History WesternAnimation / AsToldByGinger

* UngratefulBastard: Hope. She tries to tell Ginger that she'll be a looser if she hangs out with Courtney. The only reason she's now the most popular girl in school is because Ginger helped her gain confidence and advice on how to improve her image

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal - Sheltered Shrubs. Protected Pines. Avalanche Arts Academy. Camp Caprice.

* ThoseTwoGuys - Carl and Hoodsey are pretty much the only two males on the show.

* [=~Daddy Didn't Show~=] - The episode "Hello Stranger."

* LesYay - Courtney & Ginger.

* ThoseTwoGuys - Carl and Hoodsey

* SpoiledSweet - Courtney, she's naive and more than a little vain. But she almost always has good intentions and genuinely seems interested in Ginger's life.

* LesYay - Miranda and Courtney's friendship, as well as Courtney's reaching out to Ginger come off as this.

** {{Lampshaded}} when Ginger sees her friends defecting to the other side in ''Battle of the Bands''.

* MistakenForGay - Jonas Foutley, Ginger's Dad. His answering machine mentioned him living with a guy named Ben. Until it is revealed Ben is his dog.
* [[MixedMarriage Mixed Relationship]]: Ginger and Darren.
** Also, Courtney had a crush on Darren's older brother, Will.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory - The beginning of "Next Question" has the answer to the trivia question "In what year was Abraham Lincoln first ''elected'' into office?" being "1860." Not true—he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1846. (this troper is from Springfield, IL—Lincoln's hometown—and was really bugged by this error because of the emphasis put on "first" and the fact that it never said ''presidential'' office—Mr. Gardner even said this question was a "tricky one!")

* ArtisticLicenseHistory - The beginning of "Next Question" has the answer to the trivia question "In what year was Abraham Lincoln first ''elected'' into office?" with the answer being "1860." Not true—he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1846. (this troper is from Springfield, IL—Lincoln's hometown—and was really bugged by this error because of the emphasis put on "first" and the fact that it never said ''presidential'' office—Mr. Gardner even said this question was a "tricky one!")

* ArtisticLicenseHistory - The beginning of "Next Question" has the answer to the trivia question "When was Abraham Lincoln ''first'' elected to office?" with the answer being "1860." Not true—he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1846. (this troper is from Springfield, IL—Lincoln's hometown—and was really bugged by this error because of the emphasis put on "first" and the fact that it never said ''presidential'' office.)

* ACupAngst: Courtney. Justified, as she is a young adolescent, but she is not pleased about her small size. [[spoiler: To the point where an episode's plot involves foiling a plan by two HighSchool {{Alpha Bitch}}es to expose her as a bra-stuffer.]]
* AffectionateParody: The titular play of "I Spy A Witch" is essentially a musical of TheCrucible.

* AlphaBitch: Miranda, even though Courtney fits the stereotype more.

* ArtEvolution: Contender for Most Triumphant Example--the show very carefully aged the characters as it progressed.

* BeautifulAllAlong: The girls at school view Darren this way after his headgear is first removed. May be justified since a good portion of his face was obscured by metal.
* BigNo: Hoodsey does one accompanied by a SlowMotionFall in "Sibling Revile-ry."
* BlackBestFriend: Miranda for Courtney, Darren for Ginger.

* BlondGuysAreEvil - Blake Gripling

* CampGay: Brandon Higsby is implied to be this

* CloudCuckooLander: Brandon Higsby, Noelle Sussman, Polly Shuster
** Carl and Hoodsey...especially Carl
* CoolLoser: The main character and her friends are great people, but not as popular or "successful" at Lucky Jr. High

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Originally, in the unaired pilot, Ginger's voice Melissa Disney sung the theme song, but was replaced by Miranda's voice actress Cree Summer and later R&B singer Macy Gray.

* DrillSergeantNasty: George [=McGrority=], the "Big Brother" Ginger assigns Carl in "Sibling Revile-ry" as part of her "Persuasion, Not Punishment" program. A former military school cadet, George constantly carries (and blows) a whistle, makes Carl turn his room into a barracks and even sneaks into his doghouse when he attempts to flout the 8 pm bedtime imposed by George.

* GenerationXerox: Courtney is ''just like'' her mother. Same personality, same obsession with fashion, and both are very much RichInDollarsPoorInSense.

* LovableAlphaBitch: Courtney

* MeaningfulName: Lucky Junior High

** Macie Lightfoot is sometimes called "Lightweight." That's an understatement.
* MistakenForGay: Jonas Foutley, Ginger's Dad. His answering machine mentioned him living with a guy named Ben. Until it is revealed Ben is his dog.

* NoodleIncident:

* NotAllowedToGrowUp - Also notably averted for a cartoon. The characters all age throughout the series, and show subtle signs of physical changes as they grow into their teen years.

* ParentalHypocrisy: Lois forbids Ginger things like using makeup and shaving her legs, but it's immediately shown that Lois has a whole bathroom full of beauty products that she keeps locked.

---> '''Miranda:''' Wait...Sasha? Camp Caprice Sasha? 'There were copper-colored ponies'-Sasha?"

* PrecociousCrush: Carl develops a crush on [[ManicPixieDreamGirl an eccentric old lady]] he met at a nursing home, even considering their friendship to be a MayDecemberRomance. Heck, he was about to propose to her with [[{{Squick}} a worm shaped into a ring]], but [[spoiler: she died suddenly at the dinner table. He keeps her gallstone as a memento of her.]]

* RelationshipUpgrade: Ginger and Darren.
* RedheadedHero: Ginger and, in a way, Carl.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Only ''half'' of Season 3 ever aired. At a 6am timeslot no less.
* SerenadeYourLover: Ginger confesses her crush on Sasha in the first Camp Caprice special by playing him a song she had written for him on the guitar.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The unaired pilot was quite different from the show we know of today. The main difference were the designs and art style. The hair styles were different, Miranda and Darren were [[RaceLift white]], and the style was similar to the {{Rugrats}} (DerangedAnimation and all).

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Averted.
* WhereTheWhiteWomenAt: Darren and Ginger.

---> '''Miranda:''' "Wait...Sasha? Camp Caprice Sasha? 'There were copper-colored ponies'-Sasha?"

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Originally, Ginger's voice Melissa Disney sung the theme song, but was later replaced by R&B singer Macy Gray.

* ItsAllAboutMe - Dodie. One time she threw a fit when she was unable to attend Ginger's birthday party and Ginger couldn't postpone it.
* {{Jerkass}}: Miranda.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Dodie. One time she threw a fit when she was unable to attend Ginger's birthday party and Ginger couldn't postpone it.