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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 on 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 [[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.

* [[Adorkable]]: Jake, so much. Jenna [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it.

** Mr. Mitra, Valerie's boyfriend.

* [[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.

'''Jenna:''' You're both embarrassing Jenna! }}

** Ming's parents are pretty bad as well.

* [[Big Man on 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.

* [[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."

* [[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.

* [[Transparent Closet]]: Clark Stevenson

* [[Women Are Wiser]]: Inverted. Jenna's dad is much more wiser than her mother.

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