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** In "Roadtrip", Jonas say his "flux capacitor ran out of uranium at about four", a clear reference to ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' (even if he should've said "plutonium").

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** In "Roadtrip", Jonas say his "flux capacitor ran out of uranium at about four", a clear reference to ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' (even if he should've said "plutonium").

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* DespairEventHorizon: After seeing how widespread the Order is, Bree decides the Order is simply too powerful to fight and decides to surrender herself for the Ceremony. [[spoiler:Subverted when it turns out in a few episodes that she actually has a plan to save both Daniel and herself.]]



* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** The ratings P. Monkey gives the cookies in "Bree The Cookie Monster" form a date (October 12, 2006), as the third rating's leading zero sort of gives away. [[spoiler:It's the date of the Ceremony Bree says she's going to in the next episode.]]
** In "Where Are They Going?", Daniel says at the end that there's a lot of doctor's offices in the office park Lucy and Bree are at, and he wonders if Bree's getting a check-up. Much later in the season, [[spoiler:we find out that the reason the Order of Denderah wants Bree is for her blood, so this was likely the case.]]
** In "Following The Helper", we see Lucy has a map with several marked locations in her apartment, including Zavalla, Texas, where the protagonists will eventually travel.



* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: Several episode titles sound like something a teenager would write for their [=YouTube=] videos. This goes as far back as Episode 1: "First Blog / Dorkiness Prevails."

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* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: Several A number of episodes have titles which could be read more than one way, such as "Awkward Threesome", "Girl Tied Up" and "Jennie Bares All", which Amanda Goodfried has claimed responsibility for. There's also an episode titles sound like something a teenager would write for their [=YouTube=] videos. This goes as far back as Episode 1: "First Blog / Dorkiness Prevails."called "Lying Bastards".



* {{Irony}}: After the major reveal a month later in "Tough Cookie", [[spoiler:Gemma's warning to Bree in "Don't Trust the Authorities" about the authorities because "they might not be what they seem" is this after we learn that Gemma herself is working for the Order to try to lure Bree into their clutches, obviously making her not the friend she presents herself to Bree as.]]



* JitterCam: {{Justified}} since, InUniverse, these are kids recording their experiences with camcorders.

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* JitterCam: {{Justified}} [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since, InUniverse, these are kids recording their experiences with camcorders.



* MisplacedVegetation: The bush behind Gemma in "Scared To Go Home" is more likely to be growing in California than London. [[spoiler:Amazingly, this ended up being a plot point. In "Gemma? [Part III]", Tachyon reveals that Gemma ''was actually in California instead of London in-universe'', because she's TheMole for the Order.]]



* NeverTrustATitle: One of Bree's fairly early videos is titled "I Completed The Ceremony :)". [[spoiler:The Ceremony Bree did in the previous episode was a fake, specifically made as a trap for Daniel.]]



* OddlySmallOrganization: The Order, particularly in Season 1, appears to consist of Bree's watcher, her counselor Lucy, and a couple of other goons. The latter seasons [[DownplayedTrope downplay]] this, adding more faces and more distinct goons and Watchers to the cast, including Virgil. {{Justified}} since the TAAG spend most of their time in the American southwest, so it can be assumed that Lucy and some of the others are assigned to that area.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Occasionally you can hear Bree's accent slip into Jessica Rose's native New Zealander. {{Justified}} since Bree was partly raised in New Zealand and the US.

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* OddlySmallOrganization: The Order, particularly in Season 1, appears to consist of Bree's watcher, her counselor Lucy, and a couple of other goons. The latter seasons [[DownplayedTrope downplay]] this, adding more faces and more distinct goons and Watchers to the cast, including Virgil. {{Justified}} [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since the TAAG spend most of their time in the American southwest, so it can be assumed that Lucy and some of the others are assigned to that area.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Occasionally you can hear Bree's accent slip into Jessica Rose's native New Zealander. {{Justified}} [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since Bree was partly raised in New Zealand and the US.



* PacManFever: The classic VideoGames in "Mission Gamma". {{Justified}} because the point of the episode is to train a character to detect patterns, which most such games have in abundance.

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* PacManFever: The classic VideoGames in "Mission Gamma". {{Justified}} [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because the point of the episode is to train a character to detect patterns, which most such games have in abundance.



** In the first 60 episodes of the series, Bree and Daniel break up and get back together ''three times.'' {{Justified}} by both of them being teenagers, though.

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** In the first 60 episodes of the series, Bree and Daniel break up and get back together ''three times.'' {{Justified}} [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by both of them being teenagers, though.

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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Sarah alludes to herself going on them in "Let's Play Doctor" (her "D-batteries and makes a lot of noise" line) and "Everybody Does It ;)" (''[slaps a washing machine]'' "Done the fun here too. Um, and not with anyone else.") and jokes that Jennie is about to go on one in "Bathroom Talk".
--->'''Sarah:''' Yeah, I'll give you some privacy. ''(looks puzzled)'' In the bathroom, with a video camera. ''(smiles and nods)'' Kinky! What's the matter, Jonas not up to the task?



--->'''Sarah:''' ''(pulling the camera closer)'' [[ADateWithRosiePalms It involves D-batteries, and makes a lot of noise.]]

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--->'''Sarah:''' ''(pulling the camera closer)'' [[ADateWithRosiePalms It involves D-batteries, and makes a lot of noise.]]
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* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: Why aren't the TAAG easily apprehended by the Order or arrested by the police when they keep posting their location and videotaping themselves committing a very large number of crimes? Simple, because then there wouldn't be a show.[[note]]A Nikki Bower video partially [[HandWave hand waved]] this by saying that the Order, for whatever reason, doesn't watch the TAAG's videos.[[/note]]



* NecessaryWeasel: Why aren't the TAAG easily apprehended by the Order or arrested by the police when they keep posting their location and videotaping themselves committing a very large number of crimes? Simple, because then there wouldn't be a show.[[note]]A Nikki Bower video partially [[HandWave hand waved]] this by saying that the Order, for whatever reason, doesn't watch the TAAG's videos.[[/note]]
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* AluminumChristmasTrees:
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelema There really is a religion]] founded by Creator/AleisterCrowley.
** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendera_Temple_complex The Temple of Dendera]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendera_zodiac Zodiac of Dendera]] are also real things.
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On the 16th of June 2006, a [=YouTube=] user with the screenname [[https://www.youtube.com/user/lonelygirl15 lonelygirl15]] uploaded a video entitled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-goXKtd6cPo "First Blog / Dorkiness Prevails"]]. In this video, she introduced herself as Bree, a sixteen-year-old self-confessed [[{{nerd}} dork]]. More video blogs followed, many also featuring her best friend, Daniel, perhaps better known as Danielbeast.

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On the 16th of June 2006, a [=YouTube=] user with the screenname [[https://www.youtube.com/user/lonelygirl15 lonelygirl15]] uploaded a video entitled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-goXKtd6cPo "First Blog / Dorkiness Prevails"]]. In this video, she introduced herself as Bree, a sixteen-year-old self-confessed [[{{nerd}} dork]].dork. More video blogs followed, many also featuring her best friend, Daniel, perhaps better known as Danielbeast.



%%* {{Nerd}}: Spencer.
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%%* HollywoodNerd: Most of the characters.

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* BlatantLies:
** Every time someone says they aren't filming. With the InUniverseCamera that the video of them saying that is being filmed on.
** An extreme ([[PlayedForLaughs and hilarious]]) example of the above comes from the revival episode "Paranoid much?", where Daniel lies about turning the camera off three times in a row, and Spencer catches him every time until he actually turns the camera off.
** Shortly after Daniel gets a new girlfriend, Sarah, who's feeling jealous about it, ''spanks Daniel on the ass in front of everybody including said girlfriend...'' and then claims she did it to test the spatula she used to make sure it was durable.



* CutShort: The revival series ''LG15: Anchor Cove'' was put on indefinite hiatus after just six episodes.

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* CutShort: The revival series ''LG15: ''[=LG15=]: Anchor Cove'' was put on indefinite hiatus after just six episodes.
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* BlatantBurglar: Sarah calls out Daniel for this as he prepares to break into a bad guy's apartment in "Am I A Criminal?" (although he's a {{DownplayedTrope downplayed}} example, only wearing a black hoodie with the hood up)

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* BlatantBurglar: Sarah calls out Daniel for this as he prepares to break into a bad guy's apartment in "Am I A Criminal?" (although he's a {{DownplayedTrope downplayed}} [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example, only wearing a black hoodie with the hood up)
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* SymbolSwearing: Used to some degree in any video title that would otherwise have a swear in it, such as "What the F*@k???" and "Stupid B!tch!".
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* VowOfCelibacy: Ceremony girls are required to maintain a "purity bond" during their preparation for the Ceremony, which includes not only celibacy but being intimate at all.

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* BlatantBurglar: Sarah calls out Daniel for this as he prepares to break into a bad guy's apartment in "Am I A Criminal?" (although he's a {{DownplayedTrope downplayed}} example, only wearing a black hoodie with the hood up)
--->'''Sarah:''' If you're gonna break into someone's house in the middle of the day, you probably don't want to dress like a cat burglar.



* BreakingTheBonds: "What The Hell?!??!": [[spoiler:Jonas]] appears to have broken free from some ropes of his own accord, but this turns out to be a slight subversion since it is revealed shortly afterwards that Daniel loosened the ropes for him.

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* BreakingTheBonds: "What The Hell?!??!": [[spoiler:Jonas]] appears to have broken free from some ropes of his own accord, but this turns out to be a slight subversion since it is revealed shortly afterwards that Daniel loosened the ropes for him.



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%%* CallBack* CallBack: A lot of them, mostly with episode titles referencing past episode titles.
** "Proving Bree Wrong" and "Science Proved Nothing" are clear references to the "Proving Science Wrong" videos from early in Season 1.
** "Sluttiness Prevails", the second episode of Season 2, is one to "First Blog / Dorkiness Prevails", the first episode of the series.
** "My Parents Suck Too" (early Season 2) to "My Parents Suck" (early Season 1).
** Daniel pulling a YawnAndReach on Sarah in "Rockin' the Boat", over 180 episodes after Bree demonstrated it in "My First Kiss".



* CutShort: The revival series ''LG15: Anchor Cove'' was put on indefinite hiatus after just six episodes.



--->'''Jonas:''' Listen, Mamasitas lock up your daughters, OK, 'cause the Beast here is south of the border, and, uh, not for nothing dude, you put the "ho" in "Mexico". ''(Daniel laughs)''

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--->'''Jonas:''' Listen, Mamasitas Mamasitas, lock up your daughters, OK, 'cause the Beast here is south of the border, and, uh, not for nothing dude, you put the "ho" in "Mexico". ''(Daniel laughs)''



** [[spoiler:Gemma]] is revealed to be this by Tachyon, when she discovers [[spoiler:Gemma]] is trying to lure Bree in a trap laid by the Order.

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** [[spoiler:Gemma]] is revealed to be this by Tachyon, when she discovers [[spoiler:Gemma]] is trying to lure Bree in into a trap laid by the Order.


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* MoodWhiplash: Used in many episodes, usually with most of it being light-hearted and comical then turning much darker at the end.
** "Vegas, Baby!" and "In The Bedroom" both have the TAAG goofing around, having fun, and [[spoiler:suddenly getting pursued by a Shadow at the end.]]
** "Backyard Bikini Patrol" is mostly funny and light-hearted, then gets dark when they find a message from Salinas that seems directed at them.
** "Flesh Wound" goes the opposite direction, starting with the TAAG panicked and arguing over whether to take Jonas to a hospital or not to treat his injury, then suddenly veering into almost sitcom-esque humor when Bree tells that audience they took Jonas to the vet instead and wrote him down as "Fido".


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* WeHaveTheKeys: Twice in "In The Closet":
** First, Daniel tries to hop the gate outside the apartment building, only for Taylor to push the unlocked gate open while he's still trying to climb it.
** Then, Jonas finds a seemingly-locked door in the apartment and prepares to kick it open... when Taylor stops him and opens it herself after some wiggling, explaining that the door sticks.
--->'''Taylor''': Not everyone padlocks their doors, guys.
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