History Series / TheFades

** [[spoiler: Kay's murder at the hande of Neal, in episode 6, is shocking and brutal, as she's made it unharmed to the finale and it appears to be the main heroine.]]

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Paul fantasising about Jay. With [[SomethingElseAlsoRises quite]] [[WingedHumanoid interesting]] *ahem* results...

* TheyDo: Paul and Jay, in Episode 3, in quite possibly one of the most adorable ways depicted on television.

''The Fades'' is a 2011 BritishSeries about a young boy, [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Paul]], plagued by [[BringMyBrownPants pants-wettingly scary]][[note]]literally, for him[[/note]] 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.]]

* KillEmAll: By the end of the first series, [[spoiler: All the Angelics but one are dead, Neil is dying and Jay has been killed.]]

* BlackAndNerdy: Mac

* HollywoodNerd: Both Paul and Mac

* 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.]]

''The Fades'' is a 2011 BritishSeries about a young boy, [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Paul]], plagued by [[BringMyBrownPants pants-wettingly scary]][[note]]literally, for him[[/note]] 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]]

* {{Adorkable}}: Paul and Mac take it to new levels.

* BlackBestFriend: Also Mac

* MonsterSobStory: "Polus" [[spoiler: aka John]] the Fade has quite the tragic past, [[spoiler: which shortly helps him gain Paul's [[IdiotBall reluctant trust]]... ]] However, he relishes far too much in his destruction to count as WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.

** ''{{Twilight}}''

--> '''Mum''': Jay? Oh... [[CrowningMomentOfFunny I'm quite impressed with Jay.]]

** Some twelve year olds overhearing Paul sees things: [[DonnieDarko "Am I a rabbit? Am I a rabbit though?"]]

* [[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 resurrects 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.]]

* [[spoiler: SelfDefeatingProphecy:]] [[spoiler: When Paul realises his vision of his loved ones dead is about to happen, he immediately checks on their safety before confronting John, preventing him from harming them.]]

--> '''Paul''': I'm an Angelic Swiss Army Knife!...
* NoExceptYes:
--> '''Paul''': This is a bad idea.
--> '''Mac''': Correction. This is a good idea with bad possibilities.

** ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''

** ''IndianaJones''

** [[TheGreenMile Healing with glowing hands while the surroundings shake, then spitting out an insect.]]

** [[StarWars Your friend is quite the mercenary.]]

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Paul fantasising about Jay. With [[SomethingElseAlsoRises quite]] [[WingedHumanoid interesting]] *ahem* results...

* DawsonCasting: Paul, his twin sister Anna, Mac and Jay are A-level students, so probably aged somewhere around 17 (Mac turns 18 in episode 3). Lily Loveless (Anna) is 21 and Daniel Kaluuya (Mac) is 22, so the casting isn't too far out, while Iain de Caestecker (Paul) is 24. Sophie Wu (Jay) is 28. Thank goodness...

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

* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler: [[DarkMessiah John, the Angelic Killer and leader of the Reborns]] ]] to [[TheMessiah Paul]].

** Despite Paul being [[TheMessiah their messiah]], none of the Angelics seem interested in giving him crucial information or teaching him how to hone his powers. Granted, they don't know all the information themselves and some of his powers they have never seen before, but you'd think they'd at least ''try'' instead of leaving him to [[FigureItOutYourself figure it out by himself?!]]

* RavensAndCrows: Dead ones.
** 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 fiery red-golden ones]].

** AlanMoore

* AllThereInTheManual: The official BBC website gives additional infos about the premise and the characters, introducing and explaining certain concepts before their appearance in the series proper.

* [[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.]]