History Series / LoveVictor

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Benji training Victor for the cafe job, when he accidentally [[ADateWithRosiePalms spills liquid all over his hands]].

** Michael Cimmino as Victor and Anthony Keyvan as Rahim show off their singing chops in 2x09.

* LoveDodecahedron: As mentioned below, Season 2 alone has 4 love triangles[[note]]Though one of these involves the adult characters on the show and doesn't have any overlap with the teenage characters, for obvious reasons[[/note]]. Taking into account relationship dynamics from season 1 such as Victor/Mia/Andrew and Victor/Benji/Derek, and [[spoiler:Lake and Lucy getting together in Season 3]], and the show is rapidly heading towards one of these.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Felix and Victor are very close friends, and Michael Cimmino and Anthony Turpel have an amazing rapport with each other. It’s a refreshing depiction of friendship between gay and straight boys that avoids the IncompatibleOrientation trope that is often depicted in media. They’re just really good besties.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The season 1 finale introduces Wendy, a girl who seems to share a lot of Felix's odd loves and who asks Felix to the Spring Fling after he broke up with Lake. The episode ends with Felix reconciling with Lake after Wendy gives him permission to go with her, and Wendy is never heard from again aside from a cameo in the second episode of season two.

** [[spoiler: It’s implied at the end of season 2 that Andrew was this for Lucy, who is shown to have a crush on Lake.]]

* BookEnds: The show's first episode revolves around the Winter Carnival, as does the last one. The difference being that Victor is joined on the ferris wheel by [[spoiler: Benji, who he was too afraid to even ask in the series pilot]].

** Simon corresponds with Victor through narration [[spoiler:and appears in the New York episode]].

* TheCastShowOff: The show loves giving the cast a chance to sing, especially Michael Cimmino and George Sear.

* HappilyEverAfter: [[spoiler: All of the show's major pairings end the show still together and in love; Victor/Benji, Felix/Pilar, Lake/Lucy, Mia/Andrew, and Armando/Isabel are even starting their own business. The show even has supporting characters Rahim and Nick find love with Connor and Liam, respectively.]]

* LoveDodecahedron: As mentioned below, Season 2 alone has 4 love triangles[[note]]Though one of these involves the adult characters on the show and doesn't have any overlap with the teenage characters, for obvious reasons[[/note]]. Taking into account relationship dynamics from season 1 such as Mia/Andrew/Victor and Benji/Derek/Victor, and [[spoiler:hints of a potential relationship between Lake and Lucy]], and the show is rapidly heading towards one of these.
* LoveTriangle: Season 2 gives us a whopping ''four'' love triangles. This is intentionally done to highlight how couples often face the same issues, whether gay or straight, young or old.
** [[spoiler:Victor/Benji/Rahim]]
** [[spoiler:Felix/Lake/Pilar]]
** [[spoiler:Armando/Isabel/Shelby]]
** [[spoiler:Mia/Andrew/Lucy]]

* MentorInQueerness: Simon fills this role for Victor. In "Boy's Trip", Bram and the rest of his & Simon's friend group step in to help out as well. In season 2, Victor becomes this to Pilar’s friend, Rahim.

** This is furthered in Season 2 with the introduction of Rahim, a Muslim student who is more camp in the vein of Ethan, but whose story and struggles we get to see more of by comparison.

** Andrew’s girlfriend, Lucy, comes off this way at first [[spoiler: until the season 2 finale reveals that she was closeted the whole time and has an attraction to Lake]].

* TheirFirstTime: The episode "Sex Cabin" features the two main couples (Benji/Victor and Lake/Felix) contemplating losing their virginities to each other.

** Lake stops caring so much about popularity and status after dating Felix, and is quick to put aside her chance at a college party to help Felix with his family problems.

** We are introduced to Pilar’s friend Rahim in Season 2, who is gay and Muslim. He and Victor bond over the extra troubles that queer POC have to deal with.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The season 1 finale introduces Wendy, a girl who seems to share a lot of Felix's odd loves and who asks Felix to the Spring Fling after he broke up with Lake. The episode ends with Felix reconciling with Lake after Wendy gives him permission to go with her, and Wendy is never heard from again.

* BittersweetSeventeen: Victor spends his sixteenth birthday party anxious about his growing feelings for Benji, trying to keep the peace between a fighting Isabel and Pilar, and his traditional grandparents expressing their homophobia when Benji brings his boyfriend to the party. Eventually, he calls out his grandpa for making Benji and Derek feel unwelcome.

Victor Salazar (Creator/MichaelCimino) is a {{new transfer student}} at Creekwood High School, previously attended by Simon Spier (Creator/NickRobinson). When Victor starts questioning his place in the world (especially [[ComingOutStory regarding his sexuality]]) he reaches out to Simon for advice on how to figure things out, but soon realizes that his story isn't going to unfold the exact same way.

** Discussed in the episode Gay Gay; Andrew unknowingly offends Victor when he calls him the “least gay gay guy ever” when trying to get him to come back to basketball. After not feeling “gay enough” for Benji’s queer friend group, Victor practically name drops the trope when he asks, “What level of gay will make everyone happy?”

* TheCameo: Creator/{{Katya}} appears as herself in the New York episode.

* NoBisexuals: Discussed. Victor isn't quite sure if he's gay or bisexual, he just knows he's not straight. [[spoiler: Jossed by season 2, in which Lake is attracted to Lucy after dating Felix. WordOfGod has stated that Lake will identify as bi in season 3.]]

The first season premiered on June 2020 during the U.S. LGBTQ+ Pride month, with each season premiering in June thereafter. The third and final season is set to premiere June 15, 2022, co-distributed by Hulu's sister network Creator/DisneyPlus.

** Lake offhandedly mentions she would hook up with Mia if Victor won't. [[spoiler: The season two finale hints that she may be considering dating girls]].

* AdultFear: After Victor comes out, both Isabel and Armando are afraid of doing or saying something that would make Victor resent them and lose their relationship. Isabel especially lives with a lot of guilt for making Victor think she’d love him any less for being gay.
** Benji’s parents had to witness [[spoiler: their only son descend into alcoholism and nearly kill himself driving and didn’t even know what was wrong because he wasn’t out to them.]]

** Natasha Rothwell's Ms. Albright returns, and has since been promoted to Vice Principal.

The first season premiered on June 2020 during the U.S. LGBTQ+ Pride month, with each season premiering in June thereafter. The third and final season premiered June 2022.

Victor Salazar (Michael Cimino) is a {{new transfer student}} at Creekwood High School, previously attended by Simon Spier (Creator/NickRobinson). When Victor starts questioning his place in the world (especially [[ComingOutStory regarding his sexuality]]) he reaches out to Simon for advice on how to figure things out, but soon realizes that his story isn't going to unfold the exact same way.

--> '''Victor:''' Why do I keep having life-changing moments outside of gay bars?
--> '''Isabel:''' Wait, how many gay bars have you been to?

The first season premiered on June 17, 2020, and a second season premiered on June 11, 2021. A third season was announced on July 30, 2021.

** Benji’s parents had to witness [[spoiler: their only son descend into alcoholism and nearly kill himself in a drunk driving accident after they didn’t handle him coming out as well as they could’ve.]]

** Later Averted, [[since Victor ends up having a great time and gets helpful advice from Bram and the roommates. He eventually meets Simon outside of the gay bar they go to.]]

** Seeing [[spoiler: Adrian]] accept Victor without a second thought makes Isabel realize that she has been horrible to Victor and Benji and needs to change.

** [[spoiler:Armando/Isabel/Shelby]]

* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Isabel cheating on Armando is much harder for the show and uninvolved characters to forgive than Victor cheating on Mia, since Victor was not attracted to Mia in the first place.

The second season premiered on June 11, 2021.

* AdultFear: After Victor comes out, both Isabel and Armando are afraid of doing or saying something that would make Victor resent them and lose their relationship.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Mia is devastated when she sees Victor kiss Benji at the end of season one. After spending the summer away from Creekwood and taking some time for herself, she tells Victor that he deserves to be his true self, even if it does hurt to not be with him anymore. The two even trade platonic “I Love You"s as they mend their friendship.

** Mia’s dad is a very ambitious man who works very hard in a field that has disproportionately few black men. Clearly he’s doing this to provide a good life for Mia, but it comes at her expense when he constantly chooses the next advancement opportunity over being present in Mia’s life. Mia feels very neglected as a result

* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: One of Simon and Bram's friends is gender nonconforming, which takes Victor by surprise.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Averted by the Salazar’s. Victor played a big part in raising Pilar and Adrian, especially when their parents were having their issues, so they both have a lot of love and respect for their older brother. Isabel even says that Adrian “loves Victor more than anyone else in the world”.

** Discussed in the episode Gay Gay; Andrew unknowingly offends Victor when he calls him the “least gay gay guy ever” when trying to get him to come back to basketball. After not feeling “gay enough” for Benji’s queer friend group, Victor practically name drops the trope when he ask “what level of gay will make everyone happy?”.

* ClosetGay: Victor is in the closet at the beginning of the series, because of his religious parents. At the end of season 1, [[spoiler:he comes out to his best friend and his parents and sister.]]

* ContinuityNod / IronicEcho: Victor has a dream where he kisses Benji on the ferris wheel like Simon and Bram did in the film, but unlike their positive reception, Victor's turns into a nightmare when the crowd starts booing at them.

** Lake [[spoiler: has a very strained relationship with her image conscious mother, and has body issues thanks to a childhood of her mother forcing her on diets and monthly weigh ins.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: While still a relatively uplifting show, Season 2 explores more adult topics (such as sex, mental illness, and addiction)as Victor becomes more comfortable with being out of the closet. This is also a result of Disney+ no longer producing the series and handing it off to Hulu.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Mommy, in this case, as Isabel rebukes Benji’s attempts to win her over in Season 2.

** Season 2 shows Victor and Rahim eating Oyesters. After they both make the sucking sounds, they agree that “they don’t see the appeal”.

** Averted with Isabel’s affair though. Both Pilar and Armando take a long while to forgive her, and while Victor does offer her grace relatively quickly, he does resent her eventual hypocrisy when she refuses to accept him being gay after everything she put the family through.

** Lake’s ItsAllAboutMe tendencies become more sympathetic when we see how she was raised by a narcissistic mother who would [[spoiler: body shame her daughter from a young age.]]

--> '''Adrian(after Pilar let’s him watch Film/{{Hustlers}})''':What’s a lap dance, and why are they expensive?
** [[spoiler: This is played seriously when he repeats a Pastor saying Victor will go to Hell, which is just the shock Isabel needs to realize how harmful her church’s teachings are to her family.]]

** Discussed by one of Benji’s band mates in season 2, who calls Victor Benji’s “perfect straight jock fantasy”.

* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler:Season 2 ends with Lake seeming to realize she likes girls, prompting yet another emotional ride ComingOutStory.]]

* InformedAttribute: In the first episode, Mia is said to be an extremely popular student, to the extent that Victor catching her attention on his first day and riding the Ferris Wheel with her is notable. The rest of the series? She has one close friend, receives no male attention outside of Anthony, and spends much of her time at home alone, when she’s not with Victor or Lake.
* InformedPoverty: Downplayed. While it's clear that Victor's family isn't as well-off as Simon's, he acknowledges that they're not "Creekwood rich", implying they not exactly bereft either.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Mia is devastated when she sees Victor kiss Benji at the end of season one. After spending the summer away from Creekwood and taking some time for herself, she tells Victor that he deserves to be his true self, even if it does hurt to not be with him anymore. The two even trade platonic “I Love You’s” as they mend their friendship.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Pilar has a very bad attitude following the move, and disrespects Isabel at every turn after finding out about her affair. That being said, she is also a good friend to Felix and Rahim, and loves her brothers very much. When Victor finally comes out to the family, she is the first to hug him and tell him how much she loves him.
* JerkassRealization: After Felix calls out Andrew for his bullying, Andrew really takes a step back to check himself and try to be better.

* MamaBear: For all her missteps, Isabel loves her children more than anything and always tries to do right by them. [[spoiler: This is especially prominent in season 2, where she tells off a homophobic priest for scaring Adrian into thinking Victor was going to hell for having a boyfriend.]]
** In a more tragic example [[spoiler: The reason Felix’s mom gets committed is that she has a manic episode and confronted Lake’s mom out of fear that she was trying to take Felix away from her.]]

* MidSeasonTwist:[[spoiler: Victor kisses Benji in the exact [[RuleOfSeven seventh]] episode after dating Mia for most of the first season, which marks the first major development in him exploring same-sex attraction]].

* MoralGuardian: Season 2 introduces us to Father Lawrence, a priest at Isabel’s church who suggests that Victor can “come back to god” (I.e. be straight) if his family prays hard enough. [[spoiler: He goes too far when he scares Adrian into thinking that Victor is going to hell, resulting in Isabel pulling her family out of his congregation.]]

* NeverMyFault: Benji, while justified in his anger towards Isabel for her treatment of him throughout season 2, never seems to comprehend that any parent would [[spoiler: be upset walking in on their teenage kids having sex, regardless of orientation. This is furthered when he outs Victor to his little brother and doesn’t apologize when Victor calls him out on that.]]
* NoBisexuals: Discussed. Victor isn't quite sure if he's gay or bisexual, he just knows he's not straight. [[spoiler: Jossed by season 2, in which Lake is attracted to Lucy after dating Felix. WordOfGod has stated that Lake will identify as Bi in season 3.]]

--> ''' Armando:''' He’s my son, and it’s who he is. I have to accept it.

* ParentsAsPeople: While they love their children, Armando and Isabel are definitely not perfect and are dealing with their own marital issues throughout the show, exasperated when Isabel had an affair with Armando's boss before the events of the series. Armando assaulted his boss, leading to him getting fired and the family having to move to Georgia. They later separate [[spoiler:though as of the season two finale, it looks like they will reunite]]. This is furthered in season 2, in which Isabel’s reluctance to accept Victor’s sexuality as a result of her Catholic faith causes her to make some choices that unintentionally hurt her son in the process. Armando, on the flip side comes off a little too strong in his support, but he gets better after joining PFLAG.

** Mia’s dad is a very ambitious man who works very hard in a field that has a disproportionate amount of black men. Clearly he’s doing this to provide a good life for Mia, but it comes at her expense when he constantly chooses the next advancement opportunity over being present in Mia’s life. Mia feels very neglected as a result

* PromotionToParent: Felix is only sixteen, but has to be his mother’s caretaker when her Bipolar Disorder makes it too hard for her to function. He’s already having to worry about bills being paid and making sure his mom is fed and taking her medication before Lake finally intervenes.

** Andrew’s girlfriend,Lucy, comes off this way at first [[spoiler: until the season 2 finale reveals that she was closeted the whole time and has an attraction to Lake]].

* SequelSeries / {{Spinoff}}: Follows ''Film/LoveSimon'' chronologically, but features an entirely different cast aside a few returning cast members.

* StraightGay: Victor isn't outwardly flamboyant. He becomes self conscious about this label in season 2, worrying over not being “gay enough” for Benji’s more flamboyant friends while still dealing with being “too gay” for the basketball team and his mother.

* TheirFirstTime: The episode Sex Cabin features the two main couples (Benji/Victor and Lake/Felix) contemplating losing their virginities to each other.

--> '''Pillar:''' Damn, Gay Victor’s got bigger balls than straight Victor.

* TroubledTeen: Felix, Mia, and Benji are the straightest examples. Felix's mother is bipolar and deals with bouts of mania and depressive episodes as well as hoarding, leading Felix to deal with many of the household affairs including making sure rent is paid. Mia is emotionally neglected by her father and was abandoned by her mother and deals with feelings of loneliness. Benji was [[spoiler: an alcoholic, using alcohol to deal with his angst about being gay]]. Lake is a downplayed version of this, as she is relatively well-adjusted but has esteem issues due to her narcissistic mother.

* WeightWoe: Lake reveals to Felix that she has body issues [[spoiler:Stemming from her mom forcing her on diets and micromanaging her weight at a young age.]]

** Played Straight when Benji [[spoiler:discovers that Victor told Rahim about Benji’s sobriety. This leads to them taking a break]].

--> '''Victor:''' Why do I keep having life changing moments outside of gay bars?

--> '''Isabel:'''Wait, how many gay bars have you been to?