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* LovableAlphaBitch: Sally may be pretty, vain, sarcastic, and overconfident, but is a pretty decent girl over all. Also, even though she's always fighting with Cindy, she really does care about her as in one book Cindy is seemingly [[ItMakesSenseInContext killed by a pterodactyl]] Sally is really upset and even [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness starts crying.]]

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* LovableAlphaBitch: JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sally may be pretty, vain, sarcastic, and overconfident, but is a pretty decent girl over all. Also, even though she's always fighting with Cindy, she really does care about her as in one book Cindy is seemingly [[ItMakesSenseInContext killed by a pterodactyl]] Sally is really upset and even [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness starts crying.]]

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* EvilRedhead: The evil version of her in ''The Secret Path'' has red hair.



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* DemotedToExtra: His role as MrExposition is diminished in the show, he doesn't appear as much. However, he does get a whole episode about exploring his mind.

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* DemotedToExtra: His role as MrExposition is diminished in the show, so he doesn't appear as much. However, he does get a whole episode about exploring his mind.
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* DistressedDude: In the later books, he has a tendency to get in some sort of danger, from getting captured by a creature that imitates him ''twice'', to getting hospitalized in ''Phone Fear'', to getting full on [[spoiler: erased from time by accident]] in ''Time Terror''.
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* MustHaveCaffeine: She's so tense most of the time that she drinks multiple cups of coffee a day just to feel normal. In ''Phone Fear'' she jokes that she wants to get rid of the person who invented coffee to end her reliance on it.
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[[folder: Ann Templeton]]

* AdaptationalVillainy; In the books she is generally on the good side despite her shadier moments, while the series has the shady side being played up more.
* AgeLift: The TV series changes from her an adult who seems to be around her late 20's to a teenage like the main characters.
* AntiHero; In the earlier books, she is helpful enough but rather shady and has various stories circulating about her, even if most are likely false. She becomes gradually nicer to the group as the continues, especially to Watch.
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[[folder: Bum/The Mayor]]
* CrazyHomelessPeople: Subverted in the books, as he is well put together but played straight in the show.
* DemotedToExtra: His role as MrExposition is diminished in the show, he doesn't appear as much. However, he does get a whole episode about exploring his mind.
* HarbingerOfImpendingDoom: He plays this role in his quick appearance in the first TV episode.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: In the books, he prefers to just be called Bum while in the series, he's likely forgotten his real name. Although the episode ''The Maze'' reveals it during a flashback.
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* LovingBully: Possibly why she's so mean to Cindy: she has an outright HeroicBSOD when she thinks Cindy is dead, and another book admits Cindy doesn't really hate her and actually admires her, which implies there may be [[LesYay something between them.]] Of course, being a kid's book (and one made in TheNineties at that) they [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar certainly can't say this directly.]]

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* LovingBully: Possibly why she's so mean to Cindy: she has an outright HeroicBSOD when she thinks Cindy is dead, and another book admits Cindy doesn't really hate her and actually admires her, which implies there may be [[LesYay something between them.]] Of course, being a kid's book (and one made in TheNineties at that) they [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar certainly can't say this directly.]]

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* AdaptationDyeJob: He has light, possibly blond hair in the books, and brown hair in the show.



* DemotedToExtra: She only appears in one episode of the TV show. This is because because [[https://spongey444.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/jim3.png they didn't have the money to pay for an extra actor in the main cast]]. However, in the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen planned second season]], she would have been added to the main cast.

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* AdaptationDyeJob; She is a blond in the books, and has black hair in the show.
* DemotedToExtra: She only appears in one episode of the TV show. This is because because [[https://spongey444.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/jim3.png they didn't have the money to pay for an extra actor in the main cast]]. However, in the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen planned second season]], she would have been added to the main cast.
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* PlatonicLifePartners: With Sally in the show. In the books they are less close.
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* NiceGuy: He's probably the second nicest of the main characters, next to Cindy.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the show, he's not some kind of secret agent and just a dull-witted bully. He also is only in one episode

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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the show, he's not some kind of secret agent and just a dull-witted bully. He also is [[DemotedToExtra only in one episodeepisode]].
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* ProudBeauty: Zigzagged. While she often acts rather vain, there are a few cases that suggest she's actually pretty insecure about her looks. In the very first book she asks Adam at one point if he thinks she's pretty, he says she [[DamnedByFaintPraise says she "looks alright"]], at which point she slugs him and says he [[InnocentlyInsensitive "has a lot to learn about insecure females".]] She also frequently suggests Cindy isn't very attractive, but, judging from the other characters and the pictures of her, she's at least as pretty as Sally is, so it's probably just more insecurity on her part.
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* TheHeart: She's probably the most sensitive and caring of the main five.
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[[folder: Bryce Poole]]
* AdaptationalJerkass: In the show, he's not some kind of secret agent and just a dull-witted bully. He also is only in one episode
* BadassAdorable: He's only 12 yet is known as a hero on multiple planets
* MrViceGuy: {{Pride}} would probably be his, although, to be fair, [[TheAce he has a lot to be prideful about.]]
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* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Light to Sally's dark.
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* ShrinkingViolet: He's a shy and nerdy but kind-hearted kid.


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* Tsundere: Definitely a type A. Despite usually being rude and abrasive, she can be surprisingly compassionate (even to Cindy), and [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness usually knows when to drop the attitude if someone's really scared and upset.]]

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* Tsundere: {{Tsundere}}: Definitely a type A. Despite usually being rude and abrasive, she can be surprisingly compassionate (even to Cindy), and [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness usually knows when to drop the attitude if someone's really scared and upset.]]



* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: she is the only blond character, and probably the nicest as well.
* InformedFlaw: Sally often implies she is some kind of spoiled princess type, but this is far from the truth.

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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: she She is the only blond character, and probably the nicest as well.
in the group.
* InformedFlaw: Sally often implies she is some kind of spoiled princess type, but this is far from the truth. It's even a plot point in ''The Witch's Revenge'' but she's never shown signs of this otherwise.
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* PetTheDog: Has quite a few of these, including risking her life to save her friends numerous times (even strangers), and being prepared to pull a HeroicSacrifice at a few points. She has some smaller things to, such as holding Cindy's brother's hand in the show.
* Tsundere: Definitely a type A. Despite usually being rude and abrasive, she can be surprisingly compassionate (even to Cindy), and [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness usually knows when to drop the attitude if someone's really scared and upset.]]
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* LovingBully: Possibly why she's so mean to Cindy: she has an outright HeroicBSOD when she thinks Cindy is dead, and another book admits Cindy doesn't really hate her and actually admires her, which implies there may be [[LesYay something between them.]] Of course, being a kid's book (and one made in TheNineties at that) they [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar certainly can't say this directly.]]
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: He has a tendency to go out of his way to help people no matter what, which Cindy notes in ''Creature in the Teacher'' and she actually finds it quite admirable.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Mildly, her somewhat rougher moments are toned down in the TV show. Not having Cindy around as much likely plays a part.


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* DarkAndTroubledPast: It's implied he had one, as his family left him years ago and it's stated he did not have an easy childhood. The specifics are never revealed though.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname and OnlyOneName: His real name and last name are not revealed, and it is implied he has forgotten them. Although the [[NamedByTheAdaptation TV series]] reveals his last name is Waverly.

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* HeroWithBadPublicity: ''Time Terror'' reveals that in the future, she is not considered a hero due to always causing trouble for the group and is even called "The Evil One".



* AdaptedOut: She's not in the TV show for some reason.

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* AdaptedOut: She's not DemotedToExtra: She only appears in one episode of the TV show. This is because because [[https://spongey444.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/jim3.png they didn't have the money to pay for an extra actor in the TV show for some reason.main cast]]. However, in the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen planned second season]], she would have been added to the main cast.
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[[folder: Cindy Makey]]
* AdaptedOut: She's not in the TV show for some reason.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: she is the only blond character, and probably the nicest as well.
* InformedFlaw: Sally often implies she is some kind of spoiled princess type, but this is far from the truth.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Sally. One book straight up admits she only pretends to hate her and [[LesYay secretly admires her.]]
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[[folder: Sally Wilcox]]
* AntiHero: Downplayed, but she's the edgiest of the main characters by far
* DeadpanSnarker: Pretty much constantly.
* GoodIsNotNice: or [[GoodIsNotSoft soft]], in her case. While she's a good person, and risks her life to save people in numerous books. she can be [[DeadpanSnarker quite rude a lot of the time]], and is downright ruthless in a few cases (such as planning to blow up an alien spaceship even though she's not sure they're evil or not.)
* LovableAlphaBitch: Sally may be pretty, vain, sarcastic, and overconfident, but is a pretty decent girl over all. Also, even though she's always fighting with Cindy, she really does care about her as in one book Cindy is seemingly [[ItMakesSenseInContext killed by a pterodactyl]] Sally is really upset and even [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness starts crying.]]
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