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* EmbarrassingLastName: In ''ttyl,'' Maddie makes fun of Angela's crush because his name is Ben Schlanker (as Maddie puts it, "schlong" plus "wanker"). Angela defends Ben and points out it's a normal Jewish name, and Maddie is being somewhat offensive.
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* AdultFear: Finding out that your daughter is being sexually harassed by a teacher, or that your daughter got picked up by the cops for trying to buy drugs, or that someone took a topless photo of your daughter and posted it on Craigslist...
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* EducationMama: Mrs. Barrett certainly qualifies, especially in ''l8r, g8r'', though it's arguable whether she truly thinks Zoe would be better off at Princeton or whether she's just a pretentious snob who doesn't want her daughter at a local college.
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* EducationMama: Mrs. Barrett certainly qualifies, especially in ''l8r, g8r'', though it's arguable whether she truly thinks Zoe would be better off at Princeton or whether she's just a pretentious snob who doesn't want her daughter at understand that a local college.top-rated Liberal Arts College provides just as good of an education as an Ivy League.
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* HotForStudent: Zoe's English teacher, Mr. H, in the first book, starting innocently enough when he takes her to a church group. Although she enjoys the attention at first, it keeps escalating in creepiness to the point where she finds herself hot-tubbing with him - and not at all sure she's as comfortable with him as she used to be. [[spoiler:Then Angela and Maddie crash their little party.]]
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* AlphaBitch: Jana Whitaker, the Dragon Lady herself, and to a lesser extent, "superficial psycho-slut" Tonnie Wyndham.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Angela's younger sister Chrissy.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Angela's younger sister Chrissy.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: Doug, although he slowly grows out of it. By the time ''yolo'' rolls around, he doesn't really fit the trope anymore.
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* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler: Zoe and Doug by the end of ''yolo''.]]
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* TeacherStudentRomance: Defied. Zoe's plot in the first book has her in an intimate friendship with her teacher, Mr. H, who takes her to church and seems to be coming onto her, which Zoe denies but her friends find incredibly creepy. By the end of the book, he takes her to a hot tub alone, but [[spoiler:Zoe's friends crash the party and interrupt any potentially illicit behavior]].
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* TheirFirstTime: Doug and Zoe in ''l8r, g8r''. It takes a couple of tries, but it does finally happen...in the basement of a church, no less.
* TitleDrop: In every book, generally at the very end.
* TitleDrop: In every book, generally at the very end.
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* TheirFirstTime: Doug and Zoe try to have sex in ''l8r, g8r''. It takes a couple of tries, but it does finally happen...in the basement of a church, no less.
* TitleDrop: In every book, generally at the veryend.end, the girls say the titular acronym before ending a conversation.
* TitleDrop: In every book, generally at the very
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* {{Ephebophile}}: Mr. H, who spends the entire book grooming Zoe despite the latter being 15, until it escalates into him convincing Zoe to join him in his hot tub.
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* FutureLoser: {{Discussed}} by Zoe and Angela; they predict that Jana is going to end up overweight, working at WalMart, and wearing trashy clothes by their ten year reunion
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* {{Ephebophile}}: Mr. H, who spends the entire book grooming Zoe despite the latter being 15, until it escalates into him convincing Zoe to join him in his hot tub.
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* FutureLoser: {{Discussed}} by Zoe and Angela; they predict that Jana is going to end up overweight, working at WalMart, and wearing trashy clothes by their ten year reunion
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The series also got a "makeover" to adapt it better to more modern methods of communication, TV shows, fashions, and celebrities. Instead of instant-messenger, the girls communicate by texting. They also reference each other's tweets and watch Netflix shows like OrangeIsTheNewBlack.
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The series also got a "makeover" to adapt it better to more modern methods of communication, TV shows, fashions, and celebrities. Instead of instant-messenger, the girls communicate by texting. They also reference each other's tweets and watch Netflix shows like OrangeIsTheNewBlack.''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack''.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Poor Angela has an unfortunate tendency to be on the receiving end of this. [[spoiler: In the first book Rob cheats on her with Tonnie; in the third book Logan cheats on her with Jana.]]
** In ''ttfn'', Angela suspects that her father is cheating on her mom after Zoe spots him meeting with a female that he refuses to introduce to her. It's subverted when it turns out that the woman is actually offering him a job in California.
** Possibly Chive in ''ttfn''; he fools around with Maddie and flirts with (and eventually dates) Whitney, but whether or not Whitney is aware of this is never established.
** In ''l8r, g8r'', it's mentioned that Jana's father and stepmother are going through some marital problems, and towards the end of the book Jana catches her stepmother cheating on her father with another man.
** In ''ttfn'', Angela suspects that her father is cheating on her mom after Zoe spots him meeting with a female that he refuses to introduce to her. It's subverted when it turns out that the woman is actually offering him a job in California.
** Possibly Chive in ''ttfn''; he fools around with Maddie and flirts with (and eventually dates) Whitney, but whether or not Whitney is aware of this is never established.
** In ''l8r, g8r'', it's mentioned that Jana's father and stepmother are going through some marital problems, and towards the end of the book Jana catches her stepmother cheating on her father with another man.
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* BiTheWay: [[spoiler: Zoe experiments with a female friend and her boyfriend not long after her breakup with Doug. It doesn't really go anywhere, though, and she says that it was just a one-time thing.]]
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Angela's younger sister Chrissy.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: Doug, in ''ttyl'' anyway.
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* FriendsWithBenefits: Maddie and Chive in ''ttfn''.
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* TheRunaway: [[spoiler: Near the end of ''ttfn'', Angela is unable to take California anymore and hops on a bus back to Atlanta. It ends up working out, as Angela manages to convince her parents to let her stay with her aunt.]]
* SympathyForTheDevil: Defied; Angela is unable to muster any sympathy for Jana despite the latter's family problems due to all the bad blood between them. She does, however, state that she feels a bit sorry for Jana's father.
* TheirFirstTime: Doug and Zoe in ''l8r, g8r''. It takes a couple of tries, but it does finally happen...in the basement of a church, no less.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Defied; Angela is unable to muster any sympathy for Jana despite the latter's family problems due to all the bad blood between them. She does, however, state that she feels a bit sorry for Jana's father.
* TheirFirstTime: Doug and Zoe in ''l8r, g8r''. It takes a couple of tries, but it does finally happen...in the basement of a church, no less.
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** Possibly Chive in ''ttfn''; he fools around with Maddie and flirts with (and eventually dates) Whitney, but whether or not Whitney is aware of this is never established.
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* LoveTriangle: Subverted in ''ttfn''. After years of pining for Angela, Doug moves on and starts talking to Zoe, who reciprocates his interest. Around this time, Angela starts expressing interest in Doug for the first time. However, it's established that Angela's feelings are a mixture of panic over her impending move to California and not knowing how to handle the fact that Doug was no longer crazy about her, and although Zoe and Angela have a pretty bad fight over it, they manage to patch things up.
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** In ''ttfn'', Angela suspects that her father is cheating on her mom after Zoe spots him meeting with a female that he refuses to introduce to her. It's subverted when it turns out that the woman is actually offering him a job in California.
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* AdultFear: Finding out that your daughter is being sexually harassed by a teacher, or that your daughter got picked up by the cops for trying to buy drugs, or that someone took a topless photo of your daughter and posted it on Craigslist...
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* FriendsWithBenefits: Maddie and Chive in ''ttfn''.
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* ChekhovsGun: The dead bird that Angela finds in her truck in ''l8r, g8r''. [[spoiler: She thinks Jana put it there as part of their prank war, which causes said prank war to continue to escalate until it ends with Jana stealing Angela's boyfriend. At the end of the book, though, it comes out that Jana wasn't responsible for the bird; it just flew in Angela's window and died, and had Angela let the prank war end there like she'd originally intended, it wouldn't have ended as badly as it did.]]
* ExperimentedInCollege: Mentioned in ''yolo'' since the girls are at college. [[spoiler: Zoe has a threesome with a female friend and her boyfriend after breaking up with Doug, although it doesn't really go anywhere.]]
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* LongDistanceRelationship: Zoe and Doug between ''ttfn'' and ''l8r, g8r'', then again in ''yolo''. [[spoiler: In the second case, it lasts for all of 30 or so pages before Doug drives to Kenyon to break up with her, saying the distance is too hard.]]
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* LongDistanceRelationship: Zoe and Doug between ''ttfn'' and ''l8r, g8r'', then again in ''yolo''. [[spoiler: In the second case, it lasts for all of 30 or so pages before Doug drives to Kenyon to break up with her, saying the distance is too hard. The ending implies that they might get back together, but it's not really resolved one way or the other.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: Poor Angela has an unfortunate tendency to be on the receiving end of this. [[spoiler: In the first book Rob cheats on her with Tonnie; in the third book Logan cheats on her with Jana.]]
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The series also got a "makeover" to adapt it better to more modern methods of communication, TV shows, fashions, and celebrities. Instead of instant-messenger, the girls communicate by texting. They also reference each other's tweets and watch Netflix shows like OrangeIsTheNewBlack.
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A sequel, ''yolo'', was published in 2014, and deals with the girls' experiences in their first semester of college.
* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: [[spoiler: Doug breaks up with Zoe partly because he falls for a girl in his dorm.]]
* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler: Angela witnesses some guys trying to rape a girl at a sorority party. She manages to stop them, but the incident ends up souring her on sororities in general.]]
* BiTheWay: [[spoiler: Zoe experiments with a female friend and her boyfriend not long after her breakup with Doug. It doesn't really go anywhere, though, and she says that it was just a one-time thing.]]
* BiTheWay: [[spoiler: Zoe experiments with a female friend and her boyfriend not long after her breakup with Doug. It doesn't really go anywhere, though, and she says that it was just a one-time thing.]]
* ComplimentBackfire: When Angela catches her boyfriend cheating on her, her mother tries to comfort her by saying "he's probably the sort of boy who only cares about appearances."
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* EducationMama: Mrs. Barrett certainly qualifies, especially in the last book, though it's arguable whether she truly thinks Zoe would be better off at Princeton or whether she's just a pretentious snob who doesn't want her daughter at a local college.
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** Also, Maddie and Ian in ''yolo''.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Maddie on why Angela was better off without Rob: "He treated you like dirt. He's a dick. And he looks like DavidSpade."
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The ttyl Series - ''ttyl'', ''ttfn'', and ''l8r, g8r'' - is a trilogy of teen novels written by Lauren Myracle, notable for being written completely in Instant Messages among our three heroines. The books chronicle the lives of Madigan "mad maddie" Kinnick, Zoe "zoegirl" Barrett, and Angela "[=SnowAngel=]" Silver, starting with their sophomore year and ending with graduation.
The series has come under fire for some mature content and language, but overall, it's fairly realistic in its portrayal of teens.
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!!This series contains examples of:
* AlphaBitch: Jana Whitaker, the Dragon Lady herself, and to a lesser extent, "superficial psycho-slut" Tonnie Wyndham.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Maddie on why Angela was better off without Rob: "He treated you like dirt. He's a dick. And he looks like DavidSpade."
* ChekhovsBoomerang: In ''ttyl,'' Jana takes some...incriminating...photos of Maddie at a party, and passes them to everyone in the school, thoroughly humiliating her. Then, in ''l8r, g8r'', Jana brings the pictures back into the public eye...by way of a Craigslist "Casual Encounters" ad. Complete with Maddie's phone number.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Doug, in ''ttyl'' anyway.
* ComplimentBackfire: When Angela catches her boyfriend cheating on her, her mother tries to comfort her by saying "he's probably the sort of boy who only cares about appearances."
* EducationMama: Mrs. Barrett certainly qualifies, especially in the last book, though it's arguable whether she truly thinks Zoe would be better off at Princeton or whether she's just a pretentious snob who doesn't want her daughter at a local college.
* HotForStudent: Zoe's English teacher, Mr. H, in the first book, starting innocently enough when he takes her to a church group. Although she enjoys the attention at first, it keeps escalating in creepiness to the point where she finds herself hot-tubbing with him - and not at all sure she's as comfortable with him as she used to be. [[spoiler:Then Angela and Maddie crash their little party.]]
* InLoveWithLove: Angela. Zoe even mentions this.
* PaintingTheMedium: Not only is the story told through instant message, but each girl has a different [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} typeface]], and the pages themselves are framed with an [=IM=] window.
* PoorCommunicationKills: The source of most of the girls' problems, at least intra-friendship.
* TitleDrop: In every book, generally at the very end.
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The series has come under fire for some mature content and language, but overall, it's fairly realistic in its portrayal of teens.
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!!This series contains examples of:
* AlphaBitch: Jana Whitaker, the Dragon Lady herself, and to a lesser extent, "superficial psycho-slut" Tonnie Wyndham.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Maddie on why Angela was better off without Rob: "He treated you like dirt. He's a dick. And he looks like DavidSpade."
* ChekhovsBoomerang: In ''ttyl,'' Jana takes some...incriminating...photos of Maddie at a party, and passes them to everyone in the school, thoroughly humiliating her. Then, in ''l8r, g8r'', Jana brings the pictures back into the public eye...by way of a Craigslist "Casual Encounters" ad. Complete with Maddie's phone number.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Doug, in ''ttyl'' anyway.
* ComplimentBackfire: When Angela catches her boyfriend cheating on her, her mother tries to comfort her by saying "he's probably the sort of boy who only cares about appearances."
* EducationMama: Mrs. Barrett certainly qualifies, especially in the last book, though it's arguable whether she truly thinks Zoe would be better off at Princeton or whether she's just a pretentious snob who doesn't want her daughter at a local college.
* HotForStudent: Zoe's English teacher, Mr. H, in the first book, starting innocently enough when he takes her to a church group. Although she enjoys the attention at first, it keeps escalating in creepiness to the point where she finds herself hot-tubbing with him - and not at all sure she's as comfortable with him as she used to be. [[spoiler:Then Angela and Maddie crash their little party.]]
* InLoveWithLove: Angela. Zoe even mentions this.
* PaintingTheMedium: Not only is the story told through instant message, but each girl has a different [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} typeface]], and the pages themselves are framed with an [=IM=] window.
* PoorCommunicationKills: The source of most of the girls' problems, at least intra-friendship.
* TitleDrop: In every book, generally at the very end.
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