History WesternAnimation / AsToldByGinger

* JerkassHasAPoint: She was a bitch about it, but Dodie did have a point when Ginger invited Darren to go with them to the State Fair without asking Dodie or Macie first, especially as it was a long-standing tradition between the three of them.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Ginger and Darren. Especially in the [[spoiler: DistantFinale, when we see Darren holding a baby girl with supsiciously familiar [[DarkSkinnedRedHead ginger-hair]].]]

* DarkSkinnedRedHead: Noelle Sussman. [[spoiler: Darren & Ginger's daughter as seen in the DistantFinale]]

* SuckySchool: The Lucky School District falls into this trope. SadistTeachers are often hired, a few principals including Milty are DeanBitterman types who spend their time playing golf when they're not punishing students, the discipline is poor, and one episode shows Milty complaining that all they really do there is punish and humiliate students.

* AbsenteeActor: Macie does not appear in the episode "Ten Chairs", though she is mentioned to be visiting her aunt. This makes Ginger, Dodie, Carl, and Hoodsey the only characters to appear in all 60 episodes.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: In Macie's case, learning about female reproduction.

It ran for about 4 years from 2000 to 2004 (with the finale being released on DVD and a couple of the episodes leading up to the finale being left unaired in the US, although one of these episodes aired on Nicktoons in 2006, and four more of them aired on Creator/TeenNick's The Splat block in October 2016). In January 2021, the series was added to [[Creator/ParamountPlus CBS All Access]], where the last episode of the originally unaired bundle was finally released.

* AbortedArc: The storyline of Ginger finding out that Dodie and Macie were trying to break her and Darren up was never resolved.

* BiggerOnTheInside: Carl's doghouse hideout. Even with the extension that was added to the doghouse (which is only used as the entrance), it still doesn't look big enough to house all the shelves, the barber chair, and more than one person ("Sleep on It" someohow had four people in it).

** Played straight with Carl and Hoodsey, who always wear the same things unless there's a change in weather, with the implication that they don't bathe too often.

** This actually becomes PlayedForDrama in "Stuff'll Kill Ya", where Ginger wearing the same outfit she wore yesterday [[OOCIsSeriousBusienss was alarm-causing.]]

It ran for about 4 years from 2000 to 2004 (with the finale being released on DVD and a couple of the episodes leading up to the finale being left unaired in the US, although one of these episodes aired on Nicktoons in 2006, and four more of them aired on Creator/TeenNick's The Splat block in October 2016). As of January 2021 the series has been added to Creator/CBSAllAccess.

* AnAesop: The episode "Stuff Will Kill You" shows Ginger developing an addiction to coffee. Lois had previously gotten away with her ParentalHypocrisy about makeup and leg-shaving, but she is called out on her ''own'' dependency on coffee (which, for a nurse, is ''very'' TruthInTelevision) for hypocrisy as well as not setting a very good example for Ginger.

* RealityEnsues:
** In the episode "Fast Reputation," Carl and Hoodsey's food stand is shut down permanently due to the stand violating the health department standards.
** In "The Right Stuff," two high school girls from Macie and Courtney's French class try embarrassing Courtney by removing her bikini top at a pool party that Macie's throwing (albeit very reluctantly). They succeed, but now everyone hates them for not only ruining the party but also for pulling such a mean prank on a middle school student. Also, Macie and her friends, Ginger and Dodie, manage to save Courtney before anyone can see anything.
** In "Driven to Extremes" after dealing with a sadist substitute teacher, Ginger gets fed up and verbally stands up to her. This just results in Ginger being sent to detention, thus making the episode a DownerEnding. This is due to Ginger's actions to the teacher being viewed as insubordination and disrespect to the authority (whether the student is right or wrong). Also, the substitute teacher [[KarmaHoudini receives no comeuppance for her actions]].
** In "Sibling Revile-ry," Carl learns a whale's habitat was destroyed by a red tide. When Hoodsey points out there are other whales probably suffering in that same habitat, [[ItMakesSenseInContext Carl decides to help by flushing vegetables he made down the school's toilet to revitalize the habitat.]] The vegetables just end up clogging (and then rupturing) the school's septic tank.

* AmateurFilmMakingPlot: Carl and Hoodsey are into this in "Lunatic Lake," looking to make an epic low-budget horror movie, complete with shooting it [[{{Retraux}} using black-and-white Super 8 film]]. Hoodsey sees the opportunity with the Bishop family vacation to Loon Lake (which Ginger and Macie are already coming on as well) to bring Carl along to make such a film, especially since there are rumors that an escaped lunatic is on the loose, and Blake Gripling is on a survival campout in the Loon Lake area, so naturally Carl and Hoodsey decide to make Blake their "victim." Naturally, things go wrong for both the movie shoot and the vacation in general, at least up until Carl and Hoodsey get actual footage of the real lunatic (rather than using their Halloween mask as planned) and [[ThrowItIn decide to use that footage along with what they also filmed and fake the rest at home]].

-->'''Miranda''': Now [[LesYay she's cute]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: "The Easter Ham" has the girls and Darren watching a soap opera where a woman attempts suicide at her daughter's birthday party, a dramatic mother ruining her daughter's party plans? Later Dodie was forbidden from going to Darren's birthday party (Ginger throwing it) because JoAnn decided her life needed to be Foutley-free.

** SadistTeacher Mrs. Grimley takes this UpToEleven. She makes the entire class push their desks against the wall and forces them to write progressively longer essays for infractions.

** Played straight with Carl and Hoodsey, who always wear the same things unless there's a change in weather, with the implication that [[{{Squick}} they don't bathe too often.]]

** WordOfGod has it that Miranda was originally white, but they redesigned her as black to introduce more diversity to the cast.

** In "Driven to Extremes", Ginger's class get an extremely strict substitute teacher, Mrs. Grimley, when Ms. Zorski comes down with the flu. It gets so bad that Miranda and the others decide to TP her house and pelt her with eggs.

* SilentCredits: "No Hope for Courtney" has no music during the credit roll due to the episode ending with the passing of Mrs. Gordon, followed by an InMemoriam for her voice actress, Kathleen Freeman.

* StalkerWithoutACrush: Dodie gives off this vibe towards Courtney. [[LesYay Although...]]

** FridgeBrilliance - They're in Middle School, a time when kids haven't mentally matured and tend to be more self-absorbed
** Not to mention, [=Joann=] is NotSoDifferent from Dodie.

** Joann Bishop anyone? She's very rude to Carl, to the extent she badmouths him [[KickTheDog in front of Ginger]], whom she merely seems to tolerate because of Dodie and makes remarks about the Foutley's in general, not to mention just generally being a shrill, irritating nag.

** Joann Bishop anyone? She's very rude to Carl, to the extent she badmouths him [[KickTheDog in front of Ginger]], whom she merely seems to tolerate because of Dodie and makes catty remarks about the Foutley's in general, not to mention just generally being a shrill, irritating nag.

** Most Season 2 episodes state or imply that the girls are now in 8th grade (and Carl in 5th), but "Family Therapy", which is more than halfway into the season, states that Macie and Mipsy are turning 13 in April and Ginger, Dodie, and Courtney are still 12, which would mean they're back in 7th grade. It is also said in "Love With a Proper Transfer Student" that Ginger is "not a teenager yet".
** Some Season 1 episodes suggest that Lucky Junior High starts at 7th grade, but later episodes imply that it starts at 6th, and Carl and Hoodsey beginning attending the school when they reach 6th grade near the end of the series. Of course, it's possible that the system changed shortly after the series began.

* ShowerShy: In "Gym Class Confidential" Hoodsey is not too fond of showering after PE, but Carl manages to convince him otherwise at the end of the episode.

* SickEpisode: When Ginger gets appendicitis.

** Also occurs in the episode "Wicked Game," in spades. The episode in which Dodie's mother ends up subbing at Lucky Junior High suggests Dodie inherited this tendency from Mom.

It ran for about 4 years from 2000 to 2004 (with the finale being released on DVD and a couple of the episodes leading up to the finale being left unaired in the US, although one of these episodes aired on Nicktoons in 2006, and four more of them aired on Creator/TeenNick's The Splat block in October 2016).

* LowestCosmicDenominator: Despite its reputation for being much more mature than other Nicktoons, they were still not allowed to say "God" in any form.
** In several episodes, Carl and/or Hoodsey mention the "Big Guy" or "Big Guy Upstairs". A notable example is in "A Lesson Tightropes", where Lois sees Carl leaving a hospital prayer room.
--->'''Lois:''' Carl, I thought you were an atheist.
--->'''Carl:''' I needed to have a talk with the Big Guy.
** In "An 'Even Steven' Holiday Special", Ginger proclaims "Happy Birthday Baby J", which is probably the closest any Nickelodeon has been to saying Jesus' name.
** In ''Heat Lightning'', "gods" does manage to slip in.

* NotAllowedToGrowUp: 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.

*** Despite this, Dodie uses the word "suicide" in "The Easter Ham" after [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar watching a woman attempt it on a soap opera]].