History Series / TheOA

* StockholmSyndrome: Averted. Hap's captives all hate him and eventually even Prairie, who's usually willing to see the good in people, comes to believes he's a monster with no redeemable traits. When she sees him again for the first time in season 2, she physically attacks him out of sheer rage.

After disappearing for seven years, a woman named Prairie Johnson (played by Martling) suddenly resurfaces in a Website/YouTube video where she's seen jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge. She is reunited with her parents, who notice that she's a very different person from what she used to be - the most noticeable difference being that she used to be blind, but now can see perfectly. She's also developed an aversion to touch, has mysterious scars on her back, and goes by the name "The OA".

** When Steve starts flirting with a girl, she tells him that it better not end with her getting pigs blood poured on her at prom, a reference to ''Film/{{Carrie}}''. Steve doesn't seem to get the reference but responds with a quip anyway.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Jumping dimensions causes a type of tinnitus that can be heard by other people. This is a real condition called objective tinnitus.

* AdultFear: This show has enough instances to warrant [[AdultFear/TheOA its own page]].

* RealityEnsues: Steve asks the OA to fake being his mother and speak with his teacher so that he won't be expelled from high school, and she does. The teacher then encounters Steve's parents.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_oa_poster.jpg]] The OA is an original science fiction series created by Creator/BritMarling and Zal Batmanglij in collaboration with Creator/{{Netflix}}.

It was announced on [[https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/the-oa/66836/the-oa-has-been-cancelled-by-netflix 5 August 2019]] that Netflix would not be continuing the series.

After disappearing for seven years, a woman named Prairie Johnson suddenly resurfaces in a Website/YouTube video where she's seen jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge. She is reunited with her parents, who notice that she's a very different person from what she used to be - the most noticeable difference being that she used to be blind, but now can see perfectly. She's also developed an aversion to touch, has mysterious scars on her back, and goes by the name "The OA".

* CuteAndPsycho: The OA cuts symbols into her back and claims to do interdimensional travel through expressive dance. [[spoiler:This is lessened when it turns out said interdimensional travel is possible]].

* CuteAndPsycho: Prairie cut symbols into her back and claims to do interdimensional travel through expressive dance. [[spoiler:This is lessened when it turns out said interdimensional travel is possible]].

* CuteAndPsycho: Prairie cut symbols into her back and claims to do interdimensional travel through expressive dance.

* CuteAndPsycho: Prarie cut symbols into her back and claims to do interdimensional travel through expressive dance.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Jumping dimensions causes tinnitus that can be heard by other people. This is a real condition called objective tinnitus.

* BullyAndWimpPairing: Steve being the bully, and just about everyone else being borderlined ActualPacifist.