History WebVideo / OutWithDad

''Out With Dad'' is an online short-form narrative webseries produced in [[CanadaEh Toronto]]. It's a quirky drama about a [[TheQuietOne teenage girl]] and her [[PapaWolf single father]], at a time when Rose is coming of age and [[ComingOutStory coming out of the closet]]. ''Out With Dad'' tackles issues of coming out, [[HeteronormativeCrusader homophobia]], [[{{Gayngst}} first loves and heartbreak]], making mistakes and acceptance, learning and love.

* TwoferTokenMinority: New Vanessa, or Nessa, is a Latina lesbian (the only person of color in the cast).

%%* ThreeAmigos: Rose, Kenny, and Vanessa.

** [[spoiler: Another one delivered to Rose by Nessa after it eventually comes out that she (Rose) was never very interested in her and let that mess keep building. Sadly, though delivered through intense (and frankly justified) anger, Nessa does make more than a few good points about Rose's behavior and way of handling her life.]]

* SingleTargetSexuality: Vanessa obviously feels some sort of an attraction to Rose, but at first she isn't shown displaying interest in any other girl in the series. Later though she loses her virginity by having impulsive sex with another homeless girl, after having told people that she's bisexual.

* SingleTargetSexuality: Vanessa obviously feels some sort of an attraction to Rose, but at first she isn't shown displaying interest in any other females in the series.

* {{Gayngst}}: ''Big time'', especially in Rose's case, and increasingly in Vanessa's as she starts coming out. They are both shown to have a great deal anxiety about it, and it's pretty justified as they're bullied (in Rose's case) or driven to escape (Vanessa). Rose gets over it much easier, since her dad's very accepting. Vanessa, on the other hand, is briefly homeless. She gets therapy to handle the trauma of the experience.

* GayBestFriend: Nathan's best friend, Johnny. He had been close friends with the Miller family for years. Rose even refers to him as "Uncle Johnny". No relation.

* MyBelovedSmother: Vanessa has one of these. This is taken UpToEleven once she starts intervening into her daughter's social life and refuses to allow Rose and Vanessa to interact with one another. Ultimately, it drives Vanessa to run away.

* RomanticAsexual: [[spoiler:Nathan]] is asexual, but not aromantic. However, the distinction wasn't clear initially, which helps explain why he didn't realize it until late in his life.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Rose and Vanessa appeared to have this dynamic with one another before Rose had begun questioning her sexuality. The two are very close, inseparable even, so it's no big deal when they both practice kissing together. However, then Rose realizes she's attracted to Vanessa, which starts her self-realization that she's a lesbian. Vanessa first pushes her away, but eventually admits she returned her feelings and is a bisexual girl.

* SchoolgirlLesbians: Rose and Vanessa (though the latter is bi), two girls in Catholic school coming to terms with their feelings for each other.

* {{Asexuality}}: [[spoiler: Nathan is asexual as it turns out. That's why he never remarried and has never been with anyone since his wife died. He's not aromantic though, there is a fairly large difference.]]

* LatinoIsBrown: Nessa has the usual Latino looks in US media-olive skin and black hair.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Rose and Vanessa appeared to have this dynamic with one another before Rose began questioning her sexuality.

%%* {{Gayngst}}: ''Big time'', especially in Rose's case, and increasingly in Vanessa's as she starts coming out.

* NoBisexuals: One of the homeless kids Vanessa meets believes this. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the actual show.

%%* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Rose and Vanessa appeared to have this dynamic with one another before Rose began questioning her sexuality.

* YourCheatingHeart: Claire and Rose have sex when the former is still in a relationship with Alex.

%%* LipstickLesbian: Rose and Claire are both feminine lesbians.

%%* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: Rose is the femme to New Vanessa's butch during their brief relationship.

''Out With Dad'' is an award winning webseries and is one of the many online short-form narrative productions that proudly calls [[CanadaEh Toronto]] home. ''Out With Dad'' is a quirky drama about a [[TheQuietOne teenage girl]] and her [[PapaWolf single father]], at a time when Rose is coming of age and [[ComingOutStory coming out of the closet]]. ''Out With Dad'' tackles issues of coming out, [[HeteronormativeCrusader homophobia]], [[{{Gayngst}} first loves and heartbreak]], making mistakes and acceptance, learning and love.

''Out With Dad'' has received international recognition, including being official selections at the LAWEBFEST and Marseille Web Festival in France. At home, it was nominated for Canada’s highest honour, Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media – Fiction in the inaugural Canadian Screen Awards (which is a merger of the former Genie and Gemini Awards).

In season 3, a spinoff series, ''Vanessa's Story'', started running alongside the main show, focusing on Vanessa [[spoiler:after she runs away from home]].

* {{Adorkable}}: Rose has her moments, as does Nathan, her father.

* BumblingDad: Nathan on occasion.

* CampStraight: Owen comes off as this a bit from the way he talks.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: One could possibly be developing between Rose and Vanessa, although this remains unclear.

* TheCutie: Claire.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Vanessa's Story, as compared to Out with Dad.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Vanessa's Story.

* FunPersonified: School takes second priority to having fun for Kenny.

* {{Gayngst}}: ''Big time'', especially in Rose's case, and increasingly in Vanessa's as she starts coming out.

* HighSchool
* {{Hormone Addled Teenager}}s

* {{Lipstick Lesbian}}s: Rose and Claire are both feminine lesbians.

* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: Rose is the femme to New Vanessa's butch during their brief relationship.
* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler: Rose and Vanessa, specifically addressed by Rose in her final vlog. Maybe they can be friends after everything that happened, maybe they'll be something more, we'll never really know. [[HappilyEverAfter Here's hoping though]].]]

* MusicalEpisode: No, really. Season 3, episode 6, Out with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Song and Dance]] features a MassiveMultiplayerEnsembleNumber (with basically the entire cast up to this point in the show, even those who [[BackForTheFinale hadn't been in season 3]]), complete with SpontaneousChoreography.
* MyBelovedSmother: Vanessa has one of these, sadly. This is taken UpToEleven once she starts intervening into her daughter's social life and refuses to allow Rose and Vanessa to interact with one another. Ultimately, it drives Vanessa to run away.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Rose and Kenny, so much that they're constantly mistaken for being a couple by their classmates.

* [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Reasons You/I Suck Speach]]: D
** Delivered beautifully by Steven Lemay unto himself when [[spoiler: Vanessa comes back.]]

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Rose and Vanessa appeared to have this dynamic with one another before Rose began questioning her sexuality.

* SingleTargetSexuality: Vanessa obviously feels some sort of an attraction to Rose, but at first she isn't shown displaying interest in any other females in the series. It's averted in episode 2 of ''Vanessa's Story'', when she does have sex with Kayla, though later from what Vanessa says it was just submitting to her.

* ThreeAmigos: Rose, Kenny, and Vanessa.
* TwoGirlsAndAGuy: Rose, Vanessa and Kenny.

* TwoferTokenMinority: New Vanessa, or Nessa, is a Latina lesbian (the only person of color in the cast actually).
* WebOriginal

* YourCheatingHeart: Claire and Rose have sex when the former is still in a relationship with Alex.

* TookALevelInJerkass: ** Vanessa refuses to acknowledge Rose at school and interact with her for a while after Rose comes out to her as gay, coldly referring to her as a "queer" and distancing herself from their friendship. It's later revealed that her family's conservative, strictly Catholic views may have been to blame, as Nathan suggests, and that Vanessa is simply scared of her possible sexuality.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Vanessa refuses to acknowledge Rose at school and interact with her for a while after Rose comes out to her as gay, coldly referring to her as a "queer" and distancing herself from their friendship. It's later revealed that her family's conservative, strictly Catholic views may have been to blame, as Nathan suggests, and that Vanessa is simply scared of her possible sexuality.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Vanessa refuses to acknowledge Rose at school and interact with her further after Rose suggests that she may be gay, coldly referring to her as a "queer" and distancing herself from their friendship. It's later revealed that her family's conservative, strictly Catholic views may have been to blame, as Nathan suggests, and that Vanessa is simply scared of her possible sexuality.
** Ultimately subverted when after Rose confronts Vanessa about this, she breaks down, apologizes for her behavior, and says that she's afraid of everything, ultimately proving the theories.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Vanessa refuses to acknowledge Rose at school and interact with her further after Rose suggests that she may be gay, coldly referring to her as a "queer" and distancing herself from their friendship. It's later revealed that her family's conservative, strictly Catholic views may have been to blame, as Nathan suggests, and that Vanessa is simply scared of her possible sexuality. It is ultimately subverted when after Rose confronts Vanessa about this, she breaks down, apologizes for her behavior, and says that she's afraid of everything, ultimately proving the theories.

* {{Lipstick Lesbian}}s: Rose and Claire, while Vanessa's a lipstick bisexual.