History Series / Daybreak2019

* CanadaEh: Josh originally lived in Canada, but moved to Glendale after his parents got divorced and his mom moved to get a job in LA.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Turbo has issues regulating his emotions, has trouble spelling even simple words like "duel" (and "fuck", if his unused cards are any indication) but knows everything about his area of interest, and is hyper-sensitive to the barest implication he might be "stupid", which suggests some form of learning disability or other issue. (The way words like "loser" fill the screen around him also seem like intrusive thoughts.)

* CoolLoser: Josh is a geek, but he's also quite charismatic and charming in his own way. Had he tried, he likely would have been much more popular on his own before the bombs dropped. However, his charisma translates to him being a natural leader for the Daybreakers.

* FreudianTrio: In the main trio, Angelica is manipulative, bratty and pyromaniac drug dealer (Id), Josh is the CoolLoser JackOfAllTrades (Ego) and Wesley is the wise laid-back MartialPacifist (Superego). Lampshaded in the third episode by Angelica as they are the smarts, the heart and the moral compass respectively.

* StrawmanU: Glendale High seems to be the high-school version of one. The school has the whole stereotypical "wokeness", with cultural appropriation awarenesses, sensitivity training, a kid who identifies as a rainbow seahorse. Then again it's in a [[AcceptableTargets SoCal middle-class area]].

* ButNotTooBlack: Wesley's cousin accuses him of being this pre-apocalypse and it is a major insecurity of his.

** Though not among their leadership (which of course, includes a woman as TheDragon), the Jocks seem to act as a SpearCounterpart to the Cheermazons, with one going on [[InsaneTrollLogic a ridiculous rant]] to defend a 'smelly vag' comment, arguing that men's ball sweat contains pheromones and thus propagate the species while women's just smell bad, [[CriticalResearchFailure which is not at all how any of that works]]. Mona Lisa is very quick to put him in his place and intimidate him into apologizing.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Hoyles, one of the biggest assholes in school had open sex in a stall in the girls bathroom without even trying to hide it. Fitting for this trope he was [[LousyLoversAreLosers so unimpressive that the girl he was doing it with was casually scrolling through her phone with a mildly bored expression like she wasn't even having sex in the first place]]. [[spoiler: Turbo has pretty great sex with Wesley while still evil, but eventually he joins the Daybreakers and becomes good. Josh and Sam's first attempt at a first time (for him, anyway) is as awkward and unsexy as it can get; their second attempt features Sam pushing his comfort zones with some pretty kinky play, including [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl exhibitionism]] for the [[PizzaBoySpecialDelivery food delivery guy]]. Josh and KJ have a very comfortable and romantic encounter. . . before Josh drops her because he learns Sam is still alive. Who exactly is "good" in this equation is left nebulous even as the season concludes.]]

** [[spoiler: Sam can be this too. An all around good person to others; yet none willing to see her for who she is, combined with Josh's SlutShaming of her may have done a lot more long term damage to her and may have partially fueled her FaceHeelTurn]]

* FightingFromTheInside: This is revealed to be what's going on with Ms. Crumble. Her conscious mind is stuck in some weird 80's sitcom that knows she's not some child eating monster, but she's not in full control of the body and it can be implied that her more grotesque actions are when the mind loses control over the Ghoulie.

* FreudianExcuse: Eli is so greedy because growing up his poor immigrant parents refused to spend any money on anything that wasn't absolutely necessary. Eli had to make due with nothing but knockoffs of brand label products and deeply resented everyone else getting handed things he couldn't have no matter how much he worked for them (he had to save up his money to buy knock offs).

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Hoyles, one of the biggest assholes in school had open sex in a stall in the girls bathroom without even trying to hide it. Fitting for this trope he was so unimpressive that the girl he was doing it with was casually scrolling through her phone with a mildly bored expression like she wasn't even having sex in the first place. [[spoiler: Turbo has pretty great sex with Wesley while still evil, but eventually he joins the Daybreakers and becomes good. Josh and Sam's first attempt at a first time (for him, anyway) is as awkward and unsexy as it can get; their second attempt features Sam pushing his comfort zones with some pretty kinky play, including [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl exhibitionism]] for the [[PizzaBoySpecialDelivery food delivery guy]]. Josh and KJ have a very comfortable and romantic encounter. . . before Josh drops her because he learns Sam is still alive. Who exactly is "good" in this equation is left nebulous even as the season concludes.]]

** Samaira “Sam” Dean's name is likely a nod to [[Series/Supernatural Sam and Dean Winchester]].

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: When the golf team first confronts Josh, they declare that they will make him wear a shock collar and be their slave, only for the one African-American member of the team to take offense to that choice of term. The team quickly switches to saying Josh will become their "indentured American". The rest of the show engages in some good-natured ribbing, but generally leans progressive in its tone. Subtly {{Deconstructed}}; the show points out a few times that using sensitive language does not automatically make one sensitive, and Angelica can tell Wesley to "stop being gay and retarded" while not devaluing him as a friend and human being.