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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:256:''Live high school YOUR way!'']] |
| 3 | ''Surviving High School'' is an [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] VisualNovel published by Creator/ElectronicArts. Originally launched in 2009, the series lasted five and a half years before ending in 2014. The app was an EpisodicGame, releasing a weekly free episode once a week. Additional to its weekly release, there would also be bonus episodes and special content which were purchased as {{microtransactions}}. |
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| 5 | ''Surviving High School'' followed its characters attending Twin Branches High School[[note]]previously called Centerscore High School, after the original creators[[/note]] who are trying to, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin survive high school]]. The storyline can be broken up into five eras, each taking place right after each other, that focus on a different main character and supporting cast. Additionally, the app released a separate mini series called Magic School and a special called Battle of the Schools which came out after the conclusion of the game and explores a storyline that was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen shelved]] due to the writing taking a different direction. |
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| 7 | The series also spanned two print novels, ''Surviving High School: The Novel'' and ''How To Be A Star'', both of which were written by M. Doty. The novels are DarkerAndEdgier narratives, centering on the lives of two of the app’s characters, Emily Kessler and Kimi Chen respectively, and features several others from the game. Surviving High School: The Novel was released September 4, 2012 right after the end of The New Girl era and prior to the beginning of A New Start. Meanwhile, How To Be A Star came out May 21, 2013 during A New Start era. |
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| 9 | A much more mature and adult sister game, ''VisualNovel/CauseOfDeath'', was released in 2010, and the two games had multiple crossovers over the years. Surviving High School also shares its universe with ''VideoGame/HighSchoolStory'' (where two of its characters Autumn and Wes feature in), ''VideoGame/HollywoodURisingStars'' and ''VisualNovel/ChoicesStoriesYouPlay''. |
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| 11 | Has [[Characters/SurvivingHighSchool a Characters page]] in need of some help. |
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| 13 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 14 | [[folder: Surviving High School]] |
| 15 | !!Tropes that apply to ''Surviving High School'' as a whole: |
| 16 | * ADayInTheLimelight: There’s a decent amount of episodes dedicated to developing secondary characters. |
| 17 | * AllegedlyFreeGame: Although weekly episodes and some megapacks were free of charge, players had to pay if they wanted to play upcoming episodes, episodes they had missed or premium content. |
| 18 | * AscendedExtra: Every reboot typically brings a set of new characters to prominence who used to be background characters in the previous era. |
| 19 | * BoardingSchool: Spartan Academy served as an all boys boarding school with Monarch Prep being its sister school. |
| 20 | * ButThouMust: The case of all of the eras after Football Star. Players are given decisions to make but only one option is considered the correct one. Playing an episode and choosing the wrong choice will lead to an incorrect ending, forcing players to replay it and get all of the decisions right. |
| 21 | * CaliforniaUniversity: Centerscore University where most characters end up attending after graduation. |
| 22 | * CastOfSnowflakes: |
| 23 | ** PlayedStraight early on with the exception of a few background characters and adults. |
| 24 | ** {{Averted}} towards the end when many of the new characters introduced have recycled faces. |
| 25 | * ChangingOfTheGuard: With every era, a new character is introduced and becomes the new protagonist, replacing the former. |
| 26 | * ColourCodedEmotions: The colors of the backgrounds of characters change depending how much of an emotion they experience: if enraged, the backgrounds turn red; if despondent, blue; if appalled, white; and if elated, yellow. |
| 27 | * ContinuityLockout: Averted. Since every era focuses on a different set of characters, it is possible to play them without being too confused by what happened in previous seasons. |
| 28 | * CuttingOffTheBranches: From The Classics and going forward, only the ending achieved from picking the correct options throughout the episode will be the canon ending and the following episode will be in continuation of that. |
| 29 | * DarkerAndEdgier: The novels are more mature and serious in comparison to the kid-friendly storylines of the game. |
| 30 | * DemotedToExtra: Every era introduces another set of students that would become major characters with usually only a few from the last reboot remaining as mains. |
| 31 | * DialogueTree: Just about every choice you make will lead to brief, different dialogue. |
| 32 | * EverytownAmerica: Centerscore is more or less your standard American town. |
| 33 | * GraduationForEveryone: |
| 34 | ** Originally {{averted}} as several characters would continue attending Twin Branches despite being well overdue for a graduation. |
| 35 | ** PlayedStraight in the SeriesFinale where nearly everyone graduates. |
| 36 | * HeldBackInSchool: Over 20 characters have stayed back a grade, some more than once. Even the nerds. Although it could be presumed that there were just inconsistencies in the timeline or the writers are trying to keep the characters around. |
| 37 | * HighSchool: The main setting of the series, Twin Branches High School (originally named Centerscore High School), and occasionally features other schools including their rivals Wilson High, all-boys prep school Spartan Academy, and Spartan's sister school Monarch Prep. |
| 38 | * HighSchoolDance: Has just about every single one you can think of. |
| 39 | * ItsAWonderfulFailure: Usually a bad choice just makes you lose some points, but sometimes it gives you a game over and the game shows how you have failed. Some examples: |
| 40 | ** If you fail at the football game in the A New Start Season 1 finale, the team will blame Owen for losing and Zoe will away crying. |
| 41 | ** In the A New Start Season 2 finale, when playing as [[spoiler:Howard]], if you do not control yourself and get into a fight, you fail. The fight goes over Zoe's project, breaks it, Howard gets arrested and Zoe is heartbroken. |
| 42 | ** In the A New Start Season 3 premiere, if Ben does not make it onto the basketball team, you get a couple of fun scenes showing Ben trying to get into other sports. But in the end Emily breaks up with him because he was too busy getting into sports to have time for her (and he is the last one to find out about it...). |
| 43 | ** The Conned Artist, Part 1 has a HILARIOUS one if you choose not to answer Zoe's call. [[spoiler: Autumn ends up making safe choices all the time instead of taking risks, like majoring in accounting in college, and as a result, Ryan winds up becoming the U.S. president against all odds and plunging the country into an economic meltdown, which Autumn could've prevented by exposing him as a fraud if she had majored in photography.]] |
| 44 | * LimitedWardrobe: An interesting subversion of this trope. While it is heavily implied that all characters wear different clothes everyday despite seeing them in the same outfit in their character picture, it’s directly stated that Howard wears the same red shirt everyday to the point that he thinks people wouldn’t recognize him if he was wearing something else. |
| 45 | * LoveDodecahedron: Given its huge cast of characters, the love diagram can get ''very'' complicated. |
| 46 | * MultipleEndings: For every other era besides Football Star, the TrueEnding is as a result of making the correct options in order to unlock the path of the true story. The BadEnding can be achieved by choosing all of the incorrect choices. |
| 47 | ** In Football Star, there is a BadEnding where worst case scenario, you lose every football game, causing the team and coach to dislike you, you fail your classes, meaning your parents are upset with you and don’t buy you a new care, you’re a jerk to all of your friends and don’t win homecoming king and you mess up all of your romantic interactions and your love interest doesn’t consider you to be a very good boyfriend. The GoodEnding is the complete opposite. |
| 48 | * NewKidStigma: Multiple stories cover the lives of protagonists starting over at a new school. When Zoe started out, she had to handle a mean girl who didn't want her on the cheer squad. Time lapsed, Owen is the new guy who has a crush on her, and this automatically makes him an enemy of Nate, Zoe's jealous ex-boyfriend. It's even worse because he wants to join the football team, and Nate is the quarterback. |
| 49 | * OneGenderSchool: Spartan Academy is an all-boys school and its sister school, Monarch Prep, is its female counterpart. |
| 50 | * OneSteveLimit: {{PlayedStraight}} in almost every case except two. |
| 51 | ** There’s Sarah, a minor character from the early episodes of The Classics, and Sara Kessler, a significantly more important character from The New Girl era. |
| 52 | ** There’s also Emily, the main character of Homecoming Queen (who’s name can be changed) and Emily Kessler, Sara’s little sister and the main character of the Surviving High School novel. |
| 53 | * OutOfFocus: A regular feature of the story. With the transition of every era, the past main characters are demoted to minor characters while others’ roles are elevated. |
| 54 | * PreviouslyOn: Starting in the later half of The New Girl era, there is a recap of the events from the previous episode. |
| 55 | * TheProtagonist: While the protagonist tends to vary from episode to episode, every era introduces a new lead with John, Linda, Zoe, Owen, and Alison. |
| 56 | * RainbowSpeak: Important dialogue is usually highlighted in red or blue depending on the gender of the character who’s perspective you’re playing from. |
| 57 | * SchoolClubsAreSeriousBusiness: There are various clubs, including the cheerleaders, newspaper, autoshop and so on, which form the cliques at the school. Certain ones, like the cheerleaders, have strict rules like never dating a nerd. |
| 58 | * SharedUniverse: With ''VisualNovel/CauseOfDeath'', ''VideoGame/HighSchoolStory'', ''VideoGame/HollywoodURisingStars'', and ''VisualNovel/ChoicesStoriesYouPlay''. |
| 59 | * SlidingScaleOfRealisticVersusFantastic: The main storyline is realistic but specials tend to vary on how realistic they are. |
| 60 | * SwitchingPOV: We get to see the perspectives of many different characters through the series. |
| 61 | * TeenDrama: It's a game completely centered around the lives of everyday high school students. |
| 62 | * TVTeen: Just about every teen in this game. |
| 63 | * TwoTeacherSchool: {{Averted}}. For teachers, we've seen English, biology, history and math, among a few others whose subject is not specified. Other staff members include the guidance counselor, principal, football coach and swim coach. |
| 64 | * VisualNovel: The essence of the game. |
| 65 | [[/folder]] |
| 66 | [[folder:Football Star]] |
| 67 | The first era, nicknamed The John Era, is Football Star. In Football Star, players can customize their own character and play a choose your own adventure style episode where they can decide who they want to date, if they want to be friends or enemies with characters, become popular, win football games, and pass their classes. Four, shorter follow up episodes were released focusing on your character in college. |
| 68 | !!!Tropes that apply to ''Football Star'': |
| 69 | * BettyAndVeronica: Beth (Betty), John (Archie), Raven (Veronica) with [[spoiler: Lisa]] serving as a ThirdOptionLoveInterest. |
| 70 | * BigGame: The climax of ''Football Star'' takes place during the homecoming game against Wilson High. |
| 71 | * CharacterCustomization: Players can decide on the name and appearance of the main character of Football Star. |
| 72 | * CuttingOffTheBranches: Averted. In the ''Football Star'' sequels, your choices carry over from the first pack. |
| 73 | * DatingSim: A big part of this series, although there's more to it than that. |
| 74 | * EnemyMine: Despite hating John's guts at that point, Adam and John team up against Wilson in a fight. |
| 75 | * FireAndIceLoveTriangle: Beth (fire), John, Raven (ice). |
| 76 | * GrandRomanticGesture: Howard learns to speak Portuguese for Elliana. |
| 77 | * HalloweenEpisode: The entirety of ''Football: Halloween''. |
| 78 | * HighSchoolDance: The homecoming dance at the end of ''Football Star''. |
| 79 | * LoveTriangle: Both Raven and Beth show interest in John, however, it is up to the player to decide whether he wants pursue either girl or stay single. |
| 80 | * StoryBranching: ''Football Star'' uses this, although the regular episode do not. While the outline of the story is generally the same, the specifics are up to the player, especially regarding who you choose to go after in the DatingSim aspect: Beth, Raven [[spoiler:or Lisa]]. |
| 81 | * SecondPersonNarration: Since it features a customizable main character and actions, the narration refers to the character as “you” rather than in third person like the other series. |
| 82 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: Adam and John throughout football star. However, if the player chooses to be kind to Adam, he’ll eventually warm up to you. |
| 83 | * ValentinesDayEpisode: The whole plot of ''Football: Valentines Carnival''. |
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| 85 | [[/folder]] |
| 86 | [[folder:The Classics]] |
| 87 | Following Football Star is The Classics also known as The Linda Era. The Classics is composed of a little over 40 episodes that were released on a weekly basis from September 2009 until August 2010. This time around, the plot revolves around main character Linda Byrne as well as an ensemble cast attending Twin Branches. Unlike Football Star, The Classics episodes are not simulation style but instead players must choose the right option so that they can get the correct ending to episode and advance the storyline. |
| 88 | !!!Tropes that apply to the ''Classics'': |
| 89 | * BackstabbingTheAlphaBitch: [[spoiler: Taylor successfully pulls this on Paula.]] |
| 90 | * BettyAndVeronica: |
| 91 | ** Howard (Betty), Linda (Archie), Kenji (Veronica). |
| 92 | ** Hector (Betty), Amanda (Archie), Zach (Veronica). |
| 93 | * TheBigRace: Centerscore and Wilson host the annual crosstown races. |
| 94 | * BlandNameProduct: This game ''loves'' to parody this trope: |
| 95 | ** ''Break A Leg'' revolves around Brendan playing the main part in a high-school adaption of '[[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Spamlet]]', by [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Wilford Shlockspeare]]. |
| 96 | *** In TheStinger of the same episode, Kat talks to Brendan about '[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda The Fable of Zolda]]'. |
| 97 | ** In ''The Outcast'', [[{{Goth}} Dinah]] takes Linda to a store called "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Topic Cold Tropic]]". |
| 98 | ** ''The Concert'' revolves around Dinah, Linda, Mallika and Kim going to see a concert for '[[Music/TheKillers The Assassins]]', a band led by frontman [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Flowers Brad Tulips]] with such songs as '[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Brightside Mr. Blightside]]'. |
| 99 | ** Spud's favourite game is '[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Ogres & Elves]]'. |
| 100 | ** In ''Local Ghosts'', Brendan plays a game of '[[VideoGame/DonkeyKong Monkey Pong]]' (playing as '[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Sbarrio]]').[[note]]The next episode gives this a CallBack when '[[VideoGame/MarioKart Sbarrio Kart]]' is mentioned.[[/note]] |
| 101 | * ChristmasEpisode: Two Christmas episodes including ''The Holiday Party'' and ''Tom Princes Carol''. |
| 102 | * ClassTrip: For the Model UN, the students go on a trip to Europe. |
| 103 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the very first episodes of The Classics, Howard tells Linda that he thinks school spirit is lame. By homecoming season, he develops an intense pride for his school. |
| 104 | * EscalatingWar: The prank war. |
| 105 | * GrandRomanticGesture: This time Howard sings Linda's favorite song for her at a party. |
| 106 | * FireAndIceLoveTriangle: Howard (fire), Linda, Kenji (ice). |
| 107 | * HalloweenEpisode: Titled ''Halloween''. |
| 108 | * HighSchoolDance: Includes Prom, and the Winter Dance. |
| 109 | * [[spoiler:[[HijackedByGanon Hijacked by Tom Prince]]]]: In ''The Crosstown Races, Part One'', [[spoiler:it turns out the Tom Prince was the one who burnt down the Wilson High library and framed Howard, Hector and Brendan to sabotage Centerscore's chances in the titular Crosstown Races.]] |
| 110 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: Kim and Ms. Rose. |
| 111 | * KilledOffForReal: ''Secret Ingredient'' kills off [[spoiler:Walter by way of DeadAllAlong and Ms. Rose by the end of the episode too.]] |
| 112 | * LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor: Howard had a crush on Linda who was his neighbor. |
| 113 | * LongDistanceRelationship: Brendan and Dinah consider their relationship as long distance, but Centerscore University is literally in the same town as Brendan's high school. |
| 114 | * LoveTriangle: |
| 115 | ** Linda/Kenji/Howard. Linda is torn between the rugged auto-shop attendant Kenji and the NiceGuy Howard, and the two of them compete for her love.[[note]]In ''Best Party Ever'', [[spoiler:she ends up going out with Howard]]. In Season 2's [[spoiler:''The Break Up'', she breaks up with Howard and turns to Kenji for support]].[[/note]] |
| 116 | ** Similarly, Spike/Kim/Mallika, where Spike is the one torn between two choices.[[note]]In ''Flex Games'', [[spoiler:he ends up choosing Mallika]]. [[spoiler:Kim ends up dating Phil]] in ''The Holiday Party''.[[/note]] |
| 117 | ** More of a Love ''Square'', but Dinah/Brendan/Kat/Spud. While initially presented as Brendan having to choose between Kat and Dinah, he starts dating Kat before Dinah gets the chance to explain her feelings for him. The situation becomes a lot more complicated when it becomes apparent that Kat's ex-boyfriend Spud still has feelings for her.[[note]]By Season 2, [[spoiler:Brendan has dumped Kat after finding out that she cheated on him with Spud, and begins to spend more time with Dinah.]] In "Fair Catch", [[spoiler:Brendan asks out Dinah, who agrees to the relationship.]][[/note]] |
| 118 | ** Zach/Amanda/Hector: In ''From Europe with Love'', Amanda cheats on her {{Jerkass}} boyfriend Zach with Hector, starting a LoveTriangle between the three.[[note]]In ''Proof'', [[spoiler:she dumps Zach for good and starts officially going out with Hector.]][[/note]] |
| 119 | * NotWhatItLooksLike: In ''Break A Leg'', Brendan and Hector are practising lines, and their characters are admitting their love for each other when Hannah enters the theatre: |
| 120 | -->'''Hector''':I love thee too, my sweet sweet prince.\ |
| 121 | '''Hannah''': Am I, uh, walking in on something? |
| 122 | * ObliviousGuiltSlinging: In ''Spud the Stud'': As Hector begins to realise what his plan to reunite Spud and Kat will do to Brendan's emotional state, Brendan does this to him, thanking him for being such a great friend and always being there for him. |
| 123 | * ObliviousToLove: Brendan was unaware of Dinah's feelings for him. |
| 124 | * OddFriendship: Dinah who is a {{Goth}} outcast becomes friends with the popular GirlNextDoor Linda. |
| 125 | * PaperThinDisguise: In ''A Float Is Born'', Linda is introduced to a NiceGuy named Alex, but people who have played ''Football Star'' beforehand will [[spoiler:recognise Alexei's character portrait.]] |
| 126 | * SeasonFinale: |
| 127 | ** Season One - Party Fowl. |
| 128 | ** Season Two - When Howard Met... |
| 129 | * SchoolPlay: The school production of [[BlandNameProduct Spamlet]]. |
| 130 | * SpoilerTitle: [[spoiler:''The Break Up'' revolves around Linda's relationship with Howard faltering. Hmm, [[SarcasmMode wonder what happens at the end of that episode]].]] |
| 131 | * ThanksgivingEpisode: The Thanksgiving episode would be ''Party Foul''. |
| 132 | * VacationEpisode: The class trip to Europe including England, Spain, Germany and France. |
| 133 | * VillainProtagonist: |
| 134 | ** More clear-cut is playing as ArcVillain Tom Prince in ''Tom Prince's Carol''. |
| 135 | * WhamLine: |
| 136 | ** From ''Secret Ingredient'': |
| 137 | -->'''Kim''': [[spoiler:I miss you already, Ms. Rose.]] |
| 138 | ** From "Andy Cannelloni, P.I.": |
| 139 | -->'''Andy''': Your boyfriend...\ |
| 140 | '''Paula''': [[spoiler:Tom Prince]]. |
| 141 | * WildTeenParty: The "Best Party Ever." |
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| 143 | [[/folder]] |
| 144 | [[folder: The New Girl]] |
| 145 | After The Classics is The New Girl — dubbed The Zoe Era. Using the same play format as The Classics, The New Girl takes place from September 2010 to August 2012 and is the longest era, spanning over a hundred episodes. The protagonist is Zoe Hill and features a different supporting cast with the exception of a few characters. This is the last series prior to the reboot. |
| 146 | !!!Tropes that apply to The New Girl: |
| 147 | * AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: |
| 148 | ** Justin, the student body president, could order around the AV club, skip detention and do other things to cater his and "the first lady's" needs... |
| 149 | ** Season 11 is centered around an election and its candidates have pretty crazy suggestions for making the school better. They were all also pretty nervous about one of the candidates winning, given that his girlfriend was planning on getting rid of all clubs at the school. That's totally possible. |
| 150 | * AccidentalAdultery: At Ben's masquerade-themed Halloween Party, [[spoiler: Denni accidentally kisses Colt, thinking it was Ben.]] |
| 151 | * AccidentalMisnaming: While coming on to her, Zach calls Denni ‘Dani’. |
| 152 | * AffectionateNickname: Jessica recruits all of the cheerleaders to start calling Ben cute nicknames to get his attention like "Blue Eyes", "Haircut", and "Benny". |
| 153 | * AfterSchoolCleaningDuty: Ben, Spencer, Howard, and Hector have to polish the lizard statue. |
| 154 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: During Season 7, Spencer likes Sam who is still hung up on Colt who has fallen in love with Denni who likes Ben. By the end of the season, [[spoiler: Spencer and Sam do date, helping her move on while Denni chooses to be with Ben instead of Colt.]] |
| 155 | * AlternateUniverse: The April fools episode. |
| 156 | * AmicableExes: Spencer and Sam. Spencer even pledges to protect Sam after their breakup. |
| 157 | * AnimalMotifs: |
| 158 | ** Colt’s spirit animal is a kitten - a hint to his soft side. |
| 159 | ** Subverted with Zoe who thought that she and Howard having the same spirit animal meant something until her spirit animal informed her that there aren’t many options. |
| 160 | * ArtisticLicenseUniversityAdmissions: |
| 161 | ** Mallika learns she was accepted to Oxfjord University in May/June. Students find out they're accepted between December to April. |
| 162 | ** Part of the criteria to receive the Kingston King scholarship was fencing and "talking like a Kingston King." |
| 163 | * AStormIsComing: The storm in the The Storm Part 1 which [[spoiler: killed Sara off]] was also a major turning point and kicked off a major reboot in the series. |
| 164 | * AttackOfTheTownFestival: The Freedom Festival! The Wilson High kids attack the Centerscore High Freedom Festival for the fireworks, with the hero of the story of course being Zoe. |
| 165 | * BachelorAuction: The cheerleaders host a bachelorette auction to raise money. |
| 166 | * BackstabbingTheAlphaBitch: [[spoiler: Jessica effectively does this to Taylor and even manages to frame Zoe for it.]] |
| 167 | * BadGuysPlayPool: The Centerscore University students that Colt hustles in a game of pool. |
| 168 | * BeachEpisode: Given that Centerscore is somewhere along the coast of California, you can expect a few of these. |
| 169 | * BelligerentSexualTension: Denni and Colt repeatedly bickered with each other before finally dating. |
| 170 | * BetterAsFriends: Spencer and Sam come to this consensus after only a few episodes of dating. |
| 171 | * BettyAndVeronica: |
| 172 | ** Matteo (Veronica), Zoe (Archie) and Howard (Betty). |
| 173 | ** Colt (Veronica), Denni (Archie), Ben (Betty). |
| 174 | * TheBigDamnKiss: [[spoiler: Colt and Denni's kiss in ''A Spartan Love Story, Part 2.'']] |
| 175 | * BigFancyHouse: It is frequently mentioned that Ben lives in a mansion. |
| 176 | * BigGame: Just about every Centerscore game against their rivals Wilson. |
| 177 | * {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler: Justin blackmailed Angie into breaking up with Scott.]] |
| 178 | * BlatantLies: |
| 179 | ** Jessica claims that she wants to help Ben run his campaign because she would like for the two of them to have their own special bond and while Ben actually falls for it, players are fully aware that [[spoiler: Jessica only wants Ben to run so that she could reap the benefits of being first lady.]] |
| 180 | ** Jessica lies right in front of everyone’s face about having any connection to the Dirty Dish despite the rumors circulating around all of the other candidates but her nominee, Ben. Although no one is convinced, there is no proof that she is involved until [[spoiler: Taylor and Zoe seek out Steph, a computer wiz who helped Jessica launch the website.]] |
| 181 | * BottleEpisode: Season 4 episode ''Trapped In The Classroom'' is set almost primarily in detention with the only characters that appear for almost the entirety of the episode is Taylor, Brendan, Colt, and Denni. |
| 182 | * BullyAndWimpPairing: Spencer and Ben team up together to prank Wilson. |
| 183 | * {{Callback}}: Since she had no yellow for class color wars but a bikini, Zoe decided to wear it school. This incident is brought up again in The Endorsement when she has no choice but to wear her bikini after her clothes are stolen. |
| 184 | * CatapultNightmare: Howard has one on his last day of high school. |
| 185 | * CatFight: There was an instance where Taylor and Sam were ready to go at it but didn’t want to provide any FanService to their audience, namely Ryan. |
| 186 | * ChekhovsClassroom: During ''College Relation-trip'', we see Wilson High under strict watch. Two seasons later, Wilson High is revealed to have been taken over by Principal Dyre and [[spoiler:Centerscore High is next.]] |
| 187 | * ChekhovsGun: Jessica gives Zoe a tape that was supposedly just a video of Jessica explaining why Zoe should be the next cheerleader, [[spoiler: when it ended up being the tape that exposed Taylor's relationship with the nerd Brendan.]] |
| 188 | * ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: During Ben's Halloween party, Ryan tells Colt, Ben, and Denni that Taylor has the necklace that Ben bought for his "mom."[[note]]later revealed to be for Denni.[[/note]] Jessica informs them that Taylor is in the locker room and we see Denni walk in on her and Brendan kissing. This later becomes important when you realize that the video that leaked of Taylor and Brendan was from that same night in the locker room, and given that Jessica was the only person that knew about their whereabouts, she had to be the one to film them.]] |
| 189 | * ChristmasEpisode: |
| 190 | ** ''A Very Tom Prince Holiday'' focuses on Tom Prince realizes that his family has gone bankrupt and learning to be thankful. |
| 191 | ** ''Bringing Home Christmas'' has Howard struggling to give Zoe the perfect Christmas present after she finds out that her parents can't visit. |
| 192 | ** ''Secret Santa, Part 1'', shows Howard, Hector, Brendan, Spencer, and Ben trying to find each of their picks the perfect gift with ''Secret Santa, Part 2'' revealing the fallout. |
| 193 | * ClassTrip: |
| 194 | ** The class ski trip to the Sierra Mountains. |
| 195 | ** The students go on a trip to Hawaii for Spring Break while volunteering for W.H.A.L.E. |
| 196 | ** The swim team has another over night trip for a swim meet. |
| 197 | * CliffHanger: |
| 198 | ** ''French Connection, Paris Part 1'' leaves off right [[spoiler:when Howard sees Zoe kissing Matteo and then doesn’t pick back up until French Finale which is two episodes later.]] |
| 199 | ** ''Halloween: The Second Kiss, Part 1'' ends in one with [[spoiler:Colt returning to Centerscore after 2 months of being missing and turning out to be the guy that was kissing Denni.]] |
| 200 | ** ''A Spartan Love Story Part 1'' ends right on the moment that Colt overhears Denni flirting with Mark at Spartan Academy. |
| 201 | ** ''The Spartan Games Part 1'' stops right at the moment that [[spoiler:Sam]] rescues Zoe, Jessica, and Amanda from being taken out by the Spartans. |
| 202 | ** ''Real Life Hero'' picks up right where Faceplace Zero left off with [[spoiler:the earthquake.]] |
| 203 | * CockFight: |
| 204 | ** Colt and Ben spend the entirety of ''Halloween: The Second Kiss, Part 2'' fighting to prove which one is better suited for Denni. |
| 205 | ** Howard and Matteo fight over Zoe in France, causing Zoe to flee. |
| 206 | * ComicalOverreacting: |
| 207 | ** The entire Freedom Festival. |
| 208 | ** The Spartan Games is ''filled'' with moments like these. |
| 209 | * DistractedByTheSexy: Colt and the other boys can’t help but stare at Denni when she shows up at the prom after party in a revealing dress. |
| 210 | * DownerEnding: |
| 211 | ** ''Broken Promises, Part 2'' concludes with [[spoiler:Sam and Colt’s relationship coming to a definitive end, Brendan and Taylor both having a miserable night, and Amanda being upset with Hector for not even bothering to pay any attention to her.]] |
| 212 | ** The end of ‘'Cheerevolution, Part 1'' has [[spoiler:Taylor removed as captain, her relationship with Brendan exposed, Jessica instated as their new captain, and everyone hates Zoe.]] |
| 213 | ** Secret Santa Part 2 ends with [[spoiler:Jessica successful in her plan to break up Ben and Denni in order to become Ben's girlfriend.]] |
| 214 | ** By the end of the Last Straw, [[spoiler:Zoe is left on academic probation, Sam and Nick’s text messages are exposed to the whole school, and Howard’s dreams of going to Kingston are destroyed.]] |
| 215 | ** The era itself ends on a particularly low point with [[spoiler:Howard and Zoe having a hard breakup and Sara dying in a car accident.]] |
| 216 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: |
| 217 | ** In The New Girl mega pack, a girl named Rachel with a hidden nerdy side is a part of the cheerleading squad. She never appears afterwards and her face is instead used for Penelope, a Monarch Prep girl. |
| 218 | ** Zoe and Sam have practically opposite personalities in the beginning with Sam being the charming girly girl while Zoe is the slightly more timid tomboy. Zoe’s shyness and tomboy side practically diminishes following the next episodes and Sam develops a considerably less girly and cold streak. |
| 219 | * ElectionDayEpisode: Not just an episode but a whole season around class elections. |
| 220 | * EnemyMine: |
| 221 | ** Kenji and Colt during ''Green with Kenji''. While getting into a fight with the college guys from ''Football: Big Man on Campus'' it can also be implied that they perform BackToBackBadasses. |
| 222 | ** Happens again with Colt and [[spoiler:Tom Prince]], BackToBackBadasses and all. |
| 223 | ** Zoe and Taylor put their differences aside and team up to take down Jessica. |
| 224 | * EurekaMoment: After ten hours of being stuck in detention, Colt mentions the school pipes, causing Brendan to remember that they can escape through the underground pipe system. |
| 225 | * FirstKiss: There Are very few times where viewers know of when a character has had their first kiss but ''Trapped In A Classroom’’ reveals that: |
| 226 | ** Taylor had her first kiss with Chuck after the homecoming game. |
| 227 | ** Brendan had his first kiss with Kat in a hotel room in Paris. |
| 228 | ** Colt had his with a pair of twins. |
| 229 | ** [spoiler:Denni had hers with Colt after breaking out of detention.]] |
| 230 | * {{Flashback}}: Sam's Formation Part 1 & 2 are made of flashbacks of how Sam came to Monarch Prep and how she met Colt. |
| 231 | * FlawExploitation: |
| 232 | ** Taylor and Jessica both take advantage of Zoe’s submissiveness. |
| 233 | * Foreshadowing: |
| 234 | ** The Principal Dyre conflict was hinted to ''two seasons’’ before it was even introduced. |
| 235 | ** A season before Zoe moves to France, she discusses with Howard how much she loves the country. |
| 236 | ** There was tons of hinting to the possibility that Taylor will be removed as captain before the storyline was even introduced. |
| 237 | ** Jessica preys on Denni’s insecurity to help initiate a break up between her and Ben. |
| 238 | * GoodCopBadCop: Taylor and Zoe play this to get Steph to open up about the election. It’s pretty clear who is who. |
| 239 | * GrandRomanticGesture: In this instance, Howard goes to France to get Zoe back. |
| 240 | * GroinAttack: Erik goes for Skazz’s crown jewels when he fights him. |
| 241 | * GuiltComplex: Denni is crushed with guilt over [[spoiler:kissing Colt.]] |
| 242 | * Gunpoint Banter: The group in ''The Spartan Games, Part 3'’ all bicker with each other all while having their guns pointed at one another. |
| 243 | * HalloweenEpisode: ''Halloween: In Colt Blood'' follows Colt during a zombie apocalypse while ''Halloween: The Second Kiss, Part 1'' and ''Halloween: The Second Kiss, Part 2'' center around a masquerade themed Halloween party at Ben's house. |
| 244 | * HeartbreakAndIceCream: Sam takes Zoe to get gelato in the wake of her breakup with Howard. |
| 245 | * HighSchoolDance: The first year features the Sadie Hawkins Dance, the Valentines Day Ball, and Prom with the second part having the Homecoming Dance, Cotillion, and a Prom seen in a special. |
| 246 | * HomemadeSweaterFromHell: Jessica tried to convince Ben to knit Denni a sweater. He gave up on that pretty soon. |
| 247 | * HowTheMightyHaveFallen: |
| 248 | ** By homecoming, Taylor was the alpha bitch of Centerscore High with all of the cheerleaders under her thumb until [[spoiler: Jessica and Zoe expose her relationship with Brendan. After that, she becomes a nerd and is at the bottom of the totem pole.]] |
| 249 | ** [[spoiler: Jessica becomes the new alpha bitch and an even worse captain of the cheerleading squad. But when Taylor and Zoe expose her, she’s stripped of her role as head cheerleader and transfers schools.]] |
| 250 | * Idiot Ball: An ongoing question for the second half of The New Girl is “Why the hell won’t they impeach Jessica?” The cheerleaders had just overthrown Taylor who started off as an okay captain before going into her full descent into batshit crazy but Jessica managed to be worse than Taylor was right before her impeachment yet they’re all too afraid to speak out against her. It’s justified though since the cheerleaders still thought more highly of Jessica than they did of Taylor since Jessica would occasionally try to be nice to them since while Taylor was completely past trying to make them like her. |
| 251 | * IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam: Unlike the other girls at Centerscore, Sam is strongly against her ex-boyfriend Colt when he first arrives at Centerscore High. As it turns out, she realizes she still likes him and they reconcile. |
| 252 | * ItDoesntMeanAnything: Colt tells Sam this when she finds out that he and Denni [[spoiler: kiss in Trapped in a Classroom.]] |
| 253 | * KilledOffForReal: You wouldn't expect this trope to come up in a series like this, but [[spoiler:Sara Kessler.]] |
| 254 | * LaResistance: Season Four: School Rebellion introduced principal/dictator Dyre who started enforcing strict and bizarre rules on students and gave the most absurd and harsh punishments to rule breakers. [[spoiler:By the end of the season, Scott along with the rest of the student body overthrew Dyre.]] |
| 255 | * LeeroyJenkins: Spencer recklessly charges into the line of fire during the Spartan Games and predictably gets taken out. |
| 256 | * LockedInARoom: |
| 257 | ** Colt, Denni, Brendan, and Taylor all get locked in detention for ten hours before escaping. |
| 258 | ** Happens again to Colt, Denni, Nick, and Tom except they quickly realize how to escape due to their last experience. |
| 259 | * LongDistanceRelationship: |
| 260 | ** Brendan and Dinah decided to do long distance. [[spoiler:Expectedly, it didn’t work out.]] |
| 261 | ** Subverted by Howard and Zoe, who initially consider going long distance, but ultimately deciding against it. |
| 262 | ** Averted by Angie and Scott. They tell Howard that they would split up once the summer was over. |
| 263 | * LoveDodecahedron: During season 7 and 8, Ben likes Denni, who likes Ben, but also kissed Colt, who Sam still somewhat likes, who is dating Spencer. |
| 264 | * LoveTriangle: |
| 265 | ** Howard/Zoe/Matteo. Zoe makes her decision between handsome Italian soccer player Matteo and the NiceGuy Howard by the end of the Paris saga, choosing [[spoiler: Howard.]] The triangle is revisited in season 9 when Matteo returns to Centerscore with hopes that he and Zoe rekindle their love. After some initial hesitance, Zoe chooses [[spoiler: Howard again.]] |
| 266 | ** Colt/Denni/Ben. [[spoiler: After an accidental kiss, Denni becomes torn between Colt or Ben. However, she chooses Ben due to her inability to trust Colt. But when Ben accidentally cheats on her, she ends the relationship and her and Colt eventually start dating.]] |
| 267 | * LuredIntoATrap: |
| 268 | ** [[spoiler: Played straight, subverted, and then played straight again with Colt, Denni, and Tom during the Spartan Games. Colt goes to rescue Tom who’s being held hostage by Ryan, Travis, and the rest of the Spartans when it turns out that they were using Tom to lure Colt into getting shot. When it looks like Colt’s out, it’s revealed that this was all actually a trap for Denni to take out Ryan and Travis.]] |
| 269 | ** [[spoiler:The main group in the Spartan Games all head to the abandoned Wild West town in the estate under the impression that there would be weapons, ammo, food and water. This turns out to just be a trap for the spartans to shoot them.]] |
| 270 | * MakeOutKids: Ben and Denni were this until Jessica began to meddle in their relationship. |
| 271 | * MaliciousSlander: The rumors that Zoe was the one who leaked the video of Taylor ended up ruining her reputation at school and convinced people that she was a ManipulativeBitch. |
| 272 | * MasqueradeBall: Ben's masquerade ball for Halloween. |
| 273 | * MexicanStandoff: In The Spartan Games. While Nick has his guns pointed at Jessica and Taylor, Jessica points both of her guns at Taylor and Sam, and Taylor points her's at Ben, while Sam has her's pointed at Jessica. |
| 274 | * MidSeasonTwist: Season 8, episode 2 of The New Girl, [[spoiler: when Jessica frames Zoe for trying to overthrow Taylor as captain of the cheerleading squad and then becomes captain herself.]] |
| 275 | * MinorWithFakeID: The W.H.A.L.E volunteers use fake [=IDs=] to get into the 18 and over club. |
| 276 | * MistakenForCheating: A photo of Nick and Sara nearly kissing is leaked, to which he is branded as a cheater for. However, Nick lets Sam know that he and Sara never actually kissed because they were conscious of how she would feel... [[spoiler: But then Nick ends up telling Sam that he does like Sara and Sam breaks up with him anyway.]] |
| 277 | * MomentKiller: |
| 278 | ** Just as Howard and Zoe are about to make things official, [[spoiler:Linda walks on the field to tell Howard that she just broke up with Kenji.]] |
| 279 | ** Happens twice to Taylor and Brendan. The first time being with Nicole and the second time occurring with Denni. |
| 280 | ** Sam and Nick are about to kiss during the spartan games but are interrupted by Zoe. |
| 281 | * MoodWhiplash: The Storm Part 1 starts off as a light-hearted and simple episode but takes a dark turn when Sara and Nick get in a car crash. |
| 282 | * MyGreatestSecondChance: Part of Sam’s motivation to win the Spartan Games was that she could win a crown after [[spoiler:losing in Homecoming. Her crown turned out to be a helmet.]] |
| 283 | * MyNewGiftIsLame: Ben was initially dissatisfied with the gifts his secret Santa bought him [[spoiler:until he realized that the gifts were supposed to symbolize a significant moment in his relationship with Denni.]] |
| 284 | * MysteryMeat: Mystery Mystery, served at all the public school cafeterias. Whatever it was, it was bad enough to cause a ''ZombieApocalypse'' in the Halloween episode, ''Halloween: In Colt Blood''. [[SincerityMode Yes really.]] |
| 285 | * NewTransferStudent: The ''entire'' student body of Spartan Academy. |
| 286 | * NoodleIncident: Literally. Kay and Kel have been banned from the Soup Shack ever since "the Noodle Incident”. |
| 287 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: Sam and Paige eventually realize that they're more alike than they thought. |
| 288 | * NotWhatItLooksLike: |
| 289 | ** In a more serious example, Nick and Sara are about to kiss until Nick pulls away. However, the picture released to the entire school makes it seem like he did kiss Sara. |
| 290 | ** Howard takes his shirt off in front of Astrid after she tips her drink on top of him. However, Zoe only sees him shirtless with Astrid and assumes he's cheating. |
| 291 | * OddCouple: |
| 292 | ** The odd couples segment from the April fools episode. |
| 293 | ** Brendan and Taylor since when they started dating Brendan was a nerd with a heart of gold while Taylor was a Jerkass cheerleader. |
| 294 | ** As a couple, Colt and Denni are pretty opposite too. Colt is carefree and doesn’t really care about rules while Denni is much more driven student. |
| 295 | * OddFriendship: |
| 296 | ** Brendan and Taylor develop one until it is given a RelationshipUpgrade. |
| 297 | ** After pulling a successful prank on Wilson High, Ben and Spencer form a friendship despite having almost opposite personalities. |
| 298 | ** After seasons of being enemies, Zoe who wouldn’t hurt a fly and silver tongued Taylor develop a friendship after [[spoiler: Taylor realizes that Zoe didn’t try to overthrow her as captain and they team up to take down Jessica.]] |
| 299 | * OnTheRebound: Ben started dating Jessica the same episode that he broke up with Denni. |
| 300 | * PaintballEpisode: ''The Spartan Games Part 1, 2, and 3'' |
| 301 | * PoorCommunicationKills: Denni suggests that she and Ben take a break, which Ben interprets as a break up and after seeing Denni being comforted by his archrival, Colt, Jessica kisses Ben, though she makes him believe that he kissed her. |
| 302 | * RageBreakingPoint: |
| 303 | ** In Nice Girl Unleashed, Zoe tries to remain positive while [[spoiler: Jessica plans for Ben’s inauguration]] but finds it less and less easier to do so. She eventually runs into the bathroom and lets out a scream. |
| 304 | *** This is almost immediately followed by Denni. |
| 305 | * ReallySeventeenYearsOld: While on Spring Break, Sam, Colt, Paige, and a bunch of other kids lie, and say that they're of age when they try to enter an 18 and over club. |
| 306 | * RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: The students all stage a rebellion against Principal Dyre. |
| 307 | * RomanceEnsues: |
| 308 | ** Between Colt and Sam during detention. |
| 309 | ** Happens again between Colt and Denni while they’re serving detention with Taylor and Brendan. |
| 310 | * SchoolNewspaperNewsHound: Twin Branches has a very involved newspaper that conducted an investigation into the Immortals. |
| 311 | * SeasonFinale: ''Twelve'' of them. |
| 312 | ** Season One: Howard’s Choice - Sam’s Formation, Part 2. |
| 313 | ** Season Two: Sam’s Past - The Truth About Colt, Part 2. |
| 314 | ** Season Three: Holiday Fun - Valentine’s Dates. |
| 315 | ** Season Four: School Rebellion - School Rebellion. |
| 316 | ** Season Five: Prom - Howard’s Summer Bummer. |
| 317 | ** Season Six: Zoe’s Departure - Hector vs Hector. |
| 318 | ** Season Seven: Ben’s Rise - Halloween: The Second Kiss, Part 1. |
| 319 | ** Season Eight: Cheerevolution - Secret Santa, Part 2. |
| 320 | ** Season Nine: Colt Reformed - A Spartan Love Story, Part 2. |
| 321 | ** Season Ten: The Spartan Games - Real Life Hero. |
| 322 | ** Season Eleven: The Election - Nice Girl Unleashed. |
| 323 | ** Season Twelve: Howard’s Goodbye - A Kingston King. |
| 324 | * SecretSanta: Secret Santa Part 1 shows Hector, Howard, Spencer, Ben, and Brendan struggle to buy gifts for their picks. Things become a little bit more difficult in part 2 when [[spoiler: Ben gives his gift for Denni to Jessica who was his real pick.]] |
| 325 | * SecretRelationship: |
| 326 | ** Brendan & Taylor keep their relationship a secret since news that Taylor is dating a nerd would be detrimental to her AlphaBitch status. [[spoiler: It doesn't last long though since Jessica films them kissing in the locker room and then has Zoe unknowingly air it on the school announcements.]] |
| 327 | ** Nick & Sara manage to keep their relationship a secret from everyone [[spoiler: but Sam]] the entire summer since Sara's dad would never allow them to be together. However, when [[spoiler: Sara dies in a car crash with Nick, he has to come clean about them dating.]] |
| 328 | * SeriousBusiness: |
| 329 | ** Class elections. |
| 330 | ** Ogres & Elves. |
| 331 | * ShipTease: Taylor and Brendan were teased from ''Trapped In The Classroom'' all the way to ''Homecoming, The Dance''. |
| 332 | * SickeninglySweethearts: Most people's perception of Howard and Zoe. |
| 333 | * SlapSlapKiss: Subverted with Colt and Denni. Denni slaps Colt twice before they’re about to kiss. However, she pulls away from him before anything happens. |
| 334 | * SleepCute: Denni and Ben while at Ben's house. |
| 335 | * SlobsVsSnobs: |
| 336 | ** The cheerleaders versus the rebels. |
| 337 | ** The elitist Spartans vs the less wealthy students of Centerscore. |
| 338 | * SnarkToSnarkCombat: Conversations between Colt and Denni usually consist of this. |
| 339 | * SnowballFight: There is one in ''School Ski Trip.'' |
| 340 | * SpoilerTitle: [[spoiler:''Ballot Breakup'' centers around an incriminating picture of Nick cheating on Sam with Sara. You can imagine what happens at the end of the episode.]] |
| 341 | * StuffedIntoALocker: Spencer shoves Ben into one in their first encounter. |
| 342 | * [[TameHisAnger Tame Her Anger]]: After failed attempts to express her feelings through multiple sports, Sam starts to channel her anger into swimming. |
| 343 | * TantrumThrowing: This occurs after Sam finds out[[spoiler: Colt cheated on her]] while in chemistry class. Safe to say things were getting out of hand. |
| 344 | * TearsOfRemorse: Zoe breaks down when she realizes how disastrous her choice to trust Jessica was. |
| 345 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: |
| 346 | ** Colt, Ben, and Denni team up to find Ben’s bracelet despite the fact that both boys are fighting over Denni. |
| 347 | ** Colt and Tom work together to get back at Hawk Gunner. |
| 348 | * TensionCuttingLaughter: During a MexicanStandoff in The Spartan Games, Sam cracks a joke to get people to lower their guns. They eventually start to laugh and calm down. |
| 349 | * ThanksgivingEpisode: Two Thanksgiving episodes with the first one being ''Denni and Raven's Thanksgiving'', showing Denni and Raven struggling to get to their Thanksgiving dinner after an earthquake and the second ''Thanksgiving Surprise'' centering around Jessica trying to steal Ben away from Denni during Thanksgiving weekend. |
| 350 | * UnderdogsNeverLose: |
| 351 | ** [[spoiler:Subverted with Sara. She was called an underdog during Homecoming given that most students at the school didn't even know who she was until the nominations. She did make a satisfying impression on the student body but in the end, it was the players who decided who the winner was and they picked Zoe.]] |
| 352 | ** [[spoiler:A centerscore high student ends up winning The Spartan Games despite the fact that the Spartans have experience and from the start of the games had the advantage.]] |
| 353 | * UnstoppableRage: |
| 354 | ** Sam after she finds out [[spoiler: Colt cheated on her.]] |
| 355 | ** She has a similar reaction after seeing [[spoiler:a picture of Nick and Sara about to kiss.]] |
| 356 | ** Usually Spencer after you insult his shoes. |
| 357 | * VacationEpisode: |
| 358 | ** The class ski trip to the Sierra Mountains. |
| 359 | ** The cast also goes on a vacation to Hawaii. |
| 360 | * ValentinesDayEpisode: The first Valentines Day episode ''Valentine's Dates'' focuses on Colt, Howard, and Chip trying to give their dates the best Valentines Day. Following that episode is ''Queen of Heart'' centering around the Valentines Day Ball and the third episode would be ''Valentine's Dilemma'' where Zoe tries to choose between whether she wants to take Howard or Matteo to the Valentine's Dance. |
| 361 | * VillainProtagonist: ''Cheerevolution, Part 2'', ''Thanksgiving Surprise'', and ''Secret Santa, Part 2'' all center around Jessica's plot to steal Ben away from Denni. |
| 362 | * VoteEarlyVoteOften: |
| 363 | ** Taylor stuffs the Homecoming nominations ballot box with her name and those of unpopular girls so that she would have a better chance of being nominated and winning Homecoming Queen. |
| 364 | ** Jessica [[spoiler: rigs the election in Ben's favor.]] |
| 365 | * WatergunsAndBalloons: To sum up the freedom festival. |
| 366 | * WhamEpisode: |
| 367 | ** ''Trapped In The Classroom'’ marks [[spoiler:the beginning of the end for Colt and Sam after Colt cheats on her, the beginning of what will be five seasons of [[ShipTease ship teasing]] for Colt and Denni’s, and the start of Taylor and Brendan’s budding relationship.]] |
| 368 | ** ''A Spartan Love Story, Part 2'' [[spoiler: closes down Spartan Academy for good, transfers 300 spartan students to Centerscore High and finally brings Colt and Denni together after 5 seasons of [[ShipTease ship teasing]].]] |
| 369 | ** ‘'Cheerevolution Part 1’’ made a huge impact to the story after [[spoiler:the whole school finds out about Taylor and Brendan’s relationship, Zoe is made out to be a ManipulativeBitch, and Jessica is made captain of the squad.]] |
| 370 | ** In ''Nice Girl Unleashed'' [[spoiler: Ben and Denni finally find out that Jessica broke them up so that she could make Ben her boyfriend solely for him to become the president, and the whole student body learns that she used Zoe to overthrow Taylor as head cheerleader, finally marking the end of Jessica’s reign as AlphaBitch at Twin Branches.]] |
| 371 | ** ''The Storm, Part 2'' reveals [[spoiler: the death of Sara,]] marking a major turning point in the games story and launching a reboot. |
| 372 | * WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Penelope disapproves of Sam and Colt's relationship, due to Colt's bad-boy nature. |
| 373 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Rachel was a member of the cheerleading squad in The New Girl mega pack before disappearing for the remainder of the series. |
| 374 | * WhenItRainsItPours: There were very few points in the series where it had actually rained but the most prominent example would be the storm in The Storm Part 1 & 2. |
| 375 | * WildTeenParty: |
| 376 | ** Hector’s prom after party. |
| 377 | ** Ben’s halloween party gets out of hand quickly. |
| 378 | * WillTheyOrWontThey: Colt and Denni for about five seasons. |
| 379 | * WittyBanter: Colt and Denni usually engage in making playful and teasing remarks to one another. |
| 380 | * XMustNotWin: Sam has no interest in becoming a Homecoming Princess until she learns that Denni would be next in line. |
| 381 | * XanatosSpeedChess: Now that she has become head cheerleader, Jessica's dream to rule to school is achieved... for only one day. Justin, the president, broke up with her, causing her to have to look for a new boyfriend to make into the next president. |
| 382 | * YouGoGirl: Along with finding out that the winner gets a crown, Sam enters the Spartan Games when Chad suggests that girls are too weak for the competition and plans to prove that a girl can win too. |
| 383 | * YourMom: Chad is the victim of a number of your mom jokes, most of which he doesn’t understand. |
| 384 | * ZanyScheme: Taylor’s plan to be nominated as a homecoming princess and win queen is about as convoluted as it gets. |
| 385 | ---- |
| 386 | [[/folder]] |
| 387 | [[folder:A New Start]] |
| 388 | Subsequent to the end of The New Girl and the release of the Surviving High School novel is A New Start also called The Owen Era for its protagonist, Owen Harris. Due to a large influx of new fans following the publication of the novel, A New Start launched an app reboot with a brand new icon, music, character art and storylines to help them become antiquated with the world of Surviving High School. While The Classics and The New Girl focused on large, ensemble casts, A New Start has a significantly smaller set of main characters and takes place from September 2012 to August 2013. Additionally, another novel would be released during this period called How To Be A Star. |
| 389 | !!!Tropes that apply to A New Start: |
| 390 | * AllForNothing: In season 2 of The New Girl, Sam and Paige are enemies before becoming close friends at Monarch Prep. However, traces of their friendship are seemingly gone by the time the A New Start reboot rolls around, where they barely recognize each other, let alone is their former friendship mentioned. |
| 391 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachother: Despite bickering and insulting each other for a majority of the time, Paige and Owen actually do love each other. |
| 392 | * BelligerentSexualTension: Owen and Paige up until the moment they started dating. They remain belligerent with each other afterwards too though. |
| 393 | * BettyAndVeronica: |
| 394 | ** Nate, Zoe, and Owen. However, who fills which role is somewhat harder to tell given that Owen has the edge while Nate is TheCharmer yet Owen is the NiceGuy and Nate is the {{Jerkass}}. And then there's [[spoiler: Howard]] who is the ThirdOptionLoveInterest that [[FirstGirlWins got the girl]]. |
| 395 | ** In a more clearer example, Zoe (Betty), Owen (Archie), Paige (Veronica). |
| 396 | * BigGame: The football game at the climax of the season against the San Adino Warriors. |
| 397 | * {{Blackmail}}: Nate attempts to blackmail Owen with the fact that he [[spoiler: paralyzed someone in a football game.]] |
| 398 | * BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: Monarch Prep soon changes to Monarch Prep Butterfly Detention Center, the former being a luxurious prep school turned into a strict juvenile hall. |
| 399 | * ChristmasEpisode: The three Christmas episodes are ''A Fallon Family Christmas'', ''Howard's Holiday'', and ''Paige's Nightmare After Christmas''. |
| 400 | * ClassTrip: The swim team goes on a camping trip. |
| 401 | * CockFight: Nate and Owen over Zoe. |
| 402 | * DatingWhatDaddyHates: Though not technically her daddy, Paige’s soon-to-be stepfather disapprove of her relationship with Owen because he’s poor. |
| 403 | * DealWithTheDevil: Zoe's deals with Wes has shades of this. |
| 404 | ** Subverted when it turns out that he merely used the favors to arrange Autumn's favorite photographer to come to Twin Branches to recruit an intern. |
| 405 | * EnemyMine: Owen and Nate manage to save their differences for later during a football game. |
| 406 | * FireAndIceLoveTriangle: Nate (fire), Zoe, Owen (ice). |
| 407 | * HalloweenEpisode: ''The Halloween Dance, Part 1'' and ''The Halloween Dance, Part 2'' feature a Halloween dance. |
| 408 | * HighSchoolDance: There is The Halloween Dance, The Snow Ball, and The Debutante Dance. |
| 409 | * HistoryRepeats: |
| 410 | ** When John first arrives at Twin Branches, he is greeted by a friendly cheerleader, Beth. John is subsequently countered by a jealous love interest of Beth's, Adam, who John gets into a fight with. Following their fight, John is greeted by Howard [=DeGeest=], who turns out to be his best friend throughout ''Football Star''. This same exact storyline repeats in the A New Start reboot, with Owen being John, Zoe being Beth, Nate being Adam and Ben being Howard. |
| 411 | ** After winning a football game, Howard is about to admit his feelings for Zoe until they're interrupted by Linda, putting him and Zoe's relationship to a halt. The scene is repeated with Zoe being Howard, Owen being Zoe, and Howard being Linda. |
| 412 | * LoveDodecahedron: During the beginning, Nate likes Zoe, who is still an emotional wreck over her ex-boyfriend Howard, but starts to like Owen, who likes Zoe, but then starts to like Paige who likes Owen and ''hates'' Zoe. |
| 413 | * LoveTriangle: |
| 414 | ** Nate/Zoe/Owen. Despite still recovering from her breakup with Howard, Nate and Owen both develop a crush over Zoe but in the end [[spoiler: she ends up with neither of them and stays single before getting back together with Howard.]] |
| 415 | ** After Howard goes back to school, Zoe starts to have feelings for Owen again. However, Owen and Paige have already begun to date and Zoe and Owen relationship remains strictly platonic. |
| 416 | * OffToBoardingSchool: Paige's mom and soon-to-be step-father try to send her to boarding school for "rebelliously" dating a poor guy. |
| 417 | * PunctuatedPounding: [[BewareTheNiceOnes Owen to a rich guy]] who tried to hook up with Paige after she was sent back to Monarch Prep. Didn't quite stick, as he then pulled an WoundedGazelleGambit, and a subsequent NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. |
| 418 | * RichSuitorPoorSuitor: Owen (poor suitor) and Cromwell (rich suitor) both pine for Paige's attraction yet Paige is only attracted to Owen. |
| 419 | * SeasonFinale: |
| 420 | ** Season One: A New Start - Episode Five. |
| 421 | ** Season Two: Howard's Return - The Halloween Dance, Part 2. |
| 422 | ** Season Three: The Dance Dilemma - Howard's Holidays/Paige's Nightmare After Christmas. |
| 423 | ** Season Four: Love and Basketball - Sectionals. |
| 424 | ** Season Five: Spring Break Romeo - The Debutante Ball, Part 2. |
| 425 | ** Season Six: The Talent Show - Graduation Stories. |
| 426 | ** Season Seven: Summer Showdowns - Clash of Queens. |
| 427 | * SchoolPlay: Twin Branches hosts a production of Romeo and Juliet. |
| 428 | * TearfulSmile: During graduation, Zoe cries when Owen tells her he loves her ([[PlatonicLifePartners as a friend, people!]]), followed by a laugh and smile when she reads what he wrote her in her yearbook. |
| 429 | * ThanksgivingEpisode: Titled ''Paige's Thanksgiving Party''. |
| 430 | * ValentinesDayEpisode: ''Paige and Owen's Valentine's Outing'' followed by ''Anti-Valentine's Day''. |
| 431 | * WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: |
| 432 | ** Zoe is shocked to learn that Owen likes Paige because of Paige's rudeness towards the both of them. |
| 433 | ** Paige's mother and stepfather don't understand how Paige could ever love a poor guy. |
| 434 | ** Inverted in Zoe's case with Nate, the hot, rich and charming transfer from Spartan Academy, who had obviously gained a lot of female attention as a result. He had a huge crush on her, but Zoe never seemed to be as interested in him as he was with her, prompting the question from many of her friends: ''What DOESN'T she see in him?'' |
| 435 | ---- |
| 436 | [[/folder]] |
| 437 | [[folder:Troublemakers]] |
| 438 | The fifth and final era is Troublemakers or The Allison Era. It lasted from September 2013 to July 2014 and is only 28 episodes long due to a number of delays and technical difficulties. Like A New Start, this centers around a small group of core characters led by Allison Applebee before the game was officially cancelled. |
| 439 | !!!Tropes that apply to ''Troublemakers'': |
| 440 | * BackForTheFinale: Virtually every character. Noteworthy examples include Dr. Doom, John, and Jessica. |
| 441 | * BetaCouple: Paige and Owen to Allison and Cameron/Spencer/Nate in The Troublemakers. |
| 442 | * ChristmasEpisode: ''Christmas Stories''. |
| 443 | * CockFight: Spencer and Nate do this over Alison. |
| 444 | * DowntimeDowngrade: Owen and Paige in the time between A New Start and Troublemakers. |
| 445 | * FanPreferredCouple: Subverted. While it is suggested that Spencer and Allison are meant to end up together given Nate's initial role as antagonist, when the writers noticed the fanbased for Nate and Allison, they gave them the option to choose who Allison ends up with in the series finale. |
| 446 | * FireAndIceLoveTriangle: Nate (ice), Allison, Spencer (fire)... |
| 447 | * GrandFinale: Titled ''Series Finale''. |
| 448 | * GrandRomanticGesture: And the biggest example of them all, [[spoiler: Howard proposes to Zoe during the finale.]] |
| 449 | * HalloweenEpisode: ''College Scavenger Hunt''. |
| 450 | * HighSchoolDance: Includes the Homecoming Dance, the Winter Dance, and the final dance of the series Prom. |
| 451 | * HistoryRepeats: The season three storyline of Troublemakers, where a corrupt teacher wants to spy on students and basically turn it into a dictatorship is a repeat of The New Girl storyline with the corrupt Principal Dyre. |
| 452 | * LoveTriangle: Nate/Alison/Spencer. [[spoiler: Although originally Alison was meant to end up with Spencer, players were given the option to choose between them after recognizing the amount of support for Alison and Nate.]] |
| 453 | * RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: The troublemakers have a rebellion against Mr. Hart. |
| 454 | * SeasonFinale: |
| 455 | ** Season One: Orgins - College Scavenger Hunt. |
| 456 | ** Season Two: Holiday Hearts - Christmas Stories. |
| 457 | ** Season Three: Secrets Exposed - Hart Attack. |
| 458 | ** Season Four: Troublemakers - Series Finale. |
| 459 | * ThanksgivingEpisode: Called ''A Troublemakers Thanksgiving''. |
| 460 | * WildTeenParty: The final party of the series. |
| 461 | [[/folder]] |
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