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1A SliceOfLife series focused on a couple teenagers in northern New Jersey.
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3!!This series provides examples of:
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5* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: John seems to be particularly fond of this.
6--> '''John''': This is ''Bri-uh-na.''
7--> '''Briana''': Yeah that's... not actually how you say my name.
8* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Head-patting or hair-stroking seems to be a common occurrence.
9* AffectionateNickname
10* AlliterativeName: Ada, Connie, Damian, Kayla, and Kyle, plus several minor characters.
11* AmbiguouslyGay
12* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: From Caroline to Isaac, and John to Kyla.
13* ApologizesALot: A good portion of the main cast has a problem with this.
14* AscendedExtra: Over the course of the series, many irrelevant characters have upped themselves to recurring status, e.g. Camille 2.
15* BilingualBonus: Whenever Ada and Caroline speak Polish.
16* BigLippedAlligatorMoment
17* BirthdayEpisode: Camille, Caroline, and Kyla have each had two. Ada and Nancy have had their own as well.
18** Kyla's sweet was a particularly big example.
19* BrutalHonesty
20* CastFullOfGay
21* CatchPhrase: Everyone: ''"I ship it."''
22* CharacterDevelopment: Everyone gets a handful.
23* CharacterizationMarchesOn
24* ClothingSwitch: Clothes osmosis, anyone?
25--> '''Alexa''': So do you guys just share clothing, or...
26--> '''John''': I'm wearing Ada's underwear right now.
27--> '''Camille''': ...I sleep in Esteban's shorts.
28--> '''Esteban''': ...I sleep in Ada's shirt.
29--> ''' Nancy''': ...This is Camille's fleece.
30* ContinuityNod: Everywhere, to the extent of ContinuityPorn.
31* ConversationalTroping: Tropes in other media are sometimes discussed.
32* CorruptTheCutie: The gradual destruction of Nancy's innocence from the beginning of the series to the present is notable.
33** In addition, the many of the other main characters frequently attempt to pressure Kyla into deviating from her customary timid, law-abiding nature.
34* CrackPairing: In-universe. Anyone and everyone.
35* CrashIntoHello: The story of Esteban and Camille 2's meeting.
36* DysfunctionJunction: To be expected in a cast of real people. Downplayed, in that the cast more or less manages to function normally when necessary; Discussed.
37* EnsembleCast
38* FanFiction: In-universe.
39** Notably, TRAOCAM, the Estancy Epilogue, and the Nyla fanfiction, all written by at least one of the main characters.
40* ForWantOfANail: An AlternateTimeline was established in which
41* [[FriendshipMoment Friendship Moments]]: To be expected in a group of closely-knit friends.
42* FunWithForeignLanguages
43* [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Funny Background Events]]
44* TheGhost: Up until Relay, Ada was this for a number of PC students.
45* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Universally agreed upon.
46* TheGlomp: The Estancy Plop?
47* GoodAngelBadAngel: Whenever someone has a confliction there's bound to be at least one person urging on either side of the decision, even if only for the sake of disagreement.
48* GroupHug
49* [[GuiltComplex Guilt Complexes]]
50* GuyOnGuyIsHot: Even more agreeable than its counterpart.
51* HalloweenEpisode
52* HeterosexualLifePartners
53* HotForTeacher: Alexa for a certain history teacher.
54** And now a certain English teacher.
55* ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: A few of the main characters experience simple withdrawal-like symptoms after being away from technology (specifically cell phones and the internet) for extended periods of time.
56* ImmigrantParents: Each of the main characters' parents are from other countries.
57* InformedAbility
58* INever: Seems to be a favorite at school retreats.
59* InnocentInnuendo
60* InsaneTrollLogic
61* IThinkYouBrokeHim
62* JustFriends
63* LikeBrotherAndSister
64* LocalHangout: Barnes & Noble.
65* MomentKiller
66* MoodWhiplash: John, Camille, and Ada were in the latter's basement watching a particularly quiet, emotional scene of [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer some TV show]], when, out of nowhere, a mood-killing cry was heard.
67--> '''Kaya''': ''CHEESECAAAKE!!!''
68* MoralMyopia
69* NiceJobBreakingItHero
70* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Boundaries? What are those?
71* TheNotLoveInterest: Common sources of shipping fuel.
72* OldShame
73* OnlyChildSyndrome: Averted to the extreme - all the main characters have at least one sibling.
74* OneSteveLimit: Averted with Camille 2 and several minor characters.
75** Played straight with John being the only John in the entire school.
76* OutOfFocus
77* PlatonicLifePartners
78* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure
79* PortmanteauCoupleName: Literally any combination one could come up with probably has a couple name--Estancy, Nada, and Jawline, to name a few.
80* PowerOfFriendship
81* PuppyDogEyes
82* PutOnABus: The majority of recurring characters in Seasons 3 and 6.
83* RealMenWearPink: Best observed that time both John and Esteban (the only male main characters) took to wearing fabulously pink pants.
84* ReferenceOverdosed
85* RefugeInAudacity
86* RunningGag
87* SarcasmMode
88* SarcasticConfession
89* SawStarWars27Times: The Princess Diaries, the Lizzie McGuire Movie, et al.
90* SexyShirtSwitch
91* ShipSinking
92* '''ShipTease''': And how.
93* ShipToShipCombat
94* ShipperOnDeck
95* ShirtlessScene: Esteban has his shirt off more often than not, almost to the point of WalkingShirtlessScene.
96** Kyle at Relay.
97** Even John has had a few.
98* SingleTargetSexuality
99* StrangeMindsThinkAlike
100* SureLetsGoWithThat: Vagueness abounds.
101* TokenMinorityCouple
102* TrueCompanions
103* UnresolvedSexualTension
104* WeUsedToBeFriends
105* WhatCouldHaveBeen
106* WhatHappenedToTheMouse
107* WhatIf
108* WhatTheHellHero
109* WillTheyOrWontThey: Imagined scenarios just to keep things interesting.
110* TheWoobie: Ada.
111--> ''"Pitiful."''
112** Camille as well. A number of PC kids have taken to [[ButtMonkey making fun of her]] in a teasing manner.
113--> '''Max''': Oh my God, I can actually feel the average IQ of everyone in the world dropping the more she talks.

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