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''An Unacceptable Sitch'' by Allaine is one of the early classics of ''[[Kim Possible]]'' fanfiction. It is set a few years after the series, after Kim and Ron have (separately) gone to college. Kim has put [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save
Then, one night, Shego came in through her window, pleading for Kim's help and insisting that the Acceptables were the ones the world needed to be saved ''from''. Kim was skeptical of her story... until the Acceptables showed up and [[Judge, Jury, and Executioner|attempted to murder Shego in cold blood]]. Kim and Shego then found themselves [[Enemy Mine|working together]] to escape and prepare for the day they can strike back and bring down the false heroes.
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* [[Back From the Dead]]: At the climax of the first story, {{spoiler|all the Acceptables except toddler Thomas}} are [[Killed Off for Real]]. In the last story, {{spoiler|Junior is employing clones of the three field-team siblings as minions, and a clone of the mother as a [[Dead-Man Switch]] on his [[Doomsday Device]]}}.
* [[Being Tortured Makes You Evil]]: Or, in {{spoiler|Junior's}} case, being tortured makes a comically [[Harmless Villain]] into a [[Complete Monster|viciously focused psychopath]].
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: {{spoiler|Ron releasing Kim and Shego from the [[Descending Ceiling
* [[Brick Joke]]: When Drakken captures Kim in the second story, he gets the notion into his head that she looks different now because her hair used to be brown (rather than because [[Captain Obvious|she's five years older]]). In the penultimate scene of the last story, Drakken tells himself that he's the [[Only Sane Man]] in prison -- after all, ''he'' remembers that Kim Possible's hair used to be brown.
** It's possible that he confused her with Bonnie. As if Kim didn't already have enough reasons to beat the crap out of him....
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** Things get better after Kim faces the situation honestly. The closest thing to a negative reaction is her mom's disappointment that a wedding and kids are now less likely. Her dad is [[Overprotective Dad|just happy that he can stop worrying about Kim]] [[Comically Missing the Point|getting involved with boys]].
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Both the [[Original Character]] villains and the familiar ones from the series are significantly nastier than [[Harmless Villain|the enemies]] [[Canon|Kim faced in high school]]. See also the [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]] entry.
** In addition to the case mentioned in the [[Being Tortured Makes You Evil]] entry, most of the other major villains have spent the past five years either in prison or in hiding. This may be the underlying reason [[Had to Come
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: At one point, Shego explains over-the-line actions like assassinating heroes in their sleep would bring disgrace on the guilty villain. {{spoiler|In the final story, Señor Senior Junior and Gemini cross the line with tactics such as taking Kim's family hostage. Señor Senior Senior is so appalled that he helps the heroes defeat them.}}
* [[Forceful Kiss]]: Shego's way of letting Kim know she wants to be more than just friends. Kim doesn't take it well. Shego takes her rejection even less well (see the [[Then Let Me Be Evil]] entry).
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* [[Mandatory Unretirement]]: As noted in the synopsis, Kim had hung up the [[Grappling Hook Pistol|grapple gun]] [[Shoe Phone|hairdryer]] years ago, and was brought back into the hero business because Shego had nowhere else to turn. After defeating the Acceptables, her [[Chronic Hero Syndrome|sense of responsibility]] forced her to continue providing a real hero to replace the false ones.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: [[Sentient Vehicle|Sappho]] shamelessly flirts with Shego, getting [[Freud Was Right|particularly saucy]] when Shego [[Is That What They're Calling It Now?|pilots]] her.
* [[The Missus and
* [[Nightmare Sequence]]: After Kim realizes that she does have feelings for Shego and chases after her, she dreams that {{spoiler|Shego lashed out even more bitterly than she actually did and tried to strangle her}}. After Shego is rescued from Drakken's control, she dreams that {{spoiler|Drakken succeeded in making her slit Kim's throat}}.
* [[No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine]]: After capturing Team Possible in the final story, Gemini and {{spoiler|the Seniors}} host a dinner complete with formal outfits for the captives. Tensions quickly boil over with the revelation that {{spoiler|Junior is now in charge, turning Gemini into his minion and stealing a big chunk of Senior's fortune}}, prompting the villains to cut directly to the [[Death Trap]] portion of the evening's entertainment.
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* [[Sentient Vehicle]]: S.A.D.I./Sadie the car (from "Car Trouble") and S.A.F.O./Sappho the spaceship ([[Original Character]]).
* [[Ship Tease]]: The [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] reveals that Dr. Director becomes part of a happy couple, but doesn't say with who. {{spoiler|At the end of the story, she's dating Steve Barkin, but several hints in the epilogue point to her finally settling down with Vivian Porter.}}
* [[Stalker
* [[Statute of Limitations]]: The clock ran out on all the old charges against Shego during the years she was a prisoner of the Acceptables, leaving her free to start over after they are defeated.
* [[Sympathy for
* [[Team Pet]]: Ron sends Rufus to deliver an upgraded Kimmunicator to Kim (the Acceptables had hacked into the old one). To [[Emergency Impersonation|prevent Rufus' absence from being noticed]], he buys another naked mole rat, a female named Ruby. In later stories, she becomes a member of the team {{spoiler|and Rufus' mate}}.
* [[Temporal Paradox]]: [[My Future Self and Me|The Supreme One]] from "A Sitch In Time" appears in (the fic's) present-day Middleton [[Time Travel Tense Trouble|after]] her timeline is obliterated. {{spoiler|This poses a serious problem in that her paradoxical existence has the potential to unravel the space-time continuum.}}
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* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: The issue of killing as a last resort arises on several occasions. {{spoiler|Kim kills Mrs. Acceptable to save Thomas, and feels recurring guilt over it. Shego kills Mrs. Acceptable's (fully sentient) clone to save the world, and fears losing Kim over it.}} Dr. Director argues that Team Possible policy should allow use of lethal force when [[I Did What I Had to Do|necessary]].
** In the first story, Shego tells Kim that, however dangerous their fights got, she never intended to kill her and just wanted to see [[Bond Villain Stupidity|how she'd escape this time]]. This point is revisted in the final story, when Kim tells Shego that [[You Are Better Than You Think You Are|she always had a moral compass]] hidden under her criminality.
* [[The Time Traveller's Dilemma]]: While [[Help Your Self in
* [[Titled After the Song]]: "Under the Milky Way Tonight" <ref>Strictly speaking, the song title is just "Under The Milky Way"</ref>
* [[Tyke Bomb]]: Thomas Acceptable {{spoiler|(later Thomas Director, when Betty [[Defusing the Tykebomb|adopts]] him after the deaths of the rest of the Acceptables)}}.
* [[Ungrateful Bastard]]: {{spoiler|Señor Senior Junior tries to kill Kim and Shego despite the fact that they rescued him from the Acceptables, irrationally blaming Shego for failing to bring him along when she first managed to escape. This seems to be the main reason his father decides to work against him.}}
* [[Villain
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: {{spoiler|Señor Senior Junior, after Señor Senior Senior states his regrets and disappointment in him before dying.}}
* [[Villainous Demotivator]]: The Acceptable parents punish failures with verbal abuse and [[Electric Torture]].
** Also, Gemini's habit of [[You Have Failed Me|dropping unsuccessful agents down trapdoors]] has ''ruined'' their ability to take initiative when a situation goes off-script, a flaw {{spoiler|the hostages at the Space Center}} are able to exploit at a critical moment.
* [[Visions of Another Self]]: Shego and The Supreme One in "But For The Grace Of Ron".
* [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save
* [[We Can Rule Together]]: While they're on the run from the Acceptables, Shego asks Kim what she intends to do if and when they win, and invites Kim to abandon her old life and team up with her. After they ''do'' win, Kim admits that she'd been tempted.
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: The closing scene of the series has Dr. Director brought fifteen years into the future and told a few key facts about Team Possible's future [[Stable Time Loop|to make sure that history comes out like her future self remembers it]]. {{spoiler|There are some (mostly unspecified) bad events in store, but the main characters are all [[Happily Ever After|alive, well]], [[And the Adventure Continues...|and active]].}}
* [[You Are Better Than You Think You Are]]: {{spoiler|In the final chapter, Shego tells Kim that she's afraid of losing her sense of self -- she'd been rationalizing her good deeds with her bad-girl self-image by telling herself that she had self-interested motives (being close to Kim, getting even with other villains who'd crossed her), but she just couldn't believe [[I Was Just Passing Through|her own excuses]] anymore. Kim responds by telling her that she hasn't really changed that much: she wasn't as evil as she made herself out to be even when she was working for Drakken.}}
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