Austin and Ally/Headscratchers


 * We're asked to believe that Ally doesn't have any other songs already written.
 * You'll recall that Ally wrote plenty of them. Austin thought they were all too depressing.
 * Except for "You Don't See Me", which he liked, except that the lyrics were "a little girly."
 * Why do people keep hiring Trish? Her references are probably terrible.
 * Rule of Funny. Her consistently getting fired is a very humorous gag, but it doesn't work if she can't get any jobs.
 * She could be a very persuasive speaker.
 * Wouldn't someone remember what Ally really looked like in the first episode, when she was revealed in "The Helen Show"? Everyone instead is deceived it's really Trish.
 * School and Home
 * Why don't they ever show the gang at school? They're leagally required to go to school until they're 17. Trish, Ally, Dez, and Dallas have all had part-time jobs and Austin and Dez seem to have enough free-time to be seen constantly in the mall. They could only show weekends but I find that hard to believe. Also, why do you never see their houses? I would think they live there. The only way that I know they don't live there is because they showed Austin's house in episode one and Dez's house (albeit breifly).
 * From an out-of-universe perspective, it's probably not shown because it's irrelevant. I think it's safe to assume that they do go to school, but because that isn't an important part of the story, the network sees no sense in spending the money to design a set, hire extras, etc. From an in-universe perspective, remember that in "Songwriting and Starfish", they're entering Austin's song in a Summer Jam contest, so maybe all of this is taking place during their summer vacation.
 * That was my theory too- it's like Phineas and Ferb or Sixteen.
 * That still doesn't tell me why their homes are never shown.