History Series / Orangeisthenewblack

* FishOutOfWater: The first few episodes are primarily about Chapman being this.

* MamaBear: Do NOT mess with Miss Claudette's kids. Granted, they weren't her kids, but...

* {{Squick}}: Red's special sandwich for Piper.

* PrisonRape: Played with during "Bora Bora Bora" when the guards and inmates giving the tour pretend it's common and try to rope Piper into the charade. Alex also plays with Pennsatucky's fears of this. All sex between inmates seen on the show, however, is consensual. On the other hand, [[spoiler: Pornstache routinely trades drugs for sex, and attempts to pressure Sophia into this in exchange for hormones when the doctors cut her prescription off. Morello is terrified of him for this exact reason.]]

Piper Chapman has everything a 30-something yuppie could want; a degree from a prestigious college, a cushy job making artisanal soaps, and a faithful fiance. However, her past comes back to haunt her when her ex-girlfriend goes to jail and Piper is named as an accomplice in her crimes. Piper must then trade her New York life for a stay in Litchfield Correctional Institute with a motley crew of cons, each with their own story.

* AsTheGoodBookSays: Pennsatucky uses the bible many times, most dangerously to justify [[spoiler: her decision to kill Chapman.]]

* ChurchgoingVillain: Pennsatucky. Healy is implied.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Loosely based on the memoir of the same name by Piper Kerman, on whom Piper Chapman is based. Some lines of dialogue are lifted directly from the book, but no characters save for Piper and Larry have the same names as they do in the book. In RealLife, Piper and Larry [[spoiler: never went through any public relationship turmoil as a result of her stay in prison.]] Her family was also very supportive and loving during her time leading up to, in, and after her stay in prison, quite unlike the snooty WASPs Piper's family is depicted as in the series. Piper's drug-dealing ex, called "Nora" in the book, was not housed in the same minimum-security prison as her, though they did see each other while in a Chicago prison for the trial of their drug kingpins.

Orange Is The New Black is a TV Show from Netflix, based off of the book of the same name.

* [[Expy]]: The NPR host and show are pretty clear Expies of Ira Glass and This American Life.

* [[Squick]]: Red's special sandwich for Piper.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Taystee" Johnson, Galina "Red" Reznikov, and Tiffany "Pennsatucky" Doggett.

* CrisisofFaith: Pennsatucky has one after [[spoiler: Chapman and Alex get the inmates to pretend Pennsatucky has faith-healing powers, then pulls the rug out from under her.]]

OrangeIsTheNewBlack is another TV Show from Netflix, based off of the book of the same name.

Piper Chapman's past comes back to haunt her when her ex-girlfriend goes to jail, and she gets named as an accomplice in her crimes. The series is partially about Piper's adjustment to prison life, and partially about the corruption inherent in the system.

* AsTheGoodBookSays: Pennsatusky uses the bible many times, most dangerously to justify [[spoiler: her decision to kill Chapman.]]
* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Played with, with Pennsatusky and her followers. However, the nun is treated with great respect.
* ChurchgoingVillain: Pennsatusky. Heely is implied.
* CrisisofFaith: Pennsatusky has one after [[spoiler: Chapman and Alex get the inmates to pretend Pennsatusky has faith-healing powers, then pulls the rug out from under her.]]

* ChristianityIsCatholic: Averted. There is a nun, but when Chapman prays at the insistence of Pennsatusky, she prays to Jesus specifically. The nun remarks she might have thrown the virgin in for good measure.
* ClearMyName: Most notably with Chapman and Heely, however.
* ClearTheirName: Chapman does it for Pennsatusky.
* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: The girl in the wheelchair in the 'scare the delinquents' plot. She implies she did criminal things because people said she couldn't.

* HolierThanThou: Pennsatusky, first to Alex, then Chapman.
* HotForPreacher: Discussed in one of the earlier episodes, with the nun and transsexual.
* MistakenforGay: Played around with. Chapman is very clear she is straight with a few exceptions, but Heely mistakes her for having gay wants several times before she actually comes out.

* HoulierThanThou: Pennsatusky, first to Alex, then Chapman.

* HotForPreacher: Discussed in one of the earlier episodes, with the nun and transsexual.

( ChristianityisCatholic: Averted. There is a nun, but when Chapman prays at the insistence of Pennsatusky, she prays to Jesus specifically. The nun remarks she might have thrown the virgin in for good measure.

AsTheGoodBookSays: Pennsatusky uses the bible many times, most dangerously to justify [[spoiler: her decision to kill Chapman.]]
BeliefMakesYouStupid: Played with, with Pennsatusky and her followers. However, the nun is treated with great respect.
ChurchgoingVillain: Pennsatusky. Heely is implied.
CrisisofFaith: Pennsatusky has one after [[spoiler: Chapman and Alex get the inmates to pretend Pennsatusky has faith-healing powers, then pulls the rug out from under her.]]
ChristianityisCatholic: Averted. There is a nun, but when Chapman prays at the insistence of Pennsatusky, she prays to Jesus specifically. The nun remarks she might have thrown the virgin in for good measure.
HoulierThanThou: Pennsatusky, first to Alex, then Chapman.
HotForPreacher: Discussed in one of the earlier episodes, with the nun and transsexual.

AsTheGoodBookSays: Pennsatusky uses the bible many times, most dangerously to justify [[spoiler: her decision to kill Chapman.]]

Piper Chapman's past comes back to haunt her when her ex-girlfriend goes to jail, and she gets named as an accomplice in her crimes.

OrangeistheNewBlack is another TV Show from Netflix, based off of the book of the same name.

Orange is the New Black is another TV Show from Netflix, based off of the book of the same name.