History WesternAnimation / Undergrads

* ObliviousToHatred: Cal never seems to realize that Rocko hates him. If the picture montage in the show's opening is any indication, Rocko has hated Cal for basically their entire lives and Cal remains blissfully ignorant of it.

* DumbassHasAPoint: Even lampshaded by Rocko when he comes up with an idea his friends don't think is a bad one for once:

* TheTeetotaler: Nitz absolutely refuses to drink. Justified as he's underage.

* SliceOfLife

* TakeThat: Rocko has a homoerotic dream about Cal. When Nitz starts to say that it may not have been homoerotic, Rocko immediately asserts that Keanu Reeves was there.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Jessie opens up the beginning of the last episode with this saying: "The 'Walk of Shame' is particularly prevalent during Screw Week, that unique time of the year when the collegian finally put the moves on their close friend of the opposite sex before summer break." [[spoiler: She doesn't get a chance to "put the moves on" Nitz, but she does effectively reveal her feelings for him...after he irreparably screws up everything between them .]]

* RingRingCrunch: In one episode, Nitz stupidly promises Kimmy that he has a travel clock with an assload of features. While he's trying to find a clock to buy on the internet Rocko shows up and has nowhere else to go. Rocko decides the two of them should spend Friday night getting wasted rather than looking for a clock. Nitz doesn't drink and spends the whole night worrying about the clock. When he wakes up an hour before he meets Kimmy to give it to her he realizes he's fucked and Gimpy tells him to relax and it's on its way. When it arrives he goes to get ready to meet Kimmy. But since it's a travel clock designed for different timezones the alarm goes off waking up a hungover Rocko. Nitz returns to the room to find Rocko smashing it with a bat. Later, when Gimpy messages for help over the computer, Rocko holds up the same bat and say "Smash?"
** In "Risk", Rocko is woken from his stupor by an annoying noise, and angrily smashes his alarm clock... only to realize he doesnt own an alarm clock. It then shows that Rocko actually smashed his computer keyboard, and the noise was coming from downstairs.

* WeightWoe: In one episode Nitz plans to join in on a annual streaking event held at the college, only to be horrified when he realizes he's gained the freshman fifteen. He begins to frantically work out to lose the weight in time, but winds up streaking anyway since it's too foggy for anyone to see his slightly pudgy build (though he didnt know that at the time he changed his mind, having decided that crazy memories of college is more important than worrying about passing embarassment).

* SheCleansUpNicely: When Gimpy introduces Cal to his RA we suddenly see her with no glasses, hair down, in a cut-off shirt and [[WhoWearsShortShorts daisy dukes]]. Later in the episode she takes geek chic [[{{Dominatrix}} to a whole new level]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Rocko does legitimately care about his friends (besides possibly Cal), though.

* DumbBlonde: Cal.

* {{Gonk}}: Gimpy.

* LimitedWardrobe: Pretty much everyone. Nitz however favors the "closet full of the same outfit" version of the trope, as shown in the last episode when Cal gives out his clothes to girls after sleeping with them. Taken UpToEleven with one girl in "Risk" who literally owns nothing but one bikini, and spends most of the episode covering her boobs with her hands, looking for her missing top (Cal has it).

''Undergrads'' was a short lived Canadian-American animated series from 2001, from Creator/{{MTV}} and [[Creator/WildBrain Decode Entertainment]]. Like other MTV cartoons, such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead,'' it was adult-oriented and contained very mature content. And like every MTV cartoon ''not'' called ''Daria'' or ''Beavis And Butt-Head,'' it [[ShortRunner only lasted a handful of episodes]], ending on a cliffhanger.

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''Undergrads'' was a short lived animated series from 2001, made for Creator/{{MTV}}. Like other MTV cartoons, such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead,'' it was adult-oriented and contained very mature content. And like every MTV cartoon ''not'' called ''Daria'' or ''Beavis And Butt-Head,'' it [[ShortRunner only lasted a handful of episodes]], ending on a cliffhanger.

* FlatCharacter: Much of the supporting cast beyond the main four guys, Jessie and Kimmy. Heck, Rocko and Cal are usually just there for quick gags, and are too dumb for major depth. Jessie even lampshades this when describing the guys she hands out with in "New Friends."
-->'''Jessie:''' "Relax, these guys are easy to get to know. Brody is always full of crap.
-->'''Brody:''' "Creator/DreamWorks is interested."
-->'''Jessie:''' "Krueger has one response..."
-->'''Krueger:''' "Fuck [=DreamWorks=]."
-->'''Jessie:''' "[[TheHyena And Dan just laughs.]]"

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

** Gimpy in the first episode thinks that he and Rocko won't be able to continue being friends because frat boys and nerds can never get along. He then tries to sabotage Rocko's attempts to get into the fraternity by sending his nerd pals in...who actually get along very well with the guys thanks to their tech know-how.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: After Gimpy's rival, Spud, takes control of the dorm, he takes revenge on Gimpy by prying his eyes open Clockwork Orange-style, and forcing him to watch every episode of''Star Trek: Deep Space 9''.

--> '''Gimpy:''' "[[IHaveNoSon I'm out of the will]], [[WorthIt but it's worth it]]."

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

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The colleges the characters go to give no indication for the location, such as the delightfully impossible "State University", though they seem to have New York State [=IDs=], while Mump dresses as a California Highway Patrolman to spy on Rocko. There are also several references to University of Vermont such as a naked run, Ben & Jerry's Day, and Spring Fling, UVM traditions, plus a New England climate.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The colleges the characters go to give no indication for the location, such as the delightfully impossible "State University", though they seem to have New York State [=IDs=], while Mump dresses as a California Highway Patrolman to spy on Rocko. There are also several references to University of Vermont, such as New England climate and UVM traditions such as a naked run, Ben & Jerry's Day, and Spring Fling.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The colleges the characters go to give no indication for the location, such as the delightfully impossible "State University", though they seem to have New York State [=IDs=], while Mump dresses as a California Highway Patrolman to spy on Rocko.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** In "Rivalries", there's a guy in the crowd during the final showdown wearing a shirt that says 'Tuck Fech'. (The episode is about the competitiveness between Tekerson Tech and State U...)
** A sign on a door at a sperm donation clinic Rocko visits reads, "Thank you! Please come again!"

* TheSixties: The Duggler is pretty stuck in them (the whole reason he joined the school newspaper is so he can pretend he's a student activist from the 60's). Kimmy has her moments, what with her role in campus protests.

* FiveManBand:
** Nitz (Theleader). The protagonist (doubles as TheChick).
** Cal (TheLancer). Unlike Nitz who LoveInterest doesn't notice his feelings. Cal is a ChickMagnet.
** Rocko (TheBigGuy). The biggest strongest toughest member (Mump can be this for Gimpy, willing to go outside and due to having a sturdier GeekPhysique).
** Gimpy and Mump (TheSmartGuy). For obvious reasons.
** Kimmy (TheChick). Averted she's this for the school not the guys.
** Jessie and Mump (TheSixthRanger). Subverted and played straight, they are new to the five but show up at the first episode.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Nitz, Jessie, Brodie, Kruger & Dan play this role... In a team deathmatch when they arrive to help an outgunned Gimpy defeat Spud in a contest to decide [[FandomRivalry if Star Wars or Star Trek is to be the dominant force in their dorms]].

* 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}}ed at his appearance.