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* {{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.]]
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Syd and Dina, the former a short-haired CoolLoser who may well be gay (or at least bisexual) and the latter her more glamorous, more popular best friend who is dating a football player.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Syd and Dina, the former a short-haired CoolLoser who may well be is gay (or at least bisexual) and the latter her more glamorous, more popular best friend who is dating a football player.
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* AbusiveParents: Stan’s father is neglectful, verbally abusive, and heavily implied to be physically abusive as well.
* 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.
** 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]].
** 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]].
* EmbarrassingCoverup: Syd claims that she and Stan had sex in the library in order to hide her powers from Dina.
* Expy: Many aspects of Stanley's character are based on Ducky from PrettyInPink
* Expy: Many aspects of Stanley's character are based on Ducky from PrettyInPink
* GoneHorriblyRight: Syd wanted Brad to stop talking and he definitely did.
* HateSink: Bradley.
* HateSink: Bradley.
* NoodleIncident: How Stanley discovered burrito bombs or why he set one off in his house we will never know.
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* 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.
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* TheAllegedCar: Stanley drives a 1978 or '79 Ford Fairmont whose power window (a rare option to begin with) strains to go down. Sydney later says that it smells like weed. Becomes even worse when he crashes it after Rick's party.
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* LighterAndSofter: The show is considerably more funny and upbeat than the dour graphic novel.
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* 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 herself.
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* 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.
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* 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.
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** It's implied Stan is this as well, though we don't see as much of his personal life.
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* TheBlindLeadingTheBlind: Stanley appoints himself Syd's mentor, despite his only knowledge coming from comic books.
* TheBlindLeadingTheBlind: Stanley appoints himself Syd's mentor, despite his only knowledge coming from comic books.
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* DrugsAreBad: Generally averted, with the exception of Stan's homecoming date, who believes marijuana is a gateway drug that leads to death. It's PlayedForLaughs.
*DrugsAreGood: Syd and Stan bond while smoking weed together and Syd later writes in her diary that it helped her forget about her anxieties.
*DetentionEpisode: Another Day In Paradise takes place almost entirely in detention.
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* 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]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Syd is shell-shocked after she [[spoiler: accidentally kills Brad]]
* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: How Stan sees Brownsville.
-->'''Syd:''' Why are you still talking to me?\\
'''Stan:''' Because everyone else here is boring.
* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: How Stan sees Brownsville.
-->'''Syd:''' Why are you still talking to me?\\
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* PowerTrio: Syd, Stan, and Dina are this, particularly in episode 5.
* ProperlyParanoid: Turns out Syd is right about [[spoiler: someone following her]]
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* WhamShot: [[spoiler: Brad's head exploding]].
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* ArtStyleDissonance: The comic is drawn like a comedic Sunday strip, except the subject matter is, well, depressing. They're supposed to be drawings drawn by Syd in her diary.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: 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.]]
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** 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.]]]]
** The first time we see Stan's father, he nonchalantly says that Stan (who is dressed up for a party) looks like a [=f*ggot=].
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** The first time we see Stan's father, he nonchalantly says that Stan (who is dressed up for a party) looks like a [=f*ggot=].
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* 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.
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* BloodSplatteredInnocents: [[spoiler:After Brad's head explodes, his blood splatters all over Syd and everyone around them.]]
* DisappearedDad: Mr. Novak killed himself, something that continues to trouble Syd by the time the show starts.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: While [[spoiler:exposing Syd with her diary at prom, specifically about her kissing Dina]], [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Brad]] starts out by saying that he "totally" gets that girls get experimental when they're drunk and he supports it, wording it in a way that implies this.
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* {{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...]]
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* DownerEnding: The comic. [[spoiler:After accidentally killing Brad, Syd believes that she's too dangerous and is DrivenToSuicide.]]
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Sydney Novak is an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent "boring 17-year-old white girl"]] whose family has just moved to [[FlyoverCountry small-town Pennsylvania]]. She's made a best friend in Dina, the two of them bonding over them both being new in town, and has developed romantic feelings for 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]].
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Sydney Novak is an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent "boring 17-year-old white girl"]] whose family has just moved to [[FlyoverCountry small-town Pennsylvania]]. 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 developed romantic feelings for 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]].
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* ShoutOut:
** StockShoutOuts: The opening shot is of Sydney walking down the street in [[BloodSplatteredWeddingDress a spaghetti-strap dress covered in blood]] with a ThousandYardStare, looking very similar to the title character of ''Film/Carrie1976'' during her psychic rampage. The fact that [[PsychoactivePowers anger sets off her powers]] only furthers the comparisons, [[spoiler:as does the fact that it turns out she killed someone at the HighSchoolDance]].
** ''Film/{{Scanners}}'' gets a big one when [[spoiler:Syd causes Brad's head to [[YourHeadASplode explode]] in front of everyone]].
** StockShoutOuts: The opening shot is of Sydney walking down the street in [[BloodSplatteredWeddingDress a spaghetti-strap dress covered in blood]] with a ThousandYardStare, looking very similar to the title character of ''Film/Carrie1976'' during her psychic rampage. The fact that [[PsychoactivePowers anger sets off her powers]] only furthers the comparisons, [[spoiler:as does the fact that it turns out she killed someone at the HighSchoolDance]].
** ''Film/{{Scanners}}'' gets a big one when [[spoiler:Syd causes Brad's head to [[YourHeadASplode explode]] in front of everyone]].
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* RapeAsDrama[=/=]RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: In the comic only, [[spoiler: Brad rapes Dina in anger at her TeenPregnancy, which is what drives Sydney to kill him.]]
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* BookEnds: Syd's first use of her powers is to give Brad a nosebleed, [[spoiler:and her last use of them in the first season is to [[YourHeadASplode cause his head to explode]]]].
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* DrivenToSuicide: Sydney's father hanged himself, an incident that remains a BerserkButton for her mother, who refuses to talk about it.
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* 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.]]
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* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: Sydney accidentally does this to Brad in the first season finale.]]
* AdaptationalHeroism: DownplayedTrope: Brad is not a particularly nice guy, but not the [[spoiler: [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil callous rapist]]]] of the graphic novel.
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* TheAllegedCar: Stanley drives an old '80s sedan whose power window strains to go down. Sydney later says that it smells like weed.
* TheBreakfastPlot: Episode five, "Another Day in Paradise", with Brad as the athlete, Dina as the princess, Jenny as the criminal, Stan as the nerd, and Syd as the basket case.
* CockroachesWillRuleTheEarth: A variation; Stan believes that jellyfish will rule the Earth after humanity destroys itself, which is why he, in one of his drugged-out hazes, wishes he could be a jellyfish after the apocalypse so he could lead them to victory over the roaches.
* 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.
* DaydreamBeliever: Stan suspects that the authors of superhero comics must have done some research on the supernatural abilities they depicted in their stories, and uses them for research once he finds out that Sydney has PsychicPowers, envisioning her as a budding {{superhero}} and himself as [[TheMentor her mentor]].
* DrivenToSuicide: Sydney's father hanged himself, an incident that remains a BerserkButton for her mother, who refuses to talk about it.
* 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.
* FlyoverCountry: The show is set in a town in western UsefulNotes/{{Pennsylvania}} that has clearly seen better days. (It was filmed in Brownsville and Wilmerding outside UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}, both of which are real-life {{Dying Town}}s whose populations have declined by over two-thirds since their peaks.)
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: [[spoiler:Brad outs Syd in episode seven during the homecoming dance, having stolen her diary and found out that she kissed Dina and has romantic feelings for her.]]
* HighSchoolDance: Episode seven takes place at the homecoming dance, [[spoiler:where Brad plans to get revenge on Syd in true ''Literature/{{Carrie}}''-esque fashion]].
* ImplausibleDeniability: When Stan sees that the shockwave that just knocked down several trees was centered on Syd, she tries to claim that it wasn't her.
-->'''Syd:''' "It was like this when I got here, I swear!"
* JadedWashout:
** Stan likes watching the high school's football games because he believes that most of the players are destined to turn out like this, saying that they're the ones who will attend the ClassReunion in five, ten, and twenty years because even those who go on to middle-class success rather than burning out will still wind up as mediocrities who look back on their high school years as their GloryDays. He compares high school football to a Shakespearean tragedy in that the players, at the peak of their lives, have nowhere to go but down.
** Stan is likely likely speaking from experience, given that his father was the homecoming king in 1991 and turned into a layabout drunk.
-->'''Mr. Barber:''' "Still got my picture hanging in the auditorium."\\
'''Stan:''' "How's that working out for you?"
* 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.]]
* 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]].
* 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."
* MindOverMatter: Sydney can move objects with her mind, with enough power to topple several trees in a shockwave blast.
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: After accidentally killing Liam's hedgehog Banana with her powers, Sydney's speech as she and Liam are burying him in the backyard starts to spill over into her feelings for her late father, wishing that she could've been there for him before he killed himself.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Sydney's opening monologue spotlights the fact that, as far as she's concerned, she's "not special". Sure enough, guess who turns out to have PsychicPowers.
* 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.
* PsychoactivePowers: Emotional distress, especially anger, causes Sydney's powers to fully erupt, in a manner similar to [[Literature/{{Carrie}} Carrie White]]. Stanley tries to invoke this by insulting Sydney, which just causes her to laugh until he starts going after her family.
* 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.
* RightBehindMe: Syd walks in on Brad and Jenny talking about how [[spoiler:Brad cheated on Dina with her]].
* 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]].
* 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''.]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Brad:]]''' "But that is not even the weirdest thing about Sydney Novak. Get this: Sydney claims that she has-" '''''[[spoiler:[[YourHeadASplode SPLAT]]]]'''''
* ShellShockedVeteran: [[spoiler:Sydney's father served in [[SemperFi the Marines]]. He was so horrified by what he saw and did that he refused to talk about his service, and it eventually [[DrivenToSuicide drove him to kill himself]]. It's also implied that he had similar powers to Syd and that she inherited them from him, going by an incident where he was the only survivor of a massive explosion.]]
* 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.
* 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.]]
-->'''Syd:''' "The less of a fuck I give, the less likely I am to [[PsychoactivePowers break shit]]."
* StockShoutOuts: The opening shot is of Sydney walking down the street in [[BloodSplatteredWeddingDress a spaghetti-strap dress covered in blood]] with a ThousandYardStare, looking very similar to the title character of ''Film/Carrie1976'' during her psychic rampage. The fact that [[PsychoactivePowers anger sets off her powers]] only furthers the comparisons.
* TheStoner: Stan, whose car smells like marijuana and who also sells weed on the side.
* TheirFirstTime: Sydney and Stan at the end of episode two.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Syd and Dina, the former a short-haired CoolLoser who may well be gay (or at least bisexual) and the latter her more glamorous, more popular best friend who is dating a football player.
* WhamEpisode:
** Episode three, "The Party's Over", where Stan finds out about Sydney's powers.
** Episode six, "Like Father, Like Daughter", where Syd finds out that [[spoiler:her father served in the Marines and likely had similar PsychicPowers to her]].
** 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.]]
* WildTeenParty: Sydney, Stan, and Dina go to one in the third episode. Stan says that the entire cheerleading squad was snorting cocaine in the bathroom.
* 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.]]
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Sydney Novak is an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent "boring 17-year-old white girl"]] whose family has just moved to [[FlyoverCountry small-town Pennsylvania]]. She's made a best friend in Dina, the two of them bonding over them both being new in town, and has developed romantic feelings for 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]].
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!!Tropes:
* TheAllegedCar: Stanley drives an old '80s sedan whose power window strains to go down. Sydney later says that it smells like weed.
* TheBreakfastPlot: Episode five, "Another Day in Paradise", with Brad as the athlete, Dina as the princess, Jenny as the criminal, Stan as the nerd, and Syd as the basket case.
* CockroachesWillRuleTheEarth: A variation; Stan believes that jellyfish will rule the Earth after humanity destroys itself, which is why he, in one of his drugged-out hazes, wishes he could be a jellyfish after the apocalypse so he could lead them to victory over the roaches.
* 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.
* DaydreamBeliever: Stan suspects that the authors of superhero comics must have done some research on the supernatural abilities they depicted in their stories, and uses them for research once he finds out that Sydney has PsychicPowers, envisioning her as a budding {{superhero}} and himself as [[TheMentor her mentor]].
* DrivenToSuicide: Sydney's father hanged himself, an incident that remains a BerserkButton for her mother, who refuses to talk about it.
* 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.
* FlyoverCountry: The show is set in a town in western UsefulNotes/{{Pennsylvania}} that has clearly seen better days. (It was filmed in Brownsville and Wilmerding outside UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}, both of which are real-life {{Dying Town}}s whose populations have declined by over two-thirds since their peaks.)
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: [[spoiler:Brad outs Syd in episode seven during the homecoming dance, having stolen her diary and found out that she kissed Dina and has romantic feelings for her.]]
* HighSchoolDance: Episode seven takes place at the homecoming dance, [[spoiler:where Brad plans to get revenge on Syd in true ''Literature/{{Carrie}}''-esque fashion]].
* ImplausibleDeniability: When Stan sees that the shockwave that just knocked down several trees was centered on Syd, she tries to claim that it wasn't her.
-->'''Syd:''' "It was like this when I got here, I swear!"
* JadedWashout:
** Stan likes watching the high school's football games because he believes that most of the players are destined to turn out like this, saying that they're the ones who will attend the ClassReunion in five, ten, and twenty years because even those who go on to middle-class success rather than burning out will still wind up as mediocrities who look back on their high school years as their GloryDays. He compares high school football to a Shakespearean tragedy in that the players, at the peak of their lives, have nowhere to go but down.
** Stan is likely likely speaking from experience, given that his father was the homecoming king in 1991 and turned into a layabout drunk.
-->'''Mr. Barber:''' "Still got my picture hanging in the auditorium."\\
'''Stan:''' "How's that working out for you?"
* 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.]]
* 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]].
* 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."
* MindOverMatter: Sydney can move objects with her mind, with enough power to topple several trees in a shockwave blast.
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: After accidentally killing Liam's hedgehog Banana with her powers, Sydney's speech as she and Liam are burying him in the backyard starts to spill over into her feelings for her late father, wishing that she could've been there for him before he killed himself.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Sydney's opening monologue spotlights the fact that, as far as she's concerned, she's "not special". Sure enough, guess who turns out to have PsychicPowers.
* 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.
* PsychoactivePowers: Emotional distress, especially anger, causes Sydney's powers to fully erupt, in a manner similar to [[Literature/{{Carrie}} Carrie White]]. Stanley tries to invoke this by insulting Sydney, which just causes her to laugh until he starts going after her family.
* 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.
* RightBehindMe: Syd walks in on Brad and Jenny talking about how [[spoiler:Brad cheated on Dina with her]].
* 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]].
* 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''.]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Brad:]]''' "But that is not even the weirdest thing about Sydney Novak. Get this: Sydney claims that she has-" '''''[[spoiler:[[YourHeadASplode SPLAT]]]]'''''
* ShellShockedVeteran: [[spoiler:Sydney's father served in [[SemperFi the Marines]]. He was so horrified by what he saw and did that he refused to talk about his service, and it eventually [[DrivenToSuicide drove him to kill himself]]. It's also implied that he had similar powers to Syd and that she inherited them from him, going by an incident where he was the only survivor of a massive explosion.]]
* 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.
* 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.]]
-->'''Syd:''' "The less of a fuck I give, the less likely I am to [[PsychoactivePowers break shit]]."
* StockShoutOuts: The opening shot is of Sydney walking down the street in [[BloodSplatteredWeddingDress a spaghetti-strap dress covered in blood]] with a ThousandYardStare, looking very similar to the title character of ''Film/Carrie1976'' during her psychic rampage. The fact that [[PsychoactivePowers anger sets off her powers]] only furthers the comparisons.
* TheStoner: Stan, whose car smells like marijuana and who also sells weed on the side.
* TheirFirstTime: Sydney and Stan at the end of episode two.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Syd and Dina, the former a short-haired CoolLoser who may well be gay (or at least bisexual) and the latter her more glamorous, more popular best friend who is dating a football player.
* WhamEpisode:
** Episode three, "The Party's Over", where Stan finds out about Sydney's powers.
** Episode six, "Like Father, Like Daughter", where Syd finds out that [[spoiler:her father served in the Marines and likely had similar PsychicPowers to her]].
** 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.]]
* WildTeenParty: Sydney, Stan, and Dina go to one in the third episode. Stan says that the entire cheerleading squad was snorting cocaine in the bathroom.
* 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.]]
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