History Series / FakingIt

* NotSoDifferent:
** Lauren says this to Shane. After objecting at first he realizes she has a point, leading to a PetTheDog moment with Pablo.
** This also fits Karma, who is just as ([[UpToEleven if not even more so]]) devious and manipulative as Lauren in order to get what she wants. She's more successful, though, because unlike Lauren, she's willing to play by Hester High rules to get popularity (instead of trying to remake the school the way Lauren does).

* {{Transgender}}: [[spoiler: Noah]] turns out to be a gay transman.

* PrecisionFStrike: OnceAnEpisode (or sometimes more) Amy's foul mouth punctuates a particular frustration. An interesting case since the show is on MTV, where you can't actually air someone saying the word, so they have the character say the word and the beep it out.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship. Karma and Amy are this at the very least. Whether Amy wants to make it more even she's not sure.

* SheCleansUpNicely: On those rare occasions where Amy wears more feminine attire, Amy looks really good. She's also not lacking at all during her LingerieScene, either.
** She also wears a suit very well.

* ShoutOut: The pottery scene at the beginning of the finale is an explicit reference to ''Film/{{Ghost}}''.

** Amy later starts to date Reagan and starts [[HormoneAddledTeenager very enthusiastically defying this.]]

* ThreeWaySex: Karma, Liam, and Amy agree to a threesome...but [[spoiler:Karma chickens out at the last moment when Liam and Amy kiss]]. Even then Karma suggests it as a way for her to have sex with Liam, and says she expects Amy to leave before the sex actually starts.
** And then done again in "Nuclear Prom", where hetero[[note]]At least nominally[[/note]] Karma, gay Shane, and bisexual Wade agree to one. The next episode gives us a RashomonStyle recap from both Karma and Shane...but the real story comes from Wade, who shows up with his ex. [[spoiler:He shut it down because he was using the threesome to stick it to his ex, but couldn't go through with it and got back together with her.]]

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: A mild case with Amy (Tomboy) and Karma (Girly Girl). A much bigger contrast is between Amy and Lauren.

* TriangRelations: Karma, Amy and Liam have a type 7. Karma(A) is in love with Liam(B) who loves her back, Karma is very good friends with Amy(C) who has fallen in love with her.

* TwoTeacherSchool: So far, the only authority figure we've seen at Hester High is Principal Penelope. We also see Margot the drama teacher (played by Creator/LaverneCox) in season 2.
** And Irma the lunch lady.

* WhamEpisode: "Burnt Toast". [[spoiler:Amy finally confesses her feelings to Karma...who rejects her, then tells her she slept with Liam. Shane tells Liam that Karma and Amy are faking being lesbians, which causes him to reject Karma for lying to him. Both Amy and Liam get drunk...and while Karma is being consoled by her mother, Amy and Liam start making out on Amy's bed...]]

* NiceGuy: Pablo.

* NoBisexuals: After skirting around the issue with Amy, it's finally averted in the character of Wade, who {{lampshaded}} the trope when Karma and Shane had asked him if he's gay or straight, noting "bisexual" didn't occur to them. He would eventually takes both Karma and Shane out on a "thruple date" to prom...and then agree to a threesome with them. [[spoiler: In the end he backs out of the threesome, realizing he didn't really want to do it and still had feelings for his ex.]] Shane outright states that no ''male'' bisexuals exist, though he admits some female ones do. In Amy's case, although she shows attraction to boys along with girls, it takes a long time for people to even raise the idea that she's actually bisexual, not lesbian, which seems like the consensus by the end of the show.

* FishOutOfWater: Lauren, at Hester High.

* BaitAndSwitchComparison: Amy to [[spoiler:Liam]] in the season 2 premiere:

* RousingSpeech: [[spoiler:Lauren's speech to the school board]] in "School's Out". [[spoiler:It doubles as her WorldOfCardboardSpeech.]]

* JailBait: Shane is likely this for Duke (depending on their relative ages), since in Texas having sex with someone who's age 17 and under if you're more than three years older than them is in fact statutory rape. It's likely Shane is ''at most'' 17, while Duke's age is never said.

* {{Intersex}}: [[spoiler: Lauren]], who has Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome.

* NoBisexuals: After skirting around the issue with Amy, it's finally averted in the character of Wade, who would eventually takes both Karma and Shane out on a "thruple date" to prom...and then agree to a threesome with them. [[spoiler: In the end he backs out of the threesome, realizing he didn't really want to do it and still had feelings for his ex.]] Shane outright states that no ''male'' bisexuals exist, though he admits some female ones do. In Amy's case, although she shows attraction to boys along with girls, it takes a long time for people to raise the idea that she's actually bisexual, not lesbian, which seems like the consensus by the end of the show.

* AnAesop: Lying is bad, lying about who you are is worse. Not only will you hurt other people, you'll hurt yourself into the bargain.

* YourCheatingHeart: When Amy finds a motel keycard in the laundry, she and Lauren stake the place out, and find Farrah apparently having an affair...with [[spoiler: Amy's dad]].

* BadassGay:
** Camp he may be but Shane kicked ass in a bar fight in the second episode of Season 2. [[OffScreenMomentOfAwesome Or so we are told as we never see the actual fight.]] He does do some badass moves with a pool cue prior to it though.
--->"You don't grow up gay in Texas without learning Tae Kwon Do early."
** One of his boyfriends, a martial arts instructor and aspiring MMA fighter, is even more this.

* HideYourLesbians: Farrah tries to convince Amy to not let her grandmother know she's queer during her wedding in "Burnt Toast", and Lauren's blackmailing Amy in ''Homecoming Out'' involves attempting this and achieving EpicFail instead (because Farrah shows up to interview the lesbian homecoming couple).

* HideYourLesbians: Farrah tries to convince Amy to not let her grandmother during her wedding in "Burnt Toast", and Lauren's blackmailing Amy in ''Homecoming Out'' involves attempting this and achieving EpicFail instead (because Farrah shows up to interview the lesbian homecoming couple).

One day, best friends Amy (Rita Volk) and Karma (Katie Stevens) are outed as lesbians by popular gay guy Shane (Michael Willett). There's just one small problem: It's not true.

But Karma is obsessed with popularity, to the point where she agrees to keep her and Amy's heterosexuality under wraps, as their newfound popularity has given them a chance to become Homecoming Queens and finally makes them accepted by the in-crowd at their school. Complications ensue: Karma's obsession with her ''actual'' crush, Liam (Gregg Sulkin); Amy's soon-to-be-stepsister Lauren (Bailey Buntain[[note]]De Young in the 2nd & 3rd seasons[[/note]]), who would be the AlphaBitch at any other high school and hates that Amy is now far more popular; and Amy's own mixed feelings for her best friend. How long can they keep their fake relationship going, and can their real relationship survive it?

The show lasted for three seasons. Its finale aired May 17, 2016. Not related to the British series of the same name (which is a reality tv show about people from one type of professional background trying to pass as a professional in another area after a few weeks of training, e.g a burger cook trying to convince a panel of judges he was a cordon bleu chef after a crash course from Creator/GordonRamsay.)

** Karma is clearly into Liam but she sends a lot of signals that shes into Amy too, to the extent that Liam gets jealous despite her denials to Liam, [[spoiler: Amy]] and herself. It gets worse in Season 2B, where it's noted that she acts like a jealous ex when Amy starts dating someone else and [[spoiler: even has a sex dream about her]].

The show lasted for three seasons. Its finale aired May 17, 2016.

* AsHimself: Girl group Fifth Harmony performs in "The Ecstasy and the Agony". Music/MaryLambert performs in "Nuclear Prom".

* StylisticSuck: The "Hump Day" video. Take a talented singer, give her a [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Rebecca Black-esque]] song, turn her 12, and have her make 12-year-old girl decisions, and you get a new YouTube sensation...after Amy uploads it in anger.

-->'''Penelope''': ...and with your help, we can share our STI with the world!
-->'''Amy''' ''(watching from a tablet)'': How did nobody catch that?

* {{Transsexual}}: [[spoiler: Noah]] turns out to be a gay transman.

But Karma is obsessed with popularity, to the point where she agrees to keep her and Amy's heterosexuality under wraps, as their newfound popularity has given them a chance to become Homecoming Queens and finally makes them accepted by the in-crowd at their school. Complications ensue: Karma's obsession with her ''actual'' crush, Liam (Gregg Sulkin); Amy's soon-to-be-stepsister Lauren (Bailey Buntain), who would be the AlphaBitch at any other high school and hates that Amy is now far more popular; and Amy's own mixed feelings for her best friend. How long can they keep their fake relationship going, and can their real relationship survive it?

* TeensAreShort: Averted; while some of the students do have the heights to play the trope straight (Bailey Buntain is 4[='=]12[=''=] tall, and Katie Stevens is 5[='=]2[=''=]), the principal is played by 4[='=]11[=''=] tall Creator/SentaMoses.

* TwoTeacherSchool: So far, the only authority figure we've seen at Hester High is Principal Penelope. We also see Margot the drama teacher (played by LaverneCox) in season 2.

* DarkHorseVictory: Karma, Shane, and Lauren all go out for a spot in the coveted drama club...but the winner is another student: [[spoiler:Oliver?!?]]

'''''Faking It''''' is a 2014 Creator/{{MTV}} series created by Carter Covington (''Series/{{Greek}}'', ''Series/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'', ''Series/HartOfDixie'') which highlights the extreme lengths some teenagers will go to climb the social ladder. The series premiered April 22, 2014.