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Series of young adult books by British author AJ Butcher, about a gang of [[Recruit Teenagers Withwith Attitude|teens]] who attend the prestigious Deveraux College - really a school for the training of young spies. The books focus on the six members of "Bond Team": Ben, Lori, Jake, Eddie, Cally and Jennifer, later replaced with Bex. There are two individual series in the franchise - in series one the heroes are teenagers training at Deveraux College, whereas in the second series they are adults venturing out on independent missions for the first time.
 
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* [[Death By Origin Story]] - Jennifer's family, all killed by Talon because they refused to pay menaces money.
* [[Dragon Lady]] - Kim Tang in ''The Serpent Scenario''
* [[Duel to Thethe Death]] - Several throughout the series. {{spoiler|Talon has two in ''The Serpent Scenario'', one with Jennifer, which he wins, and one with Jake, which he loses ''spectacularly''. There's two in ''The Soul Stealer'' as well: Ben takes on Jake in a [[Good Versus Good]] duel (they do the same in ''Angel Blue''), before Ben takes on his uncle Alex at the end.}}
* [[Five-Man Band]]
** [[The Hero]] - Ben
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* [[Hypothetical Casting]] - The author is on record as saying that if the books were ever to be made into a movie, he would want Anna Kournikova to play Lori. Also counts as [[What the Hell Casting Agency]], since Kournikova is a tennis player - not an actress.
* [[Jerk Jock]] - Ben fits this trope in every way but for the fact that we never really see him play a sport. It's mentioned that he ''does'' play, however, and he's highly skilled at physical tasks during Bond Team's training.
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]] - Jake
* [[Killed Off for Real]] - {{spoiler|Jennifer}} in series one. She's temporarily resurrected, but chooses to die again when she realises her body is just an empty shell now. {{spoiler|Simon}} is later [[Killed Off for Real]] as well.
* [[Lego Genetics]] - A major part of the first book.
* [[Line-of-Sight Name]] - Cally, abandoned as a baby, was given the surname "Cross" because she was found with a crucifix necklace on her.
* [[Moral Dilemma]] - Jake faces on of these throughout ''Jake Black'', where he is {{spoiler|tasked with killing international terrorist leader Sicarius, since he is sick of criminals escaping jail once incarcerated. Eventually brings in shades of [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him|if you kill him you will be just like him]] as well, when Lori shows up.}}
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Eddie.
* [[Official Couple]] - Ben/Lori, Jake/Jennifer and Eddie/Bex (series one), Ben/Cally, Eddie Rose and Lori/Robbie (series two.)
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** The Quirk -- Eddie
** The Pretty One -- Lori
** The Smart One -- Cally (who has notable similarities to ''[[Saved Byby the Bell]]'''s Lisa, who is [[Trope Codifier]] for the Wild One.)
** The Wild One -- Jennifer (and later Bex, {{spoiler|after Jennifer dies}})
* [[So Beautiful It's a Curse]] - Lori
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* [[Tuckerization]] - Kate Taylor in ''Agent Orange'' is named after a reader called Kate Harrison, who had won a fan contest to appear in the book.
* [[United Europe]] - The books feature a European super-state known as "Europa"
* [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save Thethe World]]
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Political?]] - The plot of Edward Red seems to mimic the very real contemporary problem Britain has over what distance they should maintain, if any, from the rest of Europe, as well as the issue of becoming a part of the global European currency.
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]] - In the plot of ''Jake Black'', the[[Big Bad|Big Bad's]] plan is to {{spoiler|merge an alternate, "chaos" dimension with ours, causing the world to be submerged in darkness. The final battle between him and Jake takes place on a bridge that extends over the top of this surging darkness Bearing in mind that the entire plot of the story so far has revolved around whether or not Jake would finally descend into "darkness" and kill the villain...yeah.}}
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