Line #14 Series/Naomi2022


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/naomicw01.jpg ]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Sometimes people aren’t who you think they are."'']]
3	->'''Dee:''' What is the question, Naomi?\
4	'''Naomi:''' The question is... what am I?
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6	''Naomi'' was a series airing on Creator/TheCW, co-produced by Creator/AvaDuVernay, and based on the Creator/DCComics [[ComicBook/NaomiDCComics series of the same name]] by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis, David Walker, and Jamal Campbell. Newcomer Creator/KaciWalfall plays the titular role.
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8	In the sleepy town of Port Oswego, Oregon, Naomi [=McDuffie=] runs the world's third-largest ComicBook/{{Superman}} fan site. One day, while chasing down reports of a Superman sighting in her town, Naomi passes out, and when she comes to, learns that while many people saw Superman fighting a bad guy, nobody seems to have gotten clear footage of it. This sets off a search for the truth, which in turn leads her to questions about her own past.
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10	Although a DC series airing on The CW, the series was ''not'' part of the Series/{{Arrowverse}} media franchise. [=DuVernay=] has stated that the series was not created as a part of any shared universe, although she would have reconsidered the issue down the line.
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12	On May 12, 2022 (merely two days after the SeasonFinale aired), it was confirmed that the show [[https://deadline.com/2022/05/ava-duvernay-naomi-cancelled-cw-kaci-walfall-1235013349/ wouldn't be renewed for a second season]]. This renders the series the shortest of all of DC Comics-based series made for the channel at only 13 episodes.
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14	!!''Naomi'' contains examples of:
15	* AlternateContinuity: While a DC Comics-based show airing on The CW, this series is not officially part of the ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'', and didn't last long enough to establish a connection to the Arrowverse's greater multiverse if it was going to.
16	* CanonForeigner: All of Naomi's friends, except for Annabelle, were invented for the show.
17	* DudeMagnet: Naomi has dated several boys, including Nathan whom she recently dumped, and has been flirting with [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Lourdes]], who has a crush on her, as does Anthony. Her parents are having trouble keeping up with her love life.
18	* HappilyAdopted: Naomi loves her adoptive parents, who very clearly love her in return.
19	* HighSchoolRocks: At least before the whole alien thing came along, school life for Naomi and her friends was pretty good (and still mostly is). She's popular, academically successful, and romantically desired by several different people, and there don't seem to be real cliques, rivalries (at least, not ones that lead to anything really harmful), or bullies at the school.
20	* IJustWantToBeNormal: In episode 2, Naomi confesses to Annabelle that she doesn't want to accept the fact she is an alien because she already had issues feeling like an outsider due to being a black girl. She even uses this exact phrase.
21	* MythologyGag: The [[https://twitter.com/DCComics/status/1388198323463598083 first look]] poster, which depicts Naomi creating a homemade [[StringTheory link-analysis board]] towards the viewer, is an adaptation of her [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Naomi_Vol_1_1 Issue One]] cover.
22	* NoFullNameGiven: The last names of Dee, Zumbado, Nathan, Annabelle, Jacob, Anthony, and Lourdes all go unmentioned. In Dee and Zumbado's cases they would likely be fake anyway, but they would still need last names on paper to operate in society.
23	* RealAfterAll: Everyone in Port Oswego thinks Superman is just a fictional comic book character. When he actually shows up in town, they think it was some sort of publicity stunt. Dee, however, informs Naomi that Superman's a real person and they've even fought together in the past.
24	* ShoutOut: Naomi derives her last name from the late Creator/DwayneMcDuffie, creator of ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' and co-founder of Milestone Comics.
25	* TwoferTokenMinority: The cast is largely white, with a few exceptions.
26	** Naomi (who is also an alien) says she grew up being the only black girl in her school and town several times before moving to Port Oswego, which made her feel like a permanent outsider. She's also bisexual.
27	** Her adoptive mother Jennifer is played by an Indian-American actress.
28	** Lourdes is a queer Latina girl at Naomi's school with a crush on her.
29	* WingedHumanoid: Local tattoo artist Dee has a large part of metal wings, although he's able to hide them most of the time.

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