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* PosthumousCharacter: Alison had been killed before the first episode and she only appears in flashbacks or dreams.

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* PosthumousCharacter: Alison had been killed before the first episode and she only appears in flashbacks or dreams. [[spoiler: Or so it seems]]
* PreppyName: It's pretty easy to tell which characters are rich and which ones aren't by their names. Of the four main girls Aria, Hanna (her father is rich, despite her mother's money problems) and Spencer come from wealthy families while Emily does not. Alison seems to be an exception who is very wealthy despite having a more common name. Other characters like Ezra, Noel, and Mona also come from wealthy families.
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* FlushTheEvidence: An unintentional example happens when, in "Blood Is The New Black", the girls accidentally flush a human teeth necklace they were planning on showing to the police down the toilet.

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* FlushTheEvidence: An unintentional example happens when, in "Blood Is The New Black", the girls accidentally flush a human teeth necklace they were planning on showing to the police down the a sensor-activated toilet.
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** [[spoiler:Bethany Young]], who committed the murder of the innocent Marion Cavanaugh, framed troubled young Charlotte for the deed, and also betrayed the trust of Jessica DiLaurentis, who, while mostly an evil woman, had been nothing, but kind to her (Bethany).

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** [[spoiler:Bethany Young]], who committed the murder of the innocent Marion Cavanaugh, framed troubled young Charlotte for the deed, and also betrayed the trust of Jessica DiLaurentis, [=DiLaurentis=], who, while mostly an evil woman, had been nothing, but kind to her (Bethany).

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* DamselInDistress: As it's in the horror genre, the show frequently puts its heroines in dangerous situations. However, as the show progresses, [[ActionSurvivor the girls learn to take active roles in dangerous situations]]. For example, in the third season alone, Aria struggles to free herself when [[spoiler:locked in a box with a corpse]] and partly succeeds. When Emily finds herself stranded in the woods with a flat tire, she chases the mysterious hooded figure responsible, rather than running from it. When Aria finds herself drugged and locked in her room, she breaks a hand mirror and wraps one of the shards in cloth to make a shiv. When Emily and Hanna are locked in the Kahn cabin, Emily takes initiative and breaks the window, allowing them to escape.



* DistressedDamsel: As it's in the horror genre, the show frequently puts its heroines in dangerous situations. However, as the show progresses, [[ActionSurvivor the girls learn to take active roles in dangerous situations]]. For example, in the third season alone, Aria struggles to free herself when [[spoiler:locked in a box with a corpse]] and partly succeeds. When Emily finds herself stranded in the woods with a flat tire, she chases the mysterious hooded figure responsible, rather than running from it. When Aria finds herself drugged and locked in her room, she breaks a hand mirror and wraps one of the shards in cloth to make a shiv. When Emily and Hanna are locked in the Kahn cabin, Emily takes initiative and breaks the window, allowing them to escape.

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* TeensAreShort: Aria, Jenna, Mona, and Maya
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** In Season 5, Emily displays major dancing ability and was said to take lessons from an early age... but it is never seen on the show.
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* IntimateLotionApplication: In "No Stone Unturned", Emily's roommate Sara needs to apply an ointment to the new tattoo she got on her lower back, which Emily nervously offers to help with. Sara notably reacts to Emily's touch and the intimate moment fuels their UnresolvedSexualTension.
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** In season 6, Caleb plays Archie, between Spencer's sexy, smart, ambitious and driven Veronica and Hanna's loyal, ditzy, sweet Betty. [[spoiler: Caleb finally chooses Hanna in season 7.]]
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* ButNotTooBlack: Maya.
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* IncestSubtext: Right from when [[spoiler:Charles Dilaurentis]]’s existence is revealed and they are all but confirmed to be '''A''', there’s a lot of creepy implications of [[spoiler:Charles]] being a StalkerWithACrush towards Alison. They kidnap Mona and force her to dress as and pretend to be Alison (complete with dyeing her hair blonde and the infamous yellow top)[[note]] and even this wasn’t enough, as it’s not only revealed that [[spoiler:Charles]] had a ''second'' Alison replacement, Sara Harvey, but they also attempt to lure and kidnap the real Alison[[/note]], and they’re shown zooming in on Mona-as-Alison sleeping (adding artificial, aesthetically pleasing sunlight as she awakes). When [[spoiler:Charles]] forces the Liars to attend a pretend Prom in the Dollhouse, “Alison” is made to be Prom Queen and [[spoiler:Charles]] seems to be her de-facto date, as Prom King— even going to dance with her before being interrupted by the Liars attempting to escape. After the Liars and Mona finally do escape and are rescued from the Dollhouse, Alison (who has been trying to contact Charles all season) later gets texts from '''A''' demanding that she be at her school’s actual Prom (which the Liars had been forbidden from for their own protection) because it’s their “last chance to dance,” along with other romantically tinged comments. For whatever reason, after [[spoiler:Charles]] is revealed to actually be [[spoiler:''Cece,'' who transitioned as a teen and identifies now as Charlotte]], the subtext is immediately dropped entirely and never referenced, and instead the relationship between [[spoiler:her and Jason,]] is retroactively revealed to be ''actual'' incest.

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