The L.A. Complex: Difference between revisions
Content added Content deleted
m (Mass update links) |
Looney Toons (talk | contribs) (defaultsort, tropelist) |
||
(6 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
---- |
---- |
||
{{tropelist}} |
|||
* [[Actor Allusion]]: [[Jewel Staite|Raquel's]] show that everyone knows her from ended before its time because of a lousy timeslot, similar to [[Firefly |
* [[Actor Allusion]]: [[Jewel Staite|Raquel's]] show that everyone knows her from ended before its time because of a lousy timeslot, similar to [[Firefly|another show]]. |
||
* [[The Alleged Car]]: Abby's mid-90s Honda Civic. Partly her fault; it has a huge pile of unpaid parking tickets and still sports Ontario plates six months after she arrived in L.A. so no surprise it gets booted. |
* [[The Alleged Car]]: Abby's mid-90s Honda Civic. Partly her fault; it has a huge pile of unpaid parking tickets and still sports Ontario plates six months after she arrived in L.A. so no surprise it gets booted. |
||
* [[Black Best Friend]]: Discussed by Raquel, who thinks it's unrealistic. |
* [[Black Best Friend]]: Discussed by Raquel, who thinks it's unrealistic. |
||
* [[California Doubling]]: Inverted. Mostly shot in Toronto. |
* [[California Doubling]]: Inverted. Mostly shot in Toronto. |
||
* [[Expy]]: Abby's basically Manny Santos, down to the same actor and her boyfriend back in Toronto being a mechanic. |
* [[Expy]]: Abby's basically Manny Santos, down to the same actor and her boyfriend back in Toronto being a mechanic. |
||
* [[Hey |
* [[Hey, It's That Place!]]: Isn't there a "Wilhelm" store across the street from [[Degrassi|The Dot]]? |
||
** The community center where Raquel's AA meets looks ''nothing at all'' like Degrassi... |
** The community center where Raquel's AA meets looks ''nothing at all'' like Degrassi... |
||
* [[I Just Want to Be Special]]: All the major characters want to be actors or other performers. |
* [[I Just Want to Be Special]]: All the major characters want to be actors or other performers. |
||
* [[Only So Many Canadian Actors]]: Present but not as overbearingly so as you'd expect in an Epitome production. |
* [[Only So Many Canadian Actors]]: Present but not as overbearingly so as you'd expect in an Epitome production. |
||
* [[Screwed |
* [[Screwed by the Network]]: CW's "let's wait a few months after the Canadian airdates to show it in the US" attitude led to massively lower ratings than in Canada. Season 2 will be broadcast at the same time. |
||
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: Nick's standup routine. |
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: Nick's standup routine. |
||
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Abby originally ''was'' Manny Santos, in what was originally planned as a straight [[Spin-Off]] of ''[[Degrassi]]''. |
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Abby originally ''was'' Manny Santos, in what was originally planned as a straight [[Spin-Off]] of ''[[Degrassi]]''. |
||
* [[White Dwarf Starlet]]: Raquel |
* [[White Dwarf Starlet]]: Raquel |
||
{{quote| |
{{quote|-We had a lousy timeslot.}} |
||
* [[Working Title]]: ''Highland Gardens''. |
* [[Working Title]]: ''Highland Gardens''. |
||
Line 22: | Line 23: | ||
[[Category:Canadian Series]] |
[[Category:Canadian Series]] |
||
[[Category:The New Tens]] |
[[Category:The New Tens]] |
||
[[Category:The |
[[Category:The L.A. Complex]] |
||
[[Category:Series]] |
[[Category:TV Series]] |
||
{{DEFAULTSORT:L.A. Complex, The}} |
Latest revision as of 13:29, 30 May 2017
Series about young performers trying to make it big in Hollywood, all living in a converted motel called the Deluxe Suites (or "Luxe for short), produced by Epitome Pictures (the people behind Degrassi and Instant Star).
Tropes used in The L.A. Complex include:
- Actor Allusion: Raquel's show that everyone knows her from ended before its time because of a lousy timeslot, similar to another show.
- The Alleged Car: Abby's mid-90s Honda Civic. Partly her fault; it has a huge pile of unpaid parking tickets and still sports Ontario plates six months after she arrived in L.A. so no surprise it gets booted.
- Black Best Friend: Discussed by Raquel, who thinks it's unrealistic.
- California Doubling: Inverted. Mostly shot in Toronto.
- Expy: Abby's basically Manny Santos, down to the same actor and her boyfriend back in Toronto being a mechanic.
- Hey, It's That Place!: Isn't there a "Wilhelm" store across the street from The Dot?
- The community center where Raquel's AA meets looks nothing at all like Degrassi...
- I Just Want to Be Special: All the major characters want to be actors or other performers.
- Only So Many Canadian Actors: Present but not as overbearingly so as you'd expect in an Epitome production.
- Screwed by the Network: CW's "let's wait a few months after the Canadian airdates to show it in the US" attitude led to massively lower ratings than in Canada. Season 2 will be broadcast at the same time.
- Stylistic Suck: Nick's standup routine.
- What Could Have Been: Abby originally was Manny Santos, in what was originally planned as a straight Spin-Off of Degrassi.
- White Dwarf Starlet: Raquel
-We had a lousy timeslot. |
- Working Title: Highland Gardens.