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''The Fades'' is a 2011 [[British Series]] about a young boy, [[Ordinary High School Student|Paul]], plagued by [[Bring My Brown Pants|pants-wettingly scary]]<ref>literally, for him</ref> dreams of [[The End of the World As We Know It|the world covered in ash and ruin]]. While searching for materials for his best friends' amateur horror movie in an abandoned shopping centre, he stumbles upon much more than he bargained for: a crazed, dirt-covered man pointing a gun at him, a creepy girl only he seems to see and much more worrisome, [[Our Zombies Are Different|a ghoul-like being]] that really doesn't look very friendly. As he ponders if his sanity has finally decided to fully leave him, he unknowingly involves himself in a struggle that may very well end with his dreams of the apocalypse becoming reality. [[Arc Words|The Fades are coming... It's inevitable]]

''The Fades'' is a 2011 [[British Series]] about a young boy, [[Ordinary High School Student|Paul]], plagued by [[Bring My Brown Pants|pants-wettingly scary]]<ref>literally, for him</ref> dreams of [[The End of the World as We Know It|the world covered in ash and ruin]]. While searching for materials for his best friends' amateur horror movie in an abandoned shopping centre, he stumbles upon much more than he bargained for: a crazed, dirt-covered man pointing a gun at him, a creepy girl only he seems to see and much more worrisome, [[Our Zombies Are Different|a ghoul-like being]] that really doesn't look very friendly. As he ponders if his sanity has finally decided to fully leave him, he unknowingly involves himself in a struggle that may very well end with his dreams of the apocalypse becoming reality. [[Arc Words|The Fades are coming... It's inevitable]]

* [[A Date ~~With~~ Rosie Palms]]: Paul fantasising about Jay. With [[Something Else Also Rises|quite]] [[Winged Humanoid|interesting]] *ahem* results...

* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: Paul fantasising about Jay. With [[Something Else Also Rises|quite]] [[Winged Humanoid|interesting]] *ahem* results...

* [[Adorkable]]: Paul and Mac take it to new levels.

* [[All There in the Manual]]: The official BBC website gives additional infos about the premise and the characters, introducing and explaining certain concepts before their appearance in the series proper.

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* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The show runs on it, being a [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy-esque]] merry mix of horror, fantasy, adult drama and teen comedy.

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Paul understandably reacts this way after {{spoiler|causing the death of two Angelics.}}

* [[New Powers As the Plot Demands]]: Paul, lampshaded as this is unusual even for an Angelic.

* [[New Powers as the Plot Demands]]: Paul, lampshaded as this is unusual even for an Angelic.

* [[No Except Yes]]:

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** [[Terry Pratchett]]

** [[Alan Moore]]

** [[A Nightmare On Elm Street]]

** [[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]

** Some twelve year olds overhearing Paul sees things: [[Donnie Darko|"Am I a rabbit? Am I a rabbit though?"]]

** [[Star Wars|Your friend is quite the mercenary.]]

** ''[[Twilight]]''

** ''[[E.T. the ~~Extraterrestrial (Film)~~|ET the Extraterrestrial]]''

** ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|ET the Extraterrestrial]]''

* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Paul tries to impress his crush, who smokes herself.

* [[Take a Third Option]]: {{spoiler|Presented with setting out to destroy all reborns or standing back and doing nothing as the only alternatives, Paul ignores both and decides to try and find a way to reopen Ascenscion.}}