History WesternAnimation / GenZed

The show's pilot is set to be released some time in 2016 (''[[ScheduleSlip supposedly]]'')[[note]]it's 2020 as of this writing[[/note]] according to the show's now defunct website.

'''''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.

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

* BlatantLies: Their selling point about using the first trans-gender voice actress is a lie. Maddie Blaustein[[note]] The voice of Meowth in ''Franchise/{{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]]

* 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.

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[[caption-width-right:350:The party starts soon.]]

The show's pilot is set to be released some time in 2016 (''[[ScheduleSlip supposedly]]'')[[note]]it's 2019 as of this writing[[/note]] according to the show's now defunct website.

The show's pilot is set to be released some time in 2016 (''[[ScheduleSlip supposedly]]'')[[note]]it's 2019 as of this writing[[/note]] according to the show's website which can be found [[http://genzed.org/ here]].

* BlatantLies: Their selling point about using the first trans-gender voice actress is a lie. Maddie Blaustein[[note]] The voice of Meowth in ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''[[/note]] has been in the VA industry for years. 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]]

* BlatantLies: Their selling point about using the first trans-gender voice actress is a lie. 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]]

'''''Gen Zed''''' is 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.

The show's pilot is set to be released some time in 2016 (''[[ScheduleSlip supposedly]]'')[[note]]it's 2018 as of this writing[[/note]] according to the show's website which can be found [[http://genzed.org/ here]].

The show's pilot is set to be released some time in 2016 (''[[ScheduleSlip supposedly]]'')[[note]]it's 2017 as of this writing[[/note]] according to the show's website which can be found [[http://genzed.org/ here]].

It focuses on protagonist Shona Sommers, a 19 year old [[{{Transsexual}} transwoman]] 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.

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

* IncrediblyLamePun: Betsy on finding out about Shona being transsexual had this to say: "[[LampshadeHanging No pun intended]] but, it takes balls."

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

* BlatantLies: Their selling point about using the first tans-gender voice actress is a lie. 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]]

* BlatantLies: Their selling point about using the first tans-gender voice actress is a lie. 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]]

The show's pilot is set to be released some time in 2016 (''[[ScheduleSlip supposedly]]'') according to the show's website which can be found [[http://genzed.org/ here]].

The show's pilot is set to be released some time in 2016 according to the show's website which can be found [[http://genzed.org/ here]].

* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Shona, which is coupled with...
** RedheadInGreen

* 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" [[NoExceptYes so as to make it not look like]] [[CureYourGays an intervention]]. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh and they referred to her by her birth name]].

* {{Transsexual}}: Shona Sommers, who is also played by one which the promos just ''love'' to talk about.

* TheWikiRule: Right [[http://genzed.wikia.com/wiki/Gen_Zed_Wikia here]].

* 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 uses the latter would be in some parts of Canada ([[UsefulNotes/CanadianAccents Newfoundland English]] comes to mind) and the UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}[[/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.

* 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 latter anyway[[/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.

* 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". 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.

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

* AlliterativeName: Shona Summers.

* {{Transsexual}}: Shona Summers, who is also played by one which the promos just ''love'' to talk about.

** 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''.

** Subverted in the scene where Shona and her friends are dancing in front of the title card. At first, it seemed that Betsy is missing her legs when in reality, the black bars at the bottom have just blended with her black leggings.