History Series / DeadOfSummer

* MagicMusic: [[spoiler:Holyoak]] tries to cast a spell by playing a hymn on his piano, though in both cases it's thwarted.

* PreserveYourGays: [[spoiler:Besides surprise heroine Jessie, gay cis boy Blair and gay trans boy Drew are the only main characters still alive by the series' conclusion.]]

* PreserveYourGays: [[spoiler: Besides surprise heroine Jessie, gay boy Blair and bisexual trans boy Drew are the only main characters still alive by the series' conclusion.]]

* UnsettlingGenderReveal: The end of the pilot "Patience" first shows that Drew was assigned female at birth, with him removing his shirt to show he has breasts and had on a sports bra underneath. It's then established that he's a trans boy. Before that he had been taken as cisgender. It's PlayedForDrama though when he and Blair, a cisgender gay boy, have a romance. Blair's displeased at learning Drew is a trans boy, and it aborts their romance. [[spoiler:By the end though they're shown kissing, implying they got over this however after Blair's apologized.]]

* DueToTheDead: After [[spoiler:Cricket]] dies, Deb has the campers fill a box filled with mementos of her which they then bury.

* ReligionIsMagic: Blair performs a spirit summoning ritual from Santeria that he was taught by his grandma that along with using a OuijaBoard involves him praying to the Virgin Mary in Spanish.

* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: A number of viewers have criticized the show's portrayal of the '80s for coming off as essentially 2016 with a coating of older technology and music, in terms of the fashions (there's a distinct lack of EightiesHair, for one), the dialogue, and the values on display. The idea that nobody seems to have a problem with the [[CampGay out-and-proud]] Blair working as a camp counselor, among either his fellow counselors, the children, or the parents, can come across as very unrealistic to people who remember what [[HeteronormativeCrusader attitudes towards]] [[AllGaysArePedophiles gay people]] were actually like in the '80s.

* AnachronismStew: That said, a number of viewers have criticized the show's portrayal of the '80s for coming off as essentially 2016 with a coating of older technology and music, in terms of the fashions (there's a distinct lack of EightiesHair, for one), the dialogue, and the values on display. The idea that nobody seems to have a problem with the [[CampGay out-and-proud]] Blair working as a camp counselor, among either his fellow counselors, the children, or the parents, can come across as PoliticallyCorrectHistory to people who remember what [[HeteronormativeCrusader attitudes towards]] [[AllGaysArePedophiles gay people]] were actually like in the '80s.

* UnsettlingGenderReveal: The end of the pilot "Patience" first shows that Drew was assigned female at birth, with him removing his shirt to show he has breasts and had on a sports bra underneath. It's then established that he's a trans boy. Before that he had been taken as cisgender. It's PlayedForDrama though when he and Blair, a cisgender gay boy, have a romance. Blair's displeased at learning Drew is a trans boy, and it aborts their romance. [[spoiler:By the end though they're shown kissing, implying they got over this however after Blair's apologizes.]]

* UnsettlingGenderReveal: The end of the pilot "Patience" first shows that Drew was assigned female at birth, with him removing his shirt to show he has breasts and had on a sports bra underneath. It's then established that he's a trans boy. Before that he had been taken as cisgender. It's PlayedForDrama when he and Blair have a romance. Blair's displeased at learning Drew is a trans boy, and it aborts their romance. [[spoiler:By the end though they're shown kissing, implying that Blair got over this however.]]

* UnsettlingGenderReveal: The end of the pilot "Patience" first shows that Drew was assigned female at birth, with him removing his shirt to show he has breasts and had on a sports bra underneath. It's then established that he's a trans boy. Before that he had been taken as cisgender. It's PlayedForDrama when he and Blair have a romance. Blair's displeased at learning Drew is a trans boy, and it aborts their romance. [[spoiler:By the end though they're shown kissing, implying they got over this.]]

* BigBad: [[spoiler: Amy Hughes.]]

* CampGay: Blair.

* DontGoInTheWoods: Goes with the territory, really.

* JerkJock: Alex.

* PreserveYourGays: [[spoiler: Besides surprise heroine Jessie, homosexual Blair and transgender Drew are the only main-characters still alive by the series' conclusion.]]

* UnsettlingGenderReveal: PlayedForDrama with Blair and Drew's abortive romance.

** Deborah Carpenter's name is this to Debra Hill and Creator/JohnCarpenter. Hill produced most of Carpenter's films, and co-wrote the [[Film/Halloween1978 first]] [[Film/HalloweenII1981 two]] ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' films, ''Film/TheFog'', and ''Film/EscapeFromLA''.

'''''Dead of Summer''''' is a [[HorrorSeries horror TV series]] airing on [[Creator/ABCFamily Freeform]] in the summer of 2016, created by Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis, and Ian Goldberg of ''Series/OnceUponATime'' and ''Series/{{Lost}}'' fame.

* {{Transgender}}: Drew, who was formerly known as Andrea.

* BigBad: [[spoiler: Amy.]]

* {{Hypocrite}}: Blair, initially suspecting that Drew is simply gay, tries to strike up a relationship with him, telling him about the importance of [[BeYourself being yourself]]. [[spoiler:When he finds out that Drew is also transgender, however, he wants nothing to do with him and is {{squick}}ed out at the fact that he had kissed a boy who was assigned female at birth. Ironically, it's Jessie, who until then seemed like a run-of-the-mill AlphaBitch, who winds up being more accepting of Drew.]] To his credit, Blair eventually realizes that he was being an asshole and starts to accept Drew as well.

* PreserveYourGays: [[spoiler: Besides surprise heroine Jessie, homosexual Blair and transgender Drew are the only characters still alive by the series' conclusion.]]

* YourCheatingHeart:
** Alex discovered that his boss had been sleeping with a co-worker, and uses that to {{blackmail}} him into giving him some nice clothes so he can show up at summer camp looking sharp.
** Cricket's father is cheating on her mother. When she tells her, the mother replies that she already knows, but doesn't do anything about it because she's long since given up on the hope of finding a better man.

* BettyAndVeronicaSwitch: From the beginning of the series, Garrett is torn between AlphaBitch Jessie and GirlNextDoor Amy. As the series goes on, however, it comes to light that Jessie is only putting on a JerkassFacade and is [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold deep down]] [[LovableAlphaBitch a good person and a great friend,]] [[ChildhoodFriendRomance as well as Garrett’s old flame from their days as summer camp attendees]] but the final two episodes also reveal that Amy is actually [[spoiler:a psychopath, as well as the series’ BigBad who has been killing everyone.]]