History Series / Glue

* CoolHorse: Blackout, the horse belonging to James's [[spoiler:and Cal's]] family that Tina rides when racing.

* MaleFrontalNudity: James and Rob, though not at the same time.

* MementoMacguffin: the night before his murder, Cal is seen wearing a necklace which is latter missing from the body. James is seen in posession of a similar necklace which he promptly throws out. [[spoiler:James recovers his, Cal's is found in his shirt pocket, and Eli also has a matching trinket - all three feature the Moon Horse, a local nature phenomenon. Eli and Cal's are to remember their mum whose ashes were scattered there, and James received his from Cal as a token of affection.]]

* CorruptTheCutie: in-universe, [[spoiler:Cal and James joke that the latter was a good boy before Cal got to him]].

Glue is a British 8-part crime drama shown on E4, commonly described as "''Series/{{Skins}}'' meets ''Series/{{Broadchurch}}''" (understandably, since it was created and wirtten by ''Series/{{Skins}}'' writer Jack Thorne). The plot revolves around a tight-knit farming community shaken by the brutal murder of local Romani teenager Cal Bray. The investigation to find the killer reveals his friends' dark and dirty secrets, hidden behind the picture-perfect English countryside.

* AlliterativeName: Ruth Rosen.

* BigSecret: most characters have one. The first two to come out are [[spoiler:Rob cheating on Tina]] and [[spoiler:Janine being an identity thief]].
* BingeMontage: the series starts with a night of drugged debauchery at a grain silo of all places.
* BreakTheCutie: this happens to the cast with their friend[[spoiler:s]] murdered. Special mention goes to James [[spoiler:who was Cal's boyfriend, and who gets put in jail at one point, and later kidnapped and almost killed by Cal's murderer]].

* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:two of the three deaths in the series - Cal and Ian - fall into this category, with one more murder narrowly averted.]]

* TheDitz: Annie is a wee bit...peculiar.
* TheDutifulSon: James dreams of leaving the farm, but stays in order to support his mom. [[spoiler:It's revealed that he was actually planning to leave along with Cal and after the latter's murder simply sees no point in that]].
* EmbarrassingNickname: Rob calls James "Jimjams".

* FieryRedhead: Tina

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Annie and Tina; Rob and James (the latter pair even have a break-up episode).
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:Cal]] was blowing men for money, yet it doesn't take anything away from [[spoiler:his]] genuinely good nature.

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Cal is foolish (doing drugs, etc.) whereas Eli is responsible (trying to make a life for the two of them). [[spoiler:Turned on its head when it's revealed that Cal was meticulously planning to start a new life with James, while Eli is a killer unable to control his fits of rage]].

Glue is a British television drama shown on E4, commonly described as "''Series/{{Skins}}'' meets ''Series/{{Broadchurch}}''" (understandably, since it was created and wirtten by ''Series/{{Skins}}'' writer Jack Thorne). The plot revolves around a tight-knit farming community shaken by the brutal murder of local Romani teenager Cal Bray. The investigation to find the killer reveals his friends' dark and dirty secrets, hidden behind the picture-perfect English countryside.

* AbusiveParents: much like on ''Series/{{Skins}}'', the parents in ''Glue'' are either absent, cold, dead or outright abusive. The only character who has a stable relationship with his parent(s) is Dominic.

* TroubledButCute: both the Bray brothers, although in different ways: Eli is a brooding loner while Cal is basically [[spoiler:a rentboy].

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: the entirety of Cal's character. He's a 14-year-old doing drugs with his older friends, planning on [[spoiler:running away to Argentina with his older boyfriend, prostituting himself]] and getting in trouble with the law for minor crimes.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Annie and Tina, Rob and James [[spoiler:although James is gay]].

* IntoxicationEnsues: [[spoiler:Rob drugs James in order to get the latter to confess to blackmail.Played for drama rather than laughs]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: most of the characters fit under this trope, but Rob best of all - he's cocksure and careless, [[spoiler:and among other things cheated on his girlfriend and drugged his best friend]], but he also shows a more considerate side such as when he [[spoiler:works hard to get James out of jail]].

* UnmanlyTears / ManlyTears: James, at a frequency of about once per episode. To be fair, he usually has a reason.

Glue is a British television drama shown on E4, commonly described as "''Series/{{Skins}}'' meets ''Series/{{Broadchurch}}''" (understandably, since it was created and wirtten by ''Series/{{Skins}}'' writer Jack Thorne). The plot revolves around a tight-knit farming community shaken by the brutal murder of a local Romani teenager Cal Bray. The investigation to find the killer reveals his friends' dark and dirty secrets, hidden behind the picture-perfect English countryside.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: most of the characters fit under this trope, but Rob best of all - he's cocksure and abrasive, [[spoiler:and among other things cheated on his girlfriend and drugged his best friend]], but he also shows a more considerate side such as when he [[spoiler:works hard to get James out of jail]].
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Cal is found dead the morning after the party at the grain silo; his murder jumpstarts the plot.

* KidnappedByAnAlly: happens to James in episode 2 - that's Rob's way of getting people to a part. [[spoiler:In the finale James gets kidnapped for real]].

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: several instances of this (Rob and Tina, [[spoiler:James and Cal, Tina and Eli]]), which makes sense since everyone has lknown each other since forever.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: most of the characters fit under this trope, but Rob best of all - he's cocksure and abrasive, [[spoiler:cheated on his girlfriend and drugged his best friend, among other things]], but he also shows a more considerate side such as when he [[spoiler:works hard to get James out of jail]].

* WildTeenParty: the one at the grain silo in episode 1, as well as the rave in the woods that Rob throws in James' honor.

** KissingUnderTheInfluence: [[spoiler:while tripping on acid James kisses Rob, thinking the latter is Cal]].

* WildTeenParty: the rave in the woods that Rob throws in James' honor.

* EmbarassingNickname: Rob calls James "Jimjams".

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Cal is foolish (doing drugs, etc.) whereas Eli is responsible (trying to make a life for the two of them). [[spoiler:Turned on its head when it's revealed that Cal was meticulously planning to start a new life with James, while ELi is a killer unable to control his fits of rage]].

* BettyAndVeronica: Tina is torn between careless goofball Rob and noble loner Eli. [[spoiler:Rob's the Betty since ELi is a serial killer by the series' end]].

* InfantImmortality: avoided, since the series is about the death of a minor. [[spoiler:Thankfully played straight with uth's daughter]].

Glue is a British television drama shown on E4, commonly described as "''Series/{{Skins}}'' meets ''Series/{{Broadchurch}}'' (understandably, since it was created and wirtten by ''Series/{{Skins}}'' writer Jack Thorne). The plot revolves around a tight-knit farming community shaken by the brutal murder of a local Romani teenager Cal Bray. IThe investigation to find the killer reveals his friends' dark and dirty secrets, hidden behind the picture-perfect English countryside.

* AbusiveParents: much like on ''Series/{{Skins}}'', the parents in ''Glue'' are either absent, cold and distant, dead or outright abusive. The only character who has a stable relationship with his parent(s) is Dominic.

The series contains the following tropes: