History WesternAnimation / Undergrads

* ChangedMyMindKid: In a homage to the ending of ''ANewHope'', Nitz joins Gimpy's ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' game against the Trekkies at the last minute and the gang wins.

* ForInconveniencePressOne: Nitz attempting to reach the school's Financial Aid office. The first two options make sense, but after that, it first directs him to a line for registering for a class on Ancient Mayan History, then a ticket office for buying tickets to AnnieGetYourGun. It then asks him to hold to talk to the next available operator, and simply disconnects the call.

* LeFilmArtistique: The film Nitz watches with Jessie and her friends which is a parody of ''TheThinRedLine'' and VietnamWar movies in general (although the former is actually a WorldWarII movie).

* SeriousBusiness: For Gimpy, ''StarWars'', ''Series/TheXFiles'' and ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}''. For all of the gang, ''TabletopGame/{{Risk}}''.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The colleges the characters go to give no indication for the location, such as the delightfully impossible "State University"
** They seem to have New York State I.D.

* RealitySubtext / WriteWhoYouKnow: All of the characters are based on the creator and his best friends and people he met in college. In fact Jessie is voiced by the actual woman she's based on.

* TalkingToHimself: Almost all of the male characters are voiced by the same guy.

''Undergrads'' was a short-lived animated series from 2001, made for MTV. Like other MTV cartoons, such as ''{{Daria}}'' and ''BeavisAndButthead'', it was adult-oriented and contained very mature content. [[ShortRunners Only 13 episodes were produced]], and the show ended on a cliffhanger.

The show is about four lifelong friends and their experiences during their first year at college. [[TheHero Nitz]], the protagonist, is an {{Everyman}} who constantly lets college life stress him out. [[CloudCuckoolander Cal]], [[BrainlessBeauty his roommate]], is a DumbBlonde [[TheDitz Ditz]] with an [[CluelessChickMagnet inexplicably rich sex life.]] [[JerkJock Rocko]] is part of a fraternity and is obsessed with girls, booze, and WackyFratboyHijinx, to the annoyance of his frat mates. The fourth, [[TheSmartGuy Gimpy]] (called G-Prime by his peers), is a tech geek who attends an MIT-like university and develops a personal cult due to his hacking prowess. He stays connected to the others mainly via the internet, though they all still live in the same city.

* BigDamnHeroes: Nitz, Jessie, Brodie, Kruger & Dan play this role... In a team deathmatch when they arrive to help an outguned Gimpy defeat Spud in a contest to decide [[FandomRivalry if Star Wars or Star Trek is to be the dominant force in their dorms.]]

* BitterSweetEnding: Gimpy's first love is She-Prime, a girl online. At the end of the episode it revealed [[spoiler: that their dorm rooms are located right next to each other. And neither of them ever found out.]]

* ButtMonkey: Cal - In one episode, Rocko tries to start a college rivalry with State U by beating up Cal after he becomes their mascot... A manatee. However, this doesn't have the desired effect, as nobody really liked the mascot anyway so they just start cheering Cal getting his ass kicked. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] at the end of the episode, when the characters remark on what they've learned...

* DoesNotLikeWomen: Gimpy, who firmly believes that, besides Agent Scully, all women are the enemy.

* DoingItForTheArt: Gimpy treats his creation of fakes [=IDs=] as this. Naturally, he doesn't take it too well when his "customers" don't take time to appreciate them.

* FanDisservice: Toward the end of "Traditions," Gimpy strips naked to remove the evidence on his clothes that he had gone outside to prank the RA. When she goes into his room to confront him, she is notably [[{{Squick}} squicked]] at his appearance.

* ForInconveniencePressOne: Nitz attempting to reach the school's Financial Aid office. The first two options make sense, but after that, it first directs him to a line for registering for a class on Ancient Mayan History, then a ticket office for buying tickets to AnnieGetYourGun. It then asks him to hold to talk to the next availible operator, and simply disconnects the call.

* MalaProper: Rocko ''really'' seems to think the phrase "quid pro quo" is pronounced "skid row bro," even after Nitz corrects him.

* NonstandardCharacterDesign: Some characters look more realistically drawn, such as Rocko, Kimmy, and Nitz. Others look much more cartoony, like Mump, Cal, and Gimpy, who almost seems like he's from a different show entirely. Several characters have giant heads (Nitz, Gimpy, Kimmy), while others are more-or-less realistically-proportioned (most background characters).

* OneOfTheBoys: Jessie's the only girl in her circle of friends. She even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this by describing herself as "a sarcastic cool girl who hangs out with dorks."

** This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the final episode.

* PoorMansPorn: At one point Rocko starts reading Cosmo, [[IReadItForTheArticles but only for the pictures.]]

* SeriousBusiness: For Gimpy, ''StarWars'', ''Series/TheXFiles'' and ''{{Quake}}''. For all of the gang, ''{{Risk}}''.

* ShoutOut: Many, mostly to ''StarWars''. The episode "New Friends" in particular, which focuses on a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' versus ''StarWars'' conflict in Gimpy's university.

** "Roommates" has a ShoutOut to ''{{Daria}}'' and ''Film/{{Star Trek II|The Wrath of Khan}}''.
** The final episode had a shout out towards [[TheLegendofZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]] with the constant "X hours remaining" being pretty much the same.
** The show's theme song is the GoodCharlotte song "''The Click''" - At one point in the series, they're playing a show at State U & when Nitz is told this, he questions where he knows them from.

* ForInconveniencePressOne: Nitz attempting to reach the school's Financial Aid office.

** Some to TheXFiles and Film/TheMatrix (Gimpy's screensavers).

* PaperThinDisguise: While not an actual disguise, Rocko's hilariously poor fake ID (see ReallySeventeenYearsOld above) works flawlessly.

* ReallySeventeenYearsOld: In "Drunks", Gimpy makes fake [=IDs=] for everyone to get into bars. Rocko's ID is just a piece of cardboard with his photo and [[http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Oh+Rocko.+credit+to+the+creator+of+underGRADS+miss+that+show_3e377a_4147148.jpg "I am 21 so drinking is yes"]]. Written in ''pencil''.

* ReallySeventeenYearsOld: In "Drunks", Gimpy makes fake [=IDs=] for everyone to get into bars. Rocko's ID is just a piece of cardboard with his photo and [[http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Oh+Rocko.+credit+to+the+creator+of+underGRADS+miss+that+show_3e377a_4147148.jpg "I am 21 so drinking is yes"]].

* WrongGenreSavvy: Rocko thinks he's about to enter a [[WackyFratboyHijinx wacky fratboy movie]] akin to ''AnimalHouse''. Turns out that's not how his frat actually works.

** Cal (TheKid)

* SoapboxSadie: Kimmy, especially in the episode "Financial Aid".

* {{Fratbro}}: Rocco. He's so prone to WackyFratboyHijinks that he hazes himself when the frat doesn't. He spends the rest of his time drinking and being a perv.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: After Gimpy's antics cause some explosions in his dormitory, hi RA does a quick inspection of his room with the following observations:

* SeriousBusiness: For Gimpy, ''StarWars'', ''{{The X-Files}}'' and ''{{Quake}}''. For all of the gang, ''{{Risk}}''.

* BestBeforeDecade: Rocko drinks clam juice that expired in 1978. He then hallucinates [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones the Great Gazoo]].

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Cal's stupidity causes him to hurt the annoy his buddies or hurt the feelings of his girlfriends without realizing it.

''Undergrads'' was a short-lived animated series from 2001, made for MTV. Like other MTV cartoons, such as ''{{Daria}}'' and ''BeavisAndButthead'', it was adult-oriented and contained very mature content. [[TooGoodToLast Only 13 episodes were produced]], and the show ended on a cliffhanger.

* TheResenter: As the series goes on, Jessie grows increasingly more spiteful toward Kimmy as a result of Nitz's continual obsession with her.