History Series / TheFades

* EvillyAffable: John [[spoiler: aka Polus the Angelic-killing Fade, now with a body]]. Ever so pleasant and polite, when not [[spoiler: munching on a carotide or butchering Angelics.]]

* GenreBlind: Sure Sarah, go check out the creepily groaning man in the dark corner right after you've had visions of impending doom...
** Although until then, Sarah knew that the Fades ''couldn't'' touch anyone, unaware that [[ItGotWorse now they can]].

* ItGotWorse: [[spoiler: The Angelic-killing Fade has regained full physical form. And now so has Natalie, and at least half a dozen others are in the process. '''And''' this form is apparently immortal. ThisIsGonnaSuck...]]
** [[spoiler: The finale has Paul re-open all of the Ascension points, banishing all of the Fades simultaneously. [[TemptingFate Surely the day has to be saved, right?]]. Only, we then see the sky suddenly begins to turn a sickly orange, ominous thunder begins to rumble in the distance and a solar eclipse occurs...]]
--> '''Neil''': [[spoiler: I told him. I told him! Don't fuck with Ascension!]]

* EyesOfGold: "Polus" the ghoulish fade [[spoiler: and all the fades that consume human flesh.]]

* MoodWhiplash: The show runs on it, being a [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy-esque]] merry mix of horror, fantasy, adult drama and teen comedy.

''A link can be found here [[www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0129tkw]] to the program page''

''[[A link can be found here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0129tkw]] to the program page''

''Now... who's seen my BackToTheFuture Boxset? [[MorkAndMindy Nanu-Nanu!]]''

* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth: Butterfly motifs are quite frequent in the show, from the moth puked out after a healing to [[spoiler: the cocoons of a materialising Fade, and of course Paul's resurrection.]]

''The Fades'' is a 2011 BritishSeries about a young boy, [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Paul]], plagued by [[BringMyBrownPants pants-wettingly scary]][[hottip:*:literally, for him]] dreams of [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the world covered in ash and ruin]]. While searching for materials for his best friends' amateur horror movie in an abandoned shopping centre, he stumbles upon much more than he bargained for: a crazed, dirt-covered man pointing a gun at him, a creepy girl only he seems to see and much more worrisome, [[OurZombiesAreDifferent a ghoul-like being]] that really doesn't look very friendly. As he ponders if his sanity has finally decided to fully leave him, he unknowingly involves himself in a struggle that may very well end with his dreams of the apocalypse becoming reality. [[ArcWords The Fades are coming... It's inevitable]]

* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The TitleSequence may even give the one in TrueBlood a run for its money.

** ''{{Ghostbusters}}''

** [[TheMatrix Neo, sooner or later you'll realise that there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.]]

** ''ANightmareOnElmStreet''

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Anna screams "[to Paul] You're mad,[to Mac] you're mad and Jay's a library monitor!"

* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead:]] [[spoiler: After spending episode 4 as a fade while his brain-dead body lies in the hospital as a result of his [[UnusualEuphemism encounter]] with a truck, Paul ressurects in a rather spectacular fashion.]]

* [[spoiler: BrokenMasquerade:]] [[spoiler: by the end of Episode 5, people are fleeing town after all the disappearings, the killings and the ever-increasing tremors, aware that something very unusual and very bad is happening. Plus, Paul now has displayed his abilities in a rather public fashion.]]

--> '''Anna''': Paul is having sex with my best friend and when I found them and shouted at him he did a magic spell on me.

* DownerEnding: Episode 6: [[spoiler: Paul manages to re-open Ascension and thus release the stuck fades and the reborns, only to see the sky turn an [[RedSkyTakeWarning ominous shade of red]] in response... (while elsewhere, the wounded and probably dying Neil mutters "I told him...I told him, you don't fuck with Ascension.")]]

* GenderBlenderName: Jay

* HannibalLecture: [[spoiler: John]] delivers one to Paul, highlighting their similarities as [[NotSoDifferent the chosen ones of their respective people]] and claiming that while his killings bring life through the resurrection of the dead, [[spoiler: those Paul destroys are dead for good, making him a bigger killer.]]

** Paul may have slowly become more heroic, but with an ever-increasing toll on his life,[[spoiler: and at the end of the first series, he is left in pieces after having lost his girlfriend.]]
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: The Angelics - at least some of them - are shown to go quite far in their war against the fades, from Neil [[spoiler: pulling a [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique Jack Bauer]] on Natalie]] to Sarah [[spoiler: deciding to consume her fallen comrades' blood in order to materialise as well and fight on equal ground.]]

* ISeeDeadPeople: The Fades can only be seen by Angelics [[spoiler:and Reborns]]. Mac even talks about ''The Sixth Sense'' based on this.

** TerryPratchett

** {{Ghostbusters}}
** IndianaJones

** ANightmareOnElmStreet

* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The TitleSequence may even give the one in TrueBlood a run for its money in the HighOctaneNightmareFuel department.

** {{ET}}

* HoYay: Mac and Paul, particularly this conversation from Episode 3.
--> '''Mac''': I could have been naked!
--> '''Paul''': I've seen you naked.
--> '''Mac''': I could have been masturbating!
--> '''Paul''': I've seen you masturbate.
--> '''Mac''': ''*disturbed*'' [[FlatWhat When?]]
--> '''Paul''': On the school trip to Calais.
--> '''Mac''': ''*With horror*'' [[OhCrap You... were awake.]]

* BlackBestFriend: Mac

* IdiotBall: [[spoiler: Neil following Natalie]] in the second episode. Only topped by Paul [[spoiler: leading the Angelic killer to their current hideout, ''fully aware of who he was, simply because he promised not to harm anyone and only release Natalie''.]] [[{{Understatement}} It did not end well.]]

* MoodWhiplash: The show runs on it, being a [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy-esque]] merry mix of horror, fantasy, adult drama and teen comedy. [[SugarWiki/MostTriumphantExample Most Triumphant Example]]: [[spoiler: Paul's traffic accident.]]

* HeroicBSOD: Neil, already under a lot of stress, loses it after [[spoiler: two more of his partners are offed by the Angelic killer - by Paul's fault, no less.]][[spoiler: and at the end of the first series, he is left in pieces after having lost his girlfriend.]]

* ItGotWorse: [[spoiler: The Angelic-killing Fade has regained full physical form. and now so has Natalie, and at least half a dozen others are in the process. And this form is apparently immortal. ThisIsGonnaSuck...]]

''Now, who's seen my BackToTheFuture Boxset?... [[MorkAndMindy Nanu-Nanu!]]''

** When the dead ascend they explode into flocks of bright birds [[spoiler: including most the Reborns in Episode 6 once Paul reopens an ascension point - except John, who turns into black birds]].

* DownerEnding: Episode 6: [[spoiler: Paul manages to re-open Ascension and thus release the stuck fades and the reborns, only to see the sky turn an [[RedSkyTakeWarning ominous shade of red]] in response... (while elsewhere, Neil mutters "I told you, you don't fuck with Ascension.")]]

* ItGotWorse: [[spoiler: The Angelic-killing Fade has regained full physical form. and now so has Natalie, and at least half a dozen others are in the process. And this form is apparently immortal. ThisIsGonnaSuck...]]

** When the dead ascend they explode into flocks of bright birds [[spoiler: including the Reborns in Episode 6 once Paul reopens an ascension point]].

* DownerEnding: Episode 6: [[spoiler: Paul manages to re-open Ascension and thus release the stuck fades and the reborns, only to see the sky turn an [[RedSkyTakeWarning ominous shade of red]] in response... (while lsewhere, Neil mutters "I told you, you don't fuck with Ascension.")]]

* DownerEnding: Episode 6: [[spoiler: Paul manages to re-open Ascension and thus release the stuck fades and the reborns, only to see the sky turn an [[RedSkyTakeWarning ominous shade of red]] in response...]]