Becoming Human is a BBC Supernatural Soap Opera created by Toby Whithouse. The protagonists are a Friendly Neighborhood Vampire, a wolfgirl, and a timid ghost who is uncertain about the circumstances of his death. Wait, that sounds suspiciously like the premise of another show...
Becoming Human is — to describe it in a sentence — the High School AU of Being Human (UK). It's handled by the same creative team, and began airing online on 30 January 2011, immediately following the Being Human episode that introduced us to our new vampire.
Becoming Human played out like an online interactive game, with various clues to be found in different posts made on the blog.
Can be found here
.
Tropes in Becoming Human:
- Abhorrent Admirer: Gender flipped for Matt's perving on the girls in the locker room. Possibly taken further when it's revealed he has had a crush on Christa for three years.
- All Love Is Unrequited: Matt to Christa.
- Almighty Janitor: The Stinger reveals the caretaker is perfectly aware of the supernatural goings-on in the school.
- Alpha Bitch: Brandy Mulligan/Crompton.
- The Atoner: Adam just wants to get his qualifications, but struggles with his bloodlust. Interestingly he actually doesn't have much to atone for, as his parents kept him fed and stopped him from killing anyone.
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: Adam sees this between himself and Christa. Could be joking, but going by his personality, he's probably perfectly serious. Christa for her part mostly finds him annoying, but she does seem jealous when he expresses interest in Brandy.
- The Bully: Danny Curtis to Matt when he was living.
- The Can Kicked Him: Matt met his demise in a toilet by the bullies.
- Compulsory School Age: Played with. Adam looks 16, so by British law can be out of school. However, he chooses to go back and, for once, take it seriously and gain some qualifications.
- Deadpan Snarker: Both Adam and Christa have varying levels.
- Dirty Old Man: Adam is 46. Christa lampshades this in the ARG that half the things he says to the girls, if he looked his chronological age, would get him arrested.
- Disco Dan: Adam, in some of the references he makes. This makes sense since he's 46, and would have been turned around 1981.
- The Dog Was the Mastermind: It turns out the killer is Mr. Roe, the mild-mannered, helpful teacher who was the only character to never be a suspect. A second more minor example is the janitor, who spent a lot of time in the background before being believed to be an accomplice, but eventually turned out to be a Red Herring... or was he?
- Downer Ending: For Christa. Rook's emails reveals that at some point shortly after the show's end she accidentally killed two young men while she was transformed, ran away from home, and was last seen somewhere in Scotland. Most of her relatives and friends think she's dead. And apparently now that her werewolf form's tasted blood it's far more dangerous. However there is some hope since the emails also reveal that Adam was also sighted in Scotland, suggesting that the two could be trying to meet up.
- Emo: Christa is not one, according to Adam.
- Elaborate University High: The high school does seem very polished...
- Everyone Is a Suspect: Every character could plausibly be the murderer, bar Adam, who hadn't joined the school. As such, all every character is investigated at some point.
- Fake-Out Make-Out: Adam and Christa are forced to resort to this.
- Fake Video Camera View: Some of the uploads on the site are videos taken by the characters from a mobile phone.
- Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: Adam. He's actually doing fairly well, especially when compared to Mitchell and Hal.
- Ghostly Goals: Matt wants revenge for his murder.
- Goth: Christa. Her inner monologue implies it's a change.
- Lighter and Softer: It certainly isn't as dark as Being Human (UK) can get.
- Love Triangle: Matt fancies Christa. Adam possibly fancies her too.
- Masquerade: Adam and Christa want to uphold this and live as close to an ordinary life as they can.
- Monster Mash: Like the original show it's about a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost becoming friends.
- New Transfer Student: Adam is essentially this.
- Older Than They Look: Adam is said to be stuck in a 16 year old body, but is chronologically 46, and the actor is 20.
- Once More, with Clarity: The final episode features a brief montage of the clues that allow the characters to finally figure out who the murderer is — all of which were seemingly inconsequential at the time.
- Ordinary High-School Student: Adam and Christa are trying to be this.
- Our Ghosts Are Different: Like in the parent show, ghosts can only move on once they resolve their unfinished business. They can also only be seen by other supernaturals.
- Our Vampires Are Different: Like in the parent show, vampires can walk around in the daytime and have black eyes when they're going to feed, while also being invisible to cameras. Blood is also a psychological addiction as opposed to something they need to survive.
- Our Werewolves Are Different: Like in the parent show, a werewolf's senses increase when close to the full moon.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Matt loves eggs. He even calls himself an "egg man" at one point.
- True Companions: By the end the three become this.
- Vampire Detective Series: Vampire and Werewolf and Ghost Detective Series.
- Whodunnit to Me?: What Matt is trying to find out.
- You Can See Me?: Matt is surprised to find out he can be seen by Adam and Christa.
