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* SiblingRivalry: The three Ramone brothers engage in the occasional [[HypocriticalHeartwarming teasing and ribbing]] with each other. When Manny deduces Dom is a virgin, Dom responds by claiming the last action Manny got was from [[ADateWithRosiePalms “Mrs. Hand and her five daughters”]].
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* SiblingRivalry: The three Ramone brothers engage in the occasional [[HypocriticalHeartwarming teasing and ribbing]] with each other. When Manny deduces Dom is a virgin, Dom responds by claiming the last action Manny got was from [[ADateWithRosiePalms “Mrs. Hand and her five daughters”]].daughters”.
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* BrokenPedestal: In "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not", Amanda gets her latest [[BoyOfTheWeek crush of the week,]] a famous singer name Bonzai and spends the rest of the episode fantasizing over what her dream date with him will be. However, when she gets to meet him and hands him a handmade bracelet she personally made for him, she is dismayed to discover he's a huge jerk who calls the bracelet "a piece of crap" before handing it to his security guard.
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* BrokenPedestal: In "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not", Amanda gets her latest [[BoyOfTheWeek crush of the week,]] a famous singer name Bonzai and spends the rest of the episode fantasizing over what her dream date with him will be. However, when him. That is until she gets to meet him and hands him a handmade bracelet she personally made for him, she is dismayed to discover he's a huge jerk who calls the handmade bracelet she personally made for him "a piece of crap" before handing it to his security guard.
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* ACupAngst: Both Busy and Amanda deal with this on separate occasions given they're only in junior high.
** Bully Chrissy admitted in one episode how people don't expect Amanda to act a certain way because of her looks unlike herself, citing how the younger girl is [[ComplimentBackfire "sweet, innocent and flat".]]
** Another episode had both friends trying to impress some French foreign exchange students with Busy stuffing her bra and unfortunately said tissue eventually being discovered. Thankfully, the boy was still interested in her.
** Bully Chrissy admitted in one episode how people don't expect Amanda to act a certain way because of her looks unlike herself, citing how the younger girl is [[ComplimentBackfire "sweet, innocent and flat".]]
** Another episode had both friends trying to impress some French foreign exchange students with Busy stuffing her bra and unfortunately said tissue eventually being discovered. Thankfully, the boy was still interested in her.
* DeathIsSuchAnOddThing: Played with in "Saint Carla". When a classmate named Carla passes away in a car accident, whereas everyone else in the school is shocked or reeling from the loss, Busy feels bad for not feeling as bad as everyone else.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Not her own death as she would survive everything, but after Mrs. Ramone's miscarriage and as devastated as the rest of the family is, she tells her daughter that she has accepted the loss, even calling it "God's will".
* GirlinessUpgrade: Subverted: Amanda was already pretty girly, especially when compared to Busy, but in the episode where she "befriended" Chrissy, she also begins to curl her hair, wear makeup and experiment with wearing heels. However, once she realizes that Chrissy was using her, [[StatusQuoIsGod she soon reverts back to her regular style.]]
* NotSoStoic: In the episode where Busy's mother miscarried her sister and Busy blamed her father for making her carry heavy things at the store, the next early morning, she discovers her usually stern and unemotional father crying his eyes out at the kitchen table, having also blamed himself for the miscarriage.
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* PainfulBodyWaxing: Amanda screams out in pain when she has Busy try waxing her leg.
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* BrokenPedestal: In "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not", Amanda gets her latest [[BoyOfTheWeek crush of the week,]] a famous singer name Bonzai and spends the rest of the episode fantasizing over what her dream date with him will be. However, when she gets to meet him and hands him a handmade bracelet she personally made for him, she is dismayed to discover he's a huge jerk who calls the bracelet "a piece of crap" before handing it to his security guard.
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* BrokenPedestal: In "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not", Amanda gets her latest [[BoyOfTheWeek crush of the week,]] a famous singer name Bonzai and spends the rest of the episode fantasizing over what her dream date with will be. However, when she gets to meet him and hands him a handmade bracelet she personally made for him, she is dismayed to discover he's a huge jerk who calls the bracelet "a piece of crap" before handing it to his security guard.
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* OhCrap: Amanda hated her mother's one boyfriend Mel and spray-painted "Smel" on his car. While Busy protests her actions, Amanda assures her that the paint is indelible, which she then tells her means "permanent". Cue a slow-motion realization of this from Amanda.
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* SexinessScore: "Members Only" has Justin and a bunch of other dudes take it upon themselves to rate the girls walking up or down the stairway, [[HoldUpYourScore holding up their scores as they pass]]. This particularly distresses Amanda, because [[RiseOfZitboy she just grew a pimple]], so she ''really'' doesn't want to be rated.
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-->'''Amanda''': I don’t know. Maybe she’s serious about this club.
-->'''Busy''': Yeah, right. How is she gonna help save the environment? Use her hairspray once a day instead of every hour?
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* KidsAreCruel: The show featured multiple plot lines about bullying, but it also commented on kids’ cruelty in other ways. In “Members Only”, the boys at Busy and Amanda’s elementary school rate girls’ looks on a scale of 1-10, holding up the scores in the hallway.
* TheNineties: The show was filmed and aired in the 1990s. While some of the technology can be outdated, the girls' experiences are still relevant today.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: The episode “Tongue Tied” has Busy stuffing her bra because she misinterprets a French-speaking boy and thinks he is pointing out how flat-chested she is.
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* SummerCampy: “My Buddy Buddy” and “The Last Hurrah” were the only two episodes to be set in a different location—at a girls’ summer camp. Busy and Amanda bunked in a cabin, had outdoor adventures and engaged in [[EscalatingWar a prank war]] with the boys’ camp.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners / TrueCompanions: Busy and Amanda are best friends and incredibly close. Busy has three older brothers and Amanda is an only child, so they become very close and basically grow up together. The finale features a flashback scene showing when they met as small girls, with Amanda crying and Busy helping her out.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners / TrueCompanions: HeterosexualLifePartners: Busy and Amanda are best friends and incredibly close. Busy has three older brothers and Amanda is an only child, so they become very close and basically grow up together. The finale features a flashback scene showing when they met as small girls, with Amanda crying and Busy helping her out.
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''Ready or Not'' is a Canadian television series that aired on the Showtime Movie Channel from 1993 to 1997, later on [[Creator/DisneyChannel The Disney Channel]] (1996–2000) and also on Global Television Network. The show ran for five seasons and had 65 episodes. The show began as a short film titled ''Thirty-Two Double A'', which was eventually turned into a series.
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''Ready or Not'' is a Canadian television series that aired on the Showtime Movie Channel from 1993 to 1997, later on [[Creator/DisneyChannel The Disney Channel]] (1996–2000) from 1996 to 2000, and also on Global Television Network. The show ran for five seasons and had 65 episodes. The show began as a short film titled ''Thirty-Two Double A'', which was eventually turned into a series.
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* AbusiveParents: Peter’s music manager father.
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* AbusiveParents: Peter’s music In "Monkey See, Monkey Do", Busy befriends Peter over their shared love of music, and he offers Busy a chance to play drums on his demo. But while practicing at Peter's house, Peter's manager father.father is shown to be physically abusive towards his son, prompting Busy to tell a social worker about the situation.
* BabysittingEpisode: Amanda babysits for a [[BourgeoisBohemian bohemian]] couple and invites Busy over. It is this couple's house where the two girls come across the "Guide to Sex" book.
* DeadpanSnarker: Busy.
* EndearinglyDorky / ButtMonkey: Michael a.k.a. "Monkey Ears".
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: HeterosexualLifePartners / TrueCompanions: Busy and Amanda are best friends and incredibly close. Busy has three older brothers and Amanda is an only child, so they become very close and basically grow up together. The finale features a flashback scene showing when they met as small girls, with Amanda crying and Busy helping her out.
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* PrejudiceAesop: The episode “Black or White or Maybe Grey” deals with Troy getting a job at Sam’s shop and Sam accusing Troy of stealing money from the register.
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** The episode “Black or White or Maybe Grey” deals with Troy getting a job at Sam’s shop and Sam accusing Troy of stealing money from theregister.register.
** "White Girls Can't Jump" is about the conflict that happens when Busy, in an argument with the Black captain on the girls' basketball team, repeats a racist comment her dad made.
** The episode “Black or White or Maybe Grey” deals with Troy getting a job at Sam’s shop and Sam accusing Troy of stealing money from the
** "White Girls Can't Jump" is about the conflict that happens when Busy, in an argument with the Black captain on the girls' basketball team, repeats a racist comment her dad made.
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* SorryImGay: Variation in "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not." Busy gets a crush on her male karate teacher, but then later sees him kissing another man. The episode is [[GayAesop an Aesop]] about how there's nothing wrong with being gay.
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* DramaticIrony: When Amanda butts heads with her mother over her dating life, she tells her, "Good! Then maybe I should just move in with [[spoiler:Dad]], he doesn't throw himself at every women he meets!" [[spoiler: Much later, Amanda finds out her father's infidelity was one of the reasons for her parents’ divorce.]]
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* DramaticIrony: When Amanda butts heads with her mother over her dating life, she tells her, "Good! Then maybe I should just move in with [[spoiler:Dad]], he doesn't throw himself at every women woman he meets!" [[spoiler: Much later, Amanda finds out her father's infidelity was one of the reasons for her parents’ divorce.]]
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* FirstPeriodPanic: Busy gets her first period during band practice at school and anxiously runs out of the classroom. When Amanda learns about it, she screams in excitement and is a bit jealous that Busy has “reached womanhood” first. She helps Busy with pads and tampons despite not having begun menstruation herself because she's learned everything there is to know about periods.
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* FirstPeriodPanic: Busy gets her first period during band practice at school and anxiously runs out of the classroom. When Amanda learns about it, she screams in excitement over the phone and is a bit jealous that Busy has “reached womanhood” first. She helps Busy with pads and tampons despite not having begun menstruation herself because she's learned everything there is to know about periods.
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* [[LittleBrotherIsWatching LittleSisterIsWatching]]: When Frankie starts hanging out less with Busy and takes up smoking, Busy tries smoking herself.
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* MissingEpisode: The Disney Channel did not air episodes like “Origins of Man” or “Am I Perverted of What?” because the content was perceived too mature for their network.
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* YoureJustJealous: Amanda accuses Busy of lying to her about Frankie because she’s jealous of not being in a relationship.
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* YoureJustJealous: Amanda accuses Busy of lying to her about Frankie because she’s jealous of not being in a relationship.relationship and dislikes being left out.
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* [[MySisterIsOffLimits My Brother Is Off Limits]]: Amanda has a crush on Busy’s older brother Dom, but Busy isn’t bothered by it because Amanda is not serious about it. It’s when Amanda gets close to Frankie, Busy’s other older brother, that things get awkward between the two friends.
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* [[MySisterIsOffLimits My Brother Is Off Limits]]: Off-Limits]]: Amanda has a crush on Busy’s older brother Dom, but Busy isn’t bothered by it because Amanda is not serious about it. It’s when Amanda gets close to Frankie, Busy’s other older brother, that things get awkward between the two friends.
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* PrimalScene: Amanda walks in on her parents, prompting her mother and dad to separately attempt to have the TheTalk with her.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Busy and Amanda are teenagers and have been best friends since childhood. Busy is a major tomboy who loves all kinds of sports, plays the drums and wears casual clothes like plaid shirts, baseball caps, and jeans. In contrast, Amanda is a romantic boy-crazy girly girl who likes make-up, nice clothes, writing, and wants to be an actress.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Busy and Amanda are teenagers and have been best friends since childhood. Busy is a major tomboy who loves all kinds of sports, plays the drums and wears casual clothes like plaid shirts, baseball caps, and jeans. In contrast, Amanda is a romantic boy-crazy girly girl who likes make-up, makeup, nice clothes, writing, and wants to be an actress.
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* YourTraditionIsNotMine: Busy comes into conflict with her traditional Italian family when she has to choose between playing a high-profile gig with her band and showing up at their big family reunion. Sam accuses Busy of [[FamilyHonor dishonoring the family]] because of her perceived [[FantasyForbiddingFather]] choosing of hobby over family as well as her getting a nose piercing and announces she’s a vegan.
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* YourTraditionIsNotMine: Busy comes into conflict with her traditional Italian family when she has to choose between playing a high-profile gig with her band and showing up at their attending her family’s big family reunion. reunion party. Sam accuses Busy of [[FamilyHonor dishonoring the family]] because of her perceived [[FantasyForbiddingFather]] choosing of hobby over family as well as her lifestyle choices like getting a nose piercing and announces she’s a vegan.going vegan, plus her [[FantasyForbiddingFather favoring of the band gig]].
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''Ready or Not'' is a Canadian television series that aired on the Showtime Movie Channel from 1993 to 1997, later on Creator/TheDisneyChannel (1996–2000) and also on Global Television Network. The show ran for five seasons and had 65 episodes. The show began as a short film titled ''Thirty-Two Double A'', which was eventually turned into a series.
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''Ready or Not'' is a Canadian television series that aired on the Showtime Movie Channel from 1993 to 1997, later on Creator/TheDisneyChannel [[Creator/DisneyChannel The Disney Channel]] (1996–2000) and also on Global Television Network. The show ran for five seasons and had 65 episodes. The show began as a short film titled ''Thirty-Two Double A'', which was eventually turned into a series.
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!!Ready or Not for the tropes?
* AlphaBitch: Older classmate Chrissy was your stereotypical popular, pretty and mean girl who always picked on Busy and Amanda.
* AlphaBitch: Older classmate Chrissy was your stereotypical popular, pretty and mean girl who always picked on Busy and Amanda.
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* AbusiveParents: Peter’s music manager father.
* AlphaBitch: Older classmate Chrissy was your stereotypical popular, prettyand mean girl who always usually picked on Busy and Amanda.
* AbusiveParents: Peter’s music manager father.
* AlphaBitch: Older classmate Chrissy was your stereotypical popular, pretty
* AnAesop: Episodes usually commented on serious topics, like body image or bullying, and ended with a moral lesson (though notably [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome not in a cheesy way]]).
* BigBrotherInstinct: When Busy asks her eldest brother Manny a question about sex, he tells her she should never feel pressured to do it in the future. In “When a Kiss is Just a Kiss,” Frankie has a guy friend named Jonah stay over during a basketball tournament. Busy shows interest in Jonah and he reciprocates, but Frankie warns Busy from getting too attached.
* BlamingTheVictim: In “Crossing the Line”, Steve accuses Busy of leading him on.
* TheCameo: Kurt Browning in the “Thin Ice” episode.
* CampingEpisode: The first two episodes of season three take place at a summer camp.
* CanadaEh: Although the setting of the series was not specified, it’s clear from the filming locations, the way [[ApologisesALot the characters talk]], and the prevalence of [[CanadianEqualsHockeyFan hockey]] that the show is set in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}.
* ConsistentClothingStyle: Amanda is almost always wearing something purple.
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Lucy suffers a miscarriage and Busy [[CallingTheOldManOut calls out her dad]] for making her work too hard at the butcher shop.
* BigBrotherInstinct: When Busy asks her eldest brother Manny a question about sex, he tells her she should never feel pressured to do it in the future. In “When a Kiss is Just a Kiss,” Frankie has a guy friend named Jonah stay over during a basketball tournament. Busy shows interest in Jonah and he reciprocates, but Frankie warns Busy from getting too attached.
* BlamingTheVictim: In “Crossing the Line”, Steve accuses Busy of leading him on.
* TheCameo: Kurt Browning in the “Thin Ice” episode.
* CampingEpisode: The first two episodes of season three take place at a summer camp.
* CanadaEh: Although the setting of the series was not specified, it’s clear from the filming locations, the way [[ApologisesALot the characters talk]], and the prevalence of [[CanadianEqualsHockeyFan hockey]] that the show is set in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}.
* ConsistentClothingStyle: Amanda is almost always wearing something purple.
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Lucy suffers a miscarriage and Busy [[CallingTheOldManOut calls out her dad]] for making her work too hard at the butcher shop.
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* FirstPeriodPanic: Busy gets her first period during band practice at school and anxiously runs out of the classroom. When Amanda learns about it, she screams in excitement and is a bit jealous that Busy has reached womanhood first. She helps Busy with pads and tampons despite not having begun menstruation herself because she's learned everything there is to know about periods.
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* EmbarrassingDampSheets: At summer camp, boys do a raid on the cabin Amanda sleeps in, causing her to wet her sheets out of surprise.
* FamilyBusiness: Sam Ramone operates a butcher shop where his kids sometimes help out.
* FirstPeriodPanic: Busy gets her first period during band practice at school and anxiously runs out of the classroom. When Amanda learns about it, she screams in excitement and is a bit jealous that Busy hasreached womanhood “reached womanhood” first. She helps Busy with pads and tampons despite not having begun menstruation herself because she's learned everything there is to know about periods.periods.
* GreenEyedMonster: Amanda aspires to be an actress, so she gets envious when Busy gets picked over her to star in a TV commercial.
* FamilyBusiness: Sam Ramone operates a butcher shop where his kids sometimes help out.
* FirstPeriodPanic: Busy gets her first period during band practice at school and anxiously runs out of the classroom. When Amanda learns about it, she screams in excitement and is a bit jealous that Busy has
* GreenEyedMonster: Amanda aspires to be an actress, so she gets envious when Busy gets picked over her to star in a TV commercial.
* HiddenDepths: Chrissy is established as a bully, but the first two seasons progressively show other sides to her. Her parents are also divorced, which becomes a bonding point between her and Amanda.
* HippieParents: Phyllis, Amanda’s mom, has a more bohemian attitude towards life and is not averse to things like posing nude for an art class.
* IJustWantToBeYou: Busy and Amanda decide to switch lives for a weekend because Busy longs for a quieter home life and Amanda wants to know what it’s like to have a big family.
* HippieParents: Phyllis, Amanda’s mom, has a more bohemian attitude towards life and is not averse to things like posing nude for an art class.
* IJustWantToBeYou: Busy and Amanda decide to switch lives for a weekend because Busy longs for a quieter home life and Amanda wants to know what it’s like to have a big family.
* JustFriends: Busy finds herself friend-zoned in the episode titled “Just Friends.”
* JustTheWayYouAre: Amanda is the more appearance-conscious of the pair. The episodes “Model Perfect” and “Glamour Girl” show her dealing with the costs of looking [[HollywoodBeautyStandards a certain way]].
* [[LittleBrotherIsWatching LittleSisterIsWatching]]: When Frankie starts hanging out less with Busy and takes up smoking, Busy tries smoking herself.
* JustTheWayYouAre: Amanda is the more appearance-conscious of the pair. The episodes “Model Perfect” and “Glamour Girl” show her dealing with the costs of looking [[HollywoodBeautyStandards a certain way]].
* [[LittleBrotherIsWatching LittleSisterIsWatching]]: When Frankie starts hanging out less with Busy and takes up smoking, Busy tries smoking herself.
* MenCantKeepHouse: When Lucy Ramone temporarily moves out, the Ramone men are initially lost when it comes to upkeep in the home. In a later season episode, Busy and Amanda switch lives. At Busy’s home, Amanda is made to clean up after the Ramone brothers.
* MissingEpisode: The Disney Channel did not air episodes like “Origins of Man” or “Am I Perverted of What?” because the content was perceived too mature for their network.
* [[MySisterIsOffLimits My Brother Is Off Limits]]: Amanda has a crush on Busy’s older brother Dom, but Busy isn’t bothered by it because Amanda is not serious about it. It’s when Amanda gets close to Frankie, Busy’s other older brother, that things get awkward between the two friends.
* NaiveEverygirl: Amanda is generally optimistic and a romantic to a fault. When a boy kisses her, she naively believes he immediately desires a relationship with her.
* NonResidentialResidence: Amanda flees her home because she can’t deal with her parents’ decision to split. She goes to a shopping mall and manages to stay in hours past closing time until security finds her.
* MissingEpisode: The Disney Channel did not air episodes like “Origins of Man” or “Am I Perverted of What?” because the content was perceived too mature for their network.
* [[MySisterIsOffLimits My Brother Is Off Limits]]: Amanda has a crush on Busy’s older brother Dom, but Busy isn’t bothered by it because Amanda is not serious about it. It’s when Amanda gets close to Frankie, Busy’s other older brother, that things get awkward between the two friends.
* NaiveEverygirl: Amanda is generally optimistic and a romantic to a fault. When a boy kisses her, she naively believes he immediately desires a relationship with her.
* NonResidentialResidence: Amanda flees her home because she can’t deal with her parents’ decision to split. She goes to a shopping mall and manages to stay in hours past closing time until security finds her.
* OnlyChildSyndrome: Amanda is an only child, so she gets jealous when she sees her mom giving her boyfriend’s daughter special treatment. Amanda eventually gains step-siblings through her mother’s remarriage.
* PainfulBodyWaxing: Amanda screams out in pain when she has Busy try waxing her leg.
* PoorCommunicationKills: The episode “Tongue Tied” has Busy stuffing her bra because she misinterprets a French-speaking boy and thinks he is pointing out how flat-chested she is.
* PrejudiceAesop: The episode “Black or White or Maybe Grey” deals with Troy getting a job at Sam’s shop and Sam accusing Troy of stealing money from the register.
* PrimalScene: Amanda walks in on her parents, prompting her mother and dad to separately attempt to have the TheTalk with her.
* RiseOfZitboy: Danny is hit with an acne problem, causing Amanda to distance herself [[KidsAreCruel out of embarrassment]].
* PainfulBodyWaxing: Amanda screams out in pain when she has Busy try waxing her leg.
* PoorCommunicationKills: The episode “Tongue Tied” has Busy stuffing her bra because she misinterprets a French-speaking boy and thinks he is pointing out how flat-chested she is.
* PrejudiceAesop: The episode “Black or White or Maybe Grey” deals with Troy getting a job at Sam’s shop and Sam accusing Troy of stealing money from the register.
* PrimalScene: Amanda walks in on her parents, prompting her mother and dad to separately attempt to have the TheTalk with her.
* RiseOfZitboy: Danny is hit with an acne problem, causing Amanda to distance herself [[KidsAreCruel out of embarrassment]].
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Busy and Amanda are teenagers and have been best friends since childhood. Busy is a major tomboy who loves all kinds of sports, plays the drums and wears casual clothes like plaid shirts, baseball caps or jeans, while Amanda is a romantic boy-crazy girly girl who likes make-up, nice clothes, writing and wants to be an actress.
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* SiblingRivalry: The three Ramone brothers engage in the occasional [[HypocriticalHeartwarming teasing and ribbing]] with each other. When Manny deduces Dom is a virgin, Dom responds by claiming the last action Manny got was from [[ADateWithRosiePalms “Mrs. Hand and her five daughters”]].
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Busy and Amanda are teenagers and have been best friends since childhood. Busy is a major tomboy who loves all kinds of sports, plays the drums and wears casual clothes like plaid shirts, baseballcaps or jeans, while caps, and jeans. In contrast, Amanda is a romantic boy-crazy girly girl who likes make-up, nice clothes, writing writing, and wants to be an actress.actress.
* YoureJustJealous: Amanda accuses Busy of lying to her about Frankie because she’s jealous of not being in a relationship.
* YourTraditionIsNotMine: Busy comes into conflict with her traditional Italian family when she has to choose between playing a high-profile gig with her band and showing up at their big family reunion. Sam accuses Busy of [[FamilyHonor dishonoring the family]] because of her perceived [[FantasyForbiddingFather]] choosing of hobby over family as well as her getting a nose piercing and announces she’s a vegan.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Busy and Amanda are teenagers and have been best friends since childhood. Busy is a major tomboy who loves all kinds of sports, plays the drums and wears casual clothes like plaid shirts, baseball
* YoureJustJealous: Amanda accuses Busy of lying to her about Frankie because she’s jealous of not being in a relationship.
* YourTraditionIsNotMine: Busy comes into conflict with her traditional Italian family when she has to choose between playing a high-profile gig with her band and showing up at their big family reunion. Sam accuses Busy of [[FamilyHonor dishonoring the family]] because of her perceived [[FantasyForbiddingFather]] choosing of hobby over family as well as her getting a nose piercing and announces she’s a vegan.
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''Ready or Not'' is a Canadian television series that aired on the Showtime Movie Channel from 1993 to 1997, later on The Disney Channel (1996–2000) and also on Global Television Network. The show ran for five seasons and it has 65 episodes. The show began as a short film ''Thirty-Two Double A'' which was eventually turned into the series.
Amanda Zimm (Laura Bertram) and Elizabeth "Busy" Ramone (Lani Billard) are two teenage girls who live in the suburbs of Toronto. Amanda is an only child raised by liberal former hippie parents, while Busy is from a rather traditional Italian-Canadian Catholic family and she has three older brothers. The girls start the show as sixth graders and continue to the ninth grade.
Ready or Not was no longer aired in Canada on the Global Television Network until August 1997 but continued to broadcast on Showtime Movie Channel and Disney Channel in the United States.
Amanda Zimm (Laura Bertram) and Elizabeth "Busy" Ramone (Lani Billard) are two teenage girls who live in the suburbs of Toronto. Amanda is an only child raised by liberal former hippie parents, while Busy is from a rather traditional Italian-Canadian Catholic family and she has three older brothers. The girls start the show as sixth graders and continue to the ninth grade.
Ready or Not was no longer aired in Canada on the Global Television Network until August 1997 but continued to broadcast on Showtime Movie Channel and Disney Channel in the United States.
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* AndStarring: Only two people in the opening credits, so to give them more or less equal weight while emphasizing their individuality, they are billed as "Starring Laura Bertram/And Lani Billard".
* DoubleStandard: Chrissy lampshades the fact that after being caught in the closet with one of their male classmates made him a stud but her a slut.
* DramaticIrony: "Good! Then maybe I should just move in with [[spoiler:Dad]], he doesn't throw himself at every women he meets!" [[spoiler:Much later, Amanda finds out the real reason that brought her parents to divorce was due to her father's infidelity.]]
* FirstPeriodPanic: Busy gets her first period when she's playing ice-hockey in a boys' team. She feels extremely uncomfortable and runs away from the session. When told, her best friend Amanda screams in excitement and is a bit jealous she's become a woman first. She helps Busy with pads and tampons at school despite not menstruating herself because she's so fascinated with the thing that she appears to know everything there is to know about it.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Busy and Amanda are best friends and incredibly close. Busy has three older brothers and Amanda is an only child, so they become very close and basically grow up together. The finale shows a flashback when they met as small girls, Amanda crying and Busy helping her out.
* InWithTheInCrowd: Amanda has fallen into this trope a couple of times; one episode has her hanging out with [[AlphaBitch Chrissy]] and believing they were getting close, only for her to use her to get a big assignment completed and manipulate her into shoplifting and blackmailing her to keep quiet. Another once she's in junior high has her becoming popular with some of her classmates, only for Busy to accidentally reveal an embarrassing secret about her which causes them to shun her and for her best friend to call them out on this and they eventually taking her back into their fold.
* MaliciousMisnaming: One episode where the girls attend a house party had the kids calling their classmate named Emory by the derisive "Emma".
* DoubleStandard: Chrissy lampshades the fact that after being caught in the closet with one of their male classmates made him a stud but her a slut.
* DramaticIrony: "Good! Then maybe I should just move in with [[spoiler:Dad]], he doesn't throw himself at every women he meets!" [[spoiler:Much later, Amanda finds out the real reason that brought her parents to divorce was due to her father's infidelity.]]
* FirstPeriodPanic: Busy gets her first period when she's playing ice-hockey in a boys' team. She feels extremely uncomfortable and runs away from the session. When told, her best friend Amanda screams in excitement and is a bit jealous she's become a woman first. She helps Busy with pads and tampons at school despite not menstruating herself because she's so fascinated with the thing that she appears to know everything there is to know about it.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Busy and Amanda are best friends and incredibly close. Busy has three older brothers and Amanda is an only child, so they become very close and basically grow up together. The finale shows a flashback when they met as small girls, Amanda crying and Busy helping her out.
* InWithTheInCrowd: Amanda has fallen into this trope a couple of times; one episode has her hanging out with [[AlphaBitch Chrissy]] and believing they were getting close, only for her to use her to get a big assignment completed and manipulate her into shoplifting and blackmailing her to keep quiet. Another once she's in junior high has her becoming popular with some of her classmates, only for Busy to accidentally reveal an embarrassing secret about her which causes them to shun her and for her best friend to call them out on this and they eventually taking her back into their fold.
* MaliciousMisnaming: One episode where the girls attend a house party had the kids calling their classmate named Emory by the derisive "Emma".
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* AndStarring: Only two people actors are listed in the opening credits, so to give them more or less the actors equal weight while emphasizing their individuality, they are billed as "Starring Laura Bertram/And Lani Billard".
* DoubleStandard: Chrissy lampshades the fact that after being caught in the closet with one of their male classmates [[MyGirlIsNotASlut made him a stud but her aslut.
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* DramaticIrony: When Amanda butts heads with her mother over her dating life, she tells her, "Good! Then maybe I should just move in with [[spoiler:Dad]], he doesn't throw himself at every women he meets!"[[spoiler:Much [[spoiler: Much later, Amanda finds out the real reason that brought her parents to divorce was due to her father's infidelity.infidelity was one of the reasons for her parents’ divorce.]]
* FirstPeriodPanic: Busy gets her first periodwhen she's playing ice-hockey in a boys' team. She feels extremely uncomfortable during band practice at school and anxiously runs away from out of the session. classroom. When told, her best friend Amanda learns about it, she screams in excitement and is a bit jealous she's become a woman that Busy has reached womanhood first. She helps Busy with pads and tampons at school despite not menstruating having begun menstruation herself because she's so fascinated with the thing that she appears to know learned everything there is to know about it.
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* InWithTheInCrowd: Amanda has fallen into this trope a couple of times; in one episodehas her hanging she hangs out with [[AlphaBitch Chrissy]] and believing they were getting close, under the impression Chrissy genuinely sees her as a friend, only for her Chrissy to use her Amanda to get complete a big school assignment completed and manipulate her into shoplifting and blackmailing her to keep quiet. Another once she's for her. In a later episode set in junior high has her becoming popular high, Amanda falls in with some a group of her classmates, girls who have a dining club, only for Busy to accidentally reveal an embarrassing secret about her Amanda which causes them to shun her and for her best friend to call them out on this and they eventually taking her back into their fold.
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* MaliciousMisnaming:One episode where In “The Big Gulp”, the girls attend a house party had where the kids calling their classmate refer to one of the guys, named Emory by Emory, with the derisive name "Emma".
* DoubleStandard: Chrissy lampshades the fact that after being caught in the closet with one of their male classmates [[MyGirlIsNotASlut made him a stud but her a
* DramaticIrony: When Amanda butts heads with her mother over her dating life, she tells her, "Good! Then maybe I should just move in with [[spoiler:Dad]], he doesn't throw himself at every women he meets!"
* FirstPeriodPanic: Busy gets her first period
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Busy and Amanda are best friends and incredibly close. Busy has three older brothers and Amanda is an only child, so they become very close and basically grow up together. The finale
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* OneOfTheBoys: Elizabeth "Busy" Ramone is an only girl with three older brothers who were fairly close in age. She's by no means a pampered baby-girl of the family and has to be tough. She loves sports, mends her bike, plays the drums, works in her father's butcher's shop, and hangs out with guys. Her only female friend is her best friend GirlyGirl Amanda.
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* OneOfTheBoys: Elizabeth "Busy" Ramone is an only girl with three older brothers who were are fairly close in age. She's by no means a pampered baby-girl baby girl of the family and has to be tough. She loves sports, mends her bike, plays the drums, works in her father's butcher's shop, and hangs out with guys. Her only female friend is her best friend GirlyGirl Amanda.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Busy and Amanda are teenagers and best friends since ever. Busy is a major tomboy who loves all kinds of sports, plays the drums and wears casual clothes like plaid shirts, baseball caps or jeans, while Amanda is a romantic boy-crazy girly girl who likes make-up, nice clothes, writing and wants to be an actress.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Busy and Amanda are teenagers and have been best friends since ever.childhood. Busy is a major tomboy who loves all kinds of sports, plays the drums and wears casual clothes like plaid shirts, baseball caps or jeans, while Amanda is a romantic boy-crazy girly girl who likes make-up, nice clothes, writing and wants to be an actress.
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It is [[SimilarlyNamedWorks unrelated to]] the ''Film/ReadyOrNot2019'' film, the 2005 sequel to ''Literature/AllAmericanGirl'' YoungAdult novel, or the upcoming [[VideoGame/ReadyOrNot video game]] about a SWATTeam.
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''Ready or Not'' is a Canadian television series that aired on the Showtime Movie Channel from 1993 to 1997, later on The Disney Channel (1996–2000) and also on Global Television Network. The show ran for five seasons and it has 65 episodes. The show began as a short film ''Thirty-Two Double A'' which was eventually turned it into the series.
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''Ready or Not'' is a Canadian television series that aired on the Showtime Movie Channel from 1993 to 1997, later on The Disney Channel (1996–2000) and also on Global Television Network. The show ran for five seasons and it has 65 episodes. The show began as a short film ''Thirty-Two Double A'' which was eventually turned it into the series.
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* DramaticIrony: "Good! Then maybe I should just move in with [[spoiler:Dad]], he doesn't throw himself at every women he meets!" [[spoiler:Much later, Amanda finds out the real reason that brought her parents to divorce was because her Dad cheated with her Mom.]]
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* DramaticIrony: "Good! Then maybe I should just move in with [[spoiler:Dad]], he doesn't throw himself at every women he meets!" [[spoiler:Much later, Amanda finds out the real reason that brought her parents to divorce was because due to her Dad cheated with her Mom.father's infidelity.]]
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->''Ready or not! (Can't wait another day!)\\
A little in shock (What'll your mother say?)\\
But here we go anyway, now I'll see what you got\\
Give it your own style, Give me a little smile\\
Everything's better now, When we go\\
Ready or Not!''
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A little in shock (What'll your mother say?)\\
But here we go anyway, now I'll see what you got\\
Give it your own style, Give me a little smile\\
Everything's better now, When we go\\
Ready or Not!''
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* AlphaBitch: Older classmate Chrissy was your stereotypical mean girl who always picked on Busy and Amanda.
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* FirstPeriodPanic: Busy gets her first period when she's playing ice-hockey in a boys' team. She feels extremely uncomfortable and runs away from the session. When told, her best friend Amanda screams in excitement and is a bit jealous she's become a woman first. She helps Busy with pads and tampons at school despite not menstruating herself because she's so fascinated with the thing that she appears to know everything there is to know about it.
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Amanda Zimm (Laura Bertram) and Elizabeth "Busy" Ramone (Lani Billard) are two teenage girls who live in the suburbs of Toronto. Amanda is an only child raised by liberal former hippie parents, while Busy is from a rather traditional Italian Canadian Catholic family and she has three older brothers. The girls start the show as sixth graders and continue to the ninth grade.
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Amanda Zimm (Laura Bertram) and Elizabeth "Busy" Ramone (Lani Billard) are two teenage girls who live in the suburbs of Toronto. Amanda is an only child raised by liberal former hippie parents, while Busy is from a rather traditional Italian Canadian Italian-Canadian Catholic family and she has three older brothers. The girls start the show as sixth graders and continue to the ninth grade.
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* AlphaBitch: Older classmate Chrissy was your stereotypical mean girl who always picked on Busy and Amanda.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Amanda finds out as she gets older that she's Jewish[[note]]which she never knew about since her parents were Agnostic[[/note]] but is unsure about following the religion due to anti-Semitism displayed throughout her community.
* DoubleStandard: Chrissy lampshades the fact that after being caught in the closet with one of their male classmates made him a stud but her a slut.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Amanda finds out as she gets older that she's Jewish[[note]]which she never knew about since her parents were Agnostic[[/note]] but is unsure about following the religion due to anti-Semitism displayed throughout her community.
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* InWithTheInCrowd: Amanda has fallen into this trope a couple of times; one episode has her hanging out with [[AlphaBitch Chrissy]] and believing they were getting close, only for her to use her to get a big assignment completed and manipulate her into shoplifting and blackmailing her to keep quiet. Another once she's in junior high has her becoming popular with some of her classmates, only for Busy to accidentally reveal an embarrassing secret about her which causes them to shun her and for her best friend to call them out on this and they eventually taking her back into their fold.
* MaliciousMisnaming: One episode where the girls attend a house party had the kids calling their classmate named Emory by the derisive "Emma".
* MalignedMixedMarriage: Not marriage, but Busy's father disapproves of her relationship with her Black boyfriend, Troy, even at one point accusing him of stealing money from the cash register.
* MaliciousMisnaming: One episode where the girls attend a house party had the kids calling their classmate named Emory by the derisive "Emma".
* MalignedMixedMarriage: Not marriage, but Busy's father disapproves of her relationship with her Black boyfriend, Troy, even at one point accusing him of stealing money from the cash register.
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Amanda Zimm (Laura Bertram) and Elizabeth "Busy" Ramone (Lani Billard) are two teenage girls who live in the suburbs of Toronto. Amanda is an only child raised by liberal former hippie parents, while Busy is from a rather traditional Italian Canadian Catholic family and she has three older brothers. The girls start the show as sixth graders and continue to the ninth grade.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Busy and Amanda are best friends and incredibly close. Busy has three older brothers and Amanda is an only child, so they become very close and basically grow up together. The finale shows a flashback when they met as small girls, Amanda crying and Busy helping her out.
* OneOfTheBoys: Elizabeth "Busy" Ramone is an only girl with three older brothers who were fairly close in age. She's by no means a pampered baby-girl of the family and has to be tough. She loves sports, mends her bike, plays the drums, works in her father's butcher's shop, and hangs out with guys. Her only female friend is her best friend GirlyGirl Amanda.
* RomanticSpoonfeeding: Busy's oldest brother and his fiancée sit close together at the table, sharing one meal and spoon-feeding each other in an episode close to their wedding.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Busy and Amanda are teenagers and best friends since ever. Busy is a major tomboy who loves all kinds of sports, plays the drums and wears casual clothes like plaid shirts, baseball caps or jeans, while Amanda is a romantic boy-crazy girly girl who likes make-up, nice clothes, writing and wants to be an actress.
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Amanda Zimm (Laura Bertram) and Elizabeth "Busy" Ramone (Lani Billard) are two teenage girls who live in the suburbs of Toronto. Amanda is an only child raised by liberal former hippie parents, while Busy is from a rather traditional Italian Canadian Catholic family and she has three older brothers. The girls start the show as sixth graders and continue to the ninth grade.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Busy and Amanda are best friends and incredibly close. Busy has three older brothers and Amanda is an only child, so they become very close and basically grow up together. The finale shows a flashback when they met as small girls, Amanda crying and Busy helping her out.
* OneOfTheBoys: Elizabeth "Busy" Ramone is an only girl with three older brothers who were fairly close in age. She's by no means a pampered baby-girl of the family and has to be tough. She loves sports, mends her bike, plays the drums, works in her father's butcher's shop, and hangs out with guys. Her only female friend is her best friend GirlyGirl Amanda.
* RomanticSpoonfeeding: Busy's oldest brother and his fiancée sit close together at the table, sharing one meal and spoon-feeding each other in an episode close to their wedding.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Busy and Amanda are teenagers and best friends since ever. Busy is a major tomboy who loves all kinds of sports, plays the drums and wears casual clothes like plaid shirts, baseball caps or jeans, while Amanda is a romantic boy-crazy girly girl who likes make-up, nice clothes, writing and wants to be an actress.
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