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* SchoolRivalry: One story reveals that Pudsley Junior (Bertie's school) has a rivalry with another school Swotter House ("swot" being British slang for "study"), as Swotter House is full of {{Insufferable Genius}}es.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Bertie's imagined life as a pirate in "Pirate!" includes plundering, looting and not washing behind his ears (the first two words are synonyms for "stealing").
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* AccidentalGoodOutcome:
** In "Fishy", Bertie tries to prank [[NerdyBully Nick]] with a maggot sandwich during a [[FishingEpisode fishing trip]]. He fails but ends up catching a large carp that was attracted to the sandwich.
** In "Mud", Bertie accidentally scores a goal in soccer/football, leading to a draw, which the school considers as good as a win since they were playing against a notoriously hard-to-beat team called Cropper Lane.
** In "Snore", Bertie and his classmates are at sleepaway camp, but Nick has to bunk with Darren and Eugene (who hate him and vice versa) and Bertie has to bunk with Trevor (who he hates for being Nick's best friend) and Warren (who he finds annoying because Warren is ProneToTears). Bertie, Darren, and Eugene try to carry a sleeping Nick into Trevor and Warren's room, but [[NotWhereTheyThought accidentally carry him]] into [[SternTeacher Miss Boot]]'s room. However, Bertie, Darren, and Eugene then run away, so Miss Boot thinks Nick snuck into her room to cause trouble and [[{{Unishment}} puts him into Trevor and Warren's room]] and Bertie into Darren and Eugene's room, meaning all six boys got the bunkmates they wanted anyway.
** In "Royal", Bertie hopes to meet the Queen at a party at Buckingham Palace. He does, but purely by accident, [[MistakenIdentity thinking she's just a random old lady]].
** In "Fishy", Bertie tries to prank [[NerdyBully Nick]] with a maggot sandwich during a [[FishingEpisode fishing trip]]. He fails but ends up catching a large carp that was attracted to the sandwich.
** In "Mud", Bertie accidentally scores a goal in soccer/football, leading to a draw, which the school considers as good as a win since they were playing against a notoriously hard-to-beat team called Cropper Lane.
** In "Snore", Bertie and his classmates are at sleepaway camp, but Nick has to bunk with Darren and Eugene (who hate him and vice versa) and Bertie has to bunk with Trevor (who he hates for being Nick's best friend) and Warren (who he finds annoying because Warren is ProneToTears). Bertie, Darren, and Eugene try to carry a sleeping Nick into Trevor and Warren's room, but [[NotWhereTheyThought accidentally carry him]] into [[SternTeacher Miss Boot]]'s room. However, Bertie, Darren, and Eugene then run away, so Miss Boot thinks Nick snuck into her room to cause trouble and [[{{Unishment}} puts him into Trevor and Warren's room]] and Bertie into Darren and Eugene's room, meaning all six boys got the bunkmates they wanted anyway.
** In "Royal", Bertie hopes to meet the Queen at a party at Buckingham Palace. He does, but purely by accident, [[MistakenIdentity thinking she's just a random old lady]].
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* RemoteControlRuckus: In one story, Bertie's older sister Suzy has her [[BrattyHalfPint mean]] friend Bella over for a sleepover. When Bertie wants to watch his favourite show, he gets outvoted when both of the girls want to watch a movie called ''Pop Princess'' instead.
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* OneLetterPun: In one book, [[BookDumb Bertie]] tells Eugene to help him cheat during the spelling bee by giving him clues, "Like if the letter's I, point to your eye."
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-->'''Eugene''': "But what if the letter's P?"
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* AbsurdBrandName: In one story, the foods at a restaurant are named unappetizing things like "chicken on a bed of goop".
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* HandwritingAsCharacterization: All of the main kid characters write messily and misspell a lot of words. This is because they're all either six or seven, and Bertie in particular is a bad student.
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* MistakenForDestitute: In "Beg", Bertie dresses up as a beggar for a historical cosplay day at school, and then has to wait outside with Whiffer the dog while his mother goes shopping since [[NoAnimalsAllowed the store doesn't allow pets]]. When strangers pass by, they think he really ''is'' a beggar and give him money, causing Bertie to go along with it and pretend to be one.
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* AnimalGoesTOSchool:
**In "Rats", Bertie adopts the mouse that was in his pantry in secret and names him Monty. Bertie brings Monty to school in a cardboard box, but he escapes in class, scaring the teacher, Miss Boot, who is afraid of mice and rats.
**In "Spider", Bertie tries to keep a pet spider, which he thinks is a tarantula, and names him Tickler. He takes Tickler to school, but Tickler escapes. Everyone freaks out until Miss Boot determines that he's not a tarantula and not dangerous. Tickler is then set free, but he decides to live in the boys' toilets, where Bertie can still see him.
**In "Record", Bertie wants to use his dog Whiffer to break the record for a skateboarding dog. Bertie takes Whiffer to school and hides him in the closet, then when Whiffer barks, Bertie lies that he has a "barking cough".
**In "Rats", Bertie adopts the mouse that was in his pantry in secret and names him Monty. Bertie brings Monty to school in a cardboard box, but he escapes in class, scaring the teacher, Miss Boot, who is afraid of mice and rats.
**In "Spider", Bertie tries to keep a pet spider, which he thinks is a tarantula, and names him Tickler. He takes Tickler to school, but Tickler escapes. Everyone freaks out until Miss Boot determines that he's not a tarantula and not dangerous. Tickler is then set free, but he decides to live in the boys' toilets, where Bertie can still see him.
**In "Record", Bertie wants to use his dog Whiffer to break the record for a skateboarding dog. Bertie takes Whiffer to school and hides him in the closet, then when Whiffer barks, Bertie lies that he has a "barking cough".
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* ExcitedShowTitle: Lots of the story titles end in exclamation marks.
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* EmbarrassinglyDresslikeOutfit: In "Wedding!", Bertie is invited to his second cousin's wedding. Since the groom is Scottish, all the men are asked to wear kilts, but Bertie doesn't want to wear one, since he thinks they look too "[[BuffySpeak skirty]]".
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* TrainingThePet: In "Walkies", Mr. and Mrs. Burns become fed up with the family dog Whiffer's disobedience, so they make Bertie take him to obedience classes. However, the classes don't improve Whiffer's behaviour, so Bertie asks his friend Donna to help.
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* AnimalLover: Bertie likes all animals except cats, and even then, he doesn't ''dis''like cats but doesn't "see the point" of them. He's tried to keep frogs, worms, etc as pets.
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* AnimalLover: AnimalLover:
** Bertie likes all animals except cats, and even then, he doesn't ''dis''like cats but doesn't "see the point" of them. He's tried to keep frogs, worms, etc aspets.pets.
** Angela also seems to be an animal lover -- she owns a cat, likes ponies, and one of the ''Angela Nicely'' books reveals that she wants a dog.
** Bertie likes all animals except cats, and even then, he doesn't ''dis''like cats but doesn't "see the point" of them. He's tried to keep frogs, worms, etc as
** Angela also seems to be an animal lover -- she owns a cat, likes ponies, and one of the ''Angela Nicely'' books reveals that she wants a dog.
** In "Mud!", Bertie has a nightmare about playing soccer/football against a team of Miss Boots when he's afraid to play it.
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* BabysFirstWords: In "Bum!", Bertie and his parents are visiting his mother's friends Simon and Jenny and their 14-month-old daughter Molly. When Bertie shouts "Bum!" as an exclamation, it becomes Molly's first word and Bertie tries to hide it from Simon and Jenny.
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* BabysFirstWords: In "Bum!", Bertie and his parents are visiting his mother's friends Simon and Jenny and their 14-month-old daughter Molly. When Bertie shouts shouts, "Bum!" as an exclamation, it becomes Molly's first word and Bertie tries to hide it from Simon and Jenny.
* BabyTalk: In "Bum!", when Molly tries to kiss Bertie, Mrs. Burns says, "Molly want a kiss? Kiss for Bertie?".
* BathroomSearchExcuse: Sometimes, Bertie or another kid lies that they need to go to the bathroom:
** In "Bum!", when Bertie is trying to get out of trouble when baby Molly says, "Bum!" (which he accidentally taught her, and which is her first word), he says that he's going off for a poo.
** In "Fangs!", Bertie, Darren, and Eugene lie that they need to pee to distract Mr. Grouch.
* BathroomSearchExcuse: Sometimes, Bertie or another kid lies that they need to go to the bathroom:
** In "Bum!", when Bertie is trying to get out of trouble when baby Molly says, "Bum!" (which he accidentally taught her, and which is her first word), he says that he's going off for a poo.
** In "Fangs!", Bertie, Darren, and Eugene lie that they need to pee to distract Mr. Grouch.
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* BigNo: Bertie shouts "NOOO!" upon learning he has to have a haircut, and so does Miss Boot when the penny pyramid crashes. Additionally, Bertie also said "NO!" with one "o" but still in caps upon hearing that Great-Aunt Morag is visiting.
* BigYes: When Bertie gets to look after Snuffles in "Hamster!", he says "Yessssss!". He says it again in "Zombie!" when he hears Eugene is coming for a sleepover, in "Fishy!" when his father allows him to go fishing and in "Fame!" when he hears he might be on TV.
* BigYes: When Bertie gets to look after Snuffles in "Hamster!", he says "Yessssss!". He says it again in "Zombie!" when he hears Eugene is coming for a sleepover, in "Fishy!" when his father allows him to go fishing and in "Fame!" when he hears he might be on TV.
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* BigNo: Bertie shouts shouts, "NOOO!" upon learning he has to have a haircut, and so does Miss Boot when the penny pyramid crashes. Additionally, Bertie also said said, "NO!" with one "o" but still in caps upon hearing that Great-Aunt Morag is visiting.
* BigYes: When Bertie gets to look after Snuffles in "Hamster!", hesays says, "Yessssss!". He says it again in "Zombie!" when he hears Eugene is coming for a sleepover, in "Fishy!" when his father allows him to go fishing and in "Fame!" when he hears he might be on TV.
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* CallingYourBathroomBreaks:
** Sometimes exploited when Bertie or another kid lies that they need to go to the bathroom.
** Bertie says, "I need the loo!" several times in the story "Loo!".
** Sometimes exploited when Bertie or another kid lies that they need to go to the bathroom.
** Bertie says, "I need the loo!" several times in the story "Loo!".
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* CallingYourBathroomBreaks:
** Sometimes exploited when Bertie or another kid lies that they need to go to the bathroom.
**CallingYourBathroomBreaks: Bertie says, "I need the loo!" several times in the story "Loo!".
** Sometimes exploited when Bertie or another kid lies that they need to go to the bathroom.
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* {{Dhampyr}}: Discussed in "Fangs!", when Bertie and his friends mistake Mr. Grouch for a vampire/human hybrid.
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* DoesNotLikeSpam: Bertie doesn't like carrots, cabbage or broccoli and hates cauliflower. Also, when the students were playing pirates, Darren suggests they punish Nick by "making him eat vegetables", implying that either Darren or Nick dislikes vegetables. Darren and Eugene also don't like broccoli or cabbage. Miss Beansprout doesn't like chips and she calls custard "horrible". Donna doesn't like carrots and Bella likes neither salad, nor pizza.
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* DoesNotLikeSpam: DoesNotLikeSpam:
** Bertie doesn't like carrots, cabbage or broccoli and hatescauliflower. Also, when cauliflower.
** When the students were playing pirates, Darren suggests they punish Nick by "making him eat vegetables", implying that either Darren or Nick dislikesvegetables. vegetables.
** Darren and Eugene also don't like broccoli orcabbage. cabbage.
** Miss Beansprout doesn't like chips and she calls custard"horrible". "horrible".
** Donna doesn't likecarrots and carrots.
** Bella likes neither salad, nor pizza.
** Bertie doesn't like carrots, cabbage or broccoli and hates
** When the students were playing pirates, Darren suggests they punish Nick by "making him eat vegetables", implying that either Darren or Nick dislikes
** Darren and Eugene also don't like broccoli or
** Miss Beansprout doesn't like chips and she calls custard
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** Bella likes neither salad, nor pizza.
** "Fame!" is all about Bertie having an EmbarrassingAdGig when he learns he will star in an ad for bubble bath and they're going to film him in the bath.
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* EverybodyHatesMathematics: Bertie and Darren view maths as boring, but it's not universal, as proven by characters such as Nick and Miss Boot, despite those being seen as antagonists.
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* {{Fainting}}: Never really happens, but Bertie supposes his mother would have fainted if he'd weed on a tree like Whiffer. Another time, he's glad that no one has fainted because it's a hot day. A third time, he says Miss Boot "looks like she might pass out", and a fourth time, he says his dad "looked like he might faint".
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* {{Fainting}}: Discussed in "Hot!", when Bertie is glad no one has fainted on a hot day.
* FaintInShock: Never really happens, but Bertie supposes his mother would have fainted if he'd weed on a tree like Whiffer.Another time, he's glad that no one has fainted because it's a hot day. A third time, he says Miss Boot "looks like she might pass out", and a fourth third time, he says his dad "looked like he might faint".
* FaintInShock: Never really happens, but Bertie supposes his mother would have fainted if he'd weed on a tree like Whiffer.
* FreudianSlip: In "Loo!", Bertie is trying to [[CarRideGames count the cars on the bus]] to distract himself from his PottyEmergency. However, when he gets to 32, he accidentally says, "Thirty-loo".
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* GettingSickDeliberately: The book ''Germs'' has Bertie's sister falling ill with [[ChickenpoxEpisode chickenpox]], which leads to Bertie attempting to give himself xhickenpox so that he doesn't have to go to school. He is eventually able to catch it... [[ShaggyDogStory during the weekend, which defeats the purpose of getting it that way.]]
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* GettingSickDeliberately: The book ''Germs'' "Germs" has Bertie's sister falling ill with [[ChickenpoxEpisode chickenpox]], which leads to Bertie attempting to give himself xhickenpox so that he doesn't have to go to school. He is eventually able to catch it... [[ShaggyDogStory during the weekend, which defeats the purpose of getting it that way.]]
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* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: In "Loo!", when Bertie is having a PottyEmergency, his friends Darren and Eugene tease him by saying, "Bertie needs a wee." "A piddle?" "A widdle." "A tiddle?"
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* INeedToGoIronMyDog: In "Worms", Bertie thinks of many excuses to get out of going to a party he doesn't want to (it's for a girl he finds annoying, he's the only boy invited, and it's pink-themed and he hates pink). While some of the excuses are plausible (e.g. that he has gas and they wouldn't want him around), most fall into this trope. For instance, he claims he has a disease called "[[{{Somethingitis}} party-itis]]" and then later [[FakingAmnesia pretends to have amnesia]].
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* KidsHateVegetables: Both Bertie and Darren have complained about vegetables on numerous occasions, and when Miss Beansprout serves up vegetables in the cafeteria in "Burp!", all the students complain.
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* MallSanta: In "Elf!", Mr. Burns plays as Santa at the mall, while Bertie plays an elf.
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* NerdyBully: The two things Nick loves most are studying and mocking Bertie.
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* ComedicWorkSeriousScene: For the most part, "Toothy" is a funny story about Bertie thinking Mr. Filling is a DepravedDentist because he [[OutOfContextEavesdropping overheard]] him mention putting someone who's both male and seven years old (like Bertie) "to sleep". However, the conflict is solved by a reveal that he was actually talking about Rex, his sick dog.
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* MistakenForTransformed: Invoked in one story, in which Bertie gets a magician's kit and uses it to attempt to turn his friend Eugene into a worm. Eugene pranks Bertie by changing his clothes, putting a worm on top of his old clothes, and leaving, so that Bertie would think he really did turn into a worm.
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* BicolorCowsSolidColorBulls: In "Runner!", Bertie and Nick run through a field of cattle. All the cows are white with dark spots, but the sole bull is totally black.
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* IAteWhat: In "Fishy!", Bertie puts maggots into a sandwich and tries to get Nick to eat it. [[spoiler: Bertie's dad ends up eating it.]]
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* ComedicUnderwearExposure: The whole setup with the story "Pants!" is that Bertie loses a bet to Nick and has to go to school in his underwear. [[spoiler: Eventually, he ends up using the loophole that he is wearing underwear under his trousers and tricks Nick into pulling ''his'' pants down.]]
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* ComedicUnderwearExposure: The whole setup with the story "Pants!" is that Bertie loses a bet to Nick and has to go to school in his underwear. [[spoiler: Eventually, he ends up using the loophole that he is wearing underwear under his trousers and tricks Nick into pulling ''his'' pants down.trousers down after saying that Nick doesn’t wear any, and so he tries to prove it, resulting in a photo of him in his underwear being taken by Angela Nicely.]]
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* CuddleBug: Both baby Molly and Gran's neighbour Sherry like to cuddle Bertie, which he finds annoying.
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* CuddleBug: Both baby Molly and Gran's neighbour and friend Sherry like to cuddle Bertie, which he finds annoying.
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* AfraidOfDoctors: Bertie is afraid of the dentist Mr Filling because he thinks Mr Filling looks scary. Apparently, Suzy used to be afraid of him too.
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* AfraidOfDoctors: Bertie is afraid of the dentist Mr Filling because he thinks Mr Filling looks scary. Bertie later find out Mr Filling is actually very nice and loves animals like Bertie does. Apparently, Suzy used to be afraid of him too.
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* FoulCafeteriaFood: The students, with the exception of Bertie, are often heard complaining about the food the cafeteria serves, particularly the rice pudding. The chef's name is even Mrs. Mould (though, despite her name, she never seems to serve moldy food). In "Burp!", she gets temporarily replaced with Miss Beansprout, who serves salad and carrot cake, which ''[[KidsHateVegetables all]]'' of the students hate.
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* GettingSickDeliberately: The book ''Germs'' has Bertie's sister falling ill with [[ChickenpoxEpisode chickenpox]], which leads to Bertie attempting to give himself xhickenpox so that he doesn't have to go to school. He is eventually able to catch it... [[ShaggyDogStory during the weekend, which defeats the purpose of getting it that way.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: The series often plays this for laughs:
** At the end of "Burp!", the school is back to the cook Bertie preferred, but he's [[LostMyAppetite lost his appetite]] and the other students still don't like the menu.
** In one story, Bertie and his grandmother sign up to a dance contest to win a trip to New York. They lose, but don't mind, since their obnoxious rivals also lost.
** At the end of "Hamster!", Bertie finds the eponymous hamster, Snuffles, but then Snuffles [[RoadApples poops on him]].
** "Walkies" ends with Bertie being told off, but Whiffer passing his training test.
** At the end of "Crackers!", the Christmas play goes wrong, but the boys and Whiffer happily go caroling.
** "Slave" ends with Royston refusing to pay Bertie for making him his slave, yet Bertie doesn't mind and gets to tease Royston.
** At the end of "Fetch!", Tiny the robot dog is destroyed and lost at the bottom of the pond. Bertie, however, doesn't mind and Whiffer gets to be the centre of attention again.
** In "Wedding", Bertie ends up saving the wedding ring, but the cake is still missing some letters because Bertie ate them off.
** "Robot Wars" ends with Bertie winning a trophy, but Miss Boot angry that he based his robot off her.
** At the end of "Burger", the family is angry with Bertie, but he gets to eat at the restaurant he likes.
** At the end of "Burp!", the school is back to the cook Bertie preferred, but he's [[LostMyAppetite lost his appetite]] and the other students still don't like the menu.
** In one story, Bertie and his grandmother sign up to a dance contest to win a trip to New York. They lose, but don't mind, since their obnoxious rivals also lost.
** At the end of "Hamster!", Bertie finds the eponymous hamster, Snuffles, but then Snuffles [[RoadApples poops on him]].
** "Walkies" ends with Bertie being told off, but Whiffer passing his training test.
** At the end of "Crackers!", the Christmas play goes wrong, but the boys and Whiffer happily go caroling.
** "Slave" ends with Royston refusing to pay Bertie for making him his slave, yet Bertie doesn't mind and gets to tease Royston.
** At the end of "Fetch!", Tiny the robot dog is destroyed and lost at the bottom of the pond. Bertie, however, doesn't mind and Whiffer gets to be the centre of attention again.
** In "Wedding", Bertie ends up saving the wedding ring, but the cake is still missing some letters because Bertie ate them off.
** "Robot Wars" ends with Bertie winning a trophy, but Miss Boot angry that he based his robot off her.
** At the end of "Burger", the family is angry with Bertie, but he gets to eat at the restaurant he likes.
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* NotWhereTheyThought: In one story, Bertie, Darren, and Eugene try to carry a sleeping Nick into Trevor and Warren's dormitory, but they accidentally wind up in Miss Boot's dormitory instead.
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* EmbarrassingAdGig: In the story "Fame!", Bertie is glad to be in an ad on TV, but becomes embarrassed when he learns it's for bubble bath and he has to pose in the bathtub.
