History Characters / Euphoria

* UnkemptBeauty: She often dresses in a very masculine, stripped-down way with messy hair and a plain face, but her beauty is clear. Even when her makeup gets ruined, she's still gorgeous.

* DisabledLoveInterest: To Jules. She's an addict, depressed, and suffering from a handful of mental disorders.

* AMFMCharacterization: Cal seems to have an affinity for new wave, adult contemporary and synthpop spanning the 1980s to 2000s, such as Music/{{INXS}}, Music/SineadOConnor, Music/{{Ministry}}, Spanish Ballet and Music/KylieMinogue. It reflects his inability to move on from his past and his emotional stunting [[spoiler: as he wound up getting Marsha pregnant shortly after high school when he was about to begin his college life — and perhaps explore his sexuality in a healthier way.]]

* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:Nate blackmails Jules with her naked photos in order to get her to falsely confess to someone else beating Maddy on the night of the carnival]].

** [[spoiler: Surprisingly, for Nate as well. Both are individuals who were at first known to be [[UsedToBeASweetKid sweet and kind in the past]] but after their traumas caused by their fathers, they end up conforming to the usual gender norms, are known to be a star in the football and cheerleading teams respectfully and their dream for a heteronormative life while battling with their self-identity and eventually, it results in them developing more aggressive and violent tendencies where they begin to abuse and bully their loved ones if they unintentionally set them off and even manipulate and blackmail them to get what they want and [[BreakTheByTalking breaks their victims' will and bravery if they cross them]]. Eventually, they are later beaten up by their archenemies (Fez and Maddy) who threatened to "kill them" for their crimes.]]

* KickTheDog: She had her moments in season 1, such as gaslighting and threatening Cassie when she [[spoiler: asked about the dick pics on Nate’s phone and giving the police false testimony about Tyler in order to prevent Nate from going to jail.]] While the latter moment is not very justifiable, her other less-than-pleasant tendencies can be understandable as her relationship was Nate was becoming more toxic throughout the season.

* KickTheDog: She had her moments in season 1, such as gaslighting and threatening Cassie when she [[spoiler: asked about the dick pics on Nate’s phone and giving the police false testimony about Tyler in order to prevent Nate from going to jail.]] While the latter moment is not very justifiable, her other less-than-pleasant tendencies can be understandable as her relationship as her relationship was Nate was becoming more toxic throughout the season.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Although there is no reason that Maddy could be mean and crude at times, but the way she reacted about Cassie and Nate's affair was more justified.

** BettyAndVeronica: In Season 2 [[spoiler:, the Betty to Maddy's Veronica.]]

* BeautifulSingingVoice: Of course, by virtue of being played by Creator/{{Zendaya}}. Her talent is best displayed in the [[GainaxEnding very confusing season finale]].

* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Jules’s Betty. [[spoiler: Later on becomes the Betty to Cassie’s Veronica in Season 2.]]

* JerkAssHasAPoint: Although there is no reason that Maddy could be mean and crude at times, but the way she reacted about Cassie and Nate's affair was more justified.

* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Averted. She's a lesbian, but admits to only having sex once and isn't that interested in romantic relationships until Jules comes along.

* SmokingIsGlamorous: Averted. She's shown to be straight-up manic when she's lighting a cigarette.

* HoneyTrap: Averted. Upon [[spoiler:figuring out that she's only seventeen]], Cal instantly presumes that she wants to blackmail him for their sexual relationship, but it turns out that she genuinely wishes him the best.

* ReallyGetsAround: See above.
* SexAsARiteofPassage: Both averted and played straight. While her first time in itself didn't seem to be particularly impactful, it's the chain of events that followed which led to a dramatic change in her style and personality.

* SpicyLatina: Averted. She is Latina but starts off very chaste and a bit shy and even when she becomes a dominatrix, she hardly loses her temper, mostly being passive-aggressive (like with Ethan after [[PoorCommunicationKills she sees him talking to a thin blonde]]).

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: ''Fortunately averted by [[spoiler:Nate]] of all people''. Had Maddy released his dad's illegaly recorded sex tapes, including that of Jules, this move would've led the latter [[CallBack to end up in jail or in a sex offender registry]], only for [[spoiler:Nate]] to violently steal it back from her and give it to Jules for safekeeping.

* JerkJock: Mostly averted, [=McKay=] is a lot more sensitive and sensible than Nate, frowns upon a lot of the casual misogyny of his peers and seems to struggle with a lot of FratBoy rites. However, peer pressure often pushes to toxic behaviours.

* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Ultimately averted. [[spoiler:Kat]] acknowledges that he really does have one of the biggest penises she's seen, but he just kind of goes straight for the thrusting without putting in any real effort, leaving her unimpressed.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Currently, his real name is unknown.

* DumbBlonde: She unknowingly believes whatever nice thing a boy says thinking he likes her, completely unaware of their true intentions of sleeping with her. A more dramatic example in the next season however, where she goes after Nate knowing very well how he abused Maddy and previously slut-shamed. She also believes whatever lies he tells her like in the previous season.

* DumbBlonde: Basically her entire personality.

* CharacterDerailment: [[spoiler: Cassie goes from being a complex, promiscuous NiceGirl in season 1 to a backstabbing BrattyTeenageDaughter in season 2.]]

* Flanderization: [[spoiler: She becomes more irresponsible and desperate for love in season 2 as she falls in love with Nate]]

** In season 1, she cheats on {=McKay=} with Daniel on two separate occasions, indicating that she was always a disloyal person.

** In season 1, she cheats on McKay with Daniel on two separate occasions, indicating that she was always a disloyal person.

* KickTheDog: She had her moments in season 1, such as gaslighting and threatening Cassie when she [[spoiler: asked about the dick pics on Nate’s phone and giving the police false testimony about Tyler in order to prevent Nate from going to jail.]] While the latter moment is not very justifiable, her other less than pleasant tendencies can be understandable as her relationship as her relationship was Nate was becoming more toxic throughout the season.

* SweaterGirl: Despite not being considered as attractive as Cassie and in contrast to the older sister's MsFanservice outfits, she dresses very modestly albeit not unattractively so, appearing in a soft, curve-hugging sweater in her first scene of the series.

* KickTheDog: She had her moments in season 1, such as gaslighting and threatening Cassie when she [[spoiler: asked about the dick pics on Nate’s phone and giving the police false testimony about Tyler in order to prevent Nate from going to jail.]] Although her less than friendly tendencies could be justified as her relationship as her relationship was Nate was becoming more toxic throughout the season.