History WebVideo / TheLizzieBennetDiaries

If you haven't realized yet, this is a modernized VlogSeries [[SettingUpdate adaptation]] of ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'', written by Bernie Su and produced in part by [[Music/HankGreen Hank]] [[WebVideo/VlogBrothers Green]]. Though it's scarcely the only update of ''P&P'', what was surprising was the exciting and devoted fan reaction: the show boasts close to 200,000 Website/YouTube subscribers and its DVD release raised 500% of its goal on Kickstarter within just one week of its month-long fundraising drive. It can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/user/LizzieBennet on YouTube]] or [[http://www.lizziebennet.com/ at its own website]]. Oh, and then it won an Emmy for "Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media -- Original Interactive Program," which is pretty darn impressive.

There is also a [[RecursiveAdaptation novelization]] of the series called ''The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet'', which consists of her written diary from the same time period. It serves partly as a novelization and partly as a companion piece to the videos, often expanding in greater details upon subjects that for practical reasons are only hinted at in the videos. This novelization also got a sequel, ''The Epic Adventures of Lydia Bennet,'' which is narrated by Lydia and focuses on her life after the events of the series.

It has started a trend of Setting Updates diaries appearing on [=YouTube=], both professional and fan made. ''WebVideo/TheAutobiographyOfJaneEyre'' referenced the [=LBDs=] in its first episode and its authors cite it as their inspiration. Meanwhile, it's been followed by its own {{Spinoff}}s: ''WebVideo/WelcomeToSanditon'' follows Gigi Darcy in her adventure to a beach resort Sanditon, beta-testing the "Domino" application, which records, auto-edits and auto-uploads video monologues and dialogues, and covering Austen's unfinished last novel ''Sandition''. Another spinoff, ''WebVideo/EmmaApproved'', launched in October 2013, chronicling through Domino the adventures of Professional ShipperOnDeck [[Literature/{{Emma}} Emma Woodhouse]]. And they have branched out of the world of Austen with ''WebVideo/FrankensteinMD'', following the career of the bioethically-challenged [[GenderFlip Victoria]] [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frankenstein]]; and with ''WebVideo/TheMarchFamilyLetters'' concerning the daily shenanigans of the [[Literature/LittleWomen March Sisters]].

If you haven't realized yet, this is a modernized VlogSeries [[SettingUpdate adaptation]] of ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'', written by Bernie Su and produced in part by [[Music/HankGreen Hank]] [[WebVideo/VlogBrothers Green]]. Though it's scarcely the only update of ''P&P'', what was surprising was the exciting and devoted fan reaction: the show boasts close to 200,000 Website/YouTube subscribers and its DVD release raised 500% of its goal on Kickstarter within just one week of its month-long fundraising drive. It can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/user/LizzieBennet on YouTube]] or [[http://www.lizziebennet.com/ at its own website]]. Oh, and then it won an Emmy for "Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media - Original Interactive Program," which is pretty darn impressive.

** Probably to avoid confusion with Darcy, William Collins has become Ricky Collins, short for Richard. Charlotte refers to him as such in the "Without Reservation" video on Maria Lu's spin-off vlogs. Mostly though, insists on being referred to as "Mr Collins."

** Darcy is unable imitate his sister because he feels it would sound too mocking.

* BouquetToss: Lizzie suspects that Mrs Bennet paid off Ellen Gibson to throw the bouquet directly at her. And Darcy was thrown at the garter. These events lead to what according to Lizzie was ''the most awkward dance ever''.

** Lizzie, Charlotte, and Lydia (characters in a Hank Green-produced webshow) attending VidCon (a convention organized by Hank Green).

* CreatorCameo: Lizzie meets Hank at Vidcon.

* CharacterExaggeration: In the source material Lizzie is a pretty good judge of character, with the exception of Wickham and Darcy. In the vlog Lizzie is a lot more prone to being a a bad judge of character because of her personal biases. This forces more CharacterDevelopment.

** Mr Bingley originally had ''two'' sisters. Obviously, just one is fine. Caroline also fufills the role of Anne de Bourgh (who is now Catherine's pet dog).

** Ricky Collins first shows up in-person in Episode 25 by crashing the Vidcon filming.

* DeconstructedTrope: In episode 90, Lizzie wonders [[spoiler: what kind of med school allows Bing to take so much time off so that he can swan around the country like he's been doing. Turns out, no sane med school ''does'' - the whole reason Bing set up camp near the Bennets at the start of the series was that he'd dropped out and Caroline and Darcy were trying to help him get sorted out. Part of the reason Caroline is so mad at the Bennet girls is, after she got Bing away from Jane and back into med school, he dropped out ''again'' to be with her.]]

* EarlyBirdCameo: In the ''Secret Diaries'' book, Lizzie mentions in her report from Vidcon that she attended a talk on multi-communication platforms from "a designer and app company called Pemberly Digital."

* FistPump: According to Lizzie, Mrs Bennet kept pumping her fist at Ellen Gibson's wedding when she was enjoying her success as a matchmaker when her daughter Jane and Bing danced together song after song. Let's hope Lizzie meant it metaphorically.

--->'''Wickham''': [[spoiler: I've got people to do and things to see. ''([[ThatCameOutWrong looks ill-at-ease]])'' ]]

-->'''Charlotte:''' "Hey, everyone. Lizzie is having a bit of a crisis because her sister Jane actually ''likes'' the guy her mother wants her to marry. A guy who, it turns out, is actually pleasant, and nice, and funny, but that Lizzie had already made up her mind to hate. And Lizzie ''hates'' changing her mind."

-->"You had ''ninety-six episodes'' to think up a costume for me, and you came up with... pigtails and a book?"

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Unlike the original novel, George Wickham doesn't seem to receive ''any'' comeuppance whatsoever for emotionally abusing Lydia, betraying her trust and nearly ruining her reputation for a quick buck. Lizzie worries that he'll be trying to pull this scam again on another innocent person in the future - although hopefully, thanks to the publicity of what nearly happened, people will be more suspicious of him.]]

--->'''Charlotte:''' "Could you get back on-script? No one cares about my aunt."\\
'''Lizzie:''' "Yeah... We seem super-authentic now."

** Lydia winks at the camera in Episode 24 when she explains to Lizzie and Charlotte that she got into Vid Con because she "has friends in high places"...
** Lizzie is aware that her viewers ship her and Darcy and she makes comments about not wanting any crazy fan fictions. Cue commentators claiming that one chick named Jane Austen wrote a fan fic in historical setting and that it's pretty good.
* MeaningfulLook: Lizzie mentions that Darcy keeps staring at her. Like in the book, she thinks he disagrees with something she does or says. Like in the book, these are actually longing looks.

** In the second episode, Lizzie mentions that she likes films starring Creator/ColinFirth; Firth played the role of Mr. Darcy in the BBC miniseries adaptation of P&P.

** In a [[http://www.lizziebennet.com/no-more-videos/ Twitter post]], Fitz mentions going to Italy for "Brandon's bday". Colonel Brandon is a prominent character in ''Literature/SenseAndSensibility''.

** During an episode where everyone seems to be leaving town at the same time, Lizzie asks, "What's going on? Is it the [[Literature/PrideAndPrejudiceAndZombies zombie apocolypse]]?"
* NoNameGiven: Despite the modern setting, Mr and Mrs Bennet are called Mr and Mrs Bennet. The girls refer to them as "Mom and Dad", the other characters as "your mother and your father" and they call themselves pet names in the costume theater sequences. The book reveals Mrs Bennet is called Marilyn.

-->'''Lizzie''': Bye, Gigi...[to camera] otherwise known as Darcy's sister... who watches my videos. Why do I feel like I'm in ''major trouble'' right now?

--->'''Ashley Clements:''' "At this point I own very, very little that has not been on the show. Basically if I wanted to wear something that I ''haven't'' worn as Lizzie, I could wear pajamas or a bridesmaid's dress."

* ShipTease: Quite possibly the 2nd video of Maria's spinoff, for [[spoiler:Mr Collins and Charlotte]].

--> ''(cut to chinchilla and kitty picture Lizzie had planned to show and a big beep sound)''

** Charlotte's sister Maria's got [[https://www.youtube.com/user/MariaOfTheLu one]] as well thanks to an intership at Mr Collins.

* SueDonym: When Wickham and Lizzie are recounting the story of Darcy and Wickham's past, Lizzie refers to the obvious Darcy stand-in as "Darvid."

* TextileWorkIsFeminine: Jane Bennet works in fashion industry, often with fabric. In her first appearance, she brings Lizzie a blouse which she fixed for her.
* TokenBlackFriend: African-American Fitz (the former Col. Fitzwilliam in the book) is best friend to Darcy. He gets well on with Lizze as well when they meet during Lizzie's intership at Mr Collins' company, but otherwise has little to do besides be Darcy's best friend.

** The fans were curious to see the ever embarrassing Mrs Bennet and compare her real personality to Lizzie's impersonation. Mrs Bennet walked in on Lizzie's filming in the last episode. Lizzie's imitation of her accent was accurate and the choice of generic outfit was spot on, but the viewers got to see only Mrs Bennet's back.

** Episode 42. [[spoiler:Charlotte accepts a job from Mr Collins and she and Lizzie get into a rather heated argument over it]].
** Episode 58 through 64 are the real DramaBomb, coinciding with the apex of the story. [[spoiler:First we learn from Fitz that Darcy orchestrated Bing's breakup with Jane. In the next, Darcy ''himself'' breaks into the series. In 60, he sits down with Lizzie and delivers his AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. In 61, having watched her video diaries, he ''apologizes'' for his actions and gives her a letter. As she relates in 62, this letter contains his motivation for breaking up Jane and Bing, and--because his actions actually make sense given the information he had available--Lizzie's opinion of him begins to change. Finally, 63 and 64 have Caroline return, get called out on lying, and be firmly planted as an antagonist in Charlotte and Lizzie's mind. No more false friends here]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: [[spoiler: After Gigi tricks George into revealing his details we eventually learn that Darcy managed to buy the website and prevent the sex tape from being realeased - but it's never revealed what happens to George, or whether he was charged with anything.]]

* LoveYouAndEverybody: Jane is super-sweet and nice to absolutely everybody. Darcy interprets her behaviour as someone who is not ready to commit.

* AdultFear: A large part of the story revolves around the Bennets' financial troubles and fears of losing their house. After [[spoiler: Wickham announces he intends to release a tape of him having sex with Lydia]], the sisters have to tell their father about what's been happening. Lizzie's account of it is heartbreaking. They somehow chose [[PlotHole not to involve police]] and it's implied that they can't afford legal action and take it to the court.

* SpotOfTea: Jane keeps bringing Lizzie tea when she's distressed. When she brings also scones, Lizzie lampshades the trope by asking whether they have turned British with a nod to the original novel.

* RealityEnsues: In episode 90, Lizzie wonders [[spoiler: what kind of med school allows Bing to take so much time off so that he can swan around the country like he's been doing. Turns out, no sane med school ''does'' - the whole reason Bing set up camp near the Bennets at the start of the series was that he'd dropped out and Caroline and Darcy were trying to help him get sorted out. Part of the reason Caroline is so mad at the Bennet girls is, after she got Bing away from Jane and back into med school, he dropped out ''again'' to be with her.]]

* NotSoDifferent:

%% * AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: What, you didn't see this one coming?
%% * AnnoyingYoungerSibling:
%%** Lydia.
%%** Some of Gigi's antics could make her one as well.

%% * BelligerentSexualTension: Lizzie and Darcy, at least at first.

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** Charlotte's sister Maria is a minor character in the novel, so unimportant she's left out of most adaptations. In LBD she gets a short spin-off thaf helps reconcile Charlotte and Lizzie.

* FlowerInHerHair: Jane and Gigi get a pink flower for their costume theatre and it accurately captures their femininity. However, they don't seem to be wearing flowers in hair in real life.

%% * {{Adorkable}}: Gigi, Mary, and Maria. Darcy and Bing. Mr. Collins. And Lizzie.
%% NO ZCE, Example Indentation!

* BlackBestFriend: African-American Fitz (the former Col. Fitzwilliam in the book) is best friend to Darcy. He gets well on with Lizze as well when they meet during Lizzie's intership at Mr Collins' company.

There is also a [[RecursiveAdaptation novelization]] of the series called ''The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet'', which consists of her written diary from the same time period. It serves partly as a novelization and partly as a companion piece to the videos, often expanding in greater details upon subjects that for practical reasons are only hinted at in the videos.

It has started a trend of Setting Updates diaries appearing on [=YouTube=], both professional and fan made. ''WebVideo/TheAutobiographyOfJaneEyre'' referenced the [=LBDs=] in its first episode and its authors cite it as their inspiration. Meanwhile, it's been followed by its own {{Spinoff}}s: ''WebVideo/WelcomeToSanditon'' follows Gigi Darcy in her adventure to a beach resort Sanditon, beta-testing the "Domino" application, which records, auto-edits and auto-uploads video monologues and dialogues, and covering Austen's unfinished last novel ''Sandition''. Another spinoff, ''WebVideo/EmmaApproved'', launched in October 2013, chronicling through Domino the adventures of Professional ShipperOnDeck [[Literature/{{Emma}} Emma Woodhouse]]. And they have branched out of the world of Austen with ''WebVideo/FrankensteinMD'', following the career of the bioethically-challenged [[GenderFlip Victoria]] [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frankenstein]]; and with ''WebVideo/TheMarchFamilyLetters'' concerning the daily shenanigans of the [[Literature/LittleWomen March Sisters]]. As of 2017, ''Lizzie'' and at least two of its spinoffs (''Emma Approved'' and ''Frankenstein MD'') can be seen in compilations on the digital subchannel TBD.

** Part of Mrs. Bennet's [[BatmanGambit "convoluted plan"]] is to ''stage'' one. It's supposed to rain and the jelly from a disgusting cake-thing would dissolve and it would stain Jane's dress...

* ItsAllAboutMe: Mr. Ricky Collins, when not being obsessed with Catherine de Bourgh.
* JerkAss:
** Darcy, of course. [[spoiler:...but he is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold]].
** [[spoiler:George Wickham]], albeit of a more subtle and deeply heinous variety.
* JerkassRealization:
** Lizzie thinks she has one in episode 43. However, it is made clear at the same time that Lizzie didn't know Charlotte was unhappy with her taking most of the credit for the vlog, making the moment rather moving and redeeming.
** Lizzie has a major one in episode 87.

* LaughingMad: Lizzie, upon getting a look at [[MrFanservice George Wickham's abs]].

** Jane: "I'm moving to Los Angeles, not London." London is where she moved in the novel.

** Lizzie's reaction to finding out Caroline Lee watches her vlog in episode 27.

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%% * BigDamnKiss:

If you haven't realized yet, this is a modernized VlogSeries [[SettingUpdate adaptation]] of ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'', written by Bernie Su and produced in part by [[Music/HankGreen Hank]] [[WebVideo/VlogBrothers Green]]. Though it's scarcely the only update of ''P&P'', what was surprising was the exciting and devoted fan reaction: the show boasts close to 200,000 YouTube subscribers and its DVD release raised 500% of its goal on Kickstarter within just one week of its month-long fundraising drive. It can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/user/LizzieBennet on YouTube]] or [[http://www.lizziebennet.com/ at its own website]]. Oh, and then it won an Emmy for "Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media - Original Interactive Program," which is pretty darn impressive.

It has started a trend of Setting Updates diaries appearing on YouTube, both professional and fan made. ''WebVideo/TheAutobiographyOfJaneEyre'' referenced the [=LBDs=] in its first episode and its authors cite it as their inspiration. Meanwhile, it's been followed by its own {{Spinoff}}s: ''WebVideo/WelcomeToSanditon'' follows Gigi Darcy in her adventure to a beach resort Sanditon, beta-testing the "Domino" application, which records, auto-edits and auto-uploads video monologues and dialogues, and covering Austen's unfinished last novel ''Sandition''. Another spinoff, ''WebVideo/EmmaApproved'', launched in October 2013, chronicling through Domino the adventures of Professional ShipperOnDeck [[Literature/{{Emma}} Emma Woodhouse]]. And they have branched out of the world of Austen with ''WebVideo/FrankensteinMD'', following the career of the bioethically-challenged [[GenderFlip Victoria]] [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frankenstein]]; and with ''WebVideo/TheMarchFamilyLetters'' concerning the daily shenanigans of the [[Literature/LittleWomen March Sisters]]. As of 2017, ''Lizzie'' and at least two of its spinoffs (''Emma Approved'' and ''Frankenstein MD'') can be seen in compilations on the digital subchannel TBD.

* FourthWallMailSlot: Lizzie would sometimes answer comments at the video, and she would ask her viewers to send her questions through Twitter, Facebook or Youtube, and those that were interesting for the story or characters got answered in-universe. In addition, the creative team was always eager to communicate with fans at the official page or various social networks.

** Episode 73: Lydia has her 21st birthday and Lizzie accidentally reveals her opinion that Lydia could stand to act more grown-up. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Regardless of whether she was right or not]], Lydia doesn't take it well.

** Lizzie describes Jane as [[MaryPoppins Practically Perfect in every way!]]

** Additionally in Episode 29, Lizzie advises Bing on movies. She declares the [[PrideAndPrejudice period drama]] a good call, but warns against the one with [[Literature/PrideAndPrejudiceAndZombies zombies]].