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* HollywoodToneDeaf: According to Amelia, Cleo is a terrible singer. Amelia is forced to endure Cleo's singing during their road trip. In ''Amelia's Moving Pictures'', we learn that Cleo's singing voice really is that bad. It doesn't help that Cleo has weird taste in music.
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* HollywoodToneDeaf: According to Amelia, Cleo is a terrible singer. Amelia is forced to endure Cleo's singing during their road trip. In ''Amelia's Moving Pictures'', we learn that Cleo's singing voice really is that bad. It horrible, and it doesn't help that Cleo has weird taste in music.
* MuseumOfTheStrangeAndUnusual: In ''Amelia Hits the Road'', Amelia sees multiple roadside billboards for a "Mysterious Place", and she begs her mother to stop there so they could take a break from driving. The Mysterious Place unsurprisingly turns out to be one of these, and its main attraction is an optical illusion where water appears to flow uphill. [[OnlyOneFindsItFun Cleo]] is the only one who doesn't feel ripped off.
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* TakeThat: In ''Vote 4 Amelia'', Amelia mentions that her school received free [=TVs=]. As part of the deal, the school is required to broadcast a weekly news program; Amelia refers to it as "propaganda with lots of ads." This is a jab against [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_One_News Channel One News]], which targeted underfunded schools and was infamous for showing commercials during class time. To drive the point home, it's accompanied by a drawing of a TV showing the number 1.
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* TakeThat: In ''Vote 4 Amelia'', Amelia mentions that her school received free [=TVs=]. As part of the deal, the school is required to broadcast a weekly news program; Amelia refers to it as "propaganda with lots of ads." This is a jab against [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_One_News Channel One News]], which targeted underfunded an {{edutainment}} news program for schools and was infamous that had commercial breaks. This sparked controversy over advertising to schoolchildren in exchange for showing commercials during class time.free equipment. To drive the point home, it's accompanied by a drawing of a TV showing the number 1.
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* AssholeVictim: Cleo dumping salt in Mr. Lambaste's coffee would be a nasty thing to do to a teacher... that wasn't Mr. Lambaste. Since he's the resident SadistTeacher, and Cleo says that he was awful even before the salt incident (and her claim is backed up by the fact that other all the other students hate him, too), it's hard not to side with Cleo, even if it does cause issues for Amelia. In fact, Mr. Lambaste's attitude is what led to Cleo deciding to prank him in the first place.
* HollywoodToneDeaf: According to Amelia, Cleo is a terrible singer. Amelia is forced to endure Cleo's singing during their road trip. In ''Amelia's Moving Pictures'', we learn that Cleo's singing voice really is that bad. It doesn't help that Cleo has weird taste in music.
-->'''Cleo:''' Oh baby, oh baby, oh marshmallow pie-ie-ie, oh baby, oh baby, spit in my eye-aye-aye...
-->'''Cleo:''' Oh baby, oh baby, oh marshmallow pie-ie-ie, oh baby, oh baby, spit in my eye-aye-aye...
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Cleo dumping salt in Mr. Lambaste's coffee would be a nasty thing to do to a teacher... that wasn't Mr. Lambaste. Since he's the resident SadistTeacher, and Cleo says that he was awful even before the salt incident (and her claim is backed up by the fact that other all the other students hate him, too), it's hard not to side with Cleo, even if it does cause issues for Amelia. In fact, Mr. Lambaste's attitude is what led to Cleo deciding to prank him in the first place.
* MadLibsCatchphrase: Amelia and Nadia always sign off their letters to each other with "yours till the [bad pun]." (e.g. "yours till the banana splits" and "yours till the bunny hops")
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** The ''Max Disaster'' series is the [[SpearCounterpart boy-targeted counterpart]] of the ''Amelia'' series. It centers around Amelia's classmate Max, who creates a comic called "Alien Eraser" and likes to perform experiments around his house. Like Amelia, Max copes with divorced parents.
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** The ''Max Disaster'' series is the [[SpearCounterpart boy-targeted counterpart]] of the ''Amelia'' series. It centers around Amelia's classmate Max, who creates a comic called "Alien Eraser" and likes to perform performs experiments around his house. Like Amelia, Max copes with divorced parents.
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* AuthorAvatar: The author has stated that Amelia is based on herself when she was a child.
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* RunningGag: Amelia often needs multiple tries to remember the spelling of "weird" (which doesn't follow the "I before E except after C" rule).
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** Amelia often needs multiple tries to remember the spelling of "weird" (which doesn't follow the "I before E except after C"rule).rule).
** Amelia and Nadia always sign off their letters to each other with "yours till the [bad pun]." (e.g. "yours till the banana splits" and "yours till the bunny hops")
** The back covers always have three or four real quotes from readers and reviewers, followed by a quote from Cleo, who is offended by how the book portrays her.
** Amelia often needs multiple tries to remember the spelling of "weird" (which doesn't follow the "I before E except after C"
** Amelia and Nadia always sign off their letters to each other with "yours till the [bad pun]." (e.g. "yours till the banana splits" and "yours till the bunny hops")
** The back covers always have three or four real quotes from readers and reviewers, followed by a quote from Cleo, who is offended by how the book portrays her.
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** The ''Max Disaster'' series is the [[SpearCounterpart boy-targeted counterpart]] of the ''Amelia'' series. It centers around Amelia's geeky classmate Max who, like Amelia, copes with divorced parents.
** The ''Daphne's Diary of Daily Disasters'' series is about Amelia's unlucky cousin Daphne.
** The ''Daphne's Diary of Daily Disasters'' series is about Amelia's unlucky cousin Daphne.
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** The ''Max Disaster'' series is the [[SpearCounterpart boy-targeted counterpart]] of the ''Amelia'' series. It centers around Amelia's geeky classmate Max who, like Max, who creates a comic called "Alien Eraser" and likes to perform experiments around his house. Like Amelia, Max copes with divorced parents.
** The ''Daphne's Diary of Daily Disasters'' series is about Amelia's unlucky cousin Daphne. This series is targeted at younger readers.
** The ''Daphne's Diary of Daily Disasters'' series is about Amelia's unlucky cousin Daphne. This series is targeted at younger readers.
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* TakeThat: In ''Vote 4 Amelia'', Amelia mentions that her school received free [=TVs=]. As part of the deal, the school is required to broadcast a weekly morning news program; Amelia refers to it as "propaganda with lots of ads." This is a jab against [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_One_News Channel One News]], which targeted underfunded schools and was infamous for showing commercials during class time. To drive the point home, it's accompanied by a drawing of a TV showing the number 1.
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* TakeThat: In ''Vote 4 Amelia'', Amelia mentions that her school received free [=TVs=]. As part of the deal, the school is required to broadcast a weekly morning news program; Amelia refers to it as "propaganda with lots of ads." This is a jab against [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_One_News Channel One News]], which targeted underfunded schools and was infamous for showing commercials during class time. To drive the point home, it's accompanied by a drawing of a TV showing the number 1.
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* TakeThat: In ''Vote 4 Amelia'', Amelia mentions that her school received free [=TVs=]. As part of the deal, the school is required to broadcast a news program that, according to Amelia, is simply "propaganda with lots of ads." This is a jab against [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_One_News Channel One News]], which targeted underfunded schools and was infamous for showing commercials during class time. To drive the point home, it's accompanied by a drawing of a TV showing the number 1.
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* TakeThat: In ''Vote 4 Amelia'', Amelia mentions that her school received free [=TVs=]. As part of the deal, the school is required to broadcast a weekly morning news program that, according program; Amelia refers to Amelia, is simply it as "propaganda with lots of ads." This is a jab against [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_One_News Channel One News]], which targeted underfunded schools and was infamous for showing commercials during class time. To drive the point home, it's accompanied by a drawing of a TV showing the number 1.
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* TakeThat: In ''Vote 4 Amelia'', Amelia mentions that [=TVs=] were donated to her school; as part of the deal, the school is required to broadcast a news program that Amelia refers to as "propaganda with lots of ads." This is a jab at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_One_News Channel One News]], which targeted underfunded schools and was infamous for showing commercials during class time. To drive the point home, it's accompanied by a drawing of a TV with the number 1 on the screen.
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* TakeThat: In ''Vote 4 Amelia'', Amelia mentions that [=TVs=] were donated to her school; as school received free [=TVs=]. As part of the deal, the school is required to broadcast a news program that Amelia refers that, according to as Amelia, is simply "propaganda with lots of ads." This is a jab at against [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_One_News Channel One News]], which targeted underfunded schools and was infamous for showing commercials during class time. To drive the point home, it's accompanied by a drawing of a TV with showing the number 1 on the screen.1.
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* TakeThat: In ''Vote 4 Amelia'', Amelia mentions that a company had donated [=TVs=] to her school, but the principal had to agree to broadcast a news program that Amelia refers to as "propaganda with lots of ads." This is a jab at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_One_News Channel One News]], which was controversial for advertising in classrooms. To drive the point home, it's accompanied by a drawing of a TV with the number 1 on the screen.
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* TakeThat: In ''Vote 4 Amelia'', Amelia mentions that a company had [=TVs=] were donated [=TVs=] to her school, but school; as part of the principal had to agree deal, the school is required to broadcast a news program that Amelia refers to as "propaganda with lots of ads." This is a jab at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_One_News Channel One News]], which targeted underfunded schools and was controversial infamous for advertising in classrooms.showing commercials during class time. To drive the point home, it's accompanied by a drawing of a TV with the number 1 on the screen.
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* TakeThat: In ''Vote 4 Amelia'', Amelia mentions that a company had donated [=TVs=] to her school, but the principal had to agree to broadcast a news program that is crammed with commercials. This is a jab at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_One_News Channel One News]], which was controversial for advertising in classrooms. To drive the point home, it's accompanied by a drawing of a TV with the number 1 on the screen.
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* TakeThat: In ''Vote 4 Amelia'', Amelia mentions that a company had donated [=TVs=] to her school, but the principal had to agree to broadcast a news program that is crammed Amelia refers to as "propaganda with commercials. lots of ads." This is a jab at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_One_News Channel One News]], which was controversial for advertising in classrooms. To drive the point home, it's accompanied by a drawing of a TV with the number 1 on the screen.
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* TakeThat: In ''Vote 4 Amelia'', Amelia mentions that a company had donated [=TVs=] to her school, but the principal had to agree to broadcast a news program that is crammed with commercials. This is a jab at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_One_News Channel One News]], which was controversial for advertising in classrooms. To drive the point home, it's accompanied by a drawing of a TV with the number 1 on the screen.
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* SpinOff:
** The ''Max Disaster'' series is the [[SpearCounterpart boy-targeted counterpart]] of the ''Amelia'' series. It centers around Amelia's geeky classmate Max who, like Amelia, copes with divorced parents.
** The ''Daphne's Diary of Daily Disasters'' series is about Amelia's unlucky cousin Daphne.
** The ''Max Disaster'' series is the [[SpearCounterpart boy-targeted counterpart]] of the ''Amelia'' series. It centers around Amelia's geeky classmate Max who, like Amelia, copes with divorced parents.
** The ''Daphne's Diary of Daily Disasters'' series is about Amelia's unlucky cousin Daphne.
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* TeachersUnfavoriteStudent: Mr. Lambaste has a reputation as a SadistTeacher, but he particularly hates Amelia, insulting her in front of the entire class and cruelly rebuffing all her attempts to participate in class and be friendly to him. It turns out that he holds a grudge against her because her older sister, Cleo, pulled a prank on him two years earlier.
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* ContinuityNod: The books can be read and understood in any order, but Amelia will sometimes reference events of previous books. For example, when discussing gossip, Amelia writes about certain secrets she knows about Cleo, including the "kissing her own step-cousin" thing that happened way back in the family reunion book.
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* DisappearedDad: Played straight at first, Amelia's dad never being even mentioned. Amelia then writes him a letter in ''Luv Amelia Luv Nadia'', and they finally meet in ''Amelia's Family Ties''. Now he's mentioned pretty frequently.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Max towards Charisse.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Max towards Charisse.
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* DisappearedDad: Played straight at first, Amelia's dad never being even mentioned. Amelia then writes him a letter in ''Luv Amelia Luv Nadia'', and they finally meet in ''Amelia's Family Ties''. Now After that, he's mentioned pretty frequently.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Max towards Charisse. He has a crush on her that persists through several books, but all his attempts to impress her go nowhere.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Amelia's mom has virtually nothing nice to say about her father, especially given that he walked out on his kids after their messy divorce. However, when Amelia asks for his contact information, she does eventually agree to let her write to him, and later agrees to let the sisters visit him. She may still be angry at him, but she won't stop her daughters from knowing her father.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Max towards Charisse. He has a crush on her that persists through several books, but all his attempts to impress her go nowhere.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Amelia's mom has virtually nothing nice to say about her father, especially given that he walked out on his kids after their messy divorce. However, when Amelia asks for his contact information, she does eventually agree to let her write to him, and later agrees to let the sisters visit him. She may still be angry at him, but she won't stop her daughters from knowing her father.
* KissingCousins: Cleo makes out with Justin, who, to be fair, is her ''step''-cousin, and they didn't meet until they were teens. It's still seen as gross InUniverse, although Amelia and Justin's stepsister Tara find the whole thing hilarious, and the fact that the incident happens ''at a family reunion'' and the pair get caught by their parents just pushes the whole thing into RefugeInAudacity territory.
-->'''Amelia:''' I don't think that's what Dad meant by a "family reunion."
-->'''Amelia:''' I don't think that's what Dad meant by a "family reunion."
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* OddFriendship: Amelia sees Gigi and Cleo's friendship as this.
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* MoralityPet: George brings out the best in everyone. Even when she's unsure about whether or not she can have her father in her life permanently, Amelia immediately takes to her baby half-brother, and Cleo similarly adores him. Quinten, to his credit, does seem to be making an effort to do better with George than he did with Cleo and Amelia, and Clara obviously loves her son. Amelia's affection for George also extends to other characters. While she intensely dislikes Clara, particularly following an incident where Clara read her notebook without her permission, she does agree to try and forgive her when Clara apologizes and admits she's still figuring this whole "mom" thing out. Amelia reasons that Clara can't be all bad if she's George's mom.
* OddFriendship: Amelia sees Gigi and Cleo's friendship asthis.this, as Gigi is beautiful and kind. Of course, Amelia's biased, since Cleo picks on her at home.
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* PetTheDog: Basically the only nice thing Mr. Lambaste does for Amelia is when he actually takes the time to read Amelia's story and gives her extra credit on it, even after she blew up at him. She also never mentions him being nasty to her again after that, so it's possible he finally backed off. Amelia also sees his catching Hudson cheating in the school election as this InUniverse, even though he didn't do it to help Amelia and Carly -- he did it because Hudson was breaking the rules. Amelia still appreciates it.
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** In an early book, even when she was still in full [[BigBrotherBully bully]] mode, Cleo goes out of her way to be nice to Amelia when the latter is shaken up by there having been a fire at her school. She's also the one who gave Amelia a new notebook for her birthday in the second book, on the condition that Amelia write ''something'' nice about her. Amelia obliges, and concedes that Cleo does a very nice job doing her nails and painting them to look pretty.
** Basically the only nice thing Mr. Lambaste does for Amelia is when he actually takes the time to read Amelia's story and gives her extra credit on it, even after she blew up at him. She also never mentions him being nasty to her again after that, so it's possible he finally backed off. Amelia also sees his catching Hudson cheating in the school election as this InUniverse, even though he didn't do it to help Amelia and Carly -- he did it because Hudson was breaking the rules. Amelia still appreciates it.
** In an early book, even when she was still in full [[BigBrotherBully bully]] mode, Cleo goes out of her way to be nice to Amelia when the latter is shaken up by there having been a fire at her school. She's also the one who gave Amelia a new notebook for her birthday in the second book, on the condition that Amelia write ''something'' nice about her. Amelia obliges, and concedes that Cleo does a very nice job doing her nails and painting them to look pretty.
** Basically the only nice thing Mr. Lambaste does for Amelia is when he actually takes the time to read Amelia's story and gives her extra credit on it, even after she blew up at him. She also never mentions him being nasty to her again after that, so it's possible he finally backed off. Amelia also sees his catching Hudson cheating in the school election as this InUniverse, even though he didn't do it to help Amelia and Carly -- he did it because Hudson was breaking the rules. Amelia still appreciates it.
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* TookALevelInKindness: Cleo, while always having a bratty streak, is far nicer and more helpful in later books, and her relationship with Amelia gets much friendlier. Justified, as sibling relationships tend to cool down and be less acrimonious as the kids get older and mature, so it makes sense that she'd pick on Amelia less often.
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* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: George, Amelia and Cleo's half-brother, is about ten and thirteen years younger than them, respectively. Because of their parents' divorce and their father's subsequent absence from their lives, the girls didn't even know George existed until he was nearly two.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Amelia and Carly for Luke in the camp notebook. Well, more like Betty and Betty. Amelia is definitely a Betty, but Carly is too kind to be a Veronica.
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* AnAesop: In "Oh Boy Amelia", Carly tells her classmate Clarisse not to worry if an activity she enjoys something that's masculine or if a boy enjoys something that's feminine, because those categories are arbitrary.
--> There's no such thing as a boy thing or a girl thing. What you mean is it's not ''your'' thing.
--> There's no such thing as a boy thing or a girl thing. What you mean is it's not ''your'' thing.
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* WholePlotReference: ''Amelia's Book of Notes and Note Passing'' is this to Theatre/{{Othello}}. [[SassyBlackWoman Car]][[BlackBestFriend ly]] is [[ScaryBlackMan Othello]], [[AlphaBitch Maxine]] is [[MagnificentBastard Iago]], and [[TheIngenue Amelia]] is [[UnwittingPawn Desdemona]]. Amelia even lampshades it when she begins to read the play in English class:
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* WholePlotReference: ''Amelia's Book of Notes and Note Passing'' is this to Theatre/{{Othello}}. [[SassyBlackWoman Car]][[BlackBestFriend ly]] Carly]] is [[ScaryBlackMan Othello]], [[AlphaBitch Maxine]] is [[MagnificentBastard Iago]], and [[TheIngenue Amelia]] is [[UnwittingPawn Desdemona]]. Amelia even lampshades it when she begins to read the play in English class:
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* BlackBestFriend: Averted in Carly's case. While Amelia considers Carly cooler and prettier, Carly can also be hot-tempered and aloof, and has her own personality and motivations outside of being Amelia's friend.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Her occasional awkwardness and desire to fit in qualify Amelia for this.
* {{Adorkable}}: Her occasional awkwardness and desire to fit in qualify Amelia for this.
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* BlowingARaspberry: Amelia often does this in the first book of her series [[spoiler:to keep Cleo, her older sister, away from her private notebook at all times because it is her private property]].
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* BeYourself: The main [[AnAesop Aesop]] of ''The All-New Amelia''.
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* BeYourself: The main [[AnAesop Aesop]] of ''The All-New Amelia''. Amelia spends the entire book trying to befriend the new girl in school by trying to become "fancier", only to end up driving all of her old friends away as the new girl continues to ignore her.
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* HippieTeacher: Mrs. Oates, Amelia's art teacher in middle school.
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** Mrs. Oates, Amelia's art teacher in middleschool.school, prefers to go by "Star", which is her "inner artist name". She's also drawn with long, flowing hair and wearing patterned tunic-tops with flowing sleeves.
** According to the book about rumors, [[spoiler:Mr. Lambaste]], of all people, used to be a hardcore hippie, down to living in a commune.
** Mrs. Oates, Amelia's art teacher in middle
** According to the book about rumors, [[spoiler:Mr. Lambaste]], of all people, used to be a hardcore hippie, down to living in a commune.
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* ImagineTheAudienceNaked: When Amelia tells Carly about [[SadistTeacher Mr. Lambaste]], she suggests that Amelia do this with Lambaste. [[BrainBleach It does not work.]]
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* ImagineTheAudienceNaked: When Amelia tells Carly about [[SadistTeacher Mr. Lambaste]], she suggests that Amelia do this with Lambaste.imagine him in his underwear. [[BrainBleach It does not work.]]
* KiddieKid: In one of the books, set when Amelia was ostensibly around nine years old, she fantasizes about better places to take school field trips, such as a teddy bear hospital where she could visit some "poor, sick teddies". What nine-year-old thinks a teddy bear hospital is a real place?
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* ScrapbookStory: The story's told through diary entries, stories, drawings, letters, notes, and random things Amelia finds and tapes into her notebook.
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* StrugglingSingleMother: A downplayed example with Amelia's mother. Amelia's parents are divorced, and it's heavily implied that her household is lower-income, perhaps even in spite of her father's child support checks (or possibly because he doesn't send them to begin with). Amelia's packed lunches often include things like cold hot dog sandwiches, and she wears very bland-looking clothing. Could be unintentional on the author's part, since there are several indications that she draws from her own childhood experiences for the books, which can occasionally be outdated.
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* ArtEvolution: Faces and anatomy looked much nicer as time went on. Compare the [[http://www.marissamoss.com/pictures/amelias-notebook.jpg first book's illustration of Amelia]], and her [[http://www.marissamoss.com/pictures/amelias-6th-grade.jpg sixth-grade notebook]]. This becomes FridgeBrilliance when you notice that the books are supposed to be Amelia's diaries; it makes sense that her art would improve as she got older.
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* ArtEvolution: Faces and anatomy looked much nicer as time went on. Compare the [[http://www.marissamoss.[[https://marissamoss.com/pictures/amelias-notebook.jpg first book's illustration of Amelia]], and her [[http://www.marissamoss.[[https://marissamoss.com/pictures/amelias-6th-grade.jpg sixth-grade notebook]]. This becomes FridgeBrilliance when you notice that the books are supposed to be Amelia's diaries; it makes sense that her art would improve as she got older.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Cleo dumping salt in Mr. Lambaste's coffee would be a nasty thing to do to a teacher... that wasn't Mr. Lambaste. Since he's the resident SadistTeacher, and Cleo says that he was awful even before the salt incident (and her claim is backed up by the fact that other all the other students hate him, too), it's hard not to side with Cleo, even if it does cause issues for Amelia. In fact, Mr. Lambaste's attitude is what led to Cleo deciding to prank him in the first place.
* MeaningfulName: To "lambaste" someone means to harshly criticize them. Amelia's SadistTeacher is named Mr. Lambaste.
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* PetTheDog: Basically the only nice thing Mr. Lambaste does for Amelia is when he actually takes the time to read Amelia's story and gives her extra credit on it, even after she blew up at him. She also never mentions him being nasty to her again after that, so it's possible he finally backed out. Amelia also sees his catching Hudson cheating in the school election as this InUniverse, even though he didn't do it to help Amelia and Carly -- he did it because Hudson was breaking the rules. Amelia still appreciates it.
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* PetTheDog: Basically the only nice thing Mr. Lambaste does for Amelia is when he actually takes the time to read Amelia's story and gives her extra credit on it, even after she blew up at him. She also never mentions him being nasty to her again after that, so it's possible he finally backed out.off. Amelia also sees his catching Hudson cheating in the school election as this InUniverse, even though he didn't do it to help Amelia and Carly -- he did it because Hudson was breaking the rules. Amelia still appreciates it.
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* AnimatedAdaptation: The first book received an animated video titled ''[[http://videos.simonandschuster.com/Amelias-Moving-Pictures-A-Cartoon/27806024001 Amelia's Moving Pictures]]'', starring Creator/TabithaStGermain (who also voiced Karina Mishnev and other characters in various cartoons) in the title role. It seems possible that American Girl made this as the {{Pilot}} to a TV show that ultimately failed to find a network. However, this is also seen off the 2000 Scholastic Demo CD #1 (for older computers) in a file format known as ".mov" (the video file requires [=QuickTime=] for either Microsoft Windows or Apple Mac OS).
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* AnimatedAdaptation: The first book received an animated video titled ''[[http://videos.simonandschuster.com/Amelias-Moving-Pictures-A-Cartoon/27806024001 ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdN_tW2y0LY Amelia's Moving Pictures]]'', starring Creator/TabithaStGermain (who also voiced Karina Mishnev and other characters in various cartoons) in the title role. It seems possible that American Girl made this as the {{Pilot}} to a TV show that ultimately failed to find a network. However, this is also seen off the 2000 Scholastic Demo CD #1 (for older computers) in a file format known as ".mov" (the video file requires [=QuickTime=] for either Microsoft Windows or Apple Mac OS).
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Every book is told in an undated diary format, with just as many doodles in the margins and photographs and random objects taped inside as one would expect from a preteen girl. Literature/{{American Girl|s Collection}} magazine also ran a column for her, for nearly a decade. ''Scholastic'' also published the whole ''Amelia's Notebook'' series due to a licensing agreement with Marissa Moss (hence having their logo stamped on a spine as their certification mark).
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Every book is told in an undated diary format, with just as many doodles in the margins and photographs and random objects taped inside as one would expect from a preteen girl. Literature/{{American Girl|s Collection}} magazine also ran a column for her, for nearly a decade. ''Scholastic'' Scholastic also published the whole ''Amelia's Notebook'' series due to a licensing agreement with Marissa Moss (hence having their logo stamped on a spine as their certification mark).
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Every book is told in an undated diary format, with just as many doodles in the margins and photographs and random objects taped inside as one would expect from a preteen girl. Franchise/{{American Girl|s Collection}} magazine also ran a column for her, for nearly a decade. ''Scholastic'' also published the whole ''Amelia's Notebook'' series due to a licensing agreement with Marissa Moss (hence having their logo stamped on a spine as their certification mark).
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Every book is told in an undated diary format, with just as many doodles in the margins and photographs and random objects taped inside as one would expect from a preteen girl. Franchise/{{American Literature/{{American Girl|s Collection}} magazine also ran a column for her, for nearly a decade. ''Scholastic'' also published the whole ''Amelia's Notebook'' series due to a licensing agreement with Marissa Moss (hence having their logo stamped on a spine as their certification mark).
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A series of [[SliceOfLife realistic fiction]] books written by Marissa Moss and published by Simon and Schuster (who also did licensed books based on ''Series/FullHouse'', ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'', ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'', ''Series/Clueless'' and ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'').
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A series of [[SliceOfLife realistic fiction]] books written by Marissa Moss and published by Simon and Schuster (who also did licensed books based on ''Series/FullHouse'', ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'', ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'', ''Series/Clueless'' ''Series/{{Clueless}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'').
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A series of [[SliceOfLife realistic fiction]] books written by Marissa Moss and published by Simon and Schuster (who also did licensed books based on ''Series/FullHouse'', ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'', ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' and ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'').
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A series of [[SliceOfLife realistic fiction]] books written by Marissa Moss and published by Simon and Schuster (who also did licensed books based on ''Series/FullHouse'', ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'', ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'', ''Series/Clueless'' and ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'').
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* BlowingARaspberry: Amelia often does this in the first book of her series [[spoiler:to keep Cleo, her older sister, away from her private notebook at all times because it is her private property]].
