History WesternAnimation / GenZed

* AsianAirhead: Betsy, type two. She's a nice person who gets along with the other main characters but her head is not all up there. This might have to do with her painkiller addiction.

* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Meta-example: the show is called ''Gen Zed'', obviously referring to "Generation Z" but they used the British English pronunciation instead of the American English one, which is "zee." According to the trailers, they call themselves as such as they don't want to be "Gen Y" but the show is set in LA and the characters for the most part are American. It's worth noting, however, that the creator is English.

''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fxls1XrcJc Gen Zed]]'' is ([[StillbornFranchise was?]]) an upcoming animated comedy show about a young trans woman who wants to be a stand up comic & her online friends who all move in together. It is written and directed by Hayden Black of ''Goodnight Burbank'' fame, which he also did.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Shona describes Cameron, Huey, herself, and Betsy as "a train wreck, a troublemaker, a trans girl, and a trustafarian" respectively.

* AllThereInTheManual: The show's website gives extra information about the main characters and some side characters like their names and ages. At least one (a yet to be seen character named [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Mr. Jiminez]]) has a rather detailed backstory compared to the ones above.

* FiveTokenBand: The entire point. Shona is a trans woman, Cameron is black, Huey is white, and Betsy is Asian.

* LimitedAnimation: The animation is rather simple and unpolished. For instance, the character's full profile is obviously superimposed on the otherwise letterbox background.

* LimitedAnimation: By golly, does it show! From the lip-synching and the fact that when the camera focuses on one character, sometimes their full profile isn't clipped outside of the otherwise {{letterbox}}ed background.
** Subverted in the scene where Shona and her friends are dancing in front of the title card. At first, it seems that Betsy is missing her legs when actually, the black bars at the bottom have just blended with her black leggings.

** She names both of her Azalea plants after two [[Music/IggyAzalea musical]] [[Music/AzealiaBanks artists]] and took Oxycontin so she wouldn't go "[[Music/LanaDelRey Lana del Cray]] before going down the [[Music/DepecheMode Depeche road]]". ''What''.

AsianAirhead: Betsy, type two. She's a nice person who gets along with the other main characters but her head is not all up there. This might have to do with her painkiller addiction.

%% * AsianAirhead: Betsy, type two.

* TransEqualsGay: Shona's family seem to think this way from what little we see of them in the promo. One even stated that they're throwing her an "Inter-transitional Homosexual Turn Around Fiesta" [[DistinctionWithoutADifference so as to make it not look like]] [[CureYourGays an intervention]]. Oh, and they referred to her by her birth name.

'''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fxls1XrcJc Gen Zed]]''''' is ([[StillbornFranchise was?]]) an upcoming animated comedy show about a young trans woman who wants to be a stand up comic & her online friends who all move in together. It is written and directed by Hayden Black of ''Goodnight Burbank'' fame, which he also did.

'''''Gen Zed''''' is ([[StillbornFranchise was?]]) an upcoming animated comedy show about a young trans woman who wants to be a stand up comic & her online friends who all move in together. It is written and directed by Hayden Black of ''Goodnight Burbank'' fame, which he also did.

* BlatantLies: Their selling point about using the first transgender voice actress in a leading role is a lie. Creator/MaddieBlaustein[[note]] The voice of Meowth in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''[[/note]] was in the VA industry for years, and was the first trans VA for many agencies she worked for. Furthermore, Creator/CaseyMongillo beat them to the punch by at least a month.[[note]]They were trans (and a VA) well before they came out to the general public[[/note]]

->''"They grew up. [[GrowingUpSucks Now they're wondering why they bothered]]."''

* BlatantLies: Their selling point about using the first transgender voice actress in a leading role is a lie. Creator/MaddieBlaustein[[note]] The voice of Meowth in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''[[/note]] was in the VA industry for years, and was the first trans VA for many agencies she worked for. Furthermore, Casey Mongillo beat them to the punch by at least a month.[[note]]They were trans (and a VA) well before they came out to the general public[[/note]]

Despite having only released a promo so far on June 2015, it was heavily criticised for its overall quality in regards to the animation, writing, character dynamic and the nature in which the trailer is delivered. Particularly, when it advertises (read: proudly boasts) having "a transgender actress in a lead role".

* AsianAirhead: Betsy, type two.

It focuses on protagonist Shona Sommers, a 19 year old [[{{Transgender}} trans woman]] living in Downtown UsefulNotes/LosAngeles with her friends in a loft. Shona aspires to be an “edgy” stand-up comedian, while her other friends/roommates embody various millennial stereotypes, such as Cameron, described as a “shit poet” and nerd; Huey, a tattooed musician prone to acting like a “douchebag;” and Betsy, an Asian-American heiress to millions of dollars who’s addicted to prescription drugs and aspires to be a fashion designer.

* {{Transgender}}: Shona Sommers, who is also played by one which the promos were ''very'' proud of.

* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Meta-example: the show is called ''Gen Zed'', obviously referring to "Generation Z" but they used the British English pronunciation instead of the American English one, which is "zee"[[note]]most English speaking countries outside the US use the former anyway. Other places that use the latter are in some parts of Canada ([[UsefulNotes/CanadianAccents Newfoundland English]] comes to mind) and the UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}, a country that was colonised by the United States for 40 years[[/note]]. According to the trailers, they call themselves as such as they don't want to be "Gen Y" but the show is set in LA and the characters for the most part are American. It's worth noting, however, that the creator is English.

%%* FreezeFrameBonus: Shona's Leelah Alcorn poster. Yeah...

%%* HairTriggerTemper: Huey.

%%* ReferenceOverdosed
%%* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Shona, which is coupled with RedheadInGreen.
%%* TheStraightMan: Huey, for the entire gang.
%%* TakeThat: Shona's jab towards Film/TheBreakfastClub being edgy.
%%* TotallyRadical: Detractors didn't call this "Website/{{Tumblr}}: the animated series" for nothing.
** There's also the Asian girl's tendency to give a random ShoutOut to famous musicians in every line, except that one where she commends Shona for being trans.

%%* GenderEqualEnsemble: The main cast which consist of girls, Shona and Betsy, and boys, Huey and Cameron.

%%* GenderEqualEnsemble: The main cast.

* FlatCharacter: All four, thanks in no part to the rather thin descriptions both the trailer and the site give about them.
* FreezeFrameBonus: Shona's Leelah Alcorn poster. Yeah...
* GenderEqualEnsemble: The main cast.
* HairTriggerTemper: Huey.

* ReferenceOverdosed
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Shona, which is coupled with RedheadInGreen.
* TheStraightMan: Huey, for the entire gang.
* TakeThat: Shona's jab towards Film/TheBreakfastClub being edgy.
* TotallyRadical: Detractors didn't call this "Website/{{Tumblr}}: the animated series" for nothing.

It focuses on protagonist Shona Sommers, a 19 year old [[{{Transgender}} trans woman]] living in Downtown Los Angeles with her friends in a loft. Shona aspires to be an “edgy” stand-up comedian, while her other friends/roommates embody various millennial stereotypes, such as Cameron, described as a “shit poet” and nerd; Huey, a tattooed musician prone to acting like a “douchebag;” and Betsy, an Asian-American heiress to millions of dollars who’s addicted to prescription drugs and aspires to be a fashion designer.

The show's pilot was set to be released some time in 2016 according to the show's now defunct website, but nothing has come of it as of 2020.

* SeparatedByACommonLanguage: Meta-example: the show is called ''Gen Zed'', obviously referring to "Generation Z" but they used the British English pronunciation instead of the American English one, which is "zee"[[note]]most English speaking countries outside the US use the former anyway. Other places that use the latter are in some parts of Canada ([[UsefulNotes/CanadianAccents Newfoundland English]] comes to mind) and the UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}, a country that was colonised by the United States for 40 years[[/note]]. According to the trailers, they call themselves as such as they don't want to be "Gen Y" but the show is set in LA and the characters for the most part are American. It's worth noting, however, that the creator is English.

* BlatantLies: Their selling point about using the first transgender voice actress in a leading role is a lie. Creator/MaddieBlaustein[[note]] The voice of Meowth in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''[[/note]] was in the VA industry for years, and was the first trans VA for many agencies she worked for. Furthermore, Casey Mongillo beat them to the punch by at least a month.[[note]]She was trans (and a VA) well before she came out to the general public[[/note]]

* IncrediblyLamePun: Betsy on finding out about Shona being trans had this to say: "[[LampshadeHanging No pun intended]] but, it takes balls."
** Betsy seems to be the queen of this. She names both of her Azalea plants after two [[Music/IggyAzalea musical]] [[Music/AzealiaBanks artists]] and took Oxycontin so she wouldn't go "[[Music/LanaDelRey Lana del Cray]] before going down the [[Music/DepecheMode Depeche road]]". ''What''.

* TransEqualsGay: Shona's family seem to think this way from what little we see of them in the promo. One even stated that they're throwing her an "Inter-transitional Homosexual Turn Around Fiesta" [[DistinctionWithoutADifference so as to make it not look like]] [[CureYourGays an intervention]]. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and they referred to her by her birth name]].

'''''Gen Zed''''' is[[note]][[StillbornFranchise was?]][[/note]] an upcoming animated comedy show about a young trans woman who wants to be a stand up comic & her online friends who all move in together. It is written and directed by Hayden Black of ''Goodnight Burbank'' fame, which he also did.

* BlatantLies: Their selling point about using the first transgender voice actress in a leading role is a lie. Creator/MaddieBlaustein[[note]] The voice of Meowth in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''[[/note]] has been in the VA industry for years, and was the first trans VA for many agencies she worked for. Furthermore, Casey Mongillo beat them to the punch by at least a month.[[note]]She was trans (and a VA) well before she came out to the general public[[/note]]