History Series / Yellowjackets

* DudleyDoRightStopsToHelp: While running from the other Yellowjackets who intend to [[HumanSacrifice kill her]], [[spoiler:Natalie]] is accompanied by [[spoiler:Javi]], who [[DangerThinIce falls through the ice into the water below.]] [[spoiler:Natalie]] stops to try to rescue [[spoiler:Javi]] even though this allows the others to catch up to her.

* TakenDuringTheEnding: [[spoiler:Season 1 ends with Natalie, about to commit suicide, being kidnapped from her motel room. It turns out to be at Lottie's behest, and Natalie spends the whole of Season 2 at Lottie's (now called Charlotte's) compound]].

* CastingGag: Three of the four future survivors and main characters are all played in their adult iteration by young breakout stars of TheNineties (when the flashback sections are set, showing the girls as teenagers), especially those known for villainous roles:

* FelonyMisdemeanor: Laura Lee, who's a deeply devout Christian, is convinced that the crash is actually God's punishment for thinking (not saying) her piano teacher's a [[CountryMatters "cunt"]] while frustrated during a lesson. The other girls all just stare at her a moment and then burst out laughing over this. They then start sharing their own misdeeds - for example, Lottie has the habit of stealing awful clothes from T.J. Maxx, then returning them all for credit she never uses. "I have thousands of dollars in T.J. bucks."

** In Doomcoming when everyone is first feeling the effects of the mushrooms, Javi is laying flat on the ground besides a log, when the camera pans over him, the shadow from the log makes it look as if he's laying in a grave. [[spoiler: He eventually dies next season. This is also the same episode Adam dies and is left in a similar position, earlier drafts of the script having planned for Adam to be revealed as adult Javi.]]

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: {{Subverted}}, as Shauna wants to have an abortion (because she's pregnant from her best friend's boyfriend, plus the wilderness is a terrible place to have a baby) and Taissa doesn't object to that, but rather a dangerous ''self-induced'' method that could kill her. She ends up helping Shauna, but stops when it's hurting her too much.

** Season 1: There's the lone adult, Coach Ben, who tries his best but he's missing a leg and whatever authority he had is stripped away by having to rely on [[StalkerWithACrush Misty]] and falls into SanitySlippage after [[spoiler:Laura Lee overrules his authority in her escape mission and gets blown up.]] Jackie is used to being TheLeader as the head of the cheerleading squad, but instantly crumbles under the trauma of the plane crash and being stranded. Upon finding out that Shauna is pregnant by Jackie's boyfriend, Jeff, Jackie attempts to pull her authority on Shauna but Shauna, who has gained authority, fights back. [[spoiler:All of the Yellowjackets either turn on Jackie or abandon her, leaving her to be frozen to death in the first snowfall.]] Lottie becomes the de facto leader of a section of the team who comes to believe that she has mystical abilities, which puts her at odds with natural leader Taissa, especially since Taissa's girlfriend Van becomes one of Lottie's true believers.
** Season 2: Lottie is revealed to be deeply uncertain about her "powers" and pushed into them by the increasingly desperate group, unwilling to take on any more serious role as TheLeader. Natalie, meanwhile, has turned against Lottie, annoyed that her role as TheHunter is not appreciated or grants her any authority, which alienates her more from the rest of the group. Due to starvation, Taissa is unable to take on any meaningful leadership role. Shauna craves more leadership and is deeply traumatized from her stillbirth. These factors coincide in [[spoiler:Shauna nearly killing Lottie, taking her out of commission. Lottie resigns herself to her death, seeming almost relieved...only for the rest of the group to decide that Lottie can't die. Instead, they decide to use a hunt to find a HumanSacrifice to take Lottie's place.]]
** After this, the Antler Queen is revealed to work like this. Lottie is the first, and has a leadership role because of it. After having her life narrowly saved by the hunt, she resigns her position and chooses [[spoiler:Nat]] instead on the basis that [[spoiler:she survived the card draw and the hunt.]] Although this happens in the Season 2 finale, there are already strong hints that not all of the group appreciates Lottie stepping down from leadership. Shauna, for example, is shown ranting in her diary about how ''she'' should be queen.

** Lottie has an incredibly mean KickTheDog moment after the crash where she taunts Travis with his EmbarrassingNickname and has to be reminded that his father literally just died protecting her that can seem incredibly at odds with her softer spoken and shyer persona that comes out down the line, even if you try to hand wave it as her being stressed out from the crash.

* ReflectiveEyes In the poster promo at the top of this page you can see [[spoiler:Lottie, wearing her antlered veil,]] in Jackie’s eye.

* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted at first, since one episode involves the girls' synchronized menstrual cycles, though played straight later on. This is [[JustifiedTrope justified]], however, since by the second season starvation has become an issue.

—-> '''Adult!Van''': “I [[spoiler: have cancer]].”

* GenreMashup: The series is promoted as being a mix of different genres. Among these are survival horror, teen sports drama, adult drama, thriller, mystery and even some dark comedy.

* FreezeFrameBonus: Taissa and Simone take Sammy out for trick-or-treating. He is wearing a sandwich costume. They bring along their dog Biscuit, who is in costume as well as a [[{{Pun}} hot dog]].

* DiegeticSwitch: Music/TheOffspring's "Come Out and Play" blares triumphantly on the soundtrack as the Yellowjackets make their PowerWalk into the reunion. Toward the end, it transforms into tinny diegetic music playing over the party speakers.

* PowerWalk: Shauna, Taissa, Natalie and Misty walk this way as they enter their 25th year reunion.

* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: Whenever the police question Shauna and Adam, they imply that the couple shouldn't need to consult a lawyer if they have nothing to hide. In spite of increasing signs that they're primary suspects, no one in the family asks for a lawyer until after repeated and exhaustive interrogations.

* AllJustADream: A long sequence involving [[spoiler:Shauna giving birth and taking care of the baby]] turns out to be a dream, and in reality [[spoiler:the baby was born dead.]]

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: During their ordeal in the woods, the plane survivors experience a number of strange occurrences and weird phenomena. There are generally mundane explanations for most of it if not acknowledged as much InUniverse, particularly that the girls are increasingly descending into desperate paranoia. However, [[spoiler: Lottie's hallucinations and predictions have a great deal of truth in them, and several of the others increasingly believe that she's some sort of seer]].

** When Allie is injured, Misty is first on the scene trying to apply first aid, establishing her desire to be helpful and her interest in medicine.

* CliffhangerCopout: Younger Lottie ends Season 1 by wearing the Antler Queen headdress and summoning "the darkness to set them free" in French for Misty and Van. Come Season 2, she doesn't wear the veil, her pursuit of the "darkness" is no deeper than guided breathing in the woods, and Misty has minimal interest in the burgeoning cult.

* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:Misty]] tells [[spoiler:Crystal]] about [[spoiler: sabotaging the black box]], and when she is horrified at this, [[spoiler:Misty]] threatens to kill her if she tells anyone, but while only intending to threaten her she accidentally pushes her off the cliff they are standing on.