History Series / OuterBanks

The main cast of Pogues, John B (Chase Stokes), the leader of the group and avoiding child services after his father went missing 9 months ago, JJ (Rudy Pankow), John B's best friend and regular problem creator, Pope (Jonathan Daviss), the "brains of the operation" and Merit Scholar candidate, and Kiara (Madison Bailey), who is technically a Kook but hangs with Pogues and cares deeply about conservation, uncover a lot more than they bargained for when they decide to loot a boat that sunk during a hurricane. In the process, they end up being tangled with the Camerons, a Kook family that John B works for, consisting of Ward (Creator/CharlesEsten), his son, Rafe (Drew Starkey), and his daughters, Sarah (Creator/MadelynCline) and Wheezie (Julia Antonelli).

* FiveManBand: Since Season 1 as Sarah joins the group: John B is TheLeader and TheHero (as the main protagonist who lead the group in their adventures), JJ is TheBigGuy (the hothead and most prone to be involved in action), Pope is TheSmartGuy (the analyptical and book-smart member), Kiara is TheHeart (the TeamMom connected to each member of the group) and Sarah TheLoad ([[{{Ojou}} the Kook Princess]] and love interest of John B). For TheLancer, any member except John B can play this role as his NumberTwo or [[{{Foil}} having a contrast with him.]] In Season 2 finale and Season 3 , new member Cleo is the SixthRanger though action-oriented as she is can fit TheBigGuy role instead of JJ who is John B's BestFriend and Red Oni to his Blue Oni (TheLancer).

* FiveManBand: Since Season 1 as Sarah joins the group: John B is TheLeader and TheHero (as the main protagonist who lead the group in their adventures), JJ is TheBigGuy (the hothead and most prone to be involved in action), Pope is TheSmartGuy (the analyptical and book-smart member), Kiara is TheHeart (the TeamMom connected to each member of the group) and Sarah TheChick ([[{{Ojou}} the Kook Princess]] and love interest of John B). For TheLancer, any member except John B can play this role as his NumberTwo or [[{{Foil}} having a contrast with him.]] In Season 2 finale and Season 3 , new member Cleo is the SixthRanger though action-oriented as she is can fit TheBigGuy role instead of JJ who is John B's BestFriend and Red Oni to his Blue Oni (TheLancer).

* FiveManBand: Since Season 1 as Sarah joins the group: John B is TheLeader and TheHero (as the main protagonist who lead the group in their adventures), JJ is TheBigGuy (the hothead and most prone to be involved in action), Pope is TheSmartGuy (the analyptical and book-smart member), Kiara is TheHeart (the TeamMom connected to each member of the group) and Sarah TheChick ([[{{Ojou}} the Kook Princess]] and love interest of John B). For TheLancer, any member except John B can play this role as his NumberTwo or [[{{Foil}} having a contrast with him.]] In Season 2 finale and Season 3 , new member Cleo is the SixthMember though action-oriented as she is can fit TheBigGuy role instead of JJ who is John B's BestFriend and Red Oni to his Blue Oni (TheLancer).

* FiveManBand: Since Season 1 as Sarah joins the group: John B is TheLeader and TheHero (as the main protagonist who lead the group in their adventures), JJ is TheBigGuy (the hothead and most prone to be involved in action), Pope is TheSmartGuy (the analyptical and book-smart member), Kiara is TheHeart (the TeamMom connected to each member of the group) and Sarah TheChick ([[{{Ojou}} the Kook Princess]] and love interest of John B). For TheLancer, any member except John B can play this role as his NumberTwo or [[{{Foil}} having a contrast with him.]]

* FiveManBand: Since Season 1 as Sarah joins the group: John B is TheLeader/TheHero (as the main protagonist who lead the group in their adventures), JJ is TheBigGuy (the hothead and most prone to be involved in action), Pope is TheSmartGuy (the analyptical and book-smart member), Kiara is TheHeart (the TeamMom connected to each member of the group) and Sarah TheChick ([[{{Ojou}}the Kook Princess]] and love interest of John B). For TheLancer, any member except John B can play this role as his NumberTwo or [[{{Foil}} having a contrast with him.]]

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Outer Banks is a 2020 Netflix adventure series created by Josh Pate, Jonas Pate, and Shannon Burke that centers around a group of teens from the Outer Banks of UsefulNotes/NorthCarolina who call themselves the Pogues. The Pogues spend their days working, surfing, partying, and getting into scrapes with the Kooks, the upper class that rules the other half of the Outer Banks.

The main cast of Pogues, John B (Chase Stokes), the leader of the group and avoiding child services after his father went missing 9 months ago, JJ (Rudy Pankow), John B's best friend and regular problem creator, Pope (Jonathan Daviss), the "brains of the operation" and Merit Scholar candidate, and Kiara (Madison Bailey), who is technically a Kook but hangs with Pogues and cares deeply about conservation, uncover a lot more than they bargained for when they decide to loot a boat that sunk during a hurricane. In the process, they end up being tangled with the Camerons, a Kook family that John B works for, consisting of Ward (Creator/CharlesEsten), his son, Rafe (Drew Starkey), and his daughters, Sarah (Madelyn Cline) and Wheezie (Julia Antonelli).

%%* BewareTheNiceOnes: Pope when [[spoiler: Rafe tries to choke Kiara - Pope descends into Berzerker mode.]]

%%* CopKiller: [[spoiler: Rafe to Sheriff Peterkin. Deputy Shoupe]] is not happy.
* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Done on [[spoiler: Sheriff Peterkin]]. Averted, it's bloody and [[spoiler: doesn't work.]]
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler: JJ at the end of Season 1, who's implied to have been shot down by his crush, Kiara.]]

* DisappearedDad: John B explains early on that his dad has been missing at sea for nine months. We find out later that [[spoiler: he was injured by Ward, thrown overboard, and later died on an uninhabited island. However, TheStinger for Season 2 reveals that he survived and is living in Barbados.]]

** Season 1 ends with [[spoiler: John B and Sarah presumed dead at sea, with the former still wanted for Peterkin's murder. This leaves the Camerons and the Pogues reeling from their daughter's and friend's supposed deaths.]]

* EscalatingWar: Between the Pogues and the Kooks. JJ tries offering a drink to Sarah at the Boneyard. Topper steps in and tries to shut it down. JJ persists, a fight breaks out and JJ ends the conflict by [[spoiler: pulling out a gun. Later on, Topper and Rafe retaliate against the Pogues by jumping Pope and beating him with golf clubs. Then Pope is convinced by JJ to sink Topper's boat.]]
* ExactEavesdropping: [[spoiler: Ward finds out that John B and the others found the gold by listening in on his conversation with Sarah, one where they both enthusiastically spell out exactly what they found, how much it's worth, and what they plan to do with it.]]
* FugitiveArc: Episodes 9 and 10 for [[spoiler: John B]] as he tries to survive and escape the island with nearly everyone thinking that he murdered [[spoiler: Sheriff Peterkin.]]

%%* GettingHighOnTheirOwnSupply: Both Rafe and Barry indulge in this. Results in SanitySlippage for [[spoiler: Rafe.]]

* GroinAttack: Ward goes for one while fighting [[spoiler: John B]] on his yacht.

* HollywoodKiss: When [[spoiler: Sarah and John B]] kiss after a full day and a half of adventuring, flirting, sneaking, and sleuthing, it is of course while they are dressed to the nines and in the midst of it pouring rain. It is also preceded by a romantic speech.
* HopeSpot: Peterkin appears ready to [[spoiler: arrest Ward for the murder of John's father...then Rafe shoots her and Ward frames John for the crime.]]

* LockedInARoom: Invoked. To try to get them to settle their differences and make up, JJ, John B, and Pope decide to leave Sarah and Kiara on a non-functional boat for a night. [[spoiler: It's effective.]]
* LovingAShadow: Sarah accuses [[spoiler: Topper]] of loving the idea of her, rather than Sarah herself.

* OutfitDecoy: At the church, John B gives his red hoodie to [[spoiler: Topper]] who wears it as he gives himself up. The police focus on him, giving John B and Sarah just enough time to escape the other way.

%%** JJ bids farewell to [[spoiler: John B]] with this.

%%* PlayingheVictimCard: In later episodes, [[spoiler: Ward Cameron.]]

* TheRichWantToBeRicher: Ward Cameron, [[spoiler: who is hell-bent on securing the gold despite living a fairly cushy life.]]
* SelfHarm: Ward punctures his arm with an arrow in order to frame [[spoiler: John B]] as an unstable, violent, untrustworthy person.

* SoCrazyItMustBeTrue: How Sarah is able to convince Topper that John B is innocent of [[spoiler: Sherrif Peterkin's murder]]. As she says, if she was going to lie to cover for him, why would she pick [[spoiler: her ''own brother'' as the killer]] unless it was true?

* TurnOutLikeHisFather: JJ and John B say this to each other about their respective fathers when [[spoiler: John B gets caught up in the treasure hunt that is getting more and more dangerous, and JJ when he starts stealing from drug dealers and getting in deep with the law.]]

* UptownGirl: [[spoiler: After an escalating series of adventures, flirting, and missed signals, Sarah, "Queen of the Kooks," and John B, ostensible leader of the Pogues, end up together, even to the point of driving a boat straight into a tropical storm.]]

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler: Ward Cameron, and to a lesser extent, his son.]]
* WantedPoster: These are distributed en masse across the island for the alleged murderer of [[spoiler: Sheriff Peterkin - John B.]]
* WhamEpisode: The end of "My Druthers", where [[spoiler:Ward committs suicide by setting off a bomb on his boat with him on it, and falsely confessing to Peterkin's murder in his VideoWill, allowing Rafe to go free.]]

* Rich Boredom: Sarah Cameron decides to join in on the adventure because she is "16 and already knows what the rest of her life looks like." She also wants to "experience life outside of the bubble wrap."

* ShipTease: The Season 2 finale, having gently put to rest the potential romance between [[spoiler: Pope and Kiara]] over Season 2, sets up two potential new ships to replace them as the BetaCouple to John B and Sarah: [[spoiler: JJ and Kie, and Pope and Cleo]].

* ShirtlessScene: Being a series that takes place on a subtropical island, go figure.

* Bloody Handprint: Downplayed. John B leaves a couple smeared onto a car after he almost gets run over while trying to run away. The handprints themselves aren't particularly noteworthy, but the fact that the driver got a good look at John B's face when he left them, is.

* UptowGirl: [[spoiler: After an escalating series of adventures, flirting, and missed signals, Sarah, "Queen of the Kooks," and John B, ostensible leader of the Pogues, end up together, even to the point of driving a boat straight into a tropical storm.]]

* CellPhonesAr Useless}}: In the first episode it is [[HandWave handwaved]] that Hurricane Agatha knocked out cell service on the island (along with power for those not fortunate enough to have generators). For the following few weeks there is no mention of efforts to restore coverage, newfound limitations on communication ability, or indeed the very existence of cell phones.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy}}: Despite JJ's own stated crush on Kiara, he encourages John B to make his move on her so if she accepts, they could both be happy.

%%* PlayingheVictimCard}}: In later episodes, [[spoiler: Ward Cameron.]]
* Rich Boredom}}: Sarah Cameron decides to join in on the adventure because she is "16 and already knows what the rest of her life looks like." She also wants to "experience life outside of the bubble wrap."

* Turn Out Like His Father}}: JJ and John B say this to each other about their respective fathers when [[spoiler: John B gets caught up in the treasure hunt that is getting more and more dangerous, and JJ when he starts stealing from drug dealers and getting in deep with the law.]]

* Uptow Girl}}: [[spoiler: After an escalating series of adventures, flirting, and missed signals, Sarah, "Queen of the Kooks," and John B, ostensible leader of the Pogues, end up together, even to the point of driving a boat straight into a tropical storm.]]

* {{Abusive Parents}}: JJ's dad, who beats him bloody several times throughout the show. Their interactions suggest that this has been happening for years.

* {{After Action Patchup}}: Sarah for John B after his escape from DCS. Complete with a {{Bandage Wince}} from John B.
* {{Alcoholic Parent}}: JJ's dad.
* {{Anguished Declaration of Love}}: Topper, several times for Sarah.
* {{Annoying Younger Sibling}}: Zigzagged for Wheezie.
* BackAlleyDoctor: John B has to take Sarah to one in the Bahamas to [[spoiler:heal her gunshot would from Rafe.]]
* {{Beware the Nice Ones}}: Pope when [[spoiler: Rafe tries to choke Kiara - Pope descends into Berzerker mode.]]
* {{Blood from the Mouth}}: Several characters after being beaten.
* {{Bloody Handprint}}: Downplayed. John B leaves a couple smeared onto a car after he almost gets run over while trying to run away. The handprints themselves aren't particularly noteworthy, but the fact that the driver got a good look at John B's face when he left them, is.
* CatapultNightmare: John B wakes up from one where Ward goes to Nassau and kills him over the gold.
* {{Cell Phones Are Useless}}: In the first episode it is [[HandWave handwaved]] that Hurricane Agatha knocked out cell service on the island (along with power for those not fortunate enough to have generators). For the following few weeks there is no mention of efforts to restore coverage, newfound limitations on communication ability, or indeed the very existence of cell phones.
* {{Commitment Issues}}: Both Kiara and Sarah. Although they both make some strides in overcoming them.
* {{Cop Killer}}: [[spoiler: Rafe to Sheriff Peterkin. Deputy Shoupe]] is not happy.

* {{Did Not Get the Girl}}: [[spoiler: JJ at the end of Season 1, who's implied to have been shot down by his crush, Kiara.]]

* {{Disappeared Dad}}: John B explains early on that his dad has been missing at sea for nine months. We find out later that [[spoiler: he was injured by Ward, thrown overboard, and later died on an uninhabited island. However, TheStinger for Season 2 reveals that he survived and is living in Barbados.]]

* {{Escalating War}}: Between the Pogues and the Kooks. JJ tries offering a drink to Sarah at the Boneyard. Topper steps in and tries to shut it down. JJ persists, a fight breaks out and JJ ends the conflict by [[spoiler: pulling out a gun. Later on, Topper and Rafe retaliate against the Pogues by jumping Pope and beating him with golf clubs. Then Pope is convinced by JJ to sink Topper's boat.]]
* {{Exact Eavesdropping}}: [[spoiler: Ward finds out that John B and the others found the gold by listening in on his conversation with Sarah, one where they both enthusiastically spell out exactly what they found, how much it's worth, and what they plan to do with it.]]
* {{Fugitive Arc}}: Episodes 9 and 10 for [[spoiler: John B]] as he tries to survive and escape the island with nearly everyone thinking that he murdered [[spoiler: Sheriff Peterkin.]]

* {{Getting High On Their Own Supply}}: Both Rafe and Barry indulge in this. Results in {{Sanity Slippage}} for [[spoiler: Rafe.]]
* {{Getting Hot in Here}}: A downplayed version of this happens when Sarah and John B are stuck below deck and trying to cope with the heat on their way to Chapel Hill.
* {{Groin Attack}}: Ward goes for one while fighting [[spoiler: John B]] on his yacht.

* {{Hollywood Kiss}}: When [[spoiler: Sarah and John B]] kiss after a full day and a half of adventuring, flirting, sneaking, and sleuthing, it is of course while they are dressed to the nines and in the midst of it pouring rain. It is also preceded by a romantic speech.

* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Plays a role in Kiara's rejection of Pope's and John B's advances.
* {{I Want My Beloved to be Happy}}: Despite JJ's own stated crush on Kiara, he encourages John B to make his move on her so if she accepts, they could both be happy.
* {{In Series Nickname}}: A few.
** John Booker Routledge is almost always called by his first name and initial of his middle name by those who know him, even casually or by those who don't particularly like him. Hearing anything different is usually a sign of trouble, unless it's Bird, which is his dad's {{Affectionate Nickname}} for him.

* {{Locked in a Room}}: Invoked. To try to get them to settle their differences and make up, JJ, John B, and Pope decide to leave Sarah and Kiara on a non-functional boat for a night. [[spoiler: It's effective.]]
* {{Loving a Shadow}}: Sarah accuses [[spoiler: Topper]] of loving the idea of her, rather than Sarah herself.
* {{Minor Living Alone}}: His dad is missing at sea, presumed dead. His mom skipped out on the family years ago, and his legal guardian (his uncle) is in another state and hasn't visited in months. This causes John B issues with the law.
* {{Missing Mom}}: For both JJ and John B.
* {{Only Known by Initials}}: JJ.
* {{Outfit Decoy}}: At the church, John B gives his red hoodie to [[spoiler: Topper]] who wears it as he gives himself up. The police focus on him, giving John B and Sarah just enough time to escape the other way.
* PlatonicDeclarationOfLove:
** JJ bids farewell to [[spoiler: John B]] with this.
** JJ receives one from his father while he is in a drunken stupor.
* {{Playing the Victim Card}}: In later episodes, [[spoiler: Ward Cameron.]]
* {{Rich Boredom}}: Sarah Cameron decides to join in on the adventure because she is "16 and already knows what the rest of her life looks like." She also wants to "experience life outside of the bubble wrap."
* {{The Rich Want to Be Richer}}: Ward Cameron, [[spoiler: who is hell-bent on securing the gold despite living a fairly cushy life.]]
* {{Self Harm}}: Ward punctures his arm with an arrow in order to frame [[spoiler: John B]] as an unstable, violent, untrustworthy person.
* {{Shirtless Scene}}: Being a series that takes place on a subtropical island, go figure.
* [[SlobsVersusSnobs Slobs vs. Snobs]]: On Kildare Island, the population is generally divided the working class inhabitants of The Cut ("Pogues") and the rich residents of Figure Eight ("Kooks"). These titles are used extensively by most characters (especially non-adult characters) to refer to themselves or the other group. While membership in either group is mostly dictated by circumstance, there are in-universe references to existing and potential crossover: Kiara, who lives in Figure Eight, is an established member of the Pogues, and when talking about what they'd do if they find the treasure, the Pogues toast to "going full Kook."

* TreasureMap: The map John B gets from Sarah's house.
* {{Turn Out Like His Father}}: JJ and John B say this to each other about their respective fathers when [[spoiler: John B gets caught up in the treasure hunt that is getting more and more dangerous, and JJ when he starts stealing from drug dealers and getting in deep with the law.]]

* {{Uptown Girl}}: [[spoiler: After an escalating series of adventures, flirting, and missed signals, Sarah, "Queen of the Kooks," and John B, ostensible leader of the Pogues, end up together, even to the point of driving a boat straight into a tropical storm.]]
* {{Unwanted Harem}}: Downplayed. At the beginning, John B says that he, Pope, and JJ all have feelings for Kiara, yet she doesn't return any of them and would prefer to stay {{Just Friends}}.
* {{Villain with Good Publicity}}: [[spoiler: Ward Cameron, and to a lesser extent, his son.]]
* {{Wanted Poster}}: These are distributed en masse across the island for the alleged murderer of [[spoiler: Sheriff Peterkin - John B.]]

* {{When Elders Attack}}: After breaking into her house, the gang has to escape the owner - a blind old lady rumored to be an AxCrazy murderer - attacking them with a fire poker and then a shotgun.
* {{X Marks The Spot}}: The map that John B's dad left behind for him to mark where he believes the shipwreck is.

** And again in "The Coastal Venture": [[spoiler:Ward faked his death by escaping using the scuba gear, and his plan to get the Cross of Santo-Domingo onto the titular ship and sell it to pay off his debts and end up being hundreds of millions richer afterwards was [[TheChessmaster all set up in advance.]]]]