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''Surviving Middle School: A Bullying Story'' is a machinima made by [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl1q_MGj0Sob6PCR_uy_-CQ SimbcatProductions]]. It consists of 19 episodes and is divided into two seasons. The first season centers around a 6th grader named Lucy Smith, who returns to her hometown only to find her former friends have become popular and no longer want anything to do with her. She immediately becomes a target of their bullying, and is soon joined by Kyra and Audrey, who are also bullied, as they try to make their way through school. The season season, which begins at episode 14, centers around Lucy's cousin, Brandy and her group of friends. The series ran from December 2012 to February 2014. On January 7, 2015, the creator announced a remake of the series was in the works, which began on September 2 of that year. However, it stopped after only a few episodes and the after putting out the remastered version of the original first season, the creator announced she was done with the series.
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''Surviving Middle School: A Bullying Story'' is a machinima made by [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl1q_MGj0Sob6PCR_uy_-CQ SimbcatProductions]]. It consists of 19 episodes and is divided into two seasons. The first season centers around a 6th grader named Lucy Smith, who returns to her hometown only to find her former friends have become popular and no longer want anything to do with her. She immediately becomes a target of their bullying, and is soon joined by Kyra and Audrey, who are also bullied, as they try to make their way through school.
The season season, which begins at episode 14, centers around Lucy's cousin, Brandy and her group of friends. The series ran from December 2012 to February 2014.
On January 7, 2015, the creator announced a remake of the series was in the works, which began on September 2 of that year. However, it stopped after only a few episodes and the after putting out the remastered version of the original first season, the creator announced she was done with the series.
The season season, which begins at episode 14, centers around Lucy's cousin, Brandy and her group of friends. The series ran from December 2012 to February 2014.
On January 7, 2015, the creator announced a remake of the series was in the works, which began on September 2 of that year. However, it stopped after only a few episodes and the after putting out the remastered version of the original first season, the creator announced she was done with the series.
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* BetaBitch: Sara, Mckenna [=McKenna=] and Michlle Michelle to their leader Alyssa. Crystal is this to Abigail.
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''Surviving Middle School: A Bullying Story'' is a machinima made by [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl1q_MGj0Sob6PCR_uy_-CQ SimbcatProductions]]. It consists of 19 episodes and is divided into two seasons. The first season centers around a 6th grader named Lucy Smith, who returns to her hometown only to find her former friends have become popular and no longer want anything to do with her. She immediately becomes a target of their bullying, and is soon joined by Kyra and Audrey, who are also bullied, as they try to make their way through school. The season season, which begins at episode 14, centers around Lucy's cousin, Brandy and her group of friends. The series ran from December 2012 to February 2014. On January 7, 2015, the creator announced a remake of the series was in the works, which began on September 2 of that year.
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''Surviving Middle School: A Bullying Story'' is a machinima made by [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl1q_MGj0Sob6PCR_uy_-CQ SimbcatProductions]]. It consists of 19 episodes and is divided into two seasons. The first season centers around a 6th grader named Lucy Smith, who returns to her hometown only to find her former friends have become popular and no longer want anything to do with her. She immediately becomes a target of their bullying, and is soon joined by Kyra and Audrey, who are also bullied, as they try to make their way through school. The season season, which begins at episode 14, centers around Lucy's cousin, Brandy and her group of friends. The series ran from December 2012 to February 2014. On January 7, 2015, the creator announced a remake of the series was in the works, which began on September 2 of that year.
year. However, it stopped after only a few episodes and the after putting out the remastered version of the original first season, the creator announced she was done with the series.
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** Audrey for getting angry at Lucy for not standing up to the bullies, but it was justified because she asked about her deceased mother.
** Kat for being a good friend to a ClingyJealousGirl to Josh, because he likes Lucy more than her.
** Josh because of his out of character moment, he became rude and annoyed by Lucy's vulnerability in episode 12.
** Audrey for getting angry at Lucy for not standing up to the bullies, but it was justified because she asked about her deceased mother.
** Kat for being a good friend to a ClingyJealousGirl to Josh, because he likes Lucy more than her.
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* AgeInappropriateDress: Several comments have noted the popular girls dress much more maturely than a 6th grader would.
* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Kyra's dad]]
* AlphaBitch: Abigail, Alyssa, and Leeann
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Alyssa, Josh, Crystal, May, Kat and number of other characters
* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Kyra's dad]]
* AlphaBitch: Abigail, Alyssa, and Leeann
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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Kyra'sdad]]
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* AlphaBitch: Abigail, Alyssa, andLeeann
Leeann.
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* DownerEnding: The series finale is basically this; [[spoiler: Lucy and Brandy are both DrivenToSuicide, Josh and Lindsey are presumably in jail, as is McKenna, Beth is abandoned by her friends, Leeann and her friends receive no comeuppance for their bullying, Kyra and Audrey are presumed to be still in foster care, Alicia is a single teenage mother, and most of the characters don't get their stories or issues resolved at all.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Lucy, and later Brandy]]
* EmoTeen: Kat and her best friend
* ExpositoryThemeTune: The first theme song is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk8nBBvjZ-M#t=21 Hero]] by Superchick, specifically the second part
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Lucy, and later Brandy]]
* EmoTeen: Kat and her best friend
* ExpositoryThemeTune: The first theme song is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk8nBBvjZ-M#t=21 Hero]] by Superchick, specifically the second part
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* DownerEnding: The series finale is basically this; [[spoiler: Lucy and Brandy are both DrivenToSuicide, Josh and Lindsey are presumably in jail, as is McKenna, [=McKenna=], Beth is abandoned by her friends, Leeann and her friends receive no comeuppance for their bullying, Kyra and Audrey are presumed to be still in foster care, Alicia is a single teenage mother, and most of the characters don't get their stories or issues resolved at all.]]
*DrivenToSuicide: DrivenToSuicide:
** [[spoiler:Lucy, and later Brandy]]
Lucy near the end of Season 1.]]
** [[spoiler: Brandy in Season 2.]]
* DullSurprise: Some of the characters respond to incredibly emotion-laden statements with things like, "Oh. That sucks."
* EmoTeen: Kat and her bestfriend
friend.
* ExpositoryThemeTune: The first theme song is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk8nBBvjZ-M#t=21 Hero]] by Superchick, specifically the secondpartpart.
* ExtremeDoormat: Lucy doesn't make much effort to fight back against the bullies, something [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by both Audrey and Kyra.
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** [[spoiler: Brandy in Season 2.]]
* DullSurprise: Some of the characters respond to incredibly emotion-laden statements with things like, "Oh. That sucks."
* EmoTeen: Kat and her best
* ExpositoryThemeTune: The first theme song is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk8nBBvjZ-M#t=21 Hero]] by Superchick, specifically the second
* ExtremeDoormat: Lucy doesn't make much effort to fight back against the bullies, something [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by both Audrey and Kyra.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The third theme song of season 1 foreshadows [[spoiler: Lucy's death]]
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* InformedFlaw: Supposedly, Mr. Ingwall is a pedophile, but nothing has ever been shown to support this.
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* InformedFlaw: Supposedly, The popular girls once gossip that Mr. Ingwall is a pedophile, but nothing has ever been shown to support this.this.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Audrey going off on Lucy might have been excessive, but she's right that Lucy never makes an attempt to stand up for herself.
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* OutOfCharacterMoment: Josh [[spoiler: suddenly deciding he's tired to Lucy and turning to Kat]] despite being devoted to her beforehand.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Josh [[spoiler: suddenly deciding he's tired to Lucy and turning to Kat]] despite being devoted to her beforehand.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The popular girls' reactions to [[spoiler: Lucy's suicide]]
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* OutOfCharacterMoment: Josh [[spoiler: suddenly deciding he's tiredto of Lucy and turning to Kat]] despite being devoted to her beforehand.
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* RichBitch: All of the popular girls
* SimpletonVoice: Ben, who's voice is often over the top.
* ShrinkingViolet: Kyra
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Kyra is raped by her father]]
* RichBitch: All of the popular girls
* SimpletonVoice: Ben, who's voice is often over the top.
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* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure
PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: [[spoiler:Lucy and Kyra. Except the girls never get the chance to come back from it—by the end of the episode, Lucy has died by suicide.]]
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Kyra is raped by herfather]]
father.]]
* {{Remaster}}: The creator uploaded the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA7UB7sXju0 remastered version]] in 2018. It combines all of the first season's episodes into one video, improves the audio, and removes irrelevant scenes.
* RichBitch: All of the populargirls
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* SimpletonVoice: Ben,who's whose voice is often over the top.
* ShrinkingViolet:KyraKyra is incredibly shy.
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Kyra is raped by her
* {{Remaster}}: The creator uploaded the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA7UB7sXju0 remastered version]] in 2018. It combines all of the first season's episodes into one video, improves the audio, and removes irrelevant scenes.
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''Surviving Middle School: A Bullying Story'' is a machinima made by [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl1q_MGj0Sob6PCR_uy_-CQ SimbcatProductions]]. It consists of 19 episodes and is divided into two seasons. The first season centers around a 6th grader named Lucy Smith, who returns to her hometown only to find her former friends have become popular and no longer want anything to do with her. She immediately becomes a target of their bullying, and is soon joined by Kyra and Audrey, who are also bullied, as they try to make their way through school. The season season, which begins at episode 14, centers around Lucy's cousin, Brandy and her group of friends. The series ran from December 2012 to February 2014. On January 7, 2015, the creator announced a remake of the series was in the works, which began on September 2 of that year.
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!!This series provides examples of:
* AbortedArc: In the second season premiere, Leeann devises a plan to break Emma's heart, but it never comes to fruition.
* AdultsAreUseless: None of the adults seem to be around when the bullying happens. Plus, it is implied more than one of the popular girls have uninvolved parents, as does Audrey.
* AgeInappropriateDress: Several comments have noted the popular girls dress much more maturely than a 6th grader would.
* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Kyra's dad]]
* AlphaBitch: Abigail, Alyssa, and Leeann
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Alyssa, Josh, Crystal, May, Kat and number of other characters
* [[AngryBlackMan Angry Black Girl]]: Audrey.
* AscendedExtra: Lindsey and Kat in season 2
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Lindsey in episodes 16 and 17
* DemotedToExtra: After season 1, the former bullies become little more than extras to make room for the new bullies.
** WordOfGod also says this was the fate of Mr. Ingwall and a minor character named Cheyenne.
* DawsonCasting: The voice actors often sound older than the 11 and 12-year-olds they portray.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Aubrey, whenever her troubled life is brought up.
* DownerEnding: The series finale is basically this; [[spoiler: Lucy and Brandy are both DrivenToSuicide, Josh and Lindsey are presumably in jail, as is McKenna, Beth is abandoned by her friends, Leeann and her friends receive no comeuppance for their bullying, Kyra and Audrey are presumed to be still in foster care, Alicia is a single teenage mother, and most of the characters don't get their stories or issues resolved at all.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Lucy, and later Brandy]]
* EmoTeen: Kat and her best friend
* ExpositoryThemeTune: The first theme song is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk8nBBvjZ-M#t=21 Hero]] by Superchick, specifically the second part
* FallenPrincess: Kyra was one of the popular girls until her family fell on hard times.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The third theme song of season 1 foreshadows [[spoiler: Lucy's death]]
* GirlPosse: The bullies in the first season are all part of one.
* GoodCostumeSwitch: When Kyra was a popular girl, she dressed in the same, expensive and mature clothes and wore the same hairstyles as they do. By the time Lucy shows up, she wears a more child-like dress and looks like a typical nerd.
* InformedFlaw: Supposedly, Mr. Ingwall is a pedophile, but nothing has ever been shown to support this.
* KidsAreCruel: The premise of the entire series.
* LeftHanging: The ultimate fates of almost every character, as well as several plot points are left hanging. Among them:
** Frank's plans to come out to his homophobic father.
** The identity of [[spoiler: Alyssa's baby's father]], though Ben is the most likely culprit.
** Beth's eating disorders.
** Lindsey and Josh's fate [[spoiler: after going on a killing spree.]]
** Whether [[spoiler: Kat's murder is ever discovered]]
** The reasons [[spoiler: behind Brandy's suicide.]]
* MissingMom: Audrey's mom died when she was four.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The popular girls' reactions to [[spoiler: Lucy's suicide]]
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Josh [[spoiler: suddenly deciding he's tired to Lucy and turning to Kat]] despite being devoted to her beforehand.
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: Kyra's mom seemingly abandons the family after they lose their house.]]
* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Kyra is raped by her father]]
* RichBitch: All of the popular girls
* SimpletonVoice: Ben, who's voice is often over the top.
* ShrinkingViolet: Kyra
* SpoiledSweet: Beth, who despite being part of Alyssa's group is very nice and hates how her friends treat Lucy, though she's too afraid to speak up.
* StraightGay: Frank
* TeenPregnancy: Abigail's sister [[spoiler: and Alyssa in the series finale]]
* TheMovie: Was planned, but never happened due to the creator getting a computer virus.
* TimeSkip: The series finale
* TokenMinority: Audrey is the only main character who's black
** Leeann's best friend could also count, though unlike Audrey, she only appears every now and then.
* WeightWoe: Beth, who varies between anorexia and bulimia, and exercises to point she faints. Lucy and Sara also show signs of this.
* WhamEpisode: Episodes 12 and 18
* WrongSideOfTheTracks: Audrey lives in a crime-ridden neighborhood.
[[caption-width-right:280:[-Pictured from left to right: Kyra, Lucy and Audrey.-] ]]
''Surviving Middle School: A Bullying Story'' is a machinima made by [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl1q_MGj0Sob6PCR_uy_-CQ SimbcatProductions]]. It consists of 19 episodes and is divided into two seasons. The first season centers around a 6th grader named Lucy Smith, who returns to her hometown only to find her former friends have become popular and no longer want anything to do with her. She immediately becomes a target of their bullying, and is soon joined by Kyra and Audrey, who are also bullied, as they try to make their way through school. The season season, which begins at episode 14, centers around Lucy's cousin, Brandy and her group of friends. The series ran from December 2012 to February 2014. On January 7, 2015, the creator announced a remake of the series was in the works, which began on September 2 of that year.
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!!This series provides examples of:
* AbortedArc: In the second season premiere, Leeann devises a plan to break Emma's heart, but it never comes to fruition.
* AdultsAreUseless: None of the adults seem to be around when the bullying happens. Plus, it is implied more than one of the popular girls have uninvolved parents, as does Audrey.
* AgeInappropriateDress: Several comments have noted the popular girls dress much more maturely than a 6th grader would.
* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Kyra's dad]]
* AlphaBitch: Abigail, Alyssa, and Leeann
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Alyssa, Josh, Crystal, May, Kat and number of other characters
* [[AngryBlackMan Angry Black Girl]]: Audrey.
* AscendedExtra: Lindsey and Kat in season 2
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Lindsey in episodes 16 and 17
* DemotedToExtra: After season 1, the former bullies become little more than extras to make room for the new bullies.
** WordOfGod also says this was the fate of Mr. Ingwall and a minor character named Cheyenne.
* DawsonCasting: The voice actors often sound older than the 11 and 12-year-olds they portray.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Aubrey, whenever her troubled life is brought up.
* DownerEnding: The series finale is basically this; [[spoiler: Lucy and Brandy are both DrivenToSuicide, Josh and Lindsey are presumably in jail, as is McKenna, Beth is abandoned by her friends, Leeann and her friends receive no comeuppance for their bullying, Kyra and Audrey are presumed to be still in foster care, Alicia is a single teenage mother, and most of the characters don't get their stories or issues resolved at all.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Lucy, and later Brandy]]
* EmoTeen: Kat and her best friend
* ExpositoryThemeTune: The first theme song is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk8nBBvjZ-M#t=21 Hero]] by Superchick, specifically the second part
* FallenPrincess: Kyra was one of the popular girls until her family fell on hard times.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The third theme song of season 1 foreshadows [[spoiler: Lucy's death]]
* GirlPosse: The bullies in the first season are all part of one.
* GoodCostumeSwitch: When Kyra was a popular girl, she dressed in the same, expensive and mature clothes and wore the same hairstyles as they do. By the time Lucy shows up, she wears a more child-like dress and looks like a typical nerd.
* InformedFlaw: Supposedly, Mr. Ingwall is a pedophile, but nothing has ever been shown to support this.
* KidsAreCruel: The premise of the entire series.
* LeftHanging: The ultimate fates of almost every character, as well as several plot points are left hanging. Among them:
** Frank's plans to come out to his homophobic father.
** The identity of [[spoiler: Alyssa's baby's father]], though Ben is the most likely culprit.
** Beth's eating disorders.
** Lindsey and Josh's fate [[spoiler: after going on a killing spree.]]
** Whether [[spoiler: Kat's murder is ever discovered]]
** The reasons [[spoiler: behind Brandy's suicide.]]
* MissingMom: Audrey's mom died when she was four.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The popular girls' reactions to [[spoiler: Lucy's suicide]]
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Josh [[spoiler: suddenly deciding he's tired to Lucy and turning to Kat]] despite being devoted to her beforehand.
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: Kyra's mom seemingly abandons the family after they lose their house.]]
* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Kyra is raped by her father]]
* RichBitch: All of the popular girls
* SimpletonVoice: Ben, who's voice is often over the top.
* ShrinkingViolet: Kyra
* SpoiledSweet: Beth, who despite being part of Alyssa's group is very nice and hates how her friends treat Lucy, though she's too afraid to speak up.
* StraightGay: Frank
* TeenPregnancy: Abigail's sister [[spoiler: and Alyssa in the series finale]]
* TheMovie: Was planned, but never happened due to the creator getting a computer virus.
* TimeSkip: The series finale
* TokenMinority: Audrey is the only main character who's black
** Leeann's best friend could also count, though unlike Audrey, she only appears every now and then.
* WeightWoe: Beth, who varies between anorexia and bulimia, and exercises to point she faints. Lucy and Sara also show signs of this.
* WhamEpisode: Episodes 12 and 18
* WrongSideOfTheTracks: Audrey lives in a crime-ridden neighborhood.
