Line #30 Series/HaChevreHaTovim


1	''Ha-Chevre Ha-Tovim'' (literally, "The Good Buddies"), was an Israeli TeenDrama that ran between 1999 and 2002. It featured some of the big teen stars of the early 2000's in Israel.
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3	The show centers around a group of high school students from a low income neighborhood in a city in central Israel - [[TheLeader Assi]], [[GirlNextDoor Natalie]], [[PlayfulHacker Maor]], [[LovableJock Dudi]], [[DefrostingIceQueen Tanya]] and [[FatBestFriend Dana]]. The show won high acclaims by critics, an almost unheard feat for an youth oriented show in Israel before than. The show dealt with socio-economic tensions, racial disparities, sexual assault, drug addiction, juvenile delinquency, religious tensions within Israeli Jewish community and the mandatory draft to the IDF.
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6	!!The TV show provides examples of:
7	* AgeAppropriateAngst: And quite a lot of it
8	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: first subverted than played straight with Tanya and Golan.
9	* AllTheOtherReindeer: Maor, sometimes.
10	* AlphaCouple: Dudi and Natalie, who are on-and-off throughout the entire run of the show, in a classic WillTheyOrWontThey kind of way.
11	** BetaCouple: Mostly Assi and Tanya, who make a more stable couple. This is eventually subverted when Assi's brother, Golan, entered the situation and a LoveTriangle is formed.
12	* AttentionWhore: Lee.
13	* BettyAndVeronica: several examples. Tanya is the Archie of two triangles, first with Maor (Betty) and Assi (Veronica), and then with [[BettyAndVeronicaSwitch Assi (Betty)]] and Golan (Veronica). This triangle also has shades of NobleMaleRoguishMale.
14	** In season three there is also a classic example, with Dudi as Archie, Natalie as Betty and Lee as Veronica.
15	* BigFun: Dana, at least in the first season.
16	* BirdsOfAFeather: Subverted with Tanya and Maor, who have similar interests and personalities, but don't make it.
17	** Zigzagged with Shlomi and Dana, who have very similar personalities and a strong relationship, but come from different backgrounds.
18	* BookDumb: Many of the guys are portrayed as this, but mostly Dudi, whose native language is BuffySpeak.
19	* BrainyBrunette: Dana.
20	* BrokenBird: Lee.
21	* CantSpitItOut: Several characters on different occasions. First, Dudi cant bring himself to open up to Natalie about his feelings. Then Assi can't be honest with Tanya, and neither can Maor. Later on Shlomi can't tell Dana how much he likes her, and Natalie can't bring herself to tell Dudi what he emans to her after he cheated on her with Eva.
22	* ChickMagnet: Assi.
23	* CuteBookworm: Dana.
24	* CreepyUncle: Natalie's driver's ed teacher uncle that harasses Tanya.
25	* DamselInDistress: Natalie seems to require some sort of rescue often. Lee fits this trope mostly because of the trouble she gets into while under the influence of drugs.
26	* DateRape: the main plot line of the pilot episode. Natalie goes to the home of a older, wealthier student. He and his friend try to pressure her to sleep with them. We don't know what happens after that, though Natalie later claims they did not rape her. She is, however, furious when Dudi riles up they guys from the neighborhood to "protect her honor".
27	* DatingDoSiDo: A staple of the genre. First Tanya dated Assi, than for a brief second - Maor, and eventualy she hooks up with Assi's older brother, resident bad boy Golan. Dudi and Natalie are always on and off, and both Dudi and Maor date drug addict ManicPixieDreamGirl Lee.
28	* DawsonCasting: Inevitably, given the genre. Most of the actors were in their mid 20's while portraying 16 year olds.
29	* DeadpanSnarker: Maor, Golan and Dana.
30	* DeathSeeker: Maor flirts with this territory in the second season.
31	* DisappearedDad: The bum father of Golan, Assi and Nati.
32	* DrivenToSuicide: Eventually subverted with [[spoiler: Lee.]]
33	* DoggedNiceGuy: Maor, towards Tanya.
34	* DudeMagnet: guys love Tanya.
35	* EatTheRich: A strong narrative motif in the entire series.
36	* {{Expy}}: One can't help but notice Natalie bears many of the qualities of one [[Series/DawsonsCreek Joey Potter]].
37	* FatalFlaw: Assi's pride and macho honor, Golan's short fuse, and Dudi's inability to commit to anything.
38	* FieryRedhead: Tanya.
39	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Assi is Leukine, Dudi - Phelgmatic, Dana- Sanguine, Natalie - Melancholic and Tanya -Choleric.
40	** They also work as a FourPhilosophyEnsemble: Assi is conflicted, Dudi (or Maor)- apathetic, Dana -optimistic romantic, Natalie - realist and Tanya - the cynic. Golan sometimes plays in as a more extreme example of cynicism as well.
41	* FreudianExcuse: Golan and his deadbeat dad, Lee and her awful absent family.
42	* FriendlyEnemy: Natalie and Dana sometimes fall into this category,
43	* FullNameBasis: Ilan Arush, the scariest thug in the neighborhood who stabbed Golan and threatened to kill Assi.
44	* GirlNextDoor: Natalie.
45	* HotForTeacher: Assi and CoolTeacher Gaya in season 3.
46	* InformedAbility: Natalie's artistic skills. Her paintings win high praises in-universe, but don't seem exceptional in any way on screen.
47	* IntrepidReporter: Dana, who investigates the maltreatment of Romanian work immigrants.
48	* ItsAllAboutMe: Natalie, always.
49	* {{Jerkass}}: Entitled rape-y creep Shachar and his psycho friend Eran.
50	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Golan is usually described this way, but he sometimes veers into JerkWithAHeartOfJerk waters.
51	* KnightInSourArmor: Natalie has a pretty bad attitude.
52	* LikeBrotherAndSister: Dana and Dudi.
53	* LonelyRichKid: Lee.
54	* LovableRogue: Golan.
55	* MoodSwinger: Natalie.
56	* NewTransferStudent: Tanya arrives in the neighborhood from Tel Aviv in the pilot.
57	* NiceGuy: Dudi for sure, and sometimes Assi as well.
58	* NoSympathy: Natalie, towards basically anyone. She is very judgmental and tends to hold a grudge.
59	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Golan hates his father, but he is first to admit that he inherited his tendency to get in trouble.
60	* ObliviousToLove: Tanya towards Maor.
61	* OddFriendship: Dudi the jock and Maor, his geeky best friend Maor.
62	* OneOfTheGuys: Dana. Dudi lampshades it more than once.
63	* SensualSlavs: Tanya is a very rare example of this trope in Israeli media.
64	* ShipperOnDeck: Dana ships Natalie and Dudi, Nati ships Assi and Tanya.
65	* ShippingTorpedo: Most of Dana's friends try to break up her and Shlomi at first, fearing she will become an observant religious Jew for him.
66	* ShowerOfAngst: Tanya, after Natalie's uncle touched her.
67	* SiblingYinYang: Assi an Golan. Assi the responsible, even tempered brother, while Golan is WildCard with a very short fuse.
68	* SlapSlapKiss: Tanya and Golan.
69	* SlutShaming: A common attitude in the neighborhood. It is featured very prominently in the second season when Dudi dates an underwear model and makes some gross assumptions about her.
70	* SugarAndIcePersonality: Tanya, mostly towards Assi. It is also somewhat of a deconstruction of common stigma on Russians in Israel, who are often pegged as cold or harsh.
71	* StalkingIsLove: Dana and Shlomi.
72	* TagAlongKid: Maor.
73	* TakeAThirdOption: Maor with his fellow asylum patient, Mishmish.
74	* TheIdealist: Assi.
75	* ToxicFriendInfluence: Lee, mostly on Maor but also on Dudi.
76	* TownGirls: Natalie is the flirty girly one, Tanya the edgy in-between and Dana is the tomboyish book worm.
77	* {{Tsundere}}: Natalie shows shades of this trope, though the most obvious example is Lee. Tanya flirts with this trope, but is usually a SugarAndIcePersonality.
78	* TheUnfavourite: Maor considers himself to be this in comparison to his step sister, Natalie.
79	* TheUnfettered: Golan, who wants to bring chains and sticks to a fist fight.
80	* UptownGirl: even though she comes from a poor family and is a first generation immigrant, both Assi and Golan look at Tanya this way.

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