History Series / DisConnected

* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Josh's dad.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Josh catches his dad at it, though it's not portrayed negatively - Josh is initially appalled, then amused and his father is otherwise just a regular dad.

* FollowTheLeader: This is often seen as the BBC's answer to ''Series/{{Skins}}''. It was not nearly as successful.

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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Plenty of people who have never even watched the show (particularly ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' fans) know that it involves Bradley James's character having sex in a toilet cubicle.

* HotGuysAreBastards: Ben, {{lampshaded}} by plenty of other characters who lament that such a good-looking guy is such a jerk.

* FollowTheLeader: This is often seen as the BBC's answer to ''{{Skins}}''. It was not nearly as successful.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Creator/BradleyJames (Arthur Pendragon), Daniel Anthony (Clyde Langer) and Holliday Grainger (Sophie the sidhe of ''{{Series/Merlin}}'' and Meg from ''Series/RobinHood'').

* HeyItsThatGuy: Bradley James (Arthur Pendragon), Daniel Anthony (Clyde Langer) and Holliday Grainger (Sophie the sidhe of ''{{Series/Merlin}}'' and Meg from ''Series/RobinHood'').

* EverybodyRemembersTheStripper: Plenty of people who have never even watched the show (particularly ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' fans) know that it involves Bradley James's character having sex in a toilet cubicle.

* EverybodyRemembersTheStripper: Plenty of people who have never even watched the show (particularly ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' fans) know that it involves Bradley James's character having sex in a toliet cubicle.

* BittersweetEnding - Jenny's dead, but the characters seem to be coping with it and their own issues better as a result, plus they form friendships that they would never have had an opportunity for either.
* CaughtWithYourPantsDown - Josh's dad.
* ADateWithRosiePalms - Josh catches his dad at it, though it's not portrayed negatively - Josh is initially appalled, then amused and his father is otherwise just a regular dad.
* FollowTheLeader - This is often seen as the BBC's answer to ''{{Skins}}''. It was not nearly as successful.
* TheFunInFuneral - Though it's a fairly mild example (the funeral is otherwise portrayed very realistically), the best-known scene is probably Ben having sex with Natasha in the toilets during Jenny's funeral.

* {{Gayngst}} - [[spoiler: Kez, who reacts violently to anyone questioning his heterosexuality... but has a boyfriend who he seems very close to.]]
* HeyItsThatGuy - Bradley James (Arthur Pendragon), Daniel Anthony (Clyde Langer) and Holliday Grainger (Sophie the sidhe of ''{{Series/Merlin}}'' and Meg from ''Series/RobinHood'').
* LeftHanging - The details of Paula's situation are never fully explained. [[spoiler: Suffice to say it's not pleasant.]]
* TheLibby - Sophie and her friends.
* ReallyGetsAround - Ben is an unusual male example. The other characters treat this with exasperation bordering on disgust (he cheated on Jenny with two different girls).
* StraightGay - [[spoiler: Kez.]]
* WoundedGazelleGambit - Sophie claims that a boy she's been seeing tried to molest her.

Dis/Connected is a 2008 BBC drama pilot about a group of diverse teenagers studying at the same sixth form college in London who are drawn together when mutual friend Jenny commits suicide. Through the funeral and the aftermath, they begin to form new friendships.

* ADateWithRosiePalms - Josh catches his dad at it, though it's not portrayed negatively - Josh is initially appalled, then amused and his father is otherwise just a regular dad.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny - Very much YMMV, due to the darkness and sheer crudeness of it, but the funeral sex scene, topped off by Ben being caught in a state of undress by one of Jenny's relatives. There's also the scene where he pulls a pair of knickers out of his pocket while denying being a slut, and the scene where Emily's cat gets high.

* MoralEventHorizon - Depending on your point of view, Sophie hanging up on Jenny when she tearfully begs her to come over. It's possible that she could have prevented the suicide had she taken Jenny more seriously. However, she clearly had no idea of the severity of the situation, and she's still portrayed sympathetically.
* TheFunInFuneral - Though it's a fairly mild example (the funeral is otherwise portrayed very realistically), the best-known scene is probably Ben having sex with Natasha in the toilets during Jenny's funeral.
-->Ben: That was so... wrong.

* TearJerker - About half the scenes, but especially Anthony and Sophie watching as Jenny's body is brought out and Josh breaking down in front of his mother's grave in the final scenes.
* TheLibby - Sophie and her friends.

* HeyItsThatGuy - Bradley James (Arthur Pendragon), Daniel Anthony (Clyde Langer) and Holliday Grainger (Sophie the sidhe of ''{{Merlin}}'' and Meg from ''Series/RobinHood'').

* HeyItsThatGuy - Bradley James (Arthur Pendragon), Daniel Anthony (Clyde Langer) and Holliday Grainger (Sophie the sidhe of ''{{Merlin}}'').

* LeftHanging - The details of Paula's situation are never fully explained. [[Spoiler: Suffice to say it's not pleasant.]]

* ADateWithRoisePalms - Josh catches his dad at it, though it's not portrayed negatively - Josh is initially appalled, then amused and his father is otherwise just a regular dad.

* {{Gaynst}} - [[spoiler: Kez, who reacts violently to anyone questioning his heterosexuality... but has a boyfriend who he seems very close to.]]

* PuttingTheFunInFuneral - Though it's a fairly mild example (the funeral is otherwise portrayed very realistically), the best-known scene is probably Ben having sex with Natasha in the toilets during Jenny's funeral.

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