History Series / KyleXY

-----------

* NinetyPercentOfYourBrain: Specifically, Kyle [[spoiler: (and later Jessi)]] uses around 50% of his brain, which is why he is so gifted and intelligent.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Charlie. He starts out as Amanda's boyfriend and seemingly a genuinely nice guy to Kyle and other protagonists. [[spoiler: It turns out he's a serial cheater and a general tool.]]

* EvilMentor: After a long time of being a benevolent mentor, it seemed that [[spoiler: Foss]] was this to Kyle because of a secret message that Kyle couldn't trust him, until it turned out that the message was actually condemning [[spoiler: Taylor]]... who then becomes the EvilMentor to Jessi by training her to be violent.

* JerkJock: At first it seems that Declan is this trope, but he ends up becoming one of the most awesome characters on the show, and a great friend and confidante to Kyle (and love interest to Lori). Whereas [[spoiler: Charlie, Amanda's boyfriend, starts off as a subversion of this but by Season 2 he's taken to cheating and eventually they break up. Also, he turns out to be highly homophobic - [[HilariousInHindsight ironic considering]] [[Series/{{Glee}} the role his actor would land later on in a highly LGBT-friendly environment.]]]]

* MidSeasonTwist: In season 1, Kyle [[spoiler: sees Foss in his dreams, which have begun to show flashes of memory]].

* NoNavelNovelBirth: Kyle's stomach has no belly button, one of the first clue to others that he's not quite normal. This is because [[spoiler: he is a clone, and thus never had an umbilical cord.]]

* ThePlan: [[spoiler: Kyle and Jessi hatch one to ensnare Cassidy at the end of Season 3.]]

* RedHerring: In the first episode a news reporter talks about a girl who washed up on a beach with no memory like Kyle. [[spoiler: She's never identified, does not show up in the plot, or really impact the story in any way whatsoever.]]

--> Amanda: I know you're one of those guys who'll give the shirt off his back to help, but...(''Kyle takes off his shirt'') [[ExactWords I didn't mean it literally.]]

--> Josh: Zits. Old people. Zits. Old people. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments GRAPEFRUIT!!!]] [[TwoPersonPoolParty (jumps out of the pool in a panic)]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fate of Miss Thatcher and the Head of Security at Zzyzx is never revealed, although it is implied that they were killed when Foss firebombed the facility. Similarly, many minor characters appear in only one episode and never show up again, and even main antagonists can simply drop off without a word. After [[MegaCorp MadaCorp]] is defeated in Season 2, the corporation - and the newly-promoted Emily Hollander - are seen in one further episode, and are then never mentioned again. In Season 2 alone, there were three separate [[BigBad Big Bads]], all of which pretty much went unmentioned after they were defeated.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Jessi had the same traumatic experience of being put traumatically exposed to the outside world and abused by MadaCorp.

%* BirdsOfAFeather: Kyle and Jessi are both naïve but super-strong and intelligent with mysterious backgrounds. Josh and Andy are both slackers who love video games.

* {{Yandere}}: Jessi. Not quite AxCrazy, but she does have a very strong tendency to force out the competition, [[MoodSwinger emotional instability]], and ''very strong'' protective instincts toward anyone she considers family. She even threatens Cassidy with death if he touches the Tragers.

* BellyButtonless: Kyle's stomach has no belly button, one of the first clue to others that he's not quite normal. This is because [[spoiler: he is a clone, and thus never had an umbilical cord.]]

%% * HasTwoMommies: Andy.

* ThinkUnsexyThoughts: Suggested by Josh to Kyle so he can avoid [[RagingStiffie embarrassing public erections]], in addition to ADateWithRosiePalms (for which Josh lends Kyle one of his [[PornStash girly magazines.]])

* AnOddPlaceToSleep: Kyle preferred the family bathtub over a bed.

As part of a new wave of television shows that debut during the early summer, ''Kyle XY'' is a modern-day sci-fi show built around the title character of Kyle that aired 2006-2009. In the first episode, Kyle (Matt Dallas) is a mute, naked, wide-eyed teenager with no memory and no belly button found wandering out of the woods and into the Puget Sound area of Washington state. After a short stay at a juvenile delinquent center, social worker and psychiatrist Nicole Trager (Creator/MargueriteMacIntyre) sees a benign personality in Kyle that doesn't belong there, so she obtains permission to provide a type of foster care with her own family.

The rest of his new family consists of patriarch Stephen Trager (Bruce Thomas), a brother in Josh Trager (Jean-Luc Bilodeau) who is convinced Kyle is an alien, and Lori (April Matson) as a big sister who shows him the nuances of teenage life. Kyle quickly gains a crush in the literal GirlNextDoor Amanda Bloom (Creator/KirstenProut) and a best friend in Declan [=McDonough=] (Chris Olivero), who has an on/off relationship with Lori. Also included is a shadowy stalker Tom Foss who knows where Kyle is from.

The rest of his new family consists of patriarch Stephen Trager (Bruce Thomas), a brother in Josh Trager (Jean-Luc Bilodeau) who is convinced Kyle is an alien, and Lori (April Matson) as a big sister who shows him the nuances of teenage life. Kyle quickly gains a crush in the literal GirlNextDoor Amanda Bloom (Kirsten Prout) and a best friend in Declan [=McDonough=] (Chris Olivero), who has an on/off relationship with Lori. Also included is a shadowy stalker Tom Foss who knows where Kyle is from.

* PlayboyParody: "Playpen" magazine, which Officer Don has a Porn Stash of. His girlfriend Sally considers posing to it, leading to him replacing his lifetime subscription in favor of a year-by-year one in response.

The series concluded with its third season, [[LeftHanging leaving a myriad of questions unanswered]], in true ''Kyle XY'' style. WordOfGod did, however, say a few things about where the [[http://olliewo.blogspot.com/2009/03/writerco-producer-julie-plec-answers.html would have gone had it continued for a couple more seasons.]]

* BettyAndVeronica: The naively kind Kyle (Betty) and the JerkJock Charlie (Veronica) for Amanda, the self-proclaimed "slut" Lori (Betty) and the less-worldly Jessi (Veronica) for Declan, the EndearinglyDorky Mark (Betty) and the JerkWithAHeartOfGold Declan (Veronica) for Lori, ''and'' the nice Catholic girl Amanda (Betty) and the more aggressive Jessi (Veronica) for Kyle.

As part of a new wave of television shows that debut during the early summer, ''Kyle XY'' is a modern-day sci-fi show built around the title character of Kyle that aired 2006-2009. In the first episode, Kyle is a mute, naked, wide-eyed teenager with no memory and no belly button found wandering out of the woods and into the Puget Sound area of Washington state. After a short stay at a juvenile delinquent center, social worker and psychiatrist Nicole Trager sees a benign personality in Kyle that doesn't belong there, so she obtains permission to provide a type of foster care with her own family.

The rest of his new family consists of patriarch Stephen Trager, a brother in Josh Trager who is convinced Kyle is an alien, and Lori as a big sister who shows him the nuances of teenage life. Kyle quickly gains a crush in the literal GirlNextDoor Amanda and a best friend in Declan, who has an on/off relationship with Lori. Also included is a shadowy stalker Tom Foss who knows where Kyle is from.

While it doesn't take too long for the mystery to be solved, there are other problems surrounding it, not the least being that there is someone else exactly like him.

%% * BellyButtonless: Kyle, one of the first clue to others that he's not quite normal.
%% * BettyAndVeronica: Kyle (Betty) and Charlie (Veronica) for Amanda, Lori (Betty) and Jessi (Veronica) for Declan, Mark (Betty) and Declan (Veronica) for Lori, ''and'' Amanda (Betty) and Jessi (Veronica) for Kyle.

%% * BirdsOfAFeather: Lori and Mark, Kyle and Jessi, Josh and Andy.
%% * BlitheSpirit: Kyle to anyone who lets him into their lives.

%% * DistaffCounterpart: Kyle gets one in Season 2.
%% * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Jessi.

%% * DysfunctionJunction: The Tragers used to be like this. Enter [[BlitheSpirit Kyle]] who reorients their priorities and makes them question their own philosophies.
%% * EvilMentor: It seemed that [[spoiler: Foss]] was this to Kyle, until it turned out to be [[spoiler: Taylor]]... who then becomes the EvilMentor to Jessi.
%% * {{Foreshadowing}}: The brief advert for [=MadaCorp=] in the second episode of Season One.

%% * HappilyMarried: Stephen and Nicole

%% * InvincibleHero: Kyle became one of these after Season 1.

%% * LadykillerInLove: Declan for Lori.

%% * LiteralMinded: Kyle, though he gradually gets better.

%% * LovableAlphaBitch: Hillary, though she gets more likable as the series goes on.

%% ** Jessi, despite having memories tends to be like this for most social situations.
%% * NakedOnArrival: Kyle and Jessi.

%% * NotWearingTights

%% * SarcasmBlind: But Kyle learns fast.
%% * ASharedSuffering: Kyle and Jessi, due to both being born in the same lab and having similar abilities. It helps that their genetic donors were once lovers.

%% * SleepCute: The above scene eventually culminates in this.
%% * SpockSpeak: Kyle, especially the way he describes normal human activity in his narration.
%% * SupernaturalSoapOpera
%% * TeamDad: Stephen Trager
%% * TeamMom: Nicole Trager

%% * ThereIsAnother: Jessi and [[spoiler:Adam Baylin's female counterpart Sarah.]]

%% * TwoPersonPoolParty: Josh gets one in "Diving In." [[ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime Not that it goes anywhere...]]

%% * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Jessi.