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* BlackAndNerdy: Darius definitely has the most school smarts of the group and is the only one in the "eagle track", their highest academic curriculeum.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Seems to be the case with most of the adults on the show, though Gary and Joel don't seem to believe it.
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* HeteorsexualLifePartners: Gary and Joel are this in spades.

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* HeteorsexualLifePartners: HeterosexualLifePartners: Gary and Joel are this in spades.
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* HeteorsexualLifePartners: Gary and Joel are this in spades.
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* RealityEnsues: Jake Justice, the landscaper [[spoiler: eventually develops skin cancer, from all his time in the sun, and not wearing sunscreen.]]


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* WalkingShirtlessScene: Sid.
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** Joel believed his brother was gay who ashamed of himself, but he was actually drug addict who had sex with men for money
** In the same episode Megan was mistaken for gay by a lesbian student

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** Joel believed his brother was gay who and ashamed of himself, but he was actually drug addict who had sex with men for money
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** In the same episode Megan was mistaken for gay by a lesbian studentstudent. Her own mother was suspicious of Megan's sexuality as well, which causes her to push Megan onto questionable boys.
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* MistakenForGay:
** Joel believed his brother was gay who ashamed of himself, but he was actually drug addict who had sex with men for money
** In the same episode Megan was mistaken for gay by a lesbian student
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-->'''Darius:''' Dances are times of significant sexual benchmarks in a young man's life. It' all goes down at the dance.

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-->'''Darius:''' Dances are times of significant sexual benchmarks in a young man's life. It' It all goes down at the dance.
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* HighSchoolDance: "The Night of a Thousand Lights" is this for Mayford High.
-->'''Darius:''' Dances are times of significant sexual benchmarks in a young man's life. It' all goes down at the dance.
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* PerpetualPoverty: It's stated that the boys are "poor as dirt" but they still manage to feed themselves and get by so far.
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* FalseFlagOperation: Gary and Joel decided to set building on fire to prove that town needs fire department. Megan came along so she could write a report for school newspaper and frame homeless people.
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* DelayedExplosion: Happens when the boys are waiting for a dumpster to explode, shortly afterwards the whole parking lot goes up in fire.
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* AerosolFlamethrower: Russ whips one out in "Fires & Liars".
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* [[UngratefulBastard Ungrateful Bitch]]: When a homeless woman saves Megan from a burning building, she proceeds to express disgust at being touched by her, and runs off screaming, intending to get an AIDS test.
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* ThePollyanna: Gary and Joel
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* TheMessiah: Both Gary and Joel are ridiculously nice and accepting to everyone. Megan doesn't even consider them true friends as a result of their LoveYouAndEverybody attitudes.

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* TheMessiah: Both Gary and Joel are ridiculously nice and accepting to everyone. Megan doesn't even consider count them true as real friends as a result of their LoveYouAndEverybody attitudes.
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* TheMessiah: Both Gary and Joel are ridiculously nice and accepting to everyone. Megan doesn't even consider them true friends as a result of their LoveYouAndEverybody attitudes.
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* ClusterFBomb: Although the F stands for [[GoshDangItToHeck "frick"]].
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* ForScience: Sid claims that above-mentioned Kangaroo romance was "in the name of bloody science".
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** It even shows in their writing. Anti-violence posters they made in 3rd episode are filled with word "frickin" and other swearing.
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* SkunkStripe: Principal Stark. Mocked by kids apparently calling her "The Skunk".



* VerbalTic: Gary and Jole frickin say frickin in almost every frickin sentence.

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* VerbalTic: Gary and Jole Joel frickin say frickin in almost every frickin sentence.
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* BaseballEpisode: Gary and Joel try managing a team to get more positive influences with mixed results.
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* VerbalTic: Gary and Jole frickin say frickin in almost every frickin sentence.
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* ParentalNeglect: The main driving force behind the entire show.

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* ParentalNeglect: The main driving force behind the entire show. Gary's stepmother is ether out of town with her boyfriend, or heartbroken and sitting in the dark smoking pot. What exactly going on in Joel's family is yet to be seen.
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* DisappearedDad: Gary's dad left ages ago, and all he has to remember him by are his own drawings.

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* DisappearedDad: Gary's dad left ages ago, and all he has to remember him by are [[HollywoodScribbling his own drawings.drawings]].
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''Unsupervised'' was created by David Hornsby, Scott Marder & Rob Rosell, well known for ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia. It is animated by Floyd County Productions, the same studio that creates ''{{Archer}}''.

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''Unsupervised'' was created by David Hornsby, Scott Marder & Rob Rosell, well known for ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia.''ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''. It is animated by Floyd County Productions, the same studio that creates ''{{Archer}}''.
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* ParentalNeglect: The main driving force behind the entire show.
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* ButYouScrewOneGoat: Sid told boys a story about him living with kangaroo pack. It was supposed to teach them that they won't be happy pretending to be those they are not, but they only noticed that he had sex with kangaroo lady.

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* ButYouScrewOneGoat: Sid told the boys a story about him living with kangaroo pack. It was supposed to teach them that they won't be happy [[BeYourself pretending to be those they are not, something they're not]], but they only noticed that he had sex with a kangaroo lady.
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* ButYouScrewOneGoat: Sid's backstory also featured a very special kangaroo.

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* ButYouScrewOneGoat: Sid's backstory also featured Sid told boys a very special kangaroo.story about him living with kangaroo pack. It was supposed to teach them that they won't be happy pretending to be those they are not, but they only noticed that he had sex with kangaroo lady.
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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/unsupervisedonfx_1529.jpg]]
''Unsupervised'' is an animated, half-hour comedy on FX, about two eternally optimistic best friends, Gary and Joel, who are navigating the harsh landscape of adolescence and trying to do what's right despite having [[ParentalNeglect no parental]] [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood guidance whatsoever]].

Gary's father took off years ago and left him with his absentee stepmom, while Joel's elderly parents remain unseen and uninvolved. And the adults who are actually present in Gary's and Joel's lives are [[AdultsAreUseless anything but role models]]. At first glance, Gary and Joel's world may be bleak, but their worldview is bright as they guide themselves through life with each other to depend on.

''Unsupervised'' was created by David Hornsby, Scott Marder & Rob Rosell, well known for ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia. It is animated by Floyd County Productions, the same studio that creates ''{{Archer}}''.

!!''Unsupervised'' provides examples of
* ACupAngst: Megan even hallucinated the mirror mocking her for being flat-chested.
* BerserkButton: Darius's sensitive to his "weight problem." Also, don't diss the sun in front of Joel.
-->'''Joel:''' It's just when people don't love sunshine I get fricked out, man! ... it makes me so mad sometimes [[DisproportionateRetribution I wanna murder the whole world.]]
* ButYouScrewOneGoat: Sid's backstory also featured a very special kangaroo.
* BuxomIsBetter: The high school boys certainly think this of Danielle aka Rocket Tits.
* {{Cheerful Child}}ren: Gary and Joel are the epitome of this trope.
* CrapsackWorld: Gary and Joel's home lives are pretty screwed up, as is their neighborhood and city. But shockingly they don't let it deter them from being pretty happy...most of the time.
* DancingTheme: Gary, Joel, Darius, and Megan get to show off some moves during the short theme song.
* DisappearedDad: Gary's dad left ages ago, and all he has to remember him by are his own drawings.
* FreeRangeChildren: Helps to reinforce the lack of parental supervision
* FunnyForeigner: Both of Gary's neighbors, Sid and Martin, hail from Australia and Panama respectively.
* HappyDance: "Gonna get new drawers~! Gonna get new fricken' drawers!"
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Megan struggles with this, to the point where she volunteers for the new student tour program to force other kids to hang out with her.
* MenstrualMenace: Usually mild-mannered Megan suddenly gone berserk when new girl stole her period medicine in attempt to get high.
* TokenMinority: Darius
* WildTeenParty: Unlike most examples, Gary and Joel face next to no consequences.
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