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* [[Byronic Hero]]

* [[Character Development]]: In Series 2.

* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: In-universe, even.

* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Subverted in that {{spoiler|when Tony actually gets round to sleeping with Maxxie, it turns out that some guys don't want him after all}}.

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]

* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]: Lampshaded in Sid's Series 1 episode, where Tony is actually seen reading ''Thus Spake Zarathustra''.

* [[Really Gets Around]]

* [[Screw Yourself]]: Arguably, combined with [[Intimate Psychotherapy]], {{spoiler|Tony has sex with himself when he has sex with Beth in Series 2 Episode 6}}.

* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: His backstory.

* [[The Unfavorite]]: How his parents treat him. His dad even goes so far as to only have photos of Peter.

* {{spoiler|[[Wrong Guy First|Wrong Girl First]]}}

 

{{quote|Played by: Larissa Wilson}}

 

* {{spoiler|[[Broken Bird]]}}: In Series 2.

* [[Closer to Earth]]

* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: The mother. {{spoiler|Literally, when she gets pregnant toward the end of Season 2}}.

* [[Token Minority]]

* [[You Are a Credit to Your Race]]: Gets a speech like this from the school administration when she's being interviewed for being a BBC Young Musician Of The Year finalist. They go on and on about how Jal is from a "disadvantaged background" when, actually, her father is a famous musician and she's probably the most well-off of the group.

 

=== Maxxie Oliver ===

 

* [[All Gays Love Theater]]: Dancing is more his thing, but he does love the theater.

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Ironically enough.

* [[Only Sane Man]]: More or less. Still has his issues, but handles them a lot better than most of his friends.

* [[Shirtless Scene]]: With nudity.

* [[Those Two Guys]]: With Anwar, particularly in the first series.

 

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Though it's more that he turns out to ''not be so nice'' once Tony screws him over.

* {{spoiler|[[Romantic False Lead]]}}: For Michelle.

* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: In Effy's episode.

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Essentially what happens after his Series 4 episode.

* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]: Has a lot of these moments, from telling Effy that Cook was sleeping with someone else to {{spoiler|outing Emily to her sister}}.

* [[Good with Numbers]]

* [[Incompatible Orientation]]: {{spoiler|He and Emily have sex despite the fact that Emily is gay. He actually thought the two of them getting together was possible when Emily chose him as her Love Ball date - but that was only because of Emily's mother and sister's homophobia, and once Naomi showed up Emily happily went with her}}.

* [[Motor Mouth]]: When he gets "locked-on".

* [[Odd Friendship]]: With Emily and with Thomas. His friendship with Thomas in particular came out of ''nowhere''.

* [[Serenade Your Lover]]: What he does {{spoiler|to get Lara back after she dumps him because he beat up her baby daddy}}, with his adorable rendition of "True" by Spandau Ballet.

* [[TV Genius]]: Subverted - he has all the traits to fit the trope, but he's never made out to be any smarter than anyone else (except in terms of remembering lots of random facts). His social isolation is his defining factor. He does however excel in mathematics, as he clearly states in his form introduction.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't mention his mum.

* [[Big Eater]]

* [[The Friend Nobody Likes]]: In Series 3.

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]

* [[Last-Name Basis]]

* [[Odd Friendship]]: With Naomi, by Series 4.

 

=== Frederick "Freddie" Mclair ===

 

* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: He's not a fan of Karen's decision to exploit their mother's memory to help her win Search for a Sexxbomb, but he cheers for her at her final performance, {{spoiler|comforts her when she loses}} and {{spoiler|when Cook laughs about how he and JJ voted against her for stealing their shed, Freddie nearly punches his lights out}}.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Cook.

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}

* [[Missing Mom]]: Well, dead mom.

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: The show likes to remind us of Freddie's nice chest.

* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Seems to enjoy leaving his shirt at home even in the ''non''-sex scenes.

* [[The Stoner]]

 

* [[Ax Crazy]]

* [[If I Can't Have You]]

* [[Mind Rape]]: Attempts this on Effy. {{spoiler|Almost succeeds}}.

* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: First there is her one-sided love for Nick, {{spoiler|and then her unrequited "girl crush" on Franky}}.

* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Possibly a deconstruction of the trope.

* {{spoiler|[[Bait and Switch Lesbians]]}}/{{spoiler|[[No Bisexuals]]}}: The [[Word of God]] insistence going into Series 6 that {{spoiler|Mini is actually straight}}, in spite of {{spoiler|her "girl crushes" on Franky and Liv in Series 5 and the novel}}, is arguably one of these.

* [[Blondes Are Evil]]

* {{spoiler|[[Friends with Benefits]]: With Alo, starting in the first episode of Series Six}}.

** {{spoiler|[[Secret Relationship]]: She doesn't want anyone to find out about her and Alo}}.

* [[Girl Posse]]: Well, to start with anyway. {{spoiler|Not anymore}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Have I Mentioned I Am Sexually Active Today?]]}}

* [[I Just Want to Be Beautiful]]

* [[In Love with Love]]

* [[Internalized Categorism]]

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Making Liv drink a bottle of vodka after she's already had far too much to drink.

* [[The Matchmaker]]: Tries to do this with {{spoiler|Franky and Matty}}, presumably to get back at Liv.

* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: Mainly towards Franky.

* [[Odd Couple]]: With Franky

* [[Pet the Dog]]: [[Odd Friendship|Her interactions with Alo in his episode.]]

* [[Rich Bitch]]: Not exactly rich, but she does throw pretty extravagant parties for someone her age.

** Actually, she and her mother live in a low-income neighborhood, so she is far from being actually rich. Nick tells Liv in Mini's Series 5 episode that he hasn't been to Mini's home even if they've been going out for over a month, so it's possible that Mini tries to maintain a [[Rich Bitch]] image.

* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: The child.

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: She is the girly girl to Franky's Tomboy.

* [[Tsundere]]: [[Alternative Character Interpretation|Although some see her as more of a]] [[Yandere]].

* [[What the Hell Is That Accent?]]: To many, it seems to be a mix of an English accent, the actress's natural Scottish Accent and possibly something else (apparently the actress lived in France a lot, although it could be mistaken for Irish).

* [[Fashionable Asymmetry]]

* [[Five-Finger Discount]]

* [[Informed Ability]]: All the stuff on her E4 profile picture about her being obsessed with dancing.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Has a [[Disappeared Dad]] and a distant mother who goes away on New Age retreats and leaves her in charge.

* [[Really Gets Around]]

* [[Ruptured Appendix]]: Liv spends her Series 6 episode thinking she has a lump on her uterus and is scared to have it medically looked at, {{spoiler|but she later finds out that [[You Imagined It|it was all in her head, and a psychological manifestation of her grief over Grace's death]]}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}: As it seems.

* {{spoiler|[[Kill the Cutie]]}}

* [[Longing for Fictionland]]

* [[Nice Guy|Nice Girl]]

* [[Opposites Attract]]: Grace mentions the trope by name, as it appears to be the case between her and Rich.

* [[Playing Cyrano]]: To {{spoiler|Rich}} in the second episode of Series 5.

* [[Preppy Name]]: Also a [[Names to Trust Immediately]].

* [[Princess Classic]]: She's not actually a princess, but this trope gets referenced and [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructed]] with regard to her character.

* [[Expy]]: While the other ''Skins'' US characters have been developed beyond their British inspirations somewhat, he remains essentially a direct copy of the original Chris, if a bit meaner.

* [[Hot for Student|Hot For Teacher]]

* [[The Stoner]]