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The Story of Tracy Beaker

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A BBC children's programme that aired from 2002 to 2005, it is based on the popular books written by Jacqueline Wilson. The story revolves around the titular character of Tracy Beaker who lives in a care home and the events that follow. Most of the episodes revolve around Tracy fantasizing about the day her biological mother will come for her, as well as trying to find the perfect foster home in the meantime.The show lasted for 5 seasons and was followed by a sequel, Tracy Beaker Returns, focusing on Tracy as a young adult, along with a spin-off, The Dumping Ground, showing the events of the characters in the care home after Tracy left. In 2021, Dani Harmer reprised the role in the miniseries My Mum, Tracy Beaker and The Beaker Girls.
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The Runaway
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The Runaway: This is prevalent in the movie, wherein Tracy runs away to find her mother. Poor Cam and the Dumping Ground staff are riddled with worry as to Tracy's whereabouts and wellbeing. When Jackie first moves in, she frequently tries to run away from care. She also got suspended from school once for running away from that.
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Sand in My Eyes
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Sand In My Eyes: Whenever Tracy cries, she blames it on her hayfever. Other characters also claim this at times.
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The Cutie
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The Cutie: All the little kids like Peter, Maxy, Dolly, Layla, Hayley, Marco, Milly, and Alice.
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Those Two Guys
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Those Two Guys: Bouncer and Lol are almost always seen doing things together. Also, Duke and Nathan are typically paired up in series 2 and 3, and Zac and Ryan in series 1.
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Heterosexual Life-Partners
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Heterosexual Life-Partners: Bouncer and Lol are a brotherly variant. They are close to each other, share a room at The Dumping Ground, and do almost everything together. Episodes also show that they are very protective of each other and Bouncer frequently visits Lol at The Dumping Ground after leaving for the halfway house. At the end of the series, Lol moves to the halfway house to be with Bouncer.
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Alpha Bitch
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Alpha Bitch: Justine, Amber, Rebecca, Roxy, though all of them are good in heart.
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Fat and Skinny
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Fat and Skinny: Bouncer and Lol. Also Duke with Mike, Nathan, and Sid.
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Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
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Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Louise and Justine can be examples of this when they're not being outright nasty. Rebecca also counts. To a lesser extent, this also applies to Carly Beaker - even though she looks glamorous and has a sunny demeanor, she's unreasonable, immature, shoplifts cosmetics, and holds grudges.
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Town Girls
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Town Girls: Tracy is a tough and confident girl with a fiery temper and claims to "never cry" (butch), Louise is sweet, girly, and cares about her outfits (femme), and Justine enjoys fashion, but is also a Deadpan Snarker who isn't afraid to fight or get dirty (neither).
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Girly Girl
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Girly Girl: Louise, Alice and Rebecca are the most notable examples.
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Defrosting Ice Queen
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Defrosting Ice Queen: By the end of Series 5, Justine is nowhere near as petty or as nasty as she was in the other series, and even becomes a close friend to Crash and Jackie, as Rebecca takes her place as the Dumping Ground's nastiest character. In one episode in Series 5, Justine comforts an upset Roxy who is broken up about her sister leaving the Home. Also, Chantal and Roxy who open up more and become nicer in Series 5.
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Parental Abandonment
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Parental Abandonment: Most of the kids in the care home, including Tracy, whose mother often neglected her and left her home alone a lot.
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Break the Haughty
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Break the Haughty: Louise is a downplayed example in the episode "Power Cut". She spends the first half of the episode boasting about her new foster dad, showing off about her singing voice and generally acting the know-it-all. However, after gorging on tuna-and-peanut-butter sandwiches provided by Duke, she soon suffers an embarrassing after-effect in front of most of the kids (see Gasshole below).
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Scatterbrained Senior
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Scatterbrained Senior: Jackie's grandfather has dementia which is the reason why he can't look after her anymore.
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Out of Focus
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Out of Focus: Tracy in the later seasons, which is ironic in the sense that she's the title character. Series 5 has her in less than half of the episodes, leaving Justine to essentially take over as the main character.
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Zany Scheme
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Zany Scheme: Usually thought of by Zac and Ryan in series 1. Lol and Bouncer take over this role from series 2 onward.
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Parental Substitute
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Parental Substitute: Mike to Tracy, which is why she is hard hit when he decides to leave at the end of Season 1. Cam later becomes this after she and Tracy start a friendship and she eventually fosters her.
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Blatant Lies
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Blatant Lies: Tracy claiming to have "hayfever" any time she bursts into tears, regardless of whether it's hayfever season or whether her crying even remotely resembles hayfever.
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Although Tracy is frequently rude, abrasive, vain, proud and self-centred, she is, in fact, a good person at heart who cares deeply for Cam and her friends. Her tough attitude is partly from the years she spent on her own in care. Other examples include Justine, Amber, and the Wellards and to a much lesser extent, Michael and Rebecca.
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Characterization Marches On
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Characterization Marches On: In Series 1, Elaine is shown to be very serious, professional, and good at her job, much like her book counterpart. From Series 2 onward, however, shows her to be very clumsy, awkward, and very incompetent at her job.
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Butt-Monkey
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Butt-Monkey: Elaine, and maybe Ben.
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Happily Adopted
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Happily Adopted: Tracy and Cam subvert this with their on and off relationship and Tracy frequently returning to the care home after a heated argument. Finally played straight in the series finale where Cam adopts Tracy. Also played straight with Peter, Louise, Dolly, Hayley, Marco, and Milly, who are all fostered into good families.
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Three Shorts
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Three Shorts: When airing on CBBC, two episodes are shown back to back.
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Wise Beyond Their Years
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Wise Beyond Their Years: Dolly, a seven-year-old girl introduced in Season 2 is shown to be this in a couple of episodes, one where the kids are obsessed with making videos to convince Hollywood movie stars to adopt them and Dolly sends endless emails to a celebrity couple and later receives a box of autographed movie merchandise in the mail as compensation, which was her plan in the first place. Another episode sees the Dumping Ground kids compete in a quiz competition with another children's home, and Dolly manages to confiscate a phone the other team was using for cheating.
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Not What It Looks Like
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Not What It Looks Like: In one episode, Elaine arrives at Cam's house for a routine visit, and Cam answers the door holding a knife and Tracy comes up alongside Cam, with a red substance stained on her t-shirt. Elaine is unnerved enough to have an Imagine Spot of Cam chasing Tracy with said knife, until Cam points out, "It's tomato sauce, Elaine." In “Sufia the Silent�, Tracy and Michael fight in the garden smearing each other with red paint after Michael pours red paint all over Tracy when she did the same to him. Shelley screams in horror when she comes out to see and Duke rushes off to get the first aid kit. Tracy explains to her it was only paint, and they both get sent inside to clean up.
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Enemy Mine
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Enemy Mine: Tracy and Justine once teamed up to overthrow Elaine. Another time, they also tricked Michael into going out with the Bygraves, a pair of funeral directors who were originally there for Tracy.
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Chocolate Baby
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Chocolate Baby: The Wellard siblings; Roxy and Rio are white and Chantal is Indian.
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Hair-Trigger Temper
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Hair-Trigger Temper: Tracy and Crash.
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Knight of Cerebus
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Knight of Cerebus: The Wellards start out at this, being treated by the show as kids whose behaviour is genuinely dangerous rather than the more playful antics of previous bullies such as Amber or Michael. This lessens over the seasons as Character Development takes place.
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Christmas Episode
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Christmas Episode: Subverted with "Christmas", since the episode doesn't take place around Christmas time.
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In-Series Nickname
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In-Series Nickname: "Elaine the Pain" for Elaine the social worker who nobody likes and "The Dumping Ground" for the care home where the show takes place.
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Put on a Bus
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Put on a Bus: Mike, Peter, Adele, Amber, Dolly, Hayley, Justine, Duke, Jenny, Louise, Jackie, Marco, Milly, and Chantal. The Bus Came Back: For Mike, Shelley (briefly), Jackie, and Justine in Series 5.
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Passionate Sports Girl
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Passionate Sports Girl: Jackie, especially in the running sport.
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Remember the New Guy?
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Remember the New Guy?: Whenever a new season starts this can pop up. This was particularly apparent with Season 3, when five new children that had not appeared previously are living in the care home. This includes; Dolly, Lol, Bouncer, Marco, Hayley, Layla, Crash, Michael, Sid, Rebecca and the reintroduction of Mike in Series 5.
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Transatlantic Equivalent
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Transatlantic Equivalent: Essentially a British Y2K take on Punky Brewster, right down to both girls' situations, personalites, and peer groups.
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Gasshole
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Gasshole: Louise, of all characters, briefly ends up as one in the episode "Power Cut". Due to not being able to see well in the dark kitchen, Duke accidentally puts tuna and peanut butter together in sandwiches, and Louise is apparently the only one who enjoys this strange combination and presumably eats them all as a result. However, the sandwiches don't entirely agree with her, and it's not long before Louise's bottom announces this loudly... Tracy also burps loudly after a large meal with Cam and Gary in the penultimate episode.
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Bratty Half-Pint
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Bratty Half-Pint: Tracy in her younger years. She grows somewhat out of it when she gets older.
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Denser and Wackier
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Denser and Wackier: While the show always had a lighthearted and comical tone, Series 5 had a lot more silly episodes such as a farm coming to the Dumping Ground, an episode where Tracy imagines she is head careworker, Bouncer's food causing everyone to acting weird just to name a few.
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Commuting on a Bus
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Commuting on a Bus: Louise in Series 3. After she moves in with her new foster family, she isn't a main character anymore but remains a recurring character who visits her friends in some episodes. Bouncer in Series 5. Despite moving into the halfway house in-between series, he makes several appearances visiting Lol and his other friends throughout the final series.
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The Bus Came Back
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The Bus Came Back: For Mike, Shelley (briefly), Jackie, and Justine in Series 5.
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DefrostingIceKing
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Defrosting Ice King: Rio becomes this later in Series 4 and 5, where he is shown to be nicer and friendlier to the other kids, especially Crash after the two strike up a friendship.
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Dogged Nice Guy
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Dogged Nice Guy: Even though Michael acts like a jerk to every other kid, he is friendly towards Louise since he has a crush on her.
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Status Quo Is God: No matter how many times Tracy and Justine end up getting along in an episode, the next time they appear, they're back to being rivals. Averted in Series 5 where the two generally get along well for the most part.
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Imagine Spot: All over the place, usually courtesy of Tracy, and always animated in Nick Sharratt's distinctive style.
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Only Known by Their Nickname: Duke, Bouncer, Lol, Crash, and Wolfie.
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Trademark Favorite Food: Jenny and the kids are frequently seen munching on chocolate bars.
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Beauty, Brains, and Brawn: The Wellards: Roxy’s the brains, Chantal the beauty, and Rio is the male example of brawn.
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Abusive Parents: Crash's father Theo is revealed to be in prison for domestic abuse against his wife and son, which is why Crash is in care and has a violent temper. It's implied he still keeps in touch with his mother, who may possibly be in witness protection. Theo is later released from prison and although Crash is terrified of meeting with him again at first, the two gradually reconcile.
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Everyone Has Standards: While she has an ongoing rivalry with Tracy, Justine calls Cam out at the end of Series 3 for hurting Tracy. She later goes to comfort Tracy and tries to build bridges with her. The two even share a hug.
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Doomed New Clothes: For her dad's wedding, Justine gets a special bridesmaid dress that was fitted special for her but she hates the way it looks. Adele helps to modify the dress by removing the sleeves and frills and the dress is more to Justine's liking. Unfortunately, it gets ruined by a food fight thanks to Amber which causes Justine to not want to go to the wedding but Tracy is thankfully able to convince her to still go.
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Demoted to Extra: After leaving with her new foster family in series 2, Louise became a Drop-In Character in series 3. She was eventually Put on a Bus for the rest of the show without explanation. Also, after Bouncer leaves for the halfway house at the end of series 4, he makes many guest appearances in series 5. Tracy gets hit with this the worst, despite being the title character.
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Aerith and Bob: Bouncer, Lol, Crash, Wolfie and Duke... and every other name, though they are nicknames.
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Precision F-Strike: Only one example, wherein Hayley says "Life's a bitch" to a police officer in the movie. This was cut out when shown on the BBC and is the only curse said throughout the series. The censored version involves Hayley sighing instead.
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Valentine's Day Episodes: "Love All" which involves a small Love Triangle between Crash, Justine, and Rebecca and a subplot with Marco and Milly playing Cupid and pairing up the other kids for the Valentine's Day party.
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Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Maxy, Ryan, Zac, Michael, Nathan, and Sid all disappear between seasons with no mention to their whereabouts. With the kids, it's safe to assume they've been fostered or adopted. With the care workers, they possibly were transferred to other care homes.
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Orphanage of Love: In spite of its nickname, The Dumping Ground does qualify. The staff are genuinely doing their best to look after the kids in their care.
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Cassandra Truth: Subverted. In the early seasons, Tracy frequently claims her mum is a world famous film star. When her mum shows up in the TV Movie, we discover that she is indeed an actress - albeit a not particularly well-known stunt double.
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Silent Bob: Milly. She never talks except for two episodes (one was in a dream by Tracy and the other was when she asked to be fostered with Marco).
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Race Lift: Elaine, who was illustrated white, is played by a British Indian actress. Justine is also portrayed white in the books, whereas she isn't in the series.
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Breakout Character: Mike Milligan. Even though he only appeared in Series 1, his close friendship with Tracy made fans love him so much he returned as the new cook in Series 5 and eventually became Head Care Worker. He's since gone on to become the only character from this series to appear in Tracy Beaker Returns and The Dumping Ground.
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Poor Little Rich Kid: It's reavealed that Wolfie's parent have money and regularly send him checks while he's in the care home. Wolfie refuses the gifts as he can't forgive them for the years of abuse and neglect. The exact nature of the parental abandonment isn't mentioned but given that Wolfie is in care to begin with and his aversion to sleeping on a bed or just being inside due to his extreme {claustrophobia} it seems like it was traumatic.
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Reasonable Authority Figure: Jenny, Shelley, Sid, Mike, and Duke.
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Ship Tease: Tracy with Wilson in Series 3, Tracy with Crash in the movie, and Crash with Justine briefly in Series 5.
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Manchild: Nathan pretty much acts like one of the kids himself.
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Goth: All three of the Wellards don a goth fashion style, to make them much more intimidating. Deep down, however, they have good hearts.
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Catchphrase: "Bog off!" Usually spoken by Tracy when she wants to be left alone, and later used by some of the others.
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Anti-Role Model: One episode had Tracy convincing Marco, Hayley and Dolly to form a "Tracy Beaker" club, which causes them to play pranks around the house and almost ruin Dolly's chance to be fostered. In the end, Tracy herself acknowledged how bad of a role-model she was to the younger kids, and explained that they were good at heart.
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Dark Reprise: Sadder moments (in particular, Tracy pining for her mother) were often underscored by a slower, more sombre piano rendition of the main theme tune.
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Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Zack and Ryan, scheming brothers that are close friends with Ben in Series 1, are replaced without notice by Lol and Bouncer in Series 2. Similarly, Maxy, a young black character in Series 1 is replaced by Dolly. It is probable that these roles were initially written for the former characters, with the intention being that the actors would reprise their roles in Series 2. Crash seems to replace Ben from Series 3 onwards, being of a similar age and appearance, and befriending Tracy closely. Sid acts as a replacement for Shelley in Series 4, and also bears a slight resemblance to Nathan from the previous series.
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Cool Big Sis: Tracy can be seen as this to Peter in the first series, and to Jackie from series 3 onwards, as well as to some of the other younger kids.
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