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3 | ''[=SLiDE=]'' (2011-2012) is an Australian TV series focusing on the lives of five teenagers, set in Brisbane. Similar to ''Series/{{Skins}}'' but set in Australia. The five main character are the nerdy Ed, his girl-next-door best friend Tammy, sexy newcomer Scarlett, angsty outsider Eva and school hunk Luke. |
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5 | FOX8 confirmed in February 2012 that the series was cancelled. |
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7 | !!This show contains examples of: |
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9 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: How Phillipa is portrayed, for Ed. |
10 | * BettyAndVeronica: Scarlett and Tammy for Luke. Scarlett is the sexy brunette looking for a casual hookup, Tammy the girl next door with {{Tsundere}} tendencies. Luke, the attractive playboy and Ed, the boy-next-door for Tammy. |
11 | * BookAndSwitch: Scarlett pulls one [[spoiler: in order to hide that she's studying by putting her text inside a fashion magazine.]] Caught out by Eva. |
12 | * BrattyTeenageDaughter: Scarlett, but her parents don't seem to treat her too nicely either. |
13 | * TheCasanova: Luke is certainly implied to be the high-school version. |
14 | * ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The video Phillipa took of her and Ed.]] Bonus points for the fact it comes back in an episode full of Chekhov references and allusions. |
15 | * CloudCuckooLander: Phillipa. |
16 | * CutShort: It ran for only one season and 10 episodes. In February 2012, FOX8 confirmed that the series will not be renewed for a second season. |
17 | * DisappearedDad: Tammy. |
18 | * TheDitz: Scarlett. [[spoiler: Subverted later when she's shown desperately studying under the cover of pretending to read a fashion magazine.]] |
19 | * GirlNextDoor: Tammy. |
20 | * LonelyRichKid: Scarlett. Especially in the first episode. |
21 | * LovableAlphaBitch: Scarlett. |
22 | * MissingMom: Scarlett, whose mother sends her away to live with her father. |
23 | * MistakenForGay: In episode six, a doctor thinks Ed and Luke are a couple. |
24 | * NatureAbhorsAVirgin: Ed's virginity is a major talking point in the first episode. By the end of the fourth, he's already slept with two girls. |
25 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: Luke]]. |
26 | * ParentalAbandonment: Luke's [[spoiler: parents died in a car crash when he was 12]]. |
27 | * PromotionToParent: Luke's older brother. |
28 | * RichBitch: Scarlett. |
29 | * ShortRunners: Lasting only one season and 10 episodes, it's probably one of the shortest Australian TV shows ever aired. |
30 | * SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Skins}}''. |
31 | * SpoiledBrat: Scarlett. |
32 | * {{Stripperiffic}}: Tammy's costume in the fourth episode when she is the croupier in a private party. |
33 | * {{Tsundere}}: Tammy. Both Ed and Scarlett point this out to Luke. |
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