History Series / LifeAsWeKnowIt

* BirdsOfAFeather: All three the main couples. [[BigManOnCampus Dino]] and [[LovableAlphaBitch Jackie]] are both the popular/hot ones; [[{{Nerd}} Ben]] and [[GoGetterGirl Sue]] are both the smart ones; [[ButtMonkey Jonathan]] and [[IAmNotPretty Deborah]] are both insecure/unpopular ones.

* BirdsOfAFeather: All three the main couples. [[BigManOnCampus Dino]] and [[LovableAlphaBitch Jackie]] are both the popular/hot ones; [[HollywoodNerd Ben]] and [[GoGetterGirl Sue]] are both the smart ones; [[ButtMonkey Jonathan]] and [[IAmNotPretty Deborah]] are both insecure/unpopular ones.

* HollywoodNerd:
** Ben, the smart and studious CoolLoser, is fairly good-looking.
** Jonathan is supposed to be the dorkiest guy on the show, but he is pretty ripped and has several {{Shirtless Scene}}s.

* AlcoholicParent: Jackie's dad.

* BetaCouple: Jonathan and Debbie, and later [[spoiler: Ben and Sue]].

* BreakingTheFourthWall: This was what separated this show from [[Series/TheOC other]] [[Series/OneTreeHill teen]] [[Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration dramas]] [[Series/RadioFreeRoscoe of]] [[Series/{{Edgemont}} the time]].

* TheCharmer: Dino.

* HeroicBSOD: Dino when [[spoiler: he finds his mom cheating on his dad with his hockey coach]].

* JerkJock: Hockey player Dino is this. However he's also a...

* SexIsCool

* TeacherStudentRomance: Between [[spoiler: Miss Young and Ben]]
* TrueCompanions

* RagingStiffie: Dino starts stealing Viagra from Jonathan's dad. He takes them for a "test drive" and they work...[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments while he's wrestling with a guy in gym class]].
* RealSongThemeTune: "Sooner or Later" by Michael Tolcher

* [[TheShrink The Awesome Shrink]]: Dr. Beiber, played by Peter Dinklage.

* BirdsOfAFeather: All three the main couples.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: And how! This was what separated this show from [[Series/TheOC other]] [[Series/OneTreeHill teen]] [[Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration dramas]] [[Series/RadioFreeRoscoe of]] [[Series/{{Edgemont}} the time]].
* ButtMonkey: Jonathan is this among his friends.

* [[CoolBigSis Cool Big Bro]]: Ben's older BlackSheep brother Sam. Made complicated when [[spoiler: Miss Young starts hitting on him during the fallout after Ben and Sue's [[SchoolPlay on-stage]] [[TheBigDamnKiss hookup]]]].
* DawsonCasting: The cast, playing 16-year olds, ranged from 19-22.

* HollywoodNerd: Ben, Jonathan and Deborah.
* HormoneAddledTeenager
* HotTeacher: Miss Young

* [[spoiler: LikeFatherLikeSon: Ben's dad also got into a sexual relationship with his teacher when he was in high school]].

* SchoolPlay: Played straight with a ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' musical. Ben is made to play Romeo by Miss Young [[spoiler: as a way for them to spend more time together]] opposite of Sue. Eventually, Ben and Sue get closer, ending the play with a [[TheBigDamnKiss real kiss]].
** Oh, and the play is directed by [[Series/FreaksAndGeeks Neil Schweiber]].

* BlackBestFriend: Sue.
** ButNotTooBlack: She has an African-American father and a white mother.

* SixStudentClique:
** The Head: Ben
** The Muscle: Dino
** The Quirk: Jonathan
** The Pretty One: Jackie
** The Smart One: Sue
** The Wild One: Deborah

Not to be confused with the 2010 rom-com starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel, or the 2006 YA novel ''Literature/LifeAsWeKnewIt'' by Susan Beth Pfeffer.

* RagingStiffie: Dino starts stealing Viagra from Jonathan's dad. He takes them for a "test drive" and they work...[[CrowningMomentOfFunny while he's wrestling with a guy in gym class]].

* AManIsNotAVirgin: Dino feels this way, and is frustrated when he learns [[spoiler: his friends have had sex before he did]].

* ActorAllusion: Deb's cousin Sabrina mentions that prior to avoiding a tragic accident she was a [[FreaksAndGeeks Cheerleader and the Class Representative of the Young Republicans Club.]]

* SchoolPlay: Played straight with a ''[[RomeoAndJuliet Romeo and Juliet]]'' musical. Ben is made to play Romeo by Miss Young [[spoiler: as a way for them to spend more time together]] opposite of Sue. Eventually, Ben and Sue get closer, ending the play with a [[TheBigDamnKiss real kiss]].
** Oh, and the play is directed by [[FreaksAndGeeks Neil Schweiber]].

** Oh, and the play is [[HeyItsThatGuy directed by]] [[FreaksAndGeeks Neil Schweiber]].

Not to be confused with the 2010 rom-com starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel, or the 2006 YA novel ''LifeAsWeKnewIt'' by Susan Beth Pfeffer.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: And how! This was what separated this show from [[Series/TheOC other]] [[Series/OneTreeHill teen]] [[Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration dramas]] [[RadioFreeRoscoe of]] [[Series/{{Edgemont}} the time]].

* BreakingTheFourthWall: And how! This was what separated this show from [[Series/TheOC other]] [[OneTreeHill teen]] [[Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration dramas]] [[RadioFreeRoscoe of]] [[{{Edgemont}} the time]].

* TrueCompanions