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The show lasted for three seasons. Its finale aired May 17, 2016. Not related to the British series of the same name (which is a reality TV show about people from one type of professional background trying to pass as a professional in another area after a few weeks of training, e.g a burger cook trying to convince a panel of judges he was a cordon bleu chef after a crash course from Creator/GordonRamsay.)

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The show lasted for three seasons. Its finale aired May 17, 2016.

Not related to the British series of the same name (which is a reality TV show about people from one type of professional background trying to pass as a professional in another area after a few weeks of training, e.g a burger cook trying to convince a panel of judges he was a cordon bleu chef after a crash course from Creator/GordonRamsay.)
Creator/GordonRamsay). It's also unrelated to the ''Faking It: Tears of a Crime'' true crime show.
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* TeensAreShort: Averted; while some of the students do have the heights to play the trope straight (Bailey Buntain is 4[='=]11 1/2[=''=] tall, and Katie Stevens is 5[='=]2[=''=]), the principal is played by 4[='=]11[=''=] tall Creator/SentaMoses.

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* LoveTriangle: Karma is in love with Liam, who loves her back, while Karma is very good friends with Amy, who has fallen in love with her.



* TriangRelations: Karma, Amy and Liam have a type 7. Karma (A) is in love with Liam (B) who loves her back, Karma is very good friends with Amy (C) who has fallen in love with her.
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%%* BaitAndSwitchComparison: Amy to [[spoiler:Liam]] in the season 2 premiere:

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%%* * BaitAndSwitchComparison: Amy to [[spoiler:Liam]] in the season 2 premiere:
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* {{Nerd}}: Oliver is a good looking guy who wears glasses and is socially awkward.
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** The pottery scene at the beginning of the finale is an explicit reference to ''Film/{{Ghost}}''.

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** The pottery scene at the beginning of the finale is an explicit reference to ''Film/{{Ghost}}''.''Film/Ghost1990''.
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One day, best friends Amy (Rita Volk) and Karma (Katie Stevens) are outed as lesbians by popular gay guy Shane (Michael Willett). There's just one small problem: it's not true.

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One day, best friends Amy (Rita Volk) (Creator/RitaVolk) and Karma (Katie Stevens) (Creator/KatieStevens) are outed as lesbians by popular gay guy Shane (Michael Willett). There's just one small problem: it's not true.
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* HollywoodNerd: Oliver is a good looking guy who wears glasses and is socially awkward.


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* {{Nerd}}: Oliver is a good looking guy who wears glasses and is socially awkward.
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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Sometimes Penelope takes her progressiveness a ''little'' too far, like making Karma change her Cleopatra costume because it's "cultural appropriation", or cancelling Christmas vacation because it might offend some people (though none of the students appears to be offended).

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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: PoliticalOvercorrectness: Sometimes Penelope takes her progressiveness a ''little'' too far, like making Karma change her Cleopatra costume because it's "cultural appropriation", or cancelling Christmas vacation because it might offend some people (though none of the students appears to be offended).
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Romantic Two Girl Friendship has been renamed to Pseudo Romantic Friendship. All misuse and ZC Es will be deleted and all other examples will be changed to the correct trope.
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* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship. Karma and Amy have this starting, being very close intimate friends. Then they fake being lesbians, and Amy starts to fall for Karma. In the end, Amy's realizes she's bisexual and does want a relationship with Karma, but it doesn't work out.

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* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship.PseudoRomanticFriendship. Karma and Amy have this starting, being very close intimate friends. Then they fake being lesbians, and Amy starts to fall for Karma. In the end, Amy's realizes she's bisexual and does want a relationship with Karma, but it doesn't work out.
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TRS Cleanup; not enough context to save.


* {{Asexuality}}: One of the goths identifies as asexual when everyone's labeling themselves in one episode.
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Not So Different has been renamed, and it needs to be dewicked/moved


* HiddenDepths: Liam starts off as just [[TheCasanova 'the hottest boy in school']], but his behavior with Karma's parents, his friendship with Shane, the way he is unnerved by the thought of a threesome (not to mention that he has to be tutored on the subject) and the level of pain he's in when he finds out about Karma and Amy's scam shows that [[NotSoDifferent he's just as scared and uncertain of who and what he is as most of the rest of the cast.]] Not to mention his relationship with his Sqwerkel-owning family; see WhiteSheep below.

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* HiddenDepths: Liam starts off as just [[TheCasanova 'the hottest boy in school']], but his behavior with Karma's parents, his friendship with Shane, the way he is unnerved by the thought of a threesome (not to mention that he has to be tutored on the subject) and the level of pain he's in when he finds out about Karma and Amy's scam shows that [[NotSoDifferent he's just as scared and uncertain of who and what he is as most of the rest of the cast.]] cast. Not to mention his relationship with his Sqwerkel-owning family; see WhiteSheep below.

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