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3	''Youth and Consequences'' is an American {{Teen\|Drama}} {{Dramedy}} web television series starring and produced by Creator/AnnaAkana. The series premiered on March 7, 2018 on Platform/YouTube Red, with the first episode being [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK_rEi1_dxs available to everyone]].
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5	The shows follows LovableAlphaBitch Farrah Cutney (Akana) and her GirlPosse Sarah Hurley ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Sarife Katie Sarife]]), Jayne ([[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4592297/ Kara Royster]]) and Jane ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Reynolds Sophie Reynolds]]) in their power plays to stay on top of the school's food chain and dealing with adolescent issues in the Digital Era.
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7	Farrah's biggest trump card is her secret friendship with Colin Cowher ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Grandillo Sean Grandillo]]), also known as "The Crotch", who controls all information in school through a website.
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9	On June 30, 2018, Akana confirmed on her Twitter that the series [[ShortRunner would not return for a second season]].
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12	!!''Youth And Consequences'' provides examples of:
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14	* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: While the extent of the student council power hasn't been shown yet it is powerful enough for Farrah to want a deal with the StudentCouncilPresident.
15	* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Farrah is a popular and attractive brunette who acts composed and aloof in the school halls and with her peers.
16	* AlphaBitch: Stacey, in contrast to LovableAlphaBitch Farrah. [[spoiler:As the series progresses, Stacey would subvert the trope with the real Alpha Bitch being Grace.]]
17	* BeneathTheMask: "Gender Fulidity" has Farrah lampshade that '''everyone''' has a mask to hide how "tightly round" they are and indeed, the central theme of the show revolves around HiddenDepths.
18	* BerserkButton: Being unfaithful is a surefire way to get on Farrah's bad side. [[spoiler: Illo pretty much had the vote for Student Council locked before caught him with Stacy Moorehead while in a (secret) relationship with Hurley (Farrah's best friend). Farrah proceeded to pull a DarkHorseVictory literally the day before the election just to get back at him.]]
19	* BestFriend: Hurley is this for Farrah. Stacey used to be this for Farrah.
20	* ChildhoodFriends: Hook and Farrah have been friends since second grade.
21	* TheConfidant: Farrah and Colin are the only people they both talk about regarding their family issues.
22	* DarkHorseVictory: Grace Ho wins the StudentCouncilPresident, despite only becoming a candidate very late in the election and basically being an unknown in school, thanks to Farrah's support.
23	* EatingLunchAlone: Colin is often shown eating alone in the school auditorium.
24	* EngineeredPublicConfession: How Farrah takes out Hope from the StudentCouncilPresident election, playing an incriminating part of their conversation during one of Hope's speeches.
25	* EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler:Stacey may not entirely like Farrah since their falling out, but even she's put off by Grace flirting with Will solely because Farrah had a crush on (and is actually dating) him. After Farrah is alienated by the entire school for [[TakingTheHeat her false confession of being The Crotch]] and finds Will cheating on her with Grace, Stacey offers Farrah some support, letting her know that she's aware that Farrah's confession was likely to cover for somebody else and that she doesn't have to tell her who it was and reminding Farrah of their friendship.]]
26	* TheFixer: Hook is this for the school, managing to smuggle ''vodka'' for Ilo to gift Farrah's GirlPosse to try and win their votes. For the most part, he just supplies drugs.
27	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Grace Ho's more sinister side is foreshadowed in her debut episode where instead of expressing shock and/or disgust at Ilo's vodka stunt to win Farrah's GirlPosse over, she mutters "That's a good idea..." Also foreshadowing her deal with Hook to sell "sparkling water" at the school's home games.
28	* FormerFriendOfAlphaBitch: Stacey, who used to be Farrah's BestFriend and part of her GirlPosse.
29	* FriendlessBackground: Colin has no friends at school, besides Farrah and their friendship is a secret to everyone.
30	* GirlPosse:
31	** Farrah leads one with Plain, Jayne and Hurley. Stacey was a former member.
32	** Later Grace, Stacey and Plain form one.
33	* GreenEyedMonster: Plain is jealous of the fact that Hook, her boyfriend, is ChildhoodFriends with Farrah and doesn't believe him when he insists that he never had romantic feelings for his long time friend, eventually breaking up with him over it.
34	* HighSchool: The setting, Central Rochester High-School, where most of the plot takes place.
35	* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Man, [[spoiler: Farrah does not have it easy at the end of the series]].
36	* IntrepidReporter: Colin likes to think himself as one with his "The Crotch" persona, and it's what he aspires to be in the future.
37	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Farrah can be pretty controlling, but she cares deep down. She's furious on Ilo for cheating on Hurley and after finding out about Mr. Chadwick creepy upskirt videos, she has no intention to make them public in order to spare his family.
38	* KingmakerScenario: Farrah is so influential in school she's regarded as this in the StudentCouncilPresident election, with both candidates desperate for her support. When she takes down Hope and Ilo gets on Farrah's bad side, she raises her own candidate in [[DarkhorseVictory Grace, who wins with her support at the last minute.]]
39	* KnowledgeBroker: "The Crotch" who has information about everything that happens in Central Rochester High.
40	* LastNameBasis: Enforced. Farrah got the whole school to call Sarah Hurley by her last name, just because Farrah didn't want to be {{Best Friend}}s with someone with a similar first name to her own, like The Janes.
41	* LegacyCharacter: "The Crotch" gets passed on to an anonymous student every year. Colin is the current "The Crotch" at the start of the series.
42	* LivesInAVan: Colin lives in a trailer just outside his mother's house which is odd given they have a fairly nice house to start.
43	* LovableAlphaBitch: Farrah, being TheLeader of her own GirlPosse and one of the most popular and influential students in school, with Hurley as her Loveable BetaBitch.
44	* TheMakeover: Farrah and the girls give one to Grace, so she has a better chance at winning the election.
45	%%* NeverMyFault: Superintendent Moorehead
46	* NudityEqualsHonesty: Since Colin and Farrah both don't fully trust the other isn't taping their chats, they both trade particularly big secrets while naked in the shower. He calls it the "Chamber of Trust" and only use it for "Chamber level" secrets though [[spoiler: like the details of how their guidance counselor's death.]]
47	* OneSteveLimit: Averted with The Janes.
48	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname:
49	** The Janes (Jane and Jayne) go by "Plain" and "Y".
50	** Sarah Hurley goes by Hurley.
51	** "The Crotch", the mysterious student who leaks all the school's juicy secrets to the internet.
52	* OddFriendship: School Queen Farrah and Social Outcast Colin, although they both keep it a secret from the rest of the school.
53	* ParentsAsPeople: Both Farrah and Colin's parents are portrayed as real people with their own issues, which often takes a toll on both.
54	* PlayingBothSides: Hook secretly helps both Ilo and Hope in the election.
55	* ShouldersUpNudity: Farrah and Colin during their ShowerScene, with some shots of ToplessnessFromTheBack and {{Sideboob}} from [[MsFanservice Farrah]].
56	* ShowerOfAwkward: Despite the "Chamber of Trust" being his idea Colin awkwardly [[HandOrObjectUnderwear covers himself with his hands]] the whole time. In contrast [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl Farrah is perfectly comfortable with her nudity]] and doesn't bother covering herself.
57	* ShowerScene: Farrah and Colin take one together, as proof neither is wearing any wire when they're sharing particularly juicy gossip. They've apparently done this so often Colin even buys Farrah her favorite hair conditioner to keep in the bathroom.
58	* ShrinkingViolet: Colin suffers from social anxiety apparently and thus tends to prefer to be alone. Its to the point that he eats lunch in the school auditorium and even lives in a trailer right outside his mother's house.
59	* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Grace Ho (Creator/PiperCurda) is only introduced in episode two.
60	* SecretRelationship: Plationic version between Farrah and Colin who initially start out as being sources of information for each other and evolve where they're the only ones they talk about their family issues with.
61	* SpyCam: The school's guidance counselor, Mr. Chadwick kept a hidden camera under his desk to get an upskirt shot of the girls that talked to him. Colin and Farrah and very creeped out when they find out.
62	* TheSpymaster: Colin, aka "The Crotch" serves as this to Farrah, due to all the info he can get about anyone at school. A much-downgraded example as this is just HighSchool.
63	* TheSocialExpert: Farrah is easily able to read people and manipulate all of the school's cliques.
64	* UnfortunateNames: There are a few lampshades regarding the surnames of Stacey Moorehead and Grace Ho.
65	* WrongBathroomIncident: Episode 3 has a jock brazenly come into the girls' locker room to change, with the excuse he "feels like a girl today". The girls don't buy it and just see him as JerkJock using gender fluidity as an [[AppealToAudacity excuse to perv on them]]. Farrah gets him to leave the locker by doing a DefiantStrip in front of him, which causes him to get awkward and leave. [[spoiler:This gets {{Subverted\|trope}} at the end of the episode when it's revealed he ''does'' have gender identity issues and his locker room stint was something of a SarcasticConfession.]]

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