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Drama series created by [[David E. Kelle[[Category:TV Series]Kelley]] and airing on [[FOX]], ''Boston Public'' basically told the story of the [[Teen Dram[[Category:TV Series]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.
 
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* [[Abusive Parent[[Category:TV Series]Parents]]: Meredith Peters (AKA The Hook Lady).
* [[Adults Are Useles[[Category:TV Series]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.
* [[Badass Teache[[Category:TV Series]Teacher]]: Harry Senate, Danny Hanson.
* [[Bad Bos[[Category:TV Series]Boss]]: Superintendant Marsha "The Dragon Lady" Shinn in the first season.
* [[Bald Black Leader Gu[[Category:TV Series]Guy]]: Principal Steven Harper.
* [[Benevolent Bos[[Category:TV Series]Boss]]: Steven. [[Beware the Nice Ones|''Most'' of the tim[[Category:TV Series]time]].
* [[Birthday Suit Surprise Part[[Category:TV Series]Party]]
* [[Brother Chuck]]: Lauren, Louisa, Brooke, Carmen Torres, Charlie Bixby.
* [[Bunny Ears Lawye[[Category:TV Series]Lawyer]]
* [[Butt Monke[[Category:TV Series]Monkey]]: Guber.
* [[Call Back]]: Buttle -- "Oh my head's up a horses ass. I feel like...[[It Makes Sense in Context|bending over, and pooping in my mouth."]]
* [[Celebrity Sta[[Category:TV Series]Star]]: See [[High School Danc[[Category:TV Series]Dance]].
* [[Code Silve[[Category:TV Series]Silver]]
* [[Crossove[[Category:TV Series]Crossover]]: With ''[[The Practic[[Category:TV Series]Practice]]'', and ''[[Boston Legal]]''.
* [[Deadpan Snarke[[Category:TV Series]Snarker]]
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]
* [[Dramedy]]
* [[Dramed[[Category:TV Series]]]
* [[Emo Tee[[Category:TV Series]Teen]]
* [[Flanderization]]
* [[Flanderizatio[[Category:TV Series]]]
* [[Former Teen Rebel]]: Steven, Danny Hanson.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partner[[Category:TV Series]Partners]]
* [[Hidden Depth[[Category:TV Series]Depths]]
* [[High School Danc[[Category:TV Series]Dance]]: Whitney Houston performed at the prom in the third season finale.
* [[Hollywood Atheis[[Category:TV Series]Atheist]]: Danny Hanson.
* [[Hot for Studen[[Category:TV Series]Student]]
* [[Hot Teache[[Category:TV Series]Teacher]]
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Namin[[Category:TV Series]Naming]]: Each episode is titled "Chapter One", "Chapter Two", etc.
* [[Informed Judais[[Category:TV Series]Judaism]]: Guber, Harvey.
* [[Inner-City School]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Guber, Danny, Charlie Bixby.
* [[Lesbian Jock]]
* [[Loads and Loads of Character[[Category:TV Series]Characters]]
* [[Looking for Love In All the Wrong Place[[Category:TV Series]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 Paren[[Category:TV Series]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 admissio[[Category:TV Series]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 Fathe[[Category:TV Series]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.
* [[Mean Bos[[Category:TV Series]Boss]]: Guber.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]
* [[N-Word Privilege[[Category:TV Series]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.
* [[Naive Newcome[[Category:TV Series]Newcomer]]: Kimberly Woods in the third season.
* [[Napoleon Delusio[[Category:TV Series]Delusion]]
* [[No Medication for M[[Category:TV Series]Me]]
* [[Obstructive Bureaucra[[Category:TV Series]Bureaucrat]]: Superintendent Shinn in Season 1, Dave Fields in Season 3.
* [[Only Sane Ma[[Category:TV Series]Man]]: Steven and Guber.
* [[Parents as Peopl[[Category:TV Series]People]]
* [[Pet the Do[[Category:TV Series]Dog]]: Guber.
* [[The Plac[[Category:TV Series]Place]]
* [[Promotion to Opening Title[[Category:TV Series]Titles]]: Meredith 'The Hook Lady' Peters, Brooke Harper.
* [[Psychologist Teache[[Category:TV Series]Teacher]]
* [[Public Exposur[[Category:TV Series]Exposure]]
* [[Put on a Bu[[Category:TV Series]Bus]]: Milton Buttle, Kevin Riley, Lauren, Louisa, Harry, Kimberly Woods, Brooke.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figur[[Category:TV Series]Figure]]: Steven.
* [[Ripped from the Headline[[Category:TV Series]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...
* [[Rousing Speech]]
* [[Sassy Black Woma[[Category:TV Series]Woman]]: 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[[Category:TV Series]Character]]
* [[Save Our Student[[Category:TV Series]Students]]
* [[School Pla[[Category:TV Series]Play]]
* [[Soapbox Sadi[[Category:TV Series]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.
** Kimberly Woods is victimized by one of these in the third season.
* [[The Starscrea[[Category:TV Series]Starscream]]: Guber.
* [[Stern Teache[[Category:TV Series]Teacher]]: Guber often gets called out for being this. As does Lauren in the second season.
* [[Team Dad]]: Steven.
* [[Teen Geniu[[Category:TV Series]Genius]]: Riley in the third season.
* [[Teen Pregnanc[[Category:TV Series]Pregnancy]]
* [[Tonight Someone Die[[Category:TV Series]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]]
* [[Wacky Homeroo[[Category:TV Series]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]]
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremis[[Category:TV Series]Extremist]]: Harry Senate. Dear God, Harry Senate.
* [[Wide-Eyed Idealis[[Category:TV Series]Idealist]]: Kimberly Woods in the third season.
 
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[[Category:Live-Action TV of the 2000[[Category:TV Series]2000s]]
[[Category:American Serie[[Category:TV Series]]]
[[Category:Boston Public]]
[[Category:Western Animatio[[Category:TV Series]]]
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