Boston Public

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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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