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* YouMustBeThisTallToRide: Poor Aster. [[HeightAngst He just wants to ride the rollercoaster.]]
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%%** Also, Piper & Aster to a much lesser extent then the former two.

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%%** Also, Piper & Aster to a much lesser extent then than the former two.
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While Ivy is presented as a love interest only to Derby, all of the boys in ''SAR'' (except for the presumably gay Aster) are shown as having crushes on Geneva, which underscores the fact that she was only hired for her looks.

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* ButtMonkey: Out of the employees, Bowie.
** Also, Candace.
** Also, Piper & Aster to a much lesser extent then the former two.

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* DumbBlonde: Geneva is ditzy and blonde.
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*ButtMonkey: Out of the employees, Bowie.
** Also, Candace.
** Also, Piper & Aster to a much lesser extent then the former two.



** Knox as well



** Geneva is a successor to Ivy, as they are DumbBlonde characters who play a [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl girly counterpart]] to Piper and Echo. Geneva tends to be dumber and nicer than Ivy, who is somewhat of an AlphaBitch. While Ivy is presented as a love interest only to Derby, all of the boys in ''SAR'' (except for the presumably gay Aster) are shown as having crushes on Geneva, which underscores the fact that she was only hired for her looks.

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** Geneva is a successor to Ivy, as they are DumbBlonde characters who play a [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl girly counterpart]] to Piper and Echo. Geneva tends to be dumber and nicer than Ivy, who is somewhat of an AlphaBitch.
** Candace & Principal Tater are both the ButtMonkey adults that no one likes, Dang & Ms. Bubkes are both the cleaning person/janitor employees and Byrne, Candace and Bubkes are all old ladies.
While Ivy is presented as a love interest only to Derby, all of the boys in ''SAR'' (except for the presumably gay Aster) are shown as having crushes on Geneva, which underscores the fact that she was only hired for her looks.

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* AbsenteeActor: Jarvis and Piper are the only main characters who appear in every episode.



* OfficialCouple: Jarvis and Piper become this in Season 3.

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* OfficialCouple: Jarvis [[spoiler:Jarvis and Piper become this in Season 3. 3]].
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** Several characters are said to be from Meeskatania, including Mrs. Bupkes and Mr. Gournisht, both of whose surnames mean "nothing" in Yiddish. People from Meeskatania are called Meeskites, which is Yiddish for ugliness/ugly person. Meeskatania is said to border on a country called Zeeskatania; Zeeskite is Yiddish for sweetness/a sweet person.
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** While Geneva is always somewhat vain and habitually lazy, her overall friendliness varies from episode to episode. In some episodes, she displays a sweet and caring side, while she in other episodes is self-centered through and through.

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** While Geneva is always somewhat vain and habitually lazy, lazy (not to mention ditzy), her overall friendliness varies from episode to episode. In some episodes, she displays a sweet and caring side, while she in other episodes is self-centered through and through.

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* DependingOnTheWriter: Bowie's intelligence isn't all that consistent. In some episodes, he is quite smart despite being extremely eccentric. In other episodes, he comes across as being almost as stupid as Geneva and Knox (but only almost).

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Bowie's intelligence isn't all that consistent. In some episodes, he is quite smart despite being extremely eccentric. In other episodes, he comes across as being almost as stupid as Geneva and Knox (but only almost).almost).
** While Geneva is always somewhat vain and habitually lazy, her overall friendliness varies from episode to episode. In some episodes, she displays a sweet and caring side, while she in other episodes is self-centered through and through.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: Bowie's intelligence isn't all that consistent. In some episodes, he is quite smart despite being extremely eccentric. In other episodes, he comes across as being almost as stupid as Geneva and Knox (but only almost).
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* HehHehYouSaidX: When Jarvis says duty, Geneva thinks it’s funny and says “you said doodie!” (But she actually knows that he said duty with a T, “as if I do work around here!”

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* HehHehYouSaidX: When Jarvis says duty, Geneva thinks it’s funny and says “you said doodie!” (But she actually knows that he said duty with a T, “as if I do work around here!”
here!”)
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*HehHehYouSaidX: When Jarvis says duty, Geneva thinks it’s funny and says “you said doodie!” (But she actually knows that he said duty with a T, “as if I do work around here!”
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* EmoTeen: Downplayed with Piper. She dresses like one, and acts more cynical than the others, but she's more of a [[PerkyGoth perky goth]] than anything.


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* PerkyGoth: Piper may be the embodiment of this trope.
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* HeightAngst: A running

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* HeightAngst: A running{{running gag}} with Aster. As he suffers a number of problems due to his small size.



* TinySchoolboy: Aster Vanderberg. He's visibly shorter than most people his age, and he [[HeightAngst suffers from numerous issues due to it]].

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* TinySchoolboy: Aster Vanderberg. He's visibly shorter than most people his age, and he [[HeightAngst suffers from numerous he has many issues due to because of it]].
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* TinySchoolboy: Aster Vanderberg. He's visibly shorter than most people his age, and he {{height angst suffers from numerous issues due to it}}.

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* TinySchoolboy: Aster Vanderberg. He's visibly shorter than most people his age, and he {{height angst [[HeightAngst suffers from numerous issues due to it}}.it]].
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* TinySchoolboy: Aster Vanderberg. He's visibly shorter than most people his age, and he {{HeightAngst suffers from numerous issues due to it}}.

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* TinySchoolboy: Aster Vanderberg. He's visibly shorter than most people his age, and he {{HeightAngst {{height angst suffers from numerous issues due to it}}.
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* TinySchoolboy: Aster Vanderberg. He's visibly shorter than most people his age, and he {{Height Angst suffers from numerous issues due to it}}.

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* HeightAngst: A running



* TinySchoolboy: Aster Vanderberg. He's visibly shorter than most people his age, and he suffers from numerous issues due to it.

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* TinySchoolboy: Aster Vanderberg. He's visibly shorter than most people his age, and he {{Height Angst suffers from numerous issues due to it.it}}.
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* TinySchoolboy: Aster Vanderberg. And the reason for his {{Height Angst}}.

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* TinySchoolboy: Aster Vanderberg. And the reason for He's visibly shorter than most people his {{Height Angst}}.age, and he suffers from numerous issues due to it.
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* TinySchoolboy: Aster Vanderberg. And the reason for his {{Height Angst}}.
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* RepetitiveName: The name "Knox Knoxford" repeats the "Knox" part twice.
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* DumbBlonde: Geneva.

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* DumbBlonde: Geneva.Geneva is ditzy and blonde.
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** Knox and Slab are DumbMuscle characters who are [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname known by nicknames derived from their last names (Knoxford and Slabinsky). While Slab is a [[TheBully bully]], Knox is a SurferDude.

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** Knox and Slab are DumbMuscle characters who are [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname known by nicknames derived from their last names names]] (Knoxford and Slabinsky). While Slab is a [[TheBully bully]], Knox is a SurferDude.
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* DumbBlonde: Geneva.
* {{Expy}}: The characters are obviously based upon characters from Dan Signer's previous YTV sitcom, ''Series/MrYoung''. Note that this only applies to the teenage characters and that Aster doesn't have a counterpart as there are six main teens on ''SAR'' compared to only five on ''Young''.
** Jarvis is based upon Adam, as both are the protagonists, who are teenagers put into an adult job and quickly use their youthful brains to their advantage.
** Piper and Echo are both the [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl tomboy]] of the two lead female characters and are the main love interests of the protagonists. The main difference is that Piper is a PerkyGoth while Echo is a ManicPixieDreamGirl, and that while Adam likes Echo, Piper is into Jarvis.
** Bowie and Derby are both the goofballs of their respective group and childhood friends of the protagonists. While they're not dumb, they're not smart either and have poor common sense.
** Knox and Slab are DumbMuscle characters who are [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname known by nicknames derived from their last names (Knoxford and Slabinsky). While Slab is a [[TheBully bully]], Knox is a SurferDude.
** Geneva is a successor to Ivy, as they are DumbBlonde characters who play a [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl girly counterpart]] to Piper and Echo. Geneva tends to be dumber and nicer than Ivy, who is somewhat of an AlphaBitch. While Ivy is presented as a love interest only to Derby, all of the boys in ''SAR'' (except for the presumably gay Aster) are shown as having crushes on Geneva, which underscores the fact that she was only hired for her looks.
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Crap, got the alphabetical order of the example wrong.


* ShoutOut: One episode is called "Dance Crew Evolution", in reference to ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.



* ShoutOut: One episode is called "Dance Crew Evolution", in reference to ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Piper is the tomboy to Geneva's girly-girl.
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* HypocriticalHumor: In the first episode, Piper is talking to someone on her cell phone in a movie theater, when someone tells her to shut up. Piper's response? "Do you mind? I'm on the phone!"

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* HypocriticalHumor: In the first episode, Piper is trying to watch a film in a movie theater, but a girl in front of her is talking to someone on her cell phone in a movie theater, when someone tells phone, so she asks her to shut up. Piper's The girl's response? "Do you mind? I'm on the phone!"
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''Some Assembly Required'' is a Canadian sitcom that was created by Dan Signer, the same person who created ''Series/ANTFarm'', ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOnDeck'', and ''Series/MrYoung'', and aired on Creator/{{YTV}} for three seasons from 2014 to 2016. The show was made available on Creator/{{Netflix}} in 2015.

Everyday 14-year-old Jarvis Raines becomes the CEO of a toy company called Knickknack Toys when he sues a toy company over a defective chemistry set that explodes and destroys his house. To help him run the company, Jarvis hires some kids from his high school: Piper Gray, a "hacker chick"; Bowie Sherman, the [[TheSmartGuy smart guy]] of the group; Geneva Hayes, the pretty but ditzy receptionist; Malcom "Knox" Knoxford III, the company's product safety tester; and Aster Vanderberg, the self-proclaimed "King of Swag" that serves as the company's chief design officer.

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* HypocriticalHumor: In the first episode, Piper is talking to someone on her cell phone in a movie theater, when someone tells her to shut up. Piper's response? "Do you mind? I'm on the phone!"
* OfficialCouple: Jarvis and Piper become this in Season 3.
* ShoutOut: One episode is called "Dance Crew Evolution", in reference to ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
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