History Series / IAmNotOkayWithThis

* RetroUniverse: While it's not explicitly set in TheEighties like ''Series/StrangerThings'' (modern cars are sprinkled amidst older ones, people have smartphones, [=HDTVs=], and flash drives, Sydney refers to TheNineties as being in the past), the setting and aesthetic of the show are still heavily evocative of the time period, from the color palette to the music to the downplaying of modern technology to [[Film/It2017 Sophia Lillis]] playing the protagonist. Justified by it being set in a small, rural, working-class town that is [[TwoDecadesBehind behind the times]], while Stan's collections of UsefulNotes/{{V|CR}}HS tapes and vinyl records are due to him being a retro enthusiast.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Syd and Dina, the former a short-haired CoolLoser who is lesbian and the latter her more glamorous, more popular best friend who is dating a football player.

* ShowSomeLeg: In episode five, Dina tries to do this, [[BareYourMidriff tying off her shirt]] in order to seduce the janitor Carl into giving up his keys so that Syd and Stan can get the security footage of [[spoiler:a freaked-out Syd trashing the library]]. It doesn't work, not least because the janitor is married [[spoiler:and gay]]. He gives her the keys anyway, though, since all she had to do was ask politely.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ianowt_s1_vertical_main_rgb_en_us.jpg]] ''I Am Not Okay with This'' is a 2020 Creator/{{Netflix}} supernatural {{teen dram|a}}edy series created by Jonathan Entwistle and Christy Hall and starring Creator/SophiaLillis, adapted from the graphic novel by Charles Forsman (who also created ''Series/TheEndOfTheFuckingWorld'').

* AbusiveParents: Stan’s father is neglectful, verbally abusive, and heavily implied to be physically abusive as well.

** There are very few grownups present in the series, and the ones that are there tend to provide more obstacles for the teenage characters then anything. Justified with Syd’s mother, as she’s working 60 hours a week to provide for a family of three.
** This is also clearly present at Westinghouse. The school counselor’s main form of therapy is giving Syd a diary and none of the school’s faculty even attempt to intervene when [[spoiler: Bradley outs Syd at the dance and then punches Stan]].

* BloodierAndGorier: {{Zigzagged}}. In the comic, [[spoiler:Brad is internally hurt just enough in his head by Syd's psychic powers that he keels over and dies while having a nosebleed]], whereas in the show, [[spoiler:his entire head explodes, [[LudicrousGibs gibs]] and all]]. However, the alteration in the show is based on the ending of the comic when [[spoiler:Syd blows up her own head]], which was adapted out from the show.

* {{Fingore}}: In the comic Syd does this to her own finger, [[spoiler: foreshadowing the fact that she can harm herself with her powers.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}
** In the comic only [[spoiler: Syd accidentally blowing up her finger shows her powers can hurt herself. Later used for her suicide.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Syd is visibly shell-shocked after she [[spoiler: accidentally kills Brad]].

* PromWrecker: [[spoiler: First Brad, then Syd.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: Turns out Syd is right about [[spoiler: someone following her]].

* RapeAsDrama[=/=]RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: In the comic only, [[spoiler: Brad rapes Dina in anger at her TeenPregnancy, which is what drives Sydney to kill him.]]

* TitleOnlyOpening

* WhamLine: [[spoiler: The reveal that Syd's dad had her powers and it's the reason he killed himself.]]

** [[spoiler: A mysterious figure staring at Syd from a distance.]]
** [[spoiler: Brad's head exploding]].

* WorldOfSnark

* TheirFirstTime: Sydney and Stan at the end of episode two.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Stanley Barber.

* DetentionEpisode: Another Day In Paradise takes place almost entirely in detention.

* FlatEarthAtheist: It takes two episodes for Sydney to realize that all of the strange, seemingly supernatural happenings around her aren't just coincidence; she's actively causing them with her new powers.

* HateSink: Bradley.

* LoveDodecahedron: Stan is attracted to Sydney (and the two of them had sex), who is attracted to Dina (who [[IncompatibleOrientation doesn't feel the same way]]), who is dating Brad, [[spoiler:who is cheating on her with Jenny]].

* PseudoRomanticFriendship: Sydney and Dina's friendship starts taking on these overtones by the third episode. Sydney wants to take it further, while [[IncompatibleOrientation Dina doesn't]]. Regardless, they go to the homecoming dance together, with Syd unsure about her feelings for Stan and Dina [[spoiler:coming off a bad breakup with Brad]].

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: The graphic novel ends with Sydney using her powers to [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide]] after killing Brad and seeing Dina's reaction at the latter's funeral. The first season finale ends with Sydney very much alive...Brad not so much.]]
* StepfordSmiler: Syd tries to do this in episode seven as her angst builds up, simply pushing it all aside and focusing on happy thoughts in order to keep her powers under control. [[spoiler:Then Brad had to go and ruin it.]]

* JerkJock: Bradley "Dick-for-Brains" Lewis and Ricky Berry find sex ed class more amusing than anything, Ricky harasses Sydney when she's not amused by their jokes, and Brad cheats off of Dina's test. Dina's dating Brad, much to Sydney's chagrin, with her comparing them to a [[TastesLikeDiabetes sickeningly sweet]] '50s teen movie couple. [[spoiler:After Syd reveals that Brad cheated on Dina with Jenny, therefore destroying their relationship, he plots revenge on her.]]

* LoveDodecahedron: Stan is attracted to Sydney (and the two of them had sex), [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship who is attracted to Dina]] (who [[IncompatibleOrientation doesn't feel the same way]]), who is dating Brad, [[spoiler:who is cheating on her with Jenny]].

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Sydney and Dina's friendship starts taking on these overtones by the third episode. Sydney wants to take it further, while [[IncompatibleOrientation Dina doesn't]]. Regardless, they go to the homecoming dance together, with Syd unsure about her feelings for Stan and Dina [[spoiler:coming off a bad breakup with Brad]].

* WholePlotReference: The plot of the first season plays out like a more comedic version of ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', albeit minus [[MyBelovedSmother Margaret's religious lunacy]]. Syd is Carrie, the outcast girl with the PsychicPowers who serves as the protagonist. Dina is Sue, the SpoiledSweet girl who is nicer to the heroine than the rest of the school. Stan is Tommy, the heroine's male friend who she struggles with her romantic feelings for. [[spoiler:Brad and Jenny are a gender-flipped Chris and Billy, the former a popular student who has personal beef against the heroine (for getting her kicked out of the prom in Chris' case, for breaking up his relationship with Dina in Brad's) and tries to get revenge on her at the HighSchoolDance, and the latter being the popular kid's {{delinquent|s}}, [[HellBentForLeather black-leather-clad]] lover.]]

Due to budgetary considerations, including an increased budget needed in order to safely film the second season during the [[RealLifeWritesThePlot middle of the Convid virus pandemic.]] Netflix despite originally green-lighting a second season and literally weeks before filming began on season two, where forced to [[CutShort cancel the show in August of 2020.]] Due to both the increased budget needed and uncertainty of available filming dates.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Syd and Dina, the former a short-haired CoolLoser who is lesbian (or at least bisexual) and the latter her more glamorous, more popular best friend who is dating a football player.

Due to budgetary considerations, including an increased budget needed in order to safely film the second season during the [[RealLifeWritesThePlot middle of the Convid virus pandemic.]] Netflix despite originally green-lighting a second season and literally weeks before filming began on season two, where forced to [[CutShort cancel the show season in 2020.]] Due to both the increased budget needed and uncertainty of available filming dates.

Due to budgetary considerations, including an increased budget needed in order to safely film the second season during the [[RealLifeWritesThePlot middle of the Convid virus pandemic.]] Netflix despite originally green-lighting a second season and literally weeks before filming began on season two, where forced to [[CutShort cancel the show season in 2020.]] Due to the increased budget and uncertainty of filming dates.

Due to budgetary considerations, including an increased budget needed in order to safely film the second season during the [[RealLifeWritesThePlot middle of the Convid virus pandemic.]] Netflix despite originally green-lighting a second season and literally weeks before filming began on season two, where forced to [[CutShort cancel the show season in 2020.]] In order to divert funding to finance film safety procedures on their higher rated shows.

Sydney Novak is an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent "boring 17-year-old white girl"]] whose family moved to [[FlyoverCountry small-town Pennsylvania]] two years earlier. She's made a best friend in Dina, the two of them bonding over them both being new in town, and has started a friendship with Stanley Barber, the quirky, pot-smoking boy down the street who works at the bowling alley, but still feels like an outcast. Things take a radical turn when Sydney discovers that she has [[MindOverMatter telekinetic powers]].

* AdaptationalHeroism: DownplayedTrope: Brad is not a particularly nice guy, but not the [[spoiler: [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil callous rapist]]]] of the graphic novel.

** There are very few grownups present in the series, and the ones that are tend to provide more obstacles for the teenage characters then anything. Justified with Syd’s mother, as she’s working 60 hours a week to provide for a family of three.

* TheBlindLeadingTheBlind: Stanley appoints himself Syd's mentor, despite his only knowledge coming from comic books.

* BloodierAndGorier: {{Zigzagged}}. In the comic, [[spoiler:Brad is internally hurt just enough in his head by Syd's psychic powers that he just keels over and dies while he has a nosebleed]], whereas in the show, [[spoiler:his entire head explodes, [[LudicrousGibs gibs]] and all]]. However, the alteration in the show is based on the ending of the comic when [[spoiler:Syd blows up her own head]], which was adapted out from the show.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: Season 1 ends on one. [[spoiler:Syd flees to her treehouse to try to figure out what she's going to do next, only to be met by a mysterious man who confirms to her that people ''should'' be afraid of her and that now they can "begin" something...]]

* CordonBleughChef: Liam's "loaded lasagna" is made from random stuff he found in the fridge and the pantry, some of which he doesn't even know what it is. Sydney thinks it tastes surprisingly good, though.

* {{Expy}}: Many aspects of Stanley's character are based on Ducky from Film/PrettyInPink
* {{Fingore}}: In the comic Syd does this to her own finger. [[spoiler: Foreshadowing the fact she can harm herself with her powers.]]
* FlatEarthAtheist: It takes two episodes for Sydney to realize that all of the strange, seemingly supernatural goings-on around her aren't just coincidence, but that she's actively causing them.

** Brad's remark just before the homecoming dance [[spoiler:that what he has planned will be "fucking mind-blowing". Somebody's mind was indeed [[YourHeadASplode blown]] that night -- namely, his.]]

* GoneHorriblyRight: Syd wanted Brad to stop talking and he definitely did.

** Stan is likely likely speaking from experience, given that his father was the homecoming king in 1991 and turned into a layabout drunk.

* JerkJock: Bradley "Dick-for-Brains" Lewis and Ricky Berry find sex ed class more amusing than anything, Ricky harasses Sydney when she's not amused by their jokes, and Brad cheats off of Dina's test. Dina's dating Brad, much to Sydney's chagrin, with her comparing them to a [[TastesLikeDiabetes sickeningly sweet]] '50s teen movie couple. [[spoiler:After Syd reveals Brad's cheating on Dina with Jenny and destroys their relationship, he plots revenge on her.]]

* LowerClassLout: Stan describes all the men in his family as dickheads, saying that his life is always better when his truck driver father isn't around. He hopes that he can break the "Barber curse". When we're first introduced to his dad in the fourth episode, his first words are to tell Stan "you look like a faggot."

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Syd is shell-shocked after she [[spoiler: accidentally kills Brad]].
* NoodleIncident: How Stanley discovered burrito bombs or why he set one off in his house we will never know.

* ParentsAsPeople: Mrs. Novak is a single parent working 60 hour weeks waitressing to provide for her family, and as such doesn't have great deal of time to emotionally connect to Syd (not the least of which being about the matter of Mr. Novak's suicide, of which she herself is still struggling), who she has little choice but to also hoist a number of parental responsibilities onto.

* ProperlyParanoid: Turns out Syd is right about [[spoiler: someone following her]]
* PsychicNosebleed: Not Sydney herself, but she accidentally gives one of these to Brad while wishing that he'd wipe that stupid smile off his face, the first indication of her powers.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Mrs. Novak chews Syd out for refusing to go to school and saying that it's not fair that she has to take care of Liam, pointing out that ''she's'' not being fair to ''her'' for not wanting to do anything while she (the mom) works 60 hours a week to barely make enough money. She goes further in accusing Syd of favoring her father even after he's dead and that he was [[BrokenPedestal "vacant"]] unlike her.

* SedgwickSpeech: [[spoiler:Brad, when you read the part of Syd's diary describing her powers so that you could mock her for it, ''maybe you should've believed her''.]]

* TransparentCloset: Meta example: the synopsis for the first episode outright states that Sydney is in love with her best friend, something that it takes Syd three episodes to figure out for herself.

** Episode seven, "Deepest, Darkest Secret". [[spoiler:Brad steals Syd's diary and reads it aloud in front of the homecoming dance, touching on everything from Syd's feelings for Dina to her DaddyIssues. When he gets to the part where Syd describes her powers, Syd [[YourHeadASplode blows his brains out]].]]

* WholePlotReference: The plot of the first season plays out like a more comedic version of ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', albeit minus [[MyBelovedSmother Margaret's religious lunacy]]. Syd is Carrie, the outcast girl with the PsychicPowers who serves as the protagonist. Dina is Sue, the SpoiledSweet girl who is nicer to the heroine than the rest of the school. Stan is Tommy, the heroine's male friend who she struggles with her romantic feelings for. [[spoiler:Brad and Jenny are a gender-flipped Chris and Billy, the former a popular student who has a personal beef against the heroine (for getting her kicked out of the prom in Chris' case, for breaking up his relationship with Dina in Brad's) and tries to get revenge on her at the HighSchoolDance, and the latter being the popular kid's {{delinquent|s}}, [[HellBentForLeather black-leather-clad]] lover.]]

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ianowt_s1_vertical_main_rgb_en_us.jpg]] ''I Am Not Okay with This'' is a 2020 Creator/{{Netflix}} supernatural {{teen dram|a}}edy series created by Jonathan Entwistle and Christy Hall and starring [[Film/It2017 Sophia Lillis]], adapted from the graphic novel by Charles Forsman (who also created ''Series/TheEndOfTheFuckingWorld'').

* PromWrecker: [[Spoiler: First Brad, then Syd.]]

* AdultsAreUseless: There are very few grownups present in the series, and the ones that are tend to provide more obstacles for the teenage characters then anything. Justified with Syd’s mother, as she’s working 60 hours a week to provide for a family of three.

* AscendedExtra: Stanley is a relatively minor character in the graphic novel. In the show he's effectively the deuteragonist.

* BloodierAndGorier: Zigzagged. In the comic, [[spoiler:Brad is internally hurt just enough in his head by Syd's psychic powers that he just keels over and dies while he has a nosebleed]], whereas in the show, [[spoiler:his entire head explodes, gibs and all]]. However, the alteration in the show is based on the ending of the comic when [[spoiler:Syd blows up her own head]], which was adapted out from the show.

* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:Reading someone's diary in from of the entire school and outing them]] is a nasty thing to do to be sure. But it still doesn't even come close to merit [[spoiler:death by having your head ''explode''.]] Sydney herself seems to realize this.

* DrivenToSuicide: Sydney's father hanged himself, an incident that remains a BerserkButton for her mother, who refuses to talk about it. [[spoiler:It was due to [[ShellShockedVeteran trauma]] from his service in the Marines, and possibly also because he feared what he might do with his powers.]]

* {{Fingore}}: In the comic Syd does this to her own finger. [[spoiler: foreshadowing the fact she can harm herself with her powers.]]

* HopeSpot: At the homecoming dance, [[spoiler: when Syd has just made up with Stan, and her friendship with Dina seems to be developing into something more, Brad decides to read from her diary in front of the whole school]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Syd is shell-shocked after she [[spoiler: accidentally kills Brad]]

* ParentsAsPeople: Mrs Novak is a single parent working 60 hour weeks waitressing to provide for her family, and as such doesn't have great deal of time to emotionally connect to Syd, (not the least of which being about the matter of Mr Novak's suicide, of which she herself is still struggling), who she has little choice but to also hoist a number of parental responsibilities onto.

** Brad displays misogynistic tendencies but is also openly homophobic.
*** In the comic, he takes this to StrawMisogynist[=/=]HeManWomanHater levels [[spoiler: and eventually ends up [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raping]] Dina.]]

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Syd and Dina, the former a short-haired CoolLoser who is gay (or at least bisexual) and the latter her more glamorous, more popular best friend who is dating a football player.
* TransparentCloset: Meta example: The synopsis for the first episode right-out states that Sydney is in love with her best friend, something that it takes Syd three episodes to figure out for herself.

* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler:Syd does this to Brad in episode seven when he starts reading off her diary in front of the homecoming dance. Specifically, when he gets to the parts concerning Syd's powers.]]

* In the comic only [[spoiler: Syd accidentally blowing up her finger shows her powers can hurt herself. Later used for her sucide.]]

** Stanely asks Syd if [[spoiler:she has met any strange men who can act as her mentor and teach her about her powers. In the finale she does.]]

* WhamShot: [[spoiler: Brad's head exploding]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Brad's remark just before the homecoming dance [[spoiler:that what he has planned will be "fucking mind-blowing". Somebody's mind was indeed [[YourHeadASplode blown]] that night -- namely, his.]]