Cursor Girls is a 20XX Teen Drama series on Apple TV+, created by Lucy Sampson.
Three high school girls use a magical mouse cursor to manipulate the world around them. Shenanigans ensue.
Characters:
Main characters a.k.a the Cursor Girls
- Brianna ("Bri") Molles — The protagonist. A ninth-grader studying at Engelbart High School. She is a computer nerd and Squishy's user.
- Jaidyn Wilkins — Bri's best friend. A tech fan and the first person she personally revealed Squishy to.
- Alexis Bailey — A former bully who became one of Bri's friends.
- Squishy (a.k.a. Cursor) — A magical living mouse cursor that can do computer things in the real world.
Recurring characters
- Jessica Molles — Bri’s mother who knows Squishy’s secret.
- Ms. Fiann Arran — Engelbart High School's math teacher.
- Mr. Ian Ryans — The principal of Engelbart High.
- Rachel — An intrepid journalist for the school newspaper.
- Ella Jade and Ashley Anne — Alexis' former friends and enemies of the Cursor Girls.
- Nick, Ellie, Mimi, Emily, Jasmine, Nicole, CJ — Students from Bri's class.
Episodes:
Season 1
- "Connected" — The pilot. An Origins Episode featuring the beginnings of the main characters. Bri frees Squishy from her computer on the first day of school, and develops unexpected friendships with Jaidyn and Alexis after a prank gone horribly wrong.
Tropes:
- A Boy and His X: Or rather, a girl and her cursor.
- Aerith and Bob: Bri and Squishy.
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: In "Connected", Alexis and her friends attack Bri for not finding a prank funny, threatening to tell them on their teacher, and being a nerdy cursor girl.
- Character Development: Bri goes from a shy computer nerd to a friendly one during the events of "Connected". Also from the same episode, Alexis transforms from a bully into one of Bri's closest friends.
- Everyone Owns a Mac: Granted, as this is an Apple TV+ series.
- First Day of School Episode: “Connected”.
- Gone Horribly Wrong: Bri's seemingly innocent prank of clicking and dragging soup over the bullies in “Connected” gets them sent to the nurse's office with broken bones.
- Heel–Face Turn: Alexis was one of the three girls who bullied Bri on the first day of school (the others being Ella and Ashley). When Squishy heals her, though, she has a change of heart, and she sides with Bri and Jaidyn against her former friends.
- Honesty Is the Best Policy: The Aesop of the first episode.
- Magical Computer: Bri's computer mouse can control Squishy in the real world, with the abilities to click, drag, select, and do anything that is present on the right click menu of a computer.
- Meaningful Name: Engelbart High School is named after Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse.
- Meaningful Rename: Squishy was originally named Cursor, and only received her new name after Bri made friends with Jaidyn.
- Nerd Glasses: Bri wears glasses and is into computers.
- School Newspaper News Hound: Rachel, a journalist for the school newspaper, will go to any length to expose Squishy and the Cursor Girls.
- Seamless Spontaneous Lie: When Jessica catches Bri talking to Squishy in the car in "Connected", Bri claims that she's talking to an imaginary friend. To practice making friends, of course.
- Shout-Out: The names of the teen characters are based on the stars of the defunct YouTube channel “SevenSuperGirls”
- Urban Fantasy: The series takes place in Los Angeles, California, and features magical elements.
YMMV:
- Ho Yay: Some fans ship Bri and Jaidyn.
- Unintentionally Sympathetic: Quite a few fans side with Alexis in the first episode's conflict, believing that their fate was a result of their own insecurities.
