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* ActionGirl :
** Although Blane was the hired muscle in series 1 and 2, both Daisy and Rose had Action Girl moments.
** Carrie Stewart season 3 to season 7.
** Violet Webb in season 2 episode 9 "the Others"
** Zoe in season 6 and Keri in season 7.

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* ActionGirl :
AccidentalAthlete: At the end of one episode, set during sports day, a frustrated student grabs the nearest object and hurls it in frustration. Said object happens to be a discus... and the throw just happens to set a national record.
* ActionGirl:
** Although Blane was the hired muscle in series Series 1 and 2, both Daisy and Rose had Action Girl moments.
** Carrie Stewart season filled this role from Series 3 to season 7.
** Violet Webb in season the Series 2 episode 9 "the Others"
Others".
** Zoe in season Series 6 and 7, along with [[spoiler:her clone]] Keri in season 7.the latter.



* BadassBookworm - Rose. She solves most of the team’s problems and in one episode, her dad decides to transfer her to a better school.
* BadassLongcoat - Dehaverland in "Its a Kind of Magic." sports one.
%%* BadHumorTruck - "Spy Animals."
* BaguetteBeatdown - In "Don't Cook Now", the MI High team get in a fight in the kitchen of a restaurant. Oscar squares off against one of the bad guys who is wielding a pair of baguettes, picking up a baguette of his own to defend himself.
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn

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* BadassBookworm - BadassBookworm: Rose. She solves most of the team’s problems and in one episode, her dad decides to transfer her to a better school.
* BadassLongcoat - BadassLongcoat: Dehaverland in "Its "It's a Kind of Magic." Magic" sports one.
%%* BadHumorTruck - "Spy Animals."
* BaguetteBeatdown - BaguetteBeatdown: In "Don't Cook Now", the MI High team get in a fight in the kitchen of a restaurant. Oscar squares off against one of the bad guys who is wielding a pair of baguettes, picking up a baguette of his own to defend himself.
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawnBeautyBrainsAndBrawn:



* BlandNameProduct - Series 5 had a political party called the "Morris Dancing Loony Party". This was based on the 'Monster Raving Loony Party', a joke political party in Britain that used to try and get the votes of people who looked upon the real parties with disdain.

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* BlandNameProduct - BlandNameProduct: Series 5 had a political party called the "Morris Dancing Loony Party". This was based on the 'Monster Raving Loony Party', a joke political party in Britain that used to try and get the votes of people who looked upon the real parties with disdain.



** "50 Pence" for 50 Cent.



* TheCanKickedHim - In "Dark Star'', Frank takes out one of Colt's henchmen with an exploding toilet.

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* TheCanKickedHim - TheCanKickedHim: In "Dark Star'', Frank takes out one of Colt's henchmen with an exploding toilet.



* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome - If you're not one of the members of the cast of season 3 (aside from the old boss and the old spies) raise your hand.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome - ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: If you're not one of the members of the cast of season 3 (aside from the old boss and the old spies) raise your hand.



* CloningGambit: [[spoiler: The truth behind Zoe's and Keri's origins. They are two of 87 female clones of the Mastermind, created specially to function as his new body. Zoe is thought to be the only successful attempt. Season Seven reveals that there are two others, Keri and another girl Libi.]]

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* CloningGambit: [[spoiler: The truth behind Zoe's and Keri's origins. They are two of 87 female clones of the Mastermind, created specially to function as his new body. Zoe is thought to be the only successful attempt. Season Seven reveals that there are two others, Keri and another girl named Libi.]]



* CommieLand - Boldovia in one of the series 3 episodes.(I think. It's a bit more [[CommieNazis Fascist]].)
* CowboyEpisode - In "Dark Star", an old enemy of Frank's breaks out of prison and comes gunning for him. Colt Winchester (really Colin ''from'' Winchester) and his men have adopted cowboy outfits and affectations and the whole thing plays out like ''Film/HighNoon''.

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* CommieLand - CommieLand: Boldovia in one of the series 3 episodes.(I think. It's a bit more [[CommieNazis Fascist]].)
* CowboyEpisode - CowboyEpisode: In "Dark Star", an old enemy of Frank's breaks out of prison and comes gunning for him. Colt Winchester (really Colin ''from'' Winchester) and his men have adopted cowboy outfits and affectations and the whole thing plays out like ''Film/HighNoon''.



* DrillSergeantNasty - The M.I. 9 fitness instructor Jed Black in "Fit to Wurst".

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* DrillSergeantNasty - DrillSergeantNasty: The M.I. 9 fitness instructor Jed Black in "Fit to Wurst".



* EveryoneCanSeeIt - Blane and Daisy. Also, occasionally, Oscar and Avril later on in Series 5. Zoe and Dan is Season 6.
** Aneisha is able to spot Frank and Stella mutual feelings for each other after witnessing one interaction between the two.
* {{Expy}} - Carrie was obviously supposed to be an Expy for Blane, but although Oscar had most of Daisy's roles missions-wise, his personality and backstory were completely opposite to hers.
* TheFaceless - the Grand Master. There's some {{Narm}} involving this in ''Vote SKUL'', where Creator/JulianBleach's nose and mouth can be seen quite clearly behind the Grand Master's scarf.
* FormallyNamedPet - General Flopsy, who the Grand Master treats as his superior/dragon.

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* EveryoneCanSeeIt - EveryoneCanSeeIt:
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Blane and Daisy. Also, occasionally, Oscar and Avril later on in Series 5. Zoe and Dan is in Season 6.
** Aneisha is able to spot Frank and Stella Stella's mutual feelings for each other after witnessing one interaction between the two.
* {{Expy}} - {{Expy}}: Carrie was obviously supposed to be an Expy for Blane, but although Oscar had most of Daisy's roles missions-wise, his personality and backstory were completely opposite to hers.
* TheFaceless - the TheFaceless: The Grand Master. There's some {{Narm}} involving this in ''Vote SKUL'', where Creator/JulianBleach's nose and mouth can be seen quite clearly behind the Grand Master's scarf.
* FormallyNamedPet - FormallyNamedPet: General Flopsy, who the Grand Master treats as his superior/dragon.



* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction - M.I. 9. Other episodes mention M.I. 4, M.I. 38 and M.I. 25.
* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Korps ultimate plan for Zoe and later Keri. With Zoe the attempt is foiled by her friends. With Keri, they temporarily succeed and replace her consciousness with the Mastermind's.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: Korps, which Skul used to be a part of until the Grand Master betrayed the Mastermind. In "Trojan Korps" Frank shows the team a diagram that shows just how dwarfed Skul is in size compared to Korps.

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* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction - GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: M.I. 9. Other episodes mention M.I. 4, M.I. 38 and M.I. 25.
* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Korps Korps' ultimate plan for Zoe and later Keri. With Zoe Zoe, the attempt is foiled by her friends. With Keri, they temporarily succeed and replace her consciousness with the Mastermind's.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: Korps, which Skul SKUL used to be a part of until the Grand Master betrayed the Mastermind. In "Trojan Korps" Frank shows the team a diagram that shows just how dwarfed Skul SKUL is in size compared to Korps.



* ImpossiblyDeliciousFood - the addictive wursts in "Fit to Wurst". Rose explains that it doesn't actually taste any better than regular food but contains artificial chemicals that make people crave them abnormally.

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* ImpossiblyDeliciousFood - the ImpossiblyDeliciousFood: The addictive wursts in "Fit to Wurst". Rose explains that it doesn't actually taste any better than regular food but contains artificial chemicals that make people crave them abnormally.



* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname - Scoop and 50 Pence. Scoop's real name is Timothy Hinklebottom.

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* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname - KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Scoop and 50 Pence. Scoop's real name is Timothy Hinklebottom.



* MayContainEvil - Any product SKUL uses as the basis for one if its schemes. Examples include the mind regressing beauty treatment in "Forever Young", the logos that turn kids into human/clothing hybrids in "Evil by Design", and the addictive wursts in "Fit to Wurst" to name a few.
* MissionImpossibleCableDrop: Zoe performs one in "Mission: Incredible".

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* MayContainEvil - MayContainEvil: Any product SKUL uses as the basis for one if its schemes. Examples include the mind regressing beauty treatment in "Forever Young", the logos that turn kids into human/clothing hybrids in "Evil by Design", and the addictive wursts in "Fit to Wurst" to name a few.
* MissionImpossibleCableDrop: Zoe performs one in the fittingly-named episode "Mission: Incredible".



** Fifty Pence for Music/FiftyCent.
** Frank London for Lenny Bicknall.

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** Fifty Pence for Music/FiftyCent.
** Frank London for Lenny Bicknall.
Subverted with "Fifty Pence", who obviously named himself after Music/FiftyCent but otherwise bears no resemblance to him (for starters, [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy he's white]]).



** The Series 3 premiere revolved around street artist Kranky, an obvious send-up of Creator/{{Banksy}}, complete with "must never be seen in public" shtick.



* NonuniformUniform - Daisy. Scoop and Davina in later seasons, which becomes a plot point in "The Day of the Jacket Potato" when Mrs King enforces a strict dress code.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome
** Two in ''Red Button Rampage''. First Blaine knocks unconscious two army men in an enclosed space, off screen, later while the climax is happening an army sergeant is dealing with a squad of reinforcements, we don't see the fight... but she comes back with a handful of dogtags!

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* NonuniformUniform - NonuniformUniform: Daisy. Scoop and Davina in later seasons, which becomes a plot point in "The Day of the Jacket Potato" when Mrs King enforces a strict dress code.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome
OffscreenMomentOfAwesome:
** Two in ''Red "Red Button Rampage''.Rampage". First Blaine knocks unconscious two army men in an enclosed space, off screen, later while the climax is happening an army sergeant is dealing with a squad of reinforcements, we don't see the fight... but she comes back with a handful of dogtags!



* PerkyGoth - Avril.

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* PerkyGoth - PerkyGoth: Avril.



* ReclusiveArtist: Kranky; much like [[Creator/{{Banksy}} his inspiration]], he refuses to show his face in public and his real name is unknown. He's not very pleased when M.I.9.'s plan to stop a SKUL agent who's been impersonating him includes him showing up at St. Hope's in person to judge a (fake) art contest.



* RightHandCat - parodied by the Grand Master and his right hand ''bunny'' General Flopsy.
* RoadSignReversal - Blaine does it in ''The Others''.

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* RightHandCat - parodied RightHandCat: Parodied by the Grand Master and his right hand right-hand ''bunny'' General Flopsy.
* RoadSignReversal - RoadSignReversal: Blaine does it in ''The Others''.
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** Fifty Pence for Music/50Cent.

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** Fifty Pence for Music/50Cent.Music/FiftyCent.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
** Fifty Pence for Music/50Cent.
** Frank London for Lenny Bicknall.
** Scoop Doggy for Music/SnoopDogg.



* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:
** Fifty Pence for Music/50Cent.
** Frank London for Lenny Bicknall.
** Scoop Doggy for Music/SnoopDogg.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Grand Master cares ''deeply'' for Flopsy. When he is finally incarcerated, he is willing to five information to help clear Frank London's name if only the MI High agents will remove Flopsy from jail and care for him.

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Grand Master cares ''deeply'' for Flopsy. When he is finally incarcerated, he is willing to five give information to help clear Frank London's name if only the MI High agents will remove Flopsy from jail and care for him.

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** Carrie Stewart season 3 onwards.

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** Carrie Stewart season 3 onwards.to season 7.



** Zoe in season 6 and Keri in season 7.



* EveryoneCanSeeIt - Blane and Daisy. Also, occasionally, Oscar and Avril later on in Series 5.

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* EveryoneCanSeeIt - Blane and Daisy. Also, occasionally, Oscar and Avril later on in Series 5. Zoe and Dan is Season 6.
** Aneisha is able to spot Frank and Stella mutual feelings for each other after witnessing one interaction between the two.

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Creator/{{CBBC}} Show that premiered in 2007 and originally ended in 2011 after five series. It was revived for a further two series that aired in 2013-14. It is about a group of kids who have a secret life as spies, with a headquarters hidden in a bunker below their school. It comes from the makers of ''Series/{{Spooks}}'', and is best described as a LighterAndSofter version of that show.

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Creator/{{CBBC}} Show that premiered in 2007 and originally ended in 2011 after five series. It was revived for a further two series that aired in 2013-14. It is about a group team of kids three teenagers who have lead a double, secret life as spies, with spies for [=MI9=] -- a branch of [=MI5=] specialising in turning students into spies. With a headquarters hidden in a bunker below their school. It comes from school, the makers team foil the plans of [=S.K.U.L=] (a NebulousEvilOrganisation who plans to take over the world), and every other baddie that they happen to come across.

If this sounds at least a little familiar, it's because the show is created by the same people who brought you
''Series/{{Spooks}}'', and is best described as essentially a LighterAndSofter version of that show.
show, but no less dramatic.

The entire series [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006v8z9/mi-high?seriesId=b01pz8nc can be watched on BBC iPlayer]] (UK only).



* ActionGirl

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* ActionGirl :
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Deleting Five Man Band ZCE tree as per cleanup requirement.


* FiveManBand: In Series 4 and 5.
** TheHero: Oscar (he's the one with the main subplot)
** TheLancer: Stark. Also a GuestStarPartyMember
** TheSmartGuy: Rose
%%** TheBigGuy: Carrie (could also be TheChick)
** TheChick: Frank (could also be TheSmartGuy)
*** Series 6 also promises to have one.
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* TheCastShowoff
** Rachel Petladwala, the actress who plays Rose, got to show off her singing in the Series 1 episode 'Eyes On Their Stars'.
** Ben Kerfoot, who plays Oscar, also got to show off his dancing in the Series 5 ep 'Bully Elliot'.

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* BrotherChuck - If you're not one of the members of the cast of season 3 (aside from the old boss and the old spies) raise your hand.
** HandWave: Now, if you're not in Season 3 and haven't raised your hand yet, raise it now.


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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome - If you're not one of the members of the cast of season 3 (aside from the old boss and the old spies) raise your hand.
** HandWave: Now, if you're not in Season 3 and haven't raised your hand yet, raise it now.
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* HeelFaceMole: [[spoiler: Dr. Steinberg, who gives a very convincing impression of being a genuinely remorseful ex-Korps agent, only to trick Zoe and nearly swap her mind with the Mastermind.]]
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* WhamLine: In "The Last Stand": [[spoiler: Korps is MI9.]]

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* WhamLine: In "The Last Stand": [[spoiler: Korps is MI9.[=MI9=].]]
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* TheFaceless - the Grand Master. There's some {{Narm}} involving this in ''Vote SKUL'', where Julian Bleach's nose and mouth can be seen quite clearly behind the Grand Master's scarf.

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* TheFaceless - the Grand Master. There's some {{Narm}} involving this in ''Vote SKUL'', where Julian Bleach's Creator/JulianBleach's nose and mouth can be seen quite clearly behind the Grand Master's scarf.

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