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Line 1: {{work}} ~~{{quote box\|~~[[File:awkwardmtc_large_7891.jpg\|frame]]}} '''''Awkward.''''' is an live action MTV [[Dramedy]] about the life of Jenna Hamilton, a social outcast who gains attention after a misconstrued suicide attempt. Jenna is a normal, everyday [[Cool Loser]]. She has [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]], who, due to [[Teen Pregnancy\|having her in high school]], never quite grew up themselves. She has a crush on [[Single Girl Seeks Most Popular Guy\|popular jock]] Matty McKibbon. She hangs out with her two best friends, [[Attention Whore\|Tamara]] and [[Asian and Nerdy\|Ming]] and tries to avoid the wrath of [[Alpha Bitch\|Sadie Saxton]]. Jenna's life changes on the last day of summer camp when she loses her virginity to Matty and then receives an anonymous letter that calls her out on her faults. Jenna's reaction to the back to back humiliation is mistaken for a suicide attempt. Jenna now faces sudden attention and infamy. Jenna decides to take the situation in her own hands and attempts to rework it for the positive. Throughout the first season she navigates being in a secret relationship with Matty while his best friend [[Big Man Onon Campus\|Jake]] develops a crush on her despite dating Sadie's friend [[Brainless Beauty\|Lissa]]. Meanwhile, she tries to figure out who wrote the anonymous letter. The series premiered July 19, 2011. Despite initially appearing like a [[~~Cliche~~Cliché Storm]], it quickly became a sleeper hit, developing a surprising [[Periphery Demographic]] and gaining critical praise, who agreed that it was better than it sounds. The show was renewed for a second season, to air in 2012. ~~----~~ {{tropelist}} ~~=== This Live Action TV Show provides examples of: ===~~ * [[Adorkable]]: Jake, so much. Jenna [[Lampshade Hanging\|lampshades]] it. ** Mr. Mitra, Valerie's boyfriend. Line 16: * [[Always Someone Better]]: Jenna's thoughts on Olivia aka Jenna Plus. Luckily, she has nothing to worry about. * [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]: Jenna's mother still reminisces about her high school popularity. Her implants apparently feel like the real thing, and she'll happily let guests feel for themselves. Her dad is better, but only slightly. {{quote\| '''Lacey:''' You're embarrassing Jenna.~~<br />~~ '''Jenna:''' You're both embarrassing Jenna! }} Ming's parents are pretty bad as well. Line 26: On a gender-flipped example, Jenna between Jake (Betty) and Matty (Veronica). * [[Big Beautiful Woman]]: [[Alpha Bitch]] Sadie is an inversion of the usual stick-thin blonde, being a full-figured brunette. However, she doesn't really apply to this trope as she is horribly self-conscious about her weight. * [[Big Man Onon Campus]]: Jake and (somewhat) Matty. * [[Blog]]: Jenna keeps a running journal of events in her life along with her private thoughts. It's a bit confusing how her specific journal works, as it would seem to be private (no repercussions from things she writes there), but she has people following or subscribing to her through it. * [[~~The~~ Brainless Beauty]]: Lacey Hamilton, Lissa * [[Camp Gay]]: Clark Stevenson * [[Catch Phrase]]: "You're welcome" is Sadie's tag after any of her brutal comments (which she claims are uncomfortable truths people need to hear). In one episode she becomes her own [[Phrase Catcher]] when Jenna blackmails her with personal information and ends the threat with a pitch perfect "You're welcome." Line 41: * [[Friend Versus Lover]]: Subverted. Matty's dilemma isn't that Jake and Jenna are fighting over him, rather that Jake is also interested in Jenna and Matty doesn't want to betray his best friend. However, he goes about it the wrong way and {{spoiler\|ends up losing Jenna to Jake}}. * [[Funny Background Event]]: In episode 3, {{spoiler\|you can briefly see Sadie throw the poop into the hot tub.}} * [[Fun ~~With~~with Acronyms]]: "Crash'd": '''C'''ounselors '''R'''aising '''A'''wareness for '''S'''tudents W'''h'''o-w silent-'''D'''rink * [[Girl -On -Girl Is Hot]]: Exploited by Jenna and Tamara * [[Hair of Gold]]: Jake * [[High School Sweethearts]]: Jenna's parents, who got married after a [[Teen Pregnancy]]. Line 55: ** [[Love Dodecahedron]]: Sadie has a crush on Matty, who was having a secret relationship with Jenna who ended up hooking up with Jake after Jake left Lissa for her. * [[Mistaken for Gay]]: Ming, by her own parents. * [[~~Names~~Name's the Same]]: [[~~Thirteen~~13 Going Onon ~~Thirty (Film)~~30\|Jenna and Matty]] * [[One Head Taller]]: Matty and Jenna * {{spoiler\|[[Parental Betrayal]]: The mysterious writer of the letter is revealed to be Jenna's mother.}} Or is she? * [[Parents Asas People]]: Jenna's parents, who may be embarrassing but have a reasonable excuse for their behavior and are genuinely good parents (aside from getting stoned and {{spoiler\|writing mean anonymous letters}} that is). * [[Passive -Aggressive Kombat]]: Sadie's preferred method of bullying. She may have gotten from her mother (who uses similar comments to get her daughter to lose weight). * [[Pet the Dog]]: Lissa gets some nice moments in the later season 1 episodes, particularly in "Fateful" where she compliments Jenna and finally stands up to Sadie. * [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]: Jenna * [[Red Herring]]: Tamara writing the "care-frontation" letter. * [[Rich Bitch]]: Sadie * [[School Play]]: Jenna gets the lead role of "Dead Stacy" in "CRASH'D". * [[Single Girl Seeks Most Popular Guy]]: Played straight with both of Jenna's love interests. * [[Shouldn't We Be in School Right Now?\|Shouldn't We Be In Class Right Now]]: Even though much of the action takes place in school, the characters are rarely actually shown to attend class or do school work. * [[Snark Knight]]: Jenna. Her first reaction is usually sarcastic, but she does try to be nice to people, even to Sadie. * [[Spoiled Sweet]]: Lissa has shades of this. She's not so much mean as dumb and easily manipulated by Sadie. * [[Stalker ~~With~~with a Crush]]: Jenna gets one after her supposed suicide attempt. Except it was just a misunderstanding. Or is it? * [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]: Matty * [[Technical Virgin]]: Lissa has taken a vow of chastity but is perfectly willing to give Jake hand jobs and even go so far as to offer him anal sex. * [[Teen Pregnancy]]: Jenna is the result of her mother's. Line 78: * [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Ming and Tamara while Jenna falls firmly in the middle. She wears skirts and other girly clothes but doesn't put much effort into her appearance outside of a braid or [[Tomboyish Ponytail]]. * [[Totally Radical]]: The dialogue occasionally steers into this. {{quote\| '''Tamara:''' "I'm hitting shuffle on this conversation."}} * [[Transparent Closet]]: Clark Stevenson * [[Women Are Wiser]]: Inverted. Jenna's dad is much more wiser than her mother. 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