History WesternAnimation / SummerMemories

* DistantFinale: [[spoiler: The final two episodes, "Summer Breaks" and "Till the Winter, My Friend", are set 20 years after the titular summer, with the cast now successful adults [[BabiesEverAfter raising children of their own]]... and [[{{Megacorp}} Soda With a Marble]] having [[BreadEggsAndMilkSquick taken over the town.]]]]

* AnAesop: Most episodes involve a lesson of some sort at the end for Jason and the viewing audience. These morals are often alluded to the in the opening voiceover narration of every episode.

** Soda With a Marble (or SWM), the company that produces Jason and Ronnie's favorite soft drink, are a ruthless satire of big business. Their business is pretty much entirely about squeezing as much money as possible out of people, and they produces hundreds of different products that they constantly push on their customer base at ridiculous prices, while also forcing upon them pervasive apps full of shameless advertising. In the DistantFinale, they have completely taken over the city and now own pretty much everything.

* AuthorAvatar: [[spoiler:"Summer Forgettory" reveals Jason and Ronnie are meant to be this for [[CreatorCameo Adam Yaniv himself]], by his own admission, only he refuses to tell them which one ("Listen, I could be either one of you!").]]

* ShoutOut: Jason is a big fan of a book called ''Story of a Young Lady", which appears to be a parody of ''Literature/{{Heidi}}''.

''Summer Memories'' is a [[CanadianMedia Canadian]]-[[IsraeliMedia Israeli animated series]] created by Israeli animator Adam Yaniv. Produced between Israel's Aircraft Pictures and A&N Productions (Yaniv's own studio) and Canada's Yeti Farm (with international distribution handled by Canadian kids TV juggernaut Creator/WildBrain), it is based on the short of the same name originally created for the WesternAnimation/NickelodeonAnimatedShortsProgram in 2014.

Inspired by his Adam Yaniv's childhood experiences and crewed by writers and actors from acclaimed Primetime Canadian comedies like ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall'', ''Series/SchittsCreek'', and ''Series/ThisHourHas22Minutes'', ''Summer Memories'' is a ComingOfAgeStory that is part SliceOfLife, part story-driven {{dramedy}}. Every episode leads into the next in a certain, and this becomes especially evident as the series goes on. And through the experiences of its central characters, the show touches on themes of memory, friendship, childhood, and growing up, with some additional social commentary on consumerism, urban development, environmentalism, and corporate growth sprinkled into the backdrop of the show's setting. The UnreliableNarrator in effect with every episode in particular often reframes parts of the story with entirely new perspectives that clue into the bigger picture - a story of how friendship transcends time and space through our memories.

''Summer Memories'' is a [[CanadianMedia Canadian]]-[[IsraeliMedia Israeli animated series]] created by Israeli animator Adam Yaniv. Produced between Israel's Aircraft Pictures and A&N Productions and Canada's Yeti Farm (with international distribution handled by Canadian kids TV juggernaut Creator/WildBrain), it is based on the short of the same name originally created for the WesternAnimation/NickelodeonAnimatedShortsProgram in 2014.

''Summer Memories'' is a [[CanadianMedia Canadian]]-[[IsraeliMedia Israeli animated series]] created by Israeli animator Adam Yaniv and inspired by his own childhood experiences. Produced between Israel's Aircraft Pictures and A&N Productions and Canada's Creator/WildBrain and Yeti Farm, it is based on the short of the same name originally created for the WesternAnimation/NickelodeonAnimatedShortsProgram in 2014.

The series retells the memories of an anxious, insecure, and unconfident boy named Jason as he reminisces on the most important summer of his life. In these formative weeks, Jason goes on adventures with his laidback, confident, and dependable best friend Ronnie ([[DescendedCreator voiced by Adam Yaniv himself]]). Together, these two best friends have fun with the other kids in the neighborhood, learn life lessons, and occasionally deal with the schemes of Jason's unpleasant yet precocious younger brother Tim. However, [[UnreliableNarrator Jason's romanticized recollections of his own bygone experiences are not entirely perfect]], with the gaps often being filled in or mixed with his own imagination. As a result things can get rather trippy. And from the unusual appearances and personalities of the people around him to the surreal shenanigans that can occur in Jason's stories, the lines between reality and fantasy are often blurred in the way Jason recounts the unforgettable summer when he came of age and everything around him changed forever.

* BigBad: The series does not initially start with one, with the closest thing being the merely obnoxious (but otherwise harmless and not all bad) Tim. However, [[spoiler:after Tim's StartOfDarkness is explored, Snake returns to the series and takes over as the villain of the show, as he further pushes Tim towards evil and tries to get Tim to drive Jason and Ronnie apart.]]

* CharacterDevelopment: Tim. While the show initially shows him to be little more than a {{jerkass}}, the story that unfolds from Jason's memories (and his own in the case of "That Ain't the Way I See It") develop him into a much more three-dimensional figure complete with his own storyline that shows him to be far from a self-centered social-climber and rather a environmentally conscious boy who simply finds beauty in different things from Jason and suffers from many of the same insecurities (although that doesn't stop him from still being very sharp-tongued).

* DisappearedDad: Jason's father is completely unmentioned and never appears.

* DistantFinale: [[spoiler: The final two episodes are set 20 years after the titular summer, with the cast now successful adults [[BabiesEverAfter raising children of their own]]... and [[{{Megacorp}} Soda With a Marble]] having [[BreadEggsAndMilkSquick taken over the town.]]]]
* DownerEnding: Several episodes end this way, helping to push forth the overarching storyline.

* TheFaceless: Linda's face is never seen in full. Tall Girl is also initially introduced this way, but at the end of her first episode, she has her face revealed and all her other appearances feature at least once instance of her face being exposed.

* {{Jerkass}}: Tim is Jason's scheming, arrogant, and cynical brother who goes out of his way to make Jason's life miserable (although CharacterDevelopment helps him improve). Interestingly, this gets flipped in "That Ain't the Way I See It", which shows Tim perceives ''Jason'' as this, showing him as a bad-tempered SpoiledBrat and indicating that Tim's characterization is likely a part of Jason's UnreliableNarrator status. Additionally, it's heavily implied that Tim suffers similarly enormous insecurities to Jason, hence the unpleasant personality we see from Jason's viewpoint.

** Soda With a Marble (or SWM), the company that produces Jason and Ronnie's favorite soft drink, are a ruthless satire of big business. Their business is pretty much entirely about squeezing as much money as possible out of people, and they produces hundreds of different products that they constantly push on their customer base at ridiculous prices, while also forcing upon them pervasive apps full of shameless advertising.

* MotherNature: Makes random appearances throughout the show. She's represented by a woman who's entire outfit is made out of things like grass and trees.

* StartOfDarkness: "That Ain't the Way I See It" reveals the events that led to Tim becoming so antagonistic to Jason in the series, [[spoiler:which was because he wanted to use Jason's birthday party to spread awareness of his campaign to save the endangered purple rock flower, but Jason's outbursts resulted in this plan falling apart, embittering Tim to his brother.]] "Purple Rock Flower" sees him fully cross over the event horizon [[spoiler:when his jealousy towards Jason's successful campaign to save the purple rock flower (after his proved fruitless for weeks) leads to him giving up his ideals and teaming up with Snake.]]

* UnreliableNarrator: A major theme of the series, as per the creator's own admission. As the whole show is based around Jason's own memories of his childhood summer, the show's reality is rather tenuous and those parts of Jason's memories that gotten fuzzy are often filled in with trippy stuff. This especially applies to episodes with Tim as the narrator, which portray much of the world in reverse of what Jason sees (Ronnie isn't TheAce, Tim is a nature-loving NiceGuy loved by all, Jason is a bratty {{jerkass}} who nobody likes, etc.).

* VocalDissonance: Despite being a 7-year-old boy, Tim has the voice of an adult man. It does however reflect his desire to appear as a mature individual.

* ContinuityNod: Episodes frequently acknowledge and reference previous ones, with certain elements even carrying over between episodes (for instance, Jason getting into guitar after "Just Like Old Times" or "A Summer's Hike" being immediately set after "A Foot in Both Camps").

* ADayInTheLimelight: "That Ain't the Way I See It" changes gears for the series by instead going into one of Tim's memories, and rather than being set during the summer, it's set the week before summer. [[spoiler:It ultimately serves as TheReveal to why Tim's been behaving the way he has for all the previous episodes, completely changing the viewers' understanding of the show.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jason is generally characterized as this, particularly from his own memories. While his insecure and anxious nature makes him prone to rudeness and outbursts, he means well overall and does his best to be friendly or make up for his mistakes.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Jason and Ronnie's friendship is a key part of the series, and the two are practically inseparable.

* SeriousBusiness: Soccer is extremely important to the people of Jason and Ronnie's town.
* SiblingRivalry: Jason and Tim's antagonistic relationship is a major element of the show. While we are initially led to believe Jason's the good guy and Tim's the bad guy in this dynamic for the first 20 or so memories, "That Ain't the Way I See It" completely changes everything with Tim's perspective showing Jason as the bad sibling and him as the good sibling.

* TheAce: Ronnie. He seems to succeed at just about everything and very popular but is totally humble about it. While it does help him with giving Jason the encouragement he needs often, Jason is shown to be a little jealous of his best friend and sometimes fears their friendship is at risk due to how much better Ronnie is than him at everything.

* DistaffCounterpart: Tall Boy, Tall Girl's on-and-off boyfriend who also befriends Tim over their shared interest in the environment.

* {{Jerkass}}: Tim is Jason's scheming, arrogant, and cynical brother who goes out of his way to make Jason's life miserable. Interestingly, this gets flipped in "That Ain't the Way I See It", which shows Tim perceives ''Jason'' as this, showing him as a bad-tempered SpoiledBrat and indicating that Tim's characterization is likely a part of Jason's UnreliableNarrator status. Additionally, it's heavily implied that Tim suffers similarly enormous insecurities to Jason, hence the unpleasant personality we see from Jason's viewpoint.

* SnakePeople: One of the recurring characters in the show is Snake, a business-suited red-skinned man with the lower body of a snake who looks a lot like Tim.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Snake intentionally encourages Tim to antagonize his brother Jason and make his life miserable.

The series retells the memories of an anxious, insecure, and unconfident boy named Jason as he reminisces on the most important summer of his life. In these formative weeks, Jason goes on adventures with his laidback, confident, and dependable best friend Ronnie ([[DescendedCreator voiced by Adam Yaniv himself]]). Together, these two best friends have fun with the other kids in the neighborhood, learn life lessons, and occasionally deal with the schemes of Jason's unpleasant yet precocious younger brother Tim. However, [[UnreliableNarrator Jason's romanticized recollections of his own bygone experiences are not entirely perfect]], with the gaps often being filled in or mixed with his own imagination. As a result things can get rather trippy. And from the unusual appearances and personalities of the people around him to the surreal shenanigans that can occur in Jason's stories, the lines between reality and fantasy are often blurred in the way Jason recounts the unforgettable summer when he came of age.

* MegaCorp: Soda With a Marble (or SWM), the company that produces Jason and Ronnie's favorite soft drink, are a ruthless satire of big business. Their business is pretty much entirely about squeezing as much money as possible out of people, and they produces hundreds of different products that they constantly push on their customer base at ridiculous prices, while also forcing upon them pervasive apps full of shameless advertising.

* NiceGuy: Jason, despite his insecurities, is a friendly kid who means well. Ronnie, likewise, is dependable, easygoing, and always looking out for Jason.

* TheQuietOne: One of Jason's friends, Mack. His other friends always refer to him as if he's extremely talkative, but he never once says a word.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Episodes featuring Tim as the narrator naturally have him as the protagonist instead of Jason.

* {{Jerkass}}: Tim is Jason's scheming, arrogant, and cynical brother who goes out of his way to make Jason's life miserable.

* {{Narrator}}:
** Jason acts as this for the show via a voiceover at the start and end of every episode, usually reminiscing on the episode's theme.
** Tim sometimes has this role as well, with the [[UnreliableNarrator expected results]].

* UnreliableNarrator: A major theme of the series, as per the creator's own admission. As the whole show is based around Jason's own memories of his childhood summer, the show's reality is rather tenuous and those parts of Jason's memories that gotten fuzzy are often filled in with trippy stuff.

The series retells the memories of an anxious, reserved, and mild-mannered boy named Jason as he reminisces on the most important summer of his life. In these formative weeks, Jason goes on adventures with his laidback, confident, and charismatic best friend Ronnie ([[DescendedCreator voiced by Adam Yaniv himself]]). Together, these two best friends have fun with the other kids in the neighborhood, learn life lessons, and occasionally deal with the schemes of Jason's unpleasant yet precocious younger brother Tim. However, [[UnreliableNarrator Jason's romanticized recollections of his own bygone experiences are not entirely perfect]], with the gaps often being filled in or mixed with his own imagination. As a result things can get rather trippy. And from the unusual appearances and personalities of the people around him to the surreal shenanigans that can occur in Jason's stories, the lines between reality and fantasy are often blurred in the way Jason recounts the unforgettable summer when he came of age.

* BurningWithAnger: Blue flames erupt around Tim whenever he's sufficiently irritated.

* ContinuityNod: Episodes frequently acknowledge and reference previous ones.

** Ronnie's father seems to have this as well. His hair isn't as long as Ronnie's, but it does move like Ronnie's does.

* TheFaceless: Linda's face is never seen. Tall Girl is also initially introduced this way, but at the end of her first episode, she has her face revealed and all her other appearances feature at least once instance of her face being exposed.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Many of the show's characters are referred to by nicknames - Tall Girl, Yelling Lady, Pregnant Mom, Tough Love Coach, etc. This seems to indicate that Jason's memories of them do not recollect their real names.

* DisappeatedDad: Jason's father is completely unmentioned and never appears.