History Literature / SeasonsOfLove

* FoeYay: Samara and Jimmy. [[spoiler: Consummated in "The Performance."]]

* LongDistanceRelationship: Tom and Oriel, who live an hour apart in La Crescenta and Long Beach, respectively.

** In "The Stickers":
--> '''Claire''' ''(to Kent)'': "SinCity? You're not a comic book guy, are you?"
--> '''Rusty''': "[[TheSimpsons Worst. Comparison. Ever.]]"

--> '''Rusty''': "All right, [[BobDylan rainy day women]], [[EverybodyMustGetStoned let's go get stoned.]]"

--> '''Claire''': "Well, when you put it that way it sounds bad, I'll agree."
--> '''Rusty''': "'That way' is called the ''facts'', Claire."
--> '''Claire''': "[[{{Mythbusters}} I reject your reality and substitute my own.]]"

--> '''Claire''': "We're looking for Stacey Milano, not ChristinaHendricks."

* PutOnABus: Most everyone at series' end as they head off to college, but done more conventionally with [[spoiler: Alex]].

* FirstNameBasis: The high school drama teachers, Roger and Diane Bowman, get this from their students due to the laid-back {{Nakama}} nature of their class.

* CatFight

* ComingOutStory

* HeroOfAnotherStory: You have no idea.

* LongDistanceRelationship: Tom and Oriel, who live an hour apart in La Crescenta and Long Beach, respectively. [[spoiler: Later, Melanie and Kristen, who live in the same respective places.]]

* MotorCity: [[spoiler: Jessie's family hails from Detroit.]]

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: [[spoiler: Perhaps the reason so many of them are drawn to [[TheCasanova Milo]], including Samara, Nicole (Rivers), Holly, and Stacey.]]

* ArcNumber: [[WeirdAlYankovic 27]]

* TheBroCode: [[spoiler: Mike supposedly violates this for dating Iris after her breakup with Rick, but it is Rick himself who really breaks the rules by sleeping with Mike's ex Cassie and taunting Mike with the video of it.]]

* ComicallyMissingThePoint

* DisproportionateRetribution: In "The Sin," when Kent pulls Holly in for their FirstKiss, Claire immediately calls him a rapist and inadvertently (via [[CloudCuckoolander Rowan]]) ends up getting him sent to the office. The misunderstanding is cleared up, but not before [[PapaWolf Rod]] finds out and the trope is taken even further.
** [[spoiler: Rick joins this camp when he sleeps with Cassie and sends the video of it to her ex-boyfriend Mike in response to Mike beginning to date Rick's ex Iris.]]
* DistractedByTheSexy: Rusty and Claire both have moments of this in "The Distance," when they both spend the day with each other in their underwear to get back at [[{{Jerkass}} Jimmy]].
* DoubleEntendre: Besides being a common feature of the dialogue, this is also seen in many episode titles (e.g., "The Treasure" refers both to the episode's [[LoveRedeems theme]] and to the [[NationalTreasure movie]] the gang sees in it).

* DramaticPause

* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Sloane and Nicole: they start out on a more or less even plane, but due to Jimmy's [[CorruptTheCutie influences]] Sloane falls down the social ladder hard and fast, while Nicole remains unscathed.

* GoshDangItToHeck: Rusty makes it his goal to get Kent out of a mild case of this in "The Censor."

* IncomingHam

* LandDownUnder: Mark is originally from Melbourne, and his daughter Holly sometimes speaks in the accent.

* OstentatiousSecret: In the beginning, Kent openly admits to Holly and the others (except [[TheConfidant Tom]]) that he's hiding [[SecretlyWealthy something]] from them, and will tell them when he's ready. Then Claire finds out what it is in "The Twist," [[SecretKeeper he only allows her to tell one person]], and she picks [[ScarpiaUltimatum the wrong one]]. Kent finally opens up after that to avoid further misfortune for anyone else.

* RuleOfThree

--> '''Dana''': "Probably the weed."

** In "The Noodles":

--> '''Kent''': "Yeah, I know but [[WeirdAlYankovic Weird Al's]] my favorite artist, which makes ''that'' my favorite number, which means I'm going to notice it ''everywhere''."

* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Jimmy, aka "The Big Bang."

--> '''Jimmy''': "Sweet, I get to punch somebody." ''(except he doesn't)''

* YourCheatingHeart: Jimmy cheats on Claire ([[RuleOfThree three times]]) after becoming suspicious of her relationship with Kent. Through backstory, we learn that Holly's mother Pam cheated on her father Mark; Claire's father Walter cheated on her mother Lisa; and Kent's (still-together) parents are both notorious cheaters to this day.

* FanGirl: Several, primarily Mila ({{Literature/Twilight}}), Emily (JustinBieber, [[KidCom KidComs]]) and Dana (StarWars). However, only Emily's fandom could be considered shallow, with Mila scoffing at the more obsessed {{Literature/Twilight}} fans and Dana having inherited a deep-rooted family love of StarWars.

* ShoutOut: Plenty. [[NamesTheSame Several character names]]: ([[{{Titanic}} Jack Dawson]], NicoleSullivan, [[TheXFiles Mark Snow]], VeronicaTaylor). Holly's parakeets are named [[PinkyAndTheBrain Pinky and Brain]], Kent's golden retrievers are [[CoolCar Beamer and Shelby]], and his own parakeets are ChipAndDale.

* {{Thanksgiving}}: Holly and Kent meet each others' families and Claire opens up to her own about her flawed relationship with Jimmy in "The Parents," set on this holiday.

* RedOniBlueOni: Claire is red, Holly is blue.

* DiamondsInTheBuff: Holly takes a picture of herself in the tub wearing only Kent's birthday gift for her (a turquoise necklace) in "The Diamond." [[spoiler: This doesn't become important until much, much later.]]

* AboveTheInfluence: Jimmy subverts the trope when he [[spoiler: takes advantage of a drunk Samara on the anniversary of her late sister's birthday in "The Performance."]]

* CharacterFilibuster: Samara is prone to doing this almost OnceAnEpisode, much to the annoyance of everyone else, but other characters, particularly Claire and Kent, will engage in a sizable speech is someone pushes their buttons enough.

* WrongNameOutburst: In "The Twist," Jimmy claims to the others that [[CallingYourOrgasms Claire shouted Kent's name instead of hisn in the moment]]; Claire insists she was just mumbling incoherently. Needless to say, this combined with [[ScarpiaUltimatum what instigated the sex]] helps to drive a wedge between them.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Alluded to many times by these GenreSavvy teenagers. Most notably, in "The Distance," an increasingly [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean frustrated]] Holly leaves an [[NoodleIncident embarrassing message]] on ''Kent's relatives' machine.'' Such are the perils of Kent not having a cell phone.

* WrongNameOutburst: In "The Twist," Jimmy claims to the others that [[CallingYourOrgasms Claire shouted Kent's name instead of his]] [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean in the moment]]; Claire insists she was just mumbling incoherently. Needless to say, this combined with [[ScarpiaUltimatum what instigated the sex]] helps to drive a wedge between them.

* CoitusEnsues: In "The Treasure," [[{{Irony}} this is what happens]] [[LysistrataGambit shortly after Claire threatens to cut Jimmy off until he proves himself.]] This is also basically [[spoiler: Milo]] and Kristen's M.O., yet the trope is subverted when the two of them finally meet and ''nothing'' happens.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Alluded to many times by these GenreSavvy teenagers. Most notably, in "The Distance," an increasingly [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean frustrated]] Holly leaves an [[NoodleIncident embarrassing message]] on ''his relatives' machine.'' Such are the perils of Kent not having a cell phone.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Alluded to many times by these GenreSavvy teenagers. Most notably, in "The Distance," an increasingly [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean frustrated]] leaves an [[NoodleIncident embarrassing message]] on ''his relatives' machine.'' Such are the perils of Kent not having a cell phone.

An original web series being created by Tropers/{{Shrikecatcher}}, focused on the lives of HighSchool students living in the suburbs of LosAngeles. [[LiteraryAllusionTitle The title comes from]] {{Rent}}, and [[RuleOfSymbolism refers to the three metaphorical "seasons" (autumn, winter and spring) of the relationship between the two leads]], Kent Thomas and Holly Snow. Since there is a fairly certain plan as to the progress of the series, tropes relating to the as-yet unwritten second and third seasons are featured below in spoiler tags.

* ImaginaryLoveTriangle: Jimmy imagines one between himself, Claire and Kent, and this is what eventually drives him insane.

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Kent and Jimmy, respectively. Rusty bridges the gap between them.

* ShoutOut: Plenty. Several character names are completely this ([[{{Titanic}} Jack Dawson]], NicoleSullivan, [[TheXFiles Mark Snow]], VeronicaTaylor). Holly's parakeets are named [[PinkyAndTheBrain Pinky and Brain]], Kent's golden retrievers are [[CoolCar Beamer and Shelby]], and his own parakeets are ChipAndDale.

--> '''Kent''': "What are you talking about? You and Oriel are inseperable! You ''never'' fight!"

* CompletelyMissingThePoint

** In "The Distance":
--> '''[[YourCheatingHeart Jimmy]]''' ''(talking to Claire on the phone)'': "I may be a dick, but [[BlatantLies at least I'm not an asshole]]."
--> '''Claire''': "[[FlatWhat What]]?"
--> '''Jimmy''': "TeamAmerica? C'mon, Claire, you know how annoying it is [[DontExplainTheJoke to have to explain one's own references]]."
--> '''Claire''': "Then where's the pussy, if you don't mind me asking?"

** In "The Renewal"
--> '''Holly''' ''(after some explicit exposition from Jimmy)'': "[[{{Animaniacs}} Thank you, Mr. Exposition]]."
--> '''Claire''' ''(jokingly)'': "''Now stick dynamite down his pants.''"

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: [[spoiler: Holly and Milo are together for a brief time.]]

* OneSteveLimit: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. There are two people named some variation of Sam, but one ([[TheLibby Samara]]) is a student and main character, while the other ([[FairCop Sam Greene]]) is an adult and only occasional supporting character. In addition, there are also two minor supporting characters named Nicole: the first, Nicole Sullivan, is a classmate of the main cast members, while the second, Nicole Rivers, is the older sister of another classmate, Sloane.

* YourCheatingHeart: Jimmy cheats on Claire ([[RuleOfThree three times]]) after becoming suspicious of her relationship with Kent. Through backstory, we learn that Holly's mother Pam cheated on her father Mark; Claire's father Walter cheated on her mother Lisa; and Kent's (still-together) parents are both notorious cheaters to this day.