History Series / NoughtsAndCrosses

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Thoughtful Callum and aggressive Jude. Reflected in their efforts to reform Albion, with Callum trying to influence things from within, while Jude joins the extremist Liberation Militia. Also highlighted through their appearance, as Callum is slightly-built PrettyBoy, while Jude is [[{{Hunk}} bigger and burly.]]

** The Liberation Militia parallels the IRA in its ideology, cell structure, bomb attacks and treatment by the media.

** In the show's backstory, Albion (viewed as a "backwater") was colonised by Aprica (a powerful world empire) and the elite Cross-minority set up rule over the majority nought population, mirroring the European colonisation of India, South Africa, Indonesia and many other nations.
** In present-day, Albion is now more racially segregated than Aprica itself (with Sephy and Callum planning to flee there to be together freely), much like South Africa's extreme apartheid laws compared to it's original British and Dutch colonisers.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The entire story is meant to evoke racism in the US, UK and South Africa, except with flipped positions of white people vs. black people.

* EvilVsEvil: [[spoiler: Kamal Hadley and Jack Dorne, with Kamal ruthlessly persecuting Noughts and Dorne killing numerous people of both races in retaliation.]]

* CanonForeigner: Sephy's boyfriend Lekan.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Callum diplomatically refusing to join Jude in the drag race and then trying to pacify the police who are harassing them, establishing him as a level-headed peacemaker.

* HappilyMarried: Ryan and Meggie [=McGregor=] despite all the financial struggles and discrimination they face.

* StarCrossedLovers: Oh boy, Sephy and Callum, with the illegality of their relationship just the ''start''. She's originally dating Callum's abusive, commanding officer and her father is one of the most vitriolic anti-nought politicians, while Callum's brother supports the anti-Cross terrorist group. [[spoiler: Then Sephy's parents sack Callum's mother, driving his family into even more desperate straits; Jude detonates a bomb that almost kills Sephy's family; Sephy accidentally gets Callum arrested leading to Ryan taking the fall for the crime and he's murdered under the orders of ''Sephy's'' father.]]

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Thoughtful Callum and aggressive Jude. Reflected in their efforts to reform Albion, with Callum trying to influence things from within, while Jude joins the extremist Liberation Militia.
** Highlighted through their appearance, as Callum is slightly-built PrettyBoy, while Jude is bigger and burly.

* AcademicAthlete: Callum passes both Mercy Point's entrance exams and gruelling military exercises.

** Sephy preparing breakfast for her mother's birthday and later being the only Cross at the party to worry that Callum has hurt himself and [[{{NiceGirl}} checking he's alright.]]

* InterClassRomance: Sephy is part of the wealthy, ruling elite while Callum is the son of her family's housekeeper.

* HappilyMarried: Ryan and Maggie [=McGregor=] despite all the financial struggles and discrimination they face.

* OnlySaneWoman: Poor Maggie is one in both the tumultuous [=McGregor=] and Hadley households.

** Sephy preparing breakfast for her mother's birthday and later being the only Cross at the party to worry about Callum hurting himself and [[{{NiceGirl}} checking he's alright.]]

* EvilVsEvil: [[spoiler: Kamal Hadley and Jack Dorne, with Kamal ruthlessly persecuting Noughts Dorne killing numerous people of both races in retaliation.]]

* AscendedExtra: In the book, Kamal Hadley is only seen through Sephy's perspective and his political dealings are merely hinted at. Here he has his own plotline depicting his efforts to prevent racial reform.
* [[spoiler: BigotWithACrush: Kamal Hadley loathes Noughts even more than other Crosses in the setting, but it's revealed he previously dated and had a child with a Nought woman.]]

* EvilVsEvil: [[spoiler: Kamal Hadley and Jack Dorne, with Kamal's ruthless persecution and violence against Noughts, and Dorne murdering multiple people, Noughts and Crosses, to hit back at the government.]]

* AwfulWeddedLife: Kamal and Jasmine.

* AscendedExtra: In the book, Kamal Hadley is only seen through Sephy's perspective and his political dealings are merely hinted at. Here he has his own plotline depicting his efforts to stop racial reformation.

* OnlySaneWoman: Poor Maggie is one in both the [=McGregor=] and Hadley household.

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Thoughtful Callum and aggressive Jude. Reflected in their efforts to change Albion's racial system, with Callum trying to influence things from within, while Jude joins the extremist Liberation Militia.

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: Kamal Hadley and Jack Dorne, as extremists who will use any means to reach their goal, as acknowledged when they oppose Prime Minister Folami's peaceful attempts to achieve racial equality.]]

* EvilVsEvil: [[spoiler: Kamal Hadley and Jack Dorne, with Kamal stripping Noughts of what few rights they have and Dorne murdering multiple people, Noughts and Crosses to lash back at the government.]]

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: Kamal Hadley and Jack Dorne.]]
* OnlySaneWomaan: Poor Maggie is one in both the [=McGregor=] and Hadley household.
* ResonableAuthorityFigure: Prime Minister Folami.

* StarCrossedLovers: Oh boy, Sephy and Callum, with the illegality of their relationship just the ''start''. She's originally dating Callum's abusive, commanding officer; her father is one of the most vitriolic anti-nought politicians, while Callum's brother supports the anti-Cross terrorist group. [[spoiler: Then Sephy's parents sack Callum's mother, driving his family into even more desperate straits; Jude detonates a bomb that almost kills Sephy's family; Sephy accidentally gets Callum arrested leading to Ryan taking the fall for the crime and is eventually killed under the orders of ''Sephy's'' father.]]

* StarCrossedLovers: Oh boy, Sephy and Callum, with the illegality of their relationship just the ''start''. Her father is one of the most vitriolic anti-nought politicians, while Callum's brother and previously father support the anti-Cross terrorist group. Once Sephy and Callum get together, her ex-boyfriend Lekhan is Callum's commanding officer at Mercy Point and makes his life hell; [[spoiler: then Sephy's parents fire Callum's mother driving his family into even more desperate straits; Jude detonates a bomb that almost kills Sephy's family; Sephy accidentally gets Callum arrested leading to Ryan taking the fall; and Sephy's father orchestrates Ryan's murder.]] orders Ryan to be killed in prison

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Thoughtful Callum and aggressive Jude. Reflected in their efforts to change the system, with Callum trying to influence things from within, while Jude joins the extremist Liberation Militia.

* StarCrossedLovers: Sephy and Callum.

** Danny, whose attack by the police kicks off the events of the series. [[spoiler: His death serves a similar role to Lynette's in the book, increasing tensions between the Mcgregors.]]

* AgeLift: Callum and Sephy are older here; they are adults from the start whereas in the book they begin as children and age to adulthood.