History Series / VeronicaMars

* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld

* RealEstateScam:
** Neptune, CA, real estate mogul Dick Casablancas built a significant part of his fortune on overvalued properties, deliberately using false advertising and such. It's only after Veronica accidentally does an on-site inspection (while performing an investigation on Cassidy Casablancas' behalf into his stepmother's infidelity) and notices the discrepancy that she informs the authorities, forcing Dick Sr. to destroy all his documents and flee the country. She tries to get one of her favorite teachers, who invested heavily in the company, to get his money back, but he refuses because his money is already effectively gone, and he doesn't want to save himself by saddling someone else on the market with the loss.
** This is also picked back up again in Season 4, again with Dick Casablancas and his associates from jail, who plan to [[spoiler:blow up large parts of the boardwalk in order to drive down property prices and make a killing for themselves.]]

* RealityEnsues - The series finale, where Veronica learns the hard way that her actions had very ''real'' consequences.

* {{Expies}}: Most of the main characters seem to be this for [[SherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes]]. The premise is largely the same, though the stories are very different.

** In season 4, Neptune is plagued by a series of bombings committed by a deranged serial killer who even starts playing CriminalMindGames with the authorities. [[spoiler:It turns out that there's actually ''two'' separate bombers: the first, Perry Walsh, was hired by "Big" Dick Casablancas to further a RealEstateScam, the second, Penn Epner, is a copycat who started his own series of bombings based on what he mistakenly believed to be the original bomber's modus operandi.]]

** "A Trip To The Dentist" reveals the true circumstances of Veronica's rape and plenty more. [[spoiler:She wasn't raped; she and Duncan had consensual sex, just under the influence of GHB. And she finally learns that Duncan knew, thanks to Celeste, that there was a good chance Veronica was his half-sister.]]
** "Not Pictured" is one wham after another: [[spoiler:Cassidy/Beaver was molested by Woody, so he blew up the bus and killed Curly Moran. ''And'' he gave Veronica a STD after he raped her. All of this after he got together with Mac, breaking her heart. Then he commits suicide. And Aaron Echolls is killed after escaping justice for Lilly's murder.]]

-->[[spoiler:Because you're my sister. And I knew it.]]

''Veronica Mars'' was an hour-long teen drama that ran for three seasons on UPN (later CW). The brainchild of novelist Creator/RobThomas and produced by Creator/JoelSilver, one of the {{producers}} of ''Franchise/TheMatrix'', the series combined the AmateurSleuth[=/=]KidDetective with a healthy dose of FilmNoir and class warfare.

** A more overt example is the implication that the men in the Echolls family are inherently violent and sadistic, which (according to Veronica) is a major source of worry for Logan as far as him continuing the circle of violence with any children he might have.
** Veronica considers this with leads for the serial rapist in season three: "[[spoiler:Dick]], a rapist? Two in the same household?" [[spoiler:He's not, by the way.]]

* ThemeTuneCameo: Wallace asks Veronica how she knew the daughter of a record producer. She replies, "We used to be friends...a long time ago." Cue theme song that starts with the line "A long time ago, we used to be friends."

* OneBornEveryMinute: Used, but instead of out-conning the conmen, V just steals their hard drives and holds them ransom for the cash they swindled her client out of, plus her fee for recovering it.

* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:Jake Kane. The Mars family catches the '''real''' killer of his daughter Lilly, but he procedes to ruin their live in the Season 3 finale.]]

* WhatDidIDoLastNight: A non-humorous example: The first episode has Veronica waking up from a party in bed without her underwear after being roofied at a party. It takes until the end of the season (and more than a year of in-show chronology) until she figures out exactl what happened that night.

** In the third season, Tim is a big fan of these. [[spoiler:First, he frames Veronica for cheating on her essay, with the knowledge that she will clear her own name, but he left enough clues that she would discover their mentor's dirty secret in the process, hoping it would scare her away from him. Later, he kills the Dean, knowing that Veronica will investigate and find enough information to incriminate the Dean in the process.]]

* DoubleEntendre: We'd insert all the double entendres the show uses in here, but fun as it is we don't want to be doing this all day, and frankly it could be too long for the page to handle. Many of them are ''seriously'' GettingCrapPastTheRadar--including a not-too-subtle CurseCutShort involving CountryMatters. You have to wonder if someone fell asleep on the job there.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar - Watch just about any episode.
** It still boggles the mind how this exchange got on network television.
--->'''Weevil''': If you're lookin' for ''my'' trophy, it's back by auto shop.
--->'''Veronica''': Lube job? Or....can you get a medal for stealing hubcaps?
--->'''Weevil''': Is this 1970? Rims, baby.
--->'''Veronica''': So you got a trophy for a rim job?
--->'''Weevil''': Forget it. Look, I got some information for you.
--->'''Veronica''': Finally, a Deep Throat to call my own!
--->'''Weevil''': I'm not even going to touch that one.
** The high school principal's last name is Moorehead. Make of that what you will.
** [[TheStoner Corny]] offers up some, uh, ''special'' baked goods. "The secret? [[DrFeelgood It's all in the butter.]]"
** '''Dick''' Casablancas's less-"masculine" younger brother is '''[[DoubleEntendre Beaver]]'''.
** Likewise, Woody Goodman. Whose creepy-as-hell computer password is "mr. good wood". *shudder*
** An obscene gesture known as "[[http://www.marsinvestigations.net/culturalreferences/6/shocker The Shocker]]" was shown twice.
** In another scene a girl is wearing a "I Heart Dick" shirt. It's talking about the character--when the camera pans down, it reveals that the full text is "I Heart Dick Casablancas"--but still.
**
--->'''Kendall''': Oh, quit standing there so smug. Tomorrow you're just gonna call me at two in the morning saying you want some company. For your information, that really doesn't satisfy me, Logan.
--->'''Logan''': Really? You always [[DoubleEntendre come]].
** See CountryMatters above for a CurseCutShort that the radar most likely didn't catch.

* RunningGagged: Cassidy Casablancas is [[PhraseCatcher constantly being tormented by his nickname, Beaver]], and Veronica consistently starts calling him Beaver before switching it out with Cassidy; Logan also makes a series of [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar "Dick and Beaver" jokes]] about sleeping with Kendall...then, come the end of Season 2, [[spoiler:Logan accidentally calls him "Beaver" when trying to persuade Cassidy not to kill himself after it comes out that he crashed the bus and killed multiple people. This seems to be the final straw for him, and he emotionally tells Logan that his name is Cassidy before jumping off the roof to his death.]]

''Veronica Mars'' was an hour-long teen drama that ran for three seasons on UPN (later CW). The brainchild of novelist Rob Thomas and produced by Joel Silver, one of the {{producers}} of ''TheMatrix'', the series combined the AmateurSleuth[=/=]KidDetective with a healthy dose of FilmNoir and class warfare.

** Duncan and Veronica's relationship after much WillTheyWontThey, eventually concluded when [[spoiler:Veronica helped Duncan to kidnap his and Meg's baby, so he could take her to ''Australia'' rather than risk her falling into the hands of Meg's abusive, religious extremist parents, bringing Duncan and Veronica's relationship to a definite end.]]

* CreepyChildrenSinging: Near the end of the second season, there's a closing-episode montage set to AlejandroEscovedo's "Falling Down Again", which features children singing in the chorus and laughing during the fade-out, playing in conjunction with the imagery of [[spoiler:Thumper chained to a urinal, struggling while the stadium is being demolished.]]

* TheCastShowoff: Kristen Bell singing One Way or Another in "Clash of the Tritons".

* YouLookFamiliar - the same person played Lucky in season 2, and [[PunnyName Tim Foyle]] in season 3.

* YourCheatingHeart - A lot of examples. [[spoiler:Aaron Echolls, Lianne Mars, Jake Kane, Kendall Casablancas]] plus many clients' spouses. Notably averted with Logan while he's dating Veronica, even if she's constantly jealous of him.

** Shelley Pomeroy's party, which was always important as it was where Veronica had been raped, but whose true significance came back unexpectedly at the end of Season 2. While in Season 1, Veronica found out that she and Duncan had had consensual sex while drugged, Season 2 brought back Cassidy's story that he told her about being encouraged to rape her but not going through with it. In fact, he did rape her, and he infected her with chlamydia.
** The school trip that the kids were on when the bus blew up, to the Sharks stadium. It turns out later that Marcos and Peter had planned to reveal that Woody Goodman molested them, and that inspired Cassidy Casablancas to blow up the bus.