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* WaxOnWaxOff: Michel gets a Karate Kid-like training session with Mr. Takato when learning how to drive his stick-shift.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Done to death with Zoey and Chase. [[spoiler: TheyDo, but not until the [[LastMinuteHookup last few minutes of the final episode]].]]
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Done to death with Zoey and Chase. [[spoiler: TheyDo, but not until the [[LastMinuteHookup last few minutes of the final episode]].]]
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* WaxOnWaxOff: Michel Michael gets a Karate Kid-like training session with Mr. Takato when learning how to drive his stick-shift.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Done to death with Zoey and Chase. [[spoiler:TheyDo, They do, but not until the [[LastMinuteHookup last few minutes of the final episode]].]]
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Done to death with Zoey and Chase. [[spoiler:
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* StaircaseTumble: Chase takes a tumble down a flight of stairs after falling off a wall in "Chase Zoey."
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* StartMyOwn: Logan after being rejected of the "Silver hammer" club.
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* StaircaseTumble: Chase takes a tumble down a flight of stairs after falling off a wall in "Chase "Chasing Zoey."
* StartMyOwn: Logan after being rejected of the"Silver hammer" club.Silver Hammer Society.
* StartMyOwn: Logan after being rejected of the
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: for all his moments throughout the series, the Dean seems to be this
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: for For all his moments throughout the series, the Dean seems to be this
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Jo Jo had no involvement with the theme song. I checked sources and Jamie Lynn was the one who sang it.
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* RealSongThemeTune: [[Music/JoJo JoJo]] sings the theme song, titled "Follow Me", which is from her self-titled debut album.
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* RealSongThemeTune: [[Music/JoJo JoJo]] Jamie Lynn sings the theme song, titled "Follow Me", which is from her self-titled debut album.Me".
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* LoveTriangle: Not stated in the final season, but you can tell Zoey is in middle of one with James, the hot guy rooming with Michel and Logan, and Chase, the first guy she met on her first day on campus.
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* LoveTriangle: Not stated in the final season, but you can tell Zoey is in middle of one with James, the hot guy rooming with Michel Michael and Logan, and Chase, the first guy she met on her first day on campus.
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** Also James who is she shown to be stupefyingly beautiful.
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* LoveAtFirstSight: Chase with Zoey.
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* LoveAtFirstSight: Chase with Zoey. Zoey.
* LoveTriangle: Not stated in the final season, but you can tell Zoey is in middle of one with James, the hot guy rooming with Michel and Logan, and Chase, the first guy she met on her first day on campus.
* LoveTriangle: Not stated in the final season, but you can tell Zoey is in middle of one with James, the hot guy rooming with Michel and Logan, and Chase, the first guy she met on her first day on campus.
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* WackyGuy: Michael
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* WackyGuy: MichaelMichael.
* WaxOnWaxOff: Michel gets a Karate Kid-like training session with Mr. Takato when learning how to drive his stick-shift.
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* CaptainObvious - In "Spring Fling"
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* CaptainObvious - CaptainObvious: In "Spring Fling"
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* DorkHorseCandidate -- Between Zoey, Chase, and nerdball Mark, guess who wins?
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* OppositesAttract - Logan and Quinn. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen This was supposed to be]] Logan and Dana, but Quinn moved into her role after Kristin Herrara [[PutOnABus left the show]].
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* OppositesAttract - OppositesAttract: Logan and Quinn. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen This was supposed to be]] Logan and Dana, but Quinn moved into her role after Kristin Herrara [[PutOnABus left the show]].
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* PutOnABus - Dana after the first season. Nicole after the second season. Chase for most of the fourth season. Basically no character was too important enough on the show that their actor couldn't afford to be fired.
** PutOnABusToHell -- Alexa Nikolas quit the show because of a feud between her and Jamie Lynn Spears. Alexa's character, Nicole, was an intensely boy-crazy, insecure kid who hated unfamiliar situations — and Zoey says in the third season premiere that Nicole has been shipped to an all-girls boarding school. In a previous episode, Nicole had broken down sobbing when she thought she'd have to transfer to another school. Ouch. The writers know how to punch.
** PutOnABusToHell -- Alexa Nikolas quit the show because of a feud between her and Jamie Lynn Spears. Alexa's character, Nicole, was an intensely boy-crazy, insecure kid who hated unfamiliar situations — and Zoey says in the third season premiere that Nicole has been shipped to an all-girls boarding school. In a previous episode, Nicole had broken down sobbing when she thought she'd have to transfer to another school. Ouch. The writers know how to punch.
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* PutOnABus - PutOnABus: Dana after the first season. Nicole after the second season. Chase for most of the fourth season. Basically no character was too important enough on the show that their actor couldn't afford to be fired.
**PutOnABusToHell -- PutOnABusToHell: Alexa Nikolas quit the show because of a feud between her and Jamie Lynn Spears. Alexa's character, Nicole, was an intensely boy-crazy, insecure kid who hated unfamiliar situations — and Zoey says in the third season premiere that Nicole has been shipped to an all-girls boarding school. In a previous episode, Nicole had broken down sobbing when she thought she'd have to transfer to another school. Ouch. The writers know how to punch.
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* ReplacementFlatCharacter -- Stacey seems to exist so there's still a freaky nerd to pick on after Quinn becomes more normal.
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* ReplacementFlatCharacter -- ReplacementFlatCharacter: Stacey seems to exist so there's still a freaky nerd to pick on after Quinn becomes more normal.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute - Lola, and Austin Butler's character substituting for Chase
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: In "Jet-X", Zoey puts balloons on the title scooter. There were far too few balloons to lift the scooter off the ground.
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* StrangeGirl: Lola initially acts as this in order to scare both Nicole and Zoey, but later its subverted as it comes to light that the StrangeGirl characteristics she had where all a mere “acting exercise” and that Lola could not be farther from this trope.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The ENTIRE episode where they all tried to get "tapped" by the Silver Hammer Society. To be fair, they meant get tapped on the head with a silver hammer to be initiated into the society, but they just keep saying stuff about being tapped, and it gets even weirder when the girls start talking about being tapped.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The ENTIRE episode where they all tried to get "tapped" by the Silver Hammer Society. To be fair, they meant get tapped on the head with a silver hammer to be initiated into the society, but they just keep saying stuff about being tapped, and it gets even weirder when the girls start talking about being tapped. Plus, throw in the scene when Logan tried to get on one of the Silver Hammer's good side. He approached him all dressed up, bearing a present, and said, "I'm interested." All of this built up to a MistakenForGay joke and in a ''kid's'' show no less.
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[[caption-width:275:[[CoversAlwaysLie Did they even wear black once on this show]]?]]
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[[caption-width:275:[[CoversAlwaysLie Did Hang on, did they even wear black once on this show]]?]]
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Created by DanSchneider, the show is the origin of the NickVerse, created when Drake Bell showed up AsHimself.
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Created by DanSchneider, the show is the origin of the NickVerse, created when Drake Bell showed up AsHimself. Victoria Justice would later take part in another Schneider comedy, ''Victorious''.
Nowadays, the show tends to be seen in a positive light- the only major criticism detractors have is that Zoey herself is a Canon Sue, and even then, many episodes don't focus on her. It's also unique as the only major show in the NickVerse to ''not'' have a LaughTrack or be shot on a stage- it was shot on location in California.
Nowadays, the show tends to be seen in a positive light- the only major criticism detractors have is that Zoey herself is a Canon Sue, and even then, many episodes don't focus on her. It's also unique as the only major show in the NickVerse to ''not'' have a LaughTrack or be shot on a stage- it was shot on location in California.
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Created by DanSchneider and RussellTDavies (the latter of whom would successfully relaunch ''Series/DoctorWho''), the show is the origin of the NickVerse, created when Drake Bell showed up AsHimself.
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Created by DanSchneider and RussellTDavies (the latter of whom would successfully relaunch ''Series/DoctorWho''), DanSchneider, the show is the origin of the NickVerse, created when Drake Bell showed up AsHimself.
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* CanYouHearMeNow: So much of the drama Zoey and Chase went through could have been avoided if Zoey had just called Chase on his cell phone instead of wandering around looking for him all day.
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As time went on multiple characters were replaced, with varying degrees of SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute. Dana left, and was replaced by [[TheFashionista Lola]]. Later Nicole left, which allowed Quinn to move in with Lola and Zoey.
Created by DanSchneider and the origin of the NickVerse, created when Drake Bell showed up AsHimself.
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As time went on multiple characters were replaced, with varying degrees of SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute. Dana left, and was replaced by [[TheFashionista Lola]]. Later Later, Nicole left, which allowed Quinn to move in with Lola and Zoey.
Created by DanSchneider and RussellTDavies (the latter of whom would successfully relaunch ''Series/DoctorWho''), the show is the origin of the NickVerse, created when Drake Bell showed up AsHimself.
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Largely famous as [[BritneySpears Britney's]] sister's show.
Largely famous as [[BritneySpears Britney's]] sister's show.
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Largely famous as
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** To many, Logan also has this with Zoey and, to a lesser extent, Lola.
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: Zoey and Chase, at least until [[spoiler: their {{last minute hookup}} in the series finale]]. Arguably Logan in regards to both Zoey and Dana.
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: Zoey and Chase, at least until [[spoiler: their {{last minute hookup}} in the series finale]]. Arguably Logan in regards to both Zoey and Dana.
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* CanYouHearMeNow: So much of the drama Zoey and Chase went through could have been avoided if Zoey had just called Chase on his cell phone instead of wandering around looking for him all day.
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revisted the page and realized it doesn\'t apply to the character in general
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* DoesNotLikeWomen - Logan was the main resistor to the girls being admitted into the school early on in the show, due to the effect it would have to its bachelor pad dynamic, and his sexist nature.
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* DoesNotLikeWomen - Logan was the main resistor to the girls being admitted into the school early on in the show, due to his sexist nature.
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* DoesNotLikeWomen - Logan was the main resistor to the girls being admitted into the school early on in the show, due to the effect it would have to its bachelor pad dynamic, and his sexist nature.
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* DoesNotLikeWomen - In the first season Logan ''really'' seemed upset that a bunch of teenage girls would be allowed in his school. ... kinda of [[AmbiguouslyGay makes you wonder]]
** [[YaoiFangirl Ugh]]. Except when it doesn't. Logan probably just didn't want girls ruining the bachelor pad like dynamics. He's been shown multiple times flirting with girls from other (nearby schools) so it's not like he wanted to be away from girls.
*** Yeah- it's more his sexist attitudes than anything.
** [[YaoiFangirl Ugh]]. Except when it doesn't. Logan probably just didn't want girls ruining the bachelor pad like dynamics. He's been shown multiple times flirting with girls from other (nearby schools) so it's not like he wanted to be away from girls.
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* DoesNotLikeWomen - In the first season Logan ''really'' seemed upset that a bunch of teenage was the main resistor to the girls would be allowed in his school. ... kinda of [[AmbiguouslyGay makes you wonder]]
** [[YaoiFangirl Ugh]]. Except when it doesn't. Logan probably just didn't want girls ruiningbeing admitted into the bachelor pad like dynamics. He's been shown multiple times flirting with girls from other (nearby schools) so it's not like he wanted school early on in the show, due to be away from girls.
*** Yeah- it's morehis sexist attitudes than anything.nature.
** [[YaoiFangirl Ugh]]. Except when it doesn't. Logan probably just didn't want girls ruining
*** Yeah- it's more
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* {{TrailersAlwaysSpoil}}: Or in this case opening credits spoil. The trailer for the first episode of Season 2 [[spoiler: depicts Lola as a goth chick. She wasn't.]] This may have been a surprise...if they didn't show her as normal in the opening credits.
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* {{TrailersAlwaysSpoil}}: TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Or in this case opening credits spoil. The trailer for the first episode of Season 2 [[spoiler: depicts Lola as a goth chick. She wasn't.]] This may have been a surprise...if they didn't show her as normal in the opening credits.
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* KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms: Subverted in ''Drippin' Episode'' with Dustin, who is scared at first but later fakes it to spend more time with Zoey which consists of him sleeping in the same dorm room as Zoey, Quinn, and Lola. But he genuinely missed Zoey, wasn't being creepy towards any of them although Lola suspected him of it.
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Hair Of Gold has been renamed to Hair Of Gold Heart Of Gold as per this thread
due to being miused for any character with blonde hair regardless if they fit the personality traits required (innocent, pure of heart, good, etc) . Zero Context Examples and shoehorns will be removed
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* HairOfGold: YMMV, but Zoey could actually fit in this qualification
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Pacific Coast Academy was previously an all boys school, but has just begun admitting girls. Among that first class of girls is one [[CanonSue Zoey Brooks]], who has to contend with the boys when it comes to any privilege among the school. But of course, having a gender integrated school proves to be appealing for both sides and it basically becomes a college-type atmosphere but with teenagers.
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Pacific Coast Academy was previously an all boys school, but has just begun admitting girls. Among that first class of girls is one [[CanonSue Zoey Brooks]], Brooks, who has to contend with the boys when it comes to any privilege among the school. But of course, having a gender integrated school proves to be appealing for both sides and it basically becomes a college-type atmosphere but with teenagers.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Dana is the most obvious tomboy on the show to girly girl Nicole in season 1. Quinn and Lola to a lesser extent in seasons 3 and 4. Zoey, being a CanonSue, rotates between being a tomboy or a girly girl based on whatever the episode calls for.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Dana is the most obvious tomboy on the show to girly girl Nicole in season 1. Quinn and Lola to a lesser extent in seasons 3 and 4. Zoey, being a CanonSue, Zoey rotates between being a tomboy or a girly girl based on whatever the episode calls for.
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* NoDressCode: PCA apparently doesn't have one, judging by how the females dress about 90% of the time. On occasion they even wear strapless tops and dresses, despite that being a big no-no in real life, even on California campuses. Quinn was the exception at first, until the show started down-playing her lack of social skills and had her become a regular member of the gang; after that she started showing as much skin as the other girls.
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Largely famous as [[BritneySpears Britney's]] sister's show.
Pacific Coast Academy was previously an all boys school, but has just begun admitting girls. Among that first class of girls is one [[CanonSue Zoey Brooks]], who has to contend with the boys when it comes to any privilege among the school. But of course, having a gender integrated school proves to be appealing for both sides and it basically becomes a college-type atmosphere but with teenagers.
The show began with Zoey and her roommates [[TheDitz Nicole]] and [[ShortTank Dana]], with Zoey making friends with [[CannotSpitItOut Chase]] and his roomates, [[BlackBestFriend Michael]] and [[JerkJock Lo]][[SpoiledBrat gan]]. Zoey was also called upon to look after her younger brother Dustin, with the slightly crazy geek [[HollywoodNerd Quinn]] always ensuring that HilarityEnsues at PCA.
As time went on multiple characters were replaced, with varying degrees of SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute. Dana left, and was replaced by [[TheFashionista Lola]]. Later Nicole left, which allowed Quinn to move in with Lola and Zoey.
Created by DanSchneider and the origin of the NickVerse, created when Drake Bell showed up AsHimself.
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!!This show contains examples of:
* AbhorrentAdmirer: Stacey to Logan
* {{Adorkable}}: Chase falls fully under this, to the point that even Lola finds him adorable one time
* AfterActionPatchUp: The girls do this for the guys after they get beat up by the football team. Poor Mark, though, is forgotten in the basketball hoop...
* AgentScully: Logan is an interesting case, as he is this purely out of fear and panicked denial instead of any type of rational
* AllCheeringAllTheTime: Zoey and her two friends are trying to make money for something so Logan hires them as cheerleaders for a week or so. At first he makes them cheer him on for nearly everything, but then they actually cheer at everything (getting rejected, taking a bath, sleeping) so he gets tired of it and pays them to shut up.
* AlmightyJanitor: Herb, a skilled Shakespearian actor and impressive improviser
* AmbiguousDisorder: Nicole's in-show reason for leaving after season 2, Obsessive Male Gender Disorder. It may exist (depending on who you talk to) but it's unlikely Nicole's case was strong enough to necessitate action.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Both Dana and Lola lean into this, but as their surnames are Cruz and Martinez respectively it’s implied both are Latinas.
* [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously Bi]]: Michael. Lola too, but she's more the type to just joke about it.
* AnchoredShip: [[spoiler: Zoey and Chase in the final Season, when due to some miscommunication, Zoey is at PCA, while Chase is in the school she was supposed to be going to in England. The end result is a Type 1]].
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Logan and Quinn in "Chasing Zoey"...though not just to each other. They end up declaring their feelings to the entire school at prom mostly by accident.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Dustin initially seems to play this straight, later it’s very obviously subverted.
* TheArtifact: As the series went on, the focus shifted from an average girl at a new school surrounded by colorful students, to standard relationship drama. As a result, [[TagalongKid Dustin]] became this by season 3.
* AsianAndNerdy: Wayne Gilbert AKA “Firewire”
* AttractiveBentGender: Lola/Steve. Even Nicole finds "him" attractive.
* BackForTheFinale / TheBusCameBack: Chase, in a rather touching way
* BashBrothers: Chase, Logan and Michael, full stop.
* BeAWhoreToGetYourMan: Subverted. Quinn dresses up in a kid-adapted version of this, in order to recover the interest of Mark, who left her for a girl who dresses like this. Mark tells her that he is not atracted to his new love hotness, but her personality and rejects her. Thanks to Logan's words and actions, she switches back to her usual clothes.
* BeautifulAllAlong: Quinn. She gives herself a makeover to try and win back Mark, only to fail and have Logan fall in love with her. He puts her glasses back on her and says "There's Quinn.", right before their first kiss. Of course, Quinn is [[HollywoodHomely played by]] [[http://www.tvrage.com/person/id-3460/gallery/?view=72179 Erin Sanders]], however, this does put a nice spin on the cliche of a geeky girl taking off her glasses, getting a makeover, and having a guy fall in love with her.
* BeleagueredAssistant: Chase is this to Logan while working as Sushi delivery boys
* BelligerentSexualTension: Arguably, Logan and Dana in season 1. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen This would have been more than arguably]], as Logan and Dana were supposed to start dating later on, but this was switched to Logan and Quinn after Kristen Herrera [[PutOnABus left the show]].
* BerserkButton: Calling Quinn a spazz is a ''bad'' idea.
* TheBet: This is the plot, or sub-plot, of several episodes (commonly, girls vs. boys, but also guys vs. guys, everyone vs. Logan)
* BetaCouple: Lola and Vince, Logan and Quinn, Michael and Lisa
* BettyAndVeronica: An interesting case, as Logan could be considered the Veronica to Mark’s Betty for Quinn’s affection. Another case of canon comparison is Rebecca being the Veronica to Zoey’s Betty in terms of Chase. In Fandom strictly, Dana is often considered the Veronica to Quinn’s Betty for Logan.
**Brooke is the Veronica to Quinn's Betty for Mark.
* BigBrotherMentor: YMMV, but Chase can be seen as this for Dustin most of the time. Logan once tried to be this to Dustin with unsuccessful results
* TheBigDamnKiss: Chase and Zoey [[LastMinuteHookup in the finale]].
* BigEater: Coco.
* BigManOnCampus: Vince Blake and on some level Logan is this as well
* BlackBestFriend: Michael is this to both Chase and Logan. Arguably Lisa is this to Zoey.
* BlindWithoutEm: Quinn, the few times she's seen not wearing glasses it's obvious her vision is not very good.
* BoardingSchool
* BookDumb: Logan
* TheBully: Keith Finch from the season 1 episode “Defending Dustin”
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Quinn
* ButtMonkey:
** Stacey (oh so much)
** Quinn can be considered this as well.
** Let's not forget Mark Del Figgalo. The aardvark costume alone should be enough for him to make the list.
** Coco, more often than not.
* CannotSpitItOut: Chase with Zoey
* CaptainObvious - In "Spring Fling"
-->'''Michael:''' ''(seeing the Dean's wrecked car)'' It's wrecked.\\
'''Zoey:''' [[SarcasmMode Thank you, Michael]].
* CatchPhrase: Michael tried to make “Dripping” into one and later he tried to make “Flump” after he heard someone using “Dripping” but could not take credit for its invention
* CelebrityParadox
* CelebrityStar
* TheChewToy: Stacey.
* ChickMagnet: James is the biggest one in – series, but both Logan and apparently Vince do very well for themselves in this department
** Chase himself is not so bad in this deparment as well
** If we take in consideration who is the character with more steady relationships in the entire show Mark seems to be this too, in a weird way.
* ChildProdigy: Dustin
* CloudcuckooLander -- Quinn, Michael to an extent
* ColdOpening: One of the few DanSchneider shows without them (''KenanAndKel'' didn't either).
* CoolTeacher: Mr. Bender
* CrashIntoHello: Chase first meets Zoey when he crashed into a flagpole on his bike while waving to her.
* DeadpanSnarker: Among the males Chase surely is the biggest one in the series, followed more subtly by James and among the females Dana wins the snarking trophy with Zoey in second place
* TheDandy: Logan could be considered a modern version of this
* DefrostingIceQueen: Arguable, but Dana could fall into this
* DistractedByTheSexy: Chase crashes into a flagpole on his bike due to staring at Zoey.
* TheDitz - Nicole
** GeniusDitz: YMMV, but Nicole, in all her [[TheDitz ditz]] glory, is a straight A student and lowering that percentage freaks her out.
* DitzyGenius: Quinn.
* DoesNotLikeWomen - In the first season Logan ''really'' seemed upset that a bunch of teenage girls would be allowed in his school. ... kinda of [[AmbiguouslyGay makes you wonder]]
** [[YaoiFangirl Ugh]]. Except when it doesn't. Logan probably just didn't want girls ruining the bachelor pad like dynamics. He's been shown multiple times flirting with girls from other (nearby schools) so it's not like he wanted to be away from girls.
*** Yeah- it's more his sexist attitudes than anything.
* DorkHorseCandidate -- Between Zoey, Chase, and nerdball Mark, guess who wins?
* ElaborateUniversityHigh: Pepperdine University, to be specific. That's where exterior locations were filmed.
* EskimosArentReal: Michael tries to convince Chase that reindeer aren't real.
* EveryOneCanSeeIt: Chase's love for Zoey is the school's worst kept secret, and Zoey's [[OblivioustoLove obliviousness]] is almost painful.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Averted, as a princess doll was dissolved by some harsh chemical.
* ExtravertedNerd: Quinn, then Stacey.
* {{Fanservice}}: It's really amazing how much they got away with {{Beach Episode}}s and putting the cast into appealing outfits. Granted, this goes for both guys and girls.
* TheFashionista: Zoey and Lola. Lola did cool off a little by the third season, though.
* FreeRangeChildren: Zoey and her friends are in middle school/high school. But they seem to be able to go out whenever they want, go where ever they want, with no adult supervision or consult.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Logan, very much so and lampshaded on several occasions. More so in the first seasons though.
* FriendVersusLover: Zoey vs. Rebecca during the early part of season 3. It was really Rebecca who made a big deal out of it, and eventually demands that Chase choose between her or Zoey. [[spoiler: He chooses Zoey, of course.]]
* FunnyAfro: Chase has a bushy "Jewish afro" constantly referenced by the other characters. He tends to shrug it off, but lampshades it himself after Zoey throws a pillow at him that knocks him off his chair. He gets up, pats his head and exclaims "You dented my 'fro!" in good humor
* GenkiGirl -- Nicole
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The ENTIRE episode where they all tried to get "tapped" by the Silver Hammer Society. To be fair, they meant get tapped on the head with a silver hammer to be initiated into the society, but they just keep saying stuff about being tapped, and it gets even weirder when the girls start talking about being tapped.
** Logan wears a shirt saying "I spent ONE NIGHT IN PARIS." Which is the name of Paris Hilton's sex tape.
** In "The Radio," Zoey gives Chase a taco in exchange for a $10,000 antique radio, suggesting that a taco (of another variety) could be something of value (e.g. Zoey's "taco"). The final scene of this episode is utterly shameless.
** From "Chase's Girlfriend": "You won't need those balls for a while." ''It's also the tag quote!''
** "Paige at PCA" begins with Lola discussing her feet. Except it sounds like she talking about her boobs at first.
** In "Chase's Grandma", the robe Zoey is wearing at the pajama birthday party for Chase is very slinky. Her pajamas are sorta skimpy as well but it's a sheer robe- not the sort of thing a 16 year old should be wearing, especially in public and especially since she's in the rain later in the episode.
** At the beginning of "Hands On A Blix Van," Quinn is, for some reason, showing Zoey and Lola how to put your legs behind your head while sticking your arms between your legs, while facing the camera.
* GiftOfTheMagiPlot
* GilliganCut: From "New Roomies":
-->'''Chase''': You can't just look a girl in the face and say, "I don't want to live with you anymore."\\
''(cut to Quinn's room where she is looking at Zoey)''\\
'''Quinn''': Zoey, I don't want to live with you anymore.
* TheGlassesGottaGo: Subverted with Quinn, who after giving herself a makeover, actually gets her glasses put back on her by Logan, and he says, "There's Quinn." before their first kiss.
* GoodCopBadCop: On Lola’s instance, both her and Zoey try this in one episode on season 4 with Lola taking the place of the Bad Cop and Zoey taking the place of the Good Cop
* GrandRomanticGesture: Chase goes to England to be with Zoey after she transfers boarding schools.
* HairOfGold: YMMV, but Zoey could actually fit in this qualification
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Chase and Michael, full stop. Logan also shares this with both Chase and Michael; especially notable with Michael in season 4. Zoey and Nicole from season 1-2 and Zoey, Lola and Quinn from season 2-3-4 also qualify
* HippieTeacher: the psychology teacher in “Zoey’s Balloon” falls under this
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Logan suffers from this constantly
* HollywoodNerd: Quinn is type 2; Firewire is type 1.
* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler: Rebecca]] gets one at the end of "Zoey's Balloon" when [[spoiler: Zoey and the rest of the students at the lunch area do the Macalana and Rebecca flees in disgust]].
* IdiotBall: "Robot Wars".
* InformedAttractiveness: The new dean in "Hot Dean".
* InformedAbility: In universe example: In "Lola Likes Chase," Dustin points out Logan's woman-getting ways.
--> '''Logan''': Do I get a lot of girls?\\
'''Dustin''': You TALK about getting a lot of girls.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Chase is close friends with AlmightyJanitor Herb, CoolTeacher Mr. Bender and OnlySaneEmployee Kasu
* InterrogationByVandalism: How Lola and Quinn [[strike: force]] persuade Firewire to tell them who is blackmailing Zoey in season 3.
* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum -- All of Quinn's inventions
* ItsPronouncedTropay: Coach Keller pronounces sushi as suh-shi (rhymes with slushie).
* {{Jerkass}}: Coach Keller. Oh so much.
* JerkJock - Logan
** Vince fell into this qualification until season 4
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Logan, Logan, Logan. Although most of the time you have so squint to see it, he does have a HiddenHeartOfGold in him and it becomes obvious in the 4th and final season of the series
* TheJeeves / ServileSnarker: Chauncey, the butler for the Reese family is both TheJeeves for Logan’s father and an intense ServileSnarker for Logan himself
* JustFriends
* JustTheWayYouAre: With a nice twist. Quinn goes through a makeover after Mark dumps her for Brooke, trying to win him back. She fails, and is Logan who implies to prefer her "just the way she was", telling her not to change and putting her glasses back on her, before their first kiss.
* KavorkaMan: Mark, to some extent. He dated more girls than everyone else, including Quinn, Courtney, Brooke and arguably Stacey.
* TheKlutz: Chase.
* LadykillerInLove: Logan, after he starts dating Quinn, seems to be this, more if we have in mind his past as a serial dater.
* LastMinuteHookUp: [[spoiler: Zoey and Chase. After three seasons of [[ShipTease shipteasing]] they finally confess their love to each other, only to not be able to do anything about since they're now 6000 miles apart. Chase [[BackForTheFinale returns in the final episode]], and he and Zoey kiss and become a couple in the last five minutes.]]
* LaughTrack: Averted. Feels like a breath of fresh air as opposed to [[DrakeAndJosh Dan's]] [[ICarly other]] [[{{Victorious}} shows]] that abuse the living hell out of it.
* {{Love Makes You Dumb}}: Chase, numerous times throughout the series. Michael in "Michael Likes Lisa."
* LoveAtFirstSight: Chase with Zoey.
* MadScientist: Quinn
* ManHug: Michael and Chase have no trouble indulging in this
* MarketBasedTitle: The series is sometimes just called ''Zoey'' outside of the USA, since the "Subject 101" format for class names isn't used a whole lot in other countries.
* {{Meganekko}}: Quinn, to the point where Logan actually puts her glasses back on her before their first kiss.
* MillionairePlayboy: Logan
* TheMinnesotaFats
* MiracleRally: In the 1st episode, Dana leads one of these in the game against the boys. [[spoiler: Although the girls in the end don’t win the game, Dana’s participation makes the game extremely close, and the girls do [[WorthyOpponent win the respect of the coach and the boys]].]]
* MamaBear: Zoey is this in terms of Dustin when he gets bullied.
* {{Meaningful Name}}: Chase (as in 'pursuit'). Came in handy for naming the series finale TV movie "Chasing Zoey" ("Chase"-ing Zoey, Chase 'n Zoey).
* MeetCute: Chase and Zoey meet when Chase crashes his bike into the school's flagpole
* {{Moment Killer}}: Chase and Zoey, constantly.
** Nearly all of the other ensemble characters (and even a few inanimate objects) have served as cockblockers to this relationship at some point in the series.
* MoodWhiplash: The episode "Chase's Grandma" starts as your average sitcom episode about one of the main character's birthday and the other characters wanting to put together a great birthday behind his back - then during the very last scene of the episode, [[spoiler: Chase's grandma (who was coming to the party) passes away]] ending the light-hearted episode on a really depressing note.
* {{Narcissist}}: '''''Logan'''''. Notably it causes him to lose a contest in ''Hands On a Blix Van'', since his arrogance prevents him from believing that Zoey is lying to him. (Or more accurately, he's so arrogant that he doesn't believe she could lie to him.)
** Also, the contest had been going on for almost a full day, so he probably couldn't think straight.
* NewTransferStudent: Technically all the girls at PCA are this in the first season, but the most obvious case is Zoey. Lola in the second season.
** James Garret in season 4
* NiceGuy: Chase and Michael both tie for possibly the biggest one in the series and in season four both the reformed JerkJock Vince Blake and RomanticFalseLead James fall into this
* {{Nice Jewish Boy}}: Chase
* NoIndoorVoice: Coach Keller, again.
* ObliviousToLove: Zoey is oblivious to Chase's feelings for her. This gets painful when it drags on for three years, despite multiple attempts by Chase to tell her his feelings. She's oblivious even after she is told flat-out by her friends that Chase is in love with her, and had been since he met her. Lola even goes so far as to pull a random student from the hallway. And Zoey still doesn't believe it!
---> '''Lola:''' Ginny, could you come here a minute?
---> '''Ginny:''' What's up?
---> '''Lola:''' 'Blank' is in love with Zoey. Fill in the blank.
---> '''Ginny:''' ''(as though it were the most obvious answer in the world)'' Chase.
---> '''Lola:''' Thanks for playing.
* OddFriendship: If one takes times to think about, Chase and Logan’s friendship seems to fall into this, as they are so incredibly different and normally seem to be the kind of friendship that would not work thanks to their personalities but more than once is showed that they are acutely dear and close friends
* {{Official Couple}}: Zoey and Chase
* OffTheTable
* OnlySaneEmployee: Kazu, the owner of PCA's Sushi Rox, seems to be one of this in comparison to the other adults on campus. Mr. Bender also seem to be this
* OnlySaneMan: Chase constantly falls into this, something that is obviously not very difficult when your competition is Logan and Michael. Throughout the first season 1st season, Dana proved to have elements of this as well
** James also, in season 4.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Jamie Lynn's Southern accent could reappear at a moment's notice. Some may say it was a case of NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent
* OppositesAttract - Logan and Quinn. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen This was supposed to be]] Logan and Dana, but Quinn moved into her role after Kristin Herrara [[PutOnABus left the show]].
* OutOfFocus: Dustin. He barely appeared in the last two seasons.
* PairTheSpares: [[spoiler: Stacey and Mark]]
* PopularIsDumb: More BookDumb that anything, but Logan could fall into this
* PsychoExGirlfriend: Rebecca.
* PutOnABus - Dana after the first season. Nicole after the second season. Chase for most of the fourth season. Basically no character was too important enough on the show that their actor couldn't afford to be fired.
** PutOnABusToHell -- Alexa Nikolas quit the show because of a feud between her and Jamie Lynn Spears. Alexa's character, Nicole, was an intensely boy-crazy, insecure kid who hated unfamiliar situations — and Zoey says in the third season premiere that Nicole has been shipped to an all-girls boarding school. In a previous episode, Nicole had broken down sobbing when she thought she'd have to transfer to another school. Ouch. The writers know how to punch.
* ReallyGetsAround: Logan, serial kisser and dater per excellence fall into a kid – friendly version of this
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: for all his moments throughout the series, the Dean seems to be this
* ReplacementFlatCharacter -- Stacey seems to exist so there's still a freaky nerd to pick on after Quinn becomes more normal.
* ReplacementLoveInterest: Deconstructed in "Goodbye Zoey?" with Gretchen.
* {{Romantic False Lead}}:
** James Garrett with Zoey
** Rebecca with Chase
* RunningGag: The show had a few.
** Chase ''always'' falling down the first time he sees Zoey every season. In "Chasing Zoey" this included falling ''off a wall'' and then ''down a flight of stairs.''
** Jokes about Chase's bushy hair.
** Every time Chase attempts to tell Zoey he loves her or make a date with her, something gets in the way.
** Quinn's "Quinnventions'' going horribly wrong.
* SecretRelationship: [[spoiler: Quinn and Logan]]
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Michael and Logan.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Zoey, Lola, and Quinn in the third season.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Quinn, something that comes with the HollywoodNerd territory
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Quinn often indulges in this
* SixStudentClique:
** The Head / The Pretty One: [[CanonSue Zoey]]
** The Muscle: Logan and Dana
** The Quirk: Quinn
** The Smart One: Chase and Michael
** The Wild One: Lola and Nicole
** TagalongKid: Dustin
** SixthRanger: James
* ShoutOut: There have a few references to {{iCarly}}, including one episode where Lola has a ringtone that is the show's opening theme song and another where she is visiting the ICarly website. Both of them were before the said series began.
** Logan's father's name is [[MalcolmInTheMiddle Malcolm Reese]].
* SmallNameBigEgo: Once again, Logan.
* SmugSnake: Who else? Logan
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Quinn. Ask Otis.
* SpicyLatina: Arguable and mostly implied because of her surname, but Dana Cruz, both sarcastic and confrontational, could fall under this. Lola Martinez could be considered a milder version but she has some aspects of this
* SpoiledBrat: Logan
* SuddenlyFluentInGibberish: Quinn is very concerned about her pet alpaca, Otis, whom she left back home. Zoey arranges for Otis to come to school. Quinn makes alpaca noises at Otis, and Otis makes the noises back. Nicole says, "Quinn speaks alpaca?" Zoey's response: "Are you surprised?" (We later see Quinn and the animal playing chess.)
* TheStoic: Mark
* StaircaseTumble: Chase takes a tumble down a flight of stairs after falling off a wall in "Chase Zoey."
* StartMyOwn - Logan after being rejected of the "Silver hammer" club.
* StrangeGirl: Lola initially acts as this in order to scare both Nicole and Zoey, but later its subverted as it comes to light that the StrangeGirl characteristics she had where all a mere “acting exercise” and that Lola could not be farther from this trope.
* StrawMisogynist: Logan
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute - Lola, and Austin Butler's character substituting for Chase
* TakeThat: Towards the end of episode two in season three, Zoey and Chase talk about how they think it's dumb that two people can't be friends without suspicions arising about their feelings for each other. This could be considered a TakeThat to the fans who ship the pair, or just shippers of anyone on the series.
** [[spoiler: They ''do'' end up together, so it's a BrokenAesop at best.]]
* TakingTheHeat: Zoey at the end of the episode "Prank Week", so she could save the school's co-ed status. Due to an oversight during her subsequent apology (the statue acting up and the students rioting), her expulsion is revoked ''AND'' the school remains co-ed.
* TeenGenius: Quinn
* TheyDo: [[spoiler:Zoey and Chase]]
* ThisMeansWar: Zoey in "Prank Week" after getting soaked with a giant water balloon. She had previously been saying that they shouldn't sink down to the level of the boys.
* TokenMinority: Michael
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Dana is the most obvious tomboy on the show to girly girl Nicole in season 1. Quinn and Lola to a lesser extent in seasons 3 and 4. Zoey, being a CanonSue, rotates between being a tomboy or a girly girl based on whatever the episode calls for.
* {{TrailersAlwaysSpoil}}: Or in this case opening credits spoil. The trailer for the first episode of Season 2 [[spoiler: depicts Lola as a goth chick. She wasn't.]] This may have been a surprise...if they didn't show her as normal in the opening credits.
* TrueCompanions
* TVGenius: Quinn, especially early on
* UnnecessaryMakeover: In-universe, in "Quinn Misses The Mark", Quinn gives herself a makeover to try and win back Mark. She ends up ditching it when Logan falls in love with her and puts her glasses back on her and says, "There's Quinn" right before their first kiss. (Of course, [[HollywoodHomely she's played by Erin Sanders]], so she's extremely hot either way).
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Zoey and Chase, at least until [[spoiler: their {{last minute hookup}} in the series finale]]. Arguably Logan in regards to both Zoey and Dana.
* UnsportsmanlikeGloating: Logan indulges on this from time to time
* VitriolicBestBuds: Logan with EVERYONE
* WackyGuy: Michael
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Done to death with Zoey and Chase. [[spoiler: TheyDo, but not until the [[LastMinuteHookup last few minutes of the final episode]].]]
* YouGoGirl: Zoey and Dana.
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[[caption-width:275: CoversAlwaysLie. Did they even wear black once on this show?]]
Largely famous as [[BritneySpears Britney's]] sister's show.
Pacific Coast Academy was previously an all boys school, but has just begun admitting girls. Among that first class of girls is one [[CanonSue Zoey Brooks]], who has to contend with the boys when it comes to any privilege among the school. But of course, having a gender integrated school proves to be appealing for both sides and it basically becomes a college-type atmosphere but with teenagers.
The show began with Zoey and her roommates [[TheDitz Nicole]] and [[ShortTank Dana]], with Zoey making friends with [[CannotSpitItOut Chase]] and his roomates, [[BlackBestFriend Michael]] and [[JerkJock Lo]][[SpoiledBrat gan]]. Zoey was also called upon to look after her younger brother Dustin, with the slightly crazy geek [[HollywoodNerd Quinn]] always ensuring that HilarityEnsues at PCA.
As time went on multiple characters were replaced, with varying degrees of SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute. Dana left, and was replaced by [[TheFashionista Lola]]. Later Nicole left, which allowed Quinn to move in with Lola and Zoey.
Created by DanSchneider and the origin of the NickVerse, created when Drake Bell showed up AsHimself.
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!!This show contains examples of:
* AbhorrentAdmirer: Stacey to Logan
* {{Adorkable}}: Chase falls fully under this, to the point that even Lola finds him adorable one time
* AfterActionPatchUp: The girls do this for the guys after they get beat up by the football team. Poor Mark, though, is forgotten in the basketball hoop...
* AgentScully: Logan is an interesting case, as he is this purely out of fear and panicked denial instead of any type of rational
* AllCheeringAllTheTime: Zoey and her two friends are trying to make money for something so Logan hires them as cheerleaders for a week or so. At first he makes them cheer him on for nearly everything, but then they actually cheer at everything (getting rejected, taking a bath, sleeping) so he gets tired of it and pays them to shut up.
* AlmightyJanitor: Herb, a skilled Shakespearian actor and impressive improviser
* AmbiguousDisorder: Nicole's in-show reason for leaving after season 2, Obsessive Male Gender Disorder. It may exist (depending on who you talk to) but it's unlikely Nicole's case was strong enough to necessitate action.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Both Dana and Lola lean into this, but as their surnames are Cruz and Martinez respectively it’s implied both are Latinas.
* [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously Bi]]: Michael. Lola too, but she's more the type to just joke about it.
* AnchoredShip: [[spoiler: Zoey and Chase in the final Season, when due to some miscommunication, Zoey is at PCA, while Chase is in the school she was supposed to be going to in England. The end result is a Type 1]].
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Logan and Quinn in "Chasing Zoey"...though not just to each other. They end up declaring their feelings to the entire school at prom mostly by accident.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Dustin initially seems to play this straight, later it’s very obviously subverted.
* TheArtifact: As the series went on, the focus shifted from an average girl at a new school surrounded by colorful students, to standard relationship drama. As a result, [[TagalongKid Dustin]] became this by season 3.
* AsianAndNerdy: Wayne Gilbert AKA “Firewire”
* AttractiveBentGender: Lola/Steve. Even Nicole finds "him" attractive.
* BackForTheFinale / TheBusCameBack: Chase, in a rather touching way
* BashBrothers: Chase, Logan and Michael, full stop.
* BeAWhoreToGetYourMan: Subverted. Quinn dresses up in a kid-adapted version of this, in order to recover the interest of Mark, who left her for a girl who dresses like this. Mark tells her that he is not atracted to his new love hotness, but her personality and rejects her. Thanks to Logan's words and actions, she switches back to her usual clothes.
* BeautifulAllAlong: Quinn. She gives herself a makeover to try and win back Mark, only to fail and have Logan fall in love with her. He puts her glasses back on her and says "There's Quinn.", right before their first kiss. Of course, Quinn is [[HollywoodHomely played by]] [[http://www.tvrage.com/person/id-3460/gallery/?view=72179 Erin Sanders]], however, this does put a nice spin on the cliche of a geeky girl taking off her glasses, getting a makeover, and having a guy fall in love with her.
* BeleagueredAssistant: Chase is this to Logan while working as Sushi delivery boys
* BelligerentSexualTension: Arguably, Logan and Dana in season 1. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen This would have been more than arguably]], as Logan and Dana were supposed to start dating later on, but this was switched to Logan and Quinn after Kristen Herrera [[PutOnABus left the show]].
* BerserkButton: Calling Quinn a spazz is a ''bad'' idea.
* TheBet: This is the plot, or sub-plot, of several episodes (commonly, girls vs. boys, but also guys vs. guys, everyone vs. Logan)
* BetaCouple: Lola and Vince, Logan and Quinn, Michael and Lisa
* BettyAndVeronica: An interesting case, as Logan could be considered the Veronica to Mark’s Betty for Quinn’s affection. Another case of canon comparison is Rebecca being the Veronica to Zoey’s Betty in terms of Chase. In Fandom strictly, Dana is often considered the Veronica to Quinn’s Betty for Logan.
**Brooke is the Veronica to Quinn's Betty for Mark.
* BigBrotherMentor: YMMV, but Chase can be seen as this for Dustin most of the time. Logan once tried to be this to Dustin with unsuccessful results
* TheBigDamnKiss: Chase and Zoey [[LastMinuteHookup in the finale]].
* BigEater: Coco.
* BigManOnCampus: Vince Blake and on some level Logan is this as well
* BlackBestFriend: Michael is this to both Chase and Logan. Arguably Lisa is this to Zoey.
* BlindWithoutEm: Quinn, the few times she's seen not wearing glasses it's obvious her vision is not very good.
* BoardingSchool
* BookDumb: Logan
* TheBully: Keith Finch from the season 1 episode “Defending Dustin”
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Quinn
* ButtMonkey:
** Stacey (oh so much)
** Quinn can be considered this as well.
** Let's not forget Mark Del Figgalo. The aardvark costume alone should be enough for him to make the list.
** Coco, more often than not.
* CannotSpitItOut: Chase with Zoey
* CaptainObvious - In "Spring Fling"
-->'''Michael:''' ''(seeing the Dean's wrecked car)'' It's wrecked.\\
'''Zoey:''' [[SarcasmMode Thank you, Michael]].
* CatchPhrase: Michael tried to make “Dripping” into one and later he tried to make “Flump” after he heard someone using “Dripping” but could not take credit for its invention
* CelebrityParadox
* CelebrityStar
* TheChewToy: Stacey.
* ChickMagnet: James is the biggest one in – series, but both Logan and apparently Vince do very well for themselves in this department
** Chase himself is not so bad in this deparment as well
** If we take in consideration who is the character with more steady relationships in the entire show Mark seems to be this too, in a weird way.
* ChildProdigy: Dustin
* CloudcuckooLander -- Quinn, Michael to an extent
* ColdOpening: One of the few DanSchneider shows without them (''KenanAndKel'' didn't either).
* CoolTeacher: Mr. Bender
* CrashIntoHello: Chase first meets Zoey when he crashed into a flagpole on his bike while waving to her.
* DeadpanSnarker: Among the males Chase surely is the biggest one in the series, followed more subtly by James and among the females Dana wins the snarking trophy with Zoey in second place
* TheDandy: Logan could be considered a modern version of this
* DefrostingIceQueen: Arguable, but Dana could fall into this
* DistractedByTheSexy: Chase crashes into a flagpole on his bike due to staring at Zoey.
* TheDitz - Nicole
** GeniusDitz: YMMV, but Nicole, in all her [[TheDitz ditz]] glory, is a straight A student and lowering that percentage freaks her out.
* DitzyGenius: Quinn.
* DoesNotLikeWomen - In the first season Logan ''really'' seemed upset that a bunch of teenage girls would be allowed in his school. ... kinda of [[AmbiguouslyGay makes you wonder]]
** [[YaoiFangirl Ugh]]. Except when it doesn't. Logan probably just didn't want girls ruining the bachelor pad like dynamics. He's been shown multiple times flirting with girls from other (nearby schools) so it's not like he wanted to be away from girls.
*** Yeah- it's more his sexist attitudes than anything.
* DorkHorseCandidate -- Between Zoey, Chase, and nerdball Mark, guess who wins?
* ElaborateUniversityHigh: Pepperdine University, to be specific. That's where exterior locations were filmed.
* EskimosArentReal: Michael tries to convince Chase that reindeer aren't real.
* EveryOneCanSeeIt: Chase's love for Zoey is the school's worst kept secret, and Zoey's [[OblivioustoLove obliviousness]] is almost painful.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Averted, as a princess doll was dissolved by some harsh chemical.
* ExtravertedNerd: Quinn, then Stacey.
* {{Fanservice}}: It's really amazing how much they got away with {{Beach Episode}}s and putting the cast into appealing outfits. Granted, this goes for both guys and girls.
* TheFashionista: Zoey and Lola. Lola did cool off a little by the third season, though.
* FreeRangeChildren: Zoey and her friends are in middle school/high school. But they seem to be able to go out whenever they want, go where ever they want, with no adult supervision or consult.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Logan, very much so and lampshaded on several occasions. More so in the first seasons though.
* FriendVersusLover: Zoey vs. Rebecca during the early part of season 3. It was really Rebecca who made a big deal out of it, and eventually demands that Chase choose between her or Zoey. [[spoiler: He chooses Zoey, of course.]]
* FunnyAfro: Chase has a bushy "Jewish afro" constantly referenced by the other characters. He tends to shrug it off, but lampshades it himself after Zoey throws a pillow at him that knocks him off his chair. He gets up, pats his head and exclaims "You dented my 'fro!" in good humor
* GenkiGirl -- Nicole
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The ENTIRE episode where they all tried to get "tapped" by the Silver Hammer Society. To be fair, they meant get tapped on the head with a silver hammer to be initiated into the society, but they just keep saying stuff about being tapped, and it gets even weirder when the girls start talking about being tapped.
** Logan wears a shirt saying "I spent ONE NIGHT IN PARIS." Which is the name of Paris Hilton's sex tape.
** In "The Radio," Zoey gives Chase a taco in exchange for a $10,000 antique radio, suggesting that a taco (of another variety) could be something of value (e.g. Zoey's "taco"). The final scene of this episode is utterly shameless.
** From "Chase's Girlfriend": "You won't need those balls for a while." ''It's also the tag quote!''
** "Paige at PCA" begins with Lola discussing her feet. Except it sounds like she talking about her boobs at first.
** In "Chase's Grandma", the robe Zoey is wearing at the pajama birthday party for Chase is very slinky. Her pajamas are sorta skimpy as well but it's a sheer robe- not the sort of thing a 16 year old should be wearing, especially in public and especially since she's in the rain later in the episode.
** At the beginning of "Hands On A Blix Van," Quinn is, for some reason, showing Zoey and Lola how to put your legs behind your head while sticking your arms between your legs, while facing the camera.
* GiftOfTheMagiPlot
* GilliganCut: From "New Roomies":
-->'''Chase''': You can't just look a girl in the face and say, "I don't want to live with you anymore."\\
''(cut to Quinn's room where she is looking at Zoey)''\\
'''Quinn''': Zoey, I don't want to live with you anymore.
* TheGlassesGottaGo: Subverted with Quinn, who after giving herself a makeover, actually gets her glasses put back on her by Logan, and he says, "There's Quinn." before their first kiss.
* GoodCopBadCop: On Lola’s instance, both her and Zoey try this in one episode on season 4 with Lola taking the place of the Bad Cop and Zoey taking the place of the Good Cop
* GrandRomanticGesture: Chase goes to England to be with Zoey after she transfers boarding schools.
* HairOfGold: YMMV, but Zoey could actually fit in this qualification
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Chase and Michael, full stop. Logan also shares this with both Chase and Michael; especially notable with Michael in season 4. Zoey and Nicole from season 1-2 and Zoey, Lola and Quinn from season 2-3-4 also qualify
* HippieTeacher: the psychology teacher in “Zoey’s Balloon” falls under this
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Logan suffers from this constantly
* HollywoodNerd: Quinn is type 2; Firewire is type 1.
* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler: Rebecca]] gets one at the end of "Zoey's Balloon" when [[spoiler: Zoey and the rest of the students at the lunch area do the Macalana and Rebecca flees in disgust]].
* IdiotBall: "Robot Wars".
* InformedAttractiveness: The new dean in "Hot Dean".
* InformedAbility: In universe example: In "Lola Likes Chase," Dustin points out Logan's woman-getting ways.
--> '''Logan''': Do I get a lot of girls?\\
'''Dustin''': You TALK about getting a lot of girls.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Chase is close friends with AlmightyJanitor Herb, CoolTeacher Mr. Bender and OnlySaneEmployee Kasu
* InterrogationByVandalism: How Lola and Quinn [[strike: force]] persuade Firewire to tell them who is blackmailing Zoey in season 3.
* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum -- All of Quinn's inventions
* ItsPronouncedTropay: Coach Keller pronounces sushi as suh-shi (rhymes with slushie).
* {{Jerkass}}: Coach Keller. Oh so much.
* JerkJock - Logan
** Vince fell into this qualification until season 4
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Logan, Logan, Logan. Although most of the time you have so squint to see it, he does have a HiddenHeartOfGold in him and it becomes obvious in the 4th and final season of the series
* TheJeeves / ServileSnarker: Chauncey, the butler for the Reese family is both TheJeeves for Logan’s father and an intense ServileSnarker for Logan himself
* JustFriends
* JustTheWayYouAre: With a nice twist. Quinn goes through a makeover after Mark dumps her for Brooke, trying to win him back. She fails, and is Logan who implies to prefer her "just the way she was", telling her not to change and putting her glasses back on her, before their first kiss.
* KavorkaMan: Mark, to some extent. He dated more girls than everyone else, including Quinn, Courtney, Brooke and arguably Stacey.
* TheKlutz: Chase.
* LadykillerInLove: Logan, after he starts dating Quinn, seems to be this, more if we have in mind his past as a serial dater.
* LastMinuteHookUp: [[spoiler: Zoey and Chase. After three seasons of [[ShipTease shipteasing]] they finally confess their love to each other, only to not be able to do anything about since they're now 6000 miles apart. Chase [[BackForTheFinale returns in the final episode]], and he and Zoey kiss and become a couple in the last five minutes.]]
* LaughTrack: Averted. Feels like a breath of fresh air as opposed to [[DrakeAndJosh Dan's]] [[ICarly other]] [[{{Victorious}} shows]] that abuse the living hell out of it.
* {{Love Makes You Dumb}}: Chase, numerous times throughout the series. Michael in "Michael Likes Lisa."
* LoveAtFirstSight: Chase with Zoey.
* MadScientist: Quinn
* ManHug: Michael and Chase have no trouble indulging in this
* MarketBasedTitle: The series is sometimes just called ''Zoey'' outside of the USA, since the "Subject 101" format for class names isn't used a whole lot in other countries.
* {{Meganekko}}: Quinn, to the point where Logan actually puts her glasses back on her before their first kiss.
* MillionairePlayboy: Logan
* TheMinnesotaFats
* MiracleRally: In the 1st episode, Dana leads one of these in the game against the boys. [[spoiler: Although the girls in the end don’t win the game, Dana’s participation makes the game extremely close, and the girls do [[WorthyOpponent win the respect of the coach and the boys]].]]
* MamaBear: Zoey is this in terms of Dustin when he gets bullied.
* {{Meaningful Name}}: Chase (as in 'pursuit'). Came in handy for naming the series finale TV movie "Chasing Zoey" ("Chase"-ing Zoey, Chase 'n Zoey).
* MeetCute: Chase and Zoey meet when Chase crashes his bike into the school's flagpole
* {{Moment Killer}}: Chase and Zoey, constantly.
** Nearly all of the other ensemble characters (and even a few inanimate objects) have served as cockblockers to this relationship at some point in the series.
* MoodWhiplash: The episode "Chase's Grandma" starts as your average sitcom episode about one of the main character's birthday and the other characters wanting to put together a great birthday behind his back - then during the very last scene of the episode, [[spoiler: Chase's grandma (who was coming to the party) passes away]] ending the light-hearted episode on a really depressing note.
* {{Narcissist}}: '''''Logan'''''. Notably it causes him to lose a contest in ''Hands On a Blix Van'', since his arrogance prevents him from believing that Zoey is lying to him. (Or more accurately, he's so arrogant that he doesn't believe she could lie to him.)
** Also, the contest had been going on for almost a full day, so he probably couldn't think straight.
* NewTransferStudent: Technically all the girls at PCA are this in the first season, but the most obvious case is Zoey. Lola in the second season.
** James Garret in season 4
* NiceGuy: Chase and Michael both tie for possibly the biggest one in the series and in season four both the reformed JerkJock Vince Blake and RomanticFalseLead James fall into this
* {{Nice Jewish Boy}}: Chase
* NoIndoorVoice: Coach Keller, again.
* ObliviousToLove: Zoey is oblivious to Chase's feelings for her. This gets painful when it drags on for three years, despite multiple attempts by Chase to tell her his feelings. She's oblivious even after she is told flat-out by her friends that Chase is in love with her, and had been since he met her. Lola even goes so far as to pull a random student from the hallway. And Zoey still doesn't believe it!
---> '''Lola:''' Ginny, could you come here a minute?
---> '''Ginny:''' What's up?
---> '''Lola:''' 'Blank' is in love with Zoey. Fill in the blank.
---> '''Ginny:''' ''(as though it were the most obvious answer in the world)'' Chase.
---> '''Lola:''' Thanks for playing.
* OddFriendship: If one takes times to think about, Chase and Logan’s friendship seems to fall into this, as they are so incredibly different and normally seem to be the kind of friendship that would not work thanks to their personalities but more than once is showed that they are acutely dear and close friends
* {{Official Couple}}: Zoey and Chase
* OffTheTable
* OnlySaneEmployee: Kazu, the owner of PCA's Sushi Rox, seems to be one of this in comparison to the other adults on campus. Mr. Bender also seem to be this
* OnlySaneMan: Chase constantly falls into this, something that is obviously not very difficult when your competition is Logan and Michael. Throughout the first season 1st season, Dana proved to have elements of this as well
** James also, in season 4.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Jamie Lynn's Southern accent could reappear at a moment's notice. Some may say it was a case of NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent
* OppositesAttract - Logan and Quinn. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen This was supposed to be]] Logan and Dana, but Quinn moved into her role after Kristin Herrara [[PutOnABus left the show]].
* OutOfFocus: Dustin. He barely appeared in the last two seasons.
* PairTheSpares: [[spoiler: Stacey and Mark]]
* PopularIsDumb: More BookDumb that anything, but Logan could fall into this
* PsychoExGirlfriend: Rebecca.
* PutOnABus - Dana after the first season. Nicole after the second season. Chase for most of the fourth season. Basically no character was too important enough on the show that their actor couldn't afford to be fired.
** PutOnABusToHell -- Alexa Nikolas quit the show because of a feud between her and Jamie Lynn Spears. Alexa's character, Nicole, was an intensely boy-crazy, insecure kid who hated unfamiliar situations — and Zoey says in the third season premiere that Nicole has been shipped to an all-girls boarding school. In a previous episode, Nicole had broken down sobbing when she thought she'd have to transfer to another school. Ouch. The writers know how to punch.
* ReallyGetsAround: Logan, serial kisser and dater per excellence fall into a kid – friendly version of this
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: for all his moments throughout the series, the Dean seems to be this
* ReplacementFlatCharacter -- Stacey seems to exist so there's still a freaky nerd to pick on after Quinn becomes more normal.
* ReplacementLoveInterest: Deconstructed in "Goodbye Zoey?" with Gretchen.
* {{Romantic False Lead}}:
** James Garrett with Zoey
** Rebecca with Chase
* RunningGag: The show had a few.
** Chase ''always'' falling down the first time he sees Zoey every season. In "Chasing Zoey" this included falling ''off a wall'' and then ''down a flight of stairs.''
** Jokes about Chase's bushy hair.
** Every time Chase attempts to tell Zoey he loves her or make a date with her, something gets in the way.
** Quinn's "Quinnventions'' going horribly wrong.
* SecretRelationship: [[spoiler: Quinn and Logan]]
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Michael and Logan.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Zoey, Lola, and Quinn in the third season.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Quinn, something that comes with the HollywoodNerd territory
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Quinn often indulges in this
* SixStudentClique:
** The Head / The Pretty One: [[CanonSue Zoey]]
** The Muscle: Logan and Dana
** The Quirk: Quinn
** The Smart One: Chase and Michael
** The Wild One: Lola and Nicole
** TagalongKid: Dustin
** SixthRanger: James
* ShoutOut: There have a few references to {{iCarly}}, including one episode where Lola has a ringtone that is the show's opening theme song and another where she is visiting the ICarly website. Both of them were before the said series began.
** Logan's father's name is [[MalcolmInTheMiddle Malcolm Reese]].
* SmallNameBigEgo: Once again, Logan.
* SmugSnake: Who else? Logan
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Quinn. Ask Otis.
* SpicyLatina: Arguable and mostly implied because of her surname, but Dana Cruz, both sarcastic and confrontational, could fall under this. Lola Martinez could be considered a milder version but she has some aspects of this
* SpoiledBrat: Logan
* SuddenlyFluentInGibberish: Quinn is very concerned about her pet alpaca, Otis, whom she left back home. Zoey arranges for Otis to come to school. Quinn makes alpaca noises at Otis, and Otis makes the noises back. Nicole says, "Quinn speaks alpaca?" Zoey's response: "Are you surprised?" (We later see Quinn and the animal playing chess.)
* TheStoic: Mark
* StaircaseTumble: Chase takes a tumble down a flight of stairs after falling off a wall in "Chase Zoey."
* StartMyOwn - Logan after being rejected of the "Silver hammer" club.
* StrangeGirl: Lola initially acts as this in order to scare both Nicole and Zoey, but later its subverted as it comes to light that the StrangeGirl characteristics she had where all a mere “acting exercise” and that Lola could not be farther from this trope.
* StrawMisogynist: Logan
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute - Lola, and Austin Butler's character substituting for Chase
* TakeThat: Towards the end of episode two in season three, Zoey and Chase talk about how they think it's dumb that two people can't be friends without suspicions arising about their feelings for each other. This could be considered a TakeThat to the fans who ship the pair, or just shippers of anyone on the series.
** [[spoiler: They ''do'' end up together, so it's a BrokenAesop at best.]]
* TakingTheHeat: Zoey at the end of the episode "Prank Week", so she could save the school's co-ed status. Due to an oversight during her subsequent apology (the statue acting up and the students rioting), her expulsion is revoked ''AND'' the school remains co-ed.
* TeenGenius: Quinn
* TheyDo: [[spoiler:Zoey and Chase]]
* ThisMeansWar: Zoey in "Prank Week" after getting soaked with a giant water balloon. She had previously been saying that they shouldn't sink down to the level of the boys.
* TokenMinority: Michael
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Dana is the most obvious tomboy on the show to girly girl Nicole in season 1. Quinn and Lola to a lesser extent in seasons 3 and 4. Zoey, being a CanonSue, rotates between being a tomboy or a girly girl based on whatever the episode calls for.
* {{TrailersAlwaysSpoil}}: Or in this case opening credits spoil. The trailer for the first episode of Season 2 [[spoiler: depicts Lola as a goth chick. She wasn't.]] This may have been a surprise...if they didn't show her as normal in the opening credits.
* TrueCompanions
* TVGenius: Quinn, especially early on
* UnnecessaryMakeover: In-universe, in "Quinn Misses The Mark", Quinn gives herself a makeover to try and win back Mark. She ends up ditching it when Logan falls in love with her and puts her glasses back on her and says, "There's Quinn" right before their first kiss. (Of course, [[HollywoodHomely she's played by Erin Sanders]], so she's extremely hot either way).
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Zoey and Chase, at least until [[spoiler: their {{last minute hookup}} in the series finale]]. Arguably Logan in regards to both Zoey and Dana.
* UnsportsmanlikeGloating: Logan indulges on this from time to time
* VitriolicBestBuds: Logan with EVERYONE
* WackyGuy: Michael
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Done to death with Zoey and Chase. [[spoiler: TheyDo, but not until the [[LastMinuteHookup last few minutes of the final episode]].]]
* YouGoGirl: Zoey and Dana.
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