Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies
Prequel of Grease, telling the story of how the Pink Ladies were founded. It follows four girls, Jane, Olivia, Nancy and Cynthia, as the try to have fun, rebel against restrictive conventions and find their place at Rydell High.
Tropes
- The '50s: Begins in the fall of 1954.
- Greaser Delinquents: Wouldn't be a Grease prequel without the T-Birds.
- I Just Want to Have Friends: A big reason why the Pink Ladies are founded. Only Cynthia is shown to actually have friends, but even she feels alienated from them, due to her gender.
- Love Dodecahedron: Jane has is torn between Richie, and Buddy, who is into also interested in Hazel, who likes him back, but is dating Buddy's friend, Wally. Meanwhile, Buddy's ex, Susan, still wants him back. Meanwhile Olivia is torn between Gil and Mr. Daniels, while the latter is enganged to another woman. On top of that various characters have fleeting attractions to each other, or flirted with each other, including Susan and Richie.
- Mooning: Done twice in the pilot.
- Slut-Shaming: A common theme. Jane and Olivia are hit especially hard by this.
- Teacher/Student Romance: Olivia and Mr. Daniels.
