History WebVideo / PrettyDudes

* GenderMisdirection: Before [[spoiler:Eagle]] shows up, it's generally implied that [[spoiler: she's male]] like all of the characters so far introduced in the friend group.

* ShoutOut: In the [[InUniverseCamera screen life episode]] Zario's music library contains tracks by fictional soul divas Drinka Champagne (''Film/TheCheetahGirls'') and Jackie Washington (''Jackie's Back'') alongside real artists like Music/WhitneyHouston and Music/PattiLaBelle.

** Jay has an entire thing about nicknames it seems, as he calls his cousin Eugene "Genie" and has nicknames for all of his former girlfriends. Folks he doesn't have name for? The folks he's not close to, ''like all of the other Dudes.''

* FiveTokenBand:
** In the first season:
*** MessOfWoe Mexican Guy
*** AsianAirhead Guy
*** Nerdy White Guy
*** TheCasanova Black Guy
*** The Asian CoolBigSis
*** and the Korean JerkWithAHeartOfGold
** In the second season, the returning Dudes are joined by:
*** A Black AloofDarkHairedGirl
*** A Black {{Bishonen}}
*** A White GayCowboy
*** A replacement Asian CoolBigSis
*** And the Asian little brother of that big sis, himself a LovableRogue

* FiveManBand:

*** TheHero: Zario
*** TheLancer: Jay
*** TheSmartGuy: Alexander
*** TheBigGuy: Ellington
*** TheOneGuy: Sunji
*** SixthRanger: [[spoiler:Eagle]], who doesn't show up until the final moments of the fifth episode, despite being mentioned as early as the second.
* FiveTokenBand:
** In the first season:

A digital series about a group of good-looking friends in Los Angeles, who feel like their looks cause them all the problems they have. As the series continues, it becomes clear that there are plenty of other reasons the titular Dudes have problems.

* GenderMisdirection: Before [[spoiler:Eagle]] shows up, the audience would not be remiss in thinking they were male like all of the characters so far introduced in the friend group.

* GenderMisdirection: [[spoiler:Eagle]].

** TheHero: Zario
** TheLancer: Jay
** TheSmartGuy: Alexander
** TheBigGuy: Ellington
** TheOneGuy: Sunji
** SixthRanger: [[spoiler:Eagle]], who doesn't show up until the final moments of the fifth episode, despite being mentioned as early as the second.

The series has a truly inclusive cast, with performers of all races, genders and abilities making up the large extended cast. The inclusion spreads to the crew as well, with artists of different backgrounds producing, writing and directing.

** TheBigGuy: Sunji
** TheOneGuy: Ellington
** SixthRanger / TheChick: [[spoiler:Eagle]], who doesn't show up until the final moments of the fifth episode, despite being mentioned as early as the second.

The series has a truly inclusive cast, with performers of all races, genders and abilities making up the large extended cast.

* TheFunInFuneral

** Many of the characters are OnlyKnownByTheirNickname:
*** Zario reveals his name is Hector to both Eagle and Iggy, but no one ever calls him that.
*** Eagle never reveals her real name. She's so accustomed to this, it takes her a minute to realize that December's real name is December.
*** Only Jay's cousin Genie calls him by his first name, Jericho.
*** Jay has a plethora of alleged ex-girlfriends with ridiculous names who he had nicknames for: Connie (Constellation), Ricki (Hurricane), Dee Dee (Chandelier), and Tabby (Tabernacle). Though his roommates don't believe him initially, it's hinted they might all exist when his only onscreen ex-girlfriend Callie reveals her first name is actually Calligraphy.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
** Zario reveals his name is Hector to both Eagle and Iggy, but no one ever calls him that.
** Eagle never reveals her real name. She's so accustomed to this, it takes her a minute to realize that December's real name is December.
** Only Jay's cousin Genie calls him by his first name, Jericho.
** Jay has a plethora of alleged ex-girlfriends with ridiculous names who he had nicknames for: Connie (Constellation), Ricki (Hurricane), Dee Dee (Chandelier), and Tabby (Tabernacle). Though his roommates don't believe him initially, it's hinted they might all exist when his only onscreen ex-girlfriend Callie reveals her first name is actually Calligraphy.

** Interestingly, the only other important set of siblings on the show, sister and brother December and Boaz, have no theme to their names and are also the only set of onscreen siblings to be all one gender.

* AlphabeticalThemeNaming: Alexander Cole Erzähler and his older brothers Archer "Archie" Carson, Aaron Christopher, and Aiden Connor Erzähler.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: The Gomez brothers are named after influential Black Americans Duke Ellington, George Washington Carver, and Thurgood Marshall.
** They mention a sister named Alvera, which might be a riff on Sojourner Truth.
** In the same episode, Rock and Van Diolosa mention they were named after the rich Rockefeller and Vanderbilt families.