Milo Murphys Law / Tropes I to M

Milo Murphy's Law Trope Examples
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I

• I Am Not Weasel: In "Milo Murphy's Halloween Scream-a-Torium", Elliot dresses as a dinosaur for Halloween, and Milo guesses he's a T. rex while Zack assumes he's a Velociraptor. Elliot corrects them that he's an Allosaurus.
• "I Am" Song: The Murphys have a song about what it means when you knock over Disaster Dominoes everywhere you go.
  And the wall falls down,
  And the wall hits a tree,
  And the tree hits a poll,
  And the poll hits a bee.
  That's how you know you're a Murphy.
  • The opening and ending theme itself, which is also a Bragging Theme Tune.
• I Got a Rock: Referenced in Dakota's song "Tonight's The Last Halloween":
  We should avoid that house, I hear they're giving fresh fruit
  But right next door they got full-size candy bars!
• Immediate Sequel: Word of God states that the first episode of the show, "Going the Extra Milo", takes place immediately after the series finale of Phineas and Ferb. The former takes place on the first day of the school year, while the latter takes place on the last day of summer vacation.
• In Love with Your Carnage: The Brulee twins have this reaction to Milo in "Family Vacation".
• Ink-Suit Actor: Savannah and Brick are basically toon versions of Ming-Na Wen and Brett Dalton.
• Intergenerational Friendship: Milo with Dakota and Cavendish.
• iPhony: Victor Verliezer's vTech Corp., Inc. manufactures the vPhone and the vTablet in "A Clockwork Origin".
• It Runs in the Family: Not only the Murphy's Law effect, but Milo's Dad has been shown to have the same laid back, calm approach to calamities that Milo has.
• It's a Wonderful Plot: "World Without Milo," in which Elliot, after wishing for Milo's absence, wakes up in a world where no one's heard of the kid, including his best friends and his sister. Unusually for episodes of this kind, the Butterfly of Doom is averted; the only person deeply affected is Elliot, whose job is meaningless without the conflict Milo brings. Also, squirrels can talk.
• It's Always Spring: Or rather, It's Always Fall. Season 2 for the majority takes place in winter. You wouldn't know this by looking at the environment alone, as only a handful of episodes has Danville covered in snow, with any other episode looking as autumn-y as Season 1. Even in an episode where the characters literally say it's winter, the environment just looks the same as it did in the first season.

J

• Just Friends: Brick and Savanna. Even they seem to think it's weird.

K

• Kidnapping Bird of Prey: A bald eagle flies off with a sleepwalking Milo in "Perchance to Sleepwalk".

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• Lame Pun Reaction:
  • In "Rooting for the Enemy", Melissa says that the stadium used to sell German sausages, but they were the worst/wurst. Cue Rimshot.
    Member of school band: Check it out, guys, I found a snare drum!
  • In "Sunny Side Up", Milo and Zack both begin making egg puns, only for Melissa to angrily order them to stop.
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Happens a couple of time in the crossover episode.

Pistachion Guard: "Stop foreshadowing, Bob."

• Lethal Chef: Well, it's not so much that the Murphy men can't cook. It's just that when they do things go horribly wrong and the people around them end up maimed or injured or on fire.

M

• Magic Skirt: Actually averted, in a Disney show no less. In The Substitute (1x15) when a sentient blob holds Ms. Baxter upside-down she actually has to hold her skirt up to keep it from succumbing to gravity.
• Metaphorgotten: Milo is prone to this:
  Milo: Well, people have used the "j" word. But you know what they say: "sticks and stones can damage your vital organs, so always wear body armor."
  • Sometimes, these manifest as "My dad always says..."
• Misplaced Wildlife:
  • Lampshaded in "Time Out":
    "Swordfish? In freshwater?"
  • Red-billed choughs (from Eurasia and parts of Africa) show up in "Perchance to Sleepwalk", despite the series taking place somewhere in North America.
• Missing Reflection: Invoked; Chad claims that Mr. Drako has covered all the mirrors in his office due to this. They're actually pictures of his ex-wife.
• Mundane Made Awesome: In "The Math Book", Milo and especially Melissa play up retrieving Melissa's math book after school as a fantastical quest. Though Murphy's Law meant that they did run into several extraordinary circumstances, Zack points out many moments where their supposed quest was perfectly mundane.

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