In Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life, Nikki puts out a burning toaster by pouring orange juice over it.It's normally averted though - the series doesn't have a problem using the names of real-life brands and companies. Bland-Name Product: "Tic Toc Breath Mints", which show up in a few illustrations.Birthday Episode: Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday takes place on Nikki's 15th birthday.Bilingual Bonus: In Japanese, "Nikki" means "diary".Big Damn Kiss: Nikki and Brandon have this in Tales from the Not-So-Glam TV Star.Beta Bitch: Jessica is this to Mackenzie.A Day in the Limelight: "Tales From A Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen" for MacKenzie.Majorly in the Hostile Show Takeover, Tales from a Not-so-Dorky Drama Queen, since MacKenzie's drawing style is different from and more realistic than Nikki's.Art Shift: Nikki switches between her usual Animesque style and stick figure style repeatedly.Her reaction: "HANG OUT WITH BRIANNA?! OMG! I can't believe I just wrote that!"
She proceeds to list off things she'd rather do than read it: clean the entire house with a toothbrush, brush her teeth with the toothbrush she cleaned the house with, visit her neighbor lady for a detailed update on her bunion surgery, and hang out with Brianna. A notable example is the scene where Nikki has to do a book report about Moby-Dick and finds the novel extremely boring. Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Used a lot.In real life, the whole thing takes place on April first. April Fools' Plot: Once Upon a Dork is a Bizarro Episode in which Nikki wakes up in the fairy-tale world.Animesque: Nikki is an artist who draws pictures in manga-esque style and stick figure style.They do get a real kiss between those two scenes though.
They get interrupted by MacKenzie both times.
However, with minimal updates since, the movie appears to either be in Development Hell and may have been cancelled. In 2015, it was announced that a live-action film adaptation of the books was in the works at Summit Entertainment. In 2016, a Spin-Off series, The Misadventures of Max Crumbly, was launched, focusing on a character which debuted in Tales from a Not-so-Perfect Pet Sitter.