ratted on by Ms. Chicarelli, but we only see what Kick, Brad and Gunther did to get punished.
190	* NoSympathy: In "Nerves of Steal" it turns out [[spoiler:Kick was stealing everyone's stuff in his sleep and couldn't help it]], but he gets punished anyway.
191	* NotNowKiddo: An odd kid-on-kid example in "You've Been Brad'd", wherein Kick refuses at first to listen to Gunther.
192	* NotWhatItLooksLike: In "Mow Money", the season 2 pilot, Kick says he became a money machine. Then, is shown on a sexy pose, while having water splashed onto him. After the flashback Kick tells Gunther not to judge him.
193	-->'''Kick:''' ...Don't judge me.
194	* ObviousStuntDouble: Subverted when Kick takes Scarlett's place as Teena's stunt double. It's fixed in editing so Kick looks exactly like Teena. Later, when Kick winds up in hospital, he's replaced with [[ButtMonkey Emo Kid]].
195	* OffscreenKarma: In "Stay Cool", Briana and Kick cause their air conditioner to break, and scapegoat Brad for it. Kick is pressured by guilt until confessing the truth, getting himself punished while Briana apparently gets off scot-free. ''However'' at the tail end of the episode, her materials fall off the bus while she is on her way to camp and get caught by an alligator from a sewer opening.
196	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In "You've Been Brad'd" Brad's constant pranks reduce Kick to a nervous wreck and he flinches when Gunther puts a hand on his shoulder.
197	-->'''Gunther:''' Kick, you flinched! I've never seen you flinch before...
198	* PantsPullingPrank: In "Pool Daze", Kick pulls down Brad's swimming pants, revealing his "private part" to his girlfriend.
199	* ParentalFavoritism:
200	** Brianna is the favourite. Kick doesn't much care. Brad is second to Brianna (and his dad) and wants to move up, especially at Kick's expense.
201	** In another episode it is revealed that Kick is actually her favourite [[spoiler:sharing a passion for stunts]], which enrages Brad and Brianna.
202	* ParentheticalSwearing: In "A Fist Full of Ice Cream", Kick and Gunther are riding down a stream on an ice cream truck. Gunther exclaims "Dam!" referring to a wall that keeps back water, which Kick scolds him for, but Gunther tells him that they're about to hit the city's dam. They both then yell out "DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!". In the Russian dub, the joke becomes even more dirty, since they actually say the actual curse word "damn".
203	* PicturePerfectPresentation: In "A Very Buttowski Mother's Day" Kick looks at a billboard depicting a farm, and the shot dissolves into the real farm as Kick arrives.
204	* PieInTheFace: In "Sew What", Kick's dad tries throwing pie in his grandma's face, but she always dodges, it hits Ms. Chickarelli and she proclaims it's not a prank. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the last time he tries, it hits a police officer and he's arrested.]]
205	* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Implied and pretty much made fun of with Gunther. A few episodes mention his family are Vikings.
206	* PuffOfLogic: In "Bee Awesome" Kendall managed to scarf down two whole helpings of the tuna surprise before starting to suffer the effects of food poisoning after Gunther said he got food poisoning from it. She was wolfing them down really fast, but still...
207	* PunBasedTitle: Several episodes. "Snow Problem" - "No Problem", "Sew What" - "So What".
208	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: In "Goodbye, Gully" Gibble yells "Not! Your! Hangout!" just as he blows up his bridge.
209	* PunnyName: The titular Kick Buttowski and his idol, Billy Stumps, who is missing a hand
210	* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: In "Detained", the Blonde Brigade: which includes Kick (the leader, and isn't a blond, maybe?), Gunther, Kendall, Ronaldo, and Mouth.
211	* RapidFireNo: In "Hand in Hand" this is Gunther's reaction to seeing Kick and Kendall holding hands.
212	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The Nuzzlett. [[spoiler:Just don't give it candy...]]
213	* RightForTheWrongReasons: Kick says Teena Sometimes must have a stunt double because he believes no girl can be that good. She does have a stunt double, but Kick's reason to believe it is proven wrong since the stunt double is ''also'' a girl.
214	* RingerPloy: Kick enlists the kids of Mellowbrook (and at least one adult) to dress up like him and be visible to foil the tattling Chicarelli.
215	* TheRival: Gordon Gibble from West Mellowbrook is a softened version of this to Kick. But he mainly gets his fame from his rich father and cheating, whereas Kick's comes from genuine awesomeness and the pursuit of same.
216	* RuleOfCool: The Law of Awesome is the series' bread and butter. An entire episode is even devoted to it prevailing over the actual laws of physics.
217	* RunningGag: Papercut always refers to Gunther as "Little Girl"
218	* SanitySlippage: The whole family appears prone to it; at hyperspeed.
219	** Honey starts having a breakdown in the mall at the ''thought'' of not finding Kick a suit for Aunt Sally's Nth wedding.
220	** Kick, in the same episode, begins having a similar breakdown because he's having trouble resisting all his normal awesome stunt-related activities.
221	** The entire family begins losing their minds when Kick traps them in a cabin with an avalanche; they're there for maybe a matter of hours.
222	* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Subverted in "A Very Buttowski Mother's Day". Kick and Brad both know they have no chance at beating Brianna at being their mom's #1 child, so they instead compete for #2.
223	** Kick really doesn't care about that, he just wants his mother to have a nice day. Brad however is determined to have her think Kick doesn't care about her.
224	* SeriousBusiness: Pantsy takes being an usher way too seriously and will throw out people for the smallest reason, like dropping a single popcorn on the ground. Even his brother Mouth isn't safe from his abuse.
225	* ShownTheirWork:
226	** The Rank of awesome. The ways the rank work is surprisingly realistic.
227	** Gunter is famous for a failed ''Franchise/StarWars'' parody not unlike the Star Wars kid. And TruthInTelevision, [[{{Slapstick}} people love to see others misery.]]
228	** Kendel has the top ranked video of her cat dancing in a Kick Buttowski costume. [[RuleOfCute So...yeah]].
229	** [[ForcedMeme The more Kick Buttowski tries to get views the LESS views he gets.]] [[EverythingsCuterWithKittens His only popular video was a cat licking him while almost killed.]]
230	* ShipperOnDeck:
231	** Gunther apparently liked seeing Kick kiss Kendall in "Box Office Blitz".
232	** And Kick tried to help Gunther hook up with with Jackie - partly to get rid of her, but also because he wanted to help his friend.
233	** At the end of "Dancing With the Enemy", Kick and Kendall are having a very affectionate moment, until someone in the crowd shouts "Kiss her!". This, of course, is their cue to go back to acting as if they hate each other.
234	* ShipTease:
235	** Kick and Kendall in "Dancing With the Enemy". And again in "Hand In Hand".
236	** In "Power Play" she drops a sand bag on Ronaldo so Kick would take his place as Romeo. And one more time in "Detained", as Kendall wrote "I love KB" on her locker.
237	* ShoutOut:
238	** In "According to Chimp", the chimps chasing Kick and Gunther through Mellowbrook make the sounds of ''VideoGame/PacMan''.
239	** Pantsie, one of Brad's goons resembles one of [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Biff Tannen's]] goons, right down to always wearing 3D glasses.
240	** The school bus driver is based on Chris Farley's character from ''Film/BillyMadison''.
241	** Gordon Gibble says, "I got skills, they're multiplyin'!" which is a variation on lyrics from "The One That I Want" from ''Film/{{Grease}}''.
242	** In "Sleepover", Kick and Gunther are planning to see "Perseus In Pittsburgh", the very first movie starring their favorite movie star, Rock Callahan. This is a reference to Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger's [[OldShame first movie]], ''Film/HerculesInNewYork''.
243	** Principal Henry (Voiced by Henry "The Fonz" Winkler) orders a special sandwich, from [[Series/HappyDays Milwaukee]].
244	** One episode had Cousin Kyle cosplay as [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] and another has Kendall do [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright's]] trademark finger point (complete with loud OBJECTION!).
245	** Film/TheMatrix: Part of Kick's dodgeball style.
246	** Mouth shares the same nickname as [[Film/TheGoonies a certain "loud-mouth" Goonie]].
247	** While chasing Brianna through the store in "Not Without My Cereal", the footage briefly looks like ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}''.
248	* ShowWithinAShow: ''Teena Sometimes'': Sometimes a princess, sometimes a spy.
249	* SoftWater: Averted in "Kickin' Genes". Kick lands in a water with a thud before sinking, but [[AmusingInjuries is otherwise unharmed]]
250	* SpringtimeForHitler: Subverted in "Wade Against The Machine". Wade tries to get demoted back to his old job by doing a bad job at the office, but that only gets him promoted. Then he tries to do a ''good'' job instead, but he ''still'' gets promoted. In the end, Kick [[CuttingTheKnot simply tells his boss that Wade was happier at his old workplace]].
251	* StandInParents: Kick goes around the neighbourhood trying to find someone to act as his dad for "bring your father to school" day. His father finds out and is hurt that Kick asked Wade to pretend to be him. He then shows up and tries to be cool, with unfortunate results. They end up meeting each other halfway.
252	* TakeAThirdOption: In "Crumbs!", Honey tasks Kick with keeping her freshly baked cookies from Harold (a task the neighbors say is absolutely impossible and not worth attempting). Kick can't keep ahead of his dad's tricks forever, but he doesn't want to break a promise to his mom, either. In the end, Kick does the only thing he can do: he eats the cookies himself.
253	* TemptingFate:
254	** The neighbor actually asks "WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong"
255	** In "Shh", Mrs. Fitzgerald tells Kick that "you'd better blow the roof off the school with this report". From this moment on, [[ForegoneConclusion we all know what's going to happen]] [[ChekhovsGag before the episode is over]], don't we?
256	** Kick himself was guilty of this in the same episode for complaining about being given "the least deadliest animal", since he wanted to a report on a fierce animal. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor As soon as he gives]] [[KillerRabbit the nuzzlet]] [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor a piece of candy...]]
257	** In "Brad's Diary", a hazmat team leaves a can of super-dangerous Cheetah Chug XXE in an open field, believing that kids wouldn't find it. As it turns out, Kick and Gunther are next to them.
258	* TestYourStrengthGame: Gunther and Kick both try the mallet machine. Gunther barely moves the weight. Kick finds the mallet unbalances him and he falls on the target instead; the weight hits hard enough to send the bell flying.
259	* ThatPoorCat: If a character throws something offscreen, some unfortunate cat is almost guaranteed to be in its path.
260	* ThatPoorPlant: ''Kendall'', revealing a rather unusual case of HiddenDepths, releases a flatulence that causes plants to blacken and wilt instantly in "Hand in Hand".
261	* ThirdPersonPerson: Chuck Glarmen really likes saying Chuck Glarmen's name. Chuck Glarmen!
262	* ThoseTwoGuys:
263	** [[{{Jerkass}} Horace and Pantsie]]
264	** [[FatAndSkinny Hush and Razz]]
265	** [[{{Mook}} The Di Pazzi]] [[SingleMindedTwins twins]]
266	* TokenMinority: Brianna's unnamed black friend. In "Sister Pact", it's implied that her name could be Madison.
267	* TheOldCountry: Where Gunther's family is from. And yes, it ''is'' called "The Old Country".
268	* TheStoner: Also Wade. To relax, he suggests [[GRatedDrug what amounts to]] huffing air fresheners.
269	* ThirtyMinutesOrItsFree: Ronaldo almost drove Battle Snax bankrupt by abusing this policy. When Kick found a way to outsmart Ronaldo and make a delivery on time, Ronaldo had to WorkOffTheDebt.
270	* TinyGuyHugeGirl:
271	** Kick with either Jackie, Kendell or Scarlet.
272	** Brad and the [[StatuesqueStunner giant Viking babe]] in "Bwar and Peace".
273	* TitleDrop: "There Will Be Nachos"
274	* TrampledUnderfoot: Brad steps on a mama doll's head as he tries to steal "the hangout" back from Kick and Gunther.
275	** In "Truth or Daredevil", Kick's grandfather loses his goggles and the [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi analogue]] badguys goose step on them.
276	* UnderdogsNeverLose: In "Mow Money", even though Kick is obviously slower and weaker than Gunther in addition to Gunther getting a head start, he still manages to tie.
277	* UnderwaterFartGag: In "Clean... to the Extreme", Gunther farts in Brianna's tub to provide the bubbles. She doesn't seem to mind, however.
278	* VomitIndiscretionShot: In "Bee Awesome" when Kendall gets food poisoning. Also an direct inversion of VomitDiscretionShot, since she isn't shown vomiting, but you do see the vomit.
279	* VikingFuneral: Gunther gives Kick's helmet a viking funeral. We even see nordic god/ancestor constellation entities watching the funeral.
280	* WallJump: Part of Kick's dodgeball playing style.
281	* WeWantOurJerkBack: Both averted and played straight in "Love Stinks". Kick enjoys it when his brothers mellows out, but Brad's buddies miss both him and his bossy {{jerkass}} attitude.
282	* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: When Gunther drinks too much Cheetah Chug, his pupils get very, very tiny.
283	* XanatosGambit: In "Big Mouth" [[spoiler:Mouth helps Kick and Gunther see their show on the mall jail monitors by getting them arrested and gets Kendall Kick's mugshot, which she hired him to do earlier]].
284	* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious:
285	** Gunther uses Kick's real name -- [[EmbarrassingFirstName Clarence]] -- to drive home the point that Kick has ''really'' messed up choosing his "fan" over his ''friend''.
286	** Conversely, pretty much the only times Kendall doesn't address Kick by his real name is when she's happy with him.
287	** Kick's mother will introduce him to the world as Clarence, since that's his real name, but she knows he prefers to be called Kick, and calls him that most of the time.
288	* YouMustBeThisTallToRide: The eponymous character has this problem in one episode. Thankfully for him, the ride operator takes pity on him.

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