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* IdiosyncraticWipes: Scene transitions are indicated by the turning of a page, almost like the show is taking place in Harriet's notebook.
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* PrimaryColorChampion: Harriet wears a red jacket and blue jeans, and has blonde hair. Her outfit is nearly identical to the original cover illustration of the book. That said, her shirt under the jacket is orange.

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* PrimaryColorChampion: Harriet wears a red jacket and blue jeans, and has blonde hair. Her outfit is nearly identical to the original cover illustration of the book. That said, her shirt under the jacket is orange.
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* PrimaryColorChampion: Harriet wears a red jacket and blue jeans, and has blonde hair. Her outfit is nearly identical to the original cover illustration of the book.

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* PrimaryColorChampion: Harriet wears a red jacket and blue jeans, and has blonde hair. Her outfit is nearly identical to the original cover illustration of the book. That said, her shirt under the jacket is orange.
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* DressesTheSame: Harriet buys a new coat, but discovers that resident Alpha Bitch, Marion Hawthorne, has the exact same coat, with the latter demanding that she remove it. It gets to the point where a "coat vote" is called to determine who keeps/loses the coat.

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* DressesTheSame: Harriet buys a new coat, but discovers that resident Alpha Bitch, AlphaBitch, Marion Hawthorne, has the exact same coat, with the latter demanding that she remove it. It gets to the point where a "coat vote" is called to determine who keeps/loses the coat.
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* PrimaryColorChampion: Harriet wears a red jacket and blue jeans, and has blonde hair. Her outfit is nearly identical to the original cover illustration of the book.
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Child psychologist Dr. Wagner is voiced by Creator/MichelleTrachtenberg, who played Harriet in the 1996 movie.
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* EyesOutOfSight: "Purple Socks" is almost always seen with his bangs covering his eyes, with only a few brief times where we actually get to see his eyes.
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* SheepInSheepsClothing: Harriet suspects that her nanny's new boyfriend, George Waldenstein, is having a secret affair behind her back, when she sees him receiving a letter for a "Mrs. Waldenstein", as well as kissing a woman with her son, believing them to be his secret wife and child. Harriet goes out of her way to expose Mr. Waldenstein to Ole Golly for cheating on her (largely motivated by her own fear of losing her nanny to him), but it turns out the letter he received was for his mother (he felt embarrassed for still living with his mother, despite being a grown man), and the woman he kissed was his sister, with the child being his nephew.
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* BlushSticker: Beth Ellen Hansen has permanent blush stickers, highlighting her gentle and meek nature.

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* EnemiesList: Rachel Hennessy has a list of people she'll eventually get revenge on (including her teacher, Mr. Horatio).



* HowWeGotHere: There are a few episodes that begin in the middle of the action (such as Harriet running away from city hall security with her birth certificate in hand, or her digging in her backyard), while she narrates about said situation, sprinkling in hint on why she's doing what she's doing. The episode proper begins after the opening credits, always taking place some time beforehand, eventually looping back to the opening sequence.

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* HowWeGotHere: There are a few episodes that begin in the middle of the action (such as Harriet running away from city hall security with her birth certificate in hand, or her digging in her backyard), while she narrates about said situation, sprinkling in hint hints on why she's doing what she's doing. The episode proper begins after the opening credits, always taking place some time beforehand, eventually looping back to the opening sequence.



* MistakenForCheating: The focus of one episode has Harriet thinking that Ole Golly's new boyfriend is cheating on her. She goes to great lengths to try to prove it.

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* MistakenForCheating: The focus of one episode has Harriet thinking that Ole Golly's new boyfriend is cheating on her. She goes to great lengths to try to prove it.it (largely motivated by her [[GreenEyedMonster fear of losing Ole Golly to someone else]]).


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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Harriet's classmate, the Boy with the Purple Socks (or simply "Purple Socks") is called this by her due to the purple socks he always wears. She's even made it a vow to never learn his real name, due to "Purple Socks" being a much cooler name than his real name in her eyes. Unfortunately for her, she accidently learns his last name is [[spoiler:Matthews]], with his real name being [[spoiler:Peter Matthews]].
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* HowWeGotHere: There are a few episodes that begin in the middle of the action (such as Harriet running away from city hall security with her birth certificate in hand, or her digging in her backyard), while she narrates about said situation, sprinkling in hint on why she's doing what she's doing. The episode proper begins after the opening credits, always taking place some time beforehand, eventually looping back to the opening sequence.
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** Harriet herself plays an onion (much to her initial dismay).\\
Janie and Sport play tater tots (which are incredibly itchy to wear).\\
Pinky and "Purple Socks" play yams.\\
Carrie plays a brussels sprout (which oddly smells like one, too).\\
Beth Ellen and Rachel play chicken drumsticks (which are incredibly top-heavy and lack holes for their arms to poke out of, causing them—especially Beth Ellen—to tip over and fall, needing assistance to get back up).\\
Finally, Marion plays the main roast chicken (designed by a great aunt of hers who works for Broadway plays).

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** Harriet herself plays an onion (much to her initial dismay).\\
Janie
dismay).
**Janie
and Sport play tater tots (which are incredibly itchy to wear).\\
Pinky
wear).
**Pinky
and "Purple Socks" play yams.\\
Carrie
yams.
**Carrie
plays a brussels sprout (which oddly smells like one, too).\\
Beth
too).
**Beth
Ellen and Rachel play chicken drumsticks (which are incredibly top-heavy and lack holes for their arms to poke out of, causing them—especially Beth Ellen—to tip over and fall, needing assistance to get back up).\\
Finally,
up).
**Finally,
Marion plays the main roast chicken (designed by a great aunt of hers who works for Broadway plays).
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** Harriet herself plays an onion (much to her initial dismay).\\
Janie and Sport play tater tots (which are incredibly itchy to wear).\\
Pinky and "Purple Socks" play yams.\\
Carrie plays a brussels sprout (which oddly smells like one, too).\\
Beth Ellen and Rachel play chicken drumsticks (which are incredibly top-heavy and lack holes for their arms to poke out of, causing them—especially Beth Ellen—to tip over and fall, needing assistance to get back up).\\
Finally, Marion plays the main roast chicken (designed by a great aunt of hers who works for Broadway plays).

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* HelpfulHallucination: After Ole Golly leaves Harriet's life, she later appears to Harriet in the form of a ghost, giving advice.

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* HelpfulHallucination: After Ole Golly leaves Harriet's life, she later appears to Harriet in the form of a ghost, giving advice. Somewhat played with, since the "ghost" would sometimes give her bad advice (or what she'd think Ole Golly would tell her in the situation), such as telling her not to apologize to the other students for her hurtful comments towards them in her notebook, since seeking and speaking the truth should never be apologized for.

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Changed it to be more alphabetical order.


* TwoGirlsAndAGuy: Harriet, Sport and Janie are frequently together, doing many activities together.


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* TwoGirlsAndAGuy: Harriet, Sport and Janie are frequently together, doing many activities together.
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* LastNameBasis: The Robinsons, a boring couple that Harriet wants to know more about, refer to each other as Mr. Robinson and Mrs. Robinson. Their first names are never given, nor used by each other.
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* SpeedStripes: Used for cartoon effect when Harriet is playing tetherball and takes a ton of aggression out on the ball.
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* MistakenForCheating: The focus of one episode has Harriet thinking that Ole Golly's new boyfriend is cheating on her. She goes to great lengths to try to prove it.
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: One episode has Harriet point out to Marion that they were once friends in the past, but Marion has no interest in accepting Harriet back into her friend group.
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* DressesTheSame: Harriet buys a new coat, but discovers that resident Alpha Bitch, Marion Hawthorne, has the exact same coat, with the latter demanding that she remove it. It gets to the point where a "coat vote" is called to determine who keeps/loses the coat.
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* NoMatterHowMuchIBeg: Harriet had a plush duck toy in her youth, but decided she was too old to be playing with it. She had her nanny, Ole Golly, hide it away and promise never to reveal its location, no matter how much she begged. In the present day, with the stress of having a million tests to study for at school, as well as keeping a friend's secret from reaching Marion Hawthorne's ears, Harriet begged Ole Golly to reveal her plush toy's location, but her nanny held true to her promise to never reveal anything. [[spoiler:Ole Golly eventually gives Harriet's plush toy back to her, [[LoopholeAbuse saying there was no promise about just handing it back if asked]].]]
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* HeelRealization: During the CourtroomEpisode, Harriet wins the "case" against her because everything she said is true, but also realizes that she was wrong for having written it.
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* ThreeAmigos: Harriet, Sport and Janie are frequently together, doing many activities together.

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* ThreeAmigos: TwoGirlsAndAGuy: Harriet, Sport and Janie are frequently together, doing many activities together.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Harriet is considerably nicer than she is in the book and the movie. The comments about the other kids in her notebook are toned down a lot and her spree of revenge pranks is condensed to just the one on Marion.
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It wasn't as toned down as I thought.


* {{Revenge}}: The revenge that the other kids have against Harriet for the mean things she wrote about them in her notebook, and Harriet's revenge on them for their behaviors in response, play out similarly to the book and film, though in a far less meanspirited way with many of the crueler behaviors removed.

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* {{Revenge}}: The revenge that the other kids have against Harriet for the mean things she wrote about them in her notebook, and Harriet's revenge on them for their behaviors in response, play out similarly to the book and film, though in a far less meanspirited way with many some of the crueler behaviors removed.

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