History Series / GenV

** ''Franchise/StarWars'' was also referenced by Emma as one of the movies she guesses is Sam's favorite. Creator/ClancyBrown has numerous roles in the franchise due to being both an actor and a voice actor.

** Emma says her [=YouTube=] channel is like "LetsPlay/PewDiePie but without the Nazi stuff".

** Tek Knight refers his plans to cover up for Vought by unleashing misinformation, misdirection, obfuscation, and throwing an innocent patsy under the bus as "Creator/JohnnyDepp-ing" someone, referring to the media frenzy around the accusations against Depp of spousal abuse that were significantly walked back later.

** Tek Knight refers his plans to cover up for Vought by unleashing misinformation, misdirection, obfuscation, and throwing an innocent patsy under the bus as "Creator/JohnnyDepp-ing" someone, referring to the medias frenzy around the accusations against Depp of spousal abuse that were significantly walked back later.

** [[spoiler:Sam Riordan's favorite movie is ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' of all things, and he spends time with Emma discussing why he likes it so much.]]
** [[spoiler:Sam]] hallucinates a show called ''[[Theatre/AvenueQ Avenue V]]'', complete with a {{Muppet}} of The Deep.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Almost all main characters fit this, but it goes double for Cate who almost only uses her powers to either get free expensive alcohol or make her enemies fulfill painful and humiliating sexual attacks on themselves.

* AdaptationalNameChange: The founder of the college John Godolkin is named Thomas Godolkin in the show.

* EyeBeams: A female student in the trailer has this power, like Homelander and Billy Butcher in the mother series. [[spoiler: Homelander ends up unleashing his on Marie in the finale.]]

* SuperScream: A female student in the trailer has this power.

* AlliterativeName: In the vein of the greatest comic book heroes (and Billy Butcher), the protagonist of the show is named '''M'''arie '''M'''oreau.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In the first episode, Marie is invited to go with Luke, Andre, Cate, and Jordan to a nightclub in Manhattan. When Andre accidentally cuts a woman's throat while trying to show off his powers to another girl, Marie steps in and uses her powers to save the woman's life. Despite being successful in her efforts, she is set up to be expelled and act as a scapegoat because all the other guys are either [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections well-connected]] (Andre and Jordan) or the school's star pupil (Luke and by consequence his girlfriend) and it would be a mess if the press got to know that they were outside partying and doing drugs and their recklessness resulted in a near-fatal accident, while Marie does not have such protection and her power isn't really marketable. Science fiction aside, this feels like something that could realistically happen in school.

** [[spoiler:Indira Shetty]] has a sympathetic reason for her nefarious plan, and it's revealed that [[spoiler:she actually does love Cate]].

* EveryoneIsBi: Out of the main cast, Luke and Andre are at least AmbiguouslyBi, Jordan is both bigender ''and'' bisexual, and [[spoiler:Marie has InterruptedIntimacy with Jordan in their male form, and after a period of lost time, they're cuddling up to a female Jordan]]. Emma admits to entertaining the idea of a threesome with Golden Boy and his girlfriend, Cate, early on too.

* HiddenDepths: Emma at first is a LovableSexManiac party girl, but is gradually revealed to have an emotionally abusive mother, and is disgusted by how she accesses her powers.

* LongHairIsFeminine: Jordan Li's female form has longer hair than their male form. It's {{downplayed}} though since this is only slightly longer and not in a very feminine style.

* SadClown: Emma, "Little Cricket" is a spunky LovableSexManiac and constantly joking around but is clearly deeply sad and using humor and sex as a mask.

* SuperheroSchool: Godolkin is promoted as a safe place that trains the superheroes of tomorrow. That second part is most certainly true…

** Tek Knight refers his plans to cover up for Vought by unleashing misinformation, misdirection, obfuscation, and throwing an innocent patsy under the bus as "Creator/JohnnyDepp-ing" someone.

* WritersCannotDoMath: Marie is 18, the starting {{flashback}} is set "eight years ago"... but she looks older and is having her first period. Later in the same episode she says that she was twelve at the time.

* AMinorKidroduction: The show starts with a flashback of Marie's childhood and shows the traumatic way she discovered her powers.

* CliffHanger: [[spoiler: Season 1 ends with Marie, Emma, Jordan and Andre stuck in a small medical room (Maybe Elmira) with no windows or doors and no idea where they are.]]

** [[spoiler: The ending sees Emma, Andre, Marie and Jordan locked on a white windowless and doorless cell that's implied to be Elmira.]]

* ShootTheShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: The investigation Andre, Marie, Jordan and Emma did was all for nothing, the blame of the riot is pinned on them and they're now locked in an enigmatic doorless and windowless cell that might be Elmira.]]

** Emma discusses several movies staring Termite, another SizeShifter supe, and states that Termite died of an overdose; people who watched Season 3 know that Termite was actually crushed by Homelander.

* VillainsWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler: At the end of Season 1, Marie and co are publicly blamed for the attack on the school while Kate and Sam, who were responsible for the killing, are hailed as the new Guardians of God U.]]

** Justine mentions in the first episode that her agents are sending her out for a limited series on Vought Plus directed by Creator/ZachBraff that's "[[Series/WandaVision a meditation on grief told through 70 years of sitcoms]]".

* EyeBeams: A female student in the trailer has this power, like Homelander and Billy Butcher in the mother series.

* CliffHanger: [[spoiler: Season 1 ends with Marie, Emma, Jordan and Andre stuck in a small medical room with no windows or doors and no idea where they are.]]

** [[spoiler: The ending sees Emma, Andre, Marie and Jordan locked on a white windowless and doorless cell that's implied to be an even nastier version of the Woods.]]

* ShootTheShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: The investigation Andre, Marie, Jordan and Emma did was all for nothing, the blame of the riot is pinned on them and they're now locked in an enigmatic doorless and windowless cell.]]

* AGodAmI: Invoked with the shortened form of Godolkin University, "God U." This kind of thinking is also revealed to be very much present among God U students, with [[spoiler:Sam later getting radicalized by some schoolmates who believe that Supes should be able to do whatever they want and that they're so much better than humans]].

** Episode 8 has [[spoiler: Homelander arrive at God U to put a stop to the rampaging supes. Butcher also makes an appearance investigating The Woods in a mid-credits scene.]]

** [[spoiler: In the season finale, Marie uses her powers to blow Cate's left arm off before she can touch Jordan.]]