History Series / Freakish

''Freakish'' is a Horror television series on the network Creator/{{Hulu}}, in junction with Creator/AwesomenessTV. The show is memorable for featuring social media stars who received their fame on the now-defunct WebOriginal/{{Vine}} video site. This show has been described as "''Series/TheWalkingDead'' meets ''Film/TheBreakfastClub''" for its similarities. Season 1 premiered on October 10th, 2016. It was renewed for a second season, which premiered on October 16th, 2017.

* KillEmAll: What La Shawn wants to do with the freaks. turning!Mary laughs in his face and tells him off.

* KnifeNut: Earl.

* NotSoDifferent: La Shawn and Barrett hate each other, but they have a few similarities.

* InfantImmortality: Averted. [[spoiler: When Natalie dies, her baby dies too.]]

* BadassGay: Birdie. Hailey for finally telling Earl off and letting the freaks kill him.

* Foil: The one off character, Elise, serves as a small one for Grover. She has an infected younger brother she is desperate to save. Her decision to [[spoiler: sacrifice Grover to her brother]] suggests that [[TheExtremistWasRight Barrett was right]] when he told the group that Grover couldn't be trusted about Mary.

* EatenAlive: {{The Walking Dead}} style.

* AnAxeToGrind: Diesel finds an axe wedged bewteen a corpse's head inside the electric room.

''Freakish'' is a Horror television series on the network Creator/{{Hulu}}, in junction with Creator/AwesomenessTV. The show is memorable for featuring social media stars who received their fame on the now-defunct WebOriginal/{{Vine}} video site. This show has been described as ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' meets ''Film/TheBreakfastClub''" for its similarities. Season 1 premiered on October 10th, 2016. It was renewed for a second season, which premiered on October 16th, 2017.

''Freakish'' is a Horror television series on the network {{Hulu}}, in junction with {{AwesomenessTV}}. The show is memorable for featuring social media stars who received their fame on the now-defunct {{Vine}} video site. This show has been described as "{{The Walking Dead}} meets ''Film/TheBreakfastClub''" for its similarities. Season 1 premiered on October 10th, 2016. It was renewed for a second season, which premiered on October 16th, 2017.

Freakish is a Horror television series on the network {{Hulu}}, in junction with {{AwesomenessTV}}. The show is memorable for featuring social media stars who received their fame on the now-defunct {{Vine}} video site. This show has been described as "{{The Walking Dead}} meets ''Film/TheBreakfastClub''" for its similarities. Season 1 premiered on October 10th, 2016. It was renewed for a second season, which premiered on October 16th, 2017.

** Basically, when any survivor prepares themselves to ward off any freaks in their path, they end up dropping their weapons and making a run for it!

** Project Wednesday may be considered a Big Bad as well. Using civilians as humanoid soldiers without their consent and bombing an entire county to test said soldiers' abilities? Check.

** [[spoiler: Barrett kills LaShawn, who was already slowly dying due to gangrene and diabetic complications.]]

** [[spoiler: Hailey shoots a window, allowing the fallout to enter through the cracks and a bunch of freaks attack Earl and Jake. However, it is implied that Jake can survive a freak attack.]]

* ArcVillain: Barrett manages to be a villain at least once each season. In the first season, he's already established as a {{Jerkass}} who sold out his friends for an app. Then he becomes a villain again when Collins shows up and claims he's been wanted by the FBI for hacking into Keller Chemical. In season 2, he becomes an Arc Villain again, maintaining that status as villain when he [[spoiler: kills LaShawn.]]

** Averted with LaShawn's diabetes. LaShawn is perfectly healthy in season 1, where he is a well-respected jock amongst Kent, but when his sugar levels go dangerously low, he starts to hallucinate and eventually falls into a diabetic coma. Diabetics also must be on antibiotics when they have an open wound injury because diabetics cannot heal from wounds as fast as non-diabetics, so his time was very short, even with Grover going outside to get supplies.
* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: The survivors prepare themselves to find and subdue a recently turned Mary, however Grover, LaShawn, and Zoe drop their weapons when they see her.

* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: LaShawn comes back in the season 1 finale to be killed by Barrett two episodes into the second season.]]

* BigBad: Keller Chemical. From what we have seen, the company has caused a genocidal apocalypse, has tried to kill the high school survivors, and has tortured LaShawn for information. When Zoe and Violet discover that Anka and Ollie are part of the Keller family and that Zane works as Keller Chemical security, the school survivors are immediately disenchanted and start distrusting them. Even the drug store survivors start distrusting them.
* BittersweetEnding: The season 1 finale. The high school survivors have warded the blue suits off their backs and LaShawn is shown to have been survived from being outside, [[spoiler: however Natalie is dead and there is no other way for anyone to escape, while the freaks take over the Kent science wing.]]
** The drug store survivors and the high school survivors celebrate finally being able to escape the school. [[spoiler: Ollie drugs the survivors as well as his little sister after having his trust broken by her, and escapes with the beacon.]]
** Earl has been ambushed by the freaks, ridding Hailey of her abusive guardian. Also, it's implied that Jake has survived being eaten by the freaks. [[spoiler: Birdie has a seizure but there are no freaks nearby, which means someone is turning. The person hasn't been revealed, but a hint: experiments like Birdie cannot turn. Violet is now dead. Grover survives from breathing the contaminated air and from being shot, which may imply that his father turned him into an experiment.]]

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: [[spoiler: Barrett kills LaShawn in season 2. Had he not kill LaShawn, the high school survivors would have died due to the many freaks in their vicinity. Zoe responds by calling Barrett a monster who wanted to get rid of LaShawn, which is also true.]]
** The show's minor theme is mercy killing. There are instances where characters (namely Hailey and Violet) who express discomfort with killing a freak. Grover cries when he kills his first freak in season 1, however he refuses to kill mutant!Mary, or have anyone lay a finger on her. Zoe expresses her distaste over killing anyone in both seasons, despite killing a couple freaks in self defense. Diesel kills a couple freaks in the science wing to cope with his girlfriend's untimely death and to deplete the freak population, but can't bring himself to kill another one after Felicity's death. However on the other side, Barrett expresses killing -- or at least testing -- the freaks for survival. LaShawn also expresses killing mutant!Mary after she kills his best friend Noodle. Both sides have valid points; there is still a bit of human in the freaks so it may be hard to kill them, however when it comes to survival, killing a mutated freak may be necessary.

* BreakTheHaughty: Barrett has a emotional breakdown over [[spoiler: killing LaShawn, losing Zoe's trust, and leaving Grover to be shot and captured by Keller.]]

** Friendship. In a matter of a season, the high school survivors become friends, or at least have a mutual respect for each other in Barrett's case. Natalie rekindles her friendship with Zoe. Violet grows closer with Zoe, especially after Natalie's death. Barrett finds a friend in Grover when they both are shunned by the survivors and get to know things about Keller, Grover's dad, and each other.
** Love and relationships. Zoe's relationship with LaShawn is one of the healthiest relationships. They have a mutual respect for each other and understand each other's strengths and weaknesses. They also manage to make up in the same episode they fight in. Diesel and Natalie manage to be a short-lived Beta Couple who understand each other and don't necessarily care about each other's reputation, until Natalie dies.
** Trust. It is defintely a slow build, but the high school survivors learn to trust each other. It waives off every now and then, but they can trust each other to kill if they ever turn, and have each other's backs in any dire situation.
** Corruption. Throughout season 2, Grover learns that his father is part of Project Wednesday, an experiment that turns normal people into experiments, in the case of Jake and Birdie. He slowly understands that his father may be corrupt, especially after he reaches the help point with Barrett and obtain more information about Project Wednesday. Also, the government doesn't seem to care much about Kent County, because it's been over a week and no one has been saved.

** Barrett comforts Zoe [[spoiler: after Natalie's death.]] He does it again after [[spoiler: he kills LaShawn.]]

** Zoe gets one after LaShawn's death, where she goes through a great deal of guilt and grief, [[spoiler: until Barrett reveals he killed LaShawn.]]

* ADeathInTheLimelight: Natalie in season 1. [[spoiler: LaShawn in season 2.]]

** TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: It's been implied that the reason why Keller caused the chemical accident is to have control over the county and create experimental humanoids using the survivors. That also might mean that "retrieval targets" [[spoiler: like Grover]] are people meant to become experiments.

** The noise is doubled when a bunch of freaks are trying to break in the school [[spoiler: while LaShawn is slowly dying.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Zoe experiences this after [[spoiler: Lashawn's death]]. Barrett starts to feel immense guilt after [[spoiler: Grover gets captured by the government, to the point where Grover is his imaginary conscience.]]

* HowWeGotHere: The entire "Trespass" cold open explains how LaShawn got to the police station and found out some disturbing truths about Keller.

* KillEmAll: What LaShawn wants to do with the freaks. turning!Mary laughs in his face and tells him off.

* LoveTriangle: Even in a horror show about teenagers would there be love triangles. They don't usually last long though.
** A notable one is Barrett, Zoe, & LaShawn. Barrett has an unrequited crush on Zoe, who is dating LaShawn. There are many hints in season 1 that Barrett would do anything to get LaShawn out of the picture, and he gets his chance in "Attraction", even though he doesn't want to. He [[EverybodyKnewAlready admits it out loud]] to Grover when they lament on their past relationships inside the fire truck.

** Averted with LaShawn.

* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Barrett to LaShawn.]]

** A scene in season 2 reveals that freaks will not eat raw animals. Elise tries to feed her mutated brother their pet, but he doesn't and would much rather attack a human instead.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Barrett and LaShawn have this in common.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Barrett experiences this after [[spoiler: killing LaShawn and abandoning Grover.]]

* NotAZombie / NotUsingTheZWord
* NotSoDifferent: LaShawn and Barrett hate each other, but they have a few similarities.

* PartyScattering: Season 2.

** By the season finale, Barrett is alone with Tanya while Hailey and Birdie join the remaining school survivors.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Zoe calls Barrett out on his lies after he admits that he [[spoiler: killed LaShawn]], severing their friendship.

* SanitySlippage: What the survivors think is happening to LaShawn in season 1, but they find out that he had a diabetic hallucination.

** LaShawn is the only black dude in season 1 after the coach's death.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[spoiler: LaShawn barely shows up in the season 2 trailer.]]

** Noodle, Zoe, and LaShawn. Noodle doesn't feel like a third wheel and Zoe happily accepts Noodle as a friend rather than push him away.

* TheVirus / ViralTransformation: The chemical fallout causes people to turn into cannibalistic mutated freaks overnight. It's also possible by being bitten by the afflicted, in the case of Mary. It slowly turns a human into the undead, with an appetite for human flesh, and t is not asymptomatic.

** Felicity believes in this too.

Freakish is a Horror television series on the network {{Hulu}}, in junction with {{AwesomenessTV}}. The show is memorable for featuring social media stars who received their fame on the now-defunct {{Vine}} video site. This show has been described as "{{The Walking Dead}} meets {{The Breakfast Club}}" for its similarities. Season 1 premiered on October 10th, 2016. It was renewed for a second season, which premiered on October 16th, 2017.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Grover]] tampers with the Keller siblings' beacon so they won't call any more "blue suits". However, the beacon was to save the survivors, regardless of how people felt about Keller Chemical or the "blue suits".

** [[spoiler: Barrett euthanizes LaShawn, who was already slowly dying due to gangrene and complications with his diabetes.]]

* ArcVillain: Barrett manages to be a villain at least once each season. In the first season, he's already established as a {{Jerkass}} who sold out his friends for an app. Then he becomes a villain again when Collins shows up and claims he's been wanted by the FBI for hacking into Keller Chemical. In season 2, he becomes an Arc Villain again, maintaining that status as villain when he [[spoiler: euthanizes LaShawn.]]

** Averted with LaShawn's diabetes. LaShawn is perfectly healthy in season 1, where he is a well-respected jock amongst Kent, and when his sugar levels go dangerously low, he starts to hallucinate and eventually falls into a diabetic coma. Diabetics also must be on antibiotics when they have an injury such as a broken limb because diabetics cannot heal from wounds as fast as non-diabetics, so his time was very short, even with Grover going outside to get supplies.
* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: The survivors prepare themselves to find and subdue a recently nturned Mary, however Grover, LaShawn, and Zoe drop their weapons when they see her.
** Basically, when any survivor prepares themselves to ward off any freaks in their path, they end up dropping their weapons and making a run for it.

* BadassCrew: The survivors.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Mary turning makes her into a cynical badass. Also, Hailey's not as useless as people around her claim to say.
* BigBad: Keller Chemical. From what we have seen, the company caused a genocidal apocalypse, has tried to kill the school survivors via injection, and has tortured LaShawn for information. When Zoe and Violet discover that Anka and Ollie are part of the Keller family and that Zane works as Keller Chemical security, the school survivors are immediately disenchanted and start distrusting the drug store survivors.
* BittersweetEnding: The season 1 finale. The high school survivors have warded Keller off their backs and LaShawn is shown to have been survived from being outside, [[spoiler: however Natalie is dead and there is no other way for anyone to escape, while the freaks take over the science wing.]]

** Season 2 finale. Earl has been ambushed by the freaks, ridding Hailey of her abusive guardian. Also, it's implied that Jake has survived being eaten by the freaks. [[spoiler: Birdie has a seizure but there are no freaks nearby, which means someone is turning. The person hasn't been revealed, but a hint: experiments like Birdie cannot turn. Violet is now dead. Grover survives from breathing the contaminated air and from being shot, and is faced with his father.]]

* BloodierAndGorier: Season 2, for not only having the most significant deaths but having many survivors covered in blood on occasions, and the survivors are killing more freaks with a little less guilt than before.

* BreakTheHaughty: Barrett has a emotional breakdown over [[spoiler: killing LaShawn, losing Zoe's trust, and leaving Grver to be shot and captured by Keller.]]

** Love and relationships. Zoe's relationship with LaShawn is one of the healthiest relationships on the show. They have a mutual respect for each other and understand each other's strengths. They also manage to make up n the same episode they fight in.

* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: It is inevitable that most of the characters may die at the end of the show. This may be averted with Grover because of his status as a retrieval target, and maybe Barrett because of his knowledge of Keller Chemical and its corruption.

* ComfortingTheWindow: Sadie unwillingly does this to Diesel.

* CreepyBasement: The fallout sheltr doesn't look like a nice place to stay in. It becomes even more creepy in season 2, when Diesel discovers a secret wall that holds a mysterious vault, with a 30-year-old corpse in there.

** Violet and Zane receove one of their previous relationship on Violet's birthday.

** Season 2: Anka and Ollie Keller have a beacon for any dire circumstance and the reason why they've been stalling is because they need a place to land the helicopter. [[spoiler: However, Ollie's trust has been shattered by Anka and he realizes that the survivors are not his friend so he escapes on his own. ]]

** TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: There's no clear explanation as to why Keller is killing/poisoning survivors.

* HowWeGotHere: The entire "Trespass" cold open explains how LaShawn got to the police station and found out some disturbing truths about Keller, and back to the school.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Diesel's nail-studded baseball bat. Doubles as [[Iconic Item]].

* MassOhCrap: The survivors has one when the freaks escape the fallout shelter in "Prey".

** Grover, Barrett, Diesel, and Violet.

** By the season finale, Barrett is alone with Tanya while Hailey and Birdie join the remaining survivors.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Zoe: WE WERE TRAPPED!

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Zoe calls out Barrett on his lies after she finds out he [[spoiler: killed LaShawn]], severing their friendship.

** Ollie and Violet give one to Anka, on different occasions.

* RoomFullOfZombies: Season 1 had most of the freaks inside the fallout shelter until Collins sets them free.

** Zane and Birdie by the end of season 2.

** Grover and Barrett in season 2. It's hinted in season 1 when Grover is the first one to believe Barrett about Collins.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Elise believes that the government are making a cure/vaccne to restore humanity. [[spoiler: She dies before she realizes that they are not.]]

* YouAreAlreadyInfected: Earl shoots a survivor after he's been bitten by a freak.

* NotAZombie/NotUsingTheZWord: Zane calls the freaks "zombies" until Grover corrects him.

* TrueCompanions/HeterosexualLifePartners:

* TheVirus/ViralTransformation: The chemical fallout causes people to turn into cannibalistic mutated freaks overnight. It's also possible by being bitten by the afflicted, in the case of Mary. It slowly turns a human into the undead, with an appetite for human flesh, and t is not asymptomatic.

* RunOrDie

** A notable one is Barrett/Zoe/LaShawn. Barrett has an unrequited crush on Zoe, who is dating LaShawn. There are many hints in season 1 that Barrett would do anything to get LaShawn out of the picture, and he gets his chance in "Attraction", even though he doesn't want to. He [[EverybodyKnewAlready admits it out loud]] to Grover when they lament on their past relationships inside the fire truck.

* MurderIsTheOnlyOption: Barrett and LaShawn have this in common.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: YMMV about Barrett, but he has genuine care for Zoe, his old babysitter Elise, and eventually Grover.

* EyeScream: How [[spoiler: Violet]] dies.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: [[spoiler: Barrett kills LaShawn in season 2. Had he not kill LaShawn, the high school survivors would have died due to the many freaks in their vicinity. Zoe responds by calling Barrett a monster who wanted to get rid of LaShawn, which is also truek.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier

Freakish is a Horror television series on the network {{Hulu}}, in junction with {{AwesomenessTV}}. The show is memorable for featuring social media stars who were mostly famous on the now-defunct {{Vine}} video site. This show has been described as "{{The Walking Dead}} meets {{The Breakfast Club}}" for its similarities to the two. Season 1 premiered on October 10th, 2016. It was renewed for a second season, which premiered on October 16th, 2017.

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Noodle dies after being "eaten" by mutant!Mary. An already-dying Natalie sacrifices herself to save her friends who were trying to ward off freaks. Barrett euthanizes LaShawn, who was already slowly dying due to gangrene and complications with his diabetes. Jake kills Red with Red's skateboard and stuffs his body in a nearby locker. Felicity sacrifices herself to save the survivors on the roof from the freaks. Violet gets stabbed in the eye by Earl.]]

* ArcVillain: Barrett manages to be a villain twice each season. In the first season, he's already established as a {{Jerkass}} who sold out his friends for an app. Then he becomes a villain again when Collins shows up and claims he's been wanted by the FBI for hacking into Keller Chemical. In season 2, he becomes an Arc Villain again, maintaining that status as villain when he [[spoiler: euthanizes LaShawn.]]

** Averted with LaShawn's depiction of having diabetes. LaShawn is perfectly healthy in season 1, where he is a well-respected jock amongst Kent, and when his sugar levels go dangerously low, he starts to hallucinate and eventually falls into a diabetic coma. Diabetics also must be on antibiotics when they have an injury such as a broken limb because diabetics cannot heal from wounds as fast as non-diabetics, so his time was very short, even with Grover going outside to get supplies.
** Birdie gets grand mal seizures when a mutated freak is near, but on the last episode, it is revealed that she can also have grand mal seizures to detect when someone is turning.
* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: The survivors prepare themselves to find and subdue a turned Mary, however Grover, LaShawn, and Zoe drop their weapons when they see her.

* BadassGay: Birdie.
* BadassInDistress: Zoe, especially in season 2. She betrays her friends for the Keller siblings in order to get to her brothers.

** Season 2 finale. Earl has been ambushed by the freaks, ridding Hailey of her abusive guardian. Also, it's implied that Jake has survived being eaten by the freaks. [[spoiler: Birdie has a seizure but there are no freaks nearby, which means someone is turning. It hasn't been revealed, but a hint: experiments like Birdie cannot turn. Violet is now dead. Grover survives from breathing the contaminated air and from being shot, and is faced with his father.]]

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: [[spoiler: Barrett kills LaShawn in season 2. Had he not kill LaShawn, the high school survivors would have died due to the many freaks in their vicinity. However, Zoe would have understood that LaShawn needed to die and would be ok with a heartfelt goodbye.]]
** The show's minor theme is mercy killing. There are instances where characters (namely Hailey and Violet) who express discomfort with killing a freak. Grover cries when he kills his first freak in season 1, however he refuses to kill mutant!Mary, or have anyone lay a finger on her. Zoe expresses her distaste over killing anyone in both seasons, despite killing a couple freaks in self defense. Diesel kills a couple freaks in the science wing to cope with his girlfriend's untimely death and to deplete the freak population, but can't bring himself to kill another one after Felicity's death. However on the other side, Barrett expresses killing -- or at least testing -- the freaks for survival. LaShawn also expresses killing mutant!Mary after she kills his best friend Noodle. Both sides have valid points; here is still a bit of human in them so it may be hard to kill them, however when it comes to survival, killing a mutated freak may be necessary.

* BeserkButton: Don't try to harm Mary, even if she's a freak.
** Barrett tends to push everyone's Beserk Button, whether intentionally or not.

Freakish is a Horror television series on the network {{Hulu}}, in junction with {{AwesomenessTV}}. The show is memorable for featuring social media stars who were mostly famous on the now-defunct {{Vine}} video site. This show has been described as "{{The Walking Dead}} meets {{The Breakfast Club}}" for its similarities to the two. Season 1 premiered on October 10th, 2016.

Freakish is a Horror television series on the network Hulu, in junction with AwesomenessTV. The show is memorable for featuring social media stars who were mostly famous on the now-defunct Vine video site. This show has been described as "The Walking Dead meets the Breakfast Club" for its similarities to the two. Season 1 premiered on October 10th, 2016.