History Series / TheAmandaShow

* {{Parody}}: Many of the sketches, such as ''[[JudgeJudy Judge Trudy]]'', ''[[Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire So You Want To Win Five Dollars]]'', etc. There's one ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' parody called ''Stranded'', which is a good example. The last one to leave the set location (a bathtub in North Dakota, a parking lot in Oklahoma, etc.) wins the prize.

'''''The Amanda Show''''' was an ''Series/AllThat'' SpinOff starring Amanda Bynes that ran from 1999 to 2002. It was a sketch comedy directed by Creator/DanSchneider, starring [[CaptainObvious Amanda]] and helped to build the careers of [[DrakeAndJosh Drake Bell and Josh Peck]]. [[http://www.nick.com/amandaplease/ It also had a tie-in Web site.]]

* AnimatedCreditsOpening: Each episode of the first season began with a cartoon in which Amanda grows dissatisfied with current TV programming, so she goes to Nickelodeon Studios to [[StartMyOwn start her own]] show.

* TheMockbuster: All of Blockblister's movies are low-budget knockoffs of actual movies which their staff always claim to be "[[CatchPhrase MUCH BETTER!!]]" Carrying such awful titles as "George ''in'' The Jungle", "Austin ''Powders''", "Stuart ''Lipple''", "The ''F''-Men", and "The Wizard of Voz"

** Subverted in one sketch of that, where Judge Trudy and the Bailiff are the last two people in the car they're stranded in. Then the Bailiff notices that the keys are in the ignition and they've got a million dollars in the trunk.

* ParodyCommercial: ''TheAmandaShow'' loves this trope. Popper Pants, The Boost... cereal with baby animals in every box...

* RealSongThemeTune: The theme is simply the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JbCnjUMKfw Wizard Peak]] theme from ''SpyroTheDragon'', but WithLyrics. Both the game and this show were composed by Stewart Copeland of Music/ThePolice.

* RunningGag: Many, but the dancing lobsters is one and for some reason jokes about eggs.

* CastingGag: As an ActorAllusion. The actor who plays the "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSr9w24sRTs little crazy hat man]]", who lives in a hat designed to distract from big hairy moles on people's faces, also plays [[ICarly Lewbert]].

* SpinOff: Not directly, but two of Nickelodeon's most successful live-action shows - ''DrakeAndJosh'' and ''{{Zoey101}}'' - were created as vehicles for three of ''The Amanda Show'''s stars, [[TheDanza Drake Bell, Josh Peck]] and Jamie Lynn Spears. What's particularly notable is that ''those'' two shows later spawned two other highly successful Nickelodeon shows the same exact way - ''{{iCarly}}'' and ''{{Victorious}}''.

* ShoutOut: Crazy Courtney was watching an episode of ''Sniz & Fondue'', a sketch on [[KaBlam another Nick sketch comedy]].

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''The Amanda Show'' was an ''Series/AllThat'' SpinOff starring Amanda Bynes that ran from 1999 to 2002. It was a sketch comedy directed by Creator/DanSchneider, starring [[CaptainObvious Amanda]] and helped to build the careers of [[DrakeAndJosh Drake Bell and Josh Peck]]. [[http://www.nick.com/amandaplease/ It also had a tie-in Web site.]]

* SpinOff: Not directly, but two of Nickelodeon's most successful live-action shows - ''DrakeAndJosh'' and ''{{Zoey101}}'' - were created as vehicles for three of ''The Amanda Show'''s stars, [[TheDanza Drake Bell, Josh Peck]] and Jaime Lynn Spears. What's particularly notable is that ''those'' two shows later spawned two other highly successful Nickelodeon shows the same exact way - ''{{iCarly}}'' and ''{{Victorious}}''.

* KangarooCourt: No matter how clearly guilty the kids are, how the kids will readily admit to the crime, or how disproptionatly light the punishments they're sueing the adults over was compared to their crime, Trudy will always rule in favour of the kids and sentence the adults.
* [[KavorkaMan Kavorka Girl]]: Crazy Courtney. She's crude, gross, loud, uncouth, childish, homely, dresses Grandma-like, and tends to use terms like "Ma Ha!" when she's not driving someone nuts. She's also very popular amongst her peers and [[HotGuyUglyWife in one sketch, has a handsome boyfriend]].

* {{Parody}}: Many of the sketches, such as ''[[JudgeJudy Judge Trudy]]'',''[[Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire So You Want To Win Five Dollars]''], etc. There's one ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' parody called ''Stranded'', which is a good example. The last one to leave the set location (a bathtub in North Dakota, a parking lot in Oklahoma, etc.) wins the prize.

** MissedHimByThatMuch: When Penelope finally relents and go to make him a sandwich, Amanda walks by where she was standing.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: One "Blockblister" sketch shows a customer complaining about their copy of ''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace''. ''The Phantom Menace'' was released on VHS on April 4, 2000--nearly 5 months after the episode with this sketch in it originally aired.

* {{Parody}}: Many of the sketches, such as [[JudgeJudy Judge Trudy]], [[Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire So You Want To Win Five Dollars]], etc. There's one ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' parody called Stranded, which is a good example. The last one to leave the set location (a bathtub in North Dakota, a parking lot in Oklahoma, etc.) wins the prize.

* RealSongThemeTune: The theme is simply the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JbCnjUMKfw Wizard Peak]] theme from ''SpyroTheDragon'', but WithLyrics.

* LiteralMinded: The family of The Literals sketch.

* TedBaxter: The "Blockblister" people, who insist that their StylisticSuck "movies" are better! ''[[BlatantLies Much]]'' ''[[BlatantLies better!]]''

* WhatAnIdiot: As mentioned above, the producers of the first episode of "Stranded." They create a game show in which the last person to exit a car in the middle of a parking lot in Oklahoma will win a million dollars...which they leave in the trunk of said car. And then they ''leave the keys in the ignition.'' Needless to say, Judge Trudy and the Bailiff take advantage of this.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[PoliceAcademy Proctor]] played her and Drake's father in a skit for the Grown-Up Remote.
** Taran Killam (like Kenan Thompson on ''Series/AllThat'') got his start in sketch comedy with this show before moving to sketch comedy shows that wouldn't be considered "kid-friendly" (i.e., ''Series/{{MADtv}}''[[note]]where he was the youngest cast member at only 19 years old[[/note]] and ''SaturdayNightLive''[[note]]where he's one in a handful of cast members born after ''SNL'''s 1975 premiere, is the second cast member to get his start on a kids' show, and is known for his celebrity impressions of Michael Cera, Pee Wee Herman, John Galliano, Brad Pitt, Piers Morgan, Rush Limbaugh, and a lot of lead singers from late-1990s/early 2000s alternative rock bands, like Pat Monahan from Train or Alex Band from The Calling[[/note]] Killam appeared in the "Moody's Point" sketches.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: For whatever reason, the show got canceled even though it was popular. In Dan Schneider's own words:
-->The Amanda Show got canceled. It was one of the stranger moments in my career as a writer/producer. At the time, The Amanda Show was the most popular show on Nickelodeon. Yet after only 41 episodes, the network pulled the plug. It was a surprising move. I've never learned exactly why The Amanda Show was canceled. I think it had to do with certain people wanting to take Amanda away from Nickelodeon to the WB so she could star in What I Like About You (another TV show I created). But I didn't want The Amanda Show to end. I felt we should have done at least 20 more episodes.

** Taran Killam (like Kenan Thompson on ''AllThat'') got his start in sketch comedy with this show before moving to sketch comedy shows that wouldn't be considered "kid-friendly" (i.e., ''Series/{{MADtv}}''[[note]]where he was the youngest cast member at only 19 years old[[/note]] and ''SaturdayNightLive''[[note]]where he's one in a handful of cast members born after ''SNL'''s 1975 premiere, is the second cast member to get his start on a kids' show, and is known for his celebrity impressions of Michael Cera, Pee Wee Herman, John Galliano, Brad Pitt, Piers Morgan, Rush Limbaugh, and a lot of lead singers from late-1990s/early 2000s alternative rock bands, like Pat Monahan from Train or Alex Band from The Calling[[/note]] Killam appeared in the "Moody's Point" sketches.

* StrangeGirl: Also {{Nerd}}, Courtney the crazy girl annoys everyone with her bizarre antics.

** Taran Killam (like Kenan Thompson on ''AllThat'') got his start in sketch comedy with this show before moving to sketch comedy shows that wouldn't be considered "kid-friendly" (i.e., ''MADtv''[[note]]where he was the youngest cast member at only 19 years old[[/note]] and ''SaturdayNightLive''[[note]]where he's one in a handful of cast members born after ''SNL'''s 1975 premiere, is the second cast member to get his start on a kids' show, and is known for his celebrity impressions of Michael Cera, Pee Wee Herman, John Galliano, Brad Pitt, Piers Morgan, Rush Limbaugh, and a lot of lead singers from late-1990s/early 2000s alternative rock bands, like Pat Monahan from Train or Alex Band from The Calling[[/note]] Killam appeared in the "Moody's Point" sketches.

* FootFocus:
** When Penelope and her boyfriend had a picnic on the set of ''The Amanda Show'', dessert consisted of gelatin shaped like Amanda's left foot.
** One commercial promoted the kit "My Beautiful Big Toe," consisting of miniature costumes that girls (and boys) could decorate their toes with.
** One Penelope Taynt sketch (which was also a ColdOpen, IIRC) began with Drake Bell and Josh Peck sniffing Drake's feet.

** Taran Killam (like Kenan Thompson on ''AllThat'') got his start in sketch comedy with this show before moving to sketch comedy shows that wouldn't be considered "kid-friendly" (i.e., ''MADtv''[[note]]where he was the youngest cast member at only 19 years old[[/note]] and ''SaturdayNightLive''[[note]]where he's one in a handful of cast members born after ''SNL'''s 1975 premiere, is the second cast member to get his start on a kids' show, and is one of three castmembers to be a husband and father, joining Bill Hader and new feature player, Tim Robinson[[/note]] Killam appeared in the "Moody's Point" sketches.

* KangarooCourt: No matter how clearly guilty the kids are, how the kids will readily admit to the crime, or how disproptionatly light the punishments theyre sueing the adults over was compared to their crime, Trudy will always rule in favour of the kids and sentence the adults.

* FailedAttemptAtDrama: Purposely done in ''Moody's Point''.

* SeriousBusiness: The clerk from the video store in the "Moody's Point" sketch, who becomes angered if a video has not been rewined or returned on time.

''The Amanda Show'' was an ''Series/AllThat'' SpinOff starring AmandaBynes that ran from 1999 to 2002. It was a sketch comedy directed by Creator/DanSchneider, starring [[CaptainObvious Amanda]] and helped to build the careers of [[DrakeAndJosh Drake Bell and Josh Peck]]. [[http://www.nick.com/amandaplease/ It also had a tie-in Web site.]]

''The Amanda Show'' was an ''Series/AllThat'' SpinOff starring Creator/AmandaBynes that ran from 1999 to 2002. It was a sketch comedy directed by Creator/DanSchneider, starring [[CaptainObvious Amanda]] and helped to build the careers of [[DrakeAndJosh Drake Bell and Josh Peck]]. [[http://www.nick.com/amandaplease/ It also had a tie-in Web site.]]

''The Amanda Show'' was an ''Series/AllThat'' SpinOff starring AmandaBynes that ran from 1999 to 2002. It was a sketch comedy directed by DanSchneider, starring [[CaptainObvious Amanda]] and helped to build the careers of [[DrakeAndJosh Drake Bell and Josh Peck]]. [[http://www.nick.com/amandaplease/ It also had a tie-in Web site.]]

* SeriousBusiness: The clerk from the video store in the "Moody's Point" sketch, who becomes angered if a video has be rewined or returned on time.