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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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