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Drama series created by [[David E. Kelle] and airing on FOX, Boston Public basically told the story of the [[Teen Dram] from the point of view of the teachers. Took place in Winslow High, a public high school in Boston, hence the name. Basically Degrassi In America!, except the teachers are the troubled ones. The show lasted from October, 2000 to January, 2004, with a total of 81 episodes in four seasons.

Tropes used in Boston Public include:

• [[Abusive Parent]: Meredith Peters (AKA The Hook Lady).
• [[Adults Are Useles]: True, but it's not as egregious as other shows with teen/adult casts.
  • They're useless, but they do generally make the attempts to help. They're just not always effective ones.
• [[Badass Teache]: Harry Senate, Danny Hanson.
• [[Bad Bos]: Superintendant Marsha "The Dragon Lady" Shinn in the first season.
• [[Bald Black Leader Gu]: Principal Steven Harper.
• [[Benevolent Bos]: Steven. [[Beware the Nice Ones|Most of the tim].
• [[Birthday Suit Surprise Part]
• Brother Chuck: Lauren, Louisa, Brooke, Carmen Torres, Charlie Bixby.
• [[Bunny Ears Lawye]
• [[Butt Monke]: Guber.
• Call Back: Buttle -- "Oh my head's up a horses ass. I feel like...bending over, and pooping in my mouth."
• [[Celebrity Sta]: See [[High School Danc].
• [[Code Silve]
• [[Crossove]: With [[The Practic], and Boston Legal.
• [[Deadpan Snarke]
• Did Not Do the Research
• [[Dramed]
• [[Emo Tee]
• [[Flanderizatio]
• Former Teen Rebel: Steven, Danny Hanson.
• [[Heterosexual Life Partner]
• [[Hidden Depth]
• [[High School Danc]: Whitney Houston performed at the prom in the third season finale.
• [[Hollywood Atheis]: Danny Hanson.
• [[Hot for Studen]
• [[Hot Teache]
• [[Idiosyncratic Episode Namin]: Each episode is titled "Chapter One", "Chapter Two", etc.
• [[Informed Judais]: Guber, Harvey.
• Inner-City School
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Guber, Danny, Charlie Bixby.
• Lesbian Jock
• [[Loads and Loads of Character]
• [[Looking for Love In All the Wrong Place]: For the first few seasons, Guber can't catch a break with the ladies. First, he dates a woman who turns out to be a hooker, then hooks up with Meredith Peters, a psychopathic [[Abusive Parents|Abusive Paren] with a hook for a hand. Not to mention hopelessly pining for Lauren and later Marilyn. And what's amazing is that, [[Informed Judaism|being Jewish by his own admissio], Scott always falls for non-Jewish women. And in Season Four, he ends up with an ex-porn star. ("At least she's a Democrat", he tells Steven).
• [[Luke, You Are My Fathe]: Harvey finds out in Season Two that he has an African-American son, grandson and great-grandchildren.
• McCloud Speech: Harry Senate was often on the receiving end of these.
• [[Mean Bos]: Guber.
• Mood Whiplash
• [[N-Word Privilege]: Harvey once used the term "African-American Black-Colored Negroes".
  • Also, Danny had his class read and discuss a controversial book about the N-Word.
• [[Naive Newcome]: Kimberly Woods in the third season.
• [[Napoleon Delusio]
• [[No Medication for M]
• [[Obstructive Bureaucra]: Superintendent Shinn in Season 1, Dave Fields in Season 3.
• [[Only Sane Ma]: Steven and Guber.
• [[Parents as Peopl]
• [[Pet the Do]: Guber.
• [[The Plac]
• [[Promotion to Opening Title]: Meredith 'The Hook Lady' Peters, Brooke Harper.
• [[Psychologist Teache]
• [[Public Exposur]
• [[Put on a Bu]: Milton Buttle, Kevin Riley, Lauren, Louisa, Harry, Kimberly Woods, Brooke.
• [[Reasonable Authority Figur]: Steven.
• [[Ripped from the Headline]: Every school-related controversy of the late 90's/early 2000's was featured on the show. Threat of a school shooting? Check. Transgendered prom queen? Check. Affirmative action-related race riot? Check...
• Rousing Speech
• [[Sassy Black Woma]: Loretta Devine does sass like nobody's business.
  • Don't forget the bus driver, Mrs. Parks, who frequently stopped by and demanded that the staff "SMELL THAT SHOE!" and also never let them forget that she ONLY makes $19,000 a year!
• [[Satellite Characte]
• [[Save Our Student]
• [[School Pla]
• [[Soapbox Sadi]
• Stalker with a Crush: Lauren dates one of these at first before realizing what a psycho he is. And get this? He used to be a student of hers.
  • Kimberly Woods is victimized by one of these in the third season.
• [[The Starscrea]: Guber.
• [[Stern Teache]: Guber often gets called out for being this. As does Lauren in the second season.
• Team Dad: Steven.
• [[Teen Geniu]: Riley in the third season.
• [[Teen Pregnanc]
• [[Tonight Someone Die]: Second-string characters would get introduced for the express purpose of dying later on in the series, sometimes as soon as the same episodes they've been introduced.
• Two-Teacher School
• [[Wacky Homeroo]: The Dungeon. The very reason why Marla walks out on the class, though not before writing "Gone to kill myself. Hope you're happy." on the blackboard.
• Walk and Talk
• [[Well-Intentioned Extremis]: Harry Senate. Dear God, Harry Senate.
• [[Wide-Eyed Idealis]: Kimberly Woods in the third season.

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