History WebVideo / ClassicAlice

* BigDamnKiss: Between [[spoiler: Alice and Ewan]] in episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0M0fAZm66o&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k&index=20 13]], the kiss between Cara & Lily in Musica Mundana, and finally the very slow burn kiss [[spoiler: between Alice and Andrew]] in episodes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP-3n1iXTsE&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k&index=62 51]] & [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRiN1gVJ-Wo&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k&index=64 53]]

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* AudienceParticipation: The audience interacts with the characters on Twitter and Tumblr, in YouTube comments, and more.

[[caption-width-right:350:A pretty, pretty promo poster]]'''Classic Alice''', found at [[http://youtube.com/ClassicAliceSeries YouTube.com/ClassicAliceSeries]] and [[http://classic-alice.com Classic-Alice.com]] is a dramedy web series by series star & creator, Kate Hackett. It is the story of Alice Rackham, a college student with a huge drive to succeed. When she gets a bad grade on an essay because she isn’t emotionally connecting to material, she decides to show up her professor and live her life according to classic novels. Her friend, Andrew Prichard, uses the opportunity to make a vlog-style documentary about the process, and together they create ''Classic Alice’'. The show is also told 'transmedia style', all of which can be found here: [[http://classic-alice.com/narrative The Narrative]]

* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler: Alice]] a few times in-series.
** Particularly during Dracula.
* BiTheWay: Possibly [[spoiler: Sam]]

* CharacterDevelopment

* DeadpanSnarker: Usually Cara, but Alice has her moments.
** Andrew counts. And if [[spoiler:Nathan]] were to talk, I'm sure he would as well.
* DeathGlare

* EasterEggs

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Reagan
* HeroesWantRedheads: [[spoiler:Andrew]]
* HighClassGlass: Andrew. Though we only see it once.
* CouldSayItBut
* IconicOutfit
* JerkassRealization
* LoveConfession
* {{Meganekko}}: Alice, on the rare occasion that she wears glasses.
* MoodWhiplash

* OhCrap
* ParentsAsPeople: Mama and Papa Prichard
* RelationshipReveal [[spoiler: Cara and Lily]]

* {{Roleplaying}}

* ShirtlessScene: ANDREW and I think Ewan that one time
* ShoutOut

* SmugSnake: Ewwwwan!

* SpinOff: Musica Mundana
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: Ewan]] thinks he is this
** [[spoiler: Alice]] in the Dracula arc.
* TheSilentBob: Nathan.
* TheUnseen: Also Nathan.
* UnrevealAngle: Nathan

* WHAMEpisode
* WhatTheHellHero: Dracula!Alice

* WillTheyOrWontThey: [[spoiler:Alice And Andrew.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds

* {{Aborted Declaration of Love}}: Alice and Andrew both struggle throughout the entire series to confess that they like each other romantically. From episode 6's angry fight to episode 17's reassurance that Alice is worth dating. Episode 31, 33 (Rippy V!), 39 40, and the ENTIRE arc of Christmas Carol revolve around these two idiots struggling.

* {{Adaptation Name Change}} Alice, Andrew, and Cara often take on key roles in story lines - but so do other characters and, often, their names are homages to (or foreshadowing) the novel. For example:

* {{Adult Fear}}: Much of the story revolves around what happens AFTER college; all the characters seem acutely aware of how difficult life is beyond hallowed halls and both fight against and and struggle to be accepted by adulthood.
* {{Almost Kiss}}: Too many to count. From episode 6 on it was ONE BIG TEASE.
* {{Anguished Declaration of Love}} In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP-3n1iXTsE&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k&index=62 penultimate]] & [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRiN1gVJ-Wo&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k&index=64 final]] episodes of the Christmas Carol arc, [[spoiler: Alice struggles to admit her feelings for Andrew. She finally kisses him, but he does not return it until the final episode]]
* {{Audience Participation}}: The audience interacts with the characters on Twitter and Tumblr, in YouTube comments, and more.

* {{Belligerent Sexual Tension}}: Alice and Andrew spend pretty much the entire first half of the show denying every feeling they've ever felt. As Cara says: Just make out with each other's faces!
* {{Big Damn Kiss}}: Between [[spoiler: Alice and Ewan]] in episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0M0fAZm66o&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k&index=20 13]], the kiss between Cara & Lily in Musica Mundana, and finally the very slow burn kiss [[spoiler: between Alice and Andrew]] in episodes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP-3n1iXTsE&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k&index=62 51]] & [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRiN1gVJ-Wo&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k&index=64 53]]

* {{Catch Phrase}}:

* {{Character Development}}

* {{Deadpan Snarker}} Usually Cara, but Alice has her moments.

* {{Death Glare}}
* {{Drama Bomb}}:

* {{Drop in Character}} James Brent Isaacs, from {{WebVideo/EmmaApproved}} appears as Marcus, a stoner friend of Cara's who pops in from time to time.
* {{Easter Eggs}}
* {{Eating The Eye Candy}} Alice insists that she [[spoiler: does not like Andrew romantically]] through books 1-6. In book 7, however [[spoiler: Alice realizes she does, in fact, love her friend and "goes for it".]]
* {{Evil Hero}} Who saw [[spoiler: Ewan]] being the major villain through books 2-7? And who thought [[spoiler: he'd come back in 10 & 11?]]

* {{Geek Reference Pool}}:

* {{Heroes want Redheads}}: [[spoiler:Andrew]]

* {{Could Say it But}}
* {{Iconic Outfit}}
* {{Jerkass Realization}}
* {{Love Confession}}
* Meganekko: Alice, on the rare occasion that she wears glasses.
* {{Mood Whiplash}}
* {{Mythology Gag}}

* {{Oh Crap}}
* {{Parents as People}}- Mama and Papa Prichard

* {{Relationship Upgrade}} [[spoiler: Alice and Andrew]] go from friendship to coupledom.

* {{Shipper on Deck}}: CARA for [[spoiler: Alice and Andrew]]. Also Nathan. So much for "uninvolved participants."
* {{Shirtless Scene}}: ANDREW and I think Ewan that one time
* {{Shout Out}}

* {{Silent Credits}} Well trained Classic Alice fans know that when the credits go quiet, bad things are happening.
* {{Smug Snake}}: Ewwwwan!
* {{Suspiciously Similar Substitute}} Alice [[spoiler: dresses Ewan just like Andrew when she makes him over.]]
* {{Spin Off}}- Musica Mundana

* {{Unreveal Angle}}- Nathan
* {{Unresolved Sexual Tension}}: SO MUCH TENSION. Especially through the ENTIRETY of books 1-7 season - the long looks, the accidental touching, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoeFnLBnGSY&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k&index=22 SHOE EPISODE]]. So much almost kissing.
* {{WHAM Episode}}
* {{What the Hell Hero}}- Dracula!Alice
* {{WhereTheHellIsSpringfield}} "Somewhere in New England" is all we know of Valeton's location. Because of the leak of Alice & Andrew's phone numbers, we do know that he is from somewhere around Long Island and she is from somewhere with a Connecticut area code. We actually know less of Alice's background and family than Andrew or Cara's because (as we learn in '''Walden''') her family is very private and was not open to being included in the videos.
* WillTheyOrWontThey?: [[spoiler:Alice And Andrew.]]
* {{Vitriolic Best Buds}}

* {{Red Headed Hero}}: Alice

* {{White Knighting}}- Oh hey, Andrew

* {{Relationship Upgrade}}

* {{Audience Participation}}

* {{Red Headed Hero}}

* {{Suspiciously Similar Substitute}}

* {{Shipper on Deck}}:

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler: Ewan McBay]] In spades.

* {{Could Say it But}}

* {{Heroes want Redheads}}

* {{Will They or Won't They?}}

** During The Odyssey [[Alice and Andrew ambiguously seem to break up; they have a conversation we cannot hear then a 4 minute episode with no dialogue]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}
* {{Geek Reference Pool}}

* {{Adorable}}: Alice is a main character that just oozes adorkability; she is cute, loves school and books, and seems blissfully ignorant of her nerdiness.

* {{Bookworm}} - hi, alice.

* {{Adorkable}} Alice is a main character that just oozes adorkability; she is cute, loves school and books, and seems blissfully ignorant of her nerdiness.

* {{Adult Fear}} Much of the story revolves around what happens AFTER college; all the characters seem acutely aware of how difficult life is beyond hallowed halls and both fight against and and struggle to be accepted by adulthood.

* {{Big Damn Kiss}} - Between [[spoiler: Alice and Ewan]] in episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0M0fAZm66o&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k&index=20 13]], the kiss between Cara & Lily in Musica Mundana, and finally the very slow burn kiss [[spoiler: between Alice and Andrew]] in episodes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP-3n1iXTsE&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k&index=62 51]] & [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRiN1gVJ-Wo&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k&index=64 53]]

* {{Drama Bomb}}-

* {{Shipper on Deck}}-
* {{Shirtless Scene}}- ANDREW and I think Ewan that one time
* {{Shout-Out}}

* {{White Knighting}}- Oh hey, Andrew

* {{Evil Hero}} Who saw [[spoiler: Ewan]] being the major villain through books 2-7? And who thought [spoiler: he'd come back in 10 & 11?]]

** During Wind in the Willows, [[Alice and Reagan are in a terrible car accident that leads to Alice becoming so shaken that she nearly kisses Andrew]].

* {{Catch Phrase}} - Andrew's "Lock your doors!", a common refrain for chastising Alice and Cara's (oddly convenient) lack of security. The other characters repeat it and it becomes a running gag.
"Top Aces!", a line flub of Kate's that made it into the show. It's a "Valetonian" saying that means "great!"
"Hodgepodge hodgepodge" and "sneakpodge" was actually a blooper that became a reality in books 8+ of the show. It means "to move" and sneakpodge means "to move sneakily".

* {{Drama Bomb}}
* {{Drop in Character}}

* {{Eating The Eye Candy}}

* {{Where the Hell is Springfield?}} "Somewhere in New England" is all we know of Valeton's location. Because of the leak of Alice & Andrew's phone numbers, we do know that he is from somewhere around Long Island and she is from somewhere with a Connecticut area code. We actually know less of Alice's background and family than Andrew or Cara's because (as we learn in '''Walden''') her family is very private and was not open to being included in the videos.

* {{What the Hell Hero}}- DracuAlice

* {{White Knighting}}- Oh hey, Andrew
* {{Where The Hell Is Springfield}}- Valeton

'''Classic Alice''', found at [[http://youtube.com/ClassicAliceSeries YouTube.com/ClassicAliceSeries]] and [[http://classic-alice.com Classic-Alice.com]] is a dramedy web series by series star & creator, Kate Hackett. It is the story of Alice Rackham, a college student with a huge drive to succeed. When she gets a bad grade on an essay because she isn’t emotionally connecting to material, she decides to show up her professor and live her life according to classic novels. Her friend, Andrew Prichard, uses the opportunity to make a vlog-style documentary about the process, and together they create ''Classic Alice’'. The show is also told 'transmedia style', all of which can be found here: [[http://classic-alice.com/narrative The Narrative]]

* {{Anguished Declaration of Love}} In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP-3n1iXTsE&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k&index=62 penultimate]] & [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRiN1gVJ-Wo&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k&index=64 final]] episodes of the Christmas Carol arc, [[spoiler Alice struggles to admit her feelings for Andrew. She finally kisses him, but he does not return it until the final episode]]

* {{Big Damn Kiss}} - You know. YOU KNOW.

* {{Catch Phrase}} - Lock your doors! Top Aces!

'''Classic Alice''', found at [[http://youtube.com/ClassicAliceSeries YouTube.com/ClassicAliceSeries]] and [[http://classic-alice.com Classic-Alice.com]] is a dramedy web series by series star & creator, Kate Hackett. It is the story of Alice Rackham, a college student with a huge drive to succeed. When she gets a bad grade on an essay because she isn’t emotionally connecting to material, she decides to show up her professor and live her life according to classic novels. Her friend, Andrew Prichard, uses the opportunity to make a vlog-style documentary about the process, and together they create ''Classic Alice’'. The show is also told 'transmedia style', all of which can be found here: [[http://classic-alice.com/narrative|The Narrative]]

Classic Alice takes on tons of books - they start with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DUbjMpIbvM&index=3&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k Crime & Punishment]], which seems like a perfectly reasonable book to start on... (shifty eye). They venture through [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3Rkn9HzalI&index=14&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k Pygmalion]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaEbL0OO_ew&index=26&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k The Butterfly]] (by Hans Christian Andersen), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vINvO-HXX6I&index=30&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k Macbeth]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTEDG823WKQ&index=41&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k Rip van Winkle]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGO0nfWVSB0&index=45&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k The Wind in the Willows]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYiaovfzwpo&index=52&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k A Christmas Carol]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLLyv61BjPw&index=72&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k Walden]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZV43IgmC3s&index=80&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k North and South]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YgI233F_qo&index=102&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k The Odyssey]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z76_obVg4WU&index=110&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k Dracula]], https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIqbDYTifs8&index=120&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k Silas Marner]],and finally, Austen's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmzmxAMPWkA&index=127&list=PLgRMT7lzLTVeDHz3xi8A2dJ_4JGIaUv4k Persuasion]]. Books 2-7 also had an overarching plot that mirrored themes in Bronte's Villette.

* {{Adorkable}}
* {{Adult Fear}}
* {{Anguished Declaration of Love}}

* {{Big Damn Kiss}}
* {{Bookworm}}
* {{Catch Phrase}}

Classic Alice is a dramedy web series by series star & creator, Kate Hackett. It is the story of Alice Rackham, a college student with a huge drive to succeed. When she gets a bad grade on an essay because she isn’t emotionally connecting to material, she decides to show up her professor and live her life according to classic novels. Her friend, Andrew Prichard, uses the opportunity to make a vlog-style documentary about the process, and together they create ‘Classic Alice’.

Classic Alice takes on tons of books - they start with Crime & Punishment, which seems like a perfectly reasonable book to start on... (shifty eye). They venture through Pygmalion, The Butterfly (by Hans Christian Andersen), Macbeth, Rip van Winkle, The Wind in the Willows, A Christmas Carol, Walden, North and South, The Odyssey, Dracula, Silas Marner, and finally, Austen's Persuasion. Books 2-7 also had an overarching plot that mirrored themes in Bronte's Villette.

* {{Where The Hell Is Springfield}}- Valeton

* {{Is This Thing On}}

* {{Coordinating Clothes}}

* {{Is This Think On}}

Because Classic Alice follows a ton of stories, it pulls in a ton of different little arcs while playing with its major storyline - that of Alice, her writing, and where Andrew may or may not fit into that picture.

Classic Alice is divided into narrative arcs that correspond with the books main character Alice is reading, with overarching storylines and character development running throughout. The book arcs to date have centered on Crime and Punishment, Pygmalion, "The Butterfly," Macbeth, Rip van Winkle, The Wind in the Willows, A Christmas Carol, and Walden.[3]

The show began with weekly vlog-style episodes shot in Alice's bedroom; the first six episodes "... as a sort of pilot for the series when watched all at once". Beginning with the second book arc, Pygmalion, vlog-style episodes on Tuesdays were followed by short reality TV-style confessional videos featuring various characters on Thursdays. In the eighth book arc, Walden, the show expanded beyond the vlog format and incorporated a larger variety of styles and settings.