Alexis, Rebecca and Braelynn/Tropes

Alexis, Rebecca and Braelynn is an American comic book series created by TBD, being published by Moonlake Comics since April 2nd, 1997.

(NOTE: This includes the TV shows, the movies, spin-offs and the games)

Tropes

 * A Bloody Mess:
 * Absurd Phobia:
 * In the issue, TBD, it is revealed that Cassandra "Cassie" has a very weird fear of cats.
 * In the 2004 television series episode, TBD, it is revealed that Olivia Packwood has a odd and bizarre fear of doughnuts.
 * Beserk Button:
 * Do NOT call Braelynn "dude".
 * Black Bead Eyes: Khakis has them.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: TBD.
 * Comic-Book Time: Regardless of what it is set in, all of the characters will remain in their age.
 * Crossover: With Doggone It, You Chicken! titled Doggone It, You Skirtons! and The Alien in Earth, titled Is That An Alien?.
 * Cry Cute: All of the girls, especially The Skirtons and Acquanette.
 * Darker and Edgier:
 * [Moonlake Gone Wild-related]
 * While not confirmed at the moment, Emilia Houghton actually sparked interest in doing an adult-oriented ARaB spin-off seres.
 * Don't Judge A Book by Its Cover: The series may seem to be a girl-skewed comic book at first glance, but upon reading it, it really is not. Instead, it would have TV-Y7-esque humor and moments, as well as grossout moments and even terrifying moments.
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar: ARaB has fair share of adult moments:
 * TBD.
 * Gross-Up Close-Up: This comic book series does tend to have Gross-Up Close-Ups at times. However, the television series has a bit more Gross-Up Close-Ups. For instance:
 * TBD.
 * Mismatched Eyes:
 * All of the Skirton sisters have them, as the creator confirmed that Rebecca has a blue eye on the right.
 * Madison Marlow has them too.
 * And so does Mindy Candy.
 * Alexii has them as well
 * Brynlee and Cheyenne has those as well.
 * Chief Fishnet has them as well.
 * Nice Girl: Alexis.
 * Not Allowed to Grow Up: The characters will be staying in their age regardless of any year or canon.
 * Parental Abandonment:
 * Prior to the events of the comics, the Skirtons had lost their parents to an unknown fate. It led to the Skirton sisters living with their helpful butler.
 * It was revealed in An Old Friend that an very old friend of the Skirtons' parents actually poisoned both of them.
 * [Cassie and Jennie's parents dying prior to the comics as well]
 * Please Don't Leave Me: TBD.
 * Skirts, Dresses and Gowns: Basically all of the girls and women in Skirtropolis in the nutshell.
 * Spell My Name with an "S":
 * It's Alexii, not Alexis (while there is an Alexis obviously)
 * It's Acquanette, not Acquanetta.
 * Spicy Latina: Brooklynn is this, being very beautiful and being sassy, while being picky when it comes to her homework and stuff she needs to do.
 * Vomit Discretion Shot: TBD.
 * What Do You Mean, It's For Kids?: Despite being a family-friendly comic book series, the series tends to have darker, mature and dramatic moments:
 * TBD.

Trivia

 * Animated Adaptation:
 * It gained one that aired on Disney Channel from 2004 til 2009.
 * The series gained a second television series for Paramount+ since 2021.
 * Cash Cow Franchise: Upon one of the most successful franchises of the Moonlake library (equally as successful as the BDFPs), it has spawned two television series, video games and a short-lived toy line.
 * However, Emilia did confirm that the reason why ARaB and Ginny and the Odd Girls (and The Badly-Damaged Face Paints when it was still running) is still on-going is not because of money and merchandise-driving, but because of love and passion.
 * God Does Not Own the World: Sorta... Like the Moonlake IPs, the company does own the rights to the series. However, as this was one of the 3 Moonlake IPs created by Emilia herself, Emilia also owns the rights to the series.
 * The Walt Disney Company originally owned half of the rights for the 2004 TV series along with Moonlake Entertainment, but due to being bought, ViacomCBS now owns the rights to the series as well.
 * Misblamed: [being one of the projects that got BDFPs cancelled]
 * Sleeper Hit: Emilia and Moonlake Comics themselves though that the series was going to be a commercial failure due to the fact that the girls are wearing mostly skirts and dresses and when it first released in April 1997, the sales were uncertain. It first seemed that everyone didn't care about them. However, a month later, it turned out that people ADORED the Skirtons and the series proved to actually be a hit, spawning a franchise with a TV show, games, merchandise and others.
 * Spin-Off: Jennie and Cassie Mysteries
 * What Could Have Been:
 * When the first name was revealed, it was planned to be called The Skirt Ladies and then The Skirtons.
 * Khakis was originally planned to be a Golden Retriever.
 * All of the Skirtons, when first revealed, had different names:
 * Alexis was originally going to be Brooklynn.
 * However, we eventually got the lovable Latina-American girl named Brooklynn we all know today.
 * Rebecca was originally going to be called Caleigh.
 * Braelynn was originally going to be called Madison "Maddie".
 * The Character Ice Cream Bar: Blue Bunny has released a character gumball ice cream bar of Braelynn Skirton, being watermelon and vanilla flavored. The bar is first released in 2000 and is still in production since then.

YMMV

 * Creepypasta: ARaB is no stranger on getting the Creepypasta treatment, this list shows the well-known ones.
 * The most popular one is the Lost Episode of the 2004 ARaB series, titled I'm Sorry, involving Braelynn killing everyone in her path due to her insanity over Jenkins's death. While also considered a Copypasta at first/as well, it ended up becoming a very popular one and the biggest copypastas. It was SO popular that Braelynn's terrifying face ended up spawning a meme and even made an appearance in Skirty Adventures. This Braelynn was nicknamed TBD. For its own page, see here.
 * Ensemble Dark Horse:
 * The Skirtons are rather adored by MANY fans of the series, thus making them the most popular characters.
 * While not as popular as The Skirtons, Acquanette is considered a popular character.
 * Fan-Preferred Couple: Despite Emilia confirming that the Skirtons will remain single, there are fans that ship the Skirtons and other characters:
 * [Alexis/Brooklynn]
 * [Rebecca/Hector]
 * [Braelynn/Zachary]
 * Fandom Rivalry:
 * Despite the fact most BDFPs fans get along with this fanbase very well, insane fans of the former DEPISED the show. Especially since it was blamed for being canceled.
 * Friendly Fandoms:
 * [BDFPs and Ginny and the Odd Girls, since same creator]
 * [Puyo Puyo]
 * Fans of The Alien in Earth actually gets along with the fanbase of this and vice-versa, especially since the two had a crossover.
 * Fans of this and Doggone It, You Chicken! actually rather truly enjoyed each others comics, and therefore, get along with each other very well. It helps that they had a crossover.
 * [Outback Snake]
 * [Ed, Edd n Eddy]
 * [Sailor Moon, especially the Alexis as Sailor Moon memes]
 * Time Squad and Alexis, Rebecca and Braelynn fans rather get along with each others' fanbases very well, thus having a healthy relationship.
 * Fans of this actually enjoyed Brandy and Mr. Whiskers and vice-versa, and thus, gets along with each other's fanbases.
 * [The Velociraptor Warrior]
 * [Animal Crossing]
 * [Godzilla/MonsterVerse]
 * [Emperor's New Groove]
 * [Wander of Wonder]
 * [TAF]
 * Fans of this have a rather good relationship with those of Chloe Retriever and Friends and vice-versa. In addition, the former adored Chloe Retriever and vice-versa, even liking to draw the CRaF characters meeting the Skirtons.
 * Dotty Doll fans ADMIRED this show and therefore gets along with this comic's fanbase, and vice-versa.
 * Hoe Yay Shipping: TBD.
 * Incest Yay Shipping: Alexis/Rebecca/Braelynn for threesome.
 * Memetic Mutation:
 * [GoAnimate Grounding videos]
 * [Rebecca/Ord]
 * [Rebecca and K.R. being best friends]
 * There are two types of Braelynn/Godzilla meme art.
 * The cute ones where Godzilla and Braelynn are best friends forever, caring for each other and even Godzilla and Braelynn protecting each other.
 * [cringy ones where they are dating]
 * [Alexis's terrifying face from The Bloodspots]
 * [Jennie's terrifying/Nightmare Fuel face]
 * [Braelynn's terrifying/Nightmare Fuel face from the I'm Sorry creepypasta]
 * [Alexis as Emperor Kuzco]
 * [Alexis as Sailor Moon]
 * No Yay Shipping: TBD.
 * Rule 34: Unfortunately, being a popular comic series, ARaB isn't even safe from the Rule 34 treatment.
 * Upon reacting to it, Emilia Houghton was quite uncomfortable to them, stating "As much as we at the Moonlake Comics really love all of the fanart and fancreations, we are not pleased with these art that is called "Rule 34"." But did went on to say "The people can draw anything they want, including those art, but they do need to be careful."
 * What Do You Mean, It's For Kids?: Despite being a family-friendly comic series, it does tend to have occasional adult jokes and dark moments here and there.
 * For example, there tend to be scenes where blood is shown. Thankfully, they aren't shown a lot. So far, only four issues had the use of blood.
 * X Meets Y: DC sitcoms (though taking away the girl-skewed part) meets SpongeBob SquarePants meets Rocko's Modern Life meets Doug.

WMG

 * The No-Skirt Punks secretly wants to live in Skirtropolis, and they're just finding a way to live there without wearing any skirts.
 * There are theroies explaining how the Skirtons all have mis-matched eyes.
 * Either one of the parents or the grandparents has mis-matched eyes or some genes all mixed up on all of their parents, cauing them to make their children which would become the Skirton sisters to have mis-matched eyes.

Headscratchers

 * How can Jennie sleep very well despite being a sodaholic, drinking cokes whether it is caffeinated or not?

Tear-Jerker
This comic has a fair of share of heart-wrenching and tear-jerking moments, both in the comics, movies, and the TV shows. Especially in the Jennie and Cassie Mysteries spin-off.


 * Braelynn breaking into tears and crying in Guilt can make the readers cry.
 * The 2004 television series episode, PAWS the Robo-Cat, is one of the most saddest entries in the ARaB series entirely.
 * [Paws being a stalker revealed]
 * [Paws' sacrifice]

Nightmare Fuel

 * The Bloodspots is a prime example of a ARaB issue where the whole thing is Nightmare Fuel, because:
 * [Alexis's terrifying face]
 * Moments with blood in the series can scare some sensitive viewers.