YMMV / Teen Power Inc.

• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Most of the featured cops in the series (minus a few like Inspector Javert Wildman in Dead End) are decently liked for downplaying Police Are Useless now and then while still staying out of Non-Protagonist Resolver territory, even though only a few (such as Greta Vortek and Angela Maroni) appear in more than one book.
  • Nick's father, Demetrios, Tom's stepfather Brian and half-brothers Adam and Jonathan, and Richelle's mother Delia are probably the most fleshed out and entertaining characters among the gang's families (besides Elmo's father, a series semiregular), even though they rarely appear outside of books narrated by their respective relatives and don't always play big roles even in those books.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Nick's mother, Toula, tells him his father knows best during an argument about Nick's future in The Case of Crazy Claude. Another Greek character named Toula is on the other end of arguments with meddling parents in My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
• Les Yay: In The Ghost of Raven Hill, Ruby Golden and Pearl Plummer are two old ladies who both never married (although Ruby did have a temporary Childhood Friend Romance with their friend Alfie Bigge), were close friends for their whole lives, and lived together and cared for each other in their old age, with Pearl also being described as never liking anyone Ruby didn't like.
• Narm: The frequent maturity and gravitas of the stories (and the respect the eponymous club enjoys) can be undermined by how the series and the club have a name that sounds like a cheesy cartoon superhero team. Even the author seems to agree, given that she changed the names of both the series and the club (to Raven Hill Mysteries and Help-for-Hire, respectively) in the reprints.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: Stephen Spiers, a veteran reporter who works for Mr. Zimmer, gets a temporary Face–Heel Turn in the first book when he is hired by an unscrupulous rival paper despite his friendship with the Zimmer family (and is unable to look Elmo in the face afterward). This could have either been a source of tension after he returns to the Pen or given him a chance to make a dramatic Heel–Face Turn as Mr. Zimmer and the kids rally support. Instead, he returns to his old job between books without comment and just serves as an occasional Mr. Exposition character.
• Wheelchair Woobie: Mr O’Reilly in Danger in Rhyme. He was paralyzed in a hit-and-run accident (which also killed his beloved dog and sole loved one) a year before the events of the book, right before he could use his hard-earned life savings to travel the world, and can no longer maintain his beloved personal library without help. His irritable attitude also makes him a Jerkass Woobie.

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