History WebVideo / OutWithDad

* BiTheWay: In the first episode of ''Vanessa's Story'', she admits that she's not straight. Previously, she admitted to Kenny that she had feelings for Rose. She later explicitly identifies herself as being bisexual, although she's also not very comfortable with any label.

* 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 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. Ultimately Subverted when Vanessa apologizes and confirms these theories.

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

* 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.

* ComingOutStory: Split between two characters - Rose gets the total support from her dad, Vanessa gets the homophobic reaction from her mom.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted, first there's Rose's friend/crush Vanessa, then she also dates another girl with the same name, whom they call "New Vanessa", and later nicknamed "Nessa".

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

* LikeBrotherAndSister: Rose and Kenny.

* CatholicSchoolgirlsRule

''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, [[HideYourLesbians homophobia]], [[{{Gayngst}} first loves and heartbreak]], making mistakes and acceptance, learning and love.

** ChildhoodFriendRomance: One could possibly be developing between Rose and Vanessa, although this remains unclear.
* ComingOfAgeStory: Ultimately, the main theme of the entire series. Growing up is hard enough and it's made so much harder when you're gay just because of everything everyone who isn't says or does. Even parents, whether their kid is gay, straight or has stripes like a zebra, still have some growing up to do.

* DaddysGirl: Rose is rather close to her father, having been raised in a single-parent household after her mother passed away when she was young.

* GenkiGirl: Claire, Rose's bubbly, perky, openly-gay friend [[spoiler:and later girlfriend]].

** LikeBrotherAndSister

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

* SchoolgirlLesbians
* ShipSinking: [[spoiler: After finally sleeping together, it looks like team Claire is officially done for.]]

* TheCutie: Claire.

** TwoGirlsAndAGuy

* 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 reality.

* {{Bookends}}: [[spoiler: The series starts with Rose and Vanessa together and Nathan moving towards them, it ends with Rose and Vanessa together and Nathan walking away. There's no BigDamnKiss like some fans wanted, but still, the point comes across fairly clearly.]]

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

* SingleTargetSexuality: Vanessa obviously feels some sort of an attraction to Rose, but at first shown displaying interest in any other females in the series. It's averted in episode 2 of ''Vanessa's Story'', when she makes out (and possibly has sex) with Kayla.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After season 3 we never see Kenny again. Some noises are made regarding him, implying that he and Alicia broke up because he was inattentive, but we never hear from him or his story.

* CallBack: Done in the grand finale. [[spoiler: When Nathan tells Rose he's asexual, Rose starts to launch into the same speech Nathan used when she came out to him. He stops her before it gets too far, but it is very funny]]

* MalignedMixedMarriage: Vanessa's mother kicked her older brother out for him marrying a woman because she was a Muslim, Middle Eastern, or simply not Catholic (Vanessa isn't sure).

** It's also mentioned in an episode centering around Vanessa's family that her older brother was also kicked out and shunned by the household for marrying a Muslim, which apparently went against their Catholic beliefs.

* {{Lipstick Lesbian}}s: Rose, Claire, and possibly Vanessa, respectively (or at least lipstick bisexual).

* BiTheWay: In the first episode of ''Vanessa's Story'', she admits that she's not straight. Previously, she admitted to Kenny that she had feelings for Rose.

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

* {{Lipstick Lesbian}}s: Rose, Claire, and possibly Vanessa, respectively.

* RomanticFalseLead: [[spoiler: It was pretty clear from the beginning that any relationship between Rose and Vanessa 2.0 was doomed from the get go. The former still hadn't settled highschool issues and the latter was just too quick to fall in love. It's still no less painful to watch it go down in flames though.]]

* ShipSinking: [[spoiler: After finally sleeping together, it looks like team Clair is officially done for.]]

* SingleTargetSexuality: Vanessa obviously feels some sort of an attraction to Rose, but hasn't been shown displaying interest in any other females in the series.
** Averted as of episode 2 of ''Vanessa's Story'', when she makes out with Kayla.

''Out With Dad'' has received international recognition, including being official selections at the LAweb Fest 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).

* {{Keet}}: Kenny is described as "always bursting with energy (probably with a touch of ADHD!)"

* MissingMom: Rose's mother passed away when she was young.

* ArmouredClosetGay: Vanessa’s sexuality is [[AmbiguouslyGay unclear]] (possibly bisexual) – but what is clear is the thought of being gay terrifies her to the point of being outwardly homophobic.

** In the first episode of ''Vanessa's Story'', she admits that she's not straight. Previously, she admitted to Kenny that she had feelings for Rose.

* DoubleDate: Rose and [[spoiler:Claire]] end up crashing Nathan and Angela's date. It's [[{{Understatement}} a tad awkward]] for Rose and Nathan.

* 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.]]

* ComingOfAgeStory
** ComingOutStory: Split between two characters - Rose gets the total support from her dad, Vanessa gets the homophobic reaction from her mom.

* WebOriginal

* [[TheReasonsYouSuckSpeach Reasons You/I Suck Speach]]
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Rose and Vanessa appeared to have this dynamic with one another before Rose began questioning her sexuality.

* RomanticFalseLead: [[spoiler: It was pretty clear from the beginning that any relationship between Rose and Vanessa 2.0 was doomed from the get go. The former still hadn't settled highschool issues and the latter was just too quick to fall in love. It's still no less painful to watch it go down in flames though.]]

* WebOriginal

!! Trivia:
* TheOtherDarrin: the previous actor for Nathan, Rose's father, was replaced for the third season of the web series.
* WrittenByCastMember: the video diary about body image issues was written by Kate Conway, who plays Rose.

* TheOtherDarrin: the previous actor for Nathan, Rose's father, was replaced for the third season of the web series.

* WebOriginal

* NoBisexuals: One of the homeless kids Vanessa meets believes this.

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