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  • The Danza: All but one of the main characters use their real names in the show.
  • Creator Backlash: While Allie DiMeco has stated that she does not hate the show, she has shared some uncomfortable experiences she had during production, such as filming the episode "First Kiss". When she refused to have her first kiss be on TV, a female producer forcefully kissed Allie and basically said, "There, you've had your first kiss. Now go back to filming." She also stated that the producers threatened to fire her if she didn't kiss the actor playing the French pianist who was a thirty-year-old man while she herself was fifteen at the time.
  • Creator Killer: This show was the last major project of Polly Draper, who didn't make much content after it. Ironic, considering she killed herself off in the show. It's possible she was too incensed by the Executive Meddling mentioned below to want to continue with her career.
  • Executive Meddling/Screwed by the Network: Despite being one of the network's most successful shows when it aired, the show wound up being screwed over thanks to these tropes. At the end of the third season, Nick executives demanded Polly Draper and her family to make more episodes. And by more, they meant 60 episodes in one season. For a show whose cast mainly consisted of grade schoolers and high schoolers! Unsurprisingly, Draper refused, citing a previous agreement that the shooting schedule would not interfere with the boys' personal lives, but Nickelodeon chose to walk back on that; as a result, they themselves put an end to what was one of their most successful series at the time.
  • Old Shame: Played straight and subverted. The brothers now perform as "Nat and Alex Wolff", but still mention the show prominently on their official site.
  • One-Episode Wonder: Supetastic 6, a one-off Alternate Universe animated special featuring the cast as superheroes.
  • Romance on the Set: Nat and Miranda Cosgrove. Which is kinda icky as she's two years older than Nat and he was very young when the show started.

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