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Sixteen-year-old [[Meaningful Name|Ceilidh]] [[Bonnie Scotland|("Kay-Lee") MacFarlene]] moves with her family to the fictional town of Avalon, Ontario, [[The Commonwealth|Canada]] from Ottawa. There, [[New Transfer Student|she starts Grade 11 at Avalon High School]] and becomes friends with six of the students there.
 
She first meets [[Deadpan Snarker|Joseph Page]] and his best friend [[Blond Guys Are Evil|Alan Gunderson]], then [[Megane|Ryan]] [[Adorkable|Aberdeen]] "[[Geek|The Geek]] [[Proud to Be Aa Geek|To End]] [[In -Series Nickname|All Geeks]]," the bubbly [[Lovable Alpha Bitch|Helène Richer]] who constantly chases Alan, [[Little Miss Snarker|Alison Montgomery]], and [[Fiery Redhead|Phoebe]] [[Meganekko|Bradley]] - who [[Meaningful Rename|prefers to be called]] "[[In -Series Nickname|Feeb]]" - with a [[Does Not Like Men|constant dislike of men]].
 
This [[Slice of Life]] webcomic features their time together in and out of Avalon High School.
 
Not to be confused with [[Meg Cabot]]'s young adult novel and manga series ''[[Avalon High]]'' or the [[Mamoru Oshii]] [[Avalon (film)|film of the same name]].
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=== ''Avalon'' provides examples of: ===
* [[Adorkable]]: Ryan.
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: This [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4DBZ2TBp-w Barq's commercial] was parodied in [http://www.avalonhigh.com/d/20000324.html 1:100].
* [[Aliens in Cardiff]]: ''[[Walkyverse|It's Walky!]]'' did a [[Crossover]] with ''[[Avalon (Webcomicwebcomic)|Avalon]]'' in one of its storylines.
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Ceilidh with Iain, {{spoiler|Phoebe with Todd, Deirdre with Patrick}}.
* [[Alone Withwith the Psycho]]: When Joe gets ambushed by Nancy with her [[Wooden Katanas Are Even Better|wooden katana]] in the halls after school hours. {{spoiler|Ceilidh}} comes to his rescue.
* [[Aloof Big Brother]]: Ciaran, Ceilidh's older brother. Ceilidh cannot abide his teasing.
* [[Ambiguous Gender]]: [http://www.avalonhigh.com/w/20020225.html During Erin's first week in the comic], readers could not decide whether she was male or female. This was later put to rest in [http://www.avalonhigh.com/d/20020305.html 3:87] - she's female. The ambiguity was an unintended result by the author.
* [[Art Evolution]]: There is a definite change in art style as the comic goes on. One note of interest is that many characters get [[Eighties Hair|larger hair]], which actually works for them. Check it out on [http://www.avalonhigh.com/cast/ the Cast page.]
* [[Mouthful of Pi|Banner Of Pi]]: The gang go to a Senators playoff game and [[Crowning Moment of Funny|bring something with them]] ...
{{quote| '''Sports Announcer:''' ... And a group of fans seem to have brought a banner which reads the value of "pi," accurate to 40 decimals ...}}
* [[Beach Episode]]: Not the beach, but the main cast goes camping at the lake.
* [[Better Asas Friends]]: {{spoiler|At the beginning of their OAC year, Joe and Phoebe finally talk about what happened with Todd. Phoebe tells Joe that they would not have been right for each other as a couple; Joe agrees that they were better as friends. As a result, their friendship starts to mend.}}
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: While not evil with a capital "E" Alan can be very selfish, {{spoiler|especially where Joe is concerned}}. However, Alison would view Iain this way, no doubt.
* [[Bonnie Scotland]]: Ceilidh's parents immigrated from Scotland to [[The Commonwealth|Canada]].
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** Deirdre could also technically count for this, especially after her [[The Reveal|reveal]].
* [[Bromantic Foil]]: Alan to Joe, especially when {{spoiler|taking advantage of Joe's indecision over Helène; Alan started going out with her to become more popular}}.
* [[Canada, Eh?]]: Averted since the author was born and raised ''in'' Canada.
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: {{spoiler|Joe's indecision kept him from confessing to Helène and Phoebe, not to mention inadvertently starting a relationship with Ceilidh.}}
* [[Caught in Thethe Rain]]: After Ceilidh's {{spoiler|[[Love Confession]] to Joe}} they both get rained on near Ceilidh's house. They go inside to dry off in her room, where Ceilidh decides to bare her <s>[[Please Put Some Clothes On|breasts]]</s> [[Out -of -Clothes Experience|soul]] to him.
* [[Character Development]]: Especially with the [[Drama Bomb|Drama Bombs]] used.
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: {{spoiler|The bearded man trying to smoke at Hildegarde's Café is later [[The Reveal|revealed]] to be Joe's estranged father James Page}}. See [[The Reveal]] below.
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* [[The First Cut Is the Deepest]]: Phoebe was so distraught after {{spoiler|her relationship with Todd}} that she now [[Does Not Like Men|despises all men]].
* [[Flash Back]]: One example of this is Ryan discussing Joe and Phoebe's history with Ceilidh.
* [[Four -Fingered Hands]]: Everyone is drawn with four fingers on their hands instead of five. This is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by Alan when he [http://www.avalonhigh.com/d/20000316.html holds both hands up to indicate he bought five raffle tickets].
* [[Geek]]: Ryan the [[Techno Wizard|"computer whiz,"]] as said by Ceilidh. See [[Proud to Be Aa Geek]] below.
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Noelle, Pascale.
* [[Girl Next Door]]: Ceilidh is literally this to Joe after she moves to Avalon.
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* [[I Don't Want to Ruin Our Friendship]]: {{spoiler|Joe feels this way towards Ceilidh}}.
* [[Informed Judaism]]: Alison tells Ceilidh at her first [[New Year Has Come|New Year's party]] with the main cast that she is Jewish. It is the only time this is explicitly acknowledged.
{{quote| '''Ceilidh:''' ... But why are you eating the pork sausages?<br />
'''Alison:''' Oh, trust me Ceilidh, whatever the heck these are made of, it ain't pork ... }}
* [[In -Series Nickname]]: "Feeb/Feebs" for Phoebe.
* [[It Got Worse]]: {{spoiler|Some time after Patrick found out about Deirdre's pregnancy and cowardly ran away, she had a miscarriage.}}
* [[Jerkass]]:
** {{spoiler|Todd, Phoebe's OAC ex-boyfriend who [[Domestic Abuser|abused]] and dumped Phoebe shortly after and started spreading rumours about her in school that she is gay. Joe soon reciprocated against Todd by [[Kick the Son of Aa Bitch|pushing him down the stairs]]}}.
** {{spoiler|Deirdre's ex Patrick from her high school days. She hooked up with him because she thought he was tough and a rebel like herself. However, after he got her pregnant and finding out about it, he turned out to be a coward and ran away, leaving Deirdre to deal with the pregnancy on her own. Unfortunately, [[It Got Worse|it didn't end there]]: she had a miscarriage.}}
* [[Kick the Son of Aa Bitch]]: {{spoiler|Joe pushing Todd down the stairs to "vent his frustrations" regarding his loss of Phoebe. The question is if Joe really knew what a [[Jerkass]] Todd was ...}}
* [[Lady in Red]]: Ceilidh wore a sleeveless red dress on her movie date with Joe. See [[She Cleans Up Nicely]] below.
* [[Land Down Under]]: Iain is Australian.
* [[Last -Minute Hookup]]: {{spoiler|Joe & Helène}} and {{spoiler|Ceilidh and Phoebe}} at the comic's end.
* [[Let's Just Be Friends]]: {{spoiler|When Joe breaks up with Ceilidh, telling her he thinks they would be [[Better Asas Friends]], like they were before. He apologizes for [[Was It All a Lie?|lying to her about his true feelings]]; he only wanted her to be happy, which is why he went out with her in the first place.}}
* [[Little Miss Snarker]]: Ceilidh, Phoebe, Alison.
* [[Longing Look]]: In the school cafeteria Joe stares at {{spoiler|Helène}} from across the room. His look is somewhat intense due to his contemplating how he turned out not asking her to the spring dance.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: There are a few:
** '''Ceilidh''' in Gaelic means "an informal social gathering with folk music, singing, dancing, and storytelling."
** '''Deirdre''' is Irish, Gaelic, and possibly Celtic for "broken-hearted, sorrowful" and could also be translated as "fear" or "raging woman." Deirdre is also the name of one of the most famous women in Irish folklore, as a woman of great beauty with a tragic story; [[The Other Wiki]] [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deirdre |describes it in detail]].
** '''Ciaran''' is Gaelic for "little dark-haired one."
* [[Meaningful Rename]]: Phoebe and Ryan [[The Nicknamer|nickname themselves]]. Phoebe introduces herself to Ceilidh as "[[In -Series Nickname|Feeb]]."
{{quote| '''Phoebe:''' I hate "Fee-Bee!" Please call me "Feeb!"<ref>This never comes up again; only her sisters and Ceilidh call her "Feeb."</ref><br />
'''Ceilidh:''' Okay, but I'm sure [[Embarrassing Nickname|I've heard that as an insult before]]." }}
** As for Ryan, [[Subverted Trope|it's more of a title than a name]]. See [[Proud to Be Aa Geek]] below.
* [[Megane]]: Ryan.
* [[Meganekko]]: Phoebe, Ghada, Pascale.
* [[Mistaken for Gay]]: Alan to Ceilidh, which also results in her throwing a bowl of punch on him. {{spoiler|However, this changes at the comic's end, when she enters a relationship with Phoebe.}}
** Heh, Alan got "[[Punched Across the Room|Punched Across]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|The Room]]," indeed!
* [[Moment Killer]]: After seeing the film ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'', Ceilidh mentions that they're both alone in the parking lot. As they are both about to {{spoiler|share a kiss}}, Ceilidh slips on a patch of ice and hits her tailbone.
* [[Necktie Leash]]: Ceilidh does this to Joe while inviting him to her house. Nancy also does this to Alan but in a more threatening manner.
* [[New Transfer Student]]: Iain, who transferred from [[Land Down Under|Australia]] as a foreign exchange student during Grade 12. Ceilidh was a [[New Transfer Student]] at the beginning of the webcomic.
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* [[Please Dump Me]]: Alan towards Helène.
* [[The Protagonist]]: Ceilidh.
* [[Proud to Be Aa Geek]]: Ryan, as Ceilidh learns from Joe:
{{quote| '''Joe:''' "Ryan Aberdeen: [[In -Series Nickname|The Geek To End All Geeks]]."<br />
'''Ceilidh:''' Oh, come on, that's mean.<br />
'''Joe:''' Um, Ceilidh, that's what [[Meaningful Rename|he called]] '''[[Meaningful Rename|himself]]'''. We had more colourful nicknames for him. }}
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Deirdre and Helène (when the latter's grows back from the "chewing gum incident").
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*** When viewing the previous comics again, in retrospect {{spoiler|there is a [[Strong Family Resemblance]] between them. The beard throws you off}}.
** [[Sarcasm Mode|"Thanks"]] to Phoebe, {{spoiler|she reveals Deirdre's secret to Ryan about Deirdre's pregnancy with her [[Jerkass]] ex-boyfriend Patrick back from her high school days.}}
** After {{spoiler|Phoebe's [[Jerkass]] ex-boyfriend Todd abused her, cruelly broke up with her and spread rumours about her, he soon showed up at school wearing a neckbrace and casts}}. How this happened? {{spoiler|Joe confesses to Ceilidh that he [[Kick the Son of Aa Bitch|pushed him down the stairs.]]}}
** In the text ending Ceilidh tells Joe that {{spoiler|she was the one who talked Helène into tutoring Joe for final exams, admitting that "[[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|Helène would probably be better for him than she ever was]]."}}
* [[Running Gag]]: On the first day of school for Grades 11 and 12, someone points out to Ceilidh that a dryer sheet is stuck to the back of her vest. For OAC year, Ceilidh just outright brings it herself. She gives it to Phoebe as a symbolic gesture for a fresh start. Also see [[Overly Long Gag]] above.
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* [[Slice of Life]]
* [[Supporting Protagonist]]: Ceilidh got accusations of this in the second and "[[Schedule Slip|third]]" years, when the other characters' family strife and the consequences of their shared [[Backstory]] began to drive the strip.
* [[Student Council President]]: Joe ran for election in Grade 11. At the podium on the school stage [http://www.avalonhigh.com/d/20000607.html he started reciting the] [[Shout -Out|"I Am]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRI-A3vakVg Canadian"] speech until he was interrupted by Alan.
* [[Take Back Your Gift]]: [[Subverted Trope|While they weren't going out]] - although it almost happened! - Ceilidh takes off the necklace to return it to {{spoiler|Alan}}. {{spoiler|He}} was actually okay with it since {{spoiler|he}} is now under the assumption that {{spoiler|she is a lesbian}}. Ceilidh [[Drop What You Are Doing|drops the necklace]] [[Played for Laughs|in shock]].
* [[Teen Drama]]: Boy, is there ever!
* [[Temporary Love Interest]]: Ceilidh gets an {{spoiler|unrequited}} crush on Iain upon their first meeting. Eventually Iain {{spoiler|moves back to Australia when the school year ends, and nothing happens between them}}.
* [[Tim Hortons]]: Much takes place here, especially after Deirdre gets a job there. There's even a [[Story Arc]] called "How Coffee and Doughnuts Destroyed My Life."
* [[Tiny Guy, Huge Girl]]: Deirdre is very noticeably taller than Ryan, by about half a head.
* [[Tomboy]]: Ceilidh tends to dress more casually and be overly aggressive when challenged, especially by Joe. Noelle can also qualify.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Ceilidh and Alison in the first few months, when the latter was more innocent and Phoebe hadn't yet supplanted her as the former's primary [[Foil]].
* [[Took a Level Inin Jerkass]]: Alison got noticeably more arrogant and full of herself as the strip progressed.
* [[Was It All a Lie?]]: See [[Let's Just Be Friends]] above.
* [[Anime Accent Absence|Webcomic Accent Absence]]: For someone of clearly Scottish decent, Ceilidh almost never speaks with an accent. This may be her own choice or a choice by the author to avoid stereotyping her.
** Ceilidh and Ciaran were likely born in Canada so an accent would not be as prevelant in their speech. It comes up occasionally with Ceilidh when she's at home.
* [[We Are Not an Item]]: Comic 1:64 was the first instance where the possibility of Ceilidh liking Joe was brought up:
{{quote| '''Alison:''' I think you like him!<br />
'''Ceilidh:''' [[Big No|Oh,]] '''[[Big No|God]]''' [[Big No|no]]! It's not like that! }}
** Comic 1:78 has Ceilidh denying this again to Alison; in 1:79 Alison makes another insinuation which is [[Played for Laughs]]:
{{quote| '''Alison:''' I heard you and Phoebe had something going on ...<br />
'''Ceilidh:''' There's nothing between Phoebe and I! '''We just talked!!'''<br />
'''Alison:''' ''(raises eyebrow)'' Are you sure you're having '''guy''' troubles, Ceilidh? }}
* [[We Used to Be Friends]]: {{spoiler|in Grade 9 Joe had feelings for Phoebe but did not act on them due to uncertainty if his feelings would be reciprocated. Phoebe started going out with Todd at the same time Alan started seeing Helène. As a result, Joe felt abandoned and his friendship with Phoebe was changed.}}
* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Joe and Ceilidh throughout most of the comic's run.
* [[Wooden Katanas Are Even Better]]: [[Alone Withwith the Psycho|Nancy ambushes Joe]] in the halls after school hours.
* [[You Didn't Ask]]: Ceilidh finally learns the identity of her secret admirer at Hildegarde's Café -- from Alison, who admitted witnessing {{spoiler|Alan}} leaving the necklace in her tent.
{{quote| '''Ceilidh:''' And you didn't tell me??<br />
'''Alison:''' I thought you knew already! I mean, you never asked. }}
 
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