Boston Public: Difference between revisions

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.
Content added Content deleted
VisualWikitext
m (Mass update links)
No edit summary
 
(14 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{trope}}
{{work}}
Drama series created by [[David E Kelley]] and airing on [[FOX]], ''Boston Public'' basically told the story of the [[Teen Drama]] from the point of view of the teachers. Took place in Winslow High, a public high school in Boston, hence the name. Basically ''Degrassi'' {{smallcaps| [[Recycled in Space|In America!]]}}, except the teachers are the troubled ones. The show lasted from October, 2000 to January, 2004. A total of 81 episodes in four seasons.
Drama series created by [[David E. Kelley]] and airing on [[FOX]], ''Boston Public'' basically told the story of the [[Teen Drama]] from the point of view of the teachers. Took place in Winslow High, a public high school in Boston, hence the name. Basically ''Degrassi'' {{smallcaps| [[Recycled in Space|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.
⚫
{{tropelist}}


{{Needs More Info}}

⚫
{{tropelist}}
* [[Abusive Parents]]: Meredith Peters (AKA The Hook Lady).
* [[Abusive Parents]]: Meredith Peters (AKA The Hook Lady).
* [[Adults Are Useless]]: True, but it's not as egregious as other shows with teen/adult casts.
* [[Adults Are Useless]]: 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.
** They're useless, but they ''do'' generally make the attempts to help. They're just not always effective ones.
⚫
* [[Bad Boss]]: Superintendant Marsha "The Dragon Lady" Shinn in the first season.
* [[Badass Teacher]]: Harry Senate, Danny Hanson.
* [[Badass Teacher]]: Harry Senate, Danny Hanson.
⚫
* [[Bad Boss]]: Superintendant Marsha "The Dragon Lady" Shinn in the first season.
* [[Bald Black Leader Guy]]: Principal Steven Harper.
* [[Bald Black Leader Guy]]: Principal Steven Harper.
* [[Benevolent Boss]]: Steven. [[Beware the Nice Ones|''Most'' of the time]].
* [[Benevolent Boss]]: Steven. [[Beware the Nice Ones|''Most'' of the time]].
Line 18: Line 20:
* [[Code Silver]]
* [[Code Silver]]
* [[Crossover]]: With ''[[The Practice]]'', and ''[[Boston Legal]]''.
* [[Crossover]]: With ''[[The Practice]]'', and ''[[Boston Legal]]''.
* [[Dawson Casting]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]
* [[Dramedy]]
* [[Dramedy]]
* [[Emo Teen]]
* [[Emo Teen]]
* [[Friday Night Death Slot]]: Season 4.
* [[Flanderization]]
* [[Flanderization]]
* [[Former Teen Rebel]]: Steven, Danny Hanson.
* [[Former Teen Rebel]]: Steven, Danny Hanson.
Line 32: Line 32:
* [[Hot for Student]]
* [[Hot for Student]]
* [[Hot Teacher]]
* [[Hot Teacher]]
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Each episode is titled "Chapter One," "Chapter Two," etc.
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Each episode is titled "Chapter One", "Chapter Two", etc.
* [[Informed Judaism]]: Guber, Harvey.
* [[Informed Judaism]]: Guber, Harvey.
* [[Inner City School]]
* [[Inner-City School]]
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Guber, Danny, Charlie Bixby.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Guber, Danny, Charlie Bixby.
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: No plans to make the show available on DVD.
* [[Lesbian Jock]]
* [[Lesbian Jock]]
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]
* [[Looking for Love In All The Wrong Places]]: For the first few seasons, Guber can't catch a break with the ladies. First, he dates a woman {{spoiler|who turns out to be a hooker}}, then hooks up with Meredith Peters, a psychopathic [[Abusive Parents|Abusive Parent]] 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 admission]], Scott always falls for ''non-Jewish'' women. And in Season Four, he {{spoiler|ends up with an ex-porn star. ("At least she's a Democrat," he tells Steven.)}}
* [[Looking for Love In All the Wrong Places]]: For the first few seasons, Guber can't catch a break with the ladies. First, he dates a woman {{spoiler|who turns out to be a hooker}}, then hooks up with Meredith Peters, a psychopathic [[Abusive Parents|Abusive Parent]] 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 admission]], Scott always falls for ''non-Jewish'' women. And in Season Four, he {{spoiler|ends up with an ex-porn star. ("At least she's a Democrat", he tells Steven)}}.
* [[Luke, You Are My Father]]: Harvey finds out in Season Two that he {{spoiler|has an African-American son, grandson and great-grandchildren}}.
* [[Luke, You Are My Father]]: Harvey finds out in Season Two that he {{spoiler|has an African-American son, grandson and great-grandchildren}}.
* [[McCloud Speech]]: Harry Senate was often on the receiving end of these.
* [[McCloud Speech]]: Harry Senate was often on the receiving end of these.
* [[Mean Boss]]: Guber.
* [[Mean Boss]]: Guber.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]
* [[Mood Whiplash]]
* [[N-Word Privileges]]: Harvey once used the term "African-American Black-Colored Negroes."
* [[N-Word Privileges]]: 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.
** Also, Danny had his class read and discuss a controversial book about the N-Word.
* [[Naive Newcomer]]: Kimberly Woods in the third season.
* [[Naive Newcomer]]: Kimberly Woods in the third season.
Line 51: Line 50:
* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]: Superintendent Shinn in Season 1, Dave Fields in Season 3.
* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]: Superintendent Shinn in Season 1, Dave Fields in Season 3.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Steven and Guber.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Steven and Guber.
* [[Parents As People]]
* [[Parents as People]]
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Guber.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Guber.
* [[The Place]]
* [[The Place]]
Line 57: Line 56:
* [[Psychologist Teacher]]
* [[Psychologist Teacher]]
* [[Public Exposure]]
* [[Public Exposure]]
* [[Put On a Bus]]: Milton Buttle, Kevin Riley, Lauren, Louisa, Harry, Kimberly Woods, Brooke.
* [[Put on a Bus]]: Milton Buttle, Kevin Riley, Lauren, Louisa, Harry, Kimberly Woods, Brooke.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Steven.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Steven.
* [[Ripped from the Headlines]]: 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...
* [[Ripped from the Headlines]]: 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...
Line 66: Line 65:
* [[Save Our Students]]
* [[Save Our Students]]
* [[School Play]]
* [[School Play]]
* [[Screwed By the Network]]: When it was moved to Fridays in the fourth season.
* [[Soapbox Sadie]]
* [[Soapbox Sadie]]
* [[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.
* [[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.
** Kimberly Woods is victimized by one of these in the third season.
* [[The Starscream]]: Guber.
* [[The Starscream]]: Guber.
Line 77: Line 75:
* [[Tonight Someone Dies]]: 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.
* [[Tonight Someone Dies]]: 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]]
* [[Two-Teacher School]]
* [[Wacky Homeroom]]: 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.
* [[Wacky Homeroom]]: 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]]
* [[Walk and Talk]]
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Harry Senate. Dear God, Harry Senate.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Harry Senate. Dear God, Harry Senate.
* [[Wide Eyed Idealist]]: Kimberly Woods in the third season.
* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]: Kimberly Woods in the third season.


{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Turn of the Millennium/Live Action TV]]
[[Category:Live-Action TV of the 2000s]]
[[Category:American Series]]
[[Category:American Series]]
[[Category:Boston Public]]
[[Category:Boston Public]]
[[Category:Trope]]
[[Category:TV Series]]

Latest revision as of 13:45, 3 October 2020

Drama series created by David E. Kelley and airing on FOX, Boston Public basically told the story of the Teen Drama 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:
Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Boston_Public?oldid=1831781"