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* AnAesop: The point of the series of [=YouTube=] videos is to communicate that life gets better to suicidal, gay teenagers. It does this by having thousands of gay or formerly suicidal adults talking directly to the camera and saying that it got better for them.
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* AnAesop: The point of the series of YouTube videos is to communicate that life gets better to suicidal, gay teenagers. It does this by having thousands of gay or formerly suicidal adults talking directly to the camera and saying that it got better for them.
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* AnAesop: The point of the series of YouTube [=YouTube=] videos is to communicate that life gets better to suicidal, gay teenagers. It does this by having thousands of gay or formerly suicidal adults talking directly to the camera and saying that it got better for them.
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* AnAesop: The point of the series of YouTube videos is to communicate that life gets better to suicidal, gay teenagers. It does this by having thousands of gay or formerly suicidal adults talking directly to the camera and saying that it got better for them.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Max Adler, who plays homophobic [[spoiler:[[ArmoredClosetGay but closeted]]]] JerkJock Dave Karofsky on ''Series/{{Glee}}'', supports gay rights in real life and made his own [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHfM_iV-554 video]] for the project.
** The same could be said for [[Creator/StephenColbert Stephen]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BThRZbCs-p8&feature=related Colbert]], who plays an [[Series/TheColbertReport ultra-conservative]] (and [[TransparentCloset obvious]] [[GayConservative closet case]]). Especially wonderful considering his brother show's AffectionateParody--see above.
** The same could be said for [[Creator/StephenColbert Stephen]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BThRZbCs-p8&feature=related Colbert]], who plays an [[Series/TheColbertReport ultra-conservative]] (and [[TransparentCloset obvious]] [[GayConservative closet case]]). Especially wonderful considering his brother show's AffectionateParody--see above.
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** The same could be said for [[Creator/StephenColbert Stephen]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BThRZbCs-p8&feature=related Colbert]], who plays an [[Series/TheColbertReport ultra-conservative]] (and [[TransparentCloset obvious]] [[GayConservative closet case]]) StrawmanPolitical. Especially wonderful considering his brother show's AffectionateParody--see above.
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** The same could be said for [[Creator/StephenColbert Stephen]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BThRZbCs-p8&feature=related Colbert]], who plays an [[Series/TheColbertReport ultra-conservative]] (and [[TransparentCloset obvious]] [[GayConservative closet case]]) StrawmanPolitical.case]]). Especially wonderful considering his brother show's AffectionateParody--see above.
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* AffectionateParody: Courtesy of ''Series/TheDailyShoWithJonStewart'', entitled [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/6liku0/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-it-gets-worse-psa "It Gets Worse."]] Before you panic, it's actually telling homophobes (specifically Sen. John [=McCain=], R-AZ) it gets worse.
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* AffectionateParody: Courtesy of ''Series/TheDailyShoWithJonStewart'', ''Series/TheDailyShowWithJonStewart'', entitled [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/6liku0/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-it-gets-worse-psa "It Gets Worse."]] Before you panic, it's actually telling homophobes (specifically Sen. John [=McCain=], R-AZ) it gets worse.
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* AffectionateParody: Courtesy of ''Series/TheDailyShow'', entitled [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/6liku0/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-it-gets-worse-psa "It Gets Worse."]] Before you panic, it's actually telling homophobes (specifically Sen. John [=McCain=], R-AZ) it gets worse.
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* AffectionateParody: Courtesy of ''Series/TheDailyShow'', ''Series/TheDailyShoWithJonStewart'', entitled [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/6liku0/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-it-gets-worse-psa "It Gets Worse."]] Before you panic, it's actually telling homophobes (specifically Sen. John [=McCain=], R-AZ) it gets worse.
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* AffectionateParody: Courtesy of ''Series/TheDailyShow'', entitled [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-november-15-2010/it-gets-worse-psa "It Gets Worse."]] Before you panic, it's actually telling homophobes (specifically Sen. John [=McCain=], R-AZ) it gets worse.
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* AffectionateParody: Courtesy of ''Series/TheDailyShow'', entitled [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-november-15-2010/it-gets-worse-psa cc.com/video-clips/6liku0/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-it-gets-worse-psa "It Gets Worse."]] Before you panic, it's actually telling homophobes (specifically Sen. John [=McCain=], R-AZ) it gets worse.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Max Adler, who plays homophobic [[spoiler:[[YouAreWhatYouHate but closeted]]]] JerkJock Dave Karofsky on ''Series/{{Glee}}'', supports gay rights in real life and made his own [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHfM_iV-554 video]] for the project.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Max Adler, who plays homophobic [[spoiler:[[YouAreWhatYouHate [[spoiler:[[ArmoredClosetGay but closeted]]]] JerkJock Dave Karofsky on ''Series/{{Glee}}'', supports gay rights in real life and made his own [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHfM_iV-554 video]] for the project.
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''The "It Gets Better" Project'' was created by openly-gay relationship advice columnist Creator/DanSavage in response to a string of [[DrivenToSuicide tragic suicides]] by bullied LGBT teenagers, to reassure them that in fact, ItGetsBetter. Anyone can add a video, and ''hundreds'' of average users, celebrities, politicians, web personalities, and organizations (including some offbeat videos from [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPg02qjL40g Facebook]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYLs4NCgvNU Google]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a4MR8oI_B8 Pixar]]) have jumped on the bandwagon.
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''The "It Gets Better" Project'' was created by openly-gay relationship advice columnist Creator/DanSavage in response to a string of [[DrivenToSuicide tragic suicides]] by bullied LGBT teenagers, to reassure them that in fact, ItGetsBetter.it gets better. Anyone can add a video, and ''hundreds'' of average users, celebrities, politicians, web personalities, and organizations (including some offbeat videos from [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPg02qjL40g Facebook]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYLs4NCgvNU Google]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a4MR8oI_B8 Pixar]]) have jumped on the bandwagon.
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* CatchPhrase: ItGetsBetter!
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* YouAreNotAlone: The series has a strong push towards telling young, frightened viewers that not only will it get better, but that they aren't alone, and their support network is bigger than they realize.
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* KnightInSourArmor: In a nutshell: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr5ix1UUnPI "It doesn't get better. You get stronger. If you kill yourselves, they win. Don't let them win."]].
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* KnightInSourArmor: EarnYourHappyEnding: In a nutshell: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr5ix1UUnPI "It doesn't get better. You get stronger. If you kill yourselves, they win. Don't let them win."]].
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** There was another affectionate parody done for the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''[=/=]''Series/GameOfThrones'' fandom regarding the [[WhamEpisode infamous event]] known as the [[spoiler:Red Wedding]]. Veteran fans appear in the video trying to reassure newer fans that things will get better, only to be crushed by depression and disillusionment and wind up concluding that things will just keep getting worse and worse ''forever''.
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* MissingEpisode: Oscar Pistorius' video was removed from the site after he was charged with murdering his girlfriend.
* NamesTheSame: The Music/{{Fun}} song "It Gets Better" isn't quite related to the project--it's actually about losing one's virginity--though was purportedly named after the project. Nonetheless, the band has demonstrated support for gay rights, calling it just as important as the civil rights struggles of the 1960s.
* NamesTheSame: The Music/{{Fun}} song "It Gets Better" isn't quite related to the project--it's actually about losing one's virginity--though was purportedly named after the project. Nonetheless, the band has demonstrated support for gay rights, calling it just as important as the civil rights struggles of the 1960s.
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** The same could be said for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BThRZbCs-p8&feature=related Stephen]] [[Creator/StephenColbert Colbert]], who plays an [[Series/TheColbertReport ultra-conservative]] (and [[TransparentCloset obvious]] [[GayConservative closet case]]) StrawmanPolitical. Especially wonderful considering his brother show's AffectionateParody--see above.
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** The same could be said for [[Creator/StephenColbert Stephen]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BThRZbCs-p8&feature=related Stephen]] [[Creator/StephenColbert Colbert]], who plays an [[Series/TheColbertReport ultra-conservative]] (and [[TransparentCloset obvious]] [[GayConservative closet case]]) StrawmanPolitical. Especially wonderful considering his brother show's AffectionateParody--see above.
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** The same could be said for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BThRZbCs-p8&feature=related Stephen Colbert]] who plays an [[Series/TheColbertReport ultra-conservative]] (and [[TransparentCloset obvious]] [[GayConservative closet case]]) StrawmanPolitical. Especially wonderful considering his brother show's AffectionateParody--see above.
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** The same could be said for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BThRZbCs-p8&feature=related Stephen Colbert]] Stephen]] [[Creator/StephenColbert Colbert]], who plays an [[Series/TheColbertReport ultra-conservative]] (and [[TransparentCloset obvious]] [[GayConservative closet case]]) StrawmanPolitical. Especially wonderful considering his brother show's AffectionateParody--see above.
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''The "It Gets Better" Project'' was created by openly-gay relationship advice columnist Creator/DanSavage in response to a string of [[DrivenToSuicide tragic suicides]] by bullied LGBT teenagers, to reassure them that in fact, ItGetsBetter. Anyone can add a video, and ''hundreds'' of average users, celebrities, politicians, web personalities, and organizations (including some offbeat videos from [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPg02qjL40g Facebook]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYLs4NCgvNU Google]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a4MR8oI_B8 Pixar]]) have jumped on the bandwagon.
The official website can be found [[http://www.itgetsbetter.org here.]] Bring a hankie!
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* AffectionateParody: Courtesy of ''Series/TheDailyShow'', entitled [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-november-15-2010/it-gets-worse-psa "It Gets Worse."]] Before you panic, it's actually telling homophobes (specifically Sen. John [=McCain=], R-AZ) it gets worse.
-->But it gets worse. Sooner or later, gays will end up serving. And then twenty years later they'll make a documentary about it. You know how every documentary about a big social change has a bad guy? The guy who fought it tooth and nail until it was obvious to everyone else what needed to be done - you know, the [[UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement George Wallace role]] . . . It gets worse . . . It gets worser. You have no ''idea'' how much worse it gets.
** Another one titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EJw6oGSft0#at=191 "It Gets Worse"]], although this one is talking about customer services and doesn't mention any form of homosexuality or homophobia whatsoever.
* CatchPhrase: ItGetsBetter!
* DrivenToSuicide: The project was created in response to this.
* KnightInSourArmor: In a nutshell: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr5ix1UUnPI "It doesn't get better. You get stronger. If you kill yourselves, they win. Don't let them win."]].
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Max Adler, who plays homophobic [[spoiler:[[YouAreWhatYouHate but closeted]]]] JerkJock Dave Karofsky on ''Series/{{Glee}}'', supports gay rights in real life and made his own [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHfM_iV-554 video]] for the project.
** The same could be said for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BThRZbCs-p8&feature=related Stephen Colbert]] who plays an [[Series/TheColbertReport ultra-conservative]] (and [[TransparentCloset obvious]] [[GayConservative closet case]]) StrawmanPolitical. Especially wonderful considering his brother show's AffectionateParody--see above.
* MissingEpisode: Oscar Pistorius' video was removed from the site after he was charged with murdering his girlfriend.
* NamesTheSame: The Music/{{Fun}} song "It Gets Better" isn't quite related to the project--it's actually about losing one's virginity--though was purportedly named after the project. Nonetheless, the band has demonstrated support for gay rights, calling it just as important as the civil rights struggles of the 1960s.
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''The "It Gets Better" Project'' was created by openly-gay relationship advice columnist Creator/DanSavage in response to a string of [[DrivenToSuicide tragic suicides]] by bullied LGBT teenagers, to reassure them that in fact, ItGetsBetter. Anyone can add a video, and ''hundreds'' of average users, celebrities, politicians, web personalities, and organizations (including some offbeat videos from [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPg02qjL40g Facebook]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYLs4NCgvNU Google]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a4MR8oI_B8 Pixar]]) have jumped on the bandwagon.
The official website can be found [[http://www.itgetsbetter.org here.]] Bring a hankie!
!!Tropes
* AffectionateParody: Courtesy of ''Series/TheDailyShow'', entitled [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-november-15-2010/it-gets-worse-psa "It Gets Worse."]] Before you panic, it's actually telling homophobes (specifically Sen. John [=McCain=], R-AZ) it gets worse.
-->But it gets worse. Sooner or later, gays will end up serving. And then twenty years later they'll make a documentary about it. You know how every documentary about a big social change has a bad guy? The guy who fought it tooth and nail until it was obvious to everyone else what needed to be done - you know, the [[UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement George Wallace role]] . . . It gets worse . . . It gets worser. You have no ''idea'' how much worse it gets.
** Another one titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EJw6oGSft0#at=191 "It Gets Worse"]], although this one is talking about customer services and doesn't mention any form of homosexuality or homophobia whatsoever.
* CatchPhrase: ItGetsBetter!
* DrivenToSuicide: The project was created in response to this.
* KnightInSourArmor: In a nutshell: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr5ix1UUnPI "It doesn't get better. You get stronger. If you kill yourselves, they win. Don't let them win."]].
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Max Adler, who plays homophobic [[spoiler:[[YouAreWhatYouHate but closeted]]]] JerkJock Dave Karofsky on ''Series/{{Glee}}'', supports gay rights in real life and made his own [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHfM_iV-554 video]] for the project.
** The same could be said for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BThRZbCs-p8&feature=related Stephen Colbert]] who plays an [[Series/TheColbertReport ultra-conservative]] (and [[TransparentCloset obvious]] [[GayConservative closet case]]) StrawmanPolitical. Especially wonderful considering his brother show's AffectionateParody--see above.
* MissingEpisode: Oscar Pistorius' video was removed from the site after he was charged with murdering his girlfriend.
* NamesTheSame: The Music/{{Fun}} song "It Gets Better" isn't quite related to the project--it's actually about losing one's virginity--though was purportedly named after the project. Nonetheless, the band has demonstrated support for gay rights, calling it just as important as the civil rights struggles of the 1960s.
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