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* FairyGodmother: The heroine of "Cinderella Sidekick" had a particularly klutzy one.

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* HelicopterParents: Pamela of "Namby Pamby" suffers from this, which leads to problems when she is sent away to school and must fend for herself.



* MyBelovedSmother: Pamela of "Namby Pamby" suffers from both this AND an OverprotectiveDad, which leads to problems when she is sent away to school and must fend for herself.
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As with most Fleetway publications, the title is currently owned by Rebellion, who used it for the ''Tammy & Jinty Summer Special'' in 2019 and 2020. The two specials were collected as ''Tammy & Jinty: Remixed'' in 2021.
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* CinderellaCircumstances: Many of the heroines suffer this, either from AbusiveParents or guardians, or people who are holding them and several other children prisoner and forcing them to slave away.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Lesley Ross of "Star Struck Sister" is jealous of her sister Stella because Stella is playing the lead role in the movie they are making.
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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Rott and his daughter Linda, the antagonists of "Olympia Jones" mistreat and abuse Linda's horse.
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* FairyGodmother: The heroine of "Cinderella Sidekick" had a particularly klutzy one.
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* IWillFindYou: The concept behind "Glen, A Lonely Dog on a Quest".
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* TrappedInThePast: This happens to Leonie Page in "Time Trap!", when she undergoes past life regression, only for the hypnotist to collapse, leaving her trapped.

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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Especially when the heroine IS a princess, although there are exceptions.


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* PrincessProtagonist: Many heroines are also princesses.
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Has nothing to do with the 2014 Creator/MelissaMcCarthy film.



* WickedStepmother: Or aunt, or stepfather, or adoptive family, etc.

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* [[ABoyAndHisX A Girl And Her X]]: Many of the stories had this for a concept.

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Tammy was a weekly British comic for girls published by Fleetway in London from 1971 to 1984. While there were similarities with its Fleetway stablemates ComicBook/{{Jinty}} and ComicBook/{{Misty}}, each comic had its own focus, with Tammy concentrating on sadder Cinderella-themed stories and dark tales of tortured heroines.

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Tammy ''Tammy'' was a weekly British comic for girls published by Fleetway Creator/{{Fleetway}} in London from 1971 to 1984. While there were similarities with its Fleetway stablemates ComicBook/{{Jinty}} and ComicBook/{{Misty}}, each comic had its own focus, with Tammy concentrating on sadder Cinderella-themed stories and dark tales of tortured heroines.
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* WickedStepmother: Or aunt, or stepfather, or adoptive family, etc.
* WorldWarTwo: Several stories were set in this time period.

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* PromotionToParent: Janie Greaves of "Our Janie, Little Mum".
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* LeftHanging: ''Cora Can't Lose''- due to the penultimate episode appearing in the last ever issue of Tammy, we never DO learn if Cora survives her head injury.
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* ParentWithNewParamour: Several stories involve the heroine having to get used to their parent wither dating or remarrying.

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* ParentWithNewParamour: Several stories involve the heroine having to get used to their parent wither either dating or remarrying.
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* KidFromTheFuture: Julie of "Thursday's Child".
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Tammy was a weekly British comic for girls published by Fleetway in London from 1971 to 1984. While there were similarities with its Fleetway stablemates Jinty and Misty, each comic had its own focus, with Tammy concentrating on sadder Cinderella-themed stories and dark tales of tortured heroines.

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Tammy was a weekly British comic for girls published by Fleetway in London from 1971 to 1984. While there were similarities with its Fleetway stablemates Jinty ComicBook/{{Jinty}} and Misty, ComicBook/{{Misty}}, each comic had its own focus, with Tammy concentrating on sadder Cinderella-themed stories and dark tales of tortured heroines.
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* CloningBlues: The story "Double Trouble", where the heroine's shadow is brought to life and causes all sorts of trouble for her.
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* [[ABoyAndHisX A Girl And Her X]]: Many of the stories had this for a concept.
* ActionGirl: This IS a girl's comic, after all.
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Played with - while several stories involve identical twins, a few stories have non-identical twins.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: TheRival usually had this sort of personality. Sometimes, the heroine was the "supposedly sweet but really poisonous" one.
* {{Blackmail}}: Several stories revolved around the heroine or someone close to them being blackmailed.
* BoardingSchool: Some of their stories were set in one.
** BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: Some of the stories took place in one.
* BreakTheHaughty: The fate of any SpoiledBrat heroines.
* CinderellaCircumstances: Many of the heroines suffer this, either from AbusiveParents or guardians, or people who are holding them and several other children prisoner and forcing them to slave away.
* CloningBlues: The story "Double Trouble", where the heroine's shadow is brought to life and causes all sorts of trouble for her.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Played with - sometimes being an orphan is a good thing in the stories, sometimes it's a bad thing.
* DisguisedInDrag: The story "Cuckoo in the Nest", which was unique in girl's comics in that the main character was a boy who had to pose as a girl.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Especially when the heroine IS a princess, although there are exceptions.
* FreakyFridayFlip: "I'm Her - She's Me!", where a NiceGirl and a {{Delinquent}} swap bodies.
* GenderBlenderName: Leslie of "Cuckoo in the Nest", which lead his aunt to think he was a girl named "Lesley", and forced him to cross-dress.
* HairTriggerTemper: The titular character of "Temper, Temper, Tina!" had one.
* HappilyAdopted: Several of the heroines.
* IdenticalStranger: If the heroine wasn't one, she would have to expose one.
* LaserGuidedKarma: "The Clock and Cluny Jones" - Cluny is a bully, until she inherits a grandfather clock which throws her into a harsh parallel world, where she's the victim, her kind-hearted aunt is a tyrant, and she is the "swot" of the school.
* MissingMom / DisappearedDad: Several heroines suffered from this, if it wasn't complete ParentalAbandonment.
* MyBelovedSmother: Pamela of "Namby Pamby" suffers from both this AND an OverprotectiveDad, which leads to problems when she is sent away to school and must fend for herself.
* MysteriousProtector: Mad Emma of "Slaves of War Orphan Farm".
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: "Sweet and Sour Charity".
* OneGenderSchool: Several stories were set in a girls-only school.
* OrphanageOfFear: Quite a few stories were set in one.
* ParentalFavoritism: Whenever this trope appeared, the heroine was always TheUnfavorite.
* ParentWithNewParamour: Several stories involve the heroine having to get used to their parent wither dating or remarrying.
* PonyTale: Many of the stories were focused on this trope.
* RagsToRiches: As well as RichesToRags.
* {{Revenge}}: Drove the plot of several stories.
* SculleryMaid: Any story set in Victorian times usually had the heroine play this role.
* SpoiledBrat: Two varieties - 1. the heroine is the brat and becomes subjected to BreakTheHaughty. 2. - the heroine works for such a brat, but is unable to quit as her family needs the money the job offers.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: "The Clock and Cluny Jones".
* WickedStepmother: Or aunt, or stepfather, or adoptive family, etc.
* WorldWarTwo: Several stories were set in this time period.
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Tammy was a weekly British comic for girls published by Fleetway in London from 1971 to 1984. While there were similarities with its Fleetway stablemates Jinty and Misty, each comic had its own focus, with Tammy concentrating on sadder Cinderella-themed stories and dark tales of tortured heroines.

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