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* AnAesop: Lying to give people an image of who you are instead of being yourself isn't good. Be honest and the people who matter will stand by you.
** However, no one really has the right to reveal your secrets for you, especially if a) they are doing it for the wrong reasons, and b) you don't want or need them to be revealed. Weaponizing the truth to hurt people and make yourself feel better is a form of bullying.
** However, no one really has the right to reveal your secrets for you, especially if a) they are doing it for the wrong reasons, and b) you don't want or need them to be revealed. Weaponizing the truth to hurt people and make yourself feel better is a form of bullying.
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* BigBad: [[spoiler: Jake is the killer/stalker.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: It is stated repeatedly throughout the season that Jake and Simon used to be friends, and he knew his way around Simon's room. Also, the stalker keeps on targeting Addy the most throughout the season before framing Nate. In the season finale, Jake is revealed to be the killer.]]
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Janae was the one who was revealing their secrets at first on Simon's AboutThat blog. She did it because she genuinely thought one of them killed Simon. She eventually had her access taken away from her.]]
** [[spoiler: Simon was in a relationship with Maeve.]]
** [[spoiler: Jake killed Simon.]]
** [[spoiler: Simon was in a relationship with Maeve.]]
** [[spoiler: Jake killed Simon.]]
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Janae gave Simon the idea for the AboutThat blog when she teased him about his past friendship with [[spoiler: Jake.]] After hearing him rant on and on about how fake everyone at their school is, she jokingly tells him to make an app or blog exposing them for who they are.
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* DarkSecret: Nate pretends that [[spoiler: his mother is dead, when in fact she is alive. She also has a host of mental illnesses and addictions that resulted in her abandoning him with his dad.]]
** Cooper [[spoiler: had his first boyfriend at fifteen, but when the boyfriend's brother found out, he attacked him. Cooper hit him really hard in self-defense, but was then arrested. He didn't tell the truth for fear of being outed and having his baseball career being ruined.]]
** Cooper [[spoiler: had his first boyfriend at fifteen, but when the boyfriend's brother found out, he attacked him. Cooper hit him really hard in self-defense, but was then arrested. He didn't tell the truth for fear of being outed and having his baseball career being ruined.]]
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* AlmostKiss: Nate and Bronwyn have several of these, especially at the Homecoming Dance.
* TheBigDamnKiss: Nate and Bronwyn has this...about seconds before Nate [[spoiler: is arrested for Simon's murder.]]
* CentralTheme: Lies, how they are used to project the perfect image and who has the right to reveal them.
* DefiantToTheEnd: After Vanessa sends the entire school a picture of everyone together, the core four decide to enjoy the rest of the Homecoming Dance, regardless of what everyone thinks and before one of them ends up arrested.
* DrivingQuestion: Who killed Simon?
* DefiantToTheEnd: After Vanessa sends the entire school a picture of everyone together, the core four decide to enjoy the rest of the Homecoming Dance, regardless of what everyone thinks and before one of them ends up arrested.
* DrivingQuestion: Who killed Simon?
* PetTheDog: After learning of [[spoiler: Janae's overdose, Simon goes over and apologizes to her for going after Maeve.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: TJ gives one to Addy at the Homecoming Dance after she reveals that she thinks he killed Simon.
** In flashbacks, Both Cooper and Bronwyn give one each to Simon for his actions.
* ShipTease: Nate and Bronwyn.
** Brutally subverted with Addy and TJ. He liked her at first, but between her obsession with Jake and her later suspecting him of murder, she eventually drives him away.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: TJ gives one to Addy at the Homecoming Dance after she reveals that she thinks he killed Simon.
** In flashbacks, Both Cooper and Bronwyn give one each to Simon for his actions.
* ShipTease: Nate and Bronwyn.
** Brutally subverted with Addy and TJ. He liked her at first, but between her obsession with Jake and her later suspecting him of murder, she eventually drives him away.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The main four, who are thrust together after the events of the pilot in detention, spend most of the season arguing and not trusting each other. Cooper especially wants nothing to do with the others [[spoiler: once Nate and Bronwyn reveal that that they had Simon's laptop before destroying it.]]
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* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: The whole season is about solving who killed Simon before any one of them is arrested. The murderer turns out to be [[spoiler: Jake]].
* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: The whole season is about solving who killed Simon before any one of them is arrested. The murderer turns out to be [[spoiler: Jake]].
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** Jake in this version [[spoiler: is the true killer by double-crossing Simon and allowing him to die, unlike the book where even that Simon meant to kill himself and he was part of their plan.just an accomplice.]]
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** Jake in this version [[spoiler: is the true killer by double-crossing Simon and allowing him to die, unlike the book where even that was part of their plan.]]
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: Abby still cuts her hair, as she did in the book, however, she no longer dyes her hair purple and is a blond for the duration of the series.
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A Peacock Series, based on the book of the same name.
"One of Us Is Lying" is based on Creator/KarenMMcManus New York Times best-selling novel of the same name. Mystery surrounds Bayview High when five students walk into detention and only four walk out alive, leaving one dead just as he was about to reveal life-changing secrets about the others in a gossip app. Each of the students, Bronwyn, Addy, Nate and Cooper, had the opportunity and individual motives to murder their classmate, but all claim to be innocent as the case revolves around which one of them is lying.
"One of Us Is Lying" is based on Creator/KarenMMcManus New York Times best-selling novel of the same name. Mystery surrounds Bayview High when five students walk into detention and only four walk out alive, leaving one dead just as he was about to reveal life-changing secrets about the others in a gossip app. Each of the students, Bronwyn, Addy, Nate and Cooper, had the opportunity and individual motives to murder their classmate, but all claim to be innocent as the case revolves around which one of them is lying.
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''One Of Us Is Lying'' is a 2021 YA mystery Peacock
"One of Us Is Lying" is
In the story, mystery surrounds Bayview High when five students walk into detention and only four walk out alive, leaving one dead just as he was about to reveal life-changing secrets about the others in a gossip app. Each of the students, Bronwyn, Addy, Nate and Cooper, had the opportunity and individual motives to murder their classmate, but all claim to be innocent as the case revolves around which one of them is lying.
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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The solution to the murder hews very close to the book's, except for one thing: [[spoiler: Simon never intended to actually die. He planned to frame the four for ''attempted'' murder, with Jake making sure he got an EpiPen at the last minute, but Jake betrayed him.]]
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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The solution to the murder hews very close to the book's, except for one thing: [[spoiler: Simon never intended to actually die. He planned to frame the four for ''attempted'' murder, with Jake making sure he got an EpiPen [=EpiPen=] at the last minute, but Jake betrayed him.]]
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Zigzagged. Maeve in the books was always on Bronwyn’s side and would have never [[spoiler: given the hard drive to the police, knowing it would out Cooper.]] However, she still loves her sister and goes through many lengths to defend Bronwyn.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Zigzagged. Maeve in the books was always on Bronwyn’s side and would have never [[spoiler: given the hard drive to the police, knowing it would out Cooper.]] However, she still loves her sister and goes through to many lengths to defend Bronwyn.
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* WhamShot: [[spoiler: Maeve with Simon’s computer]]
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* WhamShot: [[spoiler: Maeve WhamShot:
** [[spoiler:Maeve with Simon’scomputer]]
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**[[spoiler: Later, [[spoiler:Later, Maeve with a hard-drive in a an envelope addressed to the police after Nate and Bronwyn have destroyed Simon's laptop to stop Cooper from being outed.]]
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** Vanessa, though still the AlphaBitch, is friendly with Addy before her secret comes out. [[spoiler: She also has a much better reason to hate Addy, seeing as she was dating TJ.]] Additionally, [[spoiler: the added abortion plot line and her devotion to Mrs. Avery gives her a depth her book counterpart lacked.]]
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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The solution to the murder hews very close to the book's, except for one thing: [[spoiler: Simon never intended to actually die. He planned to frame the four for ''attempted'' murder, with Jake making sure he got an EpiPen at the last minute, but Jake betrayed him.]]
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler: Heartbreakingly subverted with]] Cooper's dad. [[spoiler: He knows that Cooper is gay, and he's proud of him — for keeping it secret.]]
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: AdaptationalNiceGuy:
** [[spoiler: Heartbreakingly subverted with]] Cooper's dad. [[spoiler: He knows that Cooper is gay, and he's proud of him — for keeping it secret.]]
** [[spoiler: Heartbreakingly subverted with]] Cooper's dad. [[spoiler: He knows that Cooper is gay, and he's proud of him — for keeping it secret.]]
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Zigzagged. Maeve in the books was always on Bronwyn’s side and would have never [[spoiler: given the hard drive to the police, knowing it would out Cooper.]] However, she still loves her sister and goes through many lengths to defend Bronwyn.
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** Addy's mother obsesses over her daughter's looks and sees Jake as her only way to a happy future.
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** Addy's mother obsesses over her daughter's looks and sees Jake as her only way to a happy future. She tells her that being framed for murder could lead to her being an influencer.
** Nate's secret goes from him still selling drugs (a violation of his parole) to having sold drugs to someone who overdosed and nearly died. [[spoiler: The someone turns out to have been Janae, and Nate was also the one who saved her life.]]
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler: Heartbreakingly subverted with]] Cooper's dad. [[spoiler: He knows that Cooper is gay, and he's proud of him — for keeping it secret.]]
* AdaptationalSexuality: [[spoiler: Janae, who's in love with Simon in the book, is gay in the series, and later,]] [[spoiler: Maeve, who's only shown interest in boys in the books, is interested in both Simon and Janae.]]
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler: Heartbreakingly subverted with]] Cooper's dad. [[spoiler: He knows that Cooper is gay, and he's proud of him — for keeping it secret.]]
* AdaptationalSexuality: [[spoiler: Janae, who's in love with Simon in the book, is gay in the series, and later,]] [[spoiler: Maeve, who's only shown interest in boys in the books, is interested in both Simon and Janae.]]
** When [[spoiler: his mother]] returns, they think he might be the killer, but that they screwed him up so much that it is their fault, not his.
* NeverMyFault: Simon hates Nate because Nate sold [[spoiler: Janae]] the drugs they used to overdose. [[spoiler: Simon completely ignores that finding him and Maeve together was what triggered Janae to buy drugs in the first place, that she may have deliberately overdosed, and that Nate is the one whose first aid probably saved her life.]]
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* WhamShot: [[spoiler: Maeve with Simon’s computer]]computer]]
** [[spoiler: Later, Maeve with a hard-drive in a envelope addressed to the police after Nate and Bronwyn have destroyed Simon's laptop to stop Cooper being outed.]]
** [[spoiler: Later, Maeve with a hard-drive in a envelope addressed to the police after Nate and Bronwyn have destroyed Simon's laptop to stop Cooper being outed.]]
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* AdaptedOut: Cooper’s friend Luis, and Addy’s sister Ashton.
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* AdaptedOut: Cooper’s friend Luis, and Addy’s sister Ashton.Ashton, and their former friend Olivia.
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* AlphaBitch: Vanessa.
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* CompositeCharacter: Vanessa is still the AlphaBitch she was in the books, but she also appears to take on a lot of Olivia’s stuff. She and Addy are superficially friends before her secret is revealed, and Vanessa is effectively the ‘second option’ for a boy who likes one of her friends more. She still dates Jake after the breakup.
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* VisualPun: Cooper hides in a closet when Nate appears to sell Kris shrooms. Kris lampshades this.
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** Inverted with his relationship with Keely — in the book he's not out to her and cheating on her with Kris, but in the series she's the first person he told and is willingly TheBeard, although it is unclear if she knows about Kris.
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** Inverted with his relationship with Keely — in the book he's not out to her and cheating on her with Kris, but in the series she's the first person he told and is willingly TheBeard, although it is unclear if she knows about Kris. [[spoiler: And Kris does ''not'' know about her.]]
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** Addy's mother obsesses over her daughter's looks and sees Jake as her only way to a happy future.
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** Inverted with his relationship with Keely — in the book he's not out to her and cheating on her with Kris, but in the series she's the first person he told and is willingly TheBeard.TheBeard, although it is unclear if she knows about Kris.
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** Inverted with his relationship with Keely — in the book he's not out to her and cheating on her with Kris, but in the series she's the first person he told and is willingly TheBeard.
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* AdaptionalAngstUpgrade: As a result of Cooper's sexuality no longer being a big reveal, his relationship with Kris is changed to [[spoiler: Cooper lying to Kris about his age, claiming to be in college.]]
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* AdaptionalAngstUpgrade: AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: As a result of Cooper's sexuality no longer being a big reveal, his relationship with Kris is changed to [[spoiler: Cooper lying to Kris about his age, claiming to be in college.]]
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* AdaptionalAngstUpgrade: As a result of Cooper's sexuality no longer being a big reveal, his relationship with Kris is changed to [[spoiler: Cooper lying to Kris about his age, claiming to be in college.]]
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"One of Us Is Lying" is based on Karen M. Mcmanus New York Times best-selling novel of the same name. Mystery surrounds Bayview High when five students walk into detention and only four walk out alive, leaving one dead just as he was about to reveal life-changing secrets about the others in a gossip app. Each of the students, Bronwyn, Addy, Nate and Cooper, had the opportunity and individual motives to murder their classmate, but all claim to be innocent as the case revolves around which one of them is lying.
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"One of Us Is Lying" is based on Karen M. Mcmanus Creator/KarenMMcManus New York Times best-selling novel of the same name. Mystery surrounds Bayview High when five students walk into detention and only four walk out alive, leaving one dead just as he was about to reveal life-changing secrets about the others in a gossip app. Each of the students, Bronwyn, Addy, Nate and Cooper, had the opportunity and individual motives to murder their classmate, but all claim to be innocent as the case revolves around which one of them is lying.
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* AdultFear: Nate’s a teen drug dealer whose house has a stack of overdue bills. His father is an addict who isn’t even awake when he comes home. When the dad is barely lucid enough to ask how his son is,
Nate lies and doesn’t tell him about the murder investigation.
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* AdultFear: Nate’s a teen drug dealer whose house has a stack of overdue bills. His father is an addict who isn’t even awake when he comes home. When the dad is barely lucid enough to ask how his son is,
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* AdultFear: Nate’s a teen drug dealer whose house has a stack of overdue bills, his bills. His father is an addict who isn’t even awake when he comes home, and when home. When the dad is barely lucid enough to ask how his son is is,
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* AdultFear: Nate’s a teen drug dealer whose house has a stack of overdue bills, his father is an addict who isn’t even awake when he comes home, and when the dad is barely lucid enough to ask how his son is Nate lies and doesn’t tell him about the murder investigation.
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* AgeLift: Cooper’s brother, Lucas.AdultFear: Nate’s house has a stack of overdue bills, his father is an addict who isn’t even awake when he comes home, and when the dad is barely lucid enough to ask how his son is Nate lies and doesn’t tell him about the murder investigation.
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"One of Us Is Lying" is based on Karen M. McManus Mcmanus New York Times best-selling novel of the same name. Mystery surrounds Bayview High when five students walk into detention and only four walk out alive, leaving one dead just as he was about to reveal life-changing secrets about the others in a gossip app. Each of the students, Bronwyn, Addy, Nate and Cooper, had the opportunity and individual motives to murder their classmate, but all claim to be innocent as the case revolves around which one of them is lying.
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* AbusiveParents: Simon’s mom treats his ‘funeral’ as a way to further her political career.
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"One of Us Is Lying" is based on Karen M. McManus' McManus New York Times best-selling novel of the same name. Mystery surrounds Bayview High when five students walk into detention and only four walk out alive, leaving one dead just as he was about to reveal life-changing secrets about the others in a gossip app. Each of the students, Bronwyn, Addy, Nate and Cooper, had the opportunity and individual motives to murder their classmate, but all claim to be innocent as the case revolves around which one of them is lying.
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"One of Us Is Lying" is based on Karen M. McManus' New York Times best-selling novel of the same name. Mystery surrounds Bayview High when five students walk into detention and only four walk out alive, leaving one dead just as he was about to reveal life-changing secrets about the others in a gossip app. Each of the students, Bronwyn, Addy, Nate and Cooper, had the opportunity and individual motives to murder their classmate, but all claim to be innocent as the case revolves around which one of them is lying.
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!!''One of Us Is Lying'' contains examples of the following tropes:
* AdaptedOut: Cooper’s friend Luis, and Addy’s sister Ashton.
* AgeLift: Cooper’s brother, Lucas
* WhamShot: [[spoiler: Maeve with Simon’s computer]]
"One of Us Is Lying" is based on Karen M. McManus' New York Times best-selling novel of the same name. Mystery surrounds Bayview High when five students walk into detention and only four walk out alive, leaving one dead just as he was about to reveal life-changing secrets about the others in a gossip app. Each of the students, Bronwyn, Addy, Nate and Cooper, had the opportunity and individual motives to murder their classmate, but all claim to be innocent as the case revolves around which one of them is lying.
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!!''One of Us Is Lying'' contains examples of the following tropes:
* AdaptedOut: Cooper’s friend Luis, and Addy’s sister Ashton.
* AgeLift: Cooper’s brother, Lucas
* WhamShot: [[spoiler: Maeve with Simon’s computer]]
