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* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:While most of the first 30 days is Phillip Jones's SecretTestOfCharacter, he's genuinely thrown by the existence of Mary's secret identity as the highly successful author Barry Means. This revelation causes issues in the next arc, as he and "Barry"'s executor are having trouble untangling issues with the [=LaRosa=] estate.]]
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** Around Day 21, Lily wonders out loud why the LaRosa-Ricci mill would be relatively far away from Aunt Mary's house instead of close by where its owner can supervise. [[spoiler: An eagle eye will spot that it ''is'' close by the true LaRosa Estate, since Phillip is hiding the truth of the estate's grounds as part of the SecretTestOfCharacter.]]
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** Around Day 21, Lily wonders out loud why the LaRosa-Ricci [=LaRosa=]-Ricci mill would be relatively far away from Aunt Mary's house instead of close by where its owner can supervise. [[spoiler: An eagle eye will spot that it ''is'' close by the true LaRosa [=LaRosa=] Estate, since Phillip is hiding the truth of the estate's grounds as part of the SecretTestOfCharacter.]]
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* MoustacheDePlume: [[spoiler:Mary [=LaRosa=], née Barnes, wrote a highly successful series of spy novels under the name Barry Means.]]
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* SignificantAnagram: [[spoiler:Lily realizes that rearranging the letters in the name of author ''Barry Means'' results in ''Mary Barnes'', her aunt's maiden name.]]
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* WhamLine: "[[spoiler:There is absolutely nothing legal about the special condition of Mary's will.]]"
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** On Day 23, Holly learns for the first time about the stipulation in the will, where Lily must restore the mansion to its former glory within 30 days or forfeit the rights to it. Holly's has a knee-jerk reaction to this [[spoiler:which turns out to be ''entirely correct'': "That can't POSSIBLY be legal."]]
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** On Day 23, Holly learns for the first time about the stipulation in the will, where Lily must restore the mansion to its former glory within 30 days or forfeit the rights to it. Holly's Holly has a knee-jerk reaction to this [[spoiler:which turns out to be ''entirely correct'': "That can't POSSIBLY be legal."]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Around Day 21, Lily wonders out loud why the LaRosa-Ricci mill would be relatively far away from Aunt Mary's house instead of close by where its owner can supervise. [[spoiler: An eagle eye will spot that it ''is'' close by the true LaRosa Estate, since Phillip is hiding the truth of the estate's grounds as part of the SecretTestOfCharacter.]]
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** Around Day 21, Lily wonders out loud why the LaRosa-Ricci mill would be relatively far away from Aunt Mary's house instead of close by where its owner can supervise. [[spoiler: An eagle eye will spot that it ''is'' close by the true LaRosa Estate, since Phillip is hiding the truth of the estate's grounds as part of the SecretTestOfCharacter.]]]]
** On Day 23, Holly learns for the first time about the stipulation in the will, where Lily must restore the mansion to its former glory within 30 days or forfeit the rights to it. Holly's has a knee-jerk reaction to this [[spoiler:which turns out to be ''entirely correct'': "That can't POSSIBLY be legal."]]
** Around Day 21, Lily wonders out loud why the LaRosa-Ricci mill would be relatively far away from Aunt Mary's house instead of close by where its owner can supervise. [[spoiler: An eagle eye will spot that it ''is'' close by the true LaRosa Estate, since Phillip is hiding the truth of the estate's grounds as part of the SecretTestOfCharacter.
** On Day 23, Holly learns for the first time about the stipulation in the will, where Lily must restore the mansion to its former glory within 30 days or forfeit the rights to it. Holly's has a knee-jerk reaction to this [[spoiler:which turns out to be ''entirely correct'': "That can't POSSIBLY be legal."]]
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* GotMeDoingIt: If a character is helping out Lily for long enough, there's a high chance they'll utter a {{Crunchtastic}} quip themselves at some point.
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-->'''Lily:''' [[spoiler: I got news for you, Brigette! Life's not about money or other people's approval. [[AnAesop What's important is to be with the people you love. Make them happy, keep them safe]]. And if [[EvilCannotComprehendEvil you can't see that]], you'll be miserable the rest of your life.]]
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-->'''Lily:''' [[spoiler: I got news for you, Brigette! Life's not about money or other people's approval. [[AnAesop What's important is to be with the people you love. Make them happy, keep them safe]]. And if [[EvilCannotComprehendEvil [[EvilCannotComprehendGood you can't see that]], you'll be miserable the rest of your life.]]
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* SillyWill: Mary's will leaves Lily her entire estate, but stipulates that she must restore it to its former glory within thirty days or forfeit the property.
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* SillyWill: Mary's will leaves Lily her entire estate, but stipulates that she must restore it to its former glory within thirty days or forfeit the property. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that the condition in the will was not binding, and that the task was meant to be a SecretTestOfCharacter for Lily, who passed with flying colors.]]
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* {{Crunchtastic}}: Lily has a [[VerbalTic tendency]] to cap off her tasks with a word in this vein.
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* UndisclosedFunds: Twice in the initial arc. First, a letter from the state's Tax Board regarding unpaid back taxes is noted to have "a lot of zeroes" by Lily. Later, Lily finds she has access to a second bank account, which contains the money needed to cover not only the back taxes, but all the construction costs up to that point--and much more besides.
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** While the game lampshades how Lily is able to afford her estate (it's all inherited), it doesn't really explain how she's able to afford the repairs. Even with Regina and Luke agreeing to work for free, there would still be a lot of expenses that Lily would have to pay for, and she is supposedly between jobs, to say nothing of the expenses involved in moving her stuff across the country.
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** While the game lampshades how Lily is able to afford her estate (it's all inherited), it doesn't really explain how she's able to afford the repairs. Even with Regina and Luke agreeing to work for free, there would still be a lot of expenses that Lily would have to pay for, and she is supposedly between jobs, to say nothing of the expenses involved in moving her stuff across the country. The closest we ever come to an answer is when one story arc gives Lily a source of income via [[spoiler:royalties from Mary's successful series of novels, as well as the film adaptations--this resolves an issue with back taxes and with paying Regina's construction fees up to that point in one fell swoop]], and is implied to be Lily's main source of income from that point on.
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* HardTruthAesop: In "Under the Influence", [[spoiler: Tina starts out as the [[BadInfluencer Influencer]] "[[FalseFriend friend]]" who is exploiting Lily and her friends for free manual labor around the holidays. After being snowed in, our heroes save her, and Tina's attitude ''seemingly'' improves, to the point she starts to rekindle her previous friendship with Lily. As it turns out, she's backstabbing Lily by copying her lifestyle in order to look good for the Fluence Festival. All in all, Tina leaves the group just as bad as ever before, as though making a point that not everyone is changed for the better by kindness or Christmas spirit.]]
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* NotSoSimilar: In "Under the Influence", [[spoiler: Tina tries to [[VillainHasAPoint point out]] Holly has no right calling her out, as she's no more a saint than she is for the things she said on [=YouCast=]. To this, Holly [[ShutUpHannibal retorts]] that while she and Tina do selfish things, at least she herself does it because she believes its best for Lily, while Tina's just selfish through and through.
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* NotSoSimilar: In "Under the Influence", [[spoiler: Tina tries to [[VillainHasAPoint point out]] Holly has no right calling her out, as she's no more a saint than she is for the things she said on [=YouCast=]. To this, Holly [[ShutUpHannibal retorts]] that while she and Tina do selfish things, at least she herself does it because she believes its best for Lily, while Tina's just selfish through and through.]]
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** [[spoiler: "Under the Influence" does not punish Tina outside of being told off. She still gets away with exploiting Lily, still gets her trip to Bali and gets re-invited to the Fluence Festival. The only consolation is the implication that she's [[LonelyAtTheTop ultimately alone]].]]
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** [[spoiler: "Under the Influence" does not punish Tina outside of being told off. She still gets away with exploiting Lily, still gets her trip to Bali and gets re-invited to the Fluence Festival. The only consolation is the implication that she's [[LonelyAtTheTop ultimately alone]].alone]], while our heroes come out of the experience with [[TrueCompanions each other]], Christmas spirit, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and a new hot tub]].]]
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* PretenderDiss: Towards the end of "Under the Influence", [[spoiler: Tina tries to steal away Luke, tempting him that she can give him money and fame, as she's a version of Lily who can give him all those things and more. To that, Luke demonstrates his loyalty by declaring without hesitation, "[[BluntYes Nah]]. I got the real Lily. I'm good."]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Holly has plenty of flaws to go around, such as her superficiality, her selfishness and her obnoxious behavior. But at the end of the day, she has her standards and generally will stick by her daughter Lily.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[spoiler: "Under the Influence" has Tina initially look like she's a scared, lonely girl underneath her Influencer personality, and Lily teaching her how to be her own person offline is all she needs to redeem herself. ...Ultimately, that's not the case. In reality, she's exploiting Lily's lifestyle in order to improve her influencer career and be re-invited to the Fluence Festival.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The second arc ends without Mr. Rich receiving ''any'' comeuppance outside of not getting his way. However, his GracefulLoser attitude does ease the blow a bit.]]
** [[spoiler: "Under the Influence" does not punish Tina outside of being told off. She still gets away with exploiting Lily, still gets her trip to Bali and gets re-invited to the Fluence Festival. The only consolation is the implication that she's [[LonelyAtTheTop ultimately alone]].]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[spoiler: "Under the Influence" has Tina initially look like she's a scared, lonely girl underneath her Influencer personality, and Lily teaching her how to be her own person offline is all she needs to redeem herself. ...Ultimately, that's not the case. In reality, she's exploiting Lily's lifestyle in order to improve her influencer career and be re-invited to the Fluence Festival.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The second arc ends without Mr. Rich receiving ''any'' comeuppance outside of not getting his way. However, his GracefulLoser attitude does ease the blow a bit.]]
** [[spoiler: "Under the Influence" does not punish Tina outside of being told off. She still gets away with exploiting Lily, still gets her trip to Bali and gets re-invited to the Fluence Festival. The only consolation is the implication that she's [[LonelyAtTheTop ultimately alone]].]]
* MamaBear: Although she comes off as [[ParentsAsPeople superficial]], Holly certainly has her moments where she'll stick out her neck and stand up for Lily, such as [[spoiler: when she tells off Leonard that she won't go behind her daughter's back, or when she tells off Tina for calling Lily "boring".]]
* NotSoSimilar: In "Under the Influence", [[spoiler: Tina tries to [[VillainHasAPoint point out]] Holly has no right calling her out, as she's no more a saint than she is for the things she said on [=YouCast=]. To this, Holly [[ShutUpHannibal retorts]] that while she and Tina do selfish things, at least she herself does it because she believes its best for Lily, while Tina's just selfish through and through.
** In "Under the Influence", [[spoiler: Holly gets to tell off Tina for generally taking advantage of Lily's kindness, calling her "ugly and selfish".]]
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* VillainousBreakdown: Played with in "Under the Influence". [[spoiler: Tina's not an outright villain so much as she is a FalseFriend and a BadInfluencer who made a laughing stock out of Holly. But when she's snowed inside a shed and fearing for her life, she frantically loses her cool and starts ranting at her fans for being unhelpful to rescue her. She even spills the beans about how her husband is divorcing her, and how stressed she is that his virtual "empire" is "eclipsing" her own. The aftermath allows her to [[HeelRealization realize]] she's been neglecting herself as a person. Though all of that falls down once she reveals she's only pretended to have learned her lesson so she could keep exploiting Lily and her peers' help to get back into the Fluence Festival.]]
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* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler: "Under the Influence" has Tina display this in spades. Throughout the story, she has Lily do all the decorating for her so she doesn't have to pay for any of it, on top of making Holly look like a fool on the internet. So when Tina is trapped under snow, instead of freezing to death and being rid of a toxic friend, Lily proves to be the bigger person and saves her. Not only that, Lily helps Tina rediscover how to be herself again outside the influencer persona. It seems like this kindness has taught her to turn over a new leaf. ...but not really, because she instead repays Lily by stealing her lifestyle to look good on [=YouCast=] and be re-invited to the Fluence Festival.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: Played with in "Under the Influence". [[spoiler: Tina's not an outright villain so much as she is a FalseFriend and a BadInfluencer who made a laughing stock out of Holly. But when she's snowed inside a shed and fearing for her life, she frantically loses her cool and starts ranting at her fans for being unhelpful to rescue her. She even spills the beans about how her husband is divorcing her, and how stressed she is that his virtual "empire" is "eclipsing" her own. The aftermath allows her to [[HeelRealization realize]] she's been neglecting herself as a person. Though all of that [[SubvertedTrope fallsdown down]] once she reveals she's only pretended to have learned her lesson so she could keep exploiting Lily and her peers' help to get back into the Fluence Festival.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: Played with in "Under the Influence". [[spoiler: Tina's not an outright villain so much as she is a FalseFriend and a BadInfluencer who made a laughing stock out of Holly. But when she's snowed inside a shed and fearing for her life, she frantically loses her cool and starts ranting at her fans for being unhelpful to rescue her. She even spills the beans about how her husband is divorcing her, and how stressed she is that his virtual "empire" is "eclipsing" her own. The aftermath allows her to [[HeelRealization realize]] she's been neglecting herself as a person. Though all of that [[SubvertedTrope falls
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* AmicableExes: Beautifully done. Rachel is a variation where she subverts the idea that the ex-spouse has to be the [[PsychoExGirlfriend bad guy]]. Not only gets along with Lucas (eventually), but she even becomes friends with Lily.
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* AmicableExes: Beautifully done. Rachel is a variation where she subverts the idea that the ex-spouse has to be the [[PsychoExGirlfriend bad guy]]. Not only gets along with Lucas Luke (eventually), but she even becomes friends with Lily.
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* DoesNotLikeMen: Regina is not fond of men, although she is [[spoiler: initially]] married to one. At best, it took a little coaxing from Lily just to help her warm up to Lucas when she first met him. At worst, Regina is ''livid'' when she assumes [[spoiler: Lily got back together with her cheating ex-boyfriend Blaine again.]]
* ADogNamedDog: Lucas's dog was initially a case of this. It's not until later (and after he learns the dog's a girl) that he and Lily give her a proper name: "Roxy".
* ADogNamedDog: Lucas's dog was initially a case of this. It's not until later (and after he learns the dog's a girl) that he and Lily give her a proper name: "Roxy".
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* DoesNotLikeMen: Regina is not fond of men, although she is [[spoiler: initially]] married to one. At best, it took a little coaxing from Lily just to help her warm up to Lucas Luke when she first met him. At worst, Regina is ''livid'' when she assumes [[spoiler: Lily got back together with her cheating ex-boyfriend Blaine again.]]
* ADogNamedDog:Lucas's Luke's dog was initially a case of this. It's not until later (and after he learns the dog's a girl) that he and Lily give her a proper name: "Roxy".
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* EvilIsPetty: In Isla Bonita, [[spoiler: Brigette Ricci goes through the trouble of retaliating Lily for [[NeverMyFault ruining her life]] by abducting Lucas. She didn't even steal him because she ''wanted'' him. She just kidnapped him for the sole purpose of taking something Lily holds dear.]]
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* EvilIsPetty: In Isla Bonita, [[spoiler: Brigette Ricci goes through the trouble of retaliating Lily for [[NeverMyFault ruining her life]] by abducting Lucas.Luke. She didn't even steal him because she ''wanted'' him. She just kidnapped him for the sole purpose of taking something Lily holds dear.]]
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* FalseFriend: In the "Under the Influence" event, Lily is enlisted by her college roommate Tina to help fix up her winter cabin. It soon becomes clear that Tina is just exploiting Lily and Lucas in order to get free labor and decoration. For added falsity, Tina convinces Holly that she can turn her into a social-media star, but Lily finds out that Tina is actually turning Holly into a laughingstock online.
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* FalseFriend: In the "Under the Influence" event, Lily is enlisted by her college roommate Tina to help fix up her winter cabin. It soon becomes clear that Tina is just exploiting Lily and Lucas Luke in order to get free labor and decoration. For added falsity, Tina convinces Holly that she can turn her into a social-media star, but Lily finds out that Tina is actually turning Holly into a laughingstock online.
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** In the case of Tina, [[spoiler: her friendship with Lily is re-forged after the shed she is in is snowed in. Lily, Lucas and Holly rescue her, earning her respect.]]
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** In the case of Tina, [[spoiler: her friendship with Lily is re-forged after the shed she is in is snowed in. Lily, Lucas Luke and Holly rescue her, earning her respect.respect. Later subverted when she keeps filming things during the event she appears in so that she can get back into fame, promptly ruining any amiable relationship she's had.]]
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** Gleefully exploited in the "Under the Influence" event, where Lily is enlisted by her college roommate Tina to help fix up her vacation home. Ostensibly, Tina is consulting her because of her expertise, but in reality, Tina figures that she can sucker Lily and Lucas into doing the work for free.
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** Gleefully exploited in the "Under the Influence" event, where Lily is enlisted by her college roommate Tina to help fix up her vacation home. Ostensibly, Tina is consulting her because of her expertise, but in reality, Tina figures that she can sucker Lily and Lucas Luke into doing the work for free.
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** [[spoiler: Tina also goes from being a FalseFriend to being a true friend after Lily, Lucas and Holly save her life. Before, she was willing to mooch off Lily's hospitality and humiliate Holly behind her back. But cut off her from 'Influencer career', she not only shows [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe gratitude]] towards Lily for saving her, she realizes she needs to be her own person without an audience and take better care of herself.]]
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** [[spoiler: Tina also goes from being a FalseFriend to being a true friend after Lily, Lucas Luke and Holly save her life. Before, she was willing to mooch off Lily's hospitality and humiliate Holly behind her back. But cut off her from 'Influencer career', she not only shows [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe gratitude]] towards Lily for saving her, she realizes she needs to be her own person without an audience and take better care of herself. Then subverted once she reveals she's been using Lily's kind demeanor to win back her viewers and essentially just took advantage of the situation after being rescued.]]
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Lucas meant well when he [[spoiler: brought Will Donald to what was essentially his and Lily's first date together, thinking it would be cool to introduce a celebrity friend to his girlfriend]]. Regardless, Lily is incensed that [[spoiler: her boyfriend would bring a third wheel into what was supposed to be a romantic dinner for two.]]
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Lucas Luke meant well when he [[spoiler: brought Will Donald to what was essentially his and Lily's first date together, thinking it would be cool to introduce a celebrity friend to his girlfriend]]. Regardless, Lily is incensed that [[spoiler: her boyfriend would bring a third wheel into what was supposed to be a romantic dinner for two.]]
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: While working on the cactus garden, Lily and Lucas discover a bunker that can only be opened by a code. They remark on how normally a code would show itself in a video game scenario. Lucas wonders if they're in a video game... Before Lily goes "nah!"
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: While working on the cactus garden, Lily and Lucas Luke discover a bunker that can only be opened by a code. They remark on how normally a code would show itself in a video game scenario. Lucas Luke wonders if they're in a video game... Before Lily goes "nah!"
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* MeaningfulEcho: While telling Lily how she and Lucas got together, Rachel shares a piece of wisdom about how one doesn't need a "counterbalance" to be whole, but rather it falls to one to complete themselves before they can love another. [[spoiler:Later, when he's ousted for being in cahoots with Larry, Blaine tries to reason with Lily that he should remain with her because she "completes" him. Lily uses Rachel's earlier words as a counterargument so he leaves for good.]]
* NewAgeRetroHippie: In the "Mother's Retreat" event, Lily and Lucas go off to a couple's retreat run by Karl Mar Mother, an old hippie for whom the free-love era never apparently ended.
* NewAgeRetroHippie: In the "Mother's Retreat" event, Lily and Lucas go off to a couple's retreat run by Karl Mar Mother, an old hippie for whom the free-love era never apparently ended.
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* MeaningfulEcho: While telling Lily how she and Lucas Luke got together, Rachel shares a piece of wisdom about how one doesn't need a "counterbalance" to be whole, but rather it falls to one to complete themselves before they can love another. [[spoiler:Later, when he's ousted for being in cahoots with Larry, Blaine tries to reason with Lily that he should remain with her because she "completes" him. Lily uses Rachel's earlier words as a counterargument so he leaves for good.]]
* NewAgeRetroHippie: In the "Mother's Retreat" event, Lily andLucas Luke go off to a couple's retreat run by Karl Mar Mother, an old hippie for whom the free-love era never apparently ended.
* NewAgeRetroHippie: In the "Mother's Retreat" event, Lily and
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* OppositesAttract: This was why Rachel and Lucas first got together when they were young, thinking his personality would "counterbalance" hers. Deconstructed, as their incompatibility was one of the factors of their divorce.
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* OppositesAttract: This was why Rachel and Lucas Luke first got together when they were young, thinking his personality would "counterbalance" hers. Deconstructed, as their incompatibility was one of the factors of their divorce.
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** Marie and Arthur actually avert this, much to Holly's confusion. It often frustrated her that they loved her unconditionally, even when she didn't deserve it. It was her wish that they were do something flawed for once so she could relate to them.
** Lucas is a less malicious example. He really does love Karen with all his heart and wants to be the best dad he can be. But he's so out of touch with her that he neglects to realize she's a 9 year old. Core examples of this are how he gifts her with a play fort and a girly bicycle ''with training wheels'' for her birthday.
* PoorCommunicationKills: In light of Mr. Rich, Lily hasn't told Lucas about [[spoiler:how Leonard is going to take her to court in order to get the estate]]. So when she runs herself ragged over the stress and insists he go to Will Donald's party instead of being with her, she does so expecting him to stay by her side over something ''she hasn't even told him''. This leads to Lily believing Lucas is insensitive and couldn't care less about her problems, causing her to hold a grudge against him. It's only later when Regina asks Lily if she ''bothered'' to tell Lucas about any of her issues that she [[HeelRealization realizes]] she's been keeping him in the dark and getting angry at him for not reading her mind.
** Lucas is a less malicious example. He really does love Karen with all his heart and wants to be the best dad he can be. But he's so out of touch with her that he neglects to realize she's a 9 year old. Core examples of this are how he gifts her with a play fort and a girly bicycle ''with training wheels'' for her birthday.
* PoorCommunicationKills: In light of Mr. Rich, Lily hasn't told Lucas about [[spoiler:how Leonard is going to take her to court in order to get the estate]]. So when she runs herself ragged over the stress and insists he go to Will Donald's party instead of being with her, she does so expecting him to stay by her side over something ''she hasn't even told him''. This leads to Lily believing Lucas is insensitive and couldn't care less about her problems, causing her to hold a grudge against him. It's only later when Regina asks Lily if she ''bothered'' to tell Lucas about any of her issues that she [[HeelRealization realizes]] she's been keeping him in the dark and getting angry at him for not reading her mind.
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** Marie and Arthur actually avert this, much to Holly's confusion. It often frustrated her that they loved her unconditionally, even when she didn't deserve it. It was her wish that they were to do something flawed for once so she could relate to them.
**Lucas Luke is a less malicious example. He really does love Karen with all his heart and wants to be the best dad he can be. But he's so out of touch with her that he neglects to realize she's a 9 year old. Core examples of this are how he gifts her with a play fort and a girly bicycle ''with training wheels'' for her birthday.
* PoorCommunicationKills: In light of Mr. Rich, Lily hasn't toldLucas Luke about [[spoiler:how Leonard is going to take her to court in order to get the estate]]. So when she runs herself ragged over the stress and insists he go to Will Donald's party instead of being with her, she does so expecting him to stay by her side over something ''she hasn't even told him''. This leads to Lily believing Lucas Luke is insensitive and couldn't care less about her problems, causing her to hold a grudge against him. It's only later when Regina asks Lily if she ''bothered'' to tell Lucas Luke about any of her issues that she [[HeelRealization realizes]] she's been keeping him in the dark and getting angry at him for not reading her mind.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: In light of Mr. Rich, Lily hasn't told
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* SamusIsAGirl: Lucas initially addresses his dog as a "he". But it takes Lily to realize "he" is actually a "she".
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* ShutUpHannibal: In the climax of "Isla Bonita", [[spoiler: Brigette tries to justify that the reason she essentially kidnapped Lucas was to get back at Lily by taking what she held dear. Regina rightly shoots down her excuse by snarking "Poor little rich girl. Doesn't get her way and everybody has to suffer? I don't think so!"]]
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* ShutUpHannibal: In the climax of "Isla Bonita", [[spoiler: Brigette tries to justify that the reason she essentially kidnapped Lucas Luke was to get back at Lily by taking what she held dear. Regina rightly shoots down her excuse by snarking "Poor little rich girl. Doesn't get her way and everybody has to suffer? I don't think so!"]]
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** Towards the beginning of the story, Lucas has a brand new car with the intention of [[spoiler: using it to win back his ex-wife Rachel. This represents that (as Lily puts it) Lucas is focusing on all the wrong things, like bribing Rachel instead of cleaning up his act so he can have custody of Karen. Later, Lucas sells the car, as though reflecting he's let go of his tendency for focusing on the wrong things.]]
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** Towards the beginning of the story, Lucas Luke has a brand new car with the intention of [[spoiler: using it to win back his ex-wife Rachel. This represents that (as Lily puts it) Lucas Luke is focusing on all the wrong things, like bribing Rachel instead of cleaning up his act so he can have custody of Karen. Later, Lucas Luke sells the car, as though reflecting he's let go of his tendency for focusing on the wrong things.]]
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* VillainousBreakdown: Played with in "Under the Influence". [[spoiler: Tina's not an outright villain so much as she is a FalseFriend and a BadInfluencer who made a laughing stock out of Holly. But when she's snowed inside a shed and fearing for her life, she frantically loses her cool and starts ranting at her fans for being unhelpful to rescue her. She even spills the beans about how her husband is divorcing her, and how stressed she is that his virtual "empire" is "eclipsing" her own. The aftermath allows her to [[HeelRealization realize]] she's been neglecting herself as a person.]]
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* VillainousBreakdown: Played with in "Under the Influence". [[spoiler: Tina's not an outright villain so much as she is a FalseFriend and a BadInfluencer who made a laughing stock out of Holly. But when she's snowed inside a shed and fearing for her life, she frantically loses her cool and starts ranting at her fans for being unhelpful to rescue her. She even spills the beans about how her husband is divorcing her, and how stressed she is that his virtual "empire" is "eclipsing" her own. The aftermath allows her to [[HeelRealization realize]] she's been neglecting herself as a person. Though all of that falls down once she reveals she's only pretended to have learned her lesson so she could keep exploiting Lily and her peers' help to get back into the Fluence Festival.]]
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* FreudianExcuse: Holly's actions are often driven by her past, especially when those actions are questionable. For instance, the reason she threw herself into husband hunting was because of a bad experience where [[spoiler: her legal husband dumped her Aunt Marie's house when she was nearly due with Lily.]] From that day forward, she went through husband after husband in hopes of [[spoiler: giving Lily someone better than her birth father]]. And on "Isla Bonita", when Lily confronts her mom's insistence on making [[spoiler: Alma and Santiago's wedding as ostentatious and grandiose as possible, Holly admits it was because she never had the wedding of her dreams and wants to give them a good wedding]].
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* FreudianExcuse: Holly's actions are often driven by her past, especially when those actions are questionable. For instance, the reason she threw herself into husband hunting was because of a bad experience where [[spoiler: her legal husband dumped her at Aunt Marie's Marie and Uncle Arthur's house when moments before she was nearly due with Lily.]] From that day forward, she went through husband after husband in hopes of [[spoiler: giving Lily someone better than her birth father]]. And on "Isla Bonita", when Lily confronts her mom's insistence on making [[spoiler: Alma and Santiago's wedding as ostentatious and grandiose as possible, Holly admits it was because she never had the wedding of her dreams and wants to vicariously give them a good wedding]].
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* {{Symbolism}}: Towards the beginning of the story, Lucas has a brand new car with the intention of [[spoiler: using it to win back his ex-wife Rachel. This represents that (as Lily puts it) Lucas is focusing on all the wrong things, like bribing Rachel instead of cleaning up his act so he can have custody of Karen. Later, Lucas sells the car, as though reflecting he's let go of his tendency for focusing on the wrong things.]]
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* {{Symbolism}}: Lily keeping the engagement ring Blaine once gave her can be seen as a symbol that although she intends to sell it to keep everything afloat, she still has issues to work out with him. [[spoiler: When she ousts him as having used her, she gives him back the ring, showing she's done with him and has found closure in cutting him off.]]
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** Lily keeping the engagement ring Blaine once gave her can be seen as a symbol that although she intends to sell it to keep everything afloat, she still has issues to work out with him. [[spoiler: When she ousts him as having used her, she gives him back the ring, showing she's done with him and has found closure in cutting him off.]]
** Towards the beginning of the story, Lucas has a brand new car with the intention of [[spoiler: using it to win back his ex-wife Rachel. This represents that (as Lily puts it) Lucas is focusing on all the wrong things, like bribing Rachel instead of cleaning up his act so he can have custody of Karen. Later, Lucas sells the car, as though reflecting he's let go of his tendency for focusing on the wrong things.]]
** Lily keeping the engagement ring Blaine once gave her can be seen as a symbol that although she intends to sell it to keep everything afloat, she still has issues to work out with him. [[spoiler: When she ousts him as having used her, she gives him back the ring, showing she's done with him and has found closure in cutting him off.]]
** Towards the beginning of the story, Lucas has a brand new car with the intention of [[spoiler: using it to win back his ex-wife Rachel. This represents that (as Lily puts it) Lucas is focusing on all the wrong things, like bribing Rachel instead of cleaning up his act so he can have custody of Karen. Later, Lucas sells the car, as though reflecting he's let go of his tendency for focusing on the wrong things.]]
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* {{Symbolism}}: Lily keeping the engagement ring Blaine once gave her can be seen as a symbol that although she intends to sell it to keep everything afloat, she still has issues to work out with him. [[spoiler: When she ousts him as having used her, she gives him back the ring, showing she's done with him and has found closure in cutting him off.]]
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** Holly had resentment towards Aunt Marie (the woman who raised and unconditionally loved her), while she idolized her biological mother for being a famous celebrity. The irony comes in when, compared to Aunt Marie, Holly's mother was never there for Holly and (if Lily's words are to be believed) wasn't exactly a nice person either.
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** Holly had resentment towards Aunt Marie (the woman who raised and unconditionally loved her), while she idolized her biological mother for being a famous celebrity. The irony comes in when, compared to Aunt Marie, Holly's mother was never there for Holly and (if Lily's words are to be believed) wasn't exactly a nice person either. Meanwhile, not only was Aunt Marie like a mother to her niece, but [[spoiler: she was relatively ''more'' accomplished than Holly's biological mother, from being a pilot in World War 2, all the way to being a famed (if anonymous) author of a popular book series.]]
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Holly didn't get along with Aunt Marie because in her eyes, she wasn't her mother. Rather, her biological mother Miranda Roberts was her ''real'' mother, along with being a glamorous movie star. Nevermind that Marie [=LaRosa=] was her Aunt, Godmother, Legal Guardian and [[FamilyOfChoice the one who cared for her like a daughter]]. Never mind that Miranda Roberts wasn't a part of her daughter's life and (allegedly) wasn't a good person. Holly was adamant that her aunt stop trying to be her mother on the basis they weren't mother and daughter by blood.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: In Isla Bonita, [[spoiler: while Lily is genuinely satisfied Mr. Rich was defeated by Alma, she also feels [[SympathyForTheDevil bad]] knowing the island was a symbol of his [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes love]] for a woman. Regina, on the other hand, also has a point when she says she has no sympathy for the man, as his machinations essentially swindled Alma's grandparents out of their rightful home.]]
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: On Day 20 of the first arc, Lily and Regina apologize to each other for the previous day. Lily is sorry she [[spoiler: allowed the "new" Blaine to walk all over her and didn't tell Regina about him]], as she should've been more assertive, and been honest with her friend. Regina also has her fair share of apologies, as she recognizes she flew off the handle with Lily when she should've been more sympathetic of how complicated the situation was.
** In Isla Bonita, [[spoiler: while Lily is genuinely satisfied Mr. Rich was defeated by Alma, she also feels [[SympathyForTheDevil bad]] knowing the island was a symbol of his [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes love]] for a woman. Regina, on the other hand, also has a point when she says she has no sympathy for the man, as his machinations essentially swindled Alma's grandparents out of their rightful home.]]
** In Isla Bonita, [[spoiler: while Lily is genuinely satisfied Mr. Rich was defeated by Alma, she also feels [[SympathyForTheDevil bad]] knowing the island was a symbol of his [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes love]] for a woman. Regina, on the other hand, also has a point when she says she has no sympathy for the man, as his machinations essentially swindled Alma's grandparents out of their rightful home.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Around Day 21, Lily wonders out loud why the LaRosa-Ricci mill would be relatively far away from Aunt Mary's house instead of close by where its owner can supervise. [[spoiler: An eagle eye will spot that it ''is'' close by the true LaRosa Estate, since Phillip is hiding the truth of the estate's grounds as part of the SecretTestOfCharacter.]]
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* MeaningfulEcho: While telling Lily how she and Lucas got together, Rachel shares a piece of wisdom about how one doesn't need a "counterbalance" to be whole, but rather it falls to one to complete themselves. [[spoiler:Later, when he's ousted for being in cahoots with Larry, Blaine tries to reason with Lily that he should remain with her because she "completes" him. Lily uses Rachel's earlier words as a counterargument so he leaves for good.]]
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* MeaningfulEcho: While telling Lily how she and Lucas got together, Rachel shares a piece of wisdom about how one doesn't need a "counterbalance" to be whole, but rather it falls to one to complete themselves.themselves before they can love another. [[spoiler:Later, when he's ousted for being in cahoots with Larry, Blaine tries to reason with Lily that he should remain with her because she "completes" him. Lily uses Rachel's earlier words as a counterargument so he leaves for good.]]
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** Holly had resentment towards Aunt Marie (the woman who raised and unconditionally loved her), while she idolized her biological mother for being a famous celebrity. The irony comes in when, compared to Aunt Marie, Holly's mother was never there for Holly and (if Lily's words are to be believed) wasn't exactly a nice person either.
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* SweetAndSourGrapes: In "Isla Bonita", [[spoiler: Sophia reveals to her father Leonard Ricci that instead of putting her efforts into building a casino as of late, she's instead built a boat for Ernesto. Leonard initially expresses disappointment in his daughter for what initially seems to be a sign she's not self-made. But Sophia in turn admits it's no longer about earning his approval ''or'' his money. She did this for herself and for someone she loved. With that said, Leonard rescinds his DissappointedInYou remark and tells her he's [[SoProudOfYou so proud of how she's grown self-sufficient]].]]
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* BlatantLies: Cousin Larry claims that his father (Lily's Uncle Arthur) would've wanted the first floor of the house renovated with lots of wet bars. Lily is skeptical. And it doesn't help that Aunt Marie's drawing of the house simply being built with a balcony disproves Larry's notion of what his father would've "wanted". [[spoiler: It goes UpToEleven when it's revealed Larry's been lying through his teeth about being related to Uncle Arthur ''at all''.]]
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* BlatantLies: Cousin Larry claims that his father (Lily's Uncle Arthur) would've wanted the first floor of the house renovated with lots of wet bars. Lily is skeptical. And it doesn't help that Aunt Marie's drawing of the house simply being built with a balcony disproves Larry's notion of what his father would've "wanted". [[spoiler: It goes UpToEleven gets '''worse''' when it's revealed Larry's been lying through his teeth about being related to Uncle Arthur ''at all''.]]
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* ShutUpHannibal: In the climax of "Isla Bonita", [[spoiler: Brigette tries to justify that the reason she stole Lucas was to get back at Lily by taking what she held dear. Regina rightly shoots down her excuse by snarking "Poor little rich girl. Doesn't get her way and everybody has to suffer? I don't think so!"]]
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* ShutUpHannibal: In the climax of "Isla Bonita", [[spoiler: Brigette tries to justify that the reason she stole essentially kidnapped Lucas was to get back at Lily by taking what she held dear. Regina rightly shoots down her excuse by snarking "Poor little rich girl. Doesn't get her way and everybody has to suffer? I don't think so!"]]so!"]]
* {{Symbolism}}: Towards the beginning of the story, Lucas has a brand new car with the intention of [[spoiler: using it to win back his ex-wife Rachel. This represents that (as Lily puts it) Lucas is focusing on all the wrong things, like bribing Rachel instead of cleaning up his act so he can have custody of Karen. Later, Lucas sells the car, as though reflecting he's let go of his tendency for focusing on the wrong things.]]
* {{Symbolism}}: Towards the beginning of the story, Lucas has a brand new car with the intention of [[spoiler: using it to win back his ex-wife Rachel. This represents that (as Lily puts it) Lucas is focusing on all the wrong things, like bribing Rachel instead of cleaning up his act so he can have custody of Karen. Later, Lucas sells the car, as though reflecting he's let go of his tendency for focusing on the wrong things.]]
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* VillainousBreakdown: Played with in "Under the Influence". [[spoiler: Tina's not an outright villain so much as she is a FalseFriend who made a laughing stock out of Holly. But when she's snowed inside a shed and fearing for her life, she frantically loses her cool and starts ranting at her fans for being unhelpful to rescue her. She even spills the beans about how her husband is divorcing her, and how stressed she is that his virtual "empire" is "eclipsing" her own. The aftermath allows her to [[HeelRealization realize]] she's been neglecting herself as a person.]]
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* VillainousBreakdown: Played with in "Under the Influence". [[spoiler: Tina's not an outright villain so much as she is a FalseFriend and a BadInfluencer who made a laughing stock out of Holly. But when she's snowed inside a shed and fearing for her life, she frantically loses her cool and starts ranting at her fans for being unhelpful to rescue her. She even spills the beans about how her husband is divorcing her, and how stressed she is that his virtual "empire" is "eclipsing" her own. The aftermath allows her to [[HeelRealization realize]] she's been neglecting herself as a person.]]
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* BadInfluencer: Lily's college roommate Tina has gone on to become a social media influencer. The "Under the Influence" event sees her enlisting Lily and her friends to help fix up her old cabin, with the promise of making them social media personalities. In reality, she just wants the free labor, and is secretly ridiculing them all on social media.
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* {{Foil}}: Between Sophia and Bridgette [[spoiler: Ricci. While both were trying to build a casino on an island (which their father illegally swindled) in order to prove their worth to him, how they go about it is where the two sisters [[NotSoSimilar diverge]]. Sophia grew out of her wish to please her father when she fell in love with Ernesto. Along the way, she realized she was hurting Ernesto and chose to restore a boat herself in order to earn his trust again. Despite Mr. Rich's claims he was [[DisappointedInYou disappointed]] Sophia couldn't complete the casino, it no longer mattered to her. Compared to her sister, Bridgette remained as cruel and as [[WellDoneSonGuy hung up on pleasing her daddy]] as she ever was. And despite her best efforts to negotiate a casino in a different spot, she only ends up practically disowned by her father.]]
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-->'''Lily:''' [[spoiler: I got news for you, Brigette! Life's not about money or other people's approval. [[AnAesop What's important is to be with the people you love]]. Make them happy, keep them safe. And if [[EvilCannotComprehendEvil you can't see that]], you'll be miserable the rest of your life.]]
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-->'''Lily:''' [[spoiler: I got news for you, Brigette! Life's not about money or other people's approval. [[AnAesop What's important is to be with the people you love]]. love. Make them happy, keep them safe.safe]]. And if [[EvilCannotComprehendEvil you can't see that]], you'll be miserable the rest of your life.]]
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* HeelRealization: In the "Visitor Center arc", [[spoiler: Lily learns Evilyn plans to run the Visitor Center into the ground and let it fall into the hands of Chemix so she can frame the governor for corruption, and rise to power. Lily's the first to make Evilyn realize that by going through with this convoluted plan, [[NotSoDifferent she's no different from the corrupt politicians she claims destroyed her home]].]]
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* HeelRealization: In the "Visitor Center arc", [[spoiler: Lily learns Evilyn plans to run the Visitor Center into the ground and let it fall into the hands of Chemix so she can frame the governor for corruption, and rise to power. Lily's the first to make Evilyn realize that by going through with this convoluted plan, [[NotSoDifferent [[NotSoDifferentRemark she's no different from the corrupt politicians she claims destroyed her home]].]]
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: While setting up for the party to celebrate [[spoiler: Lily winning the case]], Karen and Holly become tight friends when they bond over their [[NotSoDifferent child-like]] [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike behavior]].
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: While setting up for the party to celebrate [[spoiler: Lily winning the case]], Karen and Holly become tight friends when they bond over their [[NotSoDifferent child-like]] child-like [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike behavior]].
