History Series / PanAm

''Pan Am'' was a television series which aired on Creator/{{ABC}} in the USA. It focuses on four Pan Am stewardesses; Maggie Ryan (Creator/ChristinaRicci), sisters Kate (Creator/KelliGarner) and Laura Cameron (Creator/MargotRobbie), and Colette Valois (Creator/KarineVanasse); and their two regular pilots, Dean Lowery (Creator/MikeVogel) and Ted Vanderway (Creator/MichaelMosley), during the airline's height of popularity in the 1960s. Expect lots and lots of TropesOnAPlane.

-->'''Colette''': I said she was taking her clothes off, but I didn't say who was putting them on.
-->'''Dean''': ''(Rolling his eyes)'' Sailors...

* BettyAndVeronica: And how!

* BreakTheCutie: Colette. Just about every episode.

* CoolBigSis: Kate to Laura.

** A rather subtle example is how when one of the stewardesses gets married, it's presumed that she will quit (this is the reason why everyone thought Bridget quit), however no such assumption is made about the male pilots.

* DirtyOldMan: Captain Thornton

** "It's Castro's country. He'll never keep it."

* KingIncognito: Prince Incognito actually.

* OutOfOrder:
** Episode four is actually episode two (its [[EpisodeCodeNumber production code]] is PA-102). Unfortunately the shuffle puts the launch of Mercury 9 (May 16th 1963), seen on the TV, after episode three's JFK's Berlin speech (June 26th 1963).
** Also "Romance Languages" is shown several weeks late and resolves several plot threads that were skipped over in running order (When did Laura take the nude photos? When did Ginny and Dean break up?).

* PrecociousCrush: Charlie on Colette in "Romance Languages".

* RuleOfDrama: When they were trapped on the short runway in Haiti Dean could have technically turned the plane around instead of lightening the load.

* TheSixties

* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Laura and Joe (played by Gaius Charles).

* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: In some ways. Although smoking was much more accepted in TheSixties (and even allowed on planes), nobody does so on screen. However when a black sailor has a budding romance with Laura in public, he gets assaulted. (Possibly because, even then, lesbians were certainly much less stigmatised than gay men?)
** Also, no one freaks out when Maggie mentions that Amanda kissed her on the lips, in a time period where gay people were generally thought to be predatory perverts.

* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: In some ways. Although smoking was much more accepted in TheSixties (and even allowed on planes), nobody does so on screen. However when a black sailor has a budding romance with Laura in public, he gets assaulted.

* BlackSheep: Kate was considered to be this in her family.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* [[OverprotectiveDad Overprotective Sister]]: Kate

* JerkAss: A lot of the passengers on the Caracas flight, but the guy who tries to steal his suitcase back after everyone's been ordered to lighten the plane is probably the most explicit
** The first scene we see Ted's dad in he is refusing to help his son get back into the Navy test pilot program because it would involve looking for the flaw in the plane's design Ted claims crashed the plane...which, since his company has a contract to make that plane, would cost him a lot of money.

* RuleofDrama: When they were trapped on the short runway in Haiti Dean could have technically turned the plane around instead of lightening the load.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Colette and Dean, Ted and Laura
** [[TheyDo They all do.]]

* CityOfSpies: Berlin.

* CrewOfOne: Captain Lowrey and First Officer Vanderway have a heated argument on final approach to Hong Kong about the Captain's handling of the plane. While such an argument between pilots may seem [[AluminumChristmasTrees like an dramatic exaggeration]] there is actually some [[TruthInTelevision truth]] to such a situation. In the days before such things as 'Crew Resource Management' came along in 1980s commercial Captains would often have a MyWayOrTheHighway attitude to flying.

''Pan Am'' was a television series which aired on Creator/{{ABC}} in the USA. It focuses on four Pan Am stewardesses; Maggie Ryan (Creator/ChristinaRicci), sisters Kate Cameron (Creator/KelliGarner) and Laura Cameron (Creator/MargotRobbie), and Colette Valois (Creator/KarineVanasse); and their two regular pilots, Dean Lowery (Creator/MikeVogel) and Ted Vanderway (Creator/MichaelMosley), during the airline's height of popularity in the 1960s. Expect lots and lots of TropesOnAPlane.

''Pan Am series'' was a television series which aired on ABC in the USA. It focuses on four Pan Am stewardesses; Maggie Ryan (Creator/ChristinaRicci), sisters Kate Cameron (Creator/KelliGarner) and Laura Cameron (Creator/MargotRobbie), and Colette Valois (Creator/KarineVanasse); and their two regular pilots, Dean Lowery (Creator/MikeVogel) and Ted Vanderway (Creator/MichaelMosley), during the airline's height of popularity in the 1960s. Expect lots and lots of TropesOnAPlane.

''Pan Am'' was a television series which aired on ABC in the USA. It focuses on four Pan Am stewardesses ([[Creator/ChristinaRicci Maggie Ryan]], Creator/KateCameron, [[Creator/MargotRobbie Laura Cameron]] and Colette Valois) and their two regular pilots (Creator/DeanLowery and [[Creator/MichaelMosley Ted Vanderway]]) during the airline's height of popularity in the 1960s. Expect lots and lots of TropesOnAPlane.

DuelingShows with Creator/{{NBC}}'s ''Series/ThePlayboyClub'' and both attempting to capture the success of ''Series/MadMen'' for primetime broadcast television. Neither attempt worked, though ''Pam Am'' barely "won" the duel by lasting a whole season before being quietly canceled. But it introduced audiences outside Australia to Creator/MargotRobbie (those who hadn't seen her on ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'', anyway), so something good came out of it. Originally ran from September 25, 2011 to February 19, 2012.

[[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Had more success overseas]], to the point Amazon was interested in a second season (which unfortunately did not go through).

''Pan Am'' was a television series which aired on ABC in the USA. It focuses on four Pan Am stewardesses ([[Creator/ChristinaRicci Maggie Ryan]], Kate Cameron, [[Creator/MargotRobbie Laura Cameron]] and Colette Valois) and their two regular pilots (Dean Lowery and [[Creator/MichaelMosley Ted Vanderway]]) during the airline's height of popularity in the 1960s. Expect lots and lots of TropesOnAPlane.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar
-->'''Ginny Saddler''': It seems I can't get enough of your [[FriendsWithBenefits Pan Am service]].
-->'''Dean Lowrey''': Well, we'll try not to disappoint.

* YourCheatingHeart: Colette is horrified to learn that a man she hooked up with is married and he, his wife and son are aboard a flight she's working.
** Meanwhile, the pilot has no qualms about sleeping with his boss's "secretary" (read: mistress) on more than one occasion.
** Dean cheats on Colette by sleeping with [[spoiler: Bridget]] when she returns.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ted and Broyles. They both become more likable the more you get to know them

''Pan Am'' was a television series which aired on ABC in the USA. It focuses on four Pan Am stewardesses (Creator/MaggieRyan, Creator/KateCameron, Creator/LauraCameron and Creator/ColetteValois) and their two regular pilots (Creator/DeanLowery and Creator/TedVanderway) during the airline's height of popularity in the 1960s. Expect lots and lots of TropesOnAPlane.

''Pan Am'' was a television series which aired on ABC in the USA. It focuses on four Pan Am stewardesses (Maggie Ryan, Kate Cameron, Laura Cameron and Colette Valois) and their two regular pilots (Dean Lowery and Ted Vanderway) during the airline's height of popularity in the 1960s. Expect lots and lots of TropesOnAPlane.

DuelingShows with Creator/{{NBC}}'s ''Series/ThePlayboyClub'' and both attempting to capture the success of ''Series/MadMen'' for primetime broadcast television. Neither attempt worked, though ''Pam Am'' barely "won" the duel by lasting a whole season before being quietly canceled. But it introduced audiences outside Australia to Creator/MargotRobbie (those who hadn't seen her on ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'', anyway), so something good came out of it.

** Episode four is actually episode two (it's [[EpisodeCodeNumber production code]] is PA-102). Unfortunately the shuffle puts the launch of Mercury 9 (May 16th 1963), seen on the TV, after episode three's JFK's Berlin speech (June 26th 1963).

* FaceHeelTurn: In the series finale, [[spoiler: Anderson]] betrays the CIA and MI6.

* ShipSinking: There probably won't be too many fans of Kate and Anderson since in the finale [[spoiler: he betrayed the CIA and MI6 and threatened to kill her]].