History Series / GossipGirl2007

* TheBeard: This has been used several times in the show.
** Dan and Serena after 511.
** Nate and Serena in S2 to Catherine.

%%* GutturalGrowler: Chuck Bass, Bart Bass and Dr. William van der Woodsen.

* BecomingTheMask: Jenny in Season 3.
* BedTrick: Chuck attempts this with Blair during a blackout, but never gets further than making out. Subverted in that she knows its him all along but pretends to believe it's her boyfriend.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Blair and Chuck. Blair and Dan, later.
* BestServedCold: Blair, Chuck, and Georgina are constantly setting new standards for this trope, and it's '''always''' [[{{Its Personal}} personal]].

* BetaCouple: Dan and Serena
** Lily and Rufus may also count as this.

* BrainlessBeauty: Nate and Serena.
* BrainyBrunette: Blair and Dan.

** Over the course of Season 4, Dan is either a target or collateral damage in just about every scheme. He gets manipulated, deceived, betrayed, and humiliated (privately and publicly), by everyone from Juliette to Blair to, of all people, Vanessa. He suffers from not one, but two cases of unrequited love. His psychopathic ex-girlfriend tricked him into thinking he'd fathered her child so she could use his apartment as a hideout, and he spent the summer taking care of the baby only to have the rug pulled out from under him at the last minute. And now it looks like he's picked up a {{Stalker With A Crush}}.

* CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: Chuck, towards Blair.
* TheCaptain: Howie Archibald.

* CarpetOfVirility: Originally just Chuck, but now Nate and Dan have followed suit.

* TheCasanova: Chuck.
* CatapultNightmare: Usually how the golden age Hollywood dream sequences end.

-->'''Blair''': Why? Give me a reason - and 'I'm Chuck Bass' doesn't count.

* CatFight: Serena vs. Blair. Two memorable ones, actually. Clothing ripping included.

* CharacterBlog: Gossip Girl, of course.

* CharityBall: The characters frequently attend these.

* ChickMagnet: Nate Archibald.

* CoolBigSis: Serena.
* CoolestClubEver: Chuck's two clubs Victrola and Gimlet.
* ConvenientComa: [[spoiler:Chuck in 510-11]]
* ConvenientMiscarriage: [[spoiler:Blair in 510-11]]
* CrazyJealousGuy: Chuck when it comes to Blair, more often than not.

* DancesAndBalls: Practically every other episode of the show. Seriously.
** Practically? This is a fact.
* DarkSecret: Serena has one in Season 1.

* DatingCatwoman: Nate and Bree Buckley

* DeadManWriting: Bart Bass.

* DeadpanSnarker: Blair. Chuck. Dan.
** And Eric, and Jenny, and everyone. This is team behind Series/TheOC and Series/{{Chuck}} after all.
* DeathByChildbirth: Chuck's mother.
* DeathGlare: Chuck is the king of this trope. Blair isn't half-bad either.

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Bart]] in "The Revengers"

* DoubleEntendre: At least 70% of Chuck Bass's dialogue consists of this.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Bart is hit by a car offscreen. To add insult to injury, he was on his way to try and reconcile with his wife, Lily, who had been drifting further away from him and more towards old flame Rufus.[[spoiler:But he was FakingTheDead.]]
* DrowningMySorrows: Chuck.

* DumbBlonde: Serena.
* DysfunctionJunction - The show moreso than the books.

-->'''Dan''': Isn't that the girl who told the entire school, and, oh, several colleges, that you had a drug problem?

* MrFanservice: Inverted. The EstrogenBrigade trope describes "an enclave of female fans within a traditionally male-dominated fandom." ''Gossip Girl'' is primarily aimed at women and girls (as is almost anything else from Creator/TheCW and/or [[Series/{{Privileged}} Alloy]] [[Series/PrettyLittleLiars Entertainment]]). If anything, Serena van der Woodsen and/or Blair Waldorf are [[{{Gender Flip}} Testosterone Brigade Bait]].

* EvilUncle: Jack Bass.
* EvilVersusEvil: The overall plot of Season 4. At first, Juliet seemed to be {{The Dragon}}, then the {{Big Bad}}. Turns out, she had very good reason for wanting retribution. She just had the wrong target. Serena didn't destroy her brother's life. Lily did.
* {{Expy}}: On the surface, a few of the characters share similarities with characters from Series/TheOC: Dan is Seth, Serena is Marissa, Blair is Summer, Bart is Caleb, Rufus is Sandy, and Lily is Kirsten (Coincidentally, the actresses who play their respective characters are both named Kelly.[[note]]Kelly Rowan as Kirsten and Kelly Rutherford as Lily.[[/note]] Lily also shares some similarities with Julie as well.)

* FagHag: Jenny to Eric.

* TheFashionista: All the girls except for Vanessa.

* FirstLawOfResurrection: Evelyn Bass... maybe.
* FishOutOfWater: Dan Humphrey in season one.
** Blair Waldorf at NYU in season 3.

* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Chuck and Eva.

* ForcefulKiss: [[spoiler:Blair to Dan]]

* FreudianExcuse: Chuck (relates to the DeathByChildbirth thing)

* FriendsRentControl: The Humphreys with that Brooklyn loft.

* Gossip {{GIRL}}

* GoodBadGirl: Serena is the epitome of this.

* GranolaGirl: Vanessa to a degree. Also her mother.

** But generaly the writers don't check for accuracy. The worst being "La table Elitaire".

* GroinAttack: Serena does this to Chuck in the pilot, in self-defense.
* GutturalGrowler: Chuck Bass, Bart Bass and Dr. William van der Woodsen.

* HappilyAdopted: Chuck.

* HappinessInSlavery: Dorota ought to count.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Serena.
* HaremSeeker: Chuck when he's not with Blair.
* HeartbrokenBadass: Chuck Bass.

* HighClassCallGirl: Brandeis.
* HighSchool: Seasons one and two.
* HighSchoolDance: Every other episode in the first two seasons.

* HormoneAddledTeenager: Hi, all teenage characters!

* HotBlooded: Chuck.
* HouseHusband: Rufus Humphrey.

* InteractiveNarrator: Gossip Girl herself.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Blair and Dorota.
* InterruptedSuicide: Chuck on the roof of Victrola, stopped just in time by Blair.

* InWithTheInCrowd

* JacobMarleyWarning: Evil!Ghost!Bart mocks Chuck's life choices and tells him to put business above love, like he once did.
* {{Jerkass}}: Chuck Bass and Carter Baizen, at least initially.
** Jack Bass.

* LadyDrunk: Cece Rhodes.
* LadykillerInLove: Chuck.

--> '''Chuck''': You and Serena have it easy. Until now your biggest concern is whose hair is shinier.

--->'''Blair''': (''to Nate'') Hold that non-thought.

--->'''Jack''': Were you hoping to catch me in a compromising position? A litte... high school, don't you think? Leave the plotting to the experts.

-->''I'm tired of standing next to you looking like Darth Vader while you look like Super Barbie.''

* LikesOlderWomen: Nate Archibald.

* LingerieScene: Lots. Usually it's Blair.
* LockedInAFreezer: Twice, both times with Serena and someone else in an elevator.
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Chuck, with women who aren't Blair.

* LoveTriangle.
** Dan/Blair/Chuck in Season 5.

* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: Blair after she gets kicked out of Yale.
** Chuck after he loses Blair.

* MamaBear: Blair, for the NJBC members. Chuck sometimes shows {{Papa Wolf}} tendencies.

* MandatoryLine: Vanessa.
* ManHug: Nate makes a joke about it in season four.
* ManipulativeBastard: Chuck Bass.
** Jack Bass. It runs in the family.
** Lily has beaten both Basses at their own game.

* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Jack Bass.

* MayDecemberRomance: Nate and Lady Catherine.
** Nate and Diana.
** Serena and Steven in S5.

-->'''Serena''': It doesn't make sense!
-->'''Blair''': Feelings never do. They get you all confused. Then they drive you around for hours before they drop you right back where you started.

-->'''Blair''': Chuck. You know that I adore all of God's creatures and the metaphors that they inspire. But these butterflies... have ''got'' to be murdered.
* MilitarySchool: Chuck ends up being sent there in the books.
* MisplacedWildlife: Those wolves... You know the ones.

* MistakenForCheating: [[spoiler:Dan and Blair 511.]]

* NakedPeopleTrappedOutside: Jenny's way of [[AttemptedRape getting back at Chuck]].

* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted in the books.

--->'''Chuck''': You know what they say. The family that plays together stays together.\\

* NouveauRiche: The Basses.

* OlderSidekick: Dorota to Blair.

* PairTheSmartOnes: Dan and Blair.
* PaperThinDisguise: Ivy in S4.

* ThePatriarch: William Vanderbilt.
* PeerPressureMakesYouEvil: Jenny.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Vanessa and Dan, after he chose Serena.

** Taken to it's ludicrous extremes when she double crosses Blair and Serena and when she gets outplayed or threatened she falls back on this trope.

* ThePornomancer: Chuck Bass.

* PrinceCharming: Nate Archibald.
* PrincessInRags: Blair from time to time.
* PrivateDetective: Several. On speed dial.

* QuickNip: Chuck is fond of this.

* [[RealMenWearPink Real Men Wear Purple]]: And sometimes pink.

* ReformedButRejected: Georgina in late season two.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Dan and Vanessa in season 3.
** Dan and Blair in season 5.

* TheRival: Carter Baizen to Chuck Bass.

* RunawayBride: [[spoiler:Blair in 513, although she's already married]]

* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler:Averted with Bart Bass]].

* SeeminglyWholesomeFiftiesGirl: Blair, especially in Season 1.

* SexFaceTurn: Juliet came pretty close.
* SexyManInstantHarem: Chuck.

* ShirtlessScene: Plenty.

-->'''Penelope''': This is madness!
-->'''Blair''': ''(knocking Nelly's book out of her hands)'' No. [[Film/ThreeHundred This. Is. Constance.]]

-->'''Blair to Dan''': Don't go all Film/TheNotebook on me, not now. I need you.

* SickeninglySweethearts: Dan and Serena.
* SideKick: Dorota to Blair.
* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: Jenny with Nate.

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Blair and Dorota.
* SmugSnake: Jack Bass.

* SplitScreenPhoneCall: Dan and Blair.

* {{STD Immunity}}: Averted. There's even a scene where Chuck and his uncle Jack [[{{squick}} bond over which medication they've taken to cure STDs]].

-->'''Blair''': I have an idea.
-->'''Chuck''': I've already had it.

* TestKiss: [[spoiler:Dan and Blair]].

* ThereWillBeToiletPaper: Dan before Ivy Week.

* ThisMeansWar: Chuck to Blair after she makes Eva leave.

* TokenEvilTeammate: Chuck, although Blair seems to take on this role increasingly as seasons progress.

* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot
* TroubledButCute: Chuck.
** Nate has his moments, once you know his family background.
* TrueCompanions: The Non-Judging Breakfast Club.

* {{Tsundere}}: Blair Waldorf, but mostly tsun.
* TwinThreesomeFantasy: Twins find Chuck.
* TwitchyEye: Rufus.

* WellDoneSonGuy: Chuck Bass.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Serena and Blair at the very beginning of the series.

* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Bart usually takes this stance towards Chuck.

* XanatosSpeedChess: Juliet, [[strike:{{The Dragon}}]] [[strike:the {{Big Bad}}]] the {{Anti Villain}} of Season 4, wouldn't be able to play the cast against each other so well if she couldn't update her [[{{Manipulative Bastard}} schemes at a mile a minute.]]
* {{Yandere}}: Georgina for Dan.
** Jenny for Nate.

** Louis is taking this way during season five, the white prince turning into a [[JustForPun Basstard]] more and more as the season goes, while Chuck is becoming a decent person.

** Jenny with the "not letting the cool kids change who I am" thing. [[spoiler: Unless it was an act with her being half of Gossip Girl.]]

* BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler: Jenny, Eric, Juliet, Agnes, Jack and even Vanessa.]]

* BargainWithHeaven: Blair in 510 for [[spoiler: Chuck's life]].

** Eventually Dan and Serena land on this conclusion, as well, but get back together again [[spoiler: and end up marrying in the Series Finale]].

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Dan, starting near the end of season 3. In full bloom in season 4. [[spoiler: Judging from the season 5 finale, Dan in season 6 too]].

* ConvenientComa: [[spoiler: Chuck in 510-11]]
* ConvenientMiscarriage: [[spoiler: Blair in 510-11]]

** [[spoiler: [[FakingTheDead Apparently not]]. [[FridgeLogic Making Lily a bigamist]].]]

** Eric says this word for word when Dan tells him he [[spoiler: kissed Blair]]. After laughing hysterically, of course.

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: Bart]] in "The Revengers"

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Bart is hit by a car offscreen. To add insult to injury, he was on his way to try and reconcile with his wife, Lily, who had been drifting further away from him and more towards old flame Rufus.[[spoiler: But he was FakingTheDead.]]

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Louis in 513.]]
** And to some extent [[spoiler: Serena over the course of]] season five.
** Raina in season four becomes vicious and vengeful [[spoiler: when she learns her father's secret]].

** Serena and Dan have occasionally kept flirting and considered getting back together though throughout the show's run. [[spoiler: They do after their parents divorce.]]

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* GoodGirlGoneBad: Jenny in season three and [[spoiler: Serena]] in season five. Serena was also a bad girl before the events of the series.

** [[spoiler: Jack Bass]], while still corrupt, begins to show some caring for [[spoiler: Chuck]] over the course of the series.

** [[spoiler: Eventually averted.]]

*** And as of the season 5 finale, [[spoiler: she will be running her mother's fashion company, despite not being a designer herself.]]

* InsidiousRumorMill: After learning she has been [[spoiler: waitlisted to Yale]], Blair turns her ire against CoolTeacher Rachel Carr for giving Blair a B on an essay, ruining Blair's perfect grades. When Blair's initial plan to humiliate Rachel fails, Blair uses Gossip Girl to start a rumor that Rachel is having an affair with Dan. Once again, this backfires as she is quickly discovered as the source of the lie and is expelled from Constance, effectively ruining her chances at Yale. [[TheDeterminator But Blair persists]], doubling down on her lie to her father, who pushes the issue on her behalf at the next PTA meeting. Some circumstantial evidence later, and Rachel is fired from Constance while Blair is reinstated. [[spoiler:It does not stick since the parents realize they don't have enough evidence and Rachel is rehired out of fear of a wrongful termination suit. Which sucks for her since in her panic at being fired, [[DramaticIrony she and Dan made the rumor a reality by sleeping together]].]]

** [[spoiler: Chuck in 513 for Blair.]]
** Chuck throughout season 5 for Blair [[spoiler: convincing Louis to stay in 504, pretending to backslide so Blair would be satisfied in 5.07, poisoning the priest and not interrupting her wedding with Prince Louis in 513]]

** [[spoiler: Dan Humphrey after TheReveal that he is Gossip Girl.]]

*** Now it's back to Chuck and Blair as of the season 5 finale, with the possibility of [[spoiler: Dan and Serena returning.]]

* MissingMom: Dan and Jenny's mother, though she comes back for a few episodes. She doesn't even show up for [[spoiler: her son's wedding]]

* MistakenForCheating: [[spoiler: Dan and Blair 511.]]

** [[spoiler: Lola Rhodes]] from outside the UES is considered the only sane woman. She doesn’t succumb to the corruption and knew when to stop getting involved in the toxicity along with having her priorities straight. She’s also the only love interest who never used [[spoiler: Nate]] for ulterior motives, cheated on him, nor isn’t old.

* TheReveal: Gossip Girl turns out to be [[spoiler: Dan Humphrey]].

* RunawayBride: [[spoiler: Blair in 513, although she's already married]]

* SecondaryCharacterTitle: Gossip Girl herself is a minor character on the show. [[spoiler: until the finale that is.]]

** Lisa Loeb in late season one [[spoiler: and again in the SeriesFinale]].

** Jenny also returned briefly for a couple of episodes in season 4. [[spoiler: And she's coming BackForTheFinale, as are Eric (even though [[{{Series/Revenge}} he has business elsewhere in New York State]]) and Juliet.]]

* CoolLoser: Dan Humphrey in the first two seasons, until it is revealed that he is actually the biggest Insider of them all. Congratulations, Dan. Now you're king of the Hipsters.

*** But lets be fair, he didn't know her back when her overdosing was a daily possibility.

* TeensAreShort: Averted in that Blake Lively and Taylor Momsen are 5'10" and 5'8" respectively without heels. Blair is more average height with Leighton Meester at 5'5." Played straight with the 5'4 Connor Paolo playing Eric.

** Nate, the Archie, has Blair as Betty and Serena as Veronica.

* FanService: Dan and Nate tend to strut around without their shirts off.