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* SuddenSchoolUniform: in ''Protest it Up''. [=CeCe=] did ''[[BigNo not]]'' [[BigNo take the news well]]. Gunther and Tinka, on the other hand, had BeyondTheImpossible amounts of free time opened up by no longer coming up with BeyondTheImpossible outfits on a daily basis.
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'''Shake It Up''' is a DisneyChannel Original Series, developed by veteran TV producer [[LaverneAndShirley Chris Thompson]] that premiered on November 7, 2010.
The series revolves around Cecilia "[=CeCe=]" Jones (BellaThorne) and Raquel "Rocky" Blue (ZendayaColeman), two thirteen-year-old best friends from inner-city [[TheWindyCity Chicago]] who find themselves one step closer to their dream of becoming professional dancers when they're hired as backup dancers on ''Shake It Up Chicago'', an ''AmericanBandstand''-style variety show.
Other characters include:
* Flynn Jones (DavisCleveland): [=CeCe=]'s precocious but annoying younger brother, with an appetite for bacon.
* Ty Blue (Roshon Fegan): Rocky's older brother, who is himself a skilled dancer. He's also an aspiring rapper, and fancies himself a ladies' man.
* Martin "Deuce" Martinez (Adam Irigoyen): [=CeCe=] and Rocky's long-time friend who is known for his "connections" and his questionable schemes to make a buck.
* Gunther and Tinka Hessenheffer (Kenton Duty and Caroline Sunshine): A pair of fraternal twins from an [[{{Ruritania}} indeterminate European country]] who have been exchange students since the first grade, and also dance on the show. [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Depending on their mood]], they can be either friends or enemies toward the girls.
* Gary Wilde (R. Brandon Johnson): The handsome and narcissistic host and producer of ''Shake It Up Chicago''.
* Georgia Jones (Anita Barone): [=CeCe=] and Flynn's single mother, who serves as a police officer.
* Henry Dillon (Buddy Handleson): Child prodigy and Flynn's best friend.
Possibly in the {{DCLAU}} due to [[HannahMontana Teen Court]] appearing in a recent episode.
Now with its own [[Radar/ShakeItUp Getting Crap Past The Radar]] page. (Considering Chris Thompson previously created ''TheNakedTruth'' and ''{{Action}}'', this isn't surprising...)
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!''Shake It Up'' provides examples of:
* AbuseIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale: When Henry ([=CeCe=]'s tutor) shows up with his clothes torn and multiple bruises, the audience's reaction is "aww." When it's revealed that his abuser is a girl, ''cue audience laugh track''.
* ActorAllusion:
** As mentioned below, [[spoiler:[=CeCe=] has dyslexia,]] and so does BellaThorne.
** Rocky is a vegeterian, and so is Zendaya.
** When [[SoYouThinkYouCanDance Cat Deeley]] guest stars as the Vice Principal in "Wild It Up", [=CeCe=] talks about being a dancer on ''Shake It Up Chicago'', to which the Vice Principal responds with "so you think you can dance?"
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Flynn, who handwaves that he's "the only responsible person around here", and even got a model to like him, saying he's adorable, and Henry.
* AnAesop: Subverted:
-->'''[=CeCe=]:''' So you did all this just to teach me a lesson?\\
'''Mrs. Jones:''' No. We just thought it'd be fun! ''(she and the coach laugh)'' But the way you said it makes me sound like a better parent, so [[SureLetsGoWithThat let's go with that]]!
* AffectionateNickname: Ty calls Flynn "Little {''Noun''}", i.e. "Little Dude" or "Little Man".
* AlphaBitch: Candy Cho gives off this vibe.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The dancers of ''Shake It Up {{Pittsburgh}}''.
** Candy Cho to Rocky.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Rocky and Ty (both Zendaya and Roshon Fegan are mixed-race), at least until "Heat It Up". Their mother is shown to be black and their father appears to be mixed race.
* [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously Bi]]/CampStraight:
** Gunther.
** Henry.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Flynn.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Oh, Flynn and his video games.
-->'''Flynn:''' Oh yeah? Well I just killed a zombie, stole a bus, and spray painted the word booger on the side of a cop car.
* BaitAndSwitchComparison: When Flynn is dog-sitting:
-->'''Ty:''' What happened in here?\\
'''Flynn:''' Whimpering, begging, and I had to clean up after an accident ({{beat}}) [[BringMyBrownPants and that was just Deuce]].\\
'''Ty:''' So where is that filthy animal?\\
'''Flynn:''' He's in there giving the dog a bath.
* BilingualBonus: In "Weird It Up", Ty asks Deuce to be a translator for his date with a foreign exchange student that only speaks Spanish.
* BillBillJunkBill: Parodied in "Apply It Up":
-->'''[=CeCe=]:''' Bill for Mom. Bill for me that I'll give to Mom. Catalog for Mom that I'll take for me.
* BlondesAreEvil: Gunther and Tinka.
* BrokenAesop: In one episode when Gunther learns to be cool and uses an American accent (which amounts to being obnoxious and acting like he came straight out of MTV) he has girls swooning over him. The aesop ends up being "be yourself" but that doesn't stop an unintended aesop of "act like everyone else and people will like you better" from appearing.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Tinka had to let Gunther know that they wouldn't grow old and get married. [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Cue Gunther looking depressed]].
* ButtMonkey: Flynn. Rocky and [=CeCe=] can also become this at times too.
** Deuce also has his Butt Monkey moments.
** Actually, every character takes a turn to be the Butt Monkey at times.
* CallBack: "Hello, Bay-BEE!"
* CampGay: The famous choreographer Theodore [[MeaningfulName Vainglorious]] in the episode "Double Pegasus It Up".
* {{Catchphrase}}:
-->'''Gunther:''' I'm Gunther!\\
'''Tinka:''' And I'm Tinka!\\
'''Together:''' And we are THE HESSENHEFFERS!
** Also Flynn's shout when he answers the door:
-->'''Flynn:''' I'll get it, Mom!
** The shout is subverted in "Vatalihootsit It Up", when he screams it as the phone rings, it's his mom on the line.
* ChainedHeat: [[spoiler:After [=CeCe=] spectacularly fails her audition, Rocky forces Gary to let her be on the show by stealing [=CeCe=]'s mom's handcuffs, chaining herself to [=CeCe=] and dragging her onto the stage.]]
* ChildProdigy: Henry.
* {{Cloudcuckooland}}: Gunther and Tinka's homeland. {{Lampshaded}} when Rocky and Ce Ce meet their family:
-->'''Rocky:''' Ohmigosh, Gunther and Tinka are the ''normal'' ones.
* ClownCarBase: Ty's "Man-cave".
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
-->(''Destiny, Flynn's crush, is twice his age.'')\\
'''Ty:''' Whoa! Little dude, you left out one tiny detail about Destiny.\\
'''Flynn:''' Didn't I mention she's blonde?
** Also:
-->'''[=CeCe=]:''' She's a gold finger.\\
'''Rocky:''' Digger.\\
'''[=CeCe=]:''' No, I don't dig her. She's a user.
* CompressedVice: [[spoiler:It is mentioned in exactly one episode that [=CeCe=] has dyslexia.]] It is never brought up again.
* CreditCardPlot: [[spoiler:In the second episode, the girls open bank accounts in order to manage their income as dancers on ''Shake It Up Chicago''. Now wielding debit cards, they find it surprisingly easy to lose track of how much they've been spending, and find themselves holding a check they can't pay at an expensive Italian restaurant.]]
** [[spoiler:Although [[DidNotDoTheResearch debit cards don't get overdrawn]], they get declined due to insufficient funds.]]
* CrossOver: with ''GoodLuckCharlie'', entitled "Charlie Shakes it Up".
* DawsonCasting: In-universe example in the episode "Age It Up": "teen sensation" Justin Starr is really 24 and married (his wife goes on tour with him as his "manager"), and plays 16 to appeal to teenage girls. The show itself avoids this--none of the leads are in their twenties, with only Roshon Fegan (whose character is older than the rest anyway) being over 16.
* DeadpanSnarker:
** Flynn.
** Rocky and [=CeCe=] also have their moments when dealing with each other. Especially Rocky.
** Also, Deuce.
-->'''Deuce:''' Man, that would be painful even if the air wasn't running out in here.
** Ty can snark pretty well too.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: Also, in the episode "Party It Up", they meet boys from Elk Grove High School, who proceed to cheer "goo Elks!" Elk Grove's mascot is actually the Grenadier.
* DisappearedDad: The only thing we know about [=CeCe=]'s dad is he isn't there.
** [[spoiler:Now we know that her mom and dad are divorced.]]
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: {{Averted}}. SelenaGomez sings the theme song but so far hasn't appeared in the show itself. But BellaThorne and ZendayaColeman ''do'' sing the song "Watch Me" [[CelebrityParadox which has been played a few times]] during the [[ShowWithinAShow Shake It Up Chicago]] dance numbers. ZendayaColeman also sings "Something To Dance For" in "Apply It Up". BellaThorne also sings "TTYLXOX" in "Judge It Up".
* DownerEnding: "Party It Up". [[spoiler:After Mrs. Jones forces Ty and Deuce to reveal [=CeCe=] and Rocky's whereabouts by making them drink lots of water and fill them with urine, she finds them at Gary Wilde's party, brings them home and grounds them for a month. In the last scene, the whole group is forced to clean up the kitchen of their apartment.]]
** "Show It Up", which is also a TheBadGuyWins ending.
* EnfantTerrible: Gunther and Tinka's nephew, Klause.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Cecilia and Raquel are not particularly fond of their first names. It doesn't help that [[HypocriticalHumor one always laughs upon hearing the other's real name]].
* EnterStageWindow: [=CeCe=] and Rocky live in the same apartment building. As such, Rocky usually enters via the fire escape.
* {{Expy}}: WordOfGod has it that Gunther and Tinka were inspired by [[HighSchoolMusical Ryan and Sharpay Evans]]. Right down to the BrotherSisterIncest.
** An AmbiguouslyGay (aside from said sister incest) guy. However, unlike Sharpay, Tinka isn't an AlphaBitch (in fact, her status as a FunnyForeigner makes her a target for real {{Alpha Bitch}}es). That gets to Gunther... a bit.
** Flynn is very similar to Gabe Duncan from ''GoodLuckCharlie'', as are Henry and Austin. And he also resembles Matt [=McGuire=] from ''LizzieMcGuire''.
*** [=CeCe=] is similar to Chelsea from ThatsSoRaven, right down to the nearly-identical hair color. In the episode "Reunion It Up", Anneliese Van der Pol, who played Chelsea, guest-starred as [=CeCe=]'s older CaptainErsatz.
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: In "Hot Mess It Up", [[spoiler:Deuce, Flynn, and Ty host an internet show called "Zombie Talk". This is later transformed into "Zombie Idol".]]
* EvilForeigner: Gunther and Tinka, whenever they are the villains.
* FairCop: [=CeCe=]'s police officer mom Georgia.
* FakeGuestStar: For the first season, Caroline Sunshine as Tinka. She doesn't appear in the opening [[PromotionToOpeningTitles until Season 2]], even though her character appeared in one episode more than Gunther.
* {{Flanderization}}: [=CeCe=] goes from being an average student to a girl who doesn't know what Pittsburgh is ''in one episode''.
* FoeYay / FriendlyEnemy: Gunther and Tinka to Rocky and [=CeCe=].
-->'''[=CeCe=]:''' We're frenemies, right? And the first part of that is "friends."\\
'''Tinka:''' And the last part is "enemies."
* FunnyForeigner: Gunther and Tinka.
* FriendsRentControl
* GRatedDrug: Energy drinks. Rocky {{lampshade| hanging}}s this by comparing it to [[DrugsAreBad steroid use]] and painting a {{slippery slope| fallacy}} picture of what will happen to her and [=CeCe=] if they resort to them.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Now with [[Radar/ShakeItUp its own page]].
* HandshakeSubstitute: [=CeCe=] and Rocky do a slap swear instead of a PinkySwear.
* HandsomeLech: Gary Wilde, using lines such as:
-->'''Gary:''' You have the right to remain ''foxy!''
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Gunther and Tinka.
* HeterosexualLifePartners[=/=]RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: [=CeCe=] and Rocky, who do absolutely everything together, and have the same hopes and dreams. Reinforced by Rocky's refusal to be on the show if [=CeCe=] can't be on.
* HollywoodNerd: Rocky.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The episodes are titled as "(Plot Point) It Up", with [[OddNameOut the sole (so far) exception]] of "Shake It Up, Up And Away", which, due to the TitleDrop episode name, still has the words 'It' and 'Up', however those two words aren't at the end of the episode name like all other episodes.
* IdiotBall: [[spoiler:Honestly, what made [=CeCe=] and Rocky think that they were going to sneak off to a party and not get caught by a person who catches rulebreakers for a living?]]
* ImagineTheAudienceNaked: [=CeCe=] suggests this to Rocky at the audition so she's not intimidated by the other dancers. It backfires horribly when this produces some rather disturbing mental images.
** [[spoiler:It backfires again when [=CeCe=] comes down with PerformanceAnxiety and Rocky reminds her to do this. The only person [=CeCe=] can imagine naked is herself.]]
* IncrediblyLamePun: Deuce and Flynn's jokes during the talent show.
* InformedAbility: [=CeCe=]'s matchmaking skills. It's only brought up in one episode, and the match in that episode didn't hold up so well.
* IronicEcho: At least once an episode.
* JerkassDissonance: Invoked In-Universe by Gunther and Tinka towards the Bulldogs' cheerleaders:
-->'''Gunther:''' I know they're calling us losers, but they do it in such an entertaining way that it's infectious!
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [=CeCe=] Jones.
* LargeHam: From the pageant episode, when [[spoiler:Ilene wins.]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Ilene]]:''' [[spoiler:I wish all the little girls could feel as pretty as I do!]]
** Gunther and Tinka have their moments of this too.
* [[spoiler:LIsForDyslexia: [=CeCe=] has it. [[ActorAllusion So does Bella Thorne]].]]
* LittleBoySeeksBigGirl: Flynn towards Destiny in one episode.
* LocalHangout: Crusty's Pizza Shop, as of Season 2.
* LoonyFan: Subverted in the episode "Copy Kat It Up", wherein a shy, socially-awkward girl named Kat seems to have a near-stalkerish obsession with the girls, especially [=CeCe=]. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a BatmanGambit to get a spot dancing on the show.]]
* {{Malaproper}}: In "Hook It Up", Gary is seen consistently using incorrect names for everyone he talks to:
-->'''Gary:''' Look Coco, Ricky, I like you. If I didn't, [[HypocriticalHumor I wouldn't have even bothered to remember your names.]]\\
'''Cece:''' [[LampshadeHanging You didn't]]. It's [=CeCe=] and Rocky.
* MatchmakerCrush: Subverted. [[spoiler:Deuce ''thinks'' [=CeCe=], who is trying to find a girl to go out with him, has a crush on him. She denies it, but [[ShipTease later wonders why]] he was "turned off" by her.]]
* MeaningfulName: The nickname Deuce doesn't make much sense until his real name is revealed to be [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Martin Martinez]].
* MissingEpisode: "Party It Up", after the DisneyChannel pulled it out of rotation after DemiLovato called the show out on {{Twitter}} for a joke in the episode [[UnfortunateImplications ridiculing anorexic models]].
** Episode is back on the air, but said joke is deleted.
* MrFanservice: Ty Blue and Deuce.
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Gary Wilde sometimes has trouble remembering the names of his dancers.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Gary Wilde to Ryan Seacrest.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Gunther, sort of.
-->'''Gary (and later, [=CeCe=]):''' Stop reading my e-mails.
* OneSteveLimit: Invoked in-universe.
-->'''Flynn:''' Who is it?\\
'''Deuce:''' Deuce.\\
'''Flynn:''' Deuce who?\\
'''Deuce:''' How many Deuces do you know?
* OnlyOneName: Zendaya, who plays Rocky.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In "Apply It Up", when Flynn begins the RunningGag mentioned below, Henry simply responds "Hi Flynn", which prompts the following response:
-->'''Flynn:''' What? "Hi Flynn?" Where's the insult? Where's the big words I'll have to look up after you leave?
* PacManFever: A BlandNameProduct ModernWarfare that plays on Nintendo64, a system older than most of the cast. Bonus points for playing it with wireless PlayStation controllers.
* PardonMyKlingon: In "Split It Up", upon hearing that Gary has chosen [=CeCe=] over her as Gunther's dance partner for a ''Wake Up Chicago'' appearance, Tinka rattles off a blue streak in her native tongue that Gunther declines to translate.
* PerformanceAnxiety: [[spoiler:[=CeCe=] suffers it in the Pilot episode, which is ironic since she was the most confident about the audition.]]
* RefugeInAudacity: [=CeCe=] at the [[ColdOpen beginning]] of "Meatball It Up".
* RunningGag: Flynn: Hello (long-winded description of Henry that includes mockery of Henry's nerdiness). Henry: Hello (equally long-winded description of Flynn that includes a derisive comment about his lack of intelligence).
** Rocky and [=CeCe=]'s occasional speaking in-sync.
** "I'LL GET IT MOM!"
* {{Ruritania}}: Wherever it is Gunther and Tinka are from.
* SassyBlackWoman: Rocky's mom, and Rocky when she gets mad (though Rocky's [[AmbiguouslyBrown brown]], not black).
-->'''[=CeCe=]:''' You know, you scare me when you move your head like that!
* SheCleansUpNicely: Tinka, [[spoiler:when she goes on her date with Ty in "Add It Up".]]
** Also, Ilene in "Glitz It Up".
* ShipperOnDeck: Rocky towards [=CeCe=] and Gunther in "Hot Mess It Up" as a way of teasing the former.
* ShoutOut: In the episode where [=CeCe=]'s mom and Coach go out, we get this:
-->'''Coach:''' I was babysitting my niece this weekend, and she ''begged'' me to turn on her favorite show. Guess what it was.\\
'''[=CeCe=]:''' ''{{Wizards Of| Waverly Place}}''...\\
'''Coach:''' ''Shake It Up Chicago''.
** According to Gunther, the twelfth thing on [=CeCe=]'s list of things to do before she's 16 is [[Literature/{{Twilight}} to have werewolves and vampires fight over her]].
** The girls attend JohnHughes Junior High, home of the [[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Bulldogs]].
** [=CeCe=] often uses HannahMontana's "Ya think?" {{Catchphrase}}.
* ShowWithinAShow: ''Shake It Up Chicago''.
* SilentSnarker: Rocky, especially when Ty brags.
** When [=CeCe=] is lying to her gym coach about her injured leg, we see reaction shots of Rocky scoffing and rolling her eyes.
* SlipperySlopeFallacy: Rocky commits this fallacy once in "Start It Up", regarding energy drinks. She does this again in "Wild It Up", regarding cutting class.
* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: Rocky Blue is particularly adamant that everyone likes her, and spends an entire episode trying to win the favor of the cantankerous old witch Mrs. Locassio.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''HannahMontana''.
* SpitTake: PlayedForLaughs. In "Age It Up", both [=CeCe=] and Rocky hear something outrageous, pause for a second, take a swig of water, and do a spit take.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: A reasonable facsimile of "Bad to the Bone" plays as Rocky enters detention clad in her new "bad girl" outfit.
* TakeThat: Against Child Beauty Pagents.
* ThematicThemeTune: "Shake It Up" sung by DisneyChannel veteran SelenaGomez.
* TokenWhite: [=CeCe=] among her circle of friends.
* {{Tomboy}}: Ilene in "Glitz It Up".
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: [[WordOfGod According to Bella Thorne]], [=CeCe=] and Rocky, respectively. However, recent episodes tend to [[OutOfCharacterMoment have them randomly swap these roles]], DependingOnTheWriter.
* TomboyishName: Rocky. Just her name, thank you. [[DependingOnTheWriter Mostly]].
* TooSoon: ''Shake It Up, Up and Away'' was originally scheduled to air on September 18, 2011, but had to be pulled at the last minute due to plane crashes at the Reno Air Show in Nevada. It was replaced with an airing of another new episode that and would air in October, though.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Flynn and his {{bacon| addiction}}. At the end of the pilot, he comes home with several pounds of it.
* TVNeverLies
-->'''Flynn:''' Excuse me, it was on the internet. It must be true.
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Often divided by gender, although Gunther could be used in either one.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: Especially noticable with [=CeCe=] and Rocky, due to their wacky fashions, though other characters may qualify.
** {{Justified}} though, as that's what they spend their ''Shake It Up Chicago'' money on.
* VerySpecialEpisode: "Add It Up", [[spoiler:where we find out that [=CeCe=] has dyslexia.]]
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: [=CeCe=] is particularly fond of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} Union Jack]], and wears it on everything from jackets to karate uniforms.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Debit cards, ''debit cards'', '''debit cards'''.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Gunther and Tinka.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Ty and Tinka after "Add It Up".
* TheWindyCity
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Henry/Flynn. Flynn mocks Henry for being an InsufferableGenius; Henry makes fun of Flynn for being a RidiculouslyAverageGuy.
-->'''Henry:''' Mock me now, but when I invent time travel, I'm going to come back and slap you.
* YoungEntrepreneur: Deuce, who sells everything from defective watches to counterfeit Music/LadyGaga tickets.
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'''Shake It Up''' is a DisneyChannel Original Series, developed by veteran TV producer [[LaverneAndShirley Chris Thompson]] that premiered on November 7, 2010.
The series revolves around Cecilia "[=CeCe=]" Jones (BellaThorne) and Raquel "Rocky" Blue (ZendayaColeman), two thirteen-year-old best friends from inner-city [[TheWindyCity Chicago]] who find themselves one step closer to their dream of becoming professional dancers when they're hired as backup dancers on ''Shake It Up Chicago'', an ''AmericanBandstand''-style variety show.
Other characters include:
* Flynn Jones (DavisCleveland): [=CeCe=]'s precocious but annoying younger brother, with an appetite for bacon.
* Ty Blue (Roshon Fegan): Rocky's older brother, who is himself a skilled dancer. He's also an aspiring rapper, and fancies himself a ladies' man.
* Martin "Deuce" Martinez (Adam Irigoyen): [=CeCe=] and Rocky's long-time friend who is known for his "connections" and his questionable schemes to make a buck.
* Gunther and Tinka Hessenheffer (Kenton Duty and Caroline Sunshine): A pair of fraternal twins from an [[{{Ruritania}} indeterminate European country]] who have been exchange students since the first grade, and also dance on the show. [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Depending on their mood]], they can be either friends or enemies toward the girls.
* Gary Wilde (R. Brandon Johnson): The handsome and narcissistic host and producer of ''Shake It Up Chicago''.
* Georgia Jones (Anita Barone): [=CeCe=] and Flynn's single mother, who serves as a police officer.
* Henry Dillon (Buddy Handleson): Child prodigy and Flynn's best friend.
Possibly in the {{DCLAU}} due to [[HannahMontana Teen Court]] appearing in a recent episode.
Now with its own [[Radar/ShakeItUp Getting Crap Past The Radar]] page. (Considering Chris Thompson previously created ''TheNakedTruth'' and ''{{Action}}'', this isn't surprising...)
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!''Shake It Up'' provides examples of:
* AbuseIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale: When Henry ([=CeCe=]'s tutor) shows up with his clothes torn and multiple bruises, the audience's reaction is "aww." When it's revealed that his abuser is a girl, ''cue audience laugh track''.
* ActorAllusion:
** As mentioned below, [[spoiler:[=CeCe=] has dyslexia,]] and so does BellaThorne.
** Rocky is a vegeterian, and so is Zendaya.
** When [[SoYouThinkYouCanDance Cat Deeley]] guest stars as the Vice Principal in "Wild It Up", [=CeCe=] talks about being a dancer on ''Shake It Up Chicago'', to which the Vice Principal responds with "so you think you can dance?"
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Flynn, who handwaves that he's "the only responsible person around here", and even got a model to like him, saying he's adorable, and Henry.
* AnAesop: Subverted:
-->'''[=CeCe=]:''' So you did all this just to teach me a lesson?\\
'''Mrs. Jones:''' No. We just thought it'd be fun! ''(she and the coach laugh)'' But the way you said it makes me sound like a better parent, so [[SureLetsGoWithThat let's go with that]]!
* AffectionateNickname: Ty calls Flynn "Little {''Noun''}", i.e. "Little Dude" or "Little Man".
* AlphaBitch: Candy Cho gives off this vibe.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The dancers of ''Shake It Up {{Pittsburgh}}''.
** Candy Cho to Rocky.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Rocky and Ty (both Zendaya and Roshon Fegan are mixed-race), at least until "Heat It Up". Their mother is shown to be black and their father appears to be mixed race.
* [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously Bi]]/CampStraight:
** Gunther.
** Henry.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Flynn.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Oh, Flynn and his video games.
-->'''Flynn:''' Oh yeah? Well I just killed a zombie, stole a bus, and spray painted the word booger on the side of a cop car.
* BaitAndSwitchComparison: When Flynn is dog-sitting:
-->'''Ty:''' What happened in here?\\
'''Flynn:''' Whimpering, begging, and I had to clean up after an accident ({{beat}}) [[BringMyBrownPants and that was just Deuce]].\\
'''Ty:''' So where is that filthy animal?\\
'''Flynn:''' He's in there giving the dog a bath.
* BilingualBonus: In "Weird It Up", Ty asks Deuce to be a translator for his date with a foreign exchange student that only speaks Spanish.
* BillBillJunkBill: Parodied in "Apply It Up":
-->'''[=CeCe=]:''' Bill for Mom. Bill for me that I'll give to Mom. Catalog for Mom that I'll take for me.
* BlondesAreEvil: Gunther and Tinka.
* BrokenAesop: In one episode when Gunther learns to be cool and uses an American accent (which amounts to being obnoxious and acting like he came straight out of MTV) he has girls swooning over him. The aesop ends up being "be yourself" but that doesn't stop an unintended aesop of "act like everyone else and people will like you better" from appearing.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Tinka had to let Gunther know that they wouldn't grow old and get married. [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Cue Gunther looking depressed]].
* ButtMonkey: Flynn. Rocky and [=CeCe=] can also become this at times too.
** Deuce also has his Butt Monkey moments.
** Actually, every character takes a turn to be the Butt Monkey at times.
* CallBack: "Hello, Bay-BEE!"
* CampGay: The famous choreographer Theodore [[MeaningfulName Vainglorious]] in the episode "Double Pegasus It Up".
* {{Catchphrase}}:
-->'''Gunther:''' I'm Gunther!\\
'''Tinka:''' And I'm Tinka!\\
'''Together:''' And we are THE HESSENHEFFERS!
** Also Flynn's shout when he answers the door:
-->'''Flynn:''' I'll get it, Mom!
** The shout is subverted in "Vatalihootsit It Up", when he screams it as the phone rings, it's his mom on the line.
* ChainedHeat: [[spoiler:After [=CeCe=] spectacularly fails her audition, Rocky forces Gary to let her be on the show by stealing [=CeCe=]'s mom's handcuffs, chaining herself to [=CeCe=] and dragging her onto the stage.]]
* ChildProdigy: Henry.
* {{Cloudcuckooland}}: Gunther and Tinka's homeland. {{Lampshaded}} when Rocky and Ce Ce meet their family:
-->'''Rocky:''' Ohmigosh, Gunther and Tinka are the ''normal'' ones.
* ClownCarBase: Ty's "Man-cave".
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
-->(''Destiny, Flynn's crush, is twice his age.'')\\
'''Ty:''' Whoa! Little dude, you left out one tiny detail about Destiny.\\
'''Flynn:''' Didn't I mention she's blonde?
** Also:
-->'''[=CeCe=]:''' She's a gold finger.\\
'''Rocky:''' Digger.\\
'''[=CeCe=]:''' No, I don't dig her. She's a user.
* CompressedVice: [[spoiler:It is mentioned in exactly one episode that [=CeCe=] has dyslexia.]] It is never brought up again.
* CreditCardPlot: [[spoiler:In the second episode, the girls open bank accounts in order to manage their income as dancers on ''Shake It Up Chicago''. Now wielding debit cards, they find it surprisingly easy to lose track of how much they've been spending, and find themselves holding a check they can't pay at an expensive Italian restaurant.]]
** [[spoiler:Although [[DidNotDoTheResearch debit cards don't get overdrawn]], they get declined due to insufficient funds.]]
* CrossOver: with ''GoodLuckCharlie'', entitled "Charlie Shakes it Up".
* DawsonCasting: In-universe example in the episode "Age It Up": "teen sensation" Justin Starr is really 24 and married (his wife goes on tour with him as his "manager"), and plays 16 to appeal to teenage girls. The show itself avoids this--none of the leads are in their twenties, with only Roshon Fegan (whose character is older than the rest anyway) being over 16.
* DeadpanSnarker:
** Flynn.
** Rocky and [=CeCe=] also have their moments when dealing with each other. Especially Rocky.
** Also, Deuce.
-->'''Deuce:''' Man, that would be painful even if the air wasn't running out in here.
** Ty can snark pretty well too.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: Also, in the episode "Party It Up", they meet boys from Elk Grove High School, who proceed to cheer "goo Elks!" Elk Grove's mascot is actually the Grenadier.
* DisappearedDad: The only thing we know about [=CeCe=]'s dad is he isn't there.
** [[spoiler:Now we know that her mom and dad are divorced.]]
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: {{Averted}}. SelenaGomez sings the theme song but so far hasn't appeared in the show itself. But BellaThorne and ZendayaColeman ''do'' sing the song "Watch Me" [[CelebrityParadox which has been played a few times]] during the [[ShowWithinAShow Shake It Up Chicago]] dance numbers. ZendayaColeman also sings "Something To Dance For" in "Apply It Up". BellaThorne also sings "TTYLXOX" in "Judge It Up".
* DownerEnding: "Party It Up". [[spoiler:After Mrs. Jones forces Ty and Deuce to reveal [=CeCe=] and Rocky's whereabouts by making them drink lots of water and fill them with urine, she finds them at Gary Wilde's party, brings them home and grounds them for a month. In the last scene, the whole group is forced to clean up the kitchen of their apartment.]]
** "Show It Up", which is also a TheBadGuyWins ending.
* EnfantTerrible: Gunther and Tinka's nephew, Klause.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Cecilia and Raquel are not particularly fond of their first names. It doesn't help that [[HypocriticalHumor one always laughs upon hearing the other's real name]].
* EnterStageWindow: [=CeCe=] and Rocky live in the same apartment building. As such, Rocky usually enters via the fire escape.
* {{Expy}}: WordOfGod has it that Gunther and Tinka were inspired by [[HighSchoolMusical Ryan and Sharpay Evans]]. Right down to the BrotherSisterIncest.
** An AmbiguouslyGay (aside from said sister incest) guy. However, unlike Sharpay, Tinka isn't an AlphaBitch (in fact, her status as a FunnyForeigner makes her a target for real {{Alpha Bitch}}es). That gets to Gunther... a bit.
** Flynn is very similar to Gabe Duncan from ''GoodLuckCharlie'', as are Henry and Austin. And he also resembles Matt [=McGuire=] from ''LizzieMcGuire''.
*** [=CeCe=] is similar to Chelsea from ThatsSoRaven, right down to the nearly-identical hair color. In the episode "Reunion It Up", Anneliese Van der Pol, who played Chelsea, guest-starred as [=CeCe=]'s older CaptainErsatz.
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: In "Hot Mess It Up", [[spoiler:Deuce, Flynn, and Ty host an internet show called "Zombie Talk". This is later transformed into "Zombie Idol".]]
* EvilForeigner: Gunther and Tinka, whenever they are the villains.
* FairCop: [=CeCe=]'s police officer mom Georgia.
* FakeGuestStar: For the first season, Caroline Sunshine as Tinka. She doesn't appear in the opening [[PromotionToOpeningTitles until Season 2]], even though her character appeared in one episode more than Gunther.
* {{Flanderization}}: [=CeCe=] goes from being an average student to a girl who doesn't know what Pittsburgh is ''in one episode''.
* FoeYay / FriendlyEnemy: Gunther and Tinka to Rocky and [=CeCe=].
-->'''[=CeCe=]:''' We're frenemies, right? And the first part of that is "friends."\\
'''Tinka:''' And the last part is "enemies."
* FunnyForeigner: Gunther and Tinka.
* FriendsRentControl
* GRatedDrug: Energy drinks. Rocky {{lampshade| hanging}}s this by comparing it to [[DrugsAreBad steroid use]] and painting a {{slippery slope| fallacy}} picture of what will happen to her and [=CeCe=] if they resort to them.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Now with [[Radar/ShakeItUp its own page]].
* HandshakeSubstitute: [=CeCe=] and Rocky do a slap swear instead of a PinkySwear.
* HandsomeLech: Gary Wilde, using lines such as:
-->'''Gary:''' You have the right to remain ''foxy!''
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Gunther and Tinka.
* HeterosexualLifePartners[=/=]RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: [=CeCe=] and Rocky, who do absolutely everything together, and have the same hopes and dreams. Reinforced by Rocky's refusal to be on the show if [=CeCe=] can't be on.
* HollywoodNerd: Rocky.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The episodes are titled as "(Plot Point) It Up", with [[OddNameOut the sole (so far) exception]] of "Shake It Up, Up And Away", which, due to the TitleDrop episode name, still has the words 'It' and 'Up', however those two words aren't at the end of the episode name like all other episodes.
* IdiotBall: [[spoiler:Honestly, what made [=CeCe=] and Rocky think that they were going to sneak off to a party and not get caught by a person who catches rulebreakers for a living?]]
* ImagineTheAudienceNaked: [=CeCe=] suggests this to Rocky at the audition so she's not intimidated by the other dancers. It backfires horribly when this produces some rather disturbing mental images.
** [[spoiler:It backfires again when [=CeCe=] comes down with PerformanceAnxiety and Rocky reminds her to do this. The only person [=CeCe=] can imagine naked is herself.]]
* IncrediblyLamePun: Deuce and Flynn's jokes during the talent show.
* InformedAbility: [=CeCe=]'s matchmaking skills. It's only brought up in one episode, and the match in that episode didn't hold up so well.
* IronicEcho: At least once an episode.
* JerkassDissonance: Invoked In-Universe by Gunther and Tinka towards the Bulldogs' cheerleaders:
-->'''Gunther:''' I know they're calling us losers, but they do it in such an entertaining way that it's infectious!
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [=CeCe=] Jones.
* LargeHam: From the pageant episode, when [[spoiler:Ilene wins.]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Ilene]]:''' [[spoiler:I wish all the little girls could feel as pretty as I do!]]
** Gunther and Tinka have their moments of this too.
* [[spoiler:LIsForDyslexia: [=CeCe=] has it. [[ActorAllusion So does Bella Thorne]].]]
* LittleBoySeeksBigGirl: Flynn towards Destiny in one episode.
* LocalHangout: Crusty's Pizza Shop, as of Season 2.
* LoonyFan: Subverted in the episode "Copy Kat It Up", wherein a shy, socially-awkward girl named Kat seems to have a near-stalkerish obsession with the girls, especially [=CeCe=]. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a BatmanGambit to get a spot dancing on the show.]]
* {{Malaproper}}: In "Hook It Up", Gary is seen consistently using incorrect names for everyone he talks to:
-->'''Gary:''' Look Coco, Ricky, I like you. If I didn't, [[HypocriticalHumor I wouldn't have even bothered to remember your names.]]\\
'''Cece:''' [[LampshadeHanging You didn't]]. It's [=CeCe=] and Rocky.
* MatchmakerCrush: Subverted. [[spoiler:Deuce ''thinks'' [=CeCe=], who is trying to find a girl to go out with him, has a crush on him. She denies it, but [[ShipTease later wonders why]] he was "turned off" by her.]]
* MeaningfulName: The nickname Deuce doesn't make much sense until his real name is revealed to be [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Martin Martinez]].
* MissingEpisode: "Party It Up", after the DisneyChannel pulled it out of rotation after DemiLovato called the show out on {{Twitter}} for a joke in the episode [[UnfortunateImplications ridiculing anorexic models]].
** Episode is back on the air, but said joke is deleted.
* MrFanservice: Ty Blue and Deuce.
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Gary Wilde sometimes has trouble remembering the names of his dancers.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Gary Wilde to Ryan Seacrest.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Gunther, sort of.
-->'''Gary (and later, [=CeCe=]):''' Stop reading my e-mails.
* OneSteveLimit: Invoked in-universe.
-->'''Flynn:''' Who is it?\\
'''Deuce:''' Deuce.\\
'''Flynn:''' Deuce who?\\
'''Deuce:''' How many Deuces do you know?
* OnlyOneName: Zendaya, who plays Rocky.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In "Apply It Up", when Flynn begins the RunningGag mentioned below, Henry simply responds "Hi Flynn", which prompts the following response:
-->'''Flynn:''' What? "Hi Flynn?" Where's the insult? Where's the big words I'll have to look up after you leave?
* PacManFever: A BlandNameProduct ModernWarfare that plays on Nintendo64, a system older than most of the cast. Bonus points for playing it with wireless PlayStation controllers.
* PardonMyKlingon: In "Split It Up", upon hearing that Gary has chosen [=CeCe=] over her as Gunther's dance partner for a ''Wake Up Chicago'' appearance, Tinka rattles off a blue streak in her native tongue that Gunther declines to translate.
* PerformanceAnxiety: [[spoiler:[=CeCe=] suffers it in the Pilot episode, which is ironic since she was the most confident about the audition.]]
* RefugeInAudacity: [=CeCe=] at the [[ColdOpen beginning]] of "Meatball It Up".
* RunningGag: Flynn: Hello (long-winded description of Henry that includes mockery of Henry's nerdiness). Henry: Hello (equally long-winded description of Flynn that includes a derisive comment about his lack of intelligence).
** Rocky and [=CeCe=]'s occasional speaking in-sync.
** "I'LL GET IT MOM!"
* {{Ruritania}}: Wherever it is Gunther and Tinka are from.
* SassyBlackWoman: Rocky's mom, and Rocky when she gets mad (though Rocky's [[AmbiguouslyBrown brown]], not black).
-->'''[=CeCe=]:''' You know, you scare me when you move your head like that!
* SheCleansUpNicely: Tinka, [[spoiler:when she goes on her date with Ty in "Add It Up".]]
** Also, Ilene in "Glitz It Up".
* ShipperOnDeck: Rocky towards [=CeCe=] and Gunther in "Hot Mess It Up" as a way of teasing the former.
* ShoutOut: In the episode where [=CeCe=]'s mom and Coach go out, we get this:
-->'''Coach:''' I was babysitting my niece this weekend, and she ''begged'' me to turn on her favorite show. Guess what it was.\\
'''[=CeCe=]:''' ''{{Wizards Of| Waverly Place}}''...\\
'''Coach:''' ''Shake It Up Chicago''.
** According to Gunther, the twelfth thing on [=CeCe=]'s list of things to do before she's 16 is [[Literature/{{Twilight}} to have werewolves and vampires fight over her]].
** The girls attend JohnHughes Junior High, home of the [[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Bulldogs]].
** [=CeCe=] often uses HannahMontana's "Ya think?" {{Catchphrase}}.
* ShowWithinAShow: ''Shake It Up Chicago''.
* SilentSnarker: Rocky, especially when Ty brags.
** When [=CeCe=] is lying to her gym coach about her injured leg, we see reaction shots of Rocky scoffing and rolling her eyes.
* SlipperySlopeFallacy: Rocky commits this fallacy once in "Start It Up", regarding energy drinks. She does this again in "Wild It Up", regarding cutting class.
* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: Rocky Blue is particularly adamant that everyone likes her, and spends an entire episode trying to win the favor of the cantankerous old witch Mrs. Locassio.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''HannahMontana''.
* SpitTake: PlayedForLaughs. In "Age It Up", both [=CeCe=] and Rocky hear something outrageous, pause for a second, take a swig of water, and do a spit take.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: A reasonable facsimile of "Bad to the Bone" plays as Rocky enters detention clad in her new "bad girl" outfit.
* TakeThat: Against Child Beauty Pagents.
* ThematicThemeTune: "Shake It Up" sung by DisneyChannel veteran SelenaGomez.
* TokenWhite: [=CeCe=] among her circle of friends.
* {{Tomboy}}: Ilene in "Glitz It Up".
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: [[WordOfGod According to Bella Thorne]], [=CeCe=] and Rocky, respectively. However, recent episodes tend to [[OutOfCharacterMoment have them randomly swap these roles]], DependingOnTheWriter.
* TomboyishName: Rocky. Just her name, thank you. [[DependingOnTheWriter Mostly]].
* TooSoon: ''Shake It Up, Up and Away'' was originally scheduled to air on September 18, 2011, but had to be pulled at the last minute due to plane crashes at the Reno Air Show in Nevada. It was replaced with an airing of another new episode that and would air in October, though.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Flynn and his {{bacon| addiction}}. At the end of the pilot, he comes home with several pounds of it.
* TVNeverLies
-->'''Flynn:''' Excuse me, it was on the internet. It must be true.
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Often divided by gender, although Gunther could be used in either one.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: Especially noticable with [=CeCe=] and Rocky, due to their wacky fashions, though other characters may qualify.
** {{Justified}} though, as that's what they spend their ''Shake It Up Chicago'' money on.
* VerySpecialEpisode: "Add It Up", [[spoiler:where we find out that [=CeCe=] has dyslexia.]]
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: [=CeCe=] is particularly fond of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} Union Jack]], and wears it on everything from jackets to karate uniforms.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Debit cards, ''debit cards'', '''debit cards'''.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Gunther and Tinka.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Ty and Tinka after "Add It Up".
* TheWindyCity
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Henry/Flynn. Flynn mocks Henry for being an InsufferableGenius; Henry makes fun of Flynn for being a RidiculouslyAverageGuy.
-->'''Henry:''' Mock me now, but when I invent time travel, I'm going to come back and slap you.
* YoungEntrepreneur: Deuce, who sells everything from defective watches to counterfeit Music/LadyGaga tickets.
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