History Series / Vida

* VisualPun: A dramatic example. During the protest outside of Vida's bar, Lyn literally becomes whitewashed when Yoli, a member of Los Vigilantes, douses her in bleach to emphasize how out of touch the sisters are with the dangers of gentrification.

** Nelson prefers "pink nipples" aka. white women.
** Lyn is on frequently on the receiving end of this trope by white men who use her for "exotic Latina" sex only to end up dumping her.

* DomesticAbuse: Emma and Lyn's father Victor used to beat up their mother, Vidalia. Lyn insists he's changed, while Emma is reluctant to accept this.

On March 18th, Saracho announced that the upcoming third season will also be the show's final season.

* ADateWithRosiePalms:
** Emma tries this but finds herself unable to do so since Eddy and another group of women are praying or singing for Vida.
** In the second season, the councilman implies he'll be doing this after Lyn backs off from sex with him.

* DoubleStandard: Johnny and Marisol's father, who still subscribes to old-fashioned sexism by punishing his daughter for things that he lets his son get away with. Case in point, he shows no concern over the fact that Johnny is cheating on his pregnant fiancee, and instead yells at Marisol to mind her own business. However, when he finds out that Marisol had sex with her boyfriend Tlaloc, he kicks her out of the house.

* LatinoIsBrown: All of the Latino characters are the standard black-haired (and brunette), olive-skinned people aside from Nico, who has slightly lighter looks. Of course, it's TruthInTelevision for most Latinos in the US.

* VillainousGentrification: {{Played for drama}}. The series' subplot involves the characters resisting the attempts to gentrify Boyle Heights, mainly because it could raise property prices to the point that most residents couldn't afford to live there, and can potentially erase the neighborhood's beloved Latin culture.

* InterchangableAsianCultures: Before Emma and Lyn's arrival, Vida's bar was named "La Chinita", with a geisha as its logo.

* YourCheatingHeart:
** Johnny has a pregnant fiancee, but he has sex with Lyn multiple times, despite telling her he is over her.
** [[spoiler: Season 3 reveals that Nico is still married to a woman named Zoey, something she hid from Emma.]]

* DoubleStandard: Johnny and Marisol's father, who still subscribes to old-fashioned sexism. He shows no concern over the fact that Johnny is having sex with Lyn behind Karla's back, instead yelling at ''Marisol'' for bringing it up. However, when he finds out that Marisol had sex with Tlaloc, he kicks her out of the house.

* SoundtrackDissonance: The end of the first episode shows Emma and Lyn crying for their Vida as they watch an old videotape showing them as children dancing with their mother, all while the very bouncy Music/{{Selena}} song "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" plays in the background.

* OutsideInsideSlur: Emma and Lyn are frequently referred to as "coconuts" or "White-inas" because they previously left their neighborhood, and later return to make major changes to their late mother's bar. Season 3 shows disgruntled residents painting actual coconuts over Emma and Lyn's painting on the community mural to further protest the changes they made to Visa's bar.

* OutsideInsideSlur: Emma and Lyn are frequently referred to as "coconuts" or "White-inas" because they previously left their neighborhood, and later return to make major changes to their late mother's bar. PlayedForDrama, as the show addresses the many issues within the Latin American community, including racism, as is shown with the aforementioned slurs. Season 3 trailers show residents painting actual coconuts over Emma and Lyn's painting on the community mural to further protest the changes they made to Visa's bar.

* InternalizedCategorism: Vidalia had kicked out Emma twice over her attraction to women. However, once it's been revealed Vidalia herself liked women (even later marrying one) Emma angrily concludes this about her. The sisters are accused of being self-hating by other Latinx people who dislike them changing the bar as well.

* LipstickLesbian: Emma (or perhaps a lipstick bisexual in her case) and, to a slightly lesser extent, Cruz. Possibly also Vida, assuming she was a lesbian and not bi.

* LatinoIsBrown: All of the Latino characters are the standard black-haired (and brunette), olive-skinned people. Of course, it's TruthInTelevision for most Latinos in the US.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Emma confronts Lyn over her affair with Johnny, Lyn willfully ignores the fact that Johnny is both engaged and a father-to-be, choosing to justify her actions on the grounds that she wants to be free from society's idea of monogamy. Understandbly, Emma is pissed at this.

* DomesticAbuse: Emma and Lyn's father Victor used to beat up their mother, Vidalia. Lyn insists he's change, while Emma is reluctant to accept this.

* BiTheWay: In season two it's revealed Emma is bisexual, rather than a lesbian as she seemed at first. This is PlayedForDrama to a degree, as some lesbians she meets are skeptical of this.

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Averted. Emma gets abortion pills immediately after discovering she's pregnant, which is treated matter of factly by her and Lyn (the only other person who knows). In fact Lyn mentions she'd once used the same means to have an abortion herself in the past.

* TheGenerationGap: Eddy is confused by younger LGBT people, as they embrace "queer" as a self-descriptor (it was a "fighting word" when she was young) while not understanding what "non-binary" is, which has become a common identity in their generation. They in turn view her as an out of touch "elder".

* ButchLesbian: Eddy. In the second season, a bunch of others are shown. They even discuss the idea of advertising that they're lesbians by masculine clothing and hairstyles. Nico is one of them, who Emma then gets involved with.