History Series / LifeWithDerek

* AdultFear: In TheMovie, Marti goes missing and when Derek and Casey go to find her, they find her canoe overturned in the water and Derek visibly panics.

* BirthdayEpisode: All the McDonald-Venturi kids have one:

%%* BigManOnCampus: Max. Derek tries.

* OnlySaneMan: Nora

* RunningGag: '' 'DER-ek-!' '' The more emphasis on the first syllable, the angrier Casey is when she says it. Inverted in 'Futuritis', when she says it (as Derek appears on stage) in a very soft, loving fashion.

%%* TeamMom: Casey

%%* TitleThemeTune

%%* BlackBestFriend: Emily.

* SheIsAllGrownUp: Slightly subverted in that Casey is already a teenager, but oh, her moving through puberty is oh, so noticeable...

* BigManOnCampus: Max. Derek tries.
* BlackBestFriend: Emily.

* CanadaEh: Generally averted, but not altogether avoidable in a self-consciously Canadian show. At one time, averted and mocked in one episode.
** And the accents. ''Dear Lord'', the accents.

-->'''Casey''': So you're saying Vicky's insecure?
-->'''Paul''': Mmm-hmm.
-->'''Casey''': Wrong! She's flat-out mean!

-->'''Paul''': Don't you think you expectations are just a little too high?
-->'''Casey''': Come on, my family can behave for one night.
-->'''Paul''': No, I mean of yourself.
-->'''Casey''': Of course!

* DomCom

* DrivingADesk: Derek's driving test.

* ExpositoryThemeTune

** In one episode, Casey is seen reviling over the disorganization of the bathroom, clad in only a towel. About as hot as you'll ever see on Creator/DisneyChannel.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Roxie in TheMovie]].
* HighSchool

-->'''Edwin''': Didn't Derek tell you to show up ''after'' dinner?
-->'''Lizzie''': Yeah, friends don't let friends eat here.
-->'''Nora''': Hey!

-->'''George:''' Derek, explain yourself.
-->'''Derek:''' Okay, I was born seventeen years ago, in London, Ontario...

* PetTheDog: Every episode.

* PutOnABus: Sheldon, and later, Sally.

* TallDarkAndSnarky:
** Derek
** Also minor character Noel in his first appearance.
* TeamMom: Casey

* TitleThemeTune
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Lizzie and Casey.
* TriangRelations
* TwoLinesNoWaiting

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Literally snakes, in this case. Derek's phobic of them.
** He's also afraid of mice.

The show focused upon [[Series/TheBradyBunch two families merging together after divorces]]. In typical NuclearFamily fashion, the siblings don't get along all the time and HilarityEnsues. The main character is Casey, a [[ThePerfectionist perfectionistic]], [[ControlFreak overly controlling]], teenage girl who has a rivalry with the titular Derek, her main antagonist, a [[TallDarkAndSnarky sarcastic]], [[{{Jerkass}} prankster jerk]]. The show ran for two short thirteen-episode seasons (2005-06 and 2006-07) and two full seasons (2007-08 and 2008-09).

-->'''Paul''': Don't you think you're setting your expectations just a little too high?
-->'''Casey''': Oh please, my family can behave for one night.
-->'''Paul''': I mean of yourself.

-->'''Casey''': So you're saying Vicky acts this way because she's insecure?

''Life with Derek'' was a [[CanadianSeries Canadian]] [[LiveActionTV live-action]] [[DomCom domestic comedy]], produced for Canada's Creator/FamilyChannel, which gained a respectable American audience airing on Creator/DisneyChannel.

The show focused upon [[Series/TheBradyBunch two families merging together after divorces]]. By your average NuclearFamily standards, the siblings don't get along all the time and HilarityEnsues. The main character is Casey, a [[ThePerfectionist perfectionistic]], [[ControlFreak overly controlling]], teenage girl who has a rivalry with the titular Derek, her main antagonist, a [[TallDarkAndSnarky sarcastic]], [[{{Jerkass}} prankish jerk]]. The show ran for two short thirteen-episode seasons (2005-06 and 2006-07) and two full seasons (2007-08 and 2008-09).

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Casey learns this the hard way on her sixteenth birthday when she wishes Derek out of her life. [[spoiler: But considering that it's all a dream, and the audience is well aware of it...]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Derek when he's not [[{{Jerkass}} just a jerk]]. Especially with [[MoralityPet Marti]] and Casey, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX38T7JnC6c especially when she cried]].
* JustFriends: This trope is the actual title of an episode which is devoted entirely to playing straight, subverting, deconstructing, and generally having fun with the trope.

** In a FlashBack episode, Casey and Derek have such a lousy rapport that they try, and initially succeed, at torpedoing their parents' marriage plans. [[spoiler:[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming In the end, Casey proposes on behalf of her mother, and Derek accepts on behalf of his father]]]].

** George's old high school band was called "[[GeorgeOfTheJungle George in the Jungle]]."

''Life With Derek'' was a [[CanadianSeries Canadian]] [[LiveActionTV live-action]] [[DomCom domestic comedy]], produced for Canada's Creator/FamilyChannel, which gained a respectable American audience airing on Creator/DisneyChannel. The show focused upon [[Series/TheBradyBunch two families merging together after divorces]]. By your average NuclearFamily standards, the siblings don't get along all the time and HilarityEnsues. The main character is Casey, a [[ThePerfectionist perfectionistic]], [[ControlFreak overly controlling]], teenage girl who has a rivalry with the titular Derek, her main antagonist, a [[TallDarkAndSnarky sarcastic]], [[{{Jerkass}} prankish jerk]]. The show ran for two short thirteen-episode seasons (2005-06 and 2006-07) and two full seasons (2007-08 and 2008-09).

* {{Dojikko}}: Casey started out as this, garnering the nickname "Klutzilla." This was eventually [[SeriesContinuityError forgotten]] and Casey became an accomplished dancer.
** There were episodes where she was stated [[InformedAbility to have been dancing since she was little]]. The clumsiness was a more one episode thing because it only happened when around her crush at the time, Sam.